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WEDNESDAY EVENING DEC. 20, 1882,
A Problem In Anatomy.
Dr. Forces, demonstrator of anatonn
in Jefferson collegers under a number of
indictments in Philadelphia for compli
city in robbius a colored graveyard in
that vicinity of its bodies. The business
has been systematically conducted for
some years, and the college seems to have
relied upon this source for the supply of
it j subjects for dissection. The instru
ments, who actually stole tho bodies
out of the burial ground, have been found
guilty. There is no room to doubt that
the demonstrator of anatomy at the col
lege was equally guilty with them.
Tucre is as little reason to question that
he did nothing that any other demon
str.ttor of anatomy, or any other sur
geon in fact, who seeded subjects for
dissection, would not have done. Every
0! knows that students of medicine
dissect the human body to acquaint
themselves with its parts. They :ire re
quired to do so before they can gel thri;
degrees as doctors of medicine. Tlioy
are obliged to get these degrees before
they are permitted to practice medicine.
The mlualvt ad ubsunbuu of the law in
this matter is transparent. Hero is Dr.
Foibes.who lias undoubtedly committed
what the law declare? to bj a crime:
and yet Dr. Forbes was required by the
law, as well as by necessity, to commit
the crime. For there is no way pointed
out by the law in which it is practicable
for the medical students, in the colleges
chartered by the law to give
them the degrees necessary to
enable them to practice their arl,
toobtu"n the number of subjects they
require, without stealing them. People
do not often sell their bodies before they
die, and their relations aro not author
ized to sell them if they were inclined
to. Public sentiment would not permit
them to do it, if the law did. It is a
notable thing that in this matter of fur
nishing necessary subjects for the dis
s:cting table, public sentiment is just ;is;
silly and contradictory as the law. Xo
b:dy objects to humau dissections ; in
fact, everyone approves them and rccog
nixes their necessity. Yet the general
sentiment is undoubtedly strongly
against those who violate graves to gut
the subjects ; and this, though every
one knows that, only in this unlawful
wavcana sullicient number of subjects
be got. There is hardly a doctor in the
land, particularly old practitioners in
the country districts, who have students
to teach, who has not sent them out to
steal the bodies they need, lie did it
himself when he was a student ; and
many a story may you haar from his
lips of the midnight adventures of his
adventurous youth.
Now, what are you going to do about
it ? Ar! you going to send Dr. Forb's to
prison for stealing bodies for his students,
and bo content w know that the prae
titiouers of an honorable calling can
only secure the education which you
demand from them by running the risk
of being sent to prison ? Manifestly it
will not do to throw our graves open io
free rilling; and jiut as manifestly it
will not do to put u.11 our doctors in
jail for doing what they all do, or have
done, and had to d i. The Legislature
had better consider whether it can do
something to remedy this absurd situa
lion. The doctors must, be provided
with some way of getting the human
subjects they need lawful!'. If this is
done tho need for stealing bodies will be
gone, and our burial grounds will not be
unlawfully invad'-d. An additional safe
guard to them would be in making
surgery and medicine distinct profes
sions, and authorizing only surgical stu
dents to use the knife, as they alone
need its practice.
Concerning Free Passes.
An esteemed correspondent from
Western Pennsylvania, a Democrat of
influence and a man of prominence,
writes as follows :
If you can prevail upon tho Philadel
phia members of the Legislature to foiego
their free passes over the railroads in
deed all the members from every part of
tho state you will have accomplished a
great reform.
Tho Philadelphia member.3, with their
pockets full of passes, come up to Harris
burg on Monday morning and icmaiti
there until Thursday afternoon, when the
Legislature adjourns. Theu they go back
to Philadelphia and take many country
members with them, thus only working
about thrco days iu tho week. Can't tlrs
be reformed ? I know it will bo a big un
dertaking, but tho pnoplo expect reform
and they will stand no nonsense, and the
time will come when a member who is
found with a railroad pass in hi ? iiocket
had better havo no pocket.
There is no doubt that the complaint
of this experienced and intelligent ob
server of political affairs is well founded.
The practice of members of the L?gisla
ture, judges andctherpublic officials, who
swear to support the constitution, taking
free railroad passes in violation of the
constitution is pernicious and demor.tliz
ing. Pad as it is in itselr, and ruinous to
public morals :is the example of it is, the
immediate, practical results as pointed
out in the communication we print is
the loss of much time to tho Legislature
and tens of thousands of dollars to the
state. Duriug tho last Legislature it
was the habit of that body to adjourn on
Friday at noon and not meet again until
Monday night. Members from all parts
of the stale were provided with passes
to carry them home, and the Philadel
phia gang had a special car put on weekly
to transport them to and fro, the de
bauchery and revelry on which were
sometimes so gross that luckless passen
gers crowded into it, doubted whether
they were in pandemonium or a menag
erie. The temptation to adjourn over Fri
day, Saturday and Monday is greatly
heightened by the chance of a free ride
to Philadelphia, and if members were
deprived of this they would most likely
do six days work a week like other peo
ple, especially as they draw $10 a day
pay for seven days in the week. It is
all an idle pretense that the business of
the Legislature and the work of the com
mittees will not admit of six days ses
sions in the week. After the first ten
days session, the Legislature can find
plenty to do for eight hours every
day in the week, and the commit
tees can meet in the evening. The most
of the members have nothing else to do
inllarrisburg; they will be better en
gaged if kept down to legislative work
and they will be better off if they
keep to it uninterruptedly, finish it up
and go home so much earlier. They will
most likely do this if they come with
out passes ; and, as they are allowed
mileage enough to pay six round trips
from their homes to the capital and
back, they can afford to reject passes,
for that is more frequently than they
should leave the capital during the ses
sion.
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The office of " fireman," which exists
at Harrisburg in connection with both
the Senute'and House, is nor,a-3 might be
popularly supposed, filled by persons who
make the fires which heat the chambers
in which these two bodies meet. For
that work ample provision is made
in the offices of engineer and as
sistant engineers. Thev make the
furnace fires and are well paid for it.
Put some years ago, when the demand
of the placemen had outrun the supply
of places, ornamental fireplaces were put
up in the House and Senate, and for tin
purpose of keeping these wj .l lites sup
plied with hickory logs the offices of
firemen were created, withpiy to the
incumbents at $0 per day. Wo trust
that there will bj no doubt nor delay in
the minds of tho Demosratic members
as to their duty to promptly abilisli this
roosting place.
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Thk publication of the Lnjislalicc
Jiccortl, the furnishing of state supplies,
the pasting and folding department, the
unnecessarily large number of door
keepers and sergeants at-arms, janitors
and pages, the big contingent funds, and
the enormous sums said to b2 paid for
cleaning the capital are ::onie of tiie
subjects for legislative reform to which
the people expect a Democratic House
to give early attention.
Wuii.:-: to day is not precisely 'Uioshoit
cst day,'' that distinction being geiierilly
givi.n to the 22.1 of December, there v, ill
be none shorter. The timo between sun
rise and sunset lcmaius nearly stationary
for a few days, when it will begin to
lengthen at a slow rate.
Mil. Auxin-n IIazen Ciiask, formerly
of Salem .Mass., was married yesterday at
the church of St. Augustin, Paris, France,
by the Reverend Abbo Van Den Brullo, to
Mademoiselle Leouie Marie, daughter of
the late Dr. Voillemier, of Paris, and tho
event is duly chioniclcd hi the advertising
columns of to d.iy'.i Philadelphia nowa
papciv.
Tin; Philadelphia Lahjcr complains
of tho lack of tho usual iu
dications of tha near approach of
the Christmas time in" that city, and
that '"Birnam woods " havo not "come
to Duu-inai'C," after the manner of timo
immemorial. If our esteemed contempo
rary could get a p?ep at Centre Square,
which presents the appearance of a verita
ble forest, he would conclude that he was
mistaken, and that tho witches' prophecy
had not failed of accomplishment after
all.
Candidati: and
of Carlisle is only
Cuntesta.n r Boli:u
hegiuuing to realize
what sport there is iu tiger hunting when
tho tiger begins to hunt the hunter. Ho
and his counsel fired off a heavy eharge
of powder, when they liied their petition
contesting Capt. Wagner's seat in the
Senate. Hut the attorneys on the other
side come baek at them with an answer
denying the averments of the contestants,
demurring to tho regularity of the petition
and alleging that Bosler's large vote was
iu a large measure, procured by the means
of corruption. The respondent's petition
names a number of men, who, he alleges,
purchased votes for Hosier, and prays the
court to dismiss tho contest and petition.
Just boforo tho election in Indiana,
which was deemed so important by reason
of its bearing on the presidential contest,
Garfield wrote as follows : ' From
Iwenty-fivo thousand to thirty thousand
voters of Indiana aro members of the
denomination of Disciples, aud at least
half of them aro Democrats. A quiet but
very earnest movement, wholly outside
tho state committee, has been organized,
aud is being vigorously and judiciously
pushed, with tho strongest probability
that at least two thousand livo hundred
changes of vote iu our favor will result."
The New York Sun, with much force,
asks : " What an outburst of indigna
lion there would bo if a Roman Catholic
candidate for office were thus to counto
uauce au appeal to voters for their sup
port based solely ou tho fact that ho and
they were members of tho same eun
muuion !"
Tun veterau editor of tho Pittsburgh
Post is (ally assured that Mr. Cassidy is to
be attorney general aud Mr. Stenger sec
letary ol state, and under theso auspices
it bespeaks for tho new state administra
tion tho confidonco of its party. When
Mr. Pattison's present knowledge of pub
lic affairs is reinforced by a 'brief experi
ence of the practical duties of the execu
tive offieo it expects to seo him lay down a
liuo state policy that will rally to his sup
port the elements of political life regard
less of party. As to his proposed cabinet
appointments tho Post regards Mr. Cas
sidy favorably for his skill as a politician,
his services to tho party as a peacemaker,
his personal integrity aud professional
qualifications. "As to Mr. Stengor, for
secretary of the commonwealth, his quali
ties aro of a high character. Ho is de
cisive aud prompt iu action ; a well read
lawyer and politician ; with that personal
magnetism that smoothes official duty.
The two men aro representative of tho
Democratic influences that united to nomi
nate and elect Mr. Pattison, but they are
something more in being thoroughly
abreast of tho times as to political reform,
honesty and economy."
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Oscar Wildes opinion ot America.
A prominent legal gentleman met Oscar
Wilde at dinner a night or two since, and
asked him what bis real opinion of Now
York was now that ho bad lived thero
nearly a year.
"Well, sir," said Mr. Wilde with a
plaoid smile, " my opinion is now formed
and it is that New York is a very good
place tor one to stop for dinner on one's
way to Yokahama."
THE LATEST KEWS.
TUJS TRAGIC HAPI.ENINlivJ OF A UA'.
Some Sensational Occurrences From alt
Part? at tho Country Suicides aud
Murders Two Ul-lated lirothers.
At Scrautou, Lafayette Marsh, of Haw
ley, whose brother Lewis was killed last
Saturday by tho boiler explosion on the
Pennsylvania coal company's gravity
road, met with a horrible death Tuesday
night. He camo to Scrantou with two
other brothers to arrange for the burial of
Lewis. They left at a late hour on a coal
traiu intending to jump off at No. 7 and
walk across the mountain to No. 9 plane.
The train did not stop at No. 7, aud in
jumping off Lafayette fell iu front of tho
midnight express irom JNew lork ami
was torn to pieces by the locomotive.
The corpse was removed to No. 9 plane
whcie the body of Lewis lay, and tho ill
fated brothers were placed side by side.
They will be buried at Hawley to-morrow.
A Groom's Mysterious Suicide,
Columbus Travis, who lives five miles
south of Fayetteville, Ga. committed
.suicide Tuesday morniug by shooting him
self in the mouth with a No. 2 Colt's re
peater, lie had been married just two
weeks to Mis Clyde urine, a (laughter ol
Jud-ro E. C. Giice. Biih families aro
among tho most respectable of tho coun
try. The deceased appeared exceedingly
sad for about a week beforo his death.
No writing could be found that would
givo any clue for the fatal act. His
young wife, who was greatly affected, said
she did not have the slightest intimation
but. that all was right and ho as happy as
she was.
liuiiiiway Coiijilo .-itilV.KMK-il by (Jill.
Thomas Doyle and Katio A. Morgan,
giving tho names respectively of William
Latis aud Katie A. Late, tho first-named
fiom Hangorfield aud the latter Irom Clay
ville, Oneida county, N. Y., who had been
boarding at a houso on Court street.
Rochester, were suffocated by tho escape
of illuminating gas in their room. They
wero evidently a runaway couple.
Attempts to Hum a Southern Toivn.
Thirty negroes have beeu arrested aud
lodged in jail for being concerned iu the
riot at Lincolutoii, N. C, seveial days
3go. The town is still guarded by citizen
patrols, but negro iuosudiarics have made
several attempts to buru the town.
Value of a !;!.
A jury iu the superior court at New
York rcn-ieicd a verdict for i?l,000 dam
ages in favor of Neil Harden and against
the New York Central railroad company.
Harden had his leg broken iu 1SS1 on one
of the company's plat for ".is at Sixty-fifth
street.
Ouili.Mh l.oi.:o
Nine prisoners escaped from the Pleas
antou (Tex.) jail aro inaugurating a rcigi1
of terror in that neighborhood by :;tealiug
horses and shooting at citizens at night.
Recently they seized a Mr. L.iwis, carried
him to tho wooite, near Plearanlon, and
riddled his body with bullets.
ASitluilIcr sent to Jail.
ChaiLs C. Spcrry, secretary of the
"Eiuopcau medical company." was yes
terday sent to jail at New York, in -de
fault of bail, ou tho charge of swindling
Mrs. Eliza Pared out of $5,703 and Charles
Rionzlo out of $20,000.
IK a DKsp.Kit.vri-: i-'l.V.
All Old Voni.m Ktiockml O.mn and K-ililud
By :i Supposed Tramp.
Fix's Hollow, a lonely locality in the
east end of Pittsburgh, was tho seuo of a
desperate outrage Tuesday morning. For
years pa:-t au old woman named Fix, who
has nearly passed the allotted threescore
years aud ten, has occupied a cheaply con
structed houe, surrounded by tw; or
threo acres of ground, with h"v son, .
man about o."i years of age, as her only
companion. The place is entirely isolated,
the nearest house being half a mile distant.
Tuesday morning, while old Mrs. Fix u.is
alone, an unknown man su: . !
to bo a tramp, entered iho hon.se,
and, alter binding and gagging
the old lady, rifled tbo house and
secured about fifty dollars iu money. Mrs.
Fix succeded iu freeing heitolf while tho
man was up stairs, and was abjufc to leave
the houss when ho assaulted her with a
poker, beating her in a iuot brutal man
ner, leaving her lying on the floor in an
unconscious condition, and, as he supposed
dead. At noon, when Mrs. Fix's son
Philip, who is employed in a brick yard
not far distant camo to dinner he found
the house loeked up, aud ho had to break
down tho door to get iu. Mrs. Fix de
scribed her assailant as a young man with
a full, red faco, black ruoustaeho and hair
aud wearing black pants, an overcoat and
slough hat. This is tho :.eond or thitd
titno that Mrs. Fix has been the victim of
a simil&r outrage, tho object iu each iu
staueo evidently being robbery.
(JKmiNAL, CAL.EN1) IK.
'.Tragic Occurrences in Various Ouartera.
Theio were three suicides yesterday at
New York II. P. Davis, a young Eng
lishman, who recently arrived iu this
country ; Henry F. Washburn, of Brook
lyn, a salesman, and Henry A. Sehmook,
a German.
William Dickens testified against D-xio
Knight in com tat Millingtou, Tcuis., on
Mond-.tj. Iu the evening Knight met
Dickens on the street and shot him dead.
Knight escaped.
In the supremo court of Mxssaehusetts
yesterday, at Woiccslcr, George II. llieh
aidson, of Charlton, was sentenced to
state prison for life for tho murder of his
father, Solomon II. KicLardson, last Feb
ruary. Henry Welder, a wealthy stock raiser,
aud lliehard Linn, who havo been enemies
for a number of years, met on a road near
Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday even
ing, when Linn shot Welder through tho
heart.
At Wadesboro, N. C, yestorday, Charles
iciuius, a revcuuo agent Jrom South
Carolina, attacked William HcnJey, au
editor, for having publicly denounced
him. when Heulev shot Fcrkmr, i)
three
times.
TtUlUIH-K &TOKM.
Twenty-tiro Vessels Wrecked In Green Uay.
A St. John's, N. F., dispatch says :
44 The schooner Mary Jane, which arrived
from Twillingate, reports that tho great
est storm of fifty, years was experienced
theio on Tuesday last'. Monday was de
lightfully fine, but that night tho wind
began to blow with gteat violence, accom
panied by heavy snow drifts, which cou
tiuued over forty. eight hours ; at times
iucreasiug to a perfect hunicaue. Twenty
two vessels of different sizes wero totally
wrecked iu Green Bay. At Littlo Harbor
the schooner Remusat was wrecked, it is
not known whether wholly or partially.
Wharves, stages and flukes wore swept
away in every direction. The schooner
Island Home, owned by Mr. Garland, of
Island Cove, was lost during the galo at
Kettle Cove, Conception Bay. The ves
eel was insured.
The storm raged with s.uch fury that it
was scarcely possible to do anythiug to
prevont ciafts from drifting upon tho
rocks.
Tho names of theso driven ashore iu
Twillingate harbor are Lucy, Ripple,
Erebus, Abysinnia, Peninsula, Restless,
Ransom and Ranger. Tho last two are
total wrecks, tho others partial. At tho
Arm tho Wild Rover and Dalleys went
ashore, and another craft, belonging to
Wab'rman & Co., at Back Harbor.
THIS Fllti: KKCOKD.
DMtructlon Wrought by the Flames.
Gothic Hall, an old landmark of Brook-
Iyn, was burned last night. Loa?, $20,000.
Edward Abercrombie andEdwaid Curtin,
firemeD, were badly injured by falling
walls.
About midnight ou Monday a fire at
Grand Forks, D. T., destroyed Casewcli's
photograph gallery, the Ottawa saloon,
Boston clothing store, Morehcd, Cuii
tonherson & Co.'s clothing store, Maloney's
barber shop, Johuson's dental office, 31.
Kuth's grocery store, tho Uuiou drug
store, the two real estate offices of Web
ster & McGilwav. tho office of Burrows &
St. Julien, and C. L. Baker's grocery
store. Lots, $100,000
A fire occurred last evening at Bo3ton
iu tho livo story building occupied by
John P. Lovcll & Sons, dealers in firearms
powder aud sporting goods, which was
caused by an explosion ot gas in the loner
story. Warreu Loveli, one of the firm
and Oscar Pcavy, a watchman, were badly
burned about tho head, throat and arms.
A series of small explosions of cartridges
caused a stampede among spectators, but
tho fire was soon under control. The loss
is estimated at $133,000.
TOPICS IN TKAUK.
Items of Intercut lu tho Commercial World.
The North Chicago rolling mills, which
have been partially closed, shut down en
tirely Tuesday. Tho reason given is iu
ability to get coke for use in the furnace.
They will probably resume work in Jan
uary. Articles ol mcorpoiatiou ol the Cons'li-
datcd Vanderbdt mining company wero
filed Tuesday at Milwaukee, Wis. The
capital stock is $1,200,000, and the object
of the company is general mining business
in Now Mexieo and elsewhere.
Tho viielimiuary preparations for ren
dering tho Wescr navigable for sea going
vessels from Brcmcrhavcn to Bremen havo
beeu finished. Tho work, it is estimated,
will cost 30,000,000 marks, aud wi:l
probably occupy six years. When com
pleted it will give au immense impetus to
trade between Bremen and New York.
The Atlantic giaut powder compauy of
California entered suit iu tho United
States ewint yesteiday at Pittsburgh
against Marcus Hulling.', for alleged in
fiingcineat of patents covering process of
manufacturing explosives. If they win
the ease it will .give them almost the mo
nopoly ot making explosives in tins coun
try. OIL..
Another 1'uiilclti i'lttAburch It:tuiii Decline
There was another pauie in oil on Tues
day. The market opened at 99 and elosed
at 85. Tho decliu'i was rapid, and wai.
caused by reports that tha Murchy &
Reno wells were flowing. Although no
estimate could be given of the production
of the wells, a panic set in at once and :i
heavy downward movement began. Heavy
blocks were thiown on the market and the
broker began to sell short. Tha news
spread and the. lobbty was soon blocked up
with a crowd of anxious m?n who had
bought on margins, and who were making
frantic efforts to keep out of deep water.
Tit.M.N TKbrXCOri'.D.
Thirly I ire Cur WrecKod 'Mid Noitnul fiaii
KUicdanil Woiinttcil.
A freight traiu was telescoped by an
other at Melrose, near Troy, N. Y., ou tbe
Troy and Boston road. A locomotive and
thirty-live ears wero wrecked. John
Rcardou, of Pittslicld, a brakeinan, who
had be. n discharged and was riding to
Troy in tho cuboJo to get lib pay, was
instantly killt.d. Frank Brtiudago, of
Pittslield, r, br;:!, cinan, is d.ving- from a
broken baek. Eilneer diaries Killing
beck, George Ciosr, and Dennis O'Brien
braksiuen, were injured, but will probably
recover.
Tho HoMir-Wayuer he:ia'ori;il CJor.ics!.
Mr. S. C. Wagner, senator ilect of the
82J district, in open court, tiled his reply
to the petition of James W. Bosicr,
his competitor, filed two week.-, ago. Mr.
Rosier et-utests Captain Wagu.-r's election
on tho ground of fraud and irregularities.
In his icply Mr. Wagner denies all charges
of hand on his part, ami avers that Bos
ler's large veto was ia a great measure
procured by means of conuption. The
respondent's petition names a number of
men, who, ho alleges, purchased voter, for
Busier, and prays tho couit to diiuniKs the
contest and petition because: Fust, lesrs
than twenty of tho petitioness thereon are
qualified voters ; Second, less than live
qualified electors made oath to tho truth
of the facts stated in tho petition : thitd.
J. w. Rosier is disqualified from holdiug
the oiiico ly reason oi his coirupt use ot
money ; lourth, respondent was duly elect
cd. Bosler's attorney asked for timo to
examine tho respondent's petition, and
the court fixed Saturday, the 23,1 instant,
for a further heaiius.
Had Good Kefuroncc3.
P. J. White, of Scrantou, Pa., was ar
rested yesterday yesterday at New York,
charged with passing a counterfeit $o bill
of tho National bank of Troy on r. Bowery
hotel-keeper. White said that Samuel j.
Tilden and John Kelly were personal
friends of his ; that he had been a school
teacher for twenty years, was a justice of
the peace and once ran for fctato senator,
but was defeated by one vote. Tilden and
Kelly, he said, backed him. United States
Commissioner Shields discharged Whito-
from custody, as tliero was a doubt
whether lie gave tho note iu quest ion.
a i.!;.ljier Ousted
Tho court of appeals of Virginia, yes
tcrday rendered a decision iu tho Peters
burg mandamus cases iu favor of Virgiu
ius Johnson (Democrat), who contested
the right of E. W. Couch, (Rcadjustcr),
tho present incumbent, to hold tho office
of city treasurer to which ho was elected
at the municipal election iu May lass, oa
the ground of not having qualified at tho
proper time. The court also rendered a
decision in favor of all the officers elected
to the Rcadjustcrs council ou July 11,
1882.
A Viillcy Forgo Monument.
Monday being tho 105th anniversary of
tuo occupation ot valley forgo by the
Continental army under Washington, a
meeting was held for tho purpose of takiug
steps towards the construction of a soldiers
monument iu this place. Colonel N. M.
Ellis, of Phccnixvillc, presided, aud after
adopting resolutions advocating tho erec
tion of tho monument, tho meeting ad
journed until the second Monday of Jan
uary, 1883.
A Strange Method or Hanging.
At Coopersburg, Mrs Elmira Troxell,
aged forty years, committed suicklo Mon
day afternoon, between tho hours of 4 and
0, by bauging herself in her bedroom to
the bedpost. Her bady was lying wholly
upon the floor, with tho exception of tho
head, which was within a few inches of
tho floor. No cause is assigned for tho
deed.
Ileatru by intuitu Slmrps.
Alfred Clock, 70 years old, a respected
citizen of Now York city, residing at No.
C39 Madison aveuue, was inveigled by a
party of ,4 bunko" men on Thursday af
ternoon last and lo3t $8,578 at the game.
His family notified tho police, and yester
day William Edwards, of Eighth avenue
and Fifty- seventh street, was arrested and
held in tho Yorkvillo police court as one
of tho swindlers.
Death of a l'ettcstrlan.
Dennis Donovan, the pedestrian, died
yesterday at Natick, 31 ass., of erysipelas
of the brain, aged 24 years. He wa3 the
champion fifty-mile runner, covering tho
distance in six hours aud eighteen minutes
at Providence two years ago.
Dangerously Shot with! Piece of Paper.
Henry Clifton was shot and dangerously
wounded at the "Variety theatre,in Laredo,
Texas, on Monday night, with a paper
wad fired from a pistol used ia the rehear ,
sal cf a play.
DIED AT SEA.
lSUKlED WITHOUT ANY UEUi:.UOKV.
A .WId Ocean Funeral A Wealthy fhlla-
delphlan Thrown to the Sharks and
Sea Monsters.
Concerning the death and burial at sea
of Charles Iugersoll, a prominent aud
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, the sub
joined statements havo been obtained :
Charles Ingersoll was last seen alive by
members of his family early in the spring
of tho present year, before his departure
for Europe. He was about 76 years of
age and in apparently vigorous health.
Somewhat eccentric in his way of doing
things, he merely stated iu his last letter
homo that he would sail fiom France
about tho Gth of August, not stating by
what steamer. It was not until the 7th of
September that the family has succeeded
in tracing the fate of their relative, and
this by dint of inquiries actively prosecut
ed by letters and ocean cable. The
French consul at New York has not to
this day sent any word to members of the
family, who visited the consulate in search
of information of tho deceased.
Mr. Ingersoll sailed on tho 5th of
August from Havre for New York, on the
French line steamer France. Among the
other Amciican passengers aboard was
one who makes tho annexed statement.
Mr. Iugersoll seemed to be more or less
indisposed during tho wholo voyage, but
did not encourage efforts made by a follow
passenger who sought to render friendly
services. Ou tha 13th of August, about
10 a. iu., Mr. Ingersoll fainted at tho
breakfast table, and was carried to his
state rjom, where he died about 2:30 p.
m , of the name day, the ship's surgeon
pnmouiic.itg the cause to bo consumption
or heart disease.
The passenger in question, believing
that tho body would probably bo commit
ted to tho waves early on tho next morn
ing, arofcc about 3 a. m. aud went on deck
when, iu reply to his inquiries, an officer
informed him that they wero about to
bury tho gcutleman who had died tho day
before. The passenger theu wcut below
and got three of his friends to get up and
go ou deck. About i a. in., he said, Mr.
Ingcrsoll's body, " Bowed iu canvas, was
brought on deck, where it was placed on
a piauk aud pitched into the sea, without
any ceremony whatever.
The steamer Franco arrived at Now
York ou tho 10th of August, forty-eight
hours after tho body of Mr. Ingersoll had
beeu dropped overboard. Tho usual report
was made to the French consul, to whom
the personal effects of the deceased pas
senger wore handed over. Among these
wero a pocket-book containing a card
hearing tho address of Mr. Ingcrsoll's
family, to whom, as stated above, no notice
of tho death was sent.
Inquiry among gentlemen who have
traveled on French steamers elicited tho
fact that the French law requires tho bur
ial at sea within 21 hours of iho timo of
death, the burial to take place before day
light aud that no such thing as a burial
service is known on thoso steamers.
A daughter of the lato Mr. Ingersoll,
how in Europe, has visited the Hon. Levi
Levy P. Morton, tho American minister at
I'aris, aud laid before him a formal com
plaint of her father's treatment, and it
is expected that tho complaint will bo
formally presented to tho French govern
ment. PERSONALS,
Hkxky I). Dckxison, a millionaire cou-
tiactor, died at Syracuse, N. l., on Mou
d ly night.
Fr.EDniii Gi:miAKDT has anived iu
Philadelphia and is stopping at tho
Bellcvue hotel, Mrs. Laugtry's lodging
place.
UOVKKNOK AND AlliS. llOYT Wilt g!VC a
a public rcceptiou to Oovernor-clcct and
Mrs. Pattison, ou Thursday evening next,
at tho executive mansion, beginning at H
o'clock and closing at 10.
IIox. Hannibal Hamlin was given a
public reception iu the city hall at Bangor,
Me. Mr. Hamlin said he had returned
home to stay, and could conceive of no
emergency which could take him away
from his lireside.
Sknatoii Cameuon has lost a whito
bulldog having a yellow spot on his back ;
answers to tho name of "Jack." The
president lost his setter pup iu New
York before tho election and found him,
although to lost tho state. Senator
Cameron has lost tho state aud tho bull-
dog. too.
s Ex-Sesatok Eaton
has concluded to
bo a candidate for speaker of tho next
House, and will push his canvass actively.
Ho will tako issuo with both Randall and
Carlislo on tho tariff question. He holds
that while Randall is for protected iron
Carh.de is tor free whisky and tobacco
and he is 4' agiu " both.
The Sovilles, it is to be hoped, will
not trouble the public any longer with
domestic infelicities since a Chicago dis
patch announces that the case of Mrs.
Scoville, who was recently at Chicago ad
judged insa.no aud then granted a new
trial, has been stricken from the docket
by agreement. It is reported that the
husband and wife aro reunited.
His Royal IIigiinks-,- ylbeutEdwaiid,
' 1 " ut "": "" "Vu "' ,uurac.r-
. 1'niNCE OF WALES, oil .mo Of hl3
ous Pro trips to x ari, wiiuo mo irain
stopped at Amiens, went into tho restaur-
: .tub iuu uuuub . ;n-i;o ui Dpiu;ueaKU.
Beforo his princely appetito could be ap
pcascd, however, tho bell rang for tho
train to start, and tho prince, laying tho
unfinished cako on the counter, proceeded
on his way. The sordid restaurant keeper
quietly put tho remnant under a glass
case, labeled it : 4' Great curiosity 1 The
Prince of Wales bit this ! For sale !" and
ho renewed the cake as fast as tuft-hunting
Englishmen bought tho picco they
thought bad been hallowed by royal teeth.
Henry James, sn., tho well-known
writer on religious and moral philosophy,
has died at his home in Cambridge, Mass.
aged 71 years. Mr. James published a
number of works in which he advocated a
body of religious philosophy and social
doctrine, which in its theological affinities
is related to the theachings of Swcden
borg, whilo its humanitary tendencies
accorded with tho aims of modern social
ism and in which ho argued against the
ecclesiastical organization of the church of
the New Jerusalem. lie was the father
of five children, iucluding Henry James,
jr., the popular novelist, and William
James, professor of biology and an ex
positor of Herbert Spencer's philosophy
at II arvard university.
Police Cases.
Alderman Samson sent John llanlan to
jail for five days, and Wm. Mooro and
Thomas Dunn for ten days each for
drunken and disorderly conduct. Henry
McComsoy, a boy suspected of till tapping
in the Northern market, was discharged,
there being no testimony against him.
Alderman Spurrier committed Louisa
Multz to jail for a hearing on a complaint
made against her of drunken and disorder
ly conduct, and raising a row among her
neighbors on Mifflin street.
Sale of Market Stalls.
The stalls in market houses Nos. 1 and
2, and the old honse, were sold by Auc
tioneer B. F. Rowe. The prices were con
siderably higher than last year. The stalls
in the first two honses, whichcan not be
rented for less than $20, brought as high
as $27, and the $30 ones sold np to $11.
The curbs will be sold on Saturday.
Bad Sewers.
The sewer at the corner of Water and
Mifflin streets is in a dangerous condition,
and at Prince and Mifflin tho sewer is corn
pletely clogged np.
liUsX
sxnaiss ams.
Tney
No Time to Talk
ChrUttnas Season.
Daring I lie
Philadelphia Record.
14 Haven't time to talk coma to see me
next year," said tho Adams expressman to
the reporter yesterday, as ho drew a long
breath between each word. The bundles
were flying about the big room like bricks
in an election riot, only those who caught
them did not get hurt. ,4New York,
Paoli, Bryn Mawr, Chester, Trenton,"
and so on, the men weut down the list in
rapid succession.
44 What is iu tho bundles?" asked the
reporter.
44 Don't know ; hope nothing explosive,
or somebody will get hurt," answered tho
expressman, ' Lancaster, Mount Joy "
and so on he continued the sentence.
44 Thay. man : send thith to my papa,"
a little girl cried out as she handed over a
small package to tho clerk, the man
looked at the directions, took the money
and tho youngster went off iu . high glee.
There were long lines of people at the
desk, aud they had all sorts of bundles un
der their arms-from diamonds and watches
down to small velocipedes. Just now
the expressman is an autocrat. He moves
around with au air of independence,
whistles in au aggravating manner aud
makes himself generally disagreeable.
At other times, when there is no rush, tho
expressman will bo welcomed. Now ho is
cursed and discussed for not bciugon
timo, tho storekeeper and others forgetting
tho big rush, aud that everybody else
wants tho same man they so ardently de
siro. Whilo there is a great increase iu tho
business of tho general express companies
just now that of tho local company con
cerns has expanncd to immense propor
tions. The storekeepers themselves havo
made it a rule uot to send goods home
during tho holidays cxecpt iu case tho
articles aro bulky. Recourso is hail to
tho local cxprcismen, who will
carry afraost anything, from a pin
to a barrel, a long distauco at
a moderate compensation. Evcu the baL'
gago express handlers havo a busy time
now. The country cousins aro in town
from long distances. Each has one or
moro trunks. 4 Sly countrymen thoy
aro," Baid au old driver of the Union
Transfer compauy. 44 These folks bring
tho trunks empty, aud then pack them
full to send homo. They savo paying ex
press bills that way, and havo them well
takeu care of."
AN KLKCTOUAf. COLUSOi:.
Which aiectK cur the First Time in Liutcus
ter. The electoral college of tho Philadelphia
conference of tho A. M. E. church is a
body composed of one lay representative
from every charge in this conference
which includes all the churches in Penn
sylvania east of the mountains, and tho
entiro state of Delaware. Tho func
tions of tho college are to revise
the discipline of the church, aud it meets
every four years to prepare for aud in ad
vauco of tho general conference. Four
years ago it met in Wilmington, Del., aud
the meeting tomorrow will bo the first
ever held in this city. Tho session will
probably last from about 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.,
and Bishop Jno. M. Brown, of Washington,
D. C, will preside and in tho evening he
will preach in tho Bethel church, Straw
berry street, where the mooting of tho col
lege is to be held. Riv. W. R. Norris is
tho efficient and popular pastor of this
church and Mr. John Butler will represent
it in the electoral college.
STKASliUKG KEWS.
Kocent Items from Tho Borough.
Ross B. Rowe, M. I)., is homo foi
the
holidays.
Our phlegmatic borough is iu no way
behind hand in her preparation for tho
holidays.
Tho hitherto deserted streets havo put
on a holiday appearance and tho throng of
smiling faces daily parsing to and fro from
tho public schools ioudly proclaim their
joyous anticipations of a week's recess.
Tho feasibility of stretching a telephone
wire from Strasburg borough to Lancaster
city was Or ought up in tuo lyceum ou
Monday evening, and a committee of three
appointed to look up the matter.
Intormatlon Wanted.
Baibara Steck, of Stuttgart, Germany,
writes to the mayor that her brother, Got-
rned bteckr, came to thus county in 180 ;
that she has been writing to him from
that timo up to 1871, iu euro of Elizabeth
Myers, No. 227 West James street, Lan
caster, but siuco 1877 has received no
letter from him. Sho waut3 to know his
present address if living, and the time of
his death if dead.
Since the abovo was iu typo wo learn
that Steck died at tho poor houso about
four years ago. His fricuds in Gormacy
frequently sent money to him to tho care
of Mrs. Myers and P. C. Ranniuger,
which was handed over to him or expend
ed for his use.
Argument Court,
Court met yesterday afternoon and
again this morning. Tho common pleas
list is yet being argued.
In the exceptions to tho account of tho
trustees of tho Evangelical association of
Xidcn, tho exceptions were sustained and
au auditor decreed to bo appointed to pass
upon them, it being alleged by tho excep
tors that tho property at Eden had been
sold by tho trustees for tho payment of
debts, yet iu their account they had not
allowed certain claims, against which
there was no objection, although there
was a balance of SISI.Oj, which tho trus
tecs had handed over to
tho Evangelical
association of Lancaster city.
Sale of Kcal .Estate.
Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub
lic sale last evening at tho Cooper house,
two two-story biick dwellings belonging
to Samuel icanlr, deceased, situated on the
south side of West King street. No. 418
sold to Susan Sehnader for $1,500, No.
450 to Barbara A. Long for $1,300.
Yesterday at private sale, Bausman &
Burns, real estate agents, sold for John
S. Rolirer, tho 44 Rohrer houso" property
situato on tho southwest corner of North
Queen and West Chestnut street, to Silas
Iv. .hahicman, of Lemon Place, ou private
terms.
The Pardon Hoard.
The board of pardons yesterday icfused
recommendations for executive clemency
iu the cases of Ex-Councilman David
Mouat, of Philadelphia, now serving a
term in Moyamensing for elootion frauds,
and of Haines and Clement, convicted of
conspiracy. Among tho cases considered
was that of Emanuel Gundakcr, of this
city, but the board took no action
upon it.
Appointed Assignees
Joseph Engles and wife, of Martic
township, have made an assignment for
tho benefit of their creditors, to I. C.
Stevenson.
Emanuel McSbain and wife, of Philadel
phia, have assigned to Augustus Boyd.
Tho parties havo property in this county
and Mr. McShain operated the Rohrcs
town rolling mill.
Waived a Hearing.
J. D. Lawrence, of Neffsville, charged
with forgery in offering a check for $50
purporting to have been signed by Zack
ariah Minnioh, appeared before Alderman
Diffenderffer yesterday afternoon, waived
a hearing aud entered bail in the sum of
$700 to answer at court.
All Bomr.
Only four lodgers were in the station
honse last night, and they were discharged
this morning.
THE
Havo
HOUSE WAEMING.
A GUEAT DAY JN EAST UiMPKTKK.
I'ne "lamebarner" Greet lib Many Frlentia
A Una Bural Mansion Generona
Hospitality and Festivities.
Tho new residence of Mr. Henry F.
llartmau, lime burner, of East Lampeter
towuship, was the scene of a festal occa
sion yesterday afternoon and last evening
inspired by the attendance of his neigh
bors and friends upon his " houso-warm-ing."
For 2-1 years Mr. H. has lived ou
the property which includes his celebrated
lime kilus aud stono quarries, aud with in
creasing prosperity aud tho enlargement
of his family he put into effect his reso
lution to provide himself with a moro
pretentious aud comfortable dwelling. In
August last, on a very elegiblo site, on
tho road leading northward from Kreider's
store, he began the erection of a lino
double two-story 'brick building, tho di
mensions ot the front part beiug3Gx2s feet,
and of the back building 10x38, with
basement. Iu excavating for tho cellar
ho developed a fine bed of clay, and on the
spot erected a brick kiln and burned
enough bricks to build his house aud
leave quite a surplus on hand. The work
of building has progressed satisfactorily
until yesterday tho houso stood ready for
occupancy, being furnished from garret to
cellar and complote iu all its details. Tho
basement hasau elegant floored kitcheuaud
diniug room ; the first floor has a kitchon,
(lining room, library, sitting room and
parlor, aud tho second story six eli ambers.
Both floors have spacious balconies on tho
south and west, and tho building
throughout is well supplied with
spacious closets aud other conveniences.
Tho whole is finished iu a superior man
ucr, tho superintending mechanics under
whoso diieetion it was done being Fred,
lloefle, carpcutcr ; Henry Gauss, brick
maker : Christian Blumenstock, brick
layer ; Geo Pontz, painter, and Francis
Pfeiffer, slater.
Upon tho occasion of tho house warm
ing yesterday tho houso was completely
finished aud thrown open to the guests,
who assembled to the number of at least
two hundred, including Mr. Hartman's
immediate neighbors aud their families ;
his friends from tho surrounding coun
try, iucluding score. of prominent citi
zens from Paradise, Leamau Place,
Intercourse, New Holland, Strasburg and
other points, whilo from this city thero
wero about 75 guests, among them many
prominent business aud professional men.
Tho afternoon and early evening wero spent
iu friendly greetings, and inspection of
tho house, visits to tho lime kilns and quar
ries aud in admiration of tho sur
rounding country. At (5:00 p. m. tho
company wero entertained with a sump
tuous supcer which continued for somo
hours, after which thero wero dancing and
other festivities. During the afternoon
and evening tho Irouvillo band, ono of tho
best organizations in tho county, dis
coursed music, eliciting general admira
tion. The whole occasion was a signal
success and all who participated wished
tho host, his good wife and hospitablo
family many happy days iu their new
h orae.
El'HKJlTA 1TKM3.
Kiiplil InureaHe in population Substantial
Uullaing Improvements Itaslnees
changes, c.
Ephrata is rapidly increasing in popu
lation, and to meet the wants of better ac
commodation for families and business.
somo fifty or sixty new buildings
havo beau erected within tho limits
of this village during tho past
year. W. K. Seltzer, esq., E. R. Laudis,
Martin M. Kinport, F. W. Hull, J. B.
Keller, John R. Mcssncr, John Royeraud
Mrs. Margaret Gross, aro all putting np
substantial houses, some of which aro
ncaring completion. Arrangements aro
making to add largely to tho num
ber next spring. II. M. llerchelroth,
George E. Molderaud John J. Bear havo
each arranged for tho erection of a dwell
ing, and George S. Wise aud Jacob Gor
gas wilt each put up two houses.
Charles B. Fisher, of Womelsdorf, Berks
county, is building in Ephrata a largo
three story brick carriage manufactory,
and also a largo framo building to be used
as a blacksmith shop and wheelwright de
partment. Tho pi ope sed new road near the eastern
end of the village will open up a lino sec
tion for building lots, which will no doubt
be rapidly mado use of.
Mr. L. V. B. Soper, of Suubury, has
rented from J. B. Keller one of the largo
dwellings in tho Keller block, and will
opeu in it next spring a fiuo jewelry storo.
John II. llerchelroth has rontcd tho
most western houso iu the Keller block
aud will iu tho spring open therein a new
confectionery and ice cream saloon.
Walter J. Emmcrt has bought from
Theo. A. Steiner his two-story brick
dwelling, which Mr. Steiner has already
vacated and to day he removed to Sun
bury. It is said that Roycr & Hull, the lumber
merchants, will in the spring add tho coal
trade as an additional branch of their ex
tensive busiuess.
Ono thing moro is badly wanted in
Ephrata. The rapid increase iu popula
tion iu the settlement has made increased
school accommodations necessary. A
large now school house oi modern design
should bo erected at as early a day as pos
sible. Money could not be moro profit
ably spent than in this direction.
The York I'ottiuaMershlp.
Mr. Hiram Young, editor of the York
Diipatc7i and candidato for postmaster at
at York, is in Washington. The commis
sion of Mr. Jessups, who has held tho
office eighteen years, expires to-day, and
it is expected an appointmcut will be mado
soon. Mr. Young is by far tho most
strongly endorsed for tbe place of any of
tho several candidates. His application is
signed by nearly 2,000 of tho citizens of
York, and he has the backing of the Penn
sylvania delegation of Congress. Cameron
recommends tho appointment, and it is
not believed Senator Mitchell will oppose it.
The friends of the editor say he has ren
dered faithful service to tho party, has tho
capacity to perform the duties of tho
office, and a good character. Strong oppo
sition to tho appointment is made by Mr.
McNair. editor of tho Republican, who is
also in Washington accompanied by James
KcH, esq , another candidate for the place.
Mr. McNair accuses Mr. Young of having
been a Bourbon Democrat in his youth
aud moro recently an opponent of Garfield.
Both asset tious Mr. Young denies.
Was It Poison ?
On Monday night Christian Beck, a
driver ou tho Millersville 6trect car line,
was suddenly taken very ill. Mr. Beck,
who had beeu at work all night, went
homo about ten o'clock. His wife bad
left tho coffee pet standing on the stovo
and the two sat down to drink a cup of cof
fee before going to bed. Mr. Beck after
drinking a little of it said that it did not
tasto right. Both drank some, however,
aud in a short time were taken very sick.
Dr. Herr was sent for but it wa not long
until the couple were much better. It is
believed that they were poisoned, but it is
not known where tbe poison camo from ;
whether it was in the sugar, pot, or coffee.
Au analysis will be made of the sugar and
coffee. Mr. Beck and his wife havo en- ..
tirely recovered.
isrohe Ills Wrist.
Adam (Smith, driver of hose cart No. 3
of the city firo department met with an
accident yesterday. He get up on the
cart for the purpose of fixing the lamps
when ho made a misiep and fell, breaking
his left arm at the wrist. He will be un
ablo to be on duty for several weeks.
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