LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES THURSDAY, DECEMBER! 1881.
lncastct Intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENINO, DEC. 1, 1881.
Tlic Steel Daly.
The " Parsee merchant," who has be
come well-known under that title as a
writer en questions of revenue and
tarilT, addresses a letter te the convention
of Protectionists in session in New
Yerk, of which we reproduce elsewhere
the portion which forcibly presents the
enormity of the present duty en steel,
by which the American manufacturers
of Bessemer rails are given a clean
twenty eight dollars per ten profit by the
duty of that amount put en the foreign
article. We have several times called
attention te this matter and it is te us
very surprising that se great a wrong
should net ere new have attracted the
attention of Congress. What is espec
ially singular is that the railroad compa
nies, which pay this tremendous profit te
the railmakers, de net seem te grumble
at it at all. It can be explained by the fact
that the great railroad managers may be
interested in the ownership of the Besse
mer mills. They fill their pockets by the
great price they pay for rails, and save
their stockholders by charging the public
all they can get for freight and passage.
Moreover, the existing trunk lines prob
ably consider it te be their interest te
keep up the price of mils, te discourage
the building of new lines and te avoid
the depreciation in the estimated value
of their own tracks which would come
from a great lowering of the cost of the
rails.
Se the dozen corporations which aie
banded together in the Bessemer steel
manufacture are permitted te obtain
for their product si profit of ever fifty
percent, which they have generally ex
pended in increasing their capacity for
production. The works at Trey, New
Yerk, fifteen years age, produced less
thau a hundred tens of steel a week, new
they turn out three thousand tens. The
Pennsylvania steel company, which was
started a few years age, near Ilarrisburg,
after failing te obtain the necessary land
near Lancaster, has already a surplus of
three million dollars, and its stock is
quoted at three times its par. The Cam
bria, Edgar Thomsen, and the ether
works arc in equally flourishing condi
tion. .Se rich are they that they could
afford te pay several hundred thousand
dollars te Themas and Gilchrist for their
processor dephospherizing iron ores se
as te make them fit for steel, and quietly
lay the thing away until a mere conve
nient season for its use. At present they
are in no need of economizing in the cost
of their pig iron, and they have no time
te change their operations. Certainly
they have no need for such a duty as
$28 a ten te protect them. They can
make Bessemer as cheap as in England,
by reason of the superior facilities and
skill which they employ in the business.
They could afford te spare the whole
duty ; and there can be no possible ques
tion that the protection given them
should net be greater than that given
the iron manufacturer, which is but
eleven dollars per ten.
A Blackmailing Speculation.
When it was made public that J.
Kahler Snyder appeared as prosecutor,
District Attorney Themas .1. Davis as
counsel for the prosecution, and Benj. F.
Rewe as alderman hi some fifty criminal
suits against citizens of this county for
alleged violation of an act requiring med
ical practitioners te register in the pro pre pro
thenotary's office, the auspices under
which these complaints were made were
apt te suggest that the laudable aim of
serving the public geed was net their
purpose. The name of the prosecutor
was calculated te revive recollections
which he was about the last man in this
community who should have contributed
te awaken. Nobody, we trust, would
lay a straw in the way of him earning
an honest livelihood, but when his pros
titution of the law and his abuse of the
authority of the commonwealth arc fully
developed as a scheme of blackmail it
becomes apparent why he seeks the tri
bunal and secures the aid which seem te
be marshalled with him in these prosecu
tions. Of the law itself, its objects, its de
fects or its operation we de net propose
new te speak. That examination may
deferred. But when its enforcement
is purely a blackmailing oieratien
it fairly merits the indignation of decent
citizens and the exposure of honest jour
nalism. J. Kahler Snyder is net an in
dividual whom anybody would ever sus
pect of any disinterested or patriotic
purpose in moving te enforce a criminal
law. It needed net the fact that one of
the penalties of the law in question is
SlOOfine, half te gote the prosecutor, te
indicate what his purpose was in appear
ing in a criminal court en the prose
cutor's side of the table. The presence
of the buzzard is a sign of carrion.
That there can be no mistake about
his purpose in these cases being solely te
level blackmail we conclude from the
fact that in at least two cases this week
and likely mere he extorted money from
defendants te " let up " en them ; he
pocketed the cash and his alderman
"settled" the cases, the magistrate's
costs being obtainable from the county
treasury if net otherwise. In either case
if there was evidence te make it out the
suit should net have been abandoned ;
and if there was no such evidence the
bribe should net have been extorted.
If the law was a wise one, seeking te
protect the public, te prevent wrongs
and correct abuses, its attempted en
forcement even by disreputable agencies
and without disinterested purposes,
might net be wholly beyond the pale of
public sympathy; but this law, if net ut
terly impotent jdefective and inoperative,
is, at least in some of its features, se sense
less and ineffective for any geed purpose
that we unhesitatingly declare that no
decent man would ever seek its enforce
ment and no intelligent one can show
llij iK'iiclits thereof. When "Dr."
Potts can comply with its requirements
as readily as Dr. Atlec, and experienced
jiow-wews find the same shelter under it
as graduates of the schools, the regular
profession will, we knew, scorn te own
it. Moreover, there is net a single man
of the 2fA or mere new registered, and
who were registered before the Snyder-
Davis-Rewe prosecutions began, who
was net and is npt still as liable te
its penalties as any who have been
prosecuted. The law declares that it
shall go into effect June 1, though net
signed by the governor until June 8.
Fer a month or two after that there
was net even a register in the prothono prethono protheno
tary's office for any doctor te record his
name in, and few of these new recorded
were registered for several months after
the law became operative. Fer practic
ing in the meantime every one of them
is liable te such prosecutions as have
been brought ; and if the blackmailers
succeed well in their present venture,
the entire fraternity in Lancaster county
will be their next game whether of high
or low degree, quack or regular, old
school or new, pow-wewer, fire blower
or bleed-stopper. What a field opens for
the operation of the blackmailers !
Jl'dgk KiCKDKit, a very short term
judge of Easten, appointed by the gov
ernor, and who is about te go off the
bench te make room for the elect of the
people, has raised a novel question, if he
has net established a novel precedent, by
admitting te the bar, in the absence of
his colleague, an applicant te whom that
colleague had denied admission and who
had in the meantime acquired no new
qualification. Just hew many members
of court it takes te admit a man te gen
eral practice, or te expel him from it, is,
we believe.anepen question in this state
Judge Patterson was of the opinion that
if he alone could expel members of his
bar he preferred te be reinforced with his
colleague's assent and se he declared he
had it. Wc have heard several times of
late that Judge Livingston siys this use
of his name and authority was unauthor
ized. If se it would net have been tee
early te have dissented when his brother
read what he said was " the opinion of
the court' It is net tee late yet te
have the truth of history made known.
E.NTEK winter but net with a big W.
Mili.kksvil.lk matters mournfully mix
ed. Students suspended suspiciously,
swiftly.
Sara Bkkmiakdt is stoned by the mob
at Odessa, every time she turns out, the
pretext being that " Sara, the Jewess,
plundered the people."
If " a winter's fog will freeze a deg,"
the Sin thinks it very lucky for the dogs
that jrs-tcrday was November and net De
comber. As the Manhattan gas company charged
Gcu. Dan E. Sickles for 1,000 feet of gas
a month burned while he was in Europe
and his house was closed, he will wrestle
with the company in court ever the bill,
and pending the action the court has re
strained the removal of the meter.
Z.vcu Ciiandlkk was net the mau te
whom Hayes would have gene for a certi
ficate of character for political gratitude,
liberality or truthfulness. What old Zach
said about the Ohie man is interesting
reading even after one is in his grave and
tlic ether supervisor of reads.
Tin: Garfield picture for Queen Victeria,
forwarded through the state department,
isef cabinet size, and a, striking resem
blance te the late president, the eyes par
ticularly being life-like and expressive. It
was enclosed in an envelope bordered with
mourning, addressed te Queen Victeria,
ami having the name of Mrs. Garfield
written en the lower corner. It was in
cased in a box lined with dark blue satin
velvet, which was again incased in a ma
hegany box.
Anether student of the Millcisville
Nermal sehoel has been requested te
leave, without notice or trial. His gentle
men friends in the institution, comprising
most of the male students, have exercised
the sevcicigu right of petition te knew the
reason why. It is te be hoped that in the
cud, exact justice will be meted out te all
interested, and that the one hundred
signers of the petition will net be sus
pended or expelled for the implied criti
cism upon the authorities contained there
in. Oltk esteemed contemporary the Car
lisle Volunteer devotes a considerable por
tion of its valuable space weekly te hold
ing up te public scorn and execration the
wicked person who owns the Valley Senti
nel, of the same town, and who ruus a
peel and billiard room in connection with
his newspaper enterprise. The powerful
arguments printed by the Volunteer te
prove the demoralizing influence of bil
Hards and peel arc enough te freeze the
bleed in one's veins, and the moral turpi
tude of the Sentinel man could have no
stronger evidence than that conveyed by
the circumstance of his keeping right en
with his billiards and his peel and his
newspaper, paying" net the slightest at
tention te the pious remarks of his truly
geed neighbor. This is distressing te
the Volunteer editor.
PERSONAL.
"Buck " McCandlkss is out for gover
nor. Ge slew.
The last senior oration at the college
was made by Jonathan W. Millf.k, en
"Society as an Educator." He handled
his theme well and made out a geed case.
Longfellow, confined te the liouse by
vertigo, kept Thanksgiviuc Day by read
ing te a friend a poem he has recently
composed called " Hermes Trismcgistus.
Charles Henkkl, aged 71 years, a
musician, who came te this country from
Germany a year age, died yesterday of
leprosy, in the Charity hospital at New
Yerk.
Kassen leads for the speakership and
Pennsylvania leeks that way. With two
candidates for clerk the Republicans of
tins stale will naturally want the speaker
ship te go West "for revenue only."
Heading society had quite a flutter yes
terday ever the marriage of Miss Ella L.,
second daughter of Colonel Jesemi L.
SnenTEn, a prominent iron merchant of
Reading, and Mr. IIaurt Milliielland,
civil engineer of the Baltimore & Ohie
railroad, stationed at Cumberland, Md.
If anything could help McPiieksen's
chances for the clerkship it is the rumor
of " a movement just started te secure
the vote of the delegation from Pennsyl
vania for DeB. It. Keim, a newspaper
correspondent, " the Republican boss of
fie Berks county posteffices" in his mind.
The forty gentlemen who made horses
of themselves in Brooklyn en Monday
evening, and who in the harness of enthu
siasm drew Mme. Patti and Signer Nico Nice
lini in their carriage te their hotel, were
hired for the purpose by Mr. Abbey, the
manager of Patti, who understands the
art of advertising.
Theodere S. Faxton, ex-Mayer of
Utica, New Yerk, died yesterday in that
city, aged 87 years. He was one of the
earliest promoters of the electric telegraph
and was the first president of the Utica
& Black river railroad. He was the
founder of the Old Ladies' Heme and the
Heme for Aged Men in Utica, and also
gave Faxton hall te that city.
The Philadelphia Recerd, which seldom
has a geed word for the ex-speaker, thinks
it may be said te the credit of Mr. Samuel
J. Randall that when he gets a geed idea
in his head he retains it as tenaciously as
he retains his bad ideas. The country will
stand behind him in his efforts te get the
funded indebtedness of the natieu into 3
per cent, bends.
Mr. Tilden has three traps en each
sewer pipe in bis premises ; his collection
of engravings is the second largest and
choicest in the country, and he speaks of
the ether man s as a "job " aud hand-me-down
let." ilis household consists
only of himself and secretary, with four
servants, and they arc all quartered en the
third fleer, which they reach by aii eleva
tor. All the parts of Mr. Tilden's house,
except the top fleer, are therefore open te
nis guests, anu tue spicnaer ei tncir mrni
turc, the interest of the pictures upon the
walls, and the treasures of his vast library
are only items in the geed measure of en
tertainment he can offer. He rides en
horseback less and mere in a cab than
formerly.
Rev. Dr. P. S. Davis says of Rev. Drt
B. Bailsman's handwriting: "It must
have reminded you of a map of Bosten.
We would like te sec a page of it en
larged te the size of the modern Athens,
and get some feet-weary man te tread the
labyrinth, following the lines as the words
wc:c te be arranged by a compositor. He
would have te go out into by-ways, and
turn corners, move all around the plot,
and come back te the point of departure
very unexpectedly, but only te make the
journey ever and ever again. He would
realize hew far a man may walk without
going out of a very small area, and be
lieve that the serpentine paths of a gen
tleman's grounds might, if stretched out
into a straight line, be measured by the
mile."
STATE ITEMS.
A photographer in Bethlehem displays
ui his window a picture of a farmer and
his wife and fifteen children. That is a
group te rejoice the heart of a patriot.
Reuben Bretz, a coal train brakeman,
aged 40 years, aud employed en the read
for the last twenty years, has been killed
at Pottsville.
There are 4tf3,000 bushels of grain in the
Ancher line elevators at Erie, which the
Philadelphia and Eric railroad is unable te
transport cast because of the scarcity of
cars.
Jacob Geycr, a dissipated son of Stephen
Geycr, a well-known lawyer of Allegheny
City, was knocked down and it is thought
fatally injured, while attempting te stab
his father.
Cattle arc new shipped from Pittsburgh
te Philadelphia in fast trains in order te
comply with the law which forbids
the keeping of live stock in ears ever
twenty-four hours without unloading te
feed.
Judge Ludlow in Philadelphia sentenced
Michael Leenard te three mouths' im
prisonment, a fine of 100, aud te be ab
solutely deprived of the right of suffrage
for ieur years, he having pleaded guilty te
voting en another man's name at the last
election.
Jehn Shields, seven years old, residing
in West Manayunk, son of one of the
workmen at Randelph & Sen's paper mill,
was caught in the shafting at the mill.
He was whirled around and around many
times, his head aud one arm were tern
from his body, and every bone seemed te
have been crushed. He died at once.
Dr. Samuel Walsh, of 100.J Seuth Sev
enth street, Philadelphia, has been com
mitted by Corener Janncy, for the action
of the district attorney, he having ac
knowledged committing an error in an
operation performed upon Jehn Rush, of
Ol'J Hallowed street, resulting, as was
testified, in the latter's death.
Sephia Gable, aged 19, a belle of Min
crsvillc, motherless and. petted, betrayed
by au admirer, took strychnine, then the
antidote, aud she is new in a fair way te
recover again. The drug left her limbs
paralyzed, but it is expected this will wear
off with the effects of the poison. Much
sympathy is manifested for her.
m
UAH.KOAD ACCIDENTS.
Kcsults or a Day's Dense leg.
Besidcs four accidents en the New Yerk
divisieii P. R. It. yesterday ; a freight
train en the New Yerk & New England
railroad struck a boulder while passing
through a deep cut at Ironstone, aud the
engine aud twelve cars were piled up in a
wreck. As there is but a single track,
the read was effectually blocked by the
disaster.
A miner.-.' train en the Reading railroad,
returning te Pottsville from Locust Gap,
ran into au empty coal train standing en
the main track. The coal cars were piled
up together and the engine wrecked, but
no person was seriously injured.
A freight train was threwii from the
track en the Indianapolis & St. Leuis
railroad, at a point fourteen miles west of
that place, this morning, by a broken axle.
Seventeen cars were wrecked. A brakc
mau, whose name is net given, was killed,
and Conductor Brown seriously injured.
(JOVEKMESTAL FINANCES.
Hew i lie Meney Cemes anil Gees.
Public debt reduction for November
about seven and a half millions.
$2, 714,500 of three and a half per cent,
bends offered and accepted yesterday
under the recent letters of the department
authorizing the receipt of five millions.
The 106th call for the redemption of
bends is for twenty millions of the extend
ed sixes, interest en which is te ccase en
the 29th of January next.
Commissioner Rautn reports that the
internal revenue taxes collected last year
amounted te $i;3,229,912, and estimates
that the collections during the current
year will reach the enormous sum of $157,
000,000. Mr. Raum is of the opinion that
an internal revenue pension list should be
established for wounded and disabled offi
cers. liARNS AND STOKES KUKKKD.
Filly Head or HelMein Cattle l'erish.
The hardware store of Ballary & Ce., at
Jcfl'crseu, Texas, was burned en Sunday
last. Less, $50,000.
The barns of the Maxwell Brethers, en
their farm, near Geneva, New Yerk, were
destroyed early yesterday morning by an
incendiary fire, with fifty head of Helstein
cattle, fifty hogs, five horses and a quan
tity of feed. The less is about $45,000.
NEW YORK'S OFFICIAL VOTE.
The Hair-Breed Bald t'agle 30,000 Behind.
The official vete of New Yerk state
gives the following pluralities : Carr,
Republican, for secretary of state, 13,022 ;
Davenport, Republican, for controller,
14,084; Maxwell, Democrat, for treasurer,
20,943 ; Russell, Republican, for attorney
general, 12,335 ; Seymour, Republican, for
engineer and surveyor, 6,710 ; Finch, Re
publican, for judge of appeals, 11,300.
Important it True.
Examiner Editorial.
Nene of the current literature of the
day, history, fiction or biography, finds
a reception among our farmers.
ZACH CHAND1.KK ON HATES.
Alleged Views or the Michigan Stalwart Be.
pectin the Man be Put in the
White Beuse.
Henry L. Nelsen, in the Bosten Pest
" Zach " Chandler was a prefane mau,
and in his own forceful phrase, "the
Hays crowd was pizen " te him. It is un
necessary te make any further allusion te
this questionable habit, except te say
that when he is quoted the reader may
lard the conversation at his pleasure. The
listener te whom Mr. Chandler made proc
lamation of his hopes and intention.'; had
brought a message te the seuatorfrem Mr.
Hayes. The message was te the effect
that Mr. Hayes desired closer communion
with the Stalwarts. He had announced te
a friend who had given the message te
him, who new delivered it te Mr. Chand
ler, that he saw no reason for any differ
ence between the Stalwarts and himself,
that, while he recognized the fact that the
forces in the Republican party which put
them out put him in, he had never used
the power of his administration against
them. Siuce he had becu elected presi
dent, Legan aud Carpenter and Chandler
had all come back into public life without
any opposition from him or his adminis
tration. He hoped they could be friends.
The message was delivered. Then the
old man broke forth. He was almost
white with rage, as he walked back and
forth in the little room. When he found
his voice he Routed out : " Hayes is the
most wonderful liar I ever saw. He lies
all the time aud en every subject ! "
Then, loosening his necktie and gather
ing himself up for a discourse that he in
tended should go down te posterity, he
told the story of hew Hayes ence tried te
use him, en the pretence that he wanted
te be friends with the stalwarts somewhat
as fellows ; " Don't tell me any
thing niore that comes from that
liar. I knew him as no one else
knows him ; I knew him through and
through. Why, I made him president of
the United States, and every man. woman
and child in the United States, except
Hayes, knows that. He is au ungrateful,
cowardly liar !" and the old man's wrath
almost choked him. He went en : " Why
when his administration began I went te
him and told him that if he would send
Christiancy down te Peru, nothing in
Ged's world could step ray coming back
te the Senate, aud I wanted te be en at
least equal terms with a Republican pres pres
dent as a Confederate senator would be.
" Oh, my dear Mr. Chandler," said Hayes,
"is that what you want ?" Hew excel
lent a thing it is that you have come te
me in this friendly may I say brotherly '.
way. I love the Stalwarts as I de my
own peeple ; and nothing would se fill my
heart with gladness as te have in the Sen
ate some such Stalwart as you are for a
friend. Yeu could de se much toward
making the factions cotne together into a
mere friendly union." " Is that all you
want," said I ; and the old mau reared
bluflly after his went" Well, I'll fix
that right off."
" 4 Hew can you fix it '" said Mr. Hayes.
" I'll fix it you leave it te inc.'
" 'But hew can you?' said he. ' Give a
dinner party,' said I. ' Yeu invite tweuty
and I'll invite twenty, and we'll arrange
it ever a glass of wine. Oh, you needn't
be afraid. I'll pay all the bills. It won't
cost you anything. Yen just invite your
twenty, and I'll give you a list of my
twenty.'
"Well, I went away and Mr. Hayes
never had that dinner party. I was elected
senator, and Confederate senators had a
geed deal mere influence at the White
Heuse than 1 ever did. Once only I heard
from that dinner. One night I was sittiug
in my room and Evaits came in. I didn't
exactly knew what business he could have
with me and I waited te hear. We talked
about the weather aud passed the time of
day, and the chat get rather dull, when
Evaits cleared his threat once or twice
aud finally stammered out : ' We' these
fellows always said wc, as though they
were afraid te ' stand alone' AVe have
come te the conclusion net te have the
dinner as you suggested, but I'll give one
at my house.' 'Well. I don't care hew
it's given said I, 'all I care for is te de it.
Yeu can give the dinner or I will, I don't
care, se long as it's given.'
" Evaits went away aud I never heard
of the dinner again. Hayes thought he
could keep us along and make us stand by
him by lying te us and pretending that he
wanted te be friends te us."
The old man told ether stories ou this
interesting occasion. Among ether things
he told hew Hayes came te vete the army
bill. Chandler had taken Mr. Christiancy's
place during the winter of 1879, and was
present at the extra session, during which
what was known as the political legisla
tion was under consideration. He was
the loud-voiced champion of the retention
of all extreme measures that had been put
ou the statute books during the war and
duriug the period of reconstruction, lie
was then, as always, the incarnation of
stalwart Republicanism. And then, as
always, Hayes was very weak, and very
untrustworthy. It is generally believed
up te the last moment that he would sigu
the bill restricting, as it did,a the use of
troops at the polls, The Stalwarts were
iu a frenzy. They looked upon such a
course as a base surrender te the Demo
crats. They regarded it as giving
up some of the dear-bought fruits
of the war. The rumor that Mr.
Hayes would sigu the bill spread, until ou
the night of the 29th of April, Chandler
made up his mind that he would compel
the president te vete it. Mr. Hayes was
still keeping up the pretence that he desired
the friendship of Mr. Chaudlcr and the
ether Stalwarts, and se Mr. Chandler took
advantage of his friendly status and drove
around te the White Heuso at midnight.
There he made speech te the mild man
nered mau for whose projected dinner
party he was te pay. They were like the
speeches he bellowed out in the Senate.
admitting that he believed iu the necessity
of bleed letting when the war began. He
proposed te sit up with Hayes until a veto
message had been signed. " I was going
te stay by him," he said, "and if he had
gene te bed I'd have get into the same
bed." The end was that Hayes signed the
veto message and the army bill failed te
become a law.
Heur after hour was consumed by the
excited aud angry senator in laying bare
Hayes' duplicity, as he called it. He de
nounced him for almost every political
crime en the calendar, and, anieug ether
things, for his hypocrisy about spending
money for campaign purposes.
"Of ceurse he spent money," he reared,
" but he used mine. I didu't believe in
bis cant about purity and all that, for he
begged me for money himself, and I gave
him $27,000 te be spent in his own state.
What de you think of that? Taktnc
money from outside te be used in his own
state. Did you ever hear of meanness
greater than that ? But I made him send
for the meney ever his own signature, and
I've get the letter new. I made the drafts,
tee, payable te his order. He'd better
net deny all this history, for I've get the
drop en him. He knows better than te
make an issue with me en that subject.
I'll let daylight into the transaction of
that campaign if he does. He get my
money and used it. I never refused money
te anybody who could de the Republican
party any geed with it, and the campaign
cost me a geed deal of hard meney. When
I get through and figured up I was out
$37,000. And then, what de think? Seme
nftnths afterwards the treasurer of
the committee came te me with bills
for odds and ends. About $4,000 was due ;
and I told him te go te Hayes. I had done
enough for him, and he might pay his own
bills in the future. Well, they went te
Hayes." Here the old man stepped and
laughed till his face grew red and the tears
streamed down his cheeks. Several times
he started te go en, but the laughter
choked him. "Why," he continued,
what de you suppose he did then ? Did he
pay it? Yeu don't knew Hayes. Ne sir ;
this civil service reformer, this canting
author of order Ne. 1, directed that an
order should be issued te the clerks of the
departments te the effect that they must
pay up their political assessments He did
actually, and the order was priutcd ; aud
we had te get in- our wagfc pretty fast te
step it. I had te pay thaV $4,000 with the
rest."
This is a sample of the way " Zach "
Chandler talked about the man he made
president of the United States. It is rude
and rough and may uet strike pleasantly
upon the ears of the young Republicans of
Massachusetts ; but I get my information
from one whom I have always found trust
worthy, and tends te bring te light the
truth of history. Mr. Chandler did net
hesitate te talk among the friends of Mr.
Hayes iu just this way. Perhaps this
may explain why Mr. Hayes refused te
purchase a copy of "ThcLifcefZachariah
Chandler."
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The Kirkdalc corn mill.-1, the largest iu
Liverpool, have been burned.
Several quarts of strawberries were
gathered en the farm of Captain Dexie, at
Bay Shere, Leng Island, last week.
There is ice fit te cut en the New Yerk
canals and the beats are cutting through
it.
Hesie and Watsen, fatally burned at
Londen, Out., by au explosion vt the
Victer oil works.
The residence of Dr. L. C. Norwood, a
prominent physician of Whitesville, Harris
county, Ga., has been burned and he per
ished in the (lames.
The supreme judicial court of Mainehas
unanimously decided that Governer Plais
ted has no power te make certain remov
als without the consent of the council.
J. Levy & Ce., dry goods ; Leuis Mayer
& Sen, tobacco, and C. B. Bleck & Ce.,
tobacco, have failed at New Orleans.
The establishments are under seizure.
The United States fish commission pre
sented the New Seuth Wales zoological
society with 40,000 salmon eggs, which ar
rived in excellent condition and have been
placed in hatching boxes.
Dauferd and his cashier escaped from
custody at Caldwell, Kansas, but were
recaptured. During yesterday the slier
iff had au armed posse guarding the pris
oners te prevent them from being lynched.
A boiler explosion in the mills of Doug
lass & Sens, at Mud Creek, Texas, killed
Oliver Wilsen, and two laborers named
Burkhill aud Billips and fatally injured a
colored mau. The mill was blown te
atenic
Irishmen, in council.
The Irish National convention met yes
terday in Chicago, and was largely at
tended. Ex-Congressman Wm. J. Hyues,
of Illinois, was chosen permanent chair
man. The committee en credentials net
being ready te report in the afternoon, the
convention adjourned until this morning.
In the evening a reception was given te
Messrs. O'Connor aud Hcaly and Rev.
Father Sheeny.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COUKT OF COMMON ri-KAS.
The First Weak or the November Ter:n.
I'.KKOKE JUDGE 1'ATTEllSON.
In the case of L.Pewcr vs. B.F.Hoekcy,
action en a promissory note, the evidence
en both sides was the same as upeu the
former trial. The case was given te the
jury shortly before neon and they found
for the plaintiff' in the amount of $119.96.
In the case of Jeseph Yanlccr and Caro Care
line Vanlccr, formerly Carmen, his wife,
for the use of said wife, vs. the executers of
Nccdham Wilsen, deceased, the jury ren
dered a verdict iu favor of the plaintiff for
$1,200.
nrci'ORK .iuiiei: mvinosten.
Anna L. Miller, by her husband Geerge
II. Miller, vs. Abraham II. Rcist. This
was an issue te try the right of prejicrty,
levied upon by the sheriff en nji. fa. of
April term, 1S80, as the property of Geerge
II. Miller but claimed by his wife. The
jury rendered a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff.
Divorce Cii!cs.
Iu the case of Themas Pcndcgrast vs.
M. A. Pendcrgrast, his wife, action for a
divorce, the court en the 15th or October,
decreed that libellant pay respondent the
sum of $4 per week for her maintenance
pendiug the suit ; he failed te pay the
money for three weeks and he was brought
into court ou an attachment. He purged
himself of any contempt by testifying that
he would pay all that he is iu arrears en
his next pay day at the watch factory.
SSVOEK'S SPECULATION.
Anether Countryman Blackmailed.
It has been developed that ni the case
of Jacob Fritz, jr., of Quarryville, ac
cused by J. Kahler Snyder of practicing
medicine without registration, the case was
settled aud the prosecution withdrawn in
consideration of $23 paid te Snyder en be
half of Fritz. The defendant is an old
man, and formerly was a farmer. He is
new somewhat reduced in circumstances
and has of late made a mixture which he
sells as a sort of cure-all in bottles, duly
stamped. He never practiced nor pre
tended te practice medicine or suracry.
and is no way amcnable te the alleged act
under which bnyder assumes te prosecute,
lie was se advised bv his counsel and
was urged te pay , nothing and make no
concession te the prosecution. On Monday
his son being in the city, was induced te
pay $23 te Snyder under premise of having
the suit withdrawn, though Snyder and
Rewo had both previously assured Fritz's
counsel that the case would be dismissed,
as they were satisfied there was nothing
in it, and that Fritz had net practiced med
icine.
All the same, Snyder took the $23 and
urged young Fritz te say nothing te his
father's counsel about the amount paid.
Of course, no settlement that could be
made by Snyder, would protect Fritz or
anybody else from any number of future
prosecutions of the same kiud, and as long
as he finds geese te pluck he will, likely,
wait for the feathers te grew te resume
operations.
Urade or Pupils.
The following is the grade of pupils in
attendance at the James street first
grade secondary school during the month
of November :
Eil. Ilcitshu
Chas. Leyden
Harry Apple
. 87
Maggie loin met... 51
Tell n Council 51
Frank Jehnsen 18
Gee. Yeagcr 11
Katie M.irnitt 40
Laura Slcbcr :5:i
Frank Smith 30
Mary Owen 30
Frea linger. 29
, 8'
. s;
75
iteckic u'llryen..,
Thce. Appel
Clam Delict
Sue Troyer
Fred. J.utz
I.illie Miles
Charles Feil
Christ. Flick
.Samuel Beas
Chas. Scncr
Michael Hartley..
William Leng....
Katie Mclntyrc.
Carrie Benedict..
Peter Flick
Harry Gerrccht..
Adam Finger
Lizzie Flick.
74
73
02
58
it CLASS.
.. SI
Walt. Ban-
Minnie Daily
Ella Masen
Marv Munson
Herb. I'inkcrten
Gertie Zecher .
Flera Miles
Henry McUuirc
Sephia Cunningham
Cera Dclbe
Daisy Gorrecht
Viela Kline
.. 82
.. 7J
.. 75
.. 08
.. 08
.. 57
. 57
.. 50
.. 18
. 45
.. 11
21
The Fetersburg Sheeting Case.
Wm. Gnyer, who was accidentally shot
by Nathan Graybill as heretofore reported,
was alive this morning,but his doctor says
he cannot survive his injuries. Last even
ing he regained consciousness, and
talked te his friends, but rather incoher
ently. He appears te think that he
accidentally shot himself.
MORE MUSIC AT MILLERSVILLE.
A STUDENT REQUESTED TO LEaVK.
Mis Fellow Students Want te Knew Why.
Yesterday morning at the opening exer
cises, which occur at 8 o'clock, Mr. Sher
man JJ. White, of Landisvillc. a student
of the Millcrsvillc Nermal school, about
20 years of age, was handed by one of the
professors a card inviting him te the prin
cipal's office. Attending the summons a
few minutes later, he met Dr. Brooks aud
was astonished te hear the doctor say,
" Mr. White, you are requested te leave
the school. " The yeuug man demanded
a reason, but the principal declined giving
information en the point. With some
difficulty Mr. White managed te learn
that his " ease had becu carefully consid
ered, " and that he " was neither sus
pended nor expelled," but simply " re
quested te leave the school.' Being ig
uerant of the cause of his banishment, and
scarcely knowing what te de, the
icutlcman left the presence of the
principal and told his friends what
had occurred. Intense excitement followed,
as the young man is said te be a geueral
favorite among the students. A strong
petition, addressed te the chief of the in
stitution, was prepared aud by neon al
most every gentleman in attendance ever
one hundred in number had given it his
signature. AVhen presented te the insti
tution's head, at the hour for dining, it
was answered that it could net be consid
ered then for want of time. The case is
canvassed with much earnestness amerg
the students and Mr. White's friends
claim that the matter is very dark te
them, since, although "his case has been
carefully considered," his name was
stricken from the roll of but ene of his in
structors, Prof. Hull, the rest being ap
parently surprised at his absence from
clas3 during the morning aud when his
name was called with the roll as usual.
SALISIlUltV NEWS.
Around the Gap, White Uurnc ami the
Mountain.
The wheat crop in this township bids
fair te be a geed ene if nothing unforeseen
occurs.
Protracted meeting commenced in the
M. E. church at the Gap en Sunday even
ing. The buyers of the " weed " have been
making very few, if a&y purchases, during
the few last weeks. It is reported that
there is any amount of geed tobacco un
sold across the line iu the neighborhood of
Christiana.
Dr. Aaren Martin, of the White Herse,
who has been down with the typhoid
fever for some time, has recovered, and is
new again at his patients' service. Mrs.
Jehn Masen, of same place, is slowly re
covering fiem a Kevcre spell of sickness.
Mr Chi is t Fex, of the Gap, is just re
covering from a severe attack of typhoid
lever.
Mr. Enfield Walker, of the firm of J.
C. Walker & Sen, at the Gap, and some
of his friends, have gene en a gunuing ex
pedition te Fite's Eddy, where they will,
undoubtedly, bag any amount of game.
The semi-monthly meeting of the
Teachers' Institute of thisjtewnship, con
vened at AVhite Hall, ou Saturday last.
The attendance was large. Among the
questions discussed were methods of
teaching, reading, penmanship, arithmetic,
&c. ; also, methods of preserving order,
cultivation of morals, etc. The next
meeting will be held at Millwood, en Sat
urday, Dec. 10. All teachers and friends
of education arc cordially invited te at
tend. DOTII WANT THE HOX.
Kcriublivan Ouarrcl In Salisbury.
Salisbury is a pretty big township and
gives big Republican majorities. It has a
geed deal of politics te the square inch all
the year round. The I leg and Bull rings
grunt aud bellow from ene campaign te
another and the strife for county commit
teemen aud ever the place of holding the
primary elections is generally pretty warm.
Sometimes it is held at Jehn Masen's
White Herse aud sometimes it is moved
up te Spring Garden, At the late general
cltctien Jes. Rcescr was cut very seriously
by the Republican of this district, though
friendly Democrats saved his record by
complimentary votes for him. After the
election there was a disiiute as te where
the ballet box should be deposited. Squire
Sam. Hendersen, under claim of being the
nearest justice te the polls, insisted upon
being the custodial! of it. Harry Warner,
judge of the election, who docs net train
with Squire Sam, was determined that he
shouldn't have it and carried it ever te
Squire A. F. Slaymakcr at the Gap aud
left it there. Whereupon Hendersen
issued a warrant, had Warner arrested,
heard the case and held him in $1,000
bail te answer at court, when all Salisbury
heics te be there te sec.
What the people want te kuew is, why,
if the secrecy of the ballet is te be pre
served, it matters which of Salisbury's
justices guards sacredly the seal upon it
and sees carefully te it that the ballets arc
burned without anybody nosing among
them. New, if it was proposed te have
the prying politicians peep in and find out
what Republicans of Salisbuiy voted for
Wolfe and who cut Rceser, se as te make
a "geed list te mark " for the February
election, it could be easily understood
why such zeal was exercised te get guard
of the ballet box. But such a sinister sus
picion never entered the head of even a
Salisbury Copperhead.
Married by the I'rcuchcr.
A Salisbury correspondent having by
way of joke, we assume, noted a marriage
ceremony perfeimcd by Judge Patterson,
wc are lcqucstcd for the truth of history
te say that ou the 10th iust., at the resi
dence of the bride's parents, Rev. Mr.
Ceeder, pastor of the Pequca Presbyterian
church, securely tied the nuptial knot for
Mr. Ed. Wallace and Miss Flera, daughter
of Alfred Ellmakcr. The judge was there,
but his legal services were net called into
requisition.
Cigar Making Machine.
Mr. F. P. Hart, of Lititz, formerly of
the Examiner, new of the internal revenue
department, has received letters patent
for au ingenious cigar-making machine.
The leaf and filling are laid upon a plate
and with one motion like that of a kraut
cutter a lellcr is passed ever them aud the
cigar is made, a lateral knife clipping the
ends an the cigar is made. It then drops
into a mould, twenty of which arc in a
sliding box under the machine te receive
them as rapidly as made. With ene mo
tion the machine does the work new re
quiring five or six manual movements, and
the inventor claims that one operator and
a boy or girl te carry off the moulds will
le the work of five cigar manufacturers.
Castings are new being made te put the
mach'n:s intj market. If they are rs
practicable as Uic model premises they
will revolutionize the trade and make
cigars se cheap that the whole family can
afford te indulge in the weed.
Did What They rremlsect.
Yesterday it was stated that Clayt
Myers and Buck Lcibley had offered en a
wajicr te drive a drove of hogs belonging
te Levi Myers te Mountville (net Maitic
ville) and that the drove had left the
stock yards before they put in an appear
ance. They were net te be outdone, how
ever, and securing a cab they drove out
the Columbia pike, overtaking the boys
in charge of the hogs near Hambright's
tavern. They paid the boys and sent them
back and then took charge of the porkers,
which they drove te their destination. It
is said they have net yet received the
amount of the bet, however.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUK KEGULAK COBRESl'ONeENCK
Since the Shawnee furnaces have been ,
placed under a new manager, the ground
aud works have been se changed that they
are hardly recognizable.
When the Henry Clay furnace is tin
ished it will be one of the handsomest in
this part of the state.
A new patent delivery window has been
placed in the posteflice. It is a great im
provement ever the old one.
Market unusually large and well at
tended this morning.
The repairs at the water works are
nearly completed.
Last evening was very disagreeable. A
cold, light rain was falling, making walk
ing very unpleasant for pedestrians.
A large .Masonic party will meet tkU
evening at the Franklin house, where a
sumptuous banquet will be provided.
One of the largest fieight trains that
ever came up fiem Pert Deposit, reached
Columbia yesterday afternoon. There
were nearly 40 ears iu it.
A great amount of iron is lying en the
ground of the Ceidelia furnace owing te
difficulty iu obtaining cars te ship it. '
All passenger trains were late yesterday
owing te the large wreck en the New New
Yerk division.
Te-day is the Hist of December and
Chi isttnas is near. Being the first Thurs
day of the mouth the regular monthly
meeting of the Shawnee lire company will
be held. The Columbia meets te-morrow
evening aud the Vigie next Tuesday even
ing. The " Led Astray " troupe spent thrce
or four hours in Columbia yesterday wait
ing for the e:-10 train ever the R. & C.
They area line looking set, aud wen many
friends during their shot t stay. A large
audience should greet them oil Friday
evening.
J-'ushioiiahle Weil til !;
The society event of yesterday after- .
neon was the marriage id" Miss Mary P
Richard te Mr. Edward B. Eckman,
both of this place. The ceremony was
performed iu St. Paul's Episcopal
church by Rev. C. C. Searing, rector, and
although short was very impressive. The
church was void of decoration. At 2 p. m.
the bridal party entered the church. First
came the ushers, E. B. Ferney and 1. C.
GHt ; then the bridesmaid, Miss Ella Fil
bert, leaning ou the arm of the grooms
man, Mr. Gee. Roberts, of Philadelphia ;
then the bride and jjroem. Miss Bella
Ratter played the wedding march, aud
after the ceremony had been performed
the invited guests retained their seats
until the bridal paity had left the church.
They then arose and left also, going te
the home of the bride, where one of the
handsomest tables was spread that war.
ever seen in Columbia. The bride and
groom left ou the 3:30 train ler Philadel
phia and will return next Saturday. The
bi ide was dressed iu a light brown silk,
aud the only adornment was a rullle at the
neck, but ' beauty unadorned s adorned
the most." The numerous presents wcie
handsome and costly.
A "lIarbcr"-eii Excl't-uiritt.
Quite an excitement was caused ou
Tuesday evening at the corner of Second
and Locust streets, by the eviction of a
barber aud the entrance of another of the
same trade. Pete logroll" rented a room
under E. K. Smith's bank, from L. Iv.
Fendcrsmith, and for about two years has
carried en the barbcriug business. Lately
he has net attended te his shop as he
should, the place sometimes being closed
for days at a time. Mr. Feudersinith had
an applicant for the room and rented it te
Paul Zelinski, but did net warn Iiigrei" of
the fact. But before giving possession he
asked advice of II. M. North, esq., who r
told him he was doing i ight, and that he
should immediately take possession,
which he did. Shortly afterward Officer
Fisher, who is the father-in-law of logroll,
happened te pass, aud seeing what was
going en, demanded by what right he was
doing it. He was told, and immediately
scut for Ingraft", who arriving
was advised by the officer of the law te
go down into the room and club both Fon Fen
dcrsmith aud Zelinski out, and that the
law would protect him by doing se. Peter
refused point blank. Zelinski measure:;
ever six l'cct. A crowd was seen collected
by the noise made by I:shcr, and as he
began abusing Fendersmiiii in a shameful
manner the latter called upon Officer
Redenhauscr te disperse the crowd. This
was done, but Fisher remained, still talk
ing loudly, with " shirt cull's displayed."
Zeliusks had nothing te de with the
matter except as a witness. The property
belongs te .Mr. Feudersmith, aud as it was
net kept in proper order he made the
change. Tuesday's fray gradually died
out, but was renewed yesteiday morning,
Fisher starting it. Frem what was said
he is a large stockholder in the concern.
Hew the fuss will end is uet yet known,
but can easily be guessed. Zelinski will
open his shop and logroll" will have te hunt
another place for his business.
llernugh ItiRT.
River riaiug. F. A. B'juuett oft' te
Philadelphia for holiday goeda. Miss
Lydia Rcisiugcr. of Yerk, in town last
night. Hiram Wilsen in Philadelphia.
J. R. Henry, boieiigh humorist. Council
ordinance against carts en sidewalks net
enforced. Rev. Chas. Levering, of Bal
timore, in town en business. Grever'a
" Humpty Dumpty," the fourth of the
season, seen coming. Comical light be
tween coons at the bridge this morning.
A carpenter en the trestles at Filbert's
coal yard had his right feet badly hurt by
the fall of a heavy piece of timber.
Jt.tllreuU Notes. W
Charles Leekard engineer, and James
Bailey conductor, are suspended tempo
rarily, for running five leaded cars off the
track at Lancaster, caused by a dummy
switch being turned wrong.
Jacob Fisher, killed en the Pert Deposit
railroad, was buried te-day from his late
residence in Kitchcntewn. A large num
ber of friends and relatives followed the
remains te their last resting place.
Jehn McFi celand, a brakeman en engine
Ne. 22, while coupling cars at Ltaman
Place en Tuesday night, had his right
hand severely mashed. The index finger
was also broken. Had it net been that he
was coupling only one car and ?had the
whole train locked, he would have lest his
whole arm.
Jf. McLaughlin, a brakeman ou en
gine Ne. 120, who lives in Lancaster, was
lest from his train last night ax they weic
coming westward. Parkesburg was the
last place he was seen at. It is supposed
that he is cither killed or that he jumped
off his train at Lancaster.
Jlreiight te Trial.
Despite Miss Ida V. Baight's denial that
he tried te wrong her, Engel was put en
trial in Philadelphia yesterday. Magis
trate Brown, who drew up the affidavit
upon which the defendant was arrested and
bound ever, testilicd that .Miss Baight
swore that its contents were true, "se help
her Ged." Other testimony of a corrobo
rative nature was given. On trial.
Weatner Market.
Te day there was considerable rain en
market, and consequently a great fall in
it ; mud was plenty, but net in any de
mand. Umbrcl'ai went up freely, but
were sought after eagerly, at almost any
price anu the risk of paying for them.
There wa3 no dust te be "found, and net
much hunted for.
Sale of Heal testate. J
Henry Shubert, auctioneer and real '
estate agent, sold at public sale, at the
Cad well house, November tti), the prep,
city belonging te Gee. W. Zecher, situate;!
en the cast side of North Queen street
between Chestnut andJWalnut streets, Xs
221 & 22.'MBrJ. L. Steinmetz, esq , Un
$10,200.