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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-26
CRIMINAL OCCURRENCEs.

OOVOA066NV88.
Which Shocked the HAPPY Ihankssivins
Season.
Four convicts attempted to break out of
the state prison, at Folsom, Cal, on Mon
day. and one Of them, named Gibson, was
shot dead by the guard.
Richard ]. Scrivener.a a retired merchant,
committed suicide in New York, because
he had lost nearly all his means by unfor-
tunate speculatioEs. He leaves wife and
five children.
A man named Harris, supposed to be
tramp has been arrested for the murder
of Brown and Hack in Hawkins county,
Tenn, on Sunday night. Money and notes
belonging to Brown We're found upon the
prisoner and he had blood marks on his
clothes.
Alpheus Foote, recently partner of
g Brick" POmeroy in the Lacrosse Demo-
crat, was convicted in Lacrosse of forgery
and was sentenced to five years imprison.
ment in the penitentiary, with three days
of solitary confinement in each year. The
other charges Of forgery and arson against
him were dropped.
The murdered body Of Helmes Spears, a
farmer, living near the Shaker settlement
of Niskayuna, near Troy, N. Y, was
found in wood near his house. The FORE
head was crushed in, as if struck by a
club 1t is believed Spears was mistaken
for Salem Richmond, trustee of tho Shak-
ers, who sometimes carries considerable
money about, and that the object of the
murder was robbery.
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THE MENNERCHOR.

Concert and Sociablo Thanksgiving Eve
The concert and sociable given by the
Lancaster M4nnerchor, in their hall On
Wednesday evening, was largely attended
and enjoyable, as these events always are.
The early part Of the evening was occupied
by the musical programme, which was of
the usual high order, and comprised both
vocal and instrumental selections.
At the conclusion of the concert the floor
was cleared, and with MIR. Henry Gerhart
as master of ceremonies the night was spent
in dancing and mirth, keffcr's orchestra
furnishing the music, and the festivities
extending far into the wee sma' hours
awant the twa!" A handsome and we'll
ordered table was spread in the lower room,
where refreshment was abundantly sup
piled to the hungry and to the thirsty and
as on all similar occasions the Manner
chor people had ample cause to congratu-
late themselves on the signal success of
their Thanksgiving Concert and Tanz.
krenchen.''
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The bodies Of three men, frozen to death
floated down the river at Montreal OIL
Tuesday, on cake of ice.
The East Canaan marble works, Connec-
ticut, burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000
no insurance.
In Asbury Park, N. j., Randall Borden,
a wellto-dO merchant, WAS thrown out Of
a carriage and killed.
William Sloan, aged 60 years, and for q
years gatekeeper at the Newark avenue
railroad crossing in Jersey City, was killed
by a passing train.
Daniel Scovil, freight conductor on tn G
New York & New England railroad, fe Il
between the cars at Cranston, H. l., an d
died soon afterwards.
Samuel Parker, of New Point, II years
of age, was drowned while skating on Sill
yer pond, n. j., the ice breaking beneath
him.
F. B. Stilsbury's furniture factory and
storehouse were bnrned at West Randolf,
Vt. The loss is between s15, 900 and $50
900 and the insurance small. Thirty meil
are thrown out of work.
The steam launch of the u. S. steamer
kearsarge was sunk by an accident off
Sewell's Point Va, on Monday evening,
and John Peters, the coxswain, was
drowned.
James O'Brien, alias Robert Lindsey,
indicted for perjury inconnection with the
MOrcy letter. was arraigned before Judge
Cowing in New York. He pleaded guilty
and was rcmanded for sentence.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, James Ward,
Fropl Ioh,cD,, o,,1 Do.v,, ,,....
killed and o. c. Parson was injured per.
laps fatally, by the caving in Of a rail-
road bank at Hopkins Station, NIinn., on
Tuesday.
At Salem, Va, Marcus Hawley, who is
to he executed for the cold-blooded mur-
der of Zachariah Hayes, was married in
Jail to Mamie Hawkins, who has borne
him two children. He was subsequently
baptized. An Episcopal minister offici-
ated at both ceremonies.
Patrick Keating, 60 years of age, a we'll
known resident Of Long Island, was
struck by the express train while attempt
ing to cross the track. 1t was showing
hard at the time and Keating did not hear
or sec the approaching train. His back
was broken and his skull fractured.
John Sheckles, Of Baltimore, accom-
panied by Robert McKinless, boy of
fourteen, went into the country cunning.
Mr.. Sheckles, in leaning over some rocks,
struck the hammer of his gun against one
of them, dischargins the weapon. The
entire load entered the breast Of McKin-
less and he was a corpse in few minutes.
Hugo Reusch, foreman Of the Crescent
City railroad company at New Orleans,
and all inventor, disappeared in New York
Oh the afternoon of September II, as he
was going to take the train for Philadel-
phia, and no trace of him has been found.
He was to have been married on his re-
turn to New Orleans.
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The doctors on meteOrOlOgy are differ
ing greatly i'm their representations of
the weather we are going to have this
winter, one prophet declaring that there
is going to Ike a great deal of snow and a
great deal of cold, while another predicts
less snow here than in North Carolina
and an unusually mild temperature. The
latter seems to be early put out of coun-
tenance by the ice and snow that has de-
scended upon us with such fierceness
even before winter has come; but
rs his prediction only commenced
to run with December he may refuse to
be held accountable for the eccentricity
of November. The general impression
is that the weather we have now is a for
taste of the joys in that line that are to
come, and probably we know as much
about it as the prophets. The old goose
bone prognostication is about as accurate
as any that modern science furnishes ::
but the ice and snow under our feet and
the cold about our ears enables us to
dispense with any other weather
gauge. Our sensibilities are sufficient
for our satisfaction. The ice men &C.
cordingly are dilatory with their harvest
and undertake to despise anything less
than six inches. The sleigh manufac-
turers are smiling all over and have no
doubt that they will get the twenty-five
per cent. advance they have put in the
stock they carried over from the last
melancholy winter. The young folks are
delighted with the prospects Of skating,
Shedding and sleighing that opens before
them; but the father of the family
groans in spirit over the coming raid of
the ice-king on his purse. The poor must
be looked after fortunately the condi
ton Of business gives means to the char
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STATE ITEMS.

The Western pcnitentiary at Pittsburgh
had $1,000 fire yesterday and much
larger scare.
The dwelling of J. e. Tucker, at Sum-
init, near Bradford, Pa, was burned, and
a little boy was SO badly injured that he
died soon after.
A fire in Coleville, Pa, All oil town, ten
miles from Bradford, Pa, destroyed b
buildings, causing a loss estimated at
$4,000.
A. F. Fet:erholf. principal of Il boys
school in Bucks county. has been appoint
ed vice president of Girard college, vice
H. w. Arey resigned.
Samuel f. Hartranft, father of ex-Goy-
ernor Hartranft, died in Norristown, of
pneumonia, on Tuesday night. He was IS
years of age.
A large meeting in Philadelphia On
Tuesday evening, to pay tribute OF re-
spect to Lucretia Mott, was addressed by
H. Price Williams, Robert Purvis, Miss
Fanny NJ. jackson, Judge Peirce, William
Still, DR.. b. r. Tanner, DR.. Jacob l.. Pax
son, and Mrs. F. E. w. Harper.
Henry Pott, aged forty years, was run
over by train on the Lebanon Valley rail-
road, at Lebanon, and was badly mangled.
The tender Of an engine struck him while
he was crossing the track. Before his
body had been discovered it had been
dragged over thirty yards. The deceased
was a!member of the firm of Pott Bros,
proprictors of the boiler works located in
this city.
Hayes las accepted an invitation to at
tend the dedication of Pardce hall, at La
fayette college, Easton, on Tuesday. Secre-
tary Ramsey, Postmaster General Maynard
General Sherman and assistant Postmaster
General Hazen will also attend the dedica-
tion. Secretary Ramsey and Gen. Hazen are
graduates of the college. The entire cost
Of rebuilding Pardee hall, $780, has
been betrayed by Ario Pardee, of Hazle-
ton, after whom it is named.
At Pottsville, the court has modified the
injunction against the Keely Run colliery,
so as to allow the owners to flood the first
lift gangway to the vertical height of 35
feet, provided dams and batteries are
erected to secure the workings of Heck
sher & Co.'s Kohinoor mines which are on
a lower level, and also to secure the lives
Of the employees of both mines. The su-
perintendent and engineer of Hccksher &
Co. are to be permitted to enter the Keely
Run mine at all times to examine the
workings. Preparation will be at once
made to flood the burning mine.
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PERSONAL.


WILLIAM R. FLOYD, of Wallack's thea
tire, died yesterday. He was we'll known
as an actor and manager.
Sir BENJAMIN COLLINS. BRoDEE, the dis
tinguished English chemist, is dead. He
was professor of chemistry at Oxford. His
age was 63.
1t may be taken as a settled fact that
Mr.. POTTs will make no contest to pre-
vent the Inauguration of Mr.. Ludlow as
governor of New Jersey.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch throws itself
into the senatorial contest with General
JAMES X. MoORHEAD as its candidate.
The Petroleum World, of Titusville, presents
GEORGE SHIRAs, Of Pittsburgh.
Sir THEODORE MARTIN, the biographcr
of Prince Albert, was yesterday elected
Lord Rector of St. Andrews University,
defeating Mr.. E. A. Freeman, the histo-
rian.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON addresses a
card to her countrywomen saying that she
has made it a special duty to persuade her
friends to write their own full names "and
not allow themselves to be represented by
letters, like spools of thread and barrels of
-four, as A. Jones, II. Smith,
Mile. SARA BERNHARDT contributed to
the enlivenment of the Thanksgiving fes-
tival in New York by performance of
The Sphinx The variety of death
scene in this, remarks the Tribune, is the
horrible. 1t was the sixth of the Bern
hardt series, and in each Mile. Bcrnhardt
has concluded her labors by a portraiture
of death.
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BY Mr.: Worth and Mr.. Burling. They
immediately went back some distance
along the road aud found Mr.. Segar lying
unconscious in the highway. An examine
ton revealed that one side Of the body was
completely mashed in, several ribs broken
and his skull fractured. Upon returning
to consciousness he was placed in blankets
and conveyed in 4 wagon to his home,
where he died in a few minutes. 1t is
supposed that the unfortunate man was
in the act of putting on the lock while
walking alongside Of the wagon, and slip
ping, fell under the wheels. Mr.. Seyar
was aged about 90 years. and leaves wife
and three grown up children.
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brooms, cleared space sufficient for all
practical purposes. At noon, however,
1t began to snow again and the ice was de-
serted by the skaters. Plenty Of fun and
no accidents. .
As will be seen by reference to our mat
rimonial columns, the torch of Hymen
blazed with uncommon brightness, and to
that department of to-day's paper is re-
ferred the attention Of all persons who de-
sire to keep themselves posted upon what
istranspiring in the sphere Of matrimony
The happy couples all bear into their new
estate the congratulations and best wishes
of the ISTELLIGENCER.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-26

In Union City, Ind, Samuel Eagle, a
harness-maker, while entering the house
Ofhis divorced wife to visit his children,
was shot and fell OH the doorstep. His
wife refused to let his body be brought in.
He did not die Immediately, but began to
sink Rapidly in a few hours. He says the
shot was fired by Henry Pierce, who fled.
He says Pierce has been in the habit of
visiting Mrs. Eagle.
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Scarcity OF Woter.

A water famine is feared at Chester un-
less higher tides prevail In the Delaware
river.
At Reading and throughout the Schuyl-
kill valley there is again great scarcity
of water, the streams and creeks being
very low and the wells dry, for the first
time in fifty years at this season. The
nail mill of the Reading railroad has been
compelled to suspend operations for want
of water, throwing out Of employment 200
men.
A water famine is feared in Manchester,
New Hampshire, Lake Massahesic. which
supplies the city, being lower than for
many years.
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liable and lessons the number who need
assistance. But there will be many to
want it, and the machinery should be
ready to alleviate the distress of the
winter of unusual rigor which nearly
everybody sees before us, whatever the
prophets say.
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Not Good ON Dates.

A leading member Of the Lancaster bar,
on bein. asked if Ire recOllected the date
of certain local event. said he did not,
adding II never could remember dates
the only two that am certain Of is the
date of my birth and the date Of my COM
ing to Lancaster, and one of these l am
not quite sure Of, and forget which Of
them it is'''
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OBITUARY..
Deaths Fruitful Thanksgiving Harvost-De-
cease of Well Lancasterians.

cease of Wellknown Lancasterians.
Frank p. Mctzger, a well-known citizen
and native of Lancaster, breathed his last
at the Caldwell house, this city, at II :45 a.
m. yesterday. Mr.. Metzser was son of
the late Jacob Mctzgcr, deceased. and a
brother of DIR. S. II. Mctzger, E. Shaeffer
Metzger and VIM. MetzSer, we'll known
residents of Lancaster of Jacob Metzgcr,
now in the West, and Of Mrs. G. NJ. Dun
can, of ChamEersburg. He was born in
this city Oh December 2, 1929, and had lie
lived but one week more would have celc-
brated his 51st birthday in the city of his
nativity. In his youth he learned the
trade Of saddlery, which business his
father carried on extensively and he worked
at it for a number of years in this city and
afterwards in Wilmington. Del. Thence
he went to New York and was
express messenger on the Manhattan line
of steamboats, plying between New York
and Savannah, his brother, E. Shacffer
Metzger, being engaged in the same line
at that time. The outbreak of the war
terminated the commercial business of
this line, and Mr.. Metzger returned to
New York, where, during the war and after
its conclusion, he.was engaged in the man.
agement of boarding stables, and other
business for which his experience and
good executive qualities fitted him. He
returned to Lancaster in 1869, aud
since that time he has boarded at the
Caldwell house. Several years ago failing
health Frustrated him. and through long
illness he has exhibited most wonderful
powers of vitality. Again and again his
life has been despaired of and he seemed
at the very gates of death. always rallyins
by the exertion of marvellous will power
and asserting a tenacity of life that was of
a most remarkable character.
His second serious attack, beginning in
the fall of 1879, continued for ten months,
during which time he was not out of his
room and during most of it his life seemed
to hang by thread. His indomitable will
and careful nursing brought him through,
and he recovered 50 far as to be able to
walk about, to sit in his accustomed places,
and enter into active interest in and dis
cussion of current events, with which he
kept promptly informed. About a week
ago he suffered a relapse, and the thread of
life which had so long been strained grad
ually and without sudden rupture gave
way. His end was peaceful and calm and
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.IUineal Annie ItxlcY.

Eddie Nelfe:, son Of Prof. w. ii. Keifer.
Of this city. has accepted the position of
leader and first violinist i'm tho orchestra Of
Miss Annie Pixhy's ''M'liss" company,
which played in this city on Wednesday
night. The engagement is a fine one ut
rcmuncrative salary, and is signal ac-
acknowledgement of the young musicians
high ability. He joined tho troupe to-day
and will this evening appear with them at
Newark, N, j,
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Uniform Rank X. Of r.

The great snow storm prevented the
street parade Of the Uniform Rank an
nOunced to take place yesterday, but the
Sir Knights met in their lodge room, drilled
in number of military cvolutions, and had
presented to them magnificent and costly
flag made by-Horstmann, of Philadelphia.
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The Bethel Oyster supper.

The oyster supper given last evening for
the benefit of the Union Bethel was we'll
attended and quite handsome sum was
realized for the Golfers Of the church.
There were no religious observances at the
Bethel yesterday.
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With a short time two admirably pre-
served Indian relics have been found
within short distance of Quarryville. They
are stone axe, and a stone tomahawk.
They are we'll finished anfh have lain for a
long time under ground, but still are in
good condition: Charley Hensel, who is
quite an admirer of relics, has secured
them and considers them fine curiosities.
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Finger Badly Lacerated.

A little daughter of Officer McDevitt, of
the Fourth ward, while at work in one Of
the cotton mills on Wednesday, had one Of
her finger; BADLY 1acerated by getting it
caught in the gearing of a machine she was
in the act of cleaning.
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Mayors Court,

This morning the mayor had plenty of
customers. He sent one drunk to Jail for Is
days, two for 10 days each, and discharged
nine vagTants.
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Divorced.

In court G. G. Frankhouser. Of Adams
town, was divorced from his wife, Marild,
Frankhouser, on the grounds of adultery.
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%. Turkey hupper.

Last evening after tho regular business
Of Lancaster lodge No. 81, l. o. 70. F.,
had been transacted. the members to the
number Of = Or 50 repaired to the large
room in the lower story of the building
where Il turkey supper awaited them, got
up to order by Mrs. II. l.. Frailcy and a
number OF lady assistants. The banquet
ting room Wis handsomely decorated with
flags, mottocs aud pictures. Besides the
members present there were about a score
of invited guests, including Miss Simmons,
of Baltimore. and members of the Delta
Tau Delta fraternity Of Franklin and Mar
shall college. who enlivcned the enter
tain:.,ent by singing a number Of fine
musical sclections-espccially those sung
by Miss Simmons, Of Baltimore, who also
favored the company by executing new
waltz with one nf the elderly u. F's as a
partner. Tie party was very pleasant
one.
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Court Of COMMON Pleas.

Court met this morning at 10 o'clock and
the cases in which jurors were sworn ON
Wednesday were taken up for trial.
The case before Judge Patterson is
that of Henry Z. Hauser, VS.. David G..
Swartz. In the year 1879 the plaintiff owned
20 shares Of Central Transportation stock
which he gave ictO the hands Of the de-
fcndant for sale The defendant gave tho
stock ovcI to Jacob Il. Long, a broker,
and the plaintiff received Il number Of div
idends on it, In 1875 Mr. Long failed, and
the stock which was then in the hands of
Philadelphia brokers, was lost in the crash.
1t is claimed that MIR. Swartz received q
share of the estate Of Mr.. Long for this
stock, This action is brought to recover
the value Of the stock On trial.
In the lower court room Judge Living
stOn is hearing the case of Jacob Markley
VS. Monroe j. BurkhOlder, David Keatli,
Reilly Shepler and John Long. The par
ties to the suit own adjoining properties in
Penn township and they have a dispute
about the line fence. The defendant re-
moved eleven panels Of the fence and this
suit is brought to recover damages.
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THE DRAMA.
Miss Annie Pixlcy I'm &" Miss.

Miss Annie Pixlcy In :" Miss.
As might have been expected" the
appearance Of Miss Annie Pixley, the
gifted young sOubrstte actress. Mt Fulton
opera house Wednesday night, was greeted
by large aud brilliant audience. The
play was M'ilss," the picturesque and
romantic beauty of which, and the brac-
ing healthy Western humOr that pervades
it, are too well known hercabOuts to TO.
quire any extended comment at this time.
" NJ Hiss is favOrite with our people, and
not without cause, for the play is perhaps
the very best delineatiOn Of the peculiar
phase Of Western life with which it DEAL,
now extant. Poetry and pathos arc blend
cd in the development Of the story with
that singular artistic charm characteristic
Of all OF Bret Hartcs literary work. and
whilst there is plenty of schemins and vii
lainy and the customary display OF shooting
iron, the scenes arc generally well-drawn
and natural. Miss Pixley never appeared
in the title role here to better advantage
than on this occasion and her popularity
keeps marching on. Pretty, vivaciOus, in
fact ovcrflOwing with animal spirits, hers
is nature that SD pleases, not alone the
boys of ''Smith's Pocket" but the aver
age audience Us well, that she is always
sure of u warm place in tho public affec-
tiOns. Mr.. McDOnOugh's Tu6a Bill was
what it always is, good, natural piece Of
acting, and the remainder Of tho east filled
out the bill in an altogether satisfactory
style.
"Dr. Clyde
Powers Paragon comedy company ap-
pcared ut the opera house last evening in
Sidney RoscItcld's cxquisitely amusing
play of DIR. Clyde" the audience being
fair one. The heavy snow storm Of the
day rendered necessary the REIMBURSEMENT
of the Thanksgiving matinee advertised
for the afternoon. The audience last even
ing enjoyed the performance immensely,
but q more rigid enforcement of police
discipline. which might have been exer-
cised in the prompt election of several
diSOrderly young men, would have been as
grateful to TIC large majority Of the au-
dience as it would have been creditable to
the opera house management Tho conf
pany that produced the play was al
most identical with the one that has ap-
peared here on former occasions, and the
cast is one Of Uniform strength. MIR. John
F. Wards Higgins is the great card, and
his oddities OF speech and manner had the
customary effect Oh his audience, who
laughed until they cried over his assump-
tiOn Of medical knowledge, and marvellous
of the terms of the
"materia med lea The fun made
by Higgins constitutes an admirable
foil to the unfolding OF u very
pretty story. which receives competent
treatment from the company, and the play
went along smoothly, each actor perform
ing his Or ner part in an intelligent and ef-
fective manner. The performance was
Ole worthy of all praise.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED.

Tho Day In City shd County.
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On Tuesday an accident occurred in
Colerain township, this county, near the
Chester county line, by which q man
named John Segar lost his life. Mr.. Segar
has been in the employ of John Holmes,
and was driving home in a large twO-hOrse
farm wagon. When near the residence Of
Albert Worth the horses took fright and
ran of, but was stopped before getting far