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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-28
lancaster fntelligellcer.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. %, 1880.
THE COMING ERA.

THE COMING ERA.
They tell US that the Muse Is soon 10 ny hehce'
Leaving the bowers OF song that once were
dear,
Her robes bequeathing to her sister, Science,
The groves of Pindus for the axe to clear.
Optics will claim the wondering eye OF fancy, |
Physics will grasp imagination's wings, |
Plain facts exercise fction's necromancy,
The workshop hammer where the mlnstrei
sings.
omore with laughter at Thalia's frolics
Our eyes shall twinkle till the tears run
down,
But in her place the lecturer on hydraulics
Spout forth his watery science to the town.
Nomore our foolish passions and affections
The tragic Muse with mimic grief shall try,
But, nobler far, course of vivisections
Teach what it costs a tortured brute to die.
The unearthed monad, long in buried rocks
hid,
Sballtell the secret whence our being came:
The chemist show us death in life's black
oxide,
Left when the breath no longer fans its flame.
Instead of crack Drained poets in their attics
Filling thin volumes with their fowery talk,
There shall he books of wholesome mathe-
matics-
The tutor with his black board and his chalk
No longer bards with madrigal and sonnet
Shall WOO to moonlight walks the ribboncd
sex,
But side by side the beaver and the bonnet
stroll. calmly pOndering on some proDlems $
The sober bliss of serious calculation
Shall mock the trivial joys that fancy drew,
And OH the rapture of a solved equation
One seli-same answer on the lips of two!
so speak in solemn tones our youthful sases,
Patient. severe, labOrious, slow, exact
As DER creations protoplasmic pages
They browse and MUNICH the thistle crops OF
fact.
Aud vet we've sometimes found it rather pleas
ant
To dream again the scenes that Shakespeare
drew,
To walk the hillside with the Scottish peasant
Among the daisies wet with mornings dew
To leave aw lille the daylight of the real,
Led by the guidance of the masters hand,
For the strange radiance of the far ideal
1.-The light that was never on sea or land"
Well, time alone can lift the futures curtain
Science may teach our children all she
knows,
But love will kindlc fresh young hearts, its
certain,
And June will not forget her blushinS rose
And So in spite of all that time is bringing
Treasures of truth and miracles of art,
Beauty and Love will keep the poet singing,
And songs still live-the science OF the heart
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in the atlantic
Monthly
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-28

NJ LEVIN, NJ. D., GRADUATE OF THE
N. University OF DOrpat, Russia, formerly
of Eerlin Germany. No. ZE3 West King street.
Office hours FROM $ to lO a. H., to p. IN. and
to p. IN. J2S-2md
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

THREE SUICIDES IN "a HoURs.-Columbia Jan.
uary 28.-Edwin d. Connor, Of Cokesbury, Alb.
beville County, committed suicide at that place
to-day by shooting himself in the neck with
pistol. The act was committed in the rear Of
his brothers store. death ensuing in about two
minutes. The deceased was about "a years of
age and was the son of Hon. F. A. Connor, rep
resentative from Abbeville in the Legislature Of
l876-77.
No cause can be assigned for the rash act ex-
cept that the deceased was suffering from de-
preston consequent on dissipation.-tor. News
and Courier.
ATLANTA, January 28.-John Koerber, of
Virginia, lately removed to this city. committed
suicide last night by sending bullet from q
pistol through his head. He attempted suicide
few days since by taking poison, but was res.
cued from death by his attending physician
Loss Of property and strong drink were the
causes Of the rash aot
NonFoLKs January 28--Chief Of police Ben
son committed suicide in his private room at ar
early hour yesterday moraing by blowing ou
his brains with pistol. Cause, alteration o.
mind resulting from domestic trouble.
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NUMBER S.

A CONFLICT OF RAcEs.-Richmond, Jaunary
2o.-Telegrams received here to-day report in
tense excitement in Shenandoah County over n
collision between white and colored luborcrs Mt
Columbia Furnace, near Edinburgh. Sheriff
Suckley of that county has telegraphed the Gov.
ernor for troops to quell the riot, and the Gov
srnor has ordered Capt. Magrudcr of the
Woodstock military company to put his command
at me disposal Of that otfic IT and Common
wealth's attorney Allen, for the preservation Of
the peace. The trouble grew out Of the substi.
tuition Of colored for white laborers in Columbia
Furnace.
RE1NFoRCEMENTs sORDEREp.-Richmond jan
nary 2o.-Later kilograms from Shenandoah
County report that nm attack was made on tho
negroes OF Liberty Furnace last night and two
men wounded. The rioters then dispersed. All
Is quiet now, but trouble is apprehended and
more troops are asked for, The Governor has
ordered the Winchester Light Infantry to the
scene Of disturbance with directions to report TO
the sheriff.
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REMEDY FOR FAT PEoPLE.-The real
remedy for corpulenco is not in medication
or in drugs, or in nostrums of any sort, but
in diet. A gentleman recently placed him
self on a diet of rare beef and toasted
bread, discarding all articles containing su-
gar, and all in which milk was an ingredi-
ent, also all vegetables composed chiefly of
starch, as the potato. In few days his
weight sensibly decreased and continued to
decrease, while he suffered not the slightest
Inconvenience from the change, but on the
contrary found bis power for work largely
augmented.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

LIABILITY OF MERCANTILE AGENCIES.
Orleans, January 29.-The jury in tho case of
Schmidt Seigler ps. r. G. Dunn s. Co.'s mer-
camille agency to-day returned o verdict for
$1,000 in favor of the plaintiffs. The case at
tracted the general attention of the merchants,
and it is believed that if the verdict is sustained
oy the highest courts it will establish the re-
sponsibilities of mercantile agencies for losses
reports and Gfe rar,are hy -reasnu OF. erroneous
thie case Dunn s. Co. rated an irresponsible firm
very high, and failed to inform the plaintiffs,
who asked for a special report, that their infor-
nation was obtained from members of the
firm inquired about. Relying on Dunn s. Co.'S
report the plaintiffs sold bill of goods On short
time to the firm in question, who failed to pay
for them-hcnce the suit
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THE BURNING OF THE CHARMEn.-New York,
January 28.-A New Orleans special gives the
following particulars of the burning of the
steamer Charmer, belonging to the New Orleans
and Red River Transportation Company, on Sun
day last five miles above the mouth of the
Atchafalaya. The steamer had on board 2,l05
bales of cotton, sixty barrels of molasses and
lot of sundries. oil Of which were destroyed.
The fire was first seen bursting out beneath the
second tier of cotton and in moment the whole
boat was one sheet Of flame. The pilot stood at
his post and headed the boat for the shore but
for his coolness the loss of life would have been
very great, 104 passengers being on board
When the boat reached shore planks were i'm
n'ediately showed out, yet such was the heat of
the fire, and the haste of those aboard to save
| themselves, that many jumped overheard. All
the passengers were saved. The lost were Will
liam Miller. cabin boy, David Morgan, pantry
man, Charles Johns On and John johnson, cooks,
Mary Flowers and Mary Hamilton, chamber
maids, VIM. Commings, fireman, and one Roust-
about name unknown. The cargo was valued at
| $l20,000.
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CoLoRED DUEL.-Savanpah enjoyed the
sSsasataR SfeS Of pSt ausl last %ssk s9

CoLoRED DuEL.-Savannah enjoyed the
sSsfeesaiaR Of ausi last %ssk Rst SssR sYa s9I
probably fatally wounded. Il seems, says the
Morning News, that Tom Clark and Charles
Houston, two colored men, between whom ill
feeling had long existed, met ut the store, where
number of other negroes had gathered, and
got to drinking. The old quarrel was renewed
between Clark and Houston, and the former,
who had his gun with him proposed that Hous-
ton 90 and get his gun and they settle their diff
iculty by an exchange of shots. Houston, who
lived in the neighborhood, fastened home aud,
procuring his gun, returned to the scene
Ground was marked off and the combatants
faced, when. without any further preliminaries,
both fred simultaneously and both fell at the
same time. The guns were heavily charged with
5uckshot. Clark was shot in the left side and
breast, some Of the shot, it is presumed, enter
ing the lung. lie was brought to the city and
carried to tie office of DR.. Chisholm, who exam
ined his wound, and found it to be very serious,
and he was sent to the colored infirmary.-
Houston, who received three or four shots in tho
body, two in the abdomen, was carried off by
his friends, and was believed to be in dying
condition.
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A notable event in Chattapoopa Tenn

A notable event in Chattanooga, Tenn,
society was the entertainment successfully
conducted there by number Of young la
dies on the 9th ult Accompanying the
invitation was notice asking "the pleasure
of the company" Of the young man with
the request to "please let US know, if agree
able when to call for you" None Of the
young men had any previous engagements,
and readily obtained consent Of their pa
rents to attend. The ladies called in car
riages. After the dancing the young men
were offtted feminine arms and escorted
down town to restaurant, where they were
regaled handsomely.
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Among the half-dozen passengers who occu-
pied the stage coach that left the Mexican town
OF Guanajuato, bound south, at 3 o clock on the
morning OF the 10th inst, were two young Amer
io"hs, FRANK ernter- ~.d Coeree Grsaa Tie
air was nipping and an eager air, but the men
from the States sat on top of the coach, having
beside them two Winchester rifles and any guam.
tity ofammunition. This precautionary measure
proved wise one for just at daybreak harum-
scarum trample of horses was heard along the
roadside, two musket balls whizzed one after the
other over their heads, and the demand to sur
render came in hoarse, emphatic tones The
driver, as though paralyzed, stopped tho mules
instantly. Some twenty banditti were seen in
the dim light-much more clearly than were Sir
Jack men in buckram-and every high wnyman
had his gun unslung. But no sooner had Senter
and Green lifted their rifles than two of the rob-
bers fell, at which unexpected resistance the
whole troop retreated with precipitation.
The plucky lads pulled off their coats and gcb
ready for a second attack, which came in a mo-
ment, the Mexicans charging with yell like
that Of the Commanches and just rs blood curd-
fcss ,npfl JiA 'or thJse Snnr n'1rv naur, tio
quiet intervals being of few seconds duration
only. Green was shot in the shoulder, but kept
his post, and flesh wound made Senter that
much the more positive in his resistance. Both
close together and their breath coming thick
and fast. When the robbers at last withdrew
they left five of their number dead and the car
casses Of four horses blocked the way. Af-
ter the fight Scnter took survey Of the inside
Of the coach. One Of the passengers, Span
lard, had thrown his revolver out Of the win
dow; another Mexican, had wrapped his
head in q baket, and as lady passenger had
spent the trying time on her knees.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

A SHsnriNo ArpnAu IN Trxls -Golvoston
January pa special to the Nctrs from Sher,,
man says that a party Of drunken roughs while
creating disturbance in bagnio were ordered
to leave by City Marshal Ball. Alf johnson re-
fused to 60 and Ball elected him. When outside
johnson drew pistol and shot Ball in the
breast, Ball seized Johnson's pistol and draw
ing his own weapon shot johnson dead. John.
sons brother and others then shot ut Ball, one
shot cutting his face and the powder burning his
eyebrows and binding him. Ball lies in crit
ical condition.
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asuetad to 9gtiauura 9ortiaultHa domestic Gasnauu.

having Been stsf4s 6f5i 4 3sS jl t15I
Of Loonamore the cattle, fowls, sakt !: uEts
tended, and the family having sought the
shelter of the hillside, which was fully ex-
posed to the piercing and chilly. blasts of
these cold December days They subse-
quently had to take refuge in u fort in close
proximity to the house from which they
had been evicted. To witness the grand
mother and children huddled together id
this exposed situation, with the dying en-
bers OF fire, was a scene more easily i'm
agined than described. Having interviewed,
the old woman regarding the eviction, she
informed me that it was troublesome times"
with her, her daughter having been evicted,
aud another daughter Of hers having died
recently, leaving six orphans in her charge.
Dempsey informed me that he was not
aware Of the eviction occurring until the
constabulary and sheriff came on his premi.
ses The amount due was one years rent,
'hAIf- ffe-pa by ases.P.sy,- ~.
was peremptorily refused The only force
at the scene to-day were three of the c,n-
stabulary, who watched the photographing
of the house, the grandmother, children and
furniture, which were mingled together on
the promises.
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THE GALLONS GETS ITS DUE.-Savannah. jan
uary 2S.-John Johnson, a negro, convicted of
the murder Of Daniel McDermott on the l7th
OF March, 1878, afler two trials, two reviews of
the case by the Supreme Court and two sentences
of death. was brought into the Superior Court
this morning and sentenced n third time, and
will be hanged on Friday, 9th February next.
The crime was of unparalleled atrocity. md
legal technicalities could not cheat the gallows
of its dues
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

NoRFoLK's OPPoRTUNITY-The Norfolk Yir.
ginian urges the completion of a connecting Iink
between Careysville, Tenn, and Danvile juno.
tion, ION the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. \
which would give an oil rail line between Gin.
cinnatti and Norfolk, Va, the distance being
only 725 miles, against $50 miles via Chatta,
nooga, Knoxville aud Bristol,
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TURN ABOUT IF FAIR PLAY.-Democratic Sem
ators who Take Care of their own:
Senator Eaton son, clerk to committee
on foreign relations. ns.......-....-.....S 1900
Senator Morgan's son, clerk to committe
on rules 2,l9o
Senator Voorhees, son, clerk to committee
of House Of Representatives.......... 1000
Senator Voorhees's son, No. 2, clerk to
library committee ........ .....,......... 2,loo
Senator Vance's sou, clerk to committee
on enrolled bills....... ................... 2,19o
Senator Johnson's son, clerk to commit
tee on agriculture......... 2,190
Senator Johnson's nephew, Senate clerk
ship...... .................. ............- 2,19o
Senator Witherss son, clerk to commit
tee on pensions. 2,l9o
Senator Wallaces son, clerk to commit
tee on revision Of flaws.................. 2,l90
Senator McDor AIDS son, clerk to COM
mittee on public lands s..............".... 2,190
Senator Saulsbury's nephew, clerk to
committee on elections.......... ........ 2,190
I0tal .....SZo,J
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

A HOPE ron OLD MAIL CoSTRACToRs-Sena-
tor Bailey. from the postotfice committee, re.
ported with amendments the Senate joint reso.
luton authorizing the secretary Of the treasury
to pay Southern mail contractors for carrying
mails prior to May 81, 1861, upon presentation
of proof that they have not been paid either by
the Confederate or United States Governments.
Placed on the calendar.
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I'VE New ORLEANS DUEL.-Ncw Orleans. Janu
ory-ses---resv-As-.-.-, --s...-- .Nsssa
complaint against the principals and seconds In
the Burke. Hearsey duel. The principals were
baiied in 5000 each aud the seconds in $3.50
each. The penalty under the law for fighting
duel is 500 fine and Imprisonment for two
years, and for being second SlOO fine and i'm
prisonment for one year
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DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS.

VICTIMS OF DINE NovELs.-Savaunah. J,nu.
ary IA private telegram was received here
to-day to apprehend Dennis and Patterson. two
boys of fourteen years of age, who ran away
from Wadesboro', N. c. They are victims OF
Dime-noveI reading.
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IHE LAND LAWS OF ENGLANp.-London, JAN
uary 29.-The Manchester Guardians London.
correspondent says that. among the principal
suc)acts TO DC presented by the Government for
legislation at the coming session of Parliament
are the abolition of the law of primorepiture
and the simplifcation eff the transfer of land.
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SpT q THE S NORTH CAROLINA ne

us negroes. continue to arrive.
|ber27th over 2, 300 have come,
II day is making money enough
3 necessaries of life for him.
~. In one night $50 of t le
ehes arrived, and 400 more arc
hin ten DAYS. One of these
|nbosomed himself to a Semi.
yesterday. The conversation
: you from ?"
qnty, North Carolina"
'fou come here ?"
kerry and Peter G. Williams
md said get ready and 90
hey 'lectioneered just as they
times. They promised that
Indiana l would receive from
~ for any kind of labor, and
~ provided with a house to
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-02-06

Young man, If you are ever asked what
happiness is, and you don't know, just say It
is the possession Of good health and dol
lar that was left after paying all your
debts.
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houses built and furnished for us that wo
would be given bedclothing and suits and
milk cow"
Were you'to get work ?"
ooh, yes, sir; Wa was given the privilege
OF farming for ourselves or working at So
per day. They said we could buy good
land at S1.50 to 50 per acre, and that pro-
visions would be furnished us for seven
months, and those who did not buy land
would be hired by men as soon as they ar
rived in the city, right from the trains"
"You have found this true ?"
"No, sir: no indeed AS stand before
the Lord, not one word is as they said"
You obtained work ?"
81 amt heard Of it,"
"Tell me, now," said the reporter, show
much money have you made since Won
arrived, nine days ago ?"
Ten coats, that is every cent, as true
as am here"
"Have you family 2"
"a wife and six head of children"
"Have you money!?
"Wcll, is got forty cents what brung
with me, and nothing to eat, no wood and
no clothing. We sleep on tho bare floor.
They told me we did not have to burn wood
hero"
What was it Perry told you about being
Republicans
Samuel Perry told me that we must be
valiant, hearted Republicans; that they wan
ted no Democrat niggers in the party, and
that We must all show our principles and
vote tho Republican ticket"
"Of course you agreed? 2"
awe all told him we would do as we had
been doing, and that was to vote that tick
ct. want TO say to you here they told us
We would be free up here, and want to
say we was as free in North Carolina
There welhad work auu all we could cat, and
L--.-i - rc1 Ti.--. = "--------------------
"Dd they not bulldoze and intimidate
you ?"
mot as l have heard on. worked with
my master seven years, and he was Dem
ocrat, and he never once asked me how
voted"
Of the $50 families now in this city,
fully one. third are sick with contagious dis
eases The city dispensary has furnished
for the past month an average of twenty
prescriptions per day for these. Along
Prospect, Yves: Michigan, st. Clair and
South otiCSto oC
each house three to five families, and always
two, and Sometimes as many as FIVE, sick
persons.
A prominent colored man told reporter
that not single negro had c,me to this
town but understood that he was to vote
the Republican ticket. Since the pubica-
tion of the article showing the sickness,
poverty and death among the immigrants,
the commi.iee from the Christian Aid So
ciety had advertised Perry aud others in
Washington to send Che negroes in
small numbers, and they had been COM
ing in lots Of six and ten families and there.
fore had not attracted public attention. In
the northern part of the city the negroes
are burden to the people. Not day
passes but that they are around asking for
aid in all forms-food, clothing and fuel
Some have even solicited small pieces of
carpet in which to wrap their babes at night
None have received more than 80 cents a
day and others of the few who have OBJ.
tanned little jobs are paid but 40 and 80
cents. -Indiandpoli Sentinel.
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A YOUNG LADY's TooTH IN AN OLD
MANS HEAD.-A Chicago dentist has re-
Gently transferred a grinder from the mouth
of pretty young lady to the corresponding
orifce of a man of middle age. This man
was unwilling to wear plate to support
single tooth, and the dentist suggested the
transplanting of molar from living sub
.ject. Five weeks afterward there presented
herself young lady whose teeth were too
many for her jaw. She could eat better
than she could talk. One of her teeth was
removed, placed in glycerine and kept at
blood heat until the other patient could be-
summoned and then it was transferred to
his jaw and tied to the adjacent teeth. BY
the third day the doctor was satisfied, from
the lack of inflammation and the freedom
from pain, that the operation would be sue
cessful. On the ninth day the ligatures were
removed, and on the fourteenth the tooth
was quite firm; from that time ON it con-
tnued to grow frmer in its attachment to-
the jaw, until at the end of six weeks it
was as useful as its neighbors. In color and
size the matching was nearly perfect. The
only difference between the transplanted
tooth and the original one was in the shape
Of tho roots that of the latter was single
while the former had a double root, but the
socket could hardly have been better filed.
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SOME THINGS TO DIsBELIEvE.-Whcn
a man advertises for a partner, and wants
young man TO put in a small investment
of one hundred or fvo hundred dollars and
promises to him realization Of fifty or one
hundred per cent profit, don't believe il.
When a man offers to give gold watches or
jewelry worth fifty to one hundred dollars
for one dollar, don't believe it. When man
offers to give away knowledge of the utmost
value for the cure Of consumption, and any
and all diseases, by merely sending three
cent to prepay postage, don't believe it.
When man proposes to do his utmost to
make every one else rich, and looks to other
peoples interest more than his own, don't
believe it. When man offers to give you
something Of great value for something Of
less value-in other words, to give you
something for nothing, don't believe it,
Many presons advertise on purpose to flch
young men of money gained by hard labor,
and before entering into any speculation
which may be offered you, take advantage
of the many means ut your command and
ascertain the facts with reference to the
proposed business before you invest, and
thus save your money and assist in effect
ually breaking up swindling establish
ments.
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Girls wear boys vests up this way, but
down in Texas you can see boys with a
Galveston.