LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE! TBTJESDAY JANUARY 26 1882. i) lancaster fnfrih'sencer THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 26, 1882. Twe Pepalar Verdicts. Tbe public generally and the news papers, without notable exception, ap prove two verdicts rendered yesterday with regard te matters that have re cently occupied a very large share of public attention. In the case of Guiteau the speculations as te the likelihood of one " cranky " juryman holding out for the acquittal of the defendant en the ground of insanity were set at rest by the promptness with which the verdict was rendered, which shows, tee, that in all probability the jurymen had long age made up their minds, if they did net go into the box with a strong prepossession in the direc tion in which their verdict has been ren dered. It will probably new be a relief te these people who have berated Judge Cox se much, te knew that the liberty he has accorded the prisoner will make it the mere unlikely that he gets :i new trial and that the country will be sub jected te the agony of hearing this dreary case again. We have always fancied that it would be mere creditable te the country that the assassin of its president should be adjudged a madman than sane ; and it would certainly be mere gratifying te us as a people, and te our political system, that the murderer of the ciiief magistrate was a fanatic feel than that his bloody deed was the -result of a rational calculation that his faction of the Republican party would profit by the taking off of a man who had antagonized it and the accession of one who was in sympathy with it. The jury promptly declare the prisoner te have been of sound and reasoning iiiind when he shot the late president se that Arthur could be president and the .Stal wart faction dominant. "Whatever profit the party has from its reunion by this means, and whatever benefit accrues te the Conkling-Arthur faction they ewe te the foresight of Guileau. When the bleed of Mr. Lincoln was shed by the murderous hand of Beeth it wasltrenu wasltrenu eusly sought te arraign a whole section of the country if net an entire political party for it. It seen become plain that in the president's melancholy death the Seuth lest a geed friend, the people who had gene down in battle were bereft of the hand which would have poured oil into their wounds, and that enlv the re- vengeful feelings of a desperate fanatic had inspired the deed. But all that Guiteau says he aimed at securing has come, te pass, and in the Stalwart revel ever the distri bution of the spoils it can hardly be for gotten, in the light of this verdict, whose mind conceived this result and whose hand realized it. Wide-reaching, as the verdict of the coroner's jury investigating the Spuyten Duyvil horror is, it scarcely implicates any mere persons in the responsibility for that accident than the public had al ready learned te held accountable for it. The part that whisky played in the ac cident is only hinted at in the con demnation of free passes andjfree legisla tive excursions ; for even had the train been stepped as it was and where it was a proper care by the trainmen could have avoided the slaughter. They were cul pably careless and they must be held criminally responsible the persons in immediate charge and the superior offi cers who let the management of their read get into such condition that what happened te this train might have oc curred te any ether. The example of the conviction of a railway superinten dent for the less of life resulting from his inefficiency will be salutary. culated and remained here. The energy which buik it up and the direction which was getting its affairs into such shape as te make its operations profit able te the investment will most likely net be lacking te rebuild the institution en what are new only shapeless ruins. If the young man in editorial charge of Progress had been better informed as te his facts he might have been spared his lament that " the Pennsylvania edi torial association, enjoyable and profit able as are its meetings and its excur sions te its members, has net the influ ence it would have could it secure the active sympathy of the Philadelphia journalists." With somewhat of conde scension this able editor says : " The as sociation would, it is presumed, be glad enough te admit Philadelphia journalists and the city men ought te be glad te join them. These latter have no excuse for looking down upon their country brethren, if that is what keeps them away from the association." Inasmuch as the editors of the Times, and Press, nnd.LeiVjer, are and have been members of this association and "in active sympa thy" with it for sometime, the surmises of Progress are a little out of time. Colonel McClure delivered the annual address before the association some years age, Mr. Charles Emery Smith, of the Press, was the orator last year, and Mr. Childs sat down te the banquet. The secretary of the assecia tien for many years has been a Philadel phian, and one of its brightest social and literary spirits is Mr. EuganjH. Mnndy, of the Proof Sheet. If jjjpediter of Progress wants te knew somreiing mere about this association and te find out further that Philadelphia is in Pennsyl vania, he should attend the meeting of the association in Harrisbnrg te-morrow afternoon. Seme of our amiable contemporaries seem te insist that, though the stealings at Harrisburg are deplorable,the In tel ligencer's almost " exclusive " expos, ure and denunciation of them are dis counted by the fact that the Demo crats pilfer, tee, when they get en the hill. That this is true we have frankly admitted, but after all the Re publicans hare been practically in con trel of things at Harrisburg for twenty years and they must accept the responsi bility for what has gene en there. How ever we are satisfied te make this issue between the people and the thieves rather than between the political parties. Tax new Jean of Arc appears in the East. A wealthy lady, believed te be an English woman, is busily engaged in or ganizing a strong band of insurgents in Herzegovina. She is furnished with large amounts of money, and has made arrange ments for ebtainingjarms and ammunition. Tbe Austrian military have given orders for her arrest and c javeyauca te Vienna if possible. Very few members of ear community especially of these wheliave no direct in terest in bucolic pursuits have taken a mere intelligent part in promoting all the varied interests of agriculture than Simen P. Eby, esq. His essay en insectivorous birds, recently read at Har?isburg, was most highly commended by the best critics who heard it. Our readers will be glad, wc knew, that it finds permanent place and wide circulation by publication in thc'lNTELLIGENCER. Tarns is a great deal of sugge3tiveness in this item : " An fudian came into San Bernardine, Cal, a few. days since and procured a plow, the only means of carry ing which was by packing it en his horse, and he started off for his rancheria, some eighty-five mi'es distant, with a plow, a set of harness and a pair of double-trees, all packed en his mustang pony." When Le puts his hand te the plow, it does net matter much whether he is uuder super vision of the -war or iuteiier depaitment. Asa granger he will give neither much trouble Says the test he tic yeuug man who is new taking in America : " All .modern cities are ugly, and New Yerk is no ex ception te the rule. There are se many advertisements about the streets and houses that all traces of beauty, if there be any, are invisible. Besides, the con tinual bustle and confusion made by the railroads se upsets repose that it is almost impossible te appreciate anything that is seen. Philadelphia has a Puritanical leek given te it by Leng rows of red brick build ings and white shutters, and iu niore pleasing te a stranger of taste than New Yerk. Washington can make some pretension te architectural beauty in a few of its dwellings. " Amenjt the public men he met in Washington were Hen. James G. Blaine, Senater Bayard and Gen. Mc Clellan. The first mentioned he thought brilliant, the second eharming, and the third modest ;Uid exceedingly pleasant. It is a melancholy fact and reflects dis credit, net ea ihv. legislative but the judi cal branch of. our government, that there had te "be in the Heuse a lively skirmish ever the Hunt retirement bill. The body of the Republican side supported the measure and the body of the Deme cratic side opposed it. The general tenor of the remarks en all sides was that Hunt had resolved te cliug te teu thousand a year, for which, lie had rendered no service for the last three years and could render no service in the years te come, eveu te the embarrassment of thejjevernmeut ami the obstruction of justice and the laws. This was put in various forcible forms, which would h.ive pricked the hidj of a political rhinoceros. But for the public interests the sehr.me would net have re ceived a siugle vote. The bill was passed, however, 137 te SO. days. Mrs. Legan, Mrs. Robeson, and Mrs. Blaine have each the softest white hair imaginable, and Mrs. Brewster's hair is rapidly ehanging te the color that will correspond very charmingly with her still youthful complexion. Previous te entering the Presbyterian church en Sunday morning the Rev. J. K. Wright, of New Hamburgh, N. Y., who had been engaged te preach in the absence of the pastor, received a telegram an nouncing his wife's sadden death. The session at once offered te relieve him, but his reply was : "I can't go home until afternoon, and the Lord's work must be done." He then delivered an eloquent sermon en Christ's love and sympathy for the afflicted and sorrowful, and his were net the only moist eyes in the large assem blage. ta - NELLXE WILSON'S SAD FATE. The Touching Story et a Chorus Singer' Wife. Philadelphia. Recerd. Attendants upon the operatic entertain ments which were given at the Academy of Music last week and the week before by the Mapleson troupe, may remember a short, thick-set man of German appear ance, whose tenor voice invariably made itself heard above the melody of the cho rus singers. The same individual might daily have been seen taking an afternoon premenade en Chestnut street, between Eighth and Bread. This indi vidual was Guiseppe Gardiui. Yes terday morning he sailed for Europe under circumstances which develop a sor rowful sery. Last summer, whife sing ing witlrthe Mapleson troupe in Londen, he became enamored of a girl named Nellie Wilsen. She was a blonde of the most pronounced type, 20 years of age, and of a high family. It was a case of love at first sight, and against the wishes of her family she left Londen with him as his wife, having procured the position of assistant te the cestumer of the troupe. In the early days of the honeymoon, how ever, she found that her husband was addicted te dissipated habits, and this fact preyed se much en her miud that seen after her arrival in New Yerk she was prostrated. Her troubles were increased by the fact that Gardini, who manifested an abominable temper, was discharged by the chorus master as the sequel of a num ber of quarrels. Then he took te drink ing heavily, but upon premises of reform, and at the intercession of his wite, he was reinstated in his former position with the troupe. The condition of Mrs. Gardini mcauwhile showed no signs of improvement, and just be fore the troupe came te Philadelphia her husband procured her admission te Belle vue hospital. This tended te add te her troubles. Symptoms of insanity be gau te manifest themselves, and the peer girl was transferred te the insane asylum at ward s island. Here sue pleaded in i vain with the attendants te sand for her husband te procure her release. Last week Gardini, while in his cups, had a fight behind the scenes at the Academy of Music with the head costumer. The men rolled about the stage in a lively manner, nearly stripping the garments from each ether's bodies ; but the costu mer, who was the mere powerful of the two, succeeded in wersting his assailant, aud wound up by giving him a severe thrashing. That night Gardiui was peremptorily discharged from the troupe. He returned te New Yerk and once mere commenced a drinking bout. On Monday his wife was scalded te death by the bursting of a steam pipe in the cell in which she was confined. When this news was brought te him he became frantic, and declared that en the first occa sion which offered itself he would sheet the costumer, whom he regarded as his evil genius. Accordingly his friends con sidered it policy te get him out of the way before the return of the Maplesens te New Yerk, and a purse was subscribed te en able him te leave for Europe. He did net visit his wife's remains before his departure and at the moment that the ship was mov ing down the bay the remains of the ill- fated girl were being interred in a pauper's grave at Hart's Island. DOOMED. "GUILTY: aD SO SAT ALL Olf fS." Tne Jary in Dn. Geerge Fewer Neiinis, owning a large area of valuable real estate around Philadelphia, uuule his last will and testa ment en the 23d of July, 1861, whereby he devised and bequeathed uure his wife Agnes C. Norris all his estate, real aud personal. Whan Mr. Norris died, how hew how ever, fourteen years after the date of the will, he left surviving him, in addition te his wife, a sen named for himself, and Margaretta Price Norris, who was born just seven weeks sifter the will was made, and fourteen years 'before her lather's death. New t hat some of the realty has been sold, Miss Norris' guardiau steps in te recover her share of it en the greuud that .she was bcirn subsequent te the pub lication of her lather's will, and as there was no prevision for her in that will he, according te the laws of the common wealth of Pennsylvania, died intestate, te far as she was concerned. The lawyers raise a novel point which will call forth medicai, scientific and law opinions. They claim that, as Margaretta Price Nor ris was born within six weeks after the date of the making of her father's will, she had an actual existence at the time the will was mr.de ; that the law en inher itance avers t'ais ; also that her father knew of her being when he made the will, and thus cut her off by giving all te her mother. This her counsel will deny they holding that the yeuug lady only be came a living human being seven weeks after the will was. made, and therefore entitled te her aha re of the estate. RECENT Critue UOKROKS. Murders ami IS The less of the Inquirer printing and publishing company, the destruction of its property, the interruption of its business and the resulting misfortune of its employees, are a less te the whole, community. It gave employment te many bands and its work came very largely from outside this community, while the money paid out for wages eir PBJiSONAL. H. M. E KG I.E. of this COUUtv. has hepn elected a member of the executive com mittee of the state beard of agriculture. General Graxt has been elected a di rector of the Equitable- life insurance company in New Yerk. Progress publishes a letter from Ccl. Ferney, dated Jan. 9, 1856, te show that be was at that time for Judge Black for United States senator from this state "And you are Oscar Wilde ! " she ex claimed en being introduced te him, "but where's your lily? " "At home, madam," said Oscar, " with your manners." Oscar Wilde has get te Baltimore after all ; society there condoned his affront te it, when his complete explanation was heard ; he was entertained at a tea party, taken te the theatre, and declares the Bal timore girls the prettiest he fias seen. Edmund Burke died at his residence at nml Calainitv Uratal ratal Kpidemlc. Jehn Finnegan, aged 23 years, sat down te rest en a rock at Seuth Ambey, fell asleep and was frozen te death. - An unknown man was found frozen te death at the feet of a haystack iu the Salt meadows near Elizabeth, New Jersey. The steward en .the estate or Mrs. Moreny, at Milltown, near Dublin, was shot dead. He was eighty years old. Mrs. Moreny has been for some time under police protection. Ne arrests have been made. At St. Jeseph, Me., iu a drunken row at World's hotel, James Lennex was stiuck en the head with a poker and bottle by Night Watchman Cehen, and ioceived injuries from which he has since died. Lennexw.is a bricklayer. Jehn Smith, the wealthy farmer report ed murdered by a shot through the win dow of his residence, near Shelbyvilie. Oflt., it is new suspected was killid by his own nephew, a boy who was in the house at the time. Yeune Smith has bern placed under arrest. Captain James B. Fulton, well known among river men and for many years chief engineer of the Illinois Southern hos pital for insane at Anna, fell with the elevator of the hospital from the fourth fleer te the basement and was instantlv killed. The Spread of Smallpox. Twenty-six new cases of small-pox. we r reported in Pittsburgh yesterday. The Posteflice department has been informed that the postmaster at Gratz, Pa., has contracted the small-pox and the sureties have been directed te remove the office and its effects te a safe place. During last week there were 90 new cases or small-pox and 20 deaths in Pitts burg ; 19 deaths in Allegheny City ; and 35 new cases and two deaths in Richmond, Va. A new case of the disease is reported te have appeared at Bristel, en the Dela ware river, above Philadelphia, the victim eeing a young lady, a visitor from Philadelphia. the Ualtaaa Trial Freatptiy In the conclusion of Jndge Perter's ad dress, yesterday, he called upon the jury te se discharge their duty rhat by their action at least political assassination shall find no sanction te make it a precedent hereafter. He said, " I trust the verdict will be prompt ; that it will represent the majesty of the law, your integrity, and the honor of the country ; and that this trial, which has se deeply interested all the nations of the earth, may result in a warning (te reach all lands) that political murder shall net be used as a means of promoting party ends or political revolu tions. I hope also that the time shall come in consequence of the attention that shall be called te the considerations growing out of this trial, when, by an international arrangement between the various govern ments, the law shall be se strengthened that political assassins shall find no refuse en the face of the earth." The Judge's Cnarge. Judge Cox then at 3:15 p. m. began te deliver his charge te the jury. Iu the course of a careful review te the evidence and the defense en the ground of insanity, he said that the government was net bound te show affirmatively as a part of its proofs that the defendant was saue. Further en iu his charge he said : When men reasoned the law required them te reason correctly se far as tueir practical duties were concerned ; when tlicy had the capacity te distinguish between riht and wrong they were beuud te de it. Opinions, properly se called, that is, be liefs resulting from reasoning, reflection aud the examination of evidence, afforded no protection against the penal conse quences of crirqe. In .conclusion, he jteld the jury, in effect, that if they did' net consider the prisoner iusaue at the time of the shoetiug ; if they believed the crime sprang from a morbid desire fornetorictv, or if they failed te find any metive at aft. the act would be simply murder, aud it would be tiieir duty te find a verdict of guilty as indicted, or if they should find that the prisoner was uet guilty by reaseu of insanity, they should say se. The charge was completed by 4:10 p. in. aud the jury withdrew te consider the ver dict. The Verdict. Af:cr the jury had been out about twenty minutes a recess was taken until half-past five o'clock, aud a number of tbe audience, who had been imprisoned since 9".30 o'clock, availed themselves of the chance te ijet some fresh air. Within ten miuutes after recejs had been taken, the jury called te he bailiff in waiting that they were ready with their verdict, but were informed that Judge Cox had left the court room. When the court ro re asscmbled, the jury at 5.35 p.ra.filed slowly into their seats. In reply te the formal inquiry of the clerk, "their foreman aaueuueed the verdict as "Guilrv as indicted." Mr. Seoville and thedistrict at torney were at once en their feet, the latter exclaiming : Wait till we have the ver dict complete and iu due form of law." The. clerk then addressing the jurv, said : " Your foreman says guilty as indicted ; se say all of you'."' We de," they all responded. Mr. Seoville demanded a poll, which was granted, and as the last-called juror responded "guilty." the prisoner shrieked : " 3Iy bleed will be upon the heads of that jury. Don't yett forget it !" Mr. Seoville thou applied te the court for instructions as te his rights, and was informed by Judge Cox that he should have every oppertuuity ; that tne charge would be furnished te him in print, and he would be entitled te proper time te file his exceptions, aud four days within which te move an arrest of judgement. The .Jury Dismissed. Judge Uex thou cordially thanked the jury for the manner iu which they had discharged their duties. He said : "Yeu have richly merited the thanks of 5reur countrymen, aud I feel assured you will take with you te your homes the approval of your consciences." He then dismissed them and ordered the court adjourned. As the prisoner passed the reporters' table he called out : "The court in bauc will reverse this business." The crowd outside yelled aud jeered him as the van was driven rapidly away. It is probable that Mr. Seoville will flic a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, but it is understood that the de fence is by no means hopeful of any ad vantage fiem it. If the judgment is aflirmed, allowing for all possible interferences, the execution miiiht take place in July. SPUYTEN DUYVIL. 'WILUAM THK SILENT." ARRAIGN ASKST. The Geranec Jary Hrles 1 a Sweejins a Verdict of Censer. Ia the iawtintie of tie railroad ac cident en 'the Hudsen River read, after further testimony Deputy Corener Wa terman read his evidence of the condition of the bodies when found. Corener Mer kle then charged the jury, reviewing the evidence at some length. He said the ac cideni was caused by some person, erlher frivolously or accidentally, who had, if friv olous, no idea of the danger in which he placed his fellow beings and of the conse quences which followed. He was thus far net detected, but be he who he might, though human law could net reach him; his ewu conscience would constantly icmind him of it After being charged the jury retired, and after deliberation rendered a verdict rinding the following facta : " fcirst. lhat uoerge Jielius, the rear brakeman of the Chicago express, is guilty of wilful, deliberate and culpable neglect iu net going immediately te the rear of his train a sufficient distance te warn approaching trains, according te the mles laid down by his company, and he is directly responsible for the less of life that followed such neglect. " Second. That Geerge Thauferd. the conductor, iu uet geiug te the rear of the train te see that the trainman did his duty was responsible for the less of life that followed such neglect of dntv. 'Third. That Edward Stanford, the en gine mau of the leading locomotive, in per sistently endeavoring te draw the traiu after the brakes had been applied, was re sponsible for the less of life that followed. "Fourth. That Archibald Buehanan, the engineer of the locomotive immediate ly attached te the Chicago express, in per sistently endeavoring te draw the train af ter the brakes had been applied and in neglecting te cut off the escape of air, was rospesible for the less of life that followed. rati!, mat rrannisurr, tne engmo engme ir.aa of the Tarrytown special, neelected duty in net keeping a proper lookout in passing the Spuyten Dnyvil Cut, and fail ing for this reason te see the signal of dan ger in time te check the speed of the train, is responsible for the less of life that fel lowed. " Sixth. That Jehn M. Teucey, the su su perintendeat of the New Yerk Central aud Hudsen railroad company, ia neglecting te provide eflicient safeguards agaiust accidents at the most dangerous part of the entire read, and iu fermulatiug a schedule of time for the passage of trains that permitted a rate of twenty miles au hour en a sharp curve, through a cut in which it is impossible te see mere than fifty feet ahead, is responsible for the less of life which followed. "Seventh. That the officers and man agers of the New Yerk Central railroad, in neglecting te provide suitable instru ments te rescue passeugeis in danger, and te extinguish fires, are responsible for the less of life which followed the accident." The jury further find that each and every parson named is responsible for his own actions, and as a further expression of opinion says that there appears te be no excuse ler the criminal carelessness shown by the ompleyes of the railroad company, and the only surprise is that the less of life was net greater. The jury also Qui' that Geerge Melius, Geerge Thanferd, Edward Stanford, Archibald Buchanan, Frank Burr. Jehn M. Teucey. and the New Yerk Central ec Hudsen River rail road company are guilty of causing the deaths of Webster Waguer, Park Valentine and Louise, Iris wife, Mary L. Brown,. J. Albert Richards. Oliver P. Kcely, Francis Marshall aud Darling L. Ransom, by criminal aud culpable negligence iu the perform ance of their several duties in connection with the Hudsen River railroad company ; and the jury desire te express fully their abhorrence of the practice of the premis cueus distribution of railroad passes du ring the session of the Legislature, it be ing an incentive te unseemly conduct, by encouraging free excursions between the capital and' the metropolis. The jury also deem it their duty te urge hotter protec tion en the line of the Spuyten Duyval branch within the city limits. rtainlas Lecture by Kev. Beyle. J. Richard -i T I, T):.t. 3. n. . - -i. c. r. iMKuares oevia, lermeriv pas tor of the Duke street'M. E. chnrch, de livered a lecture therein last evening for the benefit of the Sunday school associa tion, and notwithstanding the unpleasant weather there being a fall of sleet that made the pavements as slippery as glass almost every seat in the body of the church was occupied, aud there were a few who took seats in the gallery. The subject of the lecture was William of Nassau. William of Orange, or "Wil liam the Sileut," as the great soldier and statesman vrtxe founded the DnMfc Re public is mere generally named iu MsiaryJ The reverend orator had arrange care fully the material of his lecture, and with vigorous voice and earnest declamation he recited the thrilling events that marked the life and death of the srreat aoestle of civil and religious liberty. After briefly sketching the history of the ueble familv from which William sprang, and noting the unusual advantages f position aud educatieu he possessed iu early life, being first a page aud theu a courtier aud counciller at the royal court, he described him as a man above the me dium height, with brown hair and beard, an attractive, mauly face, courteous de meanor, a fine scholar, the master of seven languages, an accomplished diplomat, a universal favorite with the geutry as well as the. nobility, a-skiliful'seldier. admir ably fitted for the command of the royal- army, te wuicu position he was at a later date promoted. Boru a Catholic he became a convert te Pretestautism. but was se liberal and tolerant and uucommunicative that his religieus views were unknown even unto the Empjrer Charles the Fifth. or his mera fanatical aud bleed v seu, Philip the Second of Spain, until that monarch attempted te crash out Protest antism, first by the terrors of the inquisi tion and thou by the wholesale assassina tion of the "heretics, "as they were deemed te be. William argued auil plead against the enforcement of 'the kind's cruel proceedings, aud finally, after thousands of innocent meu aud women had been murdered as heretics aud a pricj had been DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. INQUIRER PRINTING HOUSE BURNED.' THK FlKEJIEX'S GALLANT CUUt'CT. Adjoining tfuibtlnc GreatlT luiiMgei! uuU CuBtuts Kelaed Lum Over . 9100.000. Last night about 1 o'clock the Iuquirer priutiug house, situated ou North Queeii street (Nes. 31, 53 and 55) was discovered te be ou the, aud the whole structure from basement te reef was seen a mighty sheet of name. Th buikliusr was em of rim largest iu the city, teeing of brick, five stories in height, and extending in depth uearly te Christian street, a "distance of 250 feet. Owing te the slippery condition of the streets, they being covered with a sheet of sleet frozen as smooth as polished glass, the fireman experienced great difficult v in getting their apparatus te the tire.butthev worked nobly when they get there aud bv their almost superhuman efforts prevented the dames from spreading te adjacent Imildinffs. CONFLAUltATlON was La te Lesses Uy Fire. The Carthage (Me.) woellen mill burned en Tuesday nilit. Less, $00,000 ; iusurauce 820,000. Near Wilkesbarrc a iire was started by a gas explosion in the Susquehauna coal company's shaft Ne. 1, last Monday, which is still burning, and the mine will be Heeded. At three o'clock yesterday morning lire broke out iu the store of J. B. Cellins & Ce. and the millinary stere of Mrs. Lad sley, of Corning, N. Y. Beth teres, with their stock of goods, were completely des des treyed. Less $5000; nearly covered by insurance. A fire at Woeusoeket, R. I., yeaterday, which originated in the depot of the Pro vidence aud Woensockct railroad,. result ed iu a total less of about $100,000. Jehn L Mullen, Charles W. Cook, William Millan and D. Steer, firemen, fell from a ladder and were slightly injured. Lewis Read, engineer, was chilled threngh and is net expected te live. - Value or Wai'.ilustenlu. At the sale of the " Governer Caleb Lyou Collection" iu New Yerk, the " Washington" collection brought fair prices. The original portrait of General Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, realized $550. A punch bowl belonging te the general, aud bearing his initials, was sold for $230. The oval plateau of the Cincin nati set, presented by the officers of the Society of Cincinnati, realized $210. KngUsh Satisfaction at Gultenu'a Conviction. Londen, Jan. 26. The Standard, Daily Telegraph, Morning Pest, Daily News and the Times this morning express satisfaction at the conviction of Guiteau, but all with mero or less sevcrity criticise the conduct of the trial. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VEKILS OF TKAVEL. Accidents by Rail and Steamer. Timethy Tierney was killed by a traiu while walking the Bound Broek railroad, near Trenten. The steamer Valley City, from Tampa for Pensacola, foundered in a gale forty miles from Pensacola en Sunday last. Ne lives were lest. The south-beuud train en the Philadel phia, Wilmington & Baltimore railroad, due at Wilmington, Del., at 0 o'clock last evening, struck Charles Fester, a colored laborer, en the Brand v wine bridge, whinli he was crossing, and injured him se badly that he cannot live. W. H. Burbridge, the postal clerk in jurea m the recent collision en the Charles ten dc savannah railroad, died en Tups. dav night. G. E. Osbern, assistant postal Newnnrt N H vnfeWlaw ... . , uuu injure i ac me time, was at the JNewpert, . u., yesterday, aged seventy- point of death last mht. It is doubted wuetner juansneia and Craft, two ether .victims, can recover. three, tie was a member of Cnns from that district from 1839 te 1845, and afterwards was a commissioner of patents under President Polk. He was one of the most prominent lawyers and politicians in New Hampshire, and for many years editor of the Washington Union. Se many of Washington's society leaders are ladies with beautiful white hair, that TUIEVJKS AD 1IDKGLAKS. Girls in tiiellunds of Koebers. Four masked robbers entered the house of Mr. Charles Hiluebright, at New Port age, near Akren, Ohie, and found only the two daughters at home. They were made te take oil their shoes and stockings. One was tied te the stoVe and threats of burn ing her feet were made. The ether ene was placed ou the safe aud tbm.-itetiAil with death if she did net open the safe. The girl obeyed the robbers. They took ene hundred and twenty dollars,- carriage aud two horses, ate their supper and then fled. investigation mte the accounts of R. I. Jloed, the absconding cashier of the local freight office in Detroit, shows a deficien cy of about $4,000. On Tuesday evening two masked meu entered the depot at the crossing of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chi cago & Northwestern railways, at Fulton Junction, and presenting revolvers at the ueaas et. tne the night operators, J. A. Waemcr, and his assistant, Henry O. Bland, compelled thorn te nnen tim r' The robbers theu took a poker and pried open the cash box and took about $100 be longing te both companies and left. a reception reminds one of the old court I was en the train which killed her. Suicide et a Scarlet Fever Victim. Mary Frey, aged 28 years, who has been visiting her aunt at Blairsville, Pa., com mitted suicide at that place by throwing hoi self under a train. She had just re covered from an attack of scarlet fever, and was slightly deranced. She was -. daughter of Dr. Frey, of Johnstown, who i s vena in flia vitn .wYiimI VSIIajI I... I 3 SXltAMGE ACCIUENT. A Judge Seriously Injured by u Mysterious Explosion. In Little Reck, Ark., a mysterious ex plosion occurred at the residence of the United States District Jndge H. C. Cald well. The latter was sitting iu bis library near the fire; when a small package containing white powder, which he found en the mantelpiece and tossed iota the fire, exploded, throwing the judge vio lently across the room, rendering him in sensible, and tearing tbe flesh from hnth arms up te the elbow. Court et Common rieat. BEFOIIE JUDQK LIVINGSTON. Jehn L. Arneld vs. Mary E. Sanders and her husband, Dr. R. T. Sanders, owners, etc., and wm. a: JNertu. contractor, set. fa. sur. mechanics lien. The evidence for the plaintiff showed that in 1870 the de fendant purchased apiece of ground below Kinzer's statien'and made a contract with Wm. North te erect a dwelling house and stable Mr. North then made a contract with Mr. Aruold te de the plumbing, gas fitting and slate and tin roefiug. After doing work te the amount of $92e.C2 the plaintiff asked North for $600, which he refused te giye him. Werk was then stepped and a lien was filed ou the build ing for the amount of claim. The dofense was that the work dene by Mr. Arneld was net according te specifi specifi cateons: much of it was inferior, and North was obliged te have it tern out and replaced by ether mechanics ; because of the alleged failure le comply with the specifications the dofense claim that they are net liable. On trial. BEFORE .TrnGn r.YTTEKSOX : Mary A. Williams, for the use of Chris topher P. Williams, vs. Michael Wise. This is an actien te recover $303 from the defendant as surety of Christian It. Shenk. It was alleged by the plaintiff that in the year 1878, SLenk rented a farm of them in Sadsbury township for $300; defendant, became his surety aud as he (Shenk) failed te pay the rent that this suit is brought. The dofense admitted having signed the lease, out claim that they did se only as a witness and net as a surety, at tbe request of Wm. B.Williams, who had attested the signature of Mary D. Williams. The defendant claims that he had no in tention of becoming surety for Shenk and always positively refused tejdb se, as he had te pay some of his rent the year be- lore. This case had net gene te tbe jury when court adjourned. The Alleged DeXaen. The report that Mrs.Coenloy,Ida Breue man and ethers had looked at the man brought here from Pittsburgh en suspicion of being DeLeon, and failed te identify him, was a little premature. They visited the jail this afternoon for that purpose. Seat forKeUetY. At C. H. Barr's Centre square book stere the diagram for the sale of seats te Clara Louise Kellegg's concert was opened this morning and they sold briskly, as it seldom our people have a chance te hear se famous a singer at such reasonable prices. set upon his own head, he took up arms in uetensc el his people. Most graphically did the lecturer do de scribe the murderous march and brutal butcheries by the Duke of Alva. command er of the Spanish forces, as he iuvaded and laid waste the Netherlands : and the stub born patriotism of the people, who, under the lead of William, withstood lire aud bleed, famine and pestilence, for a period of twenty-four years, ?iid finally gained their indopendeuee in 1570 when the Union of Utrecht formed the seven, north ern provinces into the Dutch Republic, under the presidency of William. Like Ctesar, William was offered aud refused a crown He had wasted his immense estates and revenues aud impov erished himself for his people ; he had given them everything his lands, his money, his plate, the accumulation of his. ancestors for five centuries, but would ac cept nothing iu return. He had b;-eu brought up iu the most prodigal opulence aud in early life lived like a meuatcli, but new he shared all the privations of the common people. Never did purer patriot live ; never was man mero unselfish ; he was inteleraut only of intolerance, aud offered te oxile himself if by se doing he could secure religious and civil liberty te his people. He was the Washington of his generation, aud his influence for geed has been felt in all ceuutrics iu all suc ceeding ages. America has felt tlie intlu intlu intlu ouce of his struggle against bigotry, and its fruit appear? iu our free institutions te-day, iu our religious HI erty ami our ad vanced enlightenment. .Mr. lioyle quoted largely lreai Motley, the historian, and concluded his lecture by drawing a parallel between the assas sination of William by Gerard, and Gar field by Guiteau. After soveral fruitless attempts te accomplish his assassiuatien, Gerard, under the guise of au envoy ami a friend, obtained mouey fiem Will iam, with which he purchased a pistol, and springing from - an al al al ceve as William was ascendiug tha stairway of his own palace, shot three poisoned bullets into his body, and he died. The assassin, like Guiteau, gloried in his deed and proclaimed himself the David of the true faith who had slain the heretic Goliah, as Guiteau te day glories in his bloody crime, charges it te Deity, and points te Abraham and his intended sacrifice of Isaac in justification of Gar field's murder. Beth assassins were bold, bad men bigoted, brutal aud devilish ; both followed their victims with crafty premeditation and preparation. But here the parallel ends. The murderer of Will iam the Silent was sentenced and executed before the body of his victim was en tombed ; the government furnished no funds te defend him ; no lcave was given him te insult the court, the counsel and L the witnesses ; uoleavo was given him te beast for months of the people's commen dation of his crime The Prince of Orange was murdered en the 10th of the month ; en the 14th, the right baud of the assassin was burned off, aud. en the same day he was beheadeu and his body ,was thrown away te ret. If the Nethci land ers were tee swift in the execution of jus tieo, and erred en the side of cruelty, who shall say that we have net been tee slew aud erred en the side of kindness in the treatment .accerdeu te the murderer of our beloved chief magistrate ? At the conclusion of the lecture, Super intendent Sbaub thanked these present for their attendance ; the choir sang a very pretty anthem, and the audience was dismiHHcd with a benediction. TUK MINSTKKI.S. . A Geed Performance Lest Night. Last evening M. T. Skiff's California minstrels appeared at the opera house te an audience which was by no means as large as it should have heeu. The show was a geed ene throughout and gave the greatest satisfaction. It was au agreeable surprise te most of the audience, as the treupe was new te the city and un known te many. Fifteen people were seen in. the first part, with Fex and Ward ei ene end and Wally Gibbs aud Charles Maserf en the ether. They each sang a song and told funny stories. The music was first class, aud the ballad sing ing was up te the standard. In the second part Wally Gibbs and Charles Masen e.ich gave a specialty which was geed but there was tee much similarity. Fex and Ward, two old favorites, gave their song and dance and clog in their usual fine style. Majer Themas's lighting drill act, was geed, aud se was the singing of the quar tet. The farces of 'Roem -15" and "Sim Dibsey " were well acted. Toe Macb. 'Alcobel. Wilmington New. One of the cars wrecked en the Penn sylvania railroad, at Coatesvillo, en the eastern edge of the bridge crossing the Brandywine, contained crude whisky. After the accident employees of the iron works at Ceatesville, went with jugs, hot het ties and kettles, which they filled with the spirits. The alcohol was se plcutiful and the men drank se freely that they be be bo came disabled, and the iron works were cloned. One of the empleyes, Jehn C. Whiten, a siugle mau, aged 26 years, died afterward, thestesult, it is said, of drink ing tee much of the al ohel. Anether person, named Hecksey, ia missing, and it i is suppesea mat. no tee is ueaa irem tn I same cause. Uavuc et the Flauie. The lire appears te have originated in the third story of the buildiDg, all which except the mauager's Dusiuess room is occupied as a book bindery. Hew it originated is uukuewu. The entire build ing is heated by steam, there being no stoves iu it except the one in the front etlice first fleer which was the last part el the building te take fire. Owing te a rush of business several employees, all careful men, wero at work until 11 o'clock last night aud when they left all seemed well. A private watchman also patrols the build ing every hour of the night. He was in the engine room in the rear of the first fleer when" he discovered the fire ami gave the alarm. He U sure the tire origi nated iu the bindery ami believes it te have been accidental. Sema of the ether workmen incliue te thiuk it may have had its origin near the furnace iu the stereo type department in the fourth fleer and burned through te the bindery. Be this as it may, the eutire building was seen wrapped in flames from turret te founda tion stone, presenting a irraud but terrible spectacle, and a mere total wreck was never seen thau it presents this mom iug. Between 1 and 2 o'eleok a large portion of the lefty side walls fell with a crash, carrying down everything beneath them. A portion of the neith wall foil upon the reef of the Diffeudei ffer building which adjoined the Iuquirer building en the north, aud erushiug through the reef into Cliue's billiard room iu the second story, carried the billiard tables and fur niture through iute Phures W. b'ry's wall paper stere, en the first fleer, ami thence into the basement. A part of the south wall 'fell outwards and barely es caped crushing the adjoining bnildiug of Peter Weber, occupied as his residence, aud hat cap aud millinery stere. Several ether buildings were somewhat damaged. including these belonging te Dr. Moere, Nes. 14 aud 1G East Orauge street, aud occupied respectively by Mrs. Hetty Fran ciscus and Moses Hellinger, who lese from 50 te $100 each and have no insurance. The front wall four.steries higb, with basement entrance, and constituting ene of the most shapely fronts iu the city, steed its exposure te the intense beat very well and remains firm aud erect, despite the fall of its supports. The Iltiildlng anil i:ulueas. The Inquirer building was recently pur ctiaed from the heirs of S. A. Wylie by the Inquiicr printiug company, for the sum of $29,000, aud the company (who have J occupying it for many years) were te have had the deed or ownership trausierml te them en the 1st of April next. The iu iu suraueo en the building was only $12,iHK. The Stereotype Feuudry. An inventory of the personal preperty iu the building was taken list month, aud footed up $68,000. ou which there is an iusurauce of $39,000. The personal pre perty consisted iu pait of the most com pletely equipped priming office in central Pennsylvania, including llve large Adams pewer presses, live ether cylinder presses, live job presses, au immeuse quan tity of type, cuts, plates aud every thing else pertaining te a first-class printing establishment. Tbe business offleoi occupied a part of the first fleer front ; the paper room the central part of the first fleer ; the press rooms the rear portion of the first ami second floors ; a part of the fourth fleer the job room, and the fifth fleer the composing rooms. The rear part of the fourth fleer was occu pied as a stereetype feuudry, and here the less was very heavy, ineludiug net only all the apparatus and machinery, but also tlie stereetype plates of many valuable works the SchovlJeurnal, Oeiley's Lady's Boek, the Peun Collection of Musir, Urban's new book ou life in rebel prisons, and many ethers. The stereotyping of L"i bin's book bad just been completed aud the last " form " was ready for the press. New every vestige of it, including the manuscript, has been destroyed uxcupt a simrle printed copy which the author had securcd te use while soliciting subscrip tions, j The lilndery. Iu the third story of tbe building was the diiecters" mom, front, aud in rear of it the most extensive and complete book bindery in the city. It was stored with an immense quantity, of books, magazines, unbound ami partly bound printed fdioets, and very valuable machinery. During the past month, and since the latt inven tory was taken, between $3,000 and $4,000 ' worth of new machinery was added te this department alone, including the latest im proved embossing prcsxen, cutting ma chines, beveling machines, ere.. Are. Other LeMtl. The second story front was occupied as u ledge room by the American Mechanics. They saved their books and a part of their regalia, but lest nearly all their furni ture Jehn Hiemenz. who occupied the line store room ( Ne.. 51 ) iu the front per tien of the building is a heavy loser. His stock of beets and shoes was valued at $12,000, en which he has an insurance et $8,500. Nene of his stock was saved ex cept a few dozen pairs of beets and shoes, which were carried from the burning building. His safe, containing his books aud ether valuable pauers, lies upset among the debris in the basement, and it is net known iu what condition the con tents of the safe may be. Twe or three ethor safes are also among the ruins. The safu in the front office wits get out un damaged. The basement of the business was eccu pied by Muokle & Heffmau as .a restaur ant and bowling saloon. They lese every thing they bad iu it, but their less will uet exceed $300. They had no insurance. I'liarex W. Fry, whose paper hanging establishment was next dper, north of the Inquirer building, estimates hi lean at from $10,000 te $12,000. He holds $(5,000 iusurauce. Wm. Cliue's billiard saloon aud tables were insured with Bausmau & Burns for $1,000 in the Wiliiamiibargb iusurance company, N. Y. The only ether less sus taiueu by Bailsman & Burns companies was $1,000 ou .Mr. Uieineuz's beets (and shoes in I he Bowery insurance company of N. Y. The Iehm of Ellwood Griest, publisher of the Inquirer newspaper, is net very heavy, but he is net insured He loses his Dicks list with some type, cuts, office furniture, etc., but the type fiem which the paper is printed lieloeged te the printing com pany. The PabUeatleB. The printing company in its several de
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