LANCASTER DAILY J NTELLIGEjNCEK SATURDAY MAKO& L862 ildiuastri tntclltgrncer. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1882. Carter's Little Jeker. Sound travels 743 miles per hour ; and vet the LancastexlSTELLiOEXCER doesn't open its Lead te explain why it stated that Mr. Brown had informed its editor he was net sued for libel, when Mr. Brown declares he informed him that he was sued fee, libel. Lancmter Inquirer. Mr. Brown, who was the legal adviser of Calvin Carter, distinctly stated te the editor of the Intelligencer en the day that the aforesaid Carter came te town te brine a libel suit that he had gene home without bringing it. .Subsequently Mr. Brown said that after he had supposed Carter lhad left town, he learned that, at the instiga tion of the editor of the Inquirer, Car ter had sworn te a complaint and left it at Alderman Barr's.upen learning which Brown had promptly gene te Barr sand directed that no warrant issue, and that the suit be net docketed until further orders. Alderman Barr en the same evening said the same thing. In con versation with Mr. Carter the next lay, he gave no intimation that he had brought any libel suit against the Intelligences Since then no warrant has ever been served at this office, nor upon any of its editors. Under these circumstances the public can very fairly judge whether the " In telligencer lied" or net when it said, " We de net knew whether Mr. Calvin Carter has sued the Intelligences for libel or net." Meantime, if Carter has sued it why don't he go en with his suit ? And if the Inquirer editor instigated Carter te bring his suit why does lie net exercise his potential influence te get hiin te go en with it ? The Intelligencer lias said that while Carter did net, as was originally supposed, sell his own four dollar pigs te the prison for seven dollars a head, he did buy shouts from his friend and political crony at an exorbitant pi ice: that he did buy goods from the prison for his friends and relatives at prices far below the regular retail price of the same, and that he needlessly bought for the prison, from his relatives, at an unduly high price, potatoes which the prison keeper says will only spoil en his hands. Obviously if Carter ever brought or had any notion of bringing a libel suit, there is mere occasion for him te go en with it new than there ever was. The way for him and his editorial adviser of the Inquirer te And out whether the Inteligencer lied" or net is te submit the question te a court' and jury, by proceeding with the suit which the Inquirer says he brought, but which Carter and his counsel and the alderman and the Intelligencer Bjein te think he did net bring. And as the Inquirer sets up for a cen sji" of editorial ethics -and wants te knew if a Up is ever justifiable it may as well answer, at the outset of the discus sion, why it lias denied that when its eliter ran for Congress he gave Levi "Sensenig his note for $2,000, te be paid if elected the note, pending his defeat, being held by a mutual friend. The Xc- Era discovers what is prob ably no news te anybody, that the ma jority of members which its party has gained in councils instead of meeting 'the public expectation, net only in local legislation and economy in expendi ture, but also in their choice of heads for the several departments," will, as like as net. " forfeit the confidence of the bet ter class of citizens, and they will de serve te de se," as " there is a disposi tion in some quarters, supposed te be potential in such matters, te apportion the eilices en ether consideration than these which the people everywhere are declaring shall be paramount in mu nicipal affairs." The Xew Era recog nizes that "the people demand that honesty, capability and unspotted char acter must be taken into the account as the first requisite " of municipal officers, and premises that if the Republican ma jority in councils overlooks this fact " Hir, l?.iiiililtr.iti iinvrtr will lioi-e Qiornerl its own death warrant, and a citizens committee, or its equivalent, will attend te the execution in February, 18S3." This is very encouraging talk. We would rather have a response te the In telligencer's frequent motion for a non-partisan local government, net conditioned en the success of ene faction or another in controlling the election of city offices, and since the Xcic Era in dulged in such talk as the foregoing be fore Bering's nomination and then heartily supported his election, we are suspicious of its sincerity for municipal reform and a strict exclusion of party politics from the administration of city affairs. But if it is sincerely for the best, men for city offices, regardless of politics, here's the right hand of fellow ship, and as seen as the Republicans have made their deal of the spoils wen in the last party fight for city control, let the citizens' movement for 18S. be started. Jl. Flewek, the rich and brand new young Democratic member of Con gress from New Yerk, may or may net be a proper person te head the Demo cratic congressional committee, but it is very certain that his ability and dis position te give geed dinners de net demonstrate his special fitness for the place te which it is said he aspires and hopes te reach by satisfying the stomachs of his party associates. There are said te be congressmen who cannot be tempted by a bribe, but who are net proof against geed dinners. The Democratic party has some of them. These, it is alleged, Mr. Flower sets out te capture by a series of toothsome ban quets. We trust that they will remem ber the foolishness of Esau in bartering away his birthright for a mess of pottage. They must be hungry and thirsty fel lows if they will auction off a part of their meal. party's organization ler a square That must have been a cheerful gathering out West when a national as sociation of undertakers was organized. In the " lottery of assassination " the magic number 306 never fails te draw a prize. When 'Mr. Garfield said in a public address that he recognized the influence of Jeffersen te be waning and that of Hamilton te be en the increase, he prob ably told the truth, and might have said mere in the same strain well calculated te excite apprehension for our institu tions. At the same time his expression has served as a note of alarm, though net se intended. His challenge has been an swered by a manifest tendency in differ ent parts of the country te revive popu lar study and appreciation of the sound political teachings of Jeffersen. One of the foremest'agencies in the work has been the Jeffersen association of Yerk, Pa. Its correspondence with emi nent Democrats has made valu able conlributiens te the politi cal literature of the day, and te these is added the letter which we print en our first page te-day from a prominent Republican and Abolitionist who is net without admiration for Jeffersen, and who makes thesignificant admission that, slavery being abolished, Democracy is the true fundamental doctrine for the well-being of our institutions. In his application of the Jeffersonian theory te some practical questions Mr. Parton is se unfortunate, however, that the chief value of his letter is its service as a text for the admirable comments which the president et the Yerk association makes in this effort te set Jeffersen's biographer right. The ministerial association of this city asks us te repeat and reaffirm its emphatic deliverance against Sunday funerals, except when unavoidable. Its members declare that they lead te many abuses of the day, distract the attention of the clergy from regular work ; and, while they will urge upon their congre gations " the duty of discountenancing and discarding the demoralizing practice of the burial of the dead en the Lord's Day," they also deem it their " Chris tian duty, when there is no such pressing necessity, te decline te officiate at fu nerals en the Lord's Day." The request of the ministers in this matter seems reasonable, and they are entitled te the consideration of the public. The Examiner's editor says there was no treaty at Menter. Probably the ne gotiations were one-sided and ought te have been called " conditions of sur render " en the part of the Republican candidate for president. Tnr, Methodist gives the number of con versions reported from Methodist churches since January 1 as 18,401. All Ireland is only two thirds the size of Pennsylvania but shillelabs grew thicker te the acre. Tn e unbelievers think the increased toler ance of the church is a proof of its decline. On the contrary, it is a demonstration of its greater strength men tolerate when they no longer fear. Tai.maee said in his sermon last Sun day : " People are getting dissatisfied with philosophy. There's no comfort in it when you've get a dead child in the house. Try the 'survival of the fittest' in the death room." A call for a county convention, without distinction of sex, race, party or denomi nation, te assemble in this city en Holi day, the leih inat, signed by ever one hundred persea;, iu favor of submitting a prohibition amendment te the constitu tion te the people, has been issued. In the English IIou-,e of Commens it has been stated that by the Russian out rages upon the Hebrew people 201 women hud been violated, 50 Jews killed and TO wounded, 20,000 persons rendered home less and property te the value of 10,000, 000 wrecked. It was believed for a ieug time that sponges were plants, but naturalists new class them as btdeuging te the animal kingdom. Picfcsser Huxley says the sponge represents a kind of subaqueeus city where the people arc arranged about the streets and reads in such a mauner that each can easily appropriate his feed from the water as it passes along." A peculiarity of the modem French man is that while he lives he opposes the church ; when he is dying he sends for a priest. It is net considered "respectable" for a family te have ene of its members die without " the last rites." With our selves v.e consider it " proper " te bury these religiously who had lived without rc'ii'i!i. Even death and the grave have their iashiens. It :. net surpiising te learn that the Ruian "nvvrcment is contemplating the transportation of Alexandroff, counsel for the Nihiiist Emilianeff, for having de clared iu court that if regicide were net a part et the Nihilist creed he and many ethers would embrace it. Only a brave man could have uttered these words, but that Alexandroff is a person of exceptional courage had already been demonstrated by his brilliant defense of VeraSasseulitch. Mn. O'Neiu., of Pennsylvania, in Con gress has presented a resolution of the tobacco beard of trade of Philadelphia, asking that Congress cither pass promptly a bill for the abolition of the tax en to bacco and cigars, or agree te a joint reso lution te the effect that it is unwise te tamper with the tax during the preseut Congress. This is sensible. The cigar makers have a right te have the matter determined, the agitation settled and their business restored te steadiness and cer tainty. There is a story that a minister of the gospel once claimed admission te the di plomatic gallery in the Senate en the ground that he was an ambassador of neaven, but was denied by the doorkeeper for the reason that that court was net re presented at Washington. An irreverent contemporary presumes that under the circumstances our government is net re presented in heaven, but thinks that it President Arthur really intends te make many mere diplomatic appointments like that of Sargent, there will be reason te regret that we are net represented at the place farthest removed from heaven. The Pittsburgh Pest thinks June 14 would be a geed time for the Democratic state convention. The Shippensburg Chronicle mere nearly expresses popular Democratic opinion when it says : " Leng, struggling, inactive campaigns are a detriment instead of being productive of geed. Short, sharp, incisive campaigns always tell. The state convention of both the political parties in the state of New Yerk are never held until the begin ning of September. In this respect it, wenld be well for Pennsylvania te imitate its great neighbor. Let the claims of the respective cendidates be fully, fairly and frankly discussed, and then let the con vention nominate from the best men iu the party for each and every office." PERSONAL.. Buii.kiiB. Strang, of Tiega, a prom inent but unsuccessful Republican peliti ciau, gets the United States raarshalship of Dakotah. The discovery has been made that Grant has net been pensioned for his services in the Mexican war. He fought en the upper side. Rev. Tiiaddeus Salters, the first col ored man ever admitted te the Protestant Episcopal ministry in Seuth Carolina, was ordained yesterday in Charleston by Bishop Howe. Generals Sherman, Hancock and ethers passed through St. Leuis yesterday en their way te Texas te iuspect the frontier pests. They will extend their trip te the Yescmite valley and San Francisce. Dallas Sanders, common councilman elect from the Seventh waid, ex chairman of the Democratic county committee, cx assitaut district attorney under Henry S Hagcrt, a well-known lawyer ami a Dem ecratic orator et repute, has been appointed by Attorney-General Brewster a special assistaut attorney-general te aid in the prosecution of the btar route cases. He received word about two weeks age te proceed te Columbia, Seuth Carolina, where he would find hi3 commission await ing him, and having arrived there te at once institute a careful and secret inquiry into the management of certain star route matters in that section of the country. The frequent elegant dinners lately given by Mr. Flewek, the new congressman from the Eleventh district of New Yerk, have been viewed with admiration by se ciety peopleaud with great curiosity, net unmixed wiih surprise, by politiciens and the elder members of Congress. A dinner given by a politician, or a congressman, te ether politicians or congressmen is rarely uuattended by some ulterior purpose, ami that some scheme lay at the bottom of Mr. Flower's hospitality was undoubted by the elder heads of Washington political circles. It is new developed that Mr. Flower is very desirous of becoming the chairman of the next Democratic congres sional committee, aud that his late magni ficent entertainments were net without their purpose thi: TKAIL or 1JLOOJJ. Krccnt Murders, Suicides and Other Trage dies. An Italian rag picker while throwing stones at some boys in Newark, who wcie tcstiug him, en Thursda3r, struck Hugh Duffy, nine years of age, in the head with a stone, causing a fracture of the skull which will probably rcsulL fatally. Annie Murray, a notorious woman, shot aud killed Henry C. Prang, aud then fatally wounded herself, iu Portland, Oaj Oaj gen. Jealousy was the cause. Iu Corsicana, Texas, Jehn Yerk, think ing te "frighten" Charles Alexander, who was sleeping in an adjoining room, fired through the partition and blew off the top of Alexander's head. Near Mount Pleasant, Jehn Ward lay iu wait for his betrothed at a church where a revival was in progress, aud as she left fired thica shots at her, one of which passed through her body, inflicting mortal injuries. At Tamaqua, Jehn Muuday, a driver -boy employed at Ne. 11 Colliery, was caught in a chain aud dragged by a mule a considerable distance, -aud se horribly mangled that he died iu a short time. Iu Heuesdale, Edward Dinckermau was i struck hy a railroad train en Thursday and se terribly mangled that he died. "It is net known where he lived and the authorities will bury him. A colored woman named Anne Moor man was foully murdered near Yellow Branch. Campbell county, Ya. She was found in the read after dark with her threat cut and a pistol weuud through her head. Suspicion attaches te a negre named Jesse Slaughter. In New Haven, vaudals entered the Birmingham cemetery and broke 81,000 worth of gravestones They then stele a village oil street lamp aud threw it iute an unoccupied barn te fire it, in which object however, they were net successful. Ne arrests have been made se far. The vil lage is greatly excited. Leen Miller, a merchant of Unieu City, Erie county Pa., went te the weeds, flung a noose ever the limb of a tree, fastened his legs an 1 arms and then sprang off a projection fifteen feet from the ground, nearly pulling his head from the trunk lie was sixty-live years old. Ne cause can be assigned. Looses by Fire. A lire broke out yesterday morning in the block of buildings known as the Mar Mar ble Works, at Brockton, Massachusetts, in which there were nearly a dozen occu pants, causing a total less of $7,000 ; in sured. The same occupants were burned out two months age. Early last evening the watchman at the American Dredging company's works, feet of Pine street, Camden, discovered a fire iu the boiler room, and by the time an alarm was given the entire apartment was iu Haines. The engines of the fire department responded promptly, but the buildings, which were of frame, and sep arated from each ether by a few feet, caught ene after the ether, and in an hour the entire group was a wreck. Less, $30,000. KEATS ANI SEVEKN. Monument in the Protestant Keine, Cemetery, The twin monuments erected ever the graves of the poet Keats and his friend Jeseph Severn were unveiled in the Prot estant cemetery at Reme, yesterday, in the presence of many English and Ameii can residents. T. A. Trollepe, in the ab sence of Lord Houghten, presided at the ceremony. Alluding te the part Ameri cans had taken in this monumental tribute te Keats Mr. Trollepo said it constituted a fresh bend between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxen race. Mr. Story, the American sculptor, made a brilliant speech recalling Severn's devotion te Keats. Last Week's Failures. Thore were ene hundred and fifty-two failures in the United States reported dur ing the past week, an increase of seventeen ever the preceding week, and cighteen mere than ia the corresponding week last year. Several important failures occurred. Massachusetts shows a large increase of small failures, and in Mississippi the floods aud short crops are causing many traders te assign. THE QUEEN. HEARING OF HER ASSAILANT. MACLEAN FOUND TO BE A LUNATIC. lie it Remanded Fur a Week. Before the beginning of business en the stock exchange in Louden, yesterday morning, all the members in the room sang " Ged Save the Queen." MacLean was charged at the police sta tion with sheeting at the queen with in tent te de grievous bodily harm. He asked whether any one was hurt, but the police refused te give him any information. The police evidence at the examination, which the prisoner tried te shake by cress-examination, went te prove that he fired straight at the carriage, and net at the wheels, as he alleges. The charge brought against MacLean befeic the Windser magistrate was shoot sheet ing at the queen with intent te murder. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Formal evidence was taken concerning tne prisoner's arrest and the finding of the bullet. MacLean closely cress-examined several witnesses He did net seem te be impressed with the seriousness of his po tion. At the examination of MacLean two let ters written by the prisoner were read. In the first, which was written before the sheeting, he said he was compelled te com mit a crime against bleated aristocracy because of the insufficiency of relief offered him. In the second letter, written after his arrest, he said that his only object was te cause public alarm and get his pecu niary grievances redressed ; that he did net mean te hurt the queen, but only fired at the wheels of her carriage. Princess Beatrice aud Jehn Brown saw him- point the pistol at the carriage. He was ex actly thirty paces distant when he fired. Twe of the four leaded chambers of the revolver contained only blank cartridges. MacLean had walked Mm Portsmouth te Louden a week age. Upen his person was found a purse containing a penny and three farthings, and a pockctbeok con taining the following entries: "fourth Path, a novel by MacLean ;" and "Rey nolds's newspaper gives as correct an idea of the wide difference that divides the people of England as any newspaper in the world. I venerate the free and out spoken principles of an unbiased thinker." AlacLeun a Lunatic. The police have ascertained that MacLean was fermely in the Wells lunatic asylum, and was only discharged in September last, A .solicitor has written te the mayor of Windser stating that he defended a man named Rederick MacLean at Maidstone, iu 1874. charged with attempting te upset a train. The Xeits says that it may be new pretty Kifely concluded that MacLean is insane. Since his discharge from the Wells asylum he has been confined in the Westen-super-Mare asylum. The Londen police have received information that he was incarcer ated in a Dublin asylum for many months. XCntliuslasit) fur tlie yueen. The Archbishop of Canterbcry has re quested the clergy te offer thauks for the deliverance: of the queen in their churches. The queen dreve through Windser yes terday, and was welcomed with indescriba ble enthusiasm. A special thanksgiving service was held at Windser, for the escape of the queen I Jrem the attempt en her life. The Queen's Monument te lle-jcenitlield. The queen's monument te the late Lord Beaeeitsfield has just been erected in Hughcnden church.. It bears the follow ing inpc.'iptieu : "This, : atcful iieud. memorial is placed heie by a and affectionate sovereign and VICTORIA, u. l. Kings love him tbatspeaketh light." THIS I'KKH.9 OF BA1LV LIFE. i ire it lid Floed, Calamity and Crimp, mur der and Suicide. A general strike of the employees of the Wabash railroad at Chicago took place yesterday, because their wages had net been paid for two month. The engine of a down fieight train from Macen te Savannah, Ga., jumped the track near Tcnnillc, ycsteiday morning. The engineer and fireman were injured, and several cars were smashed in. The bondholders of the old Atlantic & Great Western, new the New Yerk, Penn sylvania fc Ohie, yesterday defeated Messrs. Gewen, Yauderbilt and ethers, candidates of the McHeury interest, for voting trustees, electing Geerge Balfour, Henry C. Itaikes, J. LockinglenBatos and a man named Lewis. About 100 feet of the two tiestles across the Winooski liver, en the Barre branch ei the Yei ment Central railroad, werejear l ied away en Thursday night by the high water aud ice, and yesterday the Barre trains, between Mentpelicr and Coffee Heuse, were being run ever the Moutpo Meutpo Moutpe lier & Wells River read. The river is rapidly falling and all danger of a freshet is ever. The railroad bridge between Rutland and Sutherland Falls has been damaged by the ice, and passengers have te be transicrcd, as the bridge is net cor cer tideml safe. The K.iily Spring Floed. Twe colored men were drowned at Smith's Mills, Georgia, while trying te row across the Ocmulgcc river swollen by the rain?. A Portsmouth, N. II . dispatch says : "The ice has been swept out of the river and is piled up for miles, covering large tracts of land." The rivers are badly blockaded. The warm weather is rapidly melting the snow. The water from the Bolivar breaks was kisit evening encroaching upon Greenville, Miss. The water was higher than ever before. Many of the inhabitants of that section are reported te be en the trccs,aud heats have been sent te their relief. The Heeds in the New England rivers continued yesterday, though in some places relief was given by the breaking up aud passing out of the ice. Trestles en the Fitchburg railroad, near Pequcd, Mas sachusetts, have been carried away by the ice. The inundation at Bolivar, Mississippi, is increasing, aud it is new thought all the Deer cieek country, except the higher points in the Begue Settlement, will bj covered. Many of the people are reported te have taken refuge in the trees, and beats have been sent te their assistance. I'uttlug up the Freight Kates. The joint executive trunk line committee agreed iu New Yerk yesterday te advance rates in the following proportion, te take effect en the 13th instant : East-bound rates will be advanced from Chicago te New Yerk en seventh class te 30 cents per 100 pounds ; eighth class te 23 cents per 100 pounds ; ninth class te 35 cents per 100 pounds ; live hogs, 30 cents per 100 pounds ; the rate en dressed hogs te be forty cents per 100 pounds, Chicago te New Yerk, in ordinary cars, and 43 cents per 100 pounds in refrigerator cars. The rates en hjgh winer, whisky, alcohol, ale, beer, etc., in carloads will be upon a fixed basis of 33 cents per 100 pounds, Chicago te New Yerk. Bullion, lead, etc., and copper residue will be upon a fixed basis of 30 cents per 100 pounds, Chicago te New Yerk, and from ether points en the agreed percentage business. She Captured the Pistol. In Reading Annie Smith, eighteenvears I of age, was attacked by an unknown man wniie en her way te a drug store te buy medicine. Her assailant drew a pistol and threatened te sheet her if she made any noise. He then tried te drag the girl into an alley, bat she resisted him success success felly, Wrested the weapon from him and escaped. She brought the pistol home with her. The Mining Interests. The Pelar Creek coal and iron company was organized yesterday at Kuexville, Tennessee. Colonel G. J. Florence, of Atlanta, was chosen president. The com pany owns 20,000 acres of coal lands 30 miles from Knoxville, aud its capital is fixed at $1,000,000. A meeting of delegates representing all the coal miners of Luzerne and Lacka wanna counties, was held yesterday in Wilkcsbarre, te consider the propriety of organizing a " Workmen's Union." The meeting adjourned te reassemble at a mass convention at Pittston en the ISth instant. It is understood that the men will demand an advance in wages of 10 te 20 per cent. Watklns (lieu. The summer resort at Watkin's Glen was bought at referee's sale for $30,000 by A. J. Michener, of Philadelphia, oue of the former owners aud managers during the season of 1879. Smallpox. The National beard of health is advised that during the week ending February 25 there were sixty new cases of smallpox and eleven deaths in Pittsburgh, fifteen cases and seven deaths in St. Leuis, and thirty-five deaths iu Chicago. TKRK1IILK ACCIDENT. Six Men Killed and Others Injured by a Heller jxlogieii. At Stene, Randelph county, Ind., the boiler in Wester & Barnes's handle fac tory exploded yesterday with terrific force, killing live men and fatally injuring a sixth, who has siuce died. The names of the deceased are as fellows : Geerge Wes ter, Hed Claike, Rebert Randall, Win. Yanker, Wm. Fleming and Lewis Mann. The first five named were all married men and had families. Trimball Yanker, Granville Barnes and Jehn White were injured severely, but net fatally. The explosion is supposed ts base been caused through ignorance of his duties en the part of the engineer. Crumbs of Comfert. Lancabter Dally Examiner. The proper thing for the convention te te de will be te nominate Faimer Butler for congressman-at-large. m - The Sleater Treat;-. Examiner. There was no " treaty." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Lebanon's Weather rrenhet. Lebanon Times. One of our prominent attorneys, who is at the same time one of the leading fisher men of the valley, among ether qualifica tions claims te be a weather prophet by experience, and is willing te pit his prog nostications against these of Venner, Tite or the Jersey rain maker. He claims that the weather invariably repeats itself, and gives the following as the result of his ob servations, viz : All years ending in 9, 0 or 1 are extreme ly dry. These ending in 2, 3, 4, 3 aud G arc ex tremely wet. These ending- iu well balanced. These ending in 7 and 8 are ordinarily 0 have extremely cold winters. These ending in 2 have an eaily spiing. Theso ending iu 1 have a late spring. These ending in 3 and 4 are subject te great floods. He stakes his reputation en these figuics and is willing te stand or fall by and with them Slight Fire. Between 2 aud 3 o'clock yesterday after noon there was a slight fire in a house be longing te Frederick Goes, situated at the corner of Lemen and Mary streets, aud occupied by Oscar Hemp, butcher. A kettle en the kitchen stove boiled ever and the liquid falling upon the coals burning in the grate caused a tongue of flame te sheet forth and set en fire some articles en the mantel. A coal oil lamp sitting thereon exploded, setting tire te the mantel, the doers, the carpet and some ether things in the room. With the assistance of neighbors the family put out the fire without raising a general alarm. The damage te the furniture is net heavy, aud $50 will cover the less en the building, which is insured for $1,500 in Rochester German company, of which Mr. J. II. Osteimaycr is local agent. SALES OF HHOKT HORSS. The Very Uoetl l'rlcv Keallzcd. At the public sale of short horned cut tle belonging te Edward Smyser, Man chester township, Yerk county, yesterday the following prices were realized for cows . $135. $123, $130, $110, $150, $110, $112, $90, $04, $130, $100, $72.50, $70, $30. $91, $90, $10, $82.50, $95 and $75. The young cattle and calves were sold at the following prices : $71, $76, $67.50, $40, $52.50. $30,' $22.50, 642.50, $42.50, $30, $35, $35, $54, $61. $27.50, $26, $55, $20, $19, $33, $33, $27.50, $25, $15, $10, $18.50, $12, $10.50. $17.50, $13, $20, $16, $10. William Diet z, of Frederick, Manches ter township, Yerk county, has sold te E. F.Yehu, thirty-six head of fat cattle, none of them weighing Ies3 than 1,600 pounds, te be delivered by the 1st of May, for seven cents per pound. Tne Feast et Furiui. The Jewish festival of Purim begius at sundewu te-day. Although Jewish his tory gives authority Cor observing the feast for ene or two days, modern usage makes it a season of feasting and gift-making for about a week. Occurring en the 14th of Adar, according te the Jewish calendar, it commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from the evil intentions of Haman, through Queen Esther aud Mordecai. In the book of Esther, chapter ix., the origin of the word Purim is found te be from " Pur" the "let" cast by Haman te destroy the Jews. In the same chapter Queen Esther commands them te keep the 13th and 14th days of Adar as "days of feasting and joy and of sending portions te one another and gifts te the peer." Early Chickens If any ene has a warm place for chicks, it is time te set a hen, for chickens hatch ed iu March will commence te lay when a month younger than these hatched in May, if they receive extra care. The cocks will sell much higher and mere readily than later. A successful fancier says he always has the chickens hatched in February, March, April, August, Septem ber and October, as such chickens pay better than May aneVr June chickens, and the pullets will commence te lay earlier. These hatched August 1st will lay as early as theso hatched the 28th day of May, all haviug the same care. Most farmers have a notion that hens de net pay any profit, but if they would let their boys, girls or wife have entire care of them for the whole year, and have all the profit, above the cost of the feed, some of them would be astonished. Vied of Ills Injuries. Xew nelland Clarien. Isaac S. Graybill, an old and well knewn citizen of West Earl township, who it was stated in last week's Clarien had had met with a painful accident by falling from the npper fleer of his barn, breaking his leg at the hip, en Monday of last week, died from his injuries en Thursday evening, the wounds being se severe as te canse mortification. MAYTOWN AND MARIETTA. TALKS FROM TWO TOWNS. IheXens Frem the Northwestern Section et the County. The Maytown & Marietta turnpike pays about twenty per cent. Percy Schecu's Marietta Iicjister is de cidedly and forcibly " agin " the new Re publican rules. The march of improvement iu Maytown is toward Marietta. Telephone connec tion ought te be established between the two places. Christian Garber, a well known aud middle-aged farmer, residing near May town, has diedjrather suddenly of pueu pueu menia. The tobacco buyers are rather careful iu purchases and are looking for top lets. Greve & Cellins still have their large and valuable packing of last year. The Democrats of Maytown and East Denegal are rather proud of having elected a judgp, supervisor and school director at the late township election, aud but for the ' shrieks of locality " would have elected the assessor. " Traveling Statesman " James B. Hen Hen dereon was indicted in Washington yester day together with James W- Donahue, William W. Jacksen, Albert E. Beeno and Samuel G. Cabell for conspiracy te de fraud the United States. It is alleged that at .the mail letting in October, 1880, these gentlemen conspired te have James B. Hendersen te bid en 013 pest mail routes, and Jacksen and Donahue were his sure ties in the sum of $409,050, and obimed that they owned real estate double that amount, all of which is uutrue. liurglars About. On Tuesday night some thief or thieves, net having the fear of moonlight, the law nor the devil before them, visited aud raided the cellar of Majer Jcre. Shaffuer, Maytown. They took his butter and eggs, his bread and meat, and a stock of can ned fruit. They doubtless knew that peo ple with geed consciences are sound sleep ers and get away with their plunder with out having te carry the ounce et lead tnat would have been added te the weight of it had they been discovered. The iilvcr and Ratting;. Theriver at Marietta has been steadily rising during the past week and the water get te such a high mark that pilots could net steer safely down the timber that was floated hither from the upper waters. About 5 p. m. yesterday the water came te a stand and the chances are that rafting will begin unusually early. The very slight snow-fall of the past winter has net enabled the lumber men te sled thcr tim ber te the river aud it is expected that it will be scarca and high. The prices at Williamsnerl have ruled from 1 te 22 for pine aud oak, aud from 8 te 8i for hem lock. Dr. Geerge and His Eloping WU Considerable interest, net te say amuso amuse msnt, has been created in and around Marietta by the Intelligence's account of the elopement of Dr. Geerge's wife with his mau-of-all-werlc, aud by the ac counts given by her sister of the high social positieu which the erring woman held iu Eastern Pennsylvania. The parties are all known here. The Liphart girls are distant relatives of the highly respectable family of that name in this section. Their father was a ne'cr-dc-wel', whose feebb candidacy for the sheriffalty nomination once excited derision here. Dr. Geerge was a geed deal of a humbug ; he quacked around Marietta and married the little Liphart girl when she was about 14 ; he kept tavern for awhile with the famous Dr. (lower, and ran a saw mill. He was a failure, as these who were victimized still knew te their cese. He left here in his honeymoon and Mariettlaus had lest sight of him. The " Miss Cerinue Lip hart," spoken of in the Pittsburgh papers as Geerge's bistcr-iu-Iaw.is supposed te be the wife of one Christian Geitci, who was once ariested in Lancaster for a series of petty larcenies from market basket; Kl.AAV.AV ACCIDENTS. Wagen: UreKen and Herse Uurr. This merniug Israel Jehns, of Median icsburg, came te tewu with his son in a market wagon and tied his horse in fieut of Marshall & Rcngier's stoic, Seuth Queen street near Centre Square. The lieisc slipped his bridle and ran off, pass ing through Centre Square and out East King street. The street 'was tilled with wagons of various kinds and the runaway struck fccveral of them. A herse and wagon belonging te A. S. Rehser, stand ing in front of Givler's store, was struck, the horse knocked down and the axles and wheels of the wagon a geed deal damaged. A wagon belengiug te the county peer house was run into aud somewhat dam aged, aud the driver had one of his hands cut aud bruised. At the corner of East King and Duke streets the iuu away came in collision with a heavily leaded four-herso team. The latter was net much injured by the shock, but the runaway herse was thrown down and the wagon te which he was at tached badly wrecked, the entire top be ing broken off, the wheels shattei ed and the body a geed deal injured. The herse was caught by Benjamin Biehl and placed in the stables of the Leepard hotel. He is somewhat cut about the feet, but does net appear te be seriously injured. Ne one was hurt during the runaway, but theie were many narrow escapes, both of men aud horses. The letter box en the lamp pest in front of the court heuse was broken by one of the wagons being run against it. The runaway was a fearful looking one, and considering the thronged condition of the btrcct3 it is marvelous that no mere serious damage resulted. Last evening a two-horse team belong ing te Levi Landis took fright at the cars while crossing the Duke street bridge, and ran down Duke street te Vine. When iu front of Trinity chapel they ran agr.nst the lamp-pest aud shattered the lamp. The tongue of the wacren was also broken off. 'Hie Washington Lease. The lease between the Washington the company and the special committee of councils has new beeti duly executed, en the terms of $350, which include the use of the lower fleer of the engine home, the engine and all ether apparatus of the com pany. It has been signed by the bea.d of trustees and officers of the company and by the committee. The city thus has secured two engines, the Washington and the Union, and with the steady cxte. isien of the clectiic fire alarm, and the rapid completion of the hose carts, the ncv sys tem premises ere long te be in rictual operation. t'umailaele Letter. A letter addressed as fellows is held at the Lancaster posteffico for want of a proper stamp : "Mr. Zephaniah Binklcy, care G. F. Binklcy, Danville, P. O., Pa." The writer of the above letter had cut a .,tamp from a spoiled envelope and pasted it upon the envelope addressed. Had he taken the spoiled envelope te the postefnee a geed ene would have been given in ex change for it ; but the stamp when cut from a stamped envelope is worthless awl won't pass. I'ollce Cases. Alderman McConemy this morning sent te jail for ten days each Frank Regei, James Riley, Wm Sullivaa, Albeit Kerh and Jehn Burger for tresspassing en the cars of the Pennsylvan: '. railroad com pany between Leaman Place and Kinzets. They were rather decent looking young men, out of money, and trying te bt .; .i ride in search of work. COURT. Sentence or Emanuel Gandaker Current BuslueM, Jfcc. Court met this morning at 10 o'clock with both judges present, for the trans action of current business, &c. A rule was granted te show cause why a new trial should net be had in the re plevin case of W. S. Kennedy vs. Nathau ial Burt. The desertion case of Cem'th vs. Jehn W. Peiffer was continued te April term as the defendant is regularly paying his wife $1.50 per week, as directed by the court some weeks age. The ceiii-' i lie au order for the open ieg of Ne ' i me street from West King te Orange i he order is net te issue te the street commissioner until the damages assessed are paid . This morning Messrs. North, Reynolds and Eshlercau tiled an appeal before the register from his decision in granting let let ters testamentary te Catharine Schwilke as the executrix of William Millar, dee'd, and applied te the court te decree an issue in which Catharine Schwilke shall be plaintiff and BlaryE. Smethurst. by her guardian Wm. A. Smethurst, shall be de iendant, te ascertaiu whether the paper purporting te be the last will and testa ment of William Millar, dee'd, is such. The plaintiffs were given time te file an ausweraud the issue was net granted yet. In the ease of II. B. Parry vs. Levi Sensenig. exceptions te master's report, Judge Patterson delivered au opinion dismissing the exceptions and confirming the report. The ceart grouted an issue te try the validity of a paper purporting te be the last will and testament of Simpsen Ruth, late of Upper Leacock township, deceased. The plaintiffs are Jacob Ruth, Harry Ruth, Annie Brubaker and Benjamin, her husband, and Susanna Ruth, and the de fendants, Martha Bruckhart and Isaac Bruckhart.her husband, andRachael Wag ner and Samuel Wagner, her husband. Iu the matter of the motion te dissolve the preliminary injunction iu the case of Mary 31. Danuer vs. Jehn W. Biubaker and Jehn N. Brubaker, there was a hear ing this merniug but the court held it under advisement. lilverced. Lizzie Brubaker, of East Hempficld township, was granted a divorce from her husband, David Brubaker, en the grounds of cruel ticatmciit, etc. Em inuel (iundaker sentenced. Emanuel Gundaker, who en Tuesday plead guilty te the charge of felonious as sault and battery in shoetiug Edward Cole en the 11th el September last, in this city, was brought into court for seuteuce this morning. Bcfeie passing sentence the court asked the prisoner if he had anything te say. He replied that he had been veiy much troubled by the con duct e: Cele, as he thought he was tee intimate with his wife, and it was that which worried him. On the day of the sheeting he went te talk with Cole in regard te his conduct, and the result was the crime te which he plead guilty. After the prisoner had finished, the cemt spoke te him of the serieusuess of tin- crime, telling him that it was for tunate that he was net new en trial for murder ; they would, however, be as lenient as possible under the circum stances. The court then sentenced him te pay a fine of $30. costs of prosecution, and te undergo .in imprisonment of two yea.'s and six nnu.ths. Adjourned. Columbia. Edward Rumsey, of Philadelphia, visit ing Columbia. E. E. Lutheran festival at Mr. J. G. Banner's netted $20; very pie.eraut occasion- Many Columbians will go te the party at Klugh's this evening. Rev. A. II. Leng, of Marietta, preaches in the Bethel church te morrow ; Coekraan, chapel avniversary; Rev. Geerge Jenes, will control morning, Sabbath school and evening services in First African Bap tist. Mr. and 3Irs. Jehn Fendrich's silver wedding" cards are out for next Friday night. On Saturday, February 25th, a man an swering te the name of Jehn Nealy, went te Redsecker's livery stable and hired a horse and buggy for the day, with the in tention of selling goods in the country. Nothing has siuce been heard of Jehn Nealy, horse or buggy. At the time of the robbery the buggy contained a very handsome buffile robe, blanket and whip. Mr. Redscker has offered a reward of $23 for the return of the stolen property and $23 for the iie?' of the.thief. Extra engine Ne. 38, east bound, broke her eccentric yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock ejvvI'q the) round house. The flying ri' 1 knocked a hole in the the box and tjm of the flues. The tire was scattered iu .dl directions, while the track was flooded with water and steam. The escaping stc.m made a great noise, and the fireman ami engineer net knowing exactly what had hn.pencd ran for their lives. The disabled en -mj is new in the Columbia shops. ' o'urrbfe lire company has wisely pro hibited le ; cr liquor upon its premises. This practice has been abused but hence forth the munagers will enforce the regula tion prescribing$l fine for the first offense and expulsion for its repetition. Ne loafer; allowed around this house. Under t ha able direction of Mr. Geerge Crane the four beautiful tableaux of the Presbyterian Sunday-school will be re peated at the entertainment for the public school library. MK. UAUy OAKONEH'S LEUTUltE. A Trip te California and Back. Mr. Henry Baumgardner last evening, in the opera house, delivered his lecture cua " Transcontinental Trip te the Occi dental" the proceeds from the sale of tickets te be devoted te the Lancaster Benevolent association. The audience was net as large as it should have been, considering the merit of the lecture, and the benevolent purpose for which it was delivered ; but theso who were present listened with unflagging interest te Mr. Baumgardner's graphic de scription of the scenes and incidents of the trip made by him and his companions some years age from the Atlantis te the Pacific. The lecturer possesses admirable descriptive powers, and in choice words vividly presented te his hearers grand pictures of hills and valleys, plains and prairies, sage-bush deserts, towering mountains, giant forests and ether won ders te be seen en route. The lecture con tained racy descriptions of many humorous incidents that occurred among the party, aud was interlarded with numerous bril liant Hashes of wit and humor, that at in tern 's " brought down the house " with loud Slighter and applause. UNDER THIS DAMMKlC. Properties Sold at Snerlfl'B Sale. Sheriff High sold at the court house to day the following properties : A let of ground en the northeast e.-uner of East King and Duke streets, city, con taining in front 83 feet and in depth 80 feet, en wnich are a large thrcc-stery brick, dwelling house, with a two story brick back building attached, with store rooms offices and ether improvements, as the property of Theodere W. Ilerr, pur chased by Jacob S. Shirk for $21,000. A lei. of land in Safe Harber, containing "G perc'ics. en which are a two story bri. 'c dwelling, with restaurant, a frame building', etc., and an adjoining let, con taining 37 perches, en which are t two and a half story brick dwelling heti?e, with large stere room and brick warehouse atta died, as the property of David i).;v. ; berht by Isaac Greff for $2,323. A let of rrrcund en the south side et Raphe street, Washington borough, CO by 4
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