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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15


AN IMPORTANT ARREST number of
our merchants and storekeepers having missed
quantities of goods for some time past, with
out any knowledge as to where they went to-
employed a private detective to look after the
matter. After looking up all the points he
could, he suspected that the missing goods
were offered for sale at the store of Mrs.
Steinberger, Mt Hamilton and Jennie streets,
Chambersburg. and he quietly set his wits to
work, some three weeks ago to find out how
they got there He Swallowed Mrs. Stein
berger, and found that she nearly always
carried q large basket Last Tuesday after
noon, with her basket, she took the two
o'clock train from the Prison station for
Philadelphia. and brought up at the big store
of John Wanamaker, where she wandered
around FOR some time, and was then taken
into custody. and some S95 worth of silk
handkerchiefs and scarfs which she had pur-
Joined, were found in her basket. She was
taken before Magistrate Pole, and held for a
hearing this morning Mr.. Butler, superin-
tendent for Mr. Wanamaker, and his receiving
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

THE Posi- OFFICE. There is no Govern
ment Department that Is more useful to the
people than the Post Office none better con-
Quoted, and yet strange to say, none that is
more frequently the subject OF complaint. If
a letter goes astray the fault Is always attrib-
uted to the office, yet IN almost every case It
is due to careessness of the sender. Last
year 1858, 651 letters and packages were sent
10 the Dead Letter office. OF this number
100000, were unclaimed, while 800, 900 have
wrong addresses and 8, 600 were not addressed
at all. Incredible as it may seem, 31,974 of
the letters contained notes, checks and drafts,
of a total value of a million and half dollars,
while ~ 600 contained money TO the amount
of $40 ,43S.
One of the most striking instances of wrong
direction that we have ever seen is narrated
by the New Orleans Picdyufe.
A letter was returned from the Dead Letter
Office, addressed to Postmaster Mem illan,
that had gone to England via New York, re-
turned TO America via Boston, forwarded
from there to the Dead Letter Office, and re-
turned TO New Orleans, with nearly $4,000
of drafts in It. The letter" posted Oct. 8,
properly stamped, placed in the through. mail
pouch for New York City, and according 10
the p0stmarls reached them all right Oct 10.
The first mail steamer from that port TO Eng
land must have carried the valuable package
across the Atlantic, as the English postmark
is next observed upon IT. ne Tetufu mari
steamer for the United States, via Boston,
however, brings it back, and the Boston post
mark records the Sth of November as the day
upon which 1t entered the Post Office there.
The next official notice of the whereabouts OF
the package is its entry in the Dead Letter
Office, where the envelope bears the impress
- Nov. 49," From thence 1t was returned to
the Postmaster at New Orleans to be trans
nitted to the parties from whom it came,
more than month and half ago.
The members of the firm in this city who
sent The package, called repeatedly at the
Post Office where secret consultations were
held from time to time between them, Post
master Mcmillan, and Assistant Postmaster
Hunt, but no clue cnnld be obtained that
v arrantcd even a suspicion against any one 10
the office sufficient 10 make an arrest. +" Were
the firm quite certain that the letter was
properly dilected?n the Postmaster asked.
and tile nembefs of the firm replied that they
were quite positive, as they had seen the adj
dress, and it was correct. And the valuable
pack aga. as it returned from the Dead Letter
Office nftera month and halfs absence, was
shown to representative of the Picayuae
yesterday, when the mystery was explained IN
-Fhs adaress which was TO $500 New York,
Eug!-s.s.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

Alexander H. Stephens has been relieving
his mind In regard to the stupid personal
campaign against Garfield. He says: But
our precious National Executive Committee
kept up the torrent of abuse and SANDER.
They seemed to think that the going about
ard marking 800 on mems doorsteps was a
powerful political argument That man
Barnum and his companions perpetrated
crime after crime--for such blunders as they
made were crimes--until their disgrace Gull
minated in an attempt to give currency to a
villainous forgery It almost made one
ashamed of his party to see such weapons
used in its behalf. One of these fac SMILES of
the Morey letter was sent to me. A single
glance told me that it was a forgery, aud
needed no denial from Garfield to convince
me-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

50 A once great party, crawling on its belly
over the continent disfguring private prop
erty with 800 Brand is the latest descrip-
ton of the Democracy, and is due to the
concise genins of the chairman of the last
Democratic State Convention of Tennessee
There seems to DO quite disposition on the
part Of the South to critcise the party for
whose benefit it has for the last four years
been solidifying ITSELF and it is just at present
uttering much in its animadyersions that
savors moro of truth than loving kindness.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

The Washington Star says : I" It is stated,
and upon good authority too, that General
Garfield has been assured personally and by
letter by several Southern Senators that they
intend heartily to support his administration
in the hope that sectionalism. which is so fa-
tai to the South, may be forever removed
from American politics.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

The following recipe for keeping lamp
chmneys from cracking is taken from the
Diamond, Leipzig journal devoted to the
glass interest Place your tumblers, Chin
neys, or vessels which you dcsire to keep from
cracking in pot filed with cold water and a
little cooking salt, allow the mixture to boil
over fire, and then to cool slowly. Glass
treated in this way is said not to crack even II
exposed to very sudden changes of tempera-
ture. Chimneys are said to become very
durable by this process, which may also be
extended to crockery, stoneware, porcelain,
etc,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15
DEATHS.

ALPAUGH AT Pot'erstown, Nov. 10, 1890. John Al
paugh, aged SO years, months and days.
C0N0VER.-Near White House, Nov 20, 1880 John r
Conover. in the 18th year Of his age
TH0MPSON.-At Pleasant Run, Dec. 10th. 1880 after
illness of about twelve days with typhoid fever
David Thompson SON of Aaron Thompson, Esq, aged
about 26 years.
LAMBERT I'm West Amwell township, on Wednes-
day the first day oil December 1850. Zephaniah LAM
bert. in the s7th year of his age.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

The Byram mine, near Dover is now said
to be over eleven hundred feet deep.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

Druggists now keep "Kendall's SPAWN
Cure in sto k and the sale is rapidly increas-
ing. Read ad'yt in another column.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-12-15

THE MARKETS.
MARRIAGES.

HUMMER--CREGAR-on Nov. 27, by Rev. VIM II.
Ruth, " lillian Hummer to Annie B. Cregar, both Of
Annandale.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
Providing for the Insane.

TIE board Of county commissioners met last
evening, mainly for the purpose of considering
the question of providing ways and means to
care for the insone and imbecile who are likely
to be quartered on Ramsey county in conse-
quence of the burning of portion of the in
sane asylum at St. Peter.
Messrs. Mayor Dawson, Fink, Grace, Hoyt
and Wagner were present and members Boh-
land and Rene were absent. dispatch from
Governor PillsbuIy to Frank n. Carleton was
read, which stated that arrangements had been
made to care for all but about forty of the un-
fortunates dispossessed of home by the fire,
and that the probabilities were that Ramsey
county would be called upon to care for about
twenty of them.
The matter of providing for thGm was dis
cussed at considerable length, DR.. Mattocks
taking prominent part, explaining the made
quacy of the accommodations at the poor house
for this class of dependents. because of the in
suffciency of the heating apparatus, in which
he was borne ont by MIR. Michel, of the board
of control, and by MIR. Bassford, architect, who
declared that the building was in no condition
to accommodate any more occupants than
those already there.
bers of the board then drew out the state
ment that it would cost somewhere
in the neighborhood of $500, to put in the
necessary furnaces, hues and ventilating shaft,
stairways, etc. It was men,
toned that DR. Murphy
had rendered the use of the old Davidson prop
erty on Dayton bluff, and the matter was ia
ken under advisement, and will re-
ce1ve ruIi attention. After full, discussion
of the merits K1a uear1ngs OF the affairs under
consideration, and after second communica-
ton with Governor Pillsbury by telephone, in
which it was learned that he would come to st.
Paul to-day, it was decided to confer with him
at 10 o clock A. NJ, and hold another meetinQ
of the board at 80 to act in the premises
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
4 Physicians Prophecy.
ICleveland Herald, Nov. 10. I

The first message of congratulation sent
from Washington to Gen. Garfield after his
election, was dispatched by Mrs. J. L. D
Brainard, Of Cleveland, widow of DR.. John
Brainard, well-known physician of the
Forest City. The text of the message recalls
q rather romantic but pleasant story and a
prophecy.
DR.. Brainard in early life was q
teacher of drawing in the public
schools of Cleveland, and on one acca-
sion three boys, ragged and rough
looking, came into the school room, and one
of them appeared very curious and asked q
great many questions, which Mr.. Brainard
took pleasure in answering. Being struck
with the brightness of the lad, he talked with
him for awhile, and when he was leaving
gave him few words of advice, winding up
with: "With care and devotion to your stud
les you may yet become President of the
United States"
The boy was James A. Garfield, then em-
ployed at driving mules on the canal. He
seems to have been struck with the proph-
ecy, for he ever after remembered
It, and in after life, when DIR.
Brainsrd met him in Washington, they
talked Of 1t more than once. DR. Brainard
died couple of years ago, and his wife re-
membering the incident, ,on the morning after
Garfeld's election sent him the following
dispatch:
WAsH1NaroN, Nov. 3, ISS0.-To Gen.
James A. Garfield, Mentor: The prophecy
of late husband, DR.. John Brainard, is full
filed. You are President elect of the United
States. "MRs. ]. l.. d. BRArNARp."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
Lmnatics AstrQu.

During the excitement of the fire large
number of the male patients wandered or
ran off. The exact number is not yet known,
and probably will not be definitely ascer-
tanned until some time to morrow, when, the
confusion having subsided, the
officers will have chance to take
account OF stock. The number is variously
estimated, however, at from seventy-fve to 8
hundred and twenty-five. Men were at once
sent out to scour the country in search of
the estrays, and succeeded in finding mum
ber of them in the city, some in adjacent
farm houses, while at Kasota nine were
found in body, all evidently highly pleased
at what they considered huge frolic. Two
men were found by a farmer about four
miles from the asylum, with their feet and
hands badly frozen. Their names were John
Ford and Henry Miles. They may have to
suffer amputation. They received immedi-
ate and kind attention. Several others had
suffered frost bites, but they were not of e
serious nature. It is estimated that there
are now from thirty-five to forty patients
missing, some of whom may be lying buried
beneath the ruins.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17

Peter, trustees of the hospital, met informally
about noon, the three former having arrived
by the morning train. All were gratiied to
learn that the catastrophe had not been as
great as was at first reported. They pro-
cecded to discuss the measures to be taken
to provide temporarily for the COM
fort of the patients. It was
decided to at once transfer twenty
patients to the asylum ct Rochester, and to
request the counties of Hennepin and RAM
sey to care from twenty to twenty-five each.
The various counties are to be asked to take
back as many of their own patients as pos
sible, and for the time being no more new
inmates will be received. It Is proposed to
furnish the heating apparatus in the Roches-
ter asylum Immediately. which alone is nec-
essary to render 1t fit for occupancy. This
can be done at comparatively little cost, and
by that means accommodations will be had
for 125 more patients than the hospital now
contains. H was also decided to fit up the
lower hall of the Department. ~ The st. Pc
ter institution for men, which will improve
the capacity by about $50. The most south
erly section of the north wing can, 1t is
thought, be repaired at a comparatively
small cost, and this will be recommended to
the meeting of the board of trustees to be
held next week. The matter of applying to
the legislature for an appropriation to re-
build the portion destroyed, will also be
considered at this meeting. ALI the trustees
were gratifed that the disastes was no more
than it proved to be.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
The Feelingsiss the City.

Few citizens of st. Peter slept last
night, and this morning and all day long
much feverishness has been manifested
among all classes. Groups of people have
been standing in the postofice, the saloons,
the hotels, and all the public resorts, dis
cussing with earnestness each, development of
the disaster. Every person fresh from the
hospital has been piled with earnest ques-
tiops and solicited for his opinion as to the
probable loss of life, the possibility of the
recovery of those VINO have gone astray-in
fact, about everything. The most exagger-
ated reports have obtained currency. At
one time rumor had it that half dozen
bodies had been removed from the ruins; at
another that the fire had broken out afresh
and threatened the destruction of the re-
mainder of the building; at another that q
raving maniac had attacked q farmer short
distance from town, and after numbering
him had mutilated him in horrible man
nes. All these rumors were of course un-
true. Towards evening calmer feeling
seemed to prevail, and ere many days the
town will settle down to its customary
quiet.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
A FrightftsL Scene.

AS the flames increased in volume the
situation became appalling, and scene of
CONSERVATION was presented that few men,
fortunately, ever have occasion to witness.
The binding smoke, the shrieks, maledic-
tions and maniacial laughter of the fright
ened and bewildered inmates, the clatter
and turmoil without, the pressing crowds of
people, the Thousand and o.Ie, things thss
turned he'll loose and made confusion worse
confo1nded, would have almost paralized
the finest executive ability in the land.
It was of course necessary to remove the pa
tients without an instants delay. In &C
complishing this number of the inmates
mixed with the crowd and broke away,
the majority being taken to safe quarters in
the city. But there was those who could
not be rescued and for whom there were no
relief. These were the violent cases who
had to be kept in solitary confinement, many
of them being locked in cribs and straight
jackets.
Others were locked in their rooms, to
which access, by reason Of the scorching
flames, was impossible.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
FROM YESTERDAYS EXTRA.

ST. PETER, Nov. 16.-About p. M. fire
broke out in the laundry of the insane asy-
lum here. The laundry and gas works and
north wing from the main building
are destroyed. The main building and
south wing are all right. The loss of life of
inmates of the asylum is reported at from
forty to fifty. Some were burned; some
died from the effects of gas. Some lives
were saved by ladders. They had to break
the bars and carry some of
them down, being helpless. Some
were carried down or out of the build
ing dead and naked. Some of them re-
fused to come out, and many were lost. The
Winona d st. Peter railroad ran a special
train from Mankato with fire engine and
100 firemen. Those who got out safe are
running at large, there being
no place to keep them from running
away and no roof to put them under. The
excitement was terrible. Some of the in
mates at large have but little clothes upon
them, are barefooted and many of them
must perish of cold. There is the most in
tense excitement here.
Nov. 16, A. M.-The scene at the burn.
ing of the south wing of the hospital was
heart-rending in the extreme. So appalling
sight has rarely been witnessed, and I
trust in God may never be again. The pa
tients in the annex wing were males.
Many of them refused to leave the build
ing at all. They ran up and down the halls,
screaming and crying and acting like the
bedlamites they were. OF course those who
could not be forced or coaxed out of the
building became the unhappy victims of the
flames, and suffered horrible
death in the fire. Others were saved.
some by ladders and some by leaping from
the windows. Some were nearly nude:
some shoeless and hatless, and all were ex.
posed to the exceeding cold of the night.
Many Of the poor demented and crazed in
mates fled as for their lives and could not
be overtaken or confined. Their sufferinps
In this frightful condition can better be
imagined than described. The whole catas-
trophe is too fearful q one to Contemplate
and an impossible one to describe.
The scenes about the city tonight during
be progress Of the fire were horrible. The
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
AN EARLIER REPORT.
ISpecial Telegram to the Globe.

lSpeCldk 4clcSIdM W tuS 0lOD0
ST. PETER, Nov. 16, 8 A. M.-Owing to q
number Of vexatious delays, the special train
which left st. Paul at 1:3O o'clock this
morning with fire relief, did not arrive un-
til o'clock A. NJ.
The scene here is indiscribable. The ter
rife and disastrous conaagration which
started in the laundry of the insane asylum a
few minutes before O'Clock last night con-
sumed the north wing of the building. At
this date the origin Of the fire is unknown,
and it is quite impossible during the excite
ment to collect details. So far as can be
learned the fire was caused by the explosion
of gas pipe in the laundry.
The fire spread from the laundry with
the celebrity of lightning. The
flames crept up dumb waiter and commu-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
Bad Enough, but Not So Bad as at
First Reported.
ONE WING OF ASYLUM BURNED.
Loss of Life, but to What Extent is
Still Unknown.
GRAPHIC PORTRAYAL OF SCENE.
The People Excited and Alarmed, but
Behaving Themselves.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

ST. PErER, Mimi, Nov. H.
There is no intelligence that travels SC
swiftly as that which is borne on the wings
of calamity. It rivals the wind in celerity
and outdistances the famous speed of mer.
curry. The appalling intelligence of the
burning of the hospital for the insane at St.
Peter had no sooner been flashed along the
wires thsn spark of sympathy kindled the
feelings of every citizen in st. Paul and. the
residents of her neighboring cities.
The feelings of sympathy so spontaneous
ly manifested were learned with emotions OF
terror, and at 8 o'clock on Monday evening,
less than an hour after the first intelligence
of the fire had been received, the terrific
calamity was the general theme of conjec-
ture throughout all st. Paul.
The meagre intelligence, so fearfully
alarming in its proportions, hardly left a
hook upon which could be hung the slight
est hope, and on every hand fears
were expressed for the worst.
He'll itself could furniah no more apaIl-
ing picture than that of dethroned reason,
6endish in its ebullitions, in contact with
the most frightful of all destroying elements
known to man.
The mild delrium of the situation was
stupendous. It was fallen Lucifer struggling
with the fendish cahouts of the adversary.
In all that followed the fendish malignancy
and glee, the cracking laughter, SO poignant
with pain, the maniacal scream-there was a
sort of grim irony on the weakness of
boasted humanity.
In the very thought of mad house let
loose, there was something terribly painful
and suggestive. It was like the thorny
cracked of chaff in whirlwind of flames.
Above or beneath these glimmeripgs of
terror experienced to greater or less de-
gree by all who heard of the calamity, was
the more substantial and kindly thought of
succor. As a community, there was nothing
for the people to do bat await for the morn
ing, when the worst would be known, and
when the opportunity would offer for organ
lied relief and succor.
But the city employed its organized band
of fire fighters; to them it locked as the ones
who were 10 carry q generous sympathy in
the skill, earnestness of purpose and pluck
that knew not what it meant to temporize
when the dignity and good fellowship of
humanity was at stake.