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LANCASTER DAILY INTJiLiJENCEK. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1882.
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MONDAY EVENING, AUG. 21, 1889
The Ceagrasienal Field.
There are reliable indications that the
delegation from Pennsylvania in the
next House will materially differ from
tlie present one-sided representation, the
Republicans having nineteen members
and the Democrats only eight. The
average Republican majority in the state
during the past ten years, or since the
hist apportionment was made, has not ex
ceeded 20,000 in an average total vote of
over 600,000. In all fairness and decency,
therefore, the Democrats are entitled to
twelve or fourteen members of the
House, but the state has been so villian
ously gerrymandered that it has been
difficult for the party to hold one-fourth
of the delegation. In the coming con
test, however, a combination of circum
stances render it likely that the political
complexion of the delegation will be
nearly if not quite reversed. A glance
over the field as it stands will prove
timely and interesting.
It is notorious that Philadelphia's
dissatisfaction with the city's proverbi
ally weak Republican representation on
the floor of the House grows deeper
every year, and there are signs of stern
and decisive revolt this year, particularly
in the First (Bingham's) and Fifth
(Harmer's) districts. The movement jn
opposition to the return of these mem
bers is not strictly an Independent Re
publican movement ; it is the work of
the best men in the Republican party
without regard to factional differences,
and of leading business men who would
infinitely prefer a Democrat of RaiiduH'6
recognized ability and standing to such
machine incompetents as have long mis
represented half the city. In the 12th
district, Wilkesbarre and Scran ton,
the Independent Republicans evi
dently propose to let Scranton
have a walk over for the nomina
tion, and then quietly bowl him out at
the polls. He has been a firebrand and
a boss of the first water, and cannot poll
within two thousand the full vote ol his
party. His only hope of an election lies
in Democratic blundering or treachery,
and in this he ought to be disappointed.
A good Democratic nominee will sweep
the district.
In the Harrisburg (14th) district, Mr.
Cameron has issued positive orders for
the renomination and re-election of his
particular congressional and household
servant, Mr. .Sam Barr. He may and
doubtless will get a machine nomina
tion, but he can be defeated. On
this point the Independents are " set"
and nothing will move them from their
determination.
In the 16th district, composed of Ly
coming, Tioga, McKean and three ad
joiuing counties, voung Mr. Walker, Re
publican, notwithstanding his incompe
tent recoid, insistsupon a renomina
tion. Factional and sectional feeling is
very strong among the Republicans and
a good strong Democrat might get away
with the district, as Walker's majority
two years ago was less than 600. In the
17th (Somerset) and 18th (Huntingdon)
districts, the Democrats have bright
prospects, while with good nominations
and proper an angement it is believed they
can secure one if not both of the Alleg
heny districts. Errett is a load the iron
masters are getting very weary of and
Bayne and the Stalwarts are at eacli
others' throats. In the Beaver-Wash
ington district, (24th) the warring Re
publican factions threaten to eat ?ach
other up.
In addition, therefore, to firmly hold
ing their own in the congressional con
test in this state, the Democrats have
more than a fighting chance in at least
six districts, and they are reasonably
sure of carrying two of thtse. Let us
have first class men on the congressional
ticket all around and united solid woik
in their behalf. The record of the pre
sent Congress is one which the people do
not approve, and a multitude of hitherto
Republican voters are ready for a
change, and there is no better ulace to
begin to effect it than in Pennsylvania.
A Creditable Achievement.
The detective work done by one of the
mayor's special police on .Saturday in
the apprehension of Brimmer was very
creditable to his intelligence and zeal.
It shows what may be done by policemen
who have courage for their work and in
terest in it when they are furnished with
a fair degree of intelligence. It did not
lake any extraordinary degree of any of
these qualities to enable Dr. Fitzpatrick
to put into jail one of the firebug gang
that infests the city. The crimes that
have already been' committed pointed
very clearly to the order of persons who
should be suspected and watched. There
are not many men of sound mind who
would take delight in profitless incen
diarism. For many years there has
been a rowdy set, however, in this city,
which every now and then has dis
tinguished itself by an ou break of in
cendiary disposition. None of them
have been punished, we believe, as yet,
and their immunity has made them
bold. They have been politicians and
hangers-on of certain of the old volur
teer fire companies, and flatter them
selves that they possess influence enough
for their protection.
When Dr. Fitzpatrick who probably
is doing his present work through the
incentive of the reward as well as be
cause it is in itself interesting to him
saw one of this class of men coming
from the fire at the poorhouse barn
he quietly concluded that it would be
well to watch his further movements.
This was intelligent action, and it was
rewarded by the detection of one of the
probable incendiaries. No doubt there
is a gang of them. One of the firebugs
being detected the others will be found
among his associates. Surveillance over
these probably will put a stop to incen
diarism. Such a watch should be main
tained by the police on all the suspicious
characters in the city. There are not
very many of them. Every necessary
power to act should be bestowed upon
the mayor if he does not already possess
them. No expense should be spared.
These incendiary -fires must be put a
stop to at any cost. There is
great encouragement to hope that
this will be done, in the discovery
that there is on the police force one man
at least qualified for his place. There
has been such a lamentable lack of effi
ciency on the force that there was cause
to apprehend that' there would not be
any early detection of the incendiaries.
We are glad to find that there has thus
early been afforded us an opportunity to
laud when we expected only to have con
tinued reason to condemn. -
Ix Maine Mr. Blaine feels a loss of con
sideration on account of bis private sta
tion. The younger men of his party are
pushing themselves forward, and are
glad of any opportunity to teach him that
there is no office for him in or from the
state of Maine.
Mb. Doksey's collection of "frozen
facts," an additional installment of which
is published else wheo, continues to have
an interest for tho gt-ueral public, not the
least phase of which is the writer's inordi
nate desiro to have Judge Folgcr in the
cabinet. As contributions to the literature
of politics tho Dorsey letters are at least
unique.
Bookwaltek is booked to run for Con
gress against Keifer in the Eighth Ohio
district, and a correspondent of the New
York Times reports that while tho district
is ordinarily Republican by a comfortable
majority, with the distracting issues with
which the Republican find themselves con.
fronted, combined with General Heifer's
unfavorable record as speaker, tho result
of the coming election may be to give the
district to tho Democrats.
Rev. J. M. P. Otts, a Presbyterian di
vine, who has been heard in this city, and
now pastor of the Chambers Presbyterian
church in Philadelphia, says that heaven
is not a place to which good people go
when they die, but a state into which
they enter while they live ; aud hell a con
ditiou of misery iuto which siu plunges
peoplo in this life. Every man is now
rising to be an angel or sinking to bo a
devil, and those who arc driven away into
outer daikness in their own lives. Ou tho
last great day the separation will be made
by natural selection.
In a paper read before the National Ed
ucation convention held at Ocean Grove,
N. J., hist week, it was stated that 32
per cent, of the voters in this country
were unable to read the ballots which they
cast. These figures, it is claimed, are
based ou the forthcoming census report.
Three fourths of these illiterate voters, or
about 1,500,000 in lound numbers, lived
in the o'.d slave statt s, and they constitute
the great bulk of tho Republican party in
those states to-day. Indeed, it may bo
said that New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, whose combined vote iu the elec
toral college is neatly half that necessary
to name a piesideut, would he unques
tionably Democratic were it not for the
illiterate negro vote that has drifted
northward since the war. These are cold
facts which the "party of great moral
ideas " should occasionally call to mind.
PERSONAL,.
Mauy Andeuson looks peaked.
Genekal Tom Young told a Cincinnati
reporter the other day that things " look
blue" lor the Republicans in Ohio.
Ex-Goveknok Smitu, of Virginia, who
is known to fame us " Extra Hilly," has
reached his eighty-filth year. lie says
that he is bti'l blessed with a sound head,
whole heart aud faithful stomach.
Victou A. Baugiiman, editor of the
Frederick (Md.) Citizen, suffered by a
visit of burglars at his resideuce, Satur
day night, who stole some valuable arti
cles. Mb. John E. Bakhett, the brilliant
editor of the Scrautou Republican, seems
to find time in the midst of daily journal
ism to do a good deal of other work. Lie
has just begun the publication of another
serial story in a New York paper.
Goveunok. Luke Blackuuhn, of Ken
tucky, wears a cream colored hat since
his conversion. He is said to have gained
in popularity, '.ho chinch going peoplo of
tho state having been won by the frank
acknowledgement oi his shortcomings.
Lonn Chief Jr-.i;iK Coleridge haslet
Dr. Alois Biaudi have a access for his work
on Coleridge, to all the letters of Cole
ridge, Wadsworth and Southey, address
ed to the late Sir John Coleridge. The
Coleridge letters cover nearly all the poet's
career and begiu with the appeal to buy
bis discharge from tho army.
Dennis Dineen, a Canadian farmer, is
about to sue the society for tho prevention
of cruelty to animals for having imported
sparrows. He declines they have already
eaten up 30 acres of barley, destroyed his
potatoes aud made havoc with early vege
tables. He estimates tho number of spar
rows on his land at 5,000.
Sin JonN Rose, who owns one-fifth of
the Cau-.uliau Pacific railway, reached St.
Paul on Monday after inspecting bis road
and the Noi thern Pacific He is described
as tall, somewhat angular for the typical
Englishman, and apparently about rixty
fivo ycais of auo. He is genial in manner,
of an appreciative mind, aud plain iu his
dress.
Robert Alexander, an Atlanta barber
was appioached by Andrew Stewart the
other morning. Said the latter: "Bob, they
want you out at Mr. Hill's at once." "Is
Mr. Hill dead ?" quickly asked the barber.
Yes." "ljust kuowed it. About an hour
ago I woke up and I said to my wife, 'Mr
Hill is dead.' She says, How do you
know?' I says, 'ljust dreamed it; aud
thata fat smooth-faced maucame and told
me go to out to Mr. Hill's and shave him;'
and Mr. Stewart yoa are just the man I
saw in my dream."
Mr. John Bright has been asked by a
Manchester gentleman to define his posi
tion in regard to war, and has made a
reply, He says he believes that all the
English wars since the time of William
HI might have been avoided on principles
wuicu uo nut require inc aosoiute condem
nation of war in every possible case that
can be suggested or imagined. "The
policy and aspect of our country and the
world," he adds, "will be changed if the
demon war isleft to cases in which there
seems to Christian and rational men to
escape from the miseries it inflicts upon
mankind."
Betrncting a confession.
Robert Hilding, who recently confessed
in Chicago, III., that he murdered Sophia
Dahlberg,in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1875,
denied on Saturday all knowledge of the
crime. Robertson, a companion, has con
fessed that Hilding smothered her wbilo
he (Robertson) stood outside the house on
guard.
Arostofflce Clerk's Peculation.
Clarence B. Gelton, who has been in the
employ of the Pittsburg, postoffice for 14
years, has been committed to prison to
answer for robbing the mails. jHe is sup
posed to have robbed the government of
several thousand dollars.
THE LATEST NEWS.
ULEANBD rKOX THE MUKMNG MAILS
A Number or ratal Casualties reported
n the Railroad Sensational Kplsodes
of the Day' Doings.
A passenger train ran into a wagon on
Saturday night, near Catassauqua, Pa.,
instantly killing John Steward, fatally in
jured Willoughby Sieger, and slightly in
juring Jacob Stockenberger.
While W. C. Coup's circus train was
running iu two sections yesterday morning
between Tunnel Hill and New Burnsiae,
about 47 miles north of Cairo, III, the
engine of the second section ran into a
passenger coach in the rear of the first
section, completely demolishing the coach,
killing three wagon drivers and seriously
injuring 25 or 30 others. Relief trains,
with pbysicans, etc., wero promptly sent
to the scene.
William Haiu, of New Maiket, Md.,
while trying to board a passing train at
Frederick yesterday, was run over by the
cars and instantly killed.
An extra freight train on the Pennsyl
vania railroad ran into auother freight
train, near Bristol, Pa., early yesterday
moruing. Ten cars and an engine were
badly damaged, and three men were
seriously and two slightly injured.
A sleeper, which bad become accidentally
detached, ran into a passenger train, near
Olncy, III., on the Ohio & Mississippi rail
road, on Friday night, and telescoped a
passenger car. Walter Challen, a boy of
Cincinnati, Ohio, was thrown from an
upper berth iu the sleeper and killed ;
those who wero injured, or cut by the
glass, but not hurt otherwise, were W. J.
Shelling, of St. Louis ; Albert Black, of
Cincinnati ; E. E. Stone, of Dallas, Tex.;
W. J. Fay, of Springfield, 0.;Mrs. Phipps,
of Washington, Ind.
William Uackett, James Percole, Flor
ence Parker and Lillie Dawson wero killed
while trying to cross a railroad track in
a buggy ahead of a passenger train, near
Anoka, Minn., on Friday night. Their
bodies were horribly iuaugled . They had
attended a dance iu the evening and were
returning home when the accident hap
pened. John Cripps, of Frankford, Philadel
phia, while attempting to board a moving
traiu, at Atlantic City, N. J., on Satur
day, fell under tho cars and was iustautly
killed.
Peter La Urassa, formerly an operatic
singer, has been crushed to death by a
train, at Nantucket, Mass.
Adam Yuukor, a farmer of Meadville,
Pa., was run over and instantly killed, at
Chautauqua, New York, on Saturday, by
a passenger train on tho New York, Penn
sylvania & Ohio railroad.
F1U11TINO ABOUT THE MAI.L.K.YS.
liro l'hyslclans Engage In a Knock-down
Argument About Jenny Crauier.
Considerable excitement was created on
the principal thoroughfare of Wilkesbairu
by a pugilistic encounter between two
well-known physicians, Dr. A. P. O'Mal
ley and Dr. J. T. Doyle. It appears that
a little trouble has existed between tho
two men for some time past, and when
O'Malley met Doylo on Saturday night ho
immediately proceeded to " analyze " tho
case by knocking his antagonist down.
Tho operation was performed iu a profes
sioual manner, but Doyle was not inclined
to lie long, and in a few seconds was on
his props again aud was about to go for
O'Malley right from tho shoulder, when
bystauders iuterfeied aud a stop was put
to the fight. Dr. O'Malley is an uncle of
the Mallcy boys, aud bis friends claim
that he was justified in his attack on Dr.
Doyle, because the latter made a remark
not very complimentary to the Malley
boys.
SHOT HIS NEIUUI'.OU.
A Quarrel Abouta Fence JEnas iu alru;;edy.
Benard Horan, a man forty years of age,
shot and fatally wounded John Uoiman,
his neighbor. The latter was aboui sixty
years of age, and provoked Iloian by the
erection ot a fence between their propoity
at Mill Creek, a small hamlet about two
miles from Pottsvillo. Horan, whi'e part
ially uuder tho influence cf liquor, went
to Gorman's house aud demanded that the
fence bo taken dowu at once. Gorman
said that he would attend to it in the
morning, and Horan walked away a few
steps, turned on his heel and empted the
contents of a shotgun iuto the old mau's
head and neek. One of tho shot entered
tho skull over tho right ear ; one or two
penetrated the lung, causing him to ex
pectorate blood ever since, aud the others,
twenty or more, were scattered across the
lower part of the face aud neck. Gorman
lived with his wife alone, having no child
ren. Ho is supervisor of East Norwegian
township, aud was best known by the title
of " General." His assassin was arrested
aud committed to jail to await his victim's
injui ies. No hope in entertained for Gor
man's recovery.
MDRUISKEU FOll AN Am.E.
The Fatal Shot of an eccentric Farmer,
Jesse Mandville, an employe on tho farm
of Mark Van Etton, near Poit Jervis, N.
Y., was shot and fatally injured by an
eccentric old farmer named Philip Etting.
Maudvillo was walking past Etting's
orchard and jumped over the feuce to
pick an apple from the ground. Etting
saw him aud fired, hitting Mandeviilo in
the back below tho reirion of the heart,
The doctors say that ho cannot live He
is twenty-three years of age and is known
to be a quiet ana inonensivo young man
Etting shot the hand off a tramp who was
trespassing on his property about four
months ago, and somo twelve months
since he locked himself up for throe
months in a garret to escape a judgment
of 60,000, although bo is ono of tho
wealthiest men thereabouts. Etting imme
diately disappeared after the shooting and
an excited lot of peoplo are anxiously
scouring the woods for him. There is
strong talk of lynching.
1 urturlng a Farmer to Get His Money.
About midnight on Saturday, five or
six men broke into Eli Cox's house, near
Asulaud, III., aud demanded bis money,
Not satisfied with what they got about
$40 they procuied a rope aud strung
Uox up three times, stuck bis tect in the
fire, burnt his hands, aud beat him fear
fully. William Stiles aud his father lived
in a part of the houso but were covered
by revolvers, and could give no assistance.
Tho robbers had horses tied in the woods
near by and escaped. Thursday last Cox
deposited a large sum of money in bank,
and this was the money they expected to
get.
A Base Ball Bat as a Deadly Weapon.
Eli Gates, colored, crushed iu the skull
of Peter Peterson, also colored, with a base
ball bat yesterday morning at Chambers
burg, Pa., because the latter persisted in
paying his forbidden addresses to Gate's
daughter.
Poisoned By a Cake.
A little son of Charles Baggress, Hali
fax, N. S., died on Saturday morning in
great agony, caused by being poisoned by
a cake given to him by a stranger, at a
Band of Hope picnic.
Head Gut.
Saturday afternoon, while workmen
wereemployed at Locher's new building,
East King street, near Centre Square, one
of them accidentally dropped a brick,
which fell on the head of Richard Hatton
aud knocked him down. Fortunately
Hatton had his hat on, and thus escaped
serious injury.
Hummer Leisure.
Win. B. Trost and his sister, Miss Eate
Trostj left this morning on a trip to
Niagara and Watkins' Glen. r -
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE
TUK NKWS FBUH MT. JX BOROUGH.
Colored Campmeetlag In Detsretler's orove
The Swindled Farmers Kecover
Their Motes Borough locals.
Our friends of the African Methodist
Episcopal church are holding their annual
campmeeting in Detweiler's woods, not far
from the southwestern borough limits.
The attendance Sunday was very large,
made up chiefly of country folks and per
sons from neighboring towns. There were
less than fifty blacks present, while the
whites who were there numbered thou
sands. Five tents, somo unoccupied, are
all that are pitched. Tho seats of boards
in front of the pulpit are too few, aud
those that are there are too low to sit
upon comfortably. Elder Norrif, of Lan
caster, preached in the afternoon, taking
for his text: "Their soul shall be as a
watered garden." The singing was not
so good as expected, but the choir will be
numerically strengthened this week, and
by next Suuday they will be ready to sing
with their old-time vigor.
Surrendered the Notes.
John Dennison, who held notes amount
ing to $10,000 which Amos C. Smith, the
sharper, swindled the three Milton Grove
farmers out of, has surrendered the bonus
paper to tho farmers. Intelligencer
readers aro familiar with the affair, and
they will be glad to know that the victims
did not pay a cent to the man who claimed
to have taken the notes at a "ebave."
The Law and order League.
The Law aud Order league is ou the
alert aud the war against the disorderly is
being vigorously prosecuted. Henry
Schlegelmilch, of Florin, who was brought
before Squiro McFadden on Friday even
ing, charged with drunkenness aud dis
orderly couduct, was found "not guilty,
and county for costs." Ou Saturday Levi
Heiligh was befoie tho samn justice in
answer to a similar charge. The defend
ant not being ready the hearing was
waived uutil Thursday at 3 p. m., when
another disorderly of tho borough will be
placed on trial The league has already ex
erted a good effect. On Saturday night it
was quiet all along the line.
Tho borough schools will be opened on
next Monday. Tho soldiers orphan school
on Friday, Sept. 1.
On next Friday afternoon the second
game of baseball between the married and
singlo nines will be played on the grounds
at the passenger station.
Carl C. Law, of Lewisburg university, is
visiting Harry K. Nissley, of this place.
On Saturday a party ot young folks from
this place aud vicinity will picnic at Wild
Cat Jails.
Tho tobacco crop iu this immediate vi
cinity is doing very nicely. We had sev
eral showers of rain last week just in time
to keep the tobacco from prematurely
shooting.
Dr. Stewart filled the pulpit of tho Pres
byterian church Sunday evening.
The new heaters in the school building
are up aud othor necessary repairs havo
been made.
The Grey iron foundry has been stopped
for repairs
Marsh & Co., S'auffer & Eby, and D.
Root, Son & Co., will have goods on ex
hibition at the Grangers' picnic this
week.
Editor Misseroer will enlarge hjs Star
and JXeics week after next.
There is some talk of organizing a
literary society at an early day.
Politics aro very dull in this pLicc just
now.
Postmaster liecd has returned from a
trip to Watkius Glen and New York.
BAIt'l' ITEMS.
Nam From Georgetown and Viciully.
Cool nights good sleeping nights.
Great preperations aro being made for the
M. O. Presbyterian Sunday school celebra
tion and festival on Saturday 26 inst. The
Grace church festival on tho 19th was well
attended and as usual a success. Bart
horse company hold their annual picnic on
tho 17th with a very slim attendance. The
next annual meeting will be held in the
afternoon of tho second Monday in Feb
ruary at Green Tree. Bart's supervisors
have had the index boards of tho town
ship renewed.
Mr. James Bendor, of Philadelphia,
vas in our neighborhood a few days dur
ing the past week on a visit to his many
relatives and friends. He is looking well
and his 30 years services on the P. R. R.
have not borne very heavily on him. Mr.
B. was in his schoolboy and young man
days a resident of Bart, and has many
friends here, as well as among the trav
eling public he has so long served in his
duties at tho old depot and now at the
new Broad street depot. Ho has seen and
been with the great state thoroughfare
through many changes, aud looks for still
greater work to be accomplished in a very
few years by this progressive company.
The Weed.
Tobacco is putting on a look that will
please any grower and Bart bids fair to
take a leading position in the weed this
year. C.;E. Steacy has already cut off
considerable of bis 0 acres ot uno growtb
and among tho fair lots might bo mention
ed a dozen that will bo line tobacco if
properly cured. J. E. Draucker has as
tine a lot as one would wish to see.
Tho JVcw Era's man when traveling
through the county lookiug at tobacco
must have got all around Bart via Quarry
yille and Kirkwood, or ho would have
mentioned Bart favorably in his tobacco
notes. Bart can raise fair tobacco, but
not as tho Era reports from up thecouuty.
" In two weeks, from the size of a man's
hand to being cut off and housed," is too
fast for Bart, and some of our raisers iu
this neighborhood won't behove the story
as told by the Era, although they say
they would be very sorry to intiraato that
they havo any intention of doubting the
words of the correspondent.
Swopes Picnic.
The annual picnic of tho Canustattcr
Volkfcst or " Swopes" is being held at
Toll's Haiu. The crowd is very large and
all busses running to the grounds are
crowded. A large number of people came
from York this morning briugiug theBuck
alew baud with them, which made a short
street parade. Tho well-known games
will bo played ou the picnic grounds and
tho pyramid of fruit has been erected. The
picnic will also be held tc-morrow.
Struck by a Train.
On Saturday afternoon about 3J o'clock,
a team consisting of two horses and a
wagon, owned by Wm. Wcsman and
driven by Conrad Lanigan, was being
driven across the Pennsylvania railroad at
Dillerville, when the horses wero struck
by extra freight engine, No. 176, west.
One of tho animals was carried on the
front of the engine for at loast thirty yards
and was hurt so badly that he had to be
killed. The other was bruised. Lanigan
escaped unhurt and tho wagon was
slightly broken.
Taken to Harrisburg.
This morning twenty-two insane people
from our asylum were taken to Harris
burg and will be kept at the state lunatic
asylum until the repairs are made on our
institution. The insane people had a
special car on mail train No. 2 at 9:35.
(Special "Wire.
Reed. McGrann & Co.. hanVom iva
just had a special wire pat up between
buair uaiuung nouse in tne INTELLIGENCER
buildingand New York and Philadelphia.
An operator will be stationed in the bank,
and all of the firm's work will bo done over
this wire.
COURT OF QCAKTEtt SESSIONS.
The Grand Jury's Charge A Big iat.
This morning the regular August term
of quarter sessions court began with Judge
Patterson presiding. There are 165 caws
down on the list for jury trial and 28
surety of the peace oases.
The first business transacted was the
swearing of the grand jury. P. W. Hies
tand, of Millcrsville, was choseu foreman,
and after the others had been
sworn the court charged them in
regard to their various duties, giving
them valuable instructions. In his re
marks Judge Patterson spoke of the re
cent disastrous fire at the insane asylum
which as was generally believed was
caused by a spark from another fire ignit
ing it. He gave a full account of the fire as
has been published, and spoke of the terri
ble loss aud the great inconvenience the
authorities have been put to to remove the
insane to the state hospital. He thought
this is a good time to consider the
question of placing the insane of our
county in the stato asylum permanently,
and desired the opinion of the grand jury
upon ic His honor spoke at considerable
length upon this, giving very interesting
statistics, and he thought as it was an im
portant question to the people of the coun
ty, the jury should give it their earnest
consideration, especially at this time when
the insane havo no building of their own.
His honor did not make these suggestions
with any uufriendly feeling toward tho
manngoraeut of our institutions, as they
are amoug the best iu the state.
Auother question he desired the grand
jury to report upon was whether it is ad
visable to insure public buildings. There
was no insurance ou the insaue asylum
and there aro various opinions im regard
to its advisability.
After the grand jury had retired the
constables were called aud asked the usual
questions to which they gave the usual
answers.
No cases were attached for trial before
dinner.
Henry K. Furlow, of this city, was
granted a peddler's license.
The caso of Herman Miller, charged
with maintaining a nuisance in running
a tannery on East King street, was con
tinued, its the nuisance is to be abated,
Mr. Miller intending to go out of the business.
lM)ir.NANT MAAAGKKS.
A Charge That Is Froinptly Itexenicd.
An obscure sheet called the Dramatic
World, published in New York, prints an
editorial articlo in which it administers
words of warning to theatrical managers
throughout the country, telling them not
to put their trust in certain irresponsible
parties, wnom it accuses of contracting
engagements with traveling dramatic
combinations, securing dates, aud
then frequently leaving the con
fiding managers in tho lurch, when it
looks as though the venture was not going
to pay. It mentions the names of a num
ber of these slippery fellows in various
parts of the country, and includes in the
category " two young men who publish a
programme at Lancaster, Pa." This evi
dently refers to Messrs. Hartmycr& Daily,
of this city, who are justly indignant at
this imputation upon their integrity and
responsibility as fair-dealing managers,
and they have forwarded to the editor of
the Dramatic World, a letter signed by Mr.
Yecker, owner of the opera house here,
denying tbo impeachment aud attesting
to their reliability. Last year these
euterpiisiug young gentlemen fur
nished our citizens with a nuui
ber of first-class cntertaiuments, aud
there has never to our knowledge been
any difficulty in their dealings with tbo
managers who exhibited under their aus
pices. They have some good attractions
booked tor the coming season, and as the
World articlo is calculated to injure them
iu the profession, they have been quick to
resent the chargo contained in it. Mr.
Yecker, writes that managers nerd have
no hesitancy in giving dates to Messrs.
Hartmyer and Daily and vouches for their
responsibility.
Meeting of tho l'oor Directors.
A meeting of tho board of directors of
the poor was held Saturday afternoon all
the members being present.
Mrs. B. F. Cox, widow of the late super
intendent, was given a hearing that she
might refute certain charges of defalcation
made against her husbaud by Superinten
dent Spurrier. The superintendent said
be bad not made any such charge and
several members of tho board said they
believed Mr. Cox was not a defaulter.
Tho board resolved to atteud the state
meeting of directors to be held at Somer
set. Tho superintendent loported that he
had Hired Mrs. Ripple to take care of the
iusane at $2 per week.
The directors expressed themselves
pleased with the workings of the Harris
burg asylum, .and made arrangements to
send several insane persons to it.
I.litt ot Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postoffice for tho
week ending Aug. 21, 1882 :
Ladies' List Mrs. Margaret Billiugfelr,
Mary G. Bower, Annie Burns ( 2 ), Mary
B. Buyer, Ellen Cowbprry, Mrs. Sallie
Erwiu, Maty Gibbons, Frances E. Ilarn
isb, Annie D. Huber, Minnie Keller, Mrs.
Mary C. Malone, L. Mitchel, Mrs. J. S.
Protheroe ( for.), Terese Riske, Belle
Sides, Mary Snyder.
Gents' List David Beiler, Sam'I Born
jaman, Mr. Burkholder, Harry J. Cook,
Thos. B. Camp, Theo. Curry, Geo. D.
Cowen. Emerson DcPuy, C. It. Gramm,
Edward Havarn, J. I'ohn, Wm. Hofiman,
Wm. Leher, John Lee, J. E. Miller, John
H. Mellinger, Sam'I. B. Moore, Hon. O.
M. Ray, Vincent A. Riley, Stores, Black
& Co., Dan'l. B. Wearer, J. Weaver.
A Bunaway.
About one o'clock yesterday Mrs. Gruel
the confectioner, accompanied by Mary
and Jacob Gruel, drovo out to the scene of
the Weh fire to take a look at the ruins.
While looking at the devastation wrought
by the flames, some ono loosed the hitch
ing strap of the horse and the auimal
started off, running along Mary street
smashing tho carriage between a lime
box aud a telegraph pole, tearing the har
ness to pieces, and 'cutting himself badly
about the legs. He was caught by Police
man Mercer.
Drunk and Disorderly.
This morning Alderman McConomy
committed Johu Miller to the county
prison for ten days for drunken and dis
orderly conduct.
On Saturday and Sunday nights there
was a great deal of drunken and disor
derly conduct in different parts of the
city. Some roughs kicked up a muss on
North Prince, near Walnut, and there
were a couple of family fights in other
parts of the town.
Sale or Beal Kstate.
Henry Shubert, anctioneer and real es
tate agent, sold at public sale on last Sat
urday evening, at the Sonel Horse hotel,
West King street, the property belonging
to the estate of Peter and Elizabeth Long,
deceased, a two story log house and lot of
ground, situated on the north west corner
of West Orange and Charlotte streets, to
-Conrad Gasser for $2,805.
Found Dead la Bed.
A five months old child of Jacob liar
nish, residing in West Lampeter township,
near Lampeter Square, was found dead in
bed yesterday morning and the coroner's
jury found death to have resulted from
natural causes, s
BLAZING- BARNS.
A SERIES Or 1NCEND1..KV FlBBS.
The City Bxcitsd Saur,lay and Sunday an
Account -or BurnlBg BuUdlogs
" Tid " Brimmer Arrested.
When the Intelligencer went to press
Saturday afternoon the poorhouse barn
was burning and in ruins, Samuel Ranck's
barn was burning and in ruins, and a seri
ous conflagration was raging in Quarry
ville. The late hour at whieh thee e fires
occurred made it impossible to give full
particulars in Saturday's issue. We have
since gleaned the following additional de
tails :
The poorhouse barn -was fired by au
incendiary about 2 o'clock. The scoun
drel appears to have gained an entrance
through the entry door on the east side of
the barn facing the hospital and the farm
er's house, and to have applied the match
to the fodder gang near tho south end of
the building, as it was at that point the
flames first broke out.
Mr. Zimmerman, the farmer, was at
the time working in a field betweeu the
barn and the Children's Homo. He rau to
tho barn as rapidly as he could, but by the
time he reached it, the flames had spread
from end to end of it, and had gained such
headway that all the fire steamers in the
county could not have saved it. What
stock was in it was safely removed, but
everything else was destroyed.
The barn was 110 feet iu length and 60
in width. The lower story iu which were
the stables was of stone, and the piers ou
the east side wero of brick. The super
structure was of frame. It was built iu
1880, and was worth 7,000 or 8,000 It
contained at the tirao of tho fire 39 acres
of wheat, Bay 1,200 bushels ; 3 acres of
rye ; 7 acres of oats ; 60 or 70 tons of hay ;
20 bushels or " old rye " ( not distilled ) ;
20 bushels ot shelled corn ; 50 bushels of
corn chops ; a thresher anil horse power ;
a cannon corn-sheller, a fanniug mill,
broad-wheel wagon, two sets of hay-ladders,
hay-hooks, ropes, rakes and forks,
7 dozen of two bushel bags, 5 sets of har
ness and a variety of other farm imple
ments. Adjoining the barn on tho west was a
wagon-shed 28 by 30 feet, which was also
totally destroyed. A carriage house a
short distance off was on fire at several
places, but was saved, as was also the
pest house a short distance below.
The History or the Buined Building.
This makes the fourth time tho poor
house barn has been destroyed by fire
within the recollection of tho present gen
eration. The first of these fires occurred ou the 8th
of April,185G, when the double barn, then
standing partly on the same site, was with
its contents totally destroyed by an incen
diary. A new structure, 80 feet in length,
was at once put up, and in the spring of
1871 an addition to it 45 feet in length was
built. On the 14th of October 1871, both
the new and the old structures wero burn
ed. A fine new barn was then built at a
cost of $7,000 or $8,000, and it was burned
on tho 4th of July, 1880. It was rebuilt
the same summer and again burned last
Saturday as has been above stated. The
loss by tho last firo will reach $10,000,
and this is partly covered by an insurance
of $7,200 iu the following named compa
nies : London Assurance Corporation, of
London, $1,500 ; Merchants, of Newark,
$1,200 ; the British America Assurance
company, of Toionto, $1,000 ; Williams
burgh City of Brooklyn, $1,500 ; National,
of Baltimore, $1,000; Trans-Atlantic, of
Hamburg, $1,000, making $7,200 insur
ance divided as follows : $4,000 on building:
$600 on horses $700 on cows and other
horned cattle : $600 on hay ; $600 on
wheat aud other gr.t'ms ; $200 on straw ;
$500 on wagons, harness, farming utensils,
tools and implements. Bausman & Burns
are tho local agents for all tho above
named insurance companies.
The Knock Fire.
Tho barn of Samuel Ranck, situated iu
rear of his residence, on the north side of
the Philadelphia turnpike, directly opposite
the county almshouse, was set ou firo
while the almshouse barn was yet burn
ing. It was a frame structure, two stories
in height, 50 feet long and 40 feet wide.
It was entirely consumed, together with
its contents. A horse belonging to Dauiel
E. Ranck and valued at $200, perished in
tho flames ; also three hogs and about one
hundred chickens bclouging to Samuel
Ranck. Tho other property destroyed
consisted of a ton of hay, a ton of
straw, a sleigh, two wheelbarrows, a lawn
mower, a windlass and buckets, harness
and various other articles, iucluding fruit
trees and garden truck scorched to death
by tho heat. Mr. Rauck's rcsideiico and
two other houses owned by him on the op
posite sido of the road aro slightly dam
aged. He has an insurance in tho Salis
bury Mutual insurance company of $1,000
on tho barn and $500 on tho contents,
which will nearly cover tho loss.
The Incendiary Caught.
Immediately after Ranck's barn was
fired George alias "Tid" Brimmer was
arrested as tho incendiary. He has
long been suspected as one of a gang of
incendiaries who havo been the authors of
the many disastrous lires which have
caused heavy loss to citizens and insur
ance companies. Tho circumstances of
his arrest wero briefly as follows : He was
seen coming out of the laue leading from
the Philadelphia turnpiko to the county
hospital while the county barn was burn
ing. He crossed the pike, jumped over
the fence between Lewis Kohlhaus' and
David M. Bait's residences, moved north
to the end of tho lot, and then directly east
towards Ranck's barn. Being a "suspect,"
bo was followed at some distance by Dr.
J. A. Fitzpatrick, who communicated bis
suspicious to Mr. Kohlhaus and desired
him to assist in tracking Brimmer, as
he had no doubt be meant mischief.
Mr. Kohlhaus went with him for some
distance and saw him near Ranck's barn ;
but being fearful that his own property
might be burned, returned to the pike
through Mr. Clark's private grounds. Dr.
Fitzpatrick returned with him and then
hastened dowu the pike, passing Clark's
residence, tho public school house and
Rauck's residence and stationed himself
in tho road running north from the pike
between Ranck's house and Rohrer's green
house Here he was joined by David 31.
Bair, familiarly known as "Grizzlyj" who
at tho request of Mr. Kohlhaus had hur
ried to Fitzpatrick's assistance. Imme
diately after his arrival Brimmer was seeu
running from Ranck's barn towards the
pike and in a moment afterwards the barn
was seen to be on fire, and Fitzpatrick and
Bair simultaneously gave the alarm. Brim
mer jumped into Mr. Gomperling's wagon
which was passing, and asked to be taken
to town ; but Fitzpatrick halted the team
and told Brimmer he " wanted him " for
firing tho barn. Ho jumped from the
wagon, gave himself up without resistance,
and was taken into custody by Fitzpat
rick and Bair. The only remark he made
was " Doctor, you aro a marked man."
Ho was turned over to Officer Burn",
taken to the station house, thence to
Alderman 3IcConomy, by whom after a
brief hearing, he was committed to jail to
answer at court for arsou.
At a later hour chief Deichler made
complaint against him, charging him with
firing the Wetzel aud poor house barns.
There is said to bo a strong chain of evi
dence against him, which the police are
not yet ready to divulge.
Brimmer's Hearing Tills Morning.
This morning young Brimmer was
taken before Alderman McConomy for a
hearing on the charges of setting firo to
Samuel Wetzel's barn and that of the
almshouse. In regard to the former it was
shown that Brimmer was seen going to
wards Wetzel's and he was in the yard and
alarmed Mr. We .el when the fire started.
A number ot witnesses were examined
in regard to the oilier fire. Adam Smith,'
the driver of hose cart No. 3, testified that
he was BittiBg ia front of the engine house
on Saturday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock,
when Brimmer eame past drunk, and after
asking for Jacob Faust, the driver of the
engine, said : " We're going to have some
fuu this alternoon." lie then walked up
East King street. At the fire Brimmer
assisted witness to take the horse from
the cart.
Christian Cramer, a German, testified
that on Saturday he had been out along
the creek gathering wood. When he came
up to near the poorhouse he saw the .barm ;
was on fire. Just at that time a man '
dressed like- Brimmer tho prisoner had
onadarkeoat and vest ana light panta
loons and black slouch kaI Rep ran
down along the fence away from the barn.
The man was the same size as Brimmer.
Other witnesses saw a man dressed like
the prisoner running along tho feuce from
the barn. He had bis back toward them,
and they did not get to see bis face ; he
was about Brimmer's size. At the fire
Brimmer was seen by different parties ia- t
mediately after the breaking out of it.
One man saw him have hold of a pig, res
cuing it.
The prisoner was asked if he had any
thing to say in regard to the affair. He
stated that on Saturday he had been with
a friend named McKeown tnearly all day,
and was just going into Philip Cinder's
grocery when tho alarm sounded and he
went right to the poorhouse. When he
told Smith there would bo fun he'meant
that he and McKeown wero going to have
some fun with some girls witb whom they
had made an engagement to go "to the
creek. The prisoner was asked a number
of questions and he became somewhat
tangled in his statement iu regard to his
whereabouts at different times ou Satur
day. '
The alderman committed him to
jail to answer at court both charges. He
wm taken in charge by the chief , of police,
aud was qnickly driven to prison.by Chief '
Engineer Howell.
Aaother Gas Agaluxt Brimmer,
Another ease has been brought against
Brimmer, in which he is charged with
having set fire to a stable on the property
of Michael Trisslcr, deceased, several
weeks ago. It is said that there is strong
evidence against him.
A NOT II IK UKKAT J1KK.
A Barn, Horses, Cattle and Crops Destroyed.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Sunday morning a
large stone and frame barn belonging to
Jacob Griel ard leased by Jaoob Wet,'
situated ;it tin junction of West Walnut
street ami LS.telnuau's lane, was discovered
to be on tire, and in a short timo was
totally f!e.itroycd. The barn was about
90 feet long and 60 feet wide. Adjoining
it was a carriage houso which was also
destroyed, and a short distance to the west
was a large frame tobacco shed, 87 by 45
feet, which shared the same fate. Also a
large building south of tho barn, 60 by 30
feet, used as cattle-stables and a tobacco
warehouse.
Sir. Uriel has an iusuranco on the barn
of$500iiithe Westchester of New York
aud $500 in the Springfield of Massachu
setts. Mr. Weh, tho tenant, who has long oc
cupied the pix-miies, is a dairy farmer, and
Ii es he;i i y. iiy gi cat effort he managed
to get hi- cows out of the stables, butrnve
valuable iurM.s, a fine bullock, three
heifers, ;i kicking calf aud scores of
chickens perislitd in the (lames. The loss
on live stock siloue is considerably over
$1,000 ; aud besides, he loses fifteen tons
of hay, seventy bushels ot wheat, a milk
wagon, a lior.se cart, a cider mill, a corn
shelter, a thresher, plows, harrows, bags,
harness, meat stuutis, barrels of vinegar
aud a great vaii'-ty of farming implements
that weie sto:ed iu the barn and carriage
houso. Hear tho barn was an immense
stack of straw, containing 80 tous, which
was also reduced to ashea. In 'tho tobacco
shed were hung 1,500 steaks of fine tobacco
cut only a few days ago, aud thousands of
tobacco lath, all of which wero burned. A
small detached carriage house was partly
burned, but the carriages and sleighs wero
saved.
Mr. Weh's loss will reach from $3,500
to $4,000, on which he lias an insurance of
$2,830 in the following named companies :
In the Royal of Liverpool, of which Rife
& Kauffman are agents, $700 ou horses,
$400 on cows, $140 on cattle, $190 on farm
implements iu sheds, $100 on wagons,
$500 on hay, grain aud feed, $150 on car
riage and sleigh, $150 on milk wagon ; in
the Phoenix of London, of which H. R.
Brencmau is agent, $500 on hay, grain and
feed.
Ana Tec Another Fire.
About half-past oue o'clock this morn
ing a two story frame building situated at
the corner of Walnut and Marshall streets,
owned by Charles Behme and leased as a
soap factory by Leo Mampe, was fired by
an incendiary and burnt to the ground
and all its contents consumed. The build
ing was 24x17 feet and worth about$200.
It is insured for $175 in the Delaware Mu
tual, of which John Zimmerman is local
agent. Mr. Mampe has an insurance of
$225 in the same company on the contents
of the building, consisting of about $100
worth of finished soap, a large quantity of
material, fixtures, kettles and other im
plements worth about $400. The loss is a
very serious one to Mr. Mampe, as he is a
new beginner and bad incurred debts to
start his business.
That all of the above fires were started
by members of a gang of scoundrels,, one
ot whose objects is to bring the paid fire
department iuto disrepute, is not doubted,
and that they have also failed to do so is
also certain. Tho admirable conduct of
tho firemen while fighting the flames, and
their uniform success iu preventing the
destruction of adjoining properties, is the
best evidence of their efficiency. That the
above named buildings were not saved from
destruction is no fault of the firemen.
Tbey were all in the suburbs of the city or
beyond the city limits ; were composed of
and filled with the most combustible ma
terial, and were masses of flame before tho
firemen could reach them. The depart
ment has been admirably orgauized by
Chief Howell, and is receiving, .asit de
serves, unstinted praise from all sorts of
people, except the fire bugs and their sym
pathizers. Unsuccessful Attempt.
Sunday night an attempt was made to
fire the carpenter shop of Wm. Wphteon',
corner of Green and Christian street, but
fortunately the attempt miscarried. ,
Accident at the Banc. Fire.
During the progress of the tire at
Ranck's on Saturday afternoon, a large
crowd of spectators were standing around
when a boy named Mathias Hinkle came
up riding on horse back. His animal was
quite spirited "and it' stumbled,- falling
upon John Green, who was standing near.
Green was picked up and carried iuto a
house, when it was found that lie had sev
eral ribs broken. He was also injured in
ternally, but will not die. He ia about 30
years of ace, a brickmaker by trade, aud
lives on West Chestnut street.
Alarming th -Whole Town.
The chief engineer of the fire depart
ment desires holders of keys snail .not
strike a box when they1 know that the fire
is not in the vicinity "of it? This 'morning
boxes 20, 31, 33, 34 and. JL3 wore struck
for the fire on the commons. Box 26 is at
Market and Chestnut street, at least a
mile away from the placa where the firo
was, and why that box should
have been struck no one knows.
Some peoplo seem to think that, because
they have a kny they mat strike aa alai m
wherever it may be and whenever they
see a light. This is all wrong and it only
causes a great deal of trouble tor the fire-
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