LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1881.
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Lancaster intelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING. NOV. 11, 1881.
Publishing New Laws.
The Intelligencer, we believe, sin
gular among the newspapers of the state,
lias been steadfast in directing public at
tention te the present insufficient
method of making known te the people
the new statutes of the commonwealth.
All legal commentators agree that one
essential property of a statute is that it
be duly " prescribed." It is requisite
that the resolution of the legislator,
says Blackstenc, be notified te the people
who are te obey it by sie external sign.
But if it was, as he says, in his
day, " a matter of very great in
difference " hew this notification
was te be made it certainly is a matter e
some consequence new, when the leg
rolling of legislatures and the caprices
or corruption of unfit law-makers make
all kinds of laws possible, and when it is
net even certain that a law is sent te the
governor or enrolled in the cede as it
was adopted by the Assembly. " It is
incumbent en the promulgators te de it
in the most public and perspicuous
way ;" but te all intents of the law
makers, and for all purposes of the com
mon people, our new laws might as well
be promulgated like these of Caligula who
wrote them, " in very small characters
and hung them upon high pillars the
mere effectually te ensnare the people."
Hundreds of laws have been passed by
our state Legislature, signed by the gov
ernor and became operative forthwith,
of which the people generally had no in
formation at the time, nor did they get
any in many cases for months and even
years afterwards. Especially is this true
of penal acts, the first knowledge of
which often comes from a prosecution of
some unwitting offender against them.
The hardship of this measure becomes
readily apparent from the application
of the stern maxim that ignorance
of the law is no excuse for a
violation of it. When the subject of
the law is one of that class of offences
known as mala jtrehibita, or wrongs only
made such by legal prohibition, as dis
tinguished from mala per at, evils in
thcinselves,the hardship of punishing the
commission of them by these who were
ignorant of them, and had no reason te
suspect them from public information
or in the natural order of tilings, be
comes the mere apparent.
City ordinances, which are much mere
matters of local notoriety in the com
munities affected by them than state
laws arc te the whole state, have te be
;lu! published. We are aware that a
gcm-iii! advertisement of state laws
would be expensive, and such patronage
of the printers would be subject te seri
ous abuse, but certainly the rights of
the pteple and a proper respect for the
personal liberty of the subject the dis
tinguishing mark of a free state de
mands that new laws be promulgated in
sem. better way than by the tardy dis
tribution of statute books among
county officers aud country squires.
"We have frequently illustrated by local
example the force of this suggestion ; for
instance, in calling attention te such
atrocities of penal legislalian as the re
quirement that milkmen must have
their names and that of their dairies in
letters of a certain size en their wagons,
that doctors must register themselves
and their diplomas, and that nobody
shall set up a booth or hawk victuals
wiihin a mile of a campmeeting with
out the assent of any set of people
who cheese te call themselves a camp
meeting association aud pitch their
tents where they list, te convert souls or
make money or both. New again we
have an instance in this law prohibiting
anybody te sell fire-arms or explosives te
anybody less than 10 years of age under
a penalty net exceeding S300. It may be
a wise regulation, it may he otherwise.
Certainly it is a law that nobody weu'd
suspect the existence of without notice.
And yet a Lancaster dealer is prosecuted
under lL and is under bail te answer at
court . In the case pendingjthe moving
cause of the prosecution seems te be a
desire te get back the price paid for the
gun, upon its proffered return, and the
dealer might reasonably have accepted
the preposition, and the squabble thus
have been kept ut of the court. But if
its appearance there and its issue shall
call attention te the present utterly in
adequate means of promulgating new
laws it will have served that useful pur
pose at least.
The administration is reported te be
dissatisfied with the newspaper support
which it receives, or fails, te receive
rather, in New Yerk, and a new organ,
with a half million dollars capital be
hind it , is anticipated in that city. It is
notable that in the metropolis none of
the Republican newspapers is stalwart,
unless it is the Commercial Advertiser,
an evening paper of great age and some
respectability, but of very limited circu
lation and corresponding influence. The
Times is a rather independent, but able
and influential aud enterprising news
pape, ami it can better afford te dis
pense with its party than its party with
it. The Tribune is a narrow-minded
concern, conducted in disreputable
fashion and shaming the line at the
head et its editorial column, " Founded
by Herace Greeley." A new bigan, run
by and for these? who were given power
by (5 uiteau's bullet, would be an inter
esting figure in New Yerk journalism.
i
" Colonel Cemtix says that the
total government expenses at the
Yorktewu centennial were about
10,000, creating a. deficiency of about
$12,000.'" Tt would be interesting te
people who were at Yorktown te see a
detailed account of this expenditure of
$40,000. There was nothing ready in
time, no arrangements visible, nor any
responsible representative of the com
mission te be found at that celebration.
Each department of the affair went
.ahead en its own hook, spent its own
money, and, as wc understand it, drew
the cost of its respective arrangements
from the government appropriation te
its own branch of the public service.
What the general commission did or
rujJen what it spent the money it had
from niiiat " no fellow can find out."
Whose Fault
The miscarriage of the star route
trials, se as te secure the expulsion of
the information from the files of the
court and the discharge of the defen
dants, by The grace of the statute of
limitations, will revive the bitter con
troversy as te who is responsible for
the adjournment of the grand jury
before a valid indictment could be found
in the usual way, albeit the people gener
ally will see in it.like in the Belknap case,
only another proof of the emptiness of
the Republican party's pretensions te
punish its thieves. As shown the
ether day, District Attorney Corkhill
excuses himself and makes out a case of
collapse against MacYeagh, whose dilly
dallying, he says, did the business. The
public, however, has net any great con
fidence in Corkhill ; nor is it increased
by the fact that one of the last confiden
tial communications of Garfield te Mac
Veagh was his commission te him te re
move Corkhill and employ any ether
agency he saw fit te secure the convic
tion of the star route thieves. And new,
according te the Washington reports,
Cook says the grand jury was adjourned
without the knowledge or consent of
MacVeagh and without the kuewledge
or consent of Cook, and that gentleman
terms it "an unusual and extraordinary
proceeding," and intimates that this ad
journment was brought about with the
intent te defeat the ends of justice.
However suspiciously erkhilFs course
may be viewed in neglecting te
notice or inform the counsel for
the government of the fatal effect
of this adjournment, Messrs. Mac
Veagh and Cook cannot be excused
for their manifest negligence in letting
the time go by without securing an in
dictment. They were respectively in
general and special charge of these pros
ecutions ; knowing Corkhill te be weak
and suspecting him te be wicked, they
should have left nothing te him and
risked nothing with him. They can set
tle with him, but the public will he dis
posed te settle with them.
Ix explanation of the largely reduced
Republican majority in Erie county, cut
down te .140, the' AYtr Era prints some
correspondence from a resident Republi
can there which it calls " an explanation
explained." It says:
The result in Erie county is se .singu
lar" that a leading Republican there
writes us that he think it ought te be ex
plained te their Eastern fneuds. lie says
that "aside from the personal fight be-!
tweeu friends of iNeblc and bcett no in
tcrest was manifested. It could net be
created. The vote thrown is the light
est wc ever had. Neble ran ahead
in the city, getting -170 majority, because,
while many Democrats scratched him or
did net vote at all, a still larger number
of Republicans voted for him, net because
they wanted him elected or reposed any
confidence in his qualifications, but be
cause as a fellow citizen they desired te
vindicate him agaiust the bitter attacks
of the Herald. If the latter paper had
supported him Republicans would have
steed together aud given a larger vote."'
This could move fitly be denominated
till V,A'iUlJatiWll WMIV UVV..I HWl, VAJ'HUiii
The HcrahVr, bitter attacks " en Mr.
Neble were entirely directed te a lack of
"confidence in his qualifications." If,
therefore, his Republican neighbors
voted for him " te vindicate him against
the bitter attacks of the Herald'' it is
inconceivable that they meant at the
same time te show that they reposed no
' confidence in his qualifications.' The
truth is that no development 0: the
campaign has justified the repeated de
clarations of the Xa- Era and ether Re
publicans that Mr. Neble was " incom
petent "' for the office for which he ran.
The fact that se many hundreds of his
Republican neighbor.?, who must knew
him best, voted for him. is :i vindication
of his abundant qualifications, and fully
answers the Herald's attacks.
DISTINCT ATTOUXliY ("OKKIIILL lld-
jeuined the District of Columbia grand
jury te a dale loe late for the presentation
of the indictments against the st;ir route
thieves ; and he does net claim te have
b2en ignorant that such indictment';
would be barred by the statute of limita
tions when the grand jury reassembled.
Therefore it may be fairly assumed that
the district attorney was willing that
they should be thus barred.
But he was net in charge of the eases,
which had been put by the attorney gen
eral under the control of Mr. Coe!:, as
the latter declares. Mr. Cook, when he
found the grand jury had adjourned,
does net appear te have said a word te
the district attorney about Ins action or
te have made any efforts te have the
jury reassemble. Frem which the infer
ence is fair that either Mr. Cook also
was willing te have the indictment
barred, or that he was ignorant at the
time that they would be defeated by the
adjournment. The fiasco was the re
sult of stupidity or rascality or both.
All sorts of threats are indulged in
against Mayer King because he did net
allow the Philadelphia policemen te mix
in the election of Tuesday and thereby
secured a notably and r.nprecedenledly
fair aud quiet election. The politicians
are restless in their search for devices te
curtail bis authority te secure such dis
cipline and efficiency. Mayer King may
rest satisfied that he is exactly light :nul
the people are with him ; the city, and
the state if necessary, will amply sus
tain him. Thus far he proves himself
the best magistrate that any large city
of the country has had in this genera
tion. His example has been worth mere
te the cause of municipal reform than
all the pamphlets and treatises that all
the theorists have yet written en thesub
ject. Whenever decent and intelligent
people of all parties will unite te make
such men mayors, councilmen and city
officials of all grade3, the whole problem
of geed local government will be solved.
-m
Mr. Wisdom shows hew cheaply he
refunded the bends. That only preve3
hew expensive a luxury Sherman and
his syndicates and pet banks were.
Jehn Murray, while cleaning the loef of
a house in Cincinnati, found a cigar box
containing some strange substance.
While examining it. the stuff exploded
with great force, injuring him se Dadty
that she died. The material was some
explosive used at a neighboring fireworks
factory.
MINOR TOPICS.
Wiiex Half Breed Husted of New Yerk
reaches for office again it will net be from
the top of a stepladder.
The Philadelphia Times keeps saying
" frosty sons of thunder." " Sens of
frosty thunder" is the correct quotation,
brethren.
Candidates iu old Reme had te come
before the people in white robes. But the
candidate in his night shirt en the Repub
lican state ticket in New Yerk ruus se far
behind his ticket that the Reman fashion
of political drapery is net likely te come
into vogue.
If the Democracy of Schuylkill and
North umberland, with big party major
ities behind them, shall wonder why they
failed te elect their candidates for judge,
they may easily discover the reason in the
fact that they did net put up their best
material for this high office. Even politi
cal majorities are net te be trifled with.
Tiik defeat of Aster leaves the Republi
cans without a majority in the Heuse of
Representatives. In fact, it is a curious
coincidence that the condition of the
Heuse from a political puint of view is
almost exactly that of the Senate. With
the votes of Judge Kcllcy and Mr. Smith,
of Brooklyn, and of the two Greenback
Readjustcrs from Virginia Paul and
Faulkcrsen the Republicans will just be
ab!e te tie the Democrats. The Green
backers held the balance of power, and
when did they fail te improve such situa
tien te the greatest profit?
XOCTURXK.
Wan Twilight in her sewn of gray
Climes sv.-iltly ilewn the western "way
WHIi moonshine Installing utter;
And hercameiij the forest dumps
She lights her twinkling lirelly lamps
Anil stills the wind's wild laughter.
The brook in trilling monotone
Gives sleepy welcome et Its own.
The cedars bend and quiver;
Hut all the meadow sounds are Mill,
The lleeksare folded en the hill
r.eyend the placid river.
Sweet Twilight, as thou eem'M te tlicc.
With healing dew and seething breeze.
Se come thou unto me.
lirinjj gentle dreams and quiet rest;
Weave, weave thyj.pel!s. O shadowy giut
In e.ii'ii benignity.
Tin: extensive sale of a work lately
given te the public, and entitled " Hew is
Your Man," indicates the interest pre
vailing in this state with regard te gravc
yaul insurance. The business i:: handled
without gloves in this spicy volume,
and its character
scribed in narrathe
graphically
dc-
form, the
inci-
dents whereof are located in the town of
Sharkviile, in the coal regions of Pennsyl
vania. The book is designed for mission
ary purposes and ought te accomplish
geed work. Lac A: Shepard, publishers,
Bosten.
Skxatei: Vkst has arrived in St. Leuis
from Washington and iu an interview,
published in an afternoon paucr, he says :
" These arc the halcyon days for the 300.
Missouri is Filley's private and personal
property. Why, 1 have seen applications
011 file in the departments with "'approved,
C. I. FiHcy," wiittcn across them, as
though he was piesident of the United
States. What Fiilcy is in Missouri, Miller
is in Kentucky, and ihc ether members
of the legion in every ether state. What
ever man can 1)2 found who was faithful
iu Chicago, lie is icwarded with every
thing he asks. Legan is the mouthpiece
of the administration. He represents the
Stalwart idea."
'Nuti:s liteM Si'nlanii" is the title of
a neat little brochure of nearly a hundicd
pages issued from the publishing house of
E. Ciaxtc.n & Ce., Ne. 0,0 Market street,
Philadelphia, and of which the writer is
Samuel C. Upliam. It is designed te fur
nisli information iu rcgaid te the :ulf
coast of Flerida, the Manatee region as it
is called, and an examination of its pages
dhoiefcs that the author has performed
his work iu a thoroughly satisfactory man
ner and with an intelligence and judgment
that bespeak familiarity and experience
with the theme treated. The climate soil
and productions of this
" Land el the orange and gnava.
The pineapple date and cassava,''
are expounded iu a style that is net less
inteiesting and entertaining te the general
reader than the information imparted is
valuable te persons especially concerned
with regard te the giewlh and welfare of
Flerida. The letter-press of the book is
excellent.
In. W. Ay;:u & Sex's " Ami:i:ica:;
Nnv.-rTAPK!: Axxcai. " ion 1SS1, just
issued, is a large and handsome publica
tion of 730 pages, substantially bound in
cloth, and is certain te prove a valuable
work r.f reference and information, net
merely te the newspaper craft of which it
constitutes an admirable directory, but te
general business advertisers. It contains,
a carefully prepared list of all newspapers
and periodicals In the United States aud
Canada, arranged by btatcs in geographi
cal sections and by towns iu alphabetical
order. It gives also the size and character
of the publication, the day of issue, its
circulation, sworn, estimated or claimed,
as the casc may he, rater, of advertising
and much etlicr pertinent and timely in
formation. This is .supplemented by a
statement of the population of every
state, county and county seat in the
Union aud Canadian province?, ihe vote at
the last presidential election, whilst a most
important feature is a description of every
county in the United States, as well as of
each stale and territory as a whole, and of
each of the Canadian provinces, giving
valuable information concerning their
mineral deposits, chief agricultural pro
ducts, priucip.il manufactures, nature of
the surface and soil, area, location, etc,"
Tiic volume commends itself asa valuable
aid te the man of business, te the seeker
after information upon the special topics
it treats, and te the general leader, The
publishers, Messrs. N. W. Aycr & Sen,
newspaper advertising agent, Times build
ing, cdrn?i of Eighth and Chestnut stieets,
Philadelphia, have reason te congratulate
themselves upon this latest aud very con
vincing evidence of energy and ciitcrprh e
which they have given te the public.
The trial of Charles S. Fisher, apromiu apremiu
ii2nt young lawyer of Cincinnati, en the
charge of having stuffed ballet boxes while
supervisor of election, resulted in the dis
agreement and discharge of the jury.
Judge Baxter told the district attorney
that " no jury would be allowed te return
a verdict of guilty en the evidence produced."'
THE ELECTIONS.
BAILY'S PLURALITY ABOUT 5,000.
THE ItKTUKXa MY cOtXTUA
Results In Other States of tne Union.
The following are the reported majori
ties for Neble and Baily by counties :
XOBLE'S MAJORITIES. I BAILY S MAJOHITIKS.
Adams Sill Allegheny 3310
Bedford 217 Armstrong 430
llerks 3170 Beaver 130
Bucks 73C Blair Ste
Cambria 421 Bradford 1418
Carben SGS Butler 1?
Centre 1150 Cameren 25
Clarien son Chester 1S3!1
Clearlield 1153 Crawford ISO
Clinten est Dauphin ISC
Columbia imp Delaware !!
Cumberland liOljKrie 526
Klk OlOJFerest UK
Fayette 2'.itlFranklin 70
Fulton :W5 Huntingdon flu.
(Jreene 14 10 Indiana..-. 1H2S
Jell'ersen 100 Lackawanna lul
Juniata 20: Lancaster 1120
Lehigh 12SS Lawrence Sit!
Luzerne 1S27 Lebanon 1508
Lyeeming 1101 Mclvcan :!05
Mi ill in 220 Mercer 310
Menree 3710 I'hUadelphia ISl.V.i
Montgomery "M Petter U2
Menteur...." 440 Snyder 10J
Northampton.... 2470 Somerset 1175
Northumberland 14'J2 Susquehanna b70
Perry 15 Tiega li:
Pike 507 Venango 44
Schujlkil :U2'J Warren 551
Sullivan 250 Washington .7.i
Union vy
Wayne 5ii; Total r:,::s:
Westmoreland... SSej
Wyoming 2371
Yerk 2704
Total 33,23.)
Apparent plurality rer Baily, 3,W7.
The Vete for AVolfe.
The following gives the total vote for
Wolfe in the counties named, se far as as
certained :
Adams :!7
Allegheny. 5073
Armstrong 281
Beaver 375
Bedford 1W.
Berks 70
Blair :0
Bradford 1,000
Bucks 500
Butler Sll
Carben 50
Chester '.ill
Clarien 130
Clearlleid 40
Clinten 250
Columbia 127
Craw ion I IH3
Cumberland 150
Dauphin 014
Delaware 1574
Krie 202
Franklin' :sne
Fulton..." 8
itcenc 7
Huntingdon 300
.liiniata 20
Lackawanna 01)
Lancaster 1495
Lawrence
Shi
400
100
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i;7
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son
10;
31
en
411
2158
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127
713
1720
Ii53
112
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30
150
Lebanon..
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKcan
Mercer
Mi 111 in
Menree
Montgomery
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Susquehanna ...
Tiega
Union
Venango
Washington
Wayne
Wyoming
1 erlc ..
Total 13.S02
Otiier States.
The Democrats concede a Readjuster
majority in the Viginia Legislature of 10
en joint ballet, net counting three doubt
ful' scats. There will be two colored men
in the Senate and eleven in the Heuse.
The latest return from Wisconsin arc se
close that.it is possible the official count
may he ueccssary te decide the result.
The Democrats certainly have the New
Yerk Assembly. Further returns in
crease the majority of Gen. Can, the Re
publican caudidate for secretary of state,
te G.000, and that of Mr. Maxwell, the
Democratic candidate for state treasurer,
te about 21,000. Davenport and Russell,
Republican candidates for comptroller
and attorney general, respectively run
very nearly even with Gen. Carr. Sey
mour, the Republican candidate for state
engineer, runs slightly behind his
ticket in nearly every county, and the
incomplete returns lcave his election in
doubt.
I'ERbONAt..
Gr.oneK W. Cable, the New Orleans
uevelist, is a little man, full of humor.
Claha LeriSK Kf.li.ecg found the
"Suwanee River" a very popular song in
Italy.
Mis. Jehn W. Mackav has a railway
carriage of her own which cost $:JO,000 in
the first place, and takes $2,000 a year for
keeping it in order.
With two bright, black eyes " for busi
ness," as it were, Patti has brought ever
with her a French journalist, attache of
Figare.
New they are talking about the Union
League poet, Gue. II. Beki:k, for a cabi
net place, and "Den's willuf. " lieKer
should remember that after he wrote
"Hoeker's Acress " Hoeker get back.
Rev. S. W. Di'FJir.i.i), a smart but some;
what bumptious Presbyterian raster of
Alteena, is finally te have his pastoral re
lations with the Second church there dis
solved, his salary and house rent te be con
tinned until March 1, unless he shall
receive before that time a call te labor
elsewhere.
Rev. Dr. Jehn W. Mkaiis, professor of
metaphysics in Hamilton cellejie, at Clin Clin
eon, N. Y., died yesterday. Dr. Mear.s
was one of the most prominent Presbyter
ian clergymen in the country, having been
for many years editor of the American
Presbyterian. His professorship was en
dowed by Philadelphia friends of Rev.
Albert Barnct. He was also prominent
and successful iu fighting the complex
marriage system of the Oneida commu
nity. When Sam II.uu'K".' British minstiels
wcre in Lancaster, ihc proprietor displayed
a case in Shultz's window containing an
elaborate geld emblem set with diamonds
and a pair of geld cups, the gift of ad
mirers iu Liverpool and valued at $1,850 ;
a geld watch, Albert chain, worth $300,
and a $."00 geld piece presented by Shef
field friends and two diamond solitaire
studs valued at $1,000. At Buffalo, N. Y.,
the ether day his baggage master made
off with them, bouncing ever tlie Canada
line no doubt.
According te a Wilmington paper which
heard him lecture lately Jehn B. Geruif s
best d.;ys arc ever. He has grown stout
and is no longer the "supplejack'' he for
merly appeared te be en the stage, and
his voice has grown husky as his limbs
have becem stiff with advancing age. His
anecdotes are still well told and ciuse
censidci able mirth ; but they no longer
have the power te convulse an audience as
in days gene by when as an actor aud
mimic he rivaled "Yankee Hill," and i'i
the temperance work had no equal.
A Horrible Story.
Advices from Cape Coast Castle, dated
October lGlh, state that information has
been received there that the king of .Ash
antec has killed two hundred young girls
for the purpose of using their bleed for
mixing mortar for the repair of one of the
stale buildings. The report of the massacre
was received from a refugee, who was te
have been eue of the victims. It receives
some confirmation also iu the fact that such
wholesale massacres are known te he a
custom with the king.
STATE ITEMS.
The Chambersbnrg Valley Spirit was
never birteie se
prosperous aud likely
never se meritorious,
Twe million dellais of Philadelphia cap
tal is te b3 invested in a glucose factory
there, operating under English patents.
'Squire McMullin insists that he will
run ler select council in Philadelphia next
February and be elected.
The state soldiers' orphans' schools arc
full and 110110 ethers can be admitted until
some of the graduates aie discharged en
age or in order.
A number of the medical societies of the
state have concluded that the law in re
gard te the registering of physicians at the
office of the county clerks docs net reach
the end aimed at after ail.
As the new Philadelphia posteffico and
the new municipal building approach com
pletion a demand is expressed that the
streets te the east of them, Ninth and
Juniper, should be widened between Mar
ket and Chestnut streets. The great blem
ish that rests upon Philadelphia is its
narrow highways.
A son of Geerge Goldsmith, aged 11,
near Scotland, Cumberland county, en
Wednesday purchased a small quantity of
powder and put it in his pocket. Step
ping at a blacksmith shop a spark from a
piece or het iron exploded the powder,
burning the boy se badly that it is feared
he cannot recover.
Jehn Mess, a hatter, left Reading en the
Oth of October for Virginia, te buy wool
for hatting purposes. He was heard of
some days afterward at Steubeuville.Ohie,
since nothing was heard of him. He was
a man about fifty years of age, of medium
height, with black beard and hair inclined
te curl. Under one of his eyes is a large
scar.
Fer jiulgc, Green, Republican, defeats
Reilly, Democrat, in Democratic Schuyl
kill, Rockefeller, Republican, defeats
Ryan, Democrat, iu Democratic North
umberland ; Bucher, Democrat, defeats
Linn, Republican, hi Republican Union,
Snyder and Mitllin, aud Bacr, Democrat,
defeats Cessna, Republican, in Republi
can Somerset ami Bedford ; and the Times
thinks the people haven't made any se
rious mistake in any of their judicial
whiils.
LATEST NKWS BY MAIL.
James l.enrke, a railroad workman, was
scalped by Indians at Duval River, Tex,
A colored man named Pai tiidgc whipped
his stepdaughter te death in Amcricus,
Ga. He is in daugcr of being lynched.
The oyster crop of the lower peninsular
has been materially alfected by the recent
dry spell.
It is reported from Madisen, Indiana,
that Mrs. Sarah Mescly has died there at
the age of 111 years, and that her eldest
child, Mrs. Renfrew, is 87.
Twe Chinese theological students were
assaulted, and one was severely injured,
by four young ruffians in one of the streets
of Cincinnati. The assault was unpro
voked. In Georgia lti: replies from 10' princi
pal cotton growing counties of the state
repei t the crop te November 1 as thirty
percent, sheit compared with last year.
Nine bodies in all have been taken from
the ruins of the fallen tenement houses en
Grand street, in New Yerk, and the search
is still going en.
Six persons weie injured, one. fatally,
by the fall of an elevator in the new Bcl
vidcre hotel, in New Yerk. The rope
that failed was made of twisted steel.
Baruhard McAnnis and Jeseph Isaacs
left Buffalo, for Point Abino, te sheet
ducks, and perished in the sale of Wed
ncsday night.
James Duggan, quartermaster, was lest
overboard from the steamship Bavarian,
of the Liverpool and Bosten line, during a
storm en the 'Ust. ult.
A runaway engine en the Indianopelis,
St. Leuis and Chicago railroad ran into a
freight train leaded with cattle at Iiirii Iiirii
ananelis, and a number of cattle were kill
ed. Less, $23,000.
Tayler Leve, who had informed upon
W. J. Fuller, an illicit distiller, was killed
by ihc latter at Clarksville, Ga. Leenard
Jariard was killed by an unknown ass-as-sin
en the same night and in the same
place.
Michael Conley died in Lynn, Mass.,
from the effects of laudanum given him
in beer by Daniel Driscell, who said that
Conley " was becomuig-bei-tcrou-,3iul the
laudanum was intended te quiet him "
At S-in Antonie, Tex., Julius Stark
plead guilty of robbing the mail, and was
sentenced te the penitentiary for ten year-.
William Petty, convicted of the same
offense, was sentenced te imprisonment for
life.
The firm of Ilili, Meyau ic Ce., dry
goods dealers iu Xew Yerk, have made
an assignment for the benefit of their cred
itors. The preferred creditors are. II. B.
C'alln.t Ce., $2 10,000; S. V. White, $20,
000, and L.-Mvis Brethers A: Kennedy,
$3,000.
William It. Reyce, who has been inti
mate with a young woman named Jennie
Burke, in Fleming county, Ivy., for ever
two years, went ever te sec her, and found
a young man named Jacob Rogers visiting
her. At Rogers' suggestion they walked j sr.ies ei Keai i.stute.
out in friendly talk, and en their return, j Tlehn Frank, auctioneer, sold (or the cs
when about 100 yards from the house, j tate of Gee. Bitch, dccl, a house, shop.
Rogers drew a pistol and fired three shots . and 21 acres of land, in Penn township, te
all of which took effect, killing Reyce. Pelly "Brewnsberger, for $1,380.
The Gas Light Transportation company Gee. Ruhl sold te Reuben Graybill his
of New Yerk, which has for its president J
Nelseii T.ippan, has already secured large
tracts of choice gas-coal lands in the Alle
gheny region, and proposes te manufac
ture gas near the niutith of the mines, and
transport it thiengh immense pipe lines
te all the larger cities et" the Atlantic
slates. Tim pumps, which will draw the
gas from the works te the point of deliv
ery, are te he made from special designs,
and will be located about twcity live
miles apait.
en-'iciAi. sEATUitsr.
or. l.enpr, of 3!iSiic!uisetts .'.talie: :i Il'i!-i-
Addition te i'rr.cl:in:n(!ei J.iier-
-ilure.
Whereas, it is a geed and ancient 1 as as
teni te set apart after the harvest :i iay
for public thanksgiving and prahc tu Al
mighty Ged :
New, therefore, I, Jehn D. Lenj, gov
ernor, by and with the advice of the coun
cil, appoint therefer Thursday, the 21th
day of November next.
Unto Then, Ged, de we give tlwu!:3.
Theu vl-itctli the e:i rlh and walerc.t it. Theu
Mcxseth tin: sriimliiK thereei. Theu crown
est the year with Thy goedne.-s. The pastures
are covered with Hecks; the valley: also are
covered ever wifti corn ; they shout ter jev :
they al-e sinjj.
litcnicil i:' he thai vensJdercth the peer.
Come unto Me all ye that Iaher ami arc heavy
laden, and i v. II give you revt.
O Painter or the truitsand flowers,
We own Thy wl-se desi-jii,
Whereby t!iee humble ham!-; ofeur.s
May hhare the work of Thine !
.
Apart treni Thee wc plant in v.iin
The root and bow the seed ;
Thy early and Thy later rain.
Thy 11111 and dew we need.
Our toil is sweet with tliankfuiues-i,
Our burden i our been ;
The curse et earth's gray iinruii:; in
The blessing of ita neon.
Anil.slii! with iwereut hand, we eu!I
Th j" yifts each year renewed ;
Tiic (,'Oed is:iluu beautiful
TI.e beaut itul is geed.
Given at the Council Chamber, iu Bosten,
this twenty-ninth day of October, in the
year of our Leid one thousand eight
hundred and eighty one, and of the in
dependence of the United States of
America the eue hundred and sixth.
Jens D. Ld.ne.
By His Excellency, the Governer, with the
advice of tlrj Council.
IIi:x::v B. Pir.nci:,
Secretary.
Ged save the Ciminen wealth of Mss:.:;-
chiux'ttF.
l.o-tes !y fire.
The less by the brush fires throughout
the province of Ontaiie, last season, is
estimated at upwards of $10,000. Nine
million feet of lumber in Sisson & Lilley's
mill yard at Spring Lake, Mich., burned ;
less is estimated at $230,000 ; insured for
$100,000 in thiriv-nincdiffeient companies.
The old state house at Austin, Texas, has
ecen burned ; Ie:s, !:2e0,000. A nie in
Worcester Jlafs., damaged the planing
and buildingfinish factory of Chas. Baker
& Ce., aud Celby & Perter's last factory,
causing a less of about $20,000. Judge
Woodward's distillery near Springfield,
Tenn., was burned vesterdav. Less, $20,
000. -
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A PROTEST.
Hew tlie AiArage I'nucral Sermon Treats
the Causes of Decay anil Deuth.
Fer the Ixtelligexck'.:.
' Earth te eaith and dust te dust ;" and
when it is our turn te be committed te
mother earth, may the average parson net
be there te tell his heaiers, that but for
the disobedience of Eve aud Adam death
would net have entered this world, and
have all te rellect upon the deadly nature
of the siu of that disobedience which put
a period te the physical life in time for
man, and beast, and blade of grass.
Tiie parson sticks clese te inherited
traditions and refuses te leek into the
book of nature for fear of seeing there a
refutation of. his cherished views. He
calls Jiis thcole-ry orthodox, and denounces
as atheistical every ether revelation than
his reading of the Bible. He closes his
eyes te the evidences that man was the
cotemperary of the mammoth and
the reindeer in Middle Europe ;
that he showed his domineering dis
position by making implements te kill
his ee temporaries, or when taken at a
disadvantage was killed by them ; that he
was essentially mortal, and that he be-
! lieved in a future life.
As a consequence of this reiterated
teaching, tens of thousands of devout
souls are confirmed in the belief that hut
for the temptation and fall, Adam would
yet have a terrestrial home with millions
of descendants who might visit this hoary
sire. D.
the l'ytlilnu Lyceum.
A very largely attended meeting of the
Pythian Lyceum association was held in
the K. of P. hall, Fulton opera house, last
evening. Quite a number of members
were enrolled and the organization fully
established, the two previous meetings
having been mere of a temporary charac
ter than that of last evening. After a
very humorous recitation by Ames M. Al
bright, the principal object of the meeting
was taken up, that of debate en the ques ques
teon: "lieselccd. That a paid fire department
is better than a volunteer department ter
Lancaster." A very spirited debate was
had, being participated in by Jno. B.
Markley, And. J. Uletchcr, C. V. Lichty,
P. G. Geedman. O. II. Brown aud a num
ber of ethers. The question was finally
decided by the judges, Messrs. Jno. Mc
Ginn's and Wm. A. Scheenberger, in the
affirmative.
Fer the next regular meeting, te be held
next Thursday, the following question was
set down for debate : "Should theatrical
and opera performances be encouraged as
new produced en the stage." A pro pre
gramme, embracing reading, rccita
tiens, etc., was also arranged. After the
debate the first number of the Pythian
liecieie was read, containing some very in
teresting matter. Seme routine business
was transacted, aud with semn general
remarks the meeting adjourned, these
present feeling it te have been a very suc
cessful one.
A CeiHlul;'sTerrlllc Flight.
A wreck occurred shortly before thiee
o'clock yestcrdry afternoon en the Leba
non Valley railroad beyond the Schuylkill
bridge, which might have been attended
with less of life and been disastrous iu its
consequences. A gondola car, leaded with
heavy oak plank, broke loose at Fritztown
in ascending the heavy grade en the Read
ing ifc Columbia railroad, and descended
with frightfnll velocity. It passed
Sinking Spring station at the rate
of 55 miles per hour. It continued
en in its mad course until it reached the
bridge, when it ran into freight engine
Ne. 5, which was proceeding in the diicc diicc
tien of Ilarrisbug. Engineer Lcihy f-aw
the car coming towards jiim, whi'i- he was
en the bridge, and with presence of mind
remained en the engine until it had reach
ed the opposite side of the river, when he
and the fireman jumped oil", when the gon
dola was withiu a square of the locomotive.
The collision was terrific. The smoke
stack, cab and steam chest of the engine
wcre demolished, aud the oak plank was
jammed into the boiler jacket se tight
that it could net he extricated. The track
was cleared by the wreck car, and there
was but little delay te trains.
farm containing 110 acres, in Penn town
ship, for $112 per acre.
H. C. Gibblc, auctioneer ami real estate
agent, sold at private sale for J, D. Ranck
a two-story dwelling house and let of
ground, situated en Grant street, Man
heiiu borough, te Samuel Lehman, for
$1,150.
L. D. Gallagher, auctioneer, sold at
public sale for Christian I. Leng his
farm is: Raphe township, consisting of
78 acres, te Jehn G. Snyder, :st $101 per
I acre.
llvlrlleii."
An alleged drama of this name was pre
duced at I ulten opera Iiouse last night,
and a scanty audience occupied two hours
and a half in trying te discover a theme,
purpose or idea iu it. They had te givu it
up as a haC job when the curtain was
finally rung down, and the unanimous vc;
dict of an injured assemblage was that
the performance was about the tartest
.nap with which wc have been atllictcd.
"Vall-lne; Ter Wat Cuke. "
f.abt evening a cake walk was held in
Leve and Charity hail, under the manage
ment of that line caterer te the ta.-.te of the
amusement loving people Samuel Alkn.
The prise was a big cake, which was wen
by Themas King and Miss Ratie Grew,
i who f-hewed the most grace. The attend
ance was very large.
A Nevel Kat Trap.
.While Sephia Archcy, a colored woman,
employed at the restaurant of Geerge II.
Miller en East King street, was at her
work, a large rat ra imp her sleeve and get
in her dicss. The woman was almost
frightened te death and she steed and
screamed with all her might. Mr. Miller
heard the noise, and going te her icsue,
killed th3 rat with a stick.
Lancaster Was l.elt.
A Hi una Tribune.
W. G. Ilciler, of Lancaster, and Mr.
Tindle, of England, both of whom are
meulders in the company's foundry, ran a
toot race at the lair ground en Saturday,
di.stauc: one mile,
Tindle wen
by a few
yards. A large
were piesent.
number of
spectators
Window Glass i5;eksu.
( ix Tuesday night some one broke one
of Ihs large plate glass of Jehn II. Mooa Meoa Moea
cy'.H furnishing store in Mt. Jey, with a
brick wrapped in a stocking. Nothing
was stolen although it is believed that
theft was the object of the breaking.
itucUincn'i .Supper.
Last evening the hack and baggage
diivers who run en the S3vcral depot
hues held a supper at the Stevens house
restaurant, which is kept by Kutttz &
Sheet z. They had all the delieiclcs of the
fcasen, besides a geed time.
Sent Out.
Michael McKcc and Maria McKee for
being drunk and disorderly, were each
given five days by Alderman Barr.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUK KEGULAi: COKKKSi'ONlfKXct:.
All the school directors were en hand
last evening. Balance iu the treasury
$e0T3.49. All the bends disposed of.
Total attendance for October 11C5 ; aver
age 93S. The Fifth street school house
reported finished en the inidc, work ap
proved and coutracteis paid, and $'5,000
insurance put en it.
Twe et Jacob Lutz's children have died
of diphtheria and another is dangerously
ill Mrs. O'Deunel, of the water com
pany's farm, has died of consumption
Gee. Coekmau. of Philadelphia, is visiting
A limner Squire Yeung's water setter,
" Prince," has been stolen My Gcral
dine " booked for Nev. 17.
I Iyer's sisters te morrow night Enter
tainment in the Union colored church
Georgia minstrels next Monday night M.
E. revival meetings adjourned until next
Monday.
California tourists had a handsome ban
quet at Mr. North's yesterday. At II. F.
Brunei coal yard yesterday K. Tracy,
engineer ; G. Tracy, guy-man, and Daniel
Orlit, Albert Hill, .lames Shertc. stcve
(leres, unleaded 100 tens of real from a
beat in three Items. "Mascette" had
about a $'f0 house.
rllE liUUXTV VOVK.
The Total ler the Candidate!).
Following are the totals of the different
candidates voted for in this county 011
Tuesday. These maiked with a are
official ; the ethers our own count :
Stale Tri'tnurer.
Silas 51. llaily
OUANUE NeitLK
Chnrlrs t. Wolfe
.laeksen (5)...I
Wilsen (T)
President .Inline
Jehn 15. Liilngxten
a-'.i;!
5770
110:.
10
. lli7:l
.. 11401
.. 5Sl!
... ins:.
.. r.7'Ai
.. 1 1 127
. :ix
.. ii..;i
. M17
.. li:vtt
.. 5!W
.. I till.
.. nsni
NlierixK
Jehn II. High '. ,
line. W. liliewx (Painter)
I'rethwiu'arj.'
Sam Mutt Fridy
Jehn II. DkMavkx
Jleiiisler.
Jeseph I'lnliie
EiWAitn P. AMinaat
I'dii nt; Treasurer.
Jehn J. (ioed .'
Pirri:i: McC'osemy
Cert; of Quarter AVmeji.
I'eerge W. Kahy
iSKA It K !). .. .
Clerk of Orjifutnx' Court.
Jeseph Iteeser.
Pkti:i: K-Ei-icu ,
I'nsim keeper.
I.ivM K. Ilurkhelder. , U3S
ls.c II 11.1.
Uimiy C'iiiiiiiiissiuncr..
Ahraui Summy
Samuel M. Mvers
Mai'tin- llu.iiiu:N"r
('oi'eiiir.
Daniel A. Shiire'r
IIunry M. Ceirr.i:
1'oer lHreelers.
Martin KreMer
Jehn Kvans
Pmi-ir Wall
Aisiiav Sidks :...
Prison ifvij.
Jehn G. Weaver
Kcuben K. Kitzer
Ll'Ml-EL Wikst ,
SOLOMON' ZCAJIUI!
(.'eititii Auditor.
Jehn K. Keeil
Itenlamiii M. Grider.
Jeiix L. J.iiiiitxei:
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UKITUAUY.
Death et James Itrui'y.
James Brady, one of the tipstaves
of the Lancaster county courts,
died yesterday at his home in Church
street, aged 12 years, alter an illness of a
few weeks from typhoid fever. Mr.
Brady was an Irishman by birth a native
of Rine, county Longford, Ireland.
He came te America lilty years
age, and labored ler many years
with the pick and bhevel upon the
Tide-water canal, the Potomac railroad and
various public works in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. While working at the tun
nel near Elizabethteau, this county, he
mariicd a daughter of the late Andrew
Wade, of th.t borough, and had by her
out; daughter, who is new the wife of
Geerge Kurtz. He was, while- work work
en the Tide-water canal, blown up
by the premature explosion of a hia.st, by
which he lest the nse of one of h s eye,
and was ether wise disfigured, lb: va;
taken te the I'altimuie hospital, and after
his lecevcry he was went te say grimly
that he was the euly 11..! 11 that ever went
into that institution that escaped alive.
Fer the past thirty yt us he resided
iu Lancaster, and was well known te
almost everybody. During the draft in
this city he was a guard in the piwent
marshal's efficeand the following anec
dote is told regarding his appointment. :
He called upon Tiiad. Steven', jr., the
marshal, for an appointment, but was told
there was no vacancy. Oae of his fiicuds
advised him te sec oil Tlia-.l. about it. He
did se, and after a biief chat
the old commoner, scratched down a few
lines in his peculiarly illegible ehiregtaphy
and told Jimmy te take it te young Tliad.
He did se ; neither young Tliad. nor any
of his clerks could read it. Neither could
Jimmy, but he proved himself equal t
the occasion. Helding the nete upside
down he read, or pretended te read, :::
fellows : " Dear Tliad. Give Captain
Brady a job." Mr Drady was at mice
appointed a guard until tin; provost mar
shal's office was closed. Fer some years
past he was a tipstafl'iii the local ceiirl,
having been appointed by Judge Living
ston, and sat at the head of the private
stairway.
" Tim Ytuu;j ."tiny Sll.-."
Our obituary columns record the djciasu
of James Franciseus, youngest son of Jehn
FrancisciiR, the well-known landleid 0:1
Seuth Queen street. He had been a suf
ferer for some time, and had a paralytic
stroke en Sunday, which seen brought his
illness te a fatal conclusion. He was a
coach blacksmith by trade, and a member
of Lancaster Ledge Ne. OS of Knights et
Pythias, aud of the Shiillur lire company.
Emanuel R. Workman, of Kst Hcmp
lield, who has been cut off in thn piime of
life at the age of 37, wan an intelligent and
popular young man, member of a well
known family, and an active Dj .Jecr.i,
whose less will be felt in tlie circles in
which he moved and wherein he was much
beloved.
Death of a Venerable Weman.
Mrs. Mary Millcysack, rcliet of the late
Jacob (who died last April) died at her
residence yesterday. Deceased was par
alyzed sever, years age, and never re
covered from it. At the time of her death
she was in her COth year. .Sim was a life
long member of the L'nien llcthcl church.
She had seven children, six of whom sur
vive her, twenty-four grandchildren and
live great-grandchildren. The funeral
will take place from her residence, en
Ilish street, en Sunday afternoon ; inter
ment at Lancaster cemetery.
T810 Trinity " Junier.'"
The entertainment in Trinity Lutheran
chapel, last evening, was a brilliant suc
cess. It followed the pregramme pub
lished in yesterday's Itemjk.vf.i:, and
special features of the exercises were He v.
Fry's lealing of "The Vagabar.ds" and
" Darius Green ; Prof. Mali's vocal soles,
Messrs. Shufdebottem's and Kilheffer's
harmonica performances. Mis: Annie Cou
ncil's recitations, Mis? Ella Musser's so
prano sole, Prof. Ha is en th j piano, the
duet of Missc? Eichellz ard ileiuitsh, and
J Miss Celby's piano sole.
ew Bill Beard.
Mr. Yeckcr has crested a naw tluce
timet bill boarden the ncith side of the
Io5tefficc. It is a great iuprevcir.cnt en
the old one.
Sherltr Suits.
The shetiff sales will take place in the
court house te-morrow afternoon. Ten
prorertics have been advertised but two
have been fixed aud bat eight will he sold.
Afayer'H Cenrt.
The mayor had but a couple of vags
this morning, and they were discbared.
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