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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
THE PRESIDENT BETTER.
Hopeful Feeling at Long Branch.

HOpeIul re0l1DS at Long Branch.
The improvement Of the president S CON-
dition continued yesterday under the be-
nign influence of the sea air, and the day
was considered the best spent by him
since he was stricken down. At $50 p.
m. pulse 100, temperature 9S.S, respiration
Is. The bullet is believed to be situated
Immediately under the psoas muscle, near
the margin Of the right side of the pelvis,
aid under the external lilac artery, from
which it is separated by the thickness Of
the psoas. With the bullet in this situa.
ton, it is thought, the president will not
be inconvcnienced in the use of his
limbs. 1t is believed that his lungs are
yet unaffected by the septic taint in the
blood.
Incidents OF the Day,
Ho Henry C. Kelsey telegraphed to
his manager to bring the best Allerney
COW in his herd on 4 special car from Red
Gate farm, Newton, to ElbcrOn, for the
use of President Garfield. The choicest
cow Of the herd has been selected, and
Manager Devaney will go through with
her. Col. Rockwell received dozen fine
squirrels from Mr.. u. NJ. Hartshornc, of
Highland, N. J., for the presidents use.
The presidents easy chair arrived from
Washington has been placed in his room.
tiuitoaus FOrtietI birthday.
Guiteau became 40 years old on Thurs
day. lie is in good health, and weighs a
little more than he did when he was first
imprisoned. In some way he has discov-
cred that the president has been taken to
Long Branch. The questions which he
asks seem to indicate that he is studying
the uses Of a plea of insanity. He is anx
ious to discover how verdict Of insanity
would affect his liberty.
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Secretary A. M. Frantz's Letter.
Reply to Frantx.s I.ett0r.


MIR. ANDREW NJ. FRANTz-Dear Sir !:
The official notification that the board of
trustees of the Pennsylvania state normal
school for the Second district has forbid
den mo the school buildings and grounds,
is just received. Inasmuch as | was in
formed some time ago by the steward Of
the institution that the board contcm-
plated such action, the receipt Of your
note caused me but little SURPRISE How
ever, | was somewhat surprised when
examined the resolution in vain to find !,
reason for this step of the board. In the
conversation with tho steward; to which
reference has been made, gathered that
the board was angry because of the fact
that l sympathized with the students
who left Oh June 1. But without un9ues-
tionable evidence that this is the ground
and reason of the action taken, / am un-
willing to believe that the board wonld
pass resolution affecting only Mr.. Wit
mcr and myself. when it might with equal
propriety and justice have included the
names Of u majority of the alumni and old
members Of the school.
Whatever may have prompted the res
Olution, l am in the dark as to its full ef-
feet. am = member of the Page society
whose regular meetings arc held every
Friday evening, and whose library is open
every Saturday morning. Since l have
been 4 member Of the Page for twelve
years, have aided in building up it's libra
ry, and contributed liberally to every soci-
city purpose, l trust may be pardoned for
inquiring whether it is the intent of this
resolution to prevent access on my part to
the meetings and library of the Page, or
merely to keep me off the grounds ut all
other times. BY giving information early
on this point you will greatly obligc
Yours respectfully,
II. X. MYERS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
MICnlGAN'S MISFORTUNE.
Rain Comes to Her Aid ard Sub dues Il

Flames.
A dispatch from Port Austin, at the
head Of Burnet peninsula, sums up the
general destruction as follows Tho loss of
lives by the forest fires Oh Monday and
Tuesday is estimated at from 200 to 800,
and the following villages were burned !:
Bad Axe, Verona, Forest Bay, Richmond
vile and Sandusky. The following were
partly burned Port Hope, Linden and
Elby. The great loss in the villages is
nothing to that in the country, where the
losses are TOO numerous to be named
Reports from Saginaw, Tuscola and L.
per counties, ono tier back from the lake,
while showing much destruction of prop
erty do not approach the losses in the
shore counties. The loss by Grc was much
less sweeping and genera! and the loss of
life was small, but on each side Of these
more favored counties hundreds Of thou
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
What It Means.

The third resolution is self lf-condemna-
ton of Stalwartism.'' 1t declares that
President Garfield has been temporarily
withdrawn from the discharge of important
duties, for which he is remarkable quail
fled, by 4 peculiarly infamous crime and
an undcserved assault for u conscientious
exercise Of PROPER EXECUTIVE POWER"
This is an explicit condemnation of the
senatorial bosses and an unqualified en-
dorsemcnt Of the course of the president
in resisting their dictatorial attempt to
override his administration.
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Mayssr's Court.

Mary Wise, whose face is as familiar to
policemen as that Of the town clock. was
up before the mayor this morning on the
same old charge-drunkcnness. She was
sent out to prison for 80 days. She has
only been out Of Jail a short time and
took her sentence without any feeling. Tn
a month from this date she will again be
on the street when a lecture on the county
institutions may be heard. One other
drunk paid his costs and was discharged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
BOOKS FOR THE POssIs,

How lDdigent School Children May BE Sup
Piled.
A series Of blanks have been prepared
for the use Of pupils, principals and direc-
tors of the public schools, by which those
pupils unable to purchase books may pro-
cure the same in regular form. Tho first
Of these is 4 declaration from the parent
or guardian of Il pupil, addressed to the
principal Of the school, stating his inabil-
ity to purchase the necessary school books
and stationery to enable his
child OF ward to continue his
studies at school, and requesting
the principal to furnish such books and
stationery as are purchased by the district
for the use of the poor, promising to re-
turn the same whenever required in as
good condition as can reasonably Dc ex-
pectetl. The principal then refers the ap-
plicatiOn to any school director Of the ward
in which the applicant lives, for the pur-
pose of making inquiries to ascertain
if the applicant is worthy Of the charity
Of the district. Having made tho necessary
inquiries and satisfied himself of the pro-
priety Of the books being furnished by the
district, tho director fills up an order
directing the city superintendent to
furnish the books. The supeIintend.
ent fills up an order ON a sta
TONER, who retains this blank as his
voucher in charging the amount in an &C.
count styled "books for the poor There
arc also forms to be signed by the teacher
notifying the city superintendent to charge
all books furnished by the board to tho
pupil receiving them, and credit the pupil
with them upon their return. The sys-
tenn appears very complete, and calculated
to prevent any abuses creeping into this
very worthy charity, while at the same
time there is no danger of any deserving
applicant being denied.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
A New 1sauor.

The Lititz Sanbeam has suddenly burst
forth into Il handsomely printed and we'll
edited paper called the Weekly Express,
published every Saturday by look & Derr
John G. Took business manager and
Chas. N. Derr local editor 1t will be in
dependent Republican aud each If tho
four pages shows signs 0: enterprise, intel
1iscnt eliling, and devoted zeal in pro-
noting local interests. Every town has
more room for two good newspapers than
one poor one, and the field which has been
SD well worked by the Record can easily
accommodate the Express. Good luck to
them both
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
Jubilee at Sf. Mary's.

Tomorrow evening at : O'Clock jubilee
will begin at st. Mary's Catholic church in
accordance with the Encyclcal of Pope
Leo Nil directing jubilee to be held in
all Catholic churches during the year 1881,
charge OF the jubilee and will preach every
evening during the week. The masses dur
ing the week will be at 5 and 8 O'Clock in
the morning and after the late mass there
will be instructions. On Friday morning at
$50 the forty hours devotion will begin.
closing on Sunday morning.
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Fr:lnlZ's kejOlnlier.

LANCASTER. Sept. 8, 1881.
MI. II. X. MyERs-Dear SIR: Your
note Of yesterday, asking for explanation
of the resolution Of the board OF trustees,
which | had the honor to submit Or COM
municate to you formerly, is before me,
and i'll explanation, | could only say, that
the attendance of society meetings upon
the ground or within the buildings. under
the terms Of said resolution would be an
impossibility. Outside Of that place the
resolution has 10 bearing.
Respectfully yours, etc.
AND. NJ. FRANTZ.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
COrOner's Jury Verdict.

This morning the coroner's jury
met, which was empancled 70 in
quirc into the cause Of the death
of Alexander Gray, killed on the
railroad on Wednesday. Tho jury heard
several witnesses who were passengers Oh
the train. and rendered verdict in ac-
cordance with the facts as already pub
lished, without attaching any blame to
the employees Of the road.
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Wheoi Broken.

This morning David Charles, Of Manor
township, tied his horse, which was hitcbed
D a market wagon, to a post on West
King street. A large wagon belonging to
john K. Bitner soon came along and,
owing to the ever convenient railway
track, i collision took place. One wheel
of.Mr. Charles's wagon was badly broken.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
Carlson tho POlv~amIst

1t is reported that "Alfred Carlson, :"
the Swedish tailor, who formerly worked
III this city and married and deserted a
third wife here, has been "doing" Oil
City lately and after two months residence
there married his fourth living wife and
"skipped the town.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
MILLERSVILLE.


The Normal School Board Exclude Two
Graduates From the Grounds.
The following copies Of correspondence
between the secretary Of the board Of
trustees of Millersvil!e state normal school
and Mr.. H. X. Myers, graduate of the
class of 1877, will explain themselves. Mr..
Myers is resident Of Millersville, and has
been teaching the central graded school in
that town, reading law at the same time,
and extensively using the library OF the
Page literary society of which he is a
member and to which he has long been a
contributor.
Mr.. I. X. Wilmer was graduated from
the normal in 1879. He is a resident Of
Millersville, a we'll known teacher in the
county, and also member Of the Page
society.
Secretary A. Nj. Frantzs Letter.
MILLERsvILLE, Sept. 5, 1881.
MIR. IL. X. MYERs-Dsar Sir: l have
been instructed to communicate to you
tho following resolution, passed by the
board Of trustees Of the state normal
school for the Second district of Penn
sylvania, located here, at 4 regular meet
ing held September 3, 1881, viz:
''Resolred, That the secretary oe i'll
structed to inform Messrs. II. X. Myers
and l. X. Wilmer that they are excluded
from the grounds and buildings Of the
Millcrsvllle normal school, for cause
Respectfully yours, etc,
AND NJ. FRANTz,
Sec'y Of Board Of Trustees.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

THE story of the fires in Michigan is a
sorry tale of devastation. A thousand
square miles have been burned over, ten
thousand people ARE homeless, and to
hundreds nothing Of home or property
is left but the charred corpses of their
families and friends. 1t is an almost
unheard of tragedy in our national his
tory, and the resulting suffering appeals
most forcibly to the sympathy and sub
stantial charity of the whole country.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

IT was very kind in Secretary Frantz
to notify Mr.. Myers that the order of the
Millersville state normal school trustees
had no effect beyond their grounds.
Otherwise Mr.. Myers might have in
ferred that their jurisdiction was ma
tional and that their order of exclusion
was an edict of expatriation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
FOWIer's Railroad.

Now 11OI1lhU C1lTlOM.
Yesterday morning the surveyors left
with all their traps for Lsaman Place.
The past several days they have been Ell.
gagged ut running 4 liue from this place to
Intercourse. The first line they surveyed
west of Roland's church, passing some-
where near Flickingcr's mill, but after
going as far as Intercourse they concluded
that it would be more feasible route to
so through the mountain gap at Laurel
vile. Whether they will adopt the latter
route We arc unable to state until they
come back to locate the line.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
Freight Car On Fire.

Shortly before eleven o'clock Thursday
night freight Car OH the Reading & Col
umbia railroad, about One mile beyond
Sinking Spring, was discovered to be on
fire. Had it not been for the prompt ar
rival of some employees. the car and con-
tents would have been destroyed. The
damageis slight.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
A C0DDerllea(l Don /,

Mr.. Levi Grube, while plowing in his
fathers fields on the farm in CHrnarvOn.
recently turned up 4 nest Of young copper
heads. There were eighteen in all, ten
were in the shell, while eight were crawl
ing around and were over a foot long.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
UrSinlsS COlle1o.

The fall term of Ursinus college, Free
land, Montgomery county, began under
very favorable auspices. The opening ad-
dress was delivered by Prof. Ruby subject
--"Aesthetic." This was followed by the
season of prayer for the restoration of the
president, recommended by Gov. HOyt a
very solemn occasion. On Tuesday even
ing the young mems prayer meeting was
resumed and was largely attended. An
accession of forty stu lentS, with more to
come next week, gives abundant reason to
the friends of this institution to thank
God and take courage.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

EycOmlnS Chronicle.
The Lancaster DAILY INTEILIGENCER, is
one of the Oldest, as it is among the best
and most ably conducted Democratic jour-
nails i'm Pennsylvania. Last week, the
DAILY INTELIIGENCER, entered upon its
eighteenth volume, and it is now much
larger and brighter than it was when it
first saw the light Of day and commenced
it's eveEtfal career.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
West,ninster presbytory,

The presbytcry composed Of Presbyter-
ian churches in Lancaster, York and Leb-
anon counties, will hold its next semi
annual meeting at ChancefOrd church,
York county. Of which Rev. Robert Gam
BILE is pastor, beginning next Monday at
at 7:30 p. m. Rev. ]. McDougall, Ph. D.,
president of the York collegiate institute,
is expected to preach the sermon at the
opening.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

Daniel Watson, colored, beat his wife's
niece in shocking manner at Tallahassee,
Fla, and then cut the girls mothers
breast open. He was pursued by party,
who shot him. killing him instantly.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
Sent UD.

The seventeen tramps who were arrested
near Bird in-iland recently were heard
before Alderman Spurrier yesterday, and
were committed to prison for terms rang
ing from 20 to GO days.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10
MINOR TOPICS.

AAANS1S AO4 AS0s
THE Massachusetts, supreme judicial
court has dismissed the petition Of Leila
J. Robinson to be admitted to practice as
an attorney in the courts, on the ground
that Under the laws of the commonwealth
a woman is not entitled to be admitted as
an attorney. Miss Robinson took reg
ular course at the Boston university law
school, Of which she is graduate.
THE average attendance of the Sunday
schools throughout the United States is
said to be eighty. 1t is proposed t" make
a new canvass Of London, in order to
bring larger proportion Of the children
into the Sunday schools. The number of
Sunday school scholars in the metropolis
is now within fraction Of 10 per cent. of
the whole population, but quarter of a
million OF the children are still out
Rev. NATHAN BROwN, the veteran Bap-
tist missionary in Japan, having COM
pletcd the printing of Matthew, is now
p, hitting the Gospel of Mark in the Japa-
ncse and Chinese characters. The work
will be pushed forward as fast as possible.
lie writes from Yokohama, July 4, that
twenty seven converts had been baptized
since the beginning of the year. The
membership is now seventy. eight.
A NEW sect has arisen in Chicago,
whose members call themselves Over
comcrs. They assume to have \ peculiar
Inheritance in the promises which were
made to the seven churches Of Asia, claim
to work miracles and believe in the SAL
walton of all, even of the devil but many
will first have TO pass through purgatory.
Their leader and some of their most ad
vanced saints arc said to be on their way
to Jerusalem to inaugurlto the new dis
pensatiOn.
STATISTICS Of the religious constitution
of the masistracy in the county Of Tyrone,
Ireland, where Mr.. Parncll's candidate
for Parliament has just been defeated with
only 9O4 votes in = total Of over 1000,
show how great is the Protestant asccn-
dency in that strongly Catholic district.
Episcopa'ians have 113 of the magistrates,
Prcsbytcrians 49, and Catholics only 2.
Stated in proportion to population the
magistrate; are divided as follows Epis-
copalian tss every 43a inhabitants, Pres
byterian to every 4,2l5, and Catholic to
every 59,9GS.
ZANZIBAR missionaries from England
have got themselves into serious trouble
at MOmbasa Certain natives belong ing
to the mission had some OF their property
stolen, and in order to make the servants
of several Arabs confess they had bought
it the missionaries ilo,g.l them. They
also cast into prison an Arab Of good fam
lily. flOgsin.s, it appears, are tie rule
with these missionaries, and severe ones,
such as raise large wheals upon the skin.
Sentences Of three months Imprisonment
are also comm on, and married women, as
well as men, are subject to this sort of
treatment. Apologies have been offered
and IN Indemnity, both Of which have been
accepted, hut they are said to have been
coupled Will, the condition that the mis-
sionaries shall be removed from MOm-
baSa.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

WE observe that the Republicans of
Cumberland, the Democrats of Dau.
phin AMI minority parties in other coun-
ties of the state continue to nominate
two candidates for county commissioner
when they can only elect one. The
Chester county Democrats, We believe.
are about to abandon what has proved
to he a demoralizing practice. Two
candidates running when only one can
be elected, ''cut'' each other, and each
tries t. run the other low enough to
elect himself. 1t is purely a fight within
the party and rs such should be settled
by the party in the convention or. at the
primaries. AS now made in the counties
referred to it stirs up bad blood and
makes unnecessary trouble.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

SIMULTANEOUSLY with the presence
of MI. Edward MacPhcrscm in this city,
his friend, the Nen Era, explains the
scope and meaning Of the third resOlu-
tion of the Pennsylvania Republican
convention. 1t is intended to be a de-
nunciation of Stalwartism and a declar-
tion that Mr.. Garfield was shot for his
opposition to it. In other words Gui-
teau was the instrument of Conkling,
Cameron & Co., to relieve them from
the embarrassments into which they
were placed by the presidents cOnsci-
entious discharge of his duties. 1t is
needless to say that the convention took
no such view of this resolution, or, COM
posed is it was 80 largely of the friends
of the Stalwarts, it would not have
passed it. But this is understood to be
acPherson'S explanation Of it and it is
well that il! should be so avowed and
put on record.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-10

Mr.. CHARLES $. WOLFE'> announce
ment OF his independent Republican
candidacy for state treasurer is of much
more significance than the promise it
makes of Democratic success or of en-
livenilg what was expected to be Il dull
campaign. Mr.. Wolfe is often adjudged
even by his friends to be indiscreet ; he
is acknowledged even by his enemies to
be honest but it is Il mistake to sup.
pose that he acts entirely upon i'm
pulse In this instance he has measured
the consequences of his action
and calculated its effect rs Il
factor in state politics. He simply
proposes to submit to his party u test of
the popular strength of the two elements
which compose it, which he thinks can
in this off year than in any other. He
knows the Judgment expressed by the
state convention in condemnation of the
independent element of his party, and
in approval of the Pardon Mill and Office
Ring element was not the honest iudg-
menr of the masses of Republicans in
Pennsylvania, and he appeals from the
packed convention to the free voters.
His scheme lacks g regularity and its
announcement comes after some of his
newspapers and political friends have
with feeble apology g caught on to the
machine. But it is year when regu-
larity'' counts the least and 4 great many
Republicans may he disposed, now that
the issue is male up, to record their
votes on the same side as their honest
feelings are.