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LANCASTER DAILY INTELIJGBNCBR TMUBSDAY MAY ;1 1883.
Lancaster fntellfgmrer.
THUBSDAY VKMINO, MAT 31, 1883.
The Bridge Calamity.
Tbe accounts of tbe Brooklyn bridge
accident differ greatly in attempting te
point out tbe cause of tbe fatal crush.
Seme say tbat it was produced by the
efforts of pickpockets ; ethers tbat a
woman's scream induced it; and again it
is said te have been caused by tbe stupid
efforts of tbe police te prevent it.
Whatever its cause, it is clear enough
tbat it would net have occurred but for
tbe stairway tbat was planted en tbe
bridge, tbe approach at the top of the
stairway being sharply inclined towards
it. It was very natural 'that persons
coming down this incline te tbe
steps should trip and fall down
them. The bridge is a novel thing and
it might be expected tbat it world net
be immediately perfected, se as te be the
be3t possible accommodation te tbe pub
lic. But it does seem tbat these who
planned it should' have recognized the
inconvenience and danger of having
steps in tbe course of the footway. They
evidently were net necessary as railway
tracks and carriage reads are laid ever
tbe bridge,and any grade that is net tee
great for a railway track should net be
tee severe for a feet way. The bridge
superintendent gives as the only reason
for putting in these steps' that it was
thought that a steep grade would be
dangerous in icy weather. But this is
an entirely new conception of tbe rela
tive danger of a stairway covered with
ice and an inclined way similarly en
cumbered. There is new an incline in
tbe bridge and the steeper one necessi"
tated by taking away fourteen steps of
seven inches rise each would net be
very much mere objectionable.
Anether thing that seems te require
no argument te demonstrate is that
there should have been a separate foot
way for each direction of travel. There
is, however, but one avenue, and these
using it meet each ether of course. Wherr
the travel each way is great there
is serious danger of a blockade ; and
when it is heavy one way and light
the ether, these going in the latter di
rection are very likely te be forced
backward. It is se customary te have
separate avenues for each line of travel
that it seems very strange that they
were net provided in this bridge. There
are, in fact, two carriage ways and two
railroad tracks; but the fact seems te be
that the feet travel was net expected te
be heavy and only one path was there
fore provided for these going and com
ing. Tbat expectation, however, did net
justify any such limitation of the ac
commodation for feet passengers. It
might have excused pathways tee nar
row, but net the failure te provide two
of them ; when the danger of carriages
meeting one another was contemplated
and provided against, the danger, or at
least inconvenience of meeting bodies
of footmen should have been foreseen
and obviated. On every street of a city
there are two footpaths and but one
carriage way, and why there should have
been conceived te exist a greater neces
sity en the Brooklyn bridge for two rail
way tracks and two carriage reads
than for two footpaths is incemprehensi
ble. Then no telegraphic communication
seems te be provided between the bridge
entrances and any part of it; se that
the stream of travel could net be checked
and assistance speedily obtained when
this dreadful accident happened.
Altogether it appears very clear that
there has been a great lack of intelli
gence and foresight exhibited in prepar
ing this avenue of communication for
the uses it was intended for. The re
sponsibility for the fatal occurrence
which mars the epnning history of the
bridge is certainly upon these who have
conceived the faulty arrangements. And
se long as se insufficient an intelligence
controls the bridge administration it
may be expected that it will continue te
be a death trap.
The Philadelphia Times thinks that
the New Yerk World under its new
management is doing a great work in
killing off Democratic candidates for the
presidency. However valuable the work,
the World is certainly entitled te credit
for the success with which it is done :
the meansrit uses are net novel, but it
seems te have an exceptional facility
in getting control of them. The caudi
dates in fact de the work themselves;
all the World's art is iu inducing them
te de it. The new editor, Mr. Pulitzer,
seems te be a persuasive man. He
asks his victims te write him a
letter, aeunmg meir positions en
the tariff question. They consent, and
are undone. Mr. Bayard and Mr. Mc
Donald are the last two that the World
has bagged. Mr. McDonald get en the
fence as much as he dared, bound as lie
is by Indiana te a tariff for revenue only;
but he did net succeed in climbing up
out of danger and was badly geied.
Mr. McDonald probably had nothing of
a presidential chance anyway, for lie is
net a very heavyweight and Gov. Hen
dricks may sit down en him at any time.
senator Bayard, however, is a different
sort of a man, and showed a surprising
weakness in writing te Mr. Pulitzer
what sounds very much like nonsense.
But the World can keep en with its little
game without danger of exhausting
Democratic presidential timber; the
weeds are full of it.
year will show Clerk McCamant's calcu
lation te be erroneous. In any event there
are idle and superfluous millions in the
sinking fund which are earning nothing
for the state and cannot be applied
te the reduction of the debt, nor
be made te serve any purpose, it seems,
but te benefit the favored banks which
have it en deposit. That sort of finan
cial management is hard en the tax
payers, and somebody- ought te be made
te suffer for imposing it en the state and
for the failure te relieve it.
The tardiness of summer and the
flowers, which has been notable of late
years, has induced some of the members
of tbe Grand Army of the Bepublic in
different parts of the country te start
the suggestion that Decoration day be
postponed until June 30 hereafter. It
may be worth while for them te consider
at the 3ame time whether the practice of
putting fading nosegays en the graves of
these whom they honor might net with
great propriety be changed te the custom
of planting living decorations, whose
perennial bloom would better illustrate
the intended sentiment of the occasion.
It is given out that net a single relative
of the late President Garfield holds office
under this administration, and tbat
"Cousin Charley" after vainly waiting
around Washington (or several months
with poekets full of recommendations, has
gene back te his native Ohie, despairing
of ever becoming marshal of Utah. It is
quite as much as an administration can
de te leek after one president's relatives.
Fer a respectable length into the past
the ancient bodyguards of the illustrious
G. W., and the eldest Masen have both
been dying numerously. Recently another
candidate, resting the foundation of public
notice en the sandy bottom of time, ha
appeared as the eldest engineer in the
United States. He lives in Georgia. Seeing
tnat tne eldost engineer has been fre
quently passing away into the unknown
lately, it is te be hoped that newspapeis
will refrain from the usual harrowing do de
tails until all of him has died.
It seems that our white-hatted and
ruffled-shirted attorney general offended
military etiquette in New Yerk city yes.
terday while en the Decoration Day re
viewing stand with the president, General
Hancock and ethers. Te all the salutes
of passing colonels given te the presi
dent, net te him Brewster bowed and
scraped, notwithstanding the quiet and
decorous behavior of General Hancock,
who, in full uniform aud standing next te
the president, never, of course, forget the
proprieties of the occasion.
The descriptive powers of most of the
New Yerk newspapers were somewhat
strained by the dramatic incidents of the
bridge disaster. The World, however, was
mere than equal te the occasion. That
exuberaut typa of transplanted Western
journalism added te its narrative this
graphic relation of what did net occur :
The bridge had fallen into the gulf be
low with a thousand victims te keep it
company. A wire cable had parted like a
snapping fiddlestring and instantly
thrashed a hundred men and women into
a swathe of red and unrecognizable liesh .
There had been a desperate fight en the
swaying highway and scores had fallen
under the sticks of the police. A great
derrick beam, which had been left aloft
en the Brooklyn tower had descended like
a thundoibelt en the careless jollity of the
bridge passengers and fifty human oroa eroa orea
uies had beceme purple pulp as suddenly
as if they had been grapes in a wine press
In Chambersburg last Sunday Rev. Dr.
Kennedy was preaching te an attentive
audience en the efficacy of prayer. He
had been discoursing for ever thirty min
utes, when, after a momentary pause he
said, " Let us pray ; pray en." The last
clause of the sentence, however, was
delayed tee long and the Presbyteiian
audience had risen te its feet at the words
" Let us pray," taking them as the signal
for the beginning of that service. The
reverend gentleman was, of course, taken
aback by this abrupt ending of a geed
sermon, but bofero the audience had per
ceived its mistake he had accepted the
action as evideuce that the sermon ought
te be finished and proceeded with the
prayer intended te fellow the conclusion
of the sermon, without an embarassing
pause. It would probably net be safe for
the average preacher, after thirty minutes
of the sermon te give his congregation a
chance te say whether it was time te quit.
NEWS BY MAIL.
THK UKBAT BKIDGZ DISASTER.
The apparently practicable and sensi
ble preposition of Mr. Jenkins, which
the Heuse at Harrisburg adopted te
divert the revenues derived from liquor
and saloon licenses and new paid into
the state treasury te the county treasu
ries, bas been- negatived by the Senate
finance committee, and hence defeated
for this session, upon tbe representations
or the auditor general's chief clerk that,
In view of certain corporation taxes
abated, this proposed diversion would
take tee much money out of the state
treasury. This will be unwelcome aud
surprising news te tbe people of the
commonwealth, who had been led te
believe, as Gev. Heyt told them in his
message, that this revenue could easily
be spared te tbe counties. We believe
it can
PERSONAL
M. Brosius, esq., was the Decoration
Day orator in Chester.
Senater Antheny was well enough te
visit tne Journal otiize in Providence yesterday.
Rev. Father Deblteck, one of the
most distinguished Jesuit teachers iu this
country, died yesterday in Chicago, aged
C2 years.
David Ripley, a prominent lumber
dealer and formerly trustee of the New
Jerser state reform school, died in Newark
en Tuesday night.
kev. Themas Battle, of Georgia,
whose death was recently reported, was
said te he the eldest preacher of the Meth
odist Episcopal church in America. He
was born in 1786, and his descendants
numbered 400, three of them being grand
children of his grandchildren.
10RRENCE U. Uipple, esq., of Leck
Haven, Pa., was one of the most popular
members of the Knights Temnlar in at
tendance upon the grand cemmandery. Mr.
a e, iJiuuiisiuir uauuiuate ler T.nn nttira
Seme Farther Particular Calamity and
Crime Tbe General Observance of
Decoration Day.
On the first page of te-day's paper will
be found an extended and graphic account
of the terrible disaster ec the New Yerk
and Brooklyn bridge, yesterday, by which
a dozen lives were lest. The special and
detailed reports in the New Yerk papers
abound in most horrible and sickening de
tails, according te which the disaster was
one of the most terrible of modern occur
rence. One of the regular staff of the World,
who had been in Brooklyn te attend tbe
Decoration ceremonies, was en the bridge
returning te New Yerk, and this :side of
the New Yerk anchorage, when the acci-
aens eccurrea.
He says : " I was about twenty feet
from the fatal spot, patiently floating
along with the westward stream. The
whole structure buzzed with laughter and
jovial sounds. I never saw a mere geed
humored crowd in my life. Once in a
while seme nervous, hysterical woman
would utter a little shriek as somebody
crowded her or , stepped en her dress.
But there was no quarreling and no up
rear.
" All at once, as I reached the middle of
the platform, a strange, mysterious thrill
seemed te go through the the crowd like
an electric shock. It started seme dis
tance ahead of me and I was sensible of
its running past me far b'ack into the ranks
which followed. It was a sensation equally
compounded of the jar of a stepping train
when the cars transmit their arrest te one
another and of the sight of a Held of grain
when a sudden flew of wind bends it,
almost instantaneously, in successive 'rip
ples. " It was net a stoppage, but a vague
hesitation for the fraction of a second. I
suppose new that it was the moment the
first person fell upon the stairs, and the
next comers shrunk a hair's breadth from
following him.
" Hew easily one can theorize new, but
with what frightful speed the appointed
deem flashed te its accomplishment I The
hesitation, se brief and se vague as te be
almost imperceptible, instantly changed
te a rush, as if seme little trivial barrier
had given way and the flood ran all the
fiercer for having been momentarily re
strained. Nene of us knew why we moved
se much faster, but the dullest of us must
have been sensible of the change.
Tbe Cry of tbe Dying.
"All of a sudden there went up te
heaven such a cry as no description of
mine can de justice te. It echoed like the
shriek of a bugle and it acted like a signal.
In an instant there came a mighty surge
behind us which literally took us off our
feet. Men recovering from the shock
found themselves squeezedaeut of breathing-power.
Women caught, seme of them
half turned round, filled the air with
piercing screams. Some of us clutched at
the rails, as men en the edge of Niagara
burst their veins grasping friendly ropes.
Even the children were suffused with the
sense of impending horror, like birds in
the lull of a thunder storm. I cee new,
like the faces of a dream, when one is in a
sick bad, the tiers of awe stricken faces,
aud I hear, even new, the shrieks of the
suffocating aud the crushed behind me and
before me.
"Ahead of us there was even mere
hideous work going en. I saw umbrellas,
hats and canes leap into the air above the
serried heads in front of us like the ir
regular spouting of some strange fountain.
This lasted perhaps a minute, but at the
time it looked like a conticneu3 spactacle,
and was se eddthat it fascinated me.
"But the sounds were infinitely mere
frightful thau the sight. I pijay I may
never again listen again te such a volume
of human wee. There were shrill cries
suddenly arrested, coarse yells that were
muffled iu en instant. Our senses proter preter
naturally sharpeued heard death rattles
ahead of us as clearly as the shiieka of
women whirled te the deadiy edge of tbe
platform.
Te tli s Kegcue.
"All at once as my .senses were giving
way and the rear iu my ears began te
grew faint, half a dozen men, fighting
iike ueviis, get te tne spot. Hew they
managed it I cannot understand. I never
saw such fury as they showed consider
ate fury as it turned out te be. They
were police detectives, se I learnt, who,
having first arragned for a diversieu of
the crowd approaching forem New Yerk
te the carriage ways, and having secured
a " tapping " for the ether current in the
ether wagon track, headed off the com
mingling and perishing streams.
"The lelief was felt in about a minute.
Officers overhead shouted directions where
te go, and just bofero myself aud my
elbow-te elbow neighbors were en the
verge of the death trap the crowd had
melted behind us, and in spite of the
awfnl spectacle before our eyes we took
breath after breath joyfully.
"But that scene f can never forget it.
Men and women were se tangled up iu it
there was no distinguishing them. The
lower strata were silent in death. The
upper were.in the agony of dying. Mut
tered piayers, deep, horrifying groans,
the hideous rattling noises in closing
threats, the sob of bursting chests, pre
found breathing that sounded like a snore
I cannot give even the shadow of an idea
of this devils chorus.
Soldiers at
"Meantime
gun and than eat his threat with a razor,
severing the jagelar rein, and dying in a
few minute. Matthew Lewis, four times
convicted of the murder of bis wife and
three times sentenced te be hanged in St.
Leuis, has just been granted another stay
of execution,' from June 8 te June 29.
Daring a game of baseball between the
Yale Freshmen and the Monitors at
Waterbnry, Connecticut, Wednesday, the
grand stand tumbled down, injuring two
men, one of them severely. A preacher
named Byerd has been tarred and feathered
by a mob at Franklin, Neb., for beating
his daughter, who had informed her
mother of his adulterous relations with
ether women. Mrs. Gee. Evans went te
Nicetown station, en the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad, Wednesday afternoon,
te met her husband. As she was crossing
the track she was struck by a train com
ing from another direction and instantly
killed.
Tbleves in a Med Beem.
Daniel Waldren reported te the police
in New Yerk Wednesday that his wife
had been robbed in the morning. The
couple occupied a first fleer flat in East
Seventh street. At four o'clock, Waldren
net having returned home, his wife heard
a knock, and supposing it te be from her
husband, opened the deer. "She was
confronted by three men, who followed
her as she ran back te bed. They demand
ed her money and threatened te sheet her
if she cried out. She said she had no
money, but one of them placed his hand
under tbe pillow and took $150 concealed
there. He then asked for a valuable
diamond owned by her. She answered that
shedid'net have it. The thief loosened
her night dress and took the cress from
her neck. They then departed, taking no
ether property."
Tbe Bettem Dropped Out.
Water works with a capacity of 4,000v000
gallons per day, have been cempletea at
Knoxville, Tennessee, at a cost of $150,000.
Yesterday water was turned into the mains
with imposing -ceremonies. There are
twelve miles of mains. Last night the
bottom of one of the reservoirs dropped
out, emptying in five minutes, four hun
dred thousand gallons of water into a cave
beneath. The existence of the cave was
net previously known. The remaining
reservoir is net damaged.
COLUMBIA NKWM.
Frem Our ueguiar Correspondent.
The town was partly depopulated yes
terday, se many were out of town. Many
went te Lancaster te see the Knights Tem
plar parade, and ethers, including the
military company, weie in Marietta". The
G. A. R. pest turned out strong for the
Decoration ceremenies, thore being up
wards effc190 members in line, headed by
a drnm corns. Cvrene cemmanderv of
Knights Templar was ene of the several
cemmanderies which visited and decorated
the grave of Gen. J. F. Reynold's in the
Lancaster cemetery, although they were
net mentioned in last evening's Lancaster
papers as having formed part of that baud
of visitors te the here's grave. Tery were
there, nevertheless, and were ac-empanicd
by their band.
Iu Marietta the memorial day parade
was a finer one than it has been for years.
In addition te the Columbia military com -
pany ana tne li. A. It. pest of that town,
there were in line the Pioneer fire company
of that place and several societies, all iu
uniform and regalia, and presenting a
decidedly fine appearance. Interesting
exercises took place in the cemetery,
after which a salut9 was tired by the milu
tary.
l'oer Men's .Society.
The following are the officer. or the
Peer Men's society, a colored beneficial
organization which meets every Thursday
evening in the colored Union church :
President, Samuel Smith ; Secretary,
Geerge Smith ; Treasurer, James Jerdan ;
Chaplain, Jamc3 Frisby. Theio is new
in the treasury 8111.C0. Tbe initiation fen
is $3, and the monthly dues 40 cents. When
sick a member receives $3 per week, and
when one dies the funeral expenses are
defrayed from the treasury of the society.
Applications for membership will new be
received.
l'ersenal.
The Yeung Felk's society of St. Jehn's
Lutheran church meets this evr-mng at
Mrs. Jeseph Hugentu2ler's. ou Feuith
street. All invited te attend. Refresh
ments will be served aud a geed time had
generally.
Huge North will hercafter bttaddle a
handsome pony which his father has pur
chased for him instead of a bicycle.
A fine geld cameo set ring was lest en
Monday by Mrs. Jehn Yeakle.
Borough liners.
Ou Tuesday a team occupied by a
country woman was saved from being
struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train by
Mr. Jehn Grauley, who led the animal
from the track just as the engine dashed
by. ,
'Squire Yeung left yesteiday for the
jjenign vauey, wuere he mteuds visiting
a number of places of intorest
The Quicksteps will play the Lancaster
college nine in Laucabter en Saturday a
week.
Oceola tribe of Red Man will meet te-night.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
THE FESTIVITIES OF VKSTBBDAT.
Installation et Urand Offlcers-Speeebes and
Music Tbe Great Parade The
Beceptten and wall.
The installation of the grand officers of
we grana cemmandery took place in Ful
ton opera house at half-past two o'clock
yesterday afternoon in presence of a vast
concourse of people. The seats of the
parquet were floored ever level with the
stage se as te afford room for the grand
promenade concert which took place in
the evening. In front of the stage were
great masses of growing flowers and
foliage plants in pets, vases and baskets.
The proscenium arch wasjdraped with very
large American and Templar flags, and
the front of the gallery was covered with
bunting and shields. Mere than half an
hour before the time announced for the
commencement of the ceremonies every
seat in the hall was occupied, the galleries
were packed and many hundreds of per
sons who presented themselves at the deer
were unable te gain admittance.
The grand officers and officers-elect oc
cupied seats en the stage. A grand
chorus composed of nearly forty of the
best male and female voices in Laucaster,
under the lead of Prof . Wm. B.Hall, oo eo oe
cupied a place en the platform near the
southern front of the stage.
As the grand cemmandery entered the
hall, preceded by their escort, the City
cornet band played a triumphal march.
The R. E. Grand Commander B. Frank
Breneman took the chair and called the
giand cemmandery te order.
A hymn was sung by the choir, after
which Eminent Sir Edward Mas.sen, grand
marshal, introduced the grand officers
elect, who steed in line te the right of the
eminent commander, and were briefly ad
dressed by him. He referred te the ex
alted positions of honor te which they had
been chosen, and reminded them they had
important duties te perform, and that
before being invested with the jewels of
their respective offices vows would be
exacted ier the faithful performance of
their duties.
The officers elect then uncovered and
drew their swords, and the official ebliga
tien was administered by the eminent
commander.
The E. C. elect. Sir Charles W. Ratcho-
ler, was then pretfinted by the grand
marshal te the eminent commander, who
called upon Grand Prelate Hewitt te in
veke the Divine blessing, which was done,
the sir knights standing uncovered.
The right eminent grand commander
then installed the R. E. G. C. elect, in
manner and form as laid down in the
ritual, enjoining him te support and up up
eold the principles of the order of Knights
Templar. He was then invested with the
jewels of his office aud the sir knights
of the grand cemmandery drew
their swords and presented arms te
the new eminent commander, who at
once proceeded te read his iuaugural ad
dress an able paper in which after briefly
recapitulating the history of the order,
and cemmending the principles upon
which it is based, he congratulated the
grand cemmandery en the fact that never
since the order was founded, was it in a
mere prosperous condition than at nre-
Mint. He felt the weight of the responsi
bility that had been placed upon him by
his elevation te the position of grand
commander, bat he hoped te transmit te
his successor the office he new holds, as
pure and untarnished as he received it
from the hands of his eminent predeces
sor. Gleria in Excelsis was then sung by the
choir.
Grand Marshal Massou in turn presented
te R. E. G. C. Branemau the ether officers
elect, namely, E. Sir Jeseph Alexander,
jr., E. G. Generalissimo ; E. Sir Geerge
S. Graham, E.G Captain General ; E. Sir
Jehn Hewitt, E. G. Prelate ; Bl Sir Lea
S. Smith, E. G. Senior Warden ; E. Sir
Mark Richards Muckle, E. G. Treasurer ;
E. Sir Chas. E. Meyer, E. G. Recorder ;
all of whom were duly installed and in
vested with the jewels of their resuectivn
L offices.
Eminent Grand Junier Warden Wm. A.
Allen was net installed, a severe family
afljictien preventing him from being pres
ent. In answer te a telegram sent him by
E. Sir G. W. Kendrick announcing his
cemmandery
James Fitzsimmons. The
carried a beautiful banner.
Liberty Cornet band, Manhelm.
Philadelphia Cemmandery, Ne. 2, 46
men E. C, Leuis Wagner; G. Frank M.
Higley ; C. G. Leuis M. Chasteau. A very
fine banner was borne in line.
Band.
Jasques Da Melay cemmandery, Ne. 3,
Washington. 20 men. with banner: E. C.
Samuel Hazlett ; G., James W. Rothwell ;
C. G., James W. McDowell.
Beck's band, Philadelphia.
St. Jehn's commandery, Ne. 4, Phila
belphia, 40 men with fine banner ; E. C,
Philip O. Staffer; G., A. Geerge Ube Ube
reth ; C. G., Jehn P. Sipler.
SECOND DIVISION.
Aids, E. Sir Jehn I. Beggs, Ne. 11 ; E.
Sir B. Frank Eshleman, Ne. 13 : E. Sir
N. P. Ramsey,, Ne. 59.
Carlisle band.
St. Jehn's cemmandery Ne. S, Carlisle
30 men, with banner ; E. C, Charles F.
Shower ; G., Wm. James Dale; C. G.,
James D. Rea.
Liberty Cornet band. 28 pieces.
De Melay cemmandery Ne 9, Reading
40 men ; E. C, .Teel E. Slegel ; G., J. Cal
viu Hoffeditz ; C. G.f Jehn E. Geedman.
Junier Grey's Band, Altoeua, 23 pieces.
Mountain cemmandery, Ne. 10, Alteena
20 men, with banner ; E. C, Martin
Bell, jr., G., Wm. A. Lingenfelter ; C. G.,
Daniel P. Ray.
W. T. Hildrup baud, Harrisburg.
Pilgrim oemmandery, Harrisburg 25
men ; E. C, Geerge W. Simmers: GM
Josnua l Wilbur ; C. G., Jehn D. Lemer.
City cernet band, Lancaster. 18 pieces.
Lancaster cemmandery, Ne. 41 130
men, with beautiful embroidered banner
E. C, E. Oram Lyte ; G., Joel S. Eaby;
C. G., Charles A. Fenderstnith.
Wilsen Pest G. A. R. band, Baltimore,
Md., elegaatly uniformed.
Monumental cemmandery, Ne. 3, Balti
more, Md. 15 men ; E. C . J. P. Clark ;
G., Ed. A. Maule ; C. G., J. II. Miller.
Keystene band, Lancaster.
Allen cemmandery, Ne. 20, Allontewu,
30 men, with elegant banner; E. C., Wm.
H. Ryan : G, Wm. F. Sehlecter; C. G.,
Ervin J. Balliett.
THIRD DIVISION
Aids, E. Sir Charles A. Zsrba, He. 26 ;
E. Sir Thes. F. Baker, Ne. 32 : E. Sir
Jehn A. Slade. Ne. 34.
uniforms decked with badges and medals.
Hundreds of couples joined in the mrsh,
and the spacious stage was almost filled
se that sets for the first dance were
formed with difficulty. The audience and
crowd en the danciug fleer thinned out
somewhat later in the evening and the
festivities were continued until a late
hour. The stirring music of the band
and orchestra, the floral adornments of
the stage and the conspicuous decoration
of the hall, heightened the effect of the
display of beauty and fashion, and in all
its features the receptien was a signal
success.
In one of the upp3r rooms of the hall a
handsome collatieu was served te "the
guests.
The ball closed at one o'clock, and the
universal endorsement of the visiting
knights and all who were present pro
nounced it ene of the most successful
features of the conelave.
Metes and
H
of junior grand warden at no distant day.
ueiure inaviug iuwu mis morning ne ten
dered the Intelligencer effice a serenade
with the excellent band from Williams Williams
pert. The czar and his wife were received
with great enthusiasm at the opera house
in Moscow last evening. The audience
rose in a body and cheered as their majes
ties entered. When their majesties were
leaving the houiie the audience rose aain.
and cheered se persistently that the" em
peror and empress, who had retired, re
turned te the theatre and remained stand
ing in full view of the assembly while the
national hymn was being played.
Majer W. G. Mitchell, acting adju
tant general en General Hancock's staff,
died at Governer's Island yesterday morn
ing of pneumonia. He entered the velnn.
teer service in the war for the Union,enlist
Werk.
twenty or thirtv men. some
of them in the uniform of the Twelfth
regiment, were already hard at work dis
persing the elemeuts of this awful hillock.
Twe of them, seizing a body anyhow,
alive or dead, dragged it aside by itself.
It was no time for delicacy or false tender
ness. Every instant was precious te these
swollen threats and empty lungs. As
pedy after body was tern out of the heap
into full view the horror of the casualty
seemed te grew mere and mere intense.
There was a flicker of life in most of
the upper ones. Upen the Iqwer Death
had impressed his mess hideous symbols.
l'aces as purple as plums, eyes weeping
thick bleed, open mouths disgorging huge
red dots and spongy masses of gray
foam streaked with crimson, foreheads
tern and lascerated, noses flattened te the
ehecks, expressions of a vast horror in
every countenance. Was there ever snch
a sight !
necinurieN day.
rhe Obgorvauce or it Over tbe Country.
TelegramB from Washington,New Yerk,
Bosten, Baltimore, St. Leuis, San Fran
ciscD, Chicago, Richmond, New Orleans,
Charleston and ether cities show a general
observance of Memerial Day, with the
customary decorations of the graves.
parades, addresses, etc. At Arlington
cemetery, near Washington, Majer W.
Lambert, of Philadelphia, delivered the
oration. In New Yerk, the precession was
reviewed from a stand iu Madisen Square,
en which were seated President Arthur
Secretary Chandler. Secretarv Feltrnr. At!
terney General Brewster, Majer General
Hancock and staff, Mayer Edsen, General
Geerge A. Sheridan, Commedore TJpsher,
Brigadier General Baren de Trebiand'
Governer Ludlow, of New Jersey, Majer
General Schuyler Hamilton, Gen. Stene,
late or the Egvptian army ; General Lloyd
Aspinwall, General Herace Perter, United
States District Attorney Reet, and ethers.
The Plre Extinguisher.
A tremendous crowd gathered in Cen tie
Square last night, the announcement
having been made tbat a fire extinguisher
would be tried. A let of barrels and
ether light material were set en fire about
eight o'clock en Seuth Queen street op ep op
pesite the Intelligencer office. The
flames at ence shot almost as high as the
building, but they were extinguished by
the agent of the machine, who turned a
stream en it. He was soverely burned in
his efforts te de quick work.
A Lancaster Orator In Yerk
Yerk Dally.
The orator of the 1 Decoration! .lav. n
J. Hay Brown, csq.,;cf Lancaster. His dis
course was one of much power, clothed in
fine language and attractive with beauti
ful thoughts, with a tribute te the memory
of the nation's dead that touched the
hearts of all his hearers. Mr. Brown is a
fine speaker, with fluent and ready address
aud an ease of manner that captivates his
hearers.
Stelen Uoeds Found.
This morning Jacob Kanim, who lives
iu the northern suburb of the city, found
in one of his fields two geed sets of car car
riage harness and two or three bags of
corn. These articles were probably
stelen and placed where they were found
until snch time as the thief cenld conve-
uiuuuy remuvu luem. ine owner ran
have them by calling en Mr. Karnm.
election, bir Knight Allen returned the
following : "Your happiness at my election
is a bright ray of sunshine through the
clouds of my deep sorrow. Many thanks
for your devotion and kindness."
E. Sir Frank Mills, appointed Orand
Sword Bearer, was then invested with the
insignia of his office, aud received the
formal charge from E. G. C. Brenemau.
Bugle blasts were blown, and the Grand
Marshal made proclamation te the east
and the west, the north and the south,
that the above valiant Knights of the Tem
ple had been duly installed officers of the
Grand Cemmandery of Pennsylvania, and
that all true and valient Knights should
take notice theieef and govern themselves
accordingly.
The choir rendered Te Deuie Laudamus
with fine effect.
The right eminent grand prelate thou
read an impressive charge and closed with
a solemn invocation.
The choir sang the 'Jubilate," by
Dauks. and the installation ceremonies
closed with the long meter doxology, iu
which the audience joined.
The vocal music, which was under the
direction of Sir Wm. B. Hall, was very
fine. The eheir consisted of the following
named ladies and gentlemen :
Sopranos Mrs. A. M. nnbley, A. V.
Hunter, Misses Leila Bear, Mame E.
Lecher, Ella Musser, Sallie L. Kahle,
Lizzie A. Bachler, Maty Zimmerman,
Margie K. Heinitsh, Amelia Bachler,
Alice Marshall.
Tenors Messrs. Wm. Schlaugh, J. T.
Zimmerman, Charles L. Spindler, Jehn F.
Heinitsh, A. H. Fritchey, James Wilsen,
Clarence West.
Altes Misses Mary Schaubel, Mary
Sener, Laura Loehor, Ella Arneld, Alice
Miley, Clara R. Eicholtz, Annie Miller.
Bass Messrs. J. B. Albright, H. C.
Mellinger, S. D. Bausman. A. Sheetz. L.
A. Prezenger, H. S. Bossart, G. Ressler,
ii. nauu, ri. uiay.
The accompaniment were played by
Prer. F. W. Haas and Mr. F. C.Meyer en
a fine Estey organ.
Werth Infantry Cornet band, Yerk.
Yerk cemmandery Ne. 21, Yerk. Pa
31 men, with very pretty banner ; E. C,
Edwin C. Epley ; G., Isaae G. Elliett ; C.
G., James II. Rau.
Repasz band. Williamsnert. 19 nieces.
Baldwin II. cemmandery, Ne. 22, Wil Wil
liamspert, Pa. 35 men, with banner : E.
C, Frank J. Richards; G., Chas. H.
Sainpsell ; C. G., Jeseph T. Leng.
Band.
Hermit cemmandery, Ne. 21, Lobaneu,
Pa. 20 men : E. C, Daniel P. Witmeyer;
G., Simen G. Beltz; C. G., Michael W.
Rciiiechl.
Lititz Comet band.
Kadesh cemmandery, Ne. 29, Philadel
phia. 18 men : E. C, Frederick K.
Womrath ; G, Thes. R. Patten.
Norristewu band, 21 pieces.
Hutchinson cemmaudery, Ne 30, Nor Ner Nor
riseowu ; 33 men with handsema banner ;
E. C, Cii.is. I. Baker ; G., Irving P. Wag
ner ; CO., Samuel J. Leng.
Ironville band.
Gyrene cemmandery, Ne. 31, Columbia,
with 30 men and banner ; E. C;, Wm. H.
Pfahler; G., Geerge F. Rathven ; C. G.,
Rebert McAuall.
Miller8viile cornet band.
Allegheny cemmaudery, Ne. 35, Alle
gheny City ; 30 men ; E. C, Andrew G.
Williams ; G., Stewait S. D. Thompson :
C G., Presby S. Brown.
Wcccacee band, Philadelphia, 23 pieees.
Mary cemmandery, Philadelphia ; Gfi
men with fug and banner ; E. C. Jehn
Keller, jr. ; G., Wm. F. Miller ; C. G.,
Jnhu II. Dye.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Aids, E. Sir Geerge E. Ilaak, Ne. 42 ;
E. Sir David S. Bennett, Ne. 45 ; E. Sir
Jeseph S. Wright, Ne. 47.
Ringgold band, Reading, 30 pieces.
Reading cemmandery. Ne. 42, ,f Read
ing ; 70 men, with beautiful banner ; E.
C, Dantel W. Creuse ; G., Geerge A.
Schlecter ; C. G., Henry Laudis, M. D.
Seltzer band, Leck Haven, 22 pieces.
IIepitalIer cemmandery Ne. 4G, Leck
Haven ; 27 men with very liue banuur ;
E. (! , Harry C. Trump ; G . Harry O.
Chapman ; C. G., Geerge A liiewu.
ou. iviuau uanti, rniiauelpliia, 'M pieces.
St. Albau eeninianderv Ne. 47. Phil.i
dclphia ; 51 men, exclusive of baud, all of
whom are membcitsef the commandery;
a magnificent banner was home in line ;
E. C, Arthur II. Woodward ; G., Jehu
W. Hazeltine ; C. G., Edwin II. Coaue.
Alteena City band.
Taucied cemmandery Ne. 48, Pitts
burgh ; 35 men, with handsome banner ;
E. C, Lewis T. P.rewn ; G W. McCen
way ; (J G., David A. Stevenson.
Metiopelitan band, Philadelphia, 21
pieces.
Kensington cemmandciy Ne. 54, Phila
delphia ; 44 men with magnificent bau
ner ; E. C, Albert W. Witsil ; G.,
Charles Halyburton ; U. G , Jehn Geerge
Bruckman.
Corinthian " Chasseur " cemmandery
Ne. 53, Philadelphia ; 50 mounted men
with banner and guidens ; E. C, N. Fer Fer
ree Lightner ; G., Edward Wareing Mor
ns ; C. G , Wm. R.Peddle.
The Keute.
The parade marched ever the following
route : Right resting en West Kine
corner of Prince', down Prince te Cenes-
toga, te Seuth Queen, te James, te Duke,
te Orange, te Lime, te East King, te
Marshall, countermarch by file right te
Centre square aud dismiss.
A stand for the grand officers was cr-
I ccted en the Nerth-side of East King street
eetween uuke and jjime from which they
reviewed the line during the counter
match. Each cemmandery as it approached
the grand stand presented arms te the re
viewing officers.
The marching of all the commanderie3
was admirable aud some of their manoe manee
uvres were loudly applauded by the spectators.
THK KECclTJOtf.
incidents.
This morning the cemmanderies remain
ing in tewu tested from the fatigues of
their campaigu, or were te ba seen stroll
ingareund taking iu the sights of theeity.
Many of the excellent bands that partici
pated iu the parade honored their friends
with serenades, the Intelligencer com.
iug in for a full share of the music. The
Seltzer band of Leck Haven, with 21 in
struments, was the first te call, and played
admirabl y.
The Ceiiuthian "Chasseur" cemman
dery attracted universal adrairatieu by
their fine horsemanship, the superiority of
meir uorses ami tueir excellent drill.
They carried with thorn the guidens they
wen at the Garfield memorial fair, where
they entered the lists against seme of the
best drilled ceni mandarins In the country.
Many et the Sir Knights brought with
them wives and daughters, the Kensing
ton commandery iu this respect taking the
lead of all ethers, having witli them about
thirty elegautlyattired aud cultured look
ing ladies.
This morning as the big banner of the
Philadelphia cemmaudery was being taken
down from the top of the Masonic hall
several bricks from the top or the chimney
were loosened by the cable with which
the banner was upheld, and fell te the
ground. Several persons narrowly escaped
being struck by tfcem. One of the bricks
struck upon an awning rail and rebounded
into Geerge Kramer's fish wagon, tearing
a long hole in the curtaiu and falling at
the feet of a lad named Frank Stnter who
was in the wagon.
The Kensington and St. Alban comman cemman
deries execute their drill movements by
the sound of the bugle, aud are wonder
fully proficient. They were greatly
admired net only durin? the parade, but
before and after, for their soldierly ap
pearance. One of the liuest looking ceimnaudcrie.",
with an excelleut band, is the Monumen
tal Ne. 3,of Baltimore, who are the special
guests of Lancaster cemmandery Ne. 13.
A special reception by the Lancaster coin
mandery, at Roberts' hall this morning,
was given this cemmandery and the Wil Wil
eon Pest band, which accompanies it. Af
terwards a similar reception was given te
Kensington cemmandery and the Metro
politan band. The bands then united
their forces, lbity strong, and, followed by
many members of Metropolitan, Kensing
singten and Lancaster cemmanderies. had
an impromptu parade and serenaded Past
E. C. B. F. Breneman. Rev. Dr. J. Y.
Mitchell, S. II. Reynolds, esq., Dr. Gen.
A. King, Daniel Altick and ethers.
St.Alban's cemmandery of Philadelphia
were the first te arrive and among the last
te leave. They are a jelly crowd of geu
tlemeu and are great favorites in the city.
Their band is composed of members of the
cemmandery and is a very geed ene.
The celebrated Ringgold band accompa
nied the Reading cemmandery, of Read
ing. This morning they serenaded the
different newspaper offices and. of course.
their music was excellent. Reading has
another geed band, the Liberty, which
came with Da Melay cemmandery and re
turned home last evening.
The Great Western baud was with
Pittsburgh cemmandery. Ne. 1, aud it
drew tremendous crowds everywhere, who
were delighted with the music. The
left for home en a special traiu at 10
o'clock this morning.
St. Alban's cemmaudery of Philadel
phia with their excellent band serenaded
the iNffttLLiaENCEK this afternoon befoie
leaven' for home. They wen many
triends while here and made themselves
favorites by their geniality.
St. Jehn and Mary cemmanderies left
ou a special at 10:15. Others go dewu
this afternoon, and by night there will he
no strange knights in the city.
During their stay here no ' less than a
half dozen valuable pins weie lest by Sir
Knights. One that is yet missing is a pin
with six precious stones, belonging te Mr.
Cooper, of St. Jehn'a commandery, Phila
delphia. A geld herse head badge which
was lest by a member of Corinthian
mounted cemmandery was recovered thia
morning, having been found.
St. A 1 ban's commandery aud baud visit
ed the watch factory this morning aud
were shown through it. Thn baud played
a number of Iively airs.
NKIUBBORUOOD IfKWS.
THE OK AND FAKADK.
."s ae a jimawj iu me iweniy.nitn r-fnn- "& wsnyseurg tne ceremonies were at
sylvania infantry en the 18th of April,1861 tended by the members of the Pennsylvania
juegisiaiure.
Crime and Calamity.
Jehn Heckman, a meulder, of Auburn,
New Yerk, attempted te commit snieide
by cutting an artery in his arm. Later he
attempted te sheet his wife with a shot
and in service in the 7th and 40 th Pa
regiments rose te be a brevet brigadier
general of volunteers and major in the
regular army, ay bis attachment te Gen.
xi te uie counties, we believe iJ? rr J;' """ir"uueu'"wn.
.i thnt n, an i a i Hancock be became well known and popu pepu
and tbat the end of the fiscal iar in miiitarv and nnunai n;.i v p
lar in military and political circles.
rocket Picked.
lesterday afternoon Mrs. S. R. Everetts
was standing in the crowd in Centre
Square with seme friends from Harrisburg
when she had her pocketbook stelen from
her poeket. There was 50 in it. Mrs.
Everetts noticed a tough looking man
standing behind her before she missed her
money, and she thinks he was the thief.
Held for Postage.
Letters addressed as fellows are held
for postage at the Lancaster posteffice :
'Emanuel Hostetter, Manheim, Pa "
"Miss Ida Sangrey, New Bridgeville,
Yerk Ce., Pa."
"Mrs. Salinda Swigard, Denver, Lan
caster Ce- Pa."
Diserderlies Fined.
James Denehue artd Georeo Schletrel-
milch were arrested by Railroad Police
men Brady and Pyle yesterday afternoon,
for drunken and disorderly conduct.
Thev were taken before Alderman Mc
Conomy this morning, and discharged en
payment of the usual fine and costs.
A Ullttcrlntf Street I'ageaiit.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the grand cemmandery, the several com
manderies rendezvoused at the points as
signed thorn in the general orders of the
grand captain general, te take part in the
parade. The line get in motion about 5
e clock aud it is net tee much te say that
no finer ldeking body of men ever paraded
the streets of Lancaster, no handsomer
banners were ever displayed, and no finer
instrumental music was ever played along
our streets.
The precession moved in. the following
order :
Corden of City Police.
Reamstown' band.
Grand Capt. Gen. Jeseph Alexander, jr.,
and Chief of Staff.Sir Wm. J. Fordney.
Eminent G. C. Sir Charles W. Batche
Icr and Eminent Past G. C. B.Frank
Breneman.
Grand cemmandery of Pennsylvania.
FIRST DIVISION.
Aids E. Sir Wm. D. Kendrick, Ne. 2 ;
E. Sir Edward Little Ne. 3;E. Sir Thes.
M. Thompson. Ne. 4.
Great Western band, Pittsburgh, 35
pieces.
Pittsburgh cemmandery Ne. 1 Pitts
burgh, with 44 men ; E. C, Jehn W.
Douglass ; G., Thes. J. Hudsen : C. G.,
i'renibuaue concert in fultcn Hull.
At an early hour in the evening a
throng of ladies and gentlemen, admitted
by invitation, filled Fulton opera house
te attend the complimentary reception
and promenade concert given by the Lan
caster cemmandery in honor of the visiting
cemmanderies. Leng before the time of
opening the doers a large assemblage had
gathered without, and as seen as they
were opened the house was packed, there
being standing room in neither the
lower part of the hall nor galleries,
hundreds vainly seeking admission. The
exercises of the evening were begun br
the exhibition drill of St. Alban's com cem
mandery, of Philadelphia, under command
of .Eminent bir Jeseph F. Wright. The
drill was an unusually fine one. The very
intricate and attractive evolutions gene
through by the cemmandery en the plat
form that extended from the stage te par
quet circle of the hall were received with
loud applause, albeit it had been request
ed that none should be given, and the
different figures, including many military
forms and these which have especial con
nection with the significance of the Tem
plars, were given with consummate precis
ion which, nnited with the fine appearance
of-tbe body, made a most attractive fea
ture of the evening's enjeyment.
It was nearly 10 o'clock before the grand
march, led by Past Grand Commander
Breneman and B. F. Eshleman, intro
duced the dancing pregramme. During
this the sceno was oue of great brilliancy.
Many of the ladies Lancaster's beauties
mingling with scores of visitors were in
full dress, and the knights in their gay
K vents Near and AcreM tbe County i.iuea.
The Oxford spring fair premisos te be
a success ; the track is in geed condition,
the incubator is at work ; thirty-live
trotters are entered for the races ; there
will be a bicycle race, a baggage check
station has been erected, the machinery
exhibit will be cemplete and a pacing racu
is contemplated.
Members of Thompson (I. A. R.Pest, of
Oxford, drove ie Lmuii, Lancaster county,
yesterday morning, and decorated tha
graves of soldiers buried there. E. 1).
Bingham, esq., made the speech. Tne
pest then preceedrd te Fagg's Maner,
iuuBkur c-uuulv, wneie nevs. J. U. Iteit
dall and C. II . Iterer delivered addresses.
Kev. Riebard Kaincs spoke in Oxford iu
the afternoon.
Mr. Oliver D. Scheck, special agent of
the Pennsylvania beard of agriculture,
who recently traveled ever the counties ei
Lebigb, Schuylkill, Lancaster, Berk.1,
Chester and Montgomery, reports the
growing cereals in a very premising con
dition. In Heme sections wheat is badly
infested with lice, which threatens serious
mischief. The outlook for an abundant
crop of hay was never raore encouraging.
Accident te a Uej.
Yesterday afternoon a number of little
boys were playing en the iron railiug
which runs along the wall en the Duke
street side of the court house, when one
named Hani ley fell from the top te the
pavement, a distance of perhaps 12 feet.
He was picked ap unconscious and was
carried te the home of Dr. Fitzpatrick
near by. lib was found te be suffering
from concussion of the brain and was
bruised. He was ahlu te ee home in a
short time.
Bf:tre tbe Mayer.
Notwithstanding tbe tremendous crowd
of people who were in town yesterday, the
order wa3 exeellent, especially by the
strangers A n u :u ber e f yenng men were,
arrested for fighting, and. the mayor thia
mornieg made them pay a fine and costs.
One old drunk get 30 days at tht. work werk work
hense and another 10.
I
Strawberry ireatlval.
We are indebted te Rev. Father Hickey,
formerly of this city, new of Carlisle, for
a.n invitation te attend a festival
ler the benefit of St. .Patrick's parochial
residence in that borough, which takes
place this evening. Serry we can't go.
We like strawberries. Carlisle, and the
Rev. Father of St. Patrick's.