LANCASTEK DADA INTELLIGENCE! TUESDAY APKIL 4 1882 y Lancaster fntelUgencet. TUESDAY EVENING, APBUi 4, 1882. Bad Beek-keeplng or Worse I Ceuaty Solicitor Fulton writes te the New Era as fellows, touching certain Ones which it said it could find no re cord of ever having reached the county treasury: The fines iu the case mentioned .were imposed by the court of quarter 'sessions en conviction of certain offenses, the sen tences in these cases were recorded by the quarter sessions clerk en his minutes, bills wet made out and put in the sheriff's hands, who took charge of the prisoners until the fines and costs were paid, or defendants served their time in jail for fines and costs, or were discharged under the insolvent laws. If the fines were paid te the sheriff he would credit that amount en his bill against the county and have his bill for the balance approved by the county solici tor, and get a warrant from the county commissioners for thai sum. The sherifl's accounts with the ceanty should show all debts and credits, and therefore these can readily be found. These flues, I think, cannot be in the sheriff's accounts for the year 1881, but last year's audit of the sheriff's accounts by the county auditors musthave or should have included these as well as all jury fees collected during the year 1880. The last beard of county au ditors failed te find any jury fees due the county, notwithstanding the fact that the amount collected by the prothenotary could have been had for the asking. Their Topert was appealed from by the county, argued before the court last September and new awaits a decision. As te for feited recegnizances, they seem, for sev eral reasons, te vanish in the gathering. One is that the defendants may have them respited or remitted ou presenting them selves for trial or compromising their difficulties with the prosecutors, and this is frequently done. Anether is that magis trates have frequently taken worthless bail from whom nothing could be collect ed when the recognizance was sued out ; se that of the dozen or mere recegnizances sued out by me during the last two years only one hundred dollars has been collect ed, and that has been paid into Hie county treasury, as shown by the county treas urer's receipts in the county commission - or's receipt book kept in the commission er's office, dated January 3, A. D., 1882, as by reference thereunto being had will fully appear. Upen which the JYcie Era drops te the original position of the Intelligencer that " the fact of a bad system of book keeping in relation te the different offi ces is still apparent, and it istebe hoped the beard of auditors new sitting will de what their predecessors failed te de, and that the court will no lengerdelayin de ciding the question argued before them en the county's appeal se long age as last September." Upen examination and inquiry in court house circles we fail te find that there has been kept in the sheriff's office and returned te the county treasury an account of the fines, costs and recegni zances received for the county. In'the " miscellaneous receipts " of the treas urer for the past three years no such items appear, and it is said no such receipts have been had. If received at all County Solicitor Fulton intimates that the sheriff " would credit that amount en his bill against the county and have his bill for the balance approved by the county solicitor, and get a warrant from the county commissioners for that sum." He ought te knew that this is net a proper procedure. He should net ap prove any bills made out in that way. The moneys paid te the sheriff for the county should be paid ever te it and should appear in full en the books of the county treasurer in his statement, and this system of accounting ought te be inaugurated without further delay. Last year, at least, the sheriff claimed and was granted by the auditors exemption from accountability for the jury fees in civil cases en the ground that the prothenotary, and net he, had re ceived them. This position i3 net tena ble because it is his business te collect them, and if he deputed it te the pro pre pro teonotary or allowed him te usurp it, he cannot escaie liability for them, though he may have his remedy against the prothenotary. The new protheno tary, wc are informed, refuses te take them, and before entering a ver dict requires from the parties recovering judgment that "they show a receipt from the sheriff for the jury fee paid. But even this lame explanation will net explain why there have been, or at least appear, no payments of costs, fines, and forfeited recognizes from the sher iff's office into the county treasury. eneriu nign sueuiu at once provide a public record, upon which he should cause te be entered moneys received by him for the county, and the county com missioners should enforce a settlement of that account at least monthly, irre spective of the sheriff's bills against the county, se that parties who are interest ed te knew whether, moneys paid or ordered te be paid te the county ever reach the treasury can ascertain the facts. The county solicitor is eminently right jn his complaint that forfeited re re eognizances " vanish in the gathering" for reasons which he enumerates. Had he examined a series of cases recently dis posed of in the quarter sessions, he could have discovered another way by which costs taxed failed te reach the county treasury. Fer example, in four cases in which J. Kahler ' Snyder was sentenced te pay the costs, a total of $16, which be longed te the county and would have helped te defray the expenses these cases subjected it te, has been remitted by County Commissioners Myers and Summy. This was a clear ' give away" of that much money belonging te the county for the benefit of a man who in curred the penalty of paying it in a blackmailing enterprise at law. When commissioners themselves indulge in that sort of looseness, the public cannot expect any different sort of housekeep ing and book-keeping than that which theauditerrare new laboriously exam ining, and which we venture nothing in saying will expose a condition of rotten ness and malfeasance that demands swift punishment of the wrongdoers. The preservation of our forests and the replacing of our timber lands is a subject that should . never be allowed te escape public attention. Despite the loud alarms which have been sounded, the reckless waBte gees en. Gen. Bris bin, in his- letter te the World, which we republish, sends his -warning from the far "West where the destruction is probably mere wanton than in the mere lightly timbered regions, but everywhere this subject is one of grave concern, and en government lands at least the wood man's axe should henceforth be used sparingly and judiciously. We are pleased te observe that our " practical ' remarks ou editorial de cency " are having a marked effect en the manners if net upon the morals of our highly esteemed contemporary, the Examiner. Net only has it put an ex tinguisher upon the ' ' red-het " warfare of Squire Evans against Senater Kauff- man and excluded from its editorial col umns " a political loafer and editorial dead-beat, who had his private axe te grind " by abuse of its hospitality, but it pillories the offender himself and even chides the Intelligencer for "a certain plainness and direction of speech which, te some truth-loving people, has especially recommended this journal." 'it is te be hoped, however, that our estimable contemporary in its zeal te propagate regard for the third command ment will net overlook the ninth, as it manifests some danger of doing when it makes garbled quotations from the In telligencer, emitting negatives and essentially altering the sense in order te serve its purposes. However, if the Ex aminer keeps en it may yet make itself something better than a "conduit of red headed lies" and mere aromatic than a " seweref saline gush." m m Paddy Ryan's backer says the Trojan sold the light with Sullivan for $10,000. Says Easter te Lent ; "Your time i near spent.' ' Says Lent unto Easter ; ' 1 go as 1 please, sir." A mono the cheap passengers by tlie steamer City of Montreal en her return trip te America, there were six hundred young women stewed away in the steer age, and net a man among them. They all came ever te go into domestic service, but that did net prevent many of them beiug modest, pretty and vivacious. Tub uniform of the regular army is at tracting attention in England. It has ever and ever again been- pointed out that red is one of the most conspicuous colors for soldiers te use. A column of red sol diers makes an admirable target for the enemy. Gray seems te be the most ad vantageous color. Nature has demon' strated this fact by the color of sucli wild animals as hares and rabbits, who have no means of defence except concealment. The New Yerk Truth, an administra tion paper which first published the Meroy letter, says that "in casting aside the Stal wart American soldier aud magistrate for Sunday-school superintendents and Credit Mebilier statesmen, we laid the founda tion for that national disgrace which the cowardly neglect of citizens arbitrarily im prisoned in British jails has brought upon us." Truth'' s editor has lately joined one of the associations which run Republican politics in New Yerk city. OCR BLUE BLOOD. Twe centuries aud a halt age OH trudged te work with shouldered lioe A woman, barefoot, browned and rough. With pluck or Puritanic tuff. Six lusty children tagged behind, All hatless, shoeless, unconflned, And happy as the birds that flew About them. Naught of books they knew. Save one they read at twilight hour, Drought with them iu the staunch Mayflower. A pretty lady thin and white. In a hammock swinging light. Languishes, and in the shade Devours rhyme and lemonade. While bending near, her lever sighs. And gently lans away the llle. She murmurs. '"Tis se nice that we Are neither of low tamlly, Itutet old l'uritanie stock. That landed upon Plymouth Reck." Harvard Lampoon. Thehe is at least one lunatic who is neither in the asylum nor in Congre'S. David M. Richardson, of Detroit, Mich., sends us his views of what Congress ought te de. He wants $15,000,000 of subsidies granted annually te develop our com merce; $300,000,000 spent ou au interr ocean canal ; a new navy built ; expensive coast defeuscs erected ; $00,000,000 spent for Mississippi river improvements ; $100,000,000 set apart for Mermen women and children left helpless by the rigoieus enforcement of anti-polygamy laws ; $15, 000,000 a year appropriated for federal schools and rcvouue and tariff reforms inaugurated en the same scale. Mr. Richardson may be a satirist instead of a feel. It is well that the preachers knew what is the matter with them. President Rob inson, of Brown university, who is deliver ing the course of Yale lectures en preach ing, states that the proportion of people who attend church is diminishing. Among the reasons are skepticism, cheap litera ture, the Sunday school and the practice of preaching old sermons. He also men tions the willingness of tee many churches te exist en supplies of strange clergymen from Sunday te Sunday, instead of secur ing the services of a regular pastor. Te these he adds the uneasiness of the pre sent generation, and the lack of desire of hearing the steady preaching of an old fashioned" gospel. Rev. Dr. Geerge H. Hepworth, in an article in the Independent en the besetting sins of the ministry, places among them the tendency of the preacher te magnify bis office and the officer ; the fact that it is always difficult te oppose the wishes or the prejudices of certain influential parishioners who Laber under the hallucination that their money gives them the right of constant interfer interfer ference ; the tendency te say and de things which are freighted with a solemn meaning in such a perfunctory way that their significance is lest ; and finally a certain insincerity in preaching what the preacher does net himself believe te be strictly true. The Catholic provincial council of Cin cinnati denounce Patrick Ferd's Irish World as a bad paper breeding insolence and deCance of authority ; teaching com munism ; assailing the rights of property : and inciting te rebellion that can end but in disaster. The council, go en te say : "We therefore direct pastors te warn their people against this paper, and, as far as in them lies, discourage its circulation among them. While, however, we thus condemn as above enumerated, the pernicious doc trines of the Irish World, we wish it dis tinctly understood that by se doing we in no sense sympathize with England in her ' oppression of Ireland ; nor de we in any way favor a continuance of the present un just system of landlerdism in Ireland. On the contrary, we are ready te cooperate with the bishops of Ireland in any legiti mate effort te ameliorate the present un happy condition of the Irish people. What we condemn in the Irish World are the illegitimate means it advocates, net its efforts te better the condition of Ireland. Let the causa of Ireland be pressed, but let the means be legitimate. Lc the rights of the landlord be recognized as well as the rights of the tenant, se that while jus tice is done the tenant, justice may also be done the landlord. Thus the cause of Ireland will commend itself te the honesty and sympathy of the world." Anether ex-treasury clerk helps te ex ex pese Sherman's crooked ways with his office, in his zeal te gain the presidential nomination in 1880. It teems that he sent one named Emersen te work up his cause in Arkansas, and gave him leave of ab sence while he neglected his official busi ness. Sherman gave him a check for $100 with the advice te husband his resources. Railroad fares there and return were $94, leaving Emersen $C with which te work up the convention and pay his own ex penses. He stayed there two months, fre quently writing te Sherman of his plans and their probable cost, and receiving in reply authority te go ahead. These plans iucluded treasury appointments which were subsequently made. Emersen had himself elected a delegate te Chicago, but the convention instructed for Grant, and he was bound by instructions. Upen his return Emersen presented a bill for ex penses, nc says Sherman tried te evade payment until confronted by his own writ ten authority for incurring expenses whereupon he gave Emersen $225. Shortly afterwards he discharged Emersen from the treasury for prolonged absence from his desk. A letter from Powell Clayten is subjoined te Emerseu's card in which that statesman warns Emersen iu effect that Sherman is a "bad let," and the caid closes with extracts from Arkansas papcis while Emersen was iu that state, showing that he did geed work,for Sherman. PERSONAL. Ex-Gov. W.W.Heldcn, of North Caro lina, was ou Sunday morning attacked with paralysis at his residence in Raleigh. The attack is thought te he a slight one. James Gorden Bennett has contributed $10,000 te the Actors' fund at New Yerk, and the money has been transferred iu his name by Mr. Lester Wallack te Treasurer A. M. Palmer. STEniEN Augustus Hukmjut, I;vte United States minister te Peru, who died suddenly of heart disease in Lima en the 28th of March was a brother of William Henry Huklbut of the New Yerk World. Jehn Russell Yenne will take a part ner of his joys and woes te China with him. The yeuiur kdy of his choice is Miss Cehnan, niece of ex-Postmaster Gen cral Jewell. The celebrated case of the creditors of Archbishop Pukcell was called in the Hamilton county district court at Cincin nati yesterday, but the parties net all being ready the case was laid ever until te-day. The chief question involved new is as te the power of the assignee te sell church property te pay the claims of the creditors. Baren Fnr.ncnicK Vex Beciitelsiikin, cx-Aubti-iau uu.;ul at St. Leuis, who was charged with etnbezzlement, was yester day discharged in the criminal court en the plea that the offense only came within the scepe of the authority of the United States courts. The Baren, it is said, had defrauded several Austriau subjects of money they had intrusted te him. The WilkehbaiTO Recerd, se lately Stal wart, has discovered since the Wilkes barre posteffice affair that "Senater Cam Cam eeon is lacking in the qualifications of a great man and a successful leader ; that his methods are dishonest ; that he bribes members of Cengicss te assist him iu his 'schema, and the charge is directly made that Scir.Lt en get the Wilkesbarrc post pest office as a reward for his vote for Kcifcr for speaker after he had premised iu writ ing te vote for llisceck. Senater Cameren in short, is a disgrace and damage te his party, and his cxercisn of power is humil iating te the htate." All the same, the Recerd will support Cameren's Beaver for governor after lie is nominated. Iu playing Hamlet Anna Dickinsen dresses in purple because that color is new and always has been royal mourning at every court in Europe. She also emits the speech te the players because she thiuks it spoils the dramatic intercs't of the act and is superfluous. She argues that it is very improbable that Hamlet, under the circumstances would give advice te a company of actors when he would net care hew the play was presented se that the murder was portrayed te the king. Her agent sajs she had a splen did reception an through the west ; iu Omaha people carried lanterns through three feet of mud te attend the play and she met with royal welcorae everywhere except at Atchison, where the chief and eight policemen were net admitted dcad head,and out of levengelhey went around and get all the small boys they could and told them te threw tin can3, bricks and soap boxes up the stairs se that they would make a noise falling down the steps. In Springfield "dead-heads" were se scarce that they had te sew up an old boxing gleve aud use it for peer Terriclc's skull. Only when the Dickinsen reached New Yerk did spiteful critics open fire en her. In Philadclpia, where she appeared last evening the critics damm her with faint praise, iutimatiug that the perform ance is notable mainly because it is hers. Oar own citizens will have a chance te hear her en Tuesday evening of next week, when the novelty of the entertainment at least will doubtless attract a large audi ence. Playing with Firearms. Charles Fritche, jr., aud Jehn Burk hard, cousins, both 'aged about fifteen yeara, were handling a revolver in Seuth Bethlehem, When the weapon was acci dentally discharged. The hall entered Fritche's left breast, and ledged in the upper part- of the lung. The wound is pronounced fatal. "The Kid" Again. "Billy, the Kid," was yesterday, at Al bany, N. Y., sentenced te five years' im prisonment for grand larceny in robbing the manufacturers' bank, of Cohoes and one year for escaping from prison. HANLAN WINS AS USUAL POLLING HIS OWN RACE OK THE TXJIK. The Champien Oarsman Easily Defeats Boyd and Disports Himself In the Pres ence of a Dig Crowd. An immense crowd of people, estimated at hundreds of thousands, assembled at Newcastle and along the river Tyne en Monday te witness the race en the Tyne between Edward Hanlan, of Terente, the champion of the world, and Rebert Boyd, the English oarsman, for $2,500 a side. Boyd wen the toss for position, and chose the north side or the river. The weather was dull, with light shifting winds and drizzling rain. Boyd dashed away with the 6tart and was a half length in front in a few strokes. Hanlan, however, sculling in grand form, caught him aud iu half a mile was clear of him. Iranian's time te the Eedhengh Bridge was 3 minutes 23 seconds. By this time Hanlan was two lengths iu front aud the race was ever. The Canadian was in magnificent form, sculling easily and well, pulling mere than twenty-eight strokes te the minute and winning easily. Boyd was screwing and Fn evident trouble, pulling a very bad course above the bridge It was quite clear that the Canadian could play with Boyd, aud he seen began his old tricks, such as playing with his ears every new aud again and stepping dead for sev eral seconds. Boyd struggled gamely en, doing his best, but quite ineffectually. Hanlan stepped, held up ene hand, blew his nose, and generally disported himself, but directly Boyd get anywhere near him the champion pulled a dozen or se power ful strokes and went right ahead. It was as easy a task for Hanlan as the Layoeck race was. The course was admirably kept, there net being the slightest obstacle in the way of the men. Hanlan wen by seven lengths in 21 minutes G seconds. The course was 3 miles 3J furlongs. Thcre was net much betting. Five te two was offered en Hanlan with few takers, although three te one would have been taken te a considerable amount Haulau made the first mile in 5 minutes 15 seconds, the fastest time en record en the Tyne. JSSK JAMi;S li.lLI.KD. Only Twe of the Missouri Train Henwera at Large. In a small frame shanty in the south east part of St. Sescph, Me , en the hill, net far from the World's hotel, Jesse James has lived with his wife since seme time in November last. Rebert and Charles Ferd, two of his gang, had their headquarters at his house. Charles, it is said, has lived with him in the shanty ever since November ; Rebeit arrived about ten days age, and the three have been making preparations for a raiding expedi tion en which they were te start last night. James and the two Fords were in the front room together about 9 o'clock Mon day morning. James took off his belt and laid his pistol ou the bed, prepar ing te wash himself, wheu Rebert Ferd sprang up behind him and Kent a bullet through his brain. The Ferd brothers at ence made known what they had done,, and gave themselves up. They are new under guard at the court-house. A leek at the body while it was being photo graphed at the undertaker's showed that he was a lino-loeking man, apparently 40 yeais old, with bread forehead, and his physiognomy was that of an intelligent as well as a resolute aud daring man. The house where James lived and in which he, was killed has the appearance of an armor'. A number of guns and pistols, including a repeating rills, a needle gun aud navy re volvers, with a geed store of ammunition, were found there. Jesse was in the habit of wearing two belts, with a brace of very fine revolvers and twenty-five extra car tridges. Iu i' small stable near the house were discovered several very fine horses, the property of James. The Ferd brothers claim that they are detectives, and that they have becneu James' track for a long time. It is be lieved they were with James iu the Blue Cut train robbery, and that they were in fluenced in killing him by the hope of get ting the big reward which has been offered for James, dead or alive, by the governor and by the express and railroad compa nies. But two of the band (Frauk James and Jim Cummings) are new at large. AMKK1CANS JN BRITISH 1MUSONS. A urcat Indignation Meeting in New Yerk. A rrcat mass meeting was held in Cooper Institute, New Yerk, last night, te protect against the action of the English government in detaining American citizens iu English prisons. The hall was crowded te its utmost, and thousands were unable gain admission. Oa the platform were many ladies and a number of Catholic clergyman. Mayer Grace presided, and Patrick Ferd was secretary. Addresses were made by the mayor, Representative S. S. Cox, ex-Speaker Randall, Represen tative Godlevo S. Orth, of Iudiana, Senater Jenes of Flerida, Repre sentative Lord of Michigan. Congress man Scranton of Pennsylvania, and General Reger A. Pryer, General Samuel F. Cary, of Ohie, aud Congressman Rob inson of New. Yerk. Resolutions were adopted declaring the disgust of the meet ing at the sycophancy of Minister Lewell ; that the honor of the nation demands his recall ; that England is still an enemy, her professions of friendship being a hollow pretence; that "the present is net an Irish or an English question, but decided ly an Americau question," and request the president, " in compliance with the duties imposed upon him, te demand the rolease of the Americau citizens new un justly deprived of their liberty." Let ters and despatches were read from Tilden, Conkling, Seymour, Kernan and ethers sympatiziug with the meeting and its object s. Tne Tite Sunken Steamers. The Doure had en beard 50,000 iu spe cie. Her crew numbered 81. The less of life would have been much greater if the collision had occurred earlier en her voy age, as 175 passengers from Bfazil were landed at Lisben. It is known that of these en the Doure, the captain, four offi cers, the first and second engineers and four passengers are among the drowned. The Liverpool agents of the Yrurac Bat state that she had only nine steerage pass engers, all of whom were Spanish and were saved. A dispatch from the ageut of Lloyds at Corunna, Spain, says the consul and his family, from Pernambuco, were saved. The name of the consul is net given. Thirty two persons are missing from the Doure and nineteen from the Yrurac Bat. Beating Out a Baby's Brains. About 3 o'clock, seven miles east of Knexvillf, William Vance murdered his3-year-eld stepdaughter by crushing the child's skull against the fleer. The child was in bed with its mother and father and became fretful during the night. Vance get out of patience, jumped up seized the child by its hair and beat-its head en the fleer until its skull was crushed te pieces. The screams of the mother brought two neighbors te the house, aud they found Vauce with the child in his arms. He laid it down, aud started off toward the barn, and made his escape ; but officers are en his track who will catch him, as he is club footed and travels slowly. Sunday Liquor Selling in Philadelphia. Philip J. Lauber, the restaurant keeper has been arrested again for selling liquor en Sunday at his place en North Bread street. He will be given a hearing before Magistrate Brown at 3 o'clock this after noon. This was the only arrest made, al though there were a dozen saloons open within a few blocks of Lauber' s.- The, informer was the nun Barnes, who caused1 the arrest a week age, and theiamepref eeedings will be gene through with as heretofore. Barnes says that when he reached the restaurant en Sunday he was invited inside, and that he would have been received with all the honors of war, but declined. Election Kesults. Returns from eleven out of the fifty-six precincts of Cincinnati, show Republican lesfcs which, at the same rate for the ethers te be heard from, will give a Demo cratic majority of 3,000, but it is likely that the majority will be greater, as nene of the German wards have been heard from, where the Republicans expected the heaviest losses. In the city election at Hartferd, Conn., the Republicans re-elected Morgan G. Bulkely mayor by 229 majority. They also re-elected the city treasurer aud marshal. The Democrats elected the city clerk, auditor and collector. The Democrats elected their mayor and four aldermen yesterday at Keokuk, Iowa,, and the Republicans eleeted their-city as sessor and two aldermen. Election Muddle at Norrlntewn. At the last election at Norristewu, Geerge F. Celeman, Jeseph Blackman and Samuel Ovcrhelzer were elected te repre sent the Sixth ward in council. At the meeting of council yesterday for organiza tion, objection was made "that it was illegal te admit mere than one representa tive from the Sixth ward." The president sustained the objection, whereupon an in junction was seived te show cause why the members-eleet should net be admitted. The matter was argued before Judge Ress, who reserved bis decision until te-morrow. Twe Wlf Murders. Jehn Jonas, a middle-aged Bohemian, killed his wife yesterday at Omaha, Neb., by sheeting her, and then shot and killed himself. Mrs. Jonas was a notorious abor tionist. Martin Jcffieys, a New Yerk longshore man, yesterday beat his wife se badly that her life is despaired of, because she refused him money te spend in drink. He was arrested. Strnek a Bonanza. The Cranberry iron company has dis covered en its property in Mitchell coun ty, North Carolina, two veins of the finest magnetite ere, ene . of eighteen .feet aud the ether thirty-four feet. They have tunnelled through the veins in building a railroad. There is much rejoicing among the iron men of Chattanooga, Tenn., as it insures te the Chattanooga mineral dis trict an abundant supply of steel-makiug ere. Trouble in tne Iflruj. Jehn J. Troxell, Jacob S. Lewis and Jehn N. Barger, partners in the wholesale millinery business, at Ne. 74 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, have made an assign ment te Alexander Faddack. Jehn N Barger has brought suit against the ether members of the firm asking that a receiver be appointed. ' Steamship Officers Indicted. Bills of indictment will probably be draWp at Memphis, Tenn., charging "Dec" Burant, the mate of the steamer Gelden City, aud captain of the watch "Wash" Smith with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the recent disaster. Reading's New Councils. The city councils of Reading organized yesterday by electing .Democratic oulcers. Jehn II. Keppleman was chosen clerk of select council. In common council F. S. Jacobs was elected president and Geergo H. Felix clerk. . Kallrend Accident. A west-hound train en the Little Miami railroad was thrown from the track five miles west of Xenia, Ohie, yesterday. The engineer, named Livingston, Jehn Craft, fireman and Themas Marigan, brakeman, were injured, the fireman very seriously. Big Fire in Wisconsin. A fire at Otter Lake, Wisconsin, de stroyed 6,000,000 feet of lumber belonging te S. J. Murphy, the Otter Lake Lumber company and ethers, and about twenty buildings, making 14 families homeless. Less, about $75,000. Sentenced for Manslaughter. Winder Culver was convicted en Satur day at Salisbury, Md., of manslaughter in killing one Hatten, a farmer, and sen sen tence't te eight year:: imprisonment. A Laberer Killed. Matthew Schwiekert, a German, aged 35 years, while at work en some new buildings ou Tenth avenue, New Yerk, yesterday, was struck en the lud by a falling beam aud killed. Change of Name. The Members of the New. Yerk butter, eheese aud egg exchange yesterday de cided by a vote of 140 te 23 te change the title of the organization tejlie Mercantile exchange. - A Town Jliirne.l Down. Half the business portion of Dayton, Washington territory, was5 burned en Sun day night. The less has net yet been as certained. .Ne Electric Light. The Dominion government has decided net te light the Welland canal with elec tric light, and will use gas at $10,000 per annum. Dlsbeut-st Letter Carrier. Charles A. Hannaford, a mounted letter carrier, was arrested yesterday at Atlant?, Ga., for stealing letters. Police Commissioners Removed. Mayer Green yesterday removed the three police commissioners of Bosten, and will appoint ethers. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. m ' Grade of Pupils. The following is the grade of pupils in attendance at the James street first grade secondary school during the month of March : X CLASS. Ed. Heitslut Heckiou'Uryen.. Harry Apple Clias. Leyden... Lillie Miles Clara Delict Thee. Appel 9.- 90 Sue Troyer SI Maggie steinmetz.. 74 Gee. Yeager 70 Katie Marratt 60 Lanra Sichcr CO Jelm Council le . 90 89 SS , 87 , 83 B CLASS. Fred. J.ute Annie Jluelirle.. Frank Smith.... Marv Munson... Chas. Sener William Leng... Samuel Beas.... Daisy Gorrecht.. Charles- Feil.... Christ Flick Peter Flick SIcKness. 9. Ella Masen 71 Lizzie Flick 72 Walt-Barr 70 Carrie Benedict.... CO Annie Smith CO Gertie Zecher 30 Flera Miles SO KatieMcIntyrc.... 20 SO 89 8; SO 79 79 79 78 75 Sephia Cunningham 15 Adam j-inger iu Interesting Lecture at the Vlaut Club. Mr. Jehn C. Burrowes lectured last evening before the Plant Club iu the Y. M. C. A. rooms, en the subject of " ln ln ln soctivcreus Plants." The lecture was de voted exclusively te the explanation of the means by which these plants subsist. By the aid of crayon drawings Mr. Burrbwcs elaborated the manner of the growth of insectivorous plants, and showed hew dif ferent species secured their feed by the aid of tentacles ; securing insects by these, and then in the manner of animal organs digesting them by secretions net unlike gastric juice, The lecture was very interesting, and was one of the most instructive that the Plant club have listened te. NO QOOBUM. The Agriculturists' and Chicken Fanciers. Yesterday morning was the time for the regular monthly meeting of the Lancaster poultry association, and yesterday after noon for the stated meeting of the Lancas ter agricultural and horticultural society ; but there was Jioquerum present at cither, and consequently no business was transacted. BLYMEK'S SUICIDE. TUECOKUmtR'9 INVESTIGATION OF IT. Taking Ills Life Because of lllstress About His Family. At 10 o'clock this morning Corener Shiffer reassembled his jury and witnesses te take testimony relative te the death of Geerge Blymer, whose suicide was report ed in yesterday's Lntelligescer. The first witness examined was Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, who testified that Blymer was greatly distressed by reasonef the in fidelity of his wife, and had several times said he would commit suicide. Witness had tried te dissuade him and urged him net te worry himself, hut he was discon solate and wept bitterly, 6aying that all this trouble had been brought upon him by his wife. About a week age he sold his furniture and said he would go te Philadelphia, where he could earn $20 a week. After be sold his property he went ou a spree and spent all the money for drink. On Monday morning he was sober and toot breakfast at witness' house. He asked witness and her husband te take care of his children, premisiug te pay for their beard. Witness agreed te de all she could for the children ; he kissed them, bid them geed-bye aud left the house, and that was the last she saw of him. His wife left him last September, and Blymer said she was living with another man in Delaware. Jehn Langhran, engineer of engine Ne. 41, of the Pennsylvania railroad, which ran ever and killed Blymer, testified that his train was running cast en the south track of the railroad yesterday morning near the Coneslega bridge. There is a heavy down grade at that point and he was running at about twenty miles- an hour. Leeking ahead he saw a man en the track some 500 or 600 yards efF. lie put his hand upon the bell rope with the Intention of ringing it, but as the man left the track and crossed ever te the north side of the read be did net ring the hell nor pay any further attention te the matter. A moment later the fireman, James A. Currcn, said, " Jehn, wc have run ever a man." He whistled down brakes and stepped the train as seen as possible aud saw Blymcr's body- with the head cut off lying upon the track, the whole train having passed ever him. James A. Curreu, the fireman, said he saw the man leaning against the fence en the north side of the track, seme hundred of yards ahead, as the engine approached he moved as though he intended te cress te the south side, when the engine was within a few reds of him he dcliheiately lay down with his neck across the north rail of the south track his feet extended towards the south rail. Witness at once notified the engineer that there was a man en the track, but at the same instant the engine struck him and he saw his head roll off te the side of the track. The engineer whistled down brakes, -but the entire train of thirty cars passed ever him before the train could he stepped. R. E.Fidher, the conductor of the train, was in the caboose at the rear Of the traiu when the engineer whistled down brakes. He supposed an axle had broken or some ether accident happened the train. As seen as it was stepped he jumped off ami saw the headless trunk of a man wedged between two ties en the south track, aud his head lying a few feet away. Almest all the clothing had been tern from the man's body, and one of his arms was cut off. The mau was of small stature and witness thinks the cew-catclier did net strike him but passed ever him as he lay between the rails. He took the body from the track aud placed the dissevered head besides it. Abraham Peters, husband of the first named witness, corroborated his wife's testimony, as te Blymcr's great distress about his wife and children, and his fre quent threats te end his life- by suicide. Before leaving witness' house en Monday he requested witness te take care of his children. He had no money and witness refused te give him any, believing he would spend it for drink, as he had spent all the money he had received from the sale of Lis furniture. He said it was hia intention te walk te Philadelphia. The coroner's jury composed of the fol lowing named gentlemen,. C. A. Gast, D. B. Shiffer, W. P. Compteu, Henry S. Shenk, Emanuel Shay, and Thes. F. Mc Elligott returned a verdict otfele de se. SOUJVL-N UEATII Of the Widow at a Murdered Soldier. On Sunday morning Lydia A. Oatman of Eden township, died very suddenly at the residence of her father-in-law, Sheridan Oatman, near the old oil mil), in that township. Deputy Corener Jehn Warden having cnpanneled a jury consisting of E. B. Fritz, J. M. Shaub, Chas. H. Geiger, G. J. P. Raub, Samuel H. Witmer and L. T. Ilensel, held au inquest, and after examining some half dozen witnesses re turned a verdiet of death from apelcxy, Dr. II . E. Raub Of Quarry ville acting as coroner's physiciau.. Mrs. Oatman was about 45 years old, and has been for the last two years in a feeble state of mind. Her husband, Jehn Oat man, enlisted early in the late war and taken te New Yerk, where he was shipped en be'aid a man-of-war for Beaufort, N. C, hut during the passage he was mur dered aud his body thrown overboard. She has been drawing a pension and would have received some $400 back pay next mouth. Assault and Uattery. Ned Hunter, colored, was arrested and taken before Alderman Samseu 'en a charge of as.sault and battery en a boy named Lechler. It seems that a party of boys were teasing and annoying Hunter, who finally picked up a stone and threw it at Lcchlerj striking him upon the head, knocking him down and inflicting a rather severe wound. Hunter gave bat' fir a hearing. Antheny Reilly, who is employed at the Peuu iron works, appeared at Alderman MeCouemy's this morning in a badly bat tered condition, lie stated that he was walking last evening in the eastern pirt of the city when he was set upon by a gang of men, three of whom were named Kilchrist, Brimmer and Utzingcr, who, without any provocation, assaulted him, knocked him down, kicked him, stoned him and otherwise despitcfuliy used him. He made complaint against the three above named and the alderman iesucd wai rants for their arrest. A AVcK-atislied Kditer. ElilerJ. F. Welshampcra Torch or TrullK- The Torch of Truth, small as it Is, was quoted in a sermon a couple of Sunday age en a theological point by an able Lan caster pnlpit ; and our sprightly daily Lancaster Intelligencer quoted a num ber of last month's editorials from our columns te show that the editor of the Torch is net afraid te say what he may think ; and the fraternity of the daily Lan caster Examiner having most kindly and unexpectedly raised us half-a-hundred subscribers for this volume, we are start ing out with sails filled with favorable winds. l'lMsnlxvlile Railroad. Jehn Keller was in the vicinity of Frazer a day or two age, endeavoring te make anangements with property holders along the line of the Jfheenixville railroad in refcrence te damages ever the land which the read will pass. Justice or tlse Peace. Governer Heyt has appointed as justice of the peace for Providence township Martin Reese, jr., the commission te date from Anril 3. 1882. and run until the first Monday of May, 1883. LUC At. TOIUCUO TRADE. The Continued Activity Among Dealers.- Dealers in the weed continue active. Everyday a dozen or mero bnyers leave their hotels in this city and drive te the country and pick up such lets as appear te . them te be worth the prices demanded. They complain, however. that geed goods arc scarce and held tee high. Even second grade leaf is "getting scarce, aud low grades are net superabundant. Following are ealea reported by our Bird-in-Iland correspondent; : Samuel Kellenberger te Sigel & Mernn, 1 acre at 23, 12, 5, 3. Jonathan Stelfyfur te same 3 acres at Ze, 18,6,3. Jeseph Kellenberger 1 aero te same at 23, 13, 3. ,. Jacob Wi6e te same i acres at 1 e, e, J. Philip Keener 1 acre te wmeat 15, 5, a. B. R. Merri has made the following purchases : Jacob R. Hcrr 1 aero at 20, 9, 2. Jehn R. Herr- te same 1$ acres at 18, 3 2 ' William .H. Kiev te 6ame 1 acre at 6J around. . . . Solemon In i' te same i acre at 13, 2, Jacob. St. "w- 1 Jeseph Lcdermau2 acres at 10, ', 3. , .. - Samuel Ke!!euberg;er te B. S. Ivendig & Ce. 1 acre at 19, 10, 5, -T , , Samuel Steltzfur te J. idcnniin 3 acres at IU, e, e. iq m r Faucis Fabriau te same J 3CiJ,1' w 3- A c Mr. J. W. Rhodes has get 17$ instead of Vj around as heietofere mentioned. Vm. II. Simmen $ acre te S. S. Wisser Bird-in-haud for 11$ around. B. Heur te same at 15, 3. There has been held during the week some 200 or 300 cases, but the parties te the transactions keep the prices private. They are understood te have been a little stiff. Farmei-. are beginning te prepare for the crop of the coming summer. Most of them have their seed beds in geed con dition ; seme h .ve plants well advanced, protected under bristles, canvass or glass. A few have commenced spring plowing, ;m d neon there will be a general m.ivc along the whole line, toward the putting in of the crop. Just hew i,u ".. the acreage may be, is net known. Heretofore there has been a Bteady increase, ami the present year will prob ably be no exception ; but some well in formed people assert that the acreage in this count y, :.ml piebably in the state, will be less than that of last year. They have their belief from the fact that for a yeifr or two past, large numbers of the farmed have become discouraged by reason of the. uncertainty of the crop, the heavy losses entailed by a failure, and the imposition they are sometimes subjected te at the hands of dealers. In the I.bwcr Kurt. The tobacco market iu the lower end btill continue brisk, and for the small amount still in the hands el the growers there has been during the last wee.k goodly number of buyers in the field. The principal of these lias been Buckwalter for Reseuwald, who has bought largely, and B. G. Herr, forHestettcr, wheBhipped a carload from Quarryville en Saturday. Among his jiu:eha'ses were three acres from Dr. Sides at lp, 8, 0, 3 ; Rebert Clark, U acres at 12, 5, tf ; Ress C. Col Cel lins, 1 acre at 6 cents through. He also bought ." acres from Cbas. Acheron at private terms. L. T. Hcnsel bought of II. II. Keen, 2 acres at 12V, 9, 5, 3, be sides several ether crops at private terms. Anether week's pui chases will about fin ish up the purchasing in the Lewer End, where it I. as been eeuerally conceded that the cren was the best ever crown, and has brought whole seaien. square prices during the A GIFT TO OOWEN. Presented With a Mugnlllcent Silver Vase. President Franklin B. Gowan, of the Philadelphia & Ecadimr railroad, was agreeably surprised yesterday afternoon, when a number of gentlemen, prominently identified with the anthracite coal in terests, entcied his office, accompanied by two stalwart messengers, bearing between them a large brass-bound case et pellished oak, which, upon being removed from its base, disclosed one of the handsomest sil ver and geld centre pieces ever manufac tured in this country. It was iu the form of a vase and is said te have cost $2,000. Bailey, Banks & Biddle, who designed and manufactured the vase, say it is the largest single piece ever turned out in their establishment. It consists of a massive illiptical or oval bowl of. ham mered oxidized silver, thirty inches in length, lined inside with hammered and fluted geld, aud decorated at the Hides with feu.' wlver medallions, eacli support ed by au . aamented curved bracket with rich geld leunticgs. The front medallion bears in ftill relief, in geld, a bust of Mr. Gewen, which is a very faithful and ad mirable portrait, while the opposite me dallion li.'va a similar representation of Jeseph B. 7hite, the father of the coal industry. Tfte compan'en medallion pieces at the cue's of ths bowl are engraved with the names of t'le'cn -. The principal feature of the base is a magnificently executed specimen of an thracite coal, showing with exact fidelity its peculiar oenchoidal fracture. The bowl rests upon this, which is itself sup ported by rows of bordering, widening at the br.v. and enriched with decorative represrii-;'tiens of the coal flora of Penn Bylraum, white around the base are four groupings of the eeal industry the pick, spade and thevel enriched with beautifully-executed laurel wreaths and berries. The top rim of the vase bears the inscrip tion, in raised letters, " Presented te Franklin B. Gewen as a " token of our giateful remembrance of his services in suppressing lawless violence and re-establishing security for life and property in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylva nia." The presentation speech was made by Jehn E. Graeff, who in his remarks al luded te Mr. Gewen's valuable services in ridding the coal regions of the infamous Mellie Maguire organization which had se long terrei ized it. The list of the donors includes twenty-one names all prominently identified with the coal interests of the btatc. and among them that of Mr. Thes. Bauir.gardner, of this city. Slet-tlue of the Kmplre. Last evening the Empire hook and lad der company held their regular monthly meeting in the truck house. Resolutions were passed authorizing the president te appoint a committee of seven te dmft a new constitution and by laws. The last lepert of the trustees and di rectors under the old volunteer system were read. Of the latter the report read by Jehn C. Carter was quite interesting, as he refeired in touching terms te the old fire department and the life of a fireman. A. S. Edwards was elected a delegate te the state firemen's association with Israel Carpenter as alternate. a he Telegraph! Wre Alarm. This forenoon it was found that the cir cuit of the telegraph fire alarm had been broken. Chief Engineer Hewell and Jacob Hatz, of the telegraph company, at once started out and visited all of the boxes. They found that Bex 63, at Duke, German and Church streets, was out of order, and in making an examination the bell of the Empire house was struck. ' Ne alarm was caused, however. This box will be cut off until the repairs aie made. Mayer's Oevrt. A drunken woman was discharged by the mayor this morning and a man wzi sent te jail for 5 bays.
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