LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY MAY 20-1882,
Lancaster inMYwnt.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1882.
Blaise's Parpttes. 5
In the state of Maine there are only
three congressmen te be elected this
year, although it had four under the old
apportionment., As it has net been re
districted the "entire delegation will have
te be chosen atlSrge and the parties will
each have te take the chance " te win
or lese it all." The likelihood of a
Democratic and Greenback fusion rend
ers Republican success problematical,
and Mr. Blaine had been mentioned as
likely le head the ticket of his party and
te carry its standard in a contest which
may be decisive of the control of the
next national Heuse. .It is .given out
that he declines te be' a candidate for
this or any ether political place at pre
sent, it is te be presumed, since Mr.
Blaine is always te be considered an as
pirant for the presidency. It is known,
tee, that Mr. Blaine is busily engaged in
making money, for which he has dis
played considerable aptitude throughout
his political career, and te these who
take the commercial view of statesman
ship which has always marked Blaine
the power of money in politics is a vital
consideration.
Mr. Blaine's attitude te the impending
canvass in Maine and his refusal te lead
the mere or less forlorn hope of his
party may indicate that he does net pro
pose te take the chances of his local de
feat and the certain ensuing displace
ment of his name from the list of can
didates for 1884. In a contest, en the re
sult of which his hopes of the presidency
were based, he could net expect much aid
from the Arthur administration. It
would merelikely be much pleased te have
hiiu killed off in that way. Net se easily
could it afford te let his state and three
congressmen be lest te the next 11 alienal
Heuse. But it is probable, tee, that
Blaine's eye scans a broader horizon than
that of his own state, and he is watchful,
especially of the events which portend
the disintegration of his party in this
state, where Blaine's political fortunes
are a stake in every political contest.
Senater Mitchell tells a Times correspon
dent that it was the act of IheCamerens
in cheating Blaine out of his rights te
the delegates from this state in 18S0
which really (treated the Independent
movement. Hence it is obvious that
Mr. Blaine's future must depend largely
en the fate which is in store for this
movement, and he must remain in sus
pense until that is determined.
Slinll the Presbyterian l.u;ec I
The rresbylerian general assembly
is charged with the responsible duty of
deciding whether, under the canons of
that church, a congregation and
presbytery can lawfully exclude from
Christian fellowship a member in
geed standing, who indulges in the mild
est form of square dancing. It is net
alleged, we believe, in the pending case
of Ileber Donaldsen, of Emlenteii, Pa.,
that lie is an habitual iudulgcr in the
Terpsichorean art, or that he trips it at
all skillfully en the light fautastic tee.
On the ether hand he was only semi
occasionally induced te wander into the
simple figures of the plain quadrille and
stumbled through them quite awkwardly.
Fer this he was excluded from the fold,
and though, we understand, it is net as
sumed that one congregation can be
called te account by another for failure
te take cognizance of such a breach of
moral law, the lower church judicater
ies have decided that if a congregation
adjudges square dancing te be cause for
disfellewship of these who indulge in it,
there is no higher power te reverse this
decision. The case as it stands is an
interesting and important one, and the
general assembly should net dodge it by
taking refuge in technicalities. If Pres
byterians dare net indulge in dancing,
without running the risk of being ex
pelled at the caprice of the elders, it is
at least right that they should knew it ;
or if they are expected te conform their
dancing te the occasions and music te
which Miriam and David indulged in
this form of enjoyment let it be ellicially
declared.
Ix passing a bill te enable the national
banks te continue their corporate exis
tence the Heuse has only voted te let
them de directly what some of them, like
the bank of Strasburg, this county, have
been doing indirectly, by going into
liquidation and turning ever their entire
business le a new bank, of the same
name and organized by the same persons.
Since this could be se readily done under
the existing law, te the same effect al
most as an extension of corporate exis
tence, there seems te have been no geed
reason why Congress should net facilitate
the doing of it. One of the main
objections te the national banks made
by their opponents, seems likely te grad
ually disappear in the near future,whcn,
as the bends are called in, the circulation
issued upon them will be proportionately
reduced ; and, while this will compel the
establishment of some ether circulating
medium, it Is notable that many of the
banks show a willingness te conduct
their business without any circulation
that quite disarms the fierce assault
of the Greenbackersen this phase of the
national banking plan.
Tiikkk hangings in different parts of
the country are reported te-day, with a
revived publication of all the details of
the crimes which were expiated en the
gallows. In two instances the hoi rers
of the occasion were aggravated by the
blunders of the hangmen, and all this
gives piquancy te the reports of the
affair, which are variously shaded by
the accounts of the religious services
and of the shouts of the rabble of wit
nesses. Probably this is the best
method of punishing murderers and of
preventing crime, but we don't believe
it is. and the number of people who are
opposed te it increases with every hang
ing The ice pack and restless tides of the
gulf of St. Lawrence seem le threaten
worse than polar dangers te a great
cargo of human lives en beard a
hemmed-in vessel. The fate that stares
a thousand permits in the face should
certainly stimulate some expedition for
their rescue that would have greater in
centive and far mere likely chances of
accomplishing a real geed te humanity
than all the yenturweae crnisea which
were ever directed toward the North
pole.
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The hanging of Leighten, the mur
derer of his mistress, in New Yerk yes
terday, was another barbaric perform
ance under the forms of law, maladmin
istered by a blundering executioner.
These horrors en the scaffold are be
coming tee frequent. Our hangmen are
generally inexperienced and nervous ;
and if this disagreeable business has te
be done it had better be entrusted te
some one skillful person who can de it
for the whole country, as is the custom
in England.
Sam. F. Barr, the Lochiel congress
man, claims that Den Cameren invented
Mitchell as the compromise candidate for
senator.
CiiAiiiMAX Cooper walked up Chestnut
street yesterday flanked by Beaver and
Davics exhibiting them as his "great moral
show." Cooper is a facetious fellow.
The Elizabethtewn Chronicle has been
considerably enlarged and improved and
in its new form presents additional at
tractions as a local newspaper.
It leeks as though the Conkling influ
ence was te pervade every department of
the White Heuse. His late colored body
servant has been selected for caterer te
Mr. Arthur's household.
Judge Er.wEi.r. has consented te mn for
a second term as president judge of the
20th district, in response te a petition nu
merously signed by the lawyers uf Col
umbia and Menteur counties.
The prominent men of the Independent
party will all have a chance te get into the
Philadelphia convention. Wharten Bar
ker and Wolfe will both be senatorial
delegates and will have front seats among
the implacable.
In answer te some carping journals the
Herald explains that before its polar expe
dition sailed away the hardy adventurers,
who risked their lives en it, were well as
biircd of ample future prevision for their
families by Mr. Bennetr, should they net
return.
STltlNO JfADKIUAL.
Kro?,li flannels for me, mother.
New woellen stockings buy :
Lit Ann rebuild the lurnace Hie
And pile the coal en high.
There's Ice by all the streamlets,
The buds shrink in the blast,
I'm nearly frozen mother dear,
Ker spring Inn couie at last.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The difference between Representative
Blackburn and Senater Williams, grow
ing out or the passage of a bill for a public
building at Piankfert, Ivy., and which
threatened te lead te a hostile meeting has
been satisfactorily Bottled by the interfer
ence of mutual friends of the two gentle
men. It seems that each was afraid of the
ether getting mere than bis share of credit
for having this bill passed ; but they were
net by any means se much inclined te fight
as the newspaper correspondents made
out.
Attorney General Brewster's
dainty 111 files at his wrists have often
been noticed because unusual in man's
attire ; but they have only evoked per
sonal respect for him, since it has come
te be understood that he wears them out
of deference te the request of his dead
mother who wanted him te fellow the
example of her father, a distinguished di
vine, iu this feature of his dress. He
acceded te her request, and for some years
she always made his rattles for him.
He has worn them always since, and thus
his milled shirts became an exponent net
only of his leve for his mother but of hers
for her father.
Tin: little town of Gnadeuhutten,
("tents of grace"), Ohie, is te have an
important and pompous historical celebra
tion next Wednesday, the hundredth an
niversary of the massacre there, when
ninety Indians who bad been converted te
the creed of the Moravian church met
their death at the bauds of a body of in
furiated white men. Twenty-nine men,
twenty-seven women and thirty-four chil
dren were slaughtered. Twe buildings
were selected for the horrible purpose,
the women and babes being killed in one,
the men and boys in the ether. It is re
corded that they died almost cheerfully,
the hymn aud prayers of these about te
perish mingling with the death groans of
their unhappy companions. Seme of the
very Indians who perished there had been
selected by the " Paxteu boys" for their
vengcance after the Coneatega massacre in
this city. They had taken refuge in Phil
adelphia iu care of the friendly Quakers
and Meravians, and when the het Paxton
rangers moved down that way there were
removed te an island in the river, and af
terwards out te Fricdenhutten, whence
some of thorn went te Gnadenhutten and
met the bloody fate above related, under
much the same circumstances as these of
the old jail massacre in Lancaster.
PERSONAL.
Whitet.aw Reid's lullaby : " I'm a
daddy."
Jennie LiNDsays the odor of fleweis
is injurious te a singer's voice.
Mark Twain expects te eass the sum
mer at Elmira, N. Y., writing a book en
the Mississippi river.
Rev. Andrew Kennedy, a well-known
Presbyterian minister, died yesterday at
Londen, Ont., aged 93 years.
Judge E. M. Adair, of the Choctaw
nation, died suddenly of heart disease a
few days age while going te court.
Emersen, who wrought se long and
well, is believed te have left an estate
worth $100,000.
Blaine authorizes the statement that
he is net a candidate for Congress or for
any ether political position.
Charlette Cushuak's cottage at New
port has been let for the summer season
of three months for $5,000. All her beau
tiful antique furniture, her statuary and
her pictures are let with the house.
Pay Inspector Jeseph A. Smith, son-in-law
of Representative Watsen, of the
Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania district,
will be nominated as paymaster general of
the navy.
Hen. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa ;
Rebert P. Perter, Illinois ; James S.
naves Massachusetts : R. B. Bullcck.
Georgia, and H. W. Oliver, jr., of Penn
sylvania, are slated for places en the tariff
commission.
Sam Jeseph's friends will entertain him
next Thursday at the Mohegan fish house,
en the Delaware, in New Jersey, where
the Hen. Samuel will relate his expe
riences with the Pennsylvania Legislature,
the Democratic party and humanity in
general .
Rawle's letter of acceptance of the Re
publican nomination for judge of the su
preme court has been received by Chair
man Lear, of the Harrisburg convention.
Ne ether formal acceptances have yet
been received.
Ex-Gov. Wasuburne's will makes one
bequest of $50,000 for a public library
in La Cresse, and another of $375,000 for
a memorial orphan asylum at Minneap
olis, as a tribute te his mother. The es
tate is valued at $2,500,000. and the be
quests aggregate ever $500,000.
Seth Green, the celebrated fish cultur
ist, is something of a philosopher. Seme
one said te him that there would be less
objection te shad if he would invent a ma
chine te take out the bones. Seth's an
swer was : " If there were mere bones in
the feed people eat, there would be less
dyspepsia."
Arthur Sullivan will preside at the
annual dinner of the royal musicians. It
is said that the new opera which be and
Gilbert are writing has for its chief char
acter the lord chanceller, who is in leve
with one of his own wards and is, there
fore, obliged te act as attorney and judge
and satisfy himself effically that he is per
sonally fitted for his ward's husband.
Richard Kine, known all ever Texas
and the West as'4' The Cattle King," is a
small, swarthy Irishman, with a limping
gait. His lameness is due te the careless
way in which a broken leg was set. His
flecks of sheep and goats, his herds of cat
tle and his troops of horses and mules are
estimated at 500,000 head in all. His
rancho, the Santa Gertrudas, is seventy
five miles in length and includes nearly
the whele of two counties in south western
Texas.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague's agent re
cently obtained permission te enter Ca Ca
nenchet and take possession of her mag
nificent wardrobe and that of her children
for the purpose of forwarding it te her at
Edgewood. The costly apparel, including
velvets, satins, silks and rare laces,
amounting iu value te many thousand
dollars, wcre carefully packed in boxes
and ether receptacles and shipped and ex
pressed from Narragansctt pier. Many of
the dresses wejje designed by Werth and
are marvels of elegance and beauty.
THE STRIKING EVKNTS UK THE DAY.
Tragedies and Sorrows The Visitations et
Fickle Fortune.
The perte has new completely acquiesce"
in the action of England aud France in
Egypt
At Dunmere Jehn Rinker fell down a
coal shaft two hundred feet. His body
was fearfully mangled.
The track of the Mexican National rail
road is completed a hundred miles beyond
Laredo.
Dr. II. W. Kendall, the physician who
was shot while preparing te rob a grave at
Onondaga Hill, Thursday night, has died.
Stephen G. Enter was hanged at Mai ion,
N. C, for wife murder, committed iu
Burk county iu January, 1881.
Mrs. Jehn Martin was fatally burned at
Chicago, and her two children were seri
ously burned, by the explosion of an oil
stove.
W. W. Ren, condemned te be hanged
yesterday at Pulaski, Tenu., for killing J.
T. Goedrura, took a teaspoonful of mor mer mor
phine yesterday morning, but' vomited
shortly afterward, aud was subsequently
hanged.
McCarthy, the " fire bug," has been ar
rested at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and confess
ed te the Brouse house the. He says he
had no accomplices, and attributes his act
te drink.
The steamer W. S. Thanhauscr was
auk at West Franklin, Iud., en Thursday
night, and is a total less. It was the prop
erty of J. II. Merris & Ce., and was unin
sured. One life was lest
Edward Urell, residing at Fall River
Mass., while drunk en Thursday night,
assaulted his wife, who was asleep, and the
woman will probably die, notwithstanding
which she expresses a desire that her hus
band, who is under arrest, shall net be
prosecuted
The failures throughout the country for
the seven days reported te New Yerk
number 124. Of these, 17 occurred iu the
Eastern states; 35 in the Western ; 3G in
the Southern ; 21 in the Middle ; 12 iu the
Pacific states and territories, and 2 in New
Yerk city. This is an increase of 7 ever
last week.
In Memphis Tenu., a guest of the Wor
sham house was found dead in his room.
An empty merphine vail was found en the
table by his bed. The body was found iu
an advanced state of decay, and the odor
arising from it led te the discovery. He
is supposed te be Edward Yeung, of
Georgetown, O. A purse was raade up te
defray burial expenses.
Jeseph Y. Carter, solicitor of a tobacco
house at Seuth Bosten, Halifax county Va.
disappeared en the 12th hist., but his
horse and equipments wcre found near
Dan River. Yesterdaj' his body was found
about two miles below Seuth Bosten,
ledged agaiust a tree en the river bank.
Jeremiah S. Frest, confined in jail at
St. Albans, Vt., awaiting extradition en
the charge of highway robbery and mur
derous assault in Canada, and Sabin, who
was confined for a small debt, broke jail
en Thursday night by digging under the
wall and sidewalk. Floed, charged with
larceny, the only ether prisoner, declined
te escape.
Mrs. Pierce, who fired into a coach at
Kingsten, Tenu., en Wcducsday night, in
an attempt te kill the driver, Themas
Williams, has net yet been arrested. Wil
liams is under bends te answer for breach
of premise of marriage te Mrs. Piorce.
He returned Mrs. Pierce's fire, aud shot
her yenng daughter through the head. It
is feared that the child will die.
The jury at Fert Madisen, Iowa yester
day returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree against Polke Wills and Cook,
who murdered the jail guard, and a ver
dict of murder in the second degree against
Fritzgerald, who was their accomplice.
Wills and Cook are te be imprisoned for
life, and Fritzgerald's sentence will be
determined by the judge.
In the Choctaw nation, en Monday last
about let) miles northwest from Little
Reck, Ark., two brothers named Jeffersen
and Geerge Finley, while working in a
corn field get into a dispute, when Geerge
drew a revolver and shot his brother, who
died within twenty-four hours. lie beg
ged piteously that the life of his slayer,
who had fled, should be spared.
A fire in Lcadville, Colerado, beforeday
light yesterday morning destroyed nearly
a block of buildings en Chestnut street,
including the Windser hotel, the academy
of music and a large dry goods ste:e
known as the "Palace of Fashion." The
less is estimated at $200,000. The fire
is attributed te incendiarism. Several
persons are missing, and one dead body
has been found in the ruins.
A man named Retler, residing iu Moere
county, N. C, went te a mill with a lead
of corn, taking bis two young sons with
him en the wagon. The boys crawled
under several bags of corn. One of them
fell asleep and was smothered by one of
the bags falling en his face. While the
father was getting the body from under
the bags, the ether boy, who had jumped
te the ground and was standing near the
wagon, was kicked en the head by one of
the horses and killed. The father returned
home with the bodies in the wagon.
CONGRESS.
APPLICATIONS FOB PUBLIC BUILD
INGS. Voting Away tkm Haaey Miscellaneous
Mews from the Capital.
In the United State Senate yesterday,
Heuse bills for public buildings at the
points named, with appropriations stated,
were passed as fellows : Louisville, $500,
000 ; Hannibal, Missouri, $75,000 : De
troit, $G00,000; Council Bluffs, Iowa,
$100,000; Syracuse, New Yerk, $200,000 ;
Galveston, $25,000. Senate bill was pass
ed appropriating $75,000 for a buildiug in
Ppughkeepsie, $200,000 for one in Roches
ter, and $100,000 for one in La Cresse.
The five per cent, land bill was discussed,
and a motion for its indefinite postpone
ment was lest yeas 21, nays 22. The bill
was then passed by a vote of of 23 te 17,
with amendments. It provides that lands
in certain Southern and Western states
entered by military scrip or bounty land
warrants shall be construed te come with
in the previsions of law for the payment
te the states of five per centum of the pro
ceeds of public lands disposed of within
their borders, the lands te be estimated at
the rate of $1.25 per acre, and payments
te be made in cash. The Geneva Award
bill was placed as unfinished business and
the Senate then adjourned until Monday.
In the Heuse, Mr. Townsend, of Ohie,
introduced a bill, which was reported, te
establish a beard of commissioners of inter
state commerce as a bureau of the interior
department. The bill for the extension
qf the charter of national banks was con.
sidercd and passed finally, with amend
by 123 yeas te 07 nays. It new gees te
the Senate. On motion of Mr. Hiscock, of
New Yerk, a joint resolution was passed
appropriating $16,000,000 te supply a de
ficiency in the appropriation for army
pensions. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, gave
notice that he would te-day call up the
contested election case of Mackey vs.
O'Connor from Seuth Carolina. The
Heuse then adjourned.
The house committee en appropriations
yesterday nearly completed the general
deficiency bill, and it will be reported
early next week. It appropriates about
$21,000,000.
The Senate commerce cominittce has
decided te report in favor of the confirma
tion of the contested nomination ofThes.
N. Van Valkenburg te be supervising in
spector of steam vessels for the New Yerk
district.
The president has signed the fortifica
tion and agricultural appropriation bills ;
also the bill providing for the removal of
General Kilpatrick's remains te New
Jersey.
i:nk charters.
The Ulll Passed for Their Extension.
The bank charter extension bill provides
that any national banking association may
at any time within two years next previous
te the date of the expiration of its corpor
ate existence under the present law, and
with the approval of the comptroller of
the currency, extcud its period of succcs
sien by amending its articles of association
for a term of net mere than twenty years
from the expiration of the period of suc
cession named in said articles of associa
tion and shall have succession for such ex
tended period unless sooner dissolved by
the act of shareholders owning two-thirds
of its stock, or unless its franchise becomes
forfeited by some violation of the law.
Such amendment of articles of association
must be authorized by the consent in
writing of shareholders ewniug net less
than two-thirds of the capital stock of the
association.
Section 3 refers te the duties of the comp
troller of the currency in the premises pro
viding for a special examination into the
affairs of each association should he deem it
necessary.
Section 4 has lcfcrcncete the jurisdict
ion of suits by or against national banking
associations, placing such suits en the
same footing in respect te jurisdiction as
suit by or against private banks.
Section 5 provides that when any nation
al banking association has an amendment
te its articles of association, as provided
for in this act, and the comptroller has
granted his certificate of approval, any
shareholder net assenting te such amend
ment may give notice in writing te the
directors within thirty days from the date
of ihc certificate of approval of his desire
te withdraw from said association, in
which case he shall be entitled te with
draw from said banking association the
value of tbe shares se held by him.
Section G provides for the issuing of
new circulating notes te take the place of
the old.
Section 7 has reference te such banks as
de net desire te extend their charters, and
extends the franchises of such associations
for the sole purpose of liquidating
their affairs until such affairs are finally
closed.
Section 8 is in the following words :
That national banks new organized or
hereafter organized, having a capital of
'$150,000 or less, shall net be required te
keep en deposit with the treasurer of the
United States bends in excess of $100,000
as security for their circulating notes, and
such of theso banks having en deposit
bends in excess of that authorized te re
duce their circulation by the deposit of
lawful money, as provided by law.
Section 10 provides that any national
banking association new organized or
hereafter organized desiring te withdraw
its circulating notes upon a deposit of
lawful money with tiie treasurer of the
United States as provided in section 4 of
the act of June 20, 1874, entitled "an act
fixing the amount of United States notes
providing for a redistribution of the
national bank currency and for ether pur
poses " shall be required te give ninety
days notice te the secretary of the treasury
of its intention te depesit lawful money
and withdraw its circulating notes ; pro
viding that net mere than $5,000,000 of
lawful money shall be deposited during
any calendar month for the purpose, and
provided further, that the previsions of
this section shall net apply te bends called
for redemption by the secretary of the
treasury, but when bends were called for
redemption the banks holding such called
bends shall surrender them within thirty
days after the maturity of their call.
Section 11 provides that en the deposit
of bends the association making the same
shall be entitled te receive from the comp
troller of the currency circulating notes
equal in amount te 90 per cent, of the
current market value, net exceeding par,
of the United States bends, se transferred
and delivered, and repeals sections 5171
aud 517G of the revised statues.
The concluding section reserves the
right te Congress at any time te repeal
this act and the acts of which it is amend
atory. Supposed Abdnctlen of a Yeung Weman.
Zee and Lilly Watkins, en their way
from Denver te New Orleans for the pur
pose of visitiug friends, stepped at St.
Leuis, with the family of Mr. Martin, a
city weigher. They were te have resumed
their journey te-day en a steamer. Last
evening the young ladies of the Martin
family organized a social party iu honor of
their guests. About 4 o'clock in the after
noon, however, Zee Watkins went out te
mail a letter and make a call, but at 8
o'clock had net returned. A messenger
was dispatched te find her and accompany
her back te Mr. Martin's, when it was ascei
taincd she had net made the intended call.
Nothing since has been heard of her. The
police have instituted inquires, but with
out avail. They incline te the belief that
it is a case of abduction. Miss Zee's
father, who is a leather merchant in Den
ver, has been telegraphed the facts and
expected at an early date
Dying et Grlei and Drink.
. A New Yerk policeman found a man
lying apparently unconscious in Baxter
street alley, one of the vilest spots in that
city. He was carried te the station house
en a stretcher. Te Clerk Reden, of the
Tombs, he made the following statement :
"My name is William Flynn. I am a
physician by profession and am well known
in Philadelphia. I was born in Ireland
and I am fifty years old. I came te this
country as a child and my family are even
new well known in Philadelphia. As a
youth my father sent me te Ire
land te be educated and I studied
at Trinity college, Dublin. I then studied
medicine-iu Philadelphia and am a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania college of sur
geons. Up te eight years age I had a geed
practice in Philadelphia. I lived at 23
Vine street, owned my own house and had
all the comforts of life. My wife and
three children died in March, 1873. Their
death broke up my household and I lest
heart. Ever since then I have been drink
ing. As my friends shunned me I left
Philadelphia and came here. I lest all I
had, sank lower and lower, and new I am
about te die." Dr. Flynn was sent te
Belleview hospital and his friends in Phila
delphia have been notified of his condition.
An Imminent Calamity The Fleet lu the Ice
Fer mere than seven days the Allan
line steamer Peruvian, bound up the St.
Lawrence with passengers from Liverpool,
ever a thousand persons, has been caught
in the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ;
surrounded for miles by heavy flees of
the moving pack, se as te be
unapproachable for purposes of assistance,
driven by the winds toward a rocky
coast, and completely disabled by the de
struction of her screw. The great firm
ness of the ice and the tearful force of its
action under wind and tide involve the
certainty almost of a catastrephe ; for if
the wind holds as it is it must seud the
Peruvian te destruction against a rocky
coast, while a change in the wind may
lead te action in the ice that will annihi
late the whole fleet of about thirty ships
new beset in the neighborhood of St.
Paul Island. Should such a calamity oc
cur it will be the most fearful event in the
maritime history of the New World.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
M21GHBORHOOD NEWS.
Events Acress the Ceuuty Line.
Reading is agitating the subject of
Belgian blocks for its streets with - fair
prospects of success.
Max Mayer, sentenced te the Reading
jail for ten years, succeeded in escaping
from the jail.
Alvin U. Richardson, about five years of
age, was drowned iu the Union canal at
the locks near Kissinger's church, several
miles north of Reading.
In Chester county a new hog disease is
attacking these animals. They at first
refuse te eat: then their tongues become
red and sere, which seen results in death.
The second annual session of the colored
Odd Fellows, which numbers 43 ledges in
the state with a membership of 4,500, will
be held in Reading iu September.
It is understood that when Mr. Gewon
sailed for Europe he informed his friends
they would hear geed news from him net
later than the 25th of May.
The body of an unknown man found
floating in Steny creek, near Norristown,
011 Saturday last, his been identified as
that of A. E. Watsen, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
a wealthy retired jeweller.
At Norristown has been sold the library
et the late Judge Ress at public sale, and
some of the 800 volumes sold brought ex
orbitant prices. The sale aggregated
about $2,000.
A large quantity of clothing has been
found along the river bank at Harrisburg,
where they wcre thrown by persons in
whose family fatal cases of smallpox had
been.
Geerge Lewis, a colored man of Rcad
'" aged 75 years, helped te build the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad, and is
0110 of the pensioners of that company,
drawing $15 per month.
The Philadelphia & Reading railrerul
company experiences trouble in getting
brakemen. The danger attending the
duties of this class of trainmen is said te
be the reason very few are applying for
such positions.
While a shifter was engaged in peleing
cars in the Pennsylvania yards, Harris
burg, three meu were noticed coming
down the read between the tracks. They
made no effort te get out of the way net
being able te see the pole. The three
men wcre caught by the pole and knocked
down, one of them under the shifter. The
wheels passed ever his body aud he was
cut iu half and killed almost iustantly.
Beth arms wcre broken at the shoulder.
CIIL'KCU 1MPROVEMKXTS.
Repairing the Lecture Roein or St. Jehn's
Free Kplscepal.
Owing te sorae repairs and improve
ments new iu progress at the lecture room
of St. Jehn's Free Episcopal church there
will bj 110 Sunday school there te-morrow,
but it is expected te have the room ready
for use en the following Sunday. The al
teration, undertaken by the Sunday
school teachers' association of the school,
comprise the raising of the fleer which
had sunk by reason of the joists having
rested en scantling instead of brick or
stone supports. The long seats heretofore
forming tbe central tier have been cut in
two se as te be mere conveniently arrang
ed into class forms, and the white washed
walls will be beautified by painting. The
aspect of the room will be further improved
by graining the seats in oak thus cor
responding with the ether weed-work of
the church.
The vestry have appointed Messrs.
Ilnrtman, Marshall and Geist a committee
te raise funds for some necessary repairs
te the church property, and persons dis
posed te contribute te the object may send
their money te either of the gentlemen
named, as the policy of St. Jehn's net te
encumber the church with debt will net
be departed from, nor is it designed te
raise the means by fairs or any similar en
terprise. The Soldiers' Orphan Scheel.
The annual inspection and examination
of the Mount Jey soldiers' orphan school,
by the state authorities, will take place en
Tuesday next, May 23. Tbe exercises will
be conducted under the supervision of Dr.
Higbee, state superintendent, assisted by
Dr. Edw. Brooks and ether popular edu
cators. There will be present, as reported,
delegations from different G. A. R. Pests,
and iu all probability, Mrs. E. E. Hutter,
the regular inspector of the orphan
schools.
A Collision.
This morning about 8 o'clock as Mr.
Kreider, of Eden, accompanied by his wife
and a friend were driving en East King
street near Christian they wcre run into
by a two horse wagon, which tore away the
dasher, and wrecked one wagon. The
occupants narrowly escaped injury, and
the party who ran into them dreve en
without stepping te inquire into the extent
of the damage done by their careless driving-
First in the Held.
The Helping Club, an organization com
prising the little girls of the Moravian
congregation, are first te invite the public
te a strawberry festival which will be held
in Roberts' hall, Prince street, opposite
the opera house, next Thursday and Fri
day evenings, 25th and 26tb inst., where
there will be a tempting and abundant
display of the luscious fruit, and no doubt
plenty of people te cat them.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUU REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
kvenis Alear tfce Sniqnebanna ItesBi
el
' Interest In nnd Arennd the Borough
Plcited Cp by the Intelll-
cencer's Reporter.
The Shawnee dam, which was injured
by the heavy rains, has been repaired.
Mr. T. C. Sweeney yesterday went te
Philadelphia te order from Europe a
tricycle.
The residences of Mrs. Themas Welsh,
en Locust street, and Mr. Jehn HartmaD,
en 3d street, are being repainted.
The inside fittings of Yeaklc's new drug
store ou Locust street are new being
placed in position.
The ground of the Pennsylvania railroad
company along the river known as the
" dumps " is beiug filled up. New sidings
will be laid there.
Jacob Bruner's horse rau away en Lo
cust street this morning, no was caught
by'Officcr Reidcnheiser, before any dam
age was dece at Bauk alley.
The farmers about here arc jubilant ever
the prospect of a heavy fruit crop. Cher
ries and peaches will be very abundant if
there is no further backset.
Themas Reeves, residing near Mount
Jey, made his appearance iu town te-day,
driving a Brazilliau pony. A peculiarity
of the animal is its long, tapering ears and
small beets.
A Performing Bear.
Hundreds of school children followed
after a performing bear which made its
appearance at the" Cherry street schools
yesterday afternoon. The denizens of the
" Hill " were also out in full ferce watch
ing the exhibition.
The Sens of America.
The P. O. S. of A. ledge was organized
last evening. It will be known as Wash
ingten Camp Ne. 13. A number of offi
cers were elected and the remaining offices
will be filled next Monday evening.
Building Improvements.
Mr. Jehn Hartmau, ene of Columbia's
most energetic builders, has expressed his
intention of erecting a number of new
dwellings. If ethers should fellow his ex
ample there would seen cease te be a scar
city of dwellings.
Almest a Seileui Accliicut.
Yesterday as Messrs. Daniel Wahn and
Jehn Lundy were carrying a piece of tim
ber, 30 feet long and C by 8 inches
through, Mr. Wahn slipped and fell as
they were going up a stairway, and nar
rowly escaped receiving a blew en the
neck from the falling timber. The weight
of the timber wassuflicicnt te have broken
the vertebras of the neck.
Iiurt by the Care.
This morning Mr. David Sample, dis
patcher at the Readiug & Columbia rail
road yard, had his feet badly crushed
while superintending the unloading of a
car lead of large stones.
Mr. Jehn Felk while shifting cars en
the Pennsylvania railroad yesterday at
Kinzer's station was struck in the stomach
by the shifting pole, which broke, and
considerably injured him. He resides in
Columbia.
Secial Events.
A new kind of a party has been invent
ed. An "ironing party" was held this
week at a Walnut street residence.
Last evening a surprise patty was held
at the residence of Mrs. Anuie Heerucr,
an aged lady of 82. en Third street.
A large party will be held next Thurs
day evening at the rcsideuce of Mr. J. W.
Michael, en Frent street. The invitations
have just been issued.
A surprise party assembled at the resi
dence of Mr. Geerge Rcisinher, en Third
street last evening, te celebrate his birth
day. Fine refreshments were served te
the guests and dancing was kept up until
alatoheur. It was a very enjoyable af
fair. A Derelict I'estmaster.
A strange discovery was recently niade
by the removal of the Wrightsville post pest
office te another building. This was the
finding in the cellar of the building,
formerly occupied by the posteflice, of 23i
pounds of printed matter addressed te
every Democrat hut three, in Wrightsville.
A gentleman of the town, a Democrat,
made inquiry of the postmaster who is a
Republican, about its non-delivery and
was told, that as the matter had been
sent after the presidential election of 1880
he thought it was useless te distribute it.
New the contents of these envelopes wcie
printed speeches made by Democratic
statesmen in the Heuse et Representa
tives at Washington. One by the Hen. D.
C. Atkinson en the 14th of June, 18S0,
and the ether by the Hen. Themas Ewiug
April 13, 1880.
We are inclined te think a matter like
this needs investigation by the Democratic
leaders. These speeches were seut te
Democrats in the interest of Democracy,
and whether they came te Wrightsville
after the election was ever is extremely
doubtful. It was for the interest of the
Republicans te have this matter withheld,
and even if it did arrive after the election,
it was net the postmaster's business te do de do
ctde whether it should be distributed or
net. The Democrats et Wrightsville are
considerably exercised ever the dis
cevery. In all probability the speeches
were sent out by the Democratic leaders
in full time te arrive at their destination
boferc election, and whether withheld at
Wrightsville from being circulated, or
elsewhere along the route, the matter
should be sifted te the- bottom ; for a
thing like this done ence may be done
again and in many ether places, te the
great injury of the Democratic party.
Matrimonial.
Mr. Victer A. Yccker, son of Blasius
Yecker, owner of the Fulton opera house,
was this morning married te Miss Clara
J. Bush, daughter of Mr. L. L. Bush, of
Bird-in-Iland. The wedding, which took
place at the residence of the bride's par
ents, was a private 0110, only the families
and most intimate friends of the parties
being present. After a pleasant reception
the bride and groom took the cars for New
Yerk and ether points cast. At the end
of the wedding tour they will return te
Lancaster and reside en West Chestnut
street. Beth bride and groom are well
and favorably known in this city, the
former being teller in the Farmers' na
tional bank.
Robbery In Mount Jey.
S. N. Eby's store, in Mount Jey, was
robbed en Wednesday night, of a let of
silk handkerchiefs, pocket books and snr
penders, and between two and three dol
lars in change. A piece of cassimere which
the thieves had taken was left en the out
side of the back window, where they had
gained entrance.
College Honors Awarded.
The following honors have been award
ed by the faculty of Franklin and
Marshall for the approaching commence
ment : Marshall oration, Julius Herreld ;
Franklin oration, D. A. Seuders; first
salutatory, W. J. Jehnsen ; second salu
tatory, W. EI. Rauch ; valedictory, II. S.
Bemberger.
Belongs te Lancaster,
illustrated article in Harper's
for Juue, en " The Secial
by which Baltimore is meant,
portrait of Mrs. Harriet Lane
and a pleasant personal sketch
In the
Magazine.
Athens,"
there is a
Johnsten
of her.
In Town.
Hen. Edward McPhcrsen, clerk of the
United States Heuse of Representatives
and one of the executers of the estate of
the late Thaddeus Stevens, is in town to
day, presumably te attend te seme busi
ness interests of the estate.
THE STOLEN WATCH.
TheTbiei Perpetrates a Second Latcenr.
Yeeterday we briefly noticed that Jehn
JenM and Clinten Keels, both colored,
had been arrested en the charge of steal
ing a silver watch from Ileury Winner.
After these arrests 'Squire Allen Wilsen,
colored, was also arrested, charged with
the same offense. It has since been learned
that Jehn Roberts, alias Francis Roberts,
took the watch te Rhoads & Bre.'s jewelry
store and sold the- case for old silver.
While Mr. Rhoads was in the back part or
the store putting away the watch case,
Roberts made out te steal a red cameo
ring, belonging te one' of Jlr. Rhoads'
customers, lying en the desk ready for
shipment, and . made off with it. The
theft was net discovered immediately, and
it was learned that 'seen after it had been
effected Roberts started for Harrisburg.
The pelice of that city were at ence noti
fied aud it is believed tbe thief will be ar
rested. He left another ring and watch
lying en the desk at Rhoads beside the
article he stele and, iu looking at these
and seeing they wcre safe, while the
darkey was still in the store, Mr. R. failed
at first te observe his less.
A telegraph received from Chief Cilley
and Officer Rete of Harrisburg states that
Roberts was arrested in that city. Officer
Elias left Lancaster for Harrisburg at 2:30
this afternoon and will bring Roberts
dewu this evening.
. OBITUARY.
Deaths et Twe Premising Yeung Men.
J. Edward Herr, son of Dr. E. B. Herr
of Cresswell and lately an employee in the
New Era office, died at 7 o'clock this
morning of typhoid fever, after four weeks
illness at the residence of his father in
Cresswell, Maner township, aged about 21)
years. Mr. Herr was an exemplary young
man, a geed printer, and until he was
suddenly stricken dewu by sickness, his
prospects for a life of usefulness were
brilliant. His funeral will take place en
Monday.
Death or S. B. Cox, .Jr.
Samuel B. Cox, jr., son of S. B. Cox,
carriage manufacturer, died at an early
hour this morning, at his lather's resi
dence, Ne. S3 East German street. Mr.
Cox, though he had barely attained his
majority, possessed a great deal of busi
ness talent, and for some time prier te his
last illness, which commenced last Feb
ruary, he superintended the extensive
works of his father, and successfully car
ried en the bending business en his own
account. He was well-educated and well
likcd by all who knew him. He contracted
a cold in February last, which settled en
his lungs. The inflammation thus caused
was followed byan abscess, ami pulmonary
consumption supervened. His funeral
will take place en Tuesday next at 11
o'clock.
Court 1'reeecdings.
Ceuit met at 10 o'clock this morning.
The judgment docket was called and
thirteen judgments were entered for want
of a plea, want of affidavit of defecsa
aud want of an appearance.
A petition for the appointment of
viewcrs te assess damages for the pro
posed opening of Laurel sticct from
Derwart te the junction of Hazel and
Wahank streets was presented. The court
directed the petition te be marked filed.
The bend of Adam Wier, appointed
constable of West Lampeter township,
was approved by the court.
Jacob L. Evans, of Salisbury township,
was arrested en an attachment issued for
failure te comply with an order of the
court directing him te pay $30 counsel feu
and alimony in a suit for diverce brought
by his wife. lie was given until next
Saturday te raise the money.
Down en "College Preachers."
tder Weiahampel's "Torch et Truth "
A gentleman who has read enr articles
en the college question, writes te us, say
ing that trying te make preachers and
Christians in colleges out of liumbsculls
results only in making scare crews for the
pulpit, and turns out te be as great a fail
ure as the old farmer had in trying te make
a gentleman out of hia pet pig. This is
as bad as another niuu's rcuderiug D. D.
te signify dumb deg. But all pleasantry
aside, it is a fact that colleges turn out
crowds of unconverted young meu who
palm themselves en the people as minis
ters of the gospel, but who have nothing
but hcad-kuowlcdge of religion, and then
"like priest, like people."
m
'Humpty Dumpty's" I'arade.
That prince among clowns Gee. H.
Adams arrived in town at au early hour
this morning aud inade a street parade
this afternoon, of which the principal fea
ture was Adams himself riding in a small
cart drawn by a very diminutive pony.
An excellent brass band followed and
there was the usual crowd of admit ing
small boys and children of larger growth.
Adams will appear as Humpty Damply at
Fulton opera house te-night, suppeited by
one of the best pantomime and specialty
companies that has ever visited this city.
Held ler Trial.
.las. Murphy, who entered the residence
of Geerge Shultz, Seuth Duke street about
a month age, and stelo therefrem a coat,
vest, and some ether articles, and who
was committed te jail for drunken and
disorderly conduct, had a hearing before
Alderman Barr this morning and in default
of bail was remanded te prison for trial at
court for the larceny
Charles Sprecher, of Bareville, charged
with disturbing a literary entertainmmt at
Mechanicsville was also befere Alderman
Barr, but waived a hearing and entered
bail for court.
Hancock and Sherman.
Judge Livingston aud B. F. Montgom
ery were riding en West James, while -
the boys of the West James street schools
were at play. The judge and the attorney
arc both admirable horsemen, aud ride
with the skill of dragoons. One of the
heys, mere familiar with the portraits of
military heroes than with' the magnates of
the court house, exclaimed with enthusi
asm "there go Generals Hancock and
Sherman" and nearly all the school boys
believed it. Worse mistakes than that
have been made many a time.
ACOIDF.KTS.
Caught la the BhttfUng Finger Cat en.
Last evening about 0 o'clock, William
Drcpperd while working en a planer in
Krauskop's scgar-bex factory, was caught
in the belting and had his clothing badly
tern and his arm slightly bruised.
Jehn Trewitz, while working en a dress
ing machine at Krauskop's segar-bex fac
tory last evening, had his little finger cut
off by being caught in the machinery.
Tn ChJMral Assembly.
In the Presbyterian general assembly
yesterday tbe committees were announced.
Saiatega was selected for tbe next meet
ing ; there was some vigorous talk against
the desecration of tbe Sabbath by railroad
travel en that day; a resolution was adopt
ed providing for the appointment of a
special committee te report en Mormon Mermon Mermen
ism ; there was a large meeting last even
ing in the interest of tbe Sunday school
work. Rev. Henry Darling presided.
Sales of Real Kstate. '
Mr. Jehn Rebman, auctioneer, sold en
May 17, the property of Rev. Adam
Rauck containing 5 acres of ground sit
uated in Bird-in-Hand, for 30,023. Mr.
Peter Eby being the purchaser ; also the
property new occupied by Wm. H. Kacy,
agent, for the same for $1,300.