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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. 188
Lancaster JnteiUgencct.
SATURDAY EVENING DEC. 10, 1883,
Great Speculators Testimony.
The New York Senate committee,
which is seeking information upon spec
ulation from speculators, seems to be
conducting the investigation very com
fortably, both to itself and Hie distin
guished operators who are its witnesses.
Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Gould and the
other men, who have a high reputation
in the country for skill in filling their
coffers, though they toil not, neither do
they spin, appear before the committee,
tell their tale, give so much of their ex
perience as they are disposed to give,
and ventilate their opinions as they leei
inclined, and then step down without
being subjected to any inquisitorial ex
amination that might be disagreeable 10
them, but would be likely to be profit
able to the public and conclusive to the
object which the committee has as its
aim. The testimony given before the
committee is no more valuable nor differ
ent in kind from that which the news
paper reporter can gel from Mr. Van
derbilt, Mr. Gould or any other of
these speculating probabilities any
time they have anything that they do
not object to publicly stating. Mr.
Gould uses his seat on the witness stand
on this occasion to advertise his western
loads and lands, in expatiating upon
their desirability to the itninigrant,and in
d daring that,Uhough he is not a pro
duct r of wealth, jet his speculations mo
gold for the country, becaus'- the,) make
things lively and stimulate entei prises
which attract foreign people and foreign
money. Speculation is a legitimate
business, Mr. Gould thinks, and
is not gambling unless the Leg
islature says eo. His idea seems to
be that gambling Joes not exist except
as the Legislature declares it. Faro is
gambling because the law says so; other
wise it would be us legitimate speculation
as betting on the future price of grain or
stocks, which is the proiitable business
of the distinguished witnesses who have
entertained this New York committee.
It is perfectly natural that Mr. Gould
should consider his business legitimate
and even that ho should persuade him
self that it is beneficial to the country.
We do not know any man who can
not plausibly explain that he is a public
benefactor. If he makes his money at
curds, he is acting as a distributor in
relieving plethoric purses and sending
their contents gaily circulating. The
thief does alike good to the commu
nity ; he hardly ever is a miser ; and he
generally steals from those who can af
ford to be stolen from.
Some of these days progress is likely
to be made in developing Mr. Gould's
idea of useful citizenship in a way that
will not see a good way to those who,
like him, have amassed vast fortunes far
bayond their needs and that in their
magnitude are threatening to the public
good in general estimation. The people
will bo likely to say that the lives of such
men as Mr. Gould should be made truly
useful to the state ; that it should use
them as the silk worm is used by the
grower ; and that when their silk is
made, and they dio and leave them be
hind them, they shall be confiscated
for the public treasury. The idea may
grow that the lives of the great money
getters may b3 made generally profitable
by letting them gather what they can
spin, but forbidding them to dispose of
it all when they die. There is no natural
right of property in a man after his
death. The state permits him to dispose
of his possessions by will, and if he
makes no will it gives them to his rela
tives. But it may change this ; ami
the question even now arises, whether
the great private fortunes that are being
accumulated in theso days should be
left in the power of their owners to dis
pose of when their individual use of
them has ceased. If the matter is to be
decided for the public good, audit the
b2st use is to be had out of the lives of
those great speculators, the mass of their
money will be segregated and started
afresh in its tendency toward accumula
tion. Tne man of money can be made
to be his own distributor ; the object
being not so much to seize his money for
the public treasury as to destroy its
massed weight. A law which forbids an
inheritance beyond a certain amount,
will compel testators who have over
grown estates to divide them up am i:ig
many. Certainly the maintenance of
very great estates beyond one life is an
evil, which the law should seek t lera
edy. If this can be done and the never
dying corporations can be cu: duwa to
reasonable size, the dangers that
threaten tho country from the moneyed
power will be greatly lessened.
Somi: of our esteemed contemporaries
think that declarations from candidates
for speaker o:: the question of what re
forms ought to be effected at Ilsirrisburg
" can have no more weight " than decla
rations from other members. But as
these gentlemen are mostly " old Legis
lature men " and are not too modest to
announce themselves as candidates and
to proclaim their views on other ques
tions there is special reason why they
should let the people know where t inn
stand on the issue of purifying the legis
lative service.
Tus Republican politicians of this
state have been busy for the last few
weeks attempting to arrange terms of a
compromise between their contending
factions. The elder Cameron has brought
his diplomatic skill to the task, and this
expert angler is reported to have safely
lauded Senator Mitchell.
The Bedford Oazetlc makes the sensi
ble suggestion that tho oflice-huuting
brigade may as well disband, as the peo
ple and tho democratic party have
served notice that useless offices must
be" abolished and the newly-elected re.
presenlatives will be held rigidly to ac
count for any dereliction in this direc
tion. The Democratic newspapers of Penn
sylvania, which never borore di 1 any
better work thanJn the last campaign,
with one accord approve and emphasize
the demand that the pledges of the
campaign, upon which tho victory was
won, shall be faithfully kepi.
f HEBE are indications that the Dem-
sratic People will be at lfarnsburg on
ocratic
Inauguration day, and if by that time
their representatives will not haveshown
signs of reforming abuses on the hill,
there will be a loud report.
There is a hint for the holidays in the
suggestion of Loudon Truth that "half the
interest a child takes in a doll is thedress
inir and undressing of it." And thon it
remarks that with
possible.
most dolls this is im-
In his testimony yeatciday before the
investigating committee of the New York
san.vte, Jay Gould stated the interesting
scientific fact that where tho great Amer
ican desert used to be, by reason oi no
rain fall, it has been foaud that tho region
of rain moves west about twenty miles a
year, and that would bring in thai strip
every year. Owing to this nieterological
change of conditions, the wheat growing
belt has widened from 100 to 200 miles
west of Omaha.
Tun Sun publishes what is supposed to
be a " pome," alleged to havo been ad
dressed by a gilded youth of New York
to a foreign artist of eminence. Thus it
runs, or, to speak more exactly, hobbles :
TO THE GEItSY LILIY.
HiF.y. (n. .)
uilc skarse expect 1 or my Ms
1 m:i your limy on Hie stago
With out deer little nHs dart
left Stickln' In Ml blecdin hurl.
It !ruiMli;.'(.r.li:inlt uonlslo -i,l
1 i hev l.iii'iieil Mi lesson well
Oil tho sum jioopil So uv iuK
1 .-pel lreot f Ii-u-T-e.
A conespondent of the World calls at
tention to the great injustice done tho al
leged author of these lines. "They sue
a metrical perversion," be wi ites, " of a
note oaco written by the person evidently
aimed at to a lad', in which he most
courteously asked her to ' except some
Hours.' "
IURTI1 OV TUE KOSK.
Iii its green pastures sporting
A iHiiibiu heedless f?lec,
Tore from :i thorny twig
Its tresh green drapery.
The twig. In Its sharp tlngcts,
Snatched lrnm the tender ewe
A little tultot ll'ece
To clollie fccrsclt anew.
A nightingale came seeking
Soil tilings to line her nest.
And thought this snowy lleeec
Was prettiest and best.
" Oil ! give to ino the llecec.
To line my nest," t:Ul mic;
" And. when I've llnNhed 11,
I'll .sing my thanks to thee."
It cave; tho. nest was finished;
Ami, as llic sweet birds sang,
Out ol llic, hush lor joy
Tho lovely io.se-buil snrniisr.
Front tin: Merman.
Dowx in Stokes county, N.O, a man
wanted to move, but couldn't afford to
take his wife with him, so a bachelor
neighbor obligingly took her nil" his hand.",
paying tho busbaud $500 for his new
found treasure. Tho affair was conducted
with the consent of the lady, who is now
living in peace and quietude with herncw
loi;d, while husband No. 1 emigrated to
greener pastures. Tho matrimonial
market, South will doubtless receivo a
boom from this novel transaction, which at
least settles tho question of prico for what
has always been considered a valuable
adjunct of domestic happiness. Quota
tions however will ba apt to vary as to tho
quality of the article current and thn
various other considerations that inilucuco
the state of trade.
Wi: havo frequently had occasion to
mcution tho strong Hoosier spirit that
permitted no barriers to staud in tho way
of matrimonial intentions and which has
been illustrated in many romantic epi
sodes that havo become part of Indiana's
history. It has been notable thai femin
ine devotion has never been secondary
even to tho masculino chivalry that has
been conspicuous in these enterprises,
and in tho last of tho series of hymeneal
happeniogs that for a long tirao havo en
gaged new spapcr notice wo observe that
to tho young woman tho present case
owes much of its inspiring zest. A base
born fellow has gono back on his girl in
Viuccnucs and contracted to marry one
whoso rival charms seem to have eclipsed
those of her fair sister. Tho would-be
bride No. 1 though deserted is no dis
mayed, and tho way in which sho is chas
ing the young gentleman around tho
streets of Yincennes makes it exceedingly
lively for the faithless suitor. When he
goes to call on his new inamorata the o!d
love i3 usually to bo found hanging around
tho front door step and by tho aid of a
pistol she persuades the youth to forego
his wooiug. Tho other day sho procured
a marriage license, and by sublet fnge de
coyed tho recreant into her presence, where
the ready pistol was produced by tho ex
pectaut bride, and it was only tho remark
ablo agility of tho false ono that enabled
him to escape marriage or death. He lied
through the streets pursued by the young
woman and tho pistol, and the end is not
yet. From past experienco wo incline to
s:ako a little on tho ultimate success of
the yonng woman's matrimonial aspira
tions. PERSONAL..
Mr.. Patiuck Calitocx, a grandson of
John C. Calhoun, is a young lawyer in the
South.
T. J. Davis, esq., it is rumored, accord
ing to tho Lancaster Inquirer, will bo a can
didate for re-election as district attorney.
Bishop Tuigq, of the Roman Catholic
diocese, of Pittsburgh, was stricken with
heart diseao yesterday, and is not ex
pected to live.
Hon. Ror.EKT Ould, ono of thn most
prominent lawyers of Uichmoud, died at
his residence thero on Friday, in the G2.1
year of his ago.
Godlove S. Onra, congressman from
tho Ninth district of Indiana, who has
been tick for some time, is not expected
to livo more than a few days. His disease
is cancer of tho throat.
Senatou Mitchell, it is alleged, has
gracefully fallen into tho " peace and
harmony " programme proposed by Rutan
and Cooper and approved by Cameron and
Quay.
Geo. C. Gouham's Washington news
paper explains that, he is tho only candi
dato for secretary of tho Senate, the posi
tion with which his name has so long been
connected, and which placo he filled for
eleven yeais, to tho entire satisfaction of
tho members of the Senate.
Joshua Hill, of Georgia, when ho waa
in tho United States Senate bought au old
field 1 vine on tho suburbs of Washington.
He thought little of it, but held it as an
investment for his children. The British
minister built a fino residence in the attar-
vci m nuiui una uuu waa Hiiuauju, ruaoo
it a fashionablo district, and Mr. Hill's
purchrs) is now estimated t be worth
250,000.
4-j-t an nlnnTa 4-laan lnJ !.. A.1 S
JAy GOULD ON COENERS.
STUCK SPECULATION A tiOOD THING.
It IlrlngB Iletter I'rlces to Producer. At
tract Money to This Country, and Only
Injures ii Few Individuals
Jay Gould appeared as a witness before
the Senate committee on grain corners on
Friday. He said ho was in tho railway
business as a manager of railways, and
had been such for twenty years. He was
familiar with operations in stocks, but not
with grain, which ho used only for his
own consumption. Ho was familiar with
making corners in stocks and also with
dealing in futures in stocks. "The
roads I am interested in," said he,
"are those which reach the producing
districts. Our roads run through Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas
and Iowa. The effect of making corners
,on transportatien is to mako an uneven
transportation. Corners are made every
little while, but I cannot remember the
last one. The system of making corners
does not injuro transportation interests,
as it makes largo markets. On tho whole,
I think it helps. It gives the producer
better prices, and the men who make the
corners lose. lhc consumer may pay
more, although tho speculators suffer.
Tho corner engineered in Chicago some
two years ago is reported to havo lost
millions. Tho farmers kept back thoir
grain, and they made tho money. West
ern railroads wero not materially affected
ono way or iho other. They deal without
regard to fictitious transportation. I
recollect a recent cornering transaction
in stocks tho Hannibal and St. Joseph.
It resulted disastrously to the tnaq who
made it, foriHien he had got through
with his corner he found ho had lost his
fortune. I wa interested : tho Chicago
and North we.-U it: lailrea ' c tier. The
.stock war. selling at 7-1 to SO. I thought
it cheap at that prior, and my brokers had
orders to buy al! that was s !.). When
the s took got shoit tho price ran up to
210 and then fell back to 80. I think I
was induced to part with some at 2.10. I
do not think this corner had tho slightest
effect upon tho community in general, al
though it may hurt the privato fortunes
of individuals. Tho road was not affected
in tho least. I cauuoi. recall any other
corner. Tho Harlem corner was before
my timo.
" The effect, of dealing in futures of
stocks upon tho geueral welfaio is iusig
nilicaut. owing to the fact that few options
arc dealt in. I think speculation tends to
do good, as it brings money to this couu
try. The fiercer your markets are tho
more ficedom you givo to capital, l wcuiu
bo very careful what restrictions I put
on cither socks or grain, for tho reasons
mentioned. Tho men who speculate are
not those who plow the soil or produce
the grain. The men who .speculate do so
lor tho reason that it is their legitimate
business.
" If tho Legislature wero to say that
dealing in futures was gambling it would
bo gambling ; but until tuch timo as leg
islation says it is gambling I shall not be
lieve it to be. Supply and do maud should
govern these speculations. Instances have
occurred where coiners havo been made
in tho money market. Such corners soon
regulate themselves, although while they
last the market is depressed. I do not
think that trade is much affected by
them. Of course, business men bconic
more chcumspcct in their dealings.
Money was very tight hero three weeks
ago Gold certificates were used on that
occasion. Corners in the money market
are not always produced bycapitsdists lock
ing up their money. In the fa'l of tho year
theic is always i sea. oily ot mney. I am
not familiar with corners cither in tho od
or cotton trade. I am not engaged in the
banking business. Generally speaking, cor
ners, dealings in futures and panics have
alike good and bad effects upon commerce
in geueral. The after effects aro to mako
people moie economical and more iter
prisiui,'. I do not. think it. jussible to pre
vent corners, cL, by any act of legislation
and I do not think that any national
legislation is practicable, although some
restrictions might bo put npjn these
speculations say limit the price of things.
If the boaid of trade were to adopt mles
which would provide that the settling
prico should not exceed 10 p cent, of tho
selling price theso extensive fluctuations
in corners could not exist. I would in
every other particular make. New York
as free as the wind."
I'l.AMES I"'.-il AX r.XI'i.OJJKU l.Aflll".
Several Houses ISnrae.-I and a .Number or
l'oor IfHiullIc:) I.rlt Homeless
At Ilesscmcr, Pa . in a two-story frame
houso owned by Daniel Dully and occu
pied by Duffy and Barney Farren, a lamp
in tho hands of a little girl exploded and
set lire to the building. The llames
spread so rapidly that it was with the
greatess difficulty that Mis. Duffy, who
was sick, could bo removed. Very Title
of tho contents of tho building was saved.
Adjoining the Duffy houso were two
small two story dwelling houses, ono not
occupied, owned by Michael Coyne. Tho
other was occupied" by a S wdo family
named Vi'ashkofT. Roth buildings took
fire and in less than half an hoar were in
ashes. Adjoiuhig the Coyno building was
a large two-sloiy frame tenement house,
owned by P. MeGowait, of IJiaddoclc, and
occupied by V. Finerty, Max Misc:witch,
David Chambers ami their families. In
this building all tho household ;;oods
wero saved. Next to this there was a
Email one-stoiy building, owned and occu
pied by Mrs. Hickoy, a wido.v. The
building was torn down to prevent the
further destruction of property.
Tho losses, as near as can bo learned,
arc : Duffy's house, worth $1,000, insured
for 8500; M. Coyne, two buildings, $1,000,
no insurance ; McGowau's house, $1,000,
$1,000 insurance ; Mrs. Hickey, house torn
down, $200 ; no estimate can be placed
upon tho loss of household goods ; Barney
Farrau had 2- pounds 10 shillings, atni
$40 in currency, tho lost amount being his
last month's wages, paid him yesterday,
all of which was placed in a satchel and
hung on tho wall. All was lost. Tho
llames spread so rapidly that it wa3 with
difficulty his wile and three children were
gotten out alive.
Fires in Otlmr l;acc..
Tho loss by tho firo at lliekmau, Ky.,
on Thursday morning, is estimated at
$100,000. Three business blocks wero de
stroyed. The railroad spike mill of Ames, Bell &
Co., in Youugstown, O., was burned on
Thursday night. Los:-, $30,000.
Tho cotton mil! of George E. Johncs, ah
Bantan Falls, Conn., was burned Thurs
day night. Loss, $20,000.
The steamboat Kate Kinney was burned
at Ferry Landing, near Shrovcporr, La.,
Friday, with her cargo, consisting of
nearly 2,000 bale3 of cotton, oil cake and
other fieight. This lHmes extended to
and destroyed several buildings at tho
landing, and the total loss is estimated at
$150,000.
kii.i.i.u uiMlt:i.r row. msvi:
Married an ctorom and Committed
Snlcldo ICtr.ansn Not I'rrmlttcil t
lavo AVItli Uer.
Several days ago a report was telegraph
ed from Chicago that James Matthews, a
young man of great promise, formerly of
Pittsburgh, had committed snicido. The
causa of tho suicide has leaked out, and
the story is a sad ono of miscegenation,
suicido and possibly a legal fight for the
remains of tho young man. His parents,
who aro well to-do, respectable people,
reside in Allegheny City. Tho son, about.
a year ago, becorao acquainted with and
married a handsome octoroon. This was
a severe blow to the parents, who had ex
pected better things of the young man,
and they at once set to work to bring
about a separation. In this they were
unsuccessful. As a last resort they in
duced the young man to go to Chicago, on
the plea that he would thus better his
financial condition.
The wife remained at her home iu Alle
gheny, receiving frequent letters from her
husband, all of them c juched in terms of
fond endearment. Finally ho becamo des
pondent and wrote that ho would rather
dio than be separated from the only wo
man he ever loved. The next news was
that ho had committed suicide. The body
is now on the way to Pittsburgh, and tho
octoroon wife avows her determination to
obtain possession of it for burial, even if
she has to resort to legal process. She has
considerable property and many friends
who havo stood by her during her marital
trouble. One child is the fruit of tho union
a bright little fellow, who bears a strik
ing resemblanco to his father.
L.yuka, the l'olsoner.
Tho London Standard describes the ex
ecution at Stcinamonger, in Hungary, of
a peasant; woman from Szerdahely, named
Lyukas Kathia, for a series of crimes
which had excited universal horror. The
criminal was fifty-two years of age, short
iu stature and of a placid aspect. Sho
procured a large quantity of arsenic upon
tho pretence that her houso was overrun
with rats, and mixed tho poison in little
cakes, which she disposed of at a high
prico to persons who desired to get rid of
their relatives. Her customers wero chief
ly wives who had got tired of their hus
bands, lovers who thought the removal
of a rival would facilitate their own pur
poses, and even sotno children purchased
tho cakes, that by offering them to elder
ly relatives they might tha moro rapidly
como iuto tho possession of their proper
ty. Lyukas killed two husbands of her
own, and sh:: was a-'fiiMid of twenty-six
other mutders, six of which she confessed
sho had committed.
At tier trial this arch-prisoucr assumed
au air of great piety, and stood the whole
day with a rosary in her hand, sho being
a member oi a Rosary club founded by the
Dominicans. The result of tho trial was
that she was sentenced to a long term of
penal servitude ; but the crown appealed
against this inadequate issue, and tho
court of appeal sentenced her to death.
Dining her imprisonment Lyukas spent
ail her timo praying or receiving spiritual
consolation from the priests, to whom sho
confessed. Upon tho scaffold sho blessed
tho bystauders with an air of great fer
vency. The convict's only daughter at
tempted to bo pi csent at the execution,
but sho was prevented entering tho yaid,
and as she turned away she barely escaped
being lynched by tho mob assembled out
side. Threw Her U!uiuo:h:.- tr tlio lire.
llurrisburg Telegraph.
Among thoso who came from Carlisle on
Wednesday night to witness " The Qaoon's
Laco Handkerchief," at tho opera house,
was a gentlemau and his wife, who remain
ed over night at a prominent hotel. Before
retiring the lady placed her diamond car
rings, valued at $1,000, in tissue paper and
placed them on the Juneau. Iu tho morn
ing after completing hor toiler, she was
arranging things on the bureau and seeing
tho tissue paper picked it up and threw it
into the open grate. As sho did so it
flashed through her mind that her dia
monds wore wrapped in tho p.tpcr and she
made a dive for it as tho blaze caught and
consumed it. Ono of tho earrings waa
pulled out with tbo burning paper but the
ether remained in tho midst of tho red hot
eoals. The lady, forgetting pain, picked
the jewels from the fire with her fiugors,
burning them considerably. Tho dia
monds wero all right, but their gold set
ting wa much tarnished. A jawclor
placed ibora in good condition in a short
lime.
A. i;natni;ui'n SIntriiuonial Adventures.
Isaac ITordman, who at ono timo
worked on the Morris canal and later was
employed iu E.vston, ban created a sensa
tion by his numerous matrimonial adven
tuies. Some years ago he married a
woman in Jersey City, who had previously
been divorced. She bore him a son, but
soon died. Sho willed him $300, all h3r
savings. This was ia July, 1831. In
August llcrdman married Aunio Ken
nedy, of Newark, and they lived together
until last summer, when llcrdman went
on tho canal boatiug. Ho camo to Easton
and met Annie Fritz, to whom ho offered
his heart and possessions and was accept
ed. Two weeks ago they married, but
after livine together seventy-two hours
Herdraan left and took up his quarters in
South Easton. Thero ho mot Mrs. S.
Garis, a grass-widow, and, it is said,
becamo engaged to her. Miss Fritz, hear
ing this and learning of his former capers,
had him arrested for bigamy and ho now
awaits trial in jail. Ho is about 35 years
old and rather good-looking.
A Lad's Fatal Fall While .Skating.
John D. Gardner, agod 12 years, a son
of Rev G. F. Gardner, a Lutheran clcrgy
mau, with a number of other boys, was
skating on Martin's pond, in tho southern
part of Allcntowu, when ho fell and his
head struck a stone, causing a fracturo of
tho bo of the skull and concussion of
tho brain. His companions carried him to
tho bank, thinking ho was only stunned,
but after gasping several times he died.
Tho body was carried to Muhlenberg col
lege, which he attended, and thenca taken
to the home of his parents.
Two Criminals rnulshec!.
At Uuiontown Judgo Wilson seutouced
Lareucc Hickey for four years and six
months and John Dougherty for three,
years and six mouths iu tho Western pen
itentiary. Dougherty recently shot and
severely wounded Mrs. Michael Michaels,
of Brownsville. Hickey is tho wretch who
made an assault on a seven year old
daughter of Mrs. Lottcustcin, of Conners
ville, and narrowly escaped being lynched.
1 he Girls ittnst On.
A difficulty in tho medical college in
Kingston, Canada, growing out of tho at
tendance of tho femalo students at. certain
lectures and clinics, which caused tho
malo students to withdraw, has been
settled by the faculty. The females now
attending will bo allowed to finish their
coarse, bat no moro of tho sex will bo ad
mitted to tho college.
llody Saatctierj uouvictotl.
The colorod mon, Lovi ami Rjbert
Chow, wero convicted of tho gravo rob
beries ia Lebanon cemetery, Philadelphia,
yesterday afternoon, after a brief trial.
McNamee and Fillet, tha white conspira
tors, pleaded guilty. Sentcnco hai not
yet been pasted. Drs. Forbes and Leh
man, of Jefferson cnlloge, aro under $5,000
bail.
YVli.it ma Hangman Did.
Criminals convicted of murder were
hanged yesterday as follows : Peter
Thomas, colored, at Mansfield, Louisiana ;
John Redd, colored, at Scale, Alabama,
and James Lcigtcn Giimore, white, at
Dead wood, Dakota.
Floods In tho Hortltwcsi.
Thero havo been very heavy rains in
Oregon and Washington territory during
last thrco days, and much damage has
been done to tho railroads by floods.
Houses, mills, bridges and other property
have been swept away, but no loss of life
is reported.
llarled UnrtorTaa Tons o Sand.
Two miners named Sheppcrd and Levi
were found dead at Juniata sand mines,
throo miles oast of Lswistown, buried
under ten tons of saud.
A Ottmblln; Supreme Court Judge.
It is reported that a Southern mombcr
of the gupremo court spent Thursday
night in a faro holl, losing largo sum of
money all that ho had with him. Tho
leport is denied.
WELL DONE.
TUK .M.V. A. SUBSCRIPTION CL.OSKU.
rull Amount Subscribed to Defray the In-
IcItettnos Upon the l'roneriy of
the Association.
It is a pleasant duty to report the full
amount subscribed that was needed to
meet the entire indebtedness upon the real
estate of tho Young Men's Christian asso
ciation and its valuable library and read
ing room. Lancaster has never done any
thing more worthy of record, and our citi
zens are to be congratulated upon the re
sult of the energetic canvass which a few
gentlemen of public spirit have been
making in behalf of this most important
centre of wholesome influence
Tho list of subscribers given herewith
could almost have been selected from tho
directory by one familiar with Lancaster,
but it docs not include all tho good names
that would bo here had it been found
necessary to iucreaso the amouut. Four
of our best-known citizens aro down for
five hundred dollars each, and a gentleman
of the county, Mr. Samuel Miller, who has
showu much interest iu tho association
and whoso continued generosity towards
it has been heartily aonreciated. contri
butes a like amouut. Our leading busi
ness men aud other public-spirited citizens
subscribe generously. Some persons who
wero unablo t) subscribe as much as
twenty-live dollars, but who wished to
aid the association, have made smaller
contribution'?, amounting iu all to up
wards of a hundred dollars. To these also,
for thoir good will no less than for their
substantial help, the committee make
their grateful acknowledgments.
Tho following is the full list of subscri
bers in amounts of twcuty-Ovo dollars or
over, omittting, by request-, individual
mention of smaller sums :
ll.Uuutnjr .i-iiner. .
ticoi-jit, K. lieed...,
C li.lirulji)
riuinui-l Miller
Ilolun A. K vim...
SWiKiiw. .1. Z.i'.'in
,.Vo i:enj. V. Stienk
..r.00!.Jo!iii i'aer'ri Son-. .
..-OO'.I. It. Mvin-.'-lon . ...
..WW, lr. J. I.. Atle'
It. IS. .Martin..
.lUijGoo. l. pteehur...
B. I. Miller
K. J. Houston..
J no. It. Wartel.
....110
....1011
...AM
....100
Ur. M. I.. Heir
Tho. .. Friinkliu..
Henry . Miiitiii
Jolm Keller
Jno. 1. Skiles..
A. r.itner 10)
l:m'l o.ltuker
Marriott Uioniiw
John Mutzlur.
J. H. Widiiiver
Tlio-j. i;;iuui;:irlnei Ku
Jno. I. llaitni:m....l(ll
H. i;. .Moore too
C. A. llitnur lno
S. S. Spencer liw
A. Ilerr Smith 10:1
.1. Hav Jlrown It 0
.1. v.r. is. isau-ni'iu..
1). C. Ihtverstlelc....
A. (.'. Keinoelil
S. S. llith
J. II. lliiiiiiiuurtlner.
J. I!. Good 10!)
John C llajjer 10J
U.'iiri-ti.tn G.wt.
J. 1 AlcCa-fcuy. ...10iriinii & Willsou.... S."
Ciias. A. iiciiiitsh..iuu John lie-t -
Jacob ISau.-uiiiin loo
A. V. Ilns-ell 100
Mvers .V K:it!iroii...K.O
WUllatU5OnFo.sterI0J
Watt. Sliinil .V Co.. 10)
Geo. M. :!ciuu)iin...lOO
!. Jlahly
Tho'. IS. Cocnran .
John A. Itutisiiuui.
Samuel ISurns
IS. F. ICalilesntm ...
fit
Win Am; Allee.
Sani'l. Moore, jr K.O Henry E. Lenin
Fr.iucW Kiiro.ior loo'.loini s. mvicr s Co
Gideon W. Arnold. .lOJJGco. K. .filers ... .
Nathaniel Klliiiukurlliii i.l. V. Jtvrin:
J. 1. Wjekcrshaiii.
100111. K. Fulton
U. J, McUiuun
Jiunes ISlack
II. G. I.oii
M. V. IS. C'oho
A. F. Il'istetter
Jas. F. liiL-ksecker.
Mitruiiret llcithu.
Syhilhilici'Khti....
Win A. lleitshu...
,W) (jhrn. Witlinyer
. 50 D.uiii Gnihiim
. r.OIIMivii! IS. I.uiniU
. ."')' James II. MiuMi ill .
. .'oC. A. Fori Dersmitli.
. ft 1), II. It.irtholouicw.
. ."!.). I:, isimer
. r.o Lewis . Iliirtuian..
. rot
Tho purpose of this fund is to secure a
permanent house for tho Christian asso
ctation, its free reading roim and public
libraiy, in which it can do its work, both
secular and religious, for tho youth of
Laucaster, untram moled by condition and
ombar: asset! by debt. Meetings for tho
study of literature or science, classics in
specialties, lyceumsandsimil.tr organiza
tions for mutual improvement will also here
bo sccuroly and comfoitibly ' at home, '
as the place is designed to bo a centre ii
all good influences, intellectual ;.s well a.
moral and spiritual.
Libraries and readiug roins have been
opened before in Lancasfer, with fair
prospects of support and continuance, and
have beets supported fur a time, but one
alter another they havo been closed, bj
cattsc there has been nothing behind them
to insure permanency once that public in
terest had died. It is purposed here to
continue tho union of a library and read
ing room with au organization which, by
a constant struggle, often under iuo-r
discouraging circumstances, sustained
both for a decade an organiz itiou upon
whose vitality, only in a less degiro than
upon that of tho church, it is safe to reck
on for gonorations. For tho Young Men's
Christiau association, non-sectarian iu
character, but Christian in spirit, ha?, in
tho providence of God, wo believe, come
into tho world to stay.
For tho purposo of electing a board of
trustees aud of appointing a committee to
put tho cu.iro matter into proper legal
form, iu accordance with tho conditions
under which thcabovo subscriptions have
been mada a meet ing of the subscribers to
tho fund will bo held iu the audience ro. ui
(second floor) of the Young Men's Chris
tiau association on Thursday evening
next, 21st inst., at 8 o'clock.
A HANDSOMt: LODC.y.K'JOM,
lNiie-t:j;;i Council Mi. !. O. U. A. 31. t;iv.t)
the rubllu to lnsjiout It.
The now lodge room of Concstoga couu
cil No. 8. O. U. A. M., iu tho Inquirer
building, has been very handsomely fur
nished and will bo thrown open for the
inspection of tho public on Wcdnes.lay
evening next, from seven to half past nine
o'clock. The meeting room is fifty feet in
length by thirty iu width. Tho walls arc
finished iu pure white and ;u them hang
tho charters of council No, S, t!:o degica
council and portraits of distinguished
mechanics. Rchiud tho worthy council
lor's chair hangs sin elegant portrait of
Washington. The rojni is carpotcd in
lino Brussels carpat, and thu win io.v.s cur
tained with crimson blinds. Two rows of
oak chairs with perforated seats aro
arranged on either sido of the roo:i,
to tho number of nearly ono
hundred tho rear row bsing placed
upon a dias somo nine inches sibove tho
floor. Tho pedestals of the ollbos aro of
walnut, finely finished. On either side of
the v.oithy councillor's chair aro desks for
socrotaries. and iu handy distance against
the sido wails aro largo bookcases for their
use. In tho centre of tho room stands the
altar of walnut and oak Tho room Is
lighted by a number of handsome gas
chaudelicrs with cut glass shades.
Adjoining the main hall aro two ante
rooms, ono intended for tho uso of com.
mittees and the other as a waiting and re
galia room. Both rooms aro handsomely
carpeted and curtained aud provided with
chandeliers to correspond with those in the
main hail. Iu tho regalia room aro sever
al large wardrobes for tho usooftho coun
cilsand other organizations that may lease
tho room. Above the door leading from
the antc-rcom to tho meeting room is a
haudsomo American bhicld bearing the
word "Welcome." Thn committee room is
furnished with a haudsomo writing tabb-,
and a number of chairs, and on tho wails,
hang tho beautiful banner belonging to
tho council and the largo silk fuueial flag
which was tho only property saved by tho
council at tho time the Inquirer building
wa3 burned, except tho cabinet organ,
which occupies a place in tho meeting
room. The hall and ante-room arc all
heated by steam and arc very comfort
able. The council extends a hearty invi
tatiou to the public to givo them a call on
Wednesday evening.
Sir FrancI-4 KiilnirnV Tearful li:.-Ury.
Family Herah!.
ilavo tho applicants for oificu become
so scarco i-i Mio Republican party that
boys must by olaccd in the positions which
should bo Iie.lii by men and ex-soldiors at
that; aud that one man must fill two fat
positions at one time ?
I'atit otr.
Last evening the employees of the Penn
sylvania railroad, in this city, were paid
off for the month.
CULU3IUIA EW.
From Our Kegutar Corresiior.aout,
James Wilson is visiting friends iu Inn
caster. Samuel Pence is home from Chi
cago with an order for 150,000 cigars.
M." P. B. Vache is belt2 and Mr. Theo
dore L'zb.m is out of doors airaiu after an
attack of typhoid malaria. James Z'ruer
is home from Gettsbuir theological
seminary to spend the holidays. Two
larzc turkeys wero stolen from Mr. Jolm
Yeager's chicken coop last night. Ex
cursion tickets at two-thirds on Reading
it Columbia Decsmber 23 24. 25. J'.Oand
oUt. 1SS5, aud on January lsr. lS$:i( L'oad
until January 2d 1SSU. W A. King
is closing out "his grocery but
will continue his bakery. Tho
Friends' meeting will bo iu the
Cherry street church to-morrow morning,
and Rev. R. W. Humphries, of tha Meth
odist, will exchange pulpits with Rev.
W. C. Graff, of Washington, iu the morn
ing, and in the evening Rjv. Callaway, of
Philadelphia will preach. Shootinjj match
for turkey.- at river front on Union street,
this afternoon, and to night a rafllo at the
Seven Stars hotel, Front street. The
lockup is full of tramps everyday. Theio
have been several breaks, through the ico
by skaters on the river Kdwntd Fager
had a birthday party at his house hist
night. Ono of Mr. Patton's clerks
has identified tho overcoat stolen
from his stoiv by the sae.ik thief
whose an est iu Lancaster has bjen chron
icled in tho I.vn:r.r.iGExcr.i:'s loot! col
umns. 'Squire Grier committed .lohn
Myers, drunk and disorderly, to pi is u for
thitty davs. Tho dancing school is a
success. P. R. It pay car here Ball will
will le held iu armory Christnrss atjernion
and evening.
t.;!mu t:i- ISitN iteliitid Htm.
' Chariot Glnckler, wh. Pas had until
leeently a shoe stor. '' I hi-comer cf
' Third and Chen y siice;. has left town
r.itli!".- suddenly. leaving a miml-i r of tin
:-'.. bill'- b hind
Th.- g vls ..:
!l- -ttl:
WOlt: It O .-fPlVM', J'.tCivf
1
. up ;: ii!:!.;. ami
taken to the Penury I van-a r.i'.iro.nl freight
depot. When tins fact becamo kuowa
one of his cicditers had ; liil ; -eizusc
issued on the good, but for muiio reason
it did not amount to anytlrng, and the
goods wcr.: taken away in .-afety. Glock
Ier'.s neighbors now understand the, mean
ing of tho hammering noises which they
heard issuing fro in Ins .-lo;e utiril far into
the nights.
Z; .!! liiltneil.
?Jrs. James Uoy.-. whoiliel '. Wednes
day fioin the ic.sult of iujuiit.s seceived
Jast Saturday, will bo buried to-nuMiow at
10 o'clock al IronvilJe. The aecident oc
curivd wl ilo she was rendering lard, ifer
, dress em ;hl. lire and bcfoie :t j-.it:ni;e
joiild Iv giwu, she was terribly burned.
' Death emie to her as p. m -reiful relief to
terrible suffering. Her I, lend.- aro invited
to attend the funeral.
riiKlilen !.V..t!l.
L'isL evening John McFarl.u.d. acd over
.10 e;i;s. who icsidcs at Chiqyes. fell over
while at'-tirling to some hoises in a .stable,
and iu a sdinrt time was dead. A short
timo b-;fo:e his death he returned from
Marietta, whero ho had been ia a wagon
and was at, patently in good health. A
ru-h of bloofl to tho head was th; cause
of his death. Ho was an old resident of
i Chiqucs and leaves n wife and lamily to
! mourn his death.
I The GutU-r S::'.)en !l'.t!iit.
' A havqnet was held at Warren'.-, res
tauranr. b-t night by tho Gutter
.Snipes," v, !: take their vacation at Reh )
hthri.. .sitnimer. Same wet present
from L'tnonNti r i.n.l Phii.idflp u i. Twenty
one attended :t'il 'ijoy.il themselves
highly. Uc-lva :: s of every soi I tempted
their pil.i .; Singing and specchmalrng
we.e live'y indulged i;i, also champagne.
Tnr.j iliiicntiou r tided about 1 ::0 ;. m.
OitlTUAIiV.
tSvittli of ur. Tim-. If. :..
Dr. Tvomas R. Cox, a bon ol' S-Mimcl P.
Cox, dii ii suddenly this morning sibout 11
o'clock at the icsidtnci; of his father, No.
:;.'. K:st Germ;. n stieel. About ten d;js
ago Dr. Cox was attacked with pneumo
nia which confined him to his bed, but by
cnioful trrn'm nl he gradually leeoved,
stud ye.MersIay appeared to bo q li't; well.
This morning he got up, dsc.-scd himself
aud '-Vdiit ftom his own rojm t j tho chil
dren's vurseiy and sang mcrrilj. Shortly
after 11 o'clock ho complained to his sinter
of pain in the region of tho hen:-, walked
to his own room aud to thu bul, and be
fore his lather, wno was immediately i-enr.
for. could roach him, ho died his death
l2tng caused by neuralgia of the heart.
Dr. C.ix was about 23 yeais of age. and
had si brilliant professional pr rp-ct. Ho
was a graduate of the high school, of this
city, being a member of tho rl.is- of 187-1..
Ho studied medicine under Dr. M. L.
Ilerr, and in 1879 graduated at the Jeffer
son medical colkge. Philadelphia. He
commenced the piacticc of medicine
in this city, :-nd by hi skill, cons. ant sit
tetuioii io btt-in ss, and gentle maimer,
was fast wisiniug his way to au excellent
practice. His death will bo deeply regut
1 ted by a very large number of warm per
1 sonul friends, and his parents will receive
the heaitfelt sympathy oi the community
in their sad bereavement thi.s being the
! second s-on they have lost within :: y ar.
Deatti iC lilsts Sus Girvm.
Mijs Sue Girviu, a teacher in one of the
secondary public school-; i f this el'y, died
at a Lite Lour la-t night at her horn:?, 1:21
S. Duke street, after a painful ilhiivsfrom
Drighl's disease of tho kidnexs. Mi.-v.s Gsr
vin was :: native of Strasburg township.
After tcschitig for several years iu tho lower
end of th county, she came Lancaster
and foi thirteen years past has been te.ieh
ingin ono f tho secondary ' s-ekoo's. and
was regarded, aliko by patron-., directors
and pupils, as being one of the most com
petenr, successful r.nd intelligent membt is
of the teaching force in this city. A sad
coincidence of her death is, that "hi r si.vtcr
and constant companion for many years i.
lying at the pjiut of death in tho same
housj.
IJeuSli ( JiSr ."ilury tlilclcm in Uenm.-Hiii.
The death not 'eo of Mary C. daughter
of the late Dr. Edwin llaldfiiun and
wife of Neil Dvntiison. of Columbus, Ohio
will be found in thi-i is-uo of tho Intelli
gence!:. Mrs. Dennison was :; beautiful
and accomplished young lady, weli-known
and much beloved in tho social circles of
Eastern Pennsylvania, which her graces
of mind, heart and poison long adorned.
Ilcr domestic griefs have lately been 11 o
subject of sotno newspaper sensation and
doubtless of much exaggeration, through
out sill of which her dignity of character
asserted it,:-ejf so as to command the nn
faltering sympathy :-,n.l respect of all her
friend,:
rro;i. .-,' : ''tin v.j! ! ?!aript.
Marietta Time-.
Dr. Alfred D. Clark, of Lancaster, sou
of J..m,js IJ. Ci.irk:, formerly ef this place,
will ri'sn.ive to Marietta on January IS.
183:, and open an olliso in the rooms form
erly occupied by Dr. Stump. Dr. Clark is
a graduate of the best dental college in this
country, aud wo are sure w'll givo satis
lactiou to any in need of hhn.
IClbs ItroKcn.
Tiiis morning Joseph Dorwart, saddler,
rchiding on South Water :;ticcr, v.hi.'o
walking en Hast King street, slipi 'd on
the ico a'i! fell heavily, breaking ono or
two ! hi lib. Tic was taken to his home
by John Hrock and tb'MO received proper
surgical attendance.
A I.nRUtcr County Or:ni-;-.r.
Tha str.'o grangrs IV.t-rons of Husbandry
which iiad been in s.; io:i at Harrisburg,
adjourned after tTi.- t lection of officers
among whom was Mr. Jarue.i G. McSpar
ran, of Fairfield this county, as overseer.
THE QUARTER SESSIONS. Y
DlSl'.VrCllJMJ IIIKCITKKKNT HtlSINK-S
IMunril Warner A ultrrt or Hape Mt.
JoV IJIsonlerlj iy Fito ul Them
Ilruiigltt I'ctorM Court.
Friday afternoon. In tho case of tho
Com'th" v.. Edward Wagner, charged
with rape, J. L. Stetnmetz, esq., of the
counsel for the cjmmonwesilth, begau the
closing speech, at the opening of com t.
Ho spoke until shortly after 4 o'clock.
The court then charged the jury aud they
rotiied at half past 4 o'clock. The court
then stated that they would rise until !
o'clock, but. in casc-the jury should agree
the bell would be rung. Shortly after .1
o'clock the bell began tinging and the court
room was soon filled. The counsel soon
arrived aud tho jury were brought in
They at ouco rendered their verdict, which
was ono of not guilty : as soon as the
verdict was announced Wagner was sur
rounded by his counsel and a largo num
ber of friends, whose congiatnlatious ho
received.
Ce L'untlniieil.
It wa- found that the ease of William
Munroo, who is also charged with rape,
could not bo reached, and was continued
to the first day oi tho January court. It
was expected that tho case of Charles K.
Miller, charged with burning the houso d'
Charles White, would la tried this week,
but ir was also continued for want of
time.
This morning the court met at 10 o'clock
for the hearing ot curt cut, business.
The case of John S. Albright, charged
with desertion by his wife, was dismissed
with county for office costs, the parties
haviiig made an amicable arrangement be
tween themselves.
County Soliol'.e K ii...n was granted an
issii" to try b jui what amount of dam
ages, if any. ;iii-i's to Philip JVitts and
Chii.-Mau Arli'th. by tle proposed widen
ing of i3. mi'.! Christum sttiet
le.r,l.-ri i :...
Henry Heilig, Wm. L. Koch, Franklin
M. lluek, E. L. Nobbs and George Kach
man, are tho names of live boys who were
ariesteil at the passenger depot in Mom.t
Joy, for acting in a disorderly ntanm r.
They wire committed to prison for 10
dajscach, on Thursday by 'Squire Mc
Fadden. Thi.s morning they wero taken
before thu court on writs of habeas eoipus
aud their discharges weie asked for. The
evidence showed that ie boy.- belong to a
party who mako a habit, oi lo.iii'-g annuel
tho depjt, where they annoy the raibotd
employee and psirsengeis by being noisy,
using vulgar langu.ige and acting disor
derly generally. The citizens or Mount
Joy complained of their conduct, and t.ha
railroad company ate dotes mined to break
up the gang. For that purpose, tin1 3- had tho
boys sine.sted. This morning the company
was leprescnted iu coiut by eo;ii;.-el, and
the discharge was opposed. Alter heal
ing the evidence the patties inteiested lor
the boys ague:'. 1. 1 go bail for their good
behaviour, if the court would discharge
them. This was satisfactory to all,
:ud hail was furnished in thu sum
of $200 for tsich of th party
to be of good behavior for the period of
six mouths, and the defendants weie then
discharged. The court gsivo thu biysa
severe reprimand and warned them what
tho consequence would bo if the' sue
again brought before them on the ssiiuo
charge.
Court adjourned tot." o'clock p. m.
Xxt W'c. hrt Court.
On Monday morning Ike icgular argu
ment eoiirt will begin. Tho li-t is 1:101
snally large, thero being fJ-1 eases down fi.r
hcaiings. Tiny sue divided :;s foKows :
Common picas, '.)" ; orphans' court, 18 ;
quarter s.es'stons, li. Inn large number of
tho cure:; new trial.' arc asked for.
TMI. VOrSO IIKUIM'KACY.
A ."ilefctlnj; o! ttiis Vixttii Men" leiiii.-r,tlt:
Club Tlio Kii-ims- Tr;'ifiiCt-'U.
A meeting of the Voting Men's Demo
cratic club was i. eld in Dotsh's buildine.
North Queen stieel, Friday evening. :it
which theio ...tsa go-,d s:ttendanee. It
was agreed by the club that it. should I t
come a pcrmuurut organization, smd a
committee was ssppeinted on coustitini.ui
and by-law.1, and it was further popotd
aud agreed to that rooms should be so
cured iu a favorable lotv.lity, iculcu at .1
suitably furnished.
The club also determined to attend i:-'
inauguration of Governor elrcl P- tli.-oti. 1
the llJ'h of Jatiiiaiy :u a body, audagtxd
that arrangements should b'- made for si."
issue of tickets to Dai risbu rg at ictluced
rates. It was al-o concluded that si ball
should bo held iif.-'-r the :utupioes of the
club on the -Sth of Jji'iury. of which fui
titer particulars will bo made known hitei.
Cliri-i ::!. Tree.
This morning, for the liist time this
season, there was a pretty good --upp'y of
Christmas trees asid o. her greens iu C
tre Square, lut tho men ami b-.-u' 1
gathered and prepared them fortnaik.'
complain that they found rather lew 1 1
turners Tiers and bough.- of sp;u -.
hemlock, pine, cellar, jt.tiipur aud orl t r
tvergraeu.-. sold a prices raugisig ail b
way from g,1 cvutstil .10. Holly brane
weiv held at lOfrtW cents Laurel u.t'i
bright red beiries sold at ." cents a bun .
Good mess sold a. $l(u,$l.,1i) per barn I. r
. cents for s; good sized mat kit bn.-i.er
full. Tied greets wete olleied at I.V '..'
c?ut per yaid. Wreaths of cirv.sto ,
turkey beard aud other Mailing v.ii.Nt
gieens, tl eked with bright beiries s !-! at
1.1(h,J.1 cents. The ventloss expect a better
market next .tcck.
.ll::yorj Court.
The niavor ha'i a baker'.-du.en of 1 ::s
tomcrs this rooming, tm of whom ro
tramps who voluntarily .sought shelter 1 --t
night and were discharged tl i
morning. Ouo was a dssiuderly, w.n
w;i8 e inimitted for live dstjs. :u.d
twodiuuken aud disorderlies w.10 -.v. 10
comtniittd for 10 and '20 days respect ivi
One of the.-,- v.v.i the notorious "Senrttir
Tsiggart r' who has often been there be
fore, and whoso name, for the lirst time,
appeals on tho polieo record as "Kol.vit
Malcolm Vd.:on MoCulI..i"' which s
probably his teal name.
i:uu:iuy AecItK-itt.
Yesteiday afteriio-in a rather seiii us
litnawsiy occmicd on he hill just this side
of Witmer'n bridge. A man named Ivellei-wa.-.
driving two mules, hitched to a heavy
wagon belonging to Newton Lcfover, and
loaded with funsituie, down the hill, when
ho lost control of the animals aud they
stsirted to run. A wagon asid a carriage
were coming up tho hill at tho timo and
the wagon struck both. The carriage was
broken badly and a woman and child weie
thrown out but not hurt ; the buggy was
badly damaged also.
A C"M I Is: th.
OaTlurdiy as two ftndcutsof tho
MiPersviiJc Normal fcchool wero skatiig
on the CmiChtttga, ncor riheuk's woods,
the ico broke under them and they went
to the bottom. Some boys who saw thu
accident rau to a farmer who was not far
off aud asked him to assist the student?.
lie replied that he hadn't time, and at any
rate ho didn't like to help people out of
the water 0.1 m-Mj a iv,!d day, lest ho
should iot vict hire t P. Fortunately thu
young .neii managed to get out with, v.iy
his a-.1," stance.
Sl.;i-ry hit it in.
In many parts of the city the streets aio .
quite icy stud horses have a great deal of
trouble getting alsng. Several persons
fell isi the neighborhood of tho Pennsyl
vania passenger depot this morning, and
wero badly bruised.
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