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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-05
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

George Moody shot and killed his
brother John, at Kingston, KY, on We'd
nesday night. John was intoxicated and
threatened George with u knife when the
latter fired OH him. The murderer es-
capped.
The Smithsonian institution has received
from Professor Forster, of Berlin, the
announcement of the discovery by Palisa
of planet of the twelfth magnitude, in
II hours 90 minutes 40 seconds right
ascension, 3 degrees SO minutes north decli-
nation, with a daily motion of four min
utes north.
The grist and box mill of G. II. Macken-
zie, at Bar mills, was burned at Portland,
Me, Loss, $4,000 to $4,000. Insured.
The Maine turning company occupied the
second floor and were burned out, The
fire also extended to a covered bridge, $50
feet long, which was destroyed. Loss,
SAG, 600. Uninsured.
In Nashville, Ind, Edw. Clark and Frank
Pool had a quarrel in saloon, but settled
it amicably While Clark was on his way
home he heard Frank and John Pool
following him, and, believing that they
meant mischief, he stepped aside, and as
they passed shot Frank in the shoulder,
inflicting fatal wound. Clark was ar
rested.
3. C. GardO Peichaco and G. Paichaco
Leas, Brazilian students, each 90 years of
age, attended college in Bethlehem, their
respective families being among the most
distinguished in their native land. They
were friends until recently, when diff
Guilty arose, growing out of an alleged ri
valry in love affair. Accordingly they
agreed upon duel with pistols in Il room,
but the "mutual friend" prevented this
item from being bloodier.
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A Big Undertaking.

There is a strange story ahoat that the
Standard oil company will endeavOr to
get possession of the Pennsylvania rail
road at the coming election and Oust the
present management. The stock has
given way somewhat under the appre-
hension that the effort will he successful.
1t can hardly be that there is any good
foundation for such a fear. The audac-
ity of this foreign company is very great,
but it would scarcely essay to capture
the Pennsylvania railroad. The people
would not have it. Mr.. ROcka-
feller-if that is the name of the Stand
ard S chief-would not be able to keep
soul and body together if he should un-
dertahe 20 appropriate to his vile pur-
poses this great railroad. Pennsylvania
has had enough of these wretched Yam
kee thieves, and if they would dare to
use the money they have stolen to seize
with it the Pennsylvania railroad they
ought to be incontinently hung to the
nearest lamp post. until they were choked
into a promise of good behavior. If
it is hopeless to teach them their proper
place, which is the penitentia1y, it ought
not to be impossible to show them that
they cannot take possession of the state.
One of the peoples chief complaints
against the Pennsylvania railroad officers
is that they have been the tools of these
Standard people, who now turn upon
them when they cease to serve them. If
the railroad officers have earned this
hostility by their refusal longer to sub
ordinate the interests of the railroad
stockholders and the people to those of
this small company of oil monopolists
they deserve to he sustained and they
will be.
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So it was u Sell-Out, was 1t:

Philadelphia Times.
The confirmation of United States Mar
shal Kerns by Democratic Senate, with
out division or debate, must indicate that
the Democrats don't specially object to
seven or eight hundred rounder deputy
marshals at Philadelphia election, or
that Marshal Kerns has repented of such
abuse of his powers as Senator Wallace S
committee developed, and won't do it
again. Whatever may be given out as the
ostensible purpose in confirming Marshal
Kerns, the real solution is doubtless in
the facts that any other successor
would be as rabidly partisan as
Kerns has been, and that in playing
the gem game of politics in the Senate
the Kerns block just happened to drop into
its proper place as the puzzle was solved.
Both Wallace and Cameron are skirmish-
ing for position in the great battle soon to
be fought in Pennsylvania, and the census
bureau is to furnish large army of Off
cials who can he made specially useful in
local political operations. Wallace has
the Senate Cameron has the president,
and as Cameron can't swallow the Senate
with Wallace's boots in his face, and Wal
lace can't gulp down tho president with
Cameron as the first course, there has
been an appeal of diplomacy. The door
was thus opened for Marshal Kerns, and
he has quietly slipped in with good
promises to the Democrats and significant
winks to Cameron, and the census of 1880
will be divide between the Republicans
and the Democrats. Kerns has been lucky
again, and luck is as good as anything
else, and better than some things, when
it carries its man through.
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STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Susanna Fohl, Hon. A. H. Dilrs
grand-aunt, died lately in Greencastle,
aged 81.
Michael Maloy, jr., resident of Upper
Darby, and an inmate of the Delaware
county poorhouse, was found by the
steward hanging to the cell door dead.
Yesterday was legal holiday in New
Orleans and the tiremen celebrated the 43d
anniversary of the department by grand
procession.
In Vicksburg a fire destroyed the resi-
dences of Joseph Royal, William V. Nc
Coy, E. L. Brand and Mrs. Butler. Loss,
estimated at 100000.
At Newpoltz, n. Y, four notorious safe
blowers-Charles Cole, John Doe, Edward
Larkin and William Franklin-were
caught by detective and put in Pough-
keepsie Jail.
Bernard Riese, 90 years of age, while re-
turning to his home, at No. AL William
street, Philadelphia, was set upon by two
men, who rendered him senscless by a
blow OH the head with a bludgeOn, and
| then robbed him of his money, coat and
hat. Having accomplished their end, the
villains carried their victim to the Phila-
delphia and Trenton railroad, near by,
and, placing his head on the rails, left
him to his fate. Some time later, a man
named John Daily informed the father of
the young man of his perilous position and
suddenly disappeared. Young Riese was
at once conveyed to his home, still insen-
sible, and placed under the care of u physi-
clan, but could not give such descrip-
ton of the men as would lead to their
identity Or arrest, though Daily is sus-
pected..
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whom were poor and could not afford to
contribute, and if they did not do SO they
would be looked down on by the other
pupils.
Mr.. Marshalls S motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Cochran rose to personal explana-
tiOn. He read part of a communication
from DR.. Wickersham, published in the
Ner Era Of February 10, in which DR..
Wickersham denies that Mr.. Cochran's $
account of his interview with Mr.. Wicker
sham's clerk is correctly reported, and
charges Mr.. Cochran with endeavOring to
create an impression that Lancaster school
district was being unfairly treated by the
department of public instruction. Mr..
Cochran declared that the report of his ir-
terview with Mr.. Wickersham's clerk was
substantially correct. and that he had no
thought of attempting to create the i'm
preston that Lancaster school district was
being unfairly treated. DIR. Wickersham
had probably been misled by misstate-
ment of his clerk.
Mr.. Slaymaker moved that when the
board adjourn it be to meet on Friday
evening, April ?, instead of Thursday,
April 1. Agreed to.
Adjourned.
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warded in the following manner:

[The watches were bought at Aug.
Rhoads's jewelry store, and arc of good
workmanship and guaranteed accurate
time keepers
At the conclusion of the prize -distribr-
ton Rev. Dr.. Greenwald delivered an ad-
dress to the boys, the following being the
substance of it:
81 was requested to be here to-niaht to
reply to Mr.. 5. S. Spencer, superintendent,
in behalf of the boys connected with this
school. l understand the firm of John
Farnum & Go. have kept this school in
operation for the period of seven years. 1t
is generally stated that corporations have
no soul, but this corporation certainly has a
very large soul, a large heart, not only in
giving its employees employment and pay
ing them wages, to provide for themselves
and families, but by affording them
advantages for good education.
In order to do this they have
erected this room, furnished it
with desks, have provided two recitation
rooms, have paid for all the books and
necessary paraphernalia, employed
teachers and paid their salaries. In addi-
ton to all this we have met here tonight
to distribute valuable and costly prizes
L am here to express, not only my own
gratitude but to express the thanks of the
boys. All that feel grateful and thankful
for the advantages offered by this generous
firm, request to hold up their right hands" :"
There was full response, every hand
being lifted
He took occasion to give earnest words
of advice to the boys, and spoke to them
of the following points:
improvement of the mind.
Industrious habits
In reading good and useful books.
He enlarged OH certain points such as
truthfulness, honesty and manly conduct.
Honest, truthful boys, make honest,
truthful men, therefore boys who can be
trusted, whose word can be relied on, can
at all times find employment and will be
esteemed and respected by all persons.
He urged them to take care of their
watches, the presents they received to-
night he advised more particularly, how
ever, general carefulness of their habits and
characters and that they should not
spend their money foolishly, but cultivate
manliness by thrift and industry.
He concluded by advising them to 20 to
church and become good Christian men
and boys.
A few remarks by Mr.. Spencer, superin-
tendent, and Mr.. Dunlap, principal,
closed the seventh session OF the COnestO"a
mills night scheol.
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THE COUNTY PRISON.

Taking an Account of Stock" Things Are
Seldom What Tney Seem.'
When the old members of the board of
prison inspectors retired in January and
the new members, Messrs. Horting and
Rutter, were sworn in, large amount of
goods, consisting of tobacco, cigars, car
pet, carpet-chain, baskets and other prison
manufactures, was turned over to them 1T
a certain appraised valuation. When
the new inspectors found time
to examine the property they
found that Little Buttercup told the truth
when she said that 6 all that glitters is not
gold," &c. Many of the articles trans
ferred to them were not what they were
supposed to be, and others supposed to
have been transferred could not be found.
They insisted ON having an inventory taken
and new appraisement of the goods
made. The work was commenced yester-
day, the old and new directors, and the old
and new clerks being present. The nature
and extent of the discrepancies in the old
and new appraisemcnts cannot he ascertain
ed until the work shall be completed.
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Aa1lcaster flltelligetlcer.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH s, 1880.



The returns of the last city election
will suffice to inform any intelligent and
falr-minded person Of the inequalities
OF our existing system of representation
Tor the several wards in common coun-
fcil. The present districting of the
city in the first place was a foul gerry
mander, made for sinister partisan pur-
poses: but other reasons have intervened
since then which for general interests
make a change no less desirable than
equitable.
In the first place all the wards are too
large and populous now for single voting
districts and should be divided into pre-
cincts. An average of six hundred votes
to each election district is entirely too
high, and every ward could easily suffer
division into two and some of them into
three districts. With such division
there should be all award of the common
councilmen to the precincts. The system
of single representation from small dis
tricts works we'll in all legislative
bodies. 1t secures a better selec-
tiOn of candidates, preserves on the
average the rights of the minority,
makes more certain the defeat of bad
candidates, and more clearly defines the
obligations and responsibilities of mu-
nicipal representatives.
Under our present tappcrtiOnment there
are three councilmen from each ward,
except the First, which has four, and
the Fifth, that was cut down to two.
Although the Democrats have at least
half the total vote of the city it has been
so districted as to give them on Il strict
party vote only six out of twenty seven
members of common council, and two
out of nine in the upper body-a most
shameful gerrymander, from which the
Democracy only partially recover by
putting up highly superior men in the
Republican wards.
But, irrespective of the party inequali-
ty, it is seen that the ward which now
has the most common cOuncilmen is the
ward which polls the smallest vote. In
the vote for inspector-the fairest test of
viz ASi"eiSS l'iiCy oIhShSCh ailNA VI eiiN w
tai vote-in February the First ward poll
ed only 476 votes, giving it common
councilman for every 119; while the
Fifth, which has only two common coun.
cilmen, pOlled 40 votes-a representation
of one to 239, and the inequality will in
crease with the growth of the Fifth and
the fixedness of the First, the latter being
altogether unlikely to grow in pOpula.
tion.
The Eighth ward with AS voters, and
the Sixth with 72S, are largely ahead OF
the others, which run thus: Second 591
Third 544; Fourth 626; Seventh 597
Ninth 6l2-fgures which demonstrate
how the outside and growing wards
most in need of representation, are de
prived of their fair share of it, to the I'M
due benefit of the inside wards.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
A PLEASANT OCCASION.
COnestOga Mills Night School.

Conestoga Mills Night School.
This benevolent institution closed its
seventh session last evening. About eight
years ago Mr.. S. S. Spencer, superintend-
ent Of Nos. 2 and Cotton mills, concluded
to start night school for few dozen of
his employees. He made preparations by
fitting up the old one-story building for
merly used at No mill as an office. and
employing a teacher. The firm, John
Farnum & Co., hearing of Mr.. Spen-
GERS idea told him at once to make ample
room for as many of the employees as he
could possibly accommodate. He imme-
diately prepared the room spoken of, and
employed ample talent to take charge of
the institution. After the first session
Mr.. Spencer concluded to raise the No. 3
office up to two stories in height. After
doing that he had seating capacity for 100
students. The study room is a large COM
modious room, we'll lighted by gas and
heated by steam. The lower part of the
building is occupied as two class rooms.
The attendance and recitations of school
have been very satisfactory for the last
few years.
At the early part of the present session
Mr.. Spencer announced that there would
be 10 less than $50 awarded in prizes during
the session that the boys having the best
general per cent. of attendance, conduct
and rectations would be awarded prizes
according to their percentage According
to Mr.. Spencer's promise the boys belong
ing to the school assembled last night to
hear the reports of the school read, each
hoping to win a prize. At about 7:3O
p. m., Mr.. Spencer, superintendent of the
school, accompanied by Rev. Dr. f. Green
wald, A. J. Dunlap, principal, and Geo.
A. Lane, esq.,, and Prof. Geo. A. Glover,
assistants, entered the building, which was
pretty we'll crowded. no less than about
ninety boys being present. The exercises
commenced by the principal reading the
report of attendance and per cent. of at
tendance, conduct and recitation during
the term, after which the prizes were
awarded in the following manner:
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A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Seeing Her Dying Son Brought Home,
Mother DrODS Dead.

Seeing Her Dying Son Brought Home, II
Mother Drops Dead.
One of the most distressing accidents
that was ever recorded for Pittston borough
last night, about 8 o'clock, when little
son of Joseph p. Schooley, prominent
citizen, was shot through the body at
the hands of an assassin, who is being
diligently searched for. This tragic
affair took place in the outskirts of
the borough, at place where law
and order are little observed, and
how the victim wandered into the To-
cality at such a time cannot be ascertained.
Persons who have been to the scene of the
occurrence learn that young ,Schooley,
while passing through a lot, was fired
upon by burly-lOoking fellow, and the
just below the shoulder. DR.. Gibbons
and expressed himself that the boy could
not live. He was carried to his home,
and when being brought into the house
his mother, upon looking at her boy, who
was insensible at the time, was seized
with an apop!ectic fit and dropped dead
This second calamity caused the widest
excitement and when the particulars be-
came known the people aocked to the
house and in short time the streets in
the vicinity were impossible. Ex-Bur-
CESS Schooley was absent in Lancaster
and was telegraphed for, as was the daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. NJ. Dryden, who resides i'll
Wilkesbarre. 1t is supposed that young
Schooley, was enticed into the neighbor-
hood by other boys, for what purpose it
cannot be ascertained. The family are
among Pittston's most prominent people
and why such dastardly act could be
committed cannot be understood. Every
effort will be made to discover the MUIR
derer and the people demand that the per-
petratOrs shall be hunted down and made
to realize the awful misfortune that has
been brought upon innocent victims. The
boy cannot live, as the ball has pierced his
lungs and lodged where it cannot be ex-
tracted. The murdered boys name was
Waring and his age was IA years.
Mr.. Schooley is we'll known in Lancas-
ter and has been boarding at Cooper's
hotel during his stay her. He was the
father-in-law of Mr.. A. NJ Bryder who
has number of bottling establishments
in different parts of Pennsylvania, includ-
ing one OH West King street, near Null
berry this city, which is managed by Mr.
Schooley. Both have many friends here
who will learn with horror of the tragedy
which has summoned them home.-REP. !
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THE county commissioners of Lancas-

THE county commissioners of Lancas-
ter county have to pay the prison and
poor house bills, but have no power to
control the expenditures at these insti-
tutions-a division of responsibility
which many people think could he avoid
ed and much expense saved to the coun-
ty by putting all of our county affairs
under the control of single board, to be
elected for three years, including a mi
nOrity representation and sparing the
public much of the disgrace and cOrrup-
tion attending the Bull Ring and Hog
Ring rivalries for spoils.
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The Divorce Mill in Philadelphia.

During the months of January and Feb
ruary of this year, 1O3 pc titions for divorce
have been filed in the common pleas court
of Philadelphia, as follows: 55 in court
No. 1, 10 in court No. 9, 8 in court No. 3,
and 80 in court No. 4. OF this number,
79are of women who petition to be divorced
from their husbands and "a are of men
asking to be released from the bonds of ma
trimony. About one fourth of the petitions
allege adultery, and the remainder allege
desertion as the grounds for divorce Of
the whole number-1O3-it is safe to as
sumo that at least 100 of the petitions will
be granted the remaining three cases will
probably be tried by jury, and in these thr G
cases divorces will not be granted. Every
divorce case that went to a jury trial in
that city last year resulted in verdict
against the ibellant while, upon the other
hand, every case that went before an ex-
aminer resulted in an absolute divorce.
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\ COGENT and comprehensive article
Oh our first page to-day, prepared with
care from the auditor generals report,
deserves careful reading and the close
scrutiny of taxpayers. 1t shows the prod
igal and corrupt waste of the revenues
at Harrisburg, the extravaganza that
pervades the administration of every de-
partment, the loose system of paying po-
litical loafers for work never done and
three prices for the little work that is
done. The cohesive power of public
plunder is the tie that binds around our
state capital.
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Medical Delegates.

At the March meeting of the Lancaster
County Medical society On Wednesday, the
following members were elected as dele
gates to the State Medical society which
meets at Altoona on the third Wednesday
in May: Drs. Wiseman, =. F. Herr, w.
H. Smith, Miller, Deaver, Hiestand, Yost,
Norris, Stehman, Cox, Black, McCaa,
Musser, H. E., and Glacken.
The following members were elected
delegates to the National. Medical associa-
ton, which meets at New York, on June
Drs. Ziegler, Herr NJ. L., Bockius, Dunlap,
Welchans, Wentz, and Berntheisel.
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Last evening the proposals for digging
trenches for water-pipes and filling them
in after the pipes shall have been laid,
were opened at the mayors Office. Thos
Madden was awarded the contract for 45O
feet OH North Prince street at 1S cents per
yard for earth and so cents for rock. He
was also awarded contract for 100 feet of
trench on Lafayette street at the same
figures. George Smith was awarded the
contract for 200 feet of trench on North
Queen street near the city limits at 1S
cents for earth and 40 for rock.
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BELLIES VICISSITUDES.


The Daughter of the " Arkansaw Traveller
The once most beautiful woman of Ar
kansas is now a beggar. She is the daugh-
ter of Sandy Faulkner, the original 'Trav-
eler." She has been married several times
and is now known as Mrs. Trapnell. In
the old days of Arkansas aristocracy, when
the rich planters and men of note gathered
at the Ashley mansion, Miss Faulkner was
the belle, petted, flattered and admired by
every one. Her wardrobe came from Paris
and her lovers from everywhere. Slave
to the demands of gaiety and con-
quest, she was naughty, and consider
ed heartless. Her sway for years was
undisputed, and when her financial
decline came she would not recognize a
fact which seemed to her so preposterous.
She married, but her husband did not
prove to be wealthy. From this husband
she was divorced. She was still beautiful
and, though divorced from her husband,
she was still inseparably welded to socie-
ty. But the bright star of her life had
begun to grow dim. Her father died and
left her with comparatively nothing. She
still had offers of marriage, but size dis
claimed them Oh financial grounds. On
one occasion large party was
forming to visit the New Orleans Mardi
GraS festivities. She was unable to
meet the necessary expenses. A gentle
man who had heard her express herself,
and with whom she was scarcely acquaint-
ed, remarked to her: eff you will marry
me will take you to New Orleans" II
WILL" she exclaimed, and they were mar
ried. This husband died shortly after
wards Some time after this she met with
quite an accident. While riding in a
buggy the horse ran away. She was
thrown out and sustained the injury
of broken leg. This might not have
proved SO serious had she not disobeyed the
instructions of physicians and disregarded
the advice of friends. She insisted upon
receiving visitors, and would sit all day
and half the night, propped up in bed,
l,ughing and talking in her gayest humor.
Her restlessness at last rendered amputa-
ton necessary. She had just been turned