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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-06
PERSO ONAL..

GERsTER is gone NILSSON is to be
next, and PATTI is preparing to come.
KossUTH, living in Italy with his unmar-
ried sons, says, 81 am literally man
without a country, yet what man ever
loved his country morc?" In letter he
speaks pathetically of "my dear native
land, alas not my homo"
s. M. BALDWIN, Washington antigua
rian, who it will be remembered was no
ticed in the INTELLIGENcER some time
ago as having presented to the patent
Office Tom Paine's spectacles and shoe
buckles-worn when he stopped in this
city-is visiting Lancaster today looking
up some of its historical matters.
GoUGn's father was Methodist, his
mother a Baptist, and himself was bap-
tized by an Episcopal bishop. Mr.. Cough
says he has felt as though he was "a
little of everything" In 1S45, however
he becamea Congregationalist and Joined
the church and since that time he says
that he s'has been heart and soul with
that BODY
Be it remembered that Senator JOHN C..
JACOBS who is voted for by the Democrats
of the New York Legislature as Conkling' 8
successor, is native of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, where he was born Decem-
ber 10, 1888. The family removed to
Philadelphia when Jacobs was a small
child, and being poor, after he was twelve
yeals old he had to take care of himself.
He became errand boy, copyholder, re-
porter, correspondent and senator. The
Sun laughs at his pretensions to the U. s..
Senate from the Empire state.
Miss AMELIA B. EDWARDS, the author
of "Lord Brackenbury," is the daughter
of an army officer who fought gallantly
under Wellington, and was educated
at homo partly by her clever mother,
partly by masters and tutor who fitted
lads for college. A poem which she wrote
at tho age of seven was sent to q penny
weekly by her mother, and was published
therein. Miss Edwards lives in quiet
and lovely part of England, and has a
library of 5000 volumes. Sho is great
collector and has many antiquities and
curiosities.
The only surviving daughter Of Mr..
JOHN G. SAKE, the poet, Miss Hattie
Solace SAKE. aged %, died on Friday night,
in her fathers house, Brooklyn, of con.
sumption. Mr.. SAKE seven years ago lost
younger daughter, over whose death he
grieved SO much as seriously to affect his
health. One Of his most touching poems
was written upon her death. Tho death
of a second daughter was followed by the
death Of his wife last July. Miss Harriet
was the only remaining member of his
family except two sons, who live in Albany.
Mr.. SAKE has been an invalid for three or
four years, and has long since given mp all
mental work.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-06
MINOR TOPICS.

MICHIGAN re-establishes capital punish
ment and proposes to prohibit or punish
| newspaper reports Of hangings or mur-
ders.
The New York Ecening Post denies that
Henry Willard, Northern Pacific or any
other clique or corporation owns, controls
or is related to the able and we'll known
frce-lances who edit it.
ONLY eleven English sovcrcigns since
the conquest have exceeded the age-sixty-
two-which Queen Victoria has just at
tanned. Only three enjoyed a longer reign.
The emperor Of Germany, the king of the
Netherlands and tho king of Denmark are
the only European rulers older than Vic
toria.
ARE you aware that tho sun never sets
on the possession of the United States {?
When the sun is about expiring on the
confines Of Behring's Sea it is already
bcamins brightly in Maine and in the
eastern part Of that state is an hour high
From the farthest eastern point of our
country, at Eastport, Maine, to the farth-
est of the Aleutian Isles the distance is
1877 degrees Of longitude, or seventeen
moro than half way round the globe.
MIR w. d. HOwELLs has agreed to write
for Mr.. Lawrence Barrett an original play
founded on incidents Of early colonial life.
His first idea was to dramatizc the story
of Miles Standish but that project ho
has abandoned. The play is to be ready
for the coming winter season. Mr.. Bar
rett has also accepted five-act tragedy in
blank verse by Mr.. William Young, of
Illinois. It is called 'Pendragon, and is
founded upon the stories of the Round
Table.
THE poetry that is accepted for !ScriJner
is kept in a long drawer in a safe. Each
poem is placed in an envelope, with date
ofreceipt and address of tho writer. The
envelopes are thon placed in the long
drawer, which is, perhaps, three feet long,
and arranged according to subjects. First,
come the poems that admit of illustration.
These take up about two inches. Then
there is an inch of "Winter,'' then four
inches Of 'Love," then some miscellane-
Gus subjects, taking up half an inches of
space /; and, finally-packed close-there
is about a foot and a-half of ''Spring ~
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No one need be deceived by the we'll
written and ably expressed reputation
plank Of the Malone conventions plat
form. The language which claims that
the Riddleberger bill recognizes the just
debt of Virginia in " that it assumes two.
thirds of all the money Virginia borrowed
is nothing more nor less than 4 falsehOOd.
thirds Of what Virginia borrowed is
$50, 600, ,0OO-the remaining third belong
ing to West Virginia-and this amount is
recognized by the funding law now in
force; but the Isiddleberger bill repudi-
ates a full third of this remaining two.
thirds, recognizing not quite 100000, 900.
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STATE ITEMS.

Postmaster Isaac Moorchead died in
Erie on Saturday. He was unexpectedly
appointed about year ago.
A Philadelphia doctor has been fined $50
by the board Of health for failing to report
q case of smallpox.
Pete Herdic says that the $45, 600 judg-
mcnt confessed by the coach company to
Judge Kelley is a fraud for all that it
represents over SIG, 600 and an injunction
is asked for against the collection of the
bogus $4,000.
At Green Ridge, Scranton suburb, a
boy named Thompson threw large st one
at dog which had attacked his dog. The
stone accidentally struck Thompson's s
brother, crushing his skull and killing him
instantly.
John Rose Small, s. years old, one
armed man, sauntered into the shop of
Enos Emberger, a barber on Seventh
street above Arch, Philadelphia, stroked
his chin, remarked, 81 guess I'll get
cleaned up" and with that cut his throat
with deep cash.
The prcsbytery Of Eric at its recent
meeting in compliance with the reque est of
the Rev. James Gordon Carnachan, Ii.
D., erased his name from their roll on the
ground of the action of presbytery in dis
solving his pastoral relation to the First
church, Meadville.
In Titusville, at the first public meeting
in behalf of the project to erect mOnu-
mcnt to the memory of Colonel Drake,
discoverer of petroleum, those present
subscribed $3.65O, which, added to the
S., 600 subscribed by the Standard oil CON-
pany, leaves a balance of Sc, $50 to be sub
scribed by the city and the oil trade of the
country.
The large wrecking steamer, Fortune,
which has just been rcfittcd in Philadel-
phia, is designed for wrecking purposes on
the coast of South America. Her first ex-
pedition will be to the mouth of the
river Platte, to recover 1900, 900 Spanish
doublOons sunk with Spanish man-of-
war at the beginning Of the present cen
tury.
Governor Hoyt has issued charter to
the Water Gap and Schuylkill railroad
company, whose line is to run from Potts
vile, passing through Schuylkill, Carbon
and Monroe counties to the Delaware
Water Gap. The road is to be sixty miles
long and the capital stock of the company
phia, is president Of the company.
The Philadelphia company, of which,
.cx-Mayor Stolsley is president, proposes
to drain Lake Okeechobee. Florida, and
build a canal, nearly 800 miles long, along
the east coast of tile Florida peninsula.
The capital stock is divided into 1000, ,OOe
shares at $40 each. A member of the
company will sail for Europe toput on foot
a scheme to bring immigrants direct, in a
special steamer, to Jacksonville, to settle
on the land reclaimed by draining the
lake. These people will be sought in. the
fruit districts of Southern Europe to de-
vclOp the fruit-raising capacity OF Florida.
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Tho Why Of It.
Philadelphia Times.

EHIIIUC1IHI:t IINtS.
Because Erie, Crawford and some othe,
counties have elected Democratic judges,
additional judgcships are created solely to
give the Republicans another chance to
elect a judge, and because the Democracy
Of Greene would swamp any adjoining
county, Greene is made separate district
with only e, 600 population. Northamp.
ton is given an additional judge to enable
Judge Reeder to enjoy Il very brief taste
Of judicial honors, and a disgracefu! ger
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The man who disinterred the re-
mains of A. T. Stewart is evidently the
man needed by this state to be sent to
England for what is left of its eminent
founder.
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ALLEGED Larceny.

Conrad Sauber has been arrested on a
warrant issued by Justice Frank, of Co.
lumbia, charging him with the larceny Of
five hides, the property Of Wetter & Co.,
Poplar streat. this city. He is held for q
hearin g.
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Sunday school Convention

There viii! bo district presbyterial Sum-
day school convention held in Chestnut
Level Presbyterian church beginning Tues
day evening, June 18th, and continuing all
day Wednesday, juno 18th. The conven-
ton will be opened with q sermon by Rev.
James A. Worllen secretary of Sabbath
school work in the Presbyterian church.
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rymander embracing disconnected coun-
ties is made to give rinsGter Colburn, Of
Somerset remote chance to crown him.
self upOn the bench.
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Now POstO1fico.

A new postoffice has been established at
Lime Rock, Lancaster county, and John
w. Mohn is appointed postmaster thereat.
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detained until the following day, when
some money was given to him and he
was told to 60. He came South on a
through ticket to Greenville, s. c.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
ST. JOSEPH'S.

A New School House and Sisters Home I,
be Erected.
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MICHIGAN re-establishes capital punish
ment and proposes to prohibit or punish
newspaper reports Of hangings or mur-
ders.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-30

any speedy break of the ead-lock.
1t is learned, however, that a call for
a Republican caucus has been issued
for tomorrow morning, which seems
to render it improbable that the pres
ent contest of endurance between the
parties will be prolonged throughout
the might. The conjectnred motive for
the issuance of this call is a desire to
dissuade certain Republicans from
abandoning the present struggle by
leaving the city for their respective
homes. It is privately argued by
those Republicans that every advan-
tage expected to be obtained
by the confirmation of Mr.. Statham' s
nomination can just as well be Sc
cured by his appointment by the
President Immediately after an ad
journment of the Senate sine die. As
the Democrats threaten to prevent
final action on the question of the
confirmation until after the election
on the Sth proximo, it is, contended
that persistence in the attempt to
confirm the nomination may entirely
sacrifice the principal benefit indi-
Gated, and might prove worse than
useless.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-30
Cotton Report.

New ORLEANS, October 29.-The
following is summarysof the Dem
ocrat's cotton crop specials
Alabama.-Two reports from a
number of points indicate the crop
to be about Sc per cent. that OF
last year. The weather has been
very wet and unfavorable for picking
About one-half of the crop has been
marketed The picking will be over
by November 10th.
Arkansas.-The yield is So per
cent. of that of last year, or 43 PEI
cent. of an average crop. Picking
will be finished by December 1st.
Florida.-The yield is 50 per cent
of last years crop. The weather is
favorable for picking, which will be
over by November 18th. One half OF
the crop has been marketed.
Georgia.-The weather is favora-
ble for picking, which will be over
by November 18th. An average crop
will be gathered.
Louisiana-The yield is so per
cent. of last years crop. The wea>
ther is wet and unfavorable for pick
ing, which will be over by Novem-
ber 18th.
Mississippi-The yield is n per
cent of last years crop; better than
was expected. The weather is very
wet, interfering greatly with picking,
which will be over by November Is.
About so per cent. of the crop has
been gathered.
Tennessee-The yield is 60 pei
cent. of last years crop. Three
eighths of the crop has been mar
keted Picking will be over by No
vember 20.
Tezas.-The yield is about So pei
cent. Picking will be over by De-
cember |.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, October 2S-Mr. Glad
stone, in the course of his reply to
an address presented to him at
Knowsley yesterday, said the point
was whether Ireland is to be gov
erned by laws made by Parliament,
or by laws known to nobody and
written nowhere except in the brains
of few persons, and inforced by
illegal, arbitrary and self-appointed
associations which sought to over
ride, by organized attempt, the free
will of Irishmen. 1t was question
between law and chaos. No fewer
than thirty thousand forms have been
issued under the land act, he said,
and this led him to anticipate future
peace and prosperity.
LONDON, October 2S.-Mr. O'Sulli-
van, a prominent member from
Cork of the Land League, has been
arrested, charged with melting ten
ants not to pay rent lin spite Of the
government proclamation declaring
the Land Leagues to be illegal and
criminal organizations. The Leagues
of Fernaught and Leitrim have is-
sued similar indictments, and an
armed band have visited houses
in the neighborhood of Carrick, on
the Shannon, threatening rent-payers
with death
BERLIN, October 2S-In polling
here for members of the Reichstag
yesterday, no Conservative or anti
Senailec candidate received enough
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votes to entitle him to enter as q
candidate. In the second ballot,
Herr Henrici, notorious Jew barr
Der, only received 800 votes of 10000.
The news from the providences de~
notes Strengthening of the liberal
ranks. The defeat of the Conserva-
tives is most significant in places
where the government had put forth
all its strenth to support them A
large force of police was on duty in
the streets here during the day, and
numerous arrests were made.
Considerable dealings in Confed.
crate bonds are reported to day. The
dollar bonds are now 1f 12s. sd. per
fl0O, which is slight improvement
on yesterday prices.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-30
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, IL a. m.-The stock
market opened generally firm and in most
case fractional advance on closing quota
tions of yesterday, in early dealings, how
ever, there was slight reaction, but the
downward movement was promptly checked
and an advance of 4a2 per cent. recorded,
latter in Canada Southern. which sold up
from 62a to 6433, Nashville and Chattanooga
rose from 83 to S5, Manhattan Elevated
from "a to 95, Lake Shore from 1919 to
1929, Central Pacific from 955 to 96s,
Michigan Central from 935 to 94a, New
York Central from l. 39s to LAO and New
Jersey Central from 9s to 96s; Manhattan
Beach, which closed yesterday at 26, opened
at 24A and sold up to 26l. Speculation was
large.
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Effects of Lightning on Trees Near Tel
egraph Wire.

Some instructive facts in this connection
have been brought to light by NJ. Montigny
in a recent examination of poplars border
ing part of road in Belgium between
Rochefort anda Dint. The part in question is
some 1900 metres in length, and runs west
ward 1t is level for some distance, then
rises gradually to height of 81 metres,
through wood, traverses wooded plateau
200 metres in extent, then de-
scends, still through wood, to a
plain. A telegraph wire runs near
the row of Virginia poplars on the north
side, and it appears that, out of nearly 500
poplars forming this row, 81, or a sixth,
have been struck by lightning. Hardly any
have been struck in the other row. The
trunks have been mostly struck on their
south side and nearly opposite the wire.
Comparing different portions of the road, it
is found in the horizontal part none of the
(l2g) trees show injury from lightning, or
at most only one Ga doubtful case); but as
the road rises through the wood the cases
quickly multiply, and on the wooded plat
eau as many as nine out of fourteen trees,
or GA per cent, have been struck.
On the slopes the proportion is 25
per cent. NJ. Montigny distinguish
es three kinds of injuries; o. the bark torn
and detached on limited part of the trunk;
~ turrow straight or (rsrely) spiral, made
Oh The tree, from near the wire down to the
ground; and 81 peculiar oval wound,
with longer axis vertical, and lips colored
hSht Drown. Now, the burrows, which are
probably due to the most violent discharges,
are relatively most frequent on the plateau
ana on the western slope, which the storms
usually reach first. NJ. Montigny is of opin-
Ion that the lightning, while provoked by
the wire, does not strike this first. then the
tree, but strikes the tree directly. His con-
cepuon of the process is to the following
effect: Suppose a thunder cloud charged
with positive electricity. A long telegraph
wire under it, though insulated, may acquire
as great negative tension in the nearest al
If III direct communication with the ground
and the tension IS greater the nearer to the
cloud. While the inductive influence affects
the wire most, near objects, sucI
as trees, share in the influence accord
ing to their conductive power. The lightn
ing, attracted in the direction of the wire
yet does not strike this the insulating cupl
presenting an obstacle to its prompt anG
rapid escape. 1t finds better conductor
to earth in neighboring poplar, wet with
rain. From the facts indicated it results
that of two similar houses one built on a
plain, the other in wood, and having q
Telegraph wire fixed to them, the latter is
the more liable to injury by lightning, and
the danger is greater if the wood inclosing
r!e house be upon an eIninence. London
Times.
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Hanged in North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., October 2S.-
Allen Johnson, aged about Is, form-
erly of Greenville, S. c., was hanged
here to-day for the murder, under
most brutal circumstances and for a
few cents. blind old negro, named
Crump; about the last of January,
1880. He was captured only last
August, and was convicted at Sep
tember court, having confessed his
participation in the murder, assisted
by two other negro men, both Of
whom were captured after the murder
and both of whom died in Jail, while,
awaiting the trial. The execution
took place within the jail, in the
presence of 36 spectators at IL
o'clock. Johnson masifested but
little trepidation on the gallows. His
neck was broken by the fall, and his
heart ceased to beat Is minutes
after the signal for the execution was
given. He was buried at the foot of
the grave Of the murdered man.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-30
WASHINGTON.
News From the National Capita

News From the National Capital
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 29.-
The xecutive esession of the Senate
closed at three o'clock this morning
No decided action was taken on the
Stratham nomination, ..and::when the
doors were re-opened, the Senate
adjourned to meet at noon to>day.
The Republican Senators held a
caucus this morning to define what
course should be pursued in regard
to the existing deadlock over the
Lynchburg postotfice nomination.
As a result of a brief interchange of
views it was decided to appoint a
committee to confer with President
Arthur and to be guided by his wish
es, whether to continue their strug-
gle for Stratham's confirmation or
dispose of other unfinished executive
business this afternoon, and allow
the Lynchburg nomination to go
over without action (unless it be
withdrawn by the PresidenD and
adjourn the Senate sine die, leaving
Stratham's induction into office to
be effected by Presidential appoint
ment. Immediately thereafter the
committee, appointed in accordance
with this determination, will wait
upon President Arthur forthwith
and it is generally believed that the
result will be break of the dead
lock and a speedy adjournment sine
die.
The Senators who conferred with
the President in relation to the
Lynchburg nomination were Ferry
and Malone. After their return the
nomination was laid aside. The Sen
ate then despatched the remaining
business before q final adjournment
Dr.. Loring, commissioner of agri>
culture, has issued a call for a cotton
growers convention to assemble al
Atlanta November End, in connec
ton with the Exposition now being
held there Notices have been sen,
to all agricultural societies in the
cotton growing States, with a re-
quest to send delegates. Commis
sioner Loring will deliver an address
at the opening of the convention OF
Wednesday, after which a genera
discussion will follow. Arrange
ments have been made with Mr.
Kimball, director-general of the
Exposition, for the management Of
the convention, and many questions
of interest will be proposed and dis
cussed.
Among the confirm ati,n by the
Senate to-day were the following
John L. BeAeridge, United States
Assistant Treasurer, Chicago; NJ @
Elstner, United States attorney
western district of Louisiana Fer.
dinand Vogler, consul l-general a
Frankfort Simon Wolf, at Cairo
Silas III. Hubble, consul at st. John
Quebec; George W. Roosevelt, Bor
deaux; Jesse H. Moore, Calico
Charles Kohlo. Sydney; J. A. Lo
ford, Let's: John 7. Robson
Tripoli; jacques Agla, surveyor
general of Louisiana Chas. Hayson
charge daffairs to Denmark; Valne,
v Smith, consul at st. Thomas, ant
VIM. P. Pierce at Cienfugas.
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AN OLD woMAN.s ADVICE,

Aunt Rachael, writing to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, says: "When you feel unwell
and think you must take medicine, for
goodness sake get the best If you need
q remedy that viii make you regular in your
habits, give you good natural appetite,
make your skin clear and smooth, and re-
move all spots and blemishes that indicate
ill-health; if you wish to be free from
mental depression, freifulness, peevishness,
wakefulness and other disorders, use
Browns Iron Bitters'
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Yellow Fever Prevented.

The engineers of the Central Railroad OF
Georgia say: Though exposed to the
worst miasmatic influences, going in and
coming out of Savannah at different hours
of the night, and also in spending entire
nights in the city during the prevalence of
the yellow fever epidemic of 1874, with but
the single exception of one of us (who was
taken sick, but speedily recovered) we con-
tinued in our usual good health-a circum-
stance We can account for in no other way
but by the effect, under Providence, of the
habitua1 and continued use of Simmons
Liver Regulator while we were exposed to
this malaria"