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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
NEIGHBOHHOOD NEWS.
Events Across the County Line.

Events Across the County Line.
Samuel Mckinney, a married laborer
from Lebanon, aged 26 years, was mortal
ly wounded in Harrisburg yesterday. He
had attempted to board moving train
and was struck by a signal post, thrown
under the cars and had his right leg cut off
close to the groin and the left one below
the knee.
VIM. Clark, of West Goshen township,
Chester county, owns shoat pig that was
born without ears. 1t presents strange
appearance.
On Monday f. II. Ghcen, of West Ches-
ter, sold a COW that had given birth to a
fine calf in the morning about five o'clock.
The following morning the same COW
added all additional calf to her family-a
most unusual occurrence. Both calves are
thriving.
The Reading Eagle learns that "a num-
Der of Lebanon county tobacco growers
sold their last years crop to Lancaster
county party, who drove around from farm
to farm and bought up the weed. After
they had sold, some thought they had sold
too cheaply, SO they commenced to water
the tobacco after putting it in the boxes
and before weighing. 1t is said that some
had watered SO much that it actually ran
out of the bottom of the cars after being
loaded. We understand that they have
also learned that the Lancaster parties did
not care about paying for WATER and they
have been docked in some instances, over
half Of the weight, not alone for water,
but for damaging the tobacco. One party
had sent load on the wagon to Lancaster
and had to take it home again, not re.
ceiving a single offer on account of it's
poor quality
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
A VERY SAD CASE.
A Young Lady Who Loses Her Beauty and
Grace by an Accident Attempts
Self-DestructiOn.

A Young Lady Who Loses Her Beauty and
Grace by an Accident Attempts
Self-Destruction.
In Karns City, Miss Sarah Campbell, a
young and beautiful lady. attempted self
destruction last week. While sleigh rid
ing last winter she was thrown
from the sleigh and sustained in
iuries from which she never fully re-
covered, and which left her in a con-
dition of comparative helplessness. From
bright, animated and vivacious girl she was
reduced to state bordering on imbecility,
but yet so sensitive that a kind administra-
ton only made her feel more keenly her
dependence. In this frame of mind she
loitered in the parlor a few evenings ago,
after her parents had retired, promising to
follow as soon as she had Stacked the fire.
When her mother rose on the follow
ing morning and had prepared break
fast, she called Sarah, and getting no re-
sponse she entered her room, but the girl
was not there, nor was her couch disturb
ed. Search was at once instituted, and at
late hour in the evening her almost life
less body was found in a coal bank lying
in pool of blood, about mile from the
house. With a jack knife she had attempted
to cut her throat and had made a terrible
cash, from which the blood flowed copi-
ously. She was carried to her home, where
she now lies in a critical condition, with
the chances of life very much against her.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
AWEST POINT OUTRAGE.
COlorod Cadet Whitaker Bound by Mask
Men and HIS Ears Mutilated.

COlorod Cadet Whitaker Bound by Masked
Men and HIS Ears Mutilated.
At o'clock yesterday morning johnson
c. Whitaker, a colored cadet of West
Point. class of 1876, was found bound hand
and foot in his room at the barracks, with
piece of one ear cut off and the other ear
slit and his head bruised. Whitaker
made statement to reporter, in which
he said three masked men entered
his room some time after midnight and
jumped ON him as he lay in bed. He strug-
gled, but was choked and pounded, and
told if he made noise he would be dead
man. They then tied his hands and feet,
and placed him on the floor and tied his
feet to the bedstead. One said: Lets
mark him like they do hogs down South"
They then cut the lower part of his left
ear off and slit the lobe of the other ear
two or three times, and, again cautioning
him not to hallo," they left the room.
An Indian club was found near him
smeared with blood. Two of the men wore
dark clothes and third light gray, and all
wore black masks. Whitaker had received
a warning on Sunday to keep awake.
There is as yet no clue to the perpetrators,
though the commandant has been investi-
eating all day. Whitaker was found in
half unconscious condition, but he is now
able to walk around and converse. Each
member of the cadet corps has been ques-
toned about the occurrence. General
Schofield and Commandant Luzelle are in
vestigating the affair. It is believed that
the outrage was committed by cadets.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
List OF Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postofIice for the
week ending Monday, April 5:
Ladies List: Kate Bender, Martha
Kieffer, Mrs. Jacob L. Landis, Miss
Luncke for. }, Lizzie Martin, Maggie
NJ. Reillie, Mrs. Elizabeth Rinere, Mrs.
Mary A. Shenck, Mrs. Frank Z. Shaub,
Sue Steinmetz, Mrs. A. Thompson.
Gents List Basch & Fischer, J. NJ. p.
Cooper, J. G. Kaufman, DR.. B. Lennon,
Joe Landis, Jacob Lentze for. }, James
Montgomery, Frank Potts, William Pull
man, James H. RAIDER, DR.. c. c. Sea-
brooke. Lawrence Smith, William Stott,
VIM. P. Thompson 0or.), Christian u
mer, Harry Wilmer, Capt J. Whitney.
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Tragic End Of an Unhappy Young Woman.
A Shelbyville. Indiana, correspondent of
tho Cincinnati Gazetts says that at noon on
Saturday, Miss Ella Angleton, aged 20
years, committed suicide by blowing her
brains out with . revolver. The scene of
the sad occurrence was in piece of woods
adjoining the place of Mrs. Betsy McCar-
ty, in the neighborhood known as the
Slough, some six miles southwest of
here, and one mile in the same
direction from St. John Switch. The
ausewhich led the young lady to commit
SO rash an act is surrounded by mystery
and will likely remain SO. The rumOrs
that are afloat are to the effect that she
killed herself in fit of jealousy, caused
by the young man who had been keeping
her company acting as the escort of another
young lady to party that was held in the
neighborhood. A gentleman who resides
near the place where the tragedy was en-
acted said Miss Angleton went to the party
mentioned in company with Mr.. Robert
McCarty, the young man who has been
paying her his attentions for more than
two years, thus dispOsing of the thought
that her act was caused by jealousy. The
young woman had been at the house of
Mrs. McCarty most of the time for
several days. Starting home she went
through the woods pasture, no doubt for
the seclusion which it afforded her of
carrying out the deed. When found she
was dead, with revolver by her side with
one chamber empty, the missing bali being
in the top of her head. In order to make
her work sure she placed the weapon in
her mouth, sending the leaden missile
| through her brain. The body was dis
datelv t notified the coroner who nroeeed
ed to hold an inquest. Had the girl a
voice in the proceedings, tale might be
told that would shake the quietude of the
community. The mother of the girl is a
widow.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
"OUR BOYS"
By the Chestnut. street com,.,x

By the Chestnut Street Company.
Last evening Mr.. II. j. Byron's comedy
entitled Sour Boys was played in the
opera house by Gemmill s. Bunn's, Chest
nut street theatre company Of Philadel-
phia. The audience was of good size but
was not as large as it should have been.
The performance, was excellent and there
has not been company here for some time,
which gave the satisfaction that the Chest
nut did last night. The comedy has been
given here before. 1t contains plenty of
pleasant humor and wit, and is said to be
one of the best Of Byron's pieces The
honOrs of the evening were carried off by
Mr.. George II. GriHiths and Mr.. Charles
Stanley. Mr.. Grifiths as Rrkyn Middle
acick, the retired butter-man, gave a most
admirable performance. Mr.. Stanley per-
sonated Talbot Champneys, young man Of
the so clever, you know" style, with
great success. Heactef the part in a very
easy manner, apparently without any
effort, and assumed the Dundreary style
to the end, Notwithstanding the fact that
he becomes very poor before the close of
the play. j. H. Anderson appeared as
Charles Mddleuick, the son of the butter
man, and friend and companion to Talbot.
His acting was very fair, as was that of
Ernest Bartram as SIR Gectrey CAampneys.
Misses Lille Glover and Annie Fox,
personated Mry Mlrose and Violet Nelrose
in charming style, while the remaining
members of the company sustained their
characters i'll highly satisfactory manner.
The costumes Of the company were rich
and handsome and the stage setting was
very pretty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

Chauncey Newton, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer staff, died at Mount Auburn yes
terday.
The New York state fair will be held
September 13 on tho grounds between Al
bany and Troy.
DR.. Sears has decided to move the Pea
body, Normal school from Nashville to
Atlanta, Ga.
An Oscillatory earthquake, having 4 di
rection from northeast to southeast oc-
Cured at the City of Mexico ON the 10Th
ultimo, and was also felt in other places.
Samuel Hill, convicted at Atlanta, Ga,
and sentenced to the penitentiary for life
for killing his wife's seducer, has been ad-
Judged lunatic and he will be sent to the
insane asylum.
Kenall's saw mills, in Orange county,
Virginia, were burned on Monday night by
an incendiary fire, including two engines,
saws and machinery and several thousand
feet of lumber.
The New York court of appeals has re-
fused new trials in the cases of Pietro Bal
bao, the wife murderer, and Chastine Cox,
the mulatto they will probably be hanged
upon the same scaffOld.
township elections were held through
out Michigan on Monday, with some thirty
city elections. The returns generally in
dicate Republican gains and a decided
falling off in the Greenback vote.
The Chicago city election yesterday was
entirely without political significance. OF
fourteen councilmen elected seven are
Democrats, six Republican and one Social
ist from the Fourteenth ward.
Two young colored men, David Moore
and George Jenkins, quarreled at London,
Ont, on Monday night about girl. Moore
drew Z jack and plunged it into Jen-
kins' breast, inflicting dangerous wound.
The Indians who were driven into ra-
vine by three companies of the Second
cavalry, thirty-tive miles south of Ferry
Point Montana, escaped after two of them
had been captured. General Miles is now
on the ground.
AS the hourly train from Providence, R.
l., for T.onsdale was going out yesterday
morning two boys, John 7. Dolan, jr., aged
s years, and Michael Murray, years old,
were struck by the locomotive and dan
gerously injured.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
Ordination Service.

Very interesting services were held at
the Baptist church yesterday afternoon
and evening, the occasion being the set.
ting apart to the gospel ministry of the
pastor-elect, Rev. William Morrison. Dur
ing the afternoon council, composed OF
delegates representing eight Baptist
churches, convened. and subjected MIR.
Morrison to very rigid examination
touching his Christian experience, call to
the ministry, and views Of Bible doctrine.
The examination was cminently
satisfactory. The public exercises
were held in the evening, the scriptures
being read by Rev. J. B. Soule, of Lancas-
ter, prayer by Rev. T. Snow, of Penning-
tonville. The ordination sermon, being a
clear and powerful presentation of the
doctrine of atonement, was preached by
Rev. DR.. VIM. Cathcart. The ordaining
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. Spratt, of
Pennsylvania educational society. The
hand of fellowship was extended to Mr..
Morrison by Rev. ]. T. Judd, of Harris
burg. The charge to the pastor-elect was
given by Rev. DR.. E. W. Bliss, Of Willis
town, and the charge to the church by
Rev. J. o. Critchlow, late pastor of the
church, now of Germantown. Altogether
the meetings were very interesting, and
Rev. Mr.. Morrison certainly begins his
work in this city under very encouraging
circumstances.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
The New Treasury Management.

Hon. Samuel Butler, the state treasurer
elect, has completed the selection of his
subordinates in the treasury department
and has made them public. They are as
follows: Chief clerk and cashier, William
Livesey, ofPittsburgh clerk H. c. Greena-
walt, of Franklin county; G. H. Beidle-
man, of Wyoming and Captain Thomas
A. Reiley, of Cumberland messenger,
John A. Scott, of Coatesville, Chester coun-
ty watchman, Oliver Reynolds, of West
Chester. The last named is colored man,
who was strongly supported by Messrs.
Forten and Wears, Of Philadelphia, MIR.
Nesbit, of Pittsburgh, and other leading
colored Republicans. Mr.. Livesey is now
of the tax office, in Pittsburgh; Mr.. Green
await is a member of the Legislature from
Franklin county, and was one of MIR. But
ler's personal friends in the House.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Man Shoots HimSolf Three Times.
Abraham Breneman, well-to-do and
respectable citizen of Elizabethtown, at
tempted to commit suicide yesterday after
noon by shooting himself with revolver.
He lodged two balls in his body and one in
one of his legs, and his wounds are so seri-
Gus that it is feared he cannot recover.
Doctors Treichlcr and Blaugh are attend
ing him and doing all that can be done to
save his life.
No reason is given for the rash act,
though temporary insanity is supposed to
be the cause. Mr.. Breneman is man of
about forty years Of age, has wife and
several children, owns good farm in Co.
noy township and a home in:' Elizabeth. He
owes some debts but is not supposed to be
seriously involved. Indeed, within few
days past, he has been engaged in paying
of debts and otherwise settling up his
earthly affairs, as though he had premedi-
tated suicide.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
Kicking Boring.

Philadelphia North American, Rep.
The defeated Republican candidate for
the mayoralty at Lancaster has fully justi-
fled the distrust shown by those Republi-
cans who joined in electing his Democratic
competitor; for he has aptly illustrated
the rule or ruin principle by which the ex-
istence of rings is kept up, in aiding the
Democracy to secure the majority of the
city officials. 1t is not at all likely that
the interests of the city OF Lancaster will
be jeopardized by the result, but Mr..
Boring has certainly proved his Republi-
canism to be of that easy kind that is en-
tirely dependent upon the share of the
loaves and fishes that it procures for him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
STATE ITEMS.

The delegates from Venango county to
the Democratic state convention were
chosen yesterday. The senatorial delegate
and two out of the three representative
delegates are claimed as Tilden men.
The Democratic senatorial conference of
the Thirty first district, has elected VIM.
Mcconnell, of Juniata county, senatorial
delegate, with instructions to support
Hancock for president.
About two hundred persons left the
Cumberland valley yesterday for Kansas
and Nebraska, in which states they pro-
pose to settle. The bulk of the emigrants
were furnished by Chambersburg and Car
Isle.
A violent storm at Huntingdon, on Sun
day evening, lasting twenty minutes, did
much damage to property. The tin roofs
house were torn off, one of the turrets OF
the Lutheran church was blown down,
and the car works in West Huntingdon
were partially destroyed.
Yesterday morning, about 0 o'clock,
one of the scholars of the Sanders pub
lie school, Dillwyn and Callowhill streets,
Philadelphia, on entering the directars
room, on the second floor, found the jan
itor. George Duncan, lying upon his back
and apparently intoxicated. But he had
killed himself with laudanum in grief
| over his wife's death.
Michael Rambo, Hatboro carpenter,
died on Sunday from the effects of fall
from the new house of S. J. Garner, of that
borough. George w. Leschner, another
Hatboro carpenter, fell dead from heart
disease on Monday, while working on a
new building of r. J. Dobbins, at Jenkin-
town. Thoughts on the death of MIR. Ram
DO probably had something to do with the
death of Mr.. Leschner.
! The Democratic city convention met
in Harrisburg last night and selected y. j.
Hilligas, as representative delegate from
Harrisburg to the state convention. The
president of the convention was authorized
to present the name of William O'Brien tC
the county convention, rs the city's choice
for senatorial delegate. The vote for rep
resentative delegate was 10 for Hilligas
anti-Tilden, to for James McCleaster
Tildcn.
In the Democratic county committee o
Bradford county Robert A. Packer wa
elected senatorial delegate to the STATE
convention and Joseph Powell, John Par
sons and John Baldwin representative del
egates. Resolutions were unanimousl.
adopted recommending Edward Herrick
of Bradford, present chief clerk in the
Office of the auditor general, as ga sterlin!
Democrat, of unquestioncd integrity ant
ability" and presenting his name as can
diClate for auditor general. The delega
tion is evenly divided between the twt
branches of tho Democracy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
The Democratic Ward Meetings.

The Democratic primary meetings in the
several wards this evening are to be held
for the purpose of making general nomina-
tions for county committeeman and dele
gates to the county convention to be voted
for on Saturday evening. The ward COM
mitteemen are requested to leave complete
lists of the nominations at the INTELL1
aRNcER Office by 10 a. m. on Thursday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
Scared Horses.

This morning between 7 and 8 O'Clock,
as the horses attached to the Lancaster
and Millersville street car were standing
along the Pennsylvania railroad in this
city, they were scared by locomotives
which entered opposite ends of the depot
at the same time. The horses reared,
plunged and fell upon the curbstone,
slightly hurting themselves and badly
tearing their harness, but doing no other
DAMAGE.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

Yesterday William Scheurenbrand, in the
employ of the Philadelphia and Reading
express company. was delivering goods
with the large two-horse wagon. While
standing in the rear end of the wagon the
horses gave a sudden start and Mr.. s.
was thrown out. He alighted on his head
and shoulders and was severely bruised.
He is able to be at work to-day, but is
rather stiff and sore.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

JUDGE PATTERSON is quietly polling
the people as to whether his opinion I" or
McClure's'' is the stronger. We anx-
iously wait to hear the result of the can
vass. Submit it to the next Republican
primary and let Mentzer put up the
putty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

INsTALLMENT No. 2 of the press
opinions on Judge Patterson's patent
law comprises about One-tenth of the
matter of that kind that we have clipped
from our exchanges for future publicai
ton. There is more than I" one more
opinion" to be yet delivered.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

as individuals. If . majority of them,
"voting their own sentiments" nominate
A, of B, or c, he must be considered to be
the representative of the majority senti-
ment of the whole party.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

PREsIDENT-MAKING goes bravely on
all over the country and we hear of dele
gates being elected daily in this interest
or that interest, or in no interest. The
blessed diversity of sentiment which
reigns is a healthy sign. Unit rules and
instructions, and the other devices of
huckstering politicians are getting less
and less power to bind, and everybody
seems to prefer honest and intelligent
representatives without instructions to
stupid and tricky ones, locked and label
ed for the use of trading politicians and
Self-nOminated leaders.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

The charter election in Schenectady, N.
Y, yesterday, resulted in the choice Of all
the Democratic candidates except as
SCISSOR.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

WHAT Harper's Weekly says about
unit rules is as applicable to one party
as the other.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

THE only Democratic convention this
week is that of Iowa. Edward Campbell,
ir., chairman of the state committee is a
strong Tilden man, but holds that, i'll view
of the fact that the Democratic party can
have no hope of carrying the state, it
would be improper for them to instruct
their delegates to Cincinnati for any can
didate
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

A JERSEY engineer has been discharged
for saying that red-nosed man looked
blue The superintendent remarked it was
the worst case of color blindness that he
had ever known on the road.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07

The New York Star, John Kelly paper,
prints special from its Washington cor
respondent, who says he has most positive
and trustworthy assurances that Samuel
J. Tildcn has virtually retired from the
presidential race, although announcement
of the fact is deferred for the present. 1t
appears the reason given for Tilden's re-
tirement is ill-health. He is reported to
have concluded to ask his friends to
quietly consolidate their strength in favor
of Henry b. Payne, of Ohio.
SENATOR BLAINE is in receipt of a tele-
gram advising him that the delegates elect
ed to the Ohio state Republican conven-
ton from the county of jefferson on Sat-
urday last were instructed to vote for a
Blaine delegation to the Chicago conven-
ton. This is the first county convention
held in Ohio. DR.. Updegraff, in whose
congressional district Jefferson county is
located, says that while it may be true
that the jefferson county delegates are
instructed for Blaine, that they will first
vote fora Sherman delegation.
A REMARKABLE coincidence in the deaths
almost at the same hour, at about the same
advanced age, of Mr.. Robert NJ. McCurdy
and Mr.. Herman D. Aldrick, who were
fellow clerks and partners together during
many years, and who retired together from
business with ample fortunes, occurred
yesterday in New York. In their lives
they were pleasantly united throughout
many public enterprises and private plans
of benefcence, and while each was ignorant
of the others approaching dissolution
they were not in their deaths divided. 1t
is announced that there will be joint
funeral.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-07
MINOR TOPICS.

IT is " officially" given out that the fare
from this city to Cincinnati, for persons
attending the Democratic national con-
vention, going and return, will be SCI, 46.