LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. iSs3
?lancastct I-ntelUgcnrer.
SATUEDAY EVJENINQ, JAN. 13. 1863.
A Chance Ter Reform.
If the committee of the Legislature,
appointed te investigate the subject of
public printing and the ether commit
tees which are appointed te consider
measures of retrenchment, are sincerely
interested in the subjects assigned te
them,theycan very easily strike one lead
which will open up a way te retrench
where there has been waste. It has been
the fashion for the Legislature te reck
lessly order larger quantities of
public reports of various charac
ter te be printed for the use
of the Ileuse and Senate, the number in
the gross generally affording a per capita
distribution of from le te 50 copies of
each document for each member of the
Legislature. These publications are put
into boxes and shipped, at considerable
expense te the state, te the members at
their homes, most of whom relate
that they have trouble getting
rid of them, except for luel, and
that the well made and well-paid for
boxes in which they are cased are much
meie highly esteemed in the rural re
gions for weed boxes than the publica
tions are regarded ler information. The
agricultural reports aie said te be of real
value and in demand in tlics farm
ing regions, but, under the present
indiscriminate system of distribu
tion, a large proportion of the
agricultural reports go te Philadel
phia, where nobody cues for thm
except such ploughmen as Crilds and
Drexel, who compose the Pennsjlvani.i
farmeifa'club ; the coal mining reports
are distributed as lavish .y in exclusive
ly agricultural counties, as in Lacka
wanna and Sch iij Ikill ; and, of incasmes
affecting cities, the rural counties aie
flooded with the publications, which
lack of adaptation enh inciva-es the
uselessness of the supply.
This might me.tsui ably he remedied b
leaving the distribution of reports te the
several departnn uts issuing them,tesend
them te such persons as they are specially
requested for by members of the Legis
tun. This'weuld meet eveiy want. It
would cut down the cost of the public
printing matei ially ; it would save the
present sums annually paid out fei
"forwarding document," and it would
remove one excuse ferthe toleration of the
pasting and folding department. If then
the folding and mailing of tm Jitce) l
were enti listed, as they manifestly ought
tebe, te the contractor for its publica
tion, the pastel s and feldtrs could Le en
tirely dispensed with, and at least $15,
000 be saved te the state per session in this
alone. It seems te us that thtse leferms
are se manifestly piacticable that they
might be legislated for at once.
A I'erliirbed People.
A striking illiibtiatien of the magni
tude te which a small matter will grew
in the ees of people who constantly
contemplate it and qu.inel ever it, is
presented in the engiessnient of the
Tennessee people ever their late state
debt, which is really a veiy small thing
for se great a state, and could be paid in
full by its pe ple without their feeling
the bm then of it at all. Fer vears, how
ever, they have been looking at it and
talking about whether they shall pay the
half, or the lhiid, or the quarter or it,
until new they are in a state e! mind
which makes the majority of them feel
as though their existence as. a people
depends irien their avoiding the pay
ment of mere thin a fourth of the debt.
The political pirties in the .statu have
divided en the question of the third or
the fourth, no one at all apparently
reaching the altitude of honest .spolia
tion which wjiikl incline him te offer te
pay the whole. Naturally these who
think they can pay the smallest amount
have proved te be in the majority at the
pelli, and new their representatives are
s tting at the .Vale capital s ilemnly c .n
sidering an elaborate lull w'lich offers
te the creditors the fraction which the
say, and no doubt suieeiely bfdieve, is
all that they can piy and live.
Meanwhile, the state treasurer has
run e'f with all the loose nienev
in the treasury, apparently cenclud
ing that while the Legislature was'
cutting awav three quarters or mere of ' told tlie lietcl kecl)er hc wouldn't say any
the debt for the benefit of the people of thin" about tbe Mcry and thus save the
the state generally it might as well cut imputation of his house pruviilul the pro pre
off another slice for the benefit of the lidter would bear half the amount of the
nmnln'sfrp.isurpr . win Imrl tipp.1 ,if 11m
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money for the development of his mines
in Mexico. The idea is rather a geed
one, and we de net suppose the creditors
of the state will kick against it very
violently. If thpy give up se much te
the state they will hardly be veiy
seriously concerned ever the tell taken
by the treasurer. He has quite as law
ful and reasonable a lieu upon it as the
people, whose only advantage is the fact
that they have the money and can't be
made te pay it. The treasurer also has
the money and can't be made te refund
it. The cases are parallel,and the equities
are as easy as the honors.
Regarding fire Escapes.
The newspapers are still engaged in
drawing lessens from the Milwaukee
fire, and of course are mainly howling
for fire escapes. The inspector in New New
Yerk city has been aroused te action,
and the Grand Union hotel is the first
one called upon te put up outside lad
ders. Probably the ensuing summer
will see a great many handsome struct
ures defaced with the ugly excreseen
ces. Probably it is a geed thing te sat
isfy the public demand : but uutil the
Lord gives people who are in danger el
fire a self-possession and courage which
will enable them te use their natural fac
ulties in escaping burning, fire ladders
will net save them. The only effective
way te haul such people out of the
flames will be te make thorn sleep en the
upper stories of high buildings with
iron chains securely hitched te their
night dresses, the said chains being run
through the windows and attached te
suitable lowering apparatus. Or we
might have lines shot through the win
dows from the houses en the opposite
side of the street that life cars might be
drawn back and fourth, after the man
ner in which the life-saving crews en
I our roast are went tn ;nvf rhf folks en
stranded vessels.
But seriously, se long as we have tall
and isolated buildings we will have less
of life at their burning ; and the modern
elevator adds greatly te this danger, net
only by affording a flue te draw the lire
from basement te attic, in a moment, as
it was drawn at the Milwaukee Gre. but
by leaving the guests largely unac
quainted with the location of the stair
ways, which are their avenues of escape
when lire occurs Prudent people will
net ledge high up in hotels. When they
de, they carry their lives in their hands.
Tm: time is almost heiefer another
city election and Mr. Iliestand's First
ward contest, begun with such a flourish
ele-. m months age, still retains a grave
like quietude. If the genial commodore
doesn't hurry up, that Democratic in
spector who he claims was net elected
will have served his term and the ballet
will have been correspondingly scandal
ized by the law's delay.
Tin: Heuse judiciary commuted has
voted G te 5 te lay upeu the table the
Kuett resolution declaring forfeited the
Neithern Pacific railroad land giant.
Thib probably disposes of the lesolutieu
for the session and lelicves this cei posi
tion. Tiicrl arc many ways and some of
dubious piepriety of calling men te
grace. A Pertlai.d revivalist it. by busi
ness ai. auctioneer, lie is quoted as ex
claiming in the midst of a fervid exhoita exheita exhoita
tien te sinueis "Twenty nine I've get ;
tlihty, shall I have 'em ? Biess the Lei 1!
Twenty nine am saved ; who will citme
u-vt ? Shall I have thirty ? "
!Ne is the winter of the nine dollar dry
goods cleik's discontent made mere se by
the spectacle of the "11 era"' that aie daily
S"en skimming down Last King .stieet te
the meiiy accompaniment of the jingling
bells. The sight of the liveiymau's
tuiir charges is calculated te bneg vividly
before his vision the old saw that home but
the we ilthy enjoy life.
It sceius that the state trea-urv sinking
fund has 2,017,893 39 lying idle, or
rather deposited in banking institutions
for the benefit of these which aie thus
favored. The Allegheny national bank
of Pittsburgh has $:J22,3G) 30, and the
People's (Ivenible's) of Philadelphia has
27G,0U0. The only faveied banks in this
city aie the Fulton with $45,000 aud the
Fust national with $10,000.
Tiii:i:e is a tiagic oeineiilsncj in two
murderous occurrences leperted within
twenty four hours respectively fiem Cin
cinnati and St. Leuis. In both cases we
read of the killing of a yeuug man by hib
infuriated and drunken father, with the
additional information that iucaclr uistauca
the inuider constitutes the seejnd of the
kind te be charged te the hand of the
unnatural paicnt, both having .-scaped
the penalty of their pievieus- ciimes. The
circumstances of the two cases aie se
similar that the tianspositien of the
name-, would almost suffice te repot t
cither or both.
Tin: New Helland Clarien hegius ltd
eleveuth year with an enlargement of it-
space and sevei.il ethei conspicuous ini
prevements that premise te gain for u
.1 still larger eiicle of leadeis than it al
ready eujes. The Clarien has been a
haid aud faithful weiker in the local field
and li;u pievcd itself a valuable adjunct
te the journalism of the county of which
it stands as a veiy cteditable exponent.
The evidences of ccseivcU prosperity
which it puts forth with the new e .r can
be seaic-ly lessgiatifying te tie) cemmu
n'ty than they certainly must be te our
esteemed contemperaiy's ab!e and ener
getic editor and pioprieter.
And new it is a member of Mupiesen's
company, an Italian Signer Somebody,
who has been robbed of huudieds of dol
lars worth of valuable jewelry at a high
toned hotel in Philadelphia The circum
stances of the affair aie desciibed as
" pes-uiiar,'" but then it is a peculiar thing
that ;is a general iiile thcie is were or less
peculiarly about these peculiar piyeeed.
iugs. The most uotab'e fact in the present
picuhar instance is that the alleged victim
less. Sucu a preposition coming from
anyone but au Italian signer in a big epsra
company would smell veiy strongly of
blackmail.
The llarnsbuig Telegraph, which had
for years been the home eigan of the leg
islative loestors, but which new booms
the leferm cause with all the eaeigy of a
suddcu convert, takes the Logislature te
task ler working only eleven hours in
eleven da s, and its censure of the appa
rently dciehct public servants will find a
responsive public echo. Of course the do de
lay in announcing the Heuse- committees
semewhat letards business en that side of
the capitol, but after they are named, aud
when the inauguration"' is ever, the public
will insist upon the I'elegrapJi's demand
for "business." The members ewe it te
their constituency te give te the public
work at least five days of square honest
work per week, devoting as much as six
hours a day te sessions. Less than this
they will net be let off with.
Tin: cemmitten of three appointed by
the Democratic Henso caucus te iuquiie
whether members are entitled te $100 worth
of postage stamps, beside3 the $30 allowed
them in lieu of all "stationery and per
quisites" has concluded that " perquisites"
does net cover postego stamps. Perhaps
net, but the question is a very oleso ene.
As few members use anything like this
amount of stamps for their official cerres
pendence, aud as many of thorn convert
their postal orders in te cash, even "shav
ing" their face value, we agree with the
Patriot that " the first duty of the Dem
ocrats should be te introduce a bill for
bidding entirely the distribution of pest
age stamps. The state could thus be
saved in the neighborhood of twenty-four
theiuani dollars at every session of the
Legislature. Here is au opportunity te
cut down expenditures which should net
pass unimproved,"
THE HOTEL H0RK0E.
Mt'KEMXi SUE.NtM AT THE 1H,IS.
TttkliiK the llurnt arid Mangled lteJles
i'rum the Debris strong .Men Turn
JTrem The Terrible .Sight.
The less of life by the Milwaukee fire,
it new seems, will turn out te be simply
appalling. Ben Tice, the head clerk, aud
the night clerk kuew of about 110 boarders
aud guests ledged by the house en the
fated night, which also contained at least
Te employees, a total of 133. Of these G7,
net including the Actisdel family and the
head clerk, are known te be safe. This
Icaves the number 117, a human less be
extensive and sheckiug as te be absolutely
beyond comprehension.
Yesterday the work of removing the
ruin.s of the burucd hotel was continued
and large forces worked en both the
Broadway and Michigan stieet fieat. At
10:30 o'clock the debris gave ap the re
mains of one of the victims. The work
men engaged in the southwest cjruer dug
up a piece of a backbone and one skeulder-
biade, which were picked up aud placed
in a box. Miss Libbie Chelhs, a dress
maker, was iu this part of the hotel, it is
supposed, and it was thought that the
remains were these of that lady. Later,
however, they weie iiideutified as Mrs. L.
W. Brown, of Allegheny City, whose hus
band is a lailread man. Shortly aftei
another body was discovered in a standing
position. The bicast faced the north and
liem the neck down th body steed
straight The aims extended east aud
west and were burned off at the wrists.
The head laid back and the whole sug
gested that the peisen had been standing
when the walls ii.ll, had staitcu te threw
up his arms when lIie het bricks rained
down and he was caught in that position,
while h s head was pillowed backward iu
the melted mass.
A "Sickening Slti t.
It was a sickening sight. The slouch
which aiese was teuiblc and pieduced a
sickening misatien when taken in at the
nestiils. But the most hoiiible scene oc
curred when the surroundings had been
almost lomeved, which was douebytwo
stieng weikmen, with their hands, and an
attempt vas uiadu te remove the body.
It loosened at all the joints and fell te
pieces, exhibiting half cooked .-hieds of
human Hush that made faint the strongest
heait. Tee jeu.ts of the skull scpai.it ed
and with this the brain was hx posed. The
hideous sight caused the haidcucd woik weik
men te leceil aud inn away from sheer
sickness aud terror. Thecu, ieus lookers
fell back and it was with diflicuhy th.it
the men were induced te letum and 10
move tl.e remains te a pii.c box, in which
receptacle they weie cairicd te the morgue
by the pelice patiel. The gi inning
mouth, w ith the upper teeth white and
glistei.'ng iu awful death, denoted the
person quite yeun iu icus, while the
shiiveled fiat breast proved conclusively
the remains te be a male, but nothing
1 existed which lendeied possib'e identifica
tien.
The thiid body found ne.ir the main
entrance of the hotel en Bieadway was
that of a peer man, who had evidently
been caught and binetheied in bed, as
he was wrapped iu bed clothing, and
when the iloeis gave way was thrown te
the fieut. Te one pieee of flesh, cvi ient
ly the chin, a mass et singed grey ban
dung. The whole v is found te be fas fas
te led in a mattiess, v '. eh was taken up
aud deposited in the v. with the pieces.
A hotel key, breug' I -it with the ic
inains, showed that i'iv, unfortunate had
occupied loom COS. About this time the
mat Led clothing of 1). if. Maitolle aid It.
Hewie, the ill lated conductors, was taken
out near wheie the second corpse was ex
tiic.ued, and it is thought that these re
mains weic of ene or the e her of these
men.
The I'eartli Heilj.
The ai tides which have been lemeved
.it 1 o'clock would make a full wagon
lead , or even nunc. Shortly befoie that
hour the feuith body was disceveied ncai
the main entrance. Whether a male or
fema'e could net be distinguished. It
was badly burned. A filth body was
feuud and lccognized as that of Liuma
I lager, a domestic. Hewie's wat.-h, an
open fa'ed, geld one, was found ; also,
a tin box of money belonging
te the Mutual telugiaph company.
Twe coats were also ieund. Iu the
pockets of one is a letter and a paper ad
diessed te "William i). ltewell, Fiecs Fiecs
peit, Ills." Mi. Hewell escaped without
any clothing. There was nothing te show
te whom the ether coat beljnged. In the
southwest comer of the lulns was found
a photograph of a yeuug, smooth faeed
man, apparently about live feet ten
1DCU05 nign ami wcigli ng perhaps
Id p.mncis. Un the back el the pic
ture was wiitteu the name ' Mis. E. Lc
l.ind." The photegiapk had been taken
in New Yerk. A mcmeianduin book :'ud
laige euiiuies el eusincss niiers weie
als' uneaithed.
W. A. Hall, of Liperte, Ind., paitner of
31. Weber, in the nulling business, died at
Dr. Biuctt's office, lie jumped lrem a
fifth story window, bieakiug both legs,
the boner, pietiudiug through the
ileh. Jehn Gilbert, the actor is
still uucouseious, but the phisicans de
net give up nope. Jui.s. Sylvester Lb'eker,
wife of the manager of the Tem Thumb
tieupe, passed a quiet night, but is very
low and will probably net live .Tames
MeAlqine. the Milwaukee commission
man, does net improve, and grave doubts
re entertained el his rcceveiy. Andrew
Haidy is improving. Mr. and. Mis. Cramer
are out of danger. All the servant girls,
have been taken te the'r homes, except
Minnie Mack aud Deia Cele, both of
whom aie doing very well.
Lii.KUL.li JUOOllfc-ViSUlCIUi:.
A I'.omlse Alter Ihe Fatal Shet M hlcli ilade
late Vcsiruble.
The excitement caused in Eiie by the
suicide et Keeder Moere, nas been intensi
lied by developments of a still mere sen
satienal character. While dying of his
wound JHcore sent for Miss Christina Pat
tersen, the young lady who declined his
proposal of mariiage, aud begged her te
fergive him for killing himself en her
account and thus bunging her into such
unenviable pi eminence. Iu the excite
ment et the moment Miss Patterson
premised te marry him if he recovered,
a premise that was heaid by Will
iara McClellan, the suicide's successful
rival. The premise dispelled Moere's wish
te die and awakened a fierce desire te live.
A little later the doctors declaied
the wound mortal iu. bade the suicide
give up all hopes of life. After this Miss
Patteisen did net want te se the cud, but
left under the escort of McClellan. Short
ly before Moere's death he left instruc
tions for his funeral aud a request ler Rev.
Mr. Sweet te deliver the oiatien. He
then called for Mr. Cummings and
ordered the loom te be cleared, that he
might unburden in private te his friend.
Frank Moere, brother te the dead man,
said the confession has something te de
with the case of Charles Stafferd, sen
tenced te 20 years' imprisonment some
years age for waylaying and assaulting a
young school teacher, named Edith
Woodward, and who was convicted solely
en the testimony of the suicide. Cum
mings refuses te divulge the secret con cen
fided te him, at present.
DfialU OF I)S. AlUDU.
The Physician who Set Uoeth'x Les After
President -Lincoln was Assassinated.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who served a term
at the Diy Tortugas for harboring and as
sisting Jehn Wilkes Beeth, the assassin of
President Lincoln, te escape, died en Wed
nesday, at his residence near Bryanstewn,
Charles county, Md. Dr. Mudd came of
an old Maryl.iud family of prominence ard
aflluscce in Southern Maryland. After
tbe assassination Beeth and Hareld drove
te his home and he dressed Beeth's injur
ies. He found that Beeth's right let, was
fractured, the bone being broken clean
through just above the ankle. The leg
was much swollen and Dr. Mudd insisted
en Beeth remaining at his house all day
aud into the next night. He gave him the
necessary surgical attention, but the pur
suit of the asaassiu bdug fierce at mid
night Beeth was guided from ihe house te
the Potomac, when he rowed ever in a beat
te the placj where he met his death ai.d
where Hareld was captured.
Dr. Mudd was at ence arrested, tiled,
convicted and sentenced by the court te
be confined for life at hard labor, and
Pieaident Jehnsen erdared him aud
ethers te be cent te tue Albany peniten
tiary. He was subsequently sent te the
Dry Tortugas. where, during a yellow
fever epidemic, he rendered such valuable
services that, after a few yeai's confine
ment, hc was pardoned by Piesident
Jehnsen. About a year or two age he
brought a claim for thec services before
Congress, but it was net allowed.
" DBUAKtX
JACK sliEEBAN.
Murder! ii,
HI son lu ii Huge Ills Seceud
Similar Crime.
A terrible tragedy, the culmination of
long aud continued abiue of his family by
Jehn Sheehan, a worthless and shiftless
character, familiarly known as "Diuukeu
Jack Sheehan," eccuued in St. Leuis.
Sheehan had a son seventeen years of age
who weiked in a chain facteiy. The scanty
earrings of the boy were appiepiiated
by the father te gratify his taste for liquor
and this was the cause of trouble in the
family, the wife and son objecting te his
conduct and the squandering of the money
needed for the household necessities,
but by his brutal treatment he forced
them te submit. The boy was taken
sick, aud went te bed. The father came
home drunk and demanded money from
his wife Being lefused, he commenced
te beat her. The son inteifcred in his
mether'b behalf, which se euiaged Shee
han that he turned upon the boy and
choked him te death. Sheehau has been
anested, Simeyeirs age he muidored
another son, but was never convicted for
the ciime.
Twenty riclf-liiliictcil Slabs.
Cdw aid Fay, aged twenty six, a shiit
cutter, made a desperate titbit te commit
.suicide in Xew Yerk. He lived with his
mother in E ist Twelfth sticet, and be
came despondent fiem lack of weik. He
was twitted about this aud urged te de
something te help suppeit the family.
He became morose and sullen undci
this ceustaut twitting, and mom than
ence thieatencd t kill himself. Fiiday
after meie talk of this nature, he seized a
knife and cut his threat. His mother's
scieams hi ought an officer, who, frighten
eu at the suicide's actions, ran fre.n the
loom. Fay then inflicted about twenty
stab wounds in his side and bieast and
epeuiug a window sprang out. Four stei les
below lie lauded iu a sue.vduft unhuit by
the fall. He was picked up unconscious
and taken te Bellevue hospital. He is
still alive but in a critical condition.
The N.iihe In Mlltie!',
Pnilip Matthews, aged twenty, was
hanged at neon, Friday, at Belleville, 111.,
for the nun der of An me Guyer, en May
28th last. The execution took place in
the jail in the presence of about fifty
person-'. Matthews was attended by
three miuisteis. He conducted himself
en the scaffold with great fiimucss, bid
ding geed-bye te a'l in a clear sti eng
voice. Although the diep was nearly
eight feet his neck was net bieken, and it
w is meie than twenty minutes before the
physicians decided he was dead. Mat
thews w is a young Gci man desperately
in love with Miss Geyer, te whera at one
time he was engaged, but he became dis
sipated and was discaidcd in consequence
of which he shot her.
A Jelly Suicide.
The body of Jeseph Miehl, a ltsidentef
Bakiiiieie was found, about three miles
north of that city, with a bullet wound in
the light temple. In his right hand was a
levelverand in the left a wine glats and
an empty wine botile was en the gieund
near by. Oil his person was found a
paper, with the following wiitteu in Ger
man : " As I have lived se I have died
alvas merry. My List glass is tendered
te my friends."
A TVeia.m ISurucd te Death.
The wife of Fiauk Maguiie was fatally
bm ued by her clethss catching iiie from
an open grate in the heus of Mis. Catha
rine Meehau, at Counellsville. She lin
gered iu agony until this afternoon, wheu
she died.
limed iy u rail or si.ne.
Res.? Matteck, a miner employed at the
woiksefthc Youngstown coke company,
was killed by a fall of slate. His neck
was broken. He was a single in in, about
twenty five years of .age, aud came fiem
Picsten county, Viigima.
A Man rresn te Death.
An unknown man, apparently a raihead
labeier, was feuud dead iu the basement
of the music stand in Reeves Park, Phee
nixvillc. He was frozen te death.
PERSONAL,
J. Pnocren Ksett is coveting the
ground iu his canvass for the Demeciatic
nomination el governor of Kentucky.
Mauavic Ai.bani and her husband,
Ernest Gye, airived in New Yerk yester
day by the steamer Pavonia.
Salvini comes te Philadelphia next
week and will be one of the guests at the
anuivcrsary dinner of the Clever club en
Thuisday night.
Sexateii Mnrciini.i, is complained of by
the Stalwart state press for tee licqueut
absence wheu his name is called iu im
portant votes. Sickness in his family new
excuses him.
Bexj. M. IsED,csq., of Harrisburg, has
the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in
the affliction which he has just suffered iu
the death of his wife, a meet estimable
and much beloved lady.
J. C. Siiumakhu, of Pittsburgh, former
ly of Chambersburg, late the western
secretary of the Independent Republican
state committee, is said te be Mr. Sten
cr's own selection for deputy secretary of
state.
G us r ave Denn, the artist, is forty-five
years old, leeks like a German, smokes
like a Spaniaid, has high cheek bones like
au Indian, and wears his mustache like a
Frenchman. He has teu times as mauy
erdrs as he can fill, and makes nearly
$50,000 a year.
Mi:. Z. X. Bextex, advance agent of
Snyder & Grau's English opera company,
was in Lancaster te day, making arrange
ments for the production of Gilbert & Sul
livan's new aud highly successful comic
opera of ' Ielanthe ; or, the Peer and the
Peri," which will be sung, for the first
time in this city, next Friday evening.
Seater SAULsncnr i3 aging rapidly.
His step is net half as elastic as it was
two or three years age. His shoulders
are getting mere steeped every day, and
he is becoming neiveus. His hair is se
white that it can get no whiter, and his
little, sharp eyes twinkle beneath brews
that ever threescore of winters have made
as frosty as his hair.
J. MacDowell SnuirE.csq., who takes
a front rank iu the leadership of the Dem
ocratic Ileuse, will introduce what is
known as the "border raid " bill appro
priating sorne $2,230,000 of the state's
money te pay the adjudicated claims of
certain citizens of Pennsylvania, residing
chiefly in FraukliD, Adams and Cumber
land counties, for losses sustained in
Longstreet's raid into Maryland in the
fall of 1862 and Lee's Gettysburg raid.
HELD rOH EAXS0M.
A TOU-NG LADI'SSTBANCEADViJS'l OKfc..
Chloroformed aud .bdiieted en Her W ay t.)
Scheel by aiian: of four Itulii ms A
St. Leuh beustteu.
A mysterious disappearance like that et
the unler unate Zie Watkins but certain
te attiact far wider atteutiuu aud deepei
interest from the greater conspieueusnsss
of the beieaved family, is the absorbing
tepie everv wheie iu St. Leuis. On Satur
day morning last Zeielda Garrison, a girl
seventeen years of age, daughter et the
late Abram Garrison and niece et Cem me
dule C. K. Garrison, of Xew Yeik, took a
Fifth stieet car iu the central pait of the
city en her way te the ceuvvut of the
Sacred Ileait, en Merimac street. She left
the car at the end of the liae, wiiete the
loute te the convent was pointed out te
her. She never reached the convent.
Miss Garrison, who had been for seme
time pursuing her studies at the convent
of the Sacred Heait, sometimes known as
the Mary villa institute, had b.'en giauted
a vacuien just before the holiday, and
had spent the time visiting hr mother,
who resides at Kirkwood, au i with the
family of her uncle, Mr. O. L. Gariiseu,
whose lesidence is at 2911 Chestnut street,
St. Leuis. Last Saturday was the date
fixed for Miss Girriseu's return te the
convent, and early in the day she went
down tewu from her uncle's bunce .tecum
pauied by her sister, Mrs. Xeuis, and by
Miss Lily Ganison.
Seme shopping was then attended te,
and then the bisteis, separating fiem Miss
Lily Garrison, went into Alexauler'sdrug
steie, en the corner of Fifth and Olive
streets, aud waited for a Fifth stieet ear
te pass. A car seen came along aud was
taken by Miss Gariiseu, who kissed her
sister and bade her geed by, appaiently
in the best of spii its. This was the last
seen of the yeuug lady by auy of her
friends or relativ es.
His sister remembeied that en the back
plitferm of the car taken by the missing
girl theie weie four rough looking men
of the hoodlum class. These meu were
seen by the conductor of the car te fellow
the gul and they were suspected of hav
ing made aw ty with her. Miss Gairisen
is a pietty and vivacious girl, lemaikably
well developed and piesentlug moie et
the appearance of a woman of twenty one
than a gill of seventeen. Her (.unify .no
among the wealthiest ami most aiisto aiiste
cratic lesideuts of St. Leuis.
Late Fiiday aftoiueou au anonymous
letter was received by the Gauiseus stat
ing that their daughter was safe aud
sound, and that she. would be deliveied te
the family for $2,500 This fact was
published iu an extra edition of the even
nig papijis, and it was stated that a due
had been found te the identit of thu
wuter. The publication (lightened the
sceundiels aud atd.uk en Fiiday night
Miss Gairisen was released fiem custody.
She went diieet te the Tuitd disLue'.
police station and told Captain Fiaugel,
the eilieer iu ehaige, thats'jj was. Miss
Seiclda Garrison
" I came heie," she said, " te lequest
that j ou send an officer te accompany me
home." The cap1 ain led the young luly
into his office. She was veiy inud&emely
diessed, and exhibited no signs of ill
treatment. The captain questioned her
and she replied as fellows :
"Four men followed me after I left the
Fifth stieet car. When near the convent
two of them sei.ed held of me while one
of them placed a haudkeichicf te my
mouth. I struggled te lice niself fiem their
clutches, but they held me se tight that 1
could net move Tltf re was chloieiorm ou
the haudkcichief I knew by the snidl, it
r'ndeiing me unconscious anl I lememtier
falling. On Saturday night, wheu I re
turned te coiiscieusiiLs", 1 found nisc!t
in a strange loom. A woman was by
my side, a id she told me tha". she
would net let anyone huit me. All they
held me for was for a lansem, for they
knew that my relatives could piy well for
my return te them. I was told that it I
made an outcry theie would be trouble,
aud, fiightened at this thieat, I made no
noie. Friday aiteiuoea the woman with
whom I was stepping showed me the
newspapeis aud told me that she intended
turning me loose in the evening at dark.
I was let out of the house by a bacic deer,
and then I noticed that it was a thieo thiee thieo
stery biick building. The woman
escertetl me through several alleys and
then pointed tewaid this station and told
me te ask for Captain Frangel."
The pelice believe eveiy weid of the
gill's story, and they have taken the de
scuptien .she gives of her abductors, aud
are new looking for the scoundrels.
COLCM1JIA IN'ICWS.
Our Heular ISoreujh Correspondent.
IIde & Behmau te-night. " Blj;
Geerge" wants te bj a sjeci.il policeman.
Splendid ceistmg en Heise's hill.
Presbyteii in sermons te-morrow en 'Ae
quaiutance with Ged," iu the morning;
"Chiistian Ceuiage," in the evening ; il
lustrated E. E. Lutheran leetuie te mer
row evening, "The Leid's Praver."
Sleighing and dancing party fiem Colum
bia at the Leopaul hotel, Lancaster, last
evening. Peer relief society organ'.ed at
the E. E. Lutheran ehuich this alternoei".
ttove works will net bring any bi.t
skilled laborers from Spring City.
Deuble team rau off with a b sleigh
en the Lmcaster turnp-ke today and
broke ene side in. M. E. levival mectin; s
continue next week. The poles aie up
for the telephone from Lancaster te Col
umbia. Slight fire at B ichman.' planing
mill yesterday ; httle damage P. R. R
Brakcman Thad. S. Brown had two light
hand forefingers crushed at Paoli, yester
day, while coupling cirs ; Dr. Craig at
tends him. " Orphean Musicale " pallor
coucert at Mr. A. J. Kauflrnau'.s uext
Tuesday evening. Daniel Reaideu, aged
14, crawledunder a tiain csterday after
noon ; it started, caught one of his feet
and henibly mangled it.
Council .Proceedings.
Messrs Pfahler, S.ulth. Shum in, Patt'iu
Kistlcr, Hershey and Guiles attended the
meeting last evening. Tne finance com
mittee reported balance ou hand $2,372 21.
New gas lamps vreie reported erejted ;
solicitor was ordered te collect bills for
brick for paving ; report en 1830 tax duplr
cate was received ; steve works
was allowed te lay a lailread
track en Maple street level with the
pavement ; water plug en Cedar street
was ordered te be removed te the corner
of 2d aud Maple, aud new plug ordered
for the corner of 3 1 and Maple ; a bill of
$3G.90 from the Raiding steam engine
company for lepairs ou the " Columbia "
engine, was filed, as it was net considered
a just one, the agreement with the mauu
facturing cempaiy, when the engine was
in Readrng for repairs, called for ad
ditional repairs when necessiry free of
charge. A number of bills were then
presented and ordered te be paid.
Closed ou Account of Scarlet Kever.
R. D. Yeundt, teacher of Centre school,
Earl township, was compelled te close his
school en Tuesday evening, en account of
the scarlet fever being epidemic in that
district. The school was reduced te about
six pupils. Five death have occurred in
that vicinity within three weeks, and
there are numerous c ises yet that are
critical. In the household of Mr. Uriah
Steffy, near the school house, the mother
and all the children have been attacked
by the fever and one of them died.
Adultery aud Desertion.
The wife of Jehn II. Quinn appeared
before Alderman Spurrier and entered
complaint against her husband for adul
tery and desertion. Quinn was arrested
and committed for a hearing this evening.
CO CUT I'HOCr.JiJJlMJs.
;iilileus Delivered 'ihlii Morning Current
lluslneit Trau.victeil.
This morning court met at 10 o'clock
for the delivery of opiuieus in ca--es argued
in December and the tr.m-ictieii of ether
bllMTK-Ss.
The following opinions were deliveied :
ny judee livixgstex :
Jehn Girvm V Beiij.tmui F. Musle
in.111. Mule for a new tiial made abso
lute. Jehn M Graul vs. Jehn Meis Rule
for n new tual made absolute.
Commonwealth of I'euiisilvai'ii. for the
n-e et Win. D. Weavr et el vs. Divid G.
Sttac ft ai. Rule for :t new trial di
chaiged. Andmw Summer vs I'. Ignatius Sagoi Sagei
er. Kxceptieus te auditid's repeit ever
niUd.
David Uasr vs Jehn Fl uy. Rule fei
new trial discharged.
Elward K. Seibert et al trustees David
Weidmau et al. ttustet-s and Lreal Miller
et al, decaceus, being the church council
of the Evangelical Lutheran congiegatieu
of B.ickeivilie, v. M Fisher et al. Rule
for change of venu e discharged.
J is'jph L uner vs. Adam C. Grell. Ru'e
te stiike oil lien suit disehaigid.
Theodere W. Heir vs. Jehn L. Biukle.
Case stattd. .1 augment cuteied ler tue
defendant.
Lybeetal. vs. R S. Heir, inceptions te
master repeit disni-ssed and report con
firmed. Jehu Fink vs. Mug tret Albright ami
her husband. It ubjir Albught. Rule te
show cause why rule el relerenee should
net be stiiekun oil", itulcmvle absolute.
Aim McGr inn et al. vs. the Penusylva
uia railroad cunpiuy. Etcej tieu te the
mpeit of viewets assessing damages.
Exceptions dismissed aud repeit con
firmed.
Catheiiue J Me-Gjvein vs. same ; same
disposition.
Mai ia Sleat, deceased's estate. Evcep Evcep
tieus te auditors' dismissed and icpeit
confirmed.
Estate of Daniel O'Donnell, dicea-ed.
Exceptions te auditors report eveuulcd
and repeit confirmed
Estate of Jeseph D'tviler, decease!.
Exceptions te auditoie report ovetru'ed
and report continued.
Cstatc of YAijl ibeth G.m m in, d ct sea.
Citation te execut r t tile a i aeoeU'H,
aiiswei aud leplieatier.. Ceiut enler and
direct executer te iiie an a.c id.it u or
b'fem Febiuaiy 10.
Milten Reynolds vs. Wm. Lee. Meiien
fei a mie for. i new trial .Motion dis
missed and urle denied.
Iu the in ittcr of the petition for re re
viewers for a re id in Srrasbuig and I're
vidouce townships, the following gentle
men are appeinted: B. J MeG ami,
Mauheun township ; Michad L. Ibwvri,
Lmcaster township ; aud Joint B. Ivieuler
Wesf Lini peter
Commonwealth vs. S.uiuiel Edieliuan.
Iu this case defendant was acquitted of
selling diseased meat but wa eideiid to te
pay two thirds of the costs. A rule was
granted te show euise vv'iye mui'ief
the veuliut as imp se.l any p turn et the
coats en him sheul 1 net be .stricken off
Rule discharged.
Sain 3 vs. tair.e. Same uile in mgad te
costs improved upuu. Adam S'idr,
pioseeuter ; also discharged.
Cem tli Vs. i' redenck: li'etz, i.idieted
for violating auction laws. Delimiter 10
indictment overruled.
uy jli)l.e r.vxri:r.seN.
Samuel Eby, surviving adinim-tia'er of
Jehn Cehuer, deceased, v. Samuel W.
Kilchner. Rule te sniku off neu suit
disehaiged.
A. J. Dunlap, vv. I). If P.. ts. R.i!e
for a new trial made ab-eliife.
J. II. Wagner, et al. doing basin s, ,i..
the W.itEoutevwi planing mil1, vs. J ir.n-.s
B. Hendersen and Rebecc i Hendersen,
his wife. Rule for a new tiial discharged.
David B. Shiik and wife's assumed
estate. Exception te auditors' report dis
missed and icpeit cenfiimed.
Samuel Eby and IIniy Welgeinutii,
execute.s of Ileiuy Bnibakei. Rule te
show cinsu why the judgment of J inuaiv
term, 1831, Ne. l.'iil!, wheiei-i C. M. Mir
tin fwr the imi of Fanny M.Hambright vs.
Geerge ILunbi ight should net be opened
and an issue granted te asce-i tain what is
due eiiMi'd judgment ; issue granted.
Iienry L. Biackbill vs. David Gi.ibill,
executer of Barbaia L. Risser, dec-ased.
Case stated, judgment entered in favor of
the pi.dntiff for J107..10.
Geerge ?rliller. deceased, estate. Rule
te show causn why administrator c. t. u.
should net execute the will of deceased.
Rule disehaiged ami rule te sfey s.tle con
tinned.
Estate of Wm. R. Ralston, deceased.
Exceptions te auditors' icpeit dismissed
and report confirmed.
West Cocalico read. Eiceptiens tore tore
pert of vieweis dismissed.
Cem'th vs. Benjamin C. Herman, fabe
pretense, August 18S1, true bill. Rule te
show cause why indictment should net be
quashed. Rule raade absolute.
Cem'th vs. Lrael Wcnger, August lS-J.
Tine bill. Demurier te indietm-'iit ;
judgment in favor of the accused en iu
dictment.
Current ilusiites.
Li.i Theme, of this city, wife of Emile
Theme, was made a ferae sole trader, giv
ing her the riht te her own septrate
cat uiugs.
uuirixi Acuiurj.vr.
Striking .i;;;Miist .in Iren K.illn.iI (Iridic.
L..t evening C. M. Strinennd Harry
Copland weie returning from Xeffsviile,
.ii.d upon teaching the iron budge, leccnt
1 erected ever the new line of railroad,
just opposite McGevem's farm, they mei
with an accident. This bridge is made of
iron and in the middle is a partition, also
of iron, which divides it, making two
nairew ie id ways. The iron work is painted
white and is therefore difficult te see at
night, when there is snow en the
ground. When the men drove up te the
bridge they did net observe the partition
until almost against it. The m.ue they
were driv'ng was tietting and Mr. Strine
quickly pulled her towards the right. It
was tee late however, as the sleigh struck
against the first pest of the iien partition
and was upset Mr. Copland was sitting
en the left side and his h ad stiuck the
iien a terrible smack. He was picked up
bleeding and brought te tewu, when Dr.
Geerge A. King attended bun, and it was
found that he had a very ugly cut en the
leftside of tire forehead. This was sewed
up, and although Mr. Copland will have a
sero head, his injuiies are net as bad as
they might have been. Mr. Stiiue was
thrown from the sleigh aud fell across the
bridge but was net hurt. The sleigh was
badly broken and the horse wns caught a
sheit distance from the place of the dis
aster. XEtOmiOJiHOUI) SEWS.
Events Acrej the County Line.
Rebert W. Reed and Antheny Dough
erty, jr., two millwrights, were seriously
burned yesterday by an explosion at the
Dupent powder works. Reed was blown
into the Brandywine creek by the ferca of
the shock, but was rescued.
The steam flouring mill of Wrn. G.
Valentine, en West Frent street, Wilming
ten, a three-story brick building, was
totally do3treycd bv fire last evening
with all its coatents The less is estimated
at $12,000, which is partially covered by
insurance.
fell ou the Ice.
Mr. Gee. Sensenderfer. redding en
West Strawberry street, while walking
en West King street near Charlette, last
evening, slipped and fell en the icy pave
ment and received serious bruises about
the face.
QUE P08T0FFIGE.
X.K. AlAKMI I.'s A.M'AL NT.V1 KVIl!.Nr
Kecclptu biiiI KiHiiillitireit Number of
Alnjr Order, t-i'tter, S'aprr", I'uck-
HUe. c, Cairlfd miring the
I t Ver.
Pest master Marsh.!l fui nMies for pub
lication the following annual statement of
the business of the Lancaster posteffieo
during the v ear 1SS2 :
KECFIIT-.
i" loin - lit- t -t.mir-, Ac f,:.;.N5 4
lt i in .vis N)
-de ! w.iste p i per Ujs
di iM en pestuM-Ier SS iZ
l.:i.i;i 5
Etre.ssus
s.ilnv et re-.ti.i .ter ,
" " e li-i k-i
Li-itcr curtt'i
lit nt, llht and tool
vtitl !iii'-.,nj;er n ki-
Contingent c-.peiisi-.
. $!UM Od
. .. &. ,vt
.. 1 or mi
.. l,i e n
41 is
ll.l.'JOS 75
IJaltuee overt peiists $-n,'71 in
DlsntKah'MKXTS.
Pchs'iI u llli ass'lTrtM. U. 5. f 11,'U.l llV
ruuistcireU te money order
account l,.l-."(0
Mini loute uifssi iiier mi r,
Mall wci-lied .... li'.s no
-f.MV.71 10
Lirrrni: t'vm.ihiia nitrumiKvr.
Kcristcieil matter deiivcrcil C.7i-g
Mail lettci- di'livi'it it 7is.m
Mat! 1 est.d cir iclified 17'MIs
la-ial Ititei I'cIUeteil ."OIK;
l.eeal pe-1 il c.mU dcllvurcil lis..;
Newspaper, fir ular, e, ileliv-
creil l.'O.S'.n
1' t.tl number et p'tvM iteliveml, I.lli7.--'4"
I.t'ttm collected
I'es al e ire ciillictcl
Nevvsp.ipci, Ac., eelleeti !
Tetul mi'ii cre! piece tellceltd
-'HiVT
n; 5 7
."4,011
"lil "js
i.tiiisri.Y I'l.r MiTMtsr.
Ki uUn-icil lcttfi tiinl p te-iuf ler
tity il livciy 47s(
i;t'giU'itii ifiicr auu piiMtgc ent
110111 the el y W
rtitircil lelteis and pacKa;?' t in
7.SHJ
trutisU ',aTi.
Total
mem.t ei:ini ieri.rui:Nr.
I'.iilaiue en li.uiil I e .t .lsi
S t;-i lieuii ilc enleiM lt.-.u'il
Iimtt eenlei Ii i s
u Uiiiisli nlers isiieil
Ulltlsll Olllt'ls li cs
"i C.m ullnii nttr Issiieil
Cmiaiili'i urilers ice
3 0 Gentian enlei i-s-ntil
l.elinall Lids tiM
Ils.i enlci lsstlfll
vv 1- enler lee .....................
21 .-.
. l.Mll
. (.' 71 : I.I
t; ; 7
. I,l"'l m
.".1 .mi
fj .V,
. I Ny 71,
s, ,
1 .: ri
i 0
I .Is", n 1
(.a 1 transfer.. l tieiii positive m-
ceuii'
Tet t! 7s..'si 5.;
rv MUM.
Piiini tie er'cii p iiil f ( .!" '1
IS 1 it 1 li enlei paid '.i.'ii
( un uii in iititvi p'd 1 a7 i-
Geiniin enlei pitil -,!U.I7
is enlft p'tlil -1! ."
l:. till nidi r piiil 517 .'(1
I'alil bvautlm it) nt dept ... l-'l,
Itt'l mileil w nil p. 111.. 1'liiln., .r..7s iui
('i-lili:tl. 1111 li.ttnl. I'f !".'s-. ll'.MKi
-l .s.isi) e,;
M!S( 1.1 . AM. IS lift.
N umhei uiic'aluieil It'tiei. .Vc.,s ill
te ilead lelli r etln 1
Nuuilii 1 iiuiu.tiliilii)' leltei- Ore . sent
teilful It tier elliee
N umbel letlei tiliiinuil le unlets .
Nttiulier peuuil et in wpapei i.ml
peilO'lle.tl muilt'il by pulitislici
itii.1 new le'ent
..l.ta
in ;
v',lsl
ivisr.
Aiueuut et postage p.ti't en same ..
f:t,i 1; .je
Number pound et neu p ipeis ami
pt-li idietl liuiileil ly pul)lihers
Wltliiu the teiliny (liti )
117,1.;
srAMi'd, 10-rAt. e ni'. .te, sold iu i:imi 1111:
v cvi:.
-.87 172 1 cent stamp i IJfil 1
..:. 'J " " i.iiiiii
50.V .'. " "' I7ssilrt
7,-f.'l V " " .'P.t 4V
.IMS li ' .'1.17 OS
i.ia.s 111 '- iu; mi
i ;i7 r ' ' 107 r.
uz 11 - ' lil in
l Ml " " I XI
3I77U ! 'flit ee-lal i.tnls 1,177 41
S.O1 1 " " " I HI -
Xcu-.i.itfr.t iJ peil..ilicil slump t,l."i; ;tn ,
liwliii;e ilui-stamp Ii" 01;
b n lopes mnl tajipet I.'.'SI 'iS
A compaiieou with the year ISSt shown
:m increase in the lecipts of thu oflice of
v'l.Oeb 0'J.
Ie th" let'ei carriers' depai tint nt 11.1 022
iimie pieces weie deliveied and 71,e0
mere pieci s collected than the pievieus
year.
In the registiv department the number
of packages registeied, has increased from
G.010 iu 18S1 te 7,802. Registered matter
for city dehveiy has iiicicaed .197. Re
gistered paekages, passing through the
oflice, of which a record it kept, has in-er-:ised
1,S7S.
Iu the 111 uiey order ileptrtn.cnt -ll.
detntstic orders IcsM ban 1881. were issued
showing a deete.ise of i'.), 1211 7!) 82 mero
inter nation il money eiders were issued
than in 1881, showing an increa'-u of 2,
2GS 2". The am unit el orders pud shows
an liicrease of i,0l 72.
iar. i-inji.iiiv sutuv.
I.urc
Vtter.tl'tnre I llterg List of riren
l'reitiltiinti.
Tlie 5. uhiv exhibit en is new in sue
cessful blist, and never before in thia city
Ti.it thee each a crewing :is vas kept up
by the 10 ster in Cxcelsier hall this
morning. The buds are all new iu place
mid ynesfiit .1 magnificent appearance.
Tl.e judging 1.1 Hie fowls 1 going en
rap'dly an I si'ist iet..-ily, and the scores
are feuud te be remarkablv high. The
judging of the pigeons was finished last
evening. Belew we furnish a full list of
th', premiums awarded :
fiseens.
J1111M E. S.'.hum had the largest and host
corection en exhibition, and wis awarded
theielerc a special cash premium of $0,
a year's subscription te the daily Intklli-
cici'ic, ene jcar's sub"-criptieu te the
Poultry Messenger and Farmer, and ether
specials, valued in the aggregate at $."!.
lle took first premium en the follow
ing varieties : Black, bhi", dun and
White carriers ; white pouters'; white
and jnllew barbs; white l.tnt.tils ;
black Jacobins; voilevv beirded lumb
lers ; blue winged tin bits, blue tailed
un bits and black-tailed turbits, white
Afncanewls; blue ami silver English
owls; reil and blue swallows ; liillb.ieks ;
Biriuiiigham rollers ; priests ; rce pigeons ;
and bleudinettes. .Mr. Schum took second
premiums for sh rt-faeed tumblers ;
vvititB turbits; bl.iek-tadcd turbits;
uiwttled trumpeters; black swallows;
Knells ; B rniiugham rollers ; archangels
and priests. And third premiums en
yellow JaccbiiiH ; redwinged turbits ; yel
low winged turbits ; pi iests, aud almond
tumblers.
Rindell & Faiuervice, Xcw.rk, N. J.,
werp, awarded the special cash premium
of $3 for the second best collection, and
speicies amounting te $17. They took
first pieinium for black fautails ; yellow
and white Jacobins, red winged turbits
black and white trumpeters. And second
premiums en blue fantails; black, yellow
and white Jacobins ; silver turbits, blue
tailed turbits ; black and vvldte trumpo trumpe
teis ; blue Antwerps ; blue English owls;
blue swallows. And third prerniumH ou
yellow fautails ; red Jacobins ; blue blue
vvinged turbits ; mottled truraetcrs ; red
swallows, yr-l.'ew magpien.
Cha. L:ppeld, Lancaster, took special
premiums valued at $8, including ene
year's subscription te daily Examiner. IIe
took first premium en short faced tum
blers, red, black, and mottled iuside tum
blers ; blue turbits, red tailed turb.ts ;
mottled t.umpeter.s ; nuns; snel's and
helmets, lie tonic second premiums mf
red aud black inside tumblers ; black
bai bs ; silver Antwerps ; red cLe "ki r d
Antweips; and third premium en black
checkered Antwcips; blue Afncan ew's
and snells.
J. M. Havens, Strasburg, wai awarded
a special of one yc ir's subseriptiea te V e
Lancaster Farmer, and ether special prizes
amounting te C. He tce.r first premiums