LANCASTER DAILY IN 'IXMACMCEli, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1882
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Hancastci Jnteiligenccr.
THUBSDAY EVENING KOV. 23. X8b.-,
J - - M. f - '- -
The Uerernor'g Cabinet.
The announcement o the associated
press from Philadelphia yesterday that
Mr. Pattison had tendered the attorney
generalship to his preceptor, Lewis C.
Cassidy, the famous criminal lawyer and
politician of Philadelphia, seems to
have been premature, if not unfounded.
Mr. Pattison makes the quietus of all
so-called " definite " announcements of
his numoses by the declaration that no
appointments will be made before Jan.
1. Whether he means that they will not
be concluded before that date, or only
that they will not be given to the public
is only left to inference. If the former,
speculation as to probabilities may as
well cease and all the rumors of ap
pointments, of acceptances and declin
ations may be dismissed as idle gossip.
Meantime Mr. Pattison can profitably
engage all the time at his disposal in
giving due consideration to the import
ant matter of choosing his councillors,
and he should bo left free to do it.
Neither sectional nor personal consider
ations ought to be brought to bear upon
him ; and nothing should be allowed to
obstruct him in his way to such a con
clusion as will satisfy tho reasonable
confidence of the party which elected
him aud of the people who have learned
to trust his good judgment and honest
purposes.
If Mr. Cassidy is being pressed for the
ollice of attorney general by himself or
by his friends as is popularly under
stoodthere is good reason, no doubt,
in Mr. Pattison's mind why his nomina
tion should receive due consideration
from his old pupil and friend, who
owes much of his political advancement
to Mr. Cassidy. Besides, Mr. Cassidy is
a politician of no little inllucnce and
sagacity. A dispatch from Pittsburgh
tothe-27'Hcs represents that while Mr.
Hay's appointment to a cabinet position
in the new slate administration would
give unqualified satisfaction there, " it
is believed by many that Hay aud Cas
sidy would not harmonize in the cabinet.
It is stated by some that Mr. Hay
would accept the attorney generalship
and that he would decline tho secretary
ship, and others say that he would ac
cept tho secretaryship if an acceptable
attorney general is appointed with him ;
but that ho is averse to Cassidy." The
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, a jour
nal of advanced Independent Republican
sentiment, protests forcibly against Mr.
Cassidy's appointment, and there are in
timations of similar views from many
Democratic quarters. Mr. Cassidy's ap
pointment would undoubtedly provoke
sharp antagonisms. Ho has enough
positiveness and personality to have
gained friends and enemies.
Mr. Pattison needs a harmonious cab
inet; a capable cabinet; a clean cabinet;
one which will satisfy tho party and
which will not disappoint the people.
It will be very much better for him to
tike until January 1 to consider this,
then to mako appoiutmeuts now, only to
recall or regret them before tho first of
the new year and the expected new cm.
A. Great Politician.
In the death of Thurlow Weed there
passes away the last of that great politi
cal triumvirate which dominated New
York politics and had marked political
influence in the country for a quarter of
a century previous to the war, one of the
most interesting periods in our ante
bellum history. Like most of those who
have risen to eminence in public life
he was born of poor parents and his rudi.
mentary education was the rough-and-tumble
of life at a thin farm in a sparse
community, with little schooling in the
winter. He began a printer and became
an editor, not In the modern sense of the
term, but in the narrower, partisan, con
troversial meaning of the word fifty
years ago.
Naturally aud necessarily he became
a politician and made his newspaper an
organ of his friends and of his own pur
poses. Ho had a keen scent for patron
age and spils and ussd them unsparingly
to build up his own influence and to
maintain the power of his party. He
was a rabid Anti-Mason and crawled out
from under the debris of that movement,
when it was flattened out, to become a
Whig leader. He nominated Harrison
and by the hilarious " log cabin and
hard elder " campaign the Whigs elect
ed him. Their joy was turned to grief
at Harrison's death and Tyler'3 defec
tion. Weed's nomination of Clay in
1844 was ratified by hi3 party but
defeated at the polls, as Weed
always maintained, by his letter
writing. So in 1848 he manoeuvred
successfully for the defeat of both Clay
and Wcb3ter with Taylor. Tho death
of the president lessened his influence in
Washington and created the split in
New York, which eventually led to the
disintegration of the party. In Scott's
nomination Weed foresaw inevitable
defeat. Pending the death throe3 of
their party, Greeley withdrew from the
firm in which he, Weed and Seward had
been associated ; and in his stinging lettor
he flayed his old partners. He got even
with them when he circumvented Sew
ard's aspirations for the presidency and
defeated him and Weed's hopes at Chi
cago with Lincoln. Nevertheless Weed
became the friend and confidant of the
new administration, and in a quiet way
maintained his influence in politics as
long as any of his contemporaries.
Mr. Weed liked to be counted a War
wick in politics, making kings rather
than reaching for the sceptre himself.
In his old age his garrulousness exagger
ated his influence and his type of poli
ticians was not one to be copied. He
was not a great editor, nor a statesman ;
but pre-eminently a politician, who
loved intrigue and his character is one
to be studied as a curiosity, rather than
to be upheld as an example.
It is reported from Washington that
ex-Senator Fenton, ex-Secretary Sher
man and ex-Candidate Folger met by
chance the usual way in Washington
yesterday and discussed the best means
of re-uniting and revitalizing their
broken and demoralized party. By one
means or another these three men have
done a great deal to break and demoral
ize it, and possibly they think a little of
the dog's hair may profitably be applied
to the bite. But a more professional
diagnosis of the case would conclude
that the Republican party is far past the
healing of such nursery treatment.
It is a shame to use the national capi
tol for the tawdry purposes of a hospital
fair, even though the proposed institu
tion is pretended to be a memorial to Gar
field. The enterprise has been a sickly
and illy-supported one from thebeginiug,
and lacks popular and local confidence
because it has had a cheap and specula
tive air about it. Presumption and bad
taste reached their climax, however,
when the rotunda and galleries of the
capitbl were secured to erect booths and
open a bazaar. Possibly some mawkish
sentimentality aud fear of being misun
derstood prevented those in custody of
this magnificent pile from refusing its use
for these petty purposes; maybe only a
lack of proper sense of the fitness of
things impelled their consent. In either
case they are not fit to have the care of
it. Under that magnificent dome the
sale of ginicracks should not be allowed.
To grant a dispensation for the veiling
of the historial pictures in the rotunda
and to box up the statues in statuary
hall so as to afford a better chance for
the display of red afghans decorated with
yellow worsted horses and dogs is atro
cious. It makes the fair ridiculous,
while it desecrates the capitol.
" Uscle Jake " Ziegleu gets a
boom for tho speakership from tho
erset Democrat
lively
Som-
Tho Cat lisle Volunteer give impetus to
t'ue Mifflintowu Itegiilcr's boom for Mr.
North for attorney general. But tho pro
ject of returning the gold-laced and be-featht-rcd
Latta for adjutant general,
shocks tho Volunteer. It uccd not bo dis
turbed. Latta must go.
It becomes a matter of interest what
that Pittsburgh contractor is going to do
with all those " fuzzy " hats that were
intended to boost tho Stalwart campaign.
Ho will find it rather harder to " uuload ''
his stock than tho psoplo did to got rid of
their bosses.
MiiiACL'Lous cures must bo gutting cou
tagious out iu Washington county. A
case precisely similar to that of a few
days ago when tho cripple Uulfmau was
restored to health aud strength by tho
power of prayer, is now reported from tho
same locality, and tho populace are agog
aud tho physicaus skeptical.
" A lit i lc nonsonsu now unil Uion
(As runs the well-known ditty)
Is relished by the wisest men ;"
Were 't not. tho more the pity !
The humdrum Jack who never plays
Urows dull und melancholy ;
Ho best appreciates Wisdom's way.s
Who now and then gets jolly.
Wc know that lite upon this earth
is earnest ami js real ;
liut hu who tempers work with miith
Han gained the truo ideal :
The grave may be our earthly goal
Yt we may halt for rations
That quickens both tho flesh and toiil
At many way &hio stations.
Chicago is nothing if not sonsatioual.
Tho marriago of a prominent citizen of
that place to the divorced wife of a man
who was convicted of robbing hini had a
piquaut dash of romance, that at tho
time stirred social circles from contra to
circumference. Now that the prominent
citizen has himself been arrested, charged
with collusion with his wifo iu stealing
diamonds, the thing takes on a heightened
coloring and tho whole social fibro of tho
Western metropolis is sot a-tir.gling with
lively anticipation.
The development of the industry of silk
culture in this country is steady. That
there is no craze over it as there was a gen
eration ago is all the hotter. Among tho
laudable agoncics for tho promotion of this
important interest is tho Boys' Silk Cul
ture association of Philadelphia, which
was organized in 1880 by two schoolboys.
Tho first crop of cocoons was raised from
10,000 eggs, at tho cocoonery, No. 700
North Eighth strcot, but this has been
greatly enlarged, and will accommodate
80,000 worms iu a season, and a branch
cocoonery has been located at Swedcsboro,
N. J. This latter is used for tho cultiva
tion of mulberry trees, but cannot supply
tho demand. A new machine for unwind
ing tho silk from the cocoons has been
completed by tho boys. During the winter
they are engaged almost constantly in cxhib
iting silk cocoons and the reeling machine
at public fairs, and they aro ready at all
times to luruish the appliances and in
structions necessary to start movements
for raising worms, reeling silk and all
other branches of this interesting busi
ness. Cassius M. Clay pungoutly says : Tho
results of tho lato elections wcro a protest
against the dry rot of hoary officeholding,
by which tho honors and emoluments of
offico were legarded as personal perquisites
a revival under a different form of gov
ernment of tho divine right of kings.
"This Jefferson foresaw and denounced
when ho advocated with so much warmth
and persistency frequent elections and
change of rulers. Somo of tho evils of
this theory of tho Republican being the
divino party aro tho gross thefts of tho
public moneys ; the sbamoless jobs iu tho
public expenditures ; the multiplication of
useless ofiicc3 ; tho sinking of the navy ;
the destruction of our commercial marine ;
tho robbery and provoked Indian wars ;
the unjust and increasing evil of pensions,
robbing labor for privileged non-producing
classes ; tho creation and fostering of vast
corporations ; tho illegal and growing use
of the public moneys, property and navy
and othor conveyances by public officers ;
the unequal taxes by which labor is sad
dled with almost all tho burdens of civic
rule. These aro tho issues decided by the
lato olectioas. The -triumph was not,
then, of the ' Democratic party,' but of
Democracy in its highest and best sense
the rule of the people."
Cell on a Mass of Hot Coals.
At tho Sloss furnace, at Birmingham,
Ala., last evening, two colored men who
had been lowered into the furnace with
ropes to clear out what is known as a
" scaffold," which had formed in tho
stack, wero overcome by gas and fell to
tho bottom into a mass of burning ore and
coal. Their bodies, charred to the bones,
wero recovered an hour afterwards.
POLITICAL POINTS.
AFPOINTMEKTS UF CUV. PATTISON.
Son to Bo Announced Before January
lit Sensible Motes and Continents
ou turn Situation.
Governor-elect Pattison said yesterday :
"I have made no appointments outside of
tho private secretary, Dr. Everett, aud
none will be made or announced until
January 1, 1883."
Cooper Uuterrlued.
The late Chairman Cooper, iu hu Data
waro American, ridicules the idea that the
present low price of irou was induced by
tho Democratic victory. Ho says thero
can be no possible danger to tho tariff for
two years to como at least.
As Modest as be Is Ueaertiu.
Philadelphia Press.
E. P. Ki6ner, of Hazletou, publicly
says that be is not an aspirant for tho chief
clerkship of the House of Representatives
aud that he is not entitled to the appoint
ment, and furthermore he hopes that the
Democratic members of the .Legislature
will have the foresight to seloct men with
special ability for the offices to bo filled.
Mr. Eisner is a reputable Democrat wnoso
modesty is as great as his morit, and ho
has administered a timely rebuke to tho
army of veteran office-seekers now mov
ing towards Harrisburg.
Abate the Kuiiauco.
Cliamberbure Talloy Spirit.
LetushoDO that earlv iu January we
may bid a long farewell to tho voluminous
pages of tho expensivo Legislative Record.
A clear report of tho daily proceedings
printed as promptly and accurately as is
done by the morning nowspapers will
suffice. Of course such cutting down as
this will deprive many families of an ex
cellent quality of wrapping paper aud keep
from mauy saloons the windwork of bud
ding statesmen but tho state cau't afford
free wrapping paper for every family and
a printed spittoon for every bar room.
Sound Political tol Icy.
Columbia Herald.
Democrats should not forget that ono of
tho principal objections urged agaiust the
coutinuanca of Republican rule was that
tho Republican party made the public
patronage a subject of political traffic.
The Democratic platform denounced the
spoils system, aud tho Democratic candi
dates wero pledged to reform the abuses
which under Republican supremacy have
degraded aud disgraced appointments to
offico. Let these facts bo remembered
aud laid to heart by thoso who expect
places under the incomiug Democratic ad
ministration. No Fusion In tho Sormio.
ijtearUuld Republican.
Tho result of the clectiou should ho a
lesson for us to prolit by in the organiza
tion of the Senate. Wo can thresh two
men for speaker just as easy as we did for
governor. Lot tho Democratic senators
go to Harrisburg and nominate their can
didate for speaker and other neces
sary officers, as in olden times, and
if tho Stalwarts or Independents want
to voto for them let it be tallied. Wo hope
our friends will waste no liuio in outside
work. It is tho duty of tho Radical sena
tors to onranizo tho Senate, and if they
see fit to vote for Democratic officers, all
right. There is no dancer of the two
Radical factions fusing. Let the 21 Dem
ocrats stand up like men, and if any of
the other 20 want to help make the Senate
ready for the transaction of business, the
way to do it is plain, ino Dosses' anu
Independents will never fuse. Our friends
can elect a speaker just as easily as si
governor aud compromiso on no one.
A Boom lor Shnrpe.
Chauibcioburs Valley Spirit.
Ono of tho best ways for the Dumocraiic
party to maugurato the reform needed in
Pennsylvania is to urgo that its represen
tatives at Harrisburg shall elect Mr.
Sharpc to tho spsakersuip. Tho p :ty
will thus add now honor to itself rvi uo
more tb.au will bo possible in auj other
ono way during tho session to remove
from tho Legislature tho stigma
which has so long attached to it. ilis
knowledge of men, his public experience
and clear understanding of duty, would
enable him to make up the committees
only with regard to tho speedy aud honest
legislation desired by tho people. His
administration would ho iu marked con
trast with that of tho speaker of tho last
house ; in his oyes tho roosters aud ring
stcrs would find no favor. Mr. Sharps, it
is to be remembered, is not without legis
lative experience Ho represented this
county, with conspicuous ability, in tho
houso iu tho sessions of 18G2 and 1863. Ho
was also a member of the convention which
created our present wise constitution and
iu that body was recognized as ono of its
strongest members.
Nothing runny About It.
N. Y. Sun.
No matter how bad a man James R.
Chalmers is, he must not bo choatcd out
of an office to which ho has been elected.
We do not undertake to say that it is cer
tain ho has been chosen representative in
Congress from tho Sixth district of Miss
issippi, but tho published facts aro decid
edly in his favor. Tho Democratic party
must be perfectly fair oven toward a
renegade, and thoro is nothing fuuny iu
defeating the will of tho peoplo by techni
calities which aro based ou no substantial
tight, simply becauso we wish that tho
people iu a particular instance had willed
otherwise.
Nor is there anythiug in tho argumont
that the Republicans have been conspic
uously unfair in election contests. Their
example in this respect is to be detested
not imitated.
If tho Republicans have iu fact succeed
ed in electing to Congress tho Confeder
ate officer who was such a bad man iu
their estimation so long as ho sat on tho
Democratic sido of the Uouoo of Repre
sentatives, let them mako tho most of
him. Do not doprivo them of tho fruit
of a victory which thay havo won, if at
all, only by tho sacrifice of overy tiling that
makes political success desirable.
AKOrUiU FA1XI1 cuxcu.
A Young Woman Who Was Unable to liaise
Her If cad Kestorcd.
Ljs than two weeks havo passed siuce
the miraculous faith euro of Richard Huff
mau, of Bentleyville, Washington county,
a cripple. Another case in the county is
now to ho recorded. Miss Emma Rogers,
au estimable young lady, twenty-two
years of age, who resides on a farm a few
miles from town, has been for two years
afflicted in a like manner with a spinal
affection. During that time sho has been
unabloto leave her bed, not even ablo to
raise her bead from tho pillow. A year
ago she was taken to Philadelphia before
the best pbysicans of that city, but with
out obtaining any relief whatever. Rich
ard Huffman had been acquainted with
tho famiiy, and several weeks ago said to
Miss Rogers that ho was certain that
through the power of prayer God would
yet restore them both to health and
strength. The result in Huffman's case
is already known. Miss Rogers is very
devout and for some time has been pray
ing for her relief and others havo prayed
for hor. Wednesday she got up from bed
and when her father camo homo from
work he found his daughter sitting in a
chair, apparently fully recovered. Dr.
Dodd, hor physician, isfas much astounded
in her care as was tho doctor who had
made a careful exam inn tiou of Mr. Huff
man and prououueed him incurable.
This, the second case of faith cure iu the
county within ten days, has caused much
comment.
PERSONAL.
A. A. Puritan, of Wayncsburg, is
' talked of " for attorney general. Next ?
Joel PAKKEn has improved in health ;
so has Herbert Spencer.
Mahojie is laying up treasures where
political adversity will not reach tbem .
He is buying silver lniuea in Mexico.
Mk. GEonoE Bancroft takes a rido
daily ia Washington ou a thousaud dollar
Kentucky horse ho hns recently bought.
no:;. William Westfall, of Rowland,
Piko county, died yesterday, aged G8
yoars. He was a momber of the present
Legislature.
Hon. Hanniuai, Hamlin will not re
turn to Madrid in tho capacity of United
States minister. Where will the dear did
shad-belly go?"
Govehxot IToyt last eveuiuc issued a
proclamation, in conformity with tho law,
declaring Silas M. Clark elected justice of
tho supreme court of Pennsylvania.
nos. ALEXAKDun H. Stkpuens objects
to having his inauguration take place ou
Friday, on tho ground that Friday is au
uulucky day. Ho has had good luck thus
far and ho don't want to spoil it.
Nilsson glancing through an autograph
book, saw on tho last page tho inscrip
tion : "Last, but not least. Adeliua
Patti." Soiling a pen sho wrote on tho
inside of tho cover, facing this : "Last
and least. Christino Nilsson Rouzcand."
Doctous JosEpn HcAnx and Oscar II.
Allis have been elected members of the
sunricul staff of tho hospital of Jeffersou
medical collcao. Philadelphia, to fill tho
vacancies causod by tho resignation of
Professors Joiiu H.' Briuton and Samuel
W. Goss.
David Davis will leave homo to-day for
Washington. It seems that all tho re
ports of his marriago announced to take
placo during November aro without any
foundation, aud his friends aro of the
opinion that thoro was not the shadow of
truth iu tho rumor.
PitOF.Fp.OTUiNGU.vM, of the medical de
partment of tho Michigau university, has
had a hearing before tho faculty on a
charge perferrcd by Mr. Morgan that in
his lectures ho had made sneering remarks
agaiust Christianity aud had said that all
ministers were liars. Ho denies U.
Ex-Postmaster Jame3 and Mrs. James
entertained ex-Sccietary Blaine and Mr..
Blaine at dinn9r on tho evening of tho 10,
at their rcsidenco in Grameicy park, New
York. Covers for eighteen wero laid. In
the centre of tho table was an immense
stand of flowers of tho rarest kind, with
maiden's hair fern trailing to tho cdgo3 of
the table. Before each lady's plate was
placed a gilt miniature fisherman's basket,
filled with beautiful cut flowers.
S1IK JILTKU HIM.
TJio JUouey Value of a Hrokcu 11 ear t.
Raffaclo Dirago, a grave widowor of 45.
who spoke imperfect Euglish, appeared
before Judge McxVdam iuthomaiiuo court
in Now York city, and asked that ten
thousaud dollars " bo awarded him as a
balm to heal his outraged aQ'c-etion3, aud
that Mrs. Fannio Roboy, a widow of 20,
years, pay the bill, becauso sho had jilted
him. With the utmost gravity ho detailed
how ho bad for twelve months paid court
to Mm. Roboy and offered hor his heart,
and tho caio of his three children, aud how
his offers wero accepted and an engage
ment to wed entered into between them.
Diri'go recounted a long list of presents
and money sifts to the extent of $1,000 that
he had bestowed upoa her, all of which sho
now rcfucd to return. Ho said that ho
was yet anxious to marry tho lady if sho
would oulv consent, and intimated that it
would be cheaper for her to marry thau to
pay the $10,000 ho domauded and felt cer
tain of obtaining. Tho spectators, court
and attendants wcro convulssd with mer
riment, but the plaintiff said he could not
understand what thoy found to laugh at.
When the court awarded him 1,000, tho
amount that ho had invested iutho matri
monial venture, his face assuraod au injur
ed expression, aud ho aked if a beggarly
thousand was all that the court couutcd a
brokeu heart worth.
m am m
ItItt.'UIACA2f INTIMIDATION.
II ow Navy Employees were Bulldozed.
The Democratic state central committee
of California have been furnished with
some dozen affidavits made by employes
at the Marc Island navy yard at San Fran
cisco concerning iutimidatiou by tho
bjsses of tho yard. At tho late election
tho men wcro compelled to get their
tickets at certain tables aud hold
them up iu sight of "spotters"
until deposited in the ballot box
on penalty of losing" their positions.
Tho committee immediately employed
coansel and have bean making a thorough
investigation of tho matter. Somo titty
employes wero examined, but all replied
that an oider had been issued that if auy
voluntary statements were made or facts
divulged dismissal would follow. Somo em
ployes intimated strongly that in a court
of justice, when under oath, they could
toll enough to convict somo of the bosses.
The couuscl for tho committeo sajb
that a fow days will bring out damaging
testimony . These men have biea assessed
heavily duriug the recent oharapaign and
thon forced to vote tho straight Republi
can ticket. Tho better class of Republi
cans denounce the outrage and hope tho
bosses will ba saut to tho stato prison.
Six hundred and fifty men waro at work
in tho navy yards, and being iu a oloso
congressional district tho Republicans ex
pscted to carry it.
Wintering Boots.
In answer to an inquiry as to the best
method to preserve carrots and parsnips
far uso during winter the Country Gentle
man advises a correspondent as follows :
Pack them in boxes in a cool collar,
filling tho interstices with damp moss ; or
if moss cannot bo had, with damp saw
dust. If sawdust is used, thoboxes should
not hold over two or threo bushels, or it
will heat. Parsnips dry up quickly if ex -posed
to tho air, but when surrounded
with moss or sawdust they will keep fiesh
for months. Theso two substances for
packing aro much more convenient and
cleanly thau damp sand or loam, which
are often recommended for this purpose.
In filling tho boxes, first placo a layer of
the moss or sawdust in tho bottom, then
one of the roots, and so on until tbo box is
filled, which will pre vent any empty spaces
which might otherwise bo left. The cooler
the cellar tho better, provided the roots do
not freeze severely. The packing will
prevent freezing should a cold snap occur
in the cellar, and a slight freezo will not
hurt them if thoy thaw in snug packing.
Druukon Ilrawls That Knded Fatally.
John M. Walkor and Albert CrutchfieM
stabbed each othor in a fight near Den
ton's mill Arkansas, last Monday. Walker
died on Tuesday and Crutehfield is not
expected to recover.
Michael Mechan was fatally stabbed by
John Kelly in a drunken brawl at
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, last night.
Obituary Motes.
Captain Douglass G. Risloy, on tho re
tired list of the U. S. army, died atBruns
wick, Maine, on the 18th inst.
William Westfall, present member of
tho Houso of Representatives at Harris
burg from Pike county, died yesterday,
aged 68 years.
i
Impossible to Prosecute PotysmuiMtf.
Tho U. S. grand jury a?, 5-ilc Laka City
has been discharged after reporting itself
" unable to find indictments for bigamy,
as it is impjdsiWo to prouro witnesses or
get access to marriago records on account
of local prejudice against punching polygamy."
THE LATEST NEWS;
TUB SOBOKICIDE OCT OF DURANCE.
A Young Man Who Killed Uts Sister Ke
leaied From tee Insane Apylna.
The facts of the killing of his Bister Mol
lio, by Thomas J. Do Jarnette, in a houso
of ill-famo at Danville, Va., are fresh in
tho public mind, tho crimo having ere
ated a notable sensation in all parts of the
country. Do Jarnette, whoso home was
in Rockingham county, N. C, found his
sister in tho hcuso and shot ber with a
pistol, causing hor death si most instantly.
This was in tho autumn of 1830. In Feb
ruary, 1891, ho was tried for murder and
acquitted ou tho grouud of insanity. Iu
June, 1881. ho was brought to tho insane
asylum at Raleigh. Sinoo his confinement
in the asylum ho has conducted himself
well and was allowed certain privileges
accorded to thoso whoso mental improve
ment is plain. Au application was made a
few days sinco for his release from the
asylum, whilo a habeas corpus was sued
out iu his behalf, returnablo before Chief
Justico Smith, at Chambers, to-day. The
prisoner was accordingly brought before
his boner. I'ouu&ol appeared lor mm, anu
Drs. Grissom, McKeo, Knox and Sexton
testified as to his present sanity. Do Jar
nette is quite a haudsomo man, and looks
iu much better health than when he
was confined in 1881. Ho was 22
years old last August. Ho stated before
the court that his physical health gavo
way in 1879, aud following that came
mental troubles. His family was consid
ering the idea of placing him in au asy
lum for months before ho killed bis sister.
Aa to tho slaying of his sister he says at
tho timo ho was unconscious that ho was
committing auy otfonso for which auy
body would blarao him and thought
that ho was doing right ; ho was
dead to every nuual impulse and
was iu this stato ot miud for several
months after ho was placed in tho asylum.
but thon began to realize his crimo aud
look at it as other people did. Da Jarnetto
made this statement in a matter of fact
way and without hesitation. He said fur
ther that for months heforo he killed his
sister he slept little, ato little and was
physically and mentally a wreck ; that be
bad ofteu contemplated suicide, and once
had nearly completed preparations for tak
ing his own lifo. Chief Justice Smith dis
charged tho prisoner, who left for his
homo' at Mayfielti, Rockingham county.
Minors Crushed to Death.
A platform, containing a largo quantity
of ice, last evening tumbled down into
tho bottom of the new air shaft of tho Ox
ford colliery at Scrantou. It fell a dis
tance of 125 fcot, among a number of
sinkers, who wcro working at tho bottom
of tho pit. Hopkins, Hughes and Patrick
Rochfort wero killed, aud James Roberts,
William Hayes and Thomas Walkins, tho
contractor, wore probably fatally mjurei
Neglect cif Doty.
Captaiu Alfred Hopkins, commandant
of tho navy yard at Pensacola, has been
dismissed from the servico as tho result of
an inquiry by court martial into tho charge
that he deserted his post of duty during
tho yellow fever epidemic. Captaiu Hop
kins" had been more thau thirty years iu
tho navy, anil was recently promoted to
the rank of captaiu for " long and merito
rious service."
A Ublion'd Imposing Obsequies.
The body of tiie lato Bishop do Hcildn
dicrc, brought from France, whore ho
died, was yesterday morning buried in
th3 crypt of the Roman Catholic Catho
dial at Viuceuue?, Indiana. Four bishops
and a great concourso of priests and laity
wero present. Ucceaseu was tiio second
bishop of Vincennes. Ho rcsiirned in 1847
ou account of ill health and died in Franco
L'.st May, at tho ago of 81 years.
Increasing ltri Facilities.
Vico President Thomson, of tho Penn
sylvania railroad, yesterday ordered 40
locomotives from tho Grant locomotive
works at Paterson, Now Jersoy, and 15
locomotives from tho Pittsburgh locomo
tive company. He also ordered tho cou
struction of 0,000 more cars for tho railroad
liucs cast aud west of Pittsburgh.
Mexico's Mew Hallway.
Tho opening of the branch of tho Mex
ican Central railway, which places tho
mining region of tho stato of Guanajuato
in communication with the city of Mexico,
was celebrated yesterday "with great
spleudor" and enthusiasm in Guanajuato.
Among tho participants were members of
tho president's cabinet aud Congress and
tho Italian, Spauish and Guatemalan min
isters. Tho .Now Industrial JUetorurjiory.
Governor Hoyt, accompanied by tho
building commissioners of the stato indus
trial reformatory at Huntington, arrived at
Altoona last night on his way to inspect
tho work. The school building is already
under roof, and 141 cells havo been erected.
Tho building will bo pushed to comple
tion as rapidly as possibly.
An ActreHS' Suit lor Uauiase.
The suit of Mis. Hannah Dougherty,
actress, in New York, against tho Penn
sylvania railroad, for 620,000 damages, for
personal t: janes received wnile going lrom
Newark to Jersey City in Juno last, re
sulted last night in a verdict for $1,000.
Sho fell off a gang plank, which she alleged
was "insufficiently iiisi- d and negligently
placed."
i:tramo Cbecit-ltalMug.
A check for 32 on tho Merchants' bank
oi Buffalo, N. Y.. was raisod to 3,200,
and another lor 627 to 62.700 on tho Man
ufacturer' aud Trades' bauk, a few days
ago. Tho bank officials havo endeavored
to keep tho matter secret ia eaoli caso, in
hopes of furthering tho detection of the
check-riisers.
A GOOD Sl'UKT.
tVlin a Slorai lor rennsylvania Democratic
Legislator!.
New York Sun.
Forty years ago, when the Legislature
was just as largo as it is now, tho annual
incidental expenses, asido from the sala
ries of tho members, wore about $10,000.
In our timo these expenses have run
up to more than $200,000 a year.
This amount is out of all propor
tion to tho increase of business in
tho Senate aud Assembly. Much of the
money is worso than wasted iu the em
ployment of persons who aro mere run
ners between members and the lobby.
Attempts heretofore mads to reduce these
expenses have been mot with the sneers of
voual senators and assemblymen. At the
approaching session the Democrats had
better let all tho sneering ba done by tha
Republicans, whilo they recall tho anec
dote of Michael Hoffman, and reduce the
expenses.
When this sterling old Democrat was in
tho Assembly, they had a doorkeeper and
one assistant doorkeeper. A member in
troduced a resolution for the appointment
of another assistant. Hoffman opposed
it. Ho was reminded that there were two
doors through which members entered tho
chamber. Hoffman then moved to amend
the resolution by directing tho ecrgcant-at-arms
to buy a pound of nails and nail
up the side door. The Assembly adopted
the amendment, and then votod down tho
resolution.
i
Top-Dresalng Lawns.
A repulsivo appearance is sometimes
presented by top-dressing lawns with
coarse manure in large lumps, to remain
all winter. If the lumps were broken
and evenly spread, they would not be so
offensive, but a better way is to use only
fine manure, or compost, or superphos
phate, ou soils benefited by it. Fine or
pulverized peat, or dried muck, or leaf
mould, is useful, or even half an inch or
more of road dust,
KEIQHUOKIIU'm NKW.S.
Events Across the County Line.
The York and Adams county conference
of the West Pennsylvania synod has cou
venedinthe Lutheran church of Abots
town, Rev. S. P. Orwig, pastor. The
opening sermon was preached by tho
president, Rev. H. S. Fasnacht.
In Norristown an energetic movement
is on foot to euforce the Sunday law, and
proprietors of oonfoctiouory aud cigar
stores, barber shops and all othor places
nm hainir romnfilled to oloso.
Robert H. Coleman, proprietor of tho
Colebrook furnaces in Lebanon county,
will next spring build two more furnaces
aside of tho30 already now iu blast. Tho
No. 2 furnace which was recently blown
iu, is calculated to make 1,000 tons of pig
iron per week.
George W. Hubley, of York, formerly
a mail-route agent, who was couvicted iu
tho United States court and served timo
for the theft of a lady's breastpin from a
mail package, was placed on trial again
for raising and altering orders for printing
while doing job work for the government
siuce leaving jail.
Plans aro being prepared for houses to
bo erected at Paoli, on the Pennsylvania
railroad, by H. W. Biddle and J. U.
Dingce, stook brokers of Philadelphia.
During the past few months eighty-tiro
acres of laud havo been purchased for
building purposes. Ground has been
broken for a haudsomo modern residence
for Wm. Wayne, jr.
Tho Hummelstowu national bank of
Huramelstown, Dauphin county, has been
authorized to b-jgiu business with a capi
tal of $50,000.
The attorneys iu the Coylo murder case,
at York, have applied to tho court for a
change of venue.allegiug as the causo that
the case has so thoroughly worked up the
public feeling and so prejudiced tho
minds of tho peoplo that a trial could only
bo held to tbo detriment of the defendant,
John Coyle, jr. The court grauted a rule
to show causo why tho venue should not
be changed as prayed for, and ordered tho
rule to be heard on affidavits on Mouday,
December 4, 1883, at ten o'clock.
Surprise Farty.
Yesterday was tho 47th biithday of
Mrs. Thomas Cummings, of 41 West
Chestnut street, this city, aud a largo sur
prise party, which was gotten up by her
husband and sons, was held at tho houso
last night. In tho afternoon Mrs. Cum
mings was induced to go to tho country to
visit some friends, and she was not
brought back until half past eight o'clock
in the evening. At that time tho house
was full of invited guests. and Mrs. Cum
mings was greatly surprised. A big
supper bad been prepared, of which all
partook, aud tho evening was very pleas
antly spent. Among the guests picsuut
were Mrs. Christian Naglc, Georgo Rudi
sill wifo and daughter, relatives of Mrs.
Cummings, all of Marietta.
Wbat Was the Matter With Him.
Eds. Istelmoenceh The correspond
ent of the Examiner of the 17th inst., de
scribing the Democratic jubilee held in
Upper Leacock on the list., must havo
been in one of his midnight dreams, iniag
ining himself ou British soil awaiting the
American authorities. That he could not
see more than two voters in the line when it
numbered over 100 after three miles march
was due to tho blinding effects of the late
Democratic sweep. That event was
of such proportions that political bum
mers, ballot box watchers (?) and torch
thieves will never hear the resuircction
horn.
INDIAN dUMJlElt.
uood Itays lor Country Kauibles.
Tho delicious d ty of Indian summer aro
certainly hero. Tho air is a llttlo keener
than is tho wont at this peculiar season.
But tho hills aro taking oa their purplo
baza and the sun's rays are kind and gen
ial. The trees aro well nigh stripped of
their leavos and all tho fields aro " lying
brown and bare." TLo hurbago is frost
bitton and wilted, but, for all that, tho
country is inviting and delightful. Thoso
who want to thoroughly enjoy a half day
should not lose tho present occasion for a
drive or walk out into the couutry before
winter seizes it with icy hand or wraps it
in tho blanket of snow.
Kyes Badly Uurned.
This morning about half-past 5 o'clock
John Brenner, a rougher, employed at tho
Penn iron works, met with a very painful
accident. While passing iron, hot from
the furnace, through the rolls, a flash of
tbo heated iron struck him in the eyes,
and for the timo being blinded him. He
was taken to tho offico of Dr. Davis,
North Prince street, where ho received the
necessary medical attendance. Both
eyes are terribly burned, but the doctor
says the sight is not destroyed. Mr. Bren
ner, who is a son-in-law of Mr. Martin,
tho ropemakcr, was takcu to hi? home,
No. 32 South Mulberry street, where he
is doing well.
A Heavy Welgnt Fedeatrlau.
Yesterday a North Queen street mer
chant (irou and steel) whose weight is
about 230 pounds, took a drivo with soma
friends to Vogansvillo. Ou reaching
Midway, tho hoavy-woighi having been
exhilarated by tho pure country air,- &c,
proposed, for a wager, to walk to Lancas
ter, a distance of somo oight or nine miles.
The wager was made, and tho merchant
started off at a brisk pace. Ho reached
the city lato iu tho evening, and on being
questioned as to his conditiou ho said ha
felt pretty well, but would not, advise any
other fat mau to make tho hanio walk
unless for a higher stake.
Overpaid Taxes.
To day our county commissioners, ac
companied by the county solicitor, went
to Harrisburg to interview the state board
of revenue commissioners relative to an
alleged overpayment of stato taxes by
Lancaster county for tho years 1874 -'77.
Several counties in tho stato havo been
looking into tho matter of overpayment,
and havo been credited by the reveuun
commissioners with sums of considerable
magnitude. Lancaster county being ono
of tho heaviest taxpaying counties iu the
stato is expected to secure a very haud
somo rebate.
Kememberod bis lUrtbday.
Mayor MacGonigio is convalescent
though is still confined to his room. To
day is his birth day and it was remembered
by theJeffersonian club of this city. A
committee of the members consisting of
Philip Bernard, J. L. Stommotz, Georgo
Stcinman, jr.. Peter McConomy, W. T.
Jefferies, H. Z. Rhoads, II. . Slaymakcr
and John Schaum, presented him with a
magnificent basket of flowers, furnished
by the inimitable Schroyer.
I'otlce Cases.
Alderman McConomy had three cases of
drunken and disorderly conduct to dispose
of this morning. One of the offenders,
who was found lying helplessly drunk in
tbo corridor of tho court houso, was dis
charged on payment of costs ; two others
who could not raise money enough to pay
up wero locked up.
An Injured Mas.
Tho sensitive feelings of tho person who
slew James B. Anderson have been lirl
tated to the extent of twenty-lire thousand
dollars, at least he so alleges iu a libol
suit against a paper which commented
on his uncercmoniotH discharge from
custody.
Ctiauc) ot Mii'l!luic.
By order of tho department tho name of
" Conewaygo" postofficc, this county, is
to be spelled " C-o-c-e.w.a-g-0.'-' .
NOVEMBER SESSIONS.
TIIH WHEELS OF JUSTICK IN MOTION.
1 n Case Berore th Begular Term ot Crim
inal Court.-- Verdict ot Not Uulttr
lo the Stuoc"nolts Case.
Wednesday afternoon.-Com'th ".Fanny
Gibbons, larceny. Harry J. of
Philadelphia, testified that he keeps a
pawn shop at 730 Kipe street ; on the 7th
of August the defendaai came to his office
and pawned the watch aese" "yo
been stolen ; sho received $ u0? "..
detective afterwards camo and inq -l,r0,1-the
witness had a watch of a curtain Di.
ber ; ho looked at his books aud found thi.
to be tho ono ; witness was then tubpajned
to come here with the watch ; witness
afterwards saw tho defendant who came
to his office and wanted the watch, which
he refused to give up ; tho watch, was
pawned in the name of Mrs. Pusey.
Alderman A. K. Spurrier testitied that
after the warrant had becu served on tho
defeui'ur. t.so told him that t.ho knew
nothins: if Stuckouholts's watch; she said
sho had not pawned the watch in Phila
delphia r'ur tho Defense.
Tho defense called tho defeudaut, who
testified that sho slept at Mrs. oken
holtz's houso ou tho night of tho ARl ol
May, at the invitation of his wife; the
next day they started to PJj!1?, -P k'
whore they wero two days. While in the
Broad btreet dipor, waiting for the tram
for Lancaster, Mrs. StuokennoKs. V
duced the watch, which she asked witness
to purchase from her or sell for her ; "0
did neither, aud witness saw tho watn
several times afterward in Mrs. Stucken.
holtz's possession ; sho asked witness to
sell it for her. One day in August witness
intended to go to Philadelphia. Tho day"
before Mrs. Stuckenholtz camo to heK
shu s.i!l Bho uocdod monov badly aud her
hiisb.i-ul refused to give her any at that
timo ; witness had sold an organ, which
sho bought hi Philadelphia, to Levi M.
Stoner, of Mountvillo, who paid $03 for it;
Mrs. Stuckeuholtz proposed that witness
take the watch for tho amount of tho bill,
which she would collect ; this she agreed
to do ; whou witness started for Philadel
phia Mrs. Stuckenholtz slipped the watci
into her hand ; sho took it to Philadel
phia, and as she needed luouoy pledged it
at Nathati's, receiving 13 upon it ; Wbem
sho returned to Lancaster sho told Mrs-.
Stocfceiiholtz what she had done OV
cross ex.imiuation wituerj stated that sho
had not pawned the watch under tho camo
of Lizzie Pusey.
Lovi Stoner testified tk:it iu June Mrs.
Stuckenholtz and tho dofuudant came to
his house and sold him an organ for 965 ;
on August 7 ho paid Mr.. Stuckenholtz
the tuiiiioy for tha org.iu.
William B. Fiynn testified he hoard
Stuckonhollz say that ho thought his wifo
had takon the watch.
A number of witness, who tostiliod to
the defendant's good character previous to
this charce, wero called aud the defense
then closed.
Tho commonwealth, iu rebuttal called
Mrs. Stuckenholtz, who testified that she
did not show this watch t- defendant in
Philadelphia or any other timo nor did she
ask her to buy it or sell it for her ; wit
uths did not give tho watch to defenoant
iu August before she went to Philadel
phia ; there was no arrangmont by whiob.
witness wa to receive tho auiouut of Mrs.
Stoncr's bill for tho watch; witness did
not tieo tho watch from tho timo it was
stolen until it was brought to Spurrier's ;
witness did collect $63 of Sir. Stoner, but,
it was not for the watch.
Tho defendant was recalled and she
stated that at the time Mr. Stoner paid the
monoy she owed Mr. Stuckenholtz no
money. Mrs. Stuckenholtz was recalled
and she testified that sho had an arrange
ment with tho defendant by which they
were t divide the profits on tho sale of
tho firman : defendant owed wituess as
much h Mr. Stoner's bill at tho time it
was pain
On cross-cxaminatiou tho witnoss was
asked to foot up the amount owing her by
defend, nt, but she was unable to make it
as much as the amount claimed.
Tho j'iry rendered a verdict ol u-t
guilty.
Lewis Morris, a Hebrew, who looks ex
actly liko "Sain'l cl Posen," was
charged with stealing a shirt, some money
a silver watch and a gold chain from John
Hotiacr of Dorwart street, this city, for
whom !: worked. Ho was arrested in.
Higiispho with tho watch in his posses
sion. His defense was that Houscr owed
him money and he took the watch until
ho paid him. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced
to six mouths imprisonment.
James Henderson plead guilty to the
charge m" open lowdness, and was sen
tenced t three months imprisonment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills.
True bills. James Stewart, Jesso Gable,
Frank Weidler and Wm. B. Groom forni
cation and bastardy ; 3Iartin Miller, as
sault and battery and resisting an officer ;
D. F. L. Witmer, Michael Burns and John
Dr.inhbar. Teslstin? an officer : Lancaster,
city nuisance ; B. B. Albert, defrauding a
hotel keeper ; S. Hackenberger and N. B.
Arnold, false pretense ; Robert Prcssbury,
Fred. Grotwald, James Moore, assault and
battery ; James Miller and John L. Jones,
felonious assault and battery; Amo
Brown, Amos H. Kauffman and Monro-
Buch, trespass.
Ignored. Charles Fell, assault and bat
tery, with Charles Moouoy for costs ; John
Drachbar, assault and battery, with county
for costs ; John Utzlngor and John Brim
mer, malicious mischief, with county f'r
costs.
Wedmstlay evening. la tho following
cases verdicts of not guilty wero taken for
want of evidence : Jesso Gable, fornica
tion aud bastardy ; Elias Aument, larcatf."
as baiko; George Braimo, assault and.
battery ; Virginia Robinson, common
scold
Com'lh va. Samuel Gall. Tho defendant
was charged with keeping a disorderly
bouse at linger and Beaver streets, this
city ; it w.ts shown that at night the
neighboi hood has been frequently
awakened by loud noises, such as
cursing, sweating- and fighting. Several
women of bad character also
visited tho house. Gall denied having
kept a disorderly place ; if any noises
wero mido tbey were by his wife and
women who went with her while he was
away from homo. The jury rendered a
verdiot of not guilty, with defendant to
pay costs.
Michael Bums plead guilty to tho
charge of resisting A. 8. Ruby, a Marietta
constable. Ho was sentenced to six
months imprisonment.
Thursday morning. Com'th. vs. Au
gust Kline, larceny as bailee. Tho- evi
dence showed that tho man was given $j0
byMathias Zeigler, of this city, with
which ho was to pay bills ; ha did not do
this, but spent the money. Tho evidence
did not show that the man was to return
the property no he could not be held on
the charge of larceny as bailee. A ver
dict of not guilty was taken.
Com'th vs. Franklin "Weidler, fornica
tion and bastardy, Sprcna Hipsman, of
Seheneck, tcsMfied that the dofendaht in
the father of her malo child, which was
born on tha 23th of February last. No do
fensa was made and tho jury rrudered a
verdict of guilty.
John L. Jones pleaded guilty to the
charge i.fa-t t'll!. and b itterv upon John
Erwin tiiii! rn sonteifsil to pay a lino of
$5 and cM -.
Com'ih vs. Jaun-s ?t'!lr, iVIinious as
sault aud batterv. A unit- Bs .testified
that on October lCjsheweM i:.t jlioenber
ger's park, this city, to Io-k .titer sotr.
children when she met this mar, who
drew a razor and clinsed her iuto A. A.
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