LANOASTEU DAILY iftTELLiGENCER MONDAY jSJAHCH 13 1882.
Lancaster ntdttgencer.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, WB2.
Garfield and Rosecrans.
We print a fresh installment of in
tereating matter touching the Garfield Garfield
Ilesecrans controversy. It is all timely
and relevant te the discussion which was
provoked by Mr. Blaine's eulogy of the
military genius of Rosecrans' chief of
staff te the disparagement of the old
commander himself. There are, it seems
te us, three considerations involved in
this controversy. First, as te whether
or net Gen. Garfield was guilty of a
breach of military discipline in writing
te a member of the cabinet his com
plaints in regard te the administration of
of his superior office; secondly, whether
he was always true te Gen. Re3ecransand
faithful te their friendship; and thirdly,
whether he or Gen. Rosecrans was cor
rect in his view of the military situation
in the southwest. Te Gen. Rosecrans
personally or for the sake of the memo
ry of the late president, the last consider
atien is of the least consequence. There
are a thousand controversies concerning
details of the management of the late
war, like these of evary ether great mil
itary struggle, about which controversy
will continue se long as there are dif
ferences of opinion en military tactics.
Conceding that the published letter from
Garfield te Chase, and the later one from
Garfield te Kesecrans are genuine,
and there .seems te be no reason
te doubt their authenticity, it i3 very
hard te understand hew Garfield could
say sincerely te Kesecrans " that any
charge, whether it comes from Dana or
any ether liar, te the effect that I was
in any sense untrue te you or unfaithful
te our friendship has no particle of truth
in it." If the Chase letter is genuine, and
we repeat that its authenticity has net
been questioned, there can be no doubt
of Gen. Garfield's disregard of military
discipline and breach of all the proprie
ties in writing such an epistle te a mem
ber of the cabinet, with whom, as the
World suggests, his own promotion and
his commander's removal rested. The
ether incidents which have been brought
out by this controversy, Garfield's al
leged responsibility for the removal of
Rosecrans and his loudly avowed admi
ration for him in ether quarters, are
only reconcilable with the double deal
ing which the documentary evidence
seems te fasten upon him.
Ter what they are worth in thecluei
datien of the disputed military problem
we print Gen. Hesecrans's account of
his campaign and also a very severe crit
icism upon it by one of the editors of the
New Yerk Tribune.
We cannot see that this controversy
is te be especially deprecated, nor that it
is reasonable te suppose its production
at this time is part of a plan of the Stal
warts te heap undeserved odium upon
Uie late president. Such a plan, if at
tempted in the present frame of the pub
lic mind, would only damage the faction
which was at variance with Mr. (Jar
field. Hut Gen. Kesecrans is entitled te
all tin: vindication which he is claiming.
The national eulogist of the dead presi
dent made the occasion for him te see:
it. I n that task lie has a right te pro
duce the letters which seemed te show
that Gen. Garfield had always been true
te him. If ether letters in existence are
at variance with this, their writer and
net Gen. Uesencrans is responsible for
the inconsistency ;,and tiie friends of the
late president and net his enemies must
be presumed te have ureduced them how hew
Last year the revenue derived from
the tax en matches amounted te 3,278,
580.02. Of all that there was but a very
small portion that was net paid by the
great corporation of which Mr. W. II.
Swift is the head, which has squeezed
out nearly all the small concerns in the
country, lias a monopoly or the match
business, and wants te keep it. In the first
place, this big corporation is able te give
bends and gat 0 days credit from thi
government for the stamps it buys rim
ing its business for two months en the
public credit. In the second place, it,
buys large quantities of stamps at a time
and gets 10 per cent, discount, which it
charges the public for. This is why Swift
argues for a retention of the tax and why
the rest of the 50,000,000 American peo
ple demand its abatement. The con
gressman who neglects te urge this re
peal should hear from every one of his
constituents who has cause te'strike a
C0-per-cent.-taxed match.
Thk enterprise of Philadelphia jour
nalism never brought quicker results
than in the dismissal by Mayer King of
his entire police detective force because
the Press, with singular courage and ex
ceptienal thoroughness, proved it te be
corrupt and in league with thieves.
Mayer King has likely made some mis
takes in his selections of the new detec
tives. "We are cerifident he will prompt
ly examine into the complaints against
the new men, and if well founded, they
will get the grand bounce. " The dis
missed officers feel aggrieved and are
getting ex pa rtc affidavits te prove their
innocence. The. Press has given them
all ample grounds for a libel suit, and if
they have been unjustly dealt with they
will find it profitable te use their testi
mony in the quarter sessions and common
pleas. The courts are ejjen te hear and
redress any grievances they may have
suffered.
Dinxeks are again having their effect
en the average congressman, and Iebyists
are almost as numerous as members at
Washington. There is no law te prevent
this, but there have been Congresses
around which no lobby hovered. Phil
adelpirfa Timet.
The simple fact is that when the Demo
crats had a majority in the Ileuse, Mr.
Randall was speaker and the committees
were constituted in favor of retrench
ment, the lobby almost entirely disap
peared from Congress. The opposition
called it a cheese-paring, stingy, tobacco
spitting and whisky-drinking Heuse, but
for all these hard names, it saved mil
lions for the country, and under its re
gime the occupation of the lobbyist was
gene. With a Republican majority he
returns. The old times have been re
stored. Jobbery is rampant. Where
the carrion is the buzzards (lock.
I . The UMnty Audit.
The Examiner hears that the county
auditersare f auditing" with the u,com u,cem
pass and square" of the law In the fore
ground ; and assures its readers that the
members of the present beard " are net
dummies that can be worked by any
clique, faction or party, and if they de
anything it will mean business. They
will hew te the line, let the chips fail
where they will." "We are entirely ready
te believe tliis of Messrs. Lightner, Reed
awl Greider, and that they will justify
the confidence of their fellow citizens.
They will find a geed many thing3 in
the financial report of last year te audit
with the " compass and square." ChieT
among these is the illegal and outrage
ous payment by Commissioners Co Ce
ble and Bushong, of SI ,800 te Pro Pre Pro
thenotary McMellen, and the still
mere outrageous and unjustifia
ble payment of 211.50 te the late clerk
of quarter sessions, B.F. W. Urban, for
blanks used in his office, for which the
county ought net te have paid. These
are samples of probably a longer list of
improper payments for which these who
made them ought te be surcharged. The
auditors may find, as the Intelligen
cer finds, that the McMellen bill was
paid upon the recommendations of both
the judges that he ought te be " very
liberally compensated ;" and that Urban
get one of the commissioners Bushong
te approve his bill because Judge Liv
ingston told him he could "make no
mistake " in doing se, and get Ceble's
approval en condition that Bushong ap
proved a job in which he was mere inter
ested. Nevertheless the single duty of
the auditors is te determine and report
whether these bills and bills like them
were or were net properly paid.
Concerning this phase of these cases
the Intelligencer has heretofore
said :
It is uet necessary te consider whether
they weie valid claims or net in order te
determine the manifest impropriety of
the judges or our court passing upon this
matter befere it came before thcin
judicially. If these claims were net valid
aud the county was net liable te pay them
it is plain that for the judges or any
body else te lccemmend their payment
was grossly improper. If they were valid,
aud the commissioners had refused their
payment, it is te be presumed the claira-
j ants would have sued the ceuuty for them
aud the case would have come up for trial
befere Judge Livingston or Patterson,
who had incapacitated themselves te sit in
the adjudication of them by having pre
viously appended two of the bills their
recommendation that the parties should be
"very liberally compensated," and in the
ether case by Judge Livingston's advice te
j the commissioners and the new clerk of
, the quarter sessions as te what the ceuuty
' ought te pay.
Of course these bills aie paid, aud un
less the auditors surcharge the commis cemmis
' sieuers with them, they will net get bofero
' the court. But had the commissioners
resisted their payment they would have
get into ceutt, aud docs anybody pretend
that Judge Livingston or Patterson would
be fit te sit upon the case of a claimant
whose services they had already certified
" should be very liberally compensated ?"
And yet with what propriety can they
thus incapacitate themselves for the duties
te perform which they are elected '?
1 1 is for the auditors,however, te pay no
heed te what thejudgesmayhaveiniprop thejudgesmayhaveiniprep
erly done, but de their own work in a
straightforward manner. If they should,
in the execution of their duty, raise an
Rsue which it will be embarrassing for
the court te determine, the judges them
selves will be lesponsible for that embar
rassment, ami it may teach them a use
ful lessen.
The Philadelphia Times very justly
censures the Democratic organization in
Philadelphia for letting itself get into
such deplorable condition that when gen
tlemen of the standing of Samuel J.
Randall and Jehn R. Reed arc pressed
for admission into the city committee
they are met with the challenge of , , ,
housepeliticianslike Fitzgerald and Kil
lackey, that they shall bow te factional
interests as the consideration of their
membership. Whoever is responsible
for this sort of things and the most re
spectable Democrats of Philadelphia are
net blameless it i3 disgracefully true.
If the organization there had been true
te itself it would long age have done the
work and reaped the honor that have de
volved upon the Committee of One
Hundred. The Democratic party in
that city might easily have planted itself
upon the platform of municipal reform
and gathered te its support a large ma
jority of the decent citizens. It has al
lowed itself te be run by reunders and
thieves, as a tender te the Republican
ring, driving out or alienating the de
center part of its'ewn membership and
causing respectable Republicans te dis
trust it. Until the Philadelphia Deme
crats rehabilitate themselves aud drive
the McGowans and McMullens, the
Jesephses and Killackys te the rear the
state Democracy want te have none of it.
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The governmental receipts exceed the
expenditures by 100,000,000 annually.
Fifty millions a year is fully as much as
this generation ought te pay of the na
tional debt. The internal revenue stamp
tax is odious. It could be lifted" from
the people without any embarrassment
te the government.
'I'iiuee boxes of matches for five cents
GO per cent of this is tax ! The ether 40
per cent has te cover material, manufacture
and profit. Outrageous! Off with the
stamp tax en matches.
Tub Ohie idea in politics will net down,
and the latest noteworthy manifestation
we have had of it is the call of the Demo
cratic executive committee of Teledo,
Ohie, for a mass convention, te be held
en the 27th insc., te nominate city officers.
Ne primary meetings are te be held or
delegates elected ; and the convention will
determine its own method of procedure.
There is a general wail iu Washington
ever the scarcity of the male element at
the parties given iu polite society there,
but it really is no wonder that' men had
rather lie chopped te pieces than go where
the german prevails, and a grim and solid
phalanx of mammas line the walls te see
that no man dances twice with the girl he
wants te.
The Legislature of Utah adjourned
finally en Friday evening. It is said that
" in the closing speeches there was a tacit
recognition of the fact that the day of pa
lygameus legislation was new forever
passed, and their final adieu te the halls,
where, for twenty five sessions, they had
upheld the standard of theocracy, was net
without a certain dignity and pathos."
This is touching, but none the leas gratify
ing te the ordinary moral sense.
Of the 40,000 elevators new in operation
in this country, ever one quarter, or about
12,000, are in the city of New Yerk aleac.
The number of people who daily ride en
elevators 13 sjx times as large as the num
ber of passengers who travel en all the
railroads of the country, excepting only
the " L " reads. At the same time for
every mile of railroad which is being built
a new elevator is constructed and put -in
operation .
We congratulate ear esteemed contem
porary the Columbia Democrat en its en
trance npen its ninety-seventh volume,
with all the evidences of material and
moral prosperity. As a fearless and able
exponent of Democratic doctrine it has wen
high rank among the newspapers of the
state ; like geed wine it shows improve
ment with age and the present efficient
editorial management indicates a purpose
te still further polish a record that is
bright with geed work in the sphere of
journalism.
Seme one out in Pittsburgh sarcastic
ally nominated our handsome governor
for the vacancy en the supreme bench,
whereupon a Philadelphia champion
taking the matter with the requisite de
gree of seriousness up aud inquires why
net ? " He is a clear-brained lawyer, and
a man of dignity and force. It is very
easy te go further and fare worse. Be
sides, should net Pennsylvania have a
representative iu the United States su
preme court in place of Judge Streng ?'
The Philadelphia Timet begins its
eighth year te-day. Its career has been
one et success unexampled in American
journalism and the material and moral
prosperity that have se abundantly
crowned the brief span of its life may in
all propriety be attributed te the sturdy
independence that has signalized its course
and te its implacable opposition, and re
sistance te the debauchery in municipal
government which held high carnival when
the Times ventured en the sea of journal
ism. Our contempeiary in its retrospec
tive glance betrays the pardonable glow of
gratification that all this has been changed
and that with the displacement of the
speilsmen honesty aud efficiency aie being
advanced te the ptaces of trust iu the long
ring-ridden City of Brotherly Leve.
Dn. CrvLEii says President Lincoln "was
prevented from becoming a communicant
member r.f the Presbyterian church by his
reluctance te subscribe te all the articles
in the confession of faith." The late Sen Sen
aeor O. P. Morten was educated a Chris
tian and never lest his faith in religion.
no thought the Christian gentlemen the
noblest and loveliest ehaiactcr en earth.
He rcoegnized the baud of Providence in
all the affairs of meu aud believed there is
a divine economy which regulates the lives
aud conduct of nations. Frem Bosten
comes the new story that ouce
a member of Congress from Penn
sylvania ashed Thad. Stevens whether
he thought that one who held te
the theology of the Presbyterians and the
Orthodox Congregatieualists could con
sistently vote for a Uniiaiian as chaplain
of the Heuse. " Oh yes," said Mr. Stev
ens, " for Unitarianism is the varioleid of
lcligien."
By the annual tax returns made te the
secretary of internal affairs from the vari
ous counties of the state it is observed
that in Washington aud Warren counties
there is net a watch of any kind, from
which the inference that whenever Lieu
tenant Governer Stone gees home te
Warren he leaves eutside of the county
the magnificent geld watch presented him
by the senators. Iu Crawford county
there are no watches either, which shows
that they must have the most reckless
disregard of time in these counties. Of
course, as pointed out by our esteemed
contemporary at Mcadville, the Crawford
Democrat, such returns as these from the
counties named arc perfectly absurd and
the commissioners knew that they were
when they made them. The tax en
watches was laid years age when watehes
were a luxury, but in these days they arc
a necessity as much almost as hats, and if
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania must
have the revenue it had better tax hat?,
which the assessors can see and make cor
rect returns of.
Senater Bayard has promptly produced
the private letter, written by him soma
years age, which wa3 the foundation for
the repent charge of Temperauce Preacher
Babcock that - he had been employed by
the whisky men te kill the local option
bill, then pending in the Legislature of
Delaware The following are the two
closing paragraphs of the letter, which was
written nearly- three week3 before Bayard
was spoken te by the man te whom Bab
cock referred as his authority for his slan
der :
Personal inllueuce, example aud precept
and the recognition of the great truth that
intemperance in the use of stimulants of
all kinds is a morbid, physical fact, both iu
cause aud effect, is, in my judgment, the
proper view te commence with. Statistics
abundantly prove that the attempted sup
pressien by statute of the use of alcoholic
stimulants is accompanied by an increase
in the use of opiates, and that open drink
ing being stepped secret drinking ensues.
I de net believe any man has a greater
horror of intemperance tliau I, and my ap
preciation of its dangers and evil effects
grows with my experience of -human
affairs, but the graver the evil the mere
essential te apply the right principle te its
cure, and for the reasons I have stated and
many ethers I hope the -experiment of
" local option " will net ba tried by our
Legislature but increased checks under
the license system be continued.
The letter and circumstances prove,
what most nseple knew befere, that Bay
ard is a very level-headed man and Bab
is a long-cared ass.
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Te Prevent Ueys Frem Playing Teel.
The police board'ef Buffalo has notified
ail saloon keepers in that city that their
licenses will be reveked if they vielate the
law in reference te permitting miners te
play at games of chance. The object of the
beard is te step peel playing by boys.
An Unconstitutional Law.
Justice McKay, at Montreal, en Satur
day decided the local stamp act unconsti
tutional, because it levie3 an indirect tax.
'I be provincial government loses $30,000
per annum by this decision.
PERSON!..
J. R. Gheex, the English historian, b
dangerously ill.
Campanini- is the owner of the black
smith shop in which he was once a laborer.
Mousigner Themas J. Capel, the dis
tinguished Reman Catholic theologian of
England, is seen te visit this country.
Representatives Allen, of Missouri,
aud Black, of Georgia, are dangerously
ill iu Washington.
Senater McPhersex, of New Jersey, is
the last man talked of for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1SS4 two years
honce.
The Earl of Crawfeud and Balcarres
has engaged four Spiritualists, who are
new at Dunccht house, Scotland, endeav
oring iu clairvoyance, te see the violation
of the tomb of his father.
Charles Reade, the novelist, who has
become a devoted Christian, has been
studying the unfulfilled prophesies, and is
confident that the Jews are te iepe3sess
Palestine aud rule from ' Lebanon te the
Euphrates."
All is vanity. Vanderbilt does net
like his four-million-dollar house after all,
and the least fastidious critics say his dec
orators have overloaded the house with
decorations te the degree of vulgarity, and
have se crowded every room with an ab
surd, gaudy, heterogeneous collection of
furniture and ornaments that the effect is
painful.
Referring te Path's suoering sugges
tion that if the manager did net like her
terms se much higher than the presi
dent's salary he might get Mr. Airmen
te sing for him, the editor of the Washing
ton Republic will wager that if Arthur
would singiu public he would draw better
at $10 a seat than Patti at s5. Besides,
"as a man, he has a finer presence and a
better behavior than Patti has as a
woman, and hi daily life is blameless,
while, as we all knew, Patti has some
grievous sins. Mr. Arthur may net be
able te sing like O.imp.iaini, Capoul, Ni Ni
celini and a few ethers, but he is hand hand
Bemsr than any tenor Patti ever saw and
is mere popular in this country. He may
net be able te sing very well, but it cannot
be denied that iu cm nuke music all
along the hue."
The blight particular star of Parisian lit
erary aud social circles, Mme. Adah, editor
and propiieter of an influential magazine,
caused her salon te be much frequented
by politicians, literary men, artists, musi
cians, financiers and people of fashion.
She lived in a very expensive manner, and
in order te provide extra means she spsc
ulaled en the Bourse, about the move
ments of which she was usually well in
formed. Se confident was she in her
v
brokers that, although she had transac
tions of some magnitude pending, she
went en a leug journey. During her ab
sence the crash cams, aud bofero she had
time te return she had lest a large amount
of money, which has baen paid, however,
te the uttermost farthing. As she is new
a comparatively peer woman, it will be
impossible for her te keep a salon in the
old style.
A garrulous fellow, frieud and school
mate of GARFiEi.n, thus tells hew he was
first nominated for Ceugress : "We bal
loted ever a hundred times. It was get
ting after sundown, and there wcre sev
eral candidates that were about even, and
Garfield was one of them. Finally one of
the.se who was among the leading ones, a
man named Fergusen, withdrew his name.
Just iu freut of me sat a delegate named
Merrill. I had been Working right hard
for Garfield, and when Fergusen withdrew
I did what I could te make the break
count for Garfield aud I urged Merrill te
cast his vete for him. Men-ill had written
-a ballet for another candidate, aud was
holding it iu one hand. He didn't hardly
knew which te vole. As the teller came
around I saw Merrill hesitate, and leaning
ever I took held of the hand which held
the vete for Garfield, and sort of in fun
bhoek it, and he let the ballet drop into
the hat. When the vote was counted, it
was found that Garfield had just one ma
jority. It was en this nomination that
Garfield was first elected te Congress, aud
afterward he used te laugh and tell me
"that I shook him into Congress."
What Sceville Says.
Acceiding te a telegram from Chicago,
Mr. Sceville. Guitcau's lawyer, remarked
en Friday te a reporter of that city " that
he believed it was the bast thing for the
country that Guiteau should hang, for
then there would be a revulsion of public
feeling, and Guiteau would de the country
the great service of bringing about a re
vision of ' the laws te protect the insane.
He had, however, asked President Ar
thur te have Guiteau sent te prison for
life, and then if he becarae a raving man
iac it would be easy te have him sent te
an asylum. He believed his letter had
greatly angered the president."'
Coiiilctien of a Careless ftllue Superinten
dent. Twe miners were killed aud several
ethers seriously injured at the Maheney
City colliery, in October last, en account
of the gangway net being properly tim
bered. The mine inspector of the district
brought suit at Pettsvllle, under the mine
laws against Geerge Kilgere, inside super
intendent, as being responsible for
the safety of inside working. The
trial resulted, en Saturday eveuiug, in a
verdict of guilty with a recommendation
te mercy.
Minister Cheng's Stag Party.
Cheng Tsao Ju, the Chinese minister,
gave a reception en Saturday evening in
honor of Secretary Frelinghuysen. Theio
wero present the members of the cabinet,
justices of the supreme court and members
of the diplomatic corps. Ne ladies were
present, "Minister Cheng deferring a
mere general hospitality until his wife
is able te assume the duties of her posi
tion.'' Congressional Temperance.
The second public meeting of the Con Cen Con
gicssieual Temperance society was held
last evening in Washiugten. The speak
ers were Senater Vance, of North Care
lina ; uepresehtative Hepburn, of Iowa ;
Indian Commissioner Price and Mr. Mc
Keuzic, of Salt Lake City.
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Fatal Feeling With Electric Light Machinery.
William Krambc, assistant engineer in
.the Cleveland rolling mill, at Cleveland,
Ohie, was instantly killed en Saturday
evening by a shock from a Brush electro
dynamic battery. He had been repeatedly
warned net te touch the machinery, but
curiosity evercame prudence.
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Indian Education.
The secretary of the interior has given
permission te the Indian agent at the
Crew agency in Mentana te send ene hun
dred of the children under his care te
m . i. i a . . m .
uuie, te ue ueunu 10 certain larmcrs " te I
be educated and reared up in usefulness."
OMAHA LAB0B TROUBLES
rEDEKAL TllOOrS AND GATLING GUNS
Soldiers Keeping Back Riotous Workman at
the felnt of tne Jlayenet
Eight companies of State militia, three
companies cf U. S. infantry from Fert
Sydney, and two companies of U.S. in
fantry from Fert Omaha arrived in Omaha
en Saturday mering, the regulars being
accompanied by a Gatling gun and a how
itzer. The adjutant general and secre
tary of state accompanied the militia, aud
Governer Nance arrived later in the day.
After dinner a picket was formed and the
railway laborers resumed work, grading
the grounds where they were stop step
ped by Wednesday's riot. A large
crowd of strikers surrounded the grounds
jeering at th9 soldiers, and ' press
ing as close te the workmen as the picket
line would admit." Twice, after pressing
tee close and refusing te move, they were
forced back at the point of the bayonet. Iu
the afternoon Edward Walsh, president
of the Laber Union ; Knight, a prominent
werkingraan ; Shannen, an ex-councilman
; Fenda, a socialistic lawyer, and
another man named Keefer, were arrested
en a charge of assault with intent te
commit murder, and held in $7,000 bail te
answer. Warrants were also issued for
the arrest of 100 ethers. Walsh tele
graphed te Senater Van Wyck in "Wash
ington, stating that the strikers had made
no disturbance, and asking in the
name of 3000 working men that he
use his influence with the president te
have the troops withdrawn. The matter
having been laid befere the president by
Senators Van Wyck aud Saunders, Mr.
Arthur said he would communicate with
the governor of Nebiaska, who had made
the requisition for the troops, and if the
necessity for their presence in Omaha no
longer existed he would order their with
drawal. A meeting of the -strikers in
Omaha was held yesterday, about 3,000
persons being present. Speeches were
made exhorting the strickcrs and labor
unions te stand firm, and censuring the
authorities for calling out troops. The
strickers will have, a parade and dem
onstration" te-day. The city continues
"full of troops."
The Socialists aud Trade and Laber
union in Chicago passed resolutions yes
terday calling en the representatives of
Illinois at Washington te urge President
Arthur te have the troops recalled from
Omaha, where the stiike of railroad la la
beier.s is in progress.
By Fire and Water.
The baik Charleston, at New Yerk yes
terday from Dieppe, brought the captain
and crew, twenty in number, of the ship
Nile, from Londen for New Yerk, which
was abandoned at sea en the Sth inst.
A box was fished up yesterday en the
beach at Fortress Menree, containing the
following message, undated : " Wheever
picks this up, report that the Echoener
Flectwiiig is in a terrible condition and
about te be wrecked off Cape Charles. Ne
hope for a soul en beard."
A fire in Meridian, Mississippi, en Sat
urday night, destroyed Garry & Sen's
cempiess, with three hundred bales of
cotton, and Parker & Heffer's foundry.
Less en the compress, 18,000 ; en the
f foundry, $8,000.
The shafting house at addell's mine,
near Wilkesbarrc, was burned en Satur
day night, and the magazine, containing
about fifty pounds of explosives, was
blown up. Ne persons injured.
William V. Ruth, about thirty-four
years of ae, was drowned by falling iute
the Lehigh river at Easten en Saturday
night, lie leaves a wife and two chil
dren. Frank lvrass was killed yesterday by
jumping from the fifth story of a building
in Attorney street, New Yeik, in which a
Hie had biekcn out.
l'liascs of Crime.
.Miller, the eenvict who escaped from the
penitentiary at Allegheny City, and fled te
Canada, was brought back en Saturday
night, having been extradited from To Te Te
eoneo. A riot occurred iu Third Creek, North
Carolina, en Saturday, between about ene
hundred whites and blacks, growing out
of a fight between ene of each color.
Troops quelled the disturbance,, and many
of the rioters were arrested and ledged in
jail.
A crowd surrounded a barn in Scran ten,
yesterday, for the purpose of lynching
Daniel Wagner, 55 years of age, who had
feloniously assaulted a little girl. He was
arrested, however, aud committed in de
fault of $1,000 bail.
In a saloon at Syracuse, New Yerk, yes
terday morning, Charles Smith chal.
lenged Henry Lcntz te a fight. They
went outside the saloon, when Leutz
seized Smith by the threat and choked
him te death.
A man named Tillman Miller, of Wi Wi Wi
conisce township, Dauphin county, is new
in prison at narrisburg, charged with an
infamous crime, that of assault and rape
en a young girl of thirteen years named
Comme, who also resides in Wicomsce.
Miller will be tried at the next court in
April.
l'elutu ul Trade.
The labor troubles in Pittsburgh have
been settled, and the lockout in the
Homestead steel works has been averted.
The agreement which the Bessemer com
pany asked the men te sign has been
amended by the emission of the clause
against the employment of union men iu
the mill aud the clause reducing wages.
A number of non union men, however,
will be kept in the works. The union
men will resume work en Tuesday.
The American print works at Fall
River, Massachusetts, have shut down for
several weeks te curtail production. Sim
ilar action is being taken by ether print
works throughout the country.
The steamer Ocean King arrived at
New Orleans en Friday from Antwerp,
with 1500 tens of steel rails for the
Natchez, Red River & Texas railroad.
The duties paid en this cargo amount te
842.01G.
The Mexican press is united in denounc
ing the importation of negre labor te
work en the Mexican Central railroad
branch from. Tampico te San Luis Potosi,
and in asking the government te insist en
the employment of native labor.
Tire Elopements Frem One Ileuse.
The inhabitants of the quiet little vil
lage of Pert Washington, en Manhassct
bay, L. J., have been startled by two
elopements, and the whole township of
North Hempstead is profoundly agitated.
The principals are people who move in the
best society of the township. The women
are sisters-in-law and lived in the same
heuse. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schenck
had net been married a year.
He was a carriagemaker in geed
circumstances. Mrs. Schenck, it is
alleged, became enamored of a young mar
ried man in Brooklyn. On Monday she
started ostensibly te visit some friends in
New Yerk. But she met the young man
in Brooklyn, and together they departed
for parts unknown. Mr. and Mrs. Geerge
W. Fleet were elder married people, hav
ing three children one twelve years old. old.
Jehn Mackev. an evster planter, was Mrs.
Fleet's choice and en Thursday, it is said,
they eloped te New Yerk. Mrs. Fleet has
made her whereabouts known in a letter
te her daughter, asking her te go te her.
The husbands have net evinced any desire
te go after them.
Mermen Converts In tlte Seuth.
Mermen missionaries are at work iu the
King's Mountain district of North Caroli
na, and have made about fifty converts te
date. '
THE FBEE PASS ABUSE.
LEGISLATORS
WHO WILL
1IKADS.
Hi". PB.1D-
Miscellaneous News Frem All I'a-.ts et the
Country
riiiladelphia bulletin.
The Legislature of Iowa has defeated
the bill te forbid the issuing of free passes
en the railroads of the state. Of course
this was te be expected, as the members
are the ehief dead-heads in Iowa, as they
are in ether states. Here in Pennsylvania
even the railroad companies that arc for
bidden te issue frce passes still issue
them te members of the Legislatuic, con
gressmen, ceuneilmcu and city efiiceis who
are paid large salaries. In France quite a
commotion has been raised by a vete in
the Chamber of Deputies te give the right
of free travel ever all railroads te deputies
for a mere- nominal sum.- It is rightly con
sidered that legislators ought net te place
themselves under auy obligations te the
railroad companies, which are se often
obliged te ask favors of them.
A Disaster at Dnncannen.
The rolling mills of the Dnncannen
iron company, took fire last evening and
were entirely consumed, involving a less
from $50,000 te 75,000, and throwing C00
men out of employment. Ne lives were
lest. Jehn S. Miller, an employee, sus
tained serious injuries by falling slate.
LOCAL INTELLlliENCE.
UUOIE INXEUTAlNMtr.
A PUasant Affair ey the Yoeng l':ket
St. l'aul's 31. K. Church.
The home entertainment at Fulton epeia
house, en Saturday night, under the aus
pices of the young folks of St. Paul's M".
E. congregation, attracted an audience
that crowded the house, many persons be
ing unable te gain admission. The parti
cipants iu the excellent pregramme ac
quitted themselves with marked credit and
all were highly appreciated by the audience
Notably worthy of mention wcie the dia
logues by the young ladies, the contralto
sole by Miss Beckia Sauber. the tableau
Seasons and Ceres, the brilliant reuudalay,
the young boys in the different dialogues,
and the parts pei formed by C. E. Urban
and E. L.Huber.
The pregramme is giveu iu full bciew,
and.it may be added that the music fur
nished by friends of the young folks iu
Columbia was excellent, and that te the
well directed effort of Miss Cera E. Urban,
who had the entertainment in charge, was
largely due its success. The young lady
has creditably managed three similar en
terprises within the past few years. Her
aids en this occasion wcre Misses Fraukie
Springer, Lilla Urban, Jcnnie McMichacl,
Minnie AViscgarver and etheis. The pro pre
gramme :
PAKT I.
Overture Orchestra
Choreus " Come where the iiewrs are
Hinging Scheel
Aclilresa Mi-43 Ke&i ltemler
Cornet Sole Miss Miiinie Cegli-y
Dialegue " Wonderful Scholar."
Misses Urban, Mc.Miclianl and Tli. Coxey
Recitation German... .Mib.s Barbara Kemp'-'1
Dialogue" Vacation Sports" Uy Six lieys
Sole "Nobody's Darling "Miss Mlnive CeijlfV
Kccitatien " fatter or the Shingle."
irrj ju it ' r
Recitation ISesslellamliriht
Tableau Seng or the Season and Ccn-s. '
l'ART II.
Overtme Orchestra
Chorus "The Morning U llcuintng."....
Kyt.ne Child in;
llccitntien IScdSie I'rlun
Diidegue " Weaith ami Werth "
Mr. K. L, lluber and Five Heys
Reuudalay Ry Twenty-eight Ltttlc Olrls
Dialogue '-Musical Director"
Mr. C. H. Urban uud Five Reys
Recitation (German) Miss Uesa Kcmler
Contralto Sole "The Story of the Night
ingale" MissRucklo.J.'iatiri'eer
Recitation "Through Death te Lite"....
Miss Kal'-1 linn
Tableau ' The Reaper." -l'ART
III.
Overture Oi client ra
Chorus, " Come rise with the Lark "... .
by the Chililiin
Dialogue, " Rival Orators "
K. K. unil C..I. frhan
Recitation, " Anybody'-. Rusincsi "
MM Minnie t'e,;luJ
Dialogue, ' Twe o'clock in the morning"
C. Kmlen Urban.K.L. Huber, JcrlItM
Recitation, Jane Conquest "
, Miss Uie O. h'aurher
Dialogue, " Desy's Diplomacy "
..Misses Urban, McMichacl and Caldwell
Octette. Organization et the Burlesque Rami..
Sole, The mcrriestgirl that's out "
....Miss Minnie Copley
Farce Krffr Hellew Lyceum.
OOOD NIGHT.
PETK1C -KCCRICU'S FUSEKAL.
An Immense Attendance Solemn Funeral
Serviced.
The funeral of Peter Ranicb, who died
from injuries received by the explosion of
a cannon while a sal a te was being fired
some weeks age, took place yesterday
afternoon at .1 o'clock from his late resi
dence en High street. There were 0,000
or 4,000 persons in attendance, and a
constant stream of visitor;; viewed the re
mains of the deceased. The body was
handsomely coffined and kind friends had
contributed many lleral tributes. St.
Peter's Beneficial society turned out te
the fnneral in a body, numbering about
225 men, all of whom were equipped iu
the handsome regalia of the society. St.
Michael's society was also present te the
number of 175, also uniformed. The
Humane tire company, te the number of
100, turned out iu citizens dress
and were white gloves, and about
30 of Mr.. Diakleberg's house-carpenters
also attended in u body as
a mark of respect te their late fellow
workman. The funeral precession moved
from the late resideuce of deceased te St.
Jeseph's Catholic church, where
the ciewd was se dense that it
was with seme difficulty the coffin
could be placed in front of the sanctuary.
Rev. Father Grotcmeyer, the pastor, con
ducted the funeral services, which con
sisted of theGnal absolution of the body
and a funeral oration. The interment
took place in St. Jeseph cemetery, adjoin
ing the church, where had assembled the
immense throng te gain admittance te
the church. The funeral was ene
of the largest ever.scen in that section
of the city.
SCK'lIli: IN Kl'URATA.
A Yeung Man Takes a Dese of Merptiine.
James Lerah, of Hinklctewn, died from
the effects of a dose of morphine, which it
is supposed he took for the purpose of
suicide, at Ephrata yesterday. The de
ceased came te Ephrata en Saturday and
in the evening purchased some morphine
at a drug store. It is believed that he
took some of the drug that evening, as he
was seen in an alley very sick about 12 i
o'clock. He stepped at Wintcis's hotel I
ever night and when called ter breakfast
yesterday morning he said he did net
went any. About three o'clock in the
afternoon some one was passing his room
and heard him snoring ; at four o'clock
his room was opened and he was found
dead . A bottle with a small portion ( f
morphine in it was feuud near him and it
is bnlieved that be drank all of the rest.
Corener C. W. Myers held an inquest en
the remains and a verdict of "death from
morphine " was rendered.
The deceased was but 24 years of age,
was a ceachraaker by trade aud worked at
ninklctewn, where he has resided for five
years. He was a brother-in-law of Sam'l ,
Lewis, of that place. Ne cause has been '
assigned for the rash act. '
Bad. Tramps. j
Tramps attempted te break into a tewr i
en the Pennsylvania railroad, near Celum- i
bia, last night but were unsuccessful.
They then took a farmer's wagon and run ,
.. . . , i ,.: si. .
it down a steep name urenm- ii, ie pieces
Officers were looking for them this me;n-
mg.
THE COLEPtAIXTlUCTEDY.
It'XliltAL OK TUK -ttCRtlCKEn WOMAN
A ncuard Offered ter the Fugitive Uxericide.
On Saturday thcr funeral of Mrs. Susauna
Shaw, who was se cruelly murdetcd by
her husband en Tuesday of last week,
took place from the rcs:Jcuci of the
family iu Colerain township. It was
one of the largest fucerals that has
ever taken place iu the lower cud of Lan
caster county. The interment was made
at the Presbyterian church iu thu villae
of Union. "The services at the house
and grave wcre conducted by Revs. Cairns
and Andersen. The eldest daughter or
the deceased and ene of the younger
daughters wero se affected that they weiv
unable te go te the cemetery.
Mr. Jeseph. Robinson, of Kansas,
brother of the lata Mrs. Shaw, arrived in '
this city yesterday afternoon en his way
te the scene of the tragedy and te the re
lief of the suffering family. He reuld net
reach here iu time te attend the funeral.
Mr. Jeseph Shaw, eldest son of the de
ceased woman, a resident of Philadelphia,
is visiting Colerain trying te arrange for
thecomtert of his stricken brothers and
sisters. The two youngest children will
find a home with their married sister ; the
elder ones are able te earn their own
living. The pergenal effects of the scat
tercd household will be sold. A disposi
tion of the real estate is somewhat em
barrassed by the fact that the husband,
fugitive murderer that he is, retains his
life estate in it. It has been suggested,
however, that the piepcrty could be sold
at sheriff's sale en a lien held against it,
bought in by 'seme one aud resold by the
purchaser te the best mlvantage for the
benefit of the children.
Tiie Miurdrcr.
James Shaw, the murderer, is still at
large aud the prospects for his capture
are net any brighter new than they were
en the day of the murder. It appear
that upon different times during the day
of the murder meu were seen at different
places who were believpd te be James
Shaw. A man answering his discriptieu
came te the house of E. M. Stauffer, pro
prietor of, " Leng's i mill, " jnt Dm mere
township near Chestnut Level en Che
night of thu murder between S aud 'J
o'clock. He asked for semthing te eat
and supper was given him. While seated
at the table he seemed te be very much
worried, and at times would put his
hand te his head where it would remain
for seme time. He asked a number of
questions and wanted te knew hew far
Chestnut Level, Oxford", Unicorn, and a
number of places were but did net nak the
direction. He ecemed te have lest hi:;
way. He stated that he had been working
en a farm near Lancaster and was en Ins ,
way te Oxford, but refused te remain all
night and shortly alter supper he lclt. He
hail en a frock coat, the iu.sidc of which
was badly tern and it looked as if he had
been running through hushes. He was
dark complexiencd and about the size of
Shaw. His hair was dark and somewhat
bristley. Mr. Stauffer knows that he had
hair en his chin, but is net positive what
kind of whiskers he wero.
After a great deal of delay, and after
conferences with the county auditors and
the county solicitor, the ceuuty commis
sioners te-day finally resolved te offer a
reward of $500 for the arrest and convic
tion of the fugitive. Very likely it is tee
late.
WKALTI1Y TRAIN JCMfF.I.'S.
They Pay 831.13 te Oct Oil.
This morning before Alderman Me
Conomy, Jehn Williams was arraigned for
tiain jumping. Railroad Officer Pyle tes
tified that he and two or three ethers had
stolen a ride op the cars of thu Pennsylva
nia railroad, jumping off at the depot in
this city. He attempted te arrest them,
and after a long run succeeded in captur
ing Williams. The alderman imposed the
usual sentence (en days' imprisonment,
oralineof $5 and cost.. Williams having
no money was about being taken te fail,
when a young man of this city interposed
aud asked if he could be discharged if the
fine and costs were paid. The alderman
said he could, and the young man ic
questcd that Williams be held ler a sheit
time till he could get the money. He ie
turncd in a few minutes and paid the
amount, stating that he diH net knew
Williams, but that a friend of the latter had
given him the money and requested him te
pay the fine. This was an eye-opener
te the policemen, aud Officers Pyle and
Daly went outside and nabbed two young
men answering te the names of Themas
Jehnsen and Jehn Brown, who were recog
nized as the meu who jumped from the
train at the same time Williams did.
Complaint was made against them, and as
they said they had no money the magis
trate began te fill up the commitments.
Jehnsen looked very blue and plead hard
te be let off, offering for that purpose a
few dollars all he had but the magii magii
trate was inexorable. Brown giggled
and laughed as though he enjoyed the
scrape the party had get into, and finally
asked if they would ba discharged in pay
ment of the panalty. On being auswercd
affirmatively, he pulled from his poekct a
$20 geld piece and paid h:s own and John John Jehn
eon's fine the total for the trio amounting
te $21.12, of which 815 gees te the school
fund and the balance te the officers. When
Alderman McConemy iu :nskiag the change
handed Brown a couple trade dollars, he
contemptuously pushed them aside, sayiug
he did net deal in 90 cent dollars. The
magi&trate frowned, and Brown, en
being urged by his companions te "take
them they are all right." picked them up
aud the party left the ofliae. The police
men suspect the young men te be thieves,
aud will keep a sharp watch en them.
Unclaimed Letters.
Following is the list of unclaimed letters
remaining in the posteffico at Lancaster
for the week ending Monday, March G :
Ladies' List. Miss Laura Clancey,
Martha Mehaffcy, Miss Ella S. Moero,
Mrs. E. Sahm, Miss Ida W. Shenk, Lizzie
M. Streng, Miss Katie Whitmer, Mrs.
Mike Welsh.
Gents1 List. Edwin Brenner, E. Bow Bew
man, Alec. S. Drysdale, Emanuel Gable,
Harry B. Grean, Daniel Guistwitb, Gee.
Kreuzcr (for.), Robt. E. Lefferts, Jacob
Leeblcr. A. R. Lehman, Rev. Rese Mat
thews, Dr. J. C. 3isley, Ceasar Nieksen,
James Obersen-, Reuben R. Reyer, Samuel
Steele.
Three Jted Buva
Jes. Hess, James Quinn and Charles
Coulman, three young boys who arc
charged with stealing a coat belonging te
Dr. J. O. Boyd, had a hearing befere
Alderman A. F. Dennelly and were com
mitted iu default of bail for trial at court.
The boys admitted having stelen the
clothes, which they sold en 31iddlc street.
They iutended te steal mere from the
office arid for thatpurpese they left a false
call en the doctor's slate in order that he
mii?ht loavethe office. In this they were
foiled however.
hale or Stocks.
J. 13. Leng, commission broker, sold to
day at private sale, five shares of First
National bank stock at 1)195 per share, and
five shares Bridgeport & Harrisburg turn
pike stock at $22 per share.
Calves Snipped.
This morning Celin Cameren of tl.a 1
Elizabeth farms, shipped five beautiful -y
Aldcrney calves from this city te C. P.
Markle &. Sen at West Xewteu, West
moreland county, by express.
l'ettat Appointment.
Silas W. Shirk has been appointed post
master at Bird-in-Hand ; vice FraKcb, le-signed.
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