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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-24
"FAAlILY JARS"
Tragic Ending of Some OF Them,

Tragic Ending of Some OF Them.
Mrs. Mylcs, aged so years, was found
hanging to a tree near Wheeling, w. Va,
on Saturday night. It is supposed she
committed suicide to escape " family
jars"
Joseph Wilmer, aged 55 years, COM
mitted suicide in Troy, N. Y, ON Sunday
morning. He had been suffering from
sickness, which, it was supposed, had af:
fected his mind.
Simon Zimmerman, an employee of the
Western electrical works, in Chicago, killed
his wife and then committed suicide yes
tcrday morning. 1t is supposed he quar-
relied with her on rising, and, after shoot
ing her in sudden fit OF rage, was i'm
pelled by rcmorsc to suicide. The couple
leave two children.
The house of Martin Weinrich, on the
line between Dane and Columbia counties,
in Wisconsin, was discovered Oh fire las
Sunday night. The door being forced. th'
bodies of Wcinrich and his wife, bearing
fatal shot wounds, were found within. The
couple had lived unhappily, and it is sup
posed Wcinrich shot his wife and thel
committed suicide.
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STATE ITEMS.

The Schuylkill county Democratic con-
vcntion met yesterday and nominated the
following ticket for congressman. John
w. Ryon; district attorney, a. W. Sc!lalk :;
sheriff, William Beck.
Alfred Lynn, aged thirteen years, fell
from the Valley bridge, at EenansO,
Franklin county, y distance of thirty
feet to the rivcr-bcd. lie alightcd Will,
such force as to crush his skull, resulting
in death.
Philadelphia mourns the recent deaths
of Howard Tilden, broker; CllaS. ii. Ab-
bott, hardware merchant and Mrs. Mary
A. Wright, widow Of Peter Wright, the
founder of the firm of Peter Wright and
& Sons.
At the MontOur county Democratic con
vcntion Robert Klotz was nominated fo!
Congress, with second choice for Antrim
For the Senate VIM. II. Bortz was nomi-
mated for Representative, p. G. New
baker; Treasurer, Geo. W. Piper; Regis
ter. VIM. c. Johnston.
A serious ''cavc'' is reported ut Planes
near Wilkesbarrc, over the surface of the
Delaware & Hudson canal company's
mines. About three acres of ground have
sunk from six inches to five feet, several
buildings have been damaged ut the mine
and five houses arc threatened with demo
litiOn.
David Smith, of Franklin, died in that
place on Friday in the Doth yearof his age
He was the oldest resident of NenangC
county. by strict attention to business
Mr. Smith had accumulated large for.
tune, which he recently divided among his
children, as he was firm in the belief that
he would die suddenly.
Col. Hcndrick B. Wright was nominal
ed by the nti-Bcamish wing of the Dem
ecratic party of Lackawanna for Congress.
The Times reporter called upon the vcner.
able gentleman and asked him if he would
accept the place on the ticket. lie rc.
sponded that to all inquiries he had said
no, but really did not know what hc should
do, as he had not yet made up his mind.
The Juniata county Democratic conven-
ton nominated by acclamation the follow
ing ticket: Congress, Hon. r. Milton
Spear Senate, Thomas McCulloch &; Rep
resentative, John ID. Milliken; Surveyor,
Joseph Middagh. DR.. G.. ID. Arnold, OF
Mexico, was chosen by acclamatiOn rs
chairman of the county committee. The
convention was harmonious. The ticket
is very strong one.
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PERSONAL.

Gout is not always to the worldlins.
STURGEON has it bad.
General ALBERT J. MYER, chief Of the
signal service, remains in a precarious
condition at Buffalo. His deat', was mo-
mentarily expected last night.
BURDETT-C COUTs denies that she is going
to marry. The alleged bridegroom is her
protcge, aged twenty-eight. She is seventy
and her annual income is g., 600, 900.
General GRANT has a Japanese body-scr-
want. His name is Yiscddo, and hc
dresses like an American and carries a
cane. lie said that Japan regards the
United States as model nation and is
initiating many of the ways and customs
of this country.
Rev. w. II. II. MURRAY is home from
Europe full of ideas. lie thinks our mil.
lcrs could enlarge their trade in England
by sending an agent there to push the
sale of American flour in small packages.
He thinks too our pork should be cured
here and not sent there green.
w HllC UCuCIII N.to soou'S
through the railroad shops at st. Albans,
VT, the other day he said :' never had 4
boy to give my name to; wonder if
shall ever SEQ it ON a locomotive" Cover.
nor Smith then ut once gave directions tt
have new locomotive named General
Stewart L. WoodfOrd. A hint in time is
worth nine.
Miss IRISH, clerk in tho interior de-
partment at Washington, who rumOr says
is to marry Secretary Scllurz, is :.n accom-
plishcd performer Oh tho ..piano, and will
therefore, find the secretary companion
able in this respect if in no other. The
Irish family is we'll known in Erie county
and its total yearly income from the United
States government in salaries is said to bt
about $4,000.
At the Chicago meeting of knights
Tcmplar E. p. G. G. JAMES II. HOPKINS
was presented with a splendid bronze eques
trian figure of Richard CGur dc Leon, this
selection being made by those who desricd
to honor him, as can object that.would al
once convey the sentiment involved and bt
household adornment, expressing to the
honored recipient and his family the fact
of his exalted official position, and tho
great love of the brethren"
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A FEROCIOUS MADMAN.
Confined for Twenty-seven Years Amss
Filth and S0ualOr

Confined for Twenty-seven Years Amid
Filth and SqualOr.
Details of the discovery and capture of
Benjamin Sechler, the maniac, by officers
of the Bcrks county almshOusc, present
the most distressing features. In a wild
and desolate region, surrounded with plen-
ty Of woods and dense underground, the
insane man was kept by his brother, Jacob
Sechler, highly respected citizen of Al
bany township, in q small house purpOsely
constructed for him. Tho apartment is
about 8 feet square, boarded on the inside,
and was in a most disgusting and filthy con-
dition. Near the centre of the room was
4 chain about three feet long, one end of
which was fastened to the floor and the
other end to one of the legs of the nude
maniac. In this state he has been kept
for q years, during which time he was
neither, washed combed nor shaved. His
beard reached to a little above tho
waist and his hair was one thick,
bushy mass, which had not been
combed for all these years. He
was captured by James w. Sallade.
John II. Bower and John b. Knorr, of the
Berks county insane hospital, and has been
removed to that institution and properly
cared for. Sechler is German, ,55 years old,
His father was once prosperous farmer
of Berks county, and his brother has kept
him confined all these years, furnishing
him with plenty of food, and thelmaniac's
physical condition as far as health and
strength are concerned is excellent. 1t is
said that he became insane by reason of
exposing himself to tho sudden reaction of
cold water over heated body. lie is
stone mason by trade. One day he worked
in the harvest field, and in the evening
took bath in cool spring water. This it
is said, produced his insanity
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LANCASTER DAILY INTEIlIGENER AUGUST a.

another man, named Alexander, and then
surrendered themselves to the police.
A fire at St. Paul. Mimi, early yester-
day morning, destroyed the paper ware
house Of Averil, Russell q Carpenter, oc-
cupying two buildings, and the Wholesale
grocery of P. H. Kelly & Co., adjoining.
The store of Beaupre, Allen & Keogh was
damaged. The losses aggregate a640, 900.
It is feared that man was killed by the
fall of wall of Kelly's store.
The fast newspaper train from New
York for long Branch collided with a
train of empty passenger cars near the
Long Branch station yesterday morning.
The side of one car of the news train was
torn away and two other cars were wreck
ed. Three young men were severely in-
jured, one Of whom, Jeremiah Culliland,
is in a critical condition. The disaster is
ascribed to the carelessncss of John Erick-
son, engineer of the empty passenger train.
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EAST END ITEMS.

From Our Intercourse Correspondent.
The tobacco fields of Leacock look we'll
and 4 large part of the crop is housed.
John Scngcr and II. G. Hines have nota-
bly good patches.
Miss Emma Brubakcr Of Salisbury, al
cstimablc young lady, died recently, and a
largo concoursc OF sorrOwins friends fol-
lowed her remains to their last resting
place in Roland's graveyard.
Cases Of scandal in this vicinity arc
alarmingly common. Petty larceny, too,
is prevalent.
The Garfield meeting at Jac. Warfers
hotel in Intercourse, on Saturday evening,
was not !, success, owing to tho superior
attractions of tive-ccnt shooting gallery
set up not far off.
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WESTERN WOES.
One DAYS Shooting.

Alfred Terry, colorcd, was shot dead by
James Thorp in a quarrel, at Kansas City,
NO., on Sunday.
John Smithwritc, fireman of the propc!-
Ter Canistor, was fatally shot by Francis
TrainOr, in Buffalo, last night. TrainOr
escaped.
Frank Saltwater was shot dead by
George Glass on Saturday night while at
tempting to force an entrance into the lat
tcr's house, u disrcputable place, in Urba-
ma, Ill. Stillwcll had been drinking. He
leaves a wife and child.
Thomas Smith aud Wesley Thomas, ne
groes, quarrcled in Burlingamc, Kansas,
On Sunday night, and Thomas was killed.
A second shot, fired by Smith, passed
Though the window ola a saloon and
mOrtally wounded man named Baker.
At Pleasant Hill, NO., on Saturday
night, William and Robert Van Holtz.
brothers, while buying provisions in the
store of Henry Stock, were ordered out by
Stock, who, at the Same moment, fired a
pistol at them. They returned the fire,
killing Stock and severely wounding
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THE CITT DEBT.
DR.. Leversood Wants to Know.

DR.. Leversood Wants to Know.
Mr.. EDITOR In speaking OF the action
of common council, you said in Saturdays
issue of the INTELLIGENCER that there IS
an evident intention on the part of that
body to " saddle" upon the city an addi-
tional debt of some 81, 600. wish to say
lust a word or two in reference to this sub
ject.
As the city has incurred this debt
through tho action of former councils as
the work has been done and admittedly
we'll done and as We are enjoying the re-
suit of the expenditure of this money, don't
you think, as honest men, rs men who are
sworn to perform their dutyin conscicn-
tious, faithful manner, that we should
make provision to liquidate a debt legally
contracted. An honest man will pay his
honest debts. Almost every member OF
common council and two thirds of those OF
select council believe that this debt is an
honest one and that it should be paid.
Why should not the ordinance creating
this permanent loan be passed? 1t GER
tainly cannot he because the constitutional
debt limit has been reached. For my part
| would sooner undertake to find needle
| in haystack than to undertake to find
| the man who can tell mo what the exact
| ns;itutional debt limit OF Lancaster is
and when it was reached. If this can be
done, if it can bc shown, beyond doubt ol
question, that our city debt cannot bc i'll
creased constitutionally beyond what it is
at present, l, for one, would decline to sup
port the proposed ordinance. Unless thl:
is done, think the permanent loan should
bc effected, and the debt, for which tho
city is morally and legally responsible
should bc paid. JOHN LEvEIGooD.
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COURT or COMMON PLEAS.
Before Judge Livingston.

ljelOfC AiSlHssstOn.
lMondau afternoon. In the suit Of Chris
tian Weidman, assignee for Henry kurtz
and wife VS.. Henry N. Bremcman, sheriff,
4 verdict by consent was rendered in favor
of plaintiff for $75 and costs of suit.
In the divorce suit Of John W. Croft VS..
Elizabeth Croft, IN amendment to the pcti-
tion was filed, also 4 replication by defend
ant. A special plea was filed to which
defendant plead surprise and the case was
continued at the cost of plaintiff. The
a rule to show cause why the amendment
to the replication should not be stricken
off.
In the suits of a. e. Messman & Co., VS..
Joel Hutton, appeals from the Judgment
of Alderman Wiley, judgments by consent
were entered in favor of plaintiffs for
s1O4.79 and s1Oi.55 respectively with costs
of suit.
Before Judge Patterson.
The first case attached for jury trial in
the lower court was that of Edward
Thomas VS.. William and Barbara Livings-
ton, appeal by defendants from the judgg-
ment Of Esquire 7. l.. Thompson, given in
favor Of plaintiff for S43.7S with costs of
suit. The defense was that Mrs. Livinss-
ton never contracted any part of the bill
and was not responsible out Of her separate
estate.
Tho jury returned verdict in favor Of
plaintiff for $500, James NJ. Walker
esq.,, for plaintiff, and J. W. F. Swift, esq.
for defendant.
John B. Dennis, who was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Charles Strinc, Oh process
issued by tho court Oh Monday morning,
was brought before Judge Patterson for
sentence. The judge said that this was the
first case tried in this court, prosecuted for
the offcnse of which the defendant has been
convicted, and it is important that an ex-
ample he made. 1t has been stated to the
court that the prisoners wife was
in and has been in delicate health
for months back, and for that reason
the court would make the imprlsss
onment lighter than they otherwise would.
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PUBLIC FAIRS.

Exhibition of the Lancaster Agricultural
Society and Fair-Fair Of the Oxford Agri-
cultural Observation-Disclosures Exhibl-
tiOn.
The annual exhibition OF the Lancaster
county agricultural and horticultural So
cicty will be held in the Northern market
house this city, Oh Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, September Goth, 3Oth and Oc-
tOber 1st. Premiums are offered for all
kinds of fruits, melons, flowers, vcSeta-
blcs, cereals, domestic productions, includ-
ing bread, butter, cakes, jellies, preserves,
pickles and canned fruits ; for bees, honey,
tobacco, all kinds of domestic manulac-
lures, embroidery and crochet work, fancy
goods, cabinet ware, saddlcry and hun
dred other articles. Competition is open
to all and exhibitors have the right to sell
their exhibits during the fair, but not to
remove them until it closes. Entries will
be received up to noon on the 10Th Of Sep
tember, but not afterwards. Further in
formation regarding the fair and a printed
list of the plcmiums may bic had ON appli-
cation to the president. Joseph +. Wilmer,
Paradise; the secretary, NJ. ID. kentlig,
Cresswcll, or the corresponding secretary,
John II. Landis, Millersville.
The Oxford Fair.
Inc lllI 1alr oil Lnc OAIOIu sSiICuItuIN
society is to be held in the borough of Ok
ford, Chester county, at the same time the
Lancaster fair is to be held (Septembcr
Goth and 3Oth, and October 1sD. In addi-
ton to the display Of agricultural, horti-
cultural and domestic productions, usual
at public exhibitions, and for which liberal
premiums are offered. the society offers
premiums of several hundred dollars for
trials of speed Of trotting horses of tho
2:1O, $50, 800 and $40 classes. National
irotting association rules will be enforced.
Entries close Thursday, September 9TH, ut
II o'clock p. m.
The Bl-Centennial of Pennsylvania.
The Bi-centennial association OF fenn-
sylvania, organized for the purpose OF
properly celebrating the completion OF the
second century since the founding oi fenn-
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lsir,l-ln.Iiand Items,

Mrs. VIM. Kacy was unfortunate enough
to fracture her knee cap, which is the
third time it was broken inside Of fifteen
months, DR.. 4. NJ. Miller reduced the
fracture and she is getting along we'll rs
can be expected.
The NJ. +. Sunday school held their
annual picnic OH last Saturday in Gibbon's $
Grove. The children, both largo and
small, enjoyed themselves hugely.
Sigl & Morrin, tobacco packers, had
their whole packing Of 70 tobacco sam
pied last week by G. Finke & Co., of New
York. The wrappers turned out fine, OF y
nice color and silky texture.
S. Wiser, cigar manufacturer, has two
acres of fine tobacco OH the farm of J. $.
Shirk. Some leaves arc 4G inches long.
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The court then sentenced Dennis to pay a

fine of $500, costs Of prosecution and un-
dergo an imprisonment in the Lancaster
county prison for two months. The pris-
oner wept while sentence was being passed
upon him, and it was with difficulty that
he was able to walk from the court room
in the custody Of the deputy sheriff.
Tuesday Worning.-The remainder Of the
cases set down for trial were continued for
various reasons. The jurors were dis
charged and court adjourned until Satur-
day morning ut 10 O'Clock.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The three days Sacngerfest at Rondout,
n. V, began yesterday. Ten singing
societies arc participating.
The Memphis board of health arc just
now engaged in a wrangle with like Or
sanization at New Orleans, OH account OF
an order issued by the former, forbiddins:
tho entry by steamboat OF secondhand
clothing and old junk.
J.C. Miller, proprietor of the Washing
ton Daily Critic, whilst adjusting the sash
of a third-stOry window, lost his balance
and fell to the ground, Il distance OF forty
five feet. lie is badly injured and is not
expected to recover.
Professor Shclden, of the Royal Agricul.
tural college. and other representatives OF
English tenants, arrived at Quebec in the
steamer Peruvian, last Saturday. They i'll
tend to visit Manitoba, and report upon
it's suitablencss for immigration.
While Charles Austin was sailing on the
bay, near Babylon, L. l., Oh Sunday after
noon, two strangers boarded his boat,
threw him overheard and sailed away with
the vessel. Austin managed to reach the
shore in an exhausted condition, and the
boat was afterwards found ut Amityville.
James Thorp, workman III the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad machine shop, at
Kansas City, had an naltcrcation with Alfred
Terry, colOrcd, and after the latter had
made, or attempted to make, an assault on
| him, killed the negro almost Instantly
Thorp was arrested.
Painful anxiety prevails throughout
Cuba. Rumors of disturbances of Tho
peace continue to circulate, although r(
new complications arc known. Unf;.vor
able news has been received of the govern
ment troops engaged in quarrelling riots
in Simaloa: mails arc delayed and diSor
der generally prevails.
Large numbers of Knights Of Pythia
have arrived in st. Louis to attend th'
ceremonies of tho opening of the Supreme
Lodge of the World, but the arrivals o
uniformed divisions arc few. The Prcu,
Chevalicr division, Of Cleveland, Ohio, ant
fifty members of New Orleans lodges ar'
among the arrivals.
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Accident to D Lancasterian.

At Washington, d. c., yesterday, J Car
penter Miller, one of the proprietors of the
Daily Critic, whilst adjusting the sash of a
third-story window yesterday afternoon,
distance Of forty-five feet: He was badly
injured, and is not expected to recover.
Mr.. Miller was well:.known in this vicinity,
which was his birthplace. He was the
youngest son of General David Miller and
had been quite successful in Washington,
in amassing a comfortable fortune of $50, :
600 or 500, 900 in his newspaper enterprise.
He is married and has one child two or
three years old.
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feel himself "legaly'' or morally
bound to pay debts contracted on his be-
half, without his authority and in the
face of his positive prohibition. Does
he 4?
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The friends of Hancock and English will
meet ut James X. Alcxander's s hotel, Quar-
ryville, for the purpose of forming a club,
on Friday evening next.
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New Stylo Signal.

A now signal for communication be-
tween the conductor and engineer, to take
the place of the bell rope, is being tested
on the Pennsylvania railroad. 1t is con-
ncctcd with tho automatic air-brakcs. A
light cord runs along one side Of each car,
slight pull on which operates an air
whistle OH tho engine, while \ slight es-
cape of air in the car attachment assures
the conductor that his signal has been
heard, thus avoiding the necessity of the
engineer responding by the steam whistle.
1t also saves the trouble of connecting and
disconnecting the bell rope in shifting cars,
the connection with one car to another be-
ing made through the hose couplings of the
air-brakes.
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A Mean Trick.

It was republishcd from the York Daily
that George Miller, boy from Paradise
township, this county, had been arrested
over there for stealing cakes from the Res
cue festival. Master George Miller, of
Paradise township, {. manly little fellow,
comes into town to-day and tells us that
the real culprit was Harry Palmer, boy
from Paradise township, who leads a tramp
life and who when arrested at York this
time, gave his name as Miller, which was
a mean trick in Palmer and gross injus-
tice to Miller.
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MINOR TOPICS.

WEAVER now starts out to carry Arkan-
sas. He claimed Alabama first and is
taking them alphabetically.
DIR. CREAM, of Chicago, is charged with
most hcinous malpractice. Though loudly
protesting Christian, he seems to have been
but skim milk.
A TOUCHING story is told of how Tex
as man married North Carolina girl and
walked 1,6OO miles with her to his Western
home.
CRUEL DREAMS.
fall asleep:
g The past is not. He whom you love is here :;
No longer weep"
lam not dead"
lIesays, and takes me gently by the hands.
And leads to those pleasant yellow sands
Weused to tread.
He softly talks
OF all the things we talked OF long ago;
And am happy, pacing to and tro
Those wellloved walks!
But when try
To tell of what has happened since the day
lie went ah me. he slowly fades away!
wake-and cry.
THE editor of Conkling's home organ,
the Utica Herald, was in Congress with Gar
field, and his private judgment publicly ex-
pressed was that Garfield had been bribed
by Ames, and henceforth must bc g a dead
cock in pit" Not long ago the Demo
Gratis of Utica cndeavored to procure the
| republication in..thc Herald of Mr.. Roberts S
remarks on Garfield in 1873 by paying for
their insertion as an advertisement at the
usual rates. Mr.. Robert, in his counting
room, was forced to decliuo the paragraphs
which he had written rs editor. on the
ground that they wero improper matter to
print in the Utica Herald, even as an ad-
vcrtisement!
Lucy II. HOOPER writes from Paris that
the cab horses of that city.are the hardest
worked and the most whipped in the world.
Usually, cabman will lash his horse I'M.
ceasingly from the time that he starts OH
his trip, whether it be by the course or by
the hour, till hc is discharged. If the lash
prove Intellectual, he will often reverse his
whip and pound the poor bony, half-starvet
animal with the handle. There is no Use
in demonstrating with these Jel,us he will
only turn on you with storm of abuse
Cut, slash, thump-cut, slash, thump-tht
process goes on till tho carriage is dis
charged. The police never interfere, ant
no French person ever seems to think o
demonstrating.