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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30
HARTZ.
The Magician Still Holding the Fort

The Magician Still Holding the Fort.
The intensely cold weather of last night
had the effect of somewhat diminishing
the audience in attendance upon the Hartz
entertainment at the opera house, but the
performance was in all respects enjoyable
and satisfactory. Prof. f1artz's tricks are
unusually clever. dextrous and mystify-
ing as is the second sight Of Miss Mitch
ell ; Miss Carrie IIartz is a pleasing vocal
ist Frank Lawton's comicalities are fun
nier than ever, while the trained dogs Of
Prof. Parker and Duncan's ventrilOquism
fill out :: programme Of exceptional merit.
The winner of the leading prize last night
was Mrs. J. II. Abrahara, 35 Charlotte
street, who drew several dollars in silver
coin, besides which there were number
Of less valuable prizes. Everyone pur-
chasing Il ticket has an even chance Of
winning prize, the distribution being
conducted with apparent fairness. The
principal prize tonight will be 4 sewing
and there will be change Of
one of the new features being
Il trick by IIartz and the comedian Law
ton, which is described as very funny.
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u Lively Fight for tie Corpse.

Eugene Mccarthy was rnn over by the
Cars near Cincinnati, and deceased's wife
applied to the police for assistance in Sc
curing the body upon its arrival ut the
depot, fearing that the relatives intended
taking charge of the remains. The body
arrived about Q o'clock, and undertaken
Blake, who had been instructed by Mr..
Morgan, father of the widow, to remove
the body to his rooms, was in readiness
and placed the remains on his wagon The
McCarthys were present, and on seeing
this made several unsuccessful attempts to
gain possession Of the corpse. Officers Noble
and DillwOrth appeared upon the scene,
and at once commenced dispensing the
large crowd that blOckaded the street and
made a passage way impossible. Finally
an attempt was made by the McCarthys to
remove the rough box FROM the wagon.
while several persons held the horses, but
Officer Noble seated himself on the box,
and while Patrolman Dillworth cleared a
passage through the crowd, the remains
were conveyed to Blake's mid cries and
yells from the bystanders. The scene at
the depot was 4 most disgraceful one
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30
TIE POLAR WAVE,
Tho Coldcs. bay of tho season.

Tho COldcst Day Of the Season.
Yesterday, notwithstanding the snowfall
that prevailed all day, the mercury did
not rise Mt any time higher than Is degrees
above zero. Towards evening it fell to 10
above, and when, about o clock, it ceased
showing. the mecury fell to 8; an hour
later to q ut o'clock to 3, and before 10
O'Clock it reached zero. During tho
night it continued to fall rapidly
and ut 6 O'Clock this morning very
very few thermometers in the city marked
less than 100 below zero. That was tho
figure marked by the INTELLIGENCER's,
Mr.. Zahm's and several other Instruments.
At 6 o'clock Mr.. BENZ. Bauman's marked
13, Henry Drachbar's IA, and g. w.
Hull's Is degrees below. At Springville
and Mount Joy the mercury stood II be-
low ut Columbia 12 below at ReftOn 12
below ut Rohrerstown 16 below.
These figures show that the weather
was colder this morning than it has been
in this vicinity at any time since tho 3Oth
of January, 1878. BY reference to tho files
of the INTELLIGENCER we find that on
that date the mercury in this city marked
23 below ut Chickies % below ut Man.
helm "a below.
Policemen, hackmen, and others who
were obliged to be out last night and this
morning say they never felt the cold 10
severe.
Samuel Good, who was driving hogs ON
the Harrisburg pike, northwest Of the city,
had his ears badly frozen, one Of them
being swollen almost tOtwice its natural
size, nearly black in color, and having ON
the outside OF it "a great yellow blister
nearly rs large hulled walnut.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30
THE CEisUs.
The Returns of this District.


An item has appeared in some Of the
papers, copied from Philadelphia Journal,
to the ctfccI that the returns Of this cen-
sus district. comprising the counties of
Delaware, Chester and Lancaster, were
delayed on account Of the loss, by one Of
the cnumerators, of daily report card.
Supervisor Snowden says the statement is
erroneous, that no unusual delay has Oc-
CURED, but that the item Is, no doubt,
based ON the fact that the sheet returns,
published by the department, have not yet
included the statistics of many of the
counties in this state and among these the
three named above. Mr.. SnOwden
highly commendS his cnumcratOrs gen
orally for their prompt and efficient SER
vices. Although in many cases tho
work required. slight revision, owing to a
misunderstanding Of the printed instruc-
tiOns, in but two instances out of 18O did
he require new schedules to be made out.
In one case only, 4 portion of London
grove township, Chester county, was there
Il remuneration. Mr.. Jesse e. Dickey,
OF NewsLondon, had failed to place his
certificate on the last page of his sched-
uies after receiving it again for this pur-
miscarried, thus entailing the necessity of
duplicating it, a thorough search by the
postoi1icc department failing to reveal the
original. General Walker has written
personal letter to Mr.. Snowden, congra:u-
lasing hinr upon the completion Of his
duties and expressing his great satisfaction
with the efficiency with which he has per-
formed the difficult work assigned to him.
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Ord, since retired, paid out OF his own
pocket for the little dispatch sent to
General Hancock. When Mr.. Hayes was
discussing the question of retircmcnts
General Sherman, it will be remembered,
objected to the retirement Of General Ord
unless General Mcdowell, who is his senior
in aye, was also retired. Hearing of Gen.
eral Sherman position, General Mcdowell
wrote a long letter to Mr.. Hayes protest
ing against his retirement and mention
ing, incidentally, the great sacrifice he had
made in coming east to vote for General
Garfield. 1t appears. also, that the in-
fluence Of the president-elect WAS cxerted
in General McDowcll's behalf. A sou Of
General Garfield's is fortunately named
Irwin Mcdowell Garfield. This peculiar
combination Of fortuiters circumstances
proved successful. General Mcdowell
was retained and General Ord was re-
tired.
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STATE ITEMS.

Ella Higgins aged eighteen years, of
Sport Hill, near Scranton, hanged herself
because, it is supposed, she had been threat
ened with arrest for obtaining goods by
false pretences.
General J. D. Gilmour, proprietor of
the Grand hotel, in Cincinnati, died yes
derday in Savannah. He was formerly
proprietor of the Eutaw House in Balti-
more.
Among the wealthy citizens of Philadel-
phia, who have died during the present
year, eight left personal estates each val
ued at over half million dollars, as fol-
lows: William Adamson, $5O8, All. 90 ::
Adolph E. Borie, s1.14O, 5G1.9S George
w. J. DeRenne, $577, 25G 95 William
Elliott, 1915. 4G9.5O John E. Fox, $685.
O02.47 MarytShields, $685., $50. % Samuel
s. White, s897, ,054.73; Joshua Jeanes.
1910, 900.
William C.. Simmons, IS years old, died
yesterday at the Pennsylvania hospital
from the effects of fall the night before
from a secOnd-story window at the Weikel
& Smith spice mills on Front street, Phila-
delphia. There is /. bridge connect
ing the building, and Simmons, unaware
that this had been raised, stepped out OF
the window, which was unsuarded, and fell
fracturing his pelvis and receiving internal
injuries.
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AID EOK TaE NEEDY

= The Soup Aousc-The Buchanan RsllsG
During the rigorous weather We are
now experiencing it becomes the duty Of
all who are able to do so to lend a holm
ing to the poor and needy. "God help
the poor is very proper prayer to make.
but God don't answer such prayers, whea
the petitioner merely utters the words.
and then shuts himself up in his own cosy
shell. Means must be used to accomplish
desired end, and tho most efficient means
III this case Is to open your P0soos- end
you stores, and thus assist in answering
your own prayer.
Tho free soup house, which for several
years past has dispensed thousands Of IA
tiOns Of good wholesome soup and other
provisions to the deserving poor, has been
kept up entirely by voluntary contribu-
tions: 1t will be re-Opened for tho season
ON New Years day. The funds IN the
treasury are light. and unless liberal con-
triout'ons be made to it, tho distribution
OF soup will have to be limited to three
days IN tho week, instead Of every day, rs
was the case in former years. COntribu-
tons OF money, bread, meat, rice. beans.
potatoes, cabbages, turnips, onions, and
other provisions will be thankfully receiv-
cd by the mayor, and due credit will be
given the donors. Several liberal cOntri-
buttons have been already received and
acknowledged. The latest is 80 from N.
Ellmaker, esq. .......
Buchanan Relief Fund.
The distribution of coal under tho pro-
visions Of the Buchanan and McEvoy be-
quests will commence ON Monday next and
will be continued until the interest of the
fun! is exhausted. As our population in
crcases, the number Of applicants for coal
also increases, and this year the number is
so large that all of them cannot
be supplied, as only the interest
Of the fund can be applied to the
purchase of coal. The applicants are
nearly all INDECENT widows and none
receive more than half ton Of coal. Peo-
pie who live in comfortably warmed
houses, know how far half a ton Of coal
will go towards keeping them warm dur
ing long winter. Other agencies, beside
the Buchanan relief, will be needed to sup
ply the necessary amount of fuel for the
poor.
The DOrcas society, in its usual unOsten-
tatiOus way, is doing good work in pro-
viding clothing and other necessaries for
poor families. Let them be literally sls-
ta;ncd in their unselfish work.
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PERSO ONAL.

Professor E. D. PORTER has given up
his chair in Delaware college, at Newark,
and has gone to Minneapolis, where he will
become professor of practical agriculture
in the University of Minnesota.
Mrs. MARY L. LAMBERTON, Of Carlisle,
mother Of Hon. Robert A.. and Charles
L. Lamberton, died at that place Tuesday
morning, after an illness of only two days,
aged about ninety years.
The Chicago Times is base enough to de-
clare that that "as General o. o. HOWARD
is about to take charge of West Point it
will not be long probably before the mill
tary academy will be in the hands Of re-
cciver."
Uncle 'HANNtBAL HAMLIN, Of Maine, il
not altogether without hope that in the
close and bitter contest for the senator
ship in his state between Congressman
Frye and Zach. Chandlsr's sOn-in law,
Hale, he may become a necessity as CON-
promise candidate.
WILLIAM WAIT, the great law-writcr in
JOhnstown, IN. j., died yesterday of con-
sumption. He was author of Waits Prac-
tice and other works, making twcnty-one
volumes in all. His books had an exten-
sive sale, and his estate is estimated at
over 100000.
GEORGE II. ADAMS, the popular clown,
received Christmas present from Toney
Denier, in the. shape of a beautiful cigar
holder on which is the head Of George l..
Fox, tho clown, with his famous smile on
his countenance. In his letter to Mr..
Adams, Mr.. Denier says /: " In memory of
our great prototype, George L. Fox.
Emulatcs his virtues, wear his mantle:
which you have won, and use his features
as study while enjoying your after din
nor cigar"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30

IT has been generally suspected that
our government was badly cheated in the
award of the Canadian fish commission
by which We were mulcted for the pay
ment of five million dollars for damages
never committed and privileges compar-
atively worthless. But it has not been
suspected that we were Swindled by such
base means as Prof. Hintls reports and
it would be very hard to believe what he
says if we could discern any motive for
his not telling the truth. The blame
has been put, heretofore, on the impru-
dent selection of III arbitrator commit
ted in advance against our case and, in
part, to the incompetency of our counsel.
If what Kinds says is true we were
outwitted by devices that could not
have been reasonably expected in honor
able negotiation and against which only
an acute suspicion of basest fraud could
protect the American cause. Our gov
ernment owes il to itself to investigate
the charges made against the Canadian
authorities; but they are under a far
greater obligation to relieve themselves
of the imputation cast upon them. If
subordinatcs are responsible for the al
leged fraud the Dominion government
ought to relieve itself of all advantages
derived from their trick; if the duplicity
has been practiced by higher authorities
the greater necessity is there for Canada
t. wipe out stain from which it must
suffer more than the United States can.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30
DKUNKEN DEEn,
A Wife Shoots Her Husband In Self
Defence.

Defence.
n murder was committed in the Caledo
MIA house, u cheap lodging house and So
loon of bad character in Detroit. Mich,
the proprietor, John Ferguson, being shot
dead by his wife, as she alleges, while in
fear Of her life. Ferguson had been drink
lug hard all day and had been very quar-
relsome aud abusive. Late in the evening
after both had returned from q visit to an
other low place where both drank freely,
Ferguson commenced abusing his wife
again, calling her opprobious names and
threatening to kin her with 4 knife which
he flourislled in reckless manner
At this point the woman ran up stairs,
obtained revolver, and when lie attempt
ed to ascend the stairs fired at him three
times, the last shot reaching his heart and
killing him almost Instantly. The deceas-
ed was hard case. He had served term
in 4 Pennsylvania state prison for robbery,
and when released therefrom in 1878,
came to Detroit, where his wife soon Joined
him and took up her abode with him, al
though the marriage ceremony was per-
formed only few weeks ago.
Ferguson has a mother, two sisters and
a brother living at Hazleton, Pa, and
another brother at Wilkesbarre. His
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The Lancaster LyccuIn.

This organization is now under full
headway, and meets statedly in the hall
of the Y. NJ. G. A. on South Queen street.
Its membership includes number Of
ready debaters, fully competent to handle
the knottiest questions without gloves.
Among the live topics that lately have
received treatment in the lyceum are ::
Has Congress the power to regu-
late freight rates o. "Should Texas
be divided into two states - Should the
president and vice president Of the United
States be elected by the popular vote %
" Do circumstances make the man - etc
The subject for discussion on next Thursday
evening is the constitutionality OF the sub
stitution Of the greenback for the national
bank notes. Visitors are always welcome
and ut liberty to participate in the de-
bate,
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BENEFITS MARRIAGE.
How the Founder of the Herald AnnOun,
YRarR ASy0.

How the Founder of the Herald Announced
1t Years Ago.
The following announcement Of the i'm.
pending marriage of James Gordon Ben.
net, the elder, written presumably by him.
self and published in the Herald, is one OF
the curiOsities Of literature
TO THE READERS OF ''THE HEHALD'--DE-
CLARATION OF LOvE-CACGHT AT LAST
GOING TO DE MARRIED--NEw MOVE
MENT IN CIVILIZATION.
l am going to be married in 4 few days.
The weather is SO bcautiful-timcs arc get
ting SO good-the prospects Ofpolitical and
moral reform SO auspicious, that | can
not resist the divine instinct Of Nature
any longcr-so l am going to bc married
to one Of the most splendid women in in
tellect, in soul, in person, in manner, in
property, that l have yet seen in
the course of my interesting
pilgrimage through human life.
cannot stop in my career | must full
fill that awfu! destiny which the Almighty
Father has written against my name in the
broad letters Of life against the wall of
Heaven. Imust give the world pattern
of happy welded life. with all the chari-
ties that spring from 4 nuptial love. In a
few days | shall be married acco:,iin. to
the holy rites of the most holy Christian
church to one Of the most rem! kable, ac-
complished and beautiful! you::>s women Of
the are. She possesses 4 fortune. | sought
and found = fortune-a Large fortune.
She has no StOningtOn shares Or Manhat
tan stock, but in purity and uprightness
she is worth half Il million of pure coin.
Can any swindling bank show rs much: In
good sense and elegance another half mil
lion-in soul, mind and beauty, millions
on millions, equal to the whole specie of
all the rotten banks in the world. Hap
PLY, the patronage Of tho public to tie
Herald is nearly 900 per annum, al
most equal to 4 presidents salary. But
in the worlds goods was never
my object. Fame, public good, useful
ness in my day and generation-the relis-
iOus associates of female excellencc-the
progress Of true industry-these have
been my dreams BY night and my desires
by day.
In the new and holy condition into which
l am about to enter and to enter with the
same reverent:al feelings is would heaven
itself, anticipate some signal changes in
my feelings, in my views in my purposes.
in my pursuits. What they may be
know not-time alone can tell. My ar
dent desire has been through life to reach
The highest order of human excellence BY
the shortest possible cut. Associated night
md day. in sickness and in health, in war
md in peace, with woman Of the highest
order OF excellence, must produce some
curious results in my heart and feelings
Ind these results the future will develop
n due time in the columns Of the Herald. |
Meantime raturn my heartfelt thanks
or the enthusiastic patronage Of the pub |
ic. both Of Europe and America. The
loly estate OF wadlOck will only increase !
ny desire to be still more useful God |
Almighty bless you all.
JAMES GOEDEN BENNETT.
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iiiSher Education for Women.

The Higher Education of Women has
been the subject OF several important
memOriais-onc originating among resi-
dent members OF the university-which
were submitted to 4 syndicate appointed at
Cambridge, England. This body OF ex-
aminers reported that they share the de-
sire Of the memoria!ists that the advan-
tagcs OF academic training may be secured
to women, and that the results of such
training may be authOri:ativcly tested
and certified. For various reasons, how
ever, they are not prepared to recommend
that women should DC admitted either to
tho degrees of the university generally, or
to B. A. degree alone. They believe that
the objects may in 4 large measure bc at
tanned, and great encouragement be given
to the higher education OF women by the
formal admission Of female students to the
higher examinations of the University,
together with an authoritative record of
the results OF their examination in pub
lished class lists. The advantages allow
ing women to enter the special cXamina
tions for the ordinary Il. \. degree are
(the syndicate say) less obvious and the
syndicate abstain from making any rec
ommendatiOn OH this head. They think that
women admitted to the honor cXamina
tions should either have given the same
evidence Of preliminary training By pass
ing tho previous examination or one of the
various substitutes already accepted for it
or else should have obtained an honor Ger
tificatc in the higher local examination.
with the condition of passing in certain
specified groups. They(the syndicatc)
propose that the University should grant
to each successful candidate certificats
setting forth the conditions under which
she has been admitted to the examination,
and the standard to which she has attained
They recommend that residence bc kept
at Girton college or Newman college, or
in similar institutions within the precincts
Of the University.
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The Sunday school festival of Christ Lu-
theran church, Of which Rev. E. L. Reed is
pastor, took place Tuesday night. Tho
church was decorated with tied evergreens
and large white star hung above the al
tar. To the right of the pulpit was hugo
Christmas tree hung with hundreds Of
pretty emblems. The entertainment con-
sisted Of music by the choir and pupils, re-
citations, readings, scriptural quotations
and prayer. At the close each Of the pu-
pills was presented with pretty little
wooden basket filed with confecti0ns.
The event was entertaining and edifying
to all present.
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THE PRISON.
How it Is to Do Visited

How It Is to DO Visited.
The board Of prison inspectors have had
the following notice posted up in the court
house and other public places.
Notice.
In compliance with the act of Assembly,
article viii, section I, relative to visitors to
Lancaster county prison, and the instruc-
tions given by his honor Judge Livingston
in his charge to the grand jury at the last
November sessions, 1880, the board Of in
spectors hereby give notice that all indis-
criminatc visiting is strictly prohibited.
No person Except official visitors) will
hereafter lie admitted unless on special
business Or persons who have never visited
the prison and have permit from one of
the inspectors.
Relatives of convicts will be admitted
once in three months.
BY order of the board.
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"CO1d as RlaZes -

The cold weather continues in the West
aud Northwest, and has extended East
and South, the temperature being below
the freezing point everywhere except in
southern Florida. In Ohio, Missouri, In-
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan
and Wisconsin temperatures were reported
ranging from to 23 degrees below zero.
The cold was unusually severe in the South,
the temperature at New Orleans being six
dagrces below the freezing point. Heavy
snow fell in Texas, the northern portions
of the Gulf states, and the South and
Middle Atlantic states. There was slight
rise in temperature in the Northwest last
night, but the markings were still eonsid-
crably below zero.
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N1cDOwell'S Se!f-,acrjficc.

Last fall Gen. Mcdowell came on from
San Francisco to New York with great
flourish of trumpets to cast his vote for
Garfield and Arthur. The newspapers
gnshcd to a degree about the striking at
tention to political duty displayed by Gea.
Mcdowell. 1t now appears that the ccn-
eral did the voting and the governmeu.
paid the expense. He obtained an order
for himself and al, aid to come east. The
mileage and allowances Cor the trip cost
Uncle Sam in the neighborhod of $1,000.
This was shortly before the time that Gen.
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Receiving Stolen Goods

John Walton, on complain. of Samuel
Bitter, was arrested for receiving stolen
goods. 1t appearo that within . short
time past Mr.. Bitter has had stolen from
his premises number Of articles, includ-
ing rugs, horse blankets, shears, clipping
machines, etc. One of the stolen blankets
was seen OH horse belonging to Walton.
When arrested Walton said he got tho
blanket from boy named Myers and tho
boy said he borrowed it from Billey Bax-
ter, but Baxter denies the statement.
Walton was held in bail by the Alderman
for his appearance at court to answer for
receiving stolen ooGs.