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THUR80AT VVKNINO, MAR, 0 1084.
A Converted Man.
Congressman Wise declines te call out
one editor, who lina insulted him, and
Hives most excellent reasons for his de
clslen. lie docs net want te be shot,
Rtid docs net want te sheet. It would
make him mlsernble te kill a man, and
he enjoys life be much that he is unwil
ling te dissolve his pleasant relations
with it. He has abweetheme.fllled with
Berry children, with enough te live
comfortably by, and he is happy and
wants te llve. It Is easy te understand
hew, under tlie circumstances, he should
object te make a target of himself. Mr.
Wise exhibits eminent geed sense. He
has net always manifested it, since lie
has fought a duel; but probably it is
that cxperlence which has taught
hlra. If Mr. Wise had h.td a
Belider head, he would have
reached his deduction, without trial
of the duelle. Its objectionable features,
te a man who enjoys life, are sufficiently
obvious te readily impress themselves-
But if Mr. Wise is taught late, he is
taught thoroughly. He may properly
sacrifice the consistency of his views
upon the question of trial by single com
bat te the strong logic upon which his
present position is founded. It is better
te be right late than never ; and we trust
that Mr. Wise may flud his future path
way easy te tread. He has certainly
cleared away ene ugly obstacle te his
happiness. He need net new expect te
be challenged by the negre members of
the Legislature, whom he declared that
he only met in his back yard, nor by
the ether members whom he plainly
intimates that he would nut think
of asking into his front deer.
After declining te fight a white editor
negre members of the Legislature can
net expect satisfaction. Mr. "Wise, how hew
evor, may have some trouble maintain
ing that social position for which he is
willing te risk his political standing, in
view of the fact that his social intimates
are net supposed te have readied his
elevation of wind in the matter of the
duelle. Down iu Virginia the idea
seems te be that uu insult Is only te be
wiped out in bleed. In ether parts of
the country public sentiment seems te
have advanced te the Idea that an injury,
though it is properly expiated by the
pistol, dee3 net call for the exposure te
further injury of the injured man. Con
gressman Phil. Thompson started this
idea out in Kentucky by sheeting a man
whom he thought bad doue him an in
jury, while Ills victim was unarmed
and was running away. Since then
young Mr. Nutt, in Pennsylvania, and
someone in New Yerk, and another
man in Connecticut, aud ether people
elsewhere, have practiced en the idea ;
aud the juries of the vicinage say it is
correct ; se it may be expected te spread
and be generally accepted. It Is true
that se far the assigned cause of the
sheeting has been an indirect injury te
theslioeter, aud a direct one te the
shooter's femiUe relatives. Hut the logic
of the thing will net permit the doctrine
te step short of the justification of a man
for sheeting when he is hurt in any con
siderable way in his feelings or phy
sique ; he may net be killed or called n
liar, without privilege of sheeting.
Mr. Wise may, if lie is truly
wise, try en this docirine in
Virginia, and sheet ills man witli
out risking being shot It has always
been thought by people of a common
order, that there was mighty little sense
iu asking another who has injured you
te sheet at you. It seems ever se much
mere sensible te sheet him without
making se absurd a request. The geed
tense of the amended Thompsenian idea
Is conspicuous. Mr. Wise having once
struck Mr. Massey, an old man aud a
preacher, who could net call him out.
therefore, has shown himself eminently
qualified te appreciate aud embrace the
modern practice ; aud we liepa for the
sake of his happy home and merry chil
dren, te say nothing of the fend wife
of whom he does net Bpeak, if lie has
one, that Mr. Wise will never let any
fellow who iusu.ti him get the drop en
him.
Ner docs the finance budget mnku
auy prevision for the deficiency
this year in the water works general of at
least $2,000; the appropriation of 0 000
for next year is tee small by 53,000. Ter
lighting the city the appropriation pro
posed Is $20,000 , under the present sys
tciu It will take $2.1,600 ; for the tire
department general $1,000 is proposed;
last year it was given $3 COO ; there is
no appropriation In the budget of 18SI
for tne beard of health. On the ether
baud, the estimated receipts for the year
are tee large ; the market rentn will
mere likely be $0,600 than $7,000, and
deprived of the re von no from the rental
of the postelllco, the city property will
net yield ever $500.
Taking all tliMO deficiencies, over
statements and emissions Inte consider
atlen there is a difference between the
committee's exhibit and a statement of
the real facts, of at least $30,000. We
can easily understand why it 1 esltates
te tell the unwelcome truth that an in
creased city tax rate of two milts 13 nee
essary, but Its estimate en its face tells
this tee plainly, and it will gain no
credit for concealing or evading the dis
agreeable truth which sooner or la.er
will be forced upeu public appreciation.
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Mayer Latuehb, of Baltimore, is
fiercely assailed in an open letter by
General Geerge T. Brown, president of
the city Democratic convention , Wm,
Keyser, chairmau of the Democratic city
executive committee, and Lewis X.
Hepkins, ene of the members of the
committee, who charge him with de
ceit and falsehood in Ins recent cam
paign, in having declared himself free
from embarrassment or obligations when
at the time he had accepted a very large
contribution te defray his campaign ex
penses from Mr. Rebert Garrett, with
the condition that certain appoint
ments should be controlled by Mr. Gar.
rctt. It is altogether likely that the
politicians who turn upon the mayor
aud reveal the confidential relations and
communications they have had with
him have been disappointed iu their own
efforts te control the city patronage, but
the situation clearly reveals the embar
rassment into which public officials
plunge themselves, who depend
se largely upon the aid of rich
men te aid their election. Business
men very often engage in politics upon
business principles and expect a consid
eration for their Investment. Mr. Gar
field found this out when the "Deir
Ilubbell" letter, authorizing the Repub
lican chairman te raise campaign funds
from the Star Reute thieve, rose iu
judgment against him, and when the
Stanley Matthews appointment at Jay
Gould's behest returned te plague Mr.
Hayes was forcibly reminded of it when
the Cameruns illustrated his ingratitude
with the story of the $",000 Den had
given him for his personal expenses in
his presidential canvass. All these
irritating experiences are only additional
proofs that money plays tee much of a
part iu our political system. The cupid
ity of the eter gives the plutocrat tee
much power Instead of his single bal
let he h.i3 a hundred, a thousand or ten
thousand according te the liberality of
his subscript ion. The euro for it must
come from the assertion by the peer mau
and the individual voter of the dignity
of his franchise and his appreciation of
it The bar'l must go.
nt locksmiths, but nt every form of ebsti
ptescutcd te its fruition,
Net often does It happen that oue young
lady Is bcsloged by three admirers, eaeh
struggling with the ethor for first place In
her aQoctleus, yet such scorns te have
bfen the blissful or unfortunate position
iu which n young Pittsburg lady was
placed An architect, n paint manufac
turer, and a uiirble man bad entered the
IIbU for her baud, and each fondly dream
cd himself the favorite suitor, but the
first of the three nloneonjoyed that distinc
tion. As hi nil true leve coutests the
favored lever win the handsomest aud
poorest of the suitors. The paiut dealer
after uouslderablo persuasion iiulticed the
young lady te premiso te accompany him
te the theatre last Saturday eveuiug.
When Saturday came the young lady bad
down with the architect ou a wedding
tour and the paint doaler and tuarble man
are left te bemoan thelr cruel f.ite iu cera-
puiy.
l'KHSONAL.
Tuns It. Jekdan, of Tew.iuda, formerly
of this city, will ruu a new hotel iu Sayre,
Pa.
Edw. McPiiehsen declines te run for
delegate te the Republican national con
vention. IIknhv Viujuie, is reported te have
ruidn large profits out of a laud speculation
iu Portland, Oregon.
Disnei' Amjubws is presiding ever the
M. E. coufereuco in Uatlmore and Bishop
Harris in Wilmington.
Hen. Jehn Pittex, of Curwensville,
has presented $10,000 te the school beard
of that borough for a new school house.
Pevtmvstki; Gk.nkhal Gkksham is
urged for appointment te the U. S. circuit
judgeship vaeatid by tue death of Judge
Drummond.
Jehn W. Mase.v, of West Virginia, Is
mentioned iu Washington as the prebable
successor ei Mr. New as assistant score scere
tary el the treasury.
Hbv. Jes Cook get into a tantrum at
Keene, N. H.. a few days age aud
thrashed a local minister for calling him
seven minutes tee early te go te a pr
meeting.
Umevntr.n Ge.nkual Renald S. M
hK.sziE, U h A , has been examined by a
retiring beard iu New Yerk. As he is
regarded as hopelessly insaue, thore is no
doubt of his being placed ou the retired
list
James V. IIeiieuli.ne, has been ap
pointed by Governer Pattison associate
judge for Carben county, te till the vacancy
caused by the death of Harry E. Packer,
and Chester Muusen te fill a like va -luey
in Centre county.
W. A. Bewen, assistant state secretary
of the Y. M. C A , who Is coming te
Laucaster te work, is recorameudod by
the Yerk DispiiU h as "a very agreeable
gentleman, thoroughly acquainted witb
r cdivifl i lrsn ntiAila 1 iwi tDAr ir
T. LfhA, congressional delegate from
New Mexico, has Vin unseated because
it was discovered IhaV'ie had bceu elected
by fraudulent votes. Mr. Luna bad the
reputation among the hulies of being tbe
baudaeuiest man iu tbe Ifcuse.
STAR ROUTE HIS l'OIi Y.
0ltIKi 'S I'USlilOM I M'l.AlNKD.
An Inaccurate Budget.
The linance committee of the city
figures out that the municipality can get
along next year with a nine-mill tax,
making no prevision te pay for the new
Worthlngten pump, which will cost
altogether about $28,000, and which will
have te be paid for between new and
September. The committee, is net
strictly accurate in its statement that
"councils ordered the pump, but made
no prevision te pay for the same" ; if we
remember aright, councils lias nlready
appropriated te this purpose u lean te
be made of $11,000, the amount which
stands between the figures of our present
city indebtedness and its constitutional
limit ; the remainder of the prlce of the
pump cannot be iiiiscd, as the commit
tee suggests, by a "lean," but must be
met by direct taxation ; the cemmittee
very naturally shrinks from the inevi
table. There nre ether features of its
budget which will net bear examination.
Per example, the item "principal en
leans, as required by law, $3,160." The
cemmittee reports the valuation of city
property at $12,160,000 ; the law of 1871,
regulating the sinking fund, says coun
cils shall levy a tax of net less than one
mill upon the assessed value of taxable
property for the extinguishment of
the funded debt, and this money
shall be applied te no ether
purpose whatever. New u levy of ene
mill upon $12,150,000 would requite the
application of $12,160 te the payment of
" principal and leans, as required by
law," instead of $3,160, as the commit
tee recommends. Hew can the plain
duty of councils te levy and apply this
tax be evaded V Per ye.ua past, iu fact
ever since Mayer McGonlgle's Induction
Inte office, there has been an approptiu appreptiu approptiu
Hen of tills ene mill tax te the payment
of "principal en Ieiuib as required by
law." Lust y ear $12,000 was appropria
ted for this purpose. Dees Chairman of
the Finance Committee Evans propose te
Buspend the law under Resenmiller'a ad
ministration, as the Examiner Bald It
was uet In opentflou under Sttiufferr1
Tin: report received by the oeuuty
commissieueiB from two prisoners sent
from Lancaster te the eastern pmiten
tlary again recalls most lvldly the con
trast between the management of that
institution and that of our own county
jail. Here we have two inin, confined
at Philadelphia who ce3t the county only
$5.72 for a year, while uue of them was
an actual profit. It is worth while te
inquire what are tlia radical causes
which make tills marked diiference. Of
course the eastern penitentiary manage
ment is at great advantage in receiving
long term prisoners only whose labor
can be better systematized ; but it must
have ether characteristics te distinguish
it se markedly from our wretched local
system. One of these is that places en
the beard of Inspectors theie are net
stakes iu the game of political spulia
tieu, aud the men for them aie net
wrestled for by the hog rings aud bull
rings. It is manifestly tlie duty of our
court, seeing hew much mere economi
cally prisoners can be sent te Philadel
phla, and hew mush mere it is te thelr
ewu welfare, te commit every ene te tlie
eastern penitentiary whom the 1 iw will
allow te be sent there.
M'bUUI.ATlUN 1.KA111MO TO KO M IS Kill.
Tub doepor the Star Iliute ulcer
prebed, the mere disgusting is found
be its condition.
Cueias for the Incoming pohcemou :
" Wheu I First Put This Uniform On ;"
chorus fur the outgoing palicomeu : " A
Polleom xu's Let Is Net a Happy Oiw,"
CoNiJucieits must have a oare abaut
tbose whom they put off theh trains.
Reoeutly a conductor of the Lehigh and
Susquubamia division of the Reading
railroad put oil a drunken mau for non
payment of fare, aud ten mluutoslater be
was killed ou the traek by a fast express
train. The coronet's jury Inve rightfully
put the responsibility ler the death en the
conductor.
E.Neuait advices repert great activity
among the English forces In the campaign
of the Soudan. The oable ou Wednesday
report! an embarkation from Su.iklm te
Trlnkltat, while Oamau Digma was only
ten tulles from the former plaoe. It would
seem that Osinau DIgnu ought te be
driven from his mounetag position, and
the failure te de it appears te show that
it cannot be doue.
Wmt.N a young girl is dotcrmined te get
mauled, It is tue part of discretion iu most
eases te let her have her own way. A
young Baltimore ceuple could net 11 ml a
uitulster te perform the wedding oeiomony
for thorn bcoause of the youth of the brlde,
The latter lengthened her skirts, did her
hair up iu a Laugtry knot, aud went te
North Oarellua, whero she was married.
Moreevor, tlie brlde aforesaid, concluding
it hotter that husband aud wlfe should be
of the nnme faith, btoarae a member of
the Jewlsh church, Love laughs net only
A irnitril Oeuuty Tremmrrr In 'NerwalU,
Ohie, DMrtppear Wltti 800,000 of
tUe Ceuuty Fauita.
Like a thunder olapeutof a clear sky
fell upon the community of Norwalk, O.,
Wednesday morning the announcement
that the treasury of Huren county bad
been robbed of its funds, and that Treas
urer Martin O. Van Fleet had suddenly
disappeared from tbe eity, leaving no clue
wbereby bis movements could be traced
The truth was alew te force itself upon
the minds of these who for years had
reposed the utmost conlldeuee in Mr. Van
Fleet, and net until a thorough examina
tion ami report bud been uiade by the
ceuuty commissioners was the public
convinced.
Treasurer Van Fleet has been abseut
from bis ofQce and tbe city siuce last
Saturday, and this, togetbor witb the faet
that tbe vault was locked aud the keys
izeue. uave rise te the suspicion which
rebulted iu tbe discovery Wednesday of
a shortage of $50,000 te 800,000. On
Thursday last Mr Yan Fleet went te
Columbus te aettte with State Treasurer
lirady, takiug with him $19 400.01. A
t-degratn sent by the commissioners
olietted the information that the amount
was properly paid ever. The treasurer
returned te Norwalk and was seen Satur
day evening by several persons, but
since t aat ttme no trace of him can be
found.
Tbe county commissioners came te
Norwalk ou Monday for their usual
meeting, and, being unable te open tbe
safe, ascertained that Mrs. Van Fleet
knew the combination. With ber nssis nssis
tiuce the iufe was opeued aud theshortage
disoevored. The funds of the city are
safe, being a deposit en the Norwalk
national bank. The Norwalk school
district funds nre also safe, having been
drawn out by Treasuter Boughten.
Mr. Van Fleet was troaurer of the
Presbyterian ohureh society, and had $100
of tbe ohureh funds iu his possession,
which was found iu the safe untouched.
All ethor futids wero carried of! entire.
The general opinion is that the meney was
taken away last woek, and is, by this
tlnie, safe iu Canada with the abbcending
treasurer. Of Mr. van Fleet'B uondsmeu,
thirty-tire iu uumber, all but fourliveiu
Wakeman, aud tbe slterill went thither te
day te notify thorn of the robbery. The
bend Is for 4150,000, amply securing the
e unity, as the bondsmen are perfectly
geed. Sema of thorn will be nanelally
ruiued aud ethers will uover be able te
toenver the lest ground.
Prebate Judge Kitinan appointed I). A.
Ilaker, Jr. eashler of the First national
bank te make an examination of the safe
and he found only $374,01 in meney.
Among tbe papers found was ovidenco
that a draft for $10,000 drawn by a Bosten
wheat heuse had been paid by Mr. Van
Floet. The hilorcnce Is, thoreforo, drawu
that he had been speculating iu grain.
The oemmlssloiKUS are considering the
appointment of Van Fleet's successor. Ne
reward has yet been offered for the ap
prehension of the fugitive.
The absconding treasurer leaves behind
a wlfe aud three daughters well nigh dls
traded with grief. Mrs. Van Fleet says
that her husband left ber Saturday night,
saying that he was oblged te go te Mead-
vine, iw , te transaet seme unaincsi ler
his alBter, nud he romarked, as he gave
her the keys te the office, that If anything
happoued te him she should impart te
the oemmisdonurs the combination of the
safe
On the heels of the rebbery coines the
ciash of the ilrm of Van Floet Brethers,
of Wakeumu, whose doers nre new dosed,
and all goods taken possession of by the
Norwalk national bauk te Boeuro a claim
of $0,802, the ameitt of a mertgage held
by the bank. Late Wednesday ovening
the Huren county banking company, also
of Wakemau, get out nn attachment ou
the balatiea of the property.
Tne llauutleai Ulub UeerKftBlieil.
Mt.Jey Sttti.
The DauutlcBd baseball elub, of Meuut
Jey, efrcoted uu organisatien en Tuesday
evening last, for the coming soaseu. The
following ollieors were oleotod : President
Jehn Atllobaeh, Soerotary II. K. Nlsaley,
Treasurer U, L. Moenoy, Captain A. L.
Btoler. The elub has loased the old
grounds, and will accept challenges after
April 10th,
HtMrlllng llhctiMtir Mivtn tir r I.hIImI
Ullleer In the Mltrr it I tin M,i
Hunts I'retritill nm.
Ex Postmaster lleneral Jaine and ex
Attorney General MacVcigh worn eiani.
hied yeesterday by Mr. Springer'
eomnilttee lolatlve te the expm Inures of
the department nfjuMioe In thn puccu
lien of tbe Star Reute o.kem Mr. Jauum
said bis attoutien w.n lbs hpceillcilly
called te tbe matter by ex I'mied States
Senater Oeorge E Spencer, of Al.vbuni,
aud ethor well informed getitlemeu. It
was their belief that nidlioiiiel dell us hud
been wanted ou uiiucoejsary 'Vjiar" nor
vice. t nne wuticM nui piistinaiter hi
New Yerk, he lufused when asked by
Stephon W. Hersey te eertify iu his i lllcml
capacity te a laige number of pipers con
neoteil with tbe contract off! -e of the pest
otllce diipaitiiieut Tliisacceiiuleti lei thn
bitter opposition te hit uppel tin. nt te a
position iu tbecibitiet.
Witness thou gave nu accuut of ids ap
iHilntmcut te a poMtien iu tbe eibuiet.
He went te Washington en the night of
March 2, in answer te a tclrgiaplue de
spatch from Whitel.iw Ren), and iu thu
hitter's oempany he cillcil en the presi
dent. "Mr. Raid Mid he had told tue that
Gencral Clarflehl epected te git en h.itN
factetily and without ftictien with factions
in New Yerk and hoped my appointment,
if made, would help te that end, but
wisheJ te knew whether, in oise eoutre
versics should be feieed upon bun, he
e mid be sure if I wcie tnade peit mister
general that my pillticil atllhatietm tu
New Yerk would net iuterfere with my
support of his administration. General
Gartleld said : ' Yes, that is about it.' and
I replied ' Such a contiugmiey, iu my
judgment, will uet arise, but if it shnuld,
if I accept i our nomination. I must, as a
gentleman, either be loyal te the president
or resign.' General Outlaid sud : ' That
is satisfactory,' aud the conversation thou
turned te the work of the posteftho de
partmeut. General Garfield said that be
was afraid that tlinre was something wrjug
iu the department itself ; that if se he ex
pected tne te tlnd it out aud tlnti te " put
the plow in te the beam aud af'er that te
subsoil it."
On tbe 0th of Mareh, Mr. James baviug
been apppeintcd postmaster general, the
preside, t sent for him nnd brought up tbe
subject of the Star Reuto service. Ile
said he was sati3tled thre had been wilful
waste of the public tueuey, aud grus
corruption , that while be did net wish te
have mail facilities necessary te the wcl
fare of any community curtailed, all uu
uecessary aud extravagant service iniibt be
releutlessly cut etr; that the propesod
investigation must be filmed at a system,
aud net nt raen, but that if the iuquiry
should disclese the fact that any person or
persons had been guilty of corruption or
Iraud, such person or persons must be
handed ever te the department of justice.
Mr. James chen gave an acceuut ei his
appointment of Mr. R. if. Weed wild te
conduct the Star Reuto investigation.
Upen tbe recommendation of Jehn Swinton
be called in A. M. Gibsen's assist moo and
tbe lnquity was pushed and an appalling
state et atfairs wero rovealed. The Star
Reuto Betvice was then under tbe control
of Ray P Elten, assistauce superintendent
of railway mull service, af tot ward removed
and new a e jlleoter of customs in M uue
UarUalU stiriirltcri.
llaviu cillited his facts, Mr JameM
waited upon President Gartleld aud made
an exhibit. The president was greatly
surprised ami wished te kuew if the tig
tires had been unitied by the recerdd. lie
also added that he bad been providentially
saved from falling iute a trap which had
evidently becu set for him and beamed te
be conteaiplatlug some peril which he had
escaped. We asked whether the papers
had been shown te the ntlei toy general.
I reubed no, wheu he requested me te call
witb that etlbial aud Jlr. Weulward tbe
next day.
Iu confeimlty with hi3 request, we
called the ntxt aftorueou nnd a leugthy
consultation eusuel. Iu nuswer te my
suggestion as te wbother it would uet be
wiser te institute civil hult for the re
cevcry of the money obtained through
dishonest contracts rather than te com
mence criminal proceedings against the
implicated parties, he 6aid " Mj
step it and punish the thlevrs.
possible. Ileitce the action taken
as irlatid by Mr. .limes, whose
stitniueiits witness corroborated. Witness
aihled ttu retention of Mr llrowater bo be bo
eause of his intimacy with (Ien. Arthur,
and because of hi ability and high ataud
hik! nt the bir Uiewstcr and IHIss wero
engaged n few days bofern the president
died. W Itlirss thought It licet te ruMgll
when Mi Arthm became piesident as a
miUtei of tasle, but agreed te leiniiin until
the puAideut could select a successor.
Mr. Arthur lilted witness cither te leiualu
in the cabinet or take obarue el the prese
eii'ieu, but Mr MaeVeagb deemed this
ceursn dangerous te the sticeess of tlie
pioseeuti in, and d.claicd, also, tint It
would be distasteful for him te take the
responsibility of the proposed prosecution
which he hid nevei thought of iHirsennlly
ueiiduetiug.
llTIIE INSURANCE CASE,
rtlll.l. MUAtlOlMI AI.IISU IM IKIUItf
'IHAIll.Nll IT -lit
l.ntunnriti
I'lliUKM,
e r.u iiik sriir.
A Dr.i.pr.itii MriiKul" I" Uu-
Tne oflh'ern had n fearful unceutitei In
a eaie at I'uclcorteu. mU miles from Read.
iug, en Wednesday, with Gallagher, the
inin who was accused of oemuiltliug an
indecent assault upon a little girl named
Man llluinni, from the e nVetx of which
she has been hiieriug between llfe and
deith ever since. Gallagher was liberated
several weeks iije, hIue which time tbe
gut's mother lias been toeo'iing scurrilous
and threatening postal cuds with Gallagli
or's uame attached. The oflleera went ou
his track, armed with a wartiuit, olrug elrug
in him with crlmluil lib !. They espied
their mau ill Tuckorieti aud made fur him.
Gallagher tek te his beelt. and disappear
ed into a ivti just dlsojverod near tlie
illige. This oeutilus many chambers
aud has nireidy lean explored mauy hun
dred fiet. Gallagher knew the ground
better than his imrsuers. They met In a
lire inner cliaiiibnr, d irk as pitch. Gal
lagher wa armed, aud drawiug a bead en
the ollicers tired, the bullet grazing the
head of oue. Tlie ollicers dropped te the
ground, lybu perfectly still. They oeuld
only loeito him by the glittering of his
P'sfd One of the otUeors then tlred iu
rapid succession, while the ether oreot tip
in the rear an 1 attacked lutu. I no three
thtn had n desperate haud-te h mil
encounter, but Gallagher, who is a power
ful yeuti'g tolle. wia fluilty overpowered
hauileutled and brought te Readiug aud
put in jail.
A .la mini rimiii:er Trnln llreckcil.
Information that the fast train en the
Philadelphia & Reading read due iu Read
ing at 7:50 Wedntsd iy evening, bid been
wrecked south of Re idleg caused oensid
orable cxcitumetit aud mauy pjrsius who
ha 1 friends ou the tram hurried te tbe
depot for information, but cmld learu
nothing until two Ueurs latcr.when a train
brought all the passengers te Reading safe.
According te their statement their train,
which consisted of threo oacbes, were
wrecked near Bridgeport. A heavy tim
ber from a passing freight train crashed
through ene of tbe ears, while a parlor car
was almost steed upright. The front ear
was set ou tire by escaping giis. The I lames
wero, however, quickly extinguished, but
all this created the wildest excitement
ammg tbe passengers, who all received a
geed shaking up Ne ether damage was
doue save tbe injury te tbe ears. Mauy
Readiug poeplo were en beard.
neitilr KoiikIeU Allve Wtilla Sleeiilug.
Jehn Crawford, who, with two ether
men, was burned last Saturday at Hickcl
colliery, ueu Meuut Carniul, by au
explosion of sulphur was almost l ousted
ahve Tuesday night by his oil soaked
bed takiug tire, ile was carried from bis
bed, which was thrown out of doers, where
it was rapidly consumed.
A 1. 11 a AMU IMUl-.lIUUl COIU'SI.
Anetnnr I.ettrr from thn Sinn Wlin ti
Hunt tu Mmve lteen KlUetl hh u llurtflur.
The following letter from W. II Atkins,
who was at oue time biispcated of the
Clugstun murder, who a few weeks age
escaped from the Noiristewn jail and who
was ldcntilied as tbe burglar recently
killed while attempting te commit a
rebbery at Salunga, this ceuutv, baa been
recoived at the Philadelphia Timet olllce,
in an envelope pest marked Philadelphia,
March 5, 81, 6 pm. :
Dear Sirs
I Netico iu the Philada times of Tuesday
Ftdi 'Jd time a. Ihirthler shot in I.inc.ihtnr
" One moment, Mr. President," said the (Je has been indeutillcd as me but the
attorney general ; "ceusider whether or Papers and these who recognize him are
no the postmaster general is net rignt.
Before a dual decision remember that
these piececdings may strike meu in high
places ; that they may result in changing
a Republican majeiity in tbe United
States Sonate into a Democratic majority,
that they may nfTcet persons who claim
that you are under porseual obligations te
them for eervicts rendered during the last
campaign, and ene person in particular,
who asserted that without this manage
ment you could net have been elected.
Loek these facts square in the face befere
taking a dual stand, for neither the
postmaster general nor myself will kuew
friend or feo In this matter."
Tlie president walked across the rejm,
retleeted a moment, aud said : " Ne ; I
Inve sworn te oxecuto the laws. Ge ahead,
icgardless of whero or whom you bit. I
direct you both, net only te preba this
ulcer te the bottom, but te cut it out."
Mpciicrr' unci Ilenlell'a Ulacluaure.
The witness Auther fcald that Dersoy
came te him aud denounced Biady, and
Inspector Woodward, after inquiry, do de do
elarcd that Brady ought te be ronieved.
Witness told tbe president and be ordered
Brady's dismissal, but afterward said
he would nocept his resignation, which
was dene. After investigation, the
routes wero red u cod in the territories te
the old oeutract rates, saving 2,000,000 a
year te the government, aud than Dersoy
started his ery of "persecution," doing bis
best te thwart thu prosecutiou and te
cause a rupture of the oabineLTho witness
thou told bow Rordell had confessed, and
described the ontlre histeiy nnd modus
operandi of the Deraoy Brady Star Reuto
Hwlndle. Br Senater Dersoy told ex
Senater Spoucer that he was a ruined mau
beoause his confldential clerk, Rordell had
"squealed en hlra." Later he called en
Sponcer and told him "it was all right, as
Jim nosier nau uxcu uorueiinnu get anal
lktavit out of him denylng his confessions."
Tbe witness explained hew Messrs.
Gibsen, Cook, Browster and Bliss aarae te
be retaiued, and said that en ene oceasion
wheu the president was oleseted with
Dersoy aud ethers Colenol Cook had
taken him into another room and told him
hew serious the caae was in his opinion,
nud that he bad heard that a terrible
event was about te happen. Mr. James
deolared that he beheved General Garfield
proceeded regardless of this warning of
bis assassluatlen, and did his whole duty
in regnrd te the prosecutiou of the Star
Reuto frauds.
Governer Stewart, u membar of tne
committee, said, " Your belief, Mr.
James, is that the assassination of Garfleld
was In oensoqueuoo of Star Reuto mat
ters ?"
" I don't say that," roplled the witness.
" I menn, judging from the press clamor
and the clippings found In the nssasaln's
pocket, that Gulteaii's band waa turned
by tbose things,"
Attitude I Aitttur.
Mr. MaeVeagh tcstltled that his atteu.
tieu was first ai rested by finding that n
Star Reuto was rated at $5,000 per
annum, but was given te Jehn W. Dor Der
soy, of Vormeut, nt $3,000 ; yet it ap
peared that $53,000 was paid for this
work, and it was sub-let nt $23,000
When an iuquiry was started all this was
wiped out except the $3,000. Ilere, he
thought, was a glgnutle system of robbery
of the treasury, and he dotermlued te
mistaken au I am ahve aud well r.t present
aud hope i may Continue se aud i netice iu
another paper that its lyes i am living in
Philada if i am in Puilada why deut they
Iteturu me te Prison aud I'nitlioruiero
i w isb te say 1 have no occasion te be shot
as a thief i am net degraded enough te
steal i can make a honest living ns i always
have anil always ean as long us 1 cau make
my present wages $3.00 a day aud I wish
that the papers would uet make such
mistak aud have me shot and charged of
Crimes that is uet iu my liue of Business
and i can say i am net in Lancaster or
Philada but whero i am i will stay nnd
Patiently wait till the Clouds Rell Bye
but i will be in Pennsylvania iu time te
Stnrt District Attorney Wagner ou an
other Noted Case Either Charley Ress or
the Kensington Bank Rebbery if he feels
like Retting ids namu up again But they
ean still bcllove me a llve and well and
net In Philada but am still W. II. Atklus.
Mure Truth ler Mr Sluriliun.
N. . World.
New Jersoy is a neble, steadfast Domo Demo Dome
oratio state ; a state that has steed firmly
by its principles in the darkest hours of
Dorneoraoy and through years of defeat.
In 1800, New Jersoy gave her oleotoral
vete te Stephon A. Douglas, notwith
standing the break in the Democratic
party ; in 1801 te Geerge B. McClellan,
dospite tlie trials nnd prejudices of the
war; In 1803 te Horaeo Seymour aud
iu 1870 te Samuel J Tilden.
Mr. Tilden carried New Jersoy by ever
12,000 majority In 1870 Four years later
Uen. Ilancoek very nearly lest the state
and obtained a bare majority of 2,000. A
oareloss word in the platform, unmeaning
but oipable ofmlaeonstruotlou, nearly de.
feated a popular candldate living within
sight et the New Jersey snore.
Last year the Domecratlo party of New
Jersoy adepted a platform will eh said,
" We favor a tariff ler rovenuo, limited te
the nccestary exptnditurtt of the government,
and se adjusted as te gut protection and
encouragement te home productive industry
and labor, without producing or ettering
monopolies."
Ou this platform, speaking the true son
tlruents of the Democrats of the state,
New Jersoy oleotod a Domecratlo governor
by nu old fashioned majority of 7,000.
On such a platform nlone, or somethlng
like It, can New Jorsey'a oleotoral vete be
oarrled for the Domecratlo providential
candldate this year.
Can the Demoeratlo party afford te de
without New Jersoy iu the proiideutial
oleotlon '.'
iunm luterc, tlnu '1 mllmuli) Mettnlhjr Urn
llrtKIMil Hint "ulllctltitt ie tllllrd
Out Uurirnt ilii'l.irn
Philip A. Dent was the tlist wilmss
eilln.i by thodefotiso Wediiesil ty afternoon,
and be Instilled tint he is Iu the milliin'iy
etc , business ou Arch stieet, Philadelphia,
being a member of the 111 in jf I. S Caster
A: Sen. It was Intended te show by him
what nuietitit of epace would be lcqiilred
te store ns many uexK such as Ibuveri,
hats, fealluuH, plumes, etc., as claimed te
have been lest The court disallowed the
('uestleii Thu wituesfi thou explained
what there was about flowers, tips,
pinnies, ote , lint would survive a tire and
oeuld net be destroyed, as ether witnesses
had done. A nilnibjr of the questions
wero overi tiled.
Charles 11. Leng, a notary pitblie of
this city, was called te prove that a
number of notes, checks of plalutitls wme
prutrstcd by wUiiem betwieii April 15th
1880 and May 20. This the court disallowed.
Charles Ivi.iutr, u night watchman
who,e beat is ou N' irth (Juoeu Htrent,tesll
tied that he passed the stote where the
tire declined about llve minutes after 1 1
o'clock en the night of the Ibe , hu tried
the deer and found it looked ami the light
burning , be then walked down te Kine's
en Oiaugu street and lelurticd Immediately
te the Grape hotel ; upon celtig ever te
the store witness found that the gas was
out nud the glaH In the front was het ;
witness then thought something was
wrong and be gave the alarm.
Jehn Schauta testified tint en the night
of the tire he was going down North
Queen stiuet when he met Herman Gott Gett
bch.ilk and another linn, who was smaller,
near Ames Lee's hotel, en the westside ;
this was about ten or tlfteeii tniutite.s be
fere the lire , both men weie wilking at n
ruthorgeod gait ; witntws went at ouce te
the Cooper house and leMuned te tbe City
hotel, whero he was wheu the tire alarm
was seundid.
The deposition of Jehn F. Mitchell, a
constable and deU-ctivoef New Brunswick
N. J , "was elf'-red, mid after some of it
bad been objected te aud disallowed, the
remainder was admit' oil Witness stated
that he kiisw Het in in Gottschalk, but no
ether parties te the suit , iu February,
1M2, Gottselnlk said te witness, tbe
sheriff need net think I will let him levy
en $1 100 worth of goods te make $150 ,"
G lttsclnlk had au luterest in but oue stoie
in New Brunswick , witness knew of his
removal of ixbt fiem the store except
that he sa.v buses ou the outside ; iu
February and March, lhS'J, and for a year
previous, tbe business was ceuducted
under the name of GotUehalk & Blum ,
w Itucss did uet kuew the valu-t of thu
goods, but the stock looked less for the
last few months than before , iu Febru iry
Gottschalk had bills up announcing that
he was sa' ting oft at cost ; tlie majority of
the stock was common, but there were
seme god goods ; wttness knew nothing
of his ability te pay or Iks bauk account.
Ilie Ilclpnae Ueiitinii-Nl.
At tbe opening of court Thursday morning
thn defeute in the Goltsehalk-Lcdermau
ins lruuce c.ue offered in ovideucoapl.au
of the store m.ide by Herman Gottschalk ,
a sweru statement of Guttschalk, In regard
te his movements en the night of tbe Ore
was ettered null read ; it was te tbe effect
that the store was cleu-il at 0.20 en this
night . Herman and his brother Emit
then went te the opera bottse and after
wards te the Stevens lotue ; they then
returned aud started up North Queen
street ; when neatly opposite tbe store
Hnnl went ever aud tried the deer, re
turning again te the east side of the
street where his brother was waiting ;
they then went up struct directly home ,
Boen after thrir arrival thore they heard
of tbe tire ami wero greatly surprised. A
netice sent te the insurance company by
plaintiffs informing them as te the amount
of and v.alue of goods destioyed was
olfercd, ndmitted anil read
The bauk books of Julius Ledt-rmnii
and Ledertnan iV, Gottschalk, cancelled
checks, check stubbs and a number el
papcis were offered in ovidenco.
S. S. Cerbiu was recalled aud be testi
tlctl that all the goods in the store,
whether damaged or net, woie appraised ;
all the goods ou the tloer were gathered
up.
Herman Gottschalk was recalled and
asked about his testimony bofero tbe
arbitrators ; be said he had appointed
ilmen 1 u -tin tits assignee, tue day arter
the tire, te pretect all of bis creditors te
whom he was indebted about $11,000 a
copy of the Daily Item, of New Bruus
wick, N. J , dated Sept. 27, 1831 contain
ing a copy of thn advertisement of Gutt
selialk os Blum, was offered nnd admitted
in ovldeneo.
A. D. Provest, late assoeiato ju lge of
tbe ciiirt nt New Brunswick, testified
that he was the owner of an uuotieii aud
commission bntise up te Juue list and
knew the llrm of Gottsehalk & Blum ,
he was Iu their stere frcqueutly and ex
amincd their goods, whieb he oensiderod
of an inferior quality. This witness also
testified that hu weti'd net bolieio Herman
Gottsehalk en oath.
Jesepb Bredinn, oue of the commission
ers of appeal of New Brunswick, nud 11.
B. Cook, n momber of the bar iu that
town, tostlfled that they would uet bclieve
Herman Gottschalk en oath.
Llrorceil
Ames Krider, of Poque.i township, was
divorced from bis wife, Mary Ann Krlder,
en the greuuds of dosertion.
tttll I llllllllln t'llllllllllnA'l I-.1.
tltukte
A prominent ettUii who h.m jjlveti
(otiie attention te tbe Mil-j-er of municipal
finances, and wlnrhns knew IudKi) gained
from oxperlonoo of the rnsoitreas and to te to
eelpis or the eity and Its necessary nspon nspen nspon
ditures, wns leiiiid iu IHh , thWj
morning llguritig upon the Mutumeni el
" estimated u-eeipts nud expenditures, of
ibe city of Lancaster for the liseal yer
ending May, ill, 1881 " Hindu in oeunotls
lust evening by Air. Evatm' flnauue coin-
tnittee.
" 1 am glad te sen," said he, " thai
tliPte 1 ' a slight uicte.isn tu the valuation
of the eity piepnrty, which Is new valued
at $12,150,000, wheiniiH lust year It was
little less. I am of tlm opinion that if the
llnuttci) oetuniltteo had thn nerie te iqual iqual
l.e the asses uiieuts, the lalmlleti oeuld
be fairly increased te fourteen or llftien
millions, tbe eity tat would thou bear
equally ou alt ami a tilne mill tax title
would be Milllcietit te unit 'he wauls of
the eity.
" But," ini-'iited tl.n it-porter, " the
cemmittee figures out that a nine mill rate
will prevliln for the expciudltiucs V"
"Se it iloes," was the answer, "but
Chairman Evans, of the committee knows
very well that this is nut no nud be has
juggled with tbe figures te hlde th nctu tl
necessity el tnci casing the oily lax te
eleven mills or of plunging the city into a
morass cf ttcllcloueicH, floating debts, ote.,
during the next year."
Being urged te explain hew this could
be shown the gentleman went en loexplaln:
"Te begin with, in the etim 'ted receipts
of the etty $7,000 are set ilenn for market
louts; this is tee blub by at It aat $eU0 ;
the matket comuiltt.'e'H report of last
year shows the receipt,! wern $0 USD II,
and with the Increasing facilities of the
private tnaikets the tendeney is toward a
reduction of the receipts from the city
market heusis $1,1100 is the esliuntitl
rent of city property but u -e the peit
olllce tsvueited and after it will b.' used
for city purposes, thin item will have te be
cut down at least $800 "
"On the expenditures si.li of thu
baliuce sheet $.!S,tll0 Is alle-.vid for Inter
est en leaus, but if $23,000 is te be
borrowed, ns the cemmittee suggests, te
piy for the new steam pump the interest
uu that lean will have te pievided for
hut that may net fall due until next year
One of the biggest IthindetH in the esti
ttiatu is thn allow ain-e of but $),li0 for
' principal en le ilia as required by law,'
w bun the law rcquirCH enu mill ou the
valuation, whieb would $12,150. In 1870
$11,500 was appropriated for tins pttipose ,
Iu 1380 the Item wtiN$ll,.iOO ; iu 1&31 it
was $M,n0O ; iu 18-.', $I1.SU0, and in l3t
It wa.s 12.000. This yti.u it ts cut deivu
$0,000 without explanation aud m plain
contravention of law."
Fer streets the committee nqmiti
$7,500 ; the street coinmicsiener reports
13,002.10 spoilt last jear , fur grading and
guttering tbe cemmittee allows SO, 500,
while Levau expended, according te ins
repert, $10,887 2.r the Lord knows e
can never get along with less stieet im
provements than we have had this past
year practically noue ; and yet the com
mittee's cstimate is nearly $0,000 below
last year's expenacs. If the water works
general last year cost $10,511.70, as Supt.
Halbaclt reports, hew are the constantly
Increasing expenses of that department te
be met next year with an apprepila
tieu of $9,000 The lamp oeiumittoe,
after askiug for $1,100 Irem another
appropriation, te be applied te light
ing the streits this year, say they will
be $0,300 abort at the end of the year ; the
linance ceiuiiii tce iHtimateu only $3,000
for this deficiency ; hew is the ethor $2,300
te be met ? $20,000 is estlm Ued for light-
lug the city next y ear, but if the olectrie
light company Is te be paid $ 10,900, the
g.asollue or gas lamps cost fi,8U0,.iud ethor
city lighting $1,000. hew Is a total of $23,
000 te be paid with $20,0U0 If the tire
department, general, with au appropria
tion of 5,500 in the p-vtt year, incurred a
dotlcietiey of $J,0U0, hew is it te tot along
with $1,000 the coming t.x ? Theie Is u
certainty of a large itilicicncy in thu
Hern."
"A repert with Mich uiaceuracits us
these, amounting te ever $30,000, is uttui
Iy worthless. The truth is distettul or
concealed for n puritose. Councils should
ventilate It bofero the erdiu mce lixiug the
appropriations is passed."
lliltlni; tin) Nermal Schenl.
Sjme time age the trustees of the normal
xchoel Iu Mlllrrsville pissed a resolution
inviting the directors of tlie severil town
ships te visit the institution and inspect its
facilities and workings. This invitation
has been very ceidl illy responded te en
the pirt of the directors, nud envoi. il dele
gatieus have already visited the school,
ns heretofore reported in the ptpers.
Yesterday a delegation, representing
tbe school beard of West Denegal town
ship was prosent, oeuaiitin,; of the f blow
ing gtintlomeu : Measrn. Jehn Kiyler, A.
G. Heisoy, David IIotGey, Jacob Geed and
Sel Hoevor. They arrived at 0:30 a. in ,
aud remained until 3 p. in. They woie
shown through the buildings by ibe piiu
cipal aud visited several class rooms te
witness tbe actual, overy day working el
this great educational machine. They
found everything iu geed condition and
expressed themselves as very much pleased
with thelr visit. Other dolegatieus el
dlroetois are expucti.nl seen, and it is
thought that much geed will tcsult from
theso visits In harmenising the cducatteual
ferecn of the county.
A UIIOO MHOVlM.
A Wlttr Auiwer.
Mr. Uubbatd. the ox-gevornor of Con
necticut, who died a few days age, used
te be a momber of a Hartferd cempauy
that met periodically te play whist. Oue
of the party who was known locally for
his slovenly habits nud celled dress aston
ished his Irieuds ene night by appearing
witb a white rese iu his buttonhelo.
Addressing Mr Hubbard he said : "Rub
bard, did you ever see a flner rese than
that ' New, where de you iraagine I get
that rese?'1 Mr, Hubbard loekod quiz,
zleally at the llower resting in its dirty
loop hele, and nnswored : " Leeks as
though it might have grown thore,"
Tllf. DOUTOJIM
'llieir fltenttilr 31 cell uu Hmiill Attendance
The Lancaster County Medical associa
tion held a stated meeting ou Wednesday in
O. A. R. hall, this city. The follewiug
named members were prosent : Dr. A. M.
Miller, president , Dr. W. B. BInokweod,
socretary ; Drs. Albright, Belenius,
Black, Brobst, Craig, Compteti, M. L.
Davis, Ehler, Foremiin, 11. F. Herr, M. L.
llerr, Llnoweaver.Ltvitigaton, Llghtuer, J.
II. Musscr, F, M. Musser, Muhlonberg,
Netcher, G. R. Rehrer. Roebuek, Reland,
Klngwalt, D. H. Shenk, J. W. Shirk, W.
II. Smith, Urban.
The attoudauce was smaller than usual
owing te the stormy weather aud the bad
condition of the reads.
The reports fiem all sections of the
oeuuty wero te the effect that the general
state of health is unusually geed, thoie
being no epidemics of any kind, and
comparatively few eascj of corieus (lis.
case.
President Miller nppoluted the follow fellow follew
iug named members a sanitary cemmittee
for tbe ensuing year : Drs. Livingston,
Mouutville ; J, F. Dunlap, Maubelm, and
R. M. Belenlus, eity.
Thore was seme Informal dlsousslen
ntneug motnbers en subjoets of intorest te
tbe profession, but no papers were read
the essayist for the day, Dr. Zlegler, of
Meuut Jey, being absent.
Owing te the small attondance the oloo eloo oleo
tlon of dolegatos te the American medical
association's convention, and te the con
vention of the state mcdieal society, was
postponed until next meeting,
A rretly Desk,
J. A. Sprouger has new in his posses
sien a hatidsome writing desk whleh was
made from the weed of a )ear troe whleh
he plauted 27 years nge. The trce steed
In the yard of the Excelsior hnll property
en East King street, and was out down
two years age. Mr. Blatigh, tbe well
known oabinet maker, constructed a desk
for Mr Sprouger, It made up very well
mid having bceu polished presents a flne
nppoarance. Mr. Sprouger Is very proud
of the pieoe of weik, as he has geed rea
son te be,
I.micniter jiien lu tlie ISunti rn l'-i Ituiil-urf
The commissioners have ncaivid from
the eastern peuitentiary the accounts fet
1883 of Edward Sauders ati.1 Ljwis Sew
crs, two men from this oeuuty, who nre
oenlluod hi that Institution for murder.
Laueaater county is cbaiged 10 cents per
day for eaeh prisoner's maintenance.
The statement as te Sewers is an fel
lows : Maintouauce, $09,05 ; credit fur
labor performed, $3100; whleh shows
that the prisener has earned $15,25 for fie
county.
Edward Sauders' cost of maltitonauce
was also $00.35, aud his wagea mounted
te $18.83, showing that he ceut thu ceuuty
$20.07. The two prisoners only cost Lan
caster oeuuty $5.7J during the whole ycur.
lleilgmitlun uiul Appointment,
Davis Klteb, jr., hiiperiutendeut of the
Poun Glebe Gas Light company, ler light
ing thelr lamps in this city, touderod his
resignation te-day, te take offeot Saturday
next. 3Ir. Kltch has had ohnrge or the
lamps slnea July 1st, 1892, and has glven
very goneral satisfaction both te the com
pauy and the city elUcials, en acceuut of
the eflloleut mnnner in whieb he has at
tonded te his duties.
Mr. Dollett has bceu nppeluted Mr.
Kitoh'Bsuecossor, nudls uew making the
round of the eity te familiarize hlni6elf
with the duties of the position.
lUieOull.
Th managers of the Lancaster elub
stnte that the Keystone nesociatlen, ro re ro
eeutly organized, oemprishig elubB from
Yerk, Carllale, Chambersburg, Chester,
West Choater, Llttlestewu aud Lancaster,
bes bceu rccognlzeti uy tne American asso
ciation and league at their meetings held
in Buffalo nud Baltimore.
A Vree Lecture.
Te morrow evening, lu the Presbyfiiaii
mission ehapel, Seuth Quoeu street, A F.
Ilostettor will deliver a lectute ou ' T
Weeks in a Pullreuu Palace Car." alt
Ilostettor is a rlpe sohelar and a Ibt t
npeaker and wdl well entertain id.i au u
ence, The publle are invited.