' """5-s? " "T- JuANCASTER DAILY mTELULGENCEI, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1882. - C- Lancaster f ntclUflenccr. MONDAY BVKNINQ. JULY 24, 1883. A Sensible Mayer. The practice of selling liquor and drinking in public places in Philadelphia on Sunday has pre vailed there for many years with more or less freedom from interruption by the police authorities and with more or less concealment by those who are en gaged in it. While the front doors are shut it is pretty well understood that the back doors are open. With the other improvements and reforms in city government there, a great many good people, including numerous clergy, have been encouraged to appeal to Mayor King to send his policemen around for the purpose of investigating the places where liquor is sold and of obtaining in formation, by personal inspection, of violations of the law. He has greatly surprised and angered them by a flat re fusal to do this ; and some of the zealous advocates of the law's enforcement indulge in hot diatribes against Philadelphia's chief executive for the stand be takes The abuse of him for this official determina tion is not only inconsiderate, but illogi cal. Mayor King insists that the duty A his police is to maintain order, to prevent breaches of the peace or to ar rest those engaged in them, and to put a stop to the drinking and selling of liquor when as a result from it there ensues some offense against public order, and to aid in the suppression of violations of the liquor law whenever any responsible person will make formal complaint that such violations have occurred. But their duty, he maintains, does not impel nor justify them in visiting places where liquor is sold, or houses of ill-fame, or gambling saloons, to see if the offenses which are common to such places are committed there. The mayor rightly holds that if officers were sent to do such work they would make it an excuse for visiting such places for improper purposes, that they would soon get on familiar terms with the proprietors, and that these visits would result in their own demoraliza tion without accomplishing the suppres sion of crime. Nor does he approve and follow the example of some of his prede cessors in organizing sensational and spasmodic raids upon these resorts of crime, the results of which do not seem to have ever been lasting. Societies which have in view the suppression of law-breakers and law-breaking should be willing to assume the responsibility of employing detectives to discover the offenders and, themselves, to make the complaint. Their duty is then done and if the officers of the law fail to bring the cases to trial they have a just right to complain. The mayor is not bound to make detectives and spies of his police. They are employed for a different sort of duty, and lie will make a more efficient force of them by confining them to their strict duty. Sanday Labor. The l'hiladelphia barbers who do not keep open shop on Sunday are engaged in a warfare upon those who do, and they propose to have them arrested for violating the law which prohibits secular employment on Sunday. They have doubtless the letter of the law witli them, but it is very questionable whether they have its spirit and whether the courts will aid them in their undertaking to make all labor on Sunday unlawful. It cannot be so held consistently with com mon ense. Necessary labor must be ex cepted; else the blast furnace must die out on Saturday night ; which is an im possibility; the water works and the gas works must stop; which is also imprac ticable ; so must the horse cars and the hacks and private carriages ; which it would hardly be expedient to compel them to do. If the barbers' work on Sunday is necessary, then it may not be prohibited ; and the general opinion will be that it is at least very convenient and that it works very little disturbance of the peace and quiet of the day of rest. Not many will doubt the wisdom jot the law which compels the saloou-keeper to forbear the pursuit of his unnecessary business on Sunday, and the sympathy of the community will always be with those who endeavor to close the drinking bars on that day ; but the anti-Sunday working barbers will have no such support. A man must not be asked to wear a stubby chin ou Sunday of all days ; nor can be reason ably be expected to wait 'his turn in a hot and musty barber shop until mid night on Saturday that he may ap pear clean shaven at church next day. The barber who closes his shop on Sunday does well, because he sliows that iu six days of labor he can support himself, but he who keeps open on Sunday morning a reasonable time for the accommodation of his patrons, does belter, because he shows himself a philanthropist, and he may be a very good Christian, too. Very good Chris ti.ins labor ou Sunday when they deem it proper to do so; and there are many ctses in which some labor is proper, even though we answer in the negative the much debated question as to whether a hot dinner is among the appropriate woiks of Sunday. It certainly was to stand away behind a shaved faced as a Sunday necessity. So that while the cooks are permitted to roast, the barbers may not be forbidden to lather. The Beading letter carriers decline to pay an assessment of $34 to Hubbell and Cooper, and resolve that if a "voluntary contribution" is really wanted lrom them they will test the sincerity of the Republican committees with voluntarily offering them $10. If the exercise of their volition is not to be permitted them then they will decline altogether on the ground that to give in any other spirit nay be a crime under the recent rulings of the New York courts. If the federal oflctals persist in this sort of thing Cooper will have to levy another assess ment on Camera sad Arthur. They are not included within the scope of the law. Congressman Sceaxton has sue. ceeded in .getting: an appropriation of $125,000 through both houses of Con greasforafedflralbuildingatScranton. It would be interesting to know what claim Scranton had for a government build ing of that cost before Lancaster, Bead ing and some other towns in the state in which the business transacted for the government is much heavier than in Scranton. But as that is a close con gressional district and Congressman Scranton is in search of re-election, an appropriation of $125,000 can be handled to as good purpose as the job of building " the middle penitentiary" at Hunting don was made to serve in that district four years azo. After the stale had been induced to vote several hundred thousand dollars for that penitentiary and State Senator Fish er, who got the job through, had himself elected to Congress by means of it, it was discovered that no such peni tentiary was needed and the unfinished structure is expected to be turned into a reformatory or probably will yet be made into another state agricultural college, after several hundred thousand dollars more have been spent upon it. Tue anti-Briggs pronunciamento now numbers 83C signatures of members of the Philadelphia bar. And still Briggs thinks it is not going to be much of a shower. As Senator Ingalls has a pass key to the White House, it is suspected that his fight against the river and harbor bill is made with the knowledge that Arthur has a notion to veto this bill, with a view of re gaining some of his lost popularity. If the government fails to make out a ease of conspiracy against the Star Route thieves as seems not unlikely the pub lie will suspect a conspiracy between the "prosecution" and defense, which is al together likely considering the political relations of Bliss and Brady. . . m When a variety snow manager in Washington wanted to find a dozen girls to act as " living statues " in the national capital he struck for Philadelphia and got them. They ought to be stood up in the gallery of the capitol to show what the commonwealth of William Peon has come to. The Sun is very emphatically of the opinion that as now managed and printed, the Congressional Record is a disgrace to Congress and a fraud ou tbe people, for it is a perennial lie, a waste basket of un spoken speeches and a lying reporter of speeches that were spoken. Another critic aptly says that the rule appears to be to print what can't be said and to say what can't be printed. Attorney Geneiul Biiewsteii is talk ed of for the succession to the English ministry. He does not seem to bo of any use in the Star Route trial and might try his hand at giving the tail of the British lion a twist. At any rate he would show the court of St. James a. style of gorgeous attire that it hasn't seen binco Beacons field, his green coats, checkered panta loons and frog chains went to glory. Gen. Bii.t.ot is probably tSe most pop ular man in tho French army for restor ing the old-fashioned drum . The drum was probably introduced into Etuopo by the Saracens, whose kettle diums were captured by Charles Martel at Tours. It seems to have been adopted very quickly in both Latin and Anglo-Saxon countries, but in France it was held in much more honor thau in England, and its exclusion from the army on the ground that warned the enemy has beon very unpopular. Somebody should clip oft the ears of Judge Advocate Swaim. He maintains that Sergeant Mason ought to bo let off becauso he is not technically guilty of trying to shoot Guiteau, as that villian wai out of his range. This, too, despite the fact that the evidenco to sustain the charge of inteut to kill is contained iu Meson's own declaration, which forms a part of the case. "I hope I have killed him. I don't know whether I have or not I tried to kill him. I'm not going to come out hero to guard a assassin." It is evident that there is one crank still at large. A London newspaper has been taking notice of what is called a " Drunkards' convention," and mentioned as an alarm ing incident thereof that 20,000 " Druuk ards " were reported to have been present. On the strength of this it moralizes as to what tho possible effect may be of massing so many inebriated persons, or those who are evidently in sympathy with inebria tion. The convention is said to have taken place in Indiana, and all of this -excitement has beon occasioned by the mis take in reporting the annual gathering of the Tunkers, familiarly called " Dunk ards." The manufactures of New York in 1880 gave employment to 140,411 men, G8,938 woman, and 8,938 children, in all 218,277 persons. To these $93,378,806 was paid in wages, and, with a capital of $161,917,850, manufactured products of a value of $448, 209,248 were turned out. At tho head of the list in New. York stands the manufac ture of clothing. The annual product of men's clothing was $60,793,597, and of women's clothing $18,930,553, in 1880. The next great manufacturing interest in New York is meat packing, the annual product of which is worth $29,297,527. Then come tobacco manufactures, yield ing $22,668,080. The value of the cigara produced in New York is alone $18,347, 108. The Star Route trial has cost the gov ernment mora than double what the Gui teau trial cost. Mr. Bliss, Mr. Ker and Mr. Merrick receive their compensation regularly from the government, while Judge Porter, Mr. Davidge and two or three other lawyers had to pay their own expenses and trust the government for six months. Oat of the twenty experts called to the GaitoM trial Bet one of them has received a cent. The principal expert, Dr. Gray, of the TftieV state asylum, paid more than six haadred dollars in hotel bills aloae. The" experts have thus far made no claim, hot have they been in vited to send in their bills. The lawyers are in about the same predieamentbut tbe whole party have "great expecta tions." m FSBSONAXj. Mrs. Astor bad a bank of white roses three feet high piled up on her dinner ta ble in Newport the other day. Tom Hughes, author of "Tom Brown atRuebv." and "Rueby " in Tennessee, has been appointed justice of a' county court in England. James H. Bowen, candidate for judge of the snnreme court in the Third district of Kentucky, and noted as a lawyer, was a compositor of the Louisville Courier Jour nal twenty-five years ago. Alonzo Bell, assistant secretary of the interior denartment, has tendered his res ignation, to .take effect upon the appoint ment of his. successor. Secretary Teller has recommended tbe appointment of Merrick S. Joslyn, of Illinois, to succeed Mr. Bell, and his nomination will be sent to the Senate. Robeson, according to an envious and thirsty correspondent, is abont fifty-five years old, and his face, how red it is as red as a red parasol and about as large and round- 'I wish I had the Madeira and Port it has taken to color that face. Robeson is not a heavy drinker, except at table, but ho is a fine drinker so they say." William Nolan, esq., of Reading, well-known in this city as a railroad builder, had his arm broken in New York on Thursday. He was superintending some work at High Bridge, and while ascending a ladder to the second story a shutter blew open and, striking him, knocked him down. The fracture was re duced and the patient is now at home under treatment. SiEBENREESjan eminentGorman scholar, having finished reading one of his beauti ful imaginings to his wife, who appeared to be listening with bated breath and eye lids cast down, closed tbe book with in ward satisfaction at tbe completion of his labors, only to hear the sharer of his joys exclaim: "My dear, pray don't put on your left stocking to-morrow I see there is a hold iii it." Mrs. Archer, who acquired quite a reputation during the Pinafore craze un der the stage name of Belle Mackenzie, has Veen engaged by tho Madison Square company to play Hazel KMz next season. Her sister, Miss Nellie Mingle, has joined the Barney MoAuley combination, and will play Gertrude in "Uncle Dan' J," and Dorothy in "Mayberry Girl," McAuley's new piece. Best, the sculptor, aged 31, whose libel suit has excited such sensation in London, wears his bair floating in graceful curves over his coat collar. His waistcoat is of chocolate colored velvet, aud his scarf of crimson silk, lie bad been messenger to Spottiswood, tho printer, and carved with a nail a man's head upon a stone be had picked up near the Houses of Parliament, which attracted the attention of a gentle man, who induced the great sculptor Fo ley to take him as assistaut. Rev. John McCoy, formerly of Colum bia, tbis county, is now the pastor in Franklin, Venango county, and a corres pondent from that place writes to the Pittsburgh Post as follows : "Rev. McCoy, the new pastor of tho Presbyterians, is the lion of tho day. His sermons last Sunday wero regular rattlers. He shook up the old and the young sinners in a style that is not down in tbe old version, but has been partly incorporated in the new. He means what ho says and says what he means." General Barrios, the so-called presi dent of Guatemala, who is visiting this country, gets a great many whacks from Americans who formerly lived there. He was commandantof the district of Antigua, Guatemala He was military commander of the district. His powers even then were practically absolute, and ho was already known as a hard-hearted, relent less, vindictive military tyrant, an un scrupulous intriguer and a brute. It was then feared that some day Guatemala might fall into his hands, .as it has since done. Charles Leslie Soutuerland, of Coombe, near Croydon, Eng., has for some timo past been giving his attention to the scientific breeding qf mules, and seems to have been most successful. Not many years ago ho chanced to pay a visit to Croydon when one of its many fairs was in progress. His eyes fell upon a Spanish jenny offered for sale, aud he purchased her for the reasonable sum of $30. Since that timo he has sold some of her progeny for $2,000, and he still retains a number for breeding purposes. One of her grandsons was sold recently for more than $1,000, to go to Now South Wales. John Russell Young, lately appointed United States minister to China, finds a curious intrigue against his reception at the Chinese capital. The friends of Mr. Denny, United States consul at Shanghai, declare that General Grant promised him tho Peking mission, and that Li Hung Chang found means of urging his appoint meut. Intelligent.foreigners entirely dis beiieve that General Grant made any defi nate promises and doubt tho expediency of adopting Chinese statements regarding tbe recommendation of a candidate for such a post ; but several unpleasant news paper articles havo been published, up holding Mr. Denny aud threatening Mr. Young with social aud diplomatic ostra cism, etc. Air. Denny domes having an thorized the attack. An Early Morning Sketch, Chicago Tribune. Tho tremulous boughs of tho waving trees were raining down shadows that fell cool and fair upon Lurline Perkin's beau tiful face as she stood silent and alone near the woodshed. The murmuring sigh ing of the summer breeze was borne to her by tho tranced air, and ever and anon there came up from the meadows the sound of the farmer's axo as he felled the sturdy asparagus that was soon to delight the palates of tho rich people in tho city who could pay fur it. Away to the east ward, mirroring back tbe azute dome of the sky, lay the lake, and the swell of its silver foam but served to make tho silence deeper. The girl stood for several minutes en tranced by tbe sceue. Then turning sadly away, she exclaimed in low, bitter tones : " I suppose I shall have to milk that drat, ted cow.and tho sooner I get at it the bet ter." Uproar Iu a Theatre. A double programme, to conclndo with Fannie Louise Buckingham as Mazeppa, was to terminate the season at Parker's American theatre, on Third avenue, Sat urday evening. All went off smoothly until the conclusion of tho first act of "Mazeppa," when, after the audience had writed patiently for fifteen or twenty minutes for the reappearance of Fanny Buckingham it was' rumored that a dispute about the payment of up ward of $100 due her bad caused a hitch in the performance The impatience of the audience was immediately manifested, and at length they were told that no perform ance would take place, as Miss Bucking ham refused to appear and they were re quested to go out. No one responded and the lights were tamed out. The andienoe still refnsed.to vacate, and finally became so uproarious that tbe theatre was again lit up in a vain endeavor to -quiet them. A detachment of poliee were sent for and on their, arrival the audience dispersed. POLITICS IN OHIO. S1TOATIOH IN TaW SHOUTS STATE. Thinks tM Denaeecais VTUl Carry tfe BUM. -A cjtate Dlaaer at the Walla M .-! aral Haws. New Yoik Times. Gen. Warner, of silver bill fame, en route to Washington from the Ohio Dem ocratic state convention, was interviewed by a Pittsburgh correspondent on the po litical outlook in theBuckeye state from a Democratic stand point. Relative to the alleged split between the Moss-backs and the Young Democrats, General Warner said it did not amount to any. thing. There was some objection to John G. Thompson as chairman of tho state executive committee, but this came from all sections alike. Speaking of the prospects of the party this fall, Gen War ner said: "The prospects are very good for tbe Democracy carrying the state. The Democracy will doubtless have a large part of the German vote on account of the action of the Republicans on the temper ance question. Then, he thought, that in the rural districts tbe extravagance and wastefulness in the appropriations will reap gains from tho Republican party. It will be a short canvass, but pretty livelv." Talking of national politics, Gen. War ner said: "Tbe presidency is too iar aneau to make any predictions or tell anything about it. Unless the . Democrats carry Ohio this year and next I don't think there is muoh chance of a Democratic candidate from Ohio. But if thoy should carry the state, especially next year, it might be come pivotal in the choice of a candidate in 1884." "And necessitate the nomination of a strone Ohio Reoublicah ?" ' "I don't know who it would be," was the laughing reply ; " Sherman is clearly on the shelf. He has lost his prestige since he has beon out of the treasury, and will never recover. He has lost his power in the Senate that ho iiad before he went into the treasury, and he has lost his influ ence even in financial matters. He is not what he was five or ten years ago, and never will bo again. As to Foster, I do not think that ho will be seriously con sidered." " What about the Democratic candi dates?" " There are but three men whose names appear in such a category Thurman, Pen dleton and Payno. Thurman would, no doubt, bo the choice of the party iu Ohio if his health and his age would permit him to be a candidate. Of tho others, Pendleton leads in prominence just now. I don't know what strength his strong and decided convictions on tbe civil ser vice would give him. I don't know wheth er his ideas on that point would be in dorsed by the party or not, but I know that it is a matter of conviction with him, and that he would not surrender it for tho nomination. I think, however, Hancock will be the man." A B'ISTOZf TBAGKDY. Unraveunc tho Mystery of Mrn. Harriet ucii'i nuraer. The murderer of Harriet Bell, a woman who was stabbed to death in Boston on the morning of March 7th, by a dirk in the hands of a hitherto unknown man,- it now known to bo a person whoso adopted sister lived near by on Indiana place. Mrs. Bell lived at No. 5 Eirtland street, with her daughter Willa. The murder took place at the threshold of her house, and she fell in her own hallway and died after having received nino wonnds from the dirk. It .is known that the man was near the scene of the murder on tbe night of 'March 6. Ho has served five years in the state prison, and has been once arrested for assault with a dirk. His beard is of the stubby charac ter described by the girl Wills, and he also has a" peculiar upper lip, which she noted. Tho motive for tho murder may b found in his relations with another woman who lived in the same house with Mrs. Bell, and who resembled her in appearance. It is said that this woman caused some trouble between the man and his sister by saying that she wouldn't have a state prison bird about her, and he swore to have revenge. In his drunkon condition he might easily have mistaken Mrs. Bell for the woman whom he had waited for around the corner. Within twenty min utes after tho murder an inmate of the Indiana place house was at the scene of the murder carefully looking at everything and anxiously inquiring if tho police had a good description of the murderer. He is sup pDsed to be in Chicago at the present time. When the murder was committed ho was pointed out two policemen as a man who had assaulted a woman, but they paid no attention to him. All these acts, with tho man's name, are in the posession of the police, and a detective belonging to the force has been working on the case but no arrests have been made. FLAME SWEPT. Great Conflagration 1b JfhUadelphla. About 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in a disused warehouse in Front street, above Brown, and communicated to the adjoining buildings, one of which was vacant, while the others, in the rear of the warehouse, were used for the stor age of ice and molasses, the former be longing to the Carpenter ice company and the latter used by Heyl & Brothers as a storage room for 130 hogsheads of the syrnp. In the rear of these buildings tho fire communicated to two lumber yards occupied by Rushton & Levering and and William M. Fox & Brother. The flames then set fire to a row of nine dwell. ingB in Brown street below Front, occu pied by mechanics and others, all of whom lost.their household goods and clothing. The buildings on three corners of Front and Brown streets, together with several buildings on the west side of Front street, above Brown, and a cigar store, private dwelling, and tenement -house on the east side, of Front street, below Brown, and a distillery on the south sido of Brown, below Front, wero partially burned. The row in Brown, below Front was entirely destroyed, with the exception of one house, which was badly damaged. The entire loss is estimated at between $00,000 and $80,000. Most .of the real cs. tate belonged to the estate of the late Thomas Powers, and is fully covered by insurance. warn house dinnkb. The President of Gnatemala Entertained by President Arthur. The dinner given Saturday evening by President Arthur to General Barrios, president of the Repnblic of Guatemala, was one of the most elegant and success ful affairs whioh has occurred at the White House dosing the present admin istration. The Other .guests were, in addition to Senor Cruz, tbe Guate malan minister of state, Secretary Frelinghuysen, Secretary Teller, Secreta ry Lincoln, Secretary Chandler and Post master General Howe, Senator Montufar, minister of the republic of Guatemala to the United States ; Dr. Aroyaz, of Presi deat Barrios' suite; the British, French, Spanish, Chillian and Swedish ministers ; Hon. David Davis, Speaker Keifer, Sena tor Windom, chairman of tbe Senate for eign relations committee ; Hon. Charles G. Williams, chairman of the House com mittee on foreign affairs ; Gen. W. T. Sherman, and Mr. John Davis, assistant secretary of state. Three Vtalaat Death. An old man named J. B. Teauteit, while at work in a lumber yard at Denver on Saturday afternoon, was struck by light ning and instantly killed. A 4-year old child named Fart , living in Petersburg, on the outskirts of Scran ton, fell esi Saturday afternoon into a large boiler of hot water, and was scalded to death before being discovered. .The body of Ernest Spencer, whose mysterious disappearance from Milwaukee on the 16th instant bad caused a great sensation, was found yesterday morning in the lake near Mr. Spencer's residence A LOUSE UAME. The flanlkbargs Defeat the Ironside by a score of 24 to 16. Harrisburg Patriot. The least said about the game of ball on Sa unlay between the Harrisburg and Ironsides clubs the better for the former. The latter club was not a match by any means, and knowing this the home team failed to take that interest in the game th t the spectators, who numbered three hundred, looked for. Dnring the early part of the game, when the metal of the visitors was being tested, tho Harrisburg indulged in some magnificent playing, wbich was applauded in every instance. The same showing should have been made toward the close, but such was not the case. The runs made by tbe visitors, in almost every instance, wero scored when two men were out and there had been the third chance to retire the side. Sales pitched his curves in the last three innings and was very effective, as not one of the runs scored by the Ironsides were earned. The ninth inning and the close of the game was miserable so far as the home team was concerned. The men had been retired and the third knocked a slow grounder to Martin, who fumbled it long enough to allow the runner to make his base. Somo heavy bitting was then in dulged in, and seven runs were scored. A low line ball was then sent to right field which Sturgeon failed to hold. One mau scored on the hit and two others followed before the sides was retired. The batting on both sides was heavy, as the sooro which follows will show : HA.BRISBURQ. A.T. It. 1 II. T.1I. P.O A. K. McKee, c. 1 7 2 5 7 0 0 0 Householder. 3 b 7 3 .1 5 7 1 2 Balsloy, 1. f. 0 2 1 1 2 i 1 Sweitzor.p. and s. a... 7 2 2 i o ;t o Sturgeon, r. f G 1 1 1 0 o 1 Martin, 2 b 6 2 12 :t l 1 bates, lb G 5 2 2 5 o 1 Dell, c 0 3 1 1 U 3 0 Sales, s. s. ami p G 4 1 2 1 3 3 57 21 17 23 27 15 12 IUONSIDKS. Zeclier, s.a. and c 5 3 3 3 2 3 1 .1. Kins, cT and 1. f. 6 10 0 2 0 2 Arnold, I. 1. anil p 6 1 4 5 1 1 2 Hambnght, r. f. 5 12 2 10 1 Oosgrove. p. and s. a. . 5 l o 0 4 2 1 Wituicr, 1. f 5 2 2 2 o o 3 C. King. 3b 5 2 2 2 4 i 6 Kautz, 2 b 4 3 2 2 4 2 1 M'iChar.lb 5 2 2 2 9 n 1 Totals 46 16 17 18 27 11 IS Innings. 123456789 Harrisburg 3 5 3 2 0 2 5 0 4-24 Ironsides I 0 0 0 4 3 10 716 Earned lluns Harrlsbnr.', 3 ; Ironsldos, 2 Two-base Hits McKoo 2, Martin 1, Sales 1, Arnold 1. Base on Balls Uarrisbur, 2 ; Ironsides, 2. Wild Pitches Sweitzer 1, Sales 2, Cos grove 1. Pass Balls-Dell 1, King 2. Uuipiio Alfred Spcece, ot Lancaster. Time of (Jiinic-1 hour, 55 minute. STORKS FLOODED. Clothing and Fancy Goods Damaged. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon water was seen running out of the front door of the tailoring establishment of H. Gerhart, No. 0 East King street. Mr. Gerhart was. notified and on entering tbe store found that tho water was dripping through tho ceiling from the second story occupied as a wholesale stocking and no tion store by Julius Loeb. Mr. Loeb being out of town, Mr. Halback, superintendent of tbe water works, was sent for and as cending a ladder entered tbe second story window, and found a spigot open in Mr. Loeb's room and running full head tbe waste pipo boing closed aud the water tunning over tbe floor, percolating through tho ceiliug to Mr. Gorhart's store room. As quickly as it could be done the flow of tbe water was stopped, the goods were re moved to places ot safety and tbe Hooded store rooms were swept out. Mr. Gerhart is the greatest sufferer by the accident. Many of his fine cloths, cassemeres,vestings, patterns,sewing machines and somo cloth ing made up.aro greatly damaged. Tbe ex tent of the loss is not yet ascertained, but will reach several hundred dollars. Mr. Loeb also loses considerable, tbo water having damaged collars, cutis, bosiery, gloves, etc., that were packed in boxes standing on the floor. The accident hap pened from the carelessness of one of Mr. Loeb's employees, who was in the store about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and opened the fancet to get water. As is very often tbe case, tbo water did not run iu the second story, and the young man who bad opened the Jfaucet, forgot to close it be fore leaving the room. The water soon afterwards began to flow, and tho waste pipe being closed, overflowed tho basins and flooded the stores as above stited. It is feared that the ceiling of Mr. Gerbart's store has been so much damaged by water that a portion of it will fall down. THE CtElTVSlUJKG KNCWSlF-tlE Vl". George H. Thomas Fort Largely Repre sented This morning at 10:30 o'clock about sixty members of the George H. Thomas Post 84 G. A. II., accompanied by the Millersville cornet band aud seventy-fivo other excursionists, some of whom were members of the post, left Lancaster for Gettysburg to attend the fourth annu al encampment by the G. A. II. depart ment of Pennsylvania being held in that place. Dispatches from Gettysburg state that the encampment thus far is tho larg est ever held by the order, and that o very thing is in readiness in camp and town to receive tbe very large accessions promised for the week. Yesterday morning divine services were held at tho rostrnm in the National ceme tery, Rev. John TV. Sayres, of Philadelphia, department chaplain, preaching tbe ser mon. At 6:30 p. m., visitors thronged the camp to witness dress parade. At 7 o.clock there was a sacred service of song, followed by mnsio by the Weccacoe Le gion band, on east gemetery hill. At 11 o'clock one gun gave the signal for taps and the camp lapsed into silence. Dur ing to-day traffic was entirely suspended in camp and town, removing tho only ob jectionable feature of former encamp ments. George H. Thomas post will return to Lancaster to morrow evening. CHARLIE -WISE'S BaLOOX. Making "Captive " Ascension at Gaps May. Prof. Chas. . Wise and his son John, formerly of this city, are engaged for the season of two or three weeks to make bal loon ascensions from the lawn of Congress Hall, Cape May, the idea being to take crowds of thirty or forty persons up to a considerable distance, give them a grand panoramic view and let the air ship bo then drawn down. A trial trip was made on Saturday, and when the tourists carao down they gave most glowing descriptions of the magnificent view from the Con gress, extending as far as tbe eyo could reach over the ocean, across the bay to and beyond Lewes and the Delaware Break water; inland over the fertile fields of New Jersey as far as MillvWe, and last, but no least, a better realization of the beauties of Cape May than could be ob tained from a life-long survey thereof from the hotel piazzas or the beach. Kelessed oa Habeas Corpus. FrankEilchnst,arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct, and committed by Al deiman Samson to the county jail for 20 days, was taken before Judge Patterson on Saturday evening on a writ of habeas corpus and discharged. VERY MUCH MARRIED. UVP1NCOTT AND UlS TUKKK WIVES. More About th Philadelphia Folygamlst One or His Vicunas a Lancaster Conn ty Girl A Gay Lothario. The Philadelphia papers have additional particulars of tho adventures of a clothes wringer peddler named Edward Lippin cott who got into trouble while enjoying tripplo connubial bliss. Tbe affair is given a local interest by tho fact that one of his wives turns out to be a Laucaster county woman. The Sunday Heeord has the following account : A bald-beaded, black eyed mau named Edward Lippincott, with a smooth tongue and the manner of a man who could be everything to everybody, posed in tbe dock at the Central police station yesterday. He was charged with the practices of Mor monism, and one of his numerous wives, with a brother-in-law of tho first, sat near to see that justice should be meeted out to bim so far as lay in the power of the venerable aud astuto Justice South. Tho judge adjusted his eye glasses upon his nose, then read the warrant, and heaved a deep sigh when he ruminated upon the increase of crime. It seoms as far back as 1862, Lippincott, who came hero from Mount Holly, wooed and wedded a tine young lady, Miss Caroline Wol, a sister of ono of the present headquarters' detec tives. For six or seven years the couple liv-'d together, but Lippincott proved anything but an agreeable compan ion, lie was drunken, and his wife was compelled to go ont and earn the money to maintain both herself and her husband. At last he became involved in difficulty, and was advised to seek the fast growing West to save himself from tho confinement of the dungeon cell. Ho took good advice aud proceeded in tho direction of the setting sun, where he re mained for somo years. After awhile be returned to this city and engaged iu the business of selling clothes wringers and patent household aiticles from door to doer. While iu this occupation ho fell in with Miss Amanda Fowler, a comely young lady from Lancaster county, who was living at service in West Philadelphia. Although old enough to bo Amanda's father, Lippincott set his eyes upon the girl and determined that sho should bo his wife. He told tho too-confiding maiden that be had been married before, but that ho was divorced from his first wife, and sho had told him to go and seek a partner for his joys, while she would do likewise. Miss Fowler believed all this, aud as the man represented that he had $700 iu bonds, a good business and two suites of furn; ture, hho accepted tho chance eagerly ouly to rue it in tho end. On the 31st of January, 1SS1, tho couple were joined by tho Rev. J. MeCion, a Lutheian minister, who resided at. No. 1924 North Eight street. Instead of lovo in a cottage, with all tho accessories that go to make up a happy homo, Mrs. Lip pincott No. 2 was cscoitcd to a cheap lodg ing honse, and afterward sho weut to her folks in Lancaster to tell the news that she had found a husband iu the crowded city. The husband soon followed her, and mado himself perfectly at home with the old folks. His easy manner boon won their confidence, and all would have gono well bad not ono day a strange woman made her appearance. She was armed with an umbrella and a good temper, au J things in Lancaster county piomiscd to become warm. Lippincott met ber, and introduced her to the family as his sister. She remained a couple of days, and filially departed in company with Lippincott. whom she declared to a conplo of men at the statiou to be her hnsband. This news reached the ears of the Fowlers, and the mother of the young wife addressed a let ter to Lippincott, making inqnhies upon the subject. Ho replied in an epistlo filled with taffy and eye closers, aud ilccluicd that the woman was his sister, and that she had come up to Lancaster to warn him because Caroline, his first wife, was at tempting to reopen tho proceedings in di vorce and detectives were upon his track. He followed this up with another letter, in which he wrote : "I would sooner dio than parLwith you, my dear, for you are my own, my only, and lawful wife." Then ho urged her to come to the city aud settle down with him, aud represented that ho had purchased threo or four snites of furniture and many other things neccs sary for housekeeping. At last Amanda returned to tho city aud was hustled about from hotso to house, until she landed in Ginnodo stieet, iutho Twenty-ninth ward, where sho still remains. The after revelations opened the eyes of Airs. L.. No. 2 as wide as saucers, and sue fouud, like many other country girls of a contiding nature, s-uo bad been duped. While ha was taking care of ono wife Lippincott ' was alto main taining Rebecca Thompson, on Ridge ave nue, near Fifteenth street. Ho very clev erly divided his timo between the two women. When he tired of ono he would tell her that bis business required him to go into tho country, and he would seek the compauy of the other for a few days. By this means ho closed the eyes of wives Nos. 2 and 3 for somo time. On the 24th of January, 1883, tho Rev. Andiew Man ship joined Lippincott and Rebecca Thompson in wedlock. Wife No. 2 heard of this, but, being poor and having no friends, sho did not know what to do, especially as her husband paid her board, and Mrs. L. No. 3 sent her a message to this effect : "If you como up to our house and try to interfere with us I'll scald you." Lippincott took wife No. 3 to anico little home iu a neat tow-story brick house at No. 2613 Stevens stieet, above Giiaid avenuo. Hero tho couple lived, quietly, and even the neighbors did not detect any thing wrong until Special Detective Car penter, one or the shrewdest men ou tho force, yesterday captured Lippincott and waltzed him to police headqnaitcrs to meet his accusers. Somo timo ago Mrs. L. No. 2 consulted Mrs. L. No. 1, who is employed in a laun dry, and asked if she would join her in a prosecution of their husband. She laid tbe facts before her brother, the detective, and he undertook tbe job. Mr. Carpenter arrested the man, and he was taken before Justice South. Detective Wolf gave the testimony and produced a couple of mar riage certificates. " What bavo you'to say ?" asked the judge in a severe tono of the prisoner. "WeH, judge," replied Lippincott, not at all abashed, "I was married to my first wife and lived with her for six years; bat we qnarreled all the timo. I tried to fix it up, and she told mo to go my way and she would co hers. Sho said 1 could get mar ried if I pleased, and sho wonld do what suited her. So I got married." "Hurry up," put in Judge Smith; "how about the third wifo?" "Wait a minute, judge," retorted the prisoner, with a dramatic wave of tho hand. "If there is no objection I'll start on the second." "I guess there is a case here," said the jndge. "One thousand dollars bail for a further bearing next Wednesday, ' Up stepped Lippincott's employer, Mr. Lancaster, whose place of businevi i on Race street, near Tenth, and the security was entered, with tbe remark: "He's a good salesman, one of the best I have, aud I don't want him locked up." In a New Business. Constable Killinger of the Fifth ward, has rented a market stall and will try his hand at slicing dried beef, bologna, ham, &a., and if he receives sufficient encour agement may resign from the police force and engage permanently in tho market tiade. SUKDAT AT CAMPMEETIN'J. InteresUac Services Large Crowd-l'lenty C Dast Uooa Order. The big day at the LandiKville camp meeting was yesterday, and tho number of people who were on the grounds is esti mated at 5,000. The day was not too warm and there was some air going. Early in the afternoon of Saturday people began to arrive from a distance to remain over Sunday, and it was not long until all of the tents and other sleeping places wero occupied. Yesterday forenoon at an early hour the crowd of persons, who come only on this day of the camp, began pouring in, A great number from the surrounding country and from Lancaster, Columbia, Marietta and other places drove to tbe grounds and had their horses comfortably quartered in that part of the grounds which is especially fitted up for that pur pose. Tbo Pennsylvania railroad ran fivo trains from this city to the grounds and all wore full- Six car loads caiuo up over the Port Deposit road, and several trains were run from Columbia and Harrisburg. The Reading road rau four trains from tbis city to tho grounds, and thoy were all packed with passengers. Trains wero also ruu from Columbia, Ephrata, Lititz. &c. Both roads charged 25 cents for the round trip from this city and tho low prico caught the peo ple. Many persons who work hard in the eity during the waek, had an excellent opportunity to visit tho country cheap, and thoy took advantage of it. Both roads bad thoir disadvantages, as persons who desired to tike the cars of the Pennsylvania road from Columbia wero compelled to go all the way around by Lancaster to reach the grounds, while pas sengers on the Reading line from tbis city were taken around bv wav of Junction. This did not interfere with the crowd, ' as they wanted to ride a good deal for their moucy, tbo worth of which they certaiuly got Several liverymen had all of thcir ' busses in nse conveying passengers from the depots to the grounds, and they did a brisk business as crowded trains arrived almost every hour. On account of tho very dry-weather tbe roads were fearfully dusty and it seemed to bo several inches thick. Tho persons who were lucky enough to ride were covered with dust, while thoso who walked presented a sor rowful appearance. Bootblacks were in demand at tbe station upon the return, and plenty of them. were present from thin city and other places and did a lively trade. The grounds iu tho woods was also very dnsty and it interfered considerably with the pleasures of the day. Persons did not need to go thirsty during tho day as theio aro throe pumps on tbe grounds, which were kept working all day long aud whicli were surrounded at all times by crowds. Tbo crowd although so large was very quiet and orderly and there was not the slightest bit of bail conduct on the grounds . SpecialOfficer Hollinger was assisted in his duties by several constables from the neighborhood. They were always on hand to prevent any disorder and enforce the rules, but their services wero very sel dom needed. Many of the crowd became very tired during tbe day from constant walking, and they were glad when the trains left to take them to their homes. Every ono who traveled by iail was taken to their stations safely aud no accidents occurred. The Services. The services began early iu the morning with au interesting prayer meeting which was led by Rev. Robinson at six o'clock. At half-past eight o'clock instead of the usual prayer meeting, a love feast was held at the large stand. Tbis consisted of singing and prayer and telling experience. Instead of Landing around tho bread the members joined bauds and sang. This service was participated in by a largo number, who were very enthusiastic. t At 10 o'clock the usual morning service was held. By this time a tremendous crowd had gathered in the woods and al most every seat was taken around the largo stand. Rev. Dr. J. B. Dobbins, formerly of tbis city, preached the sermou. Ho choso for bis text the first three verses of the second chapter of Acts : "And when tho day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with ono accord in one place. "And suddenly thcic came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the houso h here they were sit ting. "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like at of fire aud it sat upon each or them." Tho sermon was uu excellent one, and it was listened to by an 'mmenso audience, who gave it their entire attention. At half-past one o'clock Revs. J. W. Bradley and G. G. Rakcstraw fed a prayer meeting in the large tent. At the same timo tho children's meeting was held by Prof. Ellenberger at tbo largo stand. Rev. Wm. Taylor, the missionary who arrived on Saturday, was present and made an ad dress. At 3 o'clock uuother tremendous audi ence had gathered at the stand, and theio the regular services wero held. Ruv. Richard Humphries preached from the words whioh are found in St. John v : 3D : " Search the Scripture, for in them yo think ye have eternal life, and they aro they which testify of Mo." This was auotber brilliant sermon. Last evening tbe regular services wero held at 1 o'clock, and Rev. Wm. Taylor, tho missionary, preached a powerful ser mon from Ezekiel xxxiii, 11. The audi ence was large. This morning the crowd of permanent people was very large, and among the now arrivals were Rqvs. R. J. Carson, of West Chester, and Mr. Urban, of Steeltou. At tho early prayer meeting Rev. M. Gable led and Rev. Mr. Robinson con dnotcd the ono at 8$ o'clock. . At W o'clock Rav. Taylor again"1, preached to a largo andienco from Luko xi, 13. Tho childien's meeting was held at 1:30 and Rev. J. M. Gable preached at 3 o'clock. The receipts at the camp grounds show that more money baa been taken in this year at tbe gate and horse pound than ever before up to this time. The ; managers think that over 6,000 persons passed through the gates yesterday. The bus lines had the best day for years and say they are satisfied. One driver.who bad a two horse bur, took in $40. At Chemer Heights. Rev. James A. Roche, of Brooklyn, who was at Laadisville for several day last week and left ou Saturday, preached at Chester Heights yesterday on "The Transfiguration ou tbe Mount." TLu crowd at tho meeting did not como np to that of Landisville. It was estimatod at 5,000. Jlausy Anderson la Town. James E. Anderson, of Louisiana re turning board fame, came to town on Fri day night and remained until Saturday night, when bo left as quietly as he came. The register of the Hiester honse bears iu the fino roman hand of the ex-statesman from Louisiana the legend "James E. An derson, Eureka, Nev. Ho has grown so stout that the habitues of tbe hotel, some of whom are acquainted with him, failed to recognize him. Mora Good Work. On 'Monday last B.' D. Eckman. over sixty years of age, pitched on and off thir teen large loads of wheat, making twenty- six loads handled by him, most of which r were pitched overhead in the barn. Who's uext? Horsee Shipped. On Sainrda" Flea f Ttam- ali;n.i ot head of fine large draught horses to Now unc, aou mis morning they snipped a very handsome grey drivinir horse which they sold to a physician in Philadelphia. -i
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