Lancaster daily intelligencer. (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, March 27, 1882, Image 2

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    LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY MARCH 27 1882.
iLancastrr tntelliflencet.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 37, 1883.
Aaelker 014 Peasleaer.
A " Friend of the Soldiers" writes te
us a brief communication, in which he
states that our complimentary notice of
the military services and sufferings of
Majer Elwood Griest, published a few
days age, about covers the ground, se
far as the major is concerned ; but sug-
gests that in our zeal te secure the major
a pension of thirteen cents per month,
we have overlooked some ether equally
deserving veterans, among whom there
are few, if any, mere worthy than Al
derman J. K. Barr, who has recently
made application under the arrears of
pensions act. Squire Barr, before he was
out of his teens, entered the service of
his country as a private soldier of Com
pany B, 79th Beg't. Pa. -Volunteers.
True, he never carried a musket, or rifle
or sword, or any ether deadly weapon,
but as a quill-driver and ink-slinger he
was hard te beat. He was therefore de
tailed te the responsible and dangerous
position of colonel's clerk responsible
because he was in a manner the colonel's
private mouth-piece, as the adjutant was
his official mouth-piece ; and dangerous
because the colonel might have taken bis
" ear off," a punishment which was often
threatened te negligent or refractory
soldiers, in these days. The dismember
ment, however, did net take place, and
Private Barr f ulfllled his difficult func
tions te the end of the war. He essayed
promotion en divers occasions, but his
claims were somehow overlooked.
Se well did soldiering appear te agree
witii him, that when the cruel war was
ever he returned te civil life a broad bread
breasted man, instead of the puny boy he
was when be enlisted. He entered poli
tics at once as " a Stalwart of the Stal
warts," never forgetting his party, but
at the same time keeping a sharp look
out for Ne. 1. (Ne allusion te the cotton
mill). He was a boss in the G. A. R.
en all festive occasions and parades,
marching with the tread of a conqueror.
He was for years a boss of the American
fire company. He was en mere than one
occasion champion of the Republican
Prize King, and in many a fierce contest
carried off the belt. At a primary elec
tion he was a match for Levi Sensenig,
Heggy Leenard, or Jake Price, and that
is saying a great deal. His deserts have
been acknowledged and rewarded by
heaping upon him the highest honors
that his Pest or his fire .company can
bestow. He has been for many years,
and is new, clerk of select council and
of the best paying committees, and after
a most vigorous campaign, a few years
age, he succeeded in securing the office
of alderman of the Third ward. Here
his labor has been indefatigable, his gen
ius has shone resplendent and his sue.
cess has been phenomenal. He has left
far behind him the best record of his
illustrious predecessor. In the single
matter of dismissed cases he stands
abreast the veterans of the new school
of aldermen. It is mere than hinted
that his great achievements in this de
partment of justice have reached the
ears of the county auditors,and that that
conservative body of statisticians is con
sidering the propriety of giving him a lift.
Many ether instances of Alderman
Barra moral, mental and physical stal
wartism might be mentioned, but the
above will suffice te show that te all out
ward appearance he is and has been a
man among men. But, alas ! appear
ances are deceptive ! Behind his fine
physique, his martial tread and his
ready and rapid hand lurk the seeds of a
dreadful disease contracted by him
while in the service of his country!
He has discovered that he has the
rheumatism ( " rumatiz," as some old
women spell it,) and that he must
have caught it in the army and
unconsciously carried it about with him
ever since ! The whispered hints of
copperheads and McMellen Republicans
that the squire may be experiencing the
premonitory twinges of gout, produced
by a tee free indulgence of aldermanic
terrapin andrether solid and fiuid delica
cies, are unmanly and should receive no
credence. He knew better, and very
properly applied for a pension en the
ground of " rumatiz," a subtle'ailment
difficult of diognesis. The examining
physicians, we are told, didn't knew
what te de about it, but finally concluded
that the disease might be ameliorated by
recommending a pension of $4.00 per
month. The pension commissioner will
probably, as is usual with him, rub out
a nully and grant a pension of -40 cents.
This will be better than nothing, and
should the arrears of the past seventeen
years be secured, the amount will be
$81.60 about half as much as the alder
man pulls in monthly for dismissed cases
alone.
" Leaving aside a few of the earlier
verses that are popular rather for their
sentiment than their poetry, and a few
that are merely re echoes of the German,"
the Philadelphia Times prints what seem
te It te " represent very fairly Mr. Long
fellow's bestachievements." In this cat
egory it includes '! The Village Black
smith," " The Day is Dene, ' " Rain in
Summer," "The Wreck of the Hespe
rus," " The imageef Ged," " Stars of
the Summer Night," "Maidenhood,"
" The Light of the Stars," " A Day of
Sunshine " and " The Arsenal of Spring
field." These familiar poems " Excel
sior," " The Reaper and the Flowers "
and " Psalm of Life " are likely emitted
because they are popular for their senti
ment rather than their poetry ; but we
cannot understand upon what principles
of discrimination the Times overlooked
" The Bridge," " I Knew a Maiden
Fair," " Midnight Mass for the Dying
Tear "and "Building of the Ship,"
especially its apostrophe te the Union.
Tiik Republicans are beginning te
awaken te the fact that they have a state
' convention te held some of these days,
and the Press has been sending out cir
culars te the newspapers of that party
asking their opinions. A decided ma
jerity of the returns favor Beaver, which
mJghtbe'usexl1 a. -ahether Wustratten
that journalistic enternrise inmnMmM
gees wool gathering and gets shorn. .
Other developments in the Republican
situation are the probable candidacy of
Get. Hoybfer cengrsssmsn-at-large, and
a suspected design en the part of Quay te
get the nomination for supreme judge
into such a snarl between Brown and
Rawle that he can give it te Senater
Jehn Stewart of Chambersburg, and
placate the Independents with this se
lection. The Sunday edition of the Press was
a year old yesterday. -It had long since
proved that when it came it came te
stay ; and in all the essentials of a geed
newspaper it has kept the place which it
took from the start, abreast with the ad
vanced journalism of the day.
Beaver scoops in Northampton county.
What has become of the Butler boom ?
The literary editor of the Press talks of
" thin booklets " and " slender verselets."
Sheet the idiot.
Easten has a chance te get one of the
Hoboken silk mills employing 250 hands,
if the borough will build an $18,000
building. Try Lancaster.
The Republicans are willing te let the
present gerrymander of New Yerk stand.
Of course they are. It is probably the
worst ever heard of. With a Democratic
majority in the state it is se distributed
around as te put 09,581 people in one
district and 178,699 in another, and cheat
the Democrats every time.
Ik view of the flood of waters and the
resulting distress in the Mississippi valley,
the .New urieans people nave given up
the proposed celebration of the bi-ccuten-
nial anniversary of La Salle's discovery of
the mouth of the Mississippi. Congress
also threw cold water en the scheme, and
and this may have much te de with its
abandonment.
Is the troubled. Cumberland coal region,
compromise between the operators and
miners is talked of ; the grecerymen of
Lawrence, Mass., will support the striking
weavers by giving them six months credit
for previsions ; cotton operatives at Fall
River contemplate a strike ; and the labor
ers and mechanics of New Brunswick N.
J., demand 50 cents a day increase after
April 1.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall. Mr. Ar
thur does net go through the garden with
a scythe, but the Half Breeds all have
their time te wither and drop from the
stalk. Burt Van Hern, of Lock-pert, N.
i ., had been collector there for a long
time, but was always hostile te Arthur's
people. His head is in the basket,
Keifcr haB removed one of the Heuse
stenographers for purely personal reasons
which, en examination, turn out te be
Grant's preference for his successor.
A BOAitD of inquiry found that Wkitta
ker outraged himself ; a favorably disposed
court martial confirmed it. Republican
administrations have declined te act upon
their conclusions through fear of making
themselves unpopular. Finally the pro
ceedings are set aside by Judge Advocate
Swaim en the purely technical ground that
certain writings of Whittaker appeared as
evidence in the case, for the purpose of
aiding the judgment of the experts in hand
writing which should net have been there.
The cadet himself is dismissed from the
academy, however, for deficiency in his
studies. As the Sun suggests, the present
action leeks like a very dexterous artifice
for getting rid of Cadet Whittaker in a
way te satisfy his enemies by its practical
result, and his friends by its overthrew of
the court martial's sentence of disgrace.
PERSONAL..
President Arthur's first public recep
tion will be given en Tuesday evening.
Judge Lawrence en Saturday at New
Yerk granted a divorce in a suit brought
by Rese Ettince Butler against her
husband,. Geergell. Butler.
General and Mrs. Grant will leave
Washington en Wednesday morning, and
ex-Governer Morgan and wife will arrive
at the White Heuse the same day as the
guests of the president.
In politics Longfellow was vehement
ly anti-Butler. He was twice married.
His second wife died in 1861 from the
effects of a terrible burning, received by
her dress igniting from a taper used in
sealing letters.
The widow of the late Comedore Van.
derbilt is te be married again. Her step-
seu, William H., objects, but she is her
own mistress. The name of the happy
man mentioned in connection with this in
teresting nuptial event, which wiil take
place directly after the end of lent, is Dr.
Nathan Bezeuann, who has charge of
one of the hospitals.
. Judge Black has no doubt that the
president is the constant subject of matri
monial overtures from all quarters, some
of them most diplomatically presented.
When he was associated with President
Buchanan as a cabinet officer from his
own state, he was continually solicited te
be the medium of these delicate ap.
preaches and prepositions.
jur. sPURGEON s puDiisned sermons
number 1,635, but, he says that he has
"only coasted around the miscellaneous
subjects which fill the scriptures, and that
he is but at the beginning of his divine
theme." His congregation numbers 5,310)
being an increase of sixty-seven during
the last year. Ne fewer than seventy
members died within the last twelve
months.
They say Teller will get the depart
ment of interior as seen as he makes his
silver speech ; and Chandler has gene
w eia jremt iomierc, carrying tue assur
ance of being secretary of the navy. Grant
said a geed word for. Gen. Beale for the j
navy department. Chandler's friends,
however,aay he is the best man in the Re
publican party te handle the expected
$10,000,000 subsidy for the new navy, and
the president realizes that with Chandler
in the navy department and $10,000,000 te
dispose of in the way of payments for con cen
tr acts and reviving navy yard politics,
something might be done toward sustain
ing the Republican sentiment. Secretary
Hekt is reported as very miserable ever
his departing day ; he could be satisfied
with nothing short of a first-elais mission,
and Arthur has none for him. Ne one
seems te knew or care mack about knew
ing what Father -KrarwoeD has in view. I
A HUSBAND'S ATROCITY.
DUCTAL CBIME IN MASSACHUSETTS.
a. Man Chases bis wile with aitaxer and Cut
Her Till She Fall Dead The News of
Saturday and Sunday.
A murder occurred in the town of Ded
ham, ten miles from Bosten, which for
atrocity exceeds any crime of a like nature
committed in the vicinity for years. Jehn
Sullivan, aged 35, who is an operative in
one of the mills there and who has been
considered a steady man, in comfortable
circumstances, quarreled with his wife,
Bridget, aged fifty, in their home. He had
been drinking slightly, and as the dispute
heightened be became enraged, and,
seizing a razor, savagely attacked his wife
with it, cutting a deep gash in her threat,
severing the jugular vein and carotid
artery and inflicting ether wounds. " The
woman, despite her terrible and fatal in
juries, rushed wildly from the house into
the Btreet, followed by her husband, bran
dishing the razor and inflicting at every
step ghastly cuts with the weapon about
her head and shoulders.
She get away from him for a short dis
tance and ran te the house of a neighbor,
but while endeavoring te obtain an en
trance was overtaken and seized by the
hair by her husband, who immediately re
newed his attack. The woman then
started and ran again, the husband follow
ing, still clutching her hair and slashing
at her with the razor. The horrible chase
was re-enacted until the woman had
reached her own doorway, where she fell
dead. Sullivan was shortly afterwards se
cured by the police and ledged in jail. Ha
seemed quiet enough after his incarcera
tien, but was reticent when spoken te of
the crime. The affair creates great excite
ment in the town.
After Sullivan was satisfied of his wife's
death, he attempted te cut his own threat'
and suceeeded in gashing his windpipe,
but the wound will net prove fatal. The
immediate cause of the crime was an ad
mission of infidelity en the part of his
wife. Sullivan says he has nothing te re
grot, and would de the same thine again
CUT TO FIECKS ON THE TKACU.
A Little Girl's l'ltlful Fate at a Crowded
Elevated llead Station.
In the crowd that hurried te beard the
Harlem train en the Sixth avenue elevated
railway at Twenty-third street at 6:35
o'clock, Saturday evening, was a little
fair-haired, blue-eyed girl about seven
years old, who carried a big bundle in a
small hand. She was accompanied by her
father, who has but one leg, and another
man. The men get en the forward plat
form of the third car. As she was about
getting en she dropped her bundle, and
the candy it contained was scattered en
the platform. The little girl made a des
perate scramble te save what she could of
it, and while she was se occupied the
train began te move. ' The gate swung te
as she tried te step upon the platform of
the car, and, with her bauds lull of the
candy, she was forced violently back.
The station men say that the little girl's
father new saw for the first time that she
was in dancer, and, seizing her with a
backward swing of his arm by the shoul
der, attempted te drag her en the moving
train. However it was, the child fell be
tween the platforms of the two cars upon
the guards of the cast rail. She fell
lengthwise along the guards. In an in
stant the foremost wheel of the car had
crushed her skull, and went tearing
through the little body. She was cut te
pieces and fragments were scattered ever
the street below.
The father had uttered a great cry as
the child disappeared under the train, but
all this had happened in less tinie than it
has taken te tell it, and the train bad
gene a block and a half before it was
stepped. What could be found of the
child's body was carried te the Thirtieth
street station with some of the bits of
candy that the child had been carrying.
The name of this, the youngest victim of
an elevated railway accident, was Mary
Menzene. She was the daughter of Jeseph
Menzcne, a photographer's assistant, em
ployed by Bogardus. The man who was
with her father was Maurice Jacobs. The
address of both was 116 East 108th street.
The above account rests chiefly upon the
statements of the railway employees.
The news of the accident spread about
the city, and all the evening a crowd
blocked the thoroughfare at Twenty-third
street and Sixth Avenue, where the pave
ment was still stained with the child'sbloed
Suicide, Murder and Other Tragedies.
While in a drunken frenzy ac New Yerk
Henry Kunemern committed suicide by
cutting his threat with a knife.
Cel. A. N. Fryer, who during the re
hellion was in command of a New Yerk
regiment, was found dead in bed at Mil
waukee. It is supposed that he commit
ted suicide en account of poverty.
Mis. Julia Brizzalare, who was se in
humanly cut with a .knife and hatchet by
her husband, Jehn Brizzalare, at Balti
more, en the 17th, has died. Her husband
is m jail.
Jehn Sweeney shot and killed his wife
through jealousy at Hillsborough, Texas,
and then attempted te kill himself.
A cannon tnat was being tired en near
Grecnsburg, in celebration of a marriage,
exploded and blew off the arm of Edward
Nipple.
On Friday eveninsr, thirty miles south
of Knoxville, Tenn., Rebert Flanagan
killed his son-in-law, Jeseph Nichols. The
two had a dispute about a trivial matter.
A fight between cowboys and ' Earp's
party," near Tombstone, Arizona, resulted
in the killing of Marshall White,of Tombs
tone, and Curly Bill, a cowboy.
William Wheatly, an Englishman, a
watchmaker by trade, was killed by a pas
senger train en the Richmond & Allegheny
railroad, near Cliften Force, Va.
At Wilkesbarre Wm. F. Parser of the
firm of T. Parker & Sen, ene of the eldest
jewelry houses in the city took a large
dose of chloral and died, because a young
and beautiful lady, te whom he was on en
gaged, broke the engagement last we'ek.
O. P. Thayer, a white man, 70 years old,
known as the Indian herb doctor, was
found hanging te a deer frame in a 'back
room of his house in Hedgcville, Del. He
seems te have steed en a peach basket
te adjust the rope, and finding bat his
feet still touched the fleer after kicking
away the basket, he bent his knees se as
te bring his full weight en the rope. He
left a-note showing he has been hanging
since Monday. He said that he was out
of medicine ; that he owed mere than he
could ever hope te pay and that he was
tired of living. The note also requested
that his body should be burned te ashes ;
that the ashes should be collected, placed
in a bag and hung up in a tree, and that
he wanted no preachers te attend and no
sermon ever his remains.
Thennead Fish.
The mysterious dead fish recently seen
floating in the North Atlantic are pre
neuncedby Professer Baird te be "tile
fish" a new species found by the
United States fish commission in "incredi
ble " quantities alone the eastern edge of
the Gulf Stream. The professor thinks
the dead fish were killed by the recent
severe storm along the south coast of New
England.
Death en tbe Water.
Gus Cenntee. William Ocloten. and Jehn
Sanders, all colored, were drowned by the
sinking of an old beat in tbe Youghiegeny
rapids at Lay tens, Pa.
The canal beat T. F. Perry, of Philadel
pqia, laden with 862 tens of coal sank in
the Raritan. near New Brunswick. Cap
tain A. W. Miller and" wife escaped by
crawling through the cabin windows after
the beat went down.
BIG BLAZE AT BICHMONP
TJ&E tOSS OVJfiB HALF A MICXIOX.
Railroad Bridge, Tobacco Warehouses,
Tenamcnts aad Other Property De De De
stroyedeos of Life.
One of the most destructive conflagra
tions which ever visited Richmond second
only te that which destroyed the business
portion en its evacuation by the Confed
erate army in April, 1865 occurred there
en Sunday, resulting in a great destruction
of property, the less of one life and sev
eral miner casualties. A number of peer
people are 'deprived of their homes and
household goods ; and the traveling public
vastly inconvenienced by the burning of
the mainbridge directly connecting the
Northern and Southern systems of rail
ways crossing James river at this point.
About half-past 13 o'clock neon, Sun
day, an employee of the Richmond &
Petersburg railroad company discovered
a small blaze near the southern end of the
company's long bridge ever the James
river, and immediately started te give an
alarm. In a few minutes a portion of the
fire department was en the ground, but
by the time it arrived the fire, aided by a
heavy gale from the southwest, had made
such rapid progress that the bridge was
wrapped in flames, and in less than half an
hour the whole structure fell a mass of
ruins into the river, leaving nothing
Btanding but the granite piers.
The bridge was originally built in 183S,
and was destroyed bv fire at the time of
the evacuation of Richmond and rebuilt in
1866. It was a Howe truss structure -of
the old style, with a trunk about eighteen
feet deep, upon which the track was laid.
Te the combustible nature of the bridge,'
combined with the high wind, was due its
swift destruction.
Wheuthe flames reached the Richmond
end they immediately seized upon the
large four-story brick tobacco factory of
T. M. Kuthcrferd & Ce., which also feu a
victim te the devouring element. Frem
that point the fire continued te spread
with frightful rapidity, attacking and lay
ing in ashes in quick succession the large
brick tobacco factories of R. A. Patterson
& Ce., T. C. Williams & Ce., the three
tobacco stemmeries of J. A. Hutehins, two
stemmeries of C. R. & F. D. Barks, the
stemmery of Aberu & Edwards, the Vul
can iron works, operated by Bruce &
Archer, twenty tenement houses occu
pied by peer peeple, about 300 feet of
trestle work connecting the Tredegar iron
works with the Richmond & Peters
burg railroad, ten new freight cars belong
ing te the Tredegar company, T. P.
Smith's grist mill, a number of ether
miner buildings and a quantity of coal
and lumber at the southern or-Manchester
end of the bridge. The Virginia mining
and manufacturing company's kaeline
works were also destroyed.
The total less is new estimated at be
tween $500,000 and $600,000, about half
of which is covered by insurance:
When it became evident that the bridge
was in imminent danger second and third
fire alarms were sounded,-and the whole
department was called out, but their ef
forts were entirely futile, fighting as they
had te de against the fierce winds, which,
driving the flames, cinders and smoke into
their faces, forced them back, feet by feet
from its fiery path. At 1:45 p. m. Mayer
Carrington telegraphed te Washington
for assistance from the fire department of
that city, but later, when the flre was
finally gotten under control, another tele
gram was sent te Washington te that
effect. The Washington department had
responded promptly and had embarked
several engines en a special train when no
tified that their service was net needed.
Charles Betts, aged 15 j ears, was killed
by a falling wall. Twe men, names un -known,
are reported buried in the ruins of
Patterson's factory. Isaac A. Gentry,
bookkeeper of the saine factory, barely
escaped suffocation in the building, and
had te jump from the window, hinting
himself severely.
Fire at Otber i'laccs.
The Chaplin Heuse, a large hotel at
Munson, Me., was burned.
S. S. Bent & Sen's iron foundry, at Pert
Chester, N. Y., was destroyed by Are.
The furniture factory of Diemal Bres. &
Miller, at St. Leuis, burned en Saturday.
Less, $00,000.
A lire at New Yerk damaged Lewis
Schcenthal's cracker bakery te the extent
of $15,000.
A fire at Cliften Hall, Randelph county,
Me., destroyed all the business portion of
the town except one store. Less, $60 000.
Mrs. Geerge Bliss was fatally burned by
the explosion of a can of coal oil which
she was using te light a flre in Cleveland,
Ohie. When the disaster happened au
alarm of fire was given, and a fireman
named Geerge Riblet was seriously in
jured by the capsizing of an engine.
The residence of ex-Governer Redfield
Procter, at Sutherland Falls, Vt., has
been destroyed by fire. Most of .the fur
niture, tbe valuable library, paintings and
family relics and some important papers
were burned . The house was unoccupied,
the owner's family spending the winter in
Bosten.
By an explosion of ' gas in the Laurel
Run mines of the Delaware and Hudsen
.coal company, at Parsons, near Wilkes
barre, en Saturday night; James Ashford,
James Williams and William Scevillo were
badly burned. The latter oannet recover.
Jehn Lewis, a well known politician of
Scranton, was .killed en Saturday even,
ing while firing a blast in the Hampton
mines.
Tragedies of the Ball.
Eli Steckel, of the Coplay iron company's
works, was struck by a freight train near
Coplay and received very serious injuries.
Jacob Birch, aged 65, was struck by a
passenger train East Pennsylvania railroad
auuub ruur miies auove iteaaing ana in
stantly kill ed. .
Jeseph Neyhart, a merchant from Neviu,
Susquehanna county, jumped from a pas.
senger train en the Lehigh Valley railroad
at Wilkesbarre and was struck by a lo
comotive passing in the oppesito direction,
receiving very serious injuries.
A freight train en the Chesapeake and
Ohie railroad fell through. the bridge west
of Cliften Ferge, Va., ea Saturday, kill
ing the engineer and fireman and injuring
several ethers.
The rear car of a passenger train en the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road was telescoped early yesterday morn
ing by a freight train which followed three
minutes behind it and came upon it when
the passenger train had been stepped going
down a steep grade by the bursting of the
hose of the air-brakes. The accident re
curred eighty-tbree miles east of Knoxville
and William Beeker, porter of the rear car
(which was that of the president of the
read), was scalded te death. JehnGarling.
ten , conductor of the sleeper, was also
scalded painfully.
BEAD.
Decease of .Tenens of Nete.
Rev. Jehn Ferest Hasley, D. D., pastor
emeritus of the First Presbyterian church
of Norristown has died suddenly of con
gestion of the lungs. He was nearly 82
years old.
Jehu A. Sherman, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Water town, N. Y.. died
there en Saturday.
Jehn L. Campbell, a prominent citizen
ei Keckdale township, Crawford county,
fell from a ladder en Monday last and
received fatal injuries.
Geerge Moere, for many years private
secretary of the late Colonel H. S. Mc
Comb. at Wilmington Del., died en Fri
day night at San Bernardine, Cal.
Samuel G. Tazewell, Chief Engineer of
the Fire Department of Wilmington, Del.,
died yesterday of consumption, aged 35
years.
There were 502 births, 140 marriages
and 762 deaths in New Yerk city last
week.
A UUzxard In tbe Northwest.
Twe unknown men, newcomers, were
found frozen te death between Grafton
and St. Themas, Dak. A party that came
in from Poplar river agency say the bliz
zard lasted several days in that section,
and was increasing when they left. Many
Indians are at present en the chase in the
Milk river country, and if the storm ex
tends as far as that section there was mere
or less suffering among them. A band
numbering 1,000 are out from Poplar
river. The Indians have been very suc
cessful in capturing game. Buffaloes are
found in vast herds in the Milk river
region, and the robe trade premises te be
a geed one the coming season.
News is received at department head
quarters from Fert Sisseton that en Mon
day Hospital Stewart August Geeks left
the pest for Webster station, in company
with the stage driver, and was caught in
the blizzard. Hearing no report or their
arrival at the station, parties were des
patched from Sisseton te seek for them,
and after a long and anxious search Stew
ard Geeks was found by Lieut. Cheno Chene
wcth, about six miles from Webster, wan
dering en the prairie. He had been ex
posed te the storm nearly twenty-four
hours, and was almost exhausted. His
hands and feet were badly frozen. The
stage driver had net yet been found, and
and he is supposed te " have perished.
Geek's legs and arms will have te be am
putated, and there are small hopes of his
recovery.
Tbe Smallpox.
Smallpox Is Blew in relaxing its grip en
the smitten town of Seuth Bethlehem. Of
a total of 163 cases there have been 44
deaths and 5 are convalescent, leaving 114
persons affected and convalescent in quar
antined houses. Of the latter a number
have fairly recovered who are restricted
from going out. In the adjoining Lehigh
university district of Saucon township
there are 9 cases thus far. There has only
been one death in the district. All the
engagements booked for the Seuth Beth
lehem opera house have been canceled en
account of the epidemic. The time for
families te remain in quarantine in Seuth
Bethlehem has been extended one week.
Trank Small's Thrifty Annt. i
There is nothing small about Frank
Small's aunt in Pittsburg. He was hanged
en Friday and his body was removed te
his aunt's house, where the old lady oblig
ingly allowed the gaping crowd te inspect
the corpse of the murderer at twenty-live
cents ahead and realized a handseme sum
from this generous recognition of the geed
taste of her neighbors.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THK NEW YORK BAZA Alt.
Immense Throng of Customers at the Grand
Opening Large and .Elegant
Display of Geed.
As previously announced in the Intel
ligencer the Messrs.Guttschalk & Lcder
man opened their New Yerk bazaar, Nes.
26 and 2S North Queen street, en Satur
day last. Thousands of people visited this
handsome storeroom, and in the evening
the sidewalks en both sides of the street
were crowded with peeple trying te gain
admission. The proprietors were com
pelled te lock the store doers for seme
time owing te the large crowd.
The immense throng of humanity
struggled for admission, and then, strug
gled still mere violently te get out. Women
screamed with affright, being almost
squeezed te death, and children were held
above the heads of the crowd, or set down
en the plate glass cases te prevent them
from being crushed te death. Policemen
were detailed te clear the pavements and
keep open the entrance te and exit from tee
store, but the crowd closed in behind the
policemen almost as seen as a passage had
been opened, and thus for hours the strug
gle te get in and get out was kept up. The
opening was certainly an unprecedented
success.
The store is divided into 22 departments.
The first of these en the right, en entering
the store, is tbe gents' furnishing depart
ment where is kept the finest goods from
a necktie te a shirt. In this department
is a combination show case,made from one
solid piece of metal, which is filled with
the finest silk handkerchiefs and scarfs.
On the left of this is the corset department,
where can be purchased all kinds of cor
sets from the cheapest te the finest satin,
opposite is the ribbon counter which
contains 1200 different qualities of all
shades and sizes, from the narrowest band
te the broadest sash. Next is the lace
department filled with the finest Spanish
lace ranging iu price from $4 te.$5a yard.
Opposite is the hosiery departmect, where
rich and peer can suit themselves and their
purses with stockings from live cents per
pair te the elegant silk hose at $5 a
pair. The largest aud most attrac
tive is "the millinery department,
located iu the rear, and which is presided
ever by fifteen yeuug ladies. Anether
attractive feature is the cologne- fountain,
which is located in the centre of the store,
from which eight gallons of German
cologne were distributed en Saturday even
ing. Owing te the large crowd the Messrs.
Guttschalk & Lederman were compelled te
postpone the distribution of bottles of
cologne. Frem new until Saturday even
ing every purchaser Will be presented with
a bettle of elegant cologne, filled fresh
from the fountain. In a lew days two
elegant show cases filled with jewelry will
be placed in the centre of the store There
are new employed in the store ferty-five
obliging and attentive .young lady sales
men, and this number was net equal te the
aemancls made upon them Saturday even
ing. A visit te this elegant store cannot fail
te gratify the most fastidious cennisseur.
The wonderful success of the open
ing of this great bazaar is another evidence
of the value df liberal and judicious ad
vertising, and a proof positive that people
read the newspapers.
Unclaimed Letters.
Following is a list of 'unclaimed letters
remaining in the posteffico at Lancaster
for the week ending March 27, 1882 :
Ladies' List Miss Annie M. Bolten,
Miss Katie Bradrick, Miss Ellen Brown,
Fannie Bewman, Miss Mary Daily, Mrs.
Ann Harry, Mrs. A. Iloepes, Mrs. Aman
da Miller, Miss Lizzie Slaymakcr, Louise
Solden, Mrs. Barbara A. Wiker, Mrs. Mary
Wcidig, .Hiss iiSteila wilmet, Miss .Nettie
Worst.
Gents' List Frank Albright, James
Armstrong, Prof. Andersen, Themas Bax
ter, G. H. V7. Brown, H. J. Clinger, Jehn
W. Clark, Merris Dester, Gee. E. Ervin,
Chrn. Fisher, W. W. Q. Frantz, T. R.
Hall, Jehn Hess, Walker Hellenberg, Jehn
Hemmel, Ames B. Kreider, (for.), Isaac
Kreider, Harry Leng, Rebert E. Lefferts,
Heinrich Martin, (for.), B. F. Miller,
Master Jacob H. Mowrer, Philip Mehr,
W. B. Nash, Picking & Herding, Samuel
Resscr, K. Schuemern, Rudolf Vciser,
(for.), William Wainer, Gee. Walker (2
Jacob Weigand.
Salp of Ohie Ueres.
Samuel Hess & Sens auctioneers sold at
public sale for J. G. Pfautz at the Mer
rimac house Lancaster, Pa. 15 head of
Ohie horses at au average price of $172.66
per head. The highest one sold brought
8238.
m
Mew Festmaster.
Henry Iv. Hershey has been appointed
postmaster &t Crcsswell, Lancaster county.
0BITUAKY.
DKATH OF D. S. BARK, ON SATCKdAY.
Sedden Death et Jacob Barge A
Large
Sunday Faneral.
D. S. Bare, a well-known citizen of Lan
caster, died en Saturday afternoon at half
past three o'clock, at his residence, Ne.
236 West Orange street. Mr. Bare was
originally from Bareville, Upper Leacock
township. He was a saddler by trade and
carried en the business at that place. At
that time he was a geed vocalist and taught
singing. Soen afterwards he married a
daughter of Dr. Henry Bewman, ei Neffs
ville. In 1856 or 1857 Mr. Bare came te
Millersville, where he was the first steward
of the Nermal school. He owned all the
furniture,. &c, in the building. In 1865
he left the school and the bearding depart
ment was turned ever te the trustees, who
purchased Mr. Bare's stock of furniture,
&c, and elected Mr. Belmer, the present
steward. Soen after this Mr. Bare moved
te Lancaster, and for years he has been in
the sewing machine business. At the
time of his death he was agent of the Do De
mestic machine, and had his office in Hos Hes
teters's building, Centre Square.
Mr. Bare was a member of St. Jehn's
Lutheran church and was secretary and
treasurer of the Lancaster Bible society.
He was also agent in this city for the
American Bible company. He was an up
right Christian man and had many friends.
He leaves a wife, one son and three daugh
ters, among the latter Miss Cynthia Bare,
the well known vocalist, new living in
Philadelphia.
Mr. Bare was also superintendent of St.
Jehn's Lutheran Sunday school, and a
memorial service in honor of him was held
in the school yesterday. The school will
attend his funeral in a "body, having al
ready sent a floral tribute for the occasion.
Rev. Dr. L .A. Gotwald of Yerk, will de
liver the address.
Death of Geerge Mntkley.
Geerge Markley, son of the late Samuel
Markley, died at the residence of his
mother, Mrs. M. C. Markley, last evening
after a brief illness from, rheumatism of
the heart. He was a premising young
man, about 20 years of age, a graduate of
the Lancaster high school, and up te
about two weeks age was employed iu the
Lancaster watch factory. His sudden
death has caused intense sorrow among
his relatives and large number of sympa
thizing friends.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Jacob Bargs Dies at the Mcrrlmae Uouse.
Jacob Barge died suddenly at the Mcr Mcr
rimae beuse en North Prince street, about
12 o'clock en Saturday night. He had
been hoarding at this hotel for some time
past, and had been in ill health, although
able te be about. On Saturday night he
retired te his room about 11 o'clock. Be
fore going te bed Jehn Kreamcr, the bar
tender, went up te the loom te sce if he
wanted anything. He found him setting
en a chair in a dying condition ; he
quickly helped him into bed, but he died
in a few moments. Mr. Barge was a son
of the late Jacob Barge, of Strasburg. He
came te this city seme years age, and for
several years kept the restaurant under
the Keystone heuse. When the Girard
house was opened he went into partner
ship with A. J. Cogley and together they
earned en that place. Fer several months
en account of ill health, Barge has net
been in business.
Deputy Corener Sniffer impannelled a
jury yesterday and held an inquest en the
remains. The verdict was one of '.' death
from general debility."
Funeral of Henry Ferrest.
One of the largest funerals that has been
held in this city for years was that of
Henry Ferrest, which took place from his
late residence, Ne. 547 West Orange street,
yesterday afternoon. The funeral services
were conducted at the heuse by Rev. S.
Stall, of St. Jehn's Lutheran, assisted by
Rev. J. B. SouJe, Baptist. It is said
that there were at least 2,000 persons at
the funeral and by actual count 020 men
were iu the precession te Woodward liill
cemetery, where the interment was made.
Among these were the Inland City Ledge
Ne. 88, Knights of Pythias, the members
of 122d regiment P. V., residing here, aud
the Humane fire company. The deceased
was well known araeug tobacco men, and
employees and well-known deaiets from
nearly every warehouse in the city were
present. The employees of the several
warehouses marched together. The floral
offerings sent as last sad tributes included
seme of the handsomest ever seen in this
city.
Attempt te Flre a Stable.
Yesterday afternoon about a quarter be
fore two e clock an attempt was made te
fire a frame stable belonging te Davis
Kitch, superintendent of the water works,
and situated en a private alley iu the rear
of Trewitz's saloon, between Locust and
Lew streets. The the was discovered by
Mr. Kitch's neighbors and quickly ex
tinguished by Frank Stableferd and Jehn
Hamilton, who poured en it water which
they carried in buckets. After examination
it was found that the straw in the second
fleer of the building had been set en tire
after having been saturated with ce.il oil.
On the beards of the building ee.il oil h.ul
been poured and an empty bettle which
had contained it was found. The only
damage done was the burning -of a small
hole in the buildinir. The structure was
insured, but the less is very slight. It was
lucky that the fire was discovered when it
was or it would have been entirely de
stroyed. Enstar; Eggs With Pictures.
Abe Miller, the well-known egg
scratchcr, has just completed two geed
jobs ler Dr. II. II. Gerhart, of Canan
daiqua, New Yerk On thoside of one
there is an excellent likeness of I'rcsident
Garfield and en the reverse is a cress en
twined with flowers. The ether egg has a
very geed picture of Washington en one
side and Jan Easter scene, with a rabbit, a
small boy and an egg en the ether. Mr.
Miller has left at this office an egg con
taining a picture of' Garfield en one side
and one of the catafalque, en which his
body rested in the Washington depot, en
the'ether.
Brakeman Hurt.
Jehn Landenberger, a brakeman en
extra engine Ne. 255, Pennsylvania rail
read, while coupling cars at Ceatcsviile,
about half-past five o'clock this morning,
was struck by a wheel of one of the cars
and had his leg broken beleiv the knee
and it is feared had the knee cap also
fractured. Mr. Landenberger lives in
Columbia, where he has a wife, six chil
dren and his mother depending en him for
support. He was taken' te his home en
the mail train this morning.
False Alarm of Klre.
About half past seven o'clock last even
ing there was a false alarm of fire, and the
Humane and Friendship hose carriages
and the American steamer were run down
town as far as Centre Square. Nene of
the ether companies had out their appara
tus,but the performance drew an immense
crowd of spectators.
Collectors Appointed.
Tbe following additional tax collectors
have been appointed for different town
ships of this county bythe commissioners :
Caernarvon, Jeseph. Weaver;' Coneatega,
Geerge Garrett ; Marietta, Ames Greve ;
Drumerc, Jehn A. Clark ; Paradise, C. S.
Hershey ; Penn, N. S. Badorf ; East Ce.
calico, Peter Sweigert.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REUULAll UUtUlESPOMDKNCK.
ARUlrS Along the Susquehanna Gleaning
In and Around tbe Borough ricked up
by tbe Intelligencer's Reporter.
A Brakeman's Mishap.
Jehn Lee, a brakeman en the P. R. R.f
met with a painful accident en Saturday
morning at Ffty-secend' street, Philadel
phia. He was sitting in his caboose,
when he was accidentally flung against the
opposite side, his bead striking the win
dow sash, badly mashing his nose and cut
ting an artery in his right hand. The
cause was the shiftiugef two ether cabins
which struck the ene he was in. He was
brought te his home in this place in the
6:20 p. m. train.
Going te the West.
And new we are te lese another yeuug
and premising Columbian iu the person of
Mr. James Neally, who in a short time
leaves for the west. He has lately received
word from a gentleman in Algena, Iowa,
that there is a geed opening for him and
his business, that of tobacco. Algena is
a lively little town of 2,000 population,
and is represented by every branch of
business, except that of tobacco. The soil
is the richest aud the flew of immigration
is en the increase. Mr. Neally has been a
resident of Columbia for a number of
years. He is temperate in habit and well
liked by all who knew him. Our best
wishes for success go with him.
, Baildlag Improvements.
C. Swartz's new store building and St.
Jehn's Luthcrau church are being rapidly
erected. Thebiick work of the former is
nearly te the scceud story, while the lat
ter is entirely under reef and part of it al
ready slated. Werk in the interior will
seen be commenced. But what has be
come of the new drug store building ea
Fifth and Union street ? Several weeks
age we noticed that the cellar was dug
and bricks steed in piles along the strcet,
and nothing has been added since. Is it
te be erected ? is tbe question.
Us Didn't Hang Himseir.
Early en Sunday morning a well known
railroader left his house with bucket, lamp
and overcoat te go down the read. At
least this is what he told his wife. In
stead, however, he went te the dispatcher's
office and " stepped oil"," with the inten
tion, as he afterwards expressed te a
friend, of finding out if his wife was true
te him, as reports pointed otherwise.
After getting the required permission, he
stalked back home and crept unobserved
into the cellar. Here he. prepared a repe
te hang himself, or at .least te pretend
doing se. He next blackened his face and
fixed the loop around his neck se that it
would net hurt him. Ou top of a box of
potatoes he waited for his wife te descend.
In a short time she did se, saw the body
of her husband suspended from a rafter,
but instead of fainting or going into hys
terics, she coolly walked up te him and
said : "Se yeu'rdcad at last ; well, I am
very glad of it." Saying which, she went
up stairs te inform the neighbors and the
coroner. By the time she was en the
pavement she was somewhat startled by a
blackened face appearing at the cellar
window, and a familiar veice requesting
her " net te trouble herself about the
neighbors or coroner, as he had chanced
his mind and hadfnet committed suicide."
flew .tuings were settled we de net knew.
Borough i:udget.
The fine weather of yesterday tended
te give all the churches large congrega
tions. " East Ly ime" iu the epcia house te
morrow evening for the benefit of the G.
A. R.
The " buckB" of Tew Hill bad a free
fight en Saturday evening, in which mete
or less damage was done te all parties con
cerned. The war was caused by bad
whisky.
As was expected.Rev. R. W. Humphries
occupied the M. E. church pulpit in this
place yesterday. They were both very
interesting sermons, and expressed deep
thought and careful study. Mr. Humph
ries has a prepossessing appearance, line
deliverance and geed motions,
l'estiti-rlpt.
Mr. C. Hershey fell in a fainting fit
while attempting te drive some chickens
into their coop iu his back yard Saturday
afternoon. He is better te-day, but still
weak. Allen Hall was badly scalded by
steam at the Shawnee rolling mill this
morning by a "blow-'etf" valve whicli he
was adjusting. Mr. Geerge Crane shot a
mad deg yesterday in the yard of II. M.
North, esq., where the vicious brnte had
run. The mother of J. R. Wit mer died of
a paralytic stroke yesterday, aged about
75. Officer Dyssinger prevented a set te
between two men oppesito the opera heuse
en Saturday night. Elocution club's meet
ing at Miss Maggie Purple's te-night will
be specially interesting. Engine Ne. 160
will receive a thorough overhauling.
Bethel church supper in Shuylcr's hall was
a grand success ; something like $150 be
ing cleared. The E. E. Lutheran Church
Mite society will give another of their
seciables next Thursday evening, at the
residence of their pastor.
Kr-ISCUIWt. CO.NHKMATION.
Iuiert'ilfic Service at St. Jumes' aud
St.
Jehn's etuseii by lllshep Merte.
Yesterday morning St. James' church
vms crowded, au announcement having
been made that Bishop Howe would be
present ami preach a sermon, aud confirm
a class of thirty-nine c.itcchumens. In the
class were seven or eiht deaf mutes, te
whom the remarks of the bishop and
I the ceremony of confirmation were trans
lated by Kcv. Henry iV inter Syle, who is
himself a deaf mute and missionary among
this silent class of people.
In the afternoon Bishop Howe visited
St. Jehn's Free church anil addressed the
class of Candidates for confirmation,
forty-two in number ; and in the 'evening
preached an eloquent sermon aud admin
istered the ordinance of confirmation te
the class. The church was densely
packed, afternoon and evening. Bishop
Howe was the guest of Hen. Thes. E.
Franklin.
Argument Court.
This morning, the cenrt met at
o'clock when discussions were made
several cases.
10
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In the matter of Jehn llassler, late of
Eden township, deceased, tbe auditors
report was recommitted te the auditor te
take testimony.
In the case of W. S. Hcrr vs. James
Keener tt ul. motieu te strike off amend
ment sti iking off Henry H. Ilaruish ad
ministrator f Michafcl S. Harnish de
ceased, and rule te show cause why
mechanic's-lieu should net be strieken off.
Judge Livingston delivered opinion dis
charging both rule.
In the case of Eliza KeiMCiiug vs. Chrle1
Markley. Rule for new trial, the rule was
discharged.
Tbe president and 'manager of the old
Columbia public ground company vs. The
Fiist M. E. church, rules for new trial
made absolute, and new trial granted.
WKOLESALK CH1CKKN STEALING.
One Uundrsd Fowls Fulled from Their
Ferches.
On Friday night last, the hen coops of
Mr. Ames' Charles, residing in Maner
township, between Millersville and Wash
ington borough, were robbed of ever one
hundred chickens, the robbers leaving only
four in one coop and eight in the ether.
The robbery was net discovered until the
following day.
Ne Mere Sunday Funerals.
Rev. S. Stall announced from his pulpit
yesterday that he will hereafter attend no
funerals whatever en Sundav.