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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-23
AlIluSelnentS.

"FanchOn. the (ricket."-ln the extensive
repertoire of that accomplished actress, Miss
Maggie Mitchell, there is no role in which she
has achieved wider fame nor made more cs-
sentially her own than that of FanchOn. in tho
beautiful and romantic drama of that name.
II is in this character that Miss Mitchell Is
billed to appear here on Monday evening next.
Everybody is 50 familiar with the quality OF
Maggie Mitchell's talent that ii would be but
a waste of words to dwell upon it in announce
ment OF her coming, but it is L satisfaction to
be assured that this charming little lady has
surrounded herself by q cOterie of artist COM
pctcDt to accord her the support that ah
actress of her caliDrc should receive.
Other LdNractions.-1he other opera house
attractions of the week thIs far advertised are
Buffalo Bill' in his new frontier drama,
'The Prairie Waif," on Tuesday evening,
and Miles celebrated Juvenile opera troupe
in the ever popular Ptnafore" on Thursday.
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Tnreateni,,e q Strike.

A strike is threatened among the Oper
atives at the Stevens cotton yarn mill on
Pine street, who object to working
at night. They think fourteen hours too
much of a good thing, and have given
notice to the proprietors, Messrs. Peters
& Shirk, that unless they are are allowed
to quit at six O'Clock they will refuse to
work altogether.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-23

Carson 4 IIensel, city bill posters, Office In
TrLLIGENCER building, No. South Queen
street. Conspicuous and well protected boards
in all parts of the city. Circulars, programmes
and small bills ju.liciously and generally dis
tributed.
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General Weaver.

General Weaver.
General Weaver, who will speak in Fulton
opera house on Tuesday night, Ia exceedingly
popular with his own party. But not only IS
he listened to by Greenbackers, but his oratory
attracts crowded houses OF all political com.
plexiOns. At Olean, n. j., ut the conclusion
OF his speech, the entireasscmbly rose to their
feet and gave twice three cheers for General
Weaver, which seemed to shake the building.
Secure your seats ut once.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-23
PINAFORE,

"OUR SAUCY SHIPS BEAUTY"
No advance in prices. Gallery. 36s. All
mission, 5Oc. Reserved Seats, soc
Reserved Seats now tor sale ut Yecker's
apr255td
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College Orche stra Concert.

The benefit concert, under the direction
of Mr.. A. p. Horn, for the benefit Of the
college orchestra of Franklin and Marshall
college came off in the college chapel last
night and had 4 large, critical and ell
thusiastic audience The entertainment
would have done high credit to a profess
sional company of musicians. Twenty-Five
voices, accompanied by the orchestra sang
the students chorus "COme BOunteOus
May" Mr.. Julius A. HerOld's violin
solo was rsptuously applauded :;
Mr.. Horn and Mr.. Hassler gave a piano
duet from Beethoven 7. NJ. Beiser's cor
net solo had a deserved encore and he dis
played great skill on this difficult instru-
ment. The students chorus rendered the
four-part song, "The Jovial Begsars,'
with fine effect.
Part II was opened by the orchest a
with an overture by Herold, and
in encore the orchestra gave the
Approach of Spring" waltzcs,
an admirable selection. Miss Kate
Apple, in her usual exquisite voice aud
execution, sang 'Who's At my Window, y
and was encOred, singing in response an
air composed by Miss Alice Neyin the
orchestra presented Miss A. with a rich
bouquet. Mr.. Horn played a piano solo.
an extremely difficult composition skillful'
ly executed, followed by flute and violin
duet, by Willie II. Hager and +. ID. Win
genroth. Master Hagcr on his flute won
golden praise from the audience, displaying
signal power with his instrument and giving
promise of brilliant musical future. A
piano duett by T. C. Meyer and >. NJ.
Miller was encOred, and the students
chorus ''Calm BE Thy Slumbers ended
the highly successful concert. Mr.. Horn
thanked tho audience for their kind at
tention and sympathy, and everybody was
well-satisfied.
The orchestra is composed of the fol.
lowing persons: Z. d. Wingenroth,
leader j. A. Herold, 1st violin E. W:
McCaskey, I'd violin E. B. Sangree. FL
violin c. ID. Meyer, viola Willie II.
Hager, flute J F. L. Harbaugh, clario-
net T. NJ. Beiser, cornet D. T. Bau
man, trombone NJ. B. Reber, drum H.
II. Sangrec, cello F. G. Meyer, base ;
A. p. Horn, piano.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-23

DEWARD-L0ST on THE LAMPETER
Afghan, striped with pink and blue ribbons.
The reward will be paid by leaving 1t at W. ID.
Sprecher 4 sons Seed Store, Lancaster. Pa
aDr23 2tlSltW
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THIRD EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 2s, lse1.
WEATHER INDICATION

WEATHER INDICATIONS.
WAsHINGTON, April 2S-FOr the Middle
Atlantic states. fair weather, variable
winds, mostly northerly, stationary or
higher barometer and temperature.
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TNHE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
Il of the Union EuildIn: and Loan AssOcia-
ton will be at w. A. Wilson's Office. No. 32L
South DuEe street. on Monday evening at ~
O'clock. A. H. BALL,
apr232td Secretary.
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Miles Juvenile Opera Company,

The only Juvenile troupe before the public.
composed OF the principals Of three Of last
seasons companies. An organization OF forty
persons, who will produce Gilbert h sullivan =
grcatI st operate success,
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NEW ADTERTISEMENTx.
NEW ADTERTLSEAENTx
W'sDoV s1ADzs. &C:
200 WINDOW Shades

In q variety Of Colors, that will be sold from
about half value for them. few Of those
light patterns left, in order To close. will be
sold at eeventy-dvo cents piece.
Plain Shading for Windows in all the newest
colors, and in any desired quality wanted. "
inch, - inch and y inch for large windows
and Store Shades
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L>OK THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST
Il stock of Furniture Of all kinds 90 to
uHFMEIER'S,
No. Is East King Street. whore you will get q
bargain. lids
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-28
LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.

Baseball At New York-Metropolitan
6, Athletics o; at Albany-Atlantics l,
Albanys 5.
William Bradley, chief Of the Madison
fire department, while in boat ON Lake
Mendoza, had a fit, and fell forward so
that his head was under water long enough
to drown him.
A destitute man, supposed to be Will
liam Carter, of Newark, N. j., on his way
to Washington to secure 4 pension, was
billed on the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore railroad. He was terribly
crushed.
The law passed by the Missouri Legisla-
ture last winter, making the keeping Of a
gambling house a felony, went into effect
at 12 o'clock Saturday night, and has re-
suited in closing every gambling house in
st. Louis.
/. A grand international billiard match
between Visnaux and GARNER, the French
champions, and Slosson and Plot, repre-
senting America, was played on Sunday at
by twenty-nine points.
In an affray on Saturday night at Co.
lumbia, Flurvanna county, Va, between
whites and blacks, one of the
latter was fatally injured and others Sc
riously hurt. The fracas took place in a
bar room all hands being more or less un-
der the influence of whisky. Bill Hack
ncy, the negro who was most injured, was
struck Oh tho head with i pick handle,
severely beaten, and then thrown out of a
window to the ground, distance of tif-
teen feet.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-28
How a Previous Comet Received.

l. In view OF the reigning uncertainty rs to
the comet of 1881 it may be timely to re-
produce from the Urbana Gil. l Constitution
of May, 1857 the following interesting but
irrevercnt speculations touching the Genet
which was expected to strike the earth on
June Is of that year:
Zimmerman, after observing the crit.
ter carefully with the instruments of the
Urbana brass band, comes to the concIus-
sion:
"'1. That the comet will not strike the
earth but
"'2. That if it docs strike it will never
do it a second time.
In any case, however, to any gentle
man who holds opinions different from the
above and is willing to back his views to
limited extent, in order to arrive at the
truth in this mOmentOus matter, VIC hereby
make the following
PROPOSITIONS
"'1. We will wager $4,000, more or
less, that if the comet offers to strike we
will dodge it before it does it :; in other
words, that it can't be brought to. the
scratch.
"'2. A like sum that, if it does
strike, it will be knocked higher nor
kite.
"'3 Twenty-Five times the above
amounts that in case the comet strikes it
won't bulge the earth six inches by ac-
tual measurement.
"'4. A like amount that after the comet
strikes its tail drops.
"'5. An optional sum that the earth
can knock the comet further than the
comet can knock the earth, nine times out
Of eleven.
"'G. That after the comet gets through
striking the earth it will never want to
strike anybody else.
"' These propositions arc intended to
cover the case of any gentlemen on this
globe or on the comet or elsewhere.
"' Money to be deposited in the banks
of Newfoundland.
"' Time of striking and other arrange
ments to DO fixed by the parties.
"' Applicants for bets have right to
select any comet they choose
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-28
WASHINGTON BOROUGH.

The Latest News from Down tho River.
The fair held by the Star cornet band Of
this place proves to be great success. 1t
has been kept up for nearly two weeks and
was very we'll attended all along. On
Saturday evening the house was .jammed
full, and nicc pile Of money was left be-
hind by the visitors. A double -barreled
brecch- loading gun worth $50 was voted
for, and was won by Mr.. Edw. Burtlcll, of
Columbia, who had collected for the band
the handsome sum of s54 His rival had
collected 81 S.. All the articles yet on hand
arc expected to be chanced off this cven-
ing, and tomorrow evening the fair will
close with an auction of the remaining
goods. A pair of shoats are the leading ar
ticlc to be CHANGED off this evening.
Mr.. Henry Wertz, proprietor of the Sus-
quehanna temperance hotel, had 4 public
sale of shoats one day last week. The
buyers seemingly were slow in bidding,
and consequently only one pair were sold
ut public sale for SIG per pair. Several
more were sold ut SS \ head. The drove
consisted of 81 very fine shoats of differ
ent sizes, all of which were in excellent
condition. They were brought from Adams
county.
Sllad fishing is over, and the fishermen
have put away their seines.
The excursion which was to be given by
the Church of God Sunday school. has
been postponed indefinitely.
Mr.. F. Y. Weidenhammer, principal of
the schools of this place, has been re-
tanned by unanimous vote Of the school
board.
No teachers have been appointed for the
primary schools Of this place, as yet, but
Sav dv % ovenin" for nth the consideration of snch
applications as may have been presented
by that time to fill the vacancies.
This is the season fol, aguc, and Mr.. F.
Y. Weidenhammer, Of this place, manu-
facturer of g The Perfect Fever and Ague
Remedy" is selling large quantities of his
approved medicine.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.


Near and Across tho County Lines.
On Sunday evening at the Philadelphia
Il Baltimore Central station, at Kennest
Square, Joseph Collins, a cOlOred man aged
about % years, while jumping from one
train Of cars to another train, lost his foot
ing and fell on tho track, when train
passed over him, cutting off both his legs
and causing death.
The board Of partlons will not hold an
other summer meeting. Tho next meet
irg of the board will be held on Septem-
Der 80.
The other day Mrs. Refford, in Coates
vile, allowed her fire to 90 out and left
the house for short time. On arriving
home she was surprised to see steam issu-
ing from the tea kettle, which was setting
On the shelf by the chimney. On exam
nation it was found that the chimney
was OH fire and its near proximity TO the
kettle caused the water to boil. The cry
Of fro was raised and tho fire was extin-
guished.
DR.. Dwight Royce, an herb doctor of
Reading, who lived alone, slept ut night in
his Office, and always lay on the counter
which is several feet high. 1t is supposed
that he had stroke Of apOplexy some
time during Saturday night and fell to the
floor. He was unable to help himself. and
rolled about, and neighbOrs who burst
open his closed doors yesterday found him
in a terrible condition and took him to tho
hospital.
William and Edward Dou glass. colOrcd
and brothers, died last week in the East
ern penitentiary where they were confined
for the theft Of u horse from Hon. Jesse
Matlack, Chester county, and for burglary
on Darwin WooG!warl's premises in Ken
nett township. William was sent down for
years and months and his brother ~
years and Q months. They were fcrmer-
ly inmates Of our county prison. They
were aged respectively 23 and 81 years and
consumption was tho cause of their death.
Michael Hughes, of PhGnixville, was ut
work at the digging out of the cellar for
the new extension of the public school in
tho north ward of that borough, and
while leading horse attached to cart
filled with dirt and stone, the horse got
out Of the track. Hughes tried to pail the
horse back, when the shafts struck him
and knocked him down. AS he fell the
unfortunate man cried to the horse to
STOP but he had no sooner called out than
the cart ran up on his breast when the
horse stopped with the wheel of tho loaded
cart OH hi; back and he was crushed to
death.
On Saturday afternoon Wilson Zwcizig,
aged sixteen, met his death on the rail
road near Lecsport station, on the Read
ing road. The boy resided with his
parents, who are in poor circumstances,
near tho railway station at that point, and
had becn in the habit of playing around
the trains.
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STATE ITEMS.

Isaac B. Cole was found drowned in the
Lehigh on Sunday night. His body was
floating and was nearly erect in the water.
Miss Mary Wuller, of Butler, when out
| driving lost control of tho spirited team,
which ran off. The fright brought on con.
| WILSON'S insomuch that her life is in a
critical condition.
James Wecden, who was lately matched
against Owen Maloney to fight for a purse
of s., 900 within 100 miles of Pittsburgh
in August, states that his business would
not permit of his meeting Maloney in tho
| ring.
IIealey, superintendent Of an iron fur
mace ut Dunbar, Fayettc county, was
murdered 1T that place, and the crime is
| believed to have been committed by
| wOrkmen who have been on y strike in the
Connellsviile coke region.
A horse and carriage, in which Charles
Stacblcr, of 1851 Ridge Avenue, Philadel.
phia, and his neighbor, Hugo Drumiski,
were riding, was struck by the Trenton
| express ut the PavOnia crossing, near the
Camden water works. at 1 o'clock ycster.
| day afternoon, and both persons were
killed almost instantly. When picked up
the bodies We're horribly mutilated.
AllentOwn's new silk factory is receiving
| $3.50, 900 worth Of new machinery. The
mill will start about Aug. 1. On that day
large excursion train will run from Pat
crson. \ grand hop will take place on the
| two upper floors of the factory when it is
dedicated and = brass band and full
orchestra has been engaged. A few ex-
pert foreign weavers will be engaged tO
instruct tine 200 new hands.
! At almost the same hour on Sunday
night, that George Hitler shot and killed
Walter II. Fink, the intimate of his wife,
on Fourth street, near Wharton. Philadel.
phia, James Gourlay, of No. 9, 449 BOdine
| street, made an Intellectual attempt to
| take the life of his wife Dora and Daniel
DOugherty Of No. 333 East York street,
her paramount, 1T the residence of his wife,
! No 1,343 Savery street, 4 small thorough
fare in the Eighteenth ward. The woman
is badly hurt.
4 young man named Muse, of West
mOreland county, cast his lines in pleasant
places and took care to form no attach
ments except with women of wealth. His
plans were all ready and he proceeded to
put them in operation a few days ago. 1t
was his intention to marry the six in one
| day. leaving his favOritc for the last and
then to carry off all the money he could
obtain from the others. He got away
with three and their money and then skip
ped.
There has lately been placed upon the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania
railroad two new cars, intcndcd for the
| accommodation of hunting parties, and
repletc with every convenience. They are
furnished with bcrths for twelve persons.
and each has kitchen refrigerator, ice
chest for game, wine closet, gun closet.
ammunition room and accommodations
for twelve dogs The wheels are so adj
,justed that the cars can be transferred to
a five foot gauge road. and can be run
upon the track of any railroad in the
country.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-28

John Park, justice Of the peace Of
White county, Tenn, while working in a
field came upon grave neatly walled in
with rock, and OIL removing the stone
found the remains ola giant. The skele-
ton measured nine feet in length, three
feet across the breast and about two feet
across the thigh bones. A few Of the
bones only were in such 4 state Of preser-
vation as to ic handled. Mr.. Peck took
and has at his house, the bones Of the legs,
arms and ribs, which are very large. He
also found some of the teeth, which were
comparatively sound. The grave was
neatly walled up with rock. and it had
been arched over the top. Inside was a
large amount OF charcoal in an excellent
state Of preservation and seemed to have
been burnt from poplar wood. The field
in which the giant was found has been cul-
tivated about eighty-tiv years.
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Suicide OF q MinisIar.

Dispatches from Kansas City, Mo-, say
that the body of tho man found in the
river there last Friday, turns out to be that
of the Rev. Sidney NJ. Stray, who was ex-
PEELED from the ministry by the presbytery
at Glcns Falls, N. Y, June Il, for shoot
ing his wife some time ago at Warrens-
burg, where he was pastor of fashionable
church and who afterwards confessed sun
dry allegations Of adultery. He had re-
Gently resided in Leavenworth, where he
held q position as bookkeeper, but on re-
cciving a letter stating that his wife's
brother had started west with the avowed
intention of shooting him he left Lcaven-
worth, changed his name and intended to
secrete himself somewhere. At Kansas
City, it is supposed, he took to drink and
drowned himself.
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Those Great Astronomers.

The astronomers are still i'm 4 twitter
of excitement over that comet, which
they can't make out ut all, knowing
neither whence it has come, nor whittier
it goeth. nor even whether they have ever
seen il before. They are not even GER
tain whether it is the one seen in South
America nearly Il month ago, rs some
of them doubt whether it could have
got along here so quickly, though it is
on the same track just us they doubt
whether it is the 1907 comet, since, though
its course is the same, they had calculat-
ed that one would not return for seven
teen hundred years, OR for thousand, any
way, rs other accounts say. One astrOno-
mer discloses his theory that this comet is
melting rapidly, Il fact which he discov-
ards the suggestion that we may never
see it more. This melting announce
ment is tho most surprising one we have
had, and quite unpleasant in this melt
ing weather; for if it malts what is TO
become of it ? There is no such thing,
natural philosophy teaches us, rs the de-
struction of matter; it can only suffer
change solids may become liquids and
liquids gases, but they are around about
all the same, occupying space. And
where will this comet 90 to when it
melts. and what will it melt into
1t is now in about as innocent shape
as it can have, since they say it is too
light to hurt anything il it should drop
into us. Professor Draper tells us the
tail is i. luminous shadow and though
we quite fail to take in a due cOncep.
ton of "luminOus" shadow, the
shadows we are acquainted with being
of the unilluminated kind, yet we don't
dispute the existence of the luminous sort,
feeling quite able to swallow such lit
tie minnow of Il tale after having taken
down whole the whales that have
been daily served up to us since
this cJnic comet has appeared
and as We know that n shadow is 4
very light thing to bc struck 10y We feel
quite easy about the impinging upon us
Of that comets tail, and don't suppose
the head is very much harder. But if it
rneIts, being now gaseous, must it not
melt i.,.o Il liquid that may flood us, or
poison our waters, or into 4 solid that
may knock 4 hole into us Quite likely
it is nothing to worry over, and very pos
sibIy the astronomers may know OF some
natural law that will keep the melting
Comet from melting into us but we,
being ignorant og astronomical lore,
don't know, and 80 feel a little timid
about il. Certainly it is u great thing
to he an astronomer. 1t is such an i'm
posing science. The field is SO big, and
the figures, and everything. Naturally it
makes man expand TO dwell in sacl