LANCASTER DAILY mTEJLLIGENCER WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 1S3.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY KVEWG, APRIL- 25. 1883.
A Dangerous Bill.
A number of representatives of manu-
, .ove nnneared before the
Legislature te pretest against the pas
sage of the measure which proposes te
make manufacturers responsible for the
injuries suffered by workmen from acci
dent while in their employ. We cer
tainly think that no such bill has any
chance of nassaeeinse intelligent a body
as our present Legislature, and that the
threatened manufacturers are displaying
needless nervousness ever the enactment
of a law which would paralyze the man
ufacturing industry of the state. The
harm that would be done it would be se
great, and it is se easily foreseen, that it
is net possible that the bill win De passeu.
The workman who accepts an extra haz
ardous employment is paid for it in his
compensation, and is net entitled te be
ensured against the result of any acci
dent that does net arise from the negli
gence of his employer. Under the law
as it new stands anyone can recover
damages for an injury suffered through
the fault of another; and no reason
exists for making manufacturers addi
tionally responsible for injuries te their
empleyes, which they would net be
responsible for, if the sufferers were net
their empleyes, or which any one ether
than a manufacturer would net be
answerable for if the injury had been
done en his premises.
Why should the manufacturer be es
pecially selected by the Legislature :is
subject of a responsibility which etlier
classes of citizens ap net amenable te ?
Is the manufacturer less worthy citizen
or is his business less bcn ficial te the
state than the ether avocations of its
people ? Certainly it is quite otherwise.
The state's policy is te encourage
manufacturing within its borders.
Seme men, when they find themselves
converted into law makers, seem te act
upon the assumption that the interests
of capital and labor are different and
irreconcilable and they forthwith pro
ceed te assail the interests of capital in
what they conceive te be these of labor.
And the result is such silly legislation as
this which we are discussing, which
would have the effect of hampering man
ufacture, se as te drive it out of the
state. This bill could net have passed
the lower Heuse of the Legislature if it
had received any consideration at all. It
passed because it was superficially assum
ed te be in the interest of the people.
It provided damages for the peer man's
injuries ; and that seemed te be a geed
thing te provide. If the Legislature
thinks se let it pass an act giving a pen
sien te every laborer who is injuied in
the course of his labor. But it must net
put the cost of such an injury upon one
whose negligence has net caused it ; and
certainly net upon these who enable the
the laborer te earn his daily bread.
The. Irish Conventions.
The cause of freedom in Ireland may
or may net have a new birth in Phila
delphia te-day and te-morrow ; and it is
net inauspicious for the purposes of the
mere conservative element of the Irish
convention in session there that it was
in that city American independence had
its birth in the first intelligent fei muta
tion of American wrongs and the de
fined declaration of American rights.
It may be depended upon at
the very outset that no action or
declaration of the Philadelphia con
ventions will command general re
spect and sympathy which is net accom
panied with an emphatic condemnation
of the murderous methods of the asas
sins wJie, pretending te serve Ireland's
cause, de it mere injury than its enemies
can possibly hope te. It is net true that
anything which hurls England helps
Ireland ; and any policy based upon that
heresy will react with terrible force
against Ireland. It is privately given
out by a large majority of the members
of the convention that they are opposed
te and will express in unmistakable
terms their denunciation of the dyna
mite methods of the O'Donevan Itessa
party ; but it would Have been well fT
Mr. Mooney te have foreshadowed this
mere plainly in his opening addivss.
Ner does he make the public intelli
gently acquainted with the issue
which is expected te he framed
in Philadelphia. As yet the ;igi ;igi
tatieu of the Irish question has lven
entirely tee diffuse. The leaders of it
have differed as widely in their aims as
in their methods,and even new the Land
League in this country it is expected
shall be merged in a broader organiza
tion. If the Philadelphia convention
shall better define the issue, and lay
down distinctly anduccinctly the things
which conservative Irishmen demand
and which levers of liberty conserved
with law everywhere can approve, the
meetings of te-day and te morrow may
appeal with effect te the judgment of the
enlightened world.
In the Kick of Time.
Senater Wallace's arbitration bill has
passed the Heuse with but two dissent
ing voices and the governor's approval
will make it a law in the nick of time te
give it an opportunity te test its value in
the rapidly approaching struggle of labor
te avoid the inevitable diminution of its
price. The manufacturing industries in
the country are in "such condition as te
necessitate a decrease in the cost of their
products te enable them te continue
production. Capital is net being re
munerated and it will net continue long
te employ itself in manufacture when
there is no profit te be found in it. Laber
being a large element in the cost, must
necessarily fall te meet the demand
of the situation. Naturally it will resist
this result, declining te consider it te
be one that is irresistible. Senater Wal
lace's idea is that the mutual conference
of the representatives of labor and
capital will discover the truth of the
situation te each, and that the side tha"
it hurts will yield unresistingly te its
inevitable logic and abstain from
kicking against the pricks. He considers
that the workmen will submit te a re
duction of their wages, where it is a
necessary one, without resorting te
ft strike te test its unavoidability.
We think he takes tee sanguine Jlew
of the amenability of the average human
mind te conviction by reason. We are
quite ready te see his idea tested, and no
Annht t.h ease with which his bill re
ceived the approval of the Legislature
was due te its similar disposition rather
than te its implicit faith in its efficacy.
It would be a happy thing if the owners
of capital and the possessors of skill in
workmanship could by conference reach
an agreement as te the market value of
their money and their skill ; but the
calm, impartial and unselfish judgments
needed te arrive at just conclusions in
such a conference are net often te be
found among the representatives of
either interest ; any mere than among
mankind generally.
The report sent out from Harrisburg,
that the Independents and Stalwarts will
join hands in the state Senate te make
an unfair and gerrymandering appor
tionment bill, has no foundation except
in the intimated purpose of the Inde
pendents te propose a compromise be
tween the Democrats and Republicans,
which will give the latter much less than
the impudent demand of Cooper and his
fellows, and which may be acceptable te
the Democrats.cenceding te them twelve
districts and a fighting chance for mere.
.
" Puritanic plainness " is te pre vail
in bridal toilets for approaching weddings
in fashionable society.
Patti and Nilsson don't say anything
about Laugtry, and Langtry don't say
anything about Patti and Nilsson. This
circumstance seems out of the uature of
things feminine.
Full bearded men are new hired by un
dertakers, "because they -inspire confi
dence, "te make arrangements for funerals.
Peer old Rip Van Winkle ! He get awake
tee seen, after all
That crime, like ether phases of history,
repeats itself finds illustration in tbe re
markable parallel, reported from the
Seuth, te the famous Uddorzeok tragedy
occurring in Chester county some years
age.
Hilaiueus gratification must be stamped
upon every foatureof the impecunious in
ebriate who manages te get into the great
wine vaults of Londen, where it is said the
fumes from the stered vintages immedi
ately intexicate the persons who outer
without being beforehand fortified inter
nally by a glass of strong wine.
Metropolitan journals condescend te
print winged-worded editorials en the de
pravity of theso mortals who threw banana
skins and ether tropical remnants of tbc
same ilk en the sidewalks. The wicked
mortals may feel badly ever it, bub 011 a
square stand a banana peel can kueck out
a metropolitan editer any day.
Reme is somewhat piqued because, as is
alleged, United States Minister Aster at
the Italian court, would net lend an
American Hag for display in the Raphael
precession at the late anniversary of the
great artist's birth The Eternal City
should remember that our government
could spare Mr. Aster only ene flag ; and
the glorious Fourth appreachcth.
When Londen reads the gushing crit
icism of the New Yerk Herald en Lau
gtry's first appearance as Qalatea in the
play of that name, Londen will applaud 5
when Freddie pored ever it Freddio wjat
into ccstacies, but when that part of thj
Ameiican public who have seen Langtry
before scan it they may be able te read
botween the lines hew a susceptible critic
lest his susceptible heart ever a white neck
and a pair of dainty satin slippers.
In his Sunday sermon en a boy's temp
tations Talmage said : " Loek out for
the boy who takes nine-tenths of an apple
for himself and gives only one -tenth te
his playmate. If you are net careful he
will be of a grinding, grasping nature te
the day of his death." Talmage was
never a six-year old youngster, or he would
have thought befere he said these words,
of the time when he btoed with expectant
eye and moistened lip waiting until a dirty
nosed confrere munching a surreptitiously
obtained apple magnanimously granted
the request of " gimme yer core."
The world has need te nod iis legard
for that band of neble werkers who go
every Suuday into the slums of New Yerk
and preach simple but effective sermons
through the agency of generesi-y te th&
depraved wietches whom they had there by
dealing out te them palatable eatables. A
central figure among these home mission
aries is Dr. Jehn Wilborfe.-ce Reunion,
who for years has been zealously advanc
ing this commendable mode of teaching
the homeless, who sleep and die in the
streets, about better things. It is net a
congenial duty, hut he may find in the end
that the tear of a repentent tramp will
outweigh the offerings and the acclama
tions of a Brooklyn tabernacle audience.
The keen, lasting hate of the Italians is
something terrible. An instance eccuircd
in New Yerk which demonstrates their
thirst for vengeance. Over fifteen vears
age, a vendetta was established in Italy
between two families, Finnctte and Ni
carte. At that .time Pasquale Finnette
was a bandit in Italy, and during one of
his marauding raids killed Stefane Nicar.
te. He was captured and for the killing
of Nicarte served four years in prison.
Since that time there has been a hitter
fued between the Finottes and the Nicar-
tes. A christening party was given by
seme Italians in New Yerk, and among
the guests present were Glevanai Finnette,
a geu of Pasquale, the bandit, and Stefane
Nicarte, a son of the man who had been
killed by Pasquale. When Nicarte dis
covered whose son Finette was he drew a
stiletto and swore te avenge the killing of
'tis father. Anether Italian parted them,
out received a death wound in tbe strug
gle. Seven Prisoners Kscape Frem Jail.
At Uniontown seven prisoners escape
from the jail last night. Among them
was Jehn Huey, one of the two men com
mitted yesterday for burning the weeds
and stcaliug money from the house of
Solemon Zizing. One version is that the
keys were given te prisoner Shaw te lock
the cells aud doers with, and that he thus
escaped and let six men out with him.
Sheriff Hoever claims the men get out
though a hole in the reef. Ne trace has
found of their whereabouts, but it is sup
posed they took refuge in the meuntians
near by.
PBBSONAL.
Medical Directeb James C. Palmer,
TJ. S. N. (retired), lately surgeon general,
died yesterday in Baltimore, aged 72
years.
Professer Hiram Corsen, of Cernell
university, will lecture en Friday and Sat
urday evenings at Haverford college. His
subject- will be "Nineteenth Century
Pee'tic Ideals as Exhibited by the Poetry
of Browning and Tennyson."
Mrs. Cratcreft, the sister of Sir Jehn
Franklin, died last week at her beuse at
Dorking, at the age of 90. She spent the
greater part of her fortune en the expedi
tions which were sent te the Arctic regions
in search of the famous explorer.
J. K. Parkinson, of Cincinnati, ad-
niitted te practice in the supreme court of
the united states a few days ago.isproDa age.isproDa ago.ispreDa
bly the only deaf and dumb lawyer ever
admitted te that court. He has had an
extensive practice as a patent lawyer, and
it is saiu te be both, accurate and ready.
Governer Pattison intends te give a
reception in honor of the members of the
Legislature and ether state officials. If
his family should return from their Atlan
tic City oettago at the end of tbis week, as
the governor expects, it is probable that
the reception will take place en Wednes
day evening of next week.
Sir Jehn McDonald's perjury charge
was te have been heard in the police ceuit
at Terente yesterday. As the alleged of ef ef
fence was committed at Ottowa, it was
argued that the case should be tried there
and it was also stated that Sir Jehn's Par
liamentary duties called him te that city.
The summons was left in abeyance.
Cel. James P. Barr, of the Pittsburgh
Pest, wiitcs that the interview reprinted
from the New Yerk Herald, relative te a
combination between Messrs. Wallace,
Raudall and Ban- against Governer Patti
son, in its length and breadth is a stupid
falsehood. " I never uttered or imagined
such transparent felly and absurdity'. In
stead of Governer Pattiseu weakening
himself or his party, as alleged, in the
West, he has strengthened both by his
administrative policy, is warmly praised
by the Independent Republicans, and the
Stalwarts pay him outspoken admiration
or I he approving tribute of silence."
m
Till: SUUTUKKS UVCIVIMK.
Jerrlblj scenes et Destruction.
At Beauregard, yesterday, all was bus bus
tle and confusion. Gangs of meu were at
weik gelting out goods from wrecked
stores, and scores of ex teams were haul
ing recovered property away. The home
less people had gotten together their re
maining effects, and wcre moving them in
wagons and cuts, and a consttuctien train
was engaged receiving the debris of the
broken box cars. The relief committee,
headed by L. O. Bridowell, was actively
and systematically at work, issuing
rations and distributing clothing.
Drs. Lehman and Fitch are also
assisting the wounded. Assistance
also came from Jacksen, TJtica,
and ether points. la making rounds
among the wounded very sad scenes were
witnessed, and the groans and means
were heartrending. Hut particularly
touching was it te sce little children, num
bers of them scarcely mere thaa babies,
who did net understand it all, and with
pain and mystification had get beyend
their years and were heroic. Scarcely a
murmur was heard from the little ones
and none complained. But ene little girl
of three years wanted it3 mamma te
" teme and fix ray arm" a peer,, bat
tered and bruised little arm. Ne eue
could fix it hut mamma, aud mamma was
in the next room, all unconscious of her
baby, hurt unto death. There was a five
year old boy. whoae face was bruised and
battered, and whose head was gashed by
an ugly wound. He was unconscious,but
even witn his Dram clouded and net
knowing where he felt pain he moaned
aud rolled in bed. He and the little girl
were the only babies heard te murmur or
make complaint. A little boy wa3 still
unconscious.
Twe cyclones passed ever Clay county
en Sunday, line about neon passed ever
the western part of the county, and the
ether at about ene o'clock ever the con
tra! and southern par. Beth were terrific
levelling houses, fences and trees, and
spreadinjr death and destruction in their
paths. Near Hehcnlenflen thirty persons
were reported te have been killed, and
near Pine Bluff seventeen fatalities were
reported. A number of persons were
killed in different parts of the county, but
hew many is net jet knew.
In West Point, the court and law build
in gp, the Central hotel and several stores
were unroofed. A deed was found in the
country that had been carried fifty miles
by the wind. The afflicted and distressed
are being cared for by the mere fortunate.
Ne estimate of the les3 te property can
yet be made.
OLD AND NKW TVA1S.
11 ew Our l"ere fathers Made Transportation.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Newbeld II. Tretter, the well
known artist, has en exhibition at Hasel
tiue's galleries, a series of pictures, painted
for Mr. II. II. Housten, illustrating the
three eras of tiausportatien iu Pennsylva
nia in the last fifty years. The first
represent, the means of conveyance
befere 1831 iu the foreground, a great
Couestega wagon, with its team of
four strong horses slowly plodding
along the high toad ; in the middle dis
tance au old country tavern, with its
swinging sign, a stage coach with its
spankiii;; four in hand just coming te a
step, and another just starting off. The
landscape is a fine portraiture of one of the
nourishing valleys of the Susquhanna as.
it. looked in the old times. The second
picture shows fhe Pennsylvania canals as
they were in active operation from
1831 te 1833, in ene direction a
freight beat, in the ether a passenger beat
drawn by horse power ; in tbe distance en
the sbpes of the mountain side the old
" Pertage read," with the canal beats
mounted en trucks, ascending and des
cending. The landscape is one of the pic
turesque gaps in the Alleghenies, new
almost lest in the hurry of railroad travel.
The third picture is a scene en the Penn
sylvania railroad in 1880 with a great rail
way oridge spanning a bread stream trains
passing and repassing, signal stations, and
the many details of a modern railroad ad
mirably reproduced, and above and be bo be
eond a long vista of distance, through
which the railroad carries the vast com
merce and passenger traffic that is daily
moved ever its well built and well man
aged lines. Mr. Housten has chosen the
three eras of transportation in whieh his
own successful career has been passed, and
Mr. Tretter has admirably interpreted the
great changes that have marked the last
fifty years. Te Mr. Housten's contempo
raries these pictures will be full of living
interest, and te younger generations they
are an instructive lessen.
A UU&STtuY unASUbLlKB.
Artlslts iuuuulacturir.s .1 Nevel Aflalr
te
Decorate the Vauilerbllt Mansion.
A gentleman just fiem St. Augustine
Fla., says that a party of artists from
Tiffanys have been there all winter at
work upon a novel peice of furniture for
Yanderbilt's icsidence. It is a massive
chandelier constructed from the vertebra
of horses. It is said te be a- ponderous
affair ornamented with irridescent glass
and brilliants. It has an enormous num
ber of gas jets and is te light the main hall
in the Vanberbilc mansion in New Yerk.
It I said that the ghastly thing has been
se pelished'' and bedecked with Alaska
diamonds, that after a vast amount of
work it has been made extremely ornamental.
MAIL NEWS.
THIS HDBOEB OF TWO BBOTMEKS.
They Are Fired en by a Party of Twenty
Men and Instantly Killed Other
Recent Happening.
Charles and Fred Ward, brothers, and
owners of the town site of Bartlett, Da.,
have been found murdered near Creel City
en Devil's lake. Fred was a graduate of
West Point and 30 years old. "Charles was
25. They were sons of Dr. Ward, of the
firm of C. B. Farwell & Ce., of Chicago,
and Farwell is their uncle. Particulars of
the tragedy, which grew out of claim
jumping, are given in a dispatch te this
city. It was alleged that some weeks age
the Ward brothers tried te jump a claim,
and were driven off by Lieutenant Creel
and some of his men. The claim
lies between that of one Bell,
of St. Leuis, and Charlie Ward.
The boys, holding that the claim was
net occupied, built a shanty for Fred, but
were moved off. Last Sunday they put
tbe shanty back. On Sunday night, one
rumor has it, Bell went te his claim te
sleep, He had a party of five or six with
him, and, when near the shanty, they
were fired en by the boys or a man in their
employ. Bell and his party tben retreated
te Creel City for aid, and returned with a
party of about twenty men about 3 o'clock
in the morning, and ordered the Ward boys
te leave, which they refused te de. The
party then retreated a short distance and
fired into the shanty, killing Fred Ward.
One Elliett, who was with them, tried
te escape. The mob caught him and
pounded him severely, ordering him te
leave, which he did. Elliett thinks that
Charlie Ward was killed in trying te
cscape from the shanty. Charlie was shot
twice in the back. Frederick was shot
through the breast. It is claimed by a
gentleman from Creel City that the names
of at least eleven of the party are known,
that a number are new under arrest, and
there may, probably, be some wholesale
lynching before the matter ends. The
Ward brothers wcre highly connected, and
C. B. Farwell has started for the scene of
the murder.
A WOMAN'S BA1 INVXUKNUfS.
Inducing Girls te Leave Their Hemes
aud
luter upon a lAte et Shume.
At Cleveland, Ohie, the pelice Tuesday
arrested a woman who gave the name of
Madame Lena Schaler, en a charge of
being a procuress. Frem indications, this
woman has been carrying en tbis nefari
ous work at a wholesale rate. The mau mau
ner in which her doings were brought te
light is rather sensational. Madame
Schaler came there from New Yerk about
three months age. She was very prcpes
sessing in appearance, well educeted and
of refined manners. Soen after her arri
val she fitted up an elegant apartments in
the most fashionable portion of the city,
en Euclid avenue, and started what was te
all appearances a first-class dressmaking
establishment. She made friends rapidly
among the better class of people, and
often visited their homes, Finally, at one
of the households where she was from tbe
first most welcome, she complained of
loneliness and timidity, claiming that
tbis was her first experience in
living alone, and begged that they would
allow their daughter, eighteen years old,
te stay a day or two at her establishment.
Permission was readily given, and this
young lady aud a friend about the same
age went with the woman. After a few
days of absence en the part of the young
ladies, their parents became uucasy, and
the father of ene of them began te investi
gate. He weut te Madame Schalcr's
rooms and called for the girls, but they
were net there. Four or ilve days later
his daughter came home. She reported
that the madame had held out flattering
inducements te have the girls go te New
Yerk, where they could make large sala-
rie3 in a dressmaking establishment.where
sue would direct them. They were per
suaded te go without consulting their
parents. Tbe girls went and found that
they had been deceived. One of the m re
turned immediately, but the ether is still
missing. The irate father went te
Madame Schaler's place after his daughter
returned, and, being unable te gain ad
mittance, broke the deer open with an
axe, and when the police interfered, had
the woman arrested under the charge pre
ferred.
CRIME AM) CALAMITY.
Tragic occurrences Far and Near.
Jehn H. Reinkiu, a grocer in Savannah,
Ga., disappeared en the 19th inst. His
brother and a clerk named Cerles, em
ployed in the store, said he had gene te
Catoosa Springs for his health. The story
was net doubted until Monday morning,
when the brother and Cerles were also
missiug, leaving the store open and unat
tended. The grocer leaves assets in excess
of liabilities and was doing a geed busi
ness. His disappearance cannot be
accounted for. Wm. T. Dodsen, of Dan
ville, Va., was arrested at Franklin
Junction in the same state en Tues
day for the murder of a colored man. He
confessed that he hired two meu
te bring him the body for dissection pre
tending he was a physician. He placed it
iu the upper room of his Inuse, wrapped
it in bed clothing, poured kcrosene oil
ever it, fixed a lighted candle en it
and went away. It was his purpose te
buru the house and have it appear that he
had been burned in it, and thus enable
the family te obtain tbe amount of the
life policy recently procured. Lucy Haul
sey, colored, has been arrested at Norfolk.
Va., for whipping te death her sister's
orphan cbild, seven years old. The child
was flogged with a cewhide and then
burned en a steve. Her husband was ar
rested as an accessory. In a quarrel at
Oakland, Ohie, yesterday, L. Ward killed
T. Harrison and mortally wounded the
latter's brother Geerge. Ward was ar
rested. The trial of Mrs. BeauchamD. in
dicted in December last for the murder of
her husband, was begun yesterday in Den Den
eon, Md.
SULLIVAN IsUUOENLV ILL.
Tbe Pugilist Attached with a Hemorrhage
Which Alarmed His Frlt-nds
There is great excitement in sporting
eircles iu Bosten ever the news that Jehn
L. Sullivan, the champion pugilist of
America, had a hemerrhage Tuesday
morning, from the effects of which he is
new quite ill. The attack came en about
ene o'clock, and was a severe one. Sulli
van's friends became se much alarmed at
his condition that they sent for a spiritual
adviser, Rev. Father Patterson, who came
at once. On his arrival he found Sullivan
iu a stupor and apparently insensible. Be
lieving that he was dying he administered
tbe sacrament bull: van grew better after
a time, however, and last night had te
some extent recovered from the effects of
the attack. The hemorrhage was undoubt
edly caused by Dissipation, iu which Sulli
van has deeply indulged of late.
jicath aud lilsaster.
W. B. Staley, 20 years of age, shot
himself dead near Enexville, Tennessee,
en iuenaay nignt, eecause a young
woman refused te marry him. A
teleirram te the New Orleans Picayune
reports ".the killing of ten persons at
Crawford's residence, near Rockport,
Mississippi," but gives no particulars.
Thiiteen children iu St. Stephen's Catho
lic home school in New Yerk have been
attacked by typhus fever. Fiftcen ether
children from tbe same school are in the
Riverside hospital with scarlet fever. All
the sufferers are little girls. The family
of Josephus Reet was drowned bv a
freshet in the Chattahoechco river, Ga.,
en Sunday night. The numbar is net
given. Themas Dugan was drowned yes
tcrdayat Hokendauqua, Penna., by the
upsetting of a beat.
ANOTHER CD0KUZOOK CASK.
A Negro Gets tils Lire Insured te Cheat the
Company.
Near Danville, Va.. a case has been
exposed very like the Udderzoek tragedy,
made famous in Chester county some
years age and the negre arrested for mur
dering a man and trying te pass off the
dead body for his own, confessed that he
had recently insured his life for $5,500,
which he desired his wife and children te
get. Te that end he conceived the scheme
of putting a dead man's body into his
dwelling house, which he was occupying
alone, having sent his wife and children
te her father's house, then setting Gre te
the house and vanishing himself te Texas.
By thus leaving the dead body te be mis.
taken for his remains, as if burned in the
house, he thought he could secure the pay
ment of the insurance money te hi3 wife
and children.
In furtherance of his scheme he employ
ed two burly negre men, whom he picked
up en the street en Sunday, but whose
names he did net knew, though he would
recognize one of them were he te see him
againg, te assist him. He bargained with
them te pay each $50 if they would en
Sunday night bring a dead body te his
house at a late hour ; telling thorn he
wanted tbe body for dissection. He gave
the key of the house te these negre men,
and said he would ceme in later and join
them there. It happened that the weather
en Sunday night was the most tempestu
ous known in that latitude for years, and
just suited for such an atrocious deed of
diabolism as that here related. At one
o'clock that, night he went home and
found the two men there, aud with
them a third negre man whom he did net
knew. All three were setting in his sleep
ing room. When he came in the two
negrees he had employed knocked the
third whom they had brought with them,
in the head, and he fell and died between
the table and the dressing stand, where a
peel of bleed was found. By his direction
his two negre assistants took the body
upstairs te the half-story room above and
laid it en tbe fleer. After they came
down he paid them $50 each and dismissed
them, and they left him alene in the
house.
His Method of Setting the Heuse en Fire.
He then, amid tbe bewlings of the still
raging tempest, proceeded te complete hss
diabolical work. Taking seme of the
covering from his bed he went upstairs,
with a dim lanteru in his hand, and cov
ered the body up in it. Upen it he poured
a gallon of kerosene. He then drew up
the legs and se arranged them as te held
a lighted candle between them. He
placed half a candle, six inches long, in po
sition and lighted it, then went backdewn
stairs te his sleeping room. Herc he sat
urated his bed with kerosene and placed
the ether half of the candle in position, se
that when it burned down it would set
the bed en fire. At this point he re
marked that that was where he made a
mistake, for he should have used a
shorter piece of candle, which would have
burned sooner and then the house would
have burned down befeie daybreak.
Near his bed, he said, he placed his
watch and a bunch of keys te confirm the
belief that the body, when found iu the
burned house, was bis. Having com
pleted these arrangements he left the
heuse, the hour being 2 o'clock a. m.
Ills WanrterIuKAftcr the Crime.
He waudered about town au hour or se,
and theu set out ou feet upon the line of
the Virginia Midland railroad. On Mon
day he walked te Chatham and spent the
night there ; next morning he tried te get
a newspaper te ascertain the effect of his
work in setting his beuse afire, but he was
uuable te obtain a paper. He walked
further ou along the line of the railroad,
and at Galveston get aboard the train for
the purpose only of procuring a newspaper
intending te get off at the next station
He said he intended, if he found from tbe
newspaper that his scheme of burning had
succeeded, te jump the country, go te
Texas and start life anew under a new
name ; but if it failed he thought he might
as well give himself up. On his person
was found in currency $150.
The prisoner's story as te his two al
leged negre accomplices excites intense
interest, but is net believed by some. His
declaration that be docs net knew their
names and is entirely unacquainted with
them seeras te preclude all clew te their
discovery, but every effort will be made
by tbe authorities te discover the bottom
facts in this terrible story.
Floed and Storm.
A lelcgram from Grand Ferks, Dakota,
describes the weather in that far north
western region as "beautiful." A heavy
snow foil during Monday night in the
mountains of Schuylkill county, Pa. There
was a hard frost in Western Pennsylvania
en Monday night, following a snow fall,
and the farmers fear for the peach and
cherry crops. Four inches of snow fell
during Monday night aud yesterday morn
ing at Champaign, Illinois, and light frost
prevailed in the central and southern por
tions of that state. Damage te the fruit
crop is feared The St. Lawrence river
at Montreal is nearly clear of ica. Iu front
of Quebec the river is clear, but at Cape
Rouge, a short distauce above that city,
tbe ice remains solid. The St. Charles
river is still frozen evor. A new bridge en
the Cberaw and Chester railroad, at Lan
caster, Seuth Carolina, was
swent awav
by a fre.-hct yesterday morning. The
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at Manasquan, New Jersey, en
Monday night, has geno te piece's. The
shovel handle factory of Turner & Sen,
and seme adjoining buildings in Dexter,
Maine, were burned en Monday night.
Less, $24,000.
The Indian "Wars.
Agent Wilcox telegraphs te the Indian
bureau that a company of rangers is near
the San Carles agency, evidently intending
te surprise the Indians. The latter are
excited by the movements of the rangers,
and it is feared that serious trouble may
ensue. Secretary Teller has direeted Agent
Wilcox te caution the rangers and also te
acquaint the United States military effi
cers with the situation, in order that thev
niay take measures te - avert trouble.
Advices from New Mexico say that Gen
ral Creek broke camp at Willcox en Men
day and started for Guadaloupe Canen
with 300 troops, 200 Indian scouts and
twenty-one wagons. The expedition was
supplied for ninety davs. On their ar
rival at the Canen, Captain Crawford and
Lieutenant Gatowoed commanding the
scouts with ene company of troops, will
penetrate the fastnesses of the Sierra
Madre mountains, and tbe remainder of
the command will be posted along the
boundary. Arrangements have been
made te guard against the anticipated
trouble with the White Mountain Apaches
at Fert Apache.
Political Points.
Senater McPherson, of New Jersey,
publishes a letter in the Trenten Times,
giving his views en the tariff question.
He says he docs net believe in either free
tiade or high protection, but " in a tariff
for revenue with protection or discrimina
tion within a revenue limit." Henry D.
McDauiel, Democrat, was yesterday
elected governor of Geergia. The vote
was light. Tbe was no organized opposi
tion te Mc Daniel. Gilmere, Democrat,
was yesterday elected te the Legislature
form Favctte county, te succeed Dukes.
The Democratic state convention of Iowa
te nominate a governor and ether state
officers, will meet in Des Moines en the
Gth cf Juue. It is said in Ottawa that
" it is almost settled beyond doubt " that
uigncuen. w.J. .terster, lately secre
tary for Ireland, will succeed the Marquis
ofXerne as governor general of Canada.
Mr. Ferster is expected te arrive in Ottawa
in November next.
Laber Notes.
The cigarmafcers of Portland, Maine,
struck yesterday for en advance of $1 per
thousand. The manufacturers say they
will employ girls.
All the union cigar shops in Milwaukee
have decided te grant the advance of $1
per thousand after May 1st, and there will
be no strike of tbe cigar makers in that
city.
Statistics collected at Portland Oregon,
show that since January 1st the number of
people arriving in that section by the two
lines of ocean steamers was 19,600. Of
total immigration, 50 per cent, seek homes
en Pugct sound, while the rest scatter te
the grain districts east of tbe Cascade
mountains.
TBE DENNIS CASK.
Die Prisoner Finally Sent te Missouri.
The new famous case of Jehn B. Den
nis, extradited te Missouri by Governer
Pattison te answer there for fraud in ob
taining a drove of mules by a bogus draft
or check, came te its conclusion in the
local court te-day. It will be remem
bered that when Dennis first came East,
and after he was arrested here en infor
mation received from Missouri, but before
the requisition for him arrived,
he was arrested en local charges
of forgeries, alleged te have been
committed before be left this coun
ty. The governor finally issued the
warrant for his extradition and the
court here was about te direct the sheriff
te hand him evor te Detective Gee. W.
Badger, te take him te Missouri, when the
counsel for the commonwealth asked for
time te present its case te the governor.
Upen a subsequent hearing Governer Pat
tison se far modified his writ as te fully
stay its operation for the arre-t and extra
ditien of the prisoner until after tbe local
charges were disposed of. Dennis then
gave $1,000 bail te answer the charges of
forgery and his release from custody was
asked for, but tbe court declined te order
it, holding that he was detained by tbe
governor's modified warrant. After some
time his counsel sued out a writ of habeas
corpus before the United States district
court and upon a hearing that court de
cided that the governor's modification of
his writ was a virtual revocation of it, atd
directed his discharge. But, meantime, a
new and absolute writ had been obtained
from the governor and Dennis was at once
ro-arrested,when a new habeas corpus was
sued out in his behalf. Pending
the hearing of this, and while
he was in the sheriffs custody
en tbe governor s third warrant,
his case for forgery was called in the
quarter sessions, bis recognizance for
feited and process issued for him, se that
he was then taken into custody by the
sheriff en this additional writ, te the end
that even if released by tbe district court
he would be brought here and held for
trial ou the forgery eases. Under these
circumstances, when he appeared before
the United States court yesterday his
counsel withdrew his petition for a habeas
corpus, with a view te having him re
turned te Missouri te meet the charges
against him there.
The case was argued bofero the gover
nor and his ceuucil three times ; in its
different phases there have been five ap
pearances befere. the United States court
and net less than' a dozen befere the local
court.
At 3 p. m. te-day Dennis and
his counsel and counsel for the state
of Missouri, appeared before the court
aud upon his admission that he was Jehn
B. Dennis, the court ordered and
directed the sheriff te deliver him
te the custody of Geerge W.
Badger, authorized te receive him and
cirry him te Missouri. Mr. Badger took
him into custody and will start te Mis
souri with him te-night.
Coert el Common PJeas.
UEFORE .ICDOE PATTERSON.
Gcerge Williams vs. W. P.
action te recover a balance for
Linville,
a horse,
The evidence for the plaintiff showed that
in the spring of 18S0, he sold a
herse te the defendant for $122 50.
When the time came for payment, tbe
defendant j;ave a note for $100 and $12.50
in cash. He refused te pay any mere aud
the suit is brought te recover $10. The
defense was that the horse was warrauted
hvr.tin nl lintilf t.n hn Kniiiid nnfl trentlp
! After he was taken home he was found te
be a kicker, aud te show he meant busi
ness he kicked all the harness down in
the stable. Later returns showed that he
kicked a man from another herse. Fer
this reason defendant refused te pay the
$10 as he was compelled te loose money en
the animal at any rate. The jury rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $11.15.
Barbara Sherr, executrix of Elizabeth
! Sherr, vs. Martin Sherr. This was an
action en a contract ; the plamtiu alleged
that Elizabeth Sherr, during her lifetime,
sold 32 acres of land in Strasburg town
ship te the defendant for $1,800 ; the de
fendant agreeing te pay all liens against
tbe property out of the amount of pur
chase ; he refused te fulfill the contract
and her executrix new brings the suit.
The defense was that at tbe death of
Mrs. Sherr the property was encumbered
with debt, and was about te be sold by the
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the property and $Gj funeral expenses for
Mrs. Sbcrr, the property should be his.
He did this aud new claims that he ewes
nothing. On trial.
An gg With a Stem.
Dr. Geerge J. Hoever left at the Intel
ligencer effice te-day a very peculiar
ben'segg. It was of about the ordinary
size but attached te the smaller end of it
was a stem about an inch in length,
about the thickness of pack thread, and
almost as pliable. Whde being bandied tbe
egg was accidently broken, and an investi
gation of its interior was at once made.
The "white" and the "yelk" were just
like ether eggs, but inside the shell, at tbe
end te which the stem was attached, was
a mass of gumy, liver colored matter,
about the size of a pea and of the consist
ency of beeswax. Hew it get there is
mere of a conundrum than hew the milk
get into tbe cocoanut.
AUKOKA BOKEaTAS.
A Very Pretty IJIsplay of Northern IJghtt.
Last evening from 8 o'clock until after 9
there was a very uncaureial display in the
northern heavens. It was first noticed
seme degrees east of north, as a
white, wavy light, extending from the
horizon half way te the zenith. Later, it
extended further wc-t, and increased in
brilliancy and size until it reached and
overlapped the zenith The phenomena
was witnessed by hundreds and theso who
could obtain an unobstructed northern
view from the horizon te the zenith had
au unusual and very magnificent spectacle
presented te them .
Assiult and Mattery.
Michael McEIrey, an attache of Fore Fere
paufih'8 show this morning administered a
sound thrashing te Jehn K'app a fellow
workman at the show grounds. Officer
Daily arrested him and he was committed
for a hearing before Alderman Samson.
SIe efReal Kutnte.
Jehn F. Reith sold at private Bale te
Teressa Shebar a two story brick house
Ne. 528, St. Joeph street for $1,100.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
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KCOCLAK UORKKSPONUKNUK
KvenU Alene the Susquehanna Items
Interest In and Around the Borough
et
ricked up by the IntelU
geacer Keperter.
The society of the E. E. Lutheran church
called the " Gleaners " held a sociable at
Mr. J. G. Benner's ou Walnut street, last
evening. A large crowd was present,
there was plenty of amusement, and a
neat earn of money will go into the chureh
treasury, as the proceeds of refreshments
sold during the eveniug.
St. Zion's A. M. E. chureh congrega
tion will held a grand cake walk in tbe
armory te-morrow night. If you like
something funny attend tbe walk.
Baseball.
Sir. Heward Purple has been elected cap
tain of a newly organized baseball club,
the Quickstep. Haudseme suits are te be
made by Columbia tailors at an early date.
An order for bats and balls has already
been sent te a prominent Philadelphia
dealers in such goods. If the members of
the new club de net engage in frequent
practice together they will net score many
victories during the campaign new open
ing.
Bletrn uut.
The work of blowing out " Shawnee
furnace, Ne. 2 was commenced yesterday
at neon and will be finished this evening.
The casting heuse wall is te be built two
feet higher and will have its present old
reef replaced by i new one. Other im
provements of an important character will
be made during the time the furnace will
remain out of operation, which will be
until there is a larger demand for iron and
a consequent increase in its value.
Personal.
Prof. E.JE. Higbee, state superintend
ent of public instruction, will be in town
te-morrow, for tbe purpose of inspecting
tbe schools or tbe borough.
Dr. Emmctt Welsh, of Latrobe, Pa.,
is visiting his parents here. He has been
ill, and came te his old home, hoping that
a few days sojourn here would benefit his
health. We bope it may.
Miss Lettie Seurbeer, who has been
visiting friends in Oil City, Pa., returned
home te-day.
Mr. F. S. Bletz and bis son Saner, are
in Philadelphia.
Amusements and Secial Iafe.
On the evening of May 2 a ball will be
held in the armory under the manage
ment of several young ladies. It pre
cedes almost tee closely the grand ball
and picnic of the Red Men, which will
be held the following day iu Heiso's
weeds.
The rehearsal of the opera of the ' Trial
by Jury " or the Orpheans " last even
ing was rendered te tbe satisfaction of all
interested. A pregramme for the meeting
of Tuesday a week was made up last
night.
Many people wre drawn out of their
houses last night te see tbe beautiful dis
play made by the aurora bereahs. It was
net red, as usual, hut presented every
color, blue and green predominating. It
was a fine sight
A large number of towns people weut te
Lancaster te-day te attend Forepaugh's
show. They weie net all young folks who
went, either.
The troupe advertised te play the drama
of "Charms," te.uight, did net put in its
appearance te day. There will be no per
formance therefer.
Borough Uriels.
The trees are taking their spring clothes
out of their trunks. Frederick Haas, a
well known character of Marietta, was
buried there yesterday. F. S. Bletz sold
enether herse yesterday te a Lancastrian.
Grain and grass leek well. Three mem
bers initiated by Chique Salunga tribe
last night. Nick Smith, a sailor, until
lately employed at the Shawnee furnaces,
has just sailed in a merchant vessel for the
African coast.
Alltgtd Detectives.
A sensational dispatch from Reading te
the Philadelphia Tnrjuirer alleges that in
the cigar faoteriei of tbis county t-ecret
sarvice detectives are new at work making
a thorough investigation of affairs. Tliese
officers are said te be employed as cigar
makers, working at the bench en or
dinary work, and taking points te be for
warded te the officials at Philadelphia.
They intimate that evidence has been pro
cured, showing that in seme local facto
ries the practices prevail of making mis
counts, ingeniously cutting the stamps se
as te make up six bad ones out et five
geed ones, running 1,100 cigars for
twenty-five peuml3 of tobacco, when, in
reality, the government only allows 1,000
cigars for twenty five pounds. If anybody
is cneateu in the miscount it is tbe
purchaser and net the government.
Reduced Licenses.
Collector Kauffman and his deputies
have been very busy te day in issuing
licenses, at the reduced rates, in lieu of
these issued te dealers and manufacturer)
of tobacco and cigars under tbe old law.
Heretofore dealers in leaf tobacco had te
pay an annual licerifc fee of $25 ; hereafter
they pay only $12. Dealers in manufac
tured tobacco heretofore paid $5 lictnue,
new they pay $2.40 ; the license of manu
facturers of tobacco and cigars, which was
heretofore $10, has been reduced te $0. Up
te neon te.dav the amount renctvpfl fur
licenses at the reduced rates was ever
tl,200.
Resignation of a Policeman.
Henry Eliai a member of the pelice
force for the Seventh ward, has resigned,
and Mayer MacGonigle has appointed Au
gustus Stein wandeliu his place. Mr. Stein
wandel has bad considerable experience,
having served as a supply for members of
tbe regular force who were sick or absent
for ether cause. He has shown himself te
be a faithful and reliable officer.
Admitted te Bail.
Yesterday Geerge Prentice, the young
man who is charged with rape upon the
person of Alice Kecbel, was taken before
Judge Livingston, where he gave bail in
tbe sum of $1,000 for trial at court, waiv
ing a hearing Yeung Prentice declares
that be is entirely innocent of the ci ime,
and has plenty of proof te establish it.
Charter uranted.
Y A special dispatch from Harrisburg te
thO INTELLIGENCER this af 'CTI OOO sayB
that a charter was granted at the state de
partment te day te the Farmers' Western
market company, of Lancaster, capital
stock $35,000, te construct a market heuse
at West Orange and Pine streets.
Train Juinjirr.
Alderman McConemy had before him
te-day two bummers arrested by the
Pennsylvania railroad pelice for train
jumping. As neither of them could pay
tbe line they wcre committed for ten days
each.
Taken te Johnstown.
Officer Jehu Harris, of Johnstown, ar
rived bnu last night and left for home
tbis morning at 9:30, taking with him
Geerge Gable, who was ariested yesterday
en the charge of forgery com mitte' it that
place.
Correction.
It Was Edward nut Samuel TtpTrniMu
of Beaver street, this city.wbe was charged
witn desertion et ins wife and ordered te
pay $2 a week for her support.
Serenade te Minute Hank.
A grand serenade ia in preparation by
the Mamnercher society te be given te
Minnie Hank.