LANCASTER D A ILYraTEJLMGENCEK THUES1X , FEBRUARY 15. 1883.
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THURSDAY EVENING, FBB 15, 1883.
Senatorial Amiability.
Senater Morgan, of Alabama, heard
in tbe Senate, as much te his surprise as
te his disgust, that these who live in
glass houses should net threw stones.
Mr. Morgan, who is a very geed and
virtuous senator, is troubled with a tee
great loquacity and a consequent Phari
saical disposition te vaunt himself. lie
undertook te give his fellow-senator
Davis, of West Virginia, a tongue
lashing because he voted for an in
crease of the duty en bituminous
coal, when lie was interested in
the ownership and ruining of bilutnin
ousceal. Semiter Davis, who is a very
geed and honest senator,witlieut as facile
a tongue as Senater Morgan, mildly sug
gested te the latter that his free trade
votes were likewise interested ones, be
cause he wanted te buy a cheaper bread
cloth for his coat. But Senater German,
of Maryland, who is net se geed a man
as Davis, but lias a readier head and
tongue, came sharply te his brother
senator's assistance, by calling attention
te the fact that the free trade" Sena Sena
eor Morgan had naturally voted for a
high duty en silk cocoons, in order te
provide profitable employment for the
women of Alabama. And then he went
ever the list of the free trade Southern
senators ami showed hew each one had
abandoned his peculiar faith en the tariff
question, when any industry of his own
state came up for protection. Senater
Vance had howled for a duty en peanuts,
because North Carolina grew them ; and
all that Vance could s;iy in reply was
that when grab was the game lie would
be a feel net te stretch out his hand for
33!iii! of the plunder for his people.
There is no doubt of the substantial
truth of Senater German's allegation Ilia1
the amiable senators vote en thetaiiff
question and en all questions according
te what they conceive, te be the interest
of their seel ions. They are all self-inter
ested. If they de net directly vote
money into their pockets, they vote
themselves political strength. They
want te be strong with their people and
te stay in their places ; and they vole as
their people would have them; and
their people geneially would have them
vote te protect their interests, regardless
of these of any ether section.
Representatives who vote without bias
of self-interest, directly or indirectly,
are scarce It is net in most human
natures. Certainly it is net in peliti
cians' natures. The stiff necked people,
who de right because if is right, and only
se, are net the kind of whom the people
are apt te make representatives. It
would be better all around if only such
representatives were selected ; but weak
human nature will have none of them.
m m
Trying te Make it Clear.
The Philadelphia Recerd says that we
have net answered its inquiry as te
" hew any tax laid en property, either
real or personal, payment of which is
net evaded by fraud or concealment, can
fail of being" equally or proportional eh
distributed; and asks us whether taxes
however laid, de net properly diffuse and
distribute themselves. We thought we
answered the Recerd very clearly and
fully when we said that a tax en real
estate alone would net be a tax en per
sonal property, proportionate in its
weight te that borne by tiie real estate
that was directly taxed. We said in
illustration that the owner of a thou
sand dollar house would bear a tax
greater in proportion than that borne by
Vanderbilt's hundred millions of bends.
We had no reference, as the Jlicertl sup
poses, te the fact that Aranderbilt's
United Stales bends are net taxed. The
Recerd truly observes that he paid a tax
when he bought these bends, as he pur
chased them at a higher price owing te
their immunity from taxation. But
this has nothing te de with the question
in hand. The Recerd asked us te sup
pose that a tax was laid en only one
class of property, and asserted that
such a tax would be se diffused
finally as te bear equally en all
classes of property. Fer that statement
we can see no geed foundation. We
have, for the argument's sake, assumed
that there was no tax laid but upon
realty ; and then we have asked hew
Vanderbilt, the owner of a hundred
millions of personal property, and of
little real estate, would encounter his
fair share of taxation. We de net
knew hew the tax en real estate would
se distribute itself as te fasten itself pro
portionately en his United States bends,
or even en his railroad stecksand bends.
His railroads pay a tax en their real
estate, and Mr. Vandei bill's stock beais
its share of that. Ne doubt it bears a
further share of the real (slate tax,
which is diffused in many ways. Bui
we have no reason te suppose that Mr.
Vanderbilt's hundred millions invested
in personal property thai is net taxed
would pay the same tax as though in
vested in real estate that is taxed. 5ut
we have every reason, in the nature of
the case, te believe that it would net.
We would be glad te see the Recerd'
argument or evidence showing that a
tax en one thing bears proportionately
en all things.
The Legislative Recerd conies with
the same old irregularity and lack of
promptness. Is it the fault of the con
tractor, or of the pasters and folders ?
The Legislature should inquire into it
and put a step te the present just causes
of complaint. The Recerd might as
well have been abolished at the begin
ning of the session as te liave been con
tinued in this manner of publication
These te whom it is sent receive a bun
dle about once a week and when the
reports of the proceeding are stale, flat,
and uninteresting, Reform is very
necessarj in the present plan of publish
ing and distributing the Recerd.
It is indeed a melancholy subject for
reilectien that in great Americau cities
whose charity was invoked and freely
exercised but a few days age for the re
lief of sufferers from flood in Europe,
one-third of their people have been
driven from their homes, the streets are
invaded by raging waters and millions
of dollars worth of property in the store
houses is in danger of great damage, if
net of utter less. Fer the present Amer
ican charity must begin and end at
home.
Ocit state senators, with whom the
whole responsibility for the failure or
success of the measure must new rest,
should net hesitate te pass the bill equal
izing the fees of the mayor and aldermen
in cases heard by them. The fees of the
mayor's eilice were cut down one-half
simply because they went into the pock
ets of a salaried eilicer when the reduc
tion was made. When the law was
changed and the fees directed into the
city treasury, all reason for tin; differ
ence between the costs in rases heard by
the mayor and the aldermen ceased, and
the law should have been repealed at
once. The city is entitled te full fees in
all cases heard by the mayor ; the county
commissioners should recognize the jus
tice of this preposition and net stand in
the way of its legal enactment, and Sen
ators My in and Stehman ought te put
it through.
Tin; dying wents ei young Commander
Rawson leader of the Highland Brigade
te Sir G.irnet Welscley, after the victory
of TtsI el Kebir, deserve a place in history.
They were: "General, did I lu:l them
strait-lit'.1"
Tin: New Yerk Senate has passed by
a very large majority the bill providing
that in ail house:; of refimc, institutions
for tin: peer and reformatories the clergy
men of ;.I! denominations may held re
ligieus services of their sects fe: the btine
tit of these who belong te their faith.
Tin; advocates of beer as a beverage
that possesses the agency of temperance
appear te have ground in the fact, as si a
tisties show, tli.it while the consumption
et beer lias increased ever two hundred
million gallons in four .years, the whisky
consumption has increased a iitlle niore
than sixteen million gallous in that time.
CixnNN.vri, despite the innumerable
gayeties in which she indulge:;, is n-it te
be envied in her present condition e!
suffering. With her railroads submerged,
her Ripply of previsions becoming .scarce,
the hieilitie.s for liht diminished, ncccssi
fating a return te the anliquitatcd tallow
dip, her ei'izeas hailing through the
streets like Yeuetiau gondoliers, and a
general obsiruetiou of business united
with the toppling ever of houses and less
of life, the " Paris of Aiueiiea'' experi
ences a touch of alllicl.ieii that- m.iy well
call out for her expressions of commisera
tion, and perhaps induce a certain class of
humanity te attribute her misery" te her
wickedness and count it a just retribution
for her sins.
Tin-; A7e lit Auiiru'UM, in its objections
te the bill which has passed the Senate
depriviug the commonwealth of the power
given it by Philadelphia mints te stand
aside jurors in tiiuiinal caf-es makes this
mysterious allegation :
Tim rein of this bill is no seeier.
There is no doubt about, its u-aseii awl
just as hi tle about, its motive. It is an
euiiai-c upon the couimenwea'tli.
As the bili has. been pressed te passage
by a itspectable member of the Senate
from Philadelphia, this talk about its
"reason" aud ' motive," as though it
were intended te meet some special ease,
should be mo:e explicit. Will net the
Km tii American please enlighten us upon
what is certainly a " secret " te people
outside the city, if this bill has any ether
motive than appears en its face.
Tin: state Senate committee en tnsti
tutienal rofeiii) has agreed upon a form e'
the prohibitieua! amendment which s.rikts
out the words " fermented, brewed and
vinous," as unnecessary limit-itiuus aud
limits the operations of the proposed new
law te '"intoxicating" liquors and all thai
may cover. The exact lauguage of the
amendment proposed by the Senate com
mittce, in which shape, if auy, it is most
likely te pass the Legislature, is as fob
lows :
Section 1. The manufacture, sale, or
keeping for sale of any intoxicating liquor
that seems te be used as a beverage is
forever prohibited within this common
wealth, and the General Assembly shall,
without delay, enact such laws with sulli
cieut penalties as may be necessary te en
force the prohibition.
Section 2. The manufacture, sale or
keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors for
ether purposes than as a beverage shall he
regulated by law under sufficient penalties
by securities.
ActOKDiXG te the cuusus leperts, the
highest agricultural productiveness in this
country appears in the Pacific states,
where 110, G(57 poisons engaged in agricul
ture in 1S79 produced staples worth $7o, $7e,
811,422, or $085 te each person engaged in
the business. The next highest iu the
list are the four Middle states, New Yerk
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dolaware
where 7e.",(il3 parsons raised crops te the
value of J?:Ho,7e7,272, or $151 te each per
son. Iho Western aud Mississippi allev
states ceme next iu order, with 2,340,541
persons producing crops worth $91:5,9(50,
G52, or $'5S9 te each worker. New Eng
land's peer soil aud worse climate cut lit r
products down go that 301,815 farm
werkers produce only $103,343,5GG, or $312
each. But the astounding result is iu the
Seuth, where, despite faverable climate
aud soil, agricultural methods are se slip
shed that 4,070,915 laborers produce
values aggregating $750,391,303 or ou:y
$185 te each weiker.
When it was announced that weed-pulp
car wheels were found te be quite as ser
viceable as the ponderous wheels of steel
a murmur of disbelief arese almost every
where ; whsu it was stated that from
paper car wheels could be manufactured
that would prove as safe and strong as
these of steel, the derisive laugh deepened,
and new that it is reported that lumber
can be manufactured fiem straw, a gener
al howl may be expected. Nevertheless,
an Englishman cemes forward with in
dubitable evidence that from straw he has
produced the finest finished lumber,
which is net only handsome in appearance
but durable and cheap. Should this en
terprising inventor show that his straw
lumber really possesses these requisite
elements, he will have conferred a univer
sal beuefit, since it has long been mauifest
that the ultimate destruction of our for
ests, and consequently an exorbitant
value of weed, must be one of the results
of our rapidly increasing population.
THE-ANGRY'TOTEES.
IJKATll U TMK DELVGi;.
Fiiflmi Floed Completely Overwhelming
Wtfhleni Cities I'ltsuiier aim Crime
Itueiiiug it!et.
The liver at Cincinnati reached sixty
six feet at 8 o'clock last evening, eleven
inches above the point leached night
beleie. Mill creek was from two te three
feet higher thau Tuesday nisht, and even
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton read
was compelled te su-qicud trains'. The
rise in the Ohie probably came from the
little Miami largely, which empties into
the Ohie just above the city, and also
from the Licking just opposite the city.
At what hour the new iise will step and
what figure will be teuchtd, i:e one can
de mere than guess. Ol course the use
of a feet iu height extended the surface te
a considerable extent, but the increase-1
damage cauuet be slated, aud, in fact, de
tails aie auiazmgiy meagre aud must be
largely se till the waters subside. In
many instauces a second removal of goods
stored at a supposed safe height was
made But the worst efftet was uii the
railroads. The city of Cincinnati has no
connection with thb outside world save
by country reads ever the hills and tele
graph wires. The Ciue.inuati Northern, a
narrow gauge read, that went ever the
hills, the only one left and a serious acci
dent ou that closed it for the present.
The Cincinnati Southern is the only read
iu werkitig order. The express companies
have ceased" te receive goods, and will
have te haul what they must send, miles
ever the hills te points net reached by
water, and ship in all sorts of round about
wajs. The newspapers will havotegoto
press at "an hour or two earlier te get
away papers te country subscribers.
The streets have been ciewdcd with ex
cited tbeusauds, idleis out of employment
and cuiieus spectators, all discussing lev
el ishly the news of the day. People who
live out of town found themselves unable
te leave and the hotels aVe crowded.
Houses iu the Heeded district are getting
te be very unsafe, and must be constantly
watch. Sewers are bursting and it be;
comes hourly inoie apparent that the
damage will increase. Ceal oil has gene
up from 50 te 100 per cmt. te day and
produce the same way. Even the price of
staple groceries have been laised by some,
dealers, aud peer people, even v. hen safe
ly housed, must sr.ib r in many easts fiem
the high prices of their daily feed.
Cries or the Stfirviiij;.
Many cass of extieme destitution ate
reported by the reliuf beats. In some
eases the frau ic cries of starving children
for feed is heartrending. The bakeries
net inundated arc weiked te the fullest
apaeity te keep up (he supply of bread.
Tle-se have been some fears of a meat fam
ine (in account of the difficulty in leeeiviug
livestock, but several ili:;u-aud rescutd
distillery cattle can be uttkxtd iu case of
necessity.
The work of relief is trtunu; en with
energy. Every society iu the eity, from
Masonic ledges te cliuieh sewing circles,
seem fe have joined iu and everything is
being done which is possible. Ilishep
Elder has sent te all his clergy enjoining
them te aid in e.very possible way. The
Coliseum thoatie has been placed at the
disposal e'." ten relief committee for the
reception of the destitute. About $10,0(10
w:-s raised by private Mibcriptien, besides
the $100,000 at cjuueil's disposal ami the
outside gifts, the lattnr cemim in rapidly
rem all quartets. Evoryeue of the many
thousands who need help get if piemptl".
But their Dumber is se great that it is
impossible te give statistic
IncHiUiiiul-iLi ler 1'Jumirr.
The decreasing water supply is c:iu:;:t.:
great uneasiness. Wasteful censilium s
are at. once cut oil". Saloons were allowed
a barrel a day, and then tneir hyirau-s
weie nintly tinned till". Several small
tires under suspicious circumstances have
led te the belief that incendiarism h;s
been tried te furnish opportunities ler
plunder. Every large consumer of coal,
as a idle, has been obliged testphis
works because of inability te get luel
In short, the city of Cincinnati, with
her quarter million citizens, is helpless
and staguaul in the pieseuee of a calamity
whose proportions have outgrown the
wildest eenjectuie.s, fettered by nature
and almost destitute of the necessities et
life, while surieunded at se short, yet at
picseat inaccessible distance, by plenty.
Among the incidents of the Heed was the
finding of a ba. by asleep in its crib iu a
house lleatiug at Fern Bank below the
city. The licsle waif was rescued aud
cared for by the Catholic Orphan society,
A barn with a iiuc baiouehe in it lleatiug
by the city. The parties finding it were
uuable te secure the prize.
Tlie loiet UHaxter.
It is new definitely settled that at least
four people went te their death with the
break iu McLeau avenue and the wreck of
the Cine tt'iati Southern railroad depot en
Tuesday, and the probabilities are that a
much greater number lest their lives.
Herman Wifersajsfhaihe aud his brother
Jeseph had gene te McLean aveuue.
Noticing a crowd around llyan's saloon,
they walked ever te it. They were about
fifteen feet away from it, when some one
suddenly cried that the saloon was tailing,
llcrmau Wifer looked ever his shoulder
and saw the frail structure slip down the
bank. Theu the ground shook and quiv
ered. There was a shout of "Loek out,
it's going te cave." aud all at once a
yawning chasm epeued at his feet.
Mechanically he jumped and regained
terra lirma. As he did se, for one brief
second he glauced behind him. His bio
ther Jeseph had geno down into the hol
low with the slipping street and was
caught iu the imprisoning mire. Then
another great cave-in of the yellow earth
took place., andtheyeuug man was buried
frenj sight, raising his bauds aud crying
as the irresistible mass bore down upon
him. Iu this meanwhile Herman ran for
dear life. Pour times the earth gae
away beneath his feet, and lour times he
leaped across the cracks and was safe.
With his brother and hitnstlf wcie at
least fifteen persons who were gathered iu
a group ou that i,ide of the avenue that
fiisfc caved in, aud these Herman believed
te have all becu entombed under the
avalanche of mud, lie saw no one escape
aud he was the lash one ou that tide of th
bank te reach a place of safety. Tiie.-
with them were strangers, and he is net
able te say anything positive about them.
Driven Frem their Ifuuies.
Most of the residents of JcfTersonviiie
have been driven from their home':. They
sue suffering for feed aud the greatest des
titution prevails. Te add te the horrors
of the situation there is no light te be had.
A thousand houses iu Newport arc Heeded
aud as many familes are homeless. " Yer
is your skiffs te auy part of the city," cau
be heard at any hour of the night at the
various Iandiur places. The maver's
proclamation iu relereuee te the outrage
ous charges demanded by skiff and beat
owners had a telling cllect ; teu cents for
each passenger, or fifty cents an hour, is
all that is new charged. The Rolling Perk
has flooded the country about New Haven.
The track of Atherten's railroad and
all property along tbe river is greatly
damaged. Many persons have left their
homes. Nich.G. Lcake.aged fifty-six years
a prominent physician, started out in a
skiff. In bailing out the water it capsized.
He caught a fence pest and held it ten
minutes aud then floated down half a
a mile and caught ou the willows. Ex
citement rau high aud a raft was made.
Bill Besley, son of Ilev. Q. G. Beslcy,
started te the rescue and his raft sank.
He swam te the trees, near Leake, where
he saw Leake die. Anether larger raft
was made aud Curtiss Ferd and Frauk
Burns, a wrecking car man, had courage
enough te go ou it. When near him Bes
ley swam te them aud then they rescued
the remains of Leake from the trce amid
cheers from the excited crowd. Leake
leaves a wife and five children. The losses
by the fl-jed at Louisville cannot yet be
estimated. They are something enor
mous. fr'un'erliis in Iuill.uia.
The destination of property ou the In
diana side of the Ohie is fully as great as
in Kentucky. Fer its size no town has
MiH'ered mere than Lawrenceburg, only a
few miles below Cincinnati. Is a town of
5,0d0 people It is supposed that there is
net a diy house in town and many are
cniplettly ceveied. It is impossible te
gr-t ;it full particulars en account of the
r.ig'U" t'jnvnt, but al! the coal in town is
btuied under many feet of water and the
supply el previsions is very meagre. A
lame death list is expected, Madiseu is
iu total darkness, the fires in the gas works
having been extinguished by the water,
leaving .mly a small supply for private
eeiiMimcfs. The starch factory aud Trew's
immense mill aie in immediate danger of
wicckage. The inhabitants along the
river aud in that portion of the
city known as Fulton have bceu
driven fiem their homes and aie iu great
distress. Many who have no place te go
arc encamped en the reads aud hillsides
and must necessarily sailer greatly unless
something is done for their immediate
relief. At New Albany houses and facto
ries have been abandoned. Net a facteiy
in the city is running. Nearly GOO fami
lies have been diiven from home. Ilard Ilard
cutewii is entirely under water. Iteperts
from Menree county, Indiana, place the
losses by the Heeds at many thousand
dollars. The cieeks have been higher
thau th'jy have been for at least ten years
past. One fanner ou Salt creek reports
the less of thirty five head of cattle and
sixty live head of sheep by drewuiug. A
large number of cattle, sheep and
hogs was frozen te death. The water rose
rapidly, surremaling the animals, aud,
having become exhausted by wading,
they would stand still aud seen be chilled
te death. On the bottom lauds along
Salt creek, Indian creek and White river,
fences, haystacks, bridges, out. houses,
stacks of corn fodder, etc., were swept
away.
'vim i;:.v.u.3 At' i.uutuvii.L.1-:.
"Aim Vitr .Stilt lllsui: Il'nwuetl in Sis''t
el 'lilllCHr.ljIlrl.
At Lnuiaiilli! the Ohie river has reached
the height of 41 feat 5 inches and is still
rv.aig at the rate of one inch au hour.
Tln-ie aie reports of upper points of lain,
and the cmtiuued rise of the Ohie aud its
tributaries eieate iulcuse excitement.
Busiues.-i is practically at a iliudsiill, and
no beats arrive or depait. Tiains ou the
railroads are irregular and many have
stepped entirly. Men who have followed
the river for maiiy years predict that if
the river docs net seen recede thb water
wi'l cut across the oust, end and surround
the entire city. The wildest ea'.itn sites of
the damages te property continue te b:i
made, but nobody knows what c-t'mate
should be made. Nothing further is
known regarding the less of life by the
cut-off disaster, owing te the impossibility
et entering the heus"s, save by
the means of diver--;. With the poe
pie en the streets the flood is the oily
subject of discui"deu. 1, is generally
agited that the hv ;el lite is notcxlraer
dmaiily i.ir;e Only live are known te
have becu drowned. Their names are
Samuel IJell, colored, Jehn Finch and son,
Edward HarrisV.nd Geerge Lynch, c der..l.
Nene of the bodies h;we been found
Samuel Bell is supposed te Ii.ive b;-eu
inmdeied by two white men, Samuel
Douehuo and Christopher Sipple. The
three had burn together in a skiff from
the tini.. the dam broke until when the
murder is supposed te have been commit
ted. Iu seaicbiug through semn of the
le.usps they ebtuiiiid a demijohn el'
whisky :nd drank fre ly until all beeniue
intoxicated. They had rowed the beat te
within fifty feet of laiub when Sipple and
the negre quarreled. After some words
Sipple suddenly picked up an ear and
stiuck the negre a heavy blew en the
head, which knocked him hail' way ever
the side of the bear. It is stated that
Douehuo then finished the work by push
ing him out iute the river and rowing the
beat a,way.
The case of the drowning of Jehn Finch
and ids seu is a particularly sad one. He
had becu icscud from the reef of his
house by means of a beat and taken te
the shore, lie then discovered that hi.;
son had net been saved, aud, jumping
into another beat, he succeeded iu reach
ing the house, but lest his balance and
falling into the water was drowned.
Ileniy Keed is supposed te have been
asleep when the water struck his heuse,
sweeping it oil its foundation. He climb, d
out ou the reef aud called loudly for help.
Several men in a beat heard his eris aud
rowed toward him, but before they reach
ed him he sank from view and rose no
mere.
The spectacle of a man drewuiug in
siirbt ei the shore was witnessed from the
head of Story avenue. A large crowd
were waiching the Heed, when a small hut.
appeared floating with the current.
I relied upon the top ei U and clinging us
for life was an old colored man. He raised
his voice iu cutieaty for some one te res
cue him, and a beat rowed by two strong
rc.seurers started out te take him off. They
weiv within two hundred yards of the hut
win n it lurched and turned ever, throw
ing the man iute the water. He sank and
was seen no mere.
A Oity in the lark.
The eity ei' Frankfort, Ky., is iu the
dark. The gas works are und.-r water
and cai.dlcs and oil are scarce. The whole
northwestern part of the cby is covered.
This portion of the eity comprises thirty
squares, with 700 houses. Every horse,
wagon a ud beat that .could be found waa
pressed into service and most all house
hold furniture was removed te a place of
safely. A portion ei Seuth Frankfort is
also E'lbmerged. The public school yard
and fences are live feet under water.
Belle Point has fifteen houses submerged.
Water en Beasen bridge is uight feet deep,
but it. is in no danger, as it. is made of iron.
The Kentucky peuilcutiarv is five feet
uuder water. Convicts in the lower c U
had te be moved iute the upper cells last
night. Probably 2,000 houses are
under water aud the less cannot fall
much short of a quarter of a millieu. Sev
eral houses at Augusta have heeu swept
away and a steam ferry beat has been em em
pleyed te remove families from upper
story windows. AH the manufacturing
establishments at Harrodsburg, en the
Kentucky " river, which Hews iute the
Ohie, have been closed down, aud, except
ing the family grocery establishments,
business is almost totally suspended. A
number of dwellings iu Texas aud part of
Hegau Creek are iu danger of destruc
tion. The Eagle and Union hotels have
been abandoned, access of both being cut
off entirely except by water. A oed
portion et Warsaw is submerged. Aurera,
Rising Sun, Patriot aud dozens of small
villages are sutlerers te a large extent.
Jlilteu presents the appearance of a lake.
Several buildings have lleated away and
only the tops of ethers cau be seen. At
last acceuute the inhabitants were mov
ing te the hills back of the town. The
unfortunate part of the distress is the fact
that there is a large number of sick per
sons at present in the village, whose re
moval is hazardous, eveu if they could find
comfortable quarters.
Iu Dayton, Ky. the excitement is at
fever heat; and though the citizens are doing
all iu their power te save furniture there
are at least fifty piaues that were ruined
by water. One lady asked the use of a
skiff te recover her jewelry and money
.
-?
Chicago, Bmlmgteu & Quiiiey railroad
collided en a curve, between Piane and
Sandwich. Beth engines and fifteen or
twenty cars were wrecked. Au engineer
named William ltegers is probably dead
beneath the wreck. The operator at
Sandwich is said te be responsible for the
accident.
A freight train left the track near Sum
ner, Cal , and the fireman, A. W. Sproule,
was killed. Twe engines aud six cars
were wrecked and a let of cattle were
killed. A water-spout, wnich threw up
earth en the track, caused the accident.
Twe fishing smacks have been lest at
Yarmouth, and their crews, numbering
fourteen persons, were drewued.
MISUKtiLANKO-Un MAXIKK?.
News CeiMlcuneil Frem Hie Muniln JlaiM
Iu Doadwoed II. C. Clark, au auction
eer, formerly a premiuent business man,
tiled from injuries received at the hands
of Themas liellins, a clerk in tins store of
J T. Edmonds. Clark had seme trouble
with Uellins ever a saddle borrowed from
his store, which Uellins subsequently sold
but refused te settle for. Clark broke into
Edmonds' store early Monday morning,
aud when liellins appeared attacked him
with au axe handle. Iijllius knocked him
down aud inflicted fatal injuries with a
hammer. Clark was a former partner et
Edmonds. At the time of the tiagedy'he
was net considered te be of sound mind.
Jacob Vincent, a prosperous farmer, was
found dead in the weeds, four miles from
his 'home at Campbelitevvn. Franklin
county, Me. Deceased had been shot,
from his horse and thou brained with the
breech et a rill.". The theory is that Vin
cent was tnuidered for mono., and a war
rant has been issued for the arrest of
James Vincent, a cousin of the deceased,
and a step-son and son-in-law.
Mrs. William Ewalt, of Mount Vernen,
Ohie, committed suicide by strangling
herself with two handkerchiefs, which she
tied round her neck aud theu te the kueb
of the kitchen deer. A young son discov
ered Iter. She leaves ten children wholly
unprevided for. The cause of the act was
her husband's desertion about a mouth
age.
Chicago detectives havoevideuce which
they believe will convict Fred. Langvn Langvn
derf, a tramp barber, of the murder of
Miss .McGregor, in Ogle county, Illinois,
en Saturday last, and will show that
SmartzeN, who was arrested iu St. Leuis,
is innocent. Lungendorf is new under ar
rest at Chicago. The evidence against
him is very strong
Yeuug Hallard, who robbed his sick and
helpless father a few years age, upon tie
ing arrested at Des Moiaes, Iewa,dischsed
the fact that there was a large and well
organized gang of rabbers engaged in all
kinds of outlawry in the Northwest. The
leader of the gaug, Kuowland.hasprebablv
tied.
.Michael llanlcy, a gardener, living in
the suburbs of St. Leuis, was shot dead
ea Tuesday night by Henry Seibert, son
of the proprietor of the Five Mile heus:.
KKU'LcUfjCuNS IfOKVItK HAY.
Selar Obsen-atleiis Uy Mr. Dau.i.
N. 1. Sim.
Brether Hendricks would make a fair
picsident; but we suppose Brether Mc
Donald would make a better one.
If Allen G. Thurmau were ueminaled
for president, would he be sure te carry
the state of Ohie? But te be nominate!)
he must have the zealous and unalTectcd
support of all the Ohie delegates iu the
national convention.
If Jehn 31. Palmer should have in the
next Democratic national couveutiou the
unauimeus support; of all the delegates
from Illinois, he would be pretty likely te
be nominated for president .
It is the great states that decide iu the
elections et president and vice-prcsidenL ;
and uemiuatiag conventions are sure te
leek out for caudidatns who may be
counted upon te carry seme of these states
that are usually beheved te be doubtful.
If the eeiuage of silver is kept up at the
present rate, it will work serious mischief.
A depreciated currency is net a geed thing.
The internal revenue sybtem ought te b-;
abolished. The tariff should ba reformed
and brought down te a common sense
basis. If the presaut Congress does nes
dispose et these questions, hew can the
Republicans hope te live under its weight
of blame i
While the rear of the great flood in the
Ohie valley is ringing in their ears, the
senators calmly vote te preraote such
Heeds in the future by refusing te admit
Canadian lumber freoef duty, thus hasten
ing the destruction of our own forests.
The army should be reduced te ten thou
sand meu. West Point should be abolished
and iu time of peace army officers should
iu all cases be promoted from the ranks.
That which is permanent is always te be
prefeircd te that which is only transient.
A iflce I.tttle Kutlrend.
3Ir. D. W. Batch, president of tl e Ne
vada & Oregon railroad, a wild cat. affair
with a nominal capital of $3,000,000 aud a
paid up capital of $000,000, has just issued
at Carsen his sweru report for the year
18S2, " iu conformity with the statutes of
Nevada." It is safe te say that it will be
the most letuarkable report that Mr. Peer
has ever perused and he has peiused some
very queer reports ! In the eeuise of it
Presideut Balch says : "Of the amount
and nature of the indebtedness of t' e com
pany it is impossible te speak with any ac
curacy, in consequence of the books vouch
ers and aceeuuts beingstolen,lestaud mis
laid by the former officers of the company,
beyond the bended debt, of the company.
Amount of mortgage, $3,000,000 ; bends
negotiated, $310,000 ; bends in treasurv,
$290,000 ; floating debt, including all
claims aud demands against the company
of whatever nature. $250,000. Ne divi
dend has ever been declared by this ac
cursed corporation aud it is safe te bet
that none ever will be. The company
owns no cars or engiues ; these en the
read are owned by private parties. The
net profits el this read have been nothing,
as the corporation was conceived in in
iquity aud born in fraud. Every honest
friend of the cnterprise ha8 been swindled
and robbed, and disaster has overtaken
all persons who have been connected with J
it in any capacity
Louses Dy Jflre.
Celleudcr's billiard factory in Stamford,
Connecticut, was destroyed by fire last
night. It was a seven-story structure,
and the less is estimated at $225,000. The
fire was caused by spontaneous combus
tion in the varnish room. The factory
employed 125 men.
The Weber block, in Buffalo, occupied
which was iu a room almost full of water?
It is reported that a number of Ciueiuaati
thieves visited Dayton en Monday night
and burglarized the submerged district
quite cx'eusively. A vigilance committee
patrols the deluged lecalites iu skifls,armed
with muskets, old pistols aud ehetS"
knives.
FlOuO, Fk aal Sturm.
Charles Edgar Freeman, of Hamilton,
Out., a wealthy young lawyer and brother
of Frank Freemae, the Buffalo architect,
took his wii'e ler a drive and after return
ing went out upon the bay te see the race
track. He did net return and this morn
ing friends went in search et him The
her-e, sleigh, robes and Fieeman's cap
were found in a boie In the ice. The hole
was then dragged aud Freeman's body
was found. It is thought that while driv
ing across the bay toward the race track,
two miles from where he took the ice, the
horse ran away and plunged iute the hide.
The bidy bete i-.videnee of a terrible
struggle for life. Freeman had been mar
ried but five mouths.
Iu a heavy fog two height traius en the
bytbe Heutzjllrpthers, jewelers the Sun
day Times, and ether tenauts, was dam
aged by Are te the extent of $23,000.
PERSONAL.
Mausiiall Jkwkl'i., who died a million
aiit-, started in the tauyard and was L"iad
uatcd as a hotel el rk.
Je-yini Sui.ki:, the late financial editor
of the Ledger, left a peisenal citate, of
$325,000, mostly in railroad securities.
Jehn Kf, whose funeral leek p!;rt;e t
day, was the first person te manufactifta
pocket cu.Iery in this country.
" I5it::wTKi;, Attorney Geneia'," had
better use alibis names, thinks the N-iw
Yerk Sun.
31 u Jay Gei;i.i) will start ou his turn
around the world the middle of tie.? coin
ing su turner, and wilt remaiu aw..y two
i ears.
Moxtfeut C. Kcrdkm.. one of the de
fendants iu the pending Star Beute trial,
will likely plead guilty in et.uit, go upon
the witness stand, and reveal the seciets
and the history et the great conspiracy.
Hen. William D. Gi:i;oei:ys funeral
in 15iideperr, Conn , te k place yester
day. Al the same hour, in the same loom
his daughter was married, ene minister
performing both ceienieuies.
Jilts. J. L. FeittiJiAN, wife of one of tie
wealthiest and best .known merchants
of Western. Iowa, fell en the icy streets of
Council Bluffs, and broke Iter leg and re
ceived ether teiieiis injiiiies. The pave
ments and streets are sheets of ice and the
city will have te pay another big bill for
damages.
J. MfDexAi.i) Citessix, for the List
twenty five years proprietor of the 3Ion 3Ien 3Ion
engahcla house, Pittsburgh, died ycsler
day, aged 70. lie was well kuewu te the
traveling public in all parts of the coun
try. He had been sick for seme time, and
his death was net unexpected.
V.v;ni:i:, who was suffering fiem dis
ease of the heart, was staying in an apart
ment of the Vendermiui Palace, Venice.
He had had a severe attack, but he had
resolved en making an (recursion iu a
gondola. He had a-wiMier violent seizure
His doctors were summoned and leund
that his case was hopeless. He died in
the arms of his wife aud :uu rounded by In.
childieu.
j;l OK AN ttLOrfc.aiKAT
The;iii IVhUihi; ler Hr fruit Iiii.H I.evm
L'mll Shu ilfc-auit) ;t j;.tvinji .iituj..c.
Seme, weeks age Miss S'eila Martin, et
Charlette, N. C, despite the opposition of
liar parents, accepted tue attentions ei
Junius Harrisbug. ei'au adjoining coun
ty, and, unknown te them, agreed te
marry him. Ivnewii.g that the girl's
parents would net consent te the match
the levers agreed te tdepe. it.wsc; planned
th.it Miss Martin should be 'mi t by her
lever at the depot, and the two weie
te leave en the traiu for C'oneen!,
whom they were t. be m.uii. d.
Tueday morning was fixed upon as the
time for the elopement. The young
woman escaped in the night front her
lather's heuse. Her lever, however,
proved faithless and did net meet her.
She. steed at the depot from daybreak
until neon, net. daring te leave titc place
through fwar of losing her lever, and satis
lied her hunger by a few apples which she
pui chared fiem a boy. As ni'dit came en
she realized that she had been duped, aud
when a little later, :, policeman came te
her te suggest that she leave the depot, he
found her a raving maniac. Her father,
ivheu he disoevototi her ab-sene.t raced her,
but when he dirtievuredthe girl her reason
had se far Hud that she did iiet iecegnize
him. lie carried her home.
-ii.iKti:.i-.i) iiv a i;i;dti..
A Weman's Terrlliie l'h;lt Willi : ::u:ii...
Mrs. Mary Lm.dian, young woman,
would have been killed b a deg m Phila
delphia but fb'" thj iri:fuivnc-! of a
stranger. She had gene into th'i y.ud te
shake a towel, when the deg. an 'animal
weighing about, twenty seven j.eunds,
jumped at her and e.aught her by the arm,
and threw her te the ground, mangling it
with his teeth. Shu tegained her feet and
stp.rted liuengh the house screaming
loudly, but the deg followed her, and
when the two reached the in.iid:: of the
hail he again nieeeided iu throwing her
aiul iu this way they fought until both
reached the stieet deer. A gentleman
then directed the woman te held the deg.
and he hit the brute s -veral times upon
the i.eck with his cane, and thou when
she let go the deg fled. Ueih of the
woman's arms we're badly mangltd and
she is suffering great pain. As seen as
the owner of ; lie deg came home he had
the baite killed. Toe animal was brought
up by the family ;.nd was a pet of the
household, never having rhewn any sav
agenes.i of disposition before.
A s:ulji:r. tur Itcliectluit.
N. Y. Werlii.
Only a week age the people of Louisville
and Cincinnati were collecting "subscrip
tions for the relief .f the suffeuas by the
great inundations in the valleys of Da-, ube
and the Rhine. Te-day the Heeds are pour
ing through their own streets, an.r their
charity perforce begins at home. It will
net end there, : course. But when the
time for chanty has parsed let th-j people
of Cincinnati and Louisville ;:.k tin m m
selvca whether it, is creditable te this euuu
try that two grout cities net yet a century
old should be us defenseless ayainst, such
a calamity :;.". the ancient towns el Ger
many. The disfesesting of the German
mountains has b?ui eing ou for huudreds
of years, and yet, within the lifetime of
our venerable fellow-citizen Peter Cooper
we have allowed our own Alleghanian
regions te be se stripped of their wood
lands, and taken se little pains te avert
the natural auisequcnces of this drnuda
thin, that, life and pre erty :ue in as much
peril te day from the Ohie and iU aillu
euts as from any of the great historical
rivers of Germany or of France.
Detiljnratuly Cet:i:ij; ICirttfve'n Tnruiit
Wlillii M Lay AMui.
A most deliberate and cold-blooded
murder was committed at West Cheshire,
a village in Ohie, Wedi,e.iir:y. Early iu
the morning oi;e Benjamin Ripley went te
the room occupied by 3Ir. and Mrs. Na
than Baer, who were en a visit te him
from a place in the West and finding Mrs.
Baer airanging her toilet. He eideied her
from the mom. She lefn at ence and
while she was geu", Hipley took out his
pocket knife and deliberately cut Mr.
Baer's threat fiem ear te ear while he
was fast asleep iu bed. The frantic sci earn
of the women when they found the mur
dered man seen brought neighbors te the
scene, aud Iliplcy, theu a raving maniac,
was taken in charge. He was undoubt
edly insana when he committed the awful
deed, as no motive can sitpicsent befuuad
for his thus nnirdeiing, under bis own
mef, a relative. Mr. Baer was a cousin of
the Ripleys.
Hl Aliaid ul llnr Spirit.;
Prince Censtautine Boudeske, of Rou Reu
inauiii, and 311Ie. Maiiu Bieie, a pepulnr
actress, are about te be married in Paris,
and this is hew it came about : She was
deserted by a faithless lever, but, being a
woman of spirit, she followed him up
and shot .hjm nearly killing him. Fer
this she was put en trial, but the late 31.
Lachaud secured her arquittal. Soen after
she received a letter from the prince, who
was then at Bucharest,stating that although
he had never even seen her, he had fallen
iu love with her heroic qualities a d
wanted te marry her. She thought the
letter a hoax and took no notice et it, but
he, finding that his missive remained un
answered, hastened te Paris, urged his
suit in perseD, and was finally accepted.
CITY COUNCILS.
A Si'BOlAL lUKKTlNtl L.AST lt!UT.
S!e::i;;e trein the .itnjer Oit!!i.un- te
lucrie ljy el Flrmneit 5ti?lnt:iinl
If. i:;n l.r.mctie.
A spvetat meeting of city councils was
held last evening te consider the question
of increasing the pay of the litemeu, it
being conceded by all that, the lesolutien
passed at last meeting increasing their
p:y was inoperative.
S,lert CeiuitlT.
Present Messrs. Baldwin, ttrnwn,
Evans, Wi.-e, Wolf, 'teher and IJeiger,
president.
The piesident "t i'ed that the meeting
had been called :;t tlf iep!.-sr of four
members with a view e: taking actum t
ineuase the pa of the liiemen. lie nn
deisteed that an .iidiu usee ter that pur pur
pese would be introduced m common
eeuueil.
3Ir. lO.-ans satd it was net necessary that
select conned should have been called
together, as no net ion can be taken upon
it at. this meeting. It can only be presented
and read iu common council and lefer'red
te the proper committee.
The piesidetit stated that a message
would be- presented by the mayor giving
his reasons for vetoing the resolution iii iii
cieas'ng the pay of firemen, passed at last
meeting of council.
The message was toen afterwards ie
ceived from common council, and read.
The mayor's ete was .sustained unani
ineusly and council adjourned
Common Council.
Common council was ealled te order by
the presideut, the following uiemuets
being presets t : .
Messrs. Albright. Bartholemew, Cox, "
Everts, Hurst, Mciullips, Power, Beith,
Rcmley, Riddle, Seheetz, Sebum, Trust,
Davis, president.
President Davis statul the object of the
meeting, which was te lecensider the
rcsolutieu presented by Mr. Cox ami
passed at the last stattd mei'tiug, ter an
increase of pay for the di iters in the tue
department et the city.
The following itiicsage from the major
was then j;ie mi d and nad :
Te Hit JItmeruble Select tml Vei.tt.imi oejii i.,
e the Ctti of Lumiiiti i :
Gextllmkn. 1 herewith letinu te your
honorable bodies, without my approval,
the ieseiutii'ii pa-sed at the last stated
meeting by councils increasing the pay el
the drivers ei tlu feurvngiiies, l"ui hee
carts and driv r and iilleriaan et unci:
A ten dullais : aeh per mouth.
Sec. 10 ei the eidin.titcu apjirevtd D.;
comeor 27, lSjl, fixes the salaries !' the
driveis et' the tiie depaitment at ij.Ji'it) pet
year. It is baldly jiecessary te state
that a itseliiii.ni cannot superst-de or
repeal an ordinance. Te make tins in in
ciease an ordinance will tie icqiiired ic-p-jaling
tiie law new iu force and lixui
the amount. Respectfully yours,
Jm. T. IdAt'GoNiet.i:,
Mayer.
LANCAsri.i:, PeLiu.ey !. 18S'5.
The message wai; sustained by a unani
meus vote.
Mr. Cox. men prtsented the toltealu;;
ordinance :
Be it, ordained Iy the select and wnn -men
councils of the city of Lancaster, as
scmbled :
' Secti N 1. That, from and after the
first day of June next, the salary of the
diivui's et the s'-.eial steam tire, enr.incs,
hose cart a and truck, -is well as the tiller
man of the LiucU company, shall be $10
per month, iu Jit.it et the salary new re
ceived by .-aid employees as aferestid :
' Skct. All ordinances or parts of
eidiniuices inoeii.slent herewith aie
hereby reptaltd."
The presideut, alter the erluia'ce was
read, stated than inasmuch as it was ini ini
pessible te obtain a quorum of the fire K
engine and heie committee, he would
reler the ordinance te a npeeial committee.
On Mr. Cox's motion, the committee con
sisted of tive and viii M-.'-srs. Kox, R ith.
Riddle, Sebum and Tret. The eo.umittee
repotted favorably, and the clerk was ei
iter d te have the ordinance punted.
Adjourned.
Tin: 'r-:.cue iA::tv.T.
It'!!'-!.', el .uiiie Kn:f!it .Salt-".
Our Sttasburg eeritsp indent :- :,!. u.;
the reports of iceent tobacco sales iu that
neighborhood ;;-; fellows : J. Vtininger, te
J. S. Rohrer, ivv acres at 11, 5 and 2 ;
Abm. llestttier, te Falr.i in A; C., 1 acres
at 1(5, e and I! ; Oliver Milk-r, t'-Opeu-hinicr,
e acres at 1'5, e and 2 ; David
Eaby, te Upuahimer, - actx-s at 17, 8,
and 2 ; Gee. Crimes, te Ciias. Sfuibert, 2
acres at 20, I aud 2 ; Christ Hoever, te
Harvey Mever A Ce., 2 acres at 1(5, 5 and
!! ; D.ivid Iveniberly, te Ruin-el, 2 acres
M, 5 and .'5; Russ-. 1 As Hartii.su, te Fat
man & Ce., 2 acie:; at 22. 5 and :5 ; J. M.
L'bhleman, te J. S. Rohrer, !0 'lereit iu
lets : 1st, 10, e and 2 ; 2d and :. t let a5
15, 5 and 2, and the 4th aud 5th lets te a
Philadelphia party at le, 8 and 15.
UurkH Uennty Telist-ri.
Uciitjiitc Tillies.
The tobacco grew: i. -i of iiey township
are preparing their crops for market and a
number of bttye.s have leeeutly vihited
that, rcctien et the cuunty D.iuiid Welsh,
who has been growing to'.:'-'e ler several
years ou th" farms owned by the lata
Wellington 15 Griescnw, of this city, had
six acres iu cultivation from which he
obtained a pr-xhief; of 8 30!) pounds. IIe
has sold and delivered his crop te a Mr.
Altscliue. of Meunlvil.'e, Laucastt r county,
at the following figures : L ;: wrap
pers from 22 iuch-.s up, of widen he had
ever two tens, 22 cunts a pound ; short
wrappets, from 18 te 22 inches, 12 cents ;
seconds, 7 ; and fillers', " cunts. Samuel
K. Cleave'i, of Plcasanlville, has a!.e sold
his crop te Mr. Altrchuc, and will de
liver the s i'iie as seen as it has beeii all
stripped and prepared for market, lie
obtained the sante figures its Mr. Welsh,
aud expects te have about five tens.
The-oarethe only sales that have tlnns
far been made iu the neighborhood.
Theie aie a number of ether gievver-", who
culttvateu from halt an aero te four aertw,
who are an.veus te sell.
l.utirHxlu. eine.l'lH m l!sriiiliiir;.
Yesterday Mayer MacGonigle and City
Solicitor Laudis en behalf of the city of
Lancaster, and Commissioners Myers,
Sunnily, aud Hildebrand, and Solicitor
Fry, en the part el the county of Lancas
ter, appealed befere the judiciary local
committee of the state Senate, and weie
heard pre and eon as te the merits of the
biil recently passed m the Heuse te
equal. 7M the fees of the mayor and alder
man e! the eity of Lancaster.
The county cnmmissieneis n:nl their
eeuusei, Geerge NiMimau and M. Bresiu:;,
en behalf of the ceuuty. and S. II. Rey
nolds, B. F. E.ih.'tianu am: A M Fiantz,
esqs., counsel e:t bdialfef the New Hol Hel
land turnpike read company, alse.apiear
cd befere the judiciary local committees
of the llouse and Senate, and were kcaid
en the merits of the act new belore the
Legislature te which it i.i proposed te
make turnpike read companies responsible
for the rebuilding of ail' bridges situated
along their reads, that have been
or may be destroyed by lire.
Heed, storms, or ether casualties
Counsel for the turnpike company did net
object te the passage of the bill prei led
the words "has been," which make i.ie
bill retroactive, aud which would make
the company liable for Binkley's bridge, f
recently destroyed be stricken out.
A telegram leceived this morning stater,
that the committee hud stricken out the
objectionable words.
Train Killers L'e-umltted.
Twe Germans who verc arrested by
Officer Pyle for stealing rides en cars were
sent te jail for 5 days each by Alderman
MtConemy.
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