(Stye &m&t; ntzlmmfa &J.r i ' ,rV '". FA. 1 V.' . -'' ji', VOLUME XXH-NO, 157. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 10, 1880. PRICE TWO CENTS. V 1 atd? ILli-TRKATMENT OF ORPHANS. TUK KXAMINAT10N Vr TIIK MUVNT ,ier ncitoei. cenvi.vvku. Additional ItereUtlena of Mismanagement Tin. Institution The Girls Found te II llettrr Cared fur Thau the lleye Hen Inspector Inspected. Krein the Philadelphia ltrcenl When llnvorner Palllsen and Altorney General Cassldy went te Mount Jey Soldiers' Orphanswhoel, Tuesday morning, they were accompanied liy Htm. Kahter and Egle, of Harrisburg, who went through tlie school building and found It all that It had been painted. They found boys with the ltch,totter and wrefulu, aud forty children with sero eyes. The doctors also lntorvlewod Ham llinkel, the "school greaser," who salves the diseased boys, and learned the modus oper andi. They also orltled the statoment Hint boys with contagious soreoyosused thoanme towels as the ether boy. Heme attempt hnd been uiade te clean up. Tlie stairways had been sluiced down and seme of the lloers scrubbed, and the llltle girls looked neat and clean. Down In the dungeon plny.roem the broom hnd been put te work, and there was also a somblnnce of cleanliness. Tliree llttle boys sat about the rnrnace keeping warm. I'p In the llttle parlor Covernor Pattlsen and Attorney Uouend Cassldy had Hherbln, the uiale attendant who holds hnlf a dezen dltferent positions, en the wltness stand. Mr. Hherbln wassupposed te be the instructor iu agriculture, but he had no knowledge of agriculture. Therowasapepularimpresslon te the eltect that Mr Hherbln was instructor In mechanics, but his Iguorniice In this respect was simply appalling. In fact, Hhor Hher bln did net knew anything, and he was strangely Ignorant of the workings of the establishment for n man who had charge of the boys nud, as one et the lads expressed It, "of the camp." The clothing accounts, wero then taken up, and Mr. Hherbln wns the most obtuse witness that ever Attorney (leueral Cnsshly get held or. Me couldn't tell hew the clothing account was mnde up te be sent te the department at Harrlsbutg te show that one-sixth or the amount appro priated te each scholar was paid out for clothing. Mr. lassidy called nlteuflnu te the fact that the clothing account shewed boys te have re ceived ene pair of shoes, worth 11.35, and ene pair of beets, worth S2.S0, In a year, and the mending of this feet-wear cost (2. GO. Mr. Jehn Merris read ene el the bills, showing that for ene yearthere Is a hill et J2i for 14-1 pairs of beets rocelvod, whlle It Is net show ii at all that lioets wero i&sued. Mr. Hherbln wasiiuestloned closely regarding the manner In which he insued clothing, and said the boys wero always given clothing when Uiey came In, nnd tliere vvasasowlng-wemnn who uiended thelr clethlug. At this elnt tterney (leneral Cassldy stepped Inte the hallway, and when he reap peared had In tow a very little, very dirty and very- nigged boy about 7 years old. His clothing hung togethcr by n few threads and he stuttered out that he get the suit wheu he came In ; It was old when he get It, and he tried te mew the rents and rips himself. Theso present regarded him with greater curiosity tSim evor. The serenity of Hherbln was undlHturlicd. Dr. William II. Egle said he had goue through the institution and round that a number or the children woresutlerlng from a couugletis allmleu or tlie eyes. no also leunu the leys' upper dormitory very deficient In vonlilatleu and the IhhI clothing foul. He had leund children Hiitlerlng from ether din eases In the school. He had examlned a boy In the school who was sutlerlng from a bad attack of scrofula, auit he had neer had any treatment The school-rooms have bad light bad ventilation and bad overy thing. Heven bevs hnd tlie itch. l)r. C. A. Hahter tostllled that he lilted the school today with Dr. Egle, and thought the breathing space for twenty-eight boys In the llttle dormitory was simply horrible. The play-room for lieys Is werse than disgraceful. The school rooms ure tee small and tlie reel-Uitlon-reom out of all character. The witness tostllled that ene quarter et the boys have sero eyes and nearly all use a common w ash room and towels. '1 he girls nreiu much bet bet bot ter condition than the hey a. Tlie boys' hod hed ding Is unlit for use. Mr. Kherblu wns again called te produce the blankets he hnd In his possession outside of these en the beds. Hodldse, when the astonishing discovery was made that if a chnuge was necessary en all the beds in tlie establishment It could net be made because there were but nineteen extra blaukets. Con sequently they wero Kept en the beds all the year round without change and were washed during vacation. Mr. Hherbln said thore was no pretense mnde of teaching agriculture, and the only mechanics he saw taught was several years age when an attendant had n tool chest and ene of tlie boys had helped In carpenter work. Witness had heard from Mr. Wright but ouce slnce the latter went West, and then he did net refer te the charges against the school. Dr. .1. I- legler, the physician In charge, said he had been connected with the institu tion for the past tw e ears and was paid every quarter. Mr. Jehn Norris conducted the examination, and was Interrogating Dr. y.iegicr as in w nai no used ler ucn, loner, etc, when the doctor folded his arms and announced pompously that lie was net present te be examined as te his knowledge of medlrlne. "1 don't knew about that, doctor," said Mr. Cassldy; "you nre hore te answer any civil question." The doctor then told whathegavothe boys, denoting the various salves he used. He did net knew of many cases of itch, and did net knew of any case of tetter. He did net go around and cxamlne the cblldren, but called almost everyday and went te the Inllrmary, where he supposed the sick cblldren were sent. He did net pay special attention te the diet of the children, oxcept under bis care. He ence restricted the children te vegetables ter fcome time. He thought he had seen all the boys who have the itch in the school. The boy In charge or the uuraery Is under the Instructions of the witness. There are a few cases of sero eyes In the school. If there are tw el e rates et sero eyes in the school witness knows nothing about IU Ha was familiar with the condition of the laundry ami wash-room, but did net rocemmoud that a change be made Witness never saw anything In the school te indlcate uncleanll ness, and never noticed any bad smell In the dormitories. Was net struck by the lUthy condition or the beds. The doctor didn't even think the play-room under ground a bad sort of a place. Miss Weed, the matron, aud Mrs. Plum nier, her assistant, wero Interrogated as te the girls' clothing accounts, and thelr testi mony did net accord with the vouchers en hand In the department at Hnrrlsburg. Attorney Ooneral Cassldy had the cloaks ler the girls brought in, and it was leund thut thore were barely enough te go round, even when the cloaks sent the girls from home were counted iu. The Investigation will be continued at Chester Springs te-day. Ah Atterney General Cassldy and ethers of the partv were standing In the hall they were approached by a lad nameil (Hnley, of Wllkesbarre, who said : " IT you pleaae, sir, this Is what was put en ray plate at dinner; I had te eat this or nothing' The lad held In his hand a large piece or raw ham, which the attorney general looked at and then stalked into the dining-room. He found raw ham en Beveral plates. The ham was sup posed te be cooked, and the cook could net be made te beliove otherwise. During tlie Investigation Captain J- u Delaney, Hen at e librarian, arrived and asked te see the lad (linlev. from Wllkesbarre. (Jluley's father was captain of the famous nttsten rltles, and a gallant soldier. Captain Delaney took the boy te Mount Jey school because it was represented te be the model," and he told the olUcera hew nicely the boy had been reared. When Olnley was led In te bee Captain Delaney he was se ashamed of his appearance that he burst into tears. He Biolegized by saying that slnce Koptember 1st, when be entered the school, he had net had a new suit slven him, but wero the cast-oil" garments of the ether boys. He was net allowed te wrlte home and complain, and had te Miller In Hllenca. He said the boys were a(reld te complain because of the hereafter. The little fellow explained hew the Inspectors, Mr. Hayre and Mia. Hutter, Inspected the school. They steed fie boys in a row and said : "Well, boys, de you get enough te eat? Ie yougeteneu&U clethwT HT you every. tlilriK you wantr Are you happy?" And every mother'a seu of them answered ; "Yes, lr;,r for lie knew if lie did net he was a niarked .'ad for tlie rout of hi term. Captain Delaney will have theGlnley Ixiy removed. TUK V. It. It. MTUVIillOLltKUB. A Unlet Annual Mrrllnx Te Iiiik .100.000 Additional Hhsrr. el Sterk. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania railroad company In Musical Fund ball, Philadelphia, en Tues day passed oil with less agitation than has tuarked the recurrence of that event for sev eral years. Though the managers of the read wero subjocted te a rusitladoer questions and sovcrely crltclsed by Mr. William K. !,ockweod, thore was lacking the spirit of wnrfare that gonerally lnfuses the company's annual gatherings, and the read te an ap proval et the pending policies of managoment was quite an easy ene. Mr. Ix'kwoed charged that the freight of the Adams Kxprcfc company was carrled ever the Pennsylvania railroad lines at about the prlce of pig-iron. The prcsldent had told him that the rate was four times that amount. " New, I have a motion te eiler," he said, " thnt the sllalrs et the Adams Ki nross company be thoroughly Investigated." The preposition bocaine lest In the mam of ethers which follewod, and was net taken up again. Hoferrlng te the operations of the New Jersey division Mr. ixtckwoed charac charac tcrled the part ofthe company's business as disastrous, and declared that Unless such gurantoes by the company worestopixxl they would sink the corporation. In tlie same breath he domnnded te knew whether the Pennsylvania company was net the Penn sylvania railroad company. " That quostlen Is new pending In the su preeo court," (leneral leiils Wagner an swered, but no response came from the com pany's OXOCUtiW'. Taking up thnt ptrt or the repert which condemns the construction or unnecessary lines for purely speculatlvn purposes, Mr. Ixickwoed asked President Roberts whother he did net think that putting 20,000,000 In the Schuylkill Valley railroad was contrary te that sentiment. "In the first place," Mr. Keberts replied, "thore are net f'io.Oeo.OOO In that read, and In the next place I de net think se." Colonel Themas It, iloed otlerod the lot let lowing In roferenco te the proposed Issue of innre capital stock. "Jleselreil, That, in accordance with the request Just presented, the stockholders horeby authorlre the Umril of directors of the cemiany te lssue from tlme te tlme 300, (HX) shares of the capital stock or the com pany, the said shares te be Issued, appor tioned and disposed or as the directors may deem for the beat interests or the com pany." r.dwnrd T. Parker ollerod an amendment which contained a pretest against further ex tensions without the consent of the shnro shnre shnro helderv, and declared against the cost of any extension of the read or branches lielng charged te expense account. Cemment having Imen freely Indulged In for seme tlme upon the wisdom and necessity of Issuhig stock, Prcsldent Hoberts took the Meer and said ; "It is due te the shareholders that seme Mntoment should be made en this subject of providing means for the wants or the com pany. It has calls upon It all the tlme for capital. When woarrlveat the tlme when we don't want mero for the capital account, at that moment the company commences te decay. The necessity et providing capital ler extensions Is obvious, and thore are tw e ways or providing ler capital Incrense your lended obligations or Increase your ahnre capital. The management last derived authority te Increase Its share capital In ISsI, the larger part or It neing used ter me pur pur chase of the Philadelphia, Wilmington A' Bal timore railroad. Heme or the balance was allot ted te shareholders as portions or divi dends, which they readily took, the stock helling above par. There Is still seme re maining, but this balance has run down te se small an amount that if the managoment deems It wle te lssue additional stock, should anything requiring such issue be be tween new" and the next annual meeting oc cur, thore Is no means or netting the share holders together for the authorization or such n purpose. A special meeting requires the call of one-tenth of the entire share capital. He, if anything should occur betweeu new and the next meeting te defend any interest of the company, and share capital is needed, no action could be taken until this privilege nsked for is accorded. If the management has abused Its privileges It Is your duty te turn them out and put In seme ethor management. He long as they ask for what Is for the best Inlerests of the shareholders, the managers held thorn thern thorn selv es rospenslblo te no party ahead of thelr own consciences. Thore has been boiiie comment en the uses of capital, irthere had been any such restriction In I&S1, the nurchase or the Philadelphia, Wilmington V Ilaltlmore railroad could net have been accomplished. I, as a shareholder, did net have te think three minutes te declde whether It was a wlse and prudent action. We were deal ing with men who had ether parties te deal with. Whenever the shareholders think they can't trust the oiecutioti of such plans te their managers, thou they should net change their plan, but the manage ment. Twe or three words about the Schuyl kill Nalley. Fer the past twoer threo years, as is w oil known, the country has been beset by all sorts et speculative enterprises, and many have Ihjeu put forward te Injure this company's business in the future and te stand as menaces te Its prosperity. When robbed or trafllc In ene direction there Is no ethor way te de but te seek It In anether. This Schuylkill Valley read has been a matter or mero anxiety te the mauageni than te any shareholder, and I can say that the read has been et mero value than w hat it has actually cost tw Ice evor. I would like, for the Interests of the company, that the managers should be clothed with full power te acquire money In any manner that U allewed the cemtMuy by its charter, and as a stockholder I can vete for such a resolution as that before the meeting." Other modltleatleus of Colonel Heed's reso lution followed Mr. Parker's, but they wero all voted down, and the authority te Is -no 300,000 additional shares of stock vva granted. Several resolutions rrem Mr. Leck weed con templating the purchnse or the property or the Central Transportation company and the establishment of an express buslness nud line of telegraph ler the oxclnslve use of the rail road company and ether matters of equal im port were duly shelved In the order In which iuey wero presented, 'ine meeting ad journed alter authorizing the appointment of a committee el seven stockholders te name a ticket for the Incoming beard et managers. Sale or the Heutli l'euu Stayed. Tne Huntingdon county sherlfT has goue te levy upon the franchises and preperty of the Seuth Pennsylvania railroad company In the counties of Perry, Fulton, Huntingdon aud lledferd by virtue of an execution Issued upon ene of the Judgments originally ob tained acalnst the bherman's Valley and 1 1 read Tep railroad company, in which the Seuth Pemmvlvanla was substituted aa a de fendant by the court upon the ground that the latter succeeded te the liabilities or the former as well as te its rights and irunchlses. The judgment Is new held by William Wil liamson, and for months has been In litiga tion before the court hi one shape or another, Hlnce the sherlll went te make the levy a writ obtained by the Seuth Pennsylvania company has been received removing the proceedings te the supreme court en alloged error by Judge I'urst In making the decree of substitution, and the levy and snle are there fore stayed. Deuble Murder nud Itnbuery. A horrible double murder aud a robbery wero committed en Monday, at the rami house or Jehn T. Everhart, near Lleklng Lleklng vllle, In the northern part of Clarien county, nineteen miles from the town of Clarien. A boy In the faintly returning from school found Mrs. Everhart lying ou the fleer with her Uireat cut from ear te ear, and her mother, Mrs. Ullflllan, in the spring house, also with her threat cut and llfe extinct- The beuse had been ransacked and $300 taken. Jehn H. Everhart Is a woll-to-de farmer, and was over seer of the peer. He was absent fiem home en township business at the time. There Is great excitement throughout the ceuuty. Committed te I'rlseu, Jehn Heward, arrested for disorderly con duct, was heard before Alderman Deen last yeaing and cent te Jail for Are day. THREE OUTLAWS LYNCHED. AS IN lit AHA TOWN WITIKSaita A frH01.KAhlt KXKVVTltm, A Trie et Dm Driqxrarie An her Famlljr Taken Frem .lll anil Hsngftil KM hjr Hlitit. Thelr Nsnir. Linked with nil Variety of Crime.. Hiieai.h, IniL, March 10. Threo el the fa mous outlaw gang of Archer, namely, Themas ami Martin, brothers, nnd Jehn A. son of Themas, suffered the extreme penalty el thelr crimes Just after midnight this morn ing at the hands of Judge I.yneh. Precisely at 10:30 o'clock, a vlgllance committee of 100, composed el ineu from I.arkln and Orange counties, ontered the town. Tbe lynchers wero very qulet and orderly, aud the sherlll was llrat aroused by the barking of his deg, followed by n knock en the deer. He asked who was thore, and the answer was a crashing In or the front deer, followed by heavy blows which com cem com pletoly demolished It. The crowd then went te the Jail deer and knocked oil' the lock and were dismayed te find anether deer which would net yield te blows. Alter about 20 minutes a man In the crowd was found who understood the eciiliig et the cell deer. The lynchers rushed In and grabbed all three of the prisoners. When the Archers saw the lynchers come In they tnade no resistance, and when asked If they had anything te sty, they refuscd te speak. Thelr hands were tled behind thelr backs and they were taken ever te the court-heuso yard and hanged te young maple trees. Tem Archer, the eldect et the gang, who was about CO years old, was banged llrat. His root were touching the ground when viewed by the I'nlted Press correspondent this morning. Martin Archer, brether te Tem, aged 4.1 years, Is hung up high and dry and both of his eyesnre staring wide open, making n ghastly sight. Jehn Archer, son of Teui A icher, who wns about 30 years old, Is hanging with his hands tied behind him about thirty feet from his father. The crimes for which they wero banged consist of almost everything en the criminal calendar lrem murder down te petty thiev ing. Ter 25 years they have been a relgnlng terror, both In Martin and Orange countles and have torrerbed thocemmunltyin which they lived. They never failed te visit ven ven geance ler a fancied slight, and many a farmer In Orange and Martin counties has lest considerable sums or money by being robbed, cattle stolen or liarns or houses burned down. Mart Archer has a family llv Ing In Southwest township, Orange county, and they are lespected. Twe of his children are young ladles leaching school In that sec tion of the country. Old Tcm Archer lived In Martin county, in Columbia tewnshlp,nnd had a large family, every ene of whom are under indictment for larceny, arson and murder and bear a bad name gonerally. Jehn Archer fermerly lived In Columbia township, and Is ns bad as the rest. TUK DASiir.ltS OF LrXClUMI. aii : iinisiire Where It Seem. That the Wrong Men Hefferrd. Asiti.AMi, Ky., "March la The horrible murder en Christmas ove, 1SS1, when three children wero murdered here, which resulted in n lynching and the killing or nearly forty people allurward, is recalled again by do de do velopmenLs about te be made which will do de do menstrnto that Neal, Cratt and l'.U.s wero Innocent el the crime ler which they suflered. I'er seme tlme sovernl phllunthrople goutlo geutlo goutle men, some of whom r.oversaw this town, have been employing detectives te siftovery theery and investlgnte every due. Thelr work has been ciowned with the greatest snecess, nud the arrest ofthe real criminals will seen fellow. The evidence ngninst thorn Is con clusive nut! will shewvthnt tbe triple murder was cemmitted early In thoevoning; that the porpetrntors went te the house by appoint ment witli ene of the girls, who had pre viously been en lutlmate terms with ene of the ineu ; thnt the triple murder followed an unintentional killing of the boy for resisting assaults en the girls. The arrests will seen be made nnd would have been made befere, but for the excited state or tlie public feeling hore en the subjcet The parties, as has been hint d many times bofero, held very re re spectable places. Will Strlke Thl. Alteruenu. Si'. I.eri, Ma, March 10. It Is pullshed hore this morning that Charles Miller, one of ncommltteeot five Knights of Laber lrem Chicago said te be nu onglneer en the North western railroad, stated hore last night that the men en all the Chicago railroads will strike at S o'clock this (Wednesday) after noon. A l'liitler. A teacher In the public, schools of Han I'ran clscn, had promoted a llttle pupil, aud meet ing her a few days later said : "Well, Mary, hew de you get en In your new class?" "Oh, pretty well. I missed In arithmetic te-day, but It was an; awful hard question." "Let me hear what the question wa," said the teacher. " It was 'hew many chickens hnd the Isiy 1' " said llttle Mary, and the sympa thizing teacher agreed that it was a puziler. III. f.a.t VUII. Net long age a young man abe ut town In Louisville called en a certain young woman of his acquaintance. He was promptly ushered Inte the drawing room by a pretty servant maid, who ran te the roemorher mistress te announce her visitor. "Oh ma'am," said she, "that most litigant or ftlntlcmen who danced with me ene night nst Biimtner up nt the Pluenlx Hill park, ma'am, ni ine graveuiggers- social, is uunii hi the potier a calling en you, ma'am !" The gentleman never called again. Died lrem lOatlus Derajrd Orange. The nine-year-old son of William Harklns, el erk, picked up and ate seme decayed oranges, which had been dumped Inte the street en Tuesday afternoon. Soen alter he became very sick and was picked up en the stroet In a tainting condition and carried Inte the National hotel, where he died in n short tlme, Tw e ether boys, w he had eaten el the snolled!eraiice. are seriously ill from the poisonous ellect-s el tlie fruK. Ileameulerfer' Udik Werk. The Incineration nt Charles Celin' body at the Fresh Pend (L. I.) crematory the past week Is claimed by the engineer te have been the most successful by far of auy that has taken place In this country. The body was reduced te ashes, nnd the latter bleached In two hours and twenty minutes. "My host time," he said, "In Lancuster was five hours, and no body has ever been burned in Wash ington under seven hours. The ashes were also finer and whiter than any that I have ever neon." The Tax en Sumatra Teuarru. A deputation of Philadelphia cigar manu facturers, consisting of Chairman J. M. Jeitles, with II. Wiener and P.O. 1'iilweller, will have a hearing tiefore the wayH and means commlttee el Congress te-morrow te oppose any change of Increase of tariff ou Sumatra tobacco. Or Ibe many hoerings given te many various branches of trade the object was In every instance te avoid tariff re duction, but in the case of cigar manufact urers It Is, en the contrary, le avoid nn In creaeo el tarltl en tobacco. A Mill Mty he Made, Jehn Meeuan, a pugilist or Heading, is arranging for a light te a finish with hard gloves with Denny Kelleher, of Philadelphia. Meenan is a well built, geed looking man. 20 y ears old, and weighs 105 pounds. Kelleher weighs about 220 aud has quite n reputation aa a heavy weight. Meenan played en tlie Ironsides ball club In this city ler a short time In 1BS4. WKIOUKl) AND JtOVHli WANTING. )nanrihIbil.rnlK(rcterrartliaii Politic In Cltr Affair., from the New Km, Hep. The management of the Kepler lire last evening was a striking Illustration of the results of Ignoring the principles of civil sorvlce In our II re department. We have never heard such a universal condemnation of the managoment of a flre as greeted the ear whlle moving through the crowd, as the Ilery element was steadily eating Its way through the fine property of Mr. Kep ler, and endangering the property adjoin ing. It Is net necessary te go Inte details te show that this destruction was unneces sary nnd wanton. There Is nn reason why the flre should net have been confined te the building en Market street, In which it originated, except the incempetency of the direction. And this comes tt permitting partisan politics te control a department of the public sorvlce which should be conducted solely upeu buslness principles. Any busi ness man wouldbe accounted a feel who would dlscharge an em ploy e after he had sorved long enough te master the details erbls busl busl eoss, merely because he happened te diner with him in political faith. Rut this Is Just the foolish thing our councils did. After tbe first chief or the r organized fire department had sorved long enough te understand his buslness, he was turned out merely because the majority had the power te de se, and an other, without experience or any special qualification for the responsible duties of the position, wanted his place and had served the party in power. The Hew Kra protested against this at the tlme, but that class who care mere for partisan success than they de for the public weltare raised their usual parrot cry of "klcker" Bnd "assis tant Democrat." We suggest that It Is high time for the buslness men of Lancaster te organize, irre spective of party lines, In thelr own Interests and In defense or their property. Nearly ev ery department of the city government has fallen under the control of a partisan clique who manage caucuses te suit their own selfish purposes In utter disregard of the cltlzens who loot the bills. The latter, hew evor, are net blameless. They have it in their power te com K) 1 the Jobbers and tricksters te take a back seat, and demonstrate even te them that they serve thelr party host who serve the public Interests best. Jehn King;, the Cripple. A Cincinnati " newsboy " who dled re cently set a geed oxample In various ways, but notably In tbe way In which he contrib uted te the support of the public library of that city. The story was told several years age, but has been revived by news of the young man's death. The "boy" was, In faet,a man forty-three years old, but he wascrlppled by the kick of a horse at the age of sixteen, nud for a dozen years, as a result df this and ether accidents, was bed-ridden and almost helpless. During his long confinement he doveloped a great passion for reading, but had te depend en borrowed books, as he was tee peer te buy any. At the age of twonty twenty twonty elght, after three years or convalescence, he had sufllclently recovered the ;use of his limbs te go from his country home te De troit, and afterwards te Cincinnati, in which latter city he obtained work. Here be was at tacked bysmall-pex, but recovering, resumed work, earning about tbiee dollars a week. As this was scarcely sufficient te sustain him he tried soiling newspapers, and seen be came Cincinnati's most popular newsboy. He was then a man of nearly thirty, and be gan at ouce te saye money te purchase a home and a library. Ten years of steady labor and economy followed, Interrupted only, by a business venture In broom maklng.'wlitrn proved a failure, and by the less of six hun dred dollars he had deposited iu a" savings fund. During all of this tlme he had beeu gradually accumulating a library, buying books with geed Judgment aud at low prices. In 1870 be presented his collection te the public library-, and the elllcers of the lnstltu. tlen were surprised te Hnd that It contained 2,700 volumes of much greater value than the ordinary private library. Just before this presentation was made he had married a well educated girl, with whom his leve of books 'had made him acquainted, but she died about four years age. There are very tow m en sound in body and limb who makea better record than the cripple, Jehn King, and very few with many times ids posses sions who are se generous in doing their share in promoting the wolfare of young readers. hunnei. l-'lgitt n Cave lull of Wettea. A rarmer living near Lawrence, Kansas came into the city with the repert that he bad discovered a cave en his farm that was in habited by pralrle wolves, and from what he could find out they amounted te about three hundred. He hud killed a few, but they would net ceme out, and he was afraid te enter the cave. Preparations were at ence made te raid tlie den. A large party arrived nt the place Monday morning, and turning tlie dogs loose ene or two of them rushed Inte the cave nnd were at ence tern te pieces. A forceofmon then commenced operations, and iu a snort time had a hole into the cave beck or the wolves. Twe men entered and all the dogs that could be found, and advanced en the rear of the mass of animals, who had by this tlme assembled in the front part of the cavern. The dogs became frightened and beat a retreat and tbe men, after tiring a few shots, bIbe get out. After au all-day's skirmish the hunters decided te makea dash and drive out their prey and kill as many as possible. All drew back from the front and kept quiet, and two men again entered iu the rear. This tlme they succeeded in causing a stampede and in a short time the cave was empty. The shooters did seme geed work, and by the tlme they wero through about a hundred wolves had been killed. A grand hunt la lelng arranged. A Lively Movement. This Is the graphic way tbe Londen society Journals occasionally sum up a wedding : "The alsle was lined with troopers, who shocked the sensibilities et a few members of tlie congregation by keeping en thelr head gear In church. I don't think that it can be stall n delightful experience for them te as sist at weddlnKs. They stand rlcldly still the whele time, looking straight bofero them ; but perhaps, the couscleusnoss of thelr value, rrem a picturesque point of vlevv, supports them, and gives fortitude The bridegroom looked very young te be a lloutenanteolonol , aud 1 heartily admired the vigor with which he responded te the critical question. In fact, his 'I will ' made ine Jump, and I won der that the bride did net start. He and the elerirymnn had a merry little race through the ' love aud cherish paragraph. It was as geed as a steeple-chose, with commas ler hur dles. It ended Iu a dead-heat. The clergy man was Hushed from the spoed, but the bridegroom did net turn a hair." Deed, et A.dKiiineut Harrison D. Lupeid, of Mauholmtewnshlpi yesterday made nn asslgumeut of his prop erty for the benellt of his creditors, te A. H. Hershey, el this city. lleniamin It. Winner and wife, orMlllors erMlllors orMlllers vlllo, Maner township, assigned their prop erty te-day for the benellt of creditors, te Jehn It. Kulsely, of the same township. Died Frem Trichinosis. Mrs. Lloyd Heuseubacb, of Seuth Hethlo Hethle Hethlo hern, has died from trichinosis, after great Hiitlering. A daughter died from the same cause three weeks age, nnd another daughter is still seriously 111. Appeal. Heard. The comity commissioners te-day heard appeals from the valuation of property as as sessed by the assessors of the Second and Third wards, Columbia, and Celeraln town ship. which r or the iHTEiuaKNi'iit. Yonder Jamie's blue eyes pleading, Here my Will's ee dark and deep, Can I knew bow I shall answer, Which te give my heart te ktep t , Let ma give te ethrr levers Thlstllgbtbtiit, If you would wen With success thy eiferts crowning De net humbly come le sue. Weinsn strangely love a matter, One of Ann jet ntl sway ; lie who v. ins her best affections, Mutt be one who takes no" Kay." fecAfl Jaurcnce, THE CROP REPORTS. AN OFFICIAL HTATJCSfKNT FttOM TIIK AOlltVVl.TVltAT. OKl'AKTMKNT. Thirty Per Venl. at a Wheat Crep let In the farmer.' Hand. The A Libia Supply, 1'ertjr Vtt Cent, of the I.s.t Cern Crep Vet In the flranarle.. Wahiiinoten, D, C, March 10. The fol lowing statement, showing the condition of the crops, was Issued by the department el agriculture te-day : The stock of wheat In the hands of far mers Is 30.1 per rent, ofthe crop. It was 33.1 ene year age, and 23.1 two years age. It amounts te 107,000,000 bushels, against 109, 000,000 last March, and 119,000,000 two years age. It is only nlne million busbels mere than in March, 1882, the shortest Invisible supply of recent years. The vislble and In. vlnlble supply March 1, was, therefore, 1M, 000,000 btiBbels, ngalnst2rJ,000,000 hut March. The proportion el the crop estimated for con sumption within the county where grown is 41.8 per cent. The average weight per bushel, as esti mated, Is 57 pounds, aralnst K3.3 for the pre vious crop, and 50.9 for that of 1S34. Tbe consumption for bread and ether uses, the seed sewn and approximated 8.'i1000,000 bushels exported slnce the first of March, ISSe, makes a distribution equal te the sup ply from March last. Ti.e March report of tLe department of agriculture en the consumption and distri bution of the grain crops makes the propor tion of corn still In the bands or farmers 40 per cent, of the last crop ; ene year age tbe proportion el the crop ou hand was 37.0 per cent.; two years age 33 percent, of the short crop et 1&33. It amounts te 773,000,000 bushels, 03,000,000 mere than last March, and 201,000,000 than In March 1SS1. The propor prepor proper tion is lowest In the West, where heavy winter feeding is required, averaging 33 per cent. In twolve states, it is 45 per cent, in the Seuth, whero it is required for feed et plow teams in spring and early summer, and 40 in the Middle states. The proportion merchantable Is 82.fi per cent., which is slightly abeve the avorage of a series of years. The value of the mer chantable averages 35.9 cents per bushel ; of the unmerchantable 21.5 cents. This makes the average value el the stock en hand 33.3 cents, which Is hair a cent per bushel mere then the December value of the crop, when the aggregate value was estimated at 5C35, 000,000. HIIARI"H CHUOKE1I UOKK. The Kepert Made liy the New Yerk Senate Committee en ltallreads. The New Yerk Senate commlttee en rail roads, which has beeu Investigating the methods by which the Hreadway surface rail road, of New Yerk, obtained the franchises, made a repert te the Senate en Tuesday. The repert states that the commlttee nre unnnlmeusly of the opinion that no legal authority ever existed for the construction el the Broadway surface railroad or for the Issue or shares of stock or ruortgage bends. Tbe organization of the company was n mero sham and a cover te n Echome set ou loot by designing speculators In conjunction with tboefllcers and directors or tbe Broad Bread wny and Seventh Avonue railroad company, for whose benefit, In great part, the organiza tion was formed, nnd with which company nearly all such parties vv ere in some way con nected. Thelr purpose seems te have been ie empley the lerms of law te appropriate te themselves wid seize upon the Hreadway franchises, the most valuable street rail road franchise, perhaps, In the world, and they sought this without proper legal author ity, without the consent of the prop prep prep orty owners en Hreadway, nnd without mak ing au adequate compensation te the city therefer. The committeo tben give the matter of fact which appeared before them In evidence and say : "The bad raith of the scheme was ap parent from the very beginning. Kven the small sum, net much, it auy, above 100,000, used In the construction of the read, was advanced by the treasurer of the Hreadway and Seventh avenue company. The Broad Bread Broad vvaySurtace company bad no preperty, no cars, no horses nor any efllce of their own. They bad scarcely anything but a name." The commlttee then review the ellbrts made by Sharp and his coadjutors In pro curing tbe franchise, and say the Lyddy in junction te restrain the aldermen from pass ing the resolutions te give away the rranchlse ever the mayor's vete was bought etl by the payment te Lyddy's attorney of il2,500. At this Juncture eighteen et the aldermen were suddenly called together te meet at 9 en the morning el the lfcsth of August te pass ever me mayors veie ine resolutions et consent, with no timely notice te theso aldermen op posed te the project, and without compensa tion te tlie city, at a time when f2.000.OUO bad been ettered ler the franchise, and when, ir It had been ettered for sale at public auction, it would have, In all probability, brought a much larger sum, Coming te the consideration or what remedy should be applied, tlie committee say swift and summary Justice should be meted out te the guilty parties, and, quite as Important, the fruits of their criminality should be taken rrem them. Te this, and in furtherance of this purpose, your commlttee ask tbe co-eporallon of order-loving and law abiding men. They have had prepared four severnl acts, In regard te tbe previsions et which the committee are net unani mous, which will accompany this report, which deal with the Immediate necessities or the hour, and which nre de- sltmed te restore this frsiuhlsn nnd nmnnriv ... it t.-i.....i i .... ;-. ..s i.e ...... ... ..v.a, miui n. iud nailiu II Mil', se far as possible, protect Innocent Investors who may have been induced te put their money into the scheme. These bills are pre pared and introduced net nlone te meet this particular emergency, nut te no applicable te all cases of llke import. Action is asked at this time for the reasons that the days et the legislative sessions nre rapidly passing nnd a liostpenoment te another year will have ?e far Intrenched the new successful conspira tors that lurther eflerts will be fruitless. What Is Going ou 1" I.lnrehi. Lincoln, March 10. The citizens of this place have petitioned the department for au evening mall which has been granted. The carrier leaves here at 1 in. and arrlves at G n. m. Lincoln new Recurcs Its dally papers from Lancaster the same day they are printed, whlle heretofore they wero lelt ever at Hph rata. Several new houses will be put up Ibis spring. Hev. A. J. Brunner has been appointed preacher in charge or the Evangelical church at this place, which is included in the Denver and Bewmansville mission. Harry Brubaker, or the Ann of Yocum & Brubaker, Iscontlnedte his bed with dyspep sia. The missionary society met iu the Lutheran and Reformed church en Thursday evening witli the president, II. W. Miller, in the chair. The meeting was lalrly attended. The collection was 34 cents. Miss Mary Grestafan read a paper entitled" Werk of Foreign Missions." The society will meet en Thursday evening, March 17. L. E. Miller will address them en the subject, "Charity." Our tobacco farmers have the weed ready for the market. Quite a number or lets have been sold, whlle thore nre still numerous geed leta te be had, Messrs. Hauensteln A. Ce., have purchased many lets, and Ben Wlssler also has bought some, paying 18 cents for geed wrappers and ns low as 7 and 2 cents ter binders and tillers. Held for Trial. Jehn Tomllnsen, or Druuiore township, charged by Fanny Hess, with fornication and bastardy, entered ball this morning at Alder man Spurrier's te appear atceurt nud nnswer the complaint. Ileal I'ttHte Market. Henry Shubert sold at public salent the Leepard hotel, March 9th, the property be longing te 11. II. Hubcr, situated Nn. S32 Heaver street, te Christian Haller for f 1,505. VANtF.r. WKIISTKR. lilt Speech In Washington After The Nomin ation of den. Scott. Ucn: 1'crley Poere, In the llosten budget. Daniel Webster's last speech at Washing ton has been nilsquoted, It was. dollvered from the front deer of his residence, next the Unitarian church, te a noisy crowd, who had assombled te rejolce evor the nomination of Ocn. Scott as the Whig candidate at Haiti Haiti mero. Mr. Wobsterwhe had oxpectcd that he would have received the nomination him self, betrayed no trnce et disappointment, but speke In his deep, melodious volce, " whose every tone was musie's own," sav ing: " I thank you, lollew-cttlzons, for this friendly nnd respectful call. I nm very glad te see you. Heme or you have been engaged In an arduous public duty at Ilaltlmore, the object of your meeting being the selectien or a lit persen te be supported ler the elllce or president of the United States. Others oryeu takean Interest In the result of tbe delibera tions et that assembly of Whigs. It se hap pened that my name, among ethers, was pre sented en the occasion ; another candidate, however, was preferred. I have only te say, gentlemen, that the convention did, I doubt net, what It thought best, and exercised Its discretion In the important matter committed te If. The result has caused me no personal feeling whatever, nor any change of conduct or purpose. What I have been I am, In rrinclple and character; and what I am I hope te continue te be. Circumstances or opponents may triumph evor my fortunes, but they will net triumph ever my temper or my seir-respect. "Oontlemcn, this Is a serene and beautiful night. Ten thousand thousand of the lights of heaven illuminate the firmament- They rule tbe night. A few hours bonce their glory will be extinguished. " ' Ye stars that glitter In the ekies. And suyly dance before tny ejes, What are ye when the sun shall rtseV "Gentlemen, there Is net one among you who will sleep better te-night than I shall. If I wake I shall learn the hour from the con stellations, and I shall rise In the morning, Oed willing, with tbe lark ; and, though the lark Is a better songster than I am, yet he will net lcave the dew and tbe daisies and spring upward te greet the purpling East w 1th ii mero bllthe aud Jocund spirit than I shall possess. Gentlemen, I again repeat my thanks for this mark of your respect, and commend you te the enjoyment of a quiet and satisfactory repose. MavOed bless you nil." A Washington Scandal. Washington is talking of a scandal which In all probability will seen be ringing through the country. Names are net used, but the story as told Involves a newly elected senator, and may result in his political death. It appears that the senater invited some friends a night or two age te Jein him at a dinner hi one of the fashionable up town cafes, especially devoted te the use of gentlemen. The entire party indulged In wine until tbey were inebrlated. Then began scenes of an outragoeus character, which were continued fortwehours. Among theso present was a member of the state leg islature which cbose the senator-elect. lie was shocked, It Is said, beyend measure, and his Indignation found venl In the open dec laration that he would immediately return home and petition the governor et his Btate te call an extra session, of tlie legislature Before that joint body he proposed te relate the night's doings, and demand that the credentials Issued te the offending senator be revoked and another man chosen te the plnce. , A.h Wednesday. Te-day is Ash Wednesday en which the period of Lenten fast formally begins. While the ancient Idea or sack-cloth and ashes is net preserved by the moderns, Lent marks the end of many society pleasures. In the Catholic churches ashes are put en the forehead or all as a warning that man Is of uusi nun must eveniuauy return ineraie. Services in the churches of this creed were nil well attended te-day. Bpeclal exercises w ere also held In the Kpiscnpal and Lutheran churches. The forty days of Lonten fast Is gonerally agreed te be in commemoration el the fast for the same period of the Saviour In the desert. It begins lerty-slx days before Laster, and does net Include the six Sundays that Inter vene In that tlme, Sundays net being fast days. West Knit llulldlng Association. A number of gentlemen interested in the formation of a building association, te be called tbe West Knd Building and Lean as sociation, met last evening at tbe law elUce of Thes. B. Helahan. A pormaueut organiza tion was eflected by the eloctlen of the fol lowing efUcers: President, F. P. Cehe; vice president, J. II. Abraham ; treasurer, L. C. Stelgervvalt ; socretary, Clarence V. LIchty ; beard et directors, AVilllam O. Marshall, Henrvj Martin, J. K, KnuUmnn, H. K. Lichty, Harry A. Schroyer, J. M. Balilll, Alfred Sieber, B. H. Schiudle, Allen A. Guthrie; solicitor. T. B. Helahan. A connnltteo was appointed te adept a constitution and by-laws. A charter will be applied for nt ouce and the association will be ready for business next month, A large number el shares have been subscribed. llunileg Gasoline In the East End. Tuesday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock, a fire alarm was sounded from box 13, at Ann aud East King street, it was caused by a fire lu the yard of Samuel Geed's house en Plum street. Mr. Geed has charge of the gasoline lamps in the Second and Sixth wards and keeps a let of oil en hand in bis yard. In some mysterious way oue ofthe cans took tire and was burned. One can ex ploded, spilling oil all ever tbe yard. A creat llirlit was made and the firemen of company Ne. 3 were promptly en hand but did uet use water, as tiienre w as extinguished In short tlme. The only dainage was the audit Imminci sllehtburnine of the yard fence.Oulcers Kead mail and Husheng happened te be passing tbe place when the flre liroke out and they Bounded the alnrm. It Isllkely that the oil was set en lire by seme ene anxious te make an excitement. Who Is Jaine. Gorden f The New Yerk Weekly Tribune contains a column lulvertlsement of n Terente, Can ada, linn, who give prizes lnconnectlen with goods they sell. Among theso who are al leged te have been lucky is a party giving the name or James Gorden, Lancaster, Pa., who writes them that he received a ladies geld watch. Ne Ktldenre Against Theui. Tlie two boys arrested en suspicion of having stolen pigeons from the reef of Alexander Hudgeen, were heard by Alder man A. 1 Donuelly last evenlug. The ovl evl deuce tailed te connect them with the theft and they were discharged lrem custody. UerUlen Itendered, Aldermnu Porduey te-day rendeied his de cision In the cases against Jehn A. Brake, heard by him yesterday. Tlie charge pre ferred by Isaac Diller A Seus or disposing or ills goods with intent te defraud his creditors w as dismissed. The false pretense cases pre ferred by Satnuel Fewler uud Henry Oerhart were returned te court. Entered Hall. Wm. A. Keller and Geerge Baker, whose arrest for nssaulting Emanuel Wllhelm and Otllrer Merrlnger was noted yesterday, have been reloased rrem prison. Ball was entered for their appearance bofero Aldermen Deen and A. V. Dennelly te auswer the charges perferrcd against them. - m ' Toe Many Witnesses. Yesterday alternoenwastho tlme appointed for the taking of depositions In the dispute between tbe heirs of Keuben Shelly as te some weed land. The number of witnesses Hiibpcenned was se large that Alderman Fordney was compelled te adjourn from his elllce te the orphans' court room. A light l'unl.huieut. Henry llewater nas heard by Alderman A. K. Dennelly last ovenlng, en the charge et abusing his family. He premised te be have In the future, aud as his wife did net desire the alderman te punish him severely he was let eit with an Imprisonment of two days. FIVE MEN BLOWN TO PIECES. A TKRRlBl.r TVU BOAT KXVLOBKIN IS nOSTOlt HAMBUlt. While Stesn.lngrucldljr Along, It UBhmntn a Theu wnd Atom, and the Crew latUatly Kllled-Tng. in u,. viclnty Gather np The Il.mAle. of the riesd. Bosten, March 10. The tug Jehn Markee left her berth at T wharf at 030 o'clock tbte morning and started down the harbor tn search or vessels desiring her services. There waa a large number of persons en the wharr at the time who watched the beat steam away. Just m the beat arrived off Leng Island an explo exple explo slen occurred en beard of which the noise was plainly audible in this oily. The beat was blown completely te atoms and her crew or Ave men were Instantly killed. The crew1 consisted or Capt Cyrus A. Nlckersen, who resides at 37 Louden street. East Bosten! Engineer Geerge A. Croeker ; Frank Croeker, fireman; Albert D. Smith, cook, and James Hedgklns, deck band. The bodies or the captain and engineer were recovered by tugs that wero cruising in the neighbor hood. They wero brought here and taken te the morgue. The beat was built In Phila delphia about 12 years age and plled In Phila delphia waters until eight or nine months age when she was bought by Capt. Nloker Nleker Nloker sen, a man named Sprague and ene ether persen. TO BEfJSAT. ItBLVSFATlS.fr. Why the United states Wring an Action Against the Ilell Telephone Company. Washington-, D. C, March 10. The bill which the government will Ale against the Bell Telephone company and Alexander Gra ham Bell has been completed. It will be filed at Columbus by ex-Senater Thurman. The United States charge that oertain letters patent issued toAlexander Graham Bell, dated March 7, 1870, numbered 174,405, and January 30, 1877, numbered 180,788, were illegally and improperly procured te be Issued, and for this reason brines this bill In equity as a means of causing Justice te be done. Prof. Bell is plainly charged with net only falling te meet the requirements of the law, but with misleading and deceiving tbe examining elllclals of the patent efllce. The United States charge that Bell was anticipated In the discovery or the electrical speaking telephone by Philip Hels, Crom well, Fleetwood, Vailey, Antonie Mueccl, Elisha Gray, Themas A. Edisen, Asabel K. Eaten and many ethers. It Is claimed that this valuable discovery is either the prop erty of some ene of these prier dls dls ceverers, or having been abandoned by the original discoverer is new free te be used by the pebple of the United. States. The bill concludes with a roassertlen thst Bell is net the inventor of the Instru ment which he new claims te own and operate through the American Bell Tele phone company and with a description ofthe monopolistic character of the company. Senater Edmnnd. a. a Society Man. Bosten, March 10. A Washington special te the Jlerahl says : "People who had lis tened te the onslaught en the administration made by Senater Edmunds yesterday after noon were somewhat surprised when they saw him at the president's reception last even ing. Senater Edmunds seemed another ' man last night. He Joked with the president and laughed when Miss Cleveland shook her finger at him. He hnd a pleasant word for everybody he knew and was altogether as agreeable as he had been disagreeable a few hours before." I'ulltier aud Civil Service. W.vsniNaTON,D. C, March 10 Heuse. In the Heuse, Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, re ported rrem the committee en naval affairs, the bill te increase the naral establishment. Mr. Pulltzer, or New Yerk, reported ad versely from tbe cemmltfee en civil service reform, the bill te repeal the civil service law. Mr. Stene, of Missouri, asked and obtained lcave te tlie a minority report. Thirty-Five Women Canght Iu the Flames. Berlin, March 10. The drying house of a large llaz mill at Oels, Silesia, was de stroyed by flre yesterday. Thlrty-nve women were caught In the flames and most et them were fatally burned. These of the number who escaped death were seriously Injured. j, Bismarck's Pet Measure te Fall. BERLIN', March 10. Prince Bismarek has decided net te speak en the spirit monopoly bill in tbe Reichstag, as he regards the rejec tion ofthe measure ascertain. Fer the I'Mteur Fund. Parts, March 10. Donations te Pasteur institute are coming In rapidly. the Miners Strike In a Iledy. Piedmont, W. Va., March 10. The miners at the Hampshire mine struck in a body tbU morning. IfXA Til UK l'KUHAlllLITlKS. CWabhinuten, D. C, March 10. Ker the Middle AUSntie Btates, colder, northerly winds, lair weather, followed by rain or snow. Fer Thursday. The temperature will rise rapidly In the Gulf states during Thurs day. TELEOUAI'IlIO TATS. Drake and Stratten'a railroad contractors' efllcesat Gray's Ferry, Philadelphia, were partly destroyed by Are early this morning. 'i ne tar werKs ei -vi. E.ureix cc tu, at tee Point Breeze gas works, Philadelphia, caught Are te-day and were a total less. It Is stated by the strikers at Denlseu, Texas, that Grand Master Workman Pow Pew derly Is coming te Texas te adjust their grievances. Mr. D. II. Bates, president and general manager et the Baltimore it Ohie telegraph company, continued bis testimony before the Heuse committee en posteillces and post pest post reads this morning. The Wostern Union Telegraph company, le-dav declared a dividend of one and a half per cent, te be Issued en and after April 15, ijt "s In certlflcates of Indebtedness payable in cp. .. ltni stock or ine cemnanv ai par. wiiBm . '-- twelvemonths, or when the company shall yL'-. have obtained authority te Increase the eapl-'-tal stock, and until se paid the certlflcates are f te bear interest at the same rate, rt&- Knocked Down uy Herse. .,; Yesterday a man, who had been drinking- !&. M.li1.Mhlu wa Wkllrlni alAnn lh "Dhlta--!.. . delphiaplke east of the reservoir. Justee ,'j two young men, wne nau a nerse anu nuggy, " drove near te him, he stepped in front of The horse. Ue was knocked down an i braised, ;;. but his injuries did net amount te much. ' A Heading Iterber Move Here. u'i Frem the Heading Xaglc. ?-, David Gibsen, for a number of years ceVs nectee wim xerrys tonseriai wumimisiei . under the Keystone hotel, has gene te l caster, where he has opened barber efcef. A Valuable Hen Dies. i-C-v A horse belonging te Jehn DHal, yesterday. Dr. Weber, veHriMiy ,yt , marla a tnM.IWlrtAIII II I S I lllll I UH Ot NM tM mil, andfeund that (Ms Wtewyft py a tumor in loeaj.-rv--v-. ": , pennus. iiw in" f- --' ? jr,) Anrama'Cestrl. " ? The list of esses for argument twi WHjfcj h.a bea nrepared. i re are em w mmMgri .miinni 13 case In court, 13 tn the orphan' court quarter ninn i i-i r &." m M i"ii )i. 41 v "rt: v . ?, && y .." .i JtefMll
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