LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!! THLTSI) Y, DECEMBER Je. 1881 I) t ? Hancastct Intclliflcncci. THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 15, 1881. Mount's Misery. It is veiy well for the honest and effi cient administration of justice in Phila delphia, where jury fixera abound and even courts are net above suspicion, that in the case of a notorious llcpublican return-tinker, a councilman and politi cian of influence, the district at torney is able te say in justiflca justiflca tien of his selection of a tribunal for trial, and for his removal of the case from thqjjeurt preferred by the prisener: " I have reasons which affect public justice for refusing te try this case at this time and in this court, and it is net the defendant's right te knew them, and he shall net knew them from me." Fer a long time David Meuat has skulked ' away from a judicial inquiry into the serious charges against his integrity. They have been 'unmistakably defined and with such responsibility of accusation that if he was an innocent and honorable man he would have sought mere promptly te vindicate himself. Aud if he felt pan pan oplied with guiltlessness new, equipped as he is with the skillful services of Counseller Ker, who as district attorney drew the indictment against him and knows all the weak points of the case, Meuat would have been willing te ap pear in any court at any lime te have his honor and fair fame es tablished by speedy trial of his peers, lie kicked most dreadfully against the motion te take him into an other court and te have- his jury picked from a different panel than he had ex pected. His counsel aided his resistance and the court tee ; Judge Elcock de nouncing his brother Judge Middle's issuance of a bench warrant for Meuat as a proceeding " te be denounced se verely." This is strong language for one judge te use against another ; it is an example of contempt of court which will net enhance popular respact for judicial dignities. If the defense in this case had been duly noti fied te appear before Judge Biddle for trial, as they admitted, and did net appear, what else was te be done but te forfeit the bail and issue a bench war rant, ? Willi its execution in Judge El El ctjek's court, Judge Diddle had nothing te de, and the district attorney did net attempt te have that done, save by the grace of Elcock 's permission, which was asked and was net granted. It remains te 1)0 shown upon what theory the issu imj of the bench warrant is worthy of the " severe denunciation" which El cock visited upon il. The milk in this cocoanut, the Times declares and the public believe, is that there was reason te suspect the presence and influence of the jury lixer in Judge EiceckVs court. This fact is well worthy that righlcaus aud irate judge's investigation. Great scandal has been brought upon courts by their visitation of judgment upon these who expose the prostitution of justice rather than upon these who prostitute it. Judge Iilceek, having shown himself se sensi tive te a co-ordinate tribunal's demand for a defendant who wanted te be tried else where, should seek te discover why the commonwealth sought the co-ordinate tribunal and te correct Use faults or fail ings of his own. Tensioning Grant. The public mind is in no condition te hear with any sort of patience of the proposal te retire f J rant en the army list with additional honors and a big salary, ljuile naturally Senater Legan proposes il, and lrfen of his character and political associations may be found te favor it. Hut it is an impudent and outrageous proposal. Whatever dispute there may be about Grant's character and services as a soldier, there is little difference of opinion among intelligent and patriotic men regarding his civil career. Fer his services in the field his country leaded him with public and nrivale lieners and rich rewards far in excess of the lone line of mere illustrious and mere deserving men who have done it ser vice and received its gratitude. . Fer his administration of the piesidency lie should gratefully seek oblivion and lergetfulncss. Its record is a story of shame for him and theceunlry. The in fluence of no man or set of men has ever se debased the government as that of 1 'resident Grant and these with whom he surrounded himself. His degradation of the office was only equalled by his im pudence in seeking te gain it for a third term, against all our national traditions, in order that he might reinstate these in whose expulsion honest men ' of all parties were gratified. Every line of this from the Philadelphia 'Times is se true that we are glad te adept and un qualifiedly approve it : But General Grant was net content te command the homage of the whole people by adorning private citizenship. He plunged into partisan .strife ; sought a presidential nomination hi the face of the earnest pretests of a large majority of his party ; suffered a humiliating defeat that dimmed the lustre of the chaplets the country had awarded him ; sulked in his political tent until the spoils were bartered for, and then e If ended both friend aud fee by the most undignified and recklessly partisan speeches delivered in the contest. Gen. Grant deliberately chose te appeal te a conclave of faction rather than te the country,and his disappointments were tern -pcred by generous gifts, making him pe cuniarily independent for all time te come. His ungentlemanlyand unseldierly defam ation of Gen. Hancock placed him beyond the pale of respect in the army and be yond the pale of respect in the intelligent circles of all parties ; and the whole coun try deplored the humiliation Gen. Grant inflicted npen himself and thereby im measurably upon the nation. The truth demands the statement that the passage of Senater Legan's bill, re storing Gen. Grant nominally te be pen sioned for life, would find few approving voices among the people. He has volun tarily descended from the high portal of fame the country gratefully gave him, and made himself a low partisan and a politi cal speculator, and he has thus absolved the nation from the duty of lavishing un appreciated honors upon him. If he were in want, or even approximating want, any measure for his relief would be cor dially favored ; but gifts have been lavish- cu upon mm, mamiy irem political or speculative friends, until he is richer in fortune than were Washington, Jacksen and Lincoln cpmeipcd'at their death. On the Slate. The report that the Republican state convention for next year had been al ready held invWashiigteiandhad nemr inated Beaver for governor, quite nat-J urally attracted Hen. Thes. V. Cooper and Gen. James A. Beaver te that cen tre of Pennsylvania politics one confi dent that it couldn't be true, aud the ether hopeful that it was. There the Pi ess correspondent found them in each ether's company, and Simen Cameren sitting close at hand ; and the Press reporter tells his readers he "asked General Beaver, as the person most likely te possess accurate information, what truth there was in the statement recently pub lished that a conference of Stalwart leaders was held here en Thursday last, at which it was agreed that General Beaver should be made the candidate of the Republicans of Pennsylvania for gov ernor." Te such innocent queries the party addressed answered that there wasn't a word of truth in it, that he is as much opposed te bossism as anybody, don't want any nomination except from the people, and wants te be the candi date of no faction. All of this is sent out te give encouragement te the Inde pendents and te help Beaver's nomina tion. He knows that he is te be the Cameren candidate ; the whole body of Stalwarts in this state knew it, and everybody knows that they go for no man without knowing him and his value te them. All this being predeter mined, it is his policy and theirs te pick up all the outside support he can get and by all the specious devices they can use. Since the Chicago convention, for services there rendered, he has been slated for governor. The fertile Cooper, who wants the place for himself, invent ed the scheme te get Beaver out of his own path by making him senator, but it miscarried. The Independents wouldn't take Beaver for the simple reason that he was the Cameren candidate ; they finally took a man, no better, simply be cause they thought they had nominated hfin. There is every reason le reject Beaver new that there was then. But the Pre ss already shows signs of weak ening and of leading jack-e-lantcrn chase quagmire. the into " Citizens " a the Stalwart Tiik street lamps arc doing better. TiliuiK may yet be a white Christmas. llu;:, is going Seuth te mend fences. Charge, Chester, charge. ins Tiik Stalwarts have carried the Hew Yerk city primaries. Every district solid except one. Carry the news te the White Heuse. Tin; daily edition of the Erie Observer by its enlargement and elhcr visible signs indicates that it has coine te stay. Suc cess te it. A.M) new the Stalwarts who want Hea ver for governor arc willing te concede the lieutenancy te Nile of Tiega an alleged Independent than whom no Independent will suit the Stalwarts belter. 1i:avi;;; saye "that in civil as well as in military life a man should respond te the wisher, of his neighbors when public ssi vices are te be performed." That is likely the reason Beaver voted for Grant at Chicago, when his neighbors were for Blaine. Mu. I'KFKim, of the Carlisle Valley Sen tinel, has started a one ccut daily edition of the paper which lie proposes te keep abreast of daily journalism in the state. He has a fine field before him and the initial number of his venture is newsy and in all respects highly creditable. Its pub lisher has energy nud capacity, and Car lisle and the whele valley should suppSrl his enterprise. A .max in Pittsburgh whose hcait was en the wrong side which is te say en the right side of his body has died. Physicians pronounce the case of a man's heart, being se situated a most remarkable one. Medical treatment served te move the organ te its natural position, but a few days age, when apparently in excel lent health, the man suddenly sickened aud died. In his lecture last night en the Guitcau trial Consellor Sceville said the pulpit con demned Guiteau en the assumption that he was a sane man, and yet net a single minister of the Gospel had called en the prisoner in his cell, and net a single letter had been sent by them te him as a sane man, calling en him te repent and turn te Ge.l. Xinctecn-twentietks of the letters received by Guiteau were simple threats against his Hfe, and uet mere than two or three breathe a Christian spirit. PERSONAL. He pronounces it Gktte. And new W. E. Ciiaxdi.ki: is slated for the cabinet. Next? Jehn W. Feuxey, jr., will continue the publication of Progress. Gke. W. Biddi.e has been elected presi dent of the Philadelphia bar association. The fashion and elite of Philadelphia turned out yesterday te the marriage of Miss Annie Heveiun and Mr. James Shakespeare, at six o'clock in the Arch street Methodist church. Mr. Shake Shake Shake spoare is the law partner of Sir. James If. Heverin, brother of the bride. Professer Heniit G. Thuneeu, the organist and musiciau, died early yester day afternoon of congestion of the lungs, at his residence 313 Seuth Tenth street, Philadelphia. Deceased was about 51 years of age. He was a nephew of the celebrated Lord Henry Bolingbreko and was born in Ireland. When a young man Professer Thunder conceived ideas of radicalism opposed te the conservative spirit of his family, and he therefore re moved te America. About tweuty years age he married Miss Elena Des Santes, daughter of the late Professer Des Santes, who, a few years since, was widely known in musical circles. Professer Thunder frequently visited Lancaster. The Fapers Made It Ge. Mr. H. J. Kimball, director general of the International cotton exhibitien at At lanta, has issued an address stating that despite numerous requests it will be im possible te extend the period of the exhi bition beyond the evening of the 31st, inst. He thanks the journalists of the country for the untiring and unstinted support they have given the enterprise, te which mere than any ether canses combined may be ascribed the magnificent success which has been achieved. MOVING MOUAT. A "RETURN.TINKER", SURPRISED. UK MlKfKIW JUDGE CL.COCK1S TKI BCNAL. And the v,imieuvealth Takes Biiu Else where. Counseller W. W. Ker appeared in Judge Elcock' s court, Philadelphia, yes terday morning aud asked that the case of ex-Councilman David Meuat, charged with altering returns, be taken up, as the defendent was present with a number of witnesses and desired the matter disposed of. " The district attorney was net in the court and Mr. Ker asked that he be sent for. After waiting a few moments he insisted that the case shouldjpreceed. As sistant District Attorney Kinsey said he had received information that the case had been transferred te the new court house, that all the witnessea had been se notified, and that the district attorney was then ready te take up the case in that court. Mr. Ker said he was entirely ignorant of any legal order te that effect. Judge EI cock remarked that the district attorney had the right te go en iu any court he pleased, but Mr. Ker contended that after the judge had fixed the case for the court he had no right te transfer it, and that Mr. Graham had net the right te alter the place of trial. " If the district attorney is ready te go en I will try the case," said the judge. " I have nothing te de with the ether court. If the district attorney cemeB in the case can be tried." " We will wait here until the court adjourns" said Mr Ker, taking his seat. Shortly after this occurrence iu the old court house. District Attorney Graham had the name of Meuat called iu the new court house, and as he did no respond, called the court's attention te the fret. At that moment Meuat's bail stated te Mr. Graham that he was in the ether court. He was instructed by Mr. Graham te produce him at once in the new court. His bail, after an absence of a few minutes returned and said that Mr. Ker, Meuat's counsel, would net permit him te come. He was then told te inform Mr. Meuat that if he did net appear his case would be tried without him. This message fail ing te produce him in court, the bail was again told him he would give him an op portunity te bring him in, aud that if he did net de se his bail would be forfeited and a bench warraut issued. As he did net produce him in court this course was followed and the warrant issued. Mr. Graham was subsequently informed that Judge Elcock would net permit the warrant te be served iu his court. After consultation with Judge Biddlc, Mr. Gra ham went te the old court house and stated te the court the facts of the case, .aud requested that the court would permit the warraut te be served te produce Meuat iu the ether court as an act of courtesy te that tribunal. A long discussion here ensued between Messrs. Ker and Graham. The district attorney said that Meuat's bondsman had been in structed te produce him in the new court ; that the notice te Mr. Ker had been served at his office by Mr. Warwick in person en Monday afternoon and that " the question was simply one of courtesy. The interests of public justice demand that I shall net try this case in this place and at this time aud no oue has the right te ask from me a further cxplanatieu. The defendant is in contempt of court aud has no right le se lect the tribunal before which he will be tried." Judge Elcock said that while the dis trict attorney had the right te regulate the business of his office, the mede adopted te secure the chaugc, met the emphatic dis approval of the court. " Ttie issuing of a warrant against a man who is iu attend ance upon an equal tribunal cannot be tee severely denounced," he continued, ' and the district attorney had no right te ask that it should be issued." Mr. Graham explained that as the bondsman had re ceived the usual notification, it was the duty of the district attorney te ask for the forfeiture of the bail and for a warraut for the arrest of the defcudaut. " Yes," retorted Judge Elcock, " but net te attempt te serve it in open court." Mr. Graham explained that be had made no such attempt, but had only asked that the court would in courtesy permit the serving of the war rant. Judge Elcock finally decided that the bail having been forfeited the defend ant should enter new bends for an appear ance iu the ether court. Mr. Ker assented te this arrangement and the ba was re newed by Mr. Thatcher. Meuat was than allowed le appear iu the ether court without having an officer with him. Mr. Ker asked for a contniu centniu aucc, en the ground of absences of wit nesses who had been present in the ether court. Judge Biddle however decided that the defendant must remain in custody, and the case go en. The empaneling of a jury was then proceeded with. Upen a juror being called aud steed aside by the district attorney, Mr. Ker raised the point that as this charge was a misde meanor, the commonwealth had no right te stand aside. It was everrulad, and thoreupeu he took an exception. The jury was obtained at twenty-live minutes after two o'clock. Assistant District At teruey Warwick then epened the case for the commonwealth. He said that the bill of indictment charged the defendant, David Meuat, with having altered a tally-sheet at the poll of the Sixteenth di vision of the Fifth ward at the last Feb ruary election. It would be proved that he was net a resident of the division, aud had no right withiu the poll. Before any important evidence had been given the court adjourned until this morning. Mr. Ker made an application that as his -lieut was under bail in the ether court, he should be allowed te go home for the night. Judge Biddle said that the surest way would be for the defendant te go into cus tedy, and then they would be sure te have him in court this morning. He was net going te run the chance of any mere mis takes in the case. The Garllelcl Monument. The following statement is made bv the Cleveland committee in answer te many inquiries. The Garfield monument fund committee desire te raise $250,000 for the purpose of electing an appropriate monu ment at the late president's grave. Of this amount ever $51,000 has already been subscribed by the citizens of Cleveland. The state of Ohie (including Cleveland) will raise net less than $100,000 in all, and $25,000 has been raised by small voluntary contributions in different parts of the country and forwarded te the committee Thus one-half of the whele amount asked is practically secured, leaving only $125, 000 mere te be raised outside of Ohie in order te carry out the plans of the com mittee." Baked Bananas for Breakfast. Chicago iletcl Ueperter. Peel the fruit aud cut it in halves lengthwise. Lay these strips in close order in a hakiug pan, strew sugar ever and some bits of fresh batter and bake in a moderate even about half an hour. The fruit should be basted while baking with a few spoonfuls of butter and sugar syrup and should come out glazed. Serve warm. limiting ie Fairs. Washington Dispatch te Recerd. Hen. Themas V. Cooper, accompanied by General James A. Beaver, called en Senater Cameren te-day, and they think the senator will support General Beaver in his aspirations for the Republican nomi nation for the next governor of Penn sylvania. DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES. SHOT HIS WTFB WHILE DRUNK. A BKIIMS K1MJSD ON THE BA1LKOAD. Storm and Heed Accidents by Ball aud IVater. Walter Sumter, a young man, shot aud killed his wife iu a drunken quarrel, iu Hancock county, Tennessee. James Conrey died yesterday iu Provi dence, R. I., from injuries caused by being thrown from a wagon, last Sunday. His wife, injured at the same time, is in a critical condition. A difficulty arose at a negre ball at Africa Station, Texas. A constable at tempted te restore order, but the negrees resisted the officers of the law aud shot aud killed Beb Jenes and fatally weuuded two ethers, one of them a man named Warner. Mrs. Belle Karns was instantly killed by the Johnstown accommodation train last night at Latrebe, Pa. The lady was mar ried yesterday afternoon and the wedding party was just starting en their wedding tour when the accident happened. The husband is crazed with grief. In Warrcuten, N. C, Solemon Davis, a colored boy, aged 14 years, had stolen a piece of cold 'possum from his mother's pantry. His sister, Margaret, two years younger, saw the theft and said te him : " I am going te tell mammy." Solemon sneaked away, leaded his father's old mus ket with buckshot, and secreting himself near the spring in the yard shot his little sister in the back as she came down to ward it with a jug after some milk, kill ing her instantly. A Chuiu of Calamities. Aaren G. Lyman, aged 78 years, fell down stairs and breke his neck, in nad ley, Massachusetts. Albert Jerdan, engineer, was killed at Rochester, New" Yerk, by a train, which struck him as he was stepping off his en gine. R. E. Baily, a well-known citizen "of Southampton county, Virginia, was killed by a freight train en the Norfolk & West ern railroad. Richard Jcuuiugs, charged with mur der, was lynched by a masked mob, who took him from the jail in Austin, Nevada, early yesterday morning.- James Leckart, aged 24 years, and War rington Leckarr, aged 18, were drowned while skating at Moncton, New Bruns wick. Jehn Turner and Jehn Deitz were fa tally burned by au explosion of gas at the Prospect mines, Wilkesbarre, yesterday. The former has since died. Henry Frazier, while blasting rocks at Robb fc Ce.'s stone quarry, at Pert Ken nedy, after setting fire te the fuse failed te get away before the explosion and was crushed te death by falling stones. He leaves a wife and five or six childrcu. The north beuud passenger train en the Mississippi & Tennessee railroad ran off the track near Oakland, Miss. The baggage car and tbrce passenger coaches left the track. Twe passengers had their arms broken. The accident was caused by a misplaced rail. Tae matter is being investigated by the railroad authorities, and the miscreant, if found will be severely punished. Obituary Ife!es. Hen. Rebert S. Hale, ex-member of Congress from the Seventeenth congres sional district, of New Yerk, died yesterday morning at Elixabethtewn, Essex county, N. Y. ' Edward Fex, judge of the United States district court of Maine, died at Portland yesterday. It is supposed his death was caused by heart disease. Fritz Eikcr, for many years keeper of the cigar stand in Wallack's theatre, NeW Yerk, died in Bellcvue hospital last night, aged 50 years. He was a dwarf, only 3 feet in height. Iu Scituatc, Mass., Miss Rebecca Bates has died, aged eighty-eight years. Miss Bates and her cousin Abbie were the heroines in the British " scare " in 1812, when the two girls hidden behind rocks en the beach, with fife and drum, sounded the roll-call and put te flight several boat loads of troops from a British man-of-war, who were about te make a lauding. Miss Bates' cousin Abbie is still living and is eighty years old. Mrs. Knle and net Sirs. Kulp. Judge Ress, of Norrestewn, decreed thnt Lizzie Ottinger was Austin Kulp's wife and in the former's suit for mainte nance ordered Kulp te pay her $2 a week. Kulp afterwards filed a bill for divorce against her in the courts of Philadelphia, aud en Saturday his counsel tiled a mo tion te quash the bill. Judge Ludlow de cide that the decree of diverce had been improvidently made and ordered that the libel be quashed. Lizzie can, consequent ly, regard herself as Mrs Kulp in Mont gomery county, but in Philadelphia she is still a spinster. Ills Wind Storm. A severe wiud storm passed ever Mem phis, Taun., en Tuesday night from the West, and two miles northeast or the city developed into tornado, with a track 150 yards wide. The house of a Mr. Brown was blown down, and he and his five chil dren buried in the ruins. The children escaped serious injury, but he being sick in bed, was almost dead when rescued. Several ether houses were wholly or par tially wrecked. Indian Itlslng. A government scout, named Gilsen, re ports te General Pepe the probability of an uprising of the Ute, Piute and Navajoe Indians next spring. He says the bauds will probably form a junction in New Mexico. The Utcs, who have been placed in Utah, are freely furnished with arms, previsions and whisky by the Mormons. I''Ire Recerd The dwelling and barns of Geerge W. Gilferd, at Jamestown, N. Y.. have been burned with the contents. The less is from $S000 te $10,000 : insurance S 1.000. The large down-town rope manufactory ei jeun i .uauey suo,utscge street Phila delphia was burned last ni;ht. Less $200,000. Thirty Degree lfoiew Zere. Around Winnipeg, Manitoba, the ther mometer for the last twenty-four hours has ranged ten te thirty degrees below zero. Contempt ei Court. When Jehn Scott (Lord Elden) was at the bar, he was remarkable for the sang froid with which he treated the judges. On ene occasion a junior counsel, en hear ing their lordships give judgment against his client, exclaimed that " he was sur prised at such a decision." This was con strued into contempt of court, and he was ordered te attend at the bar next morning. Fearful of the consequences, he consulted uis menu Jehn Scott, who told him te be perfectly at ease, for he would apolegizo for him in a way that would avert any un pleasant result. Accordingly, when the name of the delinquent was called, Jehn rose and coolly addressed the assembled tribunal : "I am very sorry, my lords, that my young friend has se far forget himself as te treat your honorable bench with disrespect ; he is extremely penitent, and you will kindly ascribe his uninten tional insult te his ignorance. Yeu must see at once that it did originate in that. He said he was surprised at the decision of your lordships. New, if he had net been very ignorant of what takes place at this court every day had he known you but half as long as I have he would net be surprised at anything you did." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUR REGOLAK COKRESl'ONuKNCK iimxr On a Let of Sfeelvea." Mr. Fred Bucher had purchased from Mr. Samuel Eberlain a let of shelving and kept it in the store of Wm. Hitcshue, tailor. The ether day he sold it te Jehn Madden aud yesterday Madden attempted te remove it. Part had been placed en a wagon, when Wm. Merris, who new owns the property where the things are kspt, inteifered aud asked by whose authority he was hauling the things away. He was told and immediately entered suit agaiust Bucher. While Merris was at the squire's office Bucher put in an appearance, and as Madden' was afraid te take the remainder of the shelving out of the room Backer did it himself. Mrs. Merris seeing this sent the clerk after her husband, who came up Locust street en the double quick. As he was coining up the street he yelled "Bucher, Bucher, what means this?" "I get permission from Ilitcshu te take away my things and I am going te de it," Fred, replied. ' Net if I knew myself," was Merris' auswer. By this time Mr. Bucher had ene of the glass doers iu his hand. Merris grabbed one end of it, aud Fred, held ou te the ether. The tug of war then commenced, both men talking cxcitcdcly iu broken German. The crowd helleed and cheered. "Ge in, Bucher, I'll bet en you," aud "Stick te her, Billy," and ether words of encouragement were given te the combat ants. Bucber had a hatchet in his hand and repeatedly told Mor Mer ris that if he did net let go he'd hit him en the lingers with the hatchet. Mrs. Merris advised the clerk te go te the help of her husband, but he did net want any of it iu Lis. She theu took held of the ether glass deer, held by Madden, but it was no go. Finally Merris gave up, aud up Locust street Bucher aud Maddeu marched as proud as two pea cocks. Bucher is sued. If his property was net against the wall, and he had re ceived permission from Mr. Hitcshue te remove it, he will win his case, but if it was fastened and he did net receive per mission, Merris will win. It was comical, but serious results will yet turn out from it. lSiiclicr A:;.Uii. Mr. Fred Bucher had another difficulty yesterday morning. Three or four weeks age a party from Yerk went te him and asked him te rent them one of his new houses en Sixth and Walnut streets. He did sc, they paying him ene month's rent in advance. They immediately took posses sion. Fer the past few nights neighbors have been disturbed by sounds of boisterous hilarity. They complained te r -I. i i i-i - . a ., iur. xuciicr, v.ne, aiier inquiring into me matter, found that his house had been turned into one of ill fame, and a number of indecent women were kept there. He went at once and told the proprietor that he must vacate it within the next twenty four hours, or he would turn them out of doers. Law compels a notice of twenty days, but iu this case, as the heuse that was kept was a den of infamy, the propri etor fearing exposure, gladly availed theml selves, aud by six o'clock last evening nearly everything had been removed. Mr. Bucher deserves much credit for his prompt action, as the place was a disgrace disgrace te our town. thorough Uriel's Navigation closed but canal will net be emptied until next week. Officer Bodcn Bedcn hauscr gathered in two vags last evening ; tramps abound around the railroad. Squire Yeung has had that pavement mended, new he needs te get that big tree out of the middle of his pavement. Twe inches rise in the river since Sunday. Special meeting of councils te-morrow evening. New orchestra satisfied the public with seme'new times at Lillie Hin Hin teu's play. Weed's museum nego tiating for lease of opera house for a year, expecting te give a weekly show. Trinity Reformed "All Workers" society meets this evening ; interesting pregramme and refreshments. New undertaker, about te undertake St. Jehn's Lutheran festival opens in Odd Fellows' hall this evening. Postscript. Jerry McCracken's hostler, Samuel, died of consumption this morning, aged 20. Opera house new piaue arrived. Frank Barr's confectionery gay with Christmas trees. Squire Yeung sent down one drunk and discharged two Twe inches of snow en West beuud freights Jee Lewis,a mill hand, and a railroader named Myers fought while drunk last night and Lewis was whipped. P. R. R. excursion tickets December 24-2(5, and December Sl-.Tau 2. P. R. R. ware house fronting Walnut street has two new rellccter lamps. G. W. Wike will seen open a new oyster saloon, and a new bar ber shop has been opened en Frent street near the P. It. R. station. Mrs. Tracy, Union street, aged 80, died yesterday. Abrani Henry, colored, " the eldest in habitant" died this morning ever 90. The mail train was 20 minutes late to day. Emiiue 220 of the P. R. R. played out at Renk's this morning, and was sent te Columbia for repairs. A THIEF CAUGHT. Felonious Entry anil Attempted Larceny. Yesterday Samuel Procter, colored, aged about 10 years and residing near New Providence, was arrested at the residence of Samuel Hubcr, of Providence township, while in the act of robbing the premises. It appears that nene of Mr. Iluber's fam ily were at home at the time, except this housekeeper, Susan Suavely. Hearing a noise upstairs, and believing that some in truder was iu the house, she blew an alarm blast en the long tin horn, which eoeh brought a number of the neighbors te her assistance. An examina tion of the premises showed that someoue was in the housekeeper's sleeping apart ment, and had locked the deer en the inside. Admittance was demanded, and at first refused, but when threats te break the deer in were made, the thief "knocked under" and opened the deer. He proved te be Samuel Procter, and was at ence taken into custody. He had ransacked the bureau drawers, and broken open the trunic, scattering the contents around the room. He had iu his pocket a knife bcleuging te Miss Snavcly, but had failed te find her pockctbeok, which was iu the trunk and which contained a considerable sum of money. When questioned about the mat ter he confessed that he had entered the house te steal money. He was brought te Lancaster this morning by Samuel Miller and taken before Alderman Spurrier, where complaints were made agaiust him of catering a dwelling in daytime te com mit a felony, and also of the larceny a few days previous of a sum of meaey (from $:. te $5) from Benjamin Charles, of Pcquea Valley. He was committed te jail for a further hearing en Saturday morning next at 10 o'clock. Coniims'tlens Vrrivcil. Commissions for the new protheno- tary, register, clerk el quarter ses ses seon.1!, sheriff and clerk of orphans' court, whose predessers retire at the cud of ths year, have arrived here. They arc made ou parchment, in the well-known handwritiug of Sara. Matt Fridy, aud are very pretty. They will leek nice in frames and will be well worth pdeserving. Suicide Id Yerk County. Over in Mt. Pleasant, Yerk county, en Tuesday evening, Mr. Cottenham, aged 50, and a much respected citizen, became deranged by fear of losing a few hundred dollars which he invested, took a pistol and made his wife a widow and his chil dren fatherless.! SANDEfcS'S TRIAL. THE DEFENSE OPENER Vr & PHILIP ROGBKS'S TESTIKteSY; - u- Ul'lXlUXa OF MEDICAL KXIMIUTS. Win. B. I-iu:icys Case Continued. Wednesday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Ed ward Sauders, murder. Mrs. Anna Bonce sworn : I live ou Locust street, this city ; I was at Geerge Kiefier's, iu Middle street, en the night of this occurrence ; between 10 and 11 o'clock Sanders came te the house and insisted upon seeing Geerge Kieffer, who had just died ; I told him the body was net washed or dressed yet ; he still insisted upon see ing him and the family then gave their consent ; he went up and saw him and when he came down he said he wanted a doctor, and must have one, for Mary Sey mour was dying ; he said he had poured whiskey into her ; Emmie Bickel then canie te the heuse and told me te come ever, as seme ene was dying iu Jehn street ; Sanders was there at Kiclfer's about 15 minutes. Several ether witnesses testified that they met Sanders ou this night about 12 o'clock ; he was looking for the coroner and he stated that he had had intercourse with Mary Seymour. The Corener's l'lij.siclan. Dr. Wm. Compten, sworn : I am the coroner's physician ; I assisted iu makiug the pest mortem en Mrs. Seymour ; iu re moving the skull e:in. found nbnnt: lmlf ounce of venous, bleed between the mem brane aud the bone ; found the brain con gested aud the whole substanee of the brain full of bleed ; the right eye was con tused the whele part was contused with blced ; examined the stomach r.ud found it iu perfect condition with nothing in it ; this congestion could he induced by fright or a shock like a sudden fall, ever exertion would produce it ; chekiug of the neck, or pressing ou the stomach would have a ten dency te produce it ; we found the parts in a normal condition. "A. I saw the. remains at 7 o'clock iu the erning ; the pest mortem was made at 8 a. m., there were no marks of violence en the woman's body ; iu choking there is a certain amount of excitement,and the con gestion might be produced and yet no mark would be left ; in a death from ap oplexy there is very little difference from this ; overloading of a weak stomach often brings en apoplexy ; the filling of the bleed vessels of the brain and the bleed running there causes apoplexy; fright, and overloading of the stomach may pre duec apoplexy ; ever-excitement from plea sure or fright may cause it ; the issuiug of froth from the mouth would indic:i.ta : death from convulsions or from conges tion ; there was an entire absence of any thing internally or externally te indicate a blew en the head ; it would he likely te show en the outside ; everdrinking and overloading tue stomach might produce such a result as we found in this case. Re direct : The death of woman was caused by venous congestion of the brain, and it could be the result of such treat ment as this woman received at the hands of Sanders. Anether Physician' Testimony. Dr. S. T. Davis sworn : I am a practic -iug physician in this city ; have been since 1865 ; congestion et the brain is produced by mental excitement from grief or joy. ever exertion, physical exertion, distended stomach, anything which would interfere with respiration, such as choking. A rape might be committed en a woman who has given birth te three children without leaving any marks. A I think it would be possible for a rape te be carried en for an hour without leav ing any marks en the woman. Drs. Jehn L. Atlee and M. L. Heir weie called and they corroborated Dr. Davis as te the several causes that would produce venous congestion of the brain. IMrt,. l'ickcl Kccalled. Mrs. Amelia Picket was recalled te show that Mrs. Seymour was always a strong healthy woman : When the deceas ed was standing in front of the house with Sanders she screamed in a smothered way. Adeline Robiseu was also recalled aud testified that wheu Mrs. Seymcur was with Sanders she screamed as though her mouth was being held shut. Witness did net tell Dr. King that this affair eecurcd in the middle room and that she did net see it. Mure Medical Testimony. Dr.J.A. Elder, who assisted Dr.Compten iu making the pest mortem, was called. He read au account of that examination and corroborated Dr. Compten in stating that the death was from venous conges tion of the brain, which is a natural cause. lie agreed with ether physicians iu regard te the cause of congestion of the brain. Dr. Hcrr was recalled and he testified that from the evidence in this case he be lieved that the congestion of the brain was me result ei ine treatment tue woman re ceived upeu this evcuiug. The commonwealth here rested. The Dcfen? B. F. Kshlcman, esq., the ceuusel for the defendant, opened the defense, stating what they will prove. The liist witness called was Walter Rogers who was sweru. He testified as fellows : I knew Ed. Sanders and I knew Mrs. Seymour ; en the night of this occur rence, between 10 and lb o'clock, I met Sanders at Jehn aud East King streets; 1 left him and while en my way home a little later I saw Sanders at the heuse of Mrs. Seymour ; he was standing iu front with his arm resting en the window which was up, and Mrs. Seymour who was inside was talking le him ; as I passed he punch eu me with Ins cloew and 1 walked en. On trial. Pinii el' tlie Unu.se. Thursday Morning. Cel. W. R. Glt hart was called and he showed a draft of the ground lloer of the heusa in which Mary Seymour lived, that he had made yesterday from measurclucnts. This he explained te the jury : The witness stated that from his observation of the prem ises it would be impossible for a person at the front window te sec what was going en iu the middle room, from no place in the body of the room could ene sec what took place in the kitchen. The Aticiidinj; 1'hyiticiaii. Dr. Geerge A. King, affirmed : I am a physician iu this city ; have been practic ing since 18GI3 ; I was summoned te the residence of Mary Seymour en the night of the 5th of October last by Mr. Pickel aud the prisoner ; I think it was near 12 o'clock ; I at first refused toge, but learn ing that the woman was very ill I went ; upon arriving at Mr. Picket's heuse I found Mary Seymour lying en the lloer ; she was then dead and the body was still warm ; I inquired or Mrs. Pickel what was the matter ; Sanders was present while I was there ; Mrs. Pickel said that Mary Soy Sey Soy meur had come there aud told her te scud for a doctor ; Mrs. Picket then referred me te a vessel ou the fleer ; I examined it aud found it te contain about a quart of vomit ; Mrs. Pickel said that after the woman had vomited freely she said, -"Send for a doctor, I believe I am dying ;" she then started te walk and fell en the fleer , where she again vomited about a halt pint ; I then made many inquiries as te whether the woman had takeu anything or been drunk ; Mrs. Pickel said she did net knew ; I then partially examined her person for any marks of violence bat found none ; I then suggested te the pris ener and Mr. Pickel, as it was a case wrapped in mystery te me, they had better summeu the coroner ; they accompanied me as far as my office ; Before coining down street I went into Mary Seymour's house, where Adeline Robinson was lying sick in the northeast comer of the room, en some sort of a ccuch ; 1 asked her if she had been sick and if .she had net called medical aid before as she was much pros trated ; ahc said she had taken two little powders which she had gotten from Dr. King ; I am certain that I gave her none but there is another Dr.Kiug (Geerge P.); from her appearance I thought she had taken anodyne ; I made a remark about dropping in and I then prescribed a slight anodyne for her ; I did net see her after wards ; while I was in the room Sanders was there ; Mrs. Robinson pointed te h:m and said, That dirty scoundrel was the cause of it." I said she ought te lie posi tive before, making such a charge ; she then said, waving her left hand, '-He had her in there for ever an hour against her will en the lloer ;"' I ashed her why she permitted it ; she said she was tee sick te interfere ; sl.e a's( mads; remarks about Mis. Seymour crying out. but I cannot re member it: what I saw in the chamber Icekcd as though the person who threw it up had bc.-i: drinking ; 1 did net smell beer but was net close enough ; 1 knew the contents of the vessel were indiires indiires tib'e. A There was no bleed in the vessel ; wheu I talked te Mrs. Robinson she pointed te the fleer right along side of her and said that it occurred there. I'Mlip Kegcrs en the Ktuiiil. Philip Rogers. sworn : In October Iat I lived here and knew Mary Seymour ami Sanders ; I t.!erq:d at the woman's heurc sevcial times ; 1 pointed out her house te Cel. Gereait ; I was at ihe heuse when this affair occurred ; 1 v. as charged with being au acce.-M'iy with b.uuleis ; 1 wa.-. sitting in the kitchen en this night, where I had been .sleeping ; when 1 aweke I heard sonic one talking ; I walked te the deer; I heard two persons talking; I cannot say it was Sanders; I knew 3Iary Seymour's voice ; lie asked te have te de with her, the Laid, "Ne, net here;" I stoeda little longer aud heaid them coine into the middle room ; I then walked eat. of the back deer aud went te the telling mill ; from the noise when I left I thought both were ou the lloer ; np te the time I left Mary Seymour h:d net (-creamed, hut talked as bcnsihle as any one could. A I did net tell the elhVcrs that I was asleep in the room when I heard Mary Seymour scream, and upon looking saw Sanders and her en tiic l!.-or ami then :uu ; I told the efllcers tha! I heard both talk and then wt-iit out el the back deer, and thence te the rolling mill ; 1 asked what I was arrested for, and was told thai, it was for that woman that Sanders had murdered en Jehn street ; I told them I knew nothing about it. Walter Rogers, recall, d : I had a conversation with Ed. Sanders en the cveuing of this affair; a short time before (betweeu 10 and II o'clock), whe:. talking we were net quite a square from Mary Seymour's house ; I wanted him te goteBeudai's tavern en East King street with me ; he said he could net as he had made engagements with Sirs. Seymour and he wanted me te go back with him; he said he was going back and wanted n:e te go along ; I said I would net go as it was tee close le home ; I then left him and went ever te Ginder'.-; corner, where I talked a while and then went home ; en ray way I saw Sanders standing at Mrs. Seymour's window with his elbow resting ou the window and in conversation with her ; I went home. A. I served a .sentence of ten month:; for receiving stolen goods in 187'.!. Wm. Dcen : I am familiar with lht heuse when- Mrs. Seymour icsided ; I have net bc.:i iu it for tine years ; from what I knew it i.s impessihh: for any one in the left hand coiner of the front room te sec a person in the -middle mom without going te the deer. Mi.ire Medical Testimony. Dr. Geerge R. Welchaus, sworn : 1 have hecii practicing medicine miice 1807 ; I heard the testimony in this case yesterday afternoon; death li em congestion of the brain is death from a natural cau.se; any thing that would cause an increased Hew of bleed te the brain, such as enlargement of the heart; or undue excitement, iutum-e emotion, or anything that would prevent the flew of bleed te the brain, such as d: kit ion of the right side of the heart, pres sure ou the defending -stls, any ob structions te respiration ; a person alter exercise, being exposed te the air, bring ing en a congestive chill ; anything tight about the neik, i wn a tight fitting dress, has been kuean le uausse congestion ; persons frequently have congestion in the act of dying itself. These a re the main caus.es. Iu persons who are predisposed it might be produced by the slightest of the causes I have named. It being in evidence that the woman had been washing all day, in the e-ening had a protracted intcr intcr ceuise, after which she tan out of the heuic and steed outside a t hoi t time. Un der these circumstances il miht be that she had a congestive chill ; if the wema:s had a predisposition te venous congestion, this vii siillicicnt exposure te have caused it. A. I don't knew if Maiy Seymour was se p.edispesid ; if a iirui had iutei course with a woman by force and agaiust her will that mij;ht a !.- cause congestion of the brain ; if he had placed his hand ever the woman's mouth, as stated here, aud then ran after her out "f I he house, I hat, would caufce ovcr-e.xcrtieii, which might result iu congestion of the brain. As no mure of the medical witnesses, whom the defense intended calling were present, the court hcaid no testimony after 11 o'clock, and shortly adjoin ncd until -' o'clock this afternoon. The jury in the meantime visited the home where the riii'.iiroceurrcd. Other Cai; CSmtlmnxl. The casssef Wm. B. Kinney, charged with manslaughter, and Charles and Gee. Tripple, charged with cmbe..Icmer.t. were continued, as cenn-el in the case are engaged down stairs. All the jurors net impaneled in the Sanders case were discharged fiem further attendance this week. Snow Storm. The heavy rain of yesterday was followed late last night and early this morning by a. fall of snow in mat:y parts of the county. The Martic hill.-, this mer.iiu were white and at (Juarvyvillu two or three inches of .snow fell. The cais that eame iu thi morning weie covered with it, as was also the top of the Xcw Helland stage. Frem ether parts of the county there arc reports of a snowfall of fiem one te three inches iu depth. J'i the city we had plenty ' rain b-:t no :!; . ii;;:.tiu Drunks. .Michael McI)er.:!.l artil Michael Ferney get into a fiht in the Rising Sun hotel, en West King street, about neon. Police eiliccrs were sent for and Officer Flick and Special Officer Voght took the men ir; charge. On the way te the station house Ferney get iease fn m Voght and ruuniug back struck McDonald an ugly blew in the face, cutting it. Beth were drunk and they are spendin; the afternem in the station heusa. AVli.ileu- Keitairril. Yesterday artcrnean an immense plate glass was put in the show window of Watt, Shand ; Ce., te replace the one broken a fc.v days ae, from the upset ting of the ladder fiem which Charley Staram fell aud se narrowly escaped break ing his neck. In Town. Iisah Frazer, of the United States steamship Alliance, is home en a two weeks' leave of absence. He has been up in the Arctic regions for some time past in search of the lest .Tcanncttc,andhis ship i.s new iu Bosteu, V -.I
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