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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15

THE Nep Era very properly directs
the attention of its political friends in
councils to the fact that Reading, with
q larger interest-bearing debt than Lam
caster, is rapidly paying it off, while
here deficiencies annually occur, which
are made up by adding them to the
bonded debt, and it has even been pro-
posed to assail the sinking fund, which
was established to be sacredly maintained
for the wiping out of the bonded debt
:" Our own mayor " could have shown
very handsome steady reduction of the
debt were it not for the reckless
policy of the street committee
year after year in loverdrawing
its appropriation and in estab-
fishing permanent debts to meet tempo
rary expenses. So long as this policy re-
quires an increase in the tax rate, so long
it will be impossible to pay off any consid-
cradle. portion of the debt and to fulfill
those requirements of the law which are
conditional upon refunding at lower
rate of interest. We believe the redeem
able city debt could be refunded at even
4 per cent, but to do this the municipali-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
ALMOST SUFFOCATED.

This morning the wife of John German,
who resides at No. 10 Middle street, to-
gether with two of her daughters and a
young lady named NIcEvoy, who boarded
with the family, made narrow escape
from being suffocated by coal gas. At an
early hour Mrs. German was awakened
by the coughing of Miss McEvoy, who
told her that she had severe headache.
Mrs. German arose, when she found that
room was full of gas, and she soon fell over
unconscious. Shortly after this the watch
man came to the house to awaken a son of
Mrs. German, who is employed at the Penn
iron works. He went up stairs and found
't'se four ladies lying unconscious. He sent
at oncesfo DR.. Westhaeffer, who came and
attended titan. After working with them
about an hour they all recovered. The
ladies' slept in room ovel the parlor, in
which there was coal stove. Before
going to bed some member of the family,
it is thought, accidentally turned the
Hamper of the stove, thus allowing the
,oal gas to escape.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
That Settled Him.

Near Franklin, La, Sidney Cole, about
10 years of age, owner of three-fourths of
the Chalsworth plantation, rode up to the
gate of J. B. Wofford, manager of the
plantation, and informed Wofford that he
had come to kill him. w offord expostulated,
but Cole dismounted and advanced, with
pistol in hand, toward the house. Mrs. Wof.
ford, realizing the danger in which her hus-
band was in, called out to him to arm himself
which he did by seizing shotgun. Then
stepping out he confronted Cole, who con-
tinued to advance, saying, 81 have come
to kill you. 1 mean business" Wof-
ford replied, eff you mean business here
it is, - at the same moment dicharging his
gun, the contents of which took effect in
Coles breast, killing him instantly. Wof-
ford Immediately went to town and sur
rendered himself to the sheriff. but was
afterwards discharged from custody, the
coroncr's jury having returned verdict
Of justifiable homicide.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
Filling an Apparent Vacancy.

Phlladclpma 11meS. New hog Klng organ.
The Republican committee of Lancaster
county is understood to have declined to
issue a call for the usual primary election
'lGr ttisc choice of delegates to the state
conventiod. lt1Sr~an extraordinary thing
for the committee in Lancaster county to
select the delegates, but that extraOfuI;nayv
thing appears to have been decided upon
this year. Nearly three weeks have
elapsed since % the date I Tor the state CON
been done by the county committee to in
dicate that it is aware of the fact. If Dis
trict Attorney Eshleman's committee
names the delegates they will be out-and-
out third-termers but if the voters of the
party could have their say it might be
different. Lancaster hasn't been very
solid for the machine recently, and can't
be trusted,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
THE RING.
Three Challenges lssuetl-Two of Them tor
Paddy Ryan.

Three Challenges Issuetl-Two of Them tor
Paddy Ryan.
After Johnny Dwyer's appointment to a
position in the courts of Brooklyn it was
found that he would never fight with
Paddy Ryan. About that time Joe Goss,
another heavy weight, stepped into the
breach and said that he was willing to
fight Ryan at any time. This got into the
daily papers and Ryan, upon being inter-
viewed said he would fight Goss. Through
the columns of this weeks Clipper GOss
challenges Ryan to fight him for 81, 900 a
side and the championship of America.
Jimmy Elliott, who was SO badly whip
ped by Dwyer, comes to the front now and
challenges Paddy Ryan to fight him on the
same conditions as proposed by Joe Goss.
George Rookie, of New Y ork, the cham
pion of middle weight, challenges any man
in this country to fight him for the middle
weight championship and $1,000 side.
He says he prefers to fight Mike Donavon,
before any other man, as he claims to be
the champion middle weight, having whip
ped William Mcclellan during Rockies alb
sence from New York.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
About Monuments.

The proposition in the House of Repre-
sentatives to erect $50, 1000 monument tc
the memory of General Custer is not one
which will bear cool reflection. Custer
was gallant fellow and moderately good
soldier. Far be it from me to detract an
iota from the fame which is justly due as
dashing and selfforgetting cavalry lead
er in the field as ever drew rein or sabre.
But there are Generals C. F. Smith, who
died in harness in the West, Phil -Kearnev
as magnificent as Murat in the field, and
Sedgwick, a brave, able and coOl-headed
one of whom Custer would
have been proud to serve under-who have
no monuments, while Custer has one re-
Gently unveiled with imposing ceremony
at West Point which cost $1,000. Dupli-
cate that if you will in the national capital
and Clusters best friend can find no fault.
- Washington RepuJlic.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

Fire demolished the fur factory of Mason
& Kateze in Brooklyn. A falling wall
injured five firemen.
The international chess tournament has
already occupied eight days, and ten more
will elapse before it will be finished.
A veteran pilot fell dead at his post on
the Fulton ferry boat, which plies between
New York and Brooklyn. ApOplexy was
the cause.
The citizens of the District Of Colum-
bia have issued a call for a mass meeting
to be held Oh the evening of Tuesday,
January 20, to devise means for the relief
of the suffering poor of Ireland. Among
the signers are Wheeler and Randall.
A discharged doorkeepcr of the Thalia
theatre, on the Bowery, II. F. ThurstOn,
shot and wounded in the head Victor
Keely, the treasurer of the theatre. The
wound is not dangerous. The assassin was
held for trial.
A collision occurred in the East river
between the Long Island annex boat G..
r. Olyphant and the ferry boat Warren.
The Olyphant sank in five minutes, but her
passengers, 25 in number, and crew were
all saved. One man had his arm hurt, but
with this exception there were no casual
ties. The Warren was not much injured.
According to the report of Superinten-
dent Purdy, of the search and inquiry de-
paltment of the postOffice, for the week
ending January 13, 924 letters misdirected
to New York have been sent to the cities
intended by the addresses. In the search
department a clerk is employed whose sole
labor consists in making these corrections,
and the ingenuity and skill with which he
manages tOdirect these letters to the proper
parties are marvellous.
Charles Smith, negro, hanged at about
9 o'clock last night by mob, two miles
north of Walton, Ind. Smith was native
of Virginia and an escaped convict from
the penitentiary at Frankfort, Ky. He
was arrested last Sunday at Rising Sun,
Ind, for alleged arson in burning the barn
and stock of Justice Hudson, near Walton,
Ind, last October. At the time of the
hanging he was on his way to Burlington
Jail in the custody of three officials, who
were OverpOwered.
Near Urbana, Ohio, few days ago, the
body of an old man named Jones was
dragged with hog hook from it's resting
place in the Old Pioneer graveyard over
rough ground for half mile, where car
riage was waiting. A student of the Col
umbus medical college, who hired the car
riage, gave the name Of James Hampsher,
and another engaged in the job is believed
to be Gus Ziegler. The students and other
suspected parties will be arrested. The
feeling of the community is intensely bitter
against them.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15

THERE seems to he general complaint
among the religious denominations OF
the country, that their newspaper organs
do not realize fully the purposes of their
establishment some of the preachers
say that the secular paper quite outstrip
the religious press in its own field, and
that if they take enterprising secular
papers they have no need of the denom-
national journals. There is good ground
for the complaint. and it must be admit
ted that of all class journals in the cOun-
try the religious papers are the weakest.
With magnificent opportunities for the
collection of interesting news and for ed
itorial enterprise, that would make them
highly influential, the shortcomings of
the denominational papers are manifest,
and they painfully fail 70 realize their
mission. This failure is largely due to
the fact that most of them lack that ed
itorial management which is the acquire
ment of journalistic eXrer;22.oe ,at.!Gi22r ,at..!!Gi22r
s4itRa>o8f PerlTit " pastoral service, and
too often, instead of appealing to their
patrons on their own merits, they ask for
as matter of favor, and exc
out a mendicant existence instead of
making themselves an actual necessity
and worth their subscription price. Re
form is evidently necessary in the reli-
giouS press.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
STATE ITEMS,

On Saturday the Altoona printers will
celebrate the birthday of Franklin with a
supper.
Jordan's barn, near Titusville, was
burned, with nine head Of cattle and other
valuable. property.
Senator Blaine is having gravestones put
up at the long-unmarked graves of his par
ents in Brownsville.
Mrs. Allen Mccartney, jr., of Logan
township, Blair county. was brutally as
saulted by tramp, in whose face she shut
the door.
John Lcfebre, of Butler county, who re-
ported his wife's death as caused by hel
falling down stairs about Dec. Is, has
been arrested on suspicion that he stran-
gled her.
The Clearfield Republican again and
again tells it's patrons that it will take
wheat, oats or corn for it's subscription,
and gives its readery list of mills where
they can leave bag of grain for it.
In Bradford the quality of mercy is not
strained. The Era says: sit is possible
to obtain nights lodging in this city 70,
fifteen cents, but the unfortunate patron is
| often obliged to share his couch with
smaller but more active creatures than
himself"
At eight o'clock last night an old stable
adjoining Bergner & EngeIs brewery. at
Thirty and Thompson streets, Phil
adelphia, was destroyed by fire. A va
grant known as VIM. Lupitz, who was
sleeping in the barn, and three horses,
were consumed in the flames. 1t is be-
lieved that the man fell asleep in the stable
| {nI l.,
the fire was caused by ashes falling among
the hay.
In Centre county Thomas Wilson, and
Hannah Wilson, his wife, aged respective
| ly "a and sc years, departed life ON the
18th and 18th of December, 1879, at their
beautiful residence within sight of the
place of their birth. In Madison, Wis.
recently, Mrs. Sarah Jane Smith, formerly
of Lycoming county, Pa, died one after
noon and her husband summoned his
friends to his bedside and said: "Don't
bury Sarah to-day. l am going to die to-
night, and then we can he buried together" "
And it came to pass.
For several years past the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad company has been
quietly purchasing the properties included
between Callowhill street and Pennsylva-
mia avenue, from Broad to Sixteenth
| street, Philadelphia. In some instances
the-.Owners demanded exorbitant sums,
but the company was bent upon making
a clean sweep, and did not allow five OF
ten thousand dollars to prove an obstacle.
At present every property within the linn
its named is owned by the Reading rail
road, and the tenants are warned to leave
by March Is, when the buildings will be
demolished to make way for the erection
of new depot.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15

but have not been running it for some
years. 1t is fine ore, but lies dee DER than
in the other mine.
In this same cluster Of mines are large
bodies of ore on the farms of John N.
Shenk and John p. Brock, which years
ago supplied the Black Rock furnace. run
by Charles Brook, but now ruin.
On the state road a mile west of Quarry
vile, on the farm lately owned by Joseph
Croft (dec'd.), several years ago Brooks
Brothers mined a large quantity Of fine ore,
but it is now idle. Near this John Zalin is
now prospecting ON the farm of VIM. ii.
Rineer, where a large body of iron ole has
been found to exist Mining will be COM
menced this spring and machinery is now
being erected.
Two miles west of the Buck. is the Burns
mine, owned by J. W. johnson, ESQ.,, OF
this city, who is erecting an engine, wash
er, &c, and under the management of John
Zahn will soon begin operation. This is
one OF the best qualities Of ore in the coun-
ty and MIR. j. intends mining largely, and
can sell as rapidly as raised. He is now
making arrangements at Quarryville to
load the cars, whence it will be shipped to
Schuylkill county, where lie has made
large sale to different firms.
In the village of Quarryville is small
mine. but one which has yielded largely,
owned by Daniel Lefevre, and leased to
II. II. Lefevre, who has been mining it.
The product is sold as fast as mined and
is of good quality.
Two miles south of Quarryvile is the
Livingston bank, now owned and mined
by John Hildebrand and b. b. Myers, who
are running it and selling the ore to
Wright, Cook & Co. 1t is loaded at Quar-
ryville. They are erecting machinery and
will mine extensively this season.
The Rakestraw bank in "the valley
between Christiana and Quarryville, is
now idle. 1t is owned by the Phenixyille
iron company and managed by Aaron
Hartman. 1t has very good machinery
and can raise an immense amount of ore
which is of an excellent quality. 1t was
mined by the owners and used by them il.
| their furnaces ut PhGnixville and will no
doubt start soon.
Further down the valley in the direc-
tiOn of PenningtOnville are several old
mines which have not been mined for Il
great many years.
On the farm of C.. NJ. Hess near Quarry
vile there have been several shafts sunk.
and ore of a fine quality has been found.
MIR. IL. intends prospecting this season ard
will no doubt find a tine body.
On the farm of Jacob NJ. Ecknran ore
has been found of magnetic nature by
the Eckerts of Reading who have been
prospecting.
In the whole valley from Peuuea to PEN
ningtOnville there seems to be Oh .ns side
iron ore and on the other limestone, some
times coming near the surface and ether
times being deep.
To no two men in the county do the
people of this section owe as much to the
developments of the iron ore banks as to.
DR.. Peacock, of Lancaster, and John Zallp-
of Quarryville, both having been pioneers
in the business both of good judgment
and practical men. Mr. Zahn has had
charge of the most extensive mining opera
tions, and has not only discharged his duty
OF his employers but was always popular
with his employees and the public gencr-
ale.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
A Cincinnati Mystery.

In Cincinnati, about o'clock last even.
ing, Henry Burgund, a wealthy citizens,
was found dead in his room with bullet
hole in his right temple. He lived in an
elegant house on Freeman avenue. His
family are taking every step in their
power to hide the appearance of suicide.
The son states that the revolver, which
was his fathers, was found on the opposite
side of the body from where it would ma
turally have fallen. The deceased had a
heavy insurance on his life, and it is
stated that his family relations of late
have not been the happiest. The last
known act of his life was to write letter
to C. L. Breekman, No. 378 Second ave-
nue., New York. He had received letter
during the day, and had torn it up, and it
is reported that the family carefully gath
cred the scraps of it and burned them.
Burgund was fifty-seven years of age,
being eighteen years older than his wife.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
Death from Hair Dive

The Reading Eagle is authority for it
"Cyrus Morrison, who lived many years
in the vicinity of Beartown, Lancaster
county, has just died. He was partially
paralyzed for the last few months and un-
able to do anything. Several weeks ago
he became very sick, and suffered terribly
until he died. A number of eminent ply
sicians attended him, who have come to
the conclusion that his system was poison
ed by the excessive use of hair dye, which
he used on his beard. and which resulted
fatally. He was about fifty years of age,
married, and leaves a widow and large
family of children. 1t is said that he CO.
piously used dye on his hair, whiskers and
moustache, and since his death they have
turned greenish white, giving the corpse
a horrible appearance
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS,
Events Across rne s;ountv Line.

| Events Across the County Line.
The Reading land and improvement
company are pushing vigorously their pro-
ject of founding town OH the west side
the river Schuylkill opposite the terminus
of Sixth street. Building lots, water
works and machine shop are talked of.
The Harrisburg Patriot with rare cour-
tesy says: "That wreched old petrifietf
political pessimist, Charles O'Conor, is out
in long letter to the New Jersey cluf.
which was foolish enough to invite tho
fossilized creature to participate in the
celebration of the anniversary Of Jackson's
victory at New Orleans.''
| MIR. q. B. Roberts, first vice president u:
the Pennsylvania railroad company, was on
Monday elected president of the different
leased lines under the control of the Penn
sylvania. Mr.. Roberts succeeds Col. Thomas
| A. Scott in these various positions. Mr..
Scott's health is good, but the gentleman
| is anxious to relieve himself of some por-
! tiOn of the immense amount of work that
has heretofore devOlved upon him.
In Harrisburg yesterday Ed. linn, a
| we'll known mechanic, tried suicide with
laudanum. linn was determined to resist
all efforts to restore him, and it was not
! until late in the afternoon that some anti
dOte was forced down his throat by the
attending physician. linn had been
rather Incorporate of late and had quan-
tity of laudanum in his possession some
time ago, with the intention of committing
a rash act.
Jesse Lutz, of ReinhOld's station, intends
erecting large powder mill on his prop
erty near Deep Cut station, on the Read
ing and Columbia railroad. There is an
excellent water power on the premises, and
an old rifle barrel mill, which stands d.
| rectly on the line of Berks and Lancaster
| counties. The mill is within few yards
of the Reading and Columbia railroad and
is much noticed by travellers OH account of
its high water-wheel. Mr.. Lutz, who is a
man of large means, intends to engage ex-
tensively in the manufacture of powder.
He is the proprietor of hat factory at
ReinhOld's station.
A large timber raft owned by Messrs.
Thomas & Co., Lock Haven, while float
ing past Harrisburg during the heavy fog,
struck the second pier of the railroad
bridge, and swinging around from the force
of the current, the rear end of the immense
raft struck the the third pier. lodging
portion of the raft thereon, while the front
part floated on down stream. Two of the
men on the raft were thrown into the icy
water and called Justify for help. Ms.
Luther Brown, who happened to be on the
river bank, pushed off in boat and went
promptly to their rescue. One of the
raftsmen was nearly "done for" from the
eflSccts of the cold water.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
He Knew He was About to Die.

In Seneca Falls, N. Y, the death of
George Edison affords strange instance of
premonition. He arose in the morning in
apparent health. During the forenoon he
gave his sister-in- law ring, saying it
was his last gift. Then he called on his
most intimate personal friend, and with
tears bade him farewell. He visited four
young men and asked them to be bearers
at his funeral, and invited the members of
the village band, to which he belonged, to
attend his funeral in body. Seeking his
brother, he made arrangements for dispo-
sition of his property, and at p. m. on
the same day he died. He was buried in
exact compliance with the preparations
which he himself had made.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
PERSO ONAL..

Mrs. JULIA SMITH PARKER, of Glaston-
bury, has not changed her mind with mar
riage. She has again refused to pay her
taxes because she cannot vote and another
COW has been sold.
Senor SARAsATE. the violinist, returning
from the North, where he met with great
success, has not accepted one of the num-
erous offers made to him to play in Lon
don. He proceeds at once to Paris and then
to various parts of Germany.
Mr.. SAMUEL J. MEDILL, managing edi-
tor of the Chicago Tribune, was married
last evening to Miss Nellie Murray Car
son, daughter of Colonel John B. Carson,
general manager of the Hannibal and St.
Joseph railroad.
In Wiesbaden, yesterday, FREDERICK,
Duke of ofSchleswig- Holstein, died sudden
ly, in the 51st year Of his age. He was
chief of the younger branch of his family,
in consequence of the remuneration of his
father. He was major general Of the
Bavarian army, and was married in 1856
to the Duchess Adelaide, daughter of the
late Ernest, prince Of Hohenlohe- -Langen-
bourg.
The young ladies of Chattanooga, Tenn,
organized leap year party, hired hall.
ordered a supper and went around in cal'
riages to hunt up the young men and com
pei them to come in. Everything was
lovely until the committee went to settle
the bills, when they learned that the young
men had already paid them. The young
ladies say now that it was "real mean - il
the boys and declare that they will never
give another leap year party.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
Another Temperance Lecture.

Last Monday night Robert Mott, of East
Rockaway, L. L., went to a party called
'Oyster Stealers' Gang" He left there
in an intoxicated condition, and nothing
more was known of his whereabouts until
noon yesterday, when a party of neighbors
turned out to look for him. They found
his frozen body on Christian Hook S
meadows, near South bay. He had lost
his way in the binding snow storm of
Tuesday morning, lay down in the
meadows, and perished. He leaves wife
and three children.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-15
Ss.~~Ws Booked.

The following shows .cre now booked to
appear here: January Is, Ma..n's "Fat.
initza" company; II, Gottholds "Oe.o-
ROOM g, Furbishs's company in a
Commercial Traveller" "a, Soup Fund,
home show 26, Madame Rentz's min
strels; q, lecture by Wallace Bruce; %.
Kiralfys with BLACK Crook y February 6,
William Gilrs Goblius; Tony Denier's
Humpty Dumpty troupe with Grimaldi
IA, Barney Macauley, in GA Messenger
from Jarvis Section II, Buffalo Bill, in
an Indian drama; 81, Mary Anderson
March II, Benton's English opera COM
pany.