LANCASTER DAILY MTELtlQENCEtt, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14.189
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Eancastet Jntelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING DEC. 14. 1883,
Tke Expenses ftae Hesse.
Gen. Davis' excellent newspaper,
the
Doylestown Democrat, in its usual pun
gent style, points out some of the fea
tures of our " rather expensive " state
government. No less to the point than
the extravagance in the executive de
partments is the waste that goes on in
the legislative departments,wbere a host
of supernumary offices have been created
from year to year simply to provide for
" party workers." Auditor General
Schell's report for 1879 set this forth in
detail and showed the sum paid to each
one, from which it was obvious that the
" retiring " officers of the House draw a
month's pay and mileage in some in
stances more than the pay-for attendau je
at the opening of the session ; there was
a chief clerk who gets $3,830.40 ; a resi
dent clerk at $3,045.60 ; reading clerk at
$2,311 ; journal clerk at $2,290 ; speak
er's clerk at $1,208 ; message clerk at
$1,590 ; two transcribing clerks at $1,258
each ; a sergcant-at-arms at $1,255.50 ;
four assistants and two postmasters at
about the same price ; two firemen,
seven janitors, eleven posters and fold
ers, four messengers, and Qve door keep
ers at about $925 each ; fifteen pages and
two watchmen, besides engineers, fire
men and laborers. For cleaning halls
and committee rooms in the session
of that year there were alleged to
be paid out of the clerk's contingent
fund to some 110 scrub women of vari
ous names about $2,700 in various
amounts. In all there was $01,489.20
paid to officers and employees, $18,401,
33 for stationary and supplies ; $4,500
for the chief clerk's contingent ; $2,200
for the resident clerk's contingent, and
$3,078.45 for miscellaneous.
There was no session in 1880, and for
1381, the auditor general's report fails to
set forth the expenditures in detail. Au
ditor General Lemon, more kindly dis
posed to the ring, lumps the expendi
tures into single items like " pay of
members," pay " of clerks and assistant
clerks," &c, instead of setting forth
who they were and what they got, but
from the fact that the House of 18S1 has
cost the state in all $448,039.18, against
$445,580.92, the cost of the preceding
House for the years 1879 and 18S0, it is
fair to assume that all the supernumer
aries and lavish expenditures were
maintained during the last session.
In the Senate, if possible, the waste
was even more extensive, and many fea
tures of the "miscellaneous" and " con
tingent "expenditures are strongly sug
gestlve of steals, from time to time wo
propose to print the various items of ex
penditures atllarrisburg, to show to the
incoming Democratic members in
what direction they are expected to
make reforms. For the present wo beg
them to consider the foregoing list of
officers who have been provided for and
paid by Republican Houses. Wo make
bold to say that of this longlisl fully half
cau be dispensed with.
Following Ills Own Judgment.
The New York Sun is disposed to
hhake its head over the tidal wave governors-elect
of New York and Pennsyl
vania, who do not seem likely to meet its
views in their staff appointments. Just
what Governor-elect Cleveland lias done
in tliis way to offend its sensibilities wo
do not know, but the particular thing ki
which Governor elect Pattison has gone
wroi:g,in its judgment, is in the selection
of Mr. Cassidy for attorney general, that
gentleman being deemed by the Sun to
have had in the past a too strong affilia
tion with William n.Kemble, etulomne
genus. There seems to be quite a differ
ence of opinion as to the supreme happi
ness of Mr. Cassidy's selection for the
attorney generalship, but as Mr. P.itti
sou's preceptor in the law it is quito
natural that the governor elect should
select him for the chief legal appoint
ment under him. No doubt ho realizes
the responsibility upon him for a proper
selection for this important office, and if
Mr. Cassidy in his judgment is the
proper man for it he is right to appoint
him. He ought to follow his own judg
ment in this as in all other matters,
being first careful to mako it up hon
estly. If his judgment is bad, the result
is bad, of course, and if the Sun thinks
so, it is' warranted in having a lessened
opinion of the man ; but if he had no
judgment of his own, and permitted that
of others to guide him, it would be worse
still, and he would be even less worthy
of esteem. A governor and every other
public officer ought to do his duty ac
cording to his own judgment ; the re
sults to the public will generally be bet
ter, as well as the results to himself. In
this matter of Mr. Cassidy's appoint
ment there are, as we have said, diverse
opinions expressed by divers men. It is
not one that we would have made, be
cause weknow other lawyers in the state
whom we think better fitted for the office.
But we do not know Mr. Cassidy prob
ably as well as Mr. Pattison ought to ;
and above all we are not responsible for
the appointment.
Congress proposes to build a new
library building. We incline to think
that Congress does not need it. Our
representatives have enough to do, if
they attend to it, without reading many
books. If they want them to enable
them to cram speeches, we are sure that
the public good will not suffer if we do
' without the speeches. The wants of the
country are not to be discovered in the
books in the congressional library. The
reading our congressmen need to do is
that of tte public sentiment. News
papers are not always very instructive
reading, but a discreet perusal of them
will enable the legislator to get valuable
information to guide his course. So
the letters he gets from his constitu
ents are not always very valuable,
but yet proper attention to
them will enable the wise repre
sentative to guide his feet in
safety. A great library iu Washington
is no doubt a very pleasant and valuable
thing for its citizens and for people of
literary tastes, who have not much busi
ness on band. But our representatives
ought to be too busy to be able to enjoy
its treasures ; and as they are not useful
to them, there is no especial propriety
iu a great national expenditure for a
great library at the capital. The people
of Washington generally may properly
I bo left to buy their own books, as the
citizens of other towns do. The United
States pays for the lodily keeping of the
Washington population and for their
government; tkeir mental culture it
may be excused fcr avoiding. Washing
ton is entirely too costly a place to the
nation. Washington ought to be put on
a lower diet.
Mbs. Laboucueke has gone, but Fred
die Gebhardt still holds the foit.
It was another iield day for the bears in
the oil exchanges, and the crop of thorn
lambB has materially increased since last
report.
The divine right of kings to held the
nozzle of a line of hose at a fire may be
questioned, but the spectacle of the young
ruler of Spain employed in such exhilarat
ing employment, seems to indicate that
the effete monarchies of the old world arc
becoming gradually republicanized.
Fnosi what the astronomers tell us of
tho vagaries of Venus in her recent transit
across the sun's disc we begin to believe
the ways of the planet are scarcely less
erratic or inexplicable than those of the
not very reputable goddess of whom she
is a namesake. The men of science are
sorely puzzled about a new "spat " which
somo of them saw during th i recant phe
nomenon and until its nature is determined
the rest of mankind will live in an atmo
sphere of anxiety. Let us know what it
is.
The body snatching business is bocom
ing quito tco numerous. The exposure in
Richmond can hardly add to the horror
which has been inspired by the events laid
bare in Philadelphia ; but it does show
that tho crimo of despoiling the sepulchre
is not circumscribed in its boundaries, but
has grown to proportions of which the
public at large has no idea. The applica
tion of the rigors of tho law in all their
severity is looked for, and it is hoped
the prompt punishment of tho offenders
may servo to put a stop to the business.
The veteran statesman of England,
William Ewart Gladstone, celebrates the
fiftieth anniversary of his entrance upon
tho public service, and the event is very
appropriately made the occasion of con
gratulations and kind words on all sides.
Gladstone's has been a notable figure in
the theatre of the world's polities, and
however much people may have at times
differed with him, thero have been few
unwilling to concede his intellectual
mastery and tho force of character that
have been couspieious in all his undertak
ing. Tue pastor of a Presbyterian church in
Pittsburgh has considered it necessary to
remonstrate with somo of the members of
tho church on account of their habit ot
beer drinking. Instead of receiving the
rebuke meekly and promising to mend
their ways, the beer drinkers, it is said.
have resolved to resist all attempts to
discipline them, on tho ground that is not
wrong to drink ber. If an attempt is
made to settle tint question, the result
will excite great interest. Probably opin
ions will differ as widely aa they some
times appear to do on the question
whether beer is intoxicating
The cceneiy which is used in tho first,
second and fourth acts of " Youn-r Mrs.
Winthrop " at tho Madison Square thea
tre is constructed of wood and brass. The
material was cut by hand in India
for Louis C. Tiffany & Co., who imported
it. la India, thi3 material is used for deco
rating rooms dedicated to special ceremo
nials. The walls and ceiling of tho scene
at tho Madison Square theatre contain
over two hundred oriental designs. Its
full beauty can only be appreciated by a
minute inspection through an opera glas3.
It shows tho kind oi housa decoration
which the more woalthy are now intro
ducing in New York city homes.
PERSONALS,
Senator Maiione's desk is decorated
with a handsome bonquet about every
day.
Tom Ociiii.tkke defines the duty of a
congiessman to be "oppose all taxes and
favor all appropriations."
Mits. Robert Anderson, the widow of
of the hero of Fort Sumter, is staying
with her daughters at Washington.
Miss Craig Wadsworth, to whom
President Arthur was reported to be en
gaged, will remain abroad during tho win
ter. Captain JosErn 11. Wolf, a well
known lako tug man, noted for having
bravely saved many persons from drown
ing, died at Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Keifer, tho wife of tho speaker.
is a plain woman of domestic tastes, who
infinitely prefers life at her home in Ohio
to the anxiety of Washington hostesses.
Mrs. McEi,rot, sister of President
Arthur, will take up her residence in the
White Honse, and will receive with the
president on New Year's day, and after
ward, as is customary, on specified days.
Dr. Terry Barnes, a leading doctor of
Toledo, Ohio, after twenty years of appa
rently harmonious married life, loft wifo
and children, went West, got a divorce,
and, returning to Toledo, married a
woman with whom ho is infatuated.
One of the girls at the Garfield fair in
Washington had been brought from, a dis
tance on account of her remarkable beauty,
but the venture proved unprofitable to tho
management and unpleasant to herself.
Crowds gathered about her booth, and in
sulting remarks becamo so frequent that
sho was compelled to withdrawn " Are
you tho American lily ?" one man asked.
" No," was her reply, " but I am a tiger
lily."
Maurice Bergen, of Monroe, La., felt
a premonition that his death was near.
He said so to a friend, declaring that he
would b3 dead before Dec. 5. He was
laughed at. but his response was an nflfor
to bet a seventy-fivo dollar suit of chothes
a3 ho was a tailor against a coffin of
equal value. T&e wager was made and
Bergen won. The loser provided a hand
somo burial casket, acsording to agree
ment. Miss Effie Ellsler, "tho original
Hazel Kirke," has had a fall-out with her
managers, tho Messrs. Mallory, because
they would not accede to her request that
her husband, Mr. Frank Weston, be given
the part of Lord Travers. In consequence
of the refusal Miss Ellsler and her hus
band nave withdrawn from the Madison
Square theatre, and the former will be
succeeded by Miss Georgie Cayvan. It
is reported Miss Ellsler will star in anew
piece.
WILD WESTERN WATS.
TWO RKBIAUKAHLB8CENK3 IN CUUBT.
Lawyers Indulge in Fisticuff a Jurur Who
Applauded A Faithless Wile's fun-
libmeut-The Teacher' Homicide.
In the early part of last week, Mrs.
Alice W. Slayback, widow of the late Col.
Slayback, brought suit against John A.
Cockerill, the slayer of her husband, for
95,000 damages for depriving her of her
husband. The suit was not brought
merely for proem ing consideration, but
more for the pnrpofe of making public the
real facts of the late colonel's death, his
irienas not Deing satisnea witn tne way
the case was disposed of. Mr. Cockerill
the next day published in his paper, the
Post Dispatch, a bitter card, charging the
proprietors of the St. Louis Republican
with being responsible for all his troubles,
alleging that they bad urged the friends
of Colonel Slayback to this step.
During the taking of depositions
on Wednesday in this suit, John
M. Glover, the lawyer who published the
card calling Slayback a coward, which
led to the tragedy, was interrupted while
giving evidence by Frank Bowman, Mrs.
Playback's attorney. Warm words passed
and Glover seized Bowman by the throat
and bore him to the ground before the
by standcrs could respond to the under
man's cries for assistance. The notary
before whom the depositions arebeipg
taken, threatened to send both lawyeis to
jail for contempt. The more tho widow's
civil suit advances the more interesting
become the revelations of discord among
her legal advisers. Frank Bowman is
out to day in a card in which he calls L.
D. Seward, the lawyer who declined to be
associated with him in tho civil case " a
liar."
A Juror Applauding Counsel.
During Mr. Trudo's speech iu tho oase
of Teresa Si uria, on tiial for tho murder
of her lover in Chicago, there was much
sympathy manifested in the court-room,
and at its close the applauso was loud and
hearty, one of the jurors ioininir in it.
Realizing his improper conduct ho covered
his face with his hands and displayed
great embarrassment.
UBUKISN JUARttlAUrJ VOWS.
An East St. Louis Scandal The l'unlslinieiit
of a Faithless Wile.
The people of East St. Louis and BcIIo
vijle, III., aro greatly agitated over a
scandal affecting the wife of W. D. Unccr,
paymaster of the Ciaro Port Lino railroad,
and William M. Hagar, a prominent
banker of Belleville. A few dayi ago
Unccr received a letter from somo un
kuovvn source, which cast suspicion upon
his wife, and he hired a private detective
to shadow her. Tuesday this detective
came to him hurriedly and told him that
his suspicions were well-founded, at tho
same timo taking him to a bouse wherein
he said he could find his wife. The hus
band knocked at the door and called ou
those within but received no answer. He
then kicked the door open when he was
confronted -by a man with a
revolver who told him not to advance.
Unccr coolly told tho man that he did not
come for blood, but simply to identify the
occupants of the room, and walking for
ward ho fouud his wife. He left the house
without a word and went to his homo.
Several hours latsr, after dark, tlero was
a ring at tho bell aud going to the door he
found Mrs. Unccr on tho steps. He asked
her what she wanted. SI19 was cry'ng and
said she wanted to come in. He told her
that she should uever enter tho house,
that they must always be as strangers,and
that he would try to" take care of "the chil.
dren and to teach them to forget' their
mother. The woman pleaded hard for
forqivaness and against being turned into
the streets saying she had no money and
on place to go for shelter. He openeJ his
pockctbook and aave her all tho mouev he
had, quite a sum, bade her good-bye -md
closed the door.
The SCl-.o! Tear.hi'ii Hmil-ltlo.
Young Loasc, who, with John Hayes,
wa3 stabbed by his teacher, W. I'. Frazcr,
at the district school near Point Pleasant,
Ohio, has died from his injuries. Hayes,
tho young man who was killed instantly,
was 20 years old and fully as large as tho
teacher, who is 22 years old. Tho latest
accounts say that tho teacher, Mr. Frazer,
a few days ago desired young Hayes and
several others to study grammar, and
that Hayes refused to get a book.
Ou Monday Hayes got into a quar
rel with Frazer, over the question,
and in tho struggle which en
sued it is alleged that Hayes knocked
Frazcr down and that he and young
Loaso then began beating their preceptor
in a brutal manner. While Frazer was on
the floor ho drew a knifo and stabbed
both boys, Hayes ran for tho door and
fell dead on an ash heap just outsido the
building. Frazer helped some of tho
scholars carry tho dead boy homo and
then, all besmeared with blood, gava him
self up to tho justice of tho peace. Ho
broke down completely when news reached
him that young Loaso was dead. Tho
school is claimed to be a hard one to
govern, and it is claimed that the pupils
mado arrangements last Saturday to whip
Frazer. Frazer is a nephow of Hon.
juago frazer, Cambridge.
CIUSIB AND CACSALITV.
itecenl
Occurrences that Ilavo
a Tragic
Tinge.
Tho boiler in Johnson's saw mill, three
miles from Mission, Kansas, blew up yes
terday. The proprietor, W. L. Johnson,
and Andy Beechwood were killed.
P. M. Turner was yesterday at Atlanta,
Ga., convicted of the murder of John E.
Shuttles, at Greensville, sentenced to be
hanged February 9th next
The trial of James Rcilly for tho muider
of his brother-in-law, R. E. Desmond, was
ended Jast night at New York by the jury
disagreeing. They wero discharged.
Last Friday night two men rode up to
R. J. Gresr, who was standing in a store
where he was employed, in Tallahatchie,
county, Missouri, and demanded the key
of tho safe. He replied that he had no
keys, whereupon they shot him down and
.then rode off.
John Craig has surrendered to the au
thorities of St. Scholastique, Quebec, ac
cusing bimEelf of having inadvertently
killed William Armstrong, aged 12 years.
Craig was courting a lady who discarded
him. Iu revenge he shot at but missed
her, the bullet striking Armstrong, who
was near by.
A freight and a ballast train on the
main stem of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road collided yesterday a few miles west
oi JMiicott city, wrecking tho ballast train
and damaging several freight ears. Ceo.
Ross, engineer of the freight train, was
badly scalded, and H. B. Lockhart, fire
man of tho same train, had one of his
ankles hurt.
INTIIK SUADOW Or THe. GALLOWS.
Plesant Turner's Address to tho Court The
Wlle'd Anguish.
About a year ago Pleasant M. Turner
and John E. Shuttles had a difficulty at
uiccuiiuc, v., a mo jaiier on mo aay
of the occurrence, Turner shot Shuttles in
tho back and killed him . Tho trial came
up ten days ago and has ended with a ver
dict of murder. The murderer was sen
tenced to be hanged on February 9. The
court room was crowed to hear the man's
doom. He was told to stand up and asked
if ho bad anything to say why sentenco of
death should not bo pronouueed upon
him With considerable emotion ho re
plied :
'I havo but a word, and I say it in the
presence of the peop'e, that tho creat pre
judice existing against me has caused the
truth to be suppressed. 1 hank God I bear
animosity towards no one. I pray God
that my enemies may seek the salvation
oi meir souis as naru as they havo to
crush me."
When he had finished ha sat down anil
buried his face in his hands, onmmm
with his feelings. Soon recovering his
self-possession he again stood ud and
calmly received his sentence. During the
reading of it his wife sat near him sobbing,
and when it was ended she threw her arms
around him and cried out in her grief,
"Ob, my God, my God, must he be hung
for it. He is innocent, he is innocent."
KESIBLE VS. DANA.
The Long Htandlrg Salt Against the Hew
Vork San Editor Dropped.
District Attorney Graham, of Philadel
phia, at the instance of the prosecutor,has
entered a nolle prosequi in the case of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania against
Charles A. Dana, in a famous action for
criminal libel. Mr. Dana, as everybody
knows, is the editor of the New York Sun.
The indictment against him was presented
nine years ago on the complaint of William
H. Kemble. who was then on the
full tide of prosperity as a financial mag
nate and political boss. It grew out of
the publication in tho Sun of the famous
"Addition, Division and Silence " letter
and Mr. Dana's scathing comments thereon
in his editorial columns day after day, and
so far from causing a cesation of tho an
noyance to Mr. Kemble, the suit only
served to make tho firo from the Sun's
merciless batteries the hotter. Now after
nine years the nolle prosequi is entered,
without any arrangement between prose
cutor and defendant, and indeed without
Mr. Dana's knowledge.
Mrs. Laboacarre Balls Incognito,
Among the passengers who sailed for
Europe on the steamship Servia on Wed
nesday weie "Miss Rjberts and friend,"
as the cabin list read. They went aboard
and immediately retired to their state
room. Inquiry showed them to be Mrs.
Langtry's late friend, Mrs. Labouohere
and her maid. The latter said in answer
to tho question why Mrs. Labouchere
sailed incognito : "Oh, it's a bad busi
ness all around. Madame is very sensitive
and she doeB not liko to read about her
self every day in connection with this
Langtry escapade. Then tho news was
telegraphed to Europe, Probably in a dis
torted form, and Mrs. Labouckero'c hus
band sent a peremptory order by cable for
her return at onoo. This made hor feel
very sad, although she is very much
pleased at the idea of being home again."
Araba Fasba ana Fellow KzUes.
Tho Egyptian government has requested
Arabi and the other prisonors sentenced
to exilo to be ready to start within ten
days. Allowances have been granted the
prisoners from their properties, which
were confiscated. The property belong
ing to their wives was not confiscated.
Tho leniency shown the prisoners has pro
duced a good effect on the Arabs.
Fighting Against Female Students.
The deadlock caused by the demand of
the male students at the Kingston (Ont.)
medical college for the expulsion of female
students iu complete. The ladies were the
sole attendants at the lectures on Wednes
day, and the majority of the male students
express their intention of asking Trinity
college, Toronto, to admit them, and al
low for tho session so far as advanced.
Low Wallace Uets $16,000 from Mexico
General Lew Wallace, our present min
ister to Turkey, accopted a .commission as
Major General in the Mexican army in
1865. Ho rondered somo valuable service,
but got no pay. A few days ago Minister
Foster collected $13,000 from tho Mexican
government in settlement of General Wal
lace's account.
Gladstone's Fifty Years of PubUc Lire.
Tho London Times on the occasion of
tho fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Gladstone's
cntranca into public life, on Wednesday
printed a retrospect, covering six columns',
of his career. Many political associations
havo folicitated Mr. Gladstone, and nearly
all tke London papers and the greater por
tion of the provincial press devote leaders
to tho subject of a recount of tho influenco
of Mr. Gladstouo during the last half cen
tury. Singular JIvidenco in a Libel vase.
Iu London, at tho hearing in the libel
case of Belt vs Lawes, a bust whioh the
plaintiff, in order to prove his ability as a
sculptor, has boon executine in a room ad
joining tho court room, was nroduced in
the witness box, together with the person
irom wnom it was taken. The introduc
tion of the bust and its counterpart was
greeted with loud applause.
Heath's Doings.
Daniel Ratcliff, a well known Baltimoie
lawyer, died yesterday in that city, agf d
76 years.
Rev. Elias Dodson, a prominent Baptist
minister, died yesterday at Wilmington,
N. C, aged 75 years.
Verdict Against a MaloouKeeper.
In the suit of Jane Marlow against a
Chicago saloonkeeper for selling her
husband liquor to the extent of making
him almost imbecile the jurv gave a ver
dict of 250. Sho asked for $3,000. The
case was a clear one.
A Cashier's Acquittal.
f William L. Gibson, cashier of a nation
al Dauicat i1 lint, Mich., on trial at De
troit, for making false entries in his report
to the comptroller of tho currency, was
yesterday acquitted.
Mutton for a Koyal AIother-ln-Law.
Four carloads of very fine sheep passed
through Troy from Canada, en route for
Liverpool, by way of Now York. The
stock, it is said, is a present from the Mar
quis of Lorno to Queen Victoria.
IlOW DR03IGOOLK WAS KUINJSD.
A iirllllant Virginia Statesman and Bis
Ltfo's Mistake.
George C. Dromgoole in 1835 was one of
the ablest men in Congress, but his fault
was dissipation. Remorse for a single act
of folly a folly then fashionable among
the chivalry led him to dissipation. He
had a friend, a class-mate at college,
from whom he was nearly inseparable. If
not a blood relation ho was at least con.
nectcd with Bromgoolo's family bvhis
marriage. Tho two friends had a slight
difficulty, in which tho lie was given and
tho result was a challenge to the field of
(so-called) honor. At tho first fire the
challenger fell, pierced by the ball of
Dromgoole's pistol, a lifeless corpse.
From tho moment George C. Dromgoole
saw his friend weltering iu his blood ho
know no pcaco of mind. Iu the silent
watches of the night he could still see
tho ghastly faco of the companion of
his boyish days as ho lay dead murdered ;
and night after night, in his dreams, the
duel was repeated and it was only when he
drank deep that ho could find rest from
tho horrid phantom. The unfortunate
victim lift a wife and several small chil
dren in reduced circumstances, and,
although in comfortablo circumstances
himself, Dromgoole dared not offer relief,
because he was the murderer of tho wid
ow's husband and father of her orphan
children. From that moment his resolve
was taken, and no miser hoarded his re
sources with moro of care and and tried
harder to increase his wealth, and to place
it on a sure foundation, than did General
Dromgoole, and although somo might
guess, yet uover knew the reason, until
after his death it was found that all he
possessed was given to tho heirs of his un
lortuuato friend. To leave it in money
might, ho feared, cause tho3e to whom ilj
was bequeathed to reject it, aud havinc a
fine opinion of Ohio and her prosperity, he
invested most of it in lands iu tho counties
or l'ickaway and Sciota, where ho
certaiu it would riso in value.
was
ANOTHEK DgOP IN OIL.
OPERISG OF TlUt QRAlfDlN "GUSHES.'
,
Fortuuea Made rat LostTfB fc Usy-CIerer
Manipulation of Heavy Operators The
market's Downward Hash.
The utmost consternation prevailed in
oil circles on Wednesday over the striking
of the Grandin well in Forest county ; the
well was nearly completed' last August ;
but the owners, Ijetng- satisfledrthat"it
would prove a profitable one, shut down
on top of the oil bearing sand until they
could sell enough 'oil to make a fortune
out of it, as they havo done. Ono firm
Davis & Murphy, of Philadelphia, isaid
to have sold $1,200,000 barrels sbott.in an
ticipation of the opening of this venture.
It is understood that the owners Messrs.
Grandin & Kelly had also sold a consid
erable amount short. Everything then
being in readiness, the well was drilled
into the sand on Tuesday, and started off
at a rate that oven paralyzed its owners.
The first twenty four hours it made 1,300
barrels, and it is now reported to be flow
ing at the rate of 1,000 barrels per day. It
is only six feet in the sand.
At the opening of the oil market, in
Bradford on Wednesday, a wholesale
rush was mado to sell, and, though tho
market closed firm tho previous night at
$1.08 J, tho first sales yesterday wore, mado
at $1.02$, from which, irf ten minutes, the
market dropped to 92 cents. Recovering
to $1, it again broke to 89 gents and
closed at 91$ cental Several heavy fail
ures are reported, but the most of them
will compromise with their creditors and
be allowed to continue business.
It is reported that other new wells in
the vicinity of Balltown, near which tho
Grandin & Kelly well is located, t,will be
opened soon. Th' Reno oil eoapanyfs
well, near Foxburg, which has been re
ported dry, is rumored to be producing
over 300 barrels. As tho character of this
new territory is supposed to bo similar
though not quito so large as that ill fujtorf
Cherry Grove district, it is not believed
that it will exercise any lasting effect upon
prices. Though temporary In iuiluenceit
is a matter of great uncertainty and apt to
cause a lower market.
A dispatch from Pittsburgh says : Tho
bottom was knocked out of the oil market
by the bearish reports from tho Grandin
well, near Balltown, Forest county. In
August last this well was drilled into tho
sand and plugged. Tuesday the plug .was
removed, tho sand penetrated four feet
and the well commenced to flow at a
tremendous rate. In twenty-two. minutes
sixty-five barrels belched. forth.ilTank
connection was then-mader and ths-drill
pushed further into tho sand, increasing
tne production ot tho well materially.
This unexpected news bad a depressing
effect upon tho market, aud the
bears commenced unloading. ,The
opening sales were made at $1.03
5 cents lower than Tuesday's clos
ing prices. The market gradually
weakened, the closing transaction being at
93 cents, 15 cents below Tuesday's closing
quotations. Many Iambs were completely
shorn'. During the day telegrams were
received from tho Grandin stating that
the oil was flowing at the rate of 1,200
barrels a day. In the first 16 hours 700
barrels were put into tank. This well is
tho largest producer struck since the
famous flowers were born in Cherry
Grove. Although there wa3 great excite
ment at all tho exchanges in tho legion
and in this city, no serious failures wen:
reported. Several heavy operate r 5, how
ever, are known to bo badly embarrassed
financially.
XKIGliliOUIIOOD NE1VS.
Kvents Across the County Line.
A permit Im been issued to begin work
on the new high school building in Read
ing. The Coylo murder case, traiihfeiicdfrom
York to Adams county, will bo put on
trial February 5.
Tho Dauphin county teachers' instituto
begins its aunnal session at Harrisburgon
the 18th instant.
Tho Harrisburg school board suspended
a lady teacher in that city for whipping a
scholar, with unnecessary se vority. i : ..
jonn Luttie, a mason, was killed at
Ladenbnrg, Chester-county;; by tho falling
of an old wall which he was engaged in.
repairing.
The trustees of tho Harrisburg cemetery
havo inaugurated a movement to repair
the damage and pievent further desecra
tion of the property.
Solomon Shearer, of Yinomont, Berks
county, manufactured 7,000 gallons of
grape i vino this r year, and Ybas at present
20,000 stalks of celery stored away.
'There are upwards of 560 paupers in
the Berks county almshouse. Of eighty
one persons admitted during tho month
of November only eleven were Americans.
and at least i seventy ofthera ireable ,to
earn their bread. iJ ' '
From ten to thirty, or rather an average
of fifteen, cars of cotton, thirty-five to
forty bales per car, pass through Harris
burg daily from tho South, consigned to
Jersey city, from where it is distributed
to the various eastern mills.
The annual meeting of tho State Sur
veyors' association at Harrisburg has
come to an end without tho body trans,
aeting business of importance. Tho as
sociation will meet again in Harrisburg
on tho second Tuesday in February
next.
Gov. Hoyt, at Harrisburg, Wednesday
heard argument for and against tho grant
ing of a charter incorporating' York as a'
city. The argument for a charter was
based on the grounds that the people had
voted for it in a fair election. The oppo
sition took tne position that the election
was illegal, that the ballots wore not num
bered and the proclamation for election
should have been published in all the York
papers. Iho governor reserved his;deqi-
sion, but it is known thaftho 'charter 'will
bo granted by him.
OJUNOE BLOSSOMS.
A Tleasant Wedding In Marietta. -
The marriage of Mr. Z. W. Keller, of
Mount Joy, to Miss Carrie -R. Thorns,
daughter of Mr. Samuel. Thuma was
solemnized at the residenco of the bride's
father, West Main street. Marietta, Tues
day evening.' Long before tho time set
for the ceremony guests 'commenced to
arrive, aud by 8 o'clock the rooms of the
residence were well filled. At that
time to .the .sweet .strains of
a wedding march 'the', bridal'
party put in their appearance. First
came the ushers, Mr. J. V. Long and Dr.
J. P. Ziegler. Then followed the brides
maid, Miss Mary Emmcrick of Philadel
phia; who was neatly dressed inj aj dress
of garnet silk. Sho was escorted by Mr.
E. R. Cassell. of Mount Joy. MissThuma
and Mr. Keller followed. The bride wore
garnet plush with a spray of orango blos
soms on her breast. When tho n.irtv
reached the parlor a semirrcle wasfform-
cu wuuiu wju ivuqK 1 diupusjwao were
united ia'."rarriaby:thiKvTjAmVJi C
Wood, pastor of the 3Iethodist Episcopal
""""S "" piiutma ii iuu nappy
affair were two gray-haired ladies, Mrs.
Mary Bennett, of Columbia, and Mrs.
Thuma, of Mariatta, grandmothers of
MissThuma. After the marriago every
one Ipartook of palatable refreshments1
which were abundantly supplied for the
occasion. Tho" prcssnts wore numerous
and elegant. 1
Mr. Keller and his wife took tho m,id-'
night train at Mt.. Joy, for atrip to place
in New York state.- It is almost needleB;
to say that the happy 'pair, we're, th'e re
cipients of many-kind words if torn their
numerous friends. "
ASlIiONOnlCAX. SCIEJfCk..
The Keeeni .Transit of Tenas Prnncsea oi
ftrratoryon CMlege Hili. !
Prof. J E. Kershner, professor of mathe
matics in Franklin and Marshall college, '
returned from Yalo college on Sanciay !
last, having been invited thither to assist
in making observations of the transit of
Venus, which took place on tho 6th ifist.
The observations at the Yalo observatory
wrro different from those of any other
collego In this country. They wero made
wiih a IidwmeUr, and the object was, not
to note the times of tho entrance and exit
of the planet, but to measure tho distance
between the centra of the planet and tho
1 centre or the ennat different points dur
Liu the transit? One hundred such
"measurements wero made. From
these measurements the chord, made
by the planet in crossing the sun,
will be determined, and on this basis the
calculation of the distance of the sun will
bo made. Prof. Kershner is entrusted
with making, these calculations. It will
be a long and somowhat arduous work.
Tho heliometcrattho Yalo observatory is
tho onlyotein this country. A company of
uerman astronomers from tho university
at Bonn,-had a'station'at Hartford, Conn.,
and Prof. Kershner visited them and spent
several days with them. Bv invitation
.they alsovisited tho observatory at Yale,
were woy wore cnicriainca py itoi.
Waldo. '
Dr. Waldo, who has charge of the ob
servatory at Yale, and who visited the
Franklin and Marshall some timo ago, in
order to lequest tho assistance ot Prof.
Kershner, spoko in high terms of our
young professor's ability in his de
partment, and bis skill iu the
practical work of the observatory.
He made the remark that l'rof. Kershner
has a promising future before him, if our
moneyed mon will provido him tho neces
sary instruments to work with.
We understand that an effort will bo
made among the friends of our college to
purchase a telescope, lr.;rhit !r:.sr.t-iuuent,
chronometer, clock, au.i it" possible a heii
ometer, and place them in u observatory
to bo located on tho beautiful campus of
Franklin and Marshall. The expeu.-o will
not be very great, aud it is believed tho
fxiends of the college will respond to the
call. Tho collego is in a prosperous con
dition, both as respects tho at
tendance of students and its fiuacccs.
It only needs a step forward now in tho
advancoment of its scientific department,
to placo it iu tho front rank of our best
colleges in tho r.tato. Such a movement
will enlist tho interest of educators and
scholars in our own community and an as-
tronomical observatory,, with all tho re.
quisito appliance?, on Collego hill would
add much to the efficiency of M13 college
and tho causo nf education. It could he
efficiently managed by tho professor of
mathematioF, with the assistanco of his
students without additional expense to tho
college.
I'OLlUK CASES.
What the magistrates found to Do.
Joseph Griffiths, who stolo a robe Jrom
in front of 'Kreekel's store and a lap
blanket from Schaefl'ev'H, had a hearing
beforo Alderman Alex. Donueliy at one
o'clock this afternoon and was e;inruitted
to answer at court for larceny. Tho fine,
dark overcoat ho had on when arrested,
haa been identified as ono ho stole from
W. G. Pattou of Uolurobfc.
Major IacGonigIo bad niua cases to
dispose of t!:is morning. Ono drunken
and disorderly person wa3 sent to jail for
ten days ; 0110 vagrant was eut to the
workhoato for 30 days, and seven tiavel
Iert, who I'a-l sjuht shelter in tho
station hous wero discharged.
Alderman S.imson sent Uenj. P. Davis,
a drunken tramp, to jail forCO days ; and
Harry J.IcComsey, a boy who is suspected
of tappiug tills at tho Northern market,
was held for a hearing.
On complaint of Albert Miller, of West
Hsmpiield,- Miller Reeso was arrested to
answer for larceny. The case was heard
by Alderman McConomy. Complainant
I testified that on the first Thursday in No-
veuiber, Lu visited Reese's saloon and
bought two cigar3. giving Rbcpc 10 in
payment ; that Reeso kept tho bill and
gave him no change, and then led him to
tho door and out of tho saloon. Ree3e
denies the charge. Tho alderman return
ed ths luo to court.
MAfeOXVlC.
Installation of Officers.
43, F. and A." M., met last
and tho following officers were
by D. D. G. M. B. F. Brece-
Lodge
evening
installed
iraan. :
W. M. Geo. A. Marshall .
S. W. James B. Strinc.
T. W. J. L. Lyte.
Treas. Chas. A. lleii.ittb.
Sec Hugh S. Gara.
Trustees John Rees, C. Widmyer, John
u. tvariei.
Rep. to G. L B. Frank"Breneman.
Tho following subordinate officers were
appointed by tho worshipful master.
Sr. Deacon David E. Lone.
Jr. Deacon Geo. B. Willson.
Sr. Master of Ceremonies Henry II.
Underwood.
Jr. Master of Ceremonies Win. C.
Buchmiller.
Pursuivant John C. Carter.
Tyler Geo. Xutz.
Organist Adam Oblcnder.
Charity Committee Dr. Ct. R. Wclch
ans, Wm. O. Marshall, John B. Warfel. -
Griovanco Committeo C. M. Howell,
Wm. A. Atleo, Dr. Henry Carpenter,
Wm. A. Wilson, Jcro Rohrer.
"l-MK GIBSON IrlKE.
Lancaster Mon Lose Nothing.
In publishing an account of the burning
of the Gibson distillery and tho U. S. bond
ed warehouso No. 1, situated near it, at
Gibsonvillo, in tho Western part of tho
stato, oy wlncb 4,000 barrels of whisky
wero said to havo been burned, it was
stated that S. Clay Miller, of this city,
wasa loser to the amount of $1,500 or
$2,000 on whisky stored therein. A letter
from tho Gibsons to Mr. Miller, proves
this ctatcment to bo incorrect. Mr. Mil.
Jer's whisky was removed from No. 1
warehouse a short time ago, and is all safe
in warehouses Nos. 4 and 5, so that ho
loses nothing. The latest advices stato
that the total loss by tho fire is 3,700 ;
that'it will tako about one year to put the
distillery in good running order, which
will be equivalent to tho loss1 (in produc
tion), of about 15,000 barrels. But as the
Six, bonded warehouses that escaped de
struction during the lato fire contain 40,
000 barrels each 240,000 barreb in tho
aggregate it is not likely that those who
prefer the Gibson brand of whisky to any
other will suffer much for want of it dur
ing the coming year.
'iho Kaiilmg Match at Wemelsttorf.
Tho refiling lor tho mammoth hog
" Jumbo' at Voinelsdorf is still in prog
ress About $300 were realized for tho
hog,, when the following prizes were
agreed upon, viz : First prize, mammoth
hog, " Jumbo ;" 2i prize, $50 in gold ;
ud, $40 in greenbacks ; 4th, $30 in silver ;
otn. su in silver ; ocn, $10 in silver ; 7th,
$9 75; t-mali; quango for the lowest
thrower. Johnnie Spang, tho five year old
soil of County Commissioner Spang, was,
at last account?, "high," having thrown
18 heads. It is expected that the raffling
Will dose to-day.
Utore Kntercd byTblcrer.
, Last nfaht burglars entered the general
merchandise s:oro of Joseph Hull, in the
borough of Strasbtirg. Tho rflected an
entrance by prvinz oncn the front door.
They stole several pieces of calico, some
gloves and several boxes of candies. They
got no money.
i THE QUARTER SESSIONS.
TDK UtttMUKK ADJOUKMED TEItH.
A Varly to tho Kupe Cuse on Trial Mueii
Tltuo Consnuieu in ecurlug Jury
The Kvldcnce.
Wednesday afternoon. The first case
attached was that of com'th vs. Edward
Wagner, who is charged with being one of
the meu who committed a. rape upou the
person of Lizzie McClarren, at the city
reservoir grounds on the night of July 28.
Considerable timo was spent selecting a
jury, which was finally secured. The fol
lowing aro the members : J. Martin
Good, farmer, Bart ; Livingston B. Baid,
merchant, Upper Leacock';. Lewis H. Lin
ville, farmer, Salisbury : Henry 31. W 1
ler, shoemaker, West Hemptield ; Amos
Goshon, cooper, Brecknock ; Abraham 31.
Morrow, wheelwright, Caernarvon; A. II.
Danner, clerk, Manheim borough; J.
Louis Walker, clork. Salisbury ; Carpenter
Weaver, shoemaker. Earl; Levi 31. S toner,
wheelwright, West Herapfield ; John L
Gingrich, farmer, West Donegal ; J. J.
Descb, innkeeper, First ward. Lancaster
city.
The first witness oalled was Lizzie 31c
Clarreu, the girl who it is alleged the out
rage was committed upon by the accused.
She told almost the same story as upou
the trial of Frank KUchriat, in November,
It was to the effect that on this evening at
5 o'clock sho foit her home on Walnut
street, with Wm. Muuroe ; she, went to
the depot whero they met Wm. 31ullen ;
she was with them for somo time and
walked around tho streets ; Munroo loft
them for a short timo ; they finally
met him again and the two meu coaxed
her to go to the reservoir. They went
there and as thev went in Frank Kilebrist
and "Tucker" Taiuau came with a bottlo
of whisky ; thu four forced her to drink a
quantity of liquor and took off her shoes,
hat and most of her clothing, after which
they all outraged her; she was quito drunk.
at the timo and thu men held tueir hands
over her mouth to prevent bur Irom call
ing out ; about 12 o'clock 31ullen went
an ay and soon returned bringing Wagner,
the defendant, with him ; witness was then
lying helpless on the ground, aud whilu
Mullen held. her hands the defendant out
raged her twice in the prcseuco of the
others; when the witness finally recoveied
she started home, it was then about :l
o'clock in the morning, he havin; beun
left at the reservoir in an almost helpless
condition by the men who had outrag d
her ; she walked home without consider
able of her clothing and was met by her
father, who helped her to bed.
The witness was subjected to a long
and rigid examination ; she said tbe had
been forced to go to the reservoir by Mul
Ien and 3Ionroe, both of whom had hold
of her ; on the night beforo sho had mado
an engagement with Monroe, to go to the
reservoir ; ho told her ho would take her
out there, show her the reservoir, and
then bring her homo ; witness had nev:r
eeen Wagner before this night.
Thursday morning. Com'th vs. Edward
Wagner, rapo.
John King testified that between 10 and
11 o'oloekon this night he saw Mullen and
Munroo with this girl at Chestnut ai.d
Duke streets and at Duke and Orange.
They were endeavoring to tako her to tho
reservoir ; she said she did not want to ,
and tried to stay back.
Mrs. 3IcCIarrcn testified that when .-!u
saw her daughtcr.on the morning after 1 1:0
occurrence, who was then asloep :1:1st
looked as though sho had been driukir.;.,
her underclothing, &a., wero covered witii
blood. Tho girl, wnois alllictcd with St.
Anthony's dance, becamo worse and was
very 'nervous all tho time afror this affair.
She was finally removed to the hospital.
Drs. Roland and Bolcuius testified th-j
same as in tho former trial, and state!
that they found her person in a condition
as would bo tho result of Mich abuso ::.;
testified to. Both physici.nn were cross
examined at great length.
Bantoon Smith, police officer, David
Rettewand Anthony, Biebl testified that
they mot tho accused and Mullen near the
ioo house at tho reservoir near 1 o'clock
on the morning of this outrage ; when
Smith hailed them and asked whcie 1 Itcy
were going at that time, of tho nioruin;-,
Mullen replied that they were going to
have a little fun, aud then went into tho
reservoir grounds.
Albert Briggs testified that ho roomed
with the accused at a boarding- bouse ou
Chestnut street ; on the night of the otit
rago Wagner camo homo very lato aud
had on his shirt wliat witness believed to
be blood. Bernard Keen also testified
that Wagner came home late that ntght.
William J. Wingard testified that trie
accused, on tho Monday after this night, '
told him that Mullen came and took limi
out to the reservoir ou this night about 12
o'clock, saying that the McClarren ,girl,
was there ; that they thon went into the'
grounds ; . saw Xizzie and 3Iunr e
lying there ; hb A Wagner ) said
some of "them- ought to take iho
girl home, and if it was his sister, he
would shoot somo of them. After this
accused told him a different story, sayiu
that ho was at tho reservoir when tl o
affair took placo, and that ho was caihd
down, to where tho meu were withjr-ljo
girl ; he then remarkedllfiat they ought to
tako the girl home, for if it was his sister
he would sue them.
Thomas McClarren testified that he had
a conversation with the accused, ou Mon
day, after tho affair, when he related the
occurrence in a way somewhat similar to
the last witness.
Charles Albright testified that Wagnei-
toid mm no was not at the reservoir ou
thisnisht. Henry Ubcrtis testified that
he told him that he was there, but did not
do anything to the girl.- Officer Martin
Daily testified that he jrrrestetl 'Wagner
and bad warrents for BIuTIen and Tamany,
but could not catch them.
Tho commonwealth offered to prove by
the records of tho court that Frank Kti
christ had been convicted of this crime;
tms tue court refused to admit. Tiw
commonwealth here closed.
The Defease.
B.F. Eshtaman, esqlof tho counsel for
the defense, opened for the defense and in
a short speech stntcdwhatf tfaoty intended
to prove.
The first witness called "was Charles C.
Geiter, who testified that he saw Lizz:e
McClarren on Chestnut street near the
depct, on the evening of this occarenee,
between eight and nine, o'clock.. John
King was talking to her. On trial . ' '
THE BOYSI2LBVVK.
Reunion of Co. K. ISSoVBegt. 1'. V.
Twenty years ago was- fought the battle
of Fredericksburg,' VaLLTBieessnerco-a
tion of the event, Co. K of the 122d regi
ment, which took an active and honorable
part in tho struggle, met at Bauer's
Goklen horse hotel. East King street last
evening, and held their annual reunion.
About twenty of the veterans werepie
Bent. and had a very pleasant time. Order
ly Sargfc. Geo. F. Spienger read from his
well kept diary an interesting and instruc
tive history of the battle, marches and
other entertaining incidents of' the'euttr
pauy'zs arduous campaigns. An excellent,
nnnnm- wis urovidad forf tho vetormnAf
which was dismissed'witn a hearty relish.
It is intended that the 122d shall hold a
regimental.reunion somo time during the
coming spring or summer.
The Minstrels Last Wight!
Hey wood's minstrel 'troupe appeared''
before a small audience in Fulton oners.
housa last evening; and., gave an enter;
la.nicvLas mas scarcely meruea nvsfer pa-,
tronage. omo of the specialty business1
was good, but the msjorify;6ftie features
came in better as .a meats ofJ killing time
than of furnishing any enjoyment.
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