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SATURDAY ITVEKINO, APRIL, 13, 1804.
A Corrupt Campaign
The Lincastcr Inquirer loams from a
gentleman, formerly of this county, who
has been spending a few days liore
watching the political canvass for He
publican nominations, that the condition
of "our local politics Is rapidly growing
worse Instead of better ;" "that the use
of money is as prevalent as ever, and
that many men of respectability and the
owners of considerable property, are net
above accepting money for political ser
vices at the primaries ; "that staid and
reputable farmers, members of the
church and owning their bread acres,
were la .Lancaster city within the past
west asking money of candidates te
assist them at the primaries te-day I "
The law punishing all frauds or at
tempts at frauds, or any attempt te
purchase or control votes at the prima
rles, is a decided failure. The recently
enacted salary bill it was thought would
exert an impart int influence in purify
ing our local politics ; but this hope of
its friends doei neb seem likely te be
realized."
Our own reports aud observations con
firm all1 this in a remarkable degree.
We have geed reason te believe that the
use of money for the bribing of voters
has never been mere common than in the
campaign just closing ; nor is It cenQned
te any particular faction nor te the in
terest of any special set et politicians.
When thellttle b033cs from the country
go from oQlce te oflice en Barbary Coast
inquiring where they can get meney.and
when the big bewes of the city put
themselves up nt auction and change
their minds and their cand Idatei as late as
Thursday night, because they are paid a
higher price, things have come te about
as bed n plight as they can be.
We have shown that this business of
buying and selling votes has spread from
the primaries te the general elections,
until the whole body politic has been
corrupted, and at a city election In Lan
c later, ouethlrd of the voters take
money for tl-eir votes. We have de
manded that this system shall be cut up
by the roots, and that nn organization
of men of nil parties, including the
practical politicians, who are us much
disgusted with it as anybody, be formed
te put an end te it. buch n movement
has only been postponed until after the
primaries. When they are ever, the
necessity for it will be all the mere np
parent ; let it be promptly improved.
The bar'l and the bummer must go.
Net Free Whisky.
Tueie is a great deal of misrepre
sentation or misunderstanding In the
cry that an abolition of the internal
revenue system of taxation means free
whisky. Nothing et the sort. The ob
jectien is net te the subject of taxation,
but te the method of it. Whisky is a
very proper subject of taxation, but the
tax should be local net federal ; it should
be en the sale of It, net en the manufac
ture ; it should he laid en whisky as a
bsverage net as a product. The internal
revenue system is inquisitorial and op
press! ve in its methods ; it tends te en
gender frauds and persecutions ; It Is
inequitable, being 10 per cent, en some
of its objects and 400 per cent, en ethers;
it is unfair, the spirits consumed in this
country being subject te It and that
which the foreigner uses being exempt; it
is senseless In that the two fifths of the
whole productieu of spirits used for me
dicinal purposes aud the mechanical
arts is subject te the same tax ns the
remaining three fifths ttint Is drunk; it
tends te monopoly in that It cencen
trates the manufacture lu the hands of
thefewnud crushes out nil the small
eperate rs.
Let there beun adequate tax laid en
thesale of whisky everywhere, te be
regulated by local necessities. If whisky
drinking creates public expense, let the
whisky licenses pav it where the tralllc
created it. The reveuue tux paid te the
government new, it paid directly te the
states and municipalities, lu the shape
of licenses or tax en sales would greatly
lighten their burdens. Such a tux pro
portioned te the sales, would be eqult
able nnd popular. The 80 cents a gallon
en whisky, new collected by the govern
ment, is the euly thing that stands In
the way of it. Let that be rem ived and
give the state a chance at it.
Te-day's Nominations.
The Republicans of Lancaster county
te day decide who shall represent them
nnd us in the important elllces, te be
filled this autumn ; the most Important
being the congressional representative
and the Judge. We have net interfered
in the contest, save te chronicle its
various phases, We have net done se
because the responsibility of the election
was net upon ub. We propose te
oppose the ticket when nominated,
and especially canuet be reconciled te
either the congressman or the iudae who
will be aelected te-day, whoever he mav
be. We canuet accept the congressman
because it is a political oilice which can
not be filled te our satisfaction by any
ene but a Democrat. Mr. Smith has
made as geed a representative for his
constituents as auy Republican la the
county could be, aad there is no reason
en the part of his party associates
for changing their representative, unless
there be i reason In his long continu
ance ia Ids place. Ter the party and
publie interest that is rather a reason for
again cheesing him ; but eflices have
come.te be regarded as prizes and per
eenal rewards ; uud If the party in this
county views the congressional seat In
this light they may see a reason for
changing their representative. If they
de Mr Hiestand will make as fit a sue sue
cesser as they have.
And as te the judgeship we have said
nothing, eeelng that we cannot support
either candidate for election, netbecauee
they are both Republicans, but because
we consider neither te be fit for the
place he seeks. The one has demonstra
ted ibis, aud the ether will demonstrate
it, in all probability, it he is given
a chance. It will be our pleasure
te ndvocate the election of the Demo
cratic candidate, who will be a geed man
worthy of the place and of the people's
votes ; which, of course, he will net, nev
ertheless, get In sufficient number te seat
him ; but that is their fault and net
ours.
Itcrenue Reform.
Mr. Morrison says that the vote en the
Converse bill showed a majority of the
Heuse in favor of levcnue reform ; and
se it did ; and theie is u larger majority
for It than the vete showed, If we are
right In our belief that the l'ennsylva
nia representatives, who voted for the
fVinvrrsn preposition, are men et
sense and true representatives of
their constituents lu the Dem
ocratic party et Penniisylviuil.i, who
want rovenue reform of the right
kind. But the Converse vete showed
as clearly that Mr. Morriseu'd bill does
net furnish the right kind, lu the view
of the majority of the Heuse, ns It did
that the right kind would be approved '
since Mr. Eaten and ethers who voted
with Mr. Morrison ngalust increasing
the duty en wool, will net vete for his
horizontal Indiscriminate twenty per
cent, or no per cent, scheme of red tic
tien.
Mr. Morrison is a man of sense, an 1
be one who can understand a plain lndi
catien. As he wants revenue reform,
aud knows his own scheme will net
carry, lie should be ready te abandon it
for what will carry, namely, an enlarged
free list ; only this and little mere.
Govkrneks Headly and Jacksen,
Democratic executives of Ohie and West
Virginia, respectively, two states which
the Republicans will make desperate
efforts te carry in October, telegraph te
the New Yerk U'erW that in their Judg
meut the tariff issue is net the only one
nor the main one for the Democrats te
make the me3t advantageous presidential
campaign. They agree, tee, that the
platform of the national convention
should be substantially like that adopted
at Alleutewn.
RESUMUM.
Hail, ! gcntle spring.
" I am the Resurrection and the Life."
Semk of the candidates te-d.iy veil be se
dead te morrow that the Easter resurree-
tleu lessen will be lest upeu thorn.
Keifeh had quite a let of legislative
mud rubbed mte him yosterday in the
summary disposition by the IIouse of bis
charges against Uoynten.
CBOCCt.
A tfeUten flower-slur, set In snow,
I'll it plerceit threuiihtlark nnd cel, I te say.
"a lu co 1 am here, ileuhl out He rcu.
j ml keep with the Kaster-Uay."
Entitle A. Itraildeck
Competent authorities estimate that at
Ieast (100,000 will be spent for church
doeorations ou Sunday in New Yerk, the
Catholics and Episcopalians being tlie
largest purchasers.
As the Democrats pest the books of the
late eleotiena iu Indiana they II ml that
they have iuoreisod their majority of two
years age, whieh win 17,000 ; that tliey
have oarried oeuntles hitherto Republican,
aud eosured control of me.it of tue uloutien
machinery of the state.
Wheat seems te ba mess buoyantly
rampant iu the west thiit year, la Michi
gan it is lopertcd as soveu per ceut. hotter
thou last year ; and iu the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys, Cihferula,it promUes
te be 00 per cent. grealur than last year if
the grain escapes the het winds of May
aud June.
Tun pungeut pen of Libouehero is
direeted against the absurd spectacle pre
sen ted by the beauties, " bluo-nescd,
naked and ashamed," who congregate at
the Queen's drawing room aad wbute
jourcey thither iu the most perilous or
weather and tbe scantest raiment is at
t uded alike with danger te health aud
infraction of the laws of decency.
TBI WAT Or TUB WORLD.
The hands of ttie Kliijr are eon anil lair
Thuy uuver knew labor's stain,
The hands et the rebutir redly wuar
The ideixly brand et Cain.
Hut ttie hands et themunuru hsrdnint scnriert
Willi tliu bcurs et tell unit pain.
The slaves of Pllute have washed Ids hiimls
At whttu at a king's may be
Uurabb.is with wrlns unlettered atnuils,
Fer tnu world bu made hliu true
Hut thy paling tell worn by nails are tern,
U Christ, en (Jul vary 1
- Jamn Jeffrey In the Reche InaeptndenU
EliTKO,
New banished our sadness,
WUh ti-iuts lull et KlHdnusj,
u welcome the Lord's J uullee.
'Tls precious, the story,
Hew lle lil. i UisKiery,
Our Saviour anil llretliur te be.
JIiU Jesus Immortal
Huh iii.-Btd the dark portal,
And Ugh tuned with suuablue Ui gloom.
We rule our glad voices,
M naluru rejolcov rejelcov rejolcev
Thocrtullo has commuted tbe tomb.
Leuak Is net only a bitter nigger hater
and au unreasoning partisan, but he also
laeks the attributes of a gimtlem.au. Last
eveniug in Washington a camp ilre reunion
of the Oraud Army of the Potomac was
held where it might be oxpeetod that
personal hatreds would for the tlme be
laid aside or absorbed iu the joys of con
vivial fellowship. Se any one with cenl-
letnauly lustincts would have thought, but
"Ulaek Jack" net being ondewod with
these priceless attributes considered differ,
eutly. He could net make a speech at
this convivial gathering without mingling
iu it uncomplimentary ullusleiiB te Flu
Jehn Perter. His oenduot throughout
this whole Perter affair exhibits him as a
man of microscopically small oalllire.
HASTKn UOUHIHU,
1 sen Iho sculp) ured altar shine
With starry orewns et tiojile bloom.
Through dusky aisles a breath illvluu
Frem hidden censer st-ams te iUe
And lloitnleltto I'anullse,
While silently, en bended knees,
Worship adoring devotee
Alter the Leuten gloom.
I hcur the organ's thunder peals,
Ami new the Joyous anthem rings i
The heavenly sole gently steals
from that bewildering harmony,
And, like a silver melody,
Frem vaulted rent and bluzsned walls
A swe t, celesllul echo tails
While this (air herald sings.
(1ert grant that all who wateh te clay
Ili'sldes 11 Vr sepulohres el ions
lasy tlnd the great stene rolled away
May bee at lust, with vision clear,
The shining angel standing neur,
And through the dimly lighted soul
Again may ley's evangel roll
The glory et the crera I
Julie A. Thuitr.
PnoFKSsen Ukoueb V, Fisiibii, of Yale
college, has been invited te reoeivo the
honorary dogreo of doctor of dlvlnty at the
npproaeliing terecntbnary commemoration
et the university of Edlnburg,
A WOMAN MISEB
I'llUND Slt!IMKIIKt 1.1 HtSIt ltO.tlR.
ttmnti.We-Mnry of m Onrn HrnniWul Wnmtn
Her Karl l.iive, tlliniipulntiiieiit
nmt I. Hie Mnrrlege,
Pive years age Miss Celia Huh, who
had been noted for nearly thirty years as
n reclue and was. the ewurr of an estate
va'm d at soveral thousand dollars, situ
uted u.'.ir Williamsburg, Md , married a
school teaoher named Murphy. The old
woman was thou about sixty yeirs of age
ami .uurpuy was oreaitcu with uavliik
married her for her meney. After living
together tbrce months Murphy suddeulj
disappeared nnd was uet scen again until
several days age and then euly ler n short
tlme. Thursday afteruoeu Miss Hush, as
sue was called siuce her husband left her,
was found iu a thicket mmdercd. Her
threat was cut from ear te ear and her
skull had been beaten iu with au axe.
Her liouse is iu the ceutru of a deuse
clump et weeds, almost iuacces.sable te
pedestrians, nud she has been the sole in
habitant of it since girlhood, oxectpt dur
iug the brlel period of her married life
She very seldom left her seIudcd place
and worked tliu farm liercelf. It was net
uuusual te seu her plowing, nud ns she
drew ull her meney from b.auk years age
It was gouerally accepted that she was
very rich She was never known te spend
a oeut of nMiiey, subsisting wholly upon
com bread and baoeu the product of her
farm,
lu the neighborhood ehe was reenrded
as a witch and it was certain that she had
concealed about her pl.ice all the in mey
which bad ometo her from her parents
aleug with the farm. The preoifle amount
of this mouey canuet new be ascertained,
as the murderer, who it is suspected was
Murphy, ransaekfd the building from top
te bottom, tearing epeu bureaus, trunks
aud ether recoptaeloit lu search of volu velu
ables. Murphy, the missim; husband, was
a remarkably ue-vl natured man, as nil
remember, nnd this fact leads many te
doubt his guilt. While teaching soheol he
proved te be thoroughly educated, but was
undoubtedly remarkably lazy. When he
learned of Miss Hugh's wealth he com
menced te piy h r ntteutieus aud famish
ed the uolghbers quite a sensation by
tnarryiug the old lidy, dopite her sixty
years. Net long after the marriaRe
Murphy resigned his position ns school
teacher and commenced te lead a life of
tdleuess. This enraged the hard working
woman, who Insisted that he should work
beside her in the Held. He declined, and
after several weeks squ bbliug, duriug
which Murphy discovered that he could
uet hepe te get any of his wife's money,
he disappeared.
Frem the time her husband disap eare.l
the old woman, if possible, became . vnn
mere austere iu her life. She ueer em
ployed help of any kind, mewim; aud
stacking her grain, whieh she bad previous
ly planted and cultivated. Nearly nil the
produee of her plac she sold, and as she
n aver bought au.vthiug it latterly became
a mystery as te hew she could sustain life.
Forty years age bIie must have had 50,000
and ehe probably doubled this during the
potied named, hue never kept a bank
account aud the m ny was undoubtedly
concealed about the hsu-'e prier te the
muruer.
State's Attorney liuury came te tbe
place aud took eh irge of the elfec'D, but a
rigorous search failed te give auv clue t
the murder.
Tl'e murder was discovered by a laborer
ou an adjoining farm, who, iu passing
through the weeds yesterday aftornoen
ueticed that Mrs. Hush was net working in
the Held. Suspecting that alie was very
ill, as she had uover before been known te
be idle, he went te tbe hetiba and saw tha
it had beeu rubbsd. The neighbors found
tbe body alter au hour's hcarch.
"C'elia Hush," said an old lady of the
town, "was a beautiful girl 4e years age,
when she was about SO years of age Sbe
was educated in a private school at Wll
miugten, Del , uud bhe was engaged te n
man named Merloy when she cime home
after graduating. Merley was a small,
delicate man, ugly as sin, but evidently a
goutleman. C'elia was crazy ever him aud
wheti he jilted her ene day for a soheol
mute, a Wilratuten girl who was vUituig
her, she boeanio virtually insane. Iu fact,
I think Bhe did lese her reasen through
grUf, as she was delirious for mero than
three weeks, with typhoid favor just alter
Merley lelt her.
'When una married Murphy llve years
age, I thiuk she was crazy, as she several
tiuiHR asked me if I did uet think hit look
ed like her girlhood's lever. Auy way,
from the time Merloy proved false she
became misanthropic, and wheu her pa
rents died suddenly of smallnji three
months l.iter, she shut herself up from tbe
world and commenced leading the life
whieh haa made her famous hereabouts
terse many yaars."Murpliy's whereabouts
are unknown.
riVK uitm suiuidks.
lll.l inslrr, I,wynr, rtiluen Kevper uud
Kurunr tSmt Their Lives.
Shortly after neon Friday Jeseph Agate,
of Youkers, a guest at Harle'M hotel, New
Yerk, committed suicide by sheeting,
lle leaves preperty valued nt 11,000,000,
ehiclly iu the city and Yonkers. IIh
leaves ene son, Froderlek V. Agate, who
Is a graduate of the Columbia law school.
The suicl le was caused through fear of
lusanity as the result of sleeplessness.
Shortly alter seven o'clock Friday
oveuing Osslan Terburgu, a rising young
attorney, of Pittsburtr, was feuud lying ou
the tloer iu his room, dyiug. He was un
able te spiak, but a lotter addressed te his
rather told the story. He committed sui
cide by swallowing prussie add. The note
assigned no reasen for the net nnd his
friends are at a lets te understand his
motives, ns his future prospects were of
the brightest, He had a large praotice
and was quite wealthy. Ills father is a
promlneut physician. The deceased was
thlrty-oue years of age and unmarried.
Sitting iu a eliair lu his bed room at
1127 Itaoe stroet, Philadelphia, Harry
Hepwerth, the proprietor of the saloeu,
was found Friday merniug by his wife
dead. There was bleed en his night
clothes aud a live barroled Celt's revolver
lay ou the fleer beside his chair. One
bullet was missing aud that was In his
brain, Hepwerth had been drinking for
yearsand was frequently subject te at
tacks of delirious tremeus During the
last weck he has beeu se drunk and
moody that his wife hai foareJ his self
destruction nnd hidden his rovelvor in
various places. Yesterday morning the
oeuplo went te bed at 1 o'elook. The
woman get up at 0 and feuud that her
husband had shot hlmself.
Thursday evening the dead body of
Oliver Dletz, a young nnd wealthy miller
of Newberry township, Yetk county, was
feuud (bating abeve the dam of his mill,
uear his roaldenoo. Dletz was but roeoutly
a rcsldent of Bprlug Qardeu township and
purohased the mill preperty aud moved
his family te It but a short tlme nge. He
left his bad at four o'elook Woduesday
metnlng, without informing his wife as te
where he was going, though his early
leaving and nbsoueo was uet oeusldorod
unusual until later iu the day, when soareh
was made for hlra, There Is every indlea
tleu that he oemmittod sululde. His wife
Is almost dlstraoted nud can assign no
oause for the aet. He was the father of
four small children.
A Weman Hums Herself tu Deuth.
Mrs Usury, the wife of a former living
shtceu miles south of Sholbyvllle, 111.,
haa met with n torrible death, A few
mornings age she had a quarrel with her
husband, ami determined ou frighteulug
him when lie oame lu te supper. She
emptied the coutents of the oeal oil eau
ever her clothes, and thou proceed,
cd te de the same with the
lamps, throwing each ene out of
the window as she emptied it. lly this
means she became thoroughly saturated
with oil, and her young chtl iren, frinht frinht
cned, called in ene of the neighb us, who
stnyed uutll her husbvi I onie home lle
pad ue attention te her ou enteriug the
toetn, se she dellb;ately walked up te
the steve aud Ignited her dress, rt'ae was
immediately euvelnpcd in llnnm, and,
rushlig out of the deer, threw herself into
a dlteh oless by Hr hush fid uuetnp'.ed
te tesctin her from her feariul position,
but oeuld net succeed lu te.uuu; oil her
oletlics until it was tee late She lingered
iu grea agony until sh died em Wednes
day morning.
TiiuiKiiV iiri! ru nmirvriiiN.
A Ss.l I) mioitle MkMMuu In ft
Yt Known
Scrmit m t-uuiiijr
Last Sunday evjauig Mrs Uiitlotte
Sweet, seventy sx jouseld, living with
Uer seu iu-law, rhe. r. lluut, a wealthy
merchutt, wll me restdenej Is ou W .tilling
ten nvcuue, In the aristecrntlu quarter el
Scrauten, fill from the poreh aud died iu
about thtr;y mtuutes. it is asserted that
her grandson, Janus B, lluut, wlu has
been dissipated for s nue time past, pushed
her from the poreh. Corener D.eu began
an Inquest into the cau Fiiilay aftotneon.
Mrs. Fuller, a ueighbir e' the Huats,
testified that ou Sunday eveuiug she heard
cries for help coming from Mr. Hunt's
residence She went te the home and
feuud that Mrs. Se..t wts badly hurt.
Mr.', lluut was. greatly oxcited. nud asser
ted that the e'd lad) V Injury was due te
young Hunt's iliSMpa'ien, thre wing up her
bauds aud oxelaimiug, 'Uj'h killed her;
he's killed her."
Dr Ueyd teslilled that Mrn. Hunt told
htm tha1-just hofero the oJiurrenei her
son was trylug te ge: out of thelmm,
aud was struliu with his father. Tbi
yeuug mau tlatlly get away and started
ler the street, meeting his grandmother ou
the perch. Iu a m mi ut she was feuud at
the feet of the steps. Dr. S'.eward testl
tlcd that yeuug Hunt, win was lutoxlei
ted, otr.ered the etlbe e' Piasid?nt Judg.-)
Hau Hey while tha wtness au 1 the julge
wcre seated there, and said he had lo
co me inv lived in trouble, aud re
quested the jitdg.i t reoemmand
blm te a geed crimiual lawyer.
The judo answered i en Id de
uetblug for h in, and Hu it th-u mvln the
same request for the doctor. The an' herl
ties have b.-eu informed th at deceased, who
had considerable intluonce ever her grand
son tried te prevent him from leaving the
house af.cr he had tern away from his
fathT, aud that he evaded her by pushing
her from the poreh. He spent the night at
the resideuee of itev. Dr. Lgm, ptstoref
the First Presbyterian church, lu her will
Mrs Sweet devised young Hunt 1,000.
Tha parties ate highly coanectcd and the
case has caused niueli oemmo'ion. It is
net supposed th it young Hunt intended
te harm his grandmother.
llilef Stale Happenings.
Norristown is organizing a military
com pauy.
Jehn Maen was fatally crushed between
cars, at Gorden, Sv'huylki I ceuuty, en
Friday.
The steel works eampany at Sttolten Is
receiving au order for 1 1,000 rails from up
tbe Hudsen river.
Stauley hTuauss, of Risten, aged 15
years, foil from a freight train en which he
was riding te Alloatewn en Tuurs lay and
was fatally Injured.
Uarrisburg is having built a steam reul
roller, the wheels of which weigh four
tens each, it is ou the style of a tractieu
oegino el 30 horse power
Uy an explosion of gas en Friday at Ne
3 Colliery, at the Lehigb Valley coal com
pany, at Shenandoah, Thenn Welsh,
was killed aud Martiu Urenuan sevurely
burned.
Oraue blossoms bloemod ever a happy
wedding pair Friday in Palmyra township,
Waynoejuuty. Tue oeuplo were Sylvan
Owen, who is en the shady side of 7'J, and
Catharine Nash, aged 31 years.
The bridge company at Norristown will
appeal te tliu supreme court for a reversal
et Judge lleylu's order appointing a jury
te view and assess damages in th) matter
of tbe potltieu te make the bridge froe.
A chatter has been granted te the State
Line railroad empany. Tue liue will be
twenty six miles leug and will run through
Fayotte oeunty. The capital 1b $200,000
ami the diroetors are all trem Pittsburg.
The iteading Xacs publishes the fellow
leg as au advertisement : ' 'Tbe dramatic
sensation of the season premises te be
Abe Uuzzard ; or. the Welsh Mountain
Outlaws, at the Academy April 19 and
10. It will be given by permission of the
llu zzard family Priees 00 and 25 cents."
Friday morning at 10 o'clock while
eight men were employed in Hlalr's briek
yard digging sand from the hillslde at the
head of 41th street, Pittsburg, the bank
caved in, burying Samuel Iteslin, aged 21,
and Wm Slieared, aged 10, under soveral
tens of earth. Beth were dead when dis
covered. a -si our or tub uka.
Uhlpnrreukeit Sailors Knttrtileeu uj raclfle
Itlsuder.
Letters have been received fremCaptalu
Morrison, of the ship Rainier, whieh was
Inst in the Pad lle oecan January 3, near
UJaal Island, one of the Marshall group.
When the vossel went among the broakers
the natives oame elf iu beats and took the
captain and crew ashore.somo fifteen miles
from the point of the wreck. There are
fifty inhabitants en tbe island, governed
by a king. The natives wcre very kind te
the shipwrecked crew, and did everything
for their comfort. Some of them can
speak English, whieh they have learned
from the trnders whoeomo te the Island,
The Islaud Is threo mlles long, aud is two
hundred aud lifty miles from the nearest
mainland. The noarest land iu the
Phllllpine Islands.
On the fourth day after their arrival
Captain Morrison sent the second ofilecr
and four seamun iu a beat te see if they
could obtain assistance by running across
a ship or steamer. The beat was sighted
by the Urltiah bark Cataline and taken
te Saigon, where the uews was immedi
ately tolegraphod. The lotter which was
recelved was sect lu this beat. At the
tlme the lotter was written everybody
was in geed bealtb. Mrs. Humphreys, of
Hath, who had beeu ou beard, was well.
The crew of the Hilnler oeuslstod of 27
men. The sails have beeu taken from the
ship aud formed into touts, lu whieh the
parties live. Captain Morrison Is being
royally entertained by the king of the
islaud.
Old Soldiers Around a Oeuip rire.
A speelal camp fire et the department
of the Potemao of the Grand Army of the
Republic was held iu Washington Friday
night te oemtuomorato the operations
against Viaksburg. General Jeseph It.
Hawley presided. Upen the platform
were General Grant, President Arthur,
Soerotary Lluoeln, Geuerals Legan, Van
Vliet, Haum, Deubleday, Dudley, and
Hasen, Representative MoKiuley nnd
Judge Lawroueo. General Grant, walking
with the aid of a crutch, entered the hall
at the head of the invited guests, uud was
greeted with the wildest applause, " the
assemblage rising and sending forth ehcer
after oheer, nud continuing the ovatleu
until the general had taken his plaoe en
the platform." AddroweH wero made by
Comrade Alexander, the department
commander ; Goneral Hawley, General
Legau, General Grant, General Haum and
Majer MoKiuley. Lettors wero read from
General Sherman, Postmaster Genera
Gresham aud General Death,
TUB FIRST GAME.
lueNsim-s veusus wit.uiMmiM.
A .Spirited Diluted In Which (tin lleiitu T.rtlil
liir it.ell Smell oreillt Other
lUneUall Nl,
The Wiluiuigteu nlne played thelr first
gatnu of the season with the Ironsides, of
, thUeity, yentmday. Thore were nt least
1 1 000 persons present. The grounds wcre
lu i xe.llent condition, belugas dry as iu
summer. The home team put ou the fol fel
I levsiug hiue : Dan Casev, pitoher ; Uuslek,
i catcher ; Se)der, lb : Ilistlan, 'Jb ; Say,
: lib , Hutu, ss , Lyneli, 1 f ; Damns Casey,
e f, and the "enly1' Nelan, r f. The Itou
I sides plaeJ the uiue lu the same positions
i as has beeu uettd twfoie with i'yle and Old.
Ilulil as me naitory.Tiie latter worked very
well tegether and showed that they euly
need practice. Tite whole nlne did well
considering the fact that tliey had never
beeu en a ball Quid together before. The
Wilmington had 8 base hits nud Ironsides
-I Oldtleld, MeTamauy, Donald, Hlgglns
aud Hamilton led at the bat Iligglus at
second and Jehn Oreen nt left played very
well, but all acquitted thomselvos credit
ably.
Iu the fifth tuning F, 1. Oteeu was be
tween 2 I and 3d when Say gut the ball,
which isas passed from one te another for
sonie time Although six men had Oreen
between bases he successfully eluded nil
aud made his third, where he was left.
Carey, the pitcher of the Wilmlugtens, is
left h inded and speedy, but the Lancaster
bays were gettiug ou him nt tbe latter
put el tbe game
Ssy played a miserable came n' third for
the Wilmiugtens. Ou the whole tbe
Ironsides management are highly pleased
witti the men for the showing they made
against the club which expects te win
the (letiuuut of the Easturu league.
Following is tbe soeto of the game by
timings.
1 J s 4 s I 7 s 9
Wilmington 0 3 0 10 4 0 O-S
Irons! les 0 0 0 0 U 1 1 0 0-2
K ti us named Wilmington J. l!.ise hits
NMImlngtm Si Irouslees 4 Krror-Wll-lulugteu
2, Ironsides 7.
Dames Kltewbsre
Philadelphia : Philadelphia 3, Uay City
1 ; Athlotte 8, Amherst 4 : Keystone 22.
Woelaud2; Hartville 11, Uridesburg
10;
Harrisburg : Regulars 3. Keserves 2 : Hal
tltueru : Providence 5, lialtimore 2 ; Tren Tren
eon : Cleveland 15, Tronteu 4 ; Riohmenil :
Virginias 11, Philadelphia Reds 2; New
Yerk : Yales 0. New Yerk 10 ; Allentown :
AHoetowu 11, L'sfayotte 3 ; Washington :
Washington 0, Detroit 0.
Mttes et the Dlmueril
The salary list of the 100 players new
under contruet for the oeraimr soaseu
amounts te ucarly $1,000,000.
Rig Jake Geedman made oue of the
threo base hits off Kuight iu the Philadel
phia liay Uity game yesterday.
The game between the Clevelaud and
Alleutewa ou Thursday at Allentewn re
sumed : Cieveltud, 10 ; Allentown, 0.
The Dauntless, of Meuut Jey, nre
agitating the subject of a county associa
tion ; they will play the Christiaua elub at
an early date.
President Elliet, of Harvard college, en
base ball : "I call it ene of the worst
games, although I knew it is called the
American national game."
The contemplated game between the
Philadelphia "Reds" and the Lancaster
club at McGrabu's park did uet take plaoe
this afteruoeu, owing te the bad condition
of the ground at the latter place.
Trains will leave ou Monday nnd Tues
day ou the Pennsylvania railroad, en
which days the Ironsides play the Allen
town's, for the Ironsides grounds at 2:30
p. ru. (the regular train), 2:43, 3.00 and
3:15. 'Iho fair for the round trip will be
iu cents.
PUHSONALi.
He.N. Jeiia P. Rui. of Minneapolis, is
visiting relatives iu this ceuuty.
William II. Va.NDEitniLT gave (1,000
for a box at Henry E. Abbey's bencflt.
Haiti gives (5 000 for auether box.
SusATdt Reck wilts his cellar with
perspiratieu iu making a specch mero
quiekly than any ethor man In Congress.
W. II. ScitANTON.ef Oxford, N. J., has
prcsentcd te the elty of Soruuteu 100 elm
trees, te be plaeed in float of the new
court heus3.
C. E. Baku nnd J. W. G. Hershcy, both
of Litltz, entered as students of the Colo Celo Cole
mau imtteual business college, Newark.N.
J., this week.
Du. Jehn U. Dr.Avicii, fermeily et the
Ltuck, this county, domuustrater of anat
omy In the university of Pennsylvania,
was, at the last meeting of his elass, pre
sented with a completo case of surgical
lustruments.
Eitrinieu William, it In reported en
geed authority, has entered into a state of
pronounced detage. He has boeamo abnor
mally suspicious of every person surround
ing him aud constantly exhibits a childish
oagerness te be bofero the publie iu
Imperial statu aud te perferm royal duties
This mania renders him almost Intractable
te the attending physieiaus.
The focueoutas Victims.
Sixteeu bedies were reoevorod from the
Pocohontas mlne, In Virginia, en Thurs
day am' Friday, but euly six of them
oeuld be Identified. Several of the dead
men had picks iu thelr handB, and ene of
thorn olasped n dinner buoket ; se it is
prebable that thelr death was almost In
stantaneous. FEATUREb OB" THK COUNTY PRE33.
The Lanoaster Inquirer prcdlets Con
gressman Smith's overwhelming defeat.
The iirw Era expeets te see a wayward
crop raised from Farmer Iliestand's wild
eats.
The Mt. Jey Herald thinks a confldenco
man is hard up when he tackles au editor.
The Ephrata Review asks when treachery
and bessiam will cease ? At the sound of
the rosurreetion trump.
Te the mind of the New Helland Clarien
It rcqulres no profennd scholar te oecupy
the editorial tripod and dash off sentimen
tal gush and balderdash about the Cincin
nati riots.
New that the Lanoaster oeunty judges
and constables are rcgulated the Columbia
Spy wants a crusade " against the cigar cigar
ette, the empty pistol, and the grog shop,"
m i
NKAULY LUST IN THIS MUl'.
The Narrow Escape et Twe Karmers Frent
it Uuaamlre.
A quagmire in Choiter oeunty, en the
read from Willowdale te Centroville, was
recently the scene of thrilling ineldenr, in
whieh soveral lives wero ondangered, In
moving seme hoiuehold goods, Themas
Straham ventured with his heavily laden
team into the treacherous soetiou of the
read, and stuek fast. Jehu Rakestraw, a
neighbor, with a yeke of exen, sucoeodod
iu pulling the team, whieh was every
roluute sinking dcoper and deeper, from
Its dangerous position. Scarcely had this
been accomplished when auother team
ventured into the quaginlre, aud was ex
traeted with difficulty by Mr, Rakestraw'u
oxen. The geed Samaritan was about te
return home with his exhausted beasts,
when a man in a light oarriage drove Inte
the quagmlre, the ulnglotrce of the vehicle
was breken in the nttempts of his herse
te pull out.The driver jumped out te assist
tbe herse, when he at oneo sank Inte the
mud and begau te disappear. Again the
faithful exen were brought iute sorviees,
and with great dlllleulty euoeoeded iu
pulling the almost exhausted vletlm out
of the quIekBand. One of his beets was
dragged from his feet in the straggle for
life. Mr. Rakestraw hlraBelr oseapod
narrowly with a whele skin, having get
into the mud, and euly succoedod after a
dosperate struggle In getting out. He lest
his rubbers in the quagmire.
I
The Ule.liig in tnu l.i tii Mensun,
Te-day, Hely Saturday, the hist day of
Leut, commemorates sivelally the tlme I
between the Sivleur's death and tesurrre
tleu. In the Catholic ehuiuh the bussing
of the New Kiu the Pasvlial Caudle and
the Uely water font nte Its most marked
incidents. The prophecies iortelling
Chtlst'H death nud lenu reel Ien are rent),
the altars are decorated anew, the peni
tential purple is rum ived from the altars
nud tliu caudles nte lighted, ihe ma-s
Indicates the change that Is le take plnoe
in the moitew with the Sivleur's resurrec
tion, nud the sombreuo.ss that has marked
the services during Passion week iu gloat
part dlsipps'.ars. Fur the tlrst tlme during
the week the ohiuies are heard and the
organ peals forth joyously nt the
" Gleria tu rkoelsls Dee." The services
at the Catholic ami ether churches were
te day well attended.
Cunllritmlleu Mertloe.
Christ Evangelic il Litlheran church,
West King street, was tilled with an up
picci itive nudiotice Friday evunliu. The
service, ns became the day, was verv Im
pressive, 1 be particular oceasiou, no
ever, being the coullrmatieti of it uumber
of persons, who had born under 'distinct
ions for a lime, with n vlew te ohurelt
mombership. After preaching an appro
priate sermon the pastor, Rev E L Reed,
received eleven persons Inte the full com
munleu of the church.
Matter ntuule at the Sliiratlan llhiire i.
The Easter music In Moravian church
will be particularly line. Resides tbe
early morning liturgy at 0 a. m,, nud the
Bastes litany at 10$ a. in., the choir at the
latter servlee will render, with full
orthestral acoempanlmont, " And Uehnltl
there was n Grett Eirthquakc," by Abr
Rittur, the well known old Moravian com
peser, nud "Christ our Passover," by
Millard, lu the evening tnu Sunday
school will render a beautiful Eister ser
vlce ontltled " Easter Angels," mainly
musical.
At St. .rallies KpWcepal Ohiutiti
Thore will be nu early colebratlon of the
communion at S a. in. Festival soivice nt
10:30. with the following programme and
ohildteu's festival servlee, together with
carols uud aldrcss by the rtoter, at 5 p.
m. :
Or aud processional by tuu ; Veuite, Mar
nlngten ; Te Deum, Kuaulf ; Jubilate,
Oanks : hymn, " The Strife is O'er ;"
lvyrie, lteay , Gleria Tibl, Rj.ay ; Crede,
Reay ; hymn, " Angels Rell the Reek
Away;" offertory, "They Have Takeu
Away My Lord," Stabler ; Sauetus, Reay;
Gleria iu Etcelsls, Reay. Tbe large mr
pliced choir has been nugtneuted by the
following gentlemen: Messrs II Schlaueh,
K bteigerwalt U. Yatter and W. Uor Uer
wart. Ttltttll (IK till 1.1ft'..'
Hie funics that I ml lu the Sclrlde el
ouitlne Uuiirur,
Kt
Frauk Courey, the dlsoevery of whose
dead body iu his home about 2 miles fieni
Lititc, Thursdiy merulng, has becu al
ready noted turu out te have been a de
tcrmlned suicide from poison lle left
behind him the following letter nddressed
te his daughter Mary, iu which he delib
erately unfolded his Intention te kill him
self ' 1 paid old Mrs. Shrluer 2 for fifty
bundles of corufedder en Mure'u 31st, se
that I still have thirty flve bundles te get.
Sell the tobacco, Mary, for what it will
fetch and bury me and keep the rest. Sell
my guns and all you de uet need and keep
the meney. Get Abe Carpenter's boys te
finish strippiug the tobacco. I um tired of
this ll'e, Mary, and I am uew about my last.
" Your papa,
" F. CONtlOT.
"Gued bye, Mary. I took the fatal dose
April 2d, at oue half pest three tu the
afternoon."
The deceased was about 50 years old and
was at oue time a ward justice lu Celum
bia. His defeat for re-election weighed
heavily en him, and he h.vt never beeu
very prosperous since. He was also da
feated in bhr candidacy for alderman of the
4th ward about six years age. It is sup
posed that he took his life iu despair ever
his cheerless prospects.
THU STKKKT LI (HITS
The Ola Story Hue. I'lilrtl or (he Klectile
Lumps Mut uurtilng,
Following is the report of the puhcu ro re ro
lative te the street lamps :
Electrio Lamps Orange and Water,
Andrew and Prince, Frederick and Duke,
Lomen nud Lime, Chestnut and Sblppen,
Duke and Greeu, Lew nud Frolberg, Ami
aud Rockland, Mary and James, Charlette
and James, Mulberry and James, Mary
and Walnut, Mulberry and Walnut,
North Quoeu aud Waluut, North Queen
and Lemen, out all uight ; East
King aud Duke, East King aud Lime,
Fredoriek ami Lime, Chestnut aud Lime,
Chestnut aud Franklin, Duke uud Vine,
peer all night ; Orange and Ann, from 0 ;
Rockland and Locust, Lime aud Chureh,
from 10 ; Lew nnd Rockland, Laurel nud
Mauer, from 12 : Chriatiau and Grant,
Woodward and Strawberry, for threo
hours ; Reaver belew Concstega, from 0
te 1 ; Chestnut and Charlette, from 1J ;
Chestnut aud Pine, from 2 ; Pine uud
Orauge, from 3.
Gasollue lamns Church betweeu Lime
and Froiberg, North and Lime, Froment
ami Leve Lane, all night ; Reaver and Sey
mour, from 12. Total -i.
tuu 10 li ok iruuun.
They Appear la Their New Uniform.
The elty pollee ferce appeared this
morning lu their new uniforms. Tbe
treusers, oeats and vests are of the color
and pattern hereto fere Inuso.butthe hatjis
new, being the same kind that is worn by
the New Yerk metropolitan police. It is
known as the " Knox " hat, is blaek, stiff
felt with round crown ; the rim drops all
around ; tnstead of the baud thore
Is n geld etrd around the hat, with
acorns at each end of ihe oerd ; there
is a wreath lu front with a tlgure designat
ing the number of the ollleor. The unl
form of the captain of pelice is similar te
that of the men oxeept that the word
" Chief " is en the front of his hat Instead
of the tlgure whieh designates the number
of the men. The new hats are very light
aud comfertablo and nre regarded as a
great improvement ever theso horetoforo
worn. They wero furnished by 8herllT"
Sides, The uniforms wcre made by ti. S.
Rathven, Greff & Winters, Rurger its Sut Sut
eon and Myers & Rathfeu.
A Freight Wreck.
About 0:45 this morning there was a
nretty bad wreeic of freight ears ou the
Pennsylvania railroad, a short distance
east of Rohrorstewn, Sixteeu cars wero
thrown from the track aud seme of thorn
badly injured. The read was blocked up
for some tlme, and thore was a detention
of trains. The noeidont was caused by a
breken axle. Ne ene was hurt.
Mayer's (Jearr.
The mayor had ten cases bofero his
oeurt this morning. Threo of thorn wero
drunken and disorderly, of whom two wero
discharged en payment of costs, and ene
was committed for 80 days, One uufor uufer uufor
tunate was sent te the work liouse for 30
days, aud six ledgors wero discharged.
Bale of Htoeks,
Jacob D, Leug, breker, sold te-day at
privute Bale, $3,000 Reading nnd Columbia
it, R. 5 p;r cent. bends at 103 aud lnter
est ; $500 Columbia borough 4 per cent.
bends at par, and interest ; 1500 Lanoaster
school 6 per cent, bend, at 103 and in
ternet ; v16 shares Litltz turoplke at 75,
IUM.V flAlllUDAV.
rOIJJMBIA iNKW.s.
,uh
K'iiui.am jtiiiir.-i'iiMrM'K,
AlnMlns et tha llernugli Dminill Appilut
meut nt htHnuiiic Ciimiidtters A
Hey Aliiiimt UlllMl.
Uoreugh council met last evening, all
the members baliig present.
Tbe reduced salary of Mr. .janier,
opera hnuau tuauager, nus placed ngalu nt
llui old flgure
Mr. Plahler ptifented un otdiuance
against corner leallug. Action was du
feried until the next monthly uiceting, us
renulred bv law
i. . .- ...
It, .1, M MUM Wat appointed
cleric
attendant and Mcsmh, Krelder and Traey
opera house stage oatpeuteis. Complaint
having been onteto I against Ernest Wit
ters, bill pester, for neglect of duty, the
opera liouse manager was limtruuled by
council te soeuro the service of au tllbleut
bill pester for agent of shows.
Tbe tax tate of 183 i was established at
5 mills en the dollar for geiieial purposes,
nud 1 mill for a sinking fund
President Patten appointed the fellow
lug Btandiiig cemmittees: Finance, Messrs.
Tllle, Pfahler aud Jehn Wosternian.
Preperty. Messrs. Shttnnn, Utiaher uud
Henry Wtsterman, Highways, Messrs.
Perrettet, Shunian and Henry Wester
man. Market, Messrs. Tilte, lMwuri'H
nnd Henry Weatermun. Flie, Messrs.
Pfahler, Jehn Wcstermau and Shumati.
Law nud Oidlnuiiees, Messrs, Edwards,
Jehn Wosterman and Perrettet. Gas and
Water, Messrs. Pfahler, Tille and Uuoher.
Sanitary and Pellee, Messrs. Ilucher, Per Per
tettet and Ed wauls.
Coutielt thou ordered the paymsut of a
uumber of bills aud adjourned.
Near te Heath
Harry ShacllVr, P. R. R, messenger boy
lu the Wrst yard dispatcher's etllce, fell
whlle tunning nlongside of a freight train
en Thursday, his head striking the rail
road track. His hat was ground te pieces
by the ears, but he esetped Auether
ineh ferwatd nud his skull wjuld have
been crushed.
Aruiitul limn
Seventy ene members of Gen. Welsh
pest, G. A. It., nud 51 Chiquesalnnga Red
Men nttonded the funeral of the late
Jeshua E. Strouse, yesterday aftornoen.
Yesterday aftornoen a " scrub " game
of baseball was played in the Shawueu
Holds. Miflhu Giltuore hud his left oye
closed by being struck by the ball.
The two Gable boys were again arrested
yesterday for stealing, this time their
spoil having beeu iron beleuglug te tliu R.
aud C. railroad company. Their youth
was the cause of their aaiu being ills
charged.
New offleors et the Agassiz assoei.viou
have beeu elected. They are : President,
Rsuy. Ames ; vlce prendeut, Wlltiu'i
Rlghtcr ; Recording seerntary, Gnrtrude
Uaehmau ; treasurer, Kills Detwiler.
Four new players will seen be provided
with uniforms by the band, aud they will
then turu out with that musical ergauir.i
tleu.
At the cerner of Fourth aud Mai or
streets is a broken gaslight, whieh should
be repnired at once. It has net beeu lit
for seme time.
Geed Friday paused elf quietly here, as
de all ether holidays. It was generally
observed by a closing of busiuess plauus lu
the afteruoeu.
The uews of 'Squire Coorey's suioide
w.vs rcoeirel here with much regret. He
was a justice of the peaoe of Columbia for
a number of years, uud he had many
friends lu town.
Numerous Columbians attended the
funeral of Jehn W. Michael at Liucaster
this afternoon.
Uomleuieit Nt tea.
Early closing of stores for summer al
ready agitated. Market largely alien led.
Cigar factory opened by Frank Stoeker.
Irouville band fair opened Inst uight aus
picieusly." Lights e h union ' gave nu
oxcellout performance te a fair s 7. nl an an
dieuce last evening. Wm Hiteshue's
illness has beuomesorinus The Columbia
tire company's fair opens en Tmsday,
rsii iritiAL, rt'iN'i.
Features et the Uleeliig l)Miiipdli:ii
Just us the Intcllieenckii predicted
leug age, Dr. P. J. Roebuck is for Smith
this time, with a hepe of clipping Inte his
shoes next term. He said yesterday te
several promlneut politicians : "I am for
Smith nnd Patterson this time, and for
Roebuck and nobody else, two years
honeo."
Jehn W. Montzeralso, who was claimed
by Hiestand, has finally tlopped ever te
Smith. As seen as Sensunlg came out
flat footed for Hiestand, Moutzer would
naturally tnke the ether side, especially
when the "bar'l" was en tap, and be had
a chance of holding the spigot.
Last eveulug the JVrt JSra started a
lively boom for Albert U. Werth of Cole
rain, for county commissioner, telling its
readers te take their cholce of ether can
didates for flommissieuer but te be ture te
vete for Werth. Werth's frieuds me
wondering why the Era was se late in
discovering his excellence, nud suggest
that the long deferred prnisu is only se
inuuh tally te keep tbe Werth men solid
for Smith.
Three rmi rials
At half past ene o'elook this afteruoeu
three heancs wero standing In front of
Frederick Rrimmer's livery stable eue te
oenvoy te their last resting place the
remains of Jehn W.Miehaul, a second theso
of Mrs. Eva Noher, and third theso of Mrs.
Chatharine Kaue, all of whose fuuerala
wero nnuouticed te taku place at 2 o'aleak.
The remains of Mr. Michael wero brought
from Columbia, nttouded by a large num
ber of frlends nnd taken te the rcsidoLeo
of his motker, North Duke street, wcre
religious sorviees were had, oenduoted by
Rev. Dr. Mitchell, after which the inter
ment wns made in Lancaster oemetory,
the funeral being largely attended.
Mrs. Neher's funeral was also largely
atteuded. The lutorment wns made iu
Woedwnrd Hill cemetery. Mrs. ICane was
buried with Catholic rites iu St Mary's
comstery.
Te be Sent te Lancaster.
Karl Sehulman, who was nrrested In
Ilagerstewr, Md , seme days age en
complaint of Julius Loeb, of this city, who
charges him with having obtained goods
by fulne protenso, aud who received a writ
of habens corpus from the llagers llagers
tewn court te test the validity of
the arrest, was this morning remanded by
the oeurt te the custody of the sheriff of
Lancaster county. Rut n telegram has
beeu recolved iu this elty te day, stating
that a second writ of habeas corpus has
been issued en the ground that the pro
ceedings in the case were irregular. The
oase is uet unllke that of Jehn 1), Dennis,
heard by our oeurt some months age.
The htreet Committee.
The strcet oemmlttoo of councils met
for organization last ovenlug. Wm. Rlddle
of the Sixth ward was chosen chairman
and Alderman J. K. Uarr olerlr. The
oemmlttoo orderod the approaches te the
James stioetbildgo te be oimpleted, nil
the Bewor lulets tobeopenod, and "ohuek"
holes In the street te be tilled. The oom eom oem
mlttoo have but llttle meney with whieh
te de stroet work, nnd oemplant ia made
of the mleerably scant npproerlatlon ($7,.
003) plaeed at their disposal 'for the euiu.
lug j ear.
Mronnercher Ueuceit sun Huelahle,
The Miounerohor concert and eoelablo
at the hall of the society en North Pilnce
stroet Monday evening premisos te be as
suoeessful as all similar undertakings by
this organization hare beeu lu the past,