v LANCASTER J) ALLY INTELLIGENCES. Tni'RSPAY, JANUARY 17, 188.1. l" ij II hi N 1 1 t Lancaster Irntelligauer THURSDAY EVENING, JAN, 17, "4. Equalise the Assessments. In his rocssage te tlie beard of nhler men of New Yerk city, Mayer LJsen calls attention te the existence of gww inaccuraclcsnnd Inequalities In the volu velu volu Rtlenofrcal estate for assessment. He rives the valuation of 87 pieces of real State In the city by experts In property Bt fully twice as much as they nre fussed; while he has found many pieces of property valued by the depart ment at very nearly their full value, many ethers are valued at less than CO per cent, of their real value. The World's Investigation of the same sub ject confirms this estimate, and It iltus twtcs It with the publication of a series of assessments, showing that the smaller properties running below $10,000 are generally assessed up te nearly their full value, while real estate worth from $50,000 te $1,000,000 In actual value Is seldem rated at mero than half or third of what It will sell for. In this city and probably in every ether municipality the same condition of things exists ; Mayer MacGenigle has repeatedly directed attention te it in a very intelligent way, but neither the assessors, the county commissioners, nor the city councils have applied the proper corrective. The results of the present inadequate and inelllcient sys sys tern In vegue here nre that, notwith standing censtaut improvement and in crease of values in Lancaster, the assessed valuation remains the same, and te meet the Increased expenses in curred by the growth of the city there ha3 te be an increase of the tax rate. It is easy te explain why in a general way the smaller properties are assessed mero nearly their full value than the mero valuable , their value Is mero easily ascertained and is less liable te fluctuation, but the in adequacy that tee often prevails is wholly unjustifiable and entirely reme dlable. It Is due, In the first place, te the personal and political favoritism exhibi ted by partisan and unfit assessors ; sec endly, the carelessness and favoritism of the county commissioners lead them te fnll te correct the assessment or equalize it, nnd finally the finance committee of councils is guilty of remissness of duty. The people have the remedy in their own hands. Let the tax-payers examine the books and see who is put up and who put down ; let them demand that one rate of valuation shall be ap plied te all alike, whether it be what property will sell for, three-fourths, two thirds or whatever proportion of the actual value ; let them defeat any can didate for assessor who will net pledge himself te equal assessments, and eiect men te tlie elllces of commissioner and council who have the brains te knew the delinquencies of the assessors and the courage te correct them. With a fair, full and equal assessment in this city the municipal tax rate could be maintained at 00 cents en the $1.00 val uatlen ; as it is, the only question is whether the tax rate next year will have teba $1.00 or $1.10. mid In the last Kentucky stnte cenven- Hen he was utterly defcatcd in his attempt te make the oxprcssleu of the party n reflection or ins economic views. Of late he has beeu Indulging in n geed deal of fine phrase, or flne frenzy rather, about the tariff, nnd about read ing out of the party Democrats who de notngrce with him, and about letting states go te the devil whose Democrats will net vete with lilra. But tills Is all froth. Mr. Watterseu may have studied economic questions theoretically and as such his ideas may challenge respect. Ills glittering generalities, hewever, de net preve that he knows hew te apply them te existing conditions, nor he w te censerve them with an order of affairs that has arisen from a long established system of protective duties. Who Whe Who evcr wants te be accounted a leader in directing the economic policy of the Democratic party must show some breadth of mind and mere than superficial Information en the sub ject, lie must be able te frame a bill, te show what articles can be put upon the free list nnd upon what articles the -.lutles can be decreased without injustice te any class and te afford no mero than fair protection te any Industry. "We understand that this duty is new with the ways and means committee ; it Is for them first te deal with it, and until the result of their deliberations is before the country and the party, there is no issue for Democrats te quarrel ever, and the tooting of Mr. Watterson "s bugle uecd occasion no alarm. m ip- Tni: net cost of running the Herks comity jail last year was $ 1 ,00 1 40. The Lancaster county jail costs about six times as much. " Cemment is unneces sary." morchandife te aud from Phllarlelphia. lle was an cxtouslve grain dcaier nnd when the Lehlgh canal was constructed he supplied the men with meat. Jehn W. Macket, the California mil lionaire, kent n small drinking saloon in Loulsvllle, Ivy., in 1849. His marriage has n romance attached te it. He made leve te a young and cstlmable widow for whom he had made a little purse among hi rich friends. When she came te thank him her pretty, childish faee captured Ins heart. Anil tills Is the gee 1 woman who new dazzles Paris with the blaze of $3,000,000 worth of jowels. TIIK l'ATi: Hew lliey Of- JUNK I.USIIIICItMKN. Satuipay next is the last day en which taxes can be paid te cuable a citizen te have a veice in the cheice of municipal officers at the election, Febusry 10. Tun Ohie poet who wrete that "earth U a gorgeous spoego soaked with divm ity," must have been out iu a rain storm without ui) gossamer coat usiore no mounted his Pegasus. The Logislature has made it a misde meauer te sail oleomargarine or nitatieu cheese without the same being oenspicu eusly branded as uch, but this is no pro tection against bad butter. Tuf. death notices of two perseus of high social staniing, printed iu the Phila delphia newspapers te day, are accompa nied with tha note : " Friends are kindly I requested net te sejid flowers." The abuse ui iuu custom, uappii), jiiumi.sHs iu put an Ct)il te it. Hn.sctFi'inu the circus bill is te be rebbed of sonie of its most thrilling fea tures in Pennsylvania. According te tbe law of June 1, 133, It is a misdemeanor, punishable with $500 line or imprisonment or both for auy one te perform or exhibit tbe sheeting of a perseu from a catapult, knife throwing or pistol sheeting at one's head, trapeze performing without a net or any feat hazardous and jeopardizing human life. Alt, One Alter Anutlici Wei s Killed in the Woettf Ooergo aud William Jennings, brothers. Arthur Fraley, Andrew Shaloress, and Hiram Steveus, young men, two years age, I'tme from the weeds of Maine whete they followed the occupation of chopper, and found employment In the lumber re ciena of Penuylvanl3, In the vicinity of Mnlley'a mills, en the New Yerk border. The first week that they were in the region Geergo Jennings was "snaking" legs te a roll way. As tie was engaged lu fastening a chain around a large leg, standing en the lower side or it as it lay ou the top of a small hill, it was started iu seme manner, nnd before he could get out of the way it knocked him dewu, and r ill ing ever him, crushing him te death. His father had been killed in a similar manner in Maine. Arthur Fraley nnd Willi m .tannings were hunting In the weeds near Mallcy's mills. They had shot n deer ami, after leading their guns, had walked up te where the deei lay. Fralcy steeped down beside the deer aud Jeuumgs steed behind him. While they were In these positions Jennings taw a fawn ceme leaping along the odge of the ndge clese by them. He quiekly cocked his gun. The click of the Uammer caused Fraley te leek it) Seeing the fawn he rese quickly te his feet Jenuings' gun was discharged at the same distant and the ball passed clear through Fraley's head, killing him Instantly. A few weeks later Jcuuitiga was engaged with ethers lu driving leirs, aud while he was breaking a jam the jam gave- way unexpectedly aud he was carried down with it aud crushed te death. After Wiu. Jeuning's death Audrew Saalcress de clarcd that he could net remain tu such an apparently fatal spot and he obtained work in Petter county. Last weelt the news was received that he had been killed by a falling tree ; and a short time after wards Hiram Stephens, while felling urn her, fell upeu his axe and bled te death. Itequcite t i Ubnrltv ana K.lacalleii, The will of Ralph Sellew, who died sud denly in St Leuis, en Te.es Jay, bequeathes jSO.OOO te St. Leuis institut.ens, 510,000 of which is te the manual training school of Washington universlty, $10,000 te St. Luke's hospital, clO.000 te the mis mis siea frte sc'.ioe', and $3,000 each te the Missouri theatrical seciety, the Episcopal orphaus'lume.the memorial home and the Protestant orphans' home. The late Or. Calvin Ellis, of Bosten, left his estate in trust for the benefit of his sis ter. Upen her death $50,000 gees te Har vard college, the uet income of which. after deducting live jer oent. for the purpose of increasmg the fund, is te be applied te the payment of tuition aud ether expeusca of certain descendants of Davis KHis and ethers who may be members of college. The residue of the trust property. If any. is also te be paid te the president and fellows of Harvard college, the income, after the same deduction of five per cent, te be ap plied te the payment of a salary of a pro fessor of pathological anatomy. I he will of Jeseph Arneld, late president of the Birmingham National bank, Conn,, I STRANGLED TO DEATH, AYOUNUNUltwr.OIANOlM Ml'UHItHKU A Ucatli Thut Is Shrouded In JlyHery-lhe Trnste mm of Tite eiinc rrer.chi.etcr Katly en Tuesday morning the body of Amelia Oslen was found nbeut fifty yards fremn railway ncie th pralrie en tlie eutskiltA of Chicago. Miss OsVn w.is n stout Norwegian git'. nimWvu jears el age. She was employed r.s a 'eamstiess aud was lu the habit, wlieu ictuiitiug rrem wirk, of taking n short cut across he prairie te her home, half v, ay across tlie open cenutiy. The Ilrst marks of di-turbaiue ei vio vie vio letico wcte seen upe-i the snow, llorea scuilloevlJcntly took pl.ice, and a distinct trail is scen from this point te n pmcj fifty or sixty yawls rasi from the beaten track, where the bed was found. Where the body was left the ptint or the leggins aud the bleed -t lns from the mouth and nook would md cate thallt has been dragged by the arms ami bead. A couple of empty whi-hy bottles une found near by, but as th.y were net ap parently new, aud the pi iee is a common dumping ground, n Mi-vitl sijnitlcanci' cau be attached te tluni. The girl clnu was badly seratched, the klu beiug taken oil in patches all ever r, and she had . vi deutly bled somewtnt fiem her me.;h Neither her undorweai .or her ouli..e wraps show that nn it violence had been perpetrntcd Around the neck, bone. fi, a dark, Hee line urns, as If It hil be u cut by it tine cord. Above this lme the laee is greatly discolored. Thecxin- n of the face is that of n Btraugle.l b.dug. TUe poliee have no elue te the i erpctrat r el the crime, and It is nssirt d that the girl had uoevil associates. An -uteps) was held by Dr. Dluthardt, wh t m there is no apparent grounds f-i Usl.eing the girl had been outraged. lllt.U I'llll TIU.IH i.'i c llln S"0(ttirnrt Ujlnsl"' lfi I eti, tn I t,r lllll ll.innclt. Cambrai, in France, en Sunday, was the scene of n tramc eiie le of leve aud deve tien. Twe young p v; .e both of excel lent family nnd dn-jerately attached te each ethor, met by a,.p ii.tmcnt iu the public garden ueai tU. r.impa:U Ku tirelv absorbed iu . mversatien, they d d uet observo that they were being followed bv the fivtber of the i oil ig lady, who. rightly or wrongly, disapproved of the connection. The levers, hearing a sas pioieiu uoUe, meintid th top of thj ram part te awertain the cause. At the same raemeut the father, who hal pruvided hlmselt with a revelver, took aim at th- yeua mm au.l liresl, but the veung lady, seeibg the movement, suddenly sprang be I re hr lever, receiv. ing the bullet lu the f icv She leil dead at his feet. Oa teV" ag the terrible truth the yeuug miu resolved te de ae and ptCJipiUted hur'lf from the top of the rampart into tlu diy ditch. He dropped ou the s: ces, dash.ug !.. u self te piects and .H.i1.: tn.staLtlj Ii.c father, ing the cense , icrc-s of his act, becamr insaue through grit The jeung lady was if cxtraenlitiary 1. -uty and ac complishments. Ie leinb'.t' drama has caused the grcatcs: ie '.. ': vtry where. llll a "ahv iiKiur.ss, O.injHiC r.Kti31K llll'tt.' I 'go The Electoral College. The electoral count bill of Senater Hear, which has passed the Senate, pro vides that tlie states shall determine all controversies concerning the appoint ment of electors and requires the affirm ative vete of both Houses te reject a vete from any state from which but one return has been received ; if merethnn ene return from n state shall have been received by the president of the Senate, these votes only shall have been regularly given by the electors whose appoint ments have been recognized by the state tribunal. The bill provides also that in case of dispute ns te which of two or mere fitate tribunals determining the titles of electors is the lawfully organized tribu nal, the votes only shall be counted of these electors whose title as such the two Houses acting separately shall concur rently decide is supported by the deci sion of the tribunal authorized by the laws of the state in question. In case of mero than one return from a state which shall net have determined the legality of the tltle of the electors as provided by the bill, it is provided that these votes only shall b3 counted which the two Houses acting separately sliull concur rsutly decide te be the lawful vote of the legally apjieluted electors of such state. It Is needless te point rut thut under such regulations as these, new acknewl edged by the Republican senators te be fit, Mr. Tildeu would have been awarded the efilce te which he was elected, and out of which he w.n defrauded in 197U. Every interest of nubile safety and in tegrity demands that no opportunity for aiiKO triurapli of fraud should ever again occur-, aud that the country Bheuld net ha subject te the danger of revolution which might e-isua ever ihe certain resistance that would be made te a repetition of tlie electoral fraud of 187C. All geed citizens are agreed that the things which being In doubt led te th appointment of an electoral commission should new be defined ; the Senate hav ing taken the first step In that direction tlie Heuse must promptly supplement its action ortake the responsibility of fail ure te perform this important duty. It is gratifying te uote the advance of acsthcticism in giving names te railroad I stations. The main line of the Pcnnsyi. I vaula railroad has swoet seundimr stations like Bryn Mawr, Bcrwyn, DulTryn Mawr, Villa Neva and li'mwoe 1 , and the Phila delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore read, new under P. It. It. control, ssemj te be afiected with a similar dosire te have ata tiens equally mellifluous in pronunciation. Plain prosy Kclleyville is te give way te Bin meet and Sta'oLine te Sylmar. Ere long c inductors will be patterned en the 0car Wilde model, and brakemen will be re quired te discourse enthusiastically en the beauties of the sunflower. rtie Saiisciuel or a uues MMM tli te me "1.1T1.1;; auciei u. Last Tuesday morale a'l Pn.laJelphia laughed at the story tint apposed .n the nawspapcrB of the iiauateu fir, aid marriage of a beauii.u! girl te the living skeleton, at the dime museum. The bride of two days is new a raving maniac, who, ima.'i.iui that sheiseti.l with her men stresity of a husbacJ, keeps cryiug, " Jh '. take mn -way u -m mm', icke me eacic erntalns a codicil bcducathlmr te the town home. Take me back. I alto me back. r.r twv in .w.i,iii.in ni ti, kinilnnM Tbe sequel of the luuny ojery beemca a VJ AS V4 wr T U WM-JUW t WIVM w . - , - , ,, of its people, thirty euares et tne capital stock of the Birmingham National bank, with accumulation and incrca'e, te be held until the principal ami accumulations equal 43,000,000. This will occur in the year 2,031, when the Interest ou tha aggregate amount is te be devoted te paying the expenses of local secular schools and ac-adamies. WIml. Seme e! our misguided and misln formed though et course highly es teemed anil well minded contempora ries seriously err when they rush te the conclusion that the Democratic party is In serious danger of division because Henry Watterson rides Ills nlghttnare ae valiantly. He can " call spirits from the vasty deep," of course "but will they come." Mr. Watterson is a bright man ; he talks nnd writes glibly, though witli mero regard te nlllteratleti tlum te lire fundlty of thought. He is smart, but sacrifices sense te Bmartness. He Is genial and nttractlve, but a great meuy poeplo who like him rehise te fellow where he leads. Indeed he 1ms never had any standing as a leader In the Demo cratic party, net even seotlenally. The lulluence of his paper lscurtailed and its leadership disputed In the Southwest, Ir both the national and atate rules fur holding the Republican state couvention be observed, the date of holding it will be Sunday, May -1. Under the na tional rule governing the time of holding the ttate convention for the electien of uatienal delegates, it shall be held " net less than thirty uer raee than sixty days bofero the time fixed for the meeting of the national convention." Under the htate rule it must be held " net mero than thirty days previous te the day fixed for the tntbu.il convention." As Souday, May 4, is the only day that satis flH both rules, and it caunet be held then, the bosses will fix a day te suit themsiikcH, a result deubtless contemplated by them when the ru'es were made. Vitwise the population of ihe country (a total of ever fifty millions by the 1980 eenhus) with icgard te specified ages, it is tobaebsoived that it falls into substan tuily even o'.wses for ea:h of the five jtiars below 25 jearH of age. I'hus, whlle there is a steady reduction lu tha number of persons of auy trlven ae with thn advauclu; years, theie Is no great dirter dirter dirter enoe between the number in the clasi from t te 0, 5 te 10, 15 te 20 or 20 te 2". But aftur this the fall off is uotable and cintiuuas with few exceptions te the higher longevity. The largest class after ;W is of persmiB batweeu 09 ami 10, et whom thera are loeorded 023,010 against 439 0 W between 09 and U9, aud 1123,009 bfltwceu 40 and 41. The extremes of the age table aie topresouted iu the faet that whiie the number under ene you of age Is 1, 117,093 the numbar bitweeu 03 nntlUO is 1,70) an 1 evor 03 there are 0,010 reported. Senut .r l'enilletuu't DausnCr Washlng'ea Kppub.lcan "You've heard the story," said the Ohie congressman, inquiringly, "that the cause uf Jehn McLean's hatred for and hos tility te Senater Pcndloten was the refusal of cuater Pendleton's daughter te marry McLiau, or Senater Pendleton'e ro re fusal te permit his daughter te marry McLsan ? Well, there's nothing in it and I'll tell you bow I knew. About a mouth age the Democratic congressmen from Ohie and Sci ater Pendleton held a con ference iu the senator's committee room at the capitol. We talked about the tutu atlen in Uaie and, et course, olcLean hostility te Pendleton was mentioned. The cause of it was also discussed. One mau mentioned oeo thing ami another mau something else, until finally one gentleman said, speaking directly te Senater Pcndloten : ' I have very sad one, Oa Monday atteriiem ths girl eaied stuM.e.1, haviag bat v-ry little te say, at-1 Bp'tilug m of the time with ter Lusba-. '. Hi Tuesday she began te get eiciteJ lu the merni" she went ut, ail, aft '( sb.3 cama back, i, cime a Itttla wild, apparently lealiziug what she bad ilen. Iu tbe afternoon she Baid sbe must gj Ljme for some clethes. After srns objictier.sby hJr Lasband sbe started for her home, iu Hestonville, in a nervous, half wild c uditiea of micd. On the way te the train she v?a. met by a friend, wb') had n-ad of the ntTir iti the papers acd had cuie te tcik her. Arriving home, ha was kindly received by hnr patents, but iu"k!y relapsed Inte a delirium, from which oho has net yet recovered, striigglieg aad r-ytug out all the time for help aud dchv ranee. AH day yesterday she streve te racape from the phantjm husbind which her leveicl brain conjectured up. Her physician wa.s with her trying t ci'm her aud dissipate the visfi'.ens by which alie was beset Who'hersbo weuM recover from the shock was, in tb-j medical mail's mind, a 'tics turn very much in 1 i.ibt. The girl's fatuer state that r.cveral times during the past few mouths sbe has had ponedj of delirium and i:i his opinion the marriage was contracted during ene of these attacks. Iho attenuated groom heard that Jehn McLean is oppeied te you Hsemed disposed te inhist en haMeg his because you refused him admission te ' bride, but afterwards dechicd that if the your heuse when he came te sce your divorce papers were properly made out he UriU),UlUli .Cll.kbVi k CUUICWU UllUlUUItiiljp replied : i nave never reiujed Jehn .vie l,?an admisjien te my Iiouke, and he has ntver applied for it. He has never called at my heuse te see ray daughter, and I don't think thrtt my (laughter and Jehn McL?an nre even acquainted. There is abiehucly no foundation for that story.' I think that Senater Pendleton added that he was as ignorant of tha cause for Mc Lean's hostility as auy mau in the room " mirnetl te Death, News has reached Bosten from Fall River Haying that 8-ickcey, the fergei, who was recently roleasod from the state prison by Gov. Butler, was, with his wife, burned te death Wednesday night. Oo Oe Oo tallsef tbe calamity have net yet been received. Accerdiug te later particulars Mrs. Stlekuey was pouring benslne en a eirp9t te kiii ineiiis, wuen tne vapor iguitid from a gaslight, eau-lug an explosion. She was Instantly eEvoleped lu flames. Her husband rushed te her assistance, and in his efforts te save her Ills own clothing caught lire Au nlairu was given and the noiKiieors rustieu In only te Hud Mr.stlck Mr.stlck ney Biirrounded by the llaraes and his wife a charred corpse en the Htairs. He was removed te a neighbor's house, where at last accounts he was unconscious an 1 his iuiutlcH pronounced fatal. I'KIiaONAL. Mn. Auurv Is thought te have lest 53,000 In his first opera seaseu, AiiciinuciiKss BTEVHANin, of the Aus trlan court, Is alarmingly 111 with the smallpox. James O. Hand, eaa of Philadelphia's suce 'sful merdants, tiled en Wednesday at th- rq age of 70 years. Colonel IUthuenr, the wife raurdorer has been proneuueed lusane aud his chil chil dreu me ou thelr way te the United Btatcs. Sie. Eumoste ui Amicis, tbe Italian author, Is coming te Amorlea te locture for $10,000, ami te write a hook about us whlle he is hore. Pctek IIi'Bi'.it, the eldest nativoberu resldent of Allcntenn, is (lead, nt the age of eighty elght years two months and nine days, In early life he was the leading morehaut of Allentown, and nt ene tltne ompleyol twonty-seven beats te transport M) fiult fur Allisuuil Jkuns.w Llty Journal Cel. Nerman J. Celman, who lu pretty geed autheiity, Is of the oplnieu that the recent intensely cold weather has killed all the peach and apricot buds Irt Missouri. He thinks grape vines ntid blaekuerry bushes have also been greatly injured, and the fruit orep gcnerally will he n dcolded falluie. The fruit orep of MtaseurUsa seurce of great rovenuo te growers, nnd the less may be net down jis tunning up Inte the millions. ' Uabiinru lluji n lloue, Itlclunend Dlspnteh. Mesars. Deswell nnd Hauceuk, of Olir.r Olir.r Olir.r lottesvlllo, have sold te Prcd Qebhard, of New lerk, the bay colt Hollle for 812,000, the largest prioe ever paid for a Virginia ralsed oelt, Kolito was raised en the Bl. loralle farm by Oapt, Hancock. He U a brother of Kela nnd was tired by Beluu, am var cong, uy war Uanae, out of .fciiza ua?, ny nnigut of Bt, Qjerge. would make no objcctieu, but without that he must el.tim his own. It is haul that he has something of a roputntieii an a la ly killer, having undo several conquests in different citlen. IuBpite of the horrible emaciation of li' frame, hia face is net unpleusing Tlie Mult Trial. In the Njtt trial en WedntiJay Air Air Playfetd opened for the defence with an address te the Jury. It was very affecting and wrought the '.adienoe up te a high htate of emotion. Many wero in tear. Thu prisoner, with his lnu.l euvcrin,: hit. face, tried te cji.u.iI his feelings, hut succeeded poorly. Mrs Nutt und hei daughter wrestled with themselves in u vain effort toward tolf-eontrol, and sobs among eome ei tue tumau spectators showed them similarly affceted. Mi. Play ford said tlie plea of the' dciriice would be temporary insanity, pieduced by neutiuual breeding ev.r the family wrongs, and by the offcnsive in an tier in which Dukes domeaned hluiHelt toward the prisoner en the HtreetH of Unioutewn. The testimony of Dr. Smith FnUei, the l.unily tdiysiciau went te show that the prisouer was weal: minded. The latter shed team at times during his mother's testimony. Tlie I.uKtrue f lettl iu luiiirna The refusal of t'i) leturniug bj.ud te count the vete of L-nrurne county at Itn Hesslen Wednesday creatr.d much talk among tbe politicians ml ethors lu Wilkes barre. Protheuo'wy Nerrii saji he sent two returuu el the olectleu iu pealed onvelopcs te the ik-cret xry of the common wealth en the Oil oi,Nevemb.:r and holds nu Adams express receipt for the same, If there has been nuy mistake the fault liC3 with the official! at llarnsburg. That the ruturus woie received is manifest from the faet thai en thoee for the county officers the comniinsiuusfertho said ofll efll ofll cern were issued, Murdered ktn ivuhuIjk During the wedding testlvitles of Mlm. Aunle '.upah nnd Onstm-uaKlme Tuesday night nt Bhamekin Pa , u imarrel aro3e botweeu Jaeub Djuiuky ami Antheny Konesky about a danc Aftnr het words Dengusky whipped out .. Umfe aud stabbed Konesky iu the abdetutn, arm mid back, fatally Injuring him. TenntenKlllejlii.il; ui i.it Whlle tcu raen nnd u, boy weie descending u.iu iu .i uwi i- . 1 1 v.ie liamaut oei- Irain "!"'ltii Utile H-.e imt l.elt (10,000. I 1S7S Miss Clara V. Vonnble spent tcveral weeks nt hlte Sulphur BprlugH with her parents and became acquainted with young man who nld his name wan jtvdney It Lawsen, and represented that be was a wholesale dry goods morehaut of Philadelphia. He and Miss Vouable became nulte intlmnte nud when she rutnrurd te her home in Campbell county, irginw, he follewrnl her. That winter she lsited Flerida with her paiuiits nud unknown te them correspond i'd regularly with Lawsen, Seventy odd letters written by him te her nre new In Mi. Paiquhar's possession nud they nre all clever compositions, breathing leve and lu'pe and nil that sort of thing. In tlie spring of 171). after her return Iretn Flerida, Miss enable, who was then nliietien years old, olepod with Lawsen and they woie married In Wnshlngten ou May 1". Before tlie ceremeny was per formed Lawsen confessed that his real name was Fester and under that name he was married. A low days later hia w Ife discovered that he was a commercial drummer employed by a Philadelphia linn. The newly married ceuple came te Philadelphia and lived uulte hamillv until hometime iu t-rU, when Fester disappear ed and with him went all of his wife's jewelry. She was left ui Philadelphia without friends, almost imunlless and with a girl baby less than ii mouth old. The shock that her daughter's olepotuout gave her caused Mm. Vcnable's death, which oc curred iu S0. Theu, ns Mr. Vcnablu had no ethor children, he meved te Lynchburg. Te him his daughter ap pealed for help, after she was deserted by her hiixbaud. The first letter was einined, read aud bent back without cemment. She sent ether lctters te her father, asking for assistance, but they were returned unopened. Then the mether aud child w ere turned out et their bearding heuse. Mr. Fester sold her spare olethes, and in that way get enough money te take beard with a p.vr family named Myersly, ou North Fifth btrcet. There the mother vv.us taken sick, and practical Mrs. Myeisly iuduccd her te consent te glve the baby te some ene who could take proper care of it. l'he infaut was then about three mouths old. Mrs. Myersly took the little one te West Oreen street and began systematically canvassing the neighborhood iu search of a family m want et a oaey. sue stoppe 1 only at the most imposing houses, and Mr. Far quhar says that she told him yesterday that a; each place hlie asked te sce the mistress of the heuse, te whom she simply haul . "Don't you want a pretty baby? It's mother is se peer that she caunet take care of it." She step; cJ at mauy houses ou Grceu street, but could net tlud anyone willing te take the baby from her. The rebull, hewever, did uet disceur .'go her aud olio trudged te Bread strcet, followed by a crowd of boys. Several women j 'li.d the gathering and someouo suggested that she had stelcu the child. A eliceman was called aud the simple old licrmau woman and Mrs. Fester's baby were taken te the Ninth police district station luue, at Tweuty.ltnrd aud Biown streets, and the crowd that followed blocked the street. At tbe station heuse ihs. MyerMy told her story and an officer was sent te ascertain tbe truth of it. He returned, rc)erted the faets in the case and Mrs. Mycrsly was told that she might go, A mau who hail heard of her arrest want te the station heuse nud when she was set free offered te adept the child, which was indentured te him theu aud t here. Messrs. White, of Philadelphia, and Taniubar, of Lynchburg, Va., the latter a lawyer, are prosecuting tbe search, and they decline te give the name of the man who adopted the child nud when they tlud him, ii he is attached te it, he will uet be askel te give it up. After she irave her baby away Mrs Fester weut te New Yerk iu search of emp'nyment. Fer several months she wrete regularly te Mrs. Mycrsly. Theu the correspendenco stepped, and, as she has net answered any of the numerous advertisements that have been published during the past year, it is believed that she is dead. In 1S33 Mr. Vouable re lented and authorized Mr. Farquhar te liml his daughter, but their efforts were unsticceisful. Ile died in December, IS1?, aud left iJGOOOO in cash te his daughter's child, who is the little girl that Mrs. Mycrsly carried up and down Oreen strtet without being able te find anyene willing te adept it. m m Hew aCluld Uoniluceil ttie Ueart. A resv faced, six year old girl, in a brown frock and red heed, was called as u witnesa in Judge Thayer's court of the quarter sessions, Philadelphia, in the case of David Hoever, a tramp, who was chargtd with stealing nn ovorceat. The child's clnu almost touched the rail of the witness stand. She gave her name as Mary Krhart. She raid that film went regularly " te church and Sunday ech-iel '' and ence she " went te a church fair." " Would it be wrong for you te tell a he'.' ' asked JudgoThayer. " Oh yes, sir j it would be very naughty." "And if you should tell a lie and die, whero would you go ?" "Te hell, sir." "Let the child be sworn," said the judge. "She is mero intelligent thati mauy witnesses who ceme hore four times her age." OAUGH'nN A SHAFT. Timittui.ic r.vrueif a eunu mii.i.ku. .lelm iriliett llrmnne. ict.t iuned lnlhd Ala- clilutrv et Mrlcutcr-a Mill niut Isllrmiiul tu l)etii, A ternble accident oecuricd en Wedues. day about 10 a. in., at Jeseph Strioklei's mill, about two miles west of Wrlghtn. vllle, along the illread, by which Jehn Lckert, the nilllei In charge of the mill, lest his life. it seems that tlie family and the nelgh berH and all nbeut the premises went te the funeral of Mls Louisa Strlckler, about a inlle distant, lowing Bekort aloiie at tbe mill. Some tltne after Mr. Jehn Forrle's boy came te the mill and upon entering and looking for the miller was horrified te find his mangled body fast among the nhafting aud brlnj whirled nreiiud in a frightful maimer. Net knew ing hew te step the machinery of the mill young Ferrloraueverto where the funeral obsequies were beiug held, and obtaining assistance they hurried back te the uilir, out tee late, Ter when the inaebluury wan stepped tlie unfortutiate man was feuud bruised and mangled coipse. Bekeit was a yeuug hlngle mau, and mueli thought of iu tlie neighborhood. Hew the accident eccuricd in net known nud perhaps never will be, but It Is prob preb prob nble that the unfortunate man was adjust Ing seme part of the machinery when his clothing was c Might an I he waswhirled around the shafting. Thore being no ene iu the immediate neighborhood te hear IiIh calhi for help, if he made auy, he was left te his fate It is doubtful if oveu young Fcrrte had been nble te step the mill, he would have b.cn lu time te sive the mi fertunate man'M life. Tlie accident created the greatest oxeltomont lu the neighbor neighbor neighbor heed. Kekert was 2 J vears of me ami wm from Lebanon county. His father is dead, but his mother Is living in Lebanon county Ile also has a brother In that county, who Is a telegraph operator. The nhaft that caught him has twice bofero caught per sons, but fortunately the mill was stepped in time te save their hves The nieii who came te the mill c mid hear his loot strik ing a, iu ust tbe wall from the outside He was caught nbeut tha stomach, and nt every revolution his feet struck against some nails in the wall, tearing nud laoarat laearat ing thorn. One lei: was also badlv laceratcd and bruised ami the bleed ran In a stream en the mill tloer. The deceased formerly worked as a miller for McBtaide & Maulfair, efCV-1 umbia, and was well known there. Rela tives have tnkcu charge of the remains. (l.lllllr.MMI AM) 1AUM1M1. ill! iiuyntuwniammuu, v. w .tboiepabroUo nnd the occupant w.re pj.-q,itVel te the bottom, All wire killed, Seme Conundrums A IvciiHingten cloth worker sent the fol lowing questions te a protectionist news. paper in Philadelphia, but he can get no hatisfactieu . (1.) What nre the particular advantages te producing workers In a republican coun ceun try under n high tariff' (2.) Have the wages of the p.-oJuehig werkcis iu thts country under a high tarill been ririug or falling for the last firtccn years ? (3; Have the wages of the pioducers iu England been rising or falling for the last thirty years under the free trade Bystem of that country ? (1) A bricklayer, having no protection for his brickp, gets as mueh for ene day h work as a Kousiugten weaver does for two New, hew docs this happen when the weaver Is proteetcd and the bricklayer isn't ? a wm m ' I'oUeneil bj Mnn'i Tenth. While Miss Mattle Slocum, of Syracuse, N. Y., was skating lu tlie rink, she came In collision with a man who waelsp skating. His teeth came in contact with her nese nnd slightly nbrnided It. Miss Hloeurn's head is new much swolien, and she is in a critical condition. Her physi cian states that she is mid'erlng from bleed poisoning. Oulit i:xiledtni: Icr A mysterious oxpleslou areiiRcd the res idents or Sohenootndy, N. Y ut 5:J0 o'cleok Wednesday morning. Old resi dents say that the unusual cold burst the Ice en the Mohawk rlver nnd that this caused the detonation. The oxpleslon was heard by the police In Trey and they thought it was caused by burglars blowing open a safe. a Vomit ulrl Incemilnry. Fatinie Q. Walker, fourteon years of figcj a pupil of the Foster grammar soheol at Somerviilo, Mass,, was arretted and ar- ralgued en Wuduesday en the charge el Tlin -I ile Horticultural unit AcrlculUrnl Sinlctlen lu msmIju. The State Horticultural siciety is hold ing its 25. h annual convention iu the Semite chamber at llarrisburg. The at tendance I 'i large nud the proceedings thus far have been very Interesting At the session this aftorneoti the rep irt of the general fruit committee was made. It treats ( the best means of raising geed fruit 11. A. L)tigsderf, of Mechanics burg, read an essay en the quality aud durability of apples governed by 1 eal In In llueucLM II M. Bugle, of Marlett.i, this ceuuty, presented a paper en celery culture, which olieited much discus sion. At the night session President Stit rel read hia annual address. (Sovcruer PattiEen'ti administration was highly prntged and he was singled out as the only governor who has taken auy prominent lu turcst in associations of this character. The president suggested that the society make a fine representation at the uext statu fair and that its meetiugs be continued until the centennial anniversary. Touching roferencos were mide te the death of J. It. Eaby, of Harrisburg, aud Fred. Laiur, of Heading. Professer Mcehan. of Philadel phla, delivered a lecture en horticulture lu California, whicn was listened te with much interest. le day tue soeicty elects eflic:rs for the ensutug year. fl.ile rtcrlcultural rlecltty. The exccutive committee of the State Agricultural society met in Harrisburg ou Wednesday. "X lotter was read from Secretaiy Itsall, of the National Agricul tural seciety, suggesting that the two associations unite in making n live stoek exhibition at the state fair in Philadelphia this year, A letter was read from William lVrce, of Philadelphia, ou crp oulture for feed purposes, nnd en tbe construction of ponds in the exhibition grounds. The following efllcerH were oleetcd for the ensuing year : Prealdeut, James Miller , vice presidents, Gcerge Blight. L. H. Swaddle, Jehn Hunter, William M. tsiugerly, Burnett Landreth, David II. Bransen, William u. Jieisteiu, leuias Barte, S. S. Spenccr Daniel II. Neimau, I). H. Waller, Ira Tripp, J. S. Keller, Oabriul Heistur, Jeseph Pielet, It. P. Allen, Jehn A. Lam iu, J. B. Miller, Daniel O. Ochr, L A. Mackey, Qoe Ilhey, F. F. Olopper, W. W.Speur, Jehn Mo Me Mo Dewoll. J. A. McKean, J. D. Kirkpatriek aud J C. Thornten ; at large, J. A. Pax Pax hen i corresponding hccretary, I). W. Beiler ; treasurer, Jehn B. ltuthorferd ; chemist nnd goolegist. A. L ICennedy ; librarian, William H. Egle. -,lli: VLUIIhTU.N .MUltUI-.lt. Atklnr, tlie Suipecl, Knumi In Thl County It is believed that W. II. Atkins, new In the Norristown jail, Is uet the murderer of Ulugslen, but that he dropped the paper and letter indicating him for tlie sake or notenoty. This man Atkins Is well known in Quarryville, this county, wlmrn be snent part of 1890. nud from where he mad. a hasty exit. He was for a short time en the Heading cc Columbia lailread, ami managed te get into debt nt every place he could and never paid any body or anything. The meanest part of his career was his treatmeut of a very re. spcotnble family whom he bearded with aud suddenly left. Ne mero was heard of him until summer, when District Atterney Wnuger, of Norristown, was nt Quarry vileo werkiug up tlie charge whieh his wife had made against him. These who knew htm intimately think lilra capable of com milting any crime, as he frequently told wonderful tales of his travels and scrapes. OOI.U.SIIIIA N i:vs. I'rem Our Itruiitur C'nrt.rpeiiil,ut. Oottlelb Yeung's team ran away twice yesterday. It first ntarted from the feet of Walnut street, was captured en the river, nnd thou ran away the second time from almost the same place It started from the Ilrst time. Up Walnut it dashed, nnd then evor Fourth. At Loeiist 11 frightened llenry Kuliler's team which ran away also, At the opera heuse the l.itlei team wns brought te n standstill, but nut before It had se alarmed n team drlven by n country woman thnt ll ran away, being seen caught, howevor. Yeung's teaut dashed nte HcIse'h milk wagon at the Five Points, knocking tbe hersa down nud breaking the wagon. The shaft et the latter cut a deep gash in the breast of ene of the homes of the runaway team. A leg of the lattur hersu was also badly Incerntcd by the hook of thn traoe chain, which bad become un fastened, entehiug It The hersn, u valtia bio one, Is new tlneatciicd with lockjaw. A former Culiiniljluu uninci Frank Charles, who was killed n fe iiny-H nge iu n railway collision nt Smibiiry was the P. It K. baggnge master here less thitti n yenr nge. lle was well llked by nil whejiad nny dealings with him nud his dentil in deeply regretted by many friends iff this place. His parent. n-side in Wiightsvllle, whete the imaliis will be interred, Itnllrnnii Miilinr. The night hhlftlng ongiue of the P. It. It. wiwoii'the track last night lu tbe wchi yard. The P. It. It. wricking mew of ihln plaoe woie called out last oveuiuj; nt S o'cleok te ntleml the fccue of a wreck at Conestoga creek. They nturiied nt 11 o'clock last night. l'crtutiii Mr. Samuel May, jr , of Chestnut Hill, is seriously ill. James Bailey has Miccccdt d te the pro pre pro piieteiHhlp of Hiuklu's hotel "ii Commcrce street. Mr. Edwatd Billett left te day for Phil adclphla whero his eyes will undergo medteal treatment. Mr. Itebcrt E. Williams, P. it. It jaid master, la improved in his condition U day. Ne further danger Is atiii IIiiiuukii Uriels Oicceia trlbe of Hed Men meets to te ulght. The T. T. E. (). social elub held a business meeting last evening. The masons begun the brick work ou the nuw Bennett stere building ycs'.ci day. lutciest iu the mviviils at the dillVrent ehurches apparent l.iugulslu s. " Cyclones," by SU'intr's burlefque opera troupe, will be given to-merriw uvcuiux. The package party of the ll. A. It. drum corps cemrs ell lunwrrew uc ii.h nt 7 o'clock lu the armor. A number of I' iliiuiblans are c.jiii.1.. . ing of being HWitulltd by n pii.etra ml oeffeontoro in Lai.casui. Four diunks v. em tnkt'ii te jail tin morning two by r i i 'k nud the m number by Witticlt. Ths lately cstab. -.j.-d clei'ung kin i called "The Sign .f the lt.-d Flag," i, winding up its busin s ui Cilunibia. Anether peer market thin m.Miu.g. P. i nbeut the first time siuoe th.t holidi helidi turkcy'H were offered for rale. The c ld weather d . .i m.i u. -n .im th.- tlilcknossef 9ie ice i ft-.j ii.ei " i .' miu' of the snow. A geld watch is te l elm'ic 1 . j I. v t . Manettn baud, ni.d the n: mt-y fiuui l!i chauciug is te be apphtd te the parch is of a cernc. for the b u 1 leader Company U. and the arumj .uei.n i. are ondeaverii te Rtttle their diff-ieuei-by a co in prom i . C.mmittces Irem beMi will meet nex Monday cvt-niug and en dcaver te ceme te pt'acuful terms. The Columbia rc 1 beaul yestt rda purchased the Shech property which is located ou Walnut snoot nbove Third. A new cclioel building will be uridyl tln'n- Iho ter.i's el tne sale liave ii -i Kiqi. i. vate. ippri'heuded. .Miiuiimiimenn news. Kvent rseitr Hint Acre tlie Ceuniy Lines. Fer the month of Docembcr, 415,000 wero paid te P. & It, empleyes in Kaad- Jacab Wagner was instantly killed In a Btone quarry, near Hummelstewn, ou Tuesday by a fall of Htone. The contract for building the 500 new eeal cars at the P. fc It. shops, Headiug, lias been completed and an erder has been glvnu for 250 merq new coal cars. Tlie musical convention new in progress nt Selinsgreve, Snyder county, la a graud success. The threo grand concerts be liinnlng te day and ending Saturday will be especial features of the occasion, borne of the best musical talent in the state taklug part. Tlie lTire In yurryvlllc, The tire at L. T. Ilcnbel'n tobacco ware liouse iu Quarryville is still burning. The large pile of tobacco scoine te held it, Thore Is uet n feet of timber left in the wliole building ; part of the walls have falleu and the ethers tire standing in a very dangereus position and will have te be thrown duwn te avoid any accldent. .Mr, lleiiROPs less en tobaeoo figures up about $17,000 nud en the building about $3,000; total iusurauce, $10,000. iiptitiu udii Dlienlerlr. having set lire te the bulldlug ou Saturday Aldeiman Forduey committed Albut last. The girl Is possessed of a maula ler Jtjler t() tbe oeunty jali for ten days f.r amtillug iires, ns appoareu l"u "T,U,WV, drunken aud disorderly conduct, nt the oxamluatlen. She was held for trial iiir; cei.Dl.il Mum aleicury I rum 1 lu ill Ut;;r r.i lleluw en. Last night was the coldest of the tcasen iu this vicinity. At daybreak this iu n ing thei momcters in' gcd from I ! 1" below zero, accerdiug te their exposi-ir-theso hanging lu protected placeHht.iuiiit.'k at the first named llgure Tb niur I nvcrage was about 0 below. At A' ZahmV, en James meet, tlie murtui) marked 7 below. At Wm. A Morten', in the heutlierii part of the city, atSchroy atSchrey atSchroy er'h green houses, mi the HiiriUbtirg i.ikr, nnd at Jehn C. HngerV, Abbeyvillc, 10 below At Joel Lightiir'n btlwieu Par Par dise and Seudenbuig, 12 bidnw, and along the creek below Paradise, 10 de grees below zcie. At Fratiiz'h mill, i ear Gap, It was 0 belew, wbile at Yi'hlte H..i-e it is reperted only ut .ere. Tim Mcigulng is excellent, but .ttu-s who were out last night cemplmi that they suffered much Irem cjui. ty nenu te-d iy uuilur the lulhience et hriglil mil shiue, the mercury had risen te about -20 degrees nbove r.ere, In the shade. Ou all the hills iu the city thore w.v a great deal of coasting laBt night West Vine, West Chestnut aid North Ann being the favnrltu resorts. Soveral acci dents occurred, all of them of a trivial chamoter, except oue en West Vim street, when) a collision eccitrcd, and a young man, whose name we did net loam, wa.s knocked isuiifelcss and carried home iu an tiuoeuscioiis condition. MlettttrUl AixitWll.in. The Schuylkill vnllty ministerial asse ointien held its regular meeting at the Oak stre"t Methodist Episcopal church, Meris tewu, en Tucbday. Tlie following mem bers were iu nttondance : Hevb. J. B. Debbins aud T. II. Nccly, Phmuixville , J. 8. Hughes, PotUtewu ; W L. Gray, n. W. V. Gruff and W. II. Smith, ISenls- town ; T. C. Muchler, IJi-thel circu.t ; A. L. Urban aud Hubert Mclvay, Philadel phla ; T. M. Jaoksen, Mnnnyutik ; Samuel Pancoast, CoiiBhehockon ; T. C. Pearson, Choltenhnm ; F. II. Moeio, Bryn Mawr ; M. C. Moere, Washington borough, thin county. Owiug te the stormy weather tlu attendance was small. A uutnb. r et Inter cstiug papers were read ami dibcumitil. MIIIW rlCHF. Hecciitly them bus been found in s me "'otleusof this county n small Insid, Ablchhnsthe charaeteiistlcs of the Ilea U (inantity of thorn were prut te West thester, with the request for miiiie i,chii lllle gentlomen te tell what th y are. The nsect was found crawling nb mt en the surfaoeof thosnew.Tho namoel tholns'et is iWur ntvicela (Fiteli) or snow llea ; it is n mlnute bhek Inroet, generally found about trees, bark nud decaying vegetab'e matter. Iu wiuter they appear en the mir fiioeofthostiow Ingreatnumbarsaiid often iu winter can be cecn In myrindn ernwlng around. ITesbyterlmi Krttrchinment. The young men's library association of the Prcsbyterlan mission ehapnl give, en tcmorrew evculiig, the fifth uf thou oeurso of winter oveuiuj; free entertain, ments in the chnpel, en Seuth (Jueen street. The programtne innludes soles, iluetH, choruses, roadiiiga.ieeitationa, te., nil by members of the association and the tchoel. Hals et Ke,il Itstatu. lleury Shuhert, nnotienecr nud real rs- tate agent, sold nt publle tale ycatetday nt the llicflter heuse a two tteiy (ramu dwelling, nltuatcd Ne. Clll Wist Walnut htrcet. belonging te the oatate of J. F White, doe'd., for $1,050. te 13, F, Bahama1 , tq ,
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