I wrwWiH'i'X tw 1- jyi-fy" '""i"'v LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENOEK, FK1DAY. JANUAKY L5, LSS1. , f W L W u Sim Lancaster JntelUgcnccr. FRIDAY ITVBNINO, JAN, 20, 1004, Tlme Enough let. It is new asset ted Hint Mr. Hewltt will offer ene tariff bill nnd Mr. Morrl Merrl Morrl Aen nnethcr. It will be well for Demo Deme crata te wait rtml see. Thus far thcre lins been nothing dene and nothing Is imme diately threatened tit Washington te tmtlfv llie apprehensions se freely In- dulged In a few weeks age that the country and tlie Democracy were te be ruined by the action or tbedlffeienccs of tlielr representatives In Congress. While tUe ene extreme wing of the party, rep resented by Mr. WaUcraen, has been wildly and very Indistinctly clnmerlng for re,vcuue reform, without Indicating exactly what It Is te consist In, nnd another has been as vigorously depre cating any tariff reform, tlie great con cen con scrvatlve mas3 of tlie party, East and West, Sierthnnd Seuth, Is patiently waiting te see what kind of a bill is te be proposed, what reforms arc te be secured and what industries are te be affected by it.bofero they give adherence te or take Issue with the measure. The work of elaborating a tariff bill is one of vast detail and d'ftlculty ; and once it is completed it challenges such a variety and complication of interests that its adoption Is apt te be slew. Meantime, however, preparations must go en for the national convention of the party; Btates will meet, adept platforms and elect delegates ; and they will, no doubt, act with such wisdom that noth ing dene or emitted in Congress, nnd nothing in their differences of sentiment onsingle questions will prevent such action by the gencr.il convention as will commend its work te the country at large. Ic 1S70, by this time, there were far hotter rivalries ever candidates and mere intense differences of opiulen upon the financial question than agitate the Domecrpcy new ; and yet that conven tion made choice between them and came te an agreement which resulted In a brilliant campaign and the triumphant election of Us candidate!. The same thine may easily happen again. Pennsylvania will be eue of the states te lead off. It has the second largest Democratic vete and delegation in the national convention. Its repre sentatives are net te be silent nor power, less there. Their views en the tariff and these of their constituents are well known ; they have net changed ; they are constitutional and unchangeable. They carried Indiana in 1SS3 ; they were adopted and vindicated in Ohie, New Jersey nnd Virginia in 1SS3 ; the Demo cracy of this state did net lese a vote en account of them in 1SS2 or in 1SS3. They are moderate and conservative; Mr. Carlisle, we believe, has said that he is reconciled te them. It is significant thnt there Is no decided expression of dissent from them in New Yerk ; nnd no Southern state will separate from the Democracy en account of them. It Is said that the Damecracy of Kentucky and Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Michigan, de3ire some. tiling mete radical. But it, sure ly, is net expected that the crats are te f ram. a policy with Deme regard te the fear of lealng Kentucky or the hepe of gaining Kansas, without refer refer ence te Iudlaua, Ohie, Pennsylvania! Virginia, New Jersey and New Yerk. Tinse states will bathe battle ground of the next contest, net the Northwest. The time for that has net jet come. Abuse or Justice. The alderman and juatice of the peare has outlived his usefulness. It is an of ef of fice that needs te be abolished, because its privileges are grossly abused by se many of these who held it. They use it solely te make fees for themselves. In civil cases their judgments are unreliable, being generally given for their employer, the plaintiff. In criminal cases iu their Judgment tlicy commit the prisoner be cause the commitment is fruitful of fees. Tlie outrageous filling of tlie Lan caster county jail with vagrants com mitted for u few days, tobe recommitted as seen as they get out, is practised by a certain set of justices In the most shame less way. Columbia magistrates are particularly active in this work. Since December first there have been about a hundred and llfty vagrants sent from Columbia te tlie Jail en commitments or from three te llve days, besides the number sent up for longer terms. The Jail Is net intended for the cus tody of vagrant b, and is net adapted te the work. They should be provided for in u workheuso where they could be made te cam their livelihood. There is urgent need for reform in tlie ndminls ndminls ndminls trationef Justice In this regard. The state should provide efficiently for the support of tlie peer who cannot support themselves, and for the compulsory labor of these who can earn their llvell heed, but will net. Tramps should be taken charge of, bui they should net be provided for In jails, which are in tended for criminals. The law provides that vagrants shall be committed te tlie workhouse, If thcre be one, and te the jail only If there Is no workheuso. Our understanding 13 that Lancaster county provides n workheuso ; nnd we knew that when Majer Cox superintended the almshouse he managed admirably the vagrants who naught Us hospitality, re quiring tliem te work in the morning for the lodging and feed that had been given them. Ills method is the only ene adnpted te the vagrant evli, and met the case fully. We presume thnt it is under tlie nutherlty given, te summarily convict nnd imprison drunken nnd disorderly persons that the justices fill the prison wlthvngruntB; but It Is notorious that It Is vagrancy nnd net drunkenness, and disorder that Is eftcu, If net generally, the real cause of commitment. The court Hheuld leek into this nbuse of justice and lay Its hand upon theso justices who flagrantly practlce it. And the Legislature should abolish the justices nnd aldermen and establish In their stead courts of limited Juris diction In convenient places, te take cognizance of petty civil nnd criminal actien1;. The nppolntment of Wm. N. Hirst by the governor te be controller of the city of Philadelphia Is In nocerdnnco wltli what gees by the name of civil aervlce reform. Mr. Hirst was original ly a Republican, appointed by Mr. Pat Pat tlsen and retained by Mr. 1'nge as chief clerk in the ofllce under tlielr respective administrations. "Whatever qualification for the head of the ofllce long experience and an entirely satisfactory discharge of the duties of Its chief clerkship endow him vMi, Mr. Ilirst lias. The appoint- ment is net a partisan ene in any sense ; for, although classed as a Republican, Mr. Hirst's name was voted for In the last Democratic state convention, and his letter withdrawing it indicated that he would support the nominees of the party. ml W i - It Is seldom that se complete and al together deserving a municipal ticket is presented for the voters of n city as that which the Democrats of Philadelphia have put up. It has been assumed that the withdrawal of Pierle and the Re publican nomination of Hunter will tnnke It inore difficult te elect King and Sheppard than It would have been other wise. Thl3 is discreditable te the Inde P'udent Republicans. They would never have had Hunter as a Republican nominee but for the unselfish nnd un partisan conduct of the Democrats in tiking hlra up ; besides, Pierie was the most deserving et the three Republican candidates, as he was less objectionable than either Smith or Warwick, and his sacrifice will net save them. Monc truth than wit is discovcrable la the puuster's view et the verdict in the Uniontown tragedy, "Nutt guilty." Ir it be true as staled that thcre were 118 Clew of lynching bit year aad only 93 legal hangings, Americans oinne: lay claim te belng a law loving people An interview is reported from Harris burg iu which Senater Gorden plainly intimatei that the legislature will be recalled bjfere the present tcrsn cxpirea.te make auether effort te pass apportionment bill. The silt) assessors of New Yerk recoru receru recoru meud a tax en iucemss whir1) exceed $10,000 a year. As by no j jsibility ceald a legal prevision of this faln-i effeet ths newapapar fraternity, the press will deubtliBJ heartily onderso the propesit'on. Pmvxt Republican Congresses have given the Paeitla raitreids 170,000,000 acres of the public lauds. At the low rate of 22.50 an aero, this means a donation of $423,000,000. Counting subsidies and in in terest due the saveruaieat from the rail read3 at $103,000,000, a grand total of S52S 000,0)0 have been given awty. It is net at all surprising, therefore, that the Democratic IIjusj is nesv trying te get baek a3 much as pxdble of whit Rapub licau Congresses sa lavishly presented te la ed grabbers. The statu sinking fund commissioners, or mere exa:tly State Treasurer Daily and Auditor Geueral Lamen, who have bseu se -rjQueusly opposing the enforcement of tbe Humas net requiring the invest me at et ths public moneys for the biueflt et the state, have at last reached the end I or their tether. The Daup'iin county oeart boa decided that It lias jurisdiction te onferoo by mandamus proceeding obedlence te the Hw, and as tlie rccaleit rant commisseacrs have exhausted their dilatory pica?, (he caie will come up en its merits. It is net fair te assume that the entire press of the country has fallen In with the current of papular opinion which justifies Nutt's acquittal en the ground main, tained by Counseller Voerhccs that bin set was Justifiable The Philadelphia Ettning Telegraph declares that thcre Is " no mere pornlcieus, dangerous, or de moralizing dectrine that can be promul gated, if carried te Its conclusion, than that which Sonater Voorhees announced." Tue Philadelphia Ltdgtr thinks the Nutt verdict "Is as squarely in the face of the facts and the law as was the first case. It is a mistaken uotleu that prlvatn inju ries or the judgment of tbe law, when it gees wrong, may be rectified by the shot of the rovelvor." The New Yerk Timet sas : " Tha' this is a miscarriage of jus tice ue reasonable man will deny. It is an ingenious evasien of all forms of law. It sanctions the taking into one's own hands the avenging of private wrongs. Until the community is educatcd up te a lefty regard for the sanctity of human life and for the laws of the land, juries will gladly avail thomselvca of any excuse te set free homieides whoae elleuces re re remble that of yeuug Nutt." FKATUItES OF THE STATE PBE33. The Reading Jleralil challenges the Timti and -Yltifi te n contest in the matter of whleh has the largest circulation. The Alteena Tribune would exclude from the pardon power every man ncquit tcd of crirae en the ground of Insanity. I he Philadelphia North American, Rep., thinkB the tioket nomlnated by the Phila delphia Democrats "will net be an easy tioket te beat." llie JVete Era and Rxanuntr ara new making the startling dlsoevory anent the condition of Bummer's hall, which the Intelmeuncbii made two years age. One of thochief difficulties iu the way of the onferoomont of the liquor laws, says thu Wilkesbarre Union leader, is the Indilference te the Inw of theso who are net liquor sellcrs. Habitual drunkenness, saya the Phila. delphia Recerd, should be made a statu, tery crlme, te be punished by oenflnomont and dispossession of the control of proper ty during the tlme of its contlnuance. Mr. Tilden's nomination, acoerdlug te the Westmorland Democrat, would etlll the t nff agitator, in all noetlons of the oeuutry, m completely as did the Master's voleo in the surging water of Galilee. TrjleR te Dell Ills Daughter. On Thursday Lorey Wnrren prosentcd a (lingular doeument te Judge Ualbrnlth, in the Erie court statlug that for a sum of raoney he surrenders all "right, tltle, in. terest and claim la his inluer daughter, Maggie," having sold her te Fetor Wild. IIe asked the court te oenllrm the sale, never doubting his right te sell his child like ether property. Thoatrauge petition eauEed a tonsatlen and was ignored by the court. I'EIISONAL. .Tens C. Nkw, assistant secretary of the treasury, has resigned. Renr. Packku's remains were en Thurs day transferred from Sayre te the family vault at Maueh Chunk. Mas. Sraruvres DiuvrunuTON, of Inn cashlre, Is the English l..dy who has be queathed i' ISO. 000 te the pepe. Puriwent Uahtlctt, of Dartmouth oel'oge, auueuuces that $030,000 has beeu given the cellege within the last three JOHH. Rr.v. PiiANit S. Hevtii, of Cerry, o e o ehalrman of the state Greenback commit tee, has beeu arrested upon a charge of Bending through the United States mall pamphlets containing instructions nnd instruments of an unlawful character. UnnwsTCii CameuesV nomination te be receiver of public tnoneys at Tucsan, Arizona, has been reconsidered by the Senate oemnilttco en public lands aud the nomination will net be reported until further notion by the committee. Fiikd. Dovei.vs. the well-known color cd leader, was married In Washington Thursday evening te Miss Helen M. Pitts, a white wetnui, thirty-tlve years of age, empleyed a a copyist in his ofllce. The groom Is in his seventy-third year. Un-. Uit. Redekt J. Nr.vtx. rcctei of the St. Pauls Episcopal church In Reme, was going te India ; but he is taking a roundabout read, if lie has net changed his mind. He is new en his way te Au driver te deliver te the advanced clesi a series of loetures ou "The Claims of Reme." BESbO.v J. Lesstxu, the historian, sug gests that the fourth centennial of the discovery of America, Octoberl2, ISM, be celebrated by a gathering of ships of all nations in N' c Yerk harbor. Tnis is au amendment , the preposition of Km;lie Castelar tint such a naval affiir should occur ie the harbor of Pales. Knii-En, according te the New Yerk Twus. previous te his nomination for the speakership, had beeu regarded as a back woodsman from Ohie, whose small voiee aud stalwart form were in se cccentrie contrast with each ether that his appear aucetn the forum of debate wai a signal for iuestinjjuishable laughter. D. akN. Staitfeu, the well kirewn cugmeer, seu of the late J. Stauffer, of this eity, was elected a "Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers" of Londen, en Dec. 0:h. This is the foremost of engineering societies iu the world, and Mr. Stauffer was among the 40 members elected last year te the highest crade in the institution, as again:: the 313 men electcd te the second grade of '"asjejiatc member." There are only about fourteen members ei all grades iu the United States. ' TUG STATE. civil from Adjacent Ceuaiie. At the state department, iu Harnsburg, ycs'.ciday charters were issued te llve com cem panies. The Nornstewn Rtijuttr reports that a numbtr of detectives are iu that section ferreting cut persons engaged in selling butteriue and oleomargarine. Bishop Howe dedicated a new Episcopal church at Duglassviile, Berks county, en Wednesday. A fox tiuut which started from Jehn Miller's hotel, iu West Bradford township, Chester county, en Saturday, wai partici pated in by seventeen horsemcu and eighty hounds. A blast in the quarricu near Flourtown, Montgomery ceuuty, exploded premature ly ei Wednesday. Henry C. Moere, a workman, wai instantly killed, and Jehn Tettcn, James Muldoeu and Hiram Hag Hag gerty seriously injured. Durine the tlrst year of Governer Patti son's tetm the beard of pardons heard aud considered 101 cases. Eight pardons were crautcd, ene Ue uh sentence cemmu I ted te imprisonment for life, ene sentonce was commuted (1 te a urieicr term, nine cases were held under advisement and cichty-twe pardons wero refused. Thursday eveuinc about half-past sevea o'clock, Jaskseu Sherman, of Reading, aged 37 years, conductor of the through fteiht which runs between Reading and Harrisbur, was caught between two cars aud instantly k.lled. He waioncef the eldest conductors en the read. He leaves six children. II. s wife died seme years ae. The Btone building in which the statleu houe aud council chamber are located in Ashlaud, took fire early Wednesday morn iug, and, beture the tire department arrived, was almost cutirely destroyed. The lower room was used for lodging tramru, and as several of them bunked thcre Wednesday niht, it is suppesed through their carelessness it was set en lire. One of them has been arrested and will be held for trial. lhosiate Heinl el Asrleultare. At Thursday's session of the state beard of agrioulture in Uarrisburs, the following eways wero read and discussed : "Winter and spring care of farm stock," by A. D. Sutten , "Hew can the farmer most economically dispose of his surplus products ?" by C. C. Musselman ; 'The proper time for cutting timber," by M W. Oltvcr ; "I'he ornamentntien and im provement of grounds around farm buildings," by Prel G. W. Athcrten ; "Best breed of horses for farm and read work," by I. Garretsen ; ''Value and care of poultry manure," by J. D. HIckMncra her from Blair; "Can the production of sugar us made Drell table In i'ennsviva. uia?" by N. P. Underwood, member from Way no ; 'Croameriea ojrperativo aud private their cost and value as a market ler milk," by Jehu I. Carter, of Choster count, and "Farmers' gardensand truck patches," by Rev J. Celder, of Harris burg. During the atternoen scasleu the gover nor appointed Leenard Rheno master of the state grange, Patrons of Husbandry, a member of the beard. Why ii Ductir unnccnled n Hentti, Dr.Tomple S. Heync, of Chicago, found the body of a frieud ou a dissectlug table In Hahnemann ojllege six years age, and, nltheugh he has continued te attend the lamily ever since nevur disclosed thc facts. In the meantlme the family of the deceas ed continued paying inburauoe premiums en a policy of $'.'0,000 en tha supposition that he was still ahve, Iu the publlshed intorview Hoyue says that the doceasod was iwldloted te drink, and probably died ou the street from exposure, the body finding its way te the morgue. He states In explanation, that he was Bhoeked en dUcoveiing the body, and Intended In forming the family, bur, he said, as the boys needed a subject I let thorn go along with their work." Ha uUd doelaros that it might have beeu n case of mistaken identity, which idea sustained him in keeplng the matter a secret. but I le TlirniiKti llumetlle Trouble. Thursday aftornoen the wife of Dr. E, L. R. Thompson, of New Haven, was found dead in her bed, with an empty phial boside her whleh smelled strongly of obleroform. Mrs. Thompson, who was only twenty olght,nndawennn of great beauty, haB beeu very dospendont of lata and baa been taking opium te solace herself. She nttompted te sell her wedding ring te n rag peddlei In order te procure raoney te buy the drug. Her maiden name was Addle J. Luddiugteu. Shots of a Balti more family. Bhe was dlvoreid from her first husband te many Dr. Thompson, who roeontly forfeltod his bend nnd thus nseaned an im pending trial for lualpraatlej, This nud ethor domestic troubled are suppesed te have beeu the primary eauua of her death. KILLED IN A MINK, A1TAM.INU FIUK IIAMl' K.M'LOSIHM H!tjr.3Ten Workmen ti C'eliiMilii tel Nina Less Their U-3crc!uni: fi tlie ttutled Html. At 8 o'clock Thursday morning n terri ble explosion occurred at Crested Butte, Cel,, iu the oeal mice of the Colerado coal and iron company. There were 07 men In the tulne at the time of the explosion. Of these 11. who were Just entering, wero thrown back by the force of the explosion nud rescued. Of this number one has since died and all the ethers urn badly Injured. There are 6(1 men et in the mlue and as the entrance te the mitie is blocked up they cannot be reached. They are all supposed te be dead. The explosion was of such ferce as te wreck the ouglne house, which steed fully 100 feet fiem the entrance te the mine. Tbe oxpleslon was one of the most ap palling iu its const quenee that eier occurred In n coal mlue in this country. Crested Butte, near which the mine is located, Is a coal tewu about thirty miles north of Gunnison, en the Denver and Rie Grande railroad. The e.iuse of the explo sion is net known, but is supposed te have been from flredamp. It occurred In eitncr chamber 1 or 2 just half an hour after the day force of 07 men h..d gene te work. Ten were nt work in the chamber. All ,'f these escaped unhurt, ixeept o:ie mm, Jehn Angur, was in the passage way just outalde the chamber. He is badly burned but will recover. Fifty-seven men were at work iu cham bers ene and two. 'UwMoare all thought te have perished. The explosion wan of such ferce as te cmipietely barneide the main entrauce and iha .. pliauees fe; Mip plylngnirlecatedne.i. veto tudiy wrecked and the reef of the tramway was blown et)'. The meu at Wi.ru en the anthracite mesa, the night foreo of the Colerado coal aud iron cempauy's wu.e ami the cttueus generally worked alWLy Thursday te res cue the men, although it is the.i ;ht thnt nene of them can possibly ctcape alive. The town hall has been prepared for the reception of the dead. As seen as possible the fan was repaired aud put te work pumping air into the tuine, an 1 men were set te work te remote the obstructions s as te reach the chambers ii'id get (he bodies out as seen as possible. Many of the dead ere married u.cti and leave families. A narubcr of the families reside iu Denver. At present everything is in such confusion that it is impossible te give details. A special train left Gun nlseu nt 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with surgeons aud a number of citizens te render all the aid possible. The town of Crested Butte is in m turning. Crowds of women cluster about the entrance te tbe mine, wringing then hands and cryiug piteously, presenting a most heartrending scene. It Is said that at the time of the explosion there were ten kegs ( f black powder hi chamberi 1 and 3, where the men wero working a: d where the explo sion is supposed te have taken place. The mine has three miles of driltiug, cons? quently it is impossible te definitely lecate the accident, at least until reseaing pir ties can gain admittance. The mine has long becu considered dan gerous by theso acquainted with it. While ene of the beat producing m ucs iu the country, its operation has been attended with mero or less apprehension and real danger. "It Is a tire damp mine," said Superintendent Cameren, who is new in Denver, "and ecems tecji stantlygcuorate the most deadly gases. They seem te generate in the coal or under it and pour out of the seams in the walls of the tunnels and shafts. Yet the mlue is ene of the most perfectly ventilated in the world. The nir is forced in abn? a shaft; bv ma chinery, and no less than 00,000 cubic feet I of fresh air is forced into the mine every rainute." At ten o'clock Thursday night no bodies had been recovered. vrtiv (ir.itiri.ic DisArrui.triiu IUIpj'j Crenp Caaaei the tlrcat seui;lrts te Sudcleelr Leave liulilmurr. When the audience arrived at the A-d eray uf Music Baltimore, en Thursday night they were greeted with the an nouncement In the vestibule that en account of her uenam-ai in Baltimore Madame Gerstcr would net appear in "Ellslr d'Amerc." The crowd, which was Tery large ondeom,:.:' J members of the best et Baltlmo.e cju., became indignant when it halted out tu.it Madame Gerster had been lu the c y nnd had lelt hastily during the r.twr u for New Yerk. There was no j-uii., explanation of the announcement made, but te rae ru bers of the press Colonel Maplcsen ndmltt ed frankly that the prima de.ina had been in town. " This Is hew it all occurred, my dear boy," said he. "Yeu see, Gerster has a boy two and a half years old. He is new in New Yerk, although during our North ern tour she brought him along with her. She is perfectly devoted te the boy says its the only thing in the world she cires fei. Well, what must that blessed babe de but te get the croup. Madama Ger. ster's maid Incautiously told her of the fact. Ne soenor had she heard it than almost without another word she engaged a hack and off she geos te the Union depot where she took the tram for New Yerk. If the child had been in Eurepg she would have dene the same thing. 1 assure you I'm only tee happy the boy is only in New Yerk. She will, of course, be back, and will appear twlce en Saturday." un tne etuer suie it is said that the cause of the break was that Colonel Ma plesen wanted Mme. Gerstcr te sing three times in Baltimore after just having sung In Philadelphia. Pappenhelra had been advertlsed and he expected Gerster te take her place and sing en the two nights allot ted te her. l'ulHOlOTO KBUAl'K WANT. A Mether nnd llnr Nix Children Take Arienle te Unlet Uuuiter. On two straw pallets In an old frame rookery, en Cellins lane, Elkton, Md., n middleagcd woman, nnd her six children are new lying in no almost dying condition from the effeets of peis m. Toe proud te beg, she preferred death te poverty. She had been in bad health for seme time nnd unable te cam a living for her little ones. She would net make her wants known. They had been without feed nearly two days when the mether, becoming desperate took arsouie herself and gave it te the children. The torrlble decd was net dlioevorod until lust evening. When the neighbors who, alarmed by the absence of all signs of tire about the heuse, onterod, a dls tresaing spectacle met their eyes. The mether was lusonslble and the children were all helpless from the offsets of the drug. Physielnni wero summoned, and seen had the sufferers somewhat rovived, though it is likely the mother and two of the children will die, The peer peeple wero vary scantily clothed, aud thore wai net a morsel of feed lu the heuse. Ne one lu the town thought they were sj peer. They are new well earod for by the kin I hearted citizens. Tun rouAUUe i-.x iir.ii.vris. 'riiu Appropriation 11111 lur it I'.lJflllOlll The Heuso en Thurs lay trout Inte oom eom oem inltto of tlie whele en the hill maklnir appropriation for the payment of the robate ou tax en tobacco. White, of Kontueky, mevnd te rodueo the rebate appropriation te $750,000. The reduction of the tas en tobaeeo had net, he claimed, been of any benefit te the farmer. The meney f.r the rebate would be paid into the hands of the olleuta of tholatecomralsstonnrof Internal rovenuo, uudcr whofeicoommcndatlonn Ropublleau Heuse passed n bill whleh was roipenslblo for its enormity. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, said that this bill oame fiem a roduetlou of taxation en tobacco of overy doserlptoon. "It was only a reduction of ene half," said Mr. While. "Yeu iutrod'ice n bill for the ether half ; I will vete for it," said Mr. Randall. .Mr. Whtte said that the bill of last year was passed te please manufacturers, nnd the commissioner who rocemmouded It resigned his position nnd noted as n lobbyist claim agent nnd leg roller fur the men whose claims would be paid by tills bill 'I he amendment was rejected. At 2.iW the ojmmltteo rese, roparted tlie bill back without amendment mul it was pased yeai, 070 ; nayB, 1. Penusylvanla Is interested In this bill, as fellows : Number of claims received H.003: amount of claims received, $1101, 877.01 ; number of claims allewed, U.431 ; amount of claims allotted, $J90,71)0.SJ ; number of claims disallowed, Ull ; amount of claims disallowed, $5,0S0.M. Muilden Deitlh el .1 ltrliln. A peculiarly sad death occurred iu Laekpert, N. Y, bringing te n suddeuter- lie honeymoon of n young mar S. Frank Wllber and Miss ke were married lu the eathe dicster en Wednesday of last week" . ..d a very large gathering of their friends, nud ou their bridal tour came te Loekport te visit Jeshua Wllber, editor of the Leck City Yim and his wife, the parents of the groom. Thursday afternoon nt 1 o'clock just as they were biddiug the parents j;oe.l bye nnd about te outer thelr carriage for the train, the yeuug brlde of a week suddenly threw up her hands and expired in the nrms of her father-in-law. The cause of death was heart tliscase. The body was taken back Inte the rosidenco nud her father aud mother in Rochester were tolo telo tole graphod the sad news. The deceased lady was most prepossessing woman nud was euly '20 years of age and though in delicate health had net emplalucd of feeling ill previous te her untlmely death. Six Utitltii (rum Milk Mnkncx. Ten weeks age soveral members of the family of Benjamln Fulks, a farmer In Shelby township, Tippocaneo ceuuty, Iud., were taken ill with a strange malady, attended with extrome norveusueas. The family consisted of Mr. Fulks, his wife, six children and a young lady friend an I member of the family. They had all used freely the milk nud butter of the cows en the farm, lhe tlrst death was of a daugh. tcr nlne years old, which wai followed by the deaths of a seu, agedthlrtcen, and a daughter, aged eleven. Toe death i'fMis Retteneur, a yeuug lady living m the family, followed next. Then uu infant chid died, and en last Tuesday night .Mr. Fulks diet'. Mrs. Fulks is new lying nt the point of death. The facts have just commenced attracting attention here, since the physicians that have atteaded the patients proneunco the malady milk sick ness. l'nrnrll'4 MeiIki- SjicaKi rer IrMuiul. Mrs. Delia T. S. Parncll has written au appeal in behalf et union between and a renewed zeal nmeug the frieuds of Ireland in the Uuited States. On the land question Mrs. Parnell says : " Imperfect ns is the human government, this great land of America, if its intelli gent majorities, its virgin soil, and its te sjurecs are held sacred, cau secure the results of the best foundations, while results in kind, through prudent prep aration and the tics Invisibly, yet invincibly, allying the two countries, can thus be achieved for Ireland, and net otherwise We must leave te Europeans their antiquated gifts of hasty appeals te force, te tire, sword and civil wars, the most destructive of agents. All with a tinge of American feeling must blush te be yet boys and net statesmen, wielding opportunities as a superior power indi cates." SITSTUUIOCSLY TAltALYZCO. A Man Found llelple en the Sidewalk. Between 0 and 7 o'elock last evening, O facers Eicholtz and Lcutz found a man lying en the pavement near Deesh's saloon North Queen street. In attempting te pick him up they found that he could net stand and Appeared te be sufleriug iutone pain. A stretcher was procured and he was carried te the station house, where an examination of his injuries was made by Dr. Wcsthaeffer. Thore was a slight cut en his face, but the greatest trouble ap peared te be with his spine, his lower limbs seemlngly being paralyzed, auiLinscnsible te paiu when stuck with a pin, while the upper part of his body was oxtremoly sensitive te pain. He was taken te the oeunty hospital whero he is new under going treatment. It has been ascertained that his name Is Wm. McAIcer, of Mount Jey j that he came te Lancaster Wednesday night and stepped nt the City hotel pget drunk Thursday, aud toward evening went te the Koysteno heuse and asked for liquor, which was refused him. IIe bocame very nbusive, rofused te loave the heuse nnd tried te inise a fight. Finally Offlcer Burns was called In and took him away, but at his urgent request and en his as suring the officer that he was stepping at the City hotel, he reloased him seen aftemarda. The next heard of him Is that he wet Inte Deesh's saloon, nud sat down leaning his head en his hands, as it te take n nap. Mrs. Dec.sk told him that he could net sleep there, that he must get up. He appeared te ba tather dae-jd or intoxicated, though net very drunk. He did net misbehave, but would net loave the heuse. until a nenhew of air. Deesh and a man named Sohnelko, opened the deer nnd led him down the steps, and left him en the pavoment. They say thnt he made no resistance, and that they used no violenco in putting him out. He was seen afterwards found by the polleoraon as abeve stated, aud taken te the station uouse OUITUAIIY. Death or Uapt, uoergo Muiicr, Capt. Geerge Musser died at his resi dnnce en West Vine strcet last night, after an illness of some duration. Capt. Musser was a natlve of this eity. IIe was a son of Geerge Musser, who was nn officer during the war of 1813, and for many years au alderman of this city. Capt. Musser Inheriting Ida fathers military spirit onlisted ns a soldler nnd sorved during tbe Mexican war. On the 13th of August, 1803, he was mustered into the Unlted States sorvleo as captain of Ce. A. 122d Pa,, Vel , aud was wounded nt Chancellorsvllle. He was muBtcred out of sorvlce by reason of disability en the 20th of March, 1803, returned te Laneastcr and for many years worked at his trade, as a tauner and currier. Fer seme years past, however, he has been unable te pursue his business, and has lived retired. IIe leaves n family oensistlng of wife, son aud daughter. Ills funeral will take place ou Monday nftorneon at 3 o'elook. Dentn et allium U, Uiwalit, Wm. II. Oswald, a former rosldent of Washlngtoulberough, this oeunty, died nt his rosldcneu, Moehanlosburg, Cumberland county, Pa., nn Thursday morning, 21th InBt. Howaiwell and favorably known throughout Maner township. Hlu first wlfa wan a sister of O; S. KaufTman and A.J. Kauffman, of Columbia, but rdie having died ever twenty yeara nge, he married Mrs. Barak E. Zug, who with two sous by hla Jlrut marriage survlve him. I'eitumUri ConmiUileiioil' Among the postmasters commissioned, en Thursday were Samuel Dersoy, Petor s CrceL ; and Elizabeth Raudanbush, Ellz Ellz Ellz nbothtewu, this oeunty. mutation t tied ceitif Kittiey dral i QUARTER SESSIONS. tiik ttricvsiiimti iujuhjidk eahi:. Tlie Story et lletr n,y i:,i,i.,luu tm lilt Uentli TeM In Oeutt-Tcilt. ninny or riijUclmi,, nurahiy Afternoon. When court re convened nt U o'clock the sheriir returned aspect l panel of UO jurymen en n vonlre issued befere the morning adjournment, and the work of securing a Jury was re newed. Jehn II. Landlfi, Jehn M. Baehman nnd Jas. II, Marshall had cnelt formed un opinion ; W. E. lvrelder had conscientious scruples ngaltikt capital punishment j they were nil challenged for oause. A. F. ttkiymiikcr was peremptorily challenged by the commonwealth ; J. O. Martin had formed an opiulen ; Samuel EvnuH. esq., of Columbia, wan nwern, A. II. Shech wai challenged peremp torily by the defense ; Clement Baldwin',' Petor Anion and C. n. Fastmcht had all formed opinions, and were challenged for cause ; Jno. A. Charles wan sworn. Jcrome Vonderamlth wan challenged by defendant : Jno. S. Nelte for oause ; Henry Wise by defendant ; Jno. 8. Kchtornaeht had fermrd nn opinion ; L.'wls S. Hnrtmnn and Adam Hhrclner were challenged by defendant, and Jehn 8. Glvler was sworn, nnd completed the jury, who were then all sworn, ns fol fel lows . Henry S Rutter, dealer, Lcaceck. Daniel Trewitz, jr., oeachsmtth, eity. Daniel Kline, sr., farmer, Maner. .Inc. K. Hostetter, (armor, Mnuhelmtwp. It. A. Donevan, wheelwright, Manhelm. J. P. Hellimrer. nawer haticnr. pv. 11. 11. Breuemau. ilisuianen nL'niit. rltv. P. M. Eberly, legislator, East Coeallco. , . . ,rf. u 111. enuuii, carpenter, city. Samuel Evuns. gentleman, Columbia. Jehn A. Charles, merchant, eity Jehn S. Givlrr, mercbaiit, city. The Opceluc, The case for the commonwealth was opened by ex District Attorney Davis; he stated briefly what they intend te prove, the substance of which is as fellows On the 13:h or September last, Henry Eshlo Eshle mau, a geed naturcd man who resided near Strasburg, went te town nnd stepicd at Brua's Baloeu, where Ulldsbrand nnd a number of ether men were. Eshleman had a deg with him which Hildebrtuid said he desired te buy. They spokeafow words together nnd Eshlcninn being lu n geed humor, geed uatnredly pulled the hat of Hlldbraud ever his cje. Hildebraud then took Eshlemau'rt hat from his head aud struck him with it several times ; he followed thM up with blew of hia fist , the bartender Dually told Hildebrand that he would put them out If they did net step tightlDg. In a few moments Hilde brand tool; held of E&hleinan and first pushed him against the deer jam ; he tlnnily threw him out of the deer and down about two steps te the ground; while Esh lemau was down Ilildcbrand jumped upon lurn with h.s feet and beat him with his flats, at which time a gasping neise was coming from Eshlemau. Hildebraud, with bleed upon him cirae into the bar room aud said "I have settled the ."' Eshleman was taken home aud he died that night. Dr. VeTrs KiUlrucr. The first witness wan Dr. J. G. Wcatcr, who was sworn ; he testified as fellows : am a practicing physicinn of Strasburg ; whero I have been for 13 years ; en the 10th ofSepterabor last I went te Henry Eshleman's heuse with Drs Keueagy aud Black. I aw the deceased and made nn examination ; found much swelling of the face and discoloring ; found the cartilage of the nese breken, ene cye swollen, lip cut and swollen and small mark en left car : that was all of the injuries en the head; we then examiucd the body nud found ea the breast bone a mark as if produced by the heel of n beet, Im prints of nails being distinct ; we then opened the ebest and found con sidorable hemerrhage iu the cavity of the chest under the breastbone, with n great deal et contusion and a rupture of the left innominate veiti which runs across the chest ; it was nn eighth of au inch iu diameter ; found ue ether rnarkH of vlo vle vlo lence ou any ether portion of the body ; the vein described leads from the brain te the heart, whero it empties, nnd is very large : the rupture of the vein was caused by the force used en the ohest ; the rupture and hemerrhage wero the oause of death, together with the shock te tbe norveui system : the clotted bleed indicated that n blew et sufficient foreo en tbe outside caused it ; Eshleman lived in Strasburg township, about a inlle aud a half from the borough The witnesswasruL'jeci'J te.- Isugmy and vigorous cress-c-ai :unt. r, .u lhe ceurse of which he said that the rupture of the artery might have been caused by many ether iutluenccs than the blew in dicated by the traces of the beet heel, but finding them he concluded thnt the rup ture nn due te the same ferce ; he was net certain as te the location of the artery; had examined it with his hands nnd saw no signs of disoase te account for the rup ture ; only inferred hew it had beeu occasioned from the external signs of vlolcnce. Dr. lilnck'iTmlliiieuy. Friday Morning. Dr. II. N. Black, who nsslsted in the pest mortem made upon the deceased, corroborated Dr. Weaver in regard te the wounds found en the face. They opened the ohest nnd found a rupture of the left innominate vein, which otherwlso was in n healthy condition ; found a mark en the lett breast bone which roeemblcd thnt made by tbe heel of n beet ; te the best or witness' rocellcotion It was directly ever the rup tured vein ; the ruptured vein Indicated great violenco ; the wound en the outslde was oentused ; air. Eshleman's death was caused by tlie injuries nnd Internal hemer rbages, occasioned by the coueusslon pro duced by the exterier wound. Deceased was a mau of robust appcaranoe who would weigh bctwen 100 and 170 pounds. The wltuess was cress-examined at great length en the subject of anatomy ; he stated that this rupture might have been caused in different ways ; could net tell whother the mnrks found wero made by a heel, but they no appeared ; It is pessible for a blew ou the breast te rupture thlB vein without causing a fraoture of nny part of the breast boue ; he bolievod it had occurred In this case ; thore was ue recerd made of the autopsy ; made no examination for ether causes of the rup ture of the vein ; if a mau was found with IiIh head cut oil there would net likely be an examination of the chest te dlsoevor the cause of his death. Dr. Weaver was rcoalled nnd asked n few questions ou cress examination ; he knew of no rcoerd of the autopsy havlug been made ur, KenCHKjr's Tullinenjr. Dr. Sauiuel Koneagy, an old phystpWn of Strasburg, was next called. He tostlfled that he had been praotlelng modleluo for 40 years ; en the night of tlie 10th or Sop Sep tcrubcr, 1880, he wan called te atteud Esh- t , in.AliiAlr . fallnrl lilm lttt.ir Ionian uuuuw m .. , " .,.. vuB en the pump bed iu a stupor j he was bleeding from the nese and upper lip ; found no ether Injuries en the head except a small cut en the left car his breathing wai heavy ; examined Ills body but feuud ue hones breken ; thought him te he laboring from coucus ceucus coucus bIeii from n blew and drink j sent liim home te idcep, thluking he would be all right nett morning j wltnesanextHnw him about 13 o'clock, when he feuud him lying in hu bnru (lead, nud assisted te take him te the heuse. When llMt soeu by witness there was hemerrhage fiem mouth and nese j wltncei saw dcoeabod nt the autopsy, whleh he asltcd lu making found a rupture of In- neiu unto veln, whleh was Milllelmit le oause ilenth ; found en lhe surface evor tlie upper nnd of the breast bone a mnik, which appeared te have been matin by the hoel of n beet ; thu external wound was a little lewer than thorupliire aud a little te the left ; this mnt It with the ether symp. taniB indicated that thore had been huIII. dent ferce te oause the rupture ; witness found ull parts normal with the oxceptlon of the rupture. This witness weh nUe ereu examlued at leiiKth ; he stated that he had made a record of the autopsy, whleh lie leU at home te tiny. lhe Traced)- In llieNaliinn. Franklin Brun, who Is proprietor or thu saloon lu Htrnsburg where this nlfalr no cutred, was sworn, nud described the buiitiinir, ii the southwestern comer of which is the nnloeu ti,Sre ure entrances In front nud en the side, where thore Is an alley eight Teet wide. Witness knew the deoeased nnd Hildebrand ; they wero at his place en the cvculng or aptoniler 15 ; hshlemnu came In between 8 nnd I) e e eck lending n deg nnd paid n bill which he owed ; while witness was talk. Ing te him the priaener and Isane Mulligan came evor te them nud IBM -brand offered somethlng for the deg ; Alulligau made a remark nnd Ethlemau said he did net want te soil the animal ; Eshleman said he was waiting for his hired man nud wanted te go home , he went away, but seen returned ; after seme talk Eshlumuu pulled Hitdebrnnd'H hat ever hln eyes , Hildebranit then took Eihlcman'M hat nud hit him evor the head oevcrnl times; Eshlcman ploked It up with a smlle, and ns he was turning nway Hildibrand struck him ; Rcosey, the bartendwr, then at templed te put Ilildcbrand out ; seme oue said, " Let them tight It out ;" the bartender get Eshleman te sit down and the latter said he did net want te tight , the linuble wa;i renewed alter the oar ear tcuder went behind the bar ; witness went te the deer nud, open In,; it, ordered Hllde'i-aml out ; tl.e latter caught held of Eshtein . i nud put 111 rn out et the deer Inte tin alley ; lltMcbrnnd was out about two minutes, when Im came beuuelug in the deer, saying, " t rtttled the of n ,"' he then wanted ti whip the bar tender, but wltm-hs shut down the bar deer and pacified Hildebraud, who said he did net reare, but would sty ue mero that night. On croon nxauiinati m witness said he did net bce Eiuleman pull Hlldebrand's hat off mere than ence ; did net hear the latter tell him te tee doing It ; did net see Eshlemau kick Hildebrand's hat, n.n did he touch any or.e rl-e ; the men get together about tight feet fiem tlie doet, .. .dt-baaiid aivatieimr, te wh-re Eshleman was standing ; Hildebraud took hoi I of Eshlemau, who made te r.-Niataucc, but had his aims down , IMdi-brnud threw htm around, nud Enldcm aii'n baek went against the jam of the deer ; Hildebraud threw hihi out of the tbier backwatd, both going out together ; wituct-r. then shut the deer. The grand jury ign red thu bill in which Geerge Sluu was charged with selling liquor te miners, putting the e ists un Na thanlcl Clark, the ptestcutur. Godfrey Stcngle, of thin eity, win granted :t soldier's iif.cnse te peddle. NUUllAl. A.t.MVMi!) tier. rlciitiiLl Ltterrjr Kntcttfaliiinrtit nt Jllllfn Jllllfn tllle tLU Kieiilng, 'Vlw twenty seventh anniversary of the Nermal literary society of the Miileraville Nermal fc1h-eI takes place this evening, iu Millersvil e and the proginmme prom prem ises an excellent t'liiertniuuieut. The excrcises will bu presided ever by Heu. James M. Snjdcr, tl.i. nef '73, a tin nber of the leglsla'-tre from Yardley, Buck-, ceuuty, who t II nls deliver thu saluta tery address. tlsa Floreuco D. Brooks, daughter of Dr. Bioeks, will aet an sccre tary. The Nermal essay, "Fast Living," will be reatl by Miss Caiharine D. .Miller, of Berrysbarg, Pa., class of '33 The Nermal oration will be delivered by Mr. J. M. Reberts, of Bethlohem, class et 'b'2, who has chosen for his subject " Educated Sovereignty." Healing of the " Brier Rose" and " Uncle Dauicl and thn Steam beat" will be given bv Miss M. Ella Heed, of Wet ChnJter, Pa. The honor ary oration will be pronounced by Ret Jehn Dewitt Miller, of Nrw BrtitiHWici;, N. J , his subject being " Piate'n Two Twe Two legged Animal and his Three Feld Kel.i tlve. The music will ln furnished by tlie Strasburg orehestrn ; by Miss Mnrle Clo.'e, tbe music teacher nt the sahoel and by Master Edward Brooks who will perform en the violin. Au excollent literary feast may be premised all who attend. YOUMl TIIIKVIH OAlTl'ilKli Turu IIe? Actsnewleitc the ihcltel Maine Wluli-c rrepeity. About Christmas, the shoe hop of David Yeung, Ml North Duke street, was broken into and robbed of ene pair of shoes, which had been left thore by MnJ A. C. Roinechl, for repair. Ofllccr Hmith took the case in hand aud tract d the missing property ten boy about 10 years of age, named Oicir Reese. A search warrantlwiiB issued, and the stolen shoes, together with the key te Mr. Yeung's shop, and a pair of men's beets, supposed te have been stelen, wero found at his bearding heuse ou Christian street, near Chestnut. IIe was arrested, au.l en being ques tlencd implicated a boy about the same age named Harry NIxderL Nlxderr was also arrcsted and denied the thrt, but acknowledged that he was with Recse at the tlme. IIe says Rcoke forced the shutters epen with a ehisel, nud belug tee short te ralse the sash he (rtlxderf) raised it for him, nnd that then Reese went iu iindstole the shoes. Alderman Foidney oemmitted both boys for a hearing ou Tuesday next. A large uuneli of keys of various sizes nnd a box filled with very geed tools were also round In Reef e's room. IMt'OUVANT AKUKbTs. Aire. Abe lliuiircl anil Three auiplcl mt Uharnrteri I" Uuiteily. A tolepheno message from Ephrate, te eelved at the I.ntui.mekncku afllce, tills nftorneon, announces that three meu named Borneizor, Illuey aud Ilounbarger aud Mrs. Abe Buzzard, were arrested at that plnoe this morning. The three first named wero charged with larceny nnd the latter with rcoelving stelen goods. They were taken bofero 'Squlre Kraatz, of Ephratu, who In default of ball committed thorn. The goods were stelen nt dlfforeut places nnd at different times. The nrrcsts were made by a Philadelphia dctcotlve who has been en the trail of the thieves for seme time, Oeinluu te Impact thn (Ml, At ajelut meeting of the oemmlttco ou highways nnd paving and poli:e of Read ing, held Thursday evening it was decided te proceed te Lancaster next Weducsday en the 11.G0 e. m. train, for the pur pur pur pose of Inspeatlug tlie manufacture of gas in this eity. The latter Is said te be upon the same principle ns the processes which will ha employed by the Consumers.' Gas company of Readlnjr whleh is new trying te furnish that uity with oheapor and better lllumluatlng gap. The htreet l.anipr, Tlie polies report this morning shows that two of the olcetrlo lumps did net 'bum last night, and ene ene of them burn, ed very poorly. Of the gusolieo lamps twenty ene were net burning, oxeIusIyo of the Bcejnd ward from wbieli there was no report, rJ.iUi et n ueuit. J, B, Leng, broker, sold yusteuliy ut pilvnte sale, 91,000 Stevens heuse bpud at par,