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LANCASTER DAILY INTi-, J. IU.LNCE1?, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 -. 1882.
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FBI 3 AY S7ENINO NOV. 24, 1882,
A Dilatory GabubIsiIob.
The people of Chester county hear
that the report of; the state geological
commission concerning the geology of
their county is in press, and they are
surprised because they have not seen any
of the state geologists going over their
county to examine its mineral character.
They have heard for a number of years
past that there was a state geological
commission in existence, but they have
had no knowledge of it from observation.
They have supposed that their time
would como some day,and have patiently
waited for it, only to find that no par
ticular examination of their county was
intended, but that a report was to be
prepared upon it from old data and
statements picked up from different per
sons in the county, who have given its
mineral geology their study.
The people of Chester county are not
much worse off than their neighbors.
We know of no thorough geological ex
amination being made of any of the
counties in this section of the state, and
complaints aro numerous from nearly
all the counties that the work of the
commission is scindalously superficial.
Several years ago Lancaster county en -jojed
the picsenco of Frofcfcsor Peisifur
Frazer for one summer, who located
himself in different portions of it and
took hasty vehicular and pedo3lrian
tours through it, recording what he ob
served by the way side. Then ho made
., report in the course of a year or two,
and probably it was as flood a report as
his moans of observation enabled him to
give. Hut hi? work was inno way enti
tled to be considered as a proper gcolog
ical examination of the county.
Where Use fault is we do not know,
but certainly the work of the state geo
logical commission of Pennsylvania is
not what it ought to be. The nppropri
ation may be too small, and the workmen
may be loo few, or they may only be
lazy and incdnpetcnt. What we do 4
know is that we re not getting a proper,
geological survey of Pennsylvania or re
tiortslhat are worth what they arc cost-
injfcRft'seems as though the cc
i though the commission
waHMfaraged to be a permanent institu
tion, and that it is not tlte design to give
us too, )ucla or too full information all
at oncej but reserve enough to make tho
cajJMgjji a standing necessity. By
the time its'-'memjjernet through the
state once, so lojte ft 'pferiod will have
elapsed that it will need to bs gone over
afresh. Tho present superficial examina
tion is possibly intended merely as an
appetizer to the great geological feast
that will be spread for us the next time
the commission attacks the state's
geology. Hut wo would prefer to
soe the work done thoroughly at one
If there is nothing in the geology of the
state that needs a thorough examination
' wo have no need of u geological com
mission. We have been under the im
pression that it was desirable to have
every fool of the state carefully exam
ined that we might know just what its
geological condition and mineral wealth
i3. This need is not satisfied by the
hasty travel through it of a single geolo
gist, as Lancaster county was viewed, or
by the collected reports of resident, min
eralogists, as iu Cheater county. Evi
dently the state geological commission
needs to bo re-organized or abolished. It
is doing too little good work to !e kept
alive in its present state.
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Some one in Pittsburgh, having made
a ."statement of the actual cost of the
manufacture of Bessemer steel rails,
Mr- Swank, the secretary of the iron
and steel association, wrote to Mr. Car
negie, of tho Edgar Thomson works,
concerning it. Mr. Swank is the man who
communicated to Mr. Kelley the facts
which he detailed in his speech in Con
gress to show that tho steel railmanufac
turers were not making too much money
at sixty dollars a ton ; and Mr. Swank
was naturally nervous over a statement
that the cost of production was only
thirty-two dollars. Mr. Carnegie" an
swer is not of a character to
re-assure him, since he does not
say anything about the cost of
steel rails, but contents himself
with declaring that the assertion that
they cost but thirty-two dollars " was
not mado by anyone in the business cr
familiar with it ;" and that it was " a
pure invention of an irresponsible man."
All of which may be true, but Mr. Car
negie, being a responsible mau, apparent
ly desirous of giving information to the
public, would have been more satisfac
tory and interesting if ho had stated
just what the cost of steel rails is at his
works. People who know that Besse
mer pig iron does not cost twenty-live
dollars a ton, a.id that ten tons of it are
converted into steel ingots in twenty
minutes, and that the cost of rolling
the ingots into rolls is only two dolhus
a ton, will not find that thirty-two dol
lars is much too low a figure at which to
put the cost of making rail.?.
Tueke was joy among the oil specu
lators and now there is sorrow. Tho
great advance has been followed by a
great decline. As iu the stock markets,
the oil market has been manipulated to
catch the cash of the unwary. The
lambs are sacrificed on the up-turn and
the down-turn. All who go with the
crowd suffer with it. The easy lesson is
not to buy or sell when everybody else
seems to be buying or selling; but this
lesson most people cannot learn. It re
quires too much courage to go against
the tide ; it is ever so much easier to
float with the running waters ; but they
will carry you out to perish in the sea
if you keep on with them.
Tuat is a remarkable instance of con
nubial complication reported from an
Ohio town where within a period of a
few years two couples were engaged in
six marriages and four divorces, finding
themselves at the end of the transaction
precisely where they were when they
started out. The case is certainly
unique in matrimonial annals, and
serves to illustrate the characteristic
versatility of the average citizen of
Ohio. - -
Tue importation of ostriches and the
cultivation of that "most peculiar
bird " as a national industry may strike
some people as extremely comical, but
Consul Bakertalksabout.it with a de
gree of gravity that is calculated to im
press us with the belief that it's no
laughing matter.
Cleveland got nearly three times as
many votes as Folger in the city of New
York, the figures being : Cleveland 124,
314, Folger 47,785, and the Democratic
caudidato s majority in tno entire state is
191,112.
The oil producers seem to have tempo
rarily forsaken their occupation of getting
more oil out of tlio ground. Thoy find
equal diversion in speculating in oil sup
posed to be on top of the ground. Wheu
they get tired of exterior speculation they
will probably try the interior game again.
Tue days arc passing away when bag
gagemen can smash travelers' trunks with
impunity. A passenger on the Union
Pacific railway has recovered damages to
the amount of 423 from tho company for
injuries done to baggage and goods. It is
well worth tho while of travelers and rail
way officials to ponder over this case.
How will our sweethearts and wive
look in bonnets decorated with bouquets
of turnips, carrots and onion?, with spin
ach thrown in as a garnish? ThooO bou
quets arc displajed in milliucrs' shop
windows, aud it is ouly a question of
time when wo will bs brought to tho
ordeal of seeing them in juxtaposition
with fair faces.
Tue story that went tho i ounda of the
papers last spring about tho fus3 that
Emma Abbott made at a Denver hotel
when hei baby Ji;id tho croup ispionouuced
a base'ess fiction, but it answered its
purpose as an advertisement just as well,
yho did not inako a fuss whon her baby
had Urn croup ; her baby did not have tho
croup, and sho hasn't any baby.
Tun reeGut.opiuion of Judge Advocate
General Swaini, that army officers are iiot
subject To emit-martial for psrsistent re
rfusal to pay their debts, has uol been ap
proved by tho bccietary of war. Unless
the opinion receives his approval it will
have no force. By this time Swain must
begetting used to this sort of thing,
though it will probably never dawn upon
his inner consciousness that tho most ap
propriate thing ho could do would bo to
resign and give somo ono a chanco who
would better size up to the place.
fiiE death of Gottfried Kiukcl ltcalls
tho roniaiic.3 of the German lebeliion iu
1S48. Ktnkcl, the author of "Ottoder
Scbutz," a romance of the Hhiue, was an
idealistic German professor, who gavo
lectures on Christian art and used to
preach, but undertook to write and fight
against feudal royalty, when ho was Kent
to prison in Spaud.iu, but was liberated
by no other man than Carl Schurz, at that
time a university student. This was in
November, 1830. Schurz oamo to this
country to eaivo for himself fame, but
Kiukcl rctiicd into literary seclusion at
Zurich.
Tin: New York Sun chidos its contem
poraries, tho Times and tho Tribune, for
their detestable English in tho use of the
phrases, ' And in this connection it must
be said,"' etc.. and "A certain hard
headed scientist by tho name of Clarence
King." Tho Sun's grammarian tells tho
Times and Tribune that if thoy had respect
ively written " And in connection with this
subject it must be said," and " A certain
hard headed scientist of tho namo of
Clarence King." noithor of them would
have needed tho rcbuko it administers.
The slips to which our luminous contem
porary refers aro of frequent occurrenoa
iu newspaper writiug, but aie Dot to ho
condoned for that reasou.
L the midst of tho fretting that prevails
in leferenco to his successor, Controller
Pattison, it i.i reported, stands unmoved
iu his original belief that tho vacancy
which will be caused in tho controller's
office by his retirement should he filled by
tbo governor. He will, therefore, retain
the offica until his inauguration. Simul
taneous with his exaltation to tho highest
offico in tho commonwealth Mr. Pattison
will name his own successor. As the
person thus named will likewise he in
trusted with tho books of tho offico, tho
positiou of tho parties to a suit to decide
the question will be tho roverso of that
Bet forth by Mr. Sellers, who has declared
his opinion that tho vacancy must bo filled
by a joiut vote of councils.
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FEBSOJMAi,.
Cualmeks may get into Congress after
all. JIo intimates a determination to hav 0
cither his certificate or goro.
JLmik Gray Lyon, the cranky poison
who shot at Edwin Booth, now proposes
to "star" as Uaralct. Poor Hamlet.
President Pouter, of Yalo college,
has in pressa book entitled, M Evangeline,
tho place, tho story aud tho poem."
Ex-CONORESSiTAN GitlKXELL, of New
Bedford, Mass., celebrated his ninety
fourth birthday anniversary last Saturday.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has hem
favoring Boston peoplo with songs at pri
vate ciitcxtainments.
Junci: Jeremiah S. Black was Abe
guest oi the Clover club at its Noveuib: r
dinner at tho Hotel Bcllcviow in Philadel
phia last night.
Secretary Shamclv, of tho "Ex-Union
Prisoners of .War Association," has a
schemo to erect a monument over the
graves of tho 13,000 unknown died at
Andersonville, Ga.
Mils, the agnostic tragodiau, assuies
the public that he won't play Hamlet"
in Chicago again for a year. This is a
good thing for "Hamlet" and Chicago,
and not a bad ono for Milu.
Blvckuurn, Kentucky's present gover
nor, is .1 ' dashing looking gentleman
with his broad-brimmod hat turned up on
one side like a Spanish bull lighter, aud
his mustacbios twirled out to a most pro
digious length." Such was tho descrip
tiou that was given to a messenger who
was sent to find the governor at tho
dfnner of tho Sportmcn's club in Louis
ville tho other day.
Nilsson tells a reporter sho sings .simple
ballads from choice, because sho loves
them. " No lyric poetry gives ma grcator
plepsuro than tho melodies of Moore, the
ditties of Robert Burns, aud tho mauy
simple, touching ballads of nameless
authors that livo iu English homes. I ie
grct that thcro aro so fow genuinely excel
lent modorn ballads, although thcro is
much that delights me in some ofSuIli
van's." Tho great cantatrico saug to an
overflowing audience in the academy of
musio, Philadelphia, last niriifc. and re
newed her triumphs of a decado ago.
THE LATEST NEWS.
iiLBASKUrKOM TUE BJOIUMNd MAILS
Tbo Damage W; ought by the Flames A
Budget of rvilscellaneou Happen
ing I11 Various Uoarters.
Horticultural hall, of the exhibition
buildings, was burned yesterday at Fred
crickton, N. B.
Kimberly & SperryV kindling wood
factory, at New Ha von, Conn., was burned
last night. Loss, $9,000.
The eeneral store of M. D. Marcus, iu
Las Vegas, N. M., was burned Wednesday
night. Lobs. 820,000.
A fire on Wednesday night in the Kent
furniture factory at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
caused a loss ot $24,000. A. B. Long's
saw mill was also damaged to the amount
of $33,000.
At; Kempville, Princess Anno county,
Va., a fire yesterday destroyed Ferrcll &
Bonshall's hotel and a building occupied
as lodge rooms by the Kuights of Pythias,
Masons, Knights of Honor and American
Legion of Honor. Loss, $5,000.
A Are at Morris, Minn., yesterday de
stroyed the general stores of Good & Bris
bane and Larson & Nilson, the Masonic
hall, tho furniture storo of Good & Bris
bane! and several smaller structures. Loss,
$34,000. "
A firo occurred last night iu Arrott's
Ontario mill, on Second Etrcot, near Col
umbia aveuu3. Tho flames were discover
ed by tho watchman, and beforo they were
extinguished tho buildings and stock were
badlydamaed. Tho tenants were Clark
& Keen, woolen goods ; Madoly & Tit
low, yarns, and Priestly Bros., dress
goods. It is thought the damage will
amouut to upwaids of $200,000.
Malignant diphtheria has appeared iu
Millcrton. N. Y.. and tho schools have
been olosed in consequence. Families arc
also leaving tho place.
B. H. Crapstor, for ten or twelve years
postmaster at Shelby villo, Ky., committed
suicide by shooting himself. Zno reason
for the deed is known.
William Towers, one of the oldest
printers in tho District of Columbia, and
at ono time ohiof clerk of tho government
printing office, died yestorday at Washing
ton of paralysis.
R. M. J. Paynter, for mauy years tho
Richmond mauager of the Western Union
telegraph company and late superintend
ent of the Southern telegrnph company at
Richmond, Va., died yesterday in the hit
ter city, aged 42 years.
A JMUI0 Girl Burned to n Crisp.
When J. C. Dugardcu and his wife,
who livo near Littlo Rock, Ark., yester
day returned homo from a cotton field
thoy found their 8 year old daughter lying
dead iu the y.ird, her body having bcu
burned to a crisp by her clothes accident
ally being ignited.
Killed tils Krother lor a few Walnuts.
At Smith's Cross Roads, Mceklcnberg
county, Va., a fow days ago, .alphcus
Thoara3 Jones and his brother Homy,
both youth?, quarreled over the distribu
tion of a lot of walnuts when tho former
shot the latter with a shotgun, killing him
instantly.
Au ix-Journalist Accused.
Elliott ltydnr, formerly on tho Boston
Star was ai rested in that city yesterday,
charged with uttering a forged bill of ex
change and passing it upon the American
exchango, London. Ho will ha held to
await tho orders of tho London police.
Postal Decision.
It has been decided in Canada that
newspapers addressed to tho United
States an. I mailed from the ofii jts of pub
Hcatioti, including specimens, y.nxy go free
of poitago By tho convention between
tho two countries cachcouutrye.i: ties free
mail matter on which has been pa'd tho
postago levied by tho other.
A Minister Sent to Jail.
Rev. R. II. Woodruff, charged with
opening a letter addicssed to R. II. Law
rence, with intent to obstiuct correspond
ence, and with secreting and cmbrzr
tho same, pleaded guilty yesteiday 'i .he
United States com I at Baltimore. :. d was
sentenced to pay a fine of $230, and in
default of payment was sent to jail.
Western Sturdi Manufacturers.
Tho Western starch manufacturers, com
prising all tho firms throughout Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin aud Ohio, have formed
a joint stock company at Chiesgc, to be
known as tlio National Siaich companr ot
Illinois, with a capital of $2,o00,000. Of
this $1,000,000 was paid up at once. Ouly
two companies iu tho West refused to come
in.
fatal Jal'.roa insastor.
A train on the Stillwater branch of tho
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul lailroad,
was wreoked at St. Cioix junction yester
day by a defective lail. The engiuo want
down au embankment aud Engineer Van
dcrworker was instantly killed and tho
fireman badly injured. Tho passengers
wero all shaken up and many buiiscd,
but ua one seriously.
Arrested for a Ilruial Crime.
Michael Reese, who is wauled in 51.;--risauia-
N. Y., for a brutal outrage upon
Amelia Harris, aged 3 years, which re
sulted iu her death, w.io captured at Den
ver, Col., on Wednesday by an ofiiccr from
Morrisauia. Recso expressed his wiiling
iicss to return without a requisiliou, aud
tho officer with hi? prisoner, started for
the east the same evening.
A Conscieuce Smitten Tblol Delect va.
John Grismer had always been poor, and
when ho put $20 into the plato at church
at Councllvillo, Mo., theic was thought to
do somo mistake, but hcsaidtnatbeieally
desired to mako the contribution. Tho
note was soon identified, by means of its
number having been recorded, as part of
$2,000 recently stolen, and then Grismer
confessed. What ho had intended as a
relief for his conscience led to his detection.
An Association of JourcalUU.
About forty journalists of Philadelphia
met in tho rooms of tho Commonwealth
club yesterday, to mako preliminary ar
rangements for organizing au association
to bo composed exclusively of working
journalists and men of letters. II. F.
Kccnan presided. A committee consisting
of James H. Lambait, chairman, H. A.
Ely, James Hoyt, William Perriue, Wm.
C. Rucb, John M. Perry and John Xorris
and cx-ofHcio the temporary presidont; will
diaw up a constitution and by-laws and
report at a general meeting of tho organ
ize!! s-next Thursday.
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BALDWIN'S ANJJIVKKSAKY.
aeiiil-Ccnteuntal ot Locomotive Building In
rtiliadelphla.
It was fifty years ago Thursday siuco
tho first locomotive built in Philadelphia
mado its trial trip en the Gcrmantown &
Norristown railroad. Tho builder was
Matthias W. Baldwin, tho founder of tho
immenso establishment ou North Croad
street that now bears his name. Mr.
Baldwin was a jeweler by trade, and iu
1823 was engaged in the manufacture of
bookbiudors' tools and calico printing
presses. He constructed an upright engine
for uuo iuhis shop, that attractod attention
by reason of compactness, and orders
for others of a similar pattern turned his
attention to locomottvo designing. A
miniature engine was built in 18'J1, and
then a full sized cngino was built for tho
German towu ratfroid, which wai drawing
its cars by horses. It weighed tiva tons,
cost $4,000, was a year iu building, and
named "Old Ironsides." Improvements
wero afterwards made, and when SO miles
au hour had been accomplished it was
thought wonders had been performed. It
took until 1SG1 t mako 1,000 engines,
while J5G0 can now be mado in a year. In
1833 tho present site was occupied. Mr.
Baldwin had various men associated with
him until his death, in 18GG. The present
title of the linn, Burnham, Parry, Wilson
& Co., was taken in 1873. Thursday even
ing tho employes observed tho anniver
sary by attending performances at differ
ent theatres, tho tickets having been fi
nished by the firm.
SULLIVAN NOT TU
BC FOU.NO.
A Itcuort thor tlio UIucKiraltlt he
Hain-
uercd !u Washington U XJead.
Tho failure of Cnampiou John L. Sulli
van to appear at Harry Hill's on Monday
night caused surprisa among tho sporting
fraternitv in Xew York. It was known
that he was anxious to make a match with
Tom Allen, and no ono understood his
absenco from thin m?atiu2. called to settle
the preliminaries. Harry Hill telegraphed
to Boston and Washington in quest of
him, but received no reply. Sullivan's two
partners in the Sullivan combination, Bob
Fairell and Peter McCoy were theie,
and fertile in excuses for tho absence ot
their princioal. They said that he was
out of the city, but would have appeared
if ho had been properly notified, and that
ho was ready t fight with bare kuuekle
for from $5,000 to $10,000 a side. It
would be, thay saiJ, his las: fijlit, aud ho
would then poraiauently retii from the
ring. Thoy eaid Lc wished to mako his
own matches, and they refused to put
down tho $1,000 forfeit. Allen' . backer.
R. K. Fox, left $1,000 in Harry Hill's
haud, aud it was aieed that anothci
mcotiug should be hid.
Several men who were present denied
that Sullivan was out of tho citv, aud said
that they had seen hiinat tho G:and Cen
tral hotel. It now sioms probable that
Sullivan was kept away from tho meeting
by an outsido matter
On Fiiday evening Uot Sullivan gavo a
spairiug exhibition in ilu Theatre Couii
que at Washington. Five bundled dollars
were offered to any man who would staau
up beforo him for twelve minutes with
softylovos. Abuiioyblackamith aimed
Rainey accepted this offer. In a very short
time ho had been knocked down seven
times and reduced to .1 state of utter help
lessness. Tho police then interfered, and
tho man was carried away. Fully 2,000
spectators wituesod tho li'sht, and Sulli
van then announced to them that ho was
ready to liht Tom Allen.
It is now said that Rainoywaa sciioasly
hurt. Sullivan was kept informed of his
condition. It is said that yesterday ho 10
wived woul that Riiney w.dead and
that he has disappeared.
; WEI.VI: UTILS INDIANA.
An Aii.-i;;lnii Maiden Who Oiicu S.i.v :i
llull'ilo lit a tlrcufe.
Pliliadclehia Times.
Capt. Pratt exhibited tweivo In.lir.n
children fiom tho Carlislo training school
at tho missionary uuuiversary of tho West
Walnut stivctPiOsbyterian church Turns
day night. The church was literally packet!
with people, and tho dozen little red peo
ple wero ranged in single U:c in lronl 01
the palpit. Aflor recitations and songs
by tho Indians, Captain Piatt mado ,1
brief address and .1 peek or so of coppers
and nickels was collected for tho heathen.
Then tho crowd filed around t. examine
and interview the curiosities.
" Where is your Lome, my dear V" suid
a well-dicsscd woman to a rather pretty
littlo Indian girl.
' Omaha," answered the child.
" Have you over seen a buffalo?'' con
tinued the lady in v. tor.o which conveyed
the impression that she supposed it was an
evcry-day occurrenco for a herd of those
animals to cavort through the streets of
that town.
" Yes, ma'am" was tho answer.
' Oh, did you ? Where, my dear'."'
'Iuaeiicuj,'" was tho uuexpoited 10
spouse. :ind tht' ladj parsed on.
The children were cued for by mciu
bois of tho on: rogation last night. This
in 01 rung they will return to Carlioln.
There is some talk of offering to tho
government the tue of the Lincoln insti
tut ion, Klrvcuth street, above Pino, for
the education cf Indian '5tls under the
plan ad pted :it Carlisle. Nothing official
has j et 1.mmi d-vij. hut the project is said
to meet with tlio approval o: several of
tho manager. Ubhop Stevens, president
of tiro board, approved of tho idea so far
as he has given it thought. The institu
tion will soju have to be closed, as theie
arc vejy few soldieis' orphans in it.
Cooper lias the flam'.
riilia-lelphi.i Time.
Chairman House!, of tho Democrat io
state commit trc, adds fiesh lustre to the
laurels he achieved as tlio Democratic
generalissimo of tho campaign, b. the
public .statement that ho " is perfectly
willing to have his aceouuts scrutinized
cither by auditors appointed by the new
committee, or by a committee of tho
voluutiry contributors who raised tho
funds," and he adds that they
were applied to no uses for whicu
thoso who gave theni havo auy occasion to
blush." A victory that can stand such a
test is a double victory for the violins, aud
now it is in order for Field Mai shall
Cooper and Assistant FL-ld Marshall Quay
to propo'o au audit of their campaign ac
counts. If thoy are in want of a compe
tent auditing board, let thcur invito 2Ii.
Blankonburg aud his committee on frauds
to do tho work. They would doubtless bo
glad to porfornr that service for tho de
feated field lnarohald, aud tho certificate of
such a board of auditors that there wr.s
nothing done by tho Stalwart leaders to
occasion a blusn. would be uf inestimable
value to tho smitten bosses just now. Tho
editor of tho Times was chuiiraan cf the
Republican state cour.uittco 23 years ago,
and his list of contributor.; aud expendi
tures have been preserved iu one of tho
Philadelphia banks to await audit fioin
any inquiring mind ; but as they havo
been open to examination, nunc hr.vo
cared to examine them. It's a safe rule
to to conduct political campaigns that they
will bear tho closest Ecrutioy. CoopDr has
the floor !
CON NUBJ A I. MI I'LIUATIU-aia.
i'uo Olilo Coujila iluve .six lUsrrlasea azd
four Divorce.
William Dongcss was married on
Thursday to Mrs. Alice Grapewino in
Greene county, near Xeuia, Ohio. Four
years ago Wm. Deugess married Alieo
Johnson, then very young. It was not
long beforo his drunken habits forced her
to procure a divorce. A fow months
afterwaid they wero ictuarried, but last
winter ho again resumed his had
habits, and on Feb. 7 she was again
divorced. Iu the mean time Jos. Grapo
wiue. marshal of Jamestown, tho village
in which the Deugcss family lived, aud
who had often protected Mrs. Dengess
from tho drunken assaults of irer husband
mistreated Mrs. Grapowino so badly that
she, too, procured a divorco on March ol
last. Ou , A'pril 2 Joseph Grapswiuc and
Mrs: Dengess. formerly Miss Johnson.
wfcre married at Columbus, and went to
Newark, Ohio to reside. Grapewino soon
deserted her, came to Xcnia, aud lived
with his former wife Alieo followed him
aud in a short time obtained a divorce
from Joseph, which left him froo to wed
his divorced wife, and which ho has sinca
done ; and now William Dcngeas and Miss
Johusou-Dengess-Grapewino have again
been united in matrimony, and tho two
couples are just whero they started four
yeaifinso.
A Stalwart Who Weighs 300.
Iu tho house of the coming Stato Legisla
ture Delaware county will have the v,,;ij;Uj,.
iest representative. Willi t a Powell
bcar-3 down tho beam at UOti ii,;urus that
are already conspicuous i-i U10 political
affairs of tho county. Mr. Powell lias
been assigned to seat a No. 32, but tho
chair falls short of his'rasasure and con
sequently a new one has been ordered for
hifi accciodatiou.
LUNY TO THE LAST.
PKi:iIDAI. MOTION CRANK'S UK ATH.
Dl(-gU4ted With Ills failure Ue l'.lows Ilis
Head to Pieces and Leaves a Char
acteristic Note.
David Evaus, who lived near KiBstoa,
in Plymouth township, Luzerne county,
committed euioido ou Thursday. Ho
placed tho revolver iu his mouth aud fired
three shots. Tho first tore away his lip ;
the second cams cut of his forehead,
above the eye, and the third went through
the head, coining out at the top and scat
teriug his brains on the floor beside him.
It appears from the evidence that Evans
had been working for a long time upon a
perpetual motion machine, lor tho last two
years doing nothing else, aud taiiure had
crazed him. Tlio vcj diet was iu accord
ance with theso circumstances. He left
tho following letter for Mrs. Davis, to
whom ho bequeathed all his possessions :
" I do sincerely prohibit any and all of
tho revcroud devils to babbie and lio over
my old body. Bury mo in my old rags, just
as I am now. Sell that coat of mine or
givo it to whomsoever you please. I die
iu my atheistical faith, as fearlessly at tho
heathen dieth iu liis faith of his existence.
1 believe not iu eousciuus existence nor
sousfcivenesj atter death. It is the cud,
tho final end o: man p.s well as the
common animals Yo will judo this and
blame it, nevertheless it is truthful. I
consii!e:c I ;:n 1 concluded that to commit
suicide wtiul J bo the best thing that I could
possibly do. I am but eluding miseries
and paiu4. It is clcr aud evident that I
am in tho utmost poverty and distiess,
having no health 01 st.enjzth to bj a slave
auy moro. J bt iiiVo it prudent to leave
this tyraunieal and oppiessivo world and
to bo a pauper no nioio. I owo no person
anything, therefore hat things aro here
shall be youre, Mrs. Davis. It would
plcaso mo if thay wero of much greater
value."
A tlt.lMl ; OIL.
T!ie ).uttft r'iiru l.ir Alany AVocKs Wild
Sccim oil '!i!.iij;fl In l'iusbiirgu.
Tho oil niarhei opeutd Thursday at
$1,11,' hut declined iu a fow minutes to
$1.09A, and then advanced to $1.13. In
tho aiteruooa the report that tho Anchor
well was doir.i 250 ban els a day, and
that th" r.jw well at Cranberry
was good for 3'JO barrels, with tho
stringency ni money, weakened tho
market, and with ono swoop it fell
to 97g6 , the lowest price that has been
quoted for many weeks. Tho pen is iu
adcqutoito doseribii tho wild scene which
followed as block after block of oil was
thrown on tho market and sold to sitisfy
margins which the customers had failed
tu put up. Toward the close the market
crew better aud rveovcied to $1.03 and
closed $1.0i. Tiio sties wero 2 001,000
barrels.
The manipulator.? arc drawing their
lines about Pittsburgh more closely than
before. A note for $100,000, cndoised by
the Standard oil company, was offeied to
tho cashier of ono of tho batiks of Pitts
burgh for discount. Tho money was not
forthcoming, though such paper is un
doubtedly giltedj'ed to tho highest degree.
In tho other banks loanable money
is growing so scarce tlia, iu at
least one in:.tancc,a bank has discontinued
loaning on oil certificates. In tho first in
stance tho lest iufoimcd dealers sec cleat,
ly tho hand cf tho chief among oil manipu
lators, and insist that Pittsburgh capital
i3to be put out of reach as oil legion capi
tal has sihcudy been so placed. They do
not for a moment believe that tho great
nnyiopoly has si-iy other itf-e for this cash
than to tile away a eertilit-d check until
such time as tho oil nratkot will ba ripe
lor the advance iN'hie!r must come sooner
or later.
RA.':i,n m li:avi: town.
r
'.t ot si .tllunti-r from Hiickettstor. 1:
!lci- ActinonlciltuK It is Unlit.
Somo time ao Mr. Hoff, an engineer ou
the .Moriis and Essex division of tho Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad,
who lives iu Hac'cottctowu, Now York,
began to feci annoy nu:n at tin Rev. A.
C. Higgius" frequent visit to his house.
The miuister, a Mothcdi.it, had editorial
chaigc of the ilackottatowit Herald which
he was couduetiug as a temperance paper
with sucn moderate success that, to muko
a living, he preached as well, no is a
teau of middle age. Mr. Hoff bade tlio
minister ceaso his visits, but they wei
continued, and Inter tho husband found
that the clergyman had written to Mrs.
lloli", addressing her affectionately, and
urging hor to quit homo aud iive with
him.
Mr. Lloif told his friends that he in
tended to leave his wife, and accordingly
it was arranged that her brother in law
should tiko her to Belvidere, aud while
t-hswagou j last Monday ho began mov
ing out his furniture. JIo was urged to
desiat until his wife canro homo at night,
whun she would meet the Row Higgir.s.
who wa? pieaching in Clinton, but Wa'J
to return in the tvtuing. The meeting
was had where tho H37. Mr. Higgins was
about t? holy Hihlo class. Hoackuowl
t.d that in: wrolo ihi letter and had called
a.;aiiijt the wishes of tbo husband. Mr.
Hoff then told the '1 ttynran he would
gavo him tlnvo d iy u- out of Hack
uttstowu. V:' :;et iaj, Tuesday last,
tiveJerjiu sir wo he away, leaving a sou
and ids wii, .vhj is an estimable lady,
;ti d has tho sympathy of tho townsfolk.
.vs .-..hat iu ji:n;,nY.
ill ore riiiiu fcG0O,OOU .Stolon From tlio .".Sulla
Theio i no doubt that the mails bt"
twecu Denver and Eastern cities, particu
larly New York, Cleveland and Buffalo,
are being systematically aud successfully
robbed. Tho Now York ami Eastern
mail wnbh left Denver on December 20.
1831, never reached its destination, and
ninco that time losses are almost con
stantly being reported. Tho postal
authorities claim to have beca thus far so
successful an to locr'o tho trouble cast of
the Missouri river, but still tho robberies
go 011 under their very eyes. Tho real
losses in valuables and currency cm hard,
ly he estimated, bat losses in drafts, bills
of exchange aud postal money ordeia will
aggregate over $000,000. Of course these
last aro not real losses, but Denver banks
aud busiiiPA.s houses havo been forced to
mako their transfers of money thiough
express companies, much to their cost and
inconvenience. Tno nroro lecont robber
ies occurred ou October 7, 17 and 31 and
November 7.
An lulitor as an ITonet Poker I' layer.
Washington ItepuOlIcan.
An editor returning home one morning
about 8 o'clock, was. mot iu the hall by
liis vigilant spouco. " Alas," she said,
" that you have been detained by another
breakage of the press I" " Nay. not so,"
he replied ; " neither has tho prc3 broken
nor havo I been detained by getting out
tho weekly, but it was a small game of
ten cent anto which hindered me." Hear
ing which tho soul of Washington turned
over in his gravo and muttered a silent
benediction.
Not a Difficult Job rcrhaps.
Philadelphia Times.
Republicans of Matior township. Lan
caster county, havo organized a Blaino
club for use in 1884. The first work of.
tho club will havo to ba to get Blaine to
withdraw his expressed intention never to
be the president of tho United States.
Curnsee Lashed to a Kalt.
at Sunderland reports that off the coast of
Norfolk his vessel passed a large raft to
which three or four corpsw wero lashed.
The Late Dr. Guard.
3it. Vernon Place M. E. church, of Bal
timore, recently passed resolutions to the
effect that $20,000 should bo missd as a
testimonial to the memory of Rev. Thomas
Guard, the iucomo to be applied to tho
education and ra.1inten.1uco of his family ;
and at a mectin; of Methodist ministers
and ethers, nt 1529 Girard avenue. Phila
delphia, it was decided that .",0J0 should
bo raised in Philadelphia, and $2,030 was
contributed at once.
llaolt to the Old Lite.
Samuel Kennedy was seut to the Mass 1
chusetts state prison for life on a convie
tion of incendiarism. Ho served fifteen
years with such good behavior that tho
governor released him. but made a full
pardon conditional upon his leading a law
abiding life. But ho did not keep his
pledge, and, on being caught in a burg
lary, has been returned to prison, with no
prospect of over agaiu being released..
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
What I Going on In the Show World.
Sunday performances in Cincinnati havo
been suppressed.
Herrmann is one of tho groates artists
livi'g in his Hue.
Pat Rooney has a troupe of his own ami
is making money.
C. H. Ravel has put a p.intomimo and
miniature circus company on the road.
Tho German Hussar band, which was
hero recently, 53 now in St. Louis.
John Whitfield, who is with Horrinaun,
tho magician, was with George II. Adams
last year.
There ato plenty of excellent attractions
booked hear for the icmaudcr of tho su
son.
Nick Roberts plays at low prices. Ono of
his principal attractions is El Nino Eddie,
tho wonderful ropo walker.
"Undo Tom's Cabin" companies aie
just as plenty, as beforo tho frost. Ti.e
first snow may drivo somo in.
George H. Adams' pantomime company
is playirg through tho west to immusa
business.
Louise 3loutague,tho hand wine woman,
has six suits pending against A.!;tur Forv
paugh in Philadelphia. "
George C. Boniface, tho well known
actcr, is a member of Aur.io Pity's com
pany. Jako Budd, tlw uriuisttvl, who for years
has managed a theatre iu W.i'j'jiutou, D.
C, joins tho California minstrels in Mil
forri, Conn., on Monday next.
At tho theatre Comique, Washington,
D. C, last week, John L. Sullivan, tbo
fcoser, did the largest business ever-
known there.
Skiff fc Gay lord's minstrel hae a-Mia
got on their fcot. They started from
Milan, Ohio, Uii3 week with .Toe G.iyloid
as manager.
Billy Chaso aud Chailey Goodjoar,
negro comedians who had been playing at
tho Grand Central, Philadelphia, for some
time, havo joined Baird's minstrels.
Edward Arnotr, tho actor who upon one
occasion played tho "Gascon ,: in this city,
is a member of Kate Ciastou's " Two
Orphans " company. So is Miss Honricttc
Vaders.
Lcavitt's minstrel coiuoany that an
peais hero on noxt Thursday includes tho
following well-known people : Fred. Wil
son, Dave Reed, Fred. Carroll, Japancs
Tummy, Foster and Hughes, tho Kino
Brothers and otheis.
Tommy Mack, of this city, who is trav
eling with Hi. Henry's Premium minstrels,
writes that they appeared in Independ
ence, Missouri, a low evenings ao. It
will bo remembcicd that this is tho town
where Frank James tho noted baud it, abcut
whom go much has Dcenwntten.rsconnneo. , he iefilMMl and we.lt out 0f tbo saloon. Ho
During tho day the bind made a strcot 5 ,a(m r,.tarned ami drcw a pockct inir0
parade and plaed in liout of tho pusoti. ' hu.h ,,. , ed mto tuo back of Jli!
James sent them au invitation to call on Jtrj ,0 was stand,'Dg at tho bar with bis
him and they accepted it. Jle received U ,)K.!c towards him ; tho wound made was
them very kindly and tho tpiartetto, of ' an ugly and dangerous one, and it was
which Mr. Mack is a member, ontertaiiw.'! 1 ,ir0.s,,(1 i,v rr. Urban. Besides tho pro
hint witn a mimber of songs . Lcloia KClMltor auiisiberof witnesses testified to
leaving he asked thent to fintr ' la.totlns j ,j,,.st. , .,s
Lotter to My Mother." Tho song w.r. j ' T-dcfeulaut. was tilled and ho tcsti-
remrerca ny jir. .uaeK, alter which
James
shook all by tho hands.
;iviu
them
good bye, and expressing tho hopa
10 would meet them in heaven. Mr
that ho
Mack says James is a ratuer nice looitrs'g
youug fellow and does not look like tho
bad man ho is said to bo. Ho has tine
quarters in tho prison, which is .1 ver;
small one, aud ho fl-ohis to ba happy.
STlSKKT lVOttK.
A Oooil Crossing at tlis IVron; t'lAue.
Street Commissioner Levan is putting
down a very good grauito crossing in
West King street half way betweon Water
and Mulberry strcots. Everybody who
has seen it admire the solid stones of
which it is composed, ami everybody won
ders why it was not laid half a souaro
further west. Thcro aro no worso crors.
ing3 anywhere in tho city than thoso at
Tm m. AAHM rC Tn T JM . If 111 lift tWW
tuu curui-r ui iiuai, iuu uuu .nuiocij
sheets, composed as they are of small
rouu biuuss 11 i 1 uiai j j, iii.u. j.iuiui-u,
on tho east sida of Mulberry
street theie is no crossing at all, and any
body having occasion to pass fiom North
to South Mulberry street will bo obliged
to wade through the mud or dust, as tlio
caso may be, or walk half a squaro down
to Mr. Levan's new crossing, and half a
square back agaiu. .Mr. Lovan has shown
crcat aptitudo for doing tho right thing
in tho wrong way, at tho wrong time and
in tho wrong place.
Uuemug oCSnyder'd Winter tJuiilsii.
Last evening John A. Snyder, thesaloun
kecperat No. 115 North Queen streot
openca his new winter garden which has
just becu completed. Tbcro w.ts u very
largo crowd present and excellent music
was furnished by tho Mranncrckor orches
tra and a monster lunch wa3 served.
Tho new room is immediately iu
tbo rear of tho old barroom, the
back yard having been built up as far
back as the end of tho house. Tho ceiling
is over 20 feet in height and tho light i.
furnished from a largo skylight in the
top, on tho north sido of the room is a
largo balcony which will bo used upon
occasions when thero is musi". Tho room
is provided with all conveniences, and is
'well heated ana lighted. The painting is
very protty. Siuco this additson has been
mado to tho saloon it is cno of tho largest
and handsomest in the city. Mr. Philip
Dinklebergcr was the contractor who
erected the building.
The German Hovpltal.
Tho board of managers of the Gorman
hospital, corner Girard and Corinthian
avenues, Philadelphia, havo sslcctcd
Thanksgiving day, Novomber 30, a3 do
nation day, on which occasion it is hoped
the friends of the hospital will visit it or
send for its uso liberal donation?, as it re
ceiveji no support from state or city, but is
maintained by private contributions. Tho
hospital is open to all. irrespective of
nationality, creed, or color. Dr. A. B.
Ilirsh, of this city, is upon tho wdicl
Gtaffofthe institution.
Ulsil at the Uonpltal.
An inmate of tho county hospital named
John Carrah, died last evening at 10
o'clock, aged about GO yoars. Ho entered
the hospital sick, nearly a year ago, and
paid that ho had iclativcs in northern New
Jersey, but letters written to them elicit
ed no answer. Carroll's death resulted
from long continued general debility.
correction lu Cuurt
Yesterday in our court proceedings wo
stated that a t:uo bill hid been found
against S. IX. Ilup'rerrbcrgcr, charged with
Ifalso pretense. That was a mistake, tha
bill W2S ignored with Alfred Slonakor, the
prosecutor for cost.
.NOVEMBER SESSIONS.
I HE WUEEtS Olf JUSTICK :X MOTION.
1 lie Kegular Term of Criminal Court The
tint Cats of aia'.lclou Trrpats
Before Tho toarr.
Thursday afternoon Ii the case of B.
r. Bramberger, charged with fornication
and bastardy, a uol pros was entered by
cousent of the prosecutrix, as the child is
not yet bom. Ho paid tho costs and gave
bail iu the sum of $300 to keep tho county
of Lancaster free from tho support of tho
child in easo it is born in this county, it
beiug represented that the woman is about
to move to tha West.
A no' pios. lor want of evidence was
cntcrcd.iu tho cise of A. S. EJwards.
charged with seduction, and he plead
guilty to fornication and bastardy. Sen
tence deferred.
Comthv8. James Mooio, of Columbia,
colored. Tljo defemlaut was charged
with assault and battery on his wife, lieu
rietta Mo.re, who testified that he hit her
on the j w !.! kn icked Iter dowu on tho
stieot the 13:h of October. James
denied 1 ..vine struck her, but claimed
that he .n. re!'.
pushed hor and she fell.
Tire j jrv r-'udeivd
a verdict of smdtv.
Sentenced to
three months' iuiprisou-
mrnt.
Com'th vs. Amos Kauflmau, Amos
Brown and Munrno Buch, malicious tres
pass. These lnn wero iudicteu under
the law ol 1SS1 and were charged with
trespassing on the hud of John L. Oam
ber. in Manor t.r.vnahip, on which John
Kauts is a tenant, on Nov. I. It appears
from tho evidence of tho c immouwealth
that although boards had been placed
upon the propei ty notifying persons that
they wero prohibited from trespassing on
the giouud, the accused entered upon the
land ou this day and bi-gr.n trunuing ;
when ordered to leave by Mr. ldtrtz they
refusfd to io and became abusive and im
pudent ; Mr. Camber finally told them to
leavi, and instead of going around tho
Inn as told tLey walked through tho
land to tludr v.aon ou tho pike.
The defendants wero called, and they
testified that they went on tho laud 011
tbis day and fiist met Kautz, who ordered
them away ; they told him that they un
derstood Mr. Gamber did not object to tho
shoo.iog of rabbits on tbo property, but
be did to gunning for partridges ; they
then wentdo.vn towards tho house aud
met ( riuber ; after ho told ttiom to leavo
j thoy ha I some woidn, but thry finally
I weut ; he defendants admitted having
I shot bco labbits on tho property, ono of
which was killed after thoy had been
ordeied o!f; they also admitted that they
had s ott tbo boards up"b.foro goiugon
tho property, and thoy had not intended
to go to too Mr. Gamber linSl after Kautz
order td them away.
Aftei tho cvideuco was iu tho counsel
for the defense Etatid that they would
mal.o no further defense. By an amicable
arrangement a juror wr.s withdrawn and a
a nol pro?, entered upon the piymeut of all
coit.s by the defendants This was tho
first crse of the kind tried m our courts
aud the prosecutor only brought it for au
i-xampltftrnd did not wish to bo harsh with
t th defendants RcFOUTi:n.l
Friday morning. Com'th vs. Michael
Gutnpf. Tho defeudaut, who is"
a resident of this city, was
charged with felonious ar-sault and bat
try, in cutting Samuel S. Miller. The
evidence showed that 011 the 23 J of Oeto
bir thc.-o two men met at Snyder's saloon
iu Selciunbergcr's park and had a quarrel
i't allien Uumpr received a whipping.
Tticy fizt'd up tho matter by shaking
I liands iiud apparently weio again friends,
I a?i!!it nvlrtirl fZtfmnC fr f Ier i rlririlr lint:
, jjf.,i t'u
he was" very drunk on that day
:t renit mber much of what ec
I yno cm
,.,mc,j - j!(
Uiiiisi'f.'pn'
ho had been a good iriend of
pK'vious to that day and had no
iiiieuib 11 of killing him. In rebuttal tho
cniniiKiiiweaUh called a witness- to show
tli-l befoio tho cuttii g Otiuipf said ho
would ' put Miller iu his hole ;" after tho
eutti g tie spoke to tho same witness and
was pot very drunk. The jury leudercd a
venliet .t guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine
jifSlOOuni undergo an imprisonment of
:!n'.e jens and six months.
Yesteiday James Miller was sentenced
to two y ars imprisonment for felonious
.r-.-nuIt and battery upon Annio Boas.
Tbi ; n:' ciiig his sentence w;:s changed to
onojcr.' uid eleven months, iu order that
hi:, tinif -vill expire at th time of the year
allowed 5y law.
Tho ca cs of Wm. Muuroe and Edwr.rd
'.Vaguer, charged with rap?, and Chas. L.
;,Tjl!er eh treed
uld ,0j,0' De:
with arson, wcie coiitui
raber adjourned court.
Coni'tu vs. Frederick Grot wald, .s?ault
at.d batioiy. Tho defendant its a juuk
dea'er in this city, and ho was charged
with having committed this offense upon
tlio pers,.i f Samuel Kitch, a littlo son of
Davis Kitcb, of Low street, this city.
Tho evidence showed that on tlio 0th of
August tbi boy with a number of others
wero sitting on tho Btepn of Mr. Kitch's
house wh'.u tho defendant drove by ; somo
of the b'yi yelled something at him but
this hoy said nothing, being busy knitting
with a spojl ; tho detendaut rati at him
caught hiii by tho ear and threw him in
tho gutter; the boy was pbkedupand
taken in o tho house by Iris mother; he
wa'i then blocding from tbo car. Tho dc
fecne v. that tho boy had thrown stones
at tho defendant. Tho jury rendered r.
vendot f guilty ; sentenced to pay a Ann
of 10 and costs.
Yerdiijf.s of not guilty wete taken iu the
cases of Juhn Finger, charged with assault
ami battery and malicious mischief, as the
cases wi ro o'd and the defendant has not
been aittted.
Com'th v Michael A. McGIinu, em
bezzlement Tiio defendant, who Is a res
ident of this city, was charged with cm
brzztin,; fim Mim of 30 which had been
given to him by Mis. Elvina Gable, of
James sti.ci,io purchase lumber to be used
iu t!:er:iis!:i of her houso, aud which he
failed t apply to that purpose. After
tha evi.ieneo t r the commonwealth was
iu the c art said that the oliense was not
cmbezz'c meat and a -.erdict ,f not guilty
Com'th 9. Miller WaiJIey. Tho de
fend urt w;;s charged with felonious assault
and battery and cairying concealed weap
ons, by Daniel Fror-lich, of Smoke
town. After tho jury was sworn
the commonwealth said they would waive
the felony in the first ise. Tho defendant
then withdrew his plea of not guilty and
plead guilty to aggiavatcd assault and
battery and carrying concealed weapons.
Ho was ecntenced to piy fines atnouuting
to S30, and costs of prosecution.
Frederick A. Pease plead guilty to tho
charge of larceiy a3 bai'ce, and was fier
tenced to three iuontu.' imprisonment.
Tho grand jury returned tho following
true bill :
True JhlU.iil . L. Simdley, adultery,
Wm. Turner, Irlonion . a.smlt aud bat
tcrv; ('. V P.inkN-y. t.-rgcry : James
MrGic-iV, nthmous raisv
Jnef.
Iqnoi'd- 1 -mas lb
'i i- afs.uilt.
a in'.
batter v .f. count;, firco'.ts; Pete:
HtuTei '.. if, -.ti for costs,
Franc- 'J '', '! ; KeVcoa Uol
sing-i. to i rv, ,SM I'nr.h Ilolsinger lor
costs; i .11. Tun 1:, ii", Wm. Mohn,
larcon. . Atuoi Sourb "r, i-. mlt ;::i't bat
tery, Dauiei Ma-k lor eo-- ; Frank
Sweeney, trampcoa!y for e...-ts- Jacob
Randolph, adultery, ITiias Hols-uger lor
coats ; Trias Hoke, brccn;.
1