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FROZEN TO DEATH
Tho Tragic Side OF the Cold Snap.


There was slight rise in temperature
in the northwest yesterday but the mark
ings generally remained below zero.
Throughout the Middle and Southern
states the cold was intense, the tempera-
lures in the Middle states ranging from 4
22 degrees below zero, according to locali-
ty, and in the South Atlantic and Gulf
states from 10 to % degrees below the
freezing point. At New Orleans yester-
day morning the thermometer indicated
% degrees, and in Jacksonville, Florida
16 to % degrees.
James Johnson, an aged colored man,
was found frozen to death near Atlee's s
station, nine miles from Richmond, on the
Chesapeake s. Ohio railroad. A faithful
dog was found on his body and had to be
removed by force.
Miss Mary Grover. the young lady who
placed her baby on 4 vacant lot in St.
Louis last Sunday night, where it froze to
death. with murder in the first degree.
The warrant has not been served yet, Miss
Grover being still confined to her bed by
sickness, but it will be as soon as she IS
we'll enough to be moved.
The man, at the time unrecognized, who
was drowned by breaking through the ice
on the Hudson river, was James Burns, a
resident Of Rondout. N. Y. The body
has not yet been recovered.
A mounted letter carrier, Fred Couriel,
was fouul nearly frozen to death in Erie.
He had accomplished his delivery, but
was SO exhausted that he fell down at the
end of his journey and was discovered
some hours afterward, almost ifeiess.
Numerous cases of persons having been
frost bitten arc reported by the New 1Ork
police. J, E. Jordan, OF Brooklyn, was
obliged to have several fingers amputated
at the hospital and Hugo Charles was
taken to the same institution with both
feet badly frozen.
The Port Monmouth branch Of the New
Jersey Southern railroad is i'll state OF
total blockade.
In tl,e South.
Jacksonville, Fla, is having the coolest
weather experienced since 1853. The thcr-
mometer was 10 degrees above zero. The
oranges on the trees are frozen: ard it is
feared that the fruit up the river is badly
| damaged. About one-thirl of the crop
has already been gathered. 1t is not
known whether the trees arc injured. A
despatch from Sumpter county says the
orange trees ere not injured. That coun'
ty is about 40 miles south of Jacksonville.
In Charleston S. c. the temperature
yesterday was lower than it has been since
1885. The minimum of the temperature,
reported by the signal officer, is thirteen
degrees above Zero, and reports from other
parts Of the city bordering on the waite,
front give the minimum as twelve degrees.
In 1885 the lowest point reached was nine
degrees above zero. Iii 1871 the lowest
temperature was nineteen degrees, which,
up to this time. was the lowest point since
1855. The streets and even the saltwater
ponds are frozen hard, and everyday is
enjoying this rather novel condition Of
things.
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notable features Of the list are the large
proportion it includes Ofthose vino have
contributed to the amusement and en-
tertainment of the public, and the I'm
usual number of distinguished women
who have been stricken from the roll of
the living. These suggestions readily
recall the decease of Adelaide Nelson,
Mrs. Chas. Kean and Nina Varian, ac-
tresses of Ole Bull, the great violinist,
and OAenbach the composer; Of George
Eliot, Lydia Maria Child, Iucretia
Mott, George Ripley and Estelle Ann
Lewis, of greater or less literary fame ;
OF DIR. Kenealy, who became notorious
in the Tichborne case and Chief Justice
Cockburn {; of Revs. DR.. Wm. Adams
and DIR. f. H. Chaplin, eminent in theol-
ogy in our own country of S. r. Gif-
ford, one of our most talented artists,
and of Worthington, the hydraulic en-
gineer of julius Favre, the French
publicist, and of ex-Goy. Williams, of
Indiana. The ranks of public men in
Jul OWA AlhlASAlaSO ~" ' y
been diminished by the decrease of David
Landreth, Andrew Hopkins, Gen. Hec-
tor Tyndall. John Siney, Nimrol Strick-
land, ex-Gov. VIM. Bigler, Lin Barthol-
omew, Gen. G. G. Albright, Hon. John
Rowe and others of local fame.
The incidents of our own town and
county life are fresh in the minds of our
readers to whom the INTELL!GENCER
has brought its daily budget, Of which
a meagre resume only of leading events
can be given. This will be conned with
attention, however, and with mingled
feelings of sorrow, or joy, accordingly as
the events were of gladstone or of
mournful interest. On the whole the
year has not been a bad one. We dismiss
it with blessing and bid the successor
whose foot is at the door, Il welcome that
is not without misgivings as to whethe,
1881 can improve on the year ut whose
death-bed the new heir of time is tie
least sorry mourner.
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A Young Operator.

The frontier telegraph Office atWilliam's S
ranch, Texas, is managed by Halle Hutch
inson, little girl nine years of age. A
gentleman who returned from there few
days since says Halle is the most remark
ably intelligent little elf he ever had the
pleasure of meeting. She handles her iu-
strumcnt with the success and precision
Of an old operator. Recently, when elec-
tion returns were coming in and the whole
country was wildly excited to know the
result, little Halle sat at her instrument,
her eyes aglow with intelligence, and gath
cred in the news from all over the Union,
while dozens OF brawny men crowded
around to hear what the lightning brought
and to admire the wonderful skill of the
little operator. While controlling the
wires as she does, Halle is not unlike
other little girls Of her age in her habits
and inclinations. For instance. one end
of her operating table is piled full of baby
dolls, and she spends great deal of her
leisure time dressing and nursing them.
Brown county may claim the youngest fe!-
cgrapll operator in the world.
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Tho Work at tho Census Office.

forward state that the first step NAV be
said to be practically finished. ;Sut twelve
or fifteen enumeration districts. out of tho
j., 600, yet remain to be corrected, and The
aggregate population of the country by
states and counties will be accurately as
certained and published in q few days.
The next phase of the work will be the
ascertaining of the population by sex and
age.
This is a very trying and anluous ur-
dertaking, involving careful recount and
verification Of the returns and will occupy
a large force of clerks several months.
Meanwhile the "side issues" such as the
statistics of industries, wealth, geology,
etc. are making steady progress under the
division officers in charge.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Di;. CURWEN "BOUNCED."
ANA u Lancastarian Succeeds Him.


The board of trustees OF the state luna
tic hospital held a regular meeting in
Harrisburg yesterday to consider current
business and elccta superintendent of the
institution in room Of DR.. Curwen, whose
the new year. Three Of the trustees
were a5scnt-Dr. Green, of Easton. Mr.
Heury Gilbert, who is confined to his
bed by sickness, and Mr.. r. A. Lamber-
ton, whose mother is lying dead in Car
lisle. After the board had assembled, a
formal resolution appointing Dr.. J. Il.
Gerhard superintendent of tho hospital,
his term to commences 6n the expiration of
DR.. Curwen's time, was offered and unan.
imously agreed to. There was no consul
tation or debate. and Dr.. Curwen was not
present. The Harrisburg Telegraph has
the following wcll-mcrited notice of DR..
Gerhard, who is graduate Of F. & NJ.
college of this city, and y son of our
towns,nan Rev. W. r. Gerhard
''Dr. J. B. Gerhard, the superintendent
elect, has been the first assistant at the
hospital during the past eleven years Ho
studied medicine with Dr.. Atlce, of Ian
caster, one OF the trustees, and is 4 gradu-
ate OF one of the Philadelphia medical
schools. lie began his practice Of medi-
cine i'll Lancaster, where he was engaged
when called to the position of assistant
at the hospital about eleven years
ago. lie has visited Europe, and
made i. thorough investigation Of the
insane hospital in England and On
the continent, and during DR.. Curwen's
absence has had charge Of the institution
Of which by to-lay's action he becomes
the superintendent. His qualification for
the position is uuquestioned. Several
years since, when \ superintendent was to
be selected for tho new hospital at War
rctl. lie was highly recommended for the
position by DR.. Green. of East6I. the staff at
Kirk brides, Dr.. Curwen and other prom
inent physicians skilled in the treatmcntlof
insane. DR.. Gerhard brings to his new
position ability and skill, and will be likely
to infusc new life into the Harrisburg
hospital for the insane. lie has the we'll
wishes OF Il host Of friends and will enjoy
the hearty cooperation OF the board Of
f. ruStccS -
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Eclinsa of tho sun

4 partial eclipse of the sun took plac,
this morning, and the sky being clear, the
phenomenon was observed with great in.
tercst by members Of the Starsclub and
our amateur astronomers generally. The
greatest observation Of the sun occurred
shortly after sunrise, at which time about
onc-third Of the sun appeared to bc hidden
The eclipse could he very distinctly seen
through smoked glass, and some persons
with strong eyes vcntured to look at it
with the naked eye. Those who observed
it closely say that the calculation made by
Prof. J. E. Kershner, of the mathematical
chair of Franklin and Marshall college, and
published in the INTELLIGENCER IL week
ago, was verified in every,particular. Ow-
ing to the early hour at which the phe-
nomenon appeared it was not so generally
observed as it wonld been had it occurred
later ill the day The eclipse ended at
$50.
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PERSONAL.

District Attorney BENJAMIN X. PHELPS.
of New York, died last night ut a few
minutes past II clock at his home.
The Rev. ELIAKIM PHELPS, ID. d., a
venerable and respected membe. of the
Presbyterian church, died at late hour on
Wednesday night at the residence of his
son, at Weehawken, N. j. DR.. Phelps
was probably the Oldest Presbyterian
clergyman in the country. He was born
in Be!chertown, Mass, in 1890.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-31
A Thirty Foot Tumble.

The evening train on the Rhinebeck and
Connecticut railroad ran Oh broken rail
three miles east of Rhinebeck. Ten
empty coal cars, the mail car and
a passenger car were hurled dow,
a thirty foot embankm,nt. Tic
mail car took fire and half of the mail
bags were destroyed. S. L. Meagoon was
cut in the head and was badly injured in
the hip and shoulder. Fred Cotting, mail
agent, was strnck in the breastby stone.
but was not fatally hurt. John Donahue
and one Or two others were slightly injured
by flying debris. A wrccking train has
been sent to the spot
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-31
Another Bagni0 Murder.

Emma Foster, a handsome woman of in
rcputc, was shot in her room at PITTSBURGH,
by NJ. Cook Hall, an insurance agent. Tic
cause of the murder was jealousy. The
woman is about twenty seven years old.
elegant in figure and well educated. She
has large black eyes, heavy black hair and
an exquisite complexion. Hall refused to
make my statement other than that she
was Ills wife. This she denied. He be-
longs to one of the best families iu Beaver
county. She is still alive, but her death is
G expected 1T every moment.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-31

Among those who will be voted for in
the Republican senatorial caucus besides
Mr.. Grow and Mr. Oliver, are Benjamin
II. Brewster, Wayne AIcveagh, i. L..
Snowden and Harry Bingham, OF Phua-
delphia, John Cessna OF Bedford. Harry
White Of Indiana, c. w. Gillillan OF
NcnanSo, S. B. Dick, of Crawford, VII
liam Ward Of Delaware. John Stewart Of
Franklin, W. Fl. Koontz 0: Somerset, J.
NJ. Thompson of Butler and c. W. Stone
(the lieutenant govcrncr) Of Warren.
Colonel NJ. S. Quay who has been men
toned as candidate declares that he is
not in the field and cannot be induced to
enter it. Governor Hoyt is also under
stood t.. be voluntarily ont Of the race.
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The auction.
EprlDn1-'S pr0tSr.

MY TUSIess.
Twelve years ago went to Harrisburg
with Thaddeus Stevens, J. X. Moorehead
4. G. Curtin, Lemuel Todd and William
B. Mann, to protest against the senatorial
auction at that time. We addressed the
members Of the Legislature called on
them to vote like men to defy all brides :;
to think Of their honor, their families and
their country. 1t was bold thing to do.
The Legislature listened, and then coolly
sold out to the auctionccr. In a few DAYS
the farce will be repeated, the prize trans
feiIed to the highest bidder, and the peo-
pie will SO to sleep over the slumbering
volcano.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-31

Tomorrow VIII bs u Holiday.
Sunday hours will be observed at the
postoliice tomorrow, and the hunks will
be closed, AS it is a legal holiday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-31

From different points III the county We
have reports as follows: Harnish's station,
2G below j. ID. Kohr's, just north Of city,
% below; Spr;ngville, 10 below; Mount
Joy. 10 below: Rcfton, Is below West
Willow, Is below.
The weather has remained bitter cold all
day and although the sun shonc brightly
it was not till near noon that tho mercury
rose to zero. In all parts OF tho city
hydrants and water pipes are frozen and
families are put to much Inconvenience,
aud when the pipes began to burst will be
put to much expense in the way of re-
pairs.
The ice on the city reservoirs this morn
ing measured II inches in thickness.
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COLDER, STILL COLDER.
Tho Mercury at IS Below Zero

Tho Mercury at Is Below Zero.
This morning the weather in this city
was even colder than it was yesterday.
The lowest point reached yesterday was Is
degrees below zero. This morning be-
tween 6 and o'clock it was reported us
low is 23 below zero, though some Of the
thermometers. in partly protected places
marked only 12 or - below. We present
below few of the figures.
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Lanrastcr tt1telhgencer.
That Lyuchfl z.

FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 81, lssc.
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TO;tII NJ COIGMD1l tN1tVCS iVfghtcneU ErONl
/ Mrs. Wiiey's residence by burglar alarm
death of Andrew DouSherty. aged 5j. and o1
Patrick Mct;rann; Rev. ". :. Porr resigns
st. Stephens paStOrate.
81. Death of Mrs Ann NcCOrt, aged 80 Nn,
Mrs. Eliz, Mannei.
JUNE.
l. Lincoln university and s.. Mary's parO
chial schools commencement: death OF Mrs
Magadalcna Binkiey, aged 81, and OF Mr.,
Elizabeth Croft. aged -:
2. Yearly fire record published MAYORS an
nual message.
,. Reading educators visit Lancaster; dea h
OF John Hens, aged -. and OF Hannah Bar
bara Clements, aged II.
:: Death of Miss Eliza Kaufman, age.i &C.: ID.
{. Fleming breaks his leg Ut NcfTsville
). Fatal cattle disease in Providence town.
ship.
8. One hundred and 1iftieth Lutheran ami
v.rsary at New Holland; death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Bachman. aged H.
!. john Maxweli's little girl run over by q
butcher wagon death OF VIM. Jones In the
s. Marriage OF George g. ShiycIy and Miss
Jennie shae1fer; Ernst lenricci beaten by
John Drachbar aud Brice Painter; death OF
W. Scott Walton, Mount JOY and OF rancis
X. Sutcr, aged eG.
.. Presbyterian welcome 20 Rev J. G. Hume ::
death OF John Frymoyer, aged 81, killed ut
Onion station.
10. X. OF 7. uniform rank parade: Sicily Island
excursion.
II. st. AnthOny's festival.
T. lnves estiSation OF Republican primary ciee,
tion frauds barns OF Gotlieb Gri!iibortzer,
1.cac0cS. and OF Mrs. Daniel Dostcr, of War
wick, burned by lightning.
H. EeV. W. +. L!chiitcr installed pastor OF
Il. Lukes Presbyterian Sunday school J3;I,
anniversary.
II. !. and II. college commencement week
10. Telephone exchange established.
IT, lancaster census cCmpleted-pOpuation
2l.G.2: marriage of Dr. II. -. Knight ;,nt. Miss
Emily Albright death of Elizabeth Tweed
aged ~ bootblucks picnic at What-Glcn
IL. " Farmers club dinner at James Duify's
Charles G. Winower's mungied body fotIn,
In the Conestoga st: Mary's Commence
inent death or jacob HerZO1. aged 3H
s. Suicide OF ". l.. Chcr ut Qu,srryviilc Ills
blrncnt case argued by Mr.. Shapeiy; death
OF Gen. John a. Sutter, ut Washington !: S,
crei Heart academy commencement.
49, Death OF Mrs. Mayialenu Jacobs aged 30.
y. Death OF Daniel Wiker, Strisburg, aged y
st. Paut'+ NJ. L. chUrci, rcopenei and releI
icated.
National Republican., 1880-12-29

eth.
National Republican., 1880-12-29
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

The National Bank notes received for redemp-
tion yesterday amounted to el5S,O0O
The receipts from internal revenue yesterday
were Sl96, ,lo2s3, and from customs siIs369OS
There has been marked falling off lately In the
orders for standard silver dollars received by
Treasurer Gilhllan
John H. Reach has been appointed postmaster
Iron Works, w. Va.
, The President yesterday appointed Nelson Elliott
Bryant 10 be interpreter at the United States con.
sulate at Tien Tsin, China.
The President has recognized Charles NJ Bancroft
as viceconsul of Hayti nt Mobile Alabama, nnd A.
Grant, tonsul Of the Netherlands at Pensacola.
The census office, reports the population of Yer.
mont 3322S distributed as follows Males 1G6 ssS
females 16530s, native 20l 3i0 foreign 0G white
33 ,243, colored ,0i3.
The Department of State has Just received infor.
nation Of the arrival at San francisco of Mr..
missiOners, bearing the treaty lately concluded
with the Chinese Empire on the subject of emi.
grafton. He will leave Immediately for Washing.
The internal revenue appointments were ms fol.
lows; Ephraim +. Miles, storekeepcr and gauser,
fifth district of Tennessee; Thomas NJ Johnston,
ucEy James @ s. ov SIGs ad OF
eighth district of Kentucky, and William Weld
gauger, first district OF Pennsylvania.
. The Smithsonian Institution has received from
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England, the
announcement of the discovery by Cooper, on the
2lst of December, 1880, ut nine O'clock p m Green
Tleh heo mean y, time Of bright comet which was,
right ascension, 90 north deelination.
The Treasury Department has directed the trans,
fer Of s. 800 In gold bullion from the assay office
into eagles and half eagles There will still remain
In the New York assay office about sG3000,0QO in
gold bullion, more than enough to keep the Phila-
deiphia mint employed for six months in coming
gold exclusively.
As near Us can be estimated at the present time
II Is thought at the Treasury Department that the
halai a.NfaY
which Will be issued on Monday the Sd proximo
will show reduction about the same as the state.
ment for November which was sS609,000. During
account of pensions.
National Republican., 1880-12-29
FATHER GARDENERS WILL.
How re Divided Up His Estate-Tha Iu-
fant Glass Remembered.

The will of the late David a. Gardner has been
filed in the Probate Court He bequeaths TO Lewis
T. Gardner the property on New York avenue,
known as lot +, In GARDENERS subdivision of square
223; the three-story brick dwelling No. lil7 q
street northwest also half the library of books,
including album, scrapboOk, and book of map OF
Washington; one.half of all carpenters tools and
builders hardware on hand, and 500 in cash to
his daughter Mrs. Laura J. Dom, house No, lilo G
street northwest and family Bible, condition that
she pay his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. shustcr,
$500 in semiannual installments; TO Mrs, Elizabeth
NJ. Shuster lot Il, Gardncrs subdivision of square
223; TO his step.danghter Anna l.. Reeve, dwelling
house No li26 New York avenue, with all the
5000 In money, and insurance money on the dwell
Ing; TO Mrs Laura j. Hughes and Robert Goggin,
ir, grandchildren, tenants In common lot L, in
subdivision of square PA, provided that the title
the minor becomes of age; also $50 each to
Robert Goggin, jr., when he becomes of age, the
gold watch OF the deceased; TO his grnnd.daugh.
ters Belle and Kate, the sum OF 500 each (;
10 Mrs Hester Gardner widow OF Ira G. Gardner),
$780, TO Juliet Gardner, SlOO to Benjamin II. slime
metz, n silyer-heuded memorial cane to Burnet l..
Neylns, onc'half of the carpenter tools and build
ers' hardware; TO the trustees OF the Foundry NJ,
Il, Church for the sole and exclusive use Of the
infant class of the Sabbath school, one Esty organ
NOW used by them) and $50 In money. Upon the
termination of the life estate Of Anna Il, Reeve In
the property devised TO her, the lot is 10 be sold
500 of the proceeds given 20 the Foundry Church,
Elizabeth NJ Shustcr, Mrs. Laura J. Donn, Louis
i. Gardner, Laura j, Hughes, and Robert GOggn,
jr., and other heirs. Should Louis Il, Gardner die
without issue the property bcqueathcd to him Is
Messrs. Thomas r MorgNIpnnd James W. Barker
are selected as the executors Of the will
National Republican., 1880-12-29
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL.
a Paper ArrnianinE the Institution fiIcd
with the President.


paper criticising the management Of the Provi-
dence Hospital and asking that the contract made
by the Surgeon General with that institution, by
which the hospital receives $4,000 per annum for
the care, support and medical treatment of sew.
entyhve transient pauper patients, be annullcd,
was presented to the President yesterday by Rev.
James Rea, of the Reformed Episcopal Church
key' 4. =. Mason, OF the EStreot Baptist Church,
and Mr.. g. Storrs.
The appeal Is signed by James Reo, A. NJ Clspp,
q. q, !. Mason VIM Rutherford, G. storrs, and VIM.
slckels as committee representing an organiza-
ton OF fAmerican citizens irrespective of creed or
party, Formed for the defense and maintenance Of
the institutions Of the Republic; an organization
embracing an active membership of over two
thousand in the District of Columbia, and over half
million in the United Safes. The facts in refer
cnce 70 the contract between the SurgconGencral
ana sister beatrice, superior the Providence Hos
pltal, ey virtue of which thnt institution receives
annually from the United States Treasury the sum
otsioooo, " for which," the committee suys, "it
renders no just consideration" arc given.
IL Is alleged that the monthly accounts rendered
vouchers other than the perfiinctory Endorsement
OF the Surgeon.Gcncral, and that no information
could be obtained at the Office OF the Surgeon
General as to the number OF patients sent by that
ohcc TO the hospital, their respective mnladies or
tuition.
Nis charged that no medical certificate or cvi
dence of any nilment indisposition Is required as
permits are signed in blank and nre obtained at the
he ANY & asSs iTl
ofthe law would seem to be that an amount not TO
exceed $4,000 is appropriated for the purpose, and
onlyso much thereof as may be found necessary
under an agreement stpunting reasonable sum
per diem per- capita Of which sufficient and satisfac-
tory. evidence shall be furnished, shall be ex-
pended"
II Is charged that the institution Is close cor
poration, owned and operated by the Sisters of
Charity Of the Church of Rome and Is In no
way subject to the control or authority OF the Gov.
ernment; and that the hospital Is sectarinn in
stitntton, In which the nuns" or sisters" zeal
ously seek to prosclytc patients to their filth.
of the institution