LANCASTER DAll 1KTELLIGENCEU FRIDAY MAY 5 1882. iianrasin -ntclltgencet. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1882. Profiting by Experience. The Neie Era admits " some lessens learned" which thelNTELUGEXCEnhas received no thanks for trying.assidueusly and in geed faith, te teach It during the last four years. After this time our es teemed contemporary renews its practi cal allegiance te what it alleges has al ways been its faith, that the leopard can as easily change his spots as the " polit ical bes3 and chronic eflice-hunter and eflice broker" can reform. Four years age the New Era wen its first consider able victory in local politics, and it ex ultingly sang the discomfiture of Sense nig " tossed en the horns of a bull ram pant." That was ever the nominations of McMellen, Edgerly, Greff, Ceble, Bushong & Ce. Xe mere corrupt com bination than theirs was ever formed in our local itelitics, te win by corrupt means: and as we pointed out te the New Em at that time, their election was accomplished in a "carnival of fraud." Frem their official career noth ing else could have been expected than what the New Era says is " thus graph ically but truthfully stated by the Coin Cein Coin mitttee of Seventy-two in their ad dress" : "The county has seen ils old men grew imiilTerciit and its young men debauched mi tucy htepped into me political arena. 1 Asa secondary result the public offi cers who have been elected have in many cases committed wilful and direct perjury upon tlie thresholds of their terms of office and used their positions afterwards as a highwayman would use his weapons te plunder every one with whom their offi cial duties brought them in contact. This is net tbe place te portray the corrupt jobbery in these positions which has tended te make every public man, from the highest te the lowest of these who should be our guardians, a vacillating cewaul when compelled te decide between plain duty and tbe behests et the imagi nary power which assumed te make or un make him. The humiliating terms te which Chcse officials have been compelled te submit must likewise end. Te be free men must be un'rainuicllcd ; te be un trammelled the positions iLcy held ought te be the voluntary gifts of i lie people, net the disginccful badges of st vitude te any man or any inteiest." Each of these officials closed his career leaving a bad taste in the mouth of the public. The New Era, unhappily, for the ."iuh of real ivferm, never discov ered that their administrations were no improvement en any that had preceded them until it quarrelled with them po litically ; and for the raid of McMellen, Urban and ethers en the county treas ury, assisted by Ceble and Bushong, in thi dying hours of their term, about all thai iL has had te say was a feeble apology for the steal in the l?iban Baines bill, en the ground that there was an (imaginary) " judicial decision " te sustain it. One year later it aided in the election of Recorder Geed and County Solicitor Pulton. It cannot show us wherein there has been any reform in the fees taken in the recorder's office ; and the investigations of the auditors have demonstrated that the rapacity of the aldermen and constables never had less check put upon it than in Solicitor Ful ton's " scrutiny " of their bills. Twe years age we found the influences which the Nnr Era is supposed te inspire divided between support for district at torney of that notorious " political boss " and disreputable " chronic oflice eflice hunter,"" J. W. Jehnsen, and of Adam J. jMieny, 111 wuuiu tiuib uiuuu uiehci, -r -ii ,.. - t n...t ti .nt..l...i... i Levi Sensenig, "and his henchman, 1). Frank Kshleman, had a speculative in teresL, the realization of which was part of the bargain and barter at Cincinnati that the New Era erstwhile se vigorously denounced. Last year the Ncir Era wen another partial victory, or claimed that it did, in the election of IT igh, Eaby and Reeser, and yet their efiices are run by exactly the same persons and en the same line of fees legal and illegal that were charged when they were conducted by incumbents whose election the New Era had opposed. "We believe the county treasury is net new at the mercy and the disposal of these who deal in cattle and offices en the same principles ; but in the rest of "the row" the administration of these who were elected against the New Era's opposition may fairly challenge comparison with these who were suc cessful by ils aid. Its " disruptions of the Cameren ring," about winch we have heard se much, have been simply victories for the McMellen-Mentzer ring one year and for the Sensenig ring the next, and after four years of this battledore and shuttlecock the Era rue fully confesses " te having taken some things for granted en the assurance of ethers which results proved never exist ed in fact." After years of experience, which the statute of limitations will al low us te begin with Roebuck, it is ready te admit that "the man who will cheat in politics will lie in politics ; and he who will lie and cheat himself or friend into eflice will steal when he gets there or connive at his friend doing se " a discovery which, we fancy, a slight degree of political sagacity would net have required se many years te make. The truth is that the Republican party of this county, in ils leadership, is tee largely made up of " political bosses and chronic elfice huuteis and office brokers " for any reform te be accom plished within its ranks. Its battles can only be between one set of these and another. When they are mainly en one side the nominations are sure te be con trolled by that side, and when they are divided and better men are simply forced into one or another of the combinations of them, it matters little te the public weal which is successful. Such a com bat can only invite the contempt of hon est men ; and no result of it can be pro pre pro eotive of reform. As " one of the old eld est Republicans in the county writes " te the Nac Era, " I tell you ' reform within the party ' is played, out." Whenever any considerable portion of the Republican party of this county shall rise even te the level of the resolutions formulated by the conference committee in Philadelphia, and show a higher re gard for the public service than for party spoils ; when they shall cease te regard an hentst Democrat per sc. as mere of an evil than a Republican thief ; and when they shall make a sincere effort at reform, they will be entitled te and will receive the practical sympathy of the Democratic voters, whose selections, by the way, te these county offices for which a nomination is equivalent te an election, have been with one exception, such as te set an example of fitness te our Republican brethren. , Independents Who Won't Harmonize. It turns out that the Independent Re publican party is net in the possession of Senater Mitchell and Mr. Wolfe. The committee selected by Senater Mitchell te treat with the one chosen by Senater Cameren, was entirely tee harmonious te suit the Independent idea ; that idea happening te be the political annihi lation of Senater Cameren. This idea was the one presented by Mr. Wolfe a year age as the basis of his opposition te the election of Baily, the regular Re publican nominee, and a fit man for state treasurer, against whom Wolfe's complaint was that he was the man of the Cameren machine. Se determined was he that no candidate thus presented should be elected, that he presented him self te the people in opposition and ran distinctly and solely en his virtue as an anti-machine man. New, however, he shows himself willing te accept from the Cameren machine a declaration against machine rule, and te trust te its sincer ity even se far as te be ready te support the candidate for governor long since selected by it. Senater Mitchell, who de clares that he has inffectively labored ever since he has been in the Senate te induce his associate senator te aban don machine methods, is also ready te trust te his geed behavior in the future, notwithstanding the political heads of his friends are still falling rapidly under the blade of the Cameren-Arthur guillo tine. All the Reform Republicans are net thus trustful. Mr. Welfe'si association the Independent Republican state com mittee issue a call for a convention which is quite without a harmonious ring; and an Independent convention in Delaware county rises up te declare that it will have none of Beaver because he is Cameren's candidate, and that is quite sufficient reason that he caunet betheircandidale. They de net believe in the sudden con version of the machine leaders, and as they want them buried they fail te see the propriety of putting their friends in eflice. Wolfe cannot unteach them the lessen he taught them a year age, even though circumstances have untaught him. They have net the same induce ment te harmony perhaps that he has. When he realizes this perhaps he will understand that he did net knew se much as he thought he did. At present he appears te have gene off en the wrong track. fc The Delaware county Independent Republicans have an objection te Gen eral Beaver's candidacy outside his Cameren affiliations. They think that his management of the affairs of the agricultural college affords peer ground te expect great efficiency from him in the gubernatorial elfice. It seems that this institution has net been a success, and one of the resolutions adopted at the meeting held at Media, te pretest against his nomination, declares that his bad management of this institution will lese him the farmer vote of the state. Mr. Shertlidge, an out-spoken Quaker gentleman, who. was formerly president of the agricultural college, said that Beaver was the best man a't premising and the worst at performing that he ever knew, and that he was of the rule or ruin kind : which is a bad character te give a candidate for governor, though these qualities explain why he has be come the machine Republican candidate. There is a fellow feeling that makes the machine leaders kind te him. They, tee, are for ruling or ruining ; and after their recent exhibition of their facility at premising in their conference with the Mitchell-Wolfe Republicans what every one knows that they have no idea of performing, no one will dispute their eminent fitness te travel in Beaver's company. These Delaware county free spoken Independent Republican Quakers will have te be muzzled and chained if .Beaver gets mac narmomeus" nemi nation, or they will ruin the plaus of the machine harmenizers. The Examiner will have a big contract getting both Wolfe and Butler nominated for congressman-at-large in' the Cameren convention. Frem yen blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wins Smile at the claims et long descent, Ilew'cr it be, it seems te me 'Tis only noble te be geed : Kind hearts are mere than coronets. And simple tuith than Nerman bleed. Tennyson. The Brookville Jeffersonian says the people of that region will refuse te con sider Mosgreve'B declination te run for Congress again and thereby deprive them selves of the services of the best lepre lepre scntative they ever had in that body : and te emphasize their appreciation of his course in the national Legislature they propose te re-elect him by a larger ma jority than he had two years age. The Evening Journal, of Chicago, re ports tnat " tne poverty or the milk re tailed te housekeepers" in that city has caused an investigation, which "develops the fact that most of the dairy farmers" in that region "are feeding their cows en sugar corn meal, an article consisting of the rcsidue left after extracting the glu cose from corn. It produces a large quauity of very peer milk, and costs only about one quarter of the price of geed feed. The consumers have no prospect of stepping the practice, as it does net violate any law." WnEN the jack-knife is awarded the merits of the Press news editor and head liner should net be overlooked. He has an item te-day labeled : "ThoMeroy letter Conspiracy. The Ferger Unearthed and the Crime Traced te the Democrats.' Examining the body of it we discover it te be the old story that a New Yerk Repub lican named H.H. Hadley, one of "a num ber of Republican politicians who foolishly jumped into the Democratic ranks at a time when they imagined Hancock would be elected, has told the story of his con- nectien with the forgery. While the details of the statement are suppressed, it is known that Hadley and his associates palmed ejf the letter as an original document upon the Democratic national committee," and if this did net trace it te the Democrats the item gees en te tell that Davenport is fol lowing up the trail, "with the expecta tion " of running the game into the Demo cratic camp. Senater Baruum "is sus r.tiul" of bavin?? had knowledge of the forgery, and " it is claimed," by these who have investigated the matter, that subsequent developments will lay a large shaie of the blame very close te his deer. The enncecter of the item writes himself down as an ass. It is te be regretted that among "some lessens learned " by our esteemed but art ful Republican contemporary, the New Era, that of candor cannot be included. Fer surely if cannot be credited with dis dis ingenueusuess when in " measuring polit ical results " with "some of the Cameren claques," by " the length of the political roll," it tries te make it sppcar thatat the recent primaries eight out of the ten can didates "cm which it made a direct issue before the people" were nominated. It knows there was no "direct issue" en Congress, Smith getting some of Stchman's districts very solidly ; that there was just as much of a " direct issue " en recorder as en jury commissioner ; no less en sol icitor than en prison inspectors, and cer tainly as much en delegates te the state convention as en prison inspectors. In fact there was mere or less of a "direct issue " between the two factions en every office except Congress and assembly in the city district, and of the successful candi dates, as declared by the clerks of the 10 turn judges, cloven were ou the ticket sup ported by the Neiv Eta faction and ten en the Examiner's, but two of the New Era's were of that class who, it says, " were de liberately deceiving when in the assumed confidence of friendship, they declared in the most solemn manner that they wcre acting in geed faith te us, te each ether and te the public." Wherever Ebcrly and Clime ledge there rests the preponderance of the victory. PERSONAL. The trustees of Lane Seminary have offered the professorship of church history, made vacant by Dr. Humphrey's death, te Rev. Themas DeWitt, cf Philadelphia. A dispatch was received in New Yerk, yesterday, said te be from a prominent congressman of that city, asserting that Mr.LewELL, eurmiuister te Great Britain, had been recalled. ColenolD. B. IIENDEK.30N, who was chairman of the Iowa delegation in the Chicago convention, is the candidate most likely te be chosen for secretary of the Republican congressional campaign com mittee. During the debate in the Heuso yester day en the tariff commission bill, Judge KcLLEYsaid: "It is net well te write ep itaphs before the subject is dead, but I hope my epitaph will be : ' Here lies a man who when war required it taxed everything from which meney could be extracted and who lived long enough te obliterate every war tax.' " The beard of directors of the Philadel phia Union League last night entertained Mr. Jehn Russell Yeung, the new pleni potentiary at a banquet of a dozen courses by Fiuelli. Mr. Yeung is ene of the three surviving feuudcrs of the club. General Grant telegraphed his regrets at being unable te attend. Mr. Yeung will pro ceed at ence te San Francisce and thence te China. In the Star Reute proceedings at Wash: ingten, yesterday, Prosecuting Attorney Bliss accused the defendant attorneys of a barefaced violation of their premise in failing te preduce Jehn W. Dersey in court, whereupon Cel. Ingersoll sprang te his feet and bringing bis fist down upon the table exclaimed, "Yeu are a liar, sir, a liar !" Considerable excitement followed and the court called upon the marshal, with the evident intention of placingsome ,of the participants under arrest, but seem ingly changing his mind Judge Wylie simply administered a rebukc and warned all the participants in the episode against a repetition of the language. The actor, Geouee Bieet, who is a son of Jehn Hoey, the wealthy president of the Adams express company, and who is new with the Hocy and Hardie dramatic com pany, seen te appear in Lancaster, from his early youth manifested the most ar dent inclination for the stage. It is related of the young man that when filling a posi tion in the New Yerk office of the Adams express company he had a frequent habit of running oft' te the theatre and leaving his deskmate, Charlie Barker, te de his work. One Saturday Hoey, unable te re sist the temptation te attend the matinee, took his hat and said te his sad-faced desk mate, " I'll be back in twenty minntcs." He didn't come, and when his father repri manded him for his inattention te busi ncss Geerge packed up his things and joined a dramatic company. Twe years later, when he entered the express oflice again, droll Charlie Barker looked wearily up from his work and exclaimed, "Helle, Geerge, where have you been? There have been scores of people here looking for you. I handed them a chair and told them you said you would back in twenty minutes. When they ventured te ask, When did he go out?' I told them, About two years age.'" Yeung Hocy has been making a fine reputation for himself and is considered one of the rising young actors of the day. He appeared with Hardie in this city about a year age in his own play of "A Child of the State." After Derelict UfHcIals. At Williamsport the grand jury submitted their report in answer te the charge of the court calling their attention te the alleged misconduct of the late beard of county commissioners The report state? that the grand jury have given the matter a thorough and complete investigation, and have found evidence sufficient, in their judgment, upon which te base the com mencement of legal proceedings against these derelict officers. A Saleen Blown up by Dynamite. The entire end of Cen Sweeny's drink ing saloon, near tbe railroad at Cedarvillc, Green county, Ohie was blown up by dy namite. An attempt was made te blew up Caldwell's drug store, but the charge failed te explode. Cen Sweeney, his wife and children were in a bed remote from the point of explosion and were thrown te the fleer. Ilerled Alive in a Sewer. Albert Beale better known as " Farmer Beale," was instantly killed by three tens of earth falling in en him while he was engaged in laying a pipe sewer en Margaret avenue and Seventeenth street, Alteena. His body was net uncovered until three men had labored for half an hour. His neck was broken. He was a single man, aged about thirty-three years. An Indian Murderer Respited. Crew Deg, sentenced te be hanged at Dcadwoed, en the 11th instant, for the murder of Spotted Tail, has been respited by the president, te allow his case te go before the supreme court of Dakota. MURDERED HIS MOTHER BLOODY DEED IM A TENEMENT HOUSE' Jehn Davisson in a Frenzy or Rage ever Seme Meney Beau his Aged Mether te Death wltli a targe xiamuier In Philadelphia. In a rickety old three-story frame tene ment house, en Swanson street, just below Frent and Bainbridgc streets, Philadel phia, was, last evening about 7 e clock enacted one of the most horrible murders that has occurred in this city for a long time, Mrs. Susan Davjssen, an aged wo we mrin heinf lcillnd liv her son. The building leeks as if it had steed for a hundred years. It has a dilapidated doorway opening upon the street, which enters only into the single apartment en the ground fleer, occupied by Mrs. Catil ine Prendergast and net- lauwy. iuj en trance te the upper floors is through a side deer which opens upon a little alley, about four feet wide. Mrs. Frcndergast also occupies the second fleer. In the third fleer front, Mrs. Susan Davisson, a woman about CO years of age, resided with her seu, Jehn Davisson, aged 32 years and his two small children. The half story above is occupied by Mrs. Camelia Henry and her family. Of the different intlwrs in tlm house the Davissens were perhaps the best known, because of their frequent noisy quarrels and conduct. They had moved into the heuse about three mouths age from Ne. 720 Swanson street, the adjoining heuse en the south side. Beth the mother and son were said te be nf infnninpmtn habits, and the DOliCC had been frequently called in te secure peace. The old woman had kept a truck stand en Seuth street, above Second and her son, who was separated from his wife three or four years age, made a living by keeping a peanut stand near Second and Seuth and by huckstering. Mrs. Davisson was known te have a sum of meney coming te her, and she and her son often quarrelled about this matter. Yesterday afternoon Davisson went home drunk and renewed the quarrel with his mother about her ex pected money, which he said she ought te have had long age. He threatened her that he would take the matter in his hands and seen get the money, and then left the heuse. Shortly after six o'cleek he returned, aud going up stairs te the room occupied by him and his mother, he began fighting with her again about the money. One cf his little boys was iu the room at the time. He told the child te go out and bring his brother there, aud pushed the little fellow down stairs. The mother and son then engaged in a violent altercation, and spoke iu loud tenes. Mrs. Henry, who occupied the room overhead, heard the disturbance, which was even mere violent than usual. " I was sitting iu the eutry sewiug carpet rags," she said, " when I heard the Davisseus quarrelling. They were very violent, and 1 was afraid. He was light ing with the old woman, when suddenly he stepped, and said te his little boy, ' Richard, you go out and bring your brother, quick.' I heard a fall, and I knew he had pushed the boy down stairs. The boy hurried down, and then I heard another crash that sounded like a fall, and I would net let my little girl go down stairs. I heard the old woman cry murder' three times, aud then there was a sound as of bones crushing. I waited for a little while, and then I went down stairs. The deer of the Davisson's room was open. The old woman was lying en the fleer, with her bleed streaming all around her. Jehn was kneeling ever her with a hammer, and was pounding her head, saying, all the time, 'New, what's the matter with you ?' He never looked up as I passed the deer, and kept chop ping right away at the old woman's head. I hurried down stairs, and was se frightened that I could hardly tell that a murder had been committed up stairs." The pelice wcre notified, but before they had reached the heuse, Davisson came down stairs and was passing out the alley te the street, when Jelm Fitzsimmons, who resides in the house, and another young man, named Wm. Dudy, arrested him. He was net violent at all, but simply asked the young men te let him go. His clothes wcre drenched with bleed. He was handed ever te Policeman Murphy, and taken te the second district pelice station at Second and Christian streets. Upen going up stairs te the Davissens' room a ghastly sight greeted one of the entering. There lying en the fleer, with her head net mere than three feet from the deer, was the old woman. She was literally covered with bloed.Sho was lying en her face, and en the left cide of her head, behind the ear, was a deep hole from which protruded part of the brain. The hair was matted with coagulated bleed ; streams of bleed ran from the clothing aud trickled ever the fleer ; spatteriug the white bedshects in a comer of the room wcre drops of bleed which had evidently spurtod.frem the body with each success ive blew. Boside the body was found a large carpenter's hammer still wet with bleed. Life had evidently been extinct be fore the murderer had finished with his victim. When taken te the police station, Davis Davis seu was still under the influence of liquor, aud did net seem te realize, what he had done. He was very boisterous, aud kept continually saying, " I want an investiga tion." He was locked up, and seen had fallen off into a drunken stupor. He is well known te the police, although never arrested for anything except drunkenness. He is regarded as somewhat weak-minded, is subject te convulsions, aud is greatly effected by liquor. Anether witness te the murder, besides Mrs. Henry, is a little girl named Katie Hegan, who lives en the second fleer back of the same tenement house. She was going up stairs te borrow a match from Mrs. nenry and when opposite Davidsen's room saw the man in the act of hammer ing at his mother's heal with tbe hatchet. The child being scared ran down stairs and was seen met by Mrs. Henry. What an Engineer Pound at Ills Heme. L. J. Newton, an engineer en the Louis Leuis villo & Nashville railway, returned te his home in Louisville from a trip en the read and found his wife in bed uncon scious and at her side a four-year-old adopted boy dead. A note ou the table, written by Mrs. Newton, was te the effect that she had given merphia te the child and taken a dose herself for the purpose of destroying the life of each. m A Railroad Engineer Censured. The engineer of the New Yerk express, Ne. 14, from Pottstown, en the Philadel phia & Reading railroad, was censured by tl.n .mnn'e innneci- 4V...-......:.,.. .. n.wl liUU ll'tIUl.L 0 lUljllLOb 1U1 1U11IIIULI UVC& IUU killing a two-year-old daughter of Jehn Rcincrt, of Reycr's Ferd, because the train was running at tee high a rate of speed through the borough limits and for his inhumanity in net stepping after run ning ever the child. m . Notable Deaths. Dr. James R. Weed, a well known phy sician of New Yerk, one of the founders of Bellevue college and professor of sur gery in that institution, died yesterday, in the CCth year of hisagc. Judge C. S. Benten, a pioneer of Wis consin, died yesterday morning at La La ceosse He was a member of the Twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses from the Seventeenth district of New Yerk. A Hacktnan Killed by his Hack. Charles Bradley, a hackman residing at Thirty-second and Ludlow streets, Phila delphia, was accidentally thrown from his carriage, rnn ever and killed, while turn ing out of the car track at Thirty-fifth and Spring Garden streets yesterday morning. CAMERON'S CANDIDATE CRITICISED. Anti-Beaver Demonstration in Delaware County. At a large meeting of Independent Re publicans held at Media, last night, reso lutions were adopted protesting against the nomination of Beaver, "because his nomination bears upon its face the mark that it is the personal selection of Senater Cameren, made in his interest and through means and methods which have received the unequivocal condemnation of a great constituent element of the Republicau party of the state ;" and because Beaver misrepresented the people of Pennsylvania in the Chicago convention ; because the third reason given iu the resolutions as erisiuallv submitted was a3 fellows : " be cause General Beaver has net satisfactorily explained te the farmers of this vicinity aud the state, the failure of the agricul tural college, ever which he has presided for a number of years, te benefit either the class for which it was primarily estab lished or the state, which has appropriated large sums of money from time te time te sustain aud make it uesful." On the latter there was au acrimonious discussion, during the ceurse of which Judge Shertlidge, formerly president of the agricultural college faculty, said that he would net charge General Beaver with misapplying any of thecollego funds ; but there were ether ways of mismanagement. General Beaver keeps incompetent men in the faculty. ".There is Professer Smith, of chemistry; but he doesn't understand it. He is kept there be cause he is going te marry Beaver's wife's sifter. Professer Smith has built a heuss by Beaver's favor, and in doing se sacri ficed $1,900, which Beaver ordered paid. Then Professer Hamilton, who manages the experimental farm, is incompetent. The president of the college is there mere ly because he is ene of Beaver's friends, al though he is notoriously incompetent. The college, in short, is a failure because it is run by Beaver s incompetent friends. Beaver wants te rule or ruin everything. He can make tnore premises and keep less than any man 1 ever kucw," said Mr. Shertlidge, warmly. He then told a story of hew General Beaver had acknowledged te him that he had introduced a bill into the Legislature " merely as a blinder." " I tell yen," continued Mr. Shertlidge, " that Beaver is schemer. He can't leek you square in the face, and I don't think that makes bun a Christian gentleman." Fiually, as a substitute for the fore going, the following rcsolve was passed : " That we believe that the imputations cast upon Gen. Beaver's action, in his connection with tbe agricultural college, will drive from him the farmer vote of the county and state." The resolutions specifically declare that General Beaver's nomination will endanger party success, aud it was further resolved that the pretests applied te all whose names may be presented as nominees in the in terest of Senater Cameren, for the pur pose of keeping him in power. The reso lutions further declare utter abhorence of Cameren's political methods and rule, founded as it is ou minority county repre sentatien, trickery aud manipulation, un scrupulous use et patronage, and the only hepe for the Republican party is in com plete surrender of these methods. The turn taken by the meeting as above described was altogether contrary te an ticipation, the cut and dried programme beiug disarranged by several Independ ents, who were independent of theso who had arranged the demonstration. State Senater Cooper sat at the reporters' table, making a report for his local paper, and listening with an amused smile te the fre quent references which were made te the " Bess of Delaware county." Killing Cattle Thieves In Utah. Fer some months Southwestern Utah has been infested by cattle thieves. Re cently a sheriff's pesse ttartcd out after tliem. A report comes from Gunnison that four of the thieves have been killed. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. HKWS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Intelligence in Brief from Various Counties ul" Pennsylvania. The academy building in Kciiuctt Squat- has been purchased by Chandler Phillips, of Avendale, aud will be converted into a summer bearding house. Jeseph Corkley, aged 70, has died in Harrisburg. He was the first engineer who ran a locomotive ever the Cumber land Valley railroad bridge at that city. The editors of Cumberland Valley will have an excursion next week from Har risburg te Hagerstown, thence te Balti more and down the bay, and return. West Chester is in a turmoil ever a case of smallpox in its midst, and every pre caution is being taken te prevent the dis ease spreading. The citizens of Media have subset ibed $0,000 for the New Telferd read between that tewu and Philadelphia, which is their allotted quota. Over half the capital stock for the pro posed establishment of a new foundry at Spring City, Chester county, has been subscribed aud the success of the enter prise is assured. The dead body which was found en the top of the car en the Reading railroad, at Phoenixvillc, en Sunday morning, has been identified as that of William Reeser, of Reading. The remains have been removed te his home in that city. The pumps at the Indian town Gap silver mine have been started, and after the working is cleared of water the diamond drill will be put into operation. The operators are still sauguiue of striking a rich deposit. While an unknown mau was crossing the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Rock Reck ville, he made a misstep and tell te the ground, a distance of fifty feet, receiving fatal injuries. He was removed te Harris burg. The total amount of $25,000, required te insure the erection of the silk mill at Eas Eas ten, has been subscribed, and the agree ment was signed yesterday. Ground will be broken in a few days, and the enter prise will be pushed te an early comple tion. Twe weeks age Abiah Sellers, an old man residing in Pocopson, who is slightly demented, left his home, and was net found until Wednesday. He was discover ed in the weeds where he had made him self a shelter in the hollow of an old tree, and was in a very weak and emaciated con dition. He had subsisted en little, having carried off seme r.uts from home at the time of absenting himself. Sudden Death. A. few weeks age a young man who was called "Billy," but whose last name is net known, came te the hotel of Jehn Martin,in West Willow, where he secured a position as hostler. He had been drink ing rather heavily for seme days, and this morning he was found dead by Mr. Mar tin when the latter arese. He retired in his usual health last evening. Deputy Corener Erb was summoned te held an inquest. The deceased was a young man, being between 25 and 30 years of age. It is supposed that he had been wandering around the country and had no home. Furniture Upset. This morning a wagon lead of furniture tumbled ever en Prince street, near West King. The goods were packed up high and the lead was tee heavy, se when the attempt was made te cress the ever popular street car track, it tumbled." House hold goods were strewn all ever the street, and many were badly damaged. A large tin boiler full of pics shared the fate of the ether things, and they. bore a elose resem blance te mud pies after being rescued . LOTS OF ETJCKT PEOPLE. Clese et the Fair and Distribution of tne Prizes. Fulton opera house was fairly packed last night by an interested assemblage, anxious te witness the closing sceues of the very successful fair of St. Mary's church that had been iu progress there ler two weeks, and be present at the announce ment of the voting and final chancing. The tables were nearly all stripped of the hundreds of beautiful articles that had adorned them at the opening, and some of them actually sold out everything there was te sell. The polls wcre located at the western end of Mrs. Malone's table en the north side of the room, the ballet boxes were in charge of separate perseus te re ceive and count the money, Mayer Mac Mac Mac Gouigle had general oversight of the polls, and each candidate was allowed a judge te be present and witness the count. When 9 o'clock arrived Mr. Jehu A. Ceylo an nounced that the polls were closed, aud the judges repaired te the second story of the hall, where the count of the votes was made aud by 10 o'clock had been com pleted en allthe articles. Before the offi cial announcement of the result was made, however, it was pretty well known who the lucky poeplo were, for as fast as the count had been fiuished, the judge or seme ether zealous partisan of the winner would hasten te the inaiu body of the room and proclaim the news, the announcement being always hailed with applause in which the friends of the defeated parties geuoreusly joined. The full vote was as fellows : Large Turkish Rocker en Mrs. Matone s Table J. L. Steinmetz, 4,225 votes ; Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg, 2,205 votes. Large Bible ou Mrs. Maleue's Table Amanda Ziegler, 100 votes ; Lillie Hutch inson, 521 votes. Set of Furniture en Mrs. Malone's Table Mrs. Delau, 1,014 votes ; Mrs. Shields, 313 votes. Heme Sewing Machine en Mrs. Malone's Table Sirs. Anne McEIIigett, 037 votes ; Miss Ellic Langan, 1,038 votes. Dell en Mrs. Malone's Tabic Lazzie McConemy, 1,200 votes ; Lerle Woodward, 271 votes ; Rpgiua Lewell, 200 votes. Painter's Kit en Mrs. Malone's Table Jehn lieug, votes , Edward Boek- inyer, 53 votes. Carriage Maker's Toels? en Miss Kate Kelly's Table Cenrad Miley, 205 voter, ; Elmer Bewman, 729 votes. Set of Harness en Miss Kate Kelly's Tabic Patrick Cherry, 1,5081 votes ; Fred. Biimracr, 2,020 votes. Sewing Machine en Miss Kate Kelly's Tabic Ellen Mulvaney, 2,10 1 votes ; Emma Otte, 770 votes. Each vote represents ten cents, se that the total amount realized from tlm feature of the fair was $1,984.50. Ne sooner had the result of the voting been formally proclaimed than the chauc ing 'was begun. The articles included many of the most valuable and beautiful exhibited at the fair, and the following complete list shows te whom they went Frem Miss Kate Kelly's Table. The buggy te Harry A. Lichty. horse cellar te J. J. Fitzpatrick, counterpane te Mrs. Mattcrn, valise te Gee. A. Shelly, card case te Mrs. E. .1. Muhlenberg, shop ping bag te Mrs. B. .1. McGraun, em broidered table cover te A. Hicstand, silver watch te F. B. Ffinn, toilet set te Miss Agnes Kelly, marble top table te D. McLaughlin, handseme sofa pillow te Mrs. J. Murphy, Rogers group te Wm. B. Altick, silver sugar bowl te Miss Martie Davis, silk quilt te Jehn Murphy, plush couch te Miss A. E. Harber ger, feet rest te Mrs. M. D. Legan, picce of muslin te Mrs. McConemy, em broidered pillow shams te Rev. McDer McDer mett, toilet set te Rev. P. J. MeCulIagh, chamber set te Mrs. James B. Rcilly, handsome dell te Themas Sullivan, silver butter dish te C. A. Ycckcr, silver mo lasses jug te Miss Agnes Kelly, handseme toilet cushin te Mrs. Swift, handseme willow arm chair te Mrs Sarah Hiiblcy, shell and mess picture te Julia McMahon, bouquet table te Mrs. A. McCouemy. Frem Mrs. Malone's Tabls. Satchel te P. Kelly, ebony table te Miss Kate Fitzpatrick, lamp te Miss Alice Naglc, silver plated pitcher te Hannah McEIIigett, bouquet holder te Mrs. James B. Rcilly, toilet set te J. M. Barry, smok ing jacket te Father McDermetr, silver caster te Mrs. E. J. Muhlenberg, hand some oil painting te Mrs, McShane. Frem I lie Ciar Table. Saratoga trunk te Jehu Trost, basket of champagne te J. Cennclan, Turkish pipe te S. W. Altick. The crowd rapidly dispersed after the result was declared, aud in a short time workmen were engaged in tearing up the temporary fleer and removing the last sign of what has proved ene ei the most successful fairs held in Lancaster for years. Till': FOR HKKSJliTH 11UUUI.AKV. Peter Willlann ;minlitei te Answer at Cenrt Tlie CruIkslianK IVatcli Kc turned te Its f wncr-Rewards Paid. Peter Williams, the burglar who was se gallantly arrested by Private Watchman Edw. Shubroeks, ou the premises of Chas. A. Feu Dcrsmith, Tuesday night, was taken for a hearing before Alderman Sam son yesterday afternoon. The accused, through his counsel, B. F. Eshlcman, esq., waived a hearing, and in default of bail was committed te jail te answer at court for attempted forcible entry of the resi dence of Chas. A. Fen Dcrsmith, felonious assault and battery en Private Watchman Edw. Shubroeks aud carrying concealed deadly weapons. In answer te the charges made by our " esteemed contemporaries " against Chief of Pelice Dcichler, te the effect that he usurped the control of a case he had nothing te de with, aud attempted te carry it te " his pet alderman," Chief Dcichler answers (and all the old policemen bear him out iu this) that it has been the uni versal practice ever since 18C9, if imt fui thcr back that all arrests made between 9 p. m., and 4 a. m., by private watchmen or ether persons net regular officers, have been turned ever te the chief of police, and have always been regarded as his cases. When Williams was taken te the station heuse by Watchman Shubroeks and citizen Green, Mr. Shubroeks dis tinctly said te Chief Deiehler, in presence of ether officers, " I arrested this man in Mr. Fen Dersmith's premises, and I turn him ever te you." And that Chief Police Dcichler said te Mr. Shubroeks, " what ever there is in the case you shall have half of it", and te this Mr. Shubroeks gave assent. Had it net been for Dcichler and District Attorney Davis, no reward would have been paid. When the reward of $10 was paid by Mr. Blessing and Mr. Wilsen, Mr. Deiehler handed Mr. Shu Shu Shu breoks $0 and retained $4 for himself. As te having a " pet alderman" te whom he carries business, Chief Diechler says his bills show that for the month of Feb ruary last, he received only $5.50 ; for March, $9.37 ; and for April $4.74. It's a pity that the Republican policemen don't have pet aldermen of the same sort they would save the county thousands of del lars. Officer Daily states that although the warrants, commitments and subpoenas were made out by Alderman Samsem in his name, he declined te serve them, net wishing te have anything te de with the case. B. F. Eshlcman, Williams' attorney, made a demand en Chief Dcichler for the money and the two silver watches found en the prisoner when arrested, claiming them te be the property of his client ; Chief Deiehler said he was willing te give up the custody of the money if it belonged te the prisoner, but he would held en te the watches, believing them te have been stolen. He is new in communication with Mr. McFarland, of Harrisburg, whose watch was stolen receutly, aud who may identify ene of these watches as be ing his. TOCK FKOMT1IK SPKEOwia.l. rAB.1I. The llcautllul Bay Mare Purity sold te Mr. Sbaw for SU.UOe. A fine let of trotting horses were offered for sale at the American horse exchange, Fiftieth street and Broadway, New Yerk, yesterday. They were the property of the Iato Mr. R. W. Celeman, the pro prietor of the Speedwell stock farm, and were all well-bred. There were in all fifteen lets, but the interest was largely centered in the sale of Purity, a beautiful bay mare unmarked by a single white spot. Mr. William Easten, the auctioneer, read her pedigree. She was foaled in May, 187G, her sire was Middletown, and her dam Swallow, by Abdallah Chief ; second dam Fancy, by black Dick ; third dam Sail, by Black Prince ; fourth dam Fanny, by Findly. The bidding began at $1,000, and ran up through the hundreds te $5,000. where ic hung ler ten minutes. Then the auc tioneer explained that the mare had already trotted a raile in 2:21 ou a slew track, and said that with careful training she could cover a mile en a geed track iu 2:18. Thus fortified, wouldbe buyers began Xe bid again, and tbe mare was liually knocked down te Mr. .101111 w. Shaw for $0,000. Roanoke, a gray gcliling, sired by Mid dletown, was sold for $150 ; SteckwcII, a bay gelding with black points and no white marks, by the same sire, was started at $300 aud knocked down te the second bidder for $305 ; Ivauhoe, a bay gelding with two white hiuil feet, weut for $200, and Baywood, a beautiful bay gelding without white, sired by Middle- tewu, brought $500. The largest prices obtained for ether lets woie $320 for Hopewell, a steel gray geldiug, live y'ars old, with one white hind feet, aud $205 for Amazen, a bay filly with black points. Columbia Neus. One of the most serious and pitiful ac cidents heard of for seme time happened yesterday aftornoen when a two year-old child of Daniel Rhodes fell down a flight of stairs, breaking a leg and arm besides knocking out a couple of teeth. Dr. G. W. Berntheizel attended the little sufferer aad set the broken bones. It is unusual that a bone of such a young child gels broken, but the doctor tells us that its bones wcre very brittle. Twe fellows from Chestnut Hill came te town en a drunk last night and while driving towards home became engaged in a fuss in which both et them wcre thrown from the carriage, the wheel passing ever ene of them. The horse ran away and the beligerents had te walk home. On May 18 the St. Jehn's Lutheran church will present a musical entertain ment in our epera house. The Ringgold band will be present. The Keeley steve company are getting ready for business and are fitting up an office in Detweilcr's hall, 18 Seuth Second street . The II. F. Stener's Peerless hese reel manufactory, new situated in the Smed ley agricultural works building, employs about 25 hands, and all are " as busy as bees." Notwithstanding the inky blackness of the night, net a street lamp in our borough was lighted ! What is the icasen ? The residents in tbe neighborhood of Seventh and Walnut streets, complain of an unsightly piles of ashes deposited by some of their neighbors. The school of Miss Emma Schroder was examincd te-day. HARRIS UETAt ASSOCIATION. Small Attendance Kluctlen or Officers. The quarterly meeting or the Harris dental association was held in this city yesterday. The following named gentle men wcre present : Dr. Wm. N. Amer, city, president ; Dr. J. G. Weltmcr, Lititz, secretary ; Dr. E. K. Yeung, city ; Dr. Jehn McCalla, Millorsville ; D. II. J. Knight, city ; Dr. A. W. Rogers, Colum bia ; Dr. T. R. Pixten, city; Dr. E. M. Zell, Oak Hill. The only business of importance trans acted was- the election of the following named officers te serve for the ensuing year : President Dr. D. R. Hertz, Epbrala. Vice President Dr. J. L. Hill, Gittys burg. Secretary Dr. A. W. Rogers, Colum bia. Treasurer Dr. E. K. Yeuug, city. Executive Committee Drs. Jehn Mc Calla, Millcrsville ; II. B. Knight, city ; Wm. N. Amer, city. The association adjourned te meet at 12 m. en the first Thursday of August. m Croekeil County Officers. The beard of public accounts for soma days past have had under consideration the advisability of appointing a special commission te give all row offices iu the comity of Berks for some years past a thorough overhauling, as the Dundore in vestigation has brought te light se glar ingly the peculiar methods of some of the officers in making up their reports te the commonwealth. It has been represented te the department that many writs and nrncesses nnen which state taxes should .be collected have never paid any taxes te tne state, ine same tning is auegeu 01 Lancaster, Yerk, Schuylkill, Luzerne, Al legheny, Philadelphia and seme ether large counties, and the beard of public ac counts are holding under consideration the advisability et appointing a commission te visit all tljcse counties and .make a thor ough examination of the books in the row efiices of the different court houses. County Exchange News. k A valuable horse belonging te Jehn II. Apple, of Manhcim, ate a quantity of paris green, which was kept in the manger and died seen afterwards. The Mauheim Sentinel comes out this week again with a list of persons who ewo it bills which they sell at a discount. The names and amounts of bills are given. They arc for job printing and subscrip tions. Geerge Yeutz, manager of the Speed well farms, has shipped te New Yerk fif teen head of the beet horses en the farm. Among the let was the'celebrated trotting mare " Purity." These horses were disposed of at an auction of blooded stock, and the prices for seme of these are elsewhere reported . -Martin II. Wittle, of Manhcim, has just received $1,200 of a back pension. The Visiting Committees. Following are the visiting committees Of the school beard for the ensuing three months. Ndrtbcast division Wm. A. Morten, chairman, Daniel Smcych, J. M. Wcst- haeffer. r . Southeast division Dr. M. L. Herr, chairman, Peter McConemy and J. W. Byrne . T . T Southwest division Dr. Jehn Lever Lever geed, chairman, Charles Schwebcl, E. G. Snyder. Northwest division A. h.. Spurrier, chairman, Gee. W. Zecher, Jeseph Sam son. A Bana of Ulpsies. A band of gipsies, having with them three handsome covered wagons with wide beds containing sleeping berths ou each side, together with several ether wagons and mere than a dozen horses, passed through town this morning in an easterly direction. They did net step and we did net learn where they intend te camp ; but they will probably sojourn for awhile in the vicinity of this city. -t
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