I,AlTOASTEft,I)AlI,YrW1?ELLIGEKOEK; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28. L8S I
Lancaster JntrlKgencet. I
TUESDAY BVKNINa NOV 2ff.'l882, -
a Twice Teli Tale.
The memory of the eldest inhabitant
easily runs back to-ttie times when, for a
brief period, opposition to thejnsUtution
of FreeMaKmry wtrIntenseTH)Htical
IfMia fltul pynlar 1nfrrfll in the dis-
aonearance :ind death of William Mor
L
gan, an alleged exposer of the secret
order then so implacably antagon
ized, has not yet died out. It
was npt-, difficult-, in, -the then in
flamed atate of feeltog&Ws theanti
Masoas believe that the Masons had
spirited Morgan away, if they had not
secretly murdered him ; and when a
corpsevvMifomd resabblimg Morgan's,
thort whose Interests lay in such repre
sentations Jnere as ready to believe and
swear that itwas his without due inden
tificatton, as the Masonic party were
ready to maintain that their opponents,
at Thnriow. Weed's instigation -and
under his direction, had mutilated a
corpse to make it appear like that of the
missing' man, so 'that it might at least be
" a good enough Morgan until after the
election.?',
Time has greatly softened the asperi
ties of that day's discussions and in
deed it is very doulitf al whether our
politics of to-day have anything like' the
bitterness of 'the ante-war period. It is
unlikely that, the impartial .student
of .our political history can find any
substantial evidence that 'Morgan was
murdered, on the one hand, or, upon the
other, that the offense charged upon Mr.
Weed's party .was .committed. But evi
deadly .the famous politician who has
just diejj'felt that the, charge resting
upon him' was a stigma, under which he
was uncomtortame. Accordingly, ne
fore his death he made affidavit to a
statement which is printed in the Xew
York Sun of to-day, reviewing the ex
citing.incidents'of Morgan's disappear
ance aad the finding of a dead body over
the identification of which there was
such hot dispute. Mr. Weed denies the
offense attributed to him and relates his
experience in tracing the real causes of
Morgan's disappearance.
The facts as he relates them are not
new. Mr. Weed's garrulousness in his old
age left little for him to say for the first
time so late as the date of this affidavit,
Sept. 28, 1832, and the story which he
has related to prove that Morgan was
murdered rests upon very flimsy evi
dence. It is supported only by the ex
parte and unsworn statement to Weed
of an alleged participant in the drowning
of Morgan. It would not have been ac
cepted certainly it would not have been
conclusive in a court of justice, and it
will not be accepted by the impartial pub
lic judgment Mr. Weed's disclaimer of
the crime charged upon himself is not
strengthened in the least by his feeble
effort to fasten a more odious one upon
others.
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Cablact Making.
Notwithstanding the reported assur
ances of Mr. Pattison that he would not
make nor announce his cabinet appoint
ments until Jan. 1, and that any deter
mination reached before that time would
be subject to change, the newspapers
continue to indulge in speculations and
affect to report certain conclusions
reached in this matter. The Eccning
Telcgraxh of yesterday publishes some
gossip on the subject in which the blun
ders and errors are only equalled by
those of an article in to day's Press In
tended to correct the Telegraph.
Mr. I'attisbn acts wisely if he adheres
to his reported determination to make
no appointments and to finally conclude
nothing with regard to the personnel of
Jus councillors until he has had more
'time to consider this delicate matter
and until nearer the dale when it is nec
essary that those who have been ap
pointed should know it.
But if the governor elect has tendered
the secretaryship of state to Hon. W. S.
Stenger and he has accepted it as
the preponderance of opinion fixes
it he has secured one appointee whose
selection will give general, satisfac
tion. It is an appointment entirely fit to
be made. Mr. Stenger is an able lawyer
and a man whose public life has given
proof alike of his integrity, his capacity
and his courage. He proved his political
strength by election to Congress twice
from a Republican district, and served
with distinction on the floor and in such
responsible positions as a member of
the judiciary committee and of the Pot-'
ter investigating committee. Only,geo-!
graphical considerations for the better
distribution of the nominees prevented1
his selection by the last state convention
of his party as its candidate for con-gressman-at-large.
During the canvass
the state committee bad no more ready
and effective auxiliary on the stump than'
Mr. Stenger. If he has been invited
into the cabinet of the next governor
and "has-accepted, Mr. Pattison, his
-party and the commonwealth are to be
congratulated.
Tfte State ef Holiness.
All is .quiet again along the financial
lines. The oil flurry is over, the stock
market has recovered and the iron busi
ness is found still on its legs. The peo
ple', who thought everything was going
to smash, have revised their calculations
and have discovered that the world is
not coming to an end so soon r.s they
thought Tnere is no reason f or any ap
prehension about the business of the coun
try, which is yet prosperous. One good
sign of this Is the briskness of the carry i ng
trade. The Pennsylvania railroad and
the Beading railroad have a great deal
more to do than they have the cars and
motive power to get through with. Cars
frequently lie at Columbia for nearly a
fortnight because of the inability to sup
ply engines to move them although the
company has secured all the engine
from other roads thatlt can obtain. For
a year past there has been a terrible cry
for cars on this road. They ought to
have been by this time supplied in
sufficient quantities. The management
has lacked the boldness to supply the
demand, fearing that it was of tempo
rary character. Last week it got cour
age to ask proposals for four thousand
freight cars, but onfthe day tlie con
tracts were to be given out the drop
came in the stock market and President
Roberts seems to have been alarmed by
it, since he stopped suddenly the nego
tiations for most of the cars.
Tuk Wheeling nail manufacturers aie
reported to have successfully tried the
use of a low grade of Bessemer steel,
and to be preparing to make tibeir nails
entirely out of this material, -which can
be made at a muoli less cost than iron.
The cheapness of the Bessemer steel
ingot has long since been recognized 'as
certain eventually to cause it to supply
the place of the puddled iron, which is
manufactured verj extensively by manual
labor, wherever it will answer instead
of it. If nails can be cut from it, one
extensive use of iron will be gone.
Doubtless it will be supplanted in many
other uses ; but there is no great danger
that the puddler's occupation will ever
be entirely cone, or that malleable iron
will be superseded by steel in most of its
uses. As the world grows in popula
tion and wealth, increased quantities of
iron, as well as of all other manufac
tures, w.ll be required, and the iron
worker maybe as sure of his occupation
as any other craftsman. '
Attention is called to the fact that the
surname of the president before Buchanan
is pronounced " P-u-r-s-e." This is
timely information.
The Doylestown Dtmoerat, Pottsville
Chronicle, Northern Tier Reporter and
Reading Neies are among the many intel
ligent newspapers that are tickled at the
idea of a quiet and .economical state in
auguration without any fuss and feathers.
The state department has never experi
enced so much diftenlty in securing the
correct returns from the different counties
and congressional districts as daring the
present year. It is now three weeks since
the election was held, yet the fall returns
for congressmen have not yet been re
ceived, two of the districts being miss
ing.
Though the newspapers tell us that
Thanksgiving viands are unusually high
this year it is not likely that the turkey
and cranberries will taste any less tooth
some for all that next Thursday. At the
same time it especially behooves those who
have been blessed with abundance to be
liberal in their remembrance of the poor
at this time when the articles considered
indispensable for Thanksgiving diet are
quoted so high.
Union town, in this state, has a fertile
genius who, in the period of a few years
has found the famous Turkish general,
Omar Pasha, to be the "sou of a well
known " barber of that town ; later on he
found Cetowayo, the Zulu king,
to be the "son of a well-known " negro of
the suburbs of Fayette county's capital ;
proceeding further in his researches the
historian discovered John Dunn, the chief
of the South African Boers, was no other
than " the son of a well known" Dutch
saloon keeper of this same Uniontown ;
during Sara Bernhardt's tour of the United
States announcement came from the same
quarter that tho famous actress was the
"daughter of a well-known" French Jew.
formerly located at Uniontown. Arabi
Pasha aud tho False Prophet of Soudan
have been his latest captives ; and a stupe
fled public may confidently expect to
find from this veracious correspondent
that Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey Lily, is a
product of Uuiontowu's prolific soil.
There exists iu Philadelphia among the
Presbyterian clergy and laity considerable
interest in regard to the question of min
isters wearing the gowu in tho pulpit.
The discussion now in progress over tho
matter arose from Rev. Dr. Dickey, of
Calvary church, having appeared so at
tired beforo his congregation on a iccent
Sunday. The Calvary pastor, in response
to criticisms called forth by this action,
says that he is not making an innovation,
since tho first pastor of Calvary wore the
gown for ten yoars. He points to the
fact that several other Presbyterian
clergymen in Philadelphia regularly
appear in their pulpits wearing the gown,
aud that in New York it is the rule rather
than the exception, while in Europe the
i Presbyterian clergy invariably preach in
the insignia of their ministerial office.
Nevertheless Dr. Dickey's action is said
to have greatly incensed many of the blue
stockings of Calvary congregation, though
well-informed clergymen and others admit
the minister's perfect right to wear the
gown if ho so desires
Ik contrast with the laws prevailing in
many of the states of the Union which
forbid the printing of a device of any
kind upon eleetion tickets and require
them to bo in plain roman type, freo from
all distinguishing marks, wo' have been
furnished with copies of the tickets voted
by the respective parties at the late elec
tion in California. The ward tickets voted
in the city of Oakland are the size of
ordinary handbills and contain the names
of every state, county, township and
ward officer voted for in the county.
There are thirty-nine names in all
printed upon a single sheet of tinted
paper. Tho Democratic ticket is sur
mounted by a large engraving of an
eagle with outstretched wings and bear
ing in his beak a streamer with the le
gend " Economy and Reform." There is
also a cut of the American flag, while ex
tending across the entire top of the sheet
are inscribed the words " Regular Demo
cratic Ticket." The Republican ticket is
similar in size and form and is surmount
ed with the coat-of arms of the state and
the inscription "Regular Republican
Ticket, 1882." When it is considered that
in Mississippi a man elected to Congress
was for a long time deprived of his seat
from the fact that an extra "dash" was
printed on the ticket bearing his name
the same being held to be a " distinguish
ing mark," and that in some counties of
Pennsylvania it is required that the names
of candidates for the several offices, state,
county and local, to be voted for shall
each be printed on a separate ticket and
deposited in separate boxes, it will be seen
how widely the laws vary on the import
ant subject of the ballot in different sec
tions of the country.
MAKING THECABINET.
SOME PALPABLr. MISSTATEMENTS
COKKEtirjCU.
Mr.
Ileusel Make o intertbreut-a. Appll.
ration. Recommendation ur
i'rotesU.
The following appears iu the Philadel
phia Kmtiwj Telegraph of yesterday and
is copied into the Record of to-day :
" The appointment of Mr. Stenger a3
secretary of the commonwealth and of Mr.
Cassidy as attorney general is known to be
objectionable to Chairman W. U. Hensel,
of the state committee. Mr. Hensel was
in town on Saturday eveaing and dined
with Editor in Chief Charles E. Smith, of
the Press, and is credited with being the
inspiration of the ' ITarrUburg ' dispatch
which appeared in the Press this morning,
in wbioh Mr Stenger is thus commented
upon : ' Mr. Stenger represents that por
tiou of the younger Democratic party
which idolized and then martyrized Mr.
Tiklen. He is a man of talent, but there
are reasons why he should not be placed in
a position where he might imbue the new,
young and vigorous administration of
Gov. Pattison with a spirit whioh belongs
to the disastrous past."
"In relation to the possible appointment
of Mr. Cassidy as attorney general, the
same correspondent says : 'After all that
has been said it is feared that the appoint
ment ot Mr. Cassidy would lessen Mr.
Pattison's influence not only iu his party,
but among the people, with whom he has
always been strong. The relations be
tween the two men, it is argued, would be
liable to be misunderstood. The Republi
cans would insist that Cassidy was the real
power and Mr. Pattison's actions would
likely be ciubanassed, and thero might
grow una rivahy between llus friends of
each. Mr. Cassidy, having the governor
to understand that ho wants the office,
will, of course, do nothing el. There
will be no contest as far he is concerned ;
aud there really could ba none, for there
is oo higher authority with the governor
than Mr. Cassidy's wish." '
So far as Mr. Hansel's name is con
nected with this publication it is utterly
untrue. He this morning sent the follow
ing dispatch :
L.VXC4STKH, Pa., Nov. 28, 1882.
Editor Philadelphia Ecenirw Telegraph,
J'hiludelphia, 1'a.
The statement in yesterday's Telegraph
that Mr. Stengor's reported appointment
as secretary of state is objectionable to
me is unqualifiedly false. I did not dine
with any editor of the Press on Saturday.
I have not written nor inspired any article
in the Press, nor iu any newspaper, except
the Intem.igexceb, on the subject of Mr.
Pattison's appointments.
W. U. Hensel.
To pi event auy further misapprehen
sion it is proper to add that Mr. Hensel
himself as his friends have well under
stood is not and has not baeu a candi
date for nor willing to accept any public
officp. Very soon after the election he
said :
"Tho fidelity to public trust and capacity
for official duties which have been dis
played heretofore by Mr. Pattison will
not fail him in the higher office. The
executive position demands at this junc
ture just the qualities which ho will bring
to it. Tho breadth and thoughtfulness
with which his campaign speeches have
been marked have astonished as well
as delighted the people. They need have
no fears of failure on his part to deal
broadly and courageously with overy
question that will arise. He has hereto
fore shown a discrimination in the choice
of his official assistants to which may be
safely loft tho selection of his advisers and
administrative agents. To embarrass him
with the importunities of office hunters
will not only ba wrong to him, but to the
party aud the state. Xo man more ch-aily
recognizes tiian the governor-elect, that
tho success of his administration and tho
future of the Pennsylvania Democracy
depend upon the freedom with which he
is allowed to pick his councillors of state
and distribute his patronage since thai
offensive term must be invoked to fitly
describe it regardless of the ' shrieks of
locality,' or the 'claims' of 'party work
ers,' or even tho considerations of personal
friendship
I am very emphatically of tho opinion that
tho organization should bo kept out of the
hands of the officeholders and office hunt
ers. Thestrength of the Committee of One
Hundred is largely due to this determina
tion on its part. The tendenoy of office
holders to orgamzc and run tho machine
for their own protection and the practice
of associating parsons iu party manage
ment so as to afterwards claim a division
of tho spoils for services rendered has led
to the prevailing popular protest against
the ' boss system.' We must rise a novo
that. Xo man should be identified with
the control of tho Democratic organization
who holds office or who could be reason
ably suspeoted of running tho machine for
his own present or future interest."
If auything more needs to be taid, it
may be added here, once for all, that Mr.
Hensel has not made, nor signed, nor will
he make or sign any applications or re
commendations for or protests against
appointments.
Having returned to his editorial desk
and duties in the Intelligencer office,
when Mr. Hensel has views to express
on matters of public or party policy they
will be found iu the columns of this paper,
which has at least the reputation of being
frank and outspoken. W. V. II.
Lancaster, Pa. Nov. 28, 1882.
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Death or Notable Persona.
Lewis D. Campbell, ex-congressman,
ex-minister to Mexico, and a soldier of
tho war for the Union, died at his resi
dence in Hamilton, Ohio, on Sunday, aged
71 years.
General Hamilton N. Eldridge, a well
known lawyer, soldier, and citizen of Chi
cago, died yesterday, aged 49 years.
Rev. Philip A. Stroebel, of the Lutheran
church, died at Danville, New York, on
Sunday, aged 70 years.
Commodore Henry Eagle, U. S. N., re
tired, died in New York on Sunday, in
the 83d year of his age.
O. P. Snyder, who was a member of the
42nd and 43d Congresses from Arkansas,
died at Pine Bluff, in that state, on Satur
day. m m
Four Tall Yonng Men From Texas.
Four tall young men atti acted much
attention among the crowd of passengers
in ine jersey city depot of the f ennsylva
ma railroad on Saturday evening. Two of
them were seven feet tall and broad in
proportion, a third was about six feet
eight inches, and the fourth, a boy, was-a
little over six seet.
They are brothers aud of the Shields
family from Texas. The tallest are twins
and are 24 years of age. Tho boy is IS
years of age. They said their father was
seven feet high, and that they bad three
brothers in Texas of that height
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An Aged Beggar Found Deal In a Hovel.
At Pottsville, Mrs. Clows, aged seventy
j ears, was found dead on a filthy pallet of
straw in a miserable hovel. She was Inst
seen alive on Saturday. Her death is at
tributed to apoplexy. Her last days were
miserably spent in begging aud drinking.
During tho reign of the Mollie Maguires
two of her sons disappeared mysteriously,
and she always claimed that they had beeu
killed by that murderous organization.
Her remains wore sent, to the county
almshouse for intei ment.
rATTlSOa'0 LUCKY 8TAK.
A Miracal a. Escape giro Paatk An Inci
dent oc the Campaign.
Philadelphia Times.
On Friday morning. October 27. Con
troller Pattison and his companion cam. I
paiguero icit me uroaa street station as j
o'clock in the morning for a trip to Pitts
burgh and other points in Western Penn
sylvania, including the famous coke region
of Westmoreland and Fayette counties.
Mr. Pattison had expressed some restless
ness at what seemed the too frequent ab
sence from his official duties and Chairman
Hensel, in order that every moment of
tune might be fully utilized, made his
schedule of the trip an exacting one. The
arrangements for the first day contemplated
meetings at Huntingdon, Tyrone and Al
toona, at which place the night was to bo
spent. The second day provided for a
much more laborious work, to meet
which every energy had to ba strained
both on the part of those who participated
in the excursion and tho facilities for
transporting them. A meeting at Johns
town, a stop at Latrobn and a mass con
vention at Greensburg made ample provi
sion to prevent ennui during the forenoon.1
Two hours in Greensburg was allowed for
speeches and dinner and then, by an ar
rangement with tho South Pennsylvania
railroad, the party was conveyed through
the coke regions of Westmoreland county
to Connellsville, in Fayette county, the
central as well as the pioneer city of that
great industry. A mass meeting of im
mense proportions held the gubernatorial
candidate thero for upwards of an hour, so
that the shadows of evening were impend
ing when a special train was boarded to
convey the party to Pittsburgh, there to
meet an engagement in the evening.
Hensel doubled back to speak in Greens
burg at a night meeting, aud assigned the
management of the paity to J. M. Guffey,
of TitUBville. John Sampsel, master
mechanic of the road, had charge of tho
train, aud Thomas Johnston, train master
took a seat with the engineer in the cab.
Time was pressing, and as the programmo
provided for a stop for lunch at the Guffey
homestead and for salutes at MoKoesport
and Braddoek's considerable concern was
felt as to the probability of reaching the
destination on time. The train officers
were confident, however, and pulled out
with hopeful hearts. The engineer was
one of the most trusted employes on the
road. His pride in tho iron horso over
which he presided was stimulated by
Democratic enthnsiasm, and ho soon
struck a lightning gait, bounding over the
rails at the rate of nearly a mile a minute.
Tho spaed attained inspired confidence in
the doubting minds, and tho best of humor
prevailed among the passengers.
Thus happily situated, no special inci
dent occurred until Buena Vista was
reached. At that point the road makes a
sharp curve as the bed winds around a
bend in the Monongahela river. As a pre
cautionary measure tho speed was slack
ened to a rate of forty miles an hour in
stead of nearly sixty, which was previously
being made. Suddenly the signal of down
brakes was sounded three times in
shrill and quick succession, and the
train was brought to a stand with neither
town nor crowd in sight. To all inquiries
as the cause of this tho officers of tho train
remained silent. Ominous looks and
hasty movements betrayed unusual excite
ment, however. The delay was brief and
iu a few moments tho motion was re
sumed. It was still two miles to Guffey's
and that distance was covered at a snail
like pace that implied some difficulty, but
no one could learn the real trouble, and,
for that matter, no one had any concep
tion of it. The train men kept their own
counsel and tho passengers were ignorant
that they had just passed through a dan
ger from which escape was a miracle.
To explain : As the curve was reached
tho parallel rod on tho upper side of tho
locomotive had broken iu two. The ends
fell, and with each revolution of tho driv
ing wheels sti uck the ties with such force
that, to emply the expression of Mr.
Guffey, the cross-ties were splintered into
toothpicks. For an eighth of a mile ovcry
tie was thus broken into fragments and
the track torn up in a frightful manner.
On the first revolution of tho wheel aftor
the break ono of tho pieces struck tho iron
seat upon whioh the engineor sat with
such force that he was thrown backward
out of the cab and lit in the tonder on top
of the coal heap. Recovering, he hastened
back to his post, reversed the onginc,
whistled down brakes and stopped the
train as speedily us it was possible.
Few persons wero acquainted with
the facts, but the writer was among
those let into tho secret. In con
versation with tho officers of the train sub
f equently he was informed that tho escapo
was simply miraculous, tho engineer re
marking that iu all his experiences of
railroading no such incident occurred. On
the ono sido was the precipitous bank of
the river. According to the theory of
railroaders, if the break had occurred on
that sido the end of the rod would have
fallen perpendicularly and at once derail
ed the Hying train, throwing it over tho
embankment. If the break had occurred
five minutes sooner the same result would
heve been inevitable. But on tho curve
as it fortunately occurred and on tho de
cline side, tho broken ends of the rod
maintained by force of circumstances an
angle that saved the train from a disaster
that must have been fatal to all on board.
NII.SSOM SCBKNADKO.
Enthusiasm Among tbe Swedish Nightin
gale's Countrymen.
Christine Nilsson was serenaded Mon
day night at Victoria hotel, Fifth avenue,
and Twenty Beventh street, New York, by
the Scandinavian singing societies of New
York and Brooklyn, and Gilmore's mili
taryband. Tho societies assembled at
Madison Square Garden and at 10 o'clock
marched to the hotel 3,000 strong in torch
light procession, headed by a representa
tive committro of Scandinavians, who pre
sented Nilsson with an address of wel
come in her native tongue. The societies
carried a large number of Scandinavian
and American flags, massed in front of
the hotel, upon which electric lights and
calcium lights, drawn on wagons in tho
procession, threw a brilliant illumination.
An enormous crowd filled Fifth avenno
and adjacent streets, while the windows
of the neighboring hotels aud houses wero
filled with people. The society sangSwed
ish,Norwegian and Danish national songs,
Gilmore's band playing popular airs. Nils-
son appeared on the balcony wavinga Swed
ishflag.and made a brief address of thanks,
and was received with enthusiasm. She
was accompanied by Parke Goodwin, Dr.
Deremus, Anna Louise Cary, Miss Hope
Glenn, Henry E. Abbey, her manager aud
other friends. Tho scene in front of the
hotel was at times extremely beautiful.
the greatest enthusiasm being shown when
Nilsson appeared. Nilsson's Ameiican
tour has thus been very successful.
Deatn bam Coal Gaa.
James McCoy, who, it was thought,
would survive from the inhaling of coal
gas at tho armory of Company F, Sixth
Regiment, in Norristown lingered until
Monday morning, when he died. All
medical science could suggest was done
to save his life, but without avail. Ho
was a member of Company F, and about
twenty years of age, and much esteemed.
The man who was with McCoy was dead
when found yesterday morning. The
deaths were caused by the men opening
the door of the stovo before lying down,
thus allowing the gas to escape into tho
room.
Marshal Henrv. of the District of
Columbia, removed by the president last
Saturday, was asked yesterday what he
was going to do and replied, " I am going
to fight."
NEWS MISCELLANY.
THE HKffs BY THIS XATKST MAIIJ?.
Movement in Commercial Circles The
Trail or Blood and Disaster AClance
at Current advents.
The "railroad war "reached Dubuque.
Iowa, Monday. Tho IllinoisXentraU offi
cials notified shippers that " freight of all
classes would bo taken to Sioux City for
ten cents per hundred pounds, regardless
of classification." Tho rates have been
heretofore 23, 3 j, 40 aud ."0 cents for the
different classes.
All tho boot and shoe manufacturers id
Montreal have discharged all their lasters
belonging to the Union, because Cochrane
& Cassei's men have not returned to work.
If soma arraugement is not made in i; .day
or two the factories will close.
Xewbour fc Sons, wholeealo clothing
manufacturers, of ..Milwaukee, ,mado an
assignment Monday. The liabilities are
estimated at $200,000 and tho assets at
125,000. It is said the failure is due
partly to the stealings of a former book
keeper of the firm. ' ?
H. A. Pitts' Soils, manufacturer--, of
farm implements in Chicago, made an as
signment Monday. Their liabilities are
stated at $230,000 ; assets, $350,000.
A shock, resembling that of au earth
quake, was felt at 0:150 o'clock Monday
evening along the Welland canal, in Can
ada, for a distance of twenty miles.
From four to six inches of snow fell
throughout tho Northwest on Sunday.
The St. John river, in New Brunswick? is
frozen over at Fredericton, and navigation
there is cloned.
A convention of liquor dealers of
Georgia was held Monday in Atlanta,
eighty delegates being present, at which a
state protective association was organized,
with Jam-'s TT. Campbell, of Macon, as
president.
It is said that tho government of Que
bec contemplates tho sending of a apecL-il
agent to London to influence emigration
to that province.
A state convention of the Prohibition
ists of Kentucky has beeu called to meet
in Louisville on the 19th of February next
to uominato a governor and other state
officers.
William Abnor, colored, hacked his
wife with a razor, and shot her ia the
head, and then shot himself, in Norwich,
Connecticut, yesterday morning. Both
were mortally wounded. Jealousy was
the cause.
Christian Johnson shot and slightly
wounded his sweetheart, and thou, sup
posing tho shot fatal, blew out his own
brain?, in Lanesboro, Minnesota, on Sun
day. Trcasuier Gillillan, of Washington, IX
C, has been informed that $300 has been
deposited in tho national Broadway bank,
of New York, to his credit, on account of
tho "Ccnienco Fund."
A riot took place at Fayetteville, N. C,
Miiiday evening, during which over 100
persons engaged in a fight iu which knives
wrro freely used. Twenty of the combat
ants wero wounded, some of them fatally.
A man named Underwood was fatally shot.
The riot was created by a party of drunk
en men who attacked several citteen3 in the
street.
Two freight trains on tho Northorn
Central lailroad ran into each other near
Shamokio, Penna., early yesterday morn
ing. Tho cars wero piled up in a confused
wieck. Only ono person, a firemau, was
injured, but. it is feared his injuries may
prove fatal.
A mail train on tho Lehigh & Hudson
railroad ran off tho track yesterday near
Newburgh, and tho cngiuo aud several
ore cars wero upset in a ditch. The
engineer. William Nolan, of Newton, New
Jersey, and tho liicmau, Frank Poiter,
of Highland Mills, Now York, wcie
scalded to death. Howaid Sutton, brake
man, of Easton, Va,., was severely injured.
Till-: DAlifiKK
illoro ABaiUSiiiatloim in Dublin.
Dennis Field, ono of the jurois in the
cue of Hynes, who was hauged for tho
murder of Doloughty, was mot In Frcd
crick hticcr. Dublin, on his way home to
dinner Monday by a car containing two
men, ono of whom jumped off and stabbed
Field in cix places with a sword. Field, is
still alive; but his couditiun is precarious.
He says Hhe man stabbed him,in tho arms
chest and cheek with a sword cane. He
seized- tho weapon and broke it. The
man f hnn lnnn!rAn litm ittpii
1U l.lll.ft4 AUWWablt UltU 9IWt Urn (AAA It
then
wounded him in the back, after which
tueyjumpeu on cue car and toid tho jar
vey to drive quick "for heaven's sake."
Field complains that several persons saw
him as he lay on tho ground, but did not
offer to assist him. He daggered to a
house, kicked agaiubt tho door, and on
being admitted sank into a chair. Ila had
washed away the blood from his wounds
by tho time tho doctors at rived.
Another stabbing case is just reported.
A baliff named Thos. Mullon, who was
serving a writ iu Gardiner street, received
a serious stab wound in tho head. Three
arrests havo been made.
On Sunday evening a patty of " moon
lighters" attacked a farm' house near
Cashel, county Tipporary. The occupants
of the house beat them off and then pur-.
sued and captured tho wholo gang,
Seven judges, who had been dining in
Mount Joy Square, passed the spot where
the murderers of Detective Cox had been ,
loitering a few minutes after the affray
happened. It is thought that the mur- j
derers wero lying in wait Tor them. I ivo
more persons have been arrested iu con
nection with the murder of Cox. D-mling
or Dolan is progressing favorably. In tho
police court tho men Devine, Woolward
and Ryan were arraigned, add charged
with the murder of Cox. Detective East
wood identified Devino, but was not suro
about the other two. The prisoners wero
remanded.
Tho man Ryan was found by tho police
in Brabazon row, iu a -house where arms
wero seized some time ago. He has setved
in tbe American army. It is evident from
the circumstances connected with tho
murder of Detective Cox that it will bo
necessary for tho authorities to keep a
a body of constables sufficiently strong to
deal effectually with more desperate at
tempts likely to' be made to shoot tho'
police. It will be a lifo and death strug
gle between authority and reckless iuffl.ui
ism.
A mob Monday night attacked the
Jervis street hospital, where Dolan, who
shot and killed Detective Ccx, lie?, with
the object, it is believed, of removing
him. Tho mob shouted and yelled and
tried to break open the doors. Tho in
mates were thrown into a state of tho
greatest alarm. Tho police where tele,
graphed for, and a large fores arrived on
tho ground at ten o'clock, armed with
swords and batons, when the mob dis
persed, they remained, however, lurking
in the neighborhood. The police are now
patrolling the vicinity and guarding tho
hospital.
Virginia' Hoard or Caavaaaera.
The Virginia board of canvassers was in
session yesterday at Richmond canvassing
the returns for congressmen. After being
iu session nearly all day, certificates wero
awarded as follows : Toird district, Geo.
D. Wise, Democrat: Fourth district,
Hooper, Coalitionist : Sixth district,
Tucker, Denmciat ; Seventh district, Paul,
Coalitionist ; Kighth district, Barber,
Democrat ; Xmtu district, Bowen, Coali
tionist. The first, Second and Fourth
districts and coagressman-at large were
postponed until to-day. In tho First dis
trier, Mayo, Coalitionist, will contest tho
election of Garrison, Democrat, whom the
returns give 56 majority. Mayo alleges
an informality in the returns from Glou
cester county, which, if bis claim is con- i
ceded, will give him a majority of one
vote;
- Called to Bis Door and Stabbed.
3Ionday morning about 1 o'clock Harry
Taylor was aroused by violent knocking at
tho door of his house north of Greensburg,
Westmoreland county, near Munaysville.
Ho came to tho door, asked what was
wanted, aud was told to open the door and
come out. This he did, when ho was con
fronted by throe men. one of whom drew
from beneath his overcoat a latge kuife
aud struck at him, inflicting a dangerous
wound on his right side. Taylor immedi
ately ran into the house and locked tho
door. The ruffians then beseiged the
houto for over two hours in attempts to
forco an entrance. They did uot succeed
and finally left. Taylor will recover. Tho
motive s"a mystery,
PESSonal..
Mi:. Wtr.rxur Black's favorites are
Tenuj son's " Esmond" and George Sand's
' Consuelo."
The Dccuess or RoxitunoiiB is au ex
oelleut salmon fisher, one of her recent
cstobes, weighing thirty pounds. "
Mr.. Rcskin"w;11 be invited to fill again
the chair of fine arts at Oxford university,
vacated by Mr. Richmond,
Sergeakt Ballaxttke, the well known
English lawyer, and Hon. Hannibal Ham
lin, United States minister to Spain, and
wife, are passengers in the steamer Servfa
which sailed from Queenstown on Sunday
for New York.
Sekator Moiicax, of Alabama, was
last night renominated by tbe Democrats
of the Legislature ot that state, and will
ol coursed be elected. Morgan is one of
the brilliant men of the South ; a deep
thinkor, eloquent speaker and of incor
ruptible integrity.
GovERNOn-ELKcr Ci.e klaxp went
from Buffalo to Albany last week and in
his journey performed au act whioh, it is
stated, has not been paralleled by any
governor or governor-eleot of New York
state for many years. He bought a ticket
each way at tho railway ticket office, and
paid for it just like auy other citizen.
Rev. T. T. Evebett, "D. D., private
secretary to the governor-elect, will resign
his pastorago of St. Stephen's church,
Gcrmantown, in tho early part of next
month. Ho will not entirely retire from
tho ministry, however. But many of his
colleagues insist that ho shall take a "lo
cation and not ba admitted to snpernn
mary relation. '
MrT a:;d Mrs. Sam'l. Moore, of Easton,
wero married fifty years ago yesterday,
and thoy celebrated the event by a family
gathering. Tho prosonts to tho aged
couplo were all in gold .coin. Mr. Moore
was bom in Easton, served iu tho war of
1912, was a printer for years and is be
lieved to bo the oldest native-born printer
in the United States. He was justice of
the peacn over thirty years and is widely
known.
Axkv Dickinson, whose vacation has
bcou prolonged by ill health, has recently
received half a dozen different offers to go
on the stage. She will probably accept
either one from California for an engage
ment there, or ono that will take her
through the West, after New Year, and
thence to tho Pacific coast. Her strength
is not yet sufficiently restored to enable
her to fill an entire season's work without
detriment to her health. Meanwhile the
has accepted some of the oilers to read in
Eistern towns her play of " Aurelian."
1. KIIICIIAKT'S BUOY BUKNEO.
The 1'llieenth Subject, lor l. Moyue'a frur
nace Uecturpn to AhIibh tn Two Hours.
Tho 10:15 tiain Monday morning
brought: tho body of Dr. L. Ehrhart, of
Allegheny City, to Washington, fa., for
incineration. Carriages were in waiting
at the Chartiers depot and wero soon oc
cupied by tho thrco sons of the deceased
Rudolph, Alfred and Hugo his son in
law, John Andress, Drs. Koelcr and
Hechelmau, Mr. Charles Ackcnheit, Mr.
Krcdel and several other friends and four
or five newspaper reporters. Tho proces
sion wended its way to the littlo building
on Crematory hill. On reaehing tho cre
matory Drs. Kceler and Hechelman and
Messrs. Kredel and Ackenheit carried tbe
coffin from tho bearsa to the reception
room. Mr. Ackenheit made a few re
marks eulogizing tho deceased. Acumbcr
of townspeople were in attendance, and at
the close of the gentleman's remarks all
but the immediate friends of tho deceased
9 a
w?re ,nv,5a,I aP oolue V". Miming
- armia TBnnv"ai DnmrinBD wairn w wm w vvaii
while funeral services wero privately held.
The remains were placed in the retort at
1 o clock, and two hours later tbe incin
eration was over. Tho ashes will be re
moved from tho furnace on- Tuesday
evening or the lollowmg morning. This
makes tho fifteenth cremation and the
first that has occurred for over a year,
tho last being Mrs. Henry Ilattei m.iu, of
New York, in June, 1881.
Terrlblo K.ulroad Accident In Scotland.
A train on the North Scotland railway
which left Macduff at four o'clock yester
day afternoon, fell through the bridge at
Fy vie, Aberdeenshire. Five persons were
killed and many injured. The engine had
passed in safety but all the carriages were
wrcckp.d.
tuk iool.tkv thikvks.
.More Stolen Turkey IdentlUed CompUtnts
.Made Ueforo Alderuiau llarr.
Yesterday Robert Ray, residing near
Georgetown, and John Grob, of Strasburg
township, identified as their property
seven moio of tho turkeys fouud in the
possession of John and Jefferson Sentman,
when they were arrested by Chiof Diech
ler. Alderman Barr and Chief Dicchler took
a drive through the seotion of the country
recently raided by the Sentmans, aud
found that a great many farmers have
lost turkeys and chiekens. The following
additional complaints have been made
against the Sentmans :
Win. Farrel charges John and Jefferson
Seutmau with the larceny of ten chickens
and two turkeys.
John Johnson charges John Sentman
with, the larceny of four turkeys and a lot
of chickens.'
Godfried Fisher charges John Sentman
with tho larceny of five turkeys.
Mrs. Rosa Zimmerman charges John
Sontman with the larceny of one turkey.
John W. Groff charges John Sentman
with the larceny of two turkeys.
Samuel Hurst charges John and Jeffer
son Sentman with malicious trespass and
tho larceny of pears and quinces.
The Sentmans will have a hearing be
fore Alderman Barr to morrow.
Robbed While at a Weddlug.
Ambrose Pownall, formerly prison in
spector of this county, but now a resident
of Philadelphia, came to this county last
Thursday to attend the wedding of his son.
During his absence from home burglars
broke jnto his house and robbed it of a
number of valuables.
Police Case.
Half a dozen drunken and disorderly
porsons. among whom was a witness at
tending court, were picked up by tho
police last evening and confined iu the
lockup. Those who had sufficient stamps
to pay the costs were discharged tho
otherR wero scut to jail for a few r'ays.
Tbe Lancaster Lyceum.
This body will reorganize to-night at 8
o'clock in the Y. M. C. A half. It is de
hired that all ladies' aft well agentlemen
who expjet to tako part this winter should
be in attendance as the constitution and
by-lawa will bo adopted to-night.
IN THE COURTS.
XtnKVUKK TERM or COMMON l'I..Ai.
Cases on Tilal Koad Viewers Appointed
Reports of frerlotts Views Continued
A Laau TroBDle. t
KEKORE JUDGE T.IVIXUSTOX.
The president ana managers of the Old
Columbia public ground company vs.
First M. E. chutch of Columbia. FAc&oa
in ejectment to recover a certain piece tof
land formerly used as a reservoir but now
occupied by the defendants. The testi
mony showed that John. L. Wright owned
all of the land from lHSi ; 'ho entered Tito
an agreement to grant tho land
in question to the water company
for a reservoir, reserving, a tho
plaintiffs claim, tho right to repossess
himself of the land of the water company,
shonld it at any time abandon it. Iu 1854
Wright conveyed to, the plaintiff all tho
land surrounding the reservoir. In 1S72
the water company built a now reservoir
on other land and the old one, S3 claimed
by ttifTplainkifr, was abaudoned and fiTed
ap. In 187-i' the heirs of Wright btard
that defendants had purchased thisgrouml
from the water company and wero about
to ereet a church thoreon .Before the
erection of the church the heirs notili.il
the trustees that they as.heiis of Wrfcht
bad repossessed themselves bf tue:7an I
which they deeded to the old Columbia
ground company. They warned dfcf)i!
ants not to erect a building upon tho Ilat.
Tho defendants did erect tho church ami
now hold possession, unlawfully, as plain
tiffs claim
The 'defense produced evidence to show
that there was no original reservation by
Wright, and from this testimony it was
adduced that the ground had never been
abandoned fy the water company, but
had been sold aud legally conveyed to de
fendants who are iu lawful possession.
Tbe jury, under the instructions of the
court, rendered a wxiir.t. in l.ivor of tho
plaintiff, reserving tho tijdt for tho court
to enter judgmeiit for tho defendant on
the points of law if so deemed right.
r.KFOKK .IPDOE PATTERSON.
Martha Eokert, alleged Iunatie vs. Mi'
ton B. Eshloman, traverser. This was an
action to try whether Martha Ejkcrt,-of
Intercourse, Leaoock township, wni Kit
December, 1877. o'r for fifteen years previ
ous a lunatic. Iu December in that jcai
she was declared a lunatio by inquisition
la March of the following year thu defend
ant traversed tho finding of the inquisition
and a replication was filed. The plaintiffs
put in evidence the finding of the inqui
sition and then rested. The defense then
opened and proceeded to call witnesses to
show that the woman has novcr hsau an
sound in mind. On trial.
In tho caso of tho township of Coitoy
vs. Abraham Collins, the plaintiffs sull Vi
ed a non-suit.
TIllS ItOAIlS.
Vloncrs Appointed' JttMolnlo couliruit
tloas,. C.
Last week tbe court appointed the fol
lowing viewers :
To lay out a road in Ephrata towu-hfj,
to lead from the old Ephrata, HarrisUurg
& Downiugtowu turnpike, at a point be
tween tho two gardens of I). S. Yon Nei.Ia
on the Ephrata Springs property, t :i
point iu Washington aveuno near tin
dwelling of Nathaniel Steffy : Jo.-oIi ;.
Miller, Martin Mellinger and Uei ry
MuMbcr. i'
To lay out a piivato. road iu West Lam
peter township, from the farm of Andrew
Schanbacb, at a point where his land
joins that of Samuel Shaub to a point in,
the road from Charles' hotel tn Heaver
Valley turnpike, where the line between
Pequaand West Lampeter crosses : Iiau
Bachman, Henry Musser and A J lieu.
To lay out a private road in lead from
the public road running from tho Wash
ington and Columbia piko to thu C'oimn
bia and Lancaster pike to the quarries of
C. S. Kauffman near Columbia : Jacob S.
Strine, II. N. Kebler' and Samuel Evan.
To lay out a road in Leacock townh'.n;..
to lead from a point in tho Carpenter n il
near lands of Jacob Deulinger and othur.s
to a point in thu Weavertown road nor
lands of Elizabeth Musser and ntheis :
Levi P. Hhoads, Joel Lightuer and Call tn
Cooper. t j
To lay out a road. is-lEphrata townMii,
to lead from the Millway and Ephra'ct.
road at Jacob Hart'd lane to a point .n
tho Akron and Clapboardtown load at iht
blacksmith shop, nearntho residssee of
Samuel Keller and others': A. B Rei!en
bacb, Israel G. Erb and E. P. Hiller.
To lay out a road in Manor township (
lead from a point in tho mad betneun
Jacob Horshey'a mill and, the Lancaster
and Susquehanna .turnpike, near the bouso
ot lienjamin liershey, to a point on the
road between Mountville and Brcneman'K
hotel at a point whcio the toad is, inter
sected by another; El B. Horr, John 1.
Martin, J. C. Kready.
To inspect the new bridge ivr ho
Little ConestogaatGrofTs Mill, in Ma:.,
township: Wm. M. Slaynaker, John A.
Sbober, John Clark, Wm. C. Bcaol.tr.
Samuel C. Slaymaker ami Capt. Samm 1
McDonald.
To inspect the new bridge over tin
Beaver creek near Refton in Strasbnrp,
twp : W. R. Gerhart, J. B. Bwartxweldn.
J. R. Jeffries, George L. Buckalter,John
H. Shenk and John H. Brackbill.
To lay out a road ia East Lampot-.-township
to a road leading from a point on
tbe south aide of the Philadelphia turn
pike southward to the Straakvrg and
Millport tnrnpiko andthenoa in an east
erly direction to' Sraoketown and Stra.s
burg road : Genrgo L. Buck waiter, Wm.
M. Slaymaker aadB. F. Jludshnnan.
To assess damages by tho opening '.f
West Miflliu aud Clay tUeto, thiin:
Samuel Evans, A. N. Cassel, Hi'm'y
Eckerr, Michael S. Mefzgar and Wlllum
Ellmaker. '
To reviow, vacate and lay out inlniu
thereof a road in West Herapfiuld tori.
ship, com menciug at thy .corner oflau.lt
of Abraham H err and others to a point tie.
the public road leading3 from Saluuga t
the Marietta turnpiko : Jacob M. Frautx,
Samuel C Slaymaker and Michael L.
Hoover,. ;
To ro-review thesite of a bridgeraer-iss
the Big Chickies ereek near Michael fl.
Moore's mill, in West Ilempfleld town
ship : John 31. Stehman, A. R. Witm.-s
and S. J. Beard. Since thesa men w?m
appointed a petition was presanted to tin
court stating that John M. Stehman i a
cousin of Mr. Mooro and asking that au .
other be appointed.
CoaMrmaUeM Ansolat.
The following reports were confirmed
absolutely :
Tha report favorable to a road in West
Cocalico township, beginning on the road
leading from Sobocneck to Sheafferstowu
to a public road from Schoeueck to Rem
holdstille. The repot t favorable to a road inEist
Donegal township, to begin near bridgo at
Levi Nissley's smith shop, to a point on
the public road leading from the Htj.fpy
and Marietta turnpike to tho Harrisbttrg
turnpike.
The report favorable fo a private road
in Brecknock township; beginning at a
psint in a private road from thu Adam
town and New Holland rbid to the land
of Nicholas Red cay.
Tho report favorable to a public road in
Salisbury township, to lead from a public
road at the Chester county line to arpnhli:
road at or near a bridgo on Joseph Wau
ner's land.
The report favorable to tho wideniug of
a road in Warwick township leading from
a point on Main street, in tho village of
Lititz, to a point on tho public road from
Warwick to Bruncrvfile..
The report adveise to a road in War--