LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCEli MONDAY MAY 22-1882.
ILaurastci n.rikgcnccc.
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1882.
The Democratic Duty.
Because the New Yerk Sun advises
against a Democratic and Independent
Kepublican coalition in this state and bids
the Democracy "remember Greeley,"
the Philadelphia Times jumps te the
conclusion that the article is " from the
pen of 3Ir. Chauncey F. Black, of this
state, who is the Pennsylvania political
editor of the Sun, and who is an able,
worthy and somewhat urgent candidate
for the Democratic nomination for lieu
tenant governor." Without any further
knowledge of the author of the Still's
editorial article or the inspirer of its
policy than the Times has, we are free te
question the correctness of its insinua
tion that Mr. Black influences the Sun
te oppose " any bargaining or coalition
with dissatisfied Republicans," because
he is a " somewhat urgent " candidate
for lieutenant governor. We feel free
te de this because we are quite certain
that Mr. Black is net such a candidate
and has no aspirations nor desires which
conflict with the permanent welfare of
the party and of the commonwealth ;
and because there are very much better
reasons than regard for any individual's
political fortunes why no such coalition
and dickering should be countenanced
in this state by Democrats. As we
understand the demand of the Times
upon the Pennsylvania Democracy, it is
that they shall measure up their ticket
and platform te the issue of " honest
government." We are heartily in ac
cord with thivt demand. But. we fail te
see wherein the party needs te go out
side of its organization te accomplish
that. We have pointed the Times te the
Democratic candidates for governor for
many years and te the declarations of
the recent state conventions :is proofs
that the Democracy are able and willing
te meet what it says is the wish of a
large majority of the people of the state.
We have net been shown by the Times
hew this cause would be imperilled by
the nomination of Mr. Hepkins, or Mr.
Black, or any of the oilier estimable
gentlemen who will be presented
te the Democratic slate convention
witli likelihood of their nomination. Se
long as the Republicans who are new in
revolt could control the organization of
their party they were for reform within
its lines strictly, and they have only new
gene outside them until they can secure
that direction by open revolt which they
cannot gain by compromise, concession
or by the struggle for mastery within the
parly. They de net profess te be Inde
pendents ; they are simply anti-Cameren
Republicans, mostly indeed, as Senater
Mitchell puts it, Blaine Republicans.
Manifestly Democrats have no right of
interference in such a purely family
affair. It is the business of the Demo
cratic parly te put up a ticket
and declare a platform that sin
cerely mean " honest government "
and te let all who arc for that come
te its support. Ner de we recollect
that when, in 1S60, the Democratic party
split, the Republican organization felt it
te ba its duty te disband.
The Times is right in its record of
Democratic victories wen in New Yerk
with the aid of Greeley Republicans, and
resulting in the election, as state candi
dates, of men who had been joined te the
Democracy in 1S72. But they were men
who came and stayed. Robinson and
Dersheimerand Bigelow have net acted
as " Independent Republicans," but as
men who believed in the sincerity and
ability of the Democratic party te ac
complish " honest government." While
Gov. Curtin remained en the nigged
edges and uncertain of his party attach
ment, the regular Democratic nomina
tion for Congress failed te secure his
election in one of the- strongest Demo
cratic districts. When he spoke with
no uncertain sound he was returned te
the national councils by the vote of his
party, and he new points out te a Times
correspondent the duty and policy of the
party of this state in an opinion which
the Times will hardly impugn as being
insincere or prompted by selfish consid
erations. Mr. Curtin says :
" As for the Democrats of Pennsylvania
they ought te understand that Senater
Cameren new bases his only hepe of suc
cess upon their blunders Nothing else
can save him. But tlie Democrats will
make no blntulcis. They will move en,
independent of the quarrels among their
opponents, nominates a straight, clean
Democratic ticket and poll a full Demo
cratic vote. That is the best they can de.
Anything like coalition is suicide. It is
nonsense. It can't be done. And if it
could it ought net te be done."
Wk cannot understand hew some new
papers and people,who profess te be able
. te interpret public sentiment and measure
the average common sense of the people,
reach the conclusion tiiat the misman
agement of the state agricultural cel
lege will net militate against Beaver's
election. We de net assume that he has
stolen any of the appropriation or endow
ment of this concern. He has been presi
dent of its beard of trustees siuce 1S74. In
that period it has had 30,000 per annum
te maintain it, besides the commodious
and expensive building, apparatus and
farm with which it is equipped for
its special work. After these eight
years of his direction its last state
seems te be worse than its first. We are
told it new has one student pursuing an
agricultural course. With an endow
ment superior te that of any ether in
stitution of learning in the state, except
the University of Pennsylvania and per
haps Lafayette college, this Centre
county school is absolutely a cipher,
though every year the $30,000 are spent
and there are calls for "mere." Surely
the president of its beard of trustees, if
he has any capacity for public affairs,,
ought te have discovered before this
what is the matter, and either have rem
edied the failure or brought this waste
ful expenditure te a conclusion. That
he has net done se proves his utter lack
of administrative ability and this is geed
reaseu why the people should net vote
for him for their chief executive.
The Republicans will never have a
better chance te see which is the bigger
faction of their party in the state than
by running two tickets.
Teji 31 arshall insists that he has
known all the time what he' was going te
de, but it appears that the public will have
te wait until he has written te McClure
andMcManes and Lear. This seeni3 te be
a very roundabout way for a straightfor
ward man te say " yes" or " no ;" but
as the burthen of his effusive interviews
seems te be abuse of Cameren, there is
little room te doubt that he has conclud
ed te make a vacancy en the Republican
state ticket.
Tem Marshall thought he could go
through a dark alley and catch the first
man he met and get a better man for
president than Simen Cameren. If Mar
shall declines Cameren may have te hunt
through the dark alleys for a candidate
for congressman-at-large.
m
Tiik governor of Arkansas had better
ptep down and out. He was state treasurer
before he became chief executive and it
seems, after a rigorous investigation, that
b.9 was a defaulter te the amount of
$139,000.
IVIMOltTAL INFLUENCE.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth ;
The impulse el a wordless prayer,
The dream et love and truth.
The longings alter something le-l.
The spirits yearning cry.
The strivings alter better hopes ;
Theu things shall never die.
Charlei THcKcns.
Tin: New Yerk Sun calculates that
after a presidential election newspaper
circulation mevc3 up soventy-three per
cent, thirty-five per cent after state and
city elections, twenty per cent, after the
last days of walking matches, eighteen per
C3ut. after October elections in presiden
tial years and from five te ten per cent,
after occurrences like hangings and big
fires.
Blanche Roosevelt, iu her new book,
"Longfellow's Heme Life," gives a bit of
information net generally known when she
asserts that the little nursery rhyme, be.
ginning :
Tiierc was a little girl
Who hud alittie curl
I'lut hung right down en her forehead,
And when she was geed
She was very, very geed.
And when she was bad she was horrid
was written by Longfellow. The genial
poet wrote it for his little daughter Edith.
The controversy which has lemr been
waged iu Germany between the advocates
of Latin and Gothic, type, is gradually
being settled in favor of the former. Forty
per cent, of all books printed in Germany
in 1880 were printed in " antiqua," and
the proportion is. steadily increasing. The
Latin type must finally win iu Germany,
as it has wen elsewhere ; but its friends
will de well te let it win naturally and
gradually, without forcing it en the coun
try by any attempt at legislation.
Tiiuiti.ew Weed is out iu a two column
communication against the civil service in-,
dictmentaud prosecution of ex-Treasury
Agent Curtis. If the thing is persisted in
and is extended te the posteffico, naval
office and ether branches of the public ser
vice, he thinks it will break dewu the Re
publican party. Mr. Weed has no respect
for competitive examinations, which he
says the regues and humbugs could pass
mero easily than men like Jacksen and
Lincoln, who are of presidential stuff.
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
premise te be again well advertised by the
suppression of them by the Massachusetts
state authorities. A Bosten firm had pub
lished a new edition and the sales were
moderate before the attorney general in
terfered. Whitman refuses te blot a single
line and his publishers have te step. But
hundreds of people who never cared te
turn these "leaves" will have their
curiosity piqued te soe what a particularly
pure person this Massachusetts attorney
general must be.
The New Yerk World hits the nail en
the head when it gives expression te the
popular impatience ever the delay in the
publication of the reports of the census of
1880. It may also explain this delay in
its allegation that " while the census itself
is net forthcoming, copyright books com
piled out of the census returns and pre
pared by persons connected with the pre
paration of the census are forthcoming,
and the sale of these books depends in a
great degree upon the delay in the publica
tion of the census until they have been
worked off. At least one maga.ine is
managed by census-takers and its princi
pal basis is that of. the statistics thus ob
tained. The current volume of 'Appleton's
Aunual Cyclep:etlia.' published last week,
contains in a copyrighted form informa
tion which ought te have been available te
everybody a year age."
A rtadcereel Hungarian.
At Frackville, Pennsylvania, en Satur
day night, several boys were tormenting a
party of Hungarians who could net speak
English, when oae of the victims, iu a
rage, turned upon an innocent spectator,
named Benny Kantner, 1G years of age,
and crushed his skull with a hatchet. The
man then attempted te place the boy's
head en a block and cut it off, but was
prevented by the bystanders. Kantner
cannot recover. The Hungarian was ar
rested yesterday and ledged in jail.
Terrible Sulphur Explosion.
By an explosion of sulphur in tbe Buck
Ridge colliery, near Shamokin, Pa., en
Saturday, James Lawrence and Frauk
Osmau were killed and David Green and
Frederick Heffman fatally injuiel. Green
has since died. It appears that Heffman
entered a breast with a naked lamp, while
the ethers remained behind a battery. An
" unexpeced body of sulphur" was ex
ploded by the lamp, and the men were
hurled against the gangway timbers,while
200 tens of top coal fell upon Lawronce
and Osman.
A Drunken Reugli.
Themas Murphy, a drunken young
reugli, met -Edward Marshall, an inoffen
sive young man, in one of the streets of
Stamford, Connecticut, last evening, and
asked him "te go and take a drink."
Marshall refused, whereupon Murphy
picked up a stone and struck the former a
violent blew en the temple, which caused
death in fifteen minutes. Murphy get en
a train for New Yerk, but was arrested en
his arrival in that city.
Fatal Werk or a Tornado.
Intelligence from Mountain township,
Pike--county, Ark,, is te the effect that
William Shields,' a prominent planter,
and two children were killed, and Mrs,
Shields was wounded, in a tornado en
the 10th inst, Sixteen dwellings were
blown down and crops were badly damag
ed. The less te the ceuntv will amount te
many thousands of dollars.
THE TEEEIBLE ICE.
SIEAJItE SUNK. IN TWENTY MINUTES-
Further Details or the Less of the Western
Belle.
On our outside pages, the news of the
day, is an account of the crushing of the
steamer " Western Belle" by ice. Further
advices te the Herald give the following
details :
At a quarter past eight the watch en
deck were startled by a huge, unpropor unprepor unproper
tioned ghost-like something bearing down
upon them, while the watch below heard
the quick, sharp cry of "Ice ahead !" in
stantly followed by the order, " Hard up
the helm !" The next instant there was
a crash, and befere the men could rise
from their feet the water was pouring into
the ship in tens through a breach in her
pert bow. Confusion ruled for the next
five minutes, as every man felt that the
vessel was seen te sink from under him
and acted for himself. She was fast set
tling by the head, while the huge, phantom-like
iceberg passed en astern of the
ship and was lest te view as suddculy as it
had come upon them. The carpenter and
captain were quickly hclew te ascertain
the damage. The next order was, "Cut
away the beats." There were two in
number and were lashed upon skids in the
manner of most sailing vessels. The cap
tain get the twelve men te take one beat.
The mate had charge of the ether and
some men worked for dear life te get her
launched ; ethers skulked about terror
stricken. "It was mere by geed luck
than geed management we did it," said
the mate. There was no time te lead her
with previsions. The lashings had been
cut with the carpenter's axe, and every
thing was dene that could be done te
facilitate the launching of the captain's
beat.
"Come away, Captain; come away te
our beat ; the ship's net going te stay
afloat till you get your beat out !" shouted
the mate. " Fer Ged's sake, come away ;
come all of you,; we have room ler you all
in our beat !" Still the captain and his
men stuck te their places at the beat.
Jehn Kelly, the whcelsmau, refused all
entreaties te enter the beat, and died at
his pest. The mate, noticing that the
stern of tbe vessel was lifting, ordered his
men te pull astern. There was a heavy
sea running and a blinding rain. There
might have been twenty vessels te succor
them within a mile, and yet none could
have been seen.
The mate, sitting iu his beat, waited a
little and watched anxiously the sinking
ship, while the carpenter sat at the helm.
All at ence the stern of the Western Belle
rose higher and the mate called out te his
men;
" Pull away, men !"
They pulled with a will, hut get no far
ther than a ship's length from the vessel
when she disappeared from view, going
down like a diver. It was less than 20
minutes from the time she struck that the
ship went down. Thirteen perseus were
in aud around the beat en deck which they
were trying te launch, but no one of thorn
floated. If they did they uttered no cry
that could be heard by the survivors in
the beat. Nothing could be seen of either
captain or crew.
It was questionable whether the surviv
ors were much better oil". They were iu
an open beat with no previsions. They had
saved no clothing, and the carpenter was
in his shirt and drawers without shoes.
The sea was running high, and all that
could be done was te keep the beat's head
te the sea, bail her out when she was
swamping and wait for morning. The
cold was intense. There was no water
until morning, when a small cask was
found floating near by. It had come up
from the wreck. The crew had no heart
for work. Several gave themselves up for
lest and lay down in the bottom of the
beat refusing work of any kind.
At length, late in the afternoon, a ship
was sighted. She proved te be the Presi
dent, a Norwegian vessel, and the same
which had been seen in the afternoon. She
was bound for Quebec, and received the
survivors of the Western Bidle with true
hospitality. After fifteen hours of expos
ure the crew were hardly able te help
themselves, and seme of them had te be
helped ever the side. The mate was se
benumbed he could hardly speak, and re
marked that in a few hours mere, had they
net seen the President, there would have
baen a beat full of dead men drifting
about.
PKKiaONAij.
"Clara Bell." (Frank File, of the
New Yerk Sun,) is a father.
Senater Vest lives iu a one-story
dwelling, painted yellow and worth ifeOO.
Captain Paul Botten's latest scheme
is te ride the James liver lapidsat Rich
mond. P. T. Barkum will sail for England next
Saturday te hunt for some ether kind of a
Jumbo.
Beecheu will be doubly patriotic en
the next Fourth of July, delivering two
orations.
Senater Legan has returned te Wash
ingten from the Het Springs in restored
health, and will resume his place in the
benate.
Senateu Hill, of Georgia, is all the
time confined te his room, and most of the
tinie te his bed. I here seems no improve
ment in his condition, and his friends have
little nope of Ins recovery.
William H. Bailey, a well-known
actor, and for a long time a member of
the stock company of the Walnut-street
theatre, died en Saturday in the 56th year
or Ins age.
Rieiiard Penn Lardnei:, a brother of
Rear Admiral Lardner,died in Philadelphia
en Friday, aged 7 years. He was a mem
ber of one of the eldest families iu the
state.
Jehn Kelly lectured te a large audience
iu Chickering Hall, New Yerk, last even
ing, en "The early history of Catholic
missions in North and Seuth America."
The proceeds of the lecture are te be given
te the "Nun of Kenmare"
Senater Vance made a speech, Ransom
read the Declaration and Bayard delivered
the oration at the celebratien of the 107th
anniversary of the Muhlcnburg Declara
tion of Independence in Charlette, North
Carolina, ou Saturday. There were a
military parade and review, display of the
fire department and a big crowd of people.
Captain Henry F. Cleavehlt died en
Saturday in Bosten at the age of 82. He
was a native of England, served in the
British navy in early life, and subsequent
ly sailed for many years iu the Halifax
and West India trade. While first officer
of the brig Marine he saved many passen
gers of the steamer Ceutral America, and
received for his conduct a medal from the
Humane society. During the late war he
was a master's mate in the Eastern block
ading squadron and was wounded at Fert
Fisher
" Uncle Remch," Mr. Joel Chandler
Harris, had been in New Yerk for a few
days, but is off te the Seuth by this time.
There was a frantic effort en the part of
seme literary and artistic fellows te draw
Mr. Harris out, but his modesty closed
about him like a mantle and refused te let
in any intruders. He attended a dinner
given by the Tile club at Martinell's, and
the jelly Tilers thought surely he would
sing them a plantation song or tell them
a legend, but he would de neither. He
seemed te enjoy looking en, but the very
thought of taking part freze his bleed
with horror. It was se evident that his
quietness arose from diffidence that they
let him eniev himself in his own wav. and
declared that he was a geed fellow at any
rate. Mr. Harris has net the leek of a
literary fellow.
MAKSHALL'SPLAIN TALK.
SOME LETTERS HX HAS RECEIVED.
Urged te Accept the Congressional Nomina
tion, But He Has Net let said What
tie Will De His Opinion or Cam Cam
eeon and tils Methods.
Pittsburgh Dispatch te the Times.
Themas M. Marshall was interviewed
te night. " I have received some peculiar
letters siuce my nomination," said Mr.
Marshal, laughing as he spoke and point
ing te a pile of opened correspondence en
a chair by his side. " I have also received
some very complimentary letters. Geerge
Lear has written me a very kind letter."
General Lear's letter was one that
showed that he felt a warm interest in Mr.
Marshall and hoped he would accept.
Among the most important letters re
ceived by Mr. Marshall was one from
James McManes, of Philadelphia. Mc
Manes said that he had heard reports
that Marshall intended te decline and he
hoped such was net the case. He left the
whole matter te Marshall and relieved him
from any premises or implied premises of
acceptance. Air. Marshall continued :
"And new as te my premises te accept
the nomination. I want you te say for
me that I never made any premise te ac
cept te auy living man. I have net writ
ten any declination te any one and conse
quently it is net in Philadelphia or any
where else. Ne ene knows what my in
tentions are except myself, although some
of my friends stoutly insist that I have
made up my mind te decline.
lie Never said he Would run.
" I felt as though I ought net te refuse
without due consideration. I never told
Cameren, McManes or any one that I
would run, but, en the contrary, I told
them I would net. The Cameren peeplb
have been telling around that I was slated
for the place for two days before the con
vention. It is a confounded lie and I
want you te say se. My name was net
spoken of beforehand aud no one ever
came te suggest it te me befere the con
vention. Cameren never knew auythiug
about it until Rutau told him I was nomi
nated, after it was ever. He was at his
house at the time. Camereu knows this
and knows he had nothing te de with it.
That man Cameren said seme things at
Harrisburg that show what he is.
He went te McManes and said te him ' I
would net interfere with you, Mac, en the
judgeship if I could help it, but my word
is out te Rawlc.' New that is a pretty
thing for him te say. It almost imperils
the whole ticket. What an argument it
would be te no en the stump with !
" As te Wolfe, I never thought much of
.him as a reformer, lhe independent
party is a great one and is destined te give
the Republican party a vast amount of
trouble, but such men as Wolfe are net
the ones te lead it. I believe I did mero
te defeat Wolfe for lieutenant governor
than any ether ene man. He would have
taken the place and Cameren had prom prem
ised it te him. I notified Cameren that I
would net have it se if I could help it and
would make such a fight against it in the
convention as would force him te yield.
Cameren was as stubborn as a mule up te
Tuesday night befere the convention, and
said that Wolfe must be nominated. Then
I had a talk with Davics, and we agreed
te combine en Brown anil Davies and
make a fight, aided by McManes, if Canie Canie
cren forced Wolfe en the ticket. Late ou
Tuesday night he yielded te Davics, and
Welfe was left in the cold.
The Only Talk or Marshall's Name.
"The only talk there was about my
name was before Beaver was nominated.
I was offered the attorney generalship
under Beaver, but I refused it, as I did a
brigadier generalship that Edwin M. Stan Stan
eon ence proffered me, because I did net
want either place. I think that Beaver is a
mau who is net understood. Cameren will
net be able te manage him as easily as he
thinks he will. Beaver is a shrewd, keen
Methodist preacher, Christian association
sort of politician, and just as seen as he is
elected governor and gets in Harrisburg he
will leek out for himself. He is ambitious
and when he gets a chance te kick away
Cameron's traces he will de it and start in
business for himself. Rawle will lese
votes in Allegheny county and in Phila
delphia tee very heavily. If the Inde
pendent convention nominates a geed
ticket they can give the Cameren ticket
trouble."
" Hew can tbe Independents make up a
strong ticket ?" was asked.
"They can de it easily," replied Mr.
Marshall. "Let them nominate Geerge
Lear for governor. He is a geed man
and would make a strong run. Dauicl
Agnew would make an excellent candidate
for supreme judge. He is old, it is true,
but has a grand record. He is a decided
anti-monopolist and six or seven years of
the bench of Agnew are worth mero te
the state than twenty years of almost any
ether man. Lee, of the oil regions, would
be a geed man for lieutenant governor.
Some geed business man from the middle
of the state can be found for secretary of
internal affairs, aud seme mau from
Luzerne or up iu that section for congress
man -at-large."
MOKE TALK FltOM JUA11SUALI..
What he Said or Cameren In 1800.
Pittsburgh Dispatch Inteivicw.
' The Independents need men at their head
with geed, hard sense. They should gote
the people with the single question : ' Why
should Cameren sit in Washington and
dictate who should be our congressmen,
judges and legislators?' I hear the Cain -orens
and their lieutenants claim te have
nominated me. Fudge ! I de net believe
the Camerons like me. At the state con
vention held en February 22, 18C0, I speke
from 10:30 te 12:30 at night against the
preposition te name Simen Cameren for
the presidency. That is many years age,
but I recollect I said : Gentlemen, I beg
you te remember that you are about te
name a man, net for constable, but
for president of the United States.
I entreat you te recall that this high
office has been held by Geerge
Washington, Themas Jeffersen, Madisen,
Menree and the Adamses. De you mean
that Simen Cameren shall occupy the seat
honored by Gcerge Washington? Is it
your will that the mantle of Themas Jef Jef
fereon and Jehn Quincy Adams shall fall
upon such shoulders?' That was the
time," continued Mr. Marshall, with a
merry twinkle in his eye, " when I declared
that I could go through a dark alley at
midnight, and the first man I caught
would make a better president than Simen
Cameren. I have had people near te him
come te me since the nomination
and warn me te be en the look
out, for he would knife me whenever and
wherever he could. They tell me he does
net want me in Washington, and I believe
them. I am net anxious te go. I have
net been in Washington for forty years.
I have an idea Cameren is mistaken about
Beaver. He is a shrewd, subtle politician
and a Christian gentleman. When I was
nominated be came behind the scenes and
said : This is from Ged ; it is the work
of Providence.' I like it better that way
than te give the credit te some ethers who
are claiming it. General Beaver is a man
of will and courage. I de net knew much
about Mr. Rawle. I take it that he can be
fairly judged by his letter of acceptance. I
am told he is net en speaking terms with
three-fourths of the Philadelphia bar. I
have also heard that there were only three
men in Philadelphia who favored his nom
ination. I would like for one reason te go
into the campaign. It would please me
very much te canvass the state and
give the people my views. I see it stated
that I would be weak before the people
nn aiwinnnt. nt mu vievra An ewAf- aAAtufiAa
and labor organizations. I am never
afraid te go before the people en a ques- I
tien of right, or what I believed te be
right. I never took an oath, except as a
witness or citizen. I am net even a church
member, which I de net mention te
my credit. I de net think work werk
ingmen should belong te secret or
ganizations which permit a man
outside of au establishment te order
them te cease work. I would like te dis
cuss the tariff question as I see it. If the
Democrats had any sense they would
adept my views and give the Republicans
trouble. I am net the kind et a tariff
man that protects manufactures and
leaves labor iu free competition with the
world. It should be a penal offense te
import labor into the United States. I
am opposed te the Chinese coming here,
notwithstanding the Christian sentiments
and argument in their favor. It is all
wrong te allow manufacturers te send te
Europe for labor te crowd out our own
Ieeple. Fer such reasons I would like te
take the stump and meet the people as I
did in my younger days."
ACCIDENT AND CKIME.
The liloedy Recerd of One uny'a Horrer.
Three boys were swept ever the Lehigh
dam at AUeutewn iu a rowboat yesterday
morning and one of them, Elmer Erdman,
aged 19, was drewed.
Isaiah S. Conway, aged 30 years, a
young man of wealth, geed social position
and unmarried, committed suicide early
yesterday morning in Delawaie. It is sup
posed he was insane.
At Mapleton, Kansas, a few days -age,
au old man named Wallace was shot dead
by a young mau named Wallace, because
he objected te Wallace visiting his daugh
ter. Twe meu met in a crowded street in Ori
zaba, Mexico, ed Saturday, and began
firing at each ether. Neither was wound
ed, but two women passing near them
were killed. The ruffians fled.
Twe children of Jeseph Procter, aged
respectively 3 and 5 years, were poisoned
in Seuth Gardiner, Maine, last Thursday,
by eating seme "old" wedding cake.
Beth died en Friday night.
A tornado in Pike county, Arkansas, en
the 10th inst., destroyed sixteen dwellings
and devastated a number of farms. Wm.
Shields, a planter, and his two children
were killed ; his wife was fatally in
jured. A colored woman, living in Rappahan
nock county, Ya., is reported te have
burned her nine-year old son te death, for
some trivial offense, by binding him te the
fleer, piling fagots en top of him and set
ting them en flic. She has escaped.
Jehn McMcnemau, 05 years of age, was
shot dead by his fifteen year old daughter
near Muscatine, Iowa. The father and
daughter were quarreling when the son,
18 years old, handed her a revolver, with
which she shot her father in the breast
Nelsen Can field, aged 9 years, fell into
the canal at West Trey, New Yerk, en
Saturday. While seme men en the bank
were " discussiug the means of rescue,"
William Tinnard, 10 years of age, jumped
into the water and brought the drowning
boy ashere.
A Deuble Tragedy
While returning home from Zaucsville,
Ohie, in a railroad car, Jehn Brummage,
being drunk, stabbed iu the breast an in-
offeusive yeunir mau named Axline, who
was standing en the platform. Axline,
in self-defence struck Brummage, knock
ing him off the car. In falling Brum-
m aire's brains were knocked out by his
head striking a telegraph pole. Axhne's
wound is considered fatal.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
xi:i-i(i:ouueui) news.
Events Near and Acress the County Lines.
Reading is making a strong fight for
competitive railroad facilities.
Dr. Jehn R. Hoeker, of Harrisburg, has
been arrested for committing an abortion
ou Mrs. Adam Berger, a young married
woman, who died en Saturday last.
M. B. Cowden, city surveyor of Harris
burg, was accidentally shot aud fatally
wounded en Saturday evening, while en
gaged in glass-ball sheeting.
By agreement of counsel, the time for
making the return of the mandamus
granted last week upon the town council
of Norristown was extended te the first
day of June, before Judge Watsen.
Reports from the different tobacco
growing counties of the state are te the
effect that the recent cold weather has net
injured the plants and that the acreage
this year will be larger than that of last
year.
At Harrisburg Mrs. Keiper held the
right hand of her little child en a het
stove until that member was badly burned.
The child had committed some little
effense aud this was the mode of punish
ment resorted te.
The Independent county convention, at
West Chester, en Saturday, nominated the
following delegates te the state convention
te meet iu Philadelphia en the 24th inst. :
Senatorial, Jehn J. Pinkerton ; Repre
sentative, David F. Moere, of Phceuix
ville ; Dr. Jehn P. Edge, of Downiugtewn;
Tewnscnd Walters, of West Chester, and
David M. Tayler, of Oxford.
William Pfeffer, aged 17 years, residing
near Hatfield station, Montgomery county,
with three ether boys went out te sheet
crews antl destroy their nests. Yeung
Pfeffer had a double barrel gun, aud hav
ing fired one barrel, proceeded te lead it,
while the charge still remained in the
ether. Frem some cause unknown the
ether barrel exploded, driving the con
tents up through young Pfeffer's face and
head, through the palate and brain, Icill
hip him instantly.
There seems te be an epidemic ameug
the old maids of West Chester. The
wealthy Miss Themas is abent te marry
Rev. Dr. Spear, aged 70 and nearly blind,
and a member of the community of Old
'den's Heme, West End, Philadelphia.
Rev. Dr. Jehn B. Clemsen, of Clayraent,
90 years of age, and who has already had
three wives, is te be married en June 15,
in English style. The intended bride is
Miss Hannah Gibbens, of West Chester.
In Frederick JId., yesterday. Trinity
Reformed chapel, one of the handsomest
church edifices in the city recently erected
by the Reformed congregation for the Iect
u re and Sunday-school purposes, was-dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies. The
dedicatory sermon was delivered iu the
Reformed church te a very large audience
by Rev. J. O. Miller, of Yerk. Pa. At the
conclusion of the sermon tlie congregation
assembled in the chapel, whence the pastor
Rev. Dr. E. R. Eschbach assisted by Dr.
Miller dedicated the edifice.
On Saturday Harry Newlin, 28 years
old, an employee of the Pennsylvania rail
road company, died at the private board beard
ing house, Ne. 708 Franklin street, Phila
delphia, of consumption. Four weeks
age he was put te bed and never recovered
sufficiently te be about. His wife, some
years his senior, was confined te her bed
in an adjoining room, suffering from the
same disease, and wheu told of her hus
band's demise expressed a desire te fellow
him. Her wish was gratified, for in less
than tweuty-feur hours she, tee, was cold
in death.
A Package Auction.
There was a grand prize package sale
for the benefit of Washington Legien, Ne.
3, Knights of the Revolution, at
Odd Fellows' hall en Saturday
evening. The affair attracted a great
crowd, as it was understood that several
of the packages contained valuable prizes.
Besides, speeches were made by Rev.
nenry Ebcrsele, of Harrisburg, and comic
songs were sung by Messrs. Pentz, Retal
lick and ethers. The auction was quite a
success, the sales realizing about $150. j
OBITUARY.
Death or a Popular Yeung Architect.
James F. Sims, aged 33, a premising
architect of Philadelphia, died suddenly
of apoplexy at his rooms, 50G Walnut
street, en Saturday afternoon. He always
enjoyed perfect health, and although lat
terly greatly run down with work he had
no premonitory warning of the illness
which caused his death live minutes after
the attack. Mr. Sims learned the busi
ness of architect with his brother Henry,
and with whom he was associated in busi
ness up te the time of the latter's death a
few years age. Among the structures of
which he was the architect may be men
tioned the Royal insurance company build
ings en Walnut street aud en Third street.
Trinity church chapel at Twenty second
and Spruce streets, and Christ church at
Gcrmantewu, and at the time of his death
he was directing the building of Mr. Peter
McConemy's new mansion at the corner of
Charlette and West Chestnut streets, in
this city. Mr. Sims was well known in
Lancaster and. had many friends.
When the Stevens heuse was projected
he drew a very acceptable plan ler the
structure. His work ou Mr. McConemy's
heuse premised te be such as would recom
mend him te future cngagment here. All
who knew him will be pained te hear of
his death and will sincerely join iu this
estimate of his character from the editor
of the Ineuircr : " The sudden death of
Mr. James P. Sims will cast a prolonged
and sembre shadow about the places that
knew him, and fill the hearts of theso who
happily enjoyed his friendship, or even his
acquaintance, with heaviness. He had
the best of all mortal gifts, youth and
syrapalhy.The first made him enjoy largely;
the latter made ethers enjoy. He gave
freely of his best te all, of what he was, or
felt, or knew. His nature was gcncieus,
bread and genial. His mind was highly
cultivated and naturally refined. He had
an ardent delight in architecture, the art
that he daily pursued, as much as iu that
ether art, music, which was mera than
pleasurable recreation te him. In every
thing about him there was a line, manly,
earnest sincerity, and a personal magnet
ism, the sequence of his strong vitality aud
bread sympathy, which greatly attracted
pcople te him, made thorn his friends,
and eager te wiu and share his friendship.
If from that bread eircie of .society and
art in which he moved another than
he had suddenly dropped out his absence
would net be se noted, and his place could
be mere readily tilled. In manner he was
gentle, refined and full of a raru tact which
wen him the admiration of strangers as
well as that of friends. As an architect
he had already, though se young, dene
work of high exccllence. lie had the ar
tistic seuse largely developed in him, and
his work showed it both by its originality
and its beauty. There was nothing in his
brief life that was net commendable, and
his friends, remembering that, knew that
they alone have suffered less ; that all the
gain of his going away is his. The readi
ness is all, and he was always ready, as
are all these, like him, el gentie nature,
noble purposes, and generous deeds.' '
COURT OF OUAUTEH SESSIONS.
The Adjourned Term A Short List el ltlg
uascH.
This morning at 10 o'clock the adjourned
term of quarter sessions court began,
Judge Livingston presiding.
There are twenty-live cases en lhe list,
ranging from illegal voting te murder.
The first case attached was that of Maze
Tayler, a colored damsel of this city, who
was charged with having committed for
nication with Rebert Thotnten, a married
man. It was shown by different parties
that the pair had been criminally intimate.
Tlie defense was that the defendant was
married te Thornten ou last December.
She did net knew that he was married te
the presecutrix (Mrs. Elizabeth Thorn Thorn
eon), and had never been guilty of any
crime befere that. Jury out.
A verdict of net guilty was taken iu a
larceny case against Michael Shane, the
defendant being dead.
Verdicts of net guilty were taken in the
case of A. E. Lechler, charged by H. B.
Shank with embezzlement ; and of Harry
Snyder charged with assaulting Samuel
Tayler. There was net sufficient evidence
te sustain the charges.
BASEBALL.
The College Nine Wins Again.
A game of baseball was played en the
grounds of the college campus, Saturday
afternoon, between the college nine and
the Nermal school nine of Millersville.
The College club by heavy batting early
scored a strong lead, aud their geed field
ing kept their opponent's score down te
single figures until the eighth inning when
the Millersville heys get held of Reitcr,
the College pitcher, and pounded him all
ever the grounds, demoralizing the held
generally, but net sufficiently te keep the
home nine from winning the game, which
they did by a score of 25 te 17. The outs
and runs were as lollews :
eOLLKCiK.
Uulrew, et
Miller, r.t
Ilctalcr, c
Stall!, lb
Swandcr, 11"
SheibJcy, 2b
Hetten.stcin.:sii..
Apple, S3
Ucit'.;r, p
NORMAL.
Schiller, c
J.Celbiirn.ss...
Spungler, lib....
Charles, cl
(irccn. It
F. Celbnrn, 3b..
Ilriinibungh, it.
Hredhciid, lb...
Sproul, p
.. :i
Total .
.... -i i inuii
.17
Score by Inning".
College 4 4 :: i l e J - 7 2.'.
Nermal :: oeoi u -17
Time of game - hours, Hi minuti.
The same clubs play again at .Millers
villc next Friday afternoon.
Actives Versus Red Stocking.
An exciting game was played ou the
West End grounds Saturday afternoon be
tween the Actives and Red Stockings,
which at the end of nine closely contested
innings resulted in a tie. The Red Stock
ings get away with the stakes and the
Actives claim that they were net fairly
treated by the umpire. The score of the
'iime was as fellows :
Innings 1 '- :: 4 .r ; 7 8 !
Actives - - 0 I 0 '.! 'J ti 7 1 0-1C
Red Stockings - - 4 I 1 1 O 0 6 0 It IB
The Active club offers te play the Red
Stockings of this city for ten dollars aside
en the Ironsides grounds ou Whit-Monday
morning, May 29. The Actives have de
posited their money at this office.
COKIINEK'S INQUEST.
Sudden Death of Twe Women.
Careline Stevinson, a colored widow re
siding near Texas, in Fulton Township,
was found dead one day last week. Her
hired mau went away in the morning,
leaving her in the heuse alone. When he
returned in the evening he found her lying
en the fleer dead. Deputy Corener W.
Wesley held an inquest and the jury rcu
dercd a verdict of death from heart dis
ease. Mrs. Lydia Bair, wife of David Hair,
who keeps a hotel in West Earl township,
some distance west of New Helland, died
suddenly early yesterday morning. Her
husband heard her making a noise, when
he promptly arose. She was yet alive and
he quickly sent for Dr. Bushong, but she
expired in a few moments. Deputy Cor Cor
oner G. C. Mentzer empanelled a jury
composed of A. A. Willard, Israel Hair,
Wm. Leed, Jehn Donren, Henry Nagle
and Adam E. Ranck, and held an inquest
Apoplexy was ascertained te have been the
cause of death.
Attempted Suicide.
A geed deal of excitement was caused iu
the southern section of the city last night,
by the attempt of Miss Delly Hoever te
shuffle off this mortal coil by swallowing
ten cents worth of laudanum. Her situa
tion being discovered, medical aid was
summoned, proper antidotes were ad
ministered and the young woman is in a
fair way. of recovery.
POLICE CASES.
Drunken aud Disorderly Cnmluct-Cruelty
le Animal Ly eh Law.
There was mere than the usual amount
of drunken and disorderly conduct en tlie
st:eet3 during Saturday night and Sunday,
and the police succeeded in capturing
mere than the usual number of offenders!
The mayor had no less than 1ft cases be be bo
fero him, of whom 13 were committed te
jail for terms varying from 3 te 30 days,
4 were discharged en payment of costs
and 1 en payment of fine and costs. Nearly
all of the accused were drunk and disci -derly
or engaged in begging. A few of
the cases were of a quite aggravated char
acter. Twe countrymen, Jehn Rewo ami
Jacob Herr, came te town Saturday even
ing te sce the pantomime. Ilavinir fallen
in with ex-Policeman Hetlmau, aud im
bibed rather freely, they became very
boisterous, aud at tke close of the perform
ance insulted a number of persons. On
reaching North Queeu street they threat
ened a number et passers-by with personal
violence, and when Policemen Alvin I'yle
and Michael Bums cautieucd them te
behave they defied aud threatened them
also. The officers arrested them, but net
until after a very lively tussle, during
which Rewo was pretty roughly handled,
aud had both his eyes bumied up aud hi
face disfigured. He resisted, even after
being dragged te the lockup. The mayor
committed him for 20 days. His less
pugnacious compauieu was sentenced te
15 days. A warrant is out for Heffman,
who, it is alleged, kicked aud otherwise
obstructed the officers while the arrests
were being made.
Louisa Multz, for drunken and disor
derly conduct, was sent te jail for 10 days
by Alderman McConemy this morning.
Ctuclty te Animals.
Walter Decu and Walter Rogers hired a
horse and buggy from Themas Houghten
yesterday morning, saying they wished te
drive te Columbia. They started about 9
o'clock. It is net yet known where thcy
weut, hut about S o'clock in the evening
they handed ever the team te Frank
Laidcnbcrgcr who took it te Mr. Hough Hough
eon's stables. The peer beast, a gcntle
and valuable mare, had been se shamefully
abuncd that :;hc could scarcely reach the
stable Her body was covered with welts
almost as thick as a man's linger, and her
legs trembled under her The iudignai t
stable boys demanded the whereabouts of
the men who had hired the team. Leiden
lergcr said that he and Rogers had hired
the team from Dccn and that Rogers had
requested him te bring the team te the
stable as Houghten had a grudge against
him (Rogers.) Thereupon the stable
boys, siezed the-inan who had brought in
the team, and despite hi:; cries and en
treaties soused him repeatedly in the lare
watering trough iu the livery yard. As
seen as Mr. Houghten was made aware of
the manner in which his niare had been
abused he made complaints against Deen,
Rogers and Leidcnbcrger who will have a
hearing befere Alderman .McConemy.
The Kneads Larceny Roberts In Jail.
Jehn, alias .Francis Roberts, who stelo
Henry Winner's watch, sold it te Rhnads
& Bre. for old silver, and while the sale
was being effected stele a cameo ring from
Rhoads' stere and skipped the town, and
was arrested in Harrisburg, as has been
befere stated, was brought hack te Lan
caster, Saturday evening, aud ledged iu
jail. "He denied stealing cither the watch
or the ring, charging the crime against
ene of "his wicked partners," and, te
clear himself, told the officer just where
he could get the ring. The officer went In
the place designated and found the ring in
possession of a colored man, who stated
that Roberts traded it te him for a brass
watch. The man and the ring were taken
t: Rhoads' and Mr. Rhoads was pesitive
that he was net and that Roberts mis the
mau who was in his store and sold him
Winner's watch and stele the ring. Roberts
is guilty, beyond question.
A Family Iflghr.
Something of an excitement was created
up Mulberry street last evening by a family
fight, in which Antheny Kliuk and wife,
and Lew Hepting were participants. The
report is that Kliuk was iutexicatcd and
whipped his wife, and that Hcpting, who
U Mrs. Klink's seu, then pitched in and
whipped his step-father. Kliuk wasiu
search of an alderman tlast night, but we
have net heard of his makiug complaint
against his step-son.
Uandaeiue Floral IteiuembruiiccM.
The attaches of the Neva- Era office to
day sent te Cresswell, as a last tribute te
their late companion Jacob Edwin llcrr,
whose death was noted iu these column;;
en Saturday, a very beautiful emblem
composed of the richest flowers m Rohr Rehr
er's greenhouses. The design consisted
of a cress and anchor erected
at au inclination of forty-five degrees upon
a bed of roses aud ether beautiful llewers,
while the figure itself was composed of
smaller flowers, among which there was a
profusion of white carnations, lilies, im im
eortelles, heliotrope and ether fragrant
and beautiful hothouse plants.
A party of eighteen yeuug friends of
the deceased sent a loving remembrance iu
the shape of a beautiful floral design com
posed of a cress, anchor aud heart upon a
base of white Hewern, en which was in
scribed the words "Our Friend" in blue.
It was gotten up by Schreycr, was com
posed of seme of the most exquisite pro
ducts of nature, and alike by form, beauty
and fragrance constituted a most timely
and touching triLu'e te the memory of
their young comrade.
The funeral took place at Cresswell this
afternoon at half-past two, and the large
attendance included a number of friends
from this city.
Till: (iKNEHAI. AS.3E.MIU.Y. j
What the Presbytenaim are Doing.
The annual report in relation te the re
lief fund for disabled ministers and the
widows and orphans of deceased ministers
states that the whole number assisted dur
ing the year ending April 1, 1882, is 4CC ;
of these there were 10fr ministers, 244
widows of ministers, and 2G orphans. The
total number are found in 119 presbyte
ries. During the year 24 of these who en
joyed the fund died. The receipts during
the year amounted te $900.50, and the ex
penditures te $728.14. After some earnest
speeches en this work, the moderator ap
pointed the following special cemmittee en
ministerial relief : .Ministers Henry Darl
ing, D. D., F. B. Duval, Jehn F. Pollock,
Eldeis Wm. H. Swift and E. D. Allen.
The following is the committee te prepare
a paper en Mormonism : Hen. II. W. Wil
liams, D. S. Gregery, D. I).. C. L. Thomp
son, D. D., Dr. Wright and Elder James
Sample.
STUASnUKG SMV.S.
Weman in the Pulpit Temperance and
Constitutional Amendments.
Miss Lizzie Sharp, of Philadelphia, will
fill the pulpit of the Methodist church
en Wednesday evening. May 21, at eight
o'clock.
Mr. F. B. Rabcr, of Wilhamspert, Pa.,
who canvassed a portion of Berks county
last fall with signal success, addressed the
assembled hearers in Temperance hall,
Strasburg, en the evenings of May 19 and
20. The object of this meeting was te
present the claim of au amendment te the
constitution of the state, prohibiting for- .
ever the traffic in intoxicating liquors
within its bounds, and te secure the elec
tion of members of the Legislature who
are in favor of submitting such a measure
as true temperance people may ask for, te
a vote of the people. On Sunday evening
be addressed an audience in the Methodist
church en Main street. Mr. Raber's re
marks were both interesting and instructive.
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