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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-02
Death ofSamuei AI,enan. E,o.

The subject of this notice, who died in
Selinsgrove on Feb. 90, aged "a, was born
in Maytoyn, Lancaster county, and re-
moved to iiilersburg, Dauphin county,
ut an early day, thence to Harrisburg,
where he was sheriff. clerk and deputy, q
lawyer and druggist. lie removed to
Snyder county and was farmer, lawyer
and superintendent OfcommOn schools dur
ing his life. He purchased the large farm Of
the late Ex-Governor Simon Snyder, upon
Il portion OF which he lived. He represent
ell his adopted county in the Legislature
in the session OF 1864 O., ard effected the
passage OF an act 10 remove the seat of
justice from Middleburg to SelinsgrOve,
where tnow it. He was the nominee for
Congress in 1876, but declined at the con-
ference. lie left I widow and two Sons,
Horace. who has been his law partner for
years, and John s. AIlcman, practicins
attorney III Harrisburg.
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THE venerable Horatio Seymour. in
some views on the general political situ-
alton, which we republish, expresses
himself with the clearness. the patriot
ism and the cogency which We have long
been led to expect from the Democratic
sage when he gives forth his opinions on
public questions and party affairs. NOth-
ing can he more sensible than his adj
vice to young men to not take up the
quarrels of the old politicians and distract
the party with their continuance. Moth
ing can he more certain than that the
young Democrats of the country are
being animated by this spirit. General
Hancock S nomination was an evidence
of this; there was nothing in his defeat
to lead the movement backward. 1t is
the men who will be living long after
the principals in Democratic factions OF
twenty years ago are dead, to whom the
party must turn for its best impulses
and most intelligent future direction
With reverent memory Of the great mel
of the past and tender regard for those
who remain with us, it must be remem
bered that Democracy is to exist fol
Democrats of the future and that it:
back must he turned upon those whos'
strife has too often led it to defeat.
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Losses Dy Fire.

The residence of William Price. at Cauld-
well. \. j., was burned yesterday. Loss,
sis. 600.
\ fire yesterday in Charles B. Paul's file
manu!:,ctory, at 1877 Tenth street, Brook
lyn, caused So, 500 damage.
The Mansion house in Port Royal, S. c.,
was burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000
covered by insurance.
The summer reside, ce of J. d. Slabach,
at Montclair, n. j., was burned yesterday.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, 80, 500.
The morocco shop of A. a. Bates, in
Davenport. Mass, was burned yesterday.
Loss, $1,000; insured for $500.
The court house at Beaufort, S. c., was
brrned Yesterday. The records were
saved. The loss is estimated at 81, 900.
4 fire of unknown origin in the three
story brown stone house occupied by Mr..
Patrick Ford, editor Of the Lish World,
at 10G Second Place, Brooklyn, and owned
by Mr.. II. 4. Schwestering, last night.
caused 5000 damage. Extending to 1OS
Second Place, the residence of Mrs. j.
Merwin, tic fire there caused 50, 900 dam
age.
The loss by fire and robbery of houses
and good through the riot of Jan. Is, at
Lima. arc estimated at $G,000,OO0.
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any authority or the sanction Of any relia-
bic writer, and is utterly destitute Of sense
or meaning. A gentleman, who is one of
the finest English scholars Of this country,
was SO annoyed at the popularity which
this custom seemed to have that he went
to some trouble to ascertain its origin. The
only possible conclusion that he came to
was the following: In some old rhetoric,
at one time commonly used in our schools
and colleges, in the chapter on letter writ
ing. the face of letter is given on which is
written the name Of the person to whom it
is supposed to be addressed. Under the
name is the word " Addressed inclosed
in brackets, intended by the author to sig.
Nifty to the student that there should the
address be written. Nothing, in .he
writer's opinion, can be in better taste
or more elegant than the mere name Of the
person when the positive address is no;
| necessary.
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The "lnlansi Daily"

The AmaZiall G.. Barr, an old typo,
shows us a copy OF No. q. Vol. I, of the
Inland Daily, June II, 1853, published by
Edw. Mcpherson, of which MIR. Barr
helped to set up the type. This Lancaster
daily Of little over !: quarter Of century
ago was not ne-fourth rs large as the In
TELL!GESCEE. 1t sold at cent a num-
Der, and WAS delivered to subscribers 1T )
cents per week, and the publisher charged
80 cents for II square advertisement
one day. The most exciting teie-
gram is abOut tine hanging Of
Arthur Spring, who died asserting his in
nOcence. There was great excitement at
Washington over the failure of u 81, 900
draft TO reach the treasury. The Lancas
ter county cases decided in the supreme
court are reported-seven affirmed, and
five reversed, in two OF the latter cases tho
supreme cour: reversing itself. The tall
clover and Large rhubarb' bloom in the
local column. Mannheim is starting brass
band, and work has begun on the Cornwall
railroad: Il subscriber complains that
Shinnerhanncs hauls dead horse through
the public streets Oh his dray; Rev. VIM.
McFl'l,ien will preach in tho Chestnut
Street Bethel and Mr. Mcfarland will play
Rolla and Davenport persOnate Pizarro in
Shcridan's s.PizarrO'' ut Fulton hall.
DIR. Compton heads column with his
professional card patent lightning rods
occupy considerable space, and Mayor
kiciler asks for proposals for repuddling
the new reservoir.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

W. s. F. P. Currie & Co., one of the
oldest firms in Montreal in the iron trade,
have suspended, with liabilities between
s40O, 900 and 100000, large portion of
which is due in Glasgow. The principal
creditor in Montreal is the Bank of Mon
treal.
Robert Hayes, superintendent Of the
Woodruff sleeping car company, formerly
Q; Philadelphia, slipped and fell while
crossing the track near the Union depot,
in Cleveland, and was struck by q loco
motive, run over and killed. He leaves a
family.
Henry Moon, an engineer of Leicester,
Eng, writes to this country that he has
extinguished coiliery fires which burned
Tor thirty years and over twenty six acres
in his land, and that if he is paid his way
over here he will put out the burning mine
at Butler in a jiffy.
Only about twenty-five per cent. Of the
brakemen Of freight trains die q natural
death, and the average life Of 4 brakeman
after lie assumes the duties of his position
is but ten years and fraction over It is
estimated that at least ten brakemen are
killed in the United States every day, Or
3, $50 during the year. Twice that number
are set down as injured while Oh duty.
Near Mount Cross, Virginia, the wife Of
Mr.. Jacob Myers entered her house with
an armful of wood to replenish the fire
On entering the room she stumbled anG
fell. the wood falling from her arms
One large stick fell on the head of her
! little child, who was playing in the
room, and, crushing it's skull, killed it in
stantly.
On Monday night the town marshal o
Darlington, KY, shot and wounded Den
mis- Coils and Peter Gorynan and killed q
man named Fulweiler. These men wcr'
shot while attempting to rescue a fellow
railroad brakeman, who had been arrested
for drunkenness. A mob of railroad mel
drove the officer from the village, bu
failed to capture him.
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iipUer T,:rc.

Our neinll,cr Of the .Nt'r Era evident
ly does not src the jewel in consistency.
Ii gives All agreeable variety to the cdi-
toral columns nf Il newspaper. no doubt
to maintain different opinions in each.
but still! II is not a practice that Is yeli-
orally adopted. Tie readers Of our con
temporary mus: he somewhat at a loss
to determine what the opinion of that
journal really is upon the question OF
begging for church ana charitable inSti-
tutions. since they read last evening in
the first cGlumn 4 strong appeal to them
to contribute to the Y. NJ. G. A..
while in the next was still stronger
denunciation of appeals Of exactly that
character. Til" one writer was
convinced that there ought to be
fifty men in the city to give
q hundred dollars, or Il hundred men TO
give fifty dollars, tnr pay off the debt of
the y. NJ. G. A.: while the other thought
that it was utterly ahnmniable that such
associatunS should first run themselves
into debt and then buttoniOie the charita-
ble to help them ou:. lie charged mis-
management upon all deb:-burtlencd
charities, and maintained the sound
Opin'. !. 4hat Il 9" / w"DI* who run
iiieil. s:,vd,.i ;;....y .u. t.ltir coat &C.
cor;Iing to their cloth and provide them
selves with money to pay for what they
bay before they buy it. That excellent
rule foG private undertakings would seem
to he as excellent for public ones, even
though they be charities; and under its
operation we suggest to tie Ne,r Era
readers that they may be comfortably in
different to the needs of The y. n. c. A.,
until that Journal can show them the
particular exception which that worthy
charity can claim to the excellent rule it
lays down, to the confusion Of ali beg
gars.
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WHIPPING A WHITE MAN.
Young Man Educated for tho 1Iinist
lSrOu-ht Hinder the Lash

Frederick William Davies, hand
somely dressed and highly educated young
Welshman, WAS whipped in Richmond,
Va, yesterday, for stealing clothing.
Davies says that he was educated for the
ministry at Lonsda.e college, Bridsewatcr,
England, but shortly after graduating at
that institution came to this country to
seek employment. He stopped some
time in New York, when, failing
to find employment, he finally wan
dered southwark and landed in Richmond
Saturday night. He stopped at a boarding
house, from which he is accused of having
stolen about $50 worth of clothing. Among
the articles found upon the person of the
prisoner were two handsomely bound
prayer books, upon the fly y-leaves of which
was written Presented to F. w. Davies
by 3. p. Lamberton, Trinity church. New
York" The accused was arraigned in the
police, convicted and sentenced to receive
twenty stripes upon his bare back, and
after the in!liction OF that punishment to
leave the city at once. Davies is q man of
fine presence and appears to be cultivated
and refined.
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keystone lslnt1 Fair.

The articles disposed OF at this fair last
evening We're as follows: Set of harness,
John Rcsh received 800 votes; gold watch,
Mrs. Clara Leonard, 800; Miss Elmi-a
Bacr, 20. It is due to Miss B..er to say,
that owing to misunderstanding she
Wis not prepared to hand in her books
last night; being led To suppose that the
watch wou!d not be voted off till Saturday
night, she could only surrender one book,
while several of her friends have other
books. The fair will continue all this
week and will close out on Saturday even
ing. n tinc gold pen and pencil case to be
voted ior during the continuance Of the
fair may be scel in The window of Zahm' s
iewelry store.
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ldnrdster ts,tci.:genrer.
EVENING. MAR. 2. 1881.
Oversteppfng his Authority.

Wefear that our friend, DIR. Brooks,
chief of the Millersville normal school.
has put himself in an entirely indefensi-
bic position in claiming his right to for
bid the students of that seminary to ride
in particular public street car, plying
between this city and Millersville, just
because the doctor and some Of the fe-
male students were also passengers
aboard it. The propriety of such Il re
quest from DR.. Brooks to student is
open to question the imprOpriety OF a
command is not. DR.. Brooks. by viz
tue of lis headship of the col
lege. is not in supreme command
of its students, to direct their motions
wherever they may he. Within the pre-
cincts of the college he is properly die
tltOr, under the rules laid down for its
government In the city of Lancaster,
four miles away. he has no such power.
Ii a student property behaves himself he
may not be expelled for misbehaviOr ::
and anybody's common sense will tell
him that it is not Il miSbeiIaviur in a male
student to step on boar! Il public street
car, TO lie taken from this city. to lis
home in the college, and to refuse to
O:,ay IN order "f the colleg' president
tn. i... shall ST., OF again and take
anv.Ee: car. 10 gel suc!: control OF il!:;
conveyance Dr.. Brooks should have char.
tered it like any other man.
If Doctor Brooks had politely request
cd Mr.. Langan to take the other car,
that gentleman should probably have
done so out of Difference to him. Though
why such a request even should have
been made is not obvious. Surely there
could he no impropriety in male stu
dent riding in the same car with
female students of the institu.
ton, when DR.. Brooks was along
with them. II is very absurd to say that
any rule of tile school. prohibiting :he
minslinS together IF the students oI
both sexes, applies TO their travelling to
getller in Il street car, oh their return tG
the school from a permitted absence
and especially when the college president
WAS in their company If the rules arr
thus construed the school authorize:
will need to furnish Il special car fol
their female students in their cOmings il
and goimgs ont or bag them up al.
have them carted around toprevent tIiei
contact with men,. We candidly con
fess that We never heard of any
thing in the conduct OF Il schOO
of qm'e so preposterous I. character a
this action OF Dr. Brooks in requiring
male student to idc in a different ca
from himself and his girls. 1t quite put
into the shade the celebrated srclusiol
of the fair sex by that renowned duenna
Miss Eastman. at Brooke Hall.
No doubt the doctor has an ariuou
undertaking on his hands. in subduin!
to the proper sohriety OF demcanor th
associated male and female students a
Mi!erSville: but So long as he permit
them TO breat he the air OF the sam
school room. we submit that thei
contiguitv in il Miilersvillc street car
under his vigiIant observation. may ri,
sOnablv be permitted.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-02
TEMPERANCE TAKERS

The state Temperance Convention In Session
The state temperance convention assem-
bIed in the court house. Harrisburg. at 10
o'clock yesterday morning and was opened
by devotional exercises. about one hundred
delegates in attendance. Rev. E. E. Swift
ID. d., Of Allegheny, was chosen tempo
rary chairman. n committee on perma-
nent organization wasappOinted. Sixteen
additional members were placed on the
business committee.
At the afternoon session the following
permanent organization wss reported and
adopted President, Joshua L. Bailey, of
Philadelphia secretaries. Rev. ID. G.
Babcock, Philadelphia Rev. John Pea
cock, Homesburg Miss L. Ellen Wright,
Lancaster. and long list Of vice presi
dents.
Rober: Graham, esq, Of Manchester,
England. general secretary Of the Church
of England society. made lengthy ad-
dress showing the manner Of the tenn
perance operations of the society he rep
resented.
4 resolution was adopted favorinS the
passage Of a state constitutional amend.
ment prohibiting the sale of liquor also
i resolution inviting the members OF the
Legislature to attend the sessions Of the
convention.
R.ports from members OF the work in
various parts Of the state occupied the re-
maiuder of the session.
In the evening session resolutions were
adopted asking that the public schools
provide for the regular and systematic iE-
struction of the children of the common
wealth rs to the nature aud effect Of alco-
hol, and that the attention Of the friends
of temperance be called to the effect Of
drinking customs and the drink traffic
on the regular observance Of the Sab
bath.
A short address was delivered by Rev.
c. W. Gushing, ID. d.. of Mexican comfy.
He was followed by Mrs. Annie Witten-
| myer, Of Philadelphia, who spoke ut lenstl,
| on the urgent need Of an amendment to
the state constitution to curtail the sale Of
liquor. Robert Graham, esq, closed the
meeting with q short address and the
business session was continued this mOrn-
ing.
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THE Democratic minority in the next
House will be under skillful leadership
Their best men will be those who have
had the valuable congressional expert
ence of service in a majority and mi
nority. Mr.. Randall returns to the
floor, Holman and Hewitt are regained
to the membership, and with Morrison.
Of Illinois; Randolph Tucker. of Vir-
ginia: Cox, of New York Carlisle, OF
Kentucky: McLane, of Maryland !;
Bragg, of Wisconsin, and other trained
parliamentarians to oppose the leaderiess
Republicans, their slender majority will
be of very slight advantage.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
LEN +
Tho SsasOn of HumlliatioD.

Lent commenced to-day. 1t is season
of fasting and prayer continuing for the
forty days proceeding Easter. / is almost
as old as the Christian religion. st. Jerome,
st. Ausustin, and the great fathers of the
church declaring that it was instituted by
the Apostles; while Protestant writers
admit it to to hava been established as
early as the second or third century. 1t
is Il seassn set apart for repentance over
the sins Of the past year, and ali exccsses
in eating and drinking are expressly for
hidden, only one meal 4 day being allowed
and abstinence from fresh meat being en-
joined, except in the special cases named
in the bishops circular letter. In the
churches the ;ltars are denudcd of their
ornaments and the services are of a much
more solemn and sombre character than
at any other season oNthe year.
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STATE ITEMS.

! The Altoona Sun takes step backward
III reducing its size and it's price to one
cent.
Farmers, in Washington county. are
scattering sheaves Of wheat along the
hedges for the benefit of the suffering
partridges.
While engaged in putting on the brakes
on freight train. at Clark's Ferry, on the
=. G. K. Z. between Harrisburg and Sun
! bury, Frank Weller, aged 23 years. son of
| over and instantly killed.
Thomas Carroll, track watchman at
Red Rock near Anderson's station, P. r.
Il. was struck by an engine Of freight
train, run over and instantly killed. He
was about 20 years old, and had long been
in the employ of the railroad company.
James Kane, q miner, employed at Big
Mine Run colliery, near Pottsville, was
instantly killed by a fall of top rock at
that place Monday. His neck was
broken and one Of his arms fractured in
three places. He was As years Of age
and leaves q wife and three grown-up
daug ughters.
\ Cambria county man named Kru-
menacker, in opening out new coal drift
at Bens creek, was blown up By dynamite
which lie was handling. One of his arms
was torn from the body, the other hand
was severed above the wrist, and both his
eyes were destroyed, and a multitude of
minor hurts disfgured his person.
Joe Biller was killed at Allegrippus on
the Pennsylvania road. He was brake
man on a gravel train and had in his hand
2 short stick used to put on brakes more
tightly. While working at the wheel the
stick broke and he was thrown to the
track. striking on his head and shoulders.
The body bounced back and struck the
box car and poor Joe rolled over corpse.
M-. A. II. Ecker, editor and proprietor
OF the Washington Democrat, has died,
after brief illness of five or six days. Mr..
Ecker was wel!-known, from his long con-
nection with the press of "little" Wash
ington. He had interests at different times
in the Examiner, the Reritu, and lastly in
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Dead at .104.

Mrs. Mary Orem, we'll known and
venerable resident of Hampden, Baltimore
county, Nd, died at tho age Of 104 years,
10 months and 4days. Mrs. Orem resided
in tho neighborlood of Woodberry for
over a half century. Her maiden name
was Mary Peake. She was born at Ridge
ley's Forges, 1T the mouth of the Gun.
powder, on the 22d of April, 1776. Her
father was an Englishman, named Robert
Peake, who came to this country with the
British army, deserted and went as a
drummer in the American army at the age
of sixteen years. He married Miss MUIR
ray, by whom he had nine children, Mrs.
Orem being the oldest and only surviving
child In 1905 she married Cooper Orem,
a carpenter at the Forges, by whom sho
had nine children. James, her Oldest liv-
ing child. is now Is years of age and re-
sides in Baltimore. Mrs. Hare, with whom
she lives, is the oldest living daughter
and is G5 years of age. Mrs. Harriet Sim
mons and Mary J. Houlk, with her son
James and Mrs. Hare, her only surviving
children, also reside here. Mrs. Orcm has
had twenty-five grandchildren and fifty
one great-grandchildren. She was mar
red in her fathers house by Rev. Nathan
Greenfield and was familiar with many
events of the Revolution. Her husband
Cooper Orem. served in the war of 1912
and 1914. Mrs. Orcm had been totally
blind for four years, but in good health
and always cheerful up to few days ago.
She used to say that her grandfather on
her III theirs side, whose name was Cudlip
and who died in Cornwall, England, left
All immense estate, of which she was one
of the legitimate heirs.
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What Venn0r Said.

Under the head of Probabilities for
March, 1884," Mr.. Vennor's almanac has
the following
This March will come in like lion.
The beginning of the month will be char
acterized by storms Of wind, which will
cuiminate during the second week In
heavy gales throughout the United States.
On the I'd there will he heavy storms in
Quebec and Montreal. On the Sth snow
storms are probable in st. Louis, Kansas,
Indian Territory ard Arkansas. On the
9th and 10th gales are probable around
New York, Boston and intervening points
and snow storms pretty general.
About the 7th and 9Th storms Of wind
and snow may be expected, followed by
rain and slush. This condition of thing.
may terminate in a cold dip about thu
18th or 14th, with snow fall. On tho
18th cold weather may be expected in To
ronto, Sarnia and other points west.
est. Patrick's day will arrive during
the cold snap in Ontario and Quebec ant
til. Northern states, while rain, snow ant
sleet will prevail southwark as far ~
Washington, and snow and rain will fall ii
the Canadian maritime provinces. Witt
the beginning Of tho third week of thi
| SCucidt ouo" l1Iio AAOuA viz i"''S'
provinces westward to Chicago are likel,
to prevail. They will be succeeded b!
mid and spring like weather, with indica
tions of rain and snow, while heavy rail-
storms will probably set in in the lowe
provinces and portions Of the United
| States.
During the last week, heavy rains will
prevail throughout Canada, with a prOba
BILE SNOW fall in the direction of St. Louis
Mo-, and easterly gales on the Gulf of st
Lawrence. There will DO signs of tn
opening of navigation in Ontario, Will
snow-ralls will be probable at points ives
of Montreal On the 18th, heavy rail-
falls will be likely in the Lower Province
and Quebec, and through portions of tn
United States; and from the Goth to til
end of the month there will be wet weathe
in Halifax. On the Both the weather wi
be clustering, with sieet and snow posi-
bly, at many points east and west. Th
old ;i,iarc about March when it comes
like lion, will not be falsilied, as til
month probably will end Lam bike