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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
THE WATER QUESTION.

The Mayors Suggestion approved.
New Era.
The mayors message on the water ques-
ton demands the serious consideration of
property owners and water consumers.
The facts he presents are in the main in
disputable, and his suggestions are all
more or less practical. 1t is evident if the
present rate of consumption is to continue
we must have in the near future increased
pumping power and storage capacity, with
substitution of larger mains for the small
er ones through which several of the outer
wards draw their supply. These improve
ments, desirable as they may lie, would in
volve larger outlay than the city
is at present prepared to meet. Besides,
any plan for such thorough recon-
struction Of our system of water supply
should be very carefully matured and ap-
proved by the most competent engineers
before money is spent upon it. In the
meantime, the introduction Of water me-
ters seems to be the most feasible and Geo.
nomical plan of meeting the immediate
necessity of doing something. To prevent
one third the waste would be equivalent
to an increase of one third the supply. 1t
is what many other cities have been COM
PEELED to do to circumvent waste and the
result has been in the main satisfactory.
1t would not cost much to Introduce me-
ters in representative buildings and locali-
ties, by which average results could be as
certained, and if satisfactory they could
then be put into general use. In our jjudg-
ment, the sooner the test is made the.bet-
ter it will be for our future comfort and
safety.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
STATE ITEMS.

The expenses of the electoral college foot
up few cents over S945.
Six hundred and forty-eight vessels ar
rived at Philadelphia during the past
month.
Our exchanges along the p. r. r. COM
plain Of the Oiel, which roosts in this city,
as lewd and unlawful publication.
A commission was yesterday made out
for Henry Green as judge Of the supreme
court for twenty one years.
Hayes has appointed NJ. r. Barr to he
collector of customs for the Erie district,
in the place Of the late General Hiram
i. Brown.
Mrs. Dennis Purcell's idiot boy has been
found at her home in Easton in state of
filth, neglect and brutality that excites
popular Indignation.
Coz. Goblin expects to take the National
Guards to the next Inauguration. He es-
pecially dotes on the City Grays, of Har-
risburg Goblin Guards, of Carlisle Gil
rardsville and Wrightsville companies.
The treasurer Of the United States has
received from Scranton certificate of de-
posit for two hundred dollars, with the
request that it he placed to the credit
Of the conscience fund.
A charter was issued yesterday to the
Union storage company of Pittsburgh. The
capital stock is s125, 600 and the ipcorpora-
tors are prominent business men of Al
legheny county. The object of the COM
pany is to do a general warehouse bust
ness.
A dispatch from Allentown says About
eight o'clock last evening the engine house
Of F. Wintz & Co.'s planning mill at Cata-
sauqua was discovered to be on fire. By
the efforts of the firemen the flames were
confined to the lumber yard all the lum-
Der was consumed. The loss is $4,000 !;
insured.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
WINTER IN THE WEST.
And How 1t Affects journalism.

II
The following leading editorial Oh al
exciting and pathetic subject is taken from,
q recent issue of the North Nebraska
Eagle, published at Dakotal, City, Neb.,
by At!ec Hart, formerly Of the SPY Office,
Columbia, this county:
Winter has come. But you know that.
We are out Of wood. Do you know that :!
Evidently not. Hence this d6uble-leatled
vail. We want wood. There are two
hundred men in Dakota county who arc
indebted to us at least SO, some much
more, and yet we are in danger Of freeZ-
ing hard as bricks. This is not hell-it's
too cold. But VIC want wood. Money
would not be refused, neither corn nor
potatoes. but first Of all, and right away,
VIC want some wood. Green wood, dry
wood, soft wood, hard wood, any sort OF
wood will do us good. Something that
will burn is what we are after, but if you
have any soggy chunks that you can't use
yourselves, bring or send them to the
patient printer. Don't forget this call
during the next four minutes, but lest you
do, heed it at once and all will be we'll.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
"A COLLAR OF FIRE,
A Ring of Iron at Whlco Heat Encirc!ei 4.
Mans Neck.

A Ring OF Iron at White Heat Encirc!ei u
Mans Neck.
At the American iron works. Oh South
Side, Pittsburgh, while Robert Moore was
at work at his rolls his catcher failed to
seize with his tongs bar Of white-hot
iron which had been placed between the
rolls. The iron twisted itself thrice
around the roll, forming "collar. -
The catcher struck the iron, when
there blew of piece in shape
of ring with stem twenty inches long.
Running off at right angles to the circle
the band flew back and fell around Moore S
head, resting on his shoulders. Quick as
thought he grabbed the long stem with
his tongs and the white-hot ring with his
hand, and with steady nerve and gentle
movement lifted the fiery thing from his
shoulders. His fac0was badlyburned by the
heat emitted from the iron and the flesh
of his hand was cut into the bone. After
wards he put the ring over his head. 1t
was but two inches larger in diameter
than his head,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
The Ti,ursday Club.

The Thursday club had its first meeting
Of the season at the residence of Mr.. B. B.
Martin, last evening, where theatrical rep
resentations were given, the two pieces
being the Loan of a Lover and "Ani-
NAL Magnetism" which were very success
fully rendered, all the amateurs doing very
well indeed. In the first, Mr.. H. Car
penter, Mr.. I. Carpenter, Mr.. W.
B. Middleton, Mr.. John S. At!ee. Miss
Julia Kaufman and Miss SHREDDER ap-
pearsd. and in the last Mr.. Willis 3. Mus
ser, Walter NJ. Franklin, esq.,, Mr.. C.
Hager, E. X. Martin. esq.,, Miss Lulu
Bell and Miss Belle Hager. Criticism is
forbidden US by the privacy of the occasion
and, anyway, where all were so excellent
would be invidious.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
the LEAF.


j. S. Gans's Son & Co., tobacco brokers.
New York, have issued their monthly cir.
cular from which it appears that on the list
inst. there was ON hand in New York 23,-
6sS bales Of Havana and Yara tobaccos,
and in the inspections warehouses 80, ,26S
hogsheads Of domestic tobacco. Transac-
tions in Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland
tobaccos arc reported light. Spcakink Of
seed leaf, in which Pennsylvania growers
and dealers are more particularly inter-
ested, the circular says:
1.-The feature Of the past month has
been large transactions in Pennsylvania
tobacco, both for consumption and specu-
lation. At last this originally overrated,
and subsequently mach-abused crop has
become the favoritc. Not only have
nearly all the finer packings been taken
from first hands, but even before the close
of the year We find the stock Of this sort,
as we'll rs of nearly all seed leaf tObaccos,
quite reduced; all this in the face Of dull
business, and a very limited export outlet,
thus showing that not only was the yield
ing quality Of last years crop much over
estimated, as We had occasion to remark
in our circular Of October 1. but our con-
sumption has been greatly in excess OF
any heretofore published estimates.
"The batter classes of Ohio crop of 1879
have latterly come greatly into favor will,
manufacturers, for binder and cheap
wrapper purposes, whilst Wisconsin is
neglected, and all other sorts have been
sparingly dealt in.
The total sales for the past month arc
set down at II 300 cases, Of which no less
than s, 600 cases were of Pennsylvania. The
quotations for low lots are 1O@12 cents for
fair 13@ 1G ; fine 1892; wrappers 1895;
filters 6@7!. These figures are higher
than the same grades of New England to-
bacco are quoted at.
The new crop Of Pennsylvania is set down
at 1000 cases; New England 40, 900
New York 10000; Ohio $4,000 or more
Wisconsin and Illinois 81, 900.
Messrs. Gans's Son & Co., in considela-
ton of the weekly reports furnished BY
them to the newspapers throughout The
country and the fact that many trade
papers are extensively circulated, all
nouncc that their monthly tobacco reports
will be discontinued, but that they will be
happy to favor friends with full written
reports whenever reqired, and furnish the
trade in general with all information and
statistics in their possession.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
Concerning Railroads.

Judge Black S letter to the New York
chamber of commerce on the rights and
duties Of railroad corporations will be
read with great interest rs clear expo
sition of the question. Probably most
persons will read with surprise that 1t is
Mndisputed law that the railroad corpor.
atiOnS are not the owners of the rail.
roads, which really belong to the state
the companies only being granted the
right to act as the agents of the state in
discharging the duty upon the state to
provide the people with means of trans
portation for performing this public
duty the companies are permitted to
make charge, which must he just, rea.
sonable, uniform and stable. 1t is within
the power of the state to regulate the
charge within these bounds.
We say that it will lie heard with sur
prised that this is the undoubted legal
situation because it is SO vastly differ
ent from the actual situation. The peO-
pie have ample protection in the law
against all the ills which they so bitterly
complain of suffering at the hands of the
railroads, if that protection was but
practically secured to them. But it is
not !; and so it has come to pass that the
railroad corporations are not only re-
garded as the owners of the railroads,
but as having supreme control to do with
the people who seek to use them as they
see fit and to do with tho roads what
they think proper.
What the people want is Il use Of the
railroads at reasonable cost and which
shall he extended to all alike. That is
what common sense teaches should be
theirs, and what the law, the perfection
of reason, says shall he theirs; further
declaring what reasonable cost shall
he, aud finding it not to exceed such
charge ~ will pay the expense of econom-
ical administration and u fair interest on
the capital necessarily used in the enter
prise. This view, It will be seen, forbids
a railroad corporation to wafer its stock,
so as to burthen the road to pay an ex-
cessive profit to the stockholders or to
water its revenues to deplete their profits.
In fact it holds the officers of the corpor-
alton to very strict administration.
Practically, however, we know they are
free to bleed it for their own benefit and
to bleed the people for the owners bene-
tit, and that they do pretty much as they
please. The trouble lies in getting the
law administered. The corporations are
too powerful for the people. The new
constitution of Pennsylvania, as Judge
Black shows, provides adequate reme-
dies for the wrongs the people suffer.
But remedy, however effective if used,
is of no more use than an axe, however
sharp, that is not not used. But evident
ly the people can protect themselves
whenever they resolve to do 50.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
Witchcran.

Before Alderman Barr yesterday after
noon was heard the case Mrs. Fiorentine
Kinsler, an old German woman, against
Jacob Wolfcrsberger. The complaint
charged Wolfersbcrger with having struck
at Mrs. Kinsler with Il stick Oh
the day of the Republican county
parade. The charge was not made
out and the complaint was dismissed,
whereupon Mrs. Kinsler pitched into Mrs.
Wolfersberger, who was also present, in the
most ferocious manner, charging her with
being can old hex," and with having be-
witched both her and her husband, the
latter of whom was, by means of her
kept away from his home for
more than two years. So violent did the
irate woman become in contemplating her
supposed wrongs, that the alderman was
obliged to clear his Office to keep the
peace.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
A Firelnan's SugSestlon.

EDITORS 1NTELLIGENCER In your re-
port Of the proceedings of councils last
evening, the following appeared:
William ]. Fordney, chief engineer OF
the fire department., reported that there
were several sections of city hose in the
hands of the several companies, which had
burst while in use at fires and that the
makers of the burst hose had offered to re-
place it with new hose. The chief engi-
neer recommended the burst hose to be
gathered together, and the manufacturer
notified to replace it.
On motion of Mr.. Eberly, the recomnen.
dations of the chief were approved, and
the committee on fire engines and hose
companies instructed to carry them out.
Common council concurred.
Now, we have two different kinds of
hose in use at this time, and don't you
think it would be fair if in the reports Ol
hose bursting, the fire committee or the
chief engineer would name the manufac-
turers? At the time the last hose was
bought in this city, there was considerable
feeling manifested by the different fire
companies and number Of citizens, and
we think it but right that tho people
should know which hose is the best. Let
the fire committee tell us which hose
bursts. FIREMAN.
For the information Of our correspond
ent and others who may be interested in
the subject of his communication, VIC
mention that in the chief engineer.
report to councils, it is distinctly
stated that the burst sections were frou
the mandatory Of the Cleveland { o.
rubber coApany, and by an unintentiona
oversight the fact was omitted from ou1
rcport.-EDITORs INTELLIGENCER.1
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
THRILLING RUNAWAY.


A Frightened Horse on tho Railroad Track.
John Foreman and Lewis Townsend
drove a livery horse across the Pennsylva-
mia railroad track at Parkesburg last Sat
urday night. The horse SHE'D at some Oh
ject, threw both young men out OF the
sleigh, and then started down the railroad
Oh the south-bound track at frightful
rate Of speed, passing successfully without
paying the least attention to them, soveral
block towers and a western-bound train,
until it arrived at what is known as the
Checker bridge, at the extreme western end
of Coatesville. where it was captured by a
man who had been apprised Of Fits coming,
in perfectly sound condition, and with the
sleigh still fright side up with care" and
damaged to only slight extent abort the
runners. In it's progress down the road the
horse had successfully crossed several short
trestle bridges, each of which it cleared by
a single jump as appeared from the marks
in the snow next morning. When it
dashed by a signal tower at Parkesburg, the
operator there telegraphed to the operator
ut the tower near Pomeroy, cautioning,
him to be on the lookout for the horse,
and the latter repeated the same to the
operator ut the COatesvil!e tower when it
had passed there, but before this time
the signal men had received orders from
headquarters at Philadelphia, to hold all
western bound trains at COatcsvi!'e, among
which was passenger. Also to drop the
red light on an eastern-bound freight that
was following the horse on the same track,
cautioning the engineer to run carefully,
while special orders were seLt to John
Gay, the section boss at Coatcsville, to
proceed up the track in direction Of Parkes-
burg, and if possible, "intercept the pro-
gress Of the horse,' all of which Gay pro-
ceeded to comply with, and reached the
Checker bridge above alluded to just as
the animal was captured by another man.
AS soon as this fact was made known, the
blockade Oh the railroad at COatesville was
raised and traffic resumed. The horse ran
in all about five miles, and would have
been likely to have met it's death had it
proceeded little further and reached the
high bridge at COatesville, which it would
have been impossible for it to cross.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
An AnucrYnhal Story.

The Harrisburg Telegraph points with
pride to this dubious story
"In 1856 the Harrisburg Guards at
tended the Inauguration Of President
Buchanan, taking with them forty-six
musbets and band of music. Their fine
appearance attracted great attention at
Washington and they were asked
to drill before the president in
front of the White House. Buchan-
an leaned very much towards his
favoritcs, the Lancaster Fencibles, and
consequently he very shrewdly did not
pass an opinion during the splendid drill
of the Harrisburg company. At its con-
clusion the president turned to Gen. Scott,
who had watched the drill with great
deal of interest, and said, Well, General
Scott, what do you think of the Pennsyl-
vania company The old veteran re-
moved his chapeau and advancing to the
front, said: think it is the best drilled
company in the United States The re-
mark was heard by large number of Har-
risburgers, who had accompanied the
guards, and the cheering over it was such
as made Buchanan doubt whether his
Lancaster company amounted to so very
MACH
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
Sara

SIR: receive your journal, in which
find both the unmanly sermon of the Rev.
X-and your energetic reply.
assure you that am more touched by
your impassioned defense than was
wounded by the insult.
Ibclieve with all my soul that hypocrisy
is the most cowardly Of all vices.
l have child; love him. The stones
that they cast at me as 60 along shall not
hit his young head. l will guide him to
the end, because that is my duty.
II when he was born l had strangled
him and thrown him into the gutter, /
should be at peace with society. But que
roule.-rous3 am so original that prefer
to be at peace with my conscience and
with God.
SARAH RERNUARDT.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEiGHEOEHOOD NEWS.
Events Across the County Lii

Events Across the County Line.
VIM. Calder, jr.. of Harrisburg, is to be
married to Miss Remington, of Ilion, N.
v, daughter of one Of the rifle-makers.
A Bellefonte paper says I" it is unofficial
ly announced that Maj. William F. Rey-
nolds purposes to erect a splendid stone
residence in this place next summer. If
the major shall determine to do so the re-
sidence will certainly be the finest in our
borough, as he excels in whatever he un-
dertakes.'
While the Haverly minstrels were drill
ing in the streets of Harrisburg, Fred
Fink tried to drive two-horse wagon
through their ranks. The performers
caught Fink's horses by the head. Fred.
raised his whip and urged the horses, but
two colorcd men held on with 4 firm grip
and kept him back. The sidewalks were
lined with spectators, who now took pant
in the fuss-quite a number of white and
colorcd people taking the part of the COL
ored men and a formidable number with
Mr.. Fink, insisting that he had the right
of way and should be allowed to pass. A
riot was averted by the retreat of the min
strels.
Near Sinking Springs there are very Gu
rious works, said to have been made by
Indians. These works consisted of mounds
and marks Of graves, walls built without
mortar, and a spring of nice, sparkling
water, partly arched. But the most curi-
Gus part is a path, or footway, beginning
at the lands of Jacob Krick, and leading
over a mountain to a road, or lane, that
runs east and west, where it ends. This
path, it is said, is not travelled by anybody
at present, nor has it been for long time.
1t is as solid and rs clear as road that is
used regularly. 1t is said that the Indi-
ans used to come that way across tho bill
to the place where Mr.. Krick now resides,
for rum. There used to be tavern about
a quarter of mile from the village of
Sinking Spring, and, very likely, it also
led to the house or wall lately uncovered
at Peifer's stone quarries.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
Captured in Court,

Dan Smith, colored, who attempted to
ravish young white girl in Giles county,
Tenn, some time ago, was sentenced to
twenty-one years in the penitentiary at
Pulaski, for assault with intent to COM
nit murder. As soon as the verdict was
found mob rushed into the court room,
overpowered the sheriff and posse, seized
Smith and dragged him to the street where
hundreds of people Joined the mob which
took him to bridge and hung him until he
was dead. The mob came from the vicinity
where the crime was committed by Smith.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
MINOR TOPICs.

The Irish Land Leaguers in this county
propose to send General Butler, General
Roger A. Pryor, Jere Black and Emory
A. Storrs to Ireland as counsel for the in
dicted Land Leaguers.
If Garfield insists on not allowing any
New York banker to become secretary of
the treasury Mr.. Conkling will have to
make his man Levi p. Morton United
States senator-if lie can.
The Georgia electors, under a state law
deferred their meeting until next Thurs
day and doubt is expressed if vote cast
then will count. California had one vote
for Garfield, the others for Hancock. In
Indiana the law was strained if not broken
to give Garfield all the votes. In close
election any one of these events might
have changed the result and given rise to
serious trouble. And all of them call
loudly for reform of our rickctty electoral
college system.
ATLANTA has organized al International
cotton exposition with Senator Brown at
the head Of it. The plan contemplates a
grand international exposition Of the ap-
pliances and machinery used in the cult
walton, preparation and manufacture of
cotton, together with exhibits of cotton
fibres and fabrics aud whatever else is di-
rectly or indirectly connected with or
beneficial to the cotton interests of the
United States. The exposition will be
held in Atlanta during October and No
vember next.
THE Philadelphia Ereniag Telegraph,
though it has weakness for civil service
reformers, says of Secretary Of the Interior
Schurz "It is possible that under other
administrations greater frauds were prac.
tised upon the Indians, but under 10 other
administration than his were greater, more
inexcusable wrongs ever practised upon
them. We are compelled to believe by
Mr.. Schurz's entire public record that he
is an honest man, but his many official
blunders compel us also to believe that he
is one Of that NEST mischievous of all
mcn-onc who means to do we'll, and does
not know the trick of it. Clearly, he was
untitled to be placed in position where
he would be forced, in the interests of hu-
m NIFTY and reform, to combat the old In
dian ring-one Of the most thoroughly Or
ganized and the most powerful at the
capital; clearly, as circumstances have
proved, he was no match for them, for,
under his administration. frauds upon the
Indians may have been checked, but GER
tainly they were not suppressed. His
agents were no more honest than were
those they succeeded, and, all things con-
sidered, the condition Of the Indians was
in no manner improved by them. 1t must
be confessed, however it is looked at,
that, as . civil service refOrmer. with every
opportunity to secure success, Secretary
Schurz' has been 4 gigantic failure, and
his policy greater failure even than him
SELF