LANCASTER DAILY
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LLIUEJSUEK SATURDAY, JANUARY 6. 18S3
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ftancastrs intelligencer.
SATURDAY EVENING. JAN. 0, 1883.
Gould's Telegraph Troubles.
v r. J;iy Gould displays a fondness for
l.r.vyeis as his advocates who have in
tiiiHitial, political and official connec
tions. The attorney general of the
United States appears before Attorney
General Palmer, te assist the standing
counsel of the Western Union telegraph
company, who is the son of the fermei
justice of the supreme court of thr
United Slates ; and it will he remem
bered that Roscec Conkling net long age
get a geed deal mere notoriety than was
welcome te him as counsel for Jay Gould
against the people. Mr. Gould needs all
she legal, judicial and political influence
Hut he can get. His interests are in ;
very precarious condition. He has bei.
conducting his speculative operatiei.s
with great disregard of the law when it
was against him, but with steady appeal
te it when he could usj it against his
l'ei s. He is learning new that this is a
g.une that two can play at, and unluck
ily for him the law is being urged against
him when he i.J particularly op:n te its
assaults. He undertoekashoittim.;ago
t. strangle a lival telegraph c-jrper.-t
tien in the law's inedies,havi!igTailed te
buy its opposition. Iledidthisveiy rashly
in view of thi! weakness before the. !.iw
eC his own telegraph company, which
new has been brought into the courts t i
New Yerk and Pennsylvania. In ti:i-
state it does net seem possible tli.it the
Western Union company can escape
from the consequences of the purcha'-e
of rival telegraph lines, te get rid of
their competition, in defiance of the
state constitution. That Mr. Gould
feels that he is in a bad way is well
enough shown by hishiring the attorney
general of the United States te appear
at Harrisburg before the attorney gen
eral of the state te avoid the seizure of
his company by the state. Mr. Brewstei
has nothing te say of any consequence :
he protested that he did net understand
the proceeding anil did net recognize the
citizens who complained eC the injury
done the stale by the telegraph com
pany's defiance of the constitution. He
said his colleague had said all that was
te be said for the company. Thcburlhen
of his colleague's argument was that the
Western Union telegraph company was
a blessing te the slate, and that it had
cheapened the. rates of telegraphing by
buying up its livals and securii.g
for it itself a monopoly of the business
After delivering hinisel I of this opinion
it is net at all strange that Mr. Swavne
was convinced that the constitutional
prohibition of the consolidation of tele
graph lines was net of any account until
the Legislature breathed life into it by
enacting a law punishing its violation,
if Mr. Swayne had found it necessary le
de se, doubtless he would have argued
that the constitution-maker;-, did net
knew what they were about in declaring
te be an evil the great blessing of a tele
graph monopoly, and for that reason
the attorney general should treat this
part of the constitution asl'-eiih it vl
never been made.
A Test (JiicsliO!!.
The extracts which we print en our
Jlr.5t page te-day prove that t!i" eyes of
tilt pe-.'ple 'nd (he attention of their
journals are turned te the new Legisla
ture, and that tin: Democratic majority
in the Huu will be rigidly expected te
carry out the pledges which were made
en b .'half of their party before the elec
tion. Most certainly the dispensing with
a dozen or mere superfluous employ
and officers, and the saving iheieby te
the state of ten or twelve thousand dol
lars, will net be the most important
test of fidelity te public trust te which
the Legislature will be subject. Larger
subjects must engage its attention.
Breader questions must confront its
members and try their powers as
well as their honesty. The apportion
ment, the encroachments of eorperatioi
en popular rights, the municipal reforms
demanded by some of ile; large cities,
the revenue ami tax questions, and the
distribution of appropriations te public
charities are among the matters which
will call for wise legislation. Upen this
latter topic we note especially the com
ments of the Philadelphia Einumj JSul-
Iclin, whose editor
with the subject. It
has acquaintance .
f
- I
is one that needs '
close scrutiny. There is a well-founded
belief that these appropriations are
lavish and often ill considered.
But in very great degree the esteem in
which the work of the Legislature will
be held will depend upon the confidence
in itshenesty of purpose which it inspires
at the outset, especially in dealing with
these questions which sire- of direct per
sonal interest te its members. One of
these is the number of the officers te be
elected in either Heuse, where that num
ber has been inordinately large for many
years. The Democratic Heuse caucus
committee found that fourteen of these
could be dispensed with, and we have no
doubt from a thorough examination of
the subject that this is true, and that an
almost equal number in the Senate can
be lopped off without any impairment of
au efficient public service. The sugges
tien that these offices must be filled be
causethelaw allows them is scouted at
by such eminent lawyers as Senater A.
J. Ilerr and Representative J. Mae
Hewell Sharpe, representing both Houses
and both parties. The temptation te
fill them does net arise from any tender
regard for the law, but from the desire
of members le " get in " their men.
These who arc impelled by this motive
inconsiderately prefer their own private
and local political interests te that of
the state ; and this is a test which tries
the stuff that a member is made of. It
may be a sacrifice for the average mem
ber te lese "his man,'' but he will de
well te remember that at this time
unless he measures up te the demand for
reform, he risks the less of his seat in
another legislature.
De the wise members of councils, who
want te restrain the oil transportation
companies from layiug their pipe lines
across the Conesteqra, knew that the line
passing through this county has been
securely laid under the bed of that stream
for some weeks past ? De they knew
that these lines cress many streams
which furnish water supply te cities of
the country ; and if se, de they knew of
any instance in which there lias been
vitiation or the water en this account V
We have heard of one case in which a
great freshet broke the pipe line, and
outlet five hundred barrels of oil, but
the same force carried it off en thesur
face of the water and the people of the
city who drank from the stream never
knew of the break.
Tin: auditor general's report for ISRri
is, as usual with this publication, "a
able and well written document " Mem
bers of the Legislature who are bent en
reform will find many spicy items sand
wiched between its pages. Fer instance,
en 100 and 101 we discover that it cost
the slate $10,702.13 for "advertising for
proposals for furnishing stationery and
ether supplies for use of Legislature and
departments." On page 133 it is re
lated that the cost of the ' stationery
and supplies" was $10,121.09 or $071.0 i
less for the goods themselves than for
advertising the proposals. This is as if
a man building a ten thousand dollar
house should spend ever ten thousand
dollars inviting proposals for it ! The
discretion with which the money was
silent may be inferred from the fact that
ever twice as much was paid te the
Ilazleten Jhuhj ticittind as le the Phil
adelphia Times; and mere te the Daily
Sua unil Item than te the I'nuit.
Asidi: from :il! political consideration;;,
the re-election of Thes. B. Cochran te the
chief clerkship of the Senate was a tribute
te a clever and efficient eflicer thoroughly
posted in the duties required of him." it
is a pity he should impair the coufideuce
of many friends who held this opinion by
reappointing Delaney librarian. Ae
Era.
Of Mr. Cochran's fitness te be clerk of
the Senate and his efficiency in the dis
charge of the duties of that office, there
is no doubt. Of hi courtesy we have
had many proofs. Hut he belongs le
and has been an exponent of a system of
doing tilings at Harrisburg of which
the people have become tired. His dis
bursement of the contingent fund is
neither wise nor economical, and his
tolerance of Delaney and lis ways is a
reflection upon his own official integrity
which he should net have allowed te
continue by the reappointment of this
offensive scab en the body politic.
Tin: Democratic and Greenback mem mem
heis of the Michigan Legislature held a
joint caucus yesterday morning, "and
agreed te net together en all questions of
patty policy, which will, of course, affect
the senatorial succession."
I.s llosleii yesterday, a suit of .lane
White (.colored), against Geerge Spoffeid
(white), for $3,e; damages ler alleged
breach of premise of inariiagc, resulted in
judgment for the defendant. The latter
is 00 years of age, while the plaintiff is
about 10.
Tin: Carlisle JJcrald with this week's
issdu lcauiied the venerable age of eighty.
three years. The. Herald has all
along
shown that it is a needful adiim.-r. i
old
.Mether Cumberland'.'; institution;;, and it:,
present appearance ipves every indication
of sal isfaotery prosperity.
Oit in Washington county, Pa , .some
.seventy-two members of a PicsbyU'iiuu
ehuieh have been iencd tei dancing ;
twelve of then: confessed their sin ami
were taken back into the ehuieh ; the
ethers are still cut. Hi ether Stall, of
S:. Jehn's Luther;:-! church, this ciiy
mini imees his purpose te preach en the
subj'ct of dancing te-nernnv evening.
.ucamuiu there seei ss te h
of the fiddle partie-..
no Mi-pension
."MMi:M!e.eiingsk"p!ic having .s.ii.l that
" thoie is net a single worn in en the plat
form of female MiJinige in the whole
bread land who has a happy family of
husband aud childien uet one," Mis
Susan B. Antheny furnishes a table te
show the happy marriage relations Mid
comparatively large families of Lueietia
Mett, Klizabeth Cady Stanten, .Mis
Wrin.ht, Bk.ckwell, Gage, Blake, Liver Liver
mere, Loekweod and ether female suf
fragists. Of all the pioneer women, Susan
B. Antheny is the only one who never
in.i:iicu. wi me earlier of the
younger
sneakeis. Miss
Ph
nbe Cezz;
us is the
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"7 "'" vu lefUllLll.
Tin: learned commentator, upon whom
the Beliofente Watchman depends for such
matters, explains that a slight error in
the Hebrew translation has led te the ap
paient great disparity iu the ages of the
patriarchs and the moderns. In reading
concrete- numbers the Hebrews gave the
large number first, consequently when the.
translation reads : " And all the days
that Adam lived were 930 years, and he
died !" the true reading of the rule would
be, " ami all the days of Adam, which he
lived, wcre a hundred year?, aad thirty
and nine years, and he died," making the
entire age of Adam 13!) years instead of
930 years. By the same explanation the
reported ages of ethers are reduced,
Seth's from 912 te 131 ; Eues' from 935 te
1M ; Cain's from 910 te 119 ; Enech's from
305 te 111 ; Methusalnh's horn 909 te 124,
and Neah's from 950 te 109 averaging
about 120 in accordance with Genesis, vi.
3 : " Am! the Lord said, My spirit shall
net always strive with man, for that he is
also fl.'sh, yet his days shall be a hun
dred and twenty years." This was the
regular geed old age of men, with special
variation!:, both before and for some time
after the days of Abraham.
rclllleus from Tobacco Men.
Washington Dispatch te the Tress.
A. Ilerr Smith has filed the petition of
Jeremiah Campbell, E. 11. ltutlidge and
thirty ether citizens of Lancaster and
lerk counties, dealers, employers and
manufacturers of tobacco, iu favor of
abolishing the tax ou tobacco and the al
lowance of a rebate, also the petitions of
forty-four citizens of Lancaster largely in-
icicbii'ii iu inc cultivation et seed tobacco,
who think their business is injured by the
introduction of Sumatra. At present; the
duty en this kind of tobacco is thirty-five
cents per pound and ten per cent, ad
valerem, but the latter duty has been re
pealed aud the hole dutv !: Smn.-irr.-.
tobacco will be thirtv-live eeutK lmr
pound The petitioners think this duty
will net be sufficient te protect native
grown tobacco against that produced by
Coelie laborers in the East Indies. They
ask that the duty be made $1 per pound,
POLITICAL POINTS.
WHAT 13 GOING ON IS WASHINUION,
TcuncccM Der.nsltlus Treasurer- King
KalaUuiia Corenatlou The Budget
el Current News Tragedies cf
tlie ScaHen.
lu the U. S. Senate, Friday, Mr. Van
Wyck said that the committee en pensions
would probably take definite action at its
meeting next Tuesday en the bill te in
crease the pension of onearmed and one
legged soldiers and sailors. Mr. Vest,
from the committee en territories, report
ed a bill for the protection of the Yellow
stone national park, and said he would
call it up at au early day. Mr. Beak, from
the finance committee, reported the
Heuse bill relating te the exportation of
tobacco, snuff and cigars in bend fiee of
tax te adjacent foreign teiritery. A bill
was passed giving additional compensa
tion te Star Reute witnesses from beyond
the Mississippi river. The presidential
succession bill came up iu order and was
debated by Messrs. Hear and Garland.
Mr. Edmunds moved that the bill be re
committed te the judiciary committee
with iustiuctiens "te report as seen as
may be a bill te further previde for and
regulate the performance of the duties of
the president et the United States by the
president of the Senate pre tempore and
the speaker of the Heuse of Represeula
tives respectively, in case of a vacancy in
both the offices of president and vice
president of the United States, and for the
administration of the duties of the office
of president of the United Stales in eases
in which there shall be at the time being
neither a president of the Senate pre tern,
nor a speaker of the Heuse of Represen
tatives." Several amendments were
offered le the bill, but without action
upon any of them the Senate went into
executive session, aud seen afterwards
adjourned.
In the Heuse, Mr. Ferd, of Missouri,
lese te a question of privilege, and "char
tcrized as wholly and unqualifiedly false a
dispatch te the St. Leuis Globe-Dcmecral
describing him as a crank, aurt charging
him with obstructing the business of the
Heuse." The District of Columbia ap
propriation bill was passed. Mr. Page
called up the special order, the skipping
bill. Mr. Culberiseu opposed te it the
ether special order, the bill regulating the
lemevat of cases te the federal courts.
Peudiug the queatieu, the Heuse ad
journed, The Heuse committee en naval afl'uiis
decided yesterday te recommend the com
missioner ea appropriations te provide for
the building of two 5,000 ten cruisers, one
1,000 tens, two of 2,500, and a dispatch
and torpedo beat all of steel, and that one
half the work be done by eentiaei. The
aggregate- cost of the vessels is estimated
at $7,871,529.
The Chinese minister called upon Cen.
Grant yesterday. The general will pro
bably return te New Yerk en Thursday
next. On Tuesday he diucs with the sec
retaiy of state.
The president will give his first cabinet,
dinner of the season en Wednesday next.
Gen. Grant will be one of the guests.
DHLMUl.TiNC; Sl'AXi: O ITU; ML.
Kppertcl Drllult of IS400.000
in
Mm
Treasury el i'einitcec.
Ill Nashville, Tcnn., the joint legisla
tive committee appointed te investigate
the office of the state treasurer reported
that the treasurer had been out of the oily
for two days, and that his eicik was net
prepared te make a statement of Ids ac
counts, q'he committee reported a deficit
in the treasury of $400,000, aud, -.idc:- ;i
consultation with the bondsmen of the
treasurer, recommended a suspension of
f he business of his ofiice for tlmprescnt.
The Senate adopted the following join!
resolution :
ViiKitKs, the Senate has leaseii ie l.e
lie te that M. T. Polk, the present tie-is -uiur,
in a defaulter for about $400,000, .enl
whtrei's, (he bend given by said ellif-'r is
net sufficient in amjin.t toeever .'ad de
ficit, therefore be it
lltxelved by the Sennit: and Heuse et
Representatives, that the attorney general
of the slate he and is hereby instntctcd te
attach all the available assets belonging te
said M. T. Polk, provided that sufficient
grounds exist, aud th.it the same may be
held for the satisfaction of said deficits.
The state treasurer's eflieial bend was
for $100,000. His bondsmen are William
M. and A H. Duncan, of Newell, Duncan
A: Ce., bankers ; Max Sav, cashier of the
Nashville ".ivings bank ; Win. iMoirew,
former state treasurer ; Will Polk and .1.
E It. Carpenter, all of Nashville, ami .1.
K. Polk, P. T. 1). Allisen and It. P. Cele,
of West Tennessee, and A. S. Hersloy, of
Columbia.
At the last extra session of the Lcgisla
luie a bill was introduced toiuereaso the
bend of the state treasurer, but the bill
was stolen from the de.sk of the clerk of
the Senate the night before it was te come
up for filial passage, en the day before the
time fixed for the fin il adjournment of
the Legislature.
The state funds weie distributed in
vaiieus banks at Nashville, Knoxville and
Memphis. The missing funds ate sup
posed te have been lese in speculation or
ier.nu ie personal menus engaged in
speculation in bends and stocks.
Treasurer Polk left Nashville en Wed
iiCMlay, and was last heard of at Milan,
Tenn., from which point he wiote back
that he would return en Snndav. He is
51 years old, a graduate of West Point,
and seived four years en the frontier. lie
was captain of artillery in the Confederate
army, in Chetham's division, and lest a
leg at the battle of Shiloh. lie was a
nephew of the late President Polk. He
has a large family, and occupied a high
social position in the city aul state.
An lmpcndias Contest.
Henry S. Harris, congressman from the
Fourth district of New Jersey, has noti
fied Congressman-elect Hewey that he
will contest the Iattcr's seat in the next
Congress. The grounds of the contest
are " that money was use te bribe voters ;
that meney was used for llewey that had
been collected of United States officials ;
that men who would have voted for Har
ris wcre intimidated into vetimr for
Hewey, or from voting at all ; that votes
cast for Harris were net counted for him ;
aud that many who supposed they
were voting for Harris were, by the use
of deceptive ballets, made no vote for
llewey."
utore Appointments by l'attlsun.
It is understood that Governer-elect Pat
tiseu will appoint Charles L. Wolff, one of
the department clerks in the controller's
ehtcc, te the position of governor's execu
tive clerk, at a salary of $2,000 a year,
and Samuel Painter, controller's messen
ger, te he messenger te the governor, at a
salary of $1,200. Mr. Welffs present
salary is $1,200 and Mr. Painter's $800.
War Shlp3 JMusterlnc for Kiuergencles.
The U. S. 6hip Alaska has been ordered
te Honolulu, te be there at the time of
King Kalakaua's coronation. The Lack
awanua, new at Honolulu, will remain
there and it is thought the Wachusett will
be ordered thither. War ships will be
ordered thither. "War ships will be sent
te Honolulu by the ether principal naval
powers. The avowed object is te pay
courtesy te me iviug, out it is understood
that ''the real object is te protect foreign
interests in case of trouble, which may
arise from opposition te the extravagant
arrangements for the coronation."
Demestic Horrors.
A two-year-old seu of David Weed.-,
residing at Martha, Centre county, seized
a bottle containing creosote, which was
being applied te his aching teeth, and be
fore he could be prevented the child drank
a portion of the liquid and died seen after.
Pelly Guernsey, a mine girl of Mead-
ville, fell down stairs with a baby iu her
arms recently. She saved the chikl, but
received injuries which resulted in her own
death.
-m
juarrlagcuf Ueituty Se. 71 and the I-lting
&Ke!eteii.
X. Y. Sun.
When Isaac W. Sprague, this living
skeleton of Bunnell's musetim, was told
that beauty Ne. 10 had taken the prize in
competition lately closed in New Yerk,
he burst into tears, dashed his hat upon
the fleer, rattled his bones and declared
that the judges were uet fit te decide a
question of female beauty. He would
have made a different decision, and have
awarded the first prize te Ne. 71, Mits
Minnie Thompson. Miss Thompson was,
indeed, a very prepossessing yenusr woman
aud with a sensible appiceiatien of her
own charms, t-h : was piqued at net receiv
ing the $100, or even the $30 that
was given te the beauty who carried etf
the second prize. But the skeleton
smiled upon her as seen as he had diied
his tearf, and was consoled. Net that the
skeleteu is the highest type of manly
beauty. His arms are bones, hardly con
cealed by the skin that covers them, and
his legs seem almost tee thin te carry even
his attenuated form. But his face 'has a
frank aud independent expression, and
though upon a man of ordinary propor
tions it might show a somewhat unbecom
ing premiueuce of cheek aud chin bones,
as compared with the outliue of his frail
body, it appears te be positively fat. His
head is surmounted with a line .shock of
brick-colored hair, aud a goatee and mus
tache of the same hue adorn his counte
nance. Miss Thompson was attiaeted te him at
once. She said she did uet like fat men,
and looked upon the Hen. William M.
Evarts as the beau ideal of grace. At
least she se considered him until she was
sought by the skeleton, who, te her think
ing, eclipsed the lawyer. Miss Thomp
son is net herself a thin lady. She weighs
probably four times as much as the skele
ton, but as he only turns the scale at
forty pounds, .it will be seen that she is
net abnormally large. She may be called
plump, ami she is very pretty. She is
peihaps 30 years or age five yeais the
skeleton's junior.
After the New Yerk exhibition was ever
the skeleton and Miss Thompson met
often by appointment at the museum, and
the managers of the show complained that
he was feeding upon his alfectiens and
grewiug fat. This must have been a mis
take, however, for his weight, as he show
ed by getting en the scales, had net in
creased. Atiether and au elder error, tee,
wa. corrected. It had been currently re
ported among the curiosities of the show
that the skeleton had neither heart, lungs
nor liver, and that a steady eye could leek
through him an I see au object behind.
The existence of respitery and digestive
organs may still be iu doubt, hut Miss
Thompson indignantly repudiates the
rumor that he has no heart.
The courtship was quite short. Miss
Thompson told her lever, iu plain prose,
the history of her simple life. He gave
her a poem of twenty-four veises, fully
describing his own. This jviem lie is in
the habit of selling for five cents a copy,
but he charged nothing at all for her copy;
and she, evei come by this last proof of
her skeleton lever's devotion, premised te
be his wife. In a fateful moment the
skeleton was sent te the Brooklyn show,
lie was in despair, but his true leve com
forted him. aud an appointment was made
for last Saturday night. At 9 o'clock the
skeleton was at the New Yerk museum,
where he met Miss Minnie Thomp
son ; at 10 o'clock they were in
Jersey City, and at 11 o'clock they
had b.'pn united in marriage by
the Bcv. -Mr. Gardner. Thev returned
te Bie'Alyn, and kept the matter a se
civt until yesterday lnernin&r, when the
skeleton announced it te Manager Hates.
Tin; newly-made Mrs.Snrague has consent
ed I" suppeither husband en the exhib
itien plat form. She will appear iu Brook
lyn !e day siilim; beside him, and billed ;
"The Skeleton's Wife."
' I Ii.il. the hundred deHais,'' said the
nc -.; 1
ham!
married lady, "but 1 en a hus-
.NHN.s.VJ'ZUAAI. aliKMOTtS
lllsll. : hK'vc-liK Critic!-:) tlie Ali'ijie .11!u-lHtt'i-
of llie sy
Bishop .-itcvens dellvcre 1 au address le
ccntly t milled -' Wheii'in lies the chief
power of the Christian ministry'.''' The
levereud gentleman claimed (hat. I he min
isters of the present day were net, as a
rule, well enough acquainted wi'h 1 he
Bible; that many of them simply knew
sullicicr.t Li select veises and make up a
sermon. " But the great power lies in
faith," continued the speaker; "in
feeling what one preaches ; kuewl
edge alone cannot purify the soul ;
it it quires faith and trust in
Ged. Olie of the greatest evils of our
ministry lies among the younger men.
who pieach what they call sermons that
are up te the times, or scientific dirceuises.
I never knew of one of these sermons that
did any geed. 1 de net think they ever
de ; for the evils brought te the mind of
the hearer leave an impression that cannot
be effaced by the knowledge of its wrong.
This habit of pi caching sensational ser
mons must be broken up. It is simply
something te catch the ear that brings
about no beneficial results. If that class
of ministers would piepetly study the
Bible and deliver from it iu the purest
simplicity they would bring the stray
hearts te Ged and make them cry eul :
' What shall we de le be saved'." If
ministcis would give mera thought te
Ged's methods and less te man's they
would be stronger."
JWulione, Cirant ami Arthur.
Washington dispatch le the World.
Maheuc made a failure ycstciday at try
ing te patch his differences with the presi
dent ever the probable appointment of
General Mesby te a judgeship iu Virginia.
Hew Mahene was snebbed by the president
in this matter was related in these dis
patches two or three days age. The story
of yesterday's fiasco, se far as it has leak
ed out, is that Maheue went te General
Grant, who is said te favor Mesby's ar ar
peintment,and urged him te keep hisha;ids
oil' in Virginia, icpresentiug that much
was at stake there, and that it was im
portant that theso directly interested
should either control the patrenage or at
least be deferred te in its distribution.
That was the only way, he said, in which
leadership could be held aud without lead
ership the Readjustcr organization would
go te pieces aud the result would be fatal
te Republican plans with regard teVirginia
in lbis-l. ile urced that nvcrv
one knew of the unfriendliness
between Mesby and himself, and
the moral effect of Mesby's appointment
in the light of this common knowledge
would be scvere aud far reaching. Gen
eral Grant proposed that they go te the
White Heuse te talk it ever with the pres
ident. They remained there less than an
hour. What happened has net been dis dis
clesed, but upon leaving Mahene declared
that he had been there for the last time.
This is the version that reached the
Senate te-day and that, attached signifi
cance te earnest whispered consultations
in which Mahene engaged with certain
half.biced senators en the fleer this after
neon.
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An Iren Hou?e.
Geerge L. Husten, of Parkesburg,
Chester county, is building a house of iron
upon a foundation of solid rock. The
floors represent tiling, and the walls are
hollow, the spaca between them te be
used instead of chimneys. The builder
states that het air and smeke passing
from furnaces between the walls will he,
sufficient te warm the biv'.-Jing in the
severest weather.
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SIN AND SHAME.
TIJK TRAGIU WAT OF THIS HUKLl).
Url.eu le Suicide Uaugln- Himself iu His
tiaru After Lealuj; Ills Fortune A
Wulilitu Scauunl uriuia and
Calamity.
The firm of Kreut & Hepper were well
known cattle dealers et New Britain,
Bucks county. Becumiug liuaujially em
banassed, Hcii'y Kreut, the senior mem
ber of the firm, made an assignment te
his brother Jacob, who had advanced
money and lnduised heavily for Henry.
Through his brother's failuie Jacob lest
every dollar he possessed. The worry and
anxiety resulting from his losses dreve
Jacob Kreut te suicide. Early Thursday
meruiug he hanged him&Ut with a leather
strap tied te the teund of a ladder iu his
barn, where his son found him sheitly
afterwaid. lie leaves a wile and six chil
dren. The sad sequel te the distressing
affair is the icpert that the deceased's
brother, Henry, owing te his accumulat
ing misfortunes, has become alllicted with
temporary aberration of mind and has
been taken te the insane department of
the Bucks county almshouse. The affair
has created much excitement aud sympa
thy in the neighboiheod and the many re
ports aud ruiueis concerning it aieVou aieVeu
llicting iu their details.
A Washington Society c.tni:tl.
Dtcriug l'V-dick, an empleye of the
interior department, married a very es
timable daughter of Commedore Whiting,
of the Lavy. Fer a while back Fosdick
has been showing attentions te a young
lady eleik of the department, and his
wife, hearing of it, became much incens
ed, and en 'iiiursiiay the land office was
completely ujs. t by the appearance of
Mis. Foeik, armed with a rawhide, in
search of the yeuiijr lady. She went te
the room wheiu she was employed and
made au attempt te assault her, but the
young lady escaped through the deer un
hurt. Mrs. Fosdick ran down the hall,
whip in hand, after her, but the chase was
brought te a close by the watchman.
Fosdick was dismissed, and it is said that
a divorce suit will fellow. The affair is
the talk of society.
A Iirt-ailltil AVniuaii.
Mrs. Stillweli, who, in the last stage of
consumption, near Mount Vernen, Ohie,
confessed a lew dajs age that she had
murdered her fust husband, another man
and her daughter, has further confessed
that she murdered her daughter at Ot.
tumwa, Iowa, after the old lady had been
injured by a railroad accident. She also
says she is guilty of ether crimes which
she will net divulge. Being asked what
her father who mysteriously disappeatcd,
died of, -he said, "cut threat." A phy
sician who has examined her says she is
sane.
Sume Sad Suicides.
C. E. Slocum, postal clerk ou the North
western lailread, committed suicide by
sheeting himscll in Chicago en Thursday
night.
An unknown man, about 30 yer.is of
age, well dressetl, committed suicide yes
terday by throwing himself in front of a
ttain at Glen Cove, Leng island.
J. Lewis, 2S years of age. committed
suicide yesterday morning at Asbury I'ark,
New Jeisey. His wife had just died in
child-birth, and, when told of' his Ions, he
seized a razor and cut his threat.
Uaugsr-it In coat -Minlu.
Themas Gerrali, J3 years of age, a
starter employed at the Beading coal and
ireu company's Bast colliery, was slating
a battery en the west side, when he was
caught and his head crushed te a jelly.
He was mummied. James Davis and his
son Jacob, miners, employed at Big Mine
Bun colliery, were seriously if net fatally
injured by a fall of top coal. Beth meu
wcre working iu a gangway in the upp.n
diift when the fall occurred and narrowly
esc-ped bring but icd alive.
ISrntul Uutrne by a Trump.
A-bout 5 o'clock in the evening Minnie
Uewmau, daughter of William Bewman.
of Upper Vender township, Cambria
county was en her way home when a
tramp sprang out of a thi.-kur. knocked
her down and outraged her. The brute
tere nraiiy all her elethes off aud befere
she reached home she was nearly frozen te
death. Her present condition is prcca prcca
lieus. She is about 13 years old. Ne
trace of the seetunhel has been found.
Shut by it Weman.
" Lucky" Baldwin, the millionare pro
prietor of Baldwin's hotel, San Francisce,
was shot and slightly wounded iu the arm I
en I hursday morning,
n the hotel, by a
Veiena Baldwin,
young woman named
who asserts that she is his cousin and that complaint of felonious entry, we arc iu -he
was disposed te abandon her after hav-1 formed.
ing accomplished her nun. Baldwin de-
mes any relationship, aud iu fact, her
entire story.
.Notes of Trade.
The empleyes of the Pottstewu iron
company have been notified that a reduc
tion of 23 cents per ten en puddled iron
will go into elfect ou the 13th hist
At the Fall River and the .Mount Hepe
ireu works iu ; mierset, Mass., notices
have been ported of a 10 per cent, reduc
tion in wages, te begin en the 12th hist.
i fie bay low works of the Chicago
iron company, at Mihwci.ee, will resume-1
tn iiLuu-.i.i) tiiu (. jtiu . " e:
A telei-rani from E.ri Cl-.uu- Wisem,;,, '
says the news from the pineries i.s "de-
cidedly favorable," the reads bavin" been !
haidened by the revere cold and :ni nv-it
given le the legs.
The saloon keepers of Milwaukee have
united te resist the iucrcase iu the price of
beer, determined upon by the brewers. If
the latter persist, the saloon keepers will
impure beer from Cincinnati.
The .Epiphany.
The feast of the Epiphany, or manifes
tation of the Saviour te the Maei. or
Three Kings, who came from afar te
adore him with gifts of geld, frankincense
and myrih, was celebrated te-day with
appropriate services in the Catholic
churches of the city. It is a festival
which has for its pervading effect joy and
exultation, and lias been appropriately
termed the 'Gentiles' Christmas." In the
gospel of the day all kneel at that ortien
where the adoration of the Three Kings is
desciibrd. This adoration of the Magfhas
frequently illustrated the art of the great
painters of the middle ages, and the fa
meus pictures of Leonarde da Vinci aud
Fabriano are still the wonder and ad
miratien of the world. In Reme the
Epiphany is the gift day, and the appre
priatness of its selection is easily recog
nized. With Catholics it is a holiday of
obligation, that is its observance is as
stiictly enforced as that of a Sunday. At
St. Mary's church the .masses wcre at 7
aud 9 a. in., and at St. Antheny's at 3 and
9 a. in.
iCnincmbered by Ills Friend.
l'lltnhiirg Disralcli, Jan. 2, 1SS3.
A very pleasant event eccured lastniuht
at the residence of Mr. Leuis Vandegrcf Vandegrcf
ten, Mount Washington. Mr. Herman W.
Villee, master mechanic of the Oliver
wire company, limited,' (son of A. S. Vil
lee, of Lancaster), was presented by the
men of his department with a haudsome
geld watch and chain. The presentation
speech was made by T. W. Brown, after
which a general geed time ensued.
Assignment.
Samuel Hesslcr and wife of Raphe
township have made an assignment of all
their property for the bonefit of their
creditors, and have named JehnL. Brandt
and David L. Miller assignees.
Contribution te the Senp rand
rri.n finnetntf..,.. V.ll.f..l. 1
uu vtauuDHniu , VIUICIli lldVO
tributcd 10 cash te the soup fund.
con-
UNUEK THE UAM.Itt'
KcalEatateSeld by Hie :ui;i:.
At the court beuse at 2 p. m te Uy
Sheriff High sold the following prepertirs
under various "frits of execution :
A let of ground iu East Eml i wi-.-hi; .
containing half-au-aere, en which ',.
elected a one and a-half t-teiy luus.e
i. welling house aid ether iajpievements.
as the prepa ty of Marv Aim Gchr. I'm
chased by B. F. Davis "for $223.
A let of ground en the erst side of Plum
street, Lancaster, containing HI feet in
front and 11-1 feet in depth en which i.-
erected a one-story brick dwelling house
and ether improvements, the prepeity e!
Gee. W. Kendriek. Purchased by Sl.irv
S. 15. Shenk, for 5900.
A let of gieund en the ea.-t side et
North Queen street, :52 feet fient, for the
depth el 100 feet, at which point it widers
te 02 feet, and extends 'of that width 1 !."
feet, en which is erected a one .-dory fiamc
dwelliug house, a one-story brick stoic
room, and large stable, part hi ick and
frame, and large carriage house, as the
property of Geerge W.Zeeher. I'liiekiM-d
by Alice G. Biugwalt fe: $1,700. subj-ct
te a mertgage of So.eOO with iuteiesi
from the 1st of April, 11.
A let of ground u the neith side of
East Marien street, 22 feet front and 118
feet in depth, en which is erected a two
story brick dwelliug home and ether im
provements, as the prepeity of V,m. 11.
Carrolis. Purchased by Jehn B. Geed,
esq , for $000.
A tract of land iu Druuune township,
containing 2;V acres, en which is eucUd
a two-story part frame and part stone
dwelling house, frame tenant house, bank
bam, and ether improvements, as the
property of Levi Rogers. Purchased by
Bebert A. Evans rer$(,710.
Ne. 1. A let of ground in Marietta, 50
feet front aud 200 feet in depth, en which
is erected a two-story frame dwelling
house, a large frame store room and
ether improvements, as the property of
Simen Greh. Purchased by T. 15.
Ilelahau and C. C. Kaulfman for
$30. Ne. 2. A let of ground vi the
river shore, Marietta, containing three
fourths of au aero, as the property of
Simen Greh. Purchased by T. B. Ilola Ilela
hau and C. C. Kaulfuiau, for $19, with
notice that Simen Greh had but one-thud
interest in Ne. 2.
A plantation containing 107 a;res vi
Bart township, en which is erected a two
story steue dwelling house, frame bank
barn, wagon shed, carriage house, and
ether improvements, as the property et
Jacob II. Leech. Purchased by Samuel
Slokem, for $2,037.00.
A let of ground in Millersville contain
ing half an acre, ou which is erected a
two-story Ira me dwelling house, frame
stable and ether improvements, u the
property of Emanuel Leiir. Purchased by
Abr. W. Itussel for $2,700.
Sheriff's Stiles at L'phrutu.
Yesterday Sheriff High sold at Ephrata
the personal property of Kev. U.S. Kiee,
consisting of the printing presses, type,
material and furuitu'e of the Ephrata
Ikciete newspaper, and also household and
kitchen furniture. The property was sold
in lets, but all was bought in by Jehn L.
Breinig, Rev. Rice's father-in-law. The
sale amounted te $781.10.
Sheriff Hich also sold the personal
property of II. F. Hermes, of Ephrata,
consisting of thn stock and fixtures of a
confectionery store. The articles weie
sold in lets te a number of purchasers, the
ale aggregating 152.43.
FEtAIAIOUS KSTKV.
A Driiuken aiiiu Terrllle.t Tue I.aillex.
Last evening a party of young incn wcre
en a jamboree in G:illn.'h"i'.s barber shop
near the Keystoue house. One of them,
Harvey Bueh, went out of the back deer
of the shop, which opens upon the yard
el the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Marklev
uni .liss iWetzgcr, aud raising the sash of
' the kitchen wlnrlnw Ritivimr :ln-,,.i.i, it,..
i window into the kitchen. Tim tH.-riii.,,!
ladies ran screaming into the yard and
called for assistance. Mr. Uriah Bitzer
whose ollice deer also epeus upon the
yard, heard their screams and lan te their
assistance. Procuring a light, the house
was searched, and Buch, who was drunk,
was found upon the second-story balcony
Alderman Samson being notified, hastened
te the seene and took Buch into ousted v.
j hand-cuffing him ami taking him te the
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"'"'"!' -"ei. jeug auerwarus liueh s
iV.rJier appeared and bailed him for his
appearance te answer such charges as may
hi! made against him. He was held in
f $200 te answer for drunken and diseulerlj
i conduct, and the insulted ladies will i:ik.
Tin: 'tu.?;; nKiiui:Aev.
V.'ill Held :ii;nll, uiid Will j;e i !!.rilabiirj;.
Arrangements have for some lime been
making by the Yeung Men's Dem
ocratic club te held a ball, which
will he giveu en next Monday
evening, January Sth, at West End hall.
Every indication bespeaks te these who
intend attending the ball au evening of
enjoyment and the club has reason tefcrl
assured that the public will net at all te
chary iu its attendance.
It is the intention of the club te partiei-
V " u, ,Il:"'g"' imonstratien at
llarr'8ullr ." the Ihth of the present
"10J,, :m,lb weu,1,(l u0. very convenient
for the club' as well as for ethers, if evurv
person who intends accompanying the or.
: ganizatieu, which will go uniformed and
having the Irenville band, would acquaint
the proper officers of the fact as early as
pessible. Reduced rates will be offered ou
the read, and the club will have its head
quarters while in Harrisburg at the United
States hotel.
A .rerry I'lircIiKXCil.
Oxford i'ress.
nil... ti ?. t . i .. .
xiie rciiBu Domini railroad company
made a large purchase of real estate at
Peach Bettem en Saturday last. The
purchase was from Mrs. May A. Boyd of
several acres of land, hotel and three
dwellings en the Lancaster county side of
the Susquehanna, the right te ferry across
the river, and a warehouse and ether
buildings and land ou the Yerk county
side. This purchase gives the railroad
company many advantages and will enable
them te accommodate the travellin" and
husiuess public te a .larger extent than
heretofore. The ferry will be improved as
seen as pessible aud when the Yerk coun
ty section of the read is finished te the
liver the business of the company will be
greatly increased.
iiUHlneMt Change.
Announcement is made of the assecia
tien of Mr. Willis B. Musscr with Ezra F.
Bewman, under the firm n.ime of Bow Bew
man & Musser, in the wholesale watch
business ou Chestnut street, opposite the
P. It. R. depot, in this city, where Mr. B.
has been established in this business for
seme time. Mr. M., who is well known
in business circles here, will bring te the
cntcrprise signal accomplishments and
special fitness te make it another of the
wholesale business interests which have of
late added se much te the. commercial
importance of the inland city.
iHrael, the Heart et. Nations.
Rev. Samuel M. Laski, of the Hebrew
temple, this city, preached a sermon last
evening before a large congregation Hi-j
theme was Israel, and the leading thought
of his disceurse was, in the language of one
olthe most famous of Hebrew poets, that
Israel is the heart of nations. The rev
erend preacher presented his subject iu
choice language and forcible argument.
We have obtained a copy of the sermon
and will at an early day lay it before our
readers.
THE im LINE.
SIS. rKOillCKsTHIlercil tiiisueunty
. i'letOIitHtlmi nt the Mrvriii !tlie A
l .ir. ;il.-rtn of I.lucMiicu am
Iiiijitirlutii luteret Xlm Werk
11 This Cuuuty
Y ty few of our citizens have any con
cept ion of ihi magnitude and importance)
of tl.ii weik et the National Trau.sit com
pany, which has been for some time en
nagcd up.'ii ami is new about, completing
the const! uetitiu of a pipe Hue through
the neithcateru section of this county.
Frem tune te time its progress has been
t eted iu the iNna.i.if.K.Nen:, and also the
I :ct that its agents have been prospect
ing for a branch line down the
v'oiicstega and along the Susquehanna
.ra route te B.dtimore. It seems that
there is at present a completed line of
p pes for the transportation of oil fremtln
oil legions te Lat.-haw en the Mahaney
and Triverteu lead of the Reading sys
tem. The preent line in this county
begins :it Millway. en the Reading &
Columbia railroad, w hence the connection
i te be made with L.itshaw. Frem this
latter station the line runs aciess Lancas
ter, Chester and Delaware counties
te Philadelphia, and it is new
within two weeks of completion.
Frem Millway the route lies southeast,
crossing the ConestetM in West Earl
township, the New Helland and Lancaster
turnpike about a half mile west of New
lifll.wnl, i tinning across the Welsh
mountain te lliberni:, en the Wilmington
it Noithein lailread, within two miles el"
Ceatesvillc, i-t. llraudy wine summit and
Pojepsin te Philadelphia. Over all of
this route, tlueugh pipes of six inches cal
ibre, crossing mountains aud running
under the bed of streams, the oil is te be
1....i.i.v1 iiuui niu .iiiiwen:. ui, ill
which will be the only stations en I
Twe very large buildings, requ
pumped li-em the stations at Millway.
the line.
luiriii" :i
half million brick in their construction.
will be erected there for pumping statieus,
and at no ether point between there ami
Philadelphia will there be any sign of the
work above ground.
Along this line rights of way were se
emed some time age by purchase- at the
rate of from 23 cents a red upward and in
addition the company agreed te pay laud-
ncrs a fair compensation for all damages
actually done. Tim amount of this
uuuVr the agreement is fixed by arbitration,
the eeuipiuy selecting oue referee, the
la downer the ether and these two the
third.
Wrought iron pipe of 0 inch bere is laid
several feet under ground, and iu eiessing
streams there is a rip-rap of stones laid
above it. te protect it from tloed or ice.
The joints are screw, and the pipe is tested
with 1,300 pounds pressure, the greatest
that it isixpectcd te be subjected te be
ing about 1,000. The projectors of the
local line say there is little danger of
breakage or leakage, the passage of the
oil forming en the inside of
the pipe a glassy surface covering de
fects and coating the inteiier with paraf
fine. In the thirty miles of line from Pine
station te Milten there have net been e0
pints of oil lest. The line runs under
many streams which hiipply cities with
drinking water, and the company claims
that no complaints of vitiation arc reported.
In one instance a freshet broke the pipes
anil 300 bands of oil were hist, but the
same power carried off the oil en the sur
face of the water, aud the citizens never
detected any taint.
A l'KKS EN r ATI UH.
The i'lpe l.lne-tiunn l'retent thn I'.iynwutur
tt ltli u IVatcli.
Fiem time te time the engineers-, super
intendents and operatives, engaged ou the
construction of this work visit Lancaster,
and occasionally parties of them arc here
for considerable periods, though they dis
play great rUieence about their plans and
movements. Last evening theie was quite
a .atheiiug of them at thy Ste
vens house, tin occasion being a
a picsontatieu hy the eniileye-, foremen
j and siiHjrinteudeiits te Paymaster A. L.
rili.-, et f,o)tei. whose duties take him
ever the whole fine. Among theso who
weie picent besides Mr. Kllis were J. C.
Ru-isel. Jersey Shoie. general superiutend
ai.t ; W. II. Shoekleten, Warren. Pa.; I).
J. Rewan, J. J. Swift, Jehn Doiiehuo, P.
S. Urnbakir. Millway ; J. B Yeung,
Er: Pa.; Alex. Kennaid, Philadelphia;
J- S. Fv.ieg. Khniia, N. Y.; A. L. Ewing,
Brudfeul ; Glnnles Swift. Bradford ; S.
P. Fester, Khnira. N. Y.; Themas II.
Wimlle, (Vatesville ; A. D. Russell ; 11.
W. f'hic, M'llway : A.S. Akins,CoIegieve,
1). E. Bells, Jersey Shere ; D. McDonald,
aud ethers. Oa behalf of these gentlemen
and the membcis of thftdiffcrt't'- gangs e:i
the read Supeiiutemlent Russel presented
te -Mr. Fllisa magnificent "Obelisk" geld
watch and solid chain of 97 pennyweights
in weight, of equal value with the watch.
Mr. Eilis gratelully accepted the splendid
iftaud the company wa handsomely
ciil taiued.
Mlifl.ll IlMIMlllltMll.
Ou Thursday evening, January ltli, I).
D. S. C. Emanuel Winewer installed the
following officers of Conestoga council
Ne. 22, Jr. O. U. A. M. for the present
teim : c. G. A. Graham ; V. C , J. Han
scr ; A. R. S., G. Wilhehn ; R. S.. Jehn
Swep.; ; F. S.. Edw. Smell. ; Treas.,
Jehn C ypeathe ; Cern!., Jehn Kemph ;
Waul., Jehn Millcsack : I. S.. E. E. Fer
iier; O. S., Fred. Bauer; Trus., W. C.
Weitzel, Wm. McCenisey, J. Ilauser.
Alse, en Friday evening, December 3,
t lie following officers of Umpire council
Ne. 120, Jr. O. U. A.M., of Pa : C, Fred.
A. Rey ; V. C, Clayten Muck.d ; A. R.
S., Jehn Reese ; R. S.. Em'l Winewer ;
F. S.. Wm. MeGIinn ; Treas., Jeseph R.
Tiissler ; Cond, Jehn Ivlauss ; Ward.,
Jehn Heihelinan ; I. S., Chas. Machisen ;
e. S., Cy. Negley ; Trus., II. G. Lejnard,
Jacob R. Givler and A. M. Albright.
.Simen Cameren Uuinj; te California.
Hen. Simen Cameren aud Mr. Charles
A. Dana, editor of the New Yerk Sun,
aie te make a luxurious trip te California.
They will start from Philadelphia en Fob Feb
ruary 13, in a car exclusively te them
selves and several lady members of their
families, te he geno about six weeks. Mr.
Dana's somewhat famous cook, a colored
man known as Daniel Webster, will go
along as caterer, aud Mr. Cameren will
also draw upon his household staff for
servitets. The two distinguished travelers
will use the ear instead of a hotel, aud it
will lie t laberately provisioned and fur
nished. They will ride up aud down the
Pacific coast anil te and fro ou it, besides
stepping at several points this side of the
Recky mountains.
IIoiii:Iield Market.
The markets this morning weie well at
tended aud there were few changes in
prices, except in butter and eggs which
took a decided tumble. Last week butter
sold as high as 40 cents a pound and eggs
40 cents a dozen. Te day butter sold at
23(,:i0, and eggs at 21(,23 the lower
figures prevailing at the close of the mar
ket. Live chickens sold at 9Q(u,.M.23 per
pair, and clean chickens at 30(V75 cents
each. Dressed ducks brought C0(Jt75
I cents and young geese $1.23. Meats, fruits
and vegetables generally, sold at prices
heretofore quoted.
Majer's Court.
The somewhat noteiious Cel. Taggart
was again before the mayor this morning.
He was picked up en West King street
yestetday afternoon in a very drunken con
dition and nearly frozen te death. He was
eariied te the lockup in a wagon and
thawed out. The mayor sent him te jail
for el days.
The only ether case before his honor was
a hard case, a vag, who was sent te the
workhouse for 30 days.