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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-04
STATE ITEMS.

Bruce Heckeman, of Bedford, has been
drowned in the river at Grafton, w. Va,
while bathing.
A thousand stocking wcavers are prepar-
ing to immigrate from Chemnitz, Ger
many. to America.
A fire at the East End, London, has to.
tally destroyed thirty houses, including a
range of workshops and some schools.
The British electric light company has
obtained permission to experiment with
lighting the House OF Commons during
the recess.
At Monticello, Illinois, on Wednesday
night, James Hogan shot his divorced
wife six times, inflicting injuries likely to
prove fatal, and then with one SHOT killed
himself. She had obtained divorce be
cause he was a bigamist and he had
threatened to kill her because she refused
to remarry him.
The Good Hope wooden mills, situated
on White Clay creek in London, Dcla-
ware county, have been totally destroyed
by fire from spontaneous combustion OF
an incendiary insurance of $50, 600 upon
tho mills and contents. There were over
one hundred hands employed.
Near Desplaines, a Chicago suburb,
Henry Nieman was instantly killed by a
stroke ofslightning, together with his wife
and horse. The two were driving home
along the road under the shelter of an
umbrella, with two horses attached to the
wagon. When found both were sitting
upright, with the horse killed lying on his
side. The dress of Mrs. Nieman had taken
fire and burned nearly off before discover
ed. There were no marks on the body.
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cash in tho head, above tho LETT eya .
most horrible cash in tho back Of the neck
and several other very severe wounds on
tho body. At last reports she was said to
bc dying.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-04

About twenty five German Baptists left
Ephrata yesterday to attend the annual
meeting Of the denomination to be held at
Ashland, Ohio. A number Of tho breth-
rem from other sections of the county ac-
companied them.
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bass before July 1. There 10 similar con-
lnict at the Delaware river. Bass can b.
taken on the Pennsylvania side on June !.
but ON the New Jersey side not until
july,
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A Hoat Race.

On Monday morning at 8 O'Clock boat
race will take place in the C0nest0ga at
winners Bridge, between B. Dougherty,
B. Maloney, A. Shaefer, H. Croft, II. Dor
wart. M. Harman and - Wilson. Each
man will row q boat of his own.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-04
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.


P. Lorillard's bay colt ''Iroquois, which
won the Derby stakes, and fame, wa
raised on the farm of Aristides Welsh il
Whitemarsh township, Montgomery coun
ty.
Dickinson college commence ment cxer
cises, June $3.50, will be of an unusuall,
Nttactive character. Rev. o. H. Tiffany
ID. D., will deliver tho sermon before the
society of religious inquiry Hon. s. j.
Randall will appear as orator, and Georg'
Alfred Townsend as poet, before the liter
ary society and Hon. Seth II. Yocun
will deliver the alumni grafton.
Ex- Representative Alfred Short, of Erie
found two masked and armed men con
cealed in his doorway when he returned
home at midnight ON Thursday. Resolved
to sell his life dealy, he pulled ON the sup
posed assassins, knocking the hat from on,
with bullet. They fled, and now it tran
spires that Mr.. Short came near killing
two of his best friends, who thought t.
get off a joke by playing cut-throats.
Gratifying proof of the interes
awakened by the collections o
tho Pennsylvania museum is fur
nished by the constantly increasing
attendance at Memorial hall. The number
of visitors during May amounted to no les
than 16, COL, or exactly as many as during
the previous four months, tho whole mum
Der of visitors since January being 33,
523. Since the museum was opened OF
May 10, 1877, the aggregate attendance
has been ZIG, $50.
The Pennsylvania car record Office La.
been removed to Philadelphia from
Altoona, and located in tho new Office re
Gently erected in the rear of the mair
Office on South Fourth street. The objec
is to consolidate the car accounts of all ths
roads operated by the Pennsylvania com
pany, which will include the Philadelphia
Wilmington & Baltimore railroad aftel
July 1. 1t will require sixty clerks to take
care Of the 1000 conductors reports, in
Guiding 3O,eOO moving cars of all kind.
daily. 1t will be possible, almost in a mo
ment, to find the location of any car. OF
any division of the road on any date de
sired, and whether it is empty or loaded
John Reilly is to be chief Of this bureau.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.


NCar and AcrOss tho COunty Lines.
A three year-old daughter Of Simon
Trattner, of York, was yesterday. badly
scalded by the kitchen stove upsetting and
the contents of a kettle of boiling water
being thrown upon her. Portions of the
arms, breast and legs of the child were
severely burned. The foot of the stove
was cracked and q jarring of the floor
caused it to give away and tho stove to
fall.
A. T. Hoffman, of Lebanon, is said to
have 1000 cases Of tobacco packed in the
old paper mill in that town.
John COyle is in better spirits than at
any time since his incarceration, as he is out
Of pain. He rests and cats well. Under
the caro- of DR.. Rouse his wounds are
healing, the ono in his breast being
almost well. A number of visitors apply
for admission to tho Jail. but the sheriff
allows few to see him. His trial will not
come up until the October sessions, there
being but forty.eisht jurors drawn for
next weeks quarter sessions, while sixty
are required in 4 murder trial. each side
having the right to challengs twenty.
The barn Of ID. NJ. Rank, esq.,, in East
Hanover township, Lebanon county, was
struck by lightning and buried to the
ground. A large quantity of hay and
straw were consumed, together with about
200 bushels of wheat, some oats and other
grain. Fortunately all tho livestock was
saved.
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COnestOga Items.

: The storm on Wednesday was very Sc
we're ut ConestOsa Centre and vicinity.
Lightning struck u trce close to the resi-
dence, of VIM. Good, slightly stunning
Mrs. Good, and stunning her daus shter 50
severely that it WAS quite time before
she recovered
The German Reformed church at Con.
estOga will have festival next Saturday,
the 18th, and Saturday week, the 18th.
A principal attraction will be the disposal,
by vote, Of 4 fine sewing machine. the
contestants being Miss Emma Good,
daughter of the candidate for county
treasurer: and Mrs. John Carrigan. A
spirited contest is expected. ..
The county superintendent's examina-
tiOn Of applicants for teachers certificates
took place yesterday. There was class
of eighteen, Of whom two failed to pass
tho examination. The board of directors
Of Conestoga have selected teachers for
the several schools of the district, but
have not yet announced tho names Of tho
successful candidates.
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MYSTERIOUS hints now come from
New York that the bombshell which
Conkling is about to explode in the Gar
field camp is charge that Garfield, as a
member of the committee of ways and
means, was paid $780, 900 last winter to
prevent legislation on the sugar duties.
This ia interesting.
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will be a serious obstruction to dispas-
sionate consideration or speedy accept
ance of the new version.
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MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOP1CSs
The bishops of the United Brethren in
Christ receive $1,000 year salary, with
travelling expenses and house rent.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-04

The Archbishop of Canterbury speak
ing at conference of clergy and Sunday
school workers at Lambeth Palace, recon-
mended greater infusion of ranks into
Sunday schools, and remarked that where
the children of tho upper classes joined
with those of the lower in receiving re-
ligious instructions, the best results had
followed.
, 1881-06-26

There recently died, in France, u. I.ittr6,
profound scholar, Il statesman, and Il sage.
1l!: WAS two years :!-tlyins. yet his active.
1nll!d Kept on at its work up to the last, lie
was ill;lsttr OF language AMI literature, Ills
great work wa; his dictionary, which Is 4
wonder tn scholars. Ii, piiluugy liz was u1-
c4uaird, but hesitltS this III I'LL departments
or human thought he was Il boi.l, uariI,y anu
deep tree-tltlhkcr. lie WAS, Il, the sorrow
and shame of his Catholic f;nily, an atheist
But THEY determined the Church SHOULD not
De robbed OF such. all ornament, and in his
last hours yeNed his parting soul with a
priest. y correspondent says:
They shy that q smile lifted over the old
mans lips as he l"y dying, and when his
family had brought priest to his heas,uc son,t.
Thought that 1t was smile Of submsssion.-i,ut
1t Indicated his reconciliation with tho Chure.,
whose fortnAlities and eXmcl;uns he had dis
dAinea aurii;x the whole Ut his tngnhot} ,s,ld his
@iorlnus OLD age. But It Is 1nrt. probable that
inc smile WIS glenn Of pity lr,lll the philt,sD-
piers spirit,-p!ty iur thuse who wcrG deter
mined that even against his will he should not
oe outside the p:iu 'of thu Mother Church.
" Sir, sud Louis blunc tn tle unce :. [ knew
Z tllOthcr who tough. with her dying sou
ana VINO drove nway Ilsim bis bedside:
ny sheer physlca!t force tho friend
sh"ulti not be brought III. The mother con-
1uercd. and the frectnukcr had The cruelty
tnrnst into Ills stitching h,l1d5 in spite OF his
own WlSn to the contr:lr,.' Such things ure COM
mon Ill tEire, and it IS not strange that the oc-
caslon 70 catch the philosopher off his guard was
this, us the postIrists did mt wish to Sec. one of
their chief glorles obscdred by apparent weak
ness in the presence or the mystery Of tIeufh.
but 1t Wu5 In valn. The family trIumphed,
, 1881-06-26

priest came, and it will he given out that n bis
last moments, II. Lttre wanted the guiding
hand OF religion. Yet nothing can De more Ger.
tnn thnn thar he did NOT nsk for spiritual guild
uncc, or thnn his Unfaiterng adhesion to bis
principles up to his latest breath.
The Church derives no more benefit from
such conversions than it dill from Gallleo S
reeantati0n. lie said, when released from
the rack, speaking Of his theory ms to the
revolution OF the earth, ''Eut it does move,
still" How impossible it is tor a church, ot
whatever name, to grasp the luea or t0ier:l-
ton which surrounds its victim with tAgOts.
and says: "l,cc;nt aud live persist and die u
And yet it is Il relic Of that ou-time lntH!er-
:lllce and bigotry which thrllsts q cruclfx
into the hands of Lying man whose whole
life has been Anti-Christan, md claims that
lie, by that act, is saved, THAT his ntteral1ces.
or smiles, or n0tls in that supreme hour
When life is ebbing contradict and confute
the pronounced opinions OF years OF mental
aid bodily health Such triunlplls. if tri-
unlDhs they may be called, disgrace those
claiming ticnl.
NJ I4ittrt died rs he lived, all atheist, and
his defense Of his opinions must be looked
fOr in the calm, clear, and strong language
of his days Of health t,Nd mental vigOr.. What
Il man thinks when the lamp isfickering in
its socket and physical agony of fright flave
unbalanced his intellect, abUllt a subject lie
has thought oil and acted upon for years, can
have little significance. 1t has often been
claimed that other great intideis recanted in
their last hours Paine WIS prosecuted up
to his last gasp, but even if it could be proven
tln weight. 4 vigorous and healthy religion
Anes not depend for Its existence upon the
faltcring recantations Of diseased and dying
NEIL,
, 1881-06-26
EVANSTON.

It Is to be hoped thut the I;oard Of Trustees
will Mt no distant day be able to muster quo.
rum, nnd that ut their first meeting they will ut
tend To the mat ter III the Fire Department.
Prof. II. S. Carhart las Eotle East whence,
with Mrs. Carhnrt. tu will sail for Europe,
spend some t: tl,r:u. the summer il, attend
ut!ce upon the Electrical Exposition i'll P:trlS
by invitation ut tho President uf the Uniscr-
sity nt MichI:san, Prof. .. t. Iinycns and H. II.
{. Miller, Esq, will cotl'iurt the University ex-
alninntons next rlcStlny,s anu Wednesday, at tho
Grand l'hcilic liutei, Chica4s,
AnUtller general change In the Northwestern
Timetable will sn into effect to-day. The din
Her train will leave tue city ut II Il. t instead
Of 1l:1l, unl Will arrive ut Evanston III II:
arriving Mt t:i5 tnste:d Uf l:4u. Tho Milwaukee
train Will leave Chc:1t ut :; p ILL.,. urrvln. and
stopping ut Evanston ut ;S::s,; returning, it will
arrive IT Evanston ut l:;D P, n'., stopping only
discontinued The fnst express leaves Chicago
at S r. 1n., surviving IT Evanston 1T 5::l. The
G:15 train runs on to Nauke:.ui1. The WinEetka
train leaves ut S:l5 p. u,, instead OF s. arriving
at 9l. III. The Lake Hull arrives ut l:i5, i,i-
stead Of l::n The funeral train leaves Evans
ton ut 2:AG p. M, Instead OF :,::I'. The Milwuu-
kce evening express arrives ut Evanston ut t::Ij
Inc Ninnetkh passenger leaves Evanston ut
G::ll p. M, rctch,ng Chicago ut 7::}o.
The Rev. George c. Noycs, D. D.. will preach
Church.
The Rev. 4. j. Scott will preach this morning
and cvtning in the Congregational Church.
The Rev. Frederick =. Jewell will preach this
Church.
The Kev. 4. ". Pattcn will preach this mor,,-
lng anu evening in the First Methodist Church.
The Rev. Gcurgc X. Pierce will preach this
motntng a1id evening in tho baptist church.
Gospel temperance meeting will BE- held ut
p IN. to-day III Union Hall.
, 1881-06-26

PHILADELPHIA, PHI, June .i-This morning
Mrs: Thendorn Fritz. Il German wosnun living ii1
Il miserable house ut Third M.ld Brown streets
wtnt uut crrsliltl, leaving two little girls
and years Old. In IL lower room, and au Inful,t
weeks old in bed upstairs. During her an
sencc tho nciEhbors heard the infant scream,1lg,
but the door uf the ROOM WIS lacked, nna they
did not think the trouble important enough to
warrant brcaking In Mrs. FRITZ returned two
hours later. und US she opened the door uf tho
jump Oft the bed nud escape into the wall
fiHstening to the bedside she found that the
child had been almost eaten alive by r:l,s. Its
face was entirely eaten away, Que cur vii; rune
and on one sl.'s IL spot large as Il dollar w,ls
ea1cn to tho bone, while bltlt,ti wis streaming
from nulnbcruf smaller wounds On other purtS
Of the body. The child died IN nour later The
family is poor but cieanlS'. aud much respected
by tho neixhburs; who showed substantial sym
pathy by contributing l'beralty for the funerul
expenses: The husband. Il bricklayer, was nj
work. and Gid not hear OF the baby's horrible
death until his return this evening.
, 1881-06-26

AeEr 1Dris IiHlfx.
The Irish in America trltuu,nber those in
Great Nrituln, and there is no essrntial dilcr-
eace bclwcGn the twD divisions. The VOYAGE
neross the Atlantic works no transformation in
Fat After tho plunge into iii alien civilization
and the taking out or his "papers - he is still
!s much MI lrsh1nan As when he stood upon tito
.'onlh sni" III County Meath, Ills skin Is
i,nucrulenble to. the political aud social in
iiueEces which surround him. We know that
he II not without love FOR his adopted country
but 1t Is Il pnssfon which moves hiul little liz
cares no tior: for the American cugie ttun fnr
an owl. but SErsK nf shAn,rUc!1 stlrs his heart
TO ecstasy. The nalnc Or Wnshlnvtou has no
meaning TO hls enr: but St, Patrick IL !. living
ntll!ences thAt work for the highest :,oO in utr
11lt!cs, and he fnlIs under the sway Ut the petty
boss Autl the "heccr" more readily th,.r
the naturaliZed voter from any other country;
50 1hr as concerns our 1umestlc .tlnirs he is
very s!n'v TO develop the capacity 10 think fur
himself, ann i'll those n1lttcrH which really lie,
nearest his henrt-thc Interests uf I.eand-his
cohF;ctions tire not changed nor bis urriur tenn
AulcticA. -"
, 1881-06-26
FILTHY STREETS.

People who live on the crowded thorou0hfare5
Oh tho residence part Of the city continue to
complain OF the exceedingly filthy condition OF
the streets. The present contractor may know
his business, but tho fact remains that the
streets In the thfcklesr-settled wnrfs are In q
shameful condition for great. growing. and
prosperous city like Chicago. For this condition
OF things, though he I5 absent from the city,
Commissioner Wnller Is severely criticised It
il no fault OF the city authorities that there Is
no greater death rate than there is, for, should
there bc oven tho slightest Indication OF IN ep-
dc1n1c, the city is nor prepared, In III
present condition, to cope with 1t, from thu
very nature Of things. 1t Is not IN infreQueut
thing to see great piles of filth lying In thu
streets rstttny und Sinking, whereas 1t should
nave becn removed weeks ago. Yesterday tha
-cie;1tilns contructur rnkcd OH little OF
the tup crust Of West 3fniiso1 street as fur as
Ashland avenue. which was run up In little pea
ana then shovclcd into carts. Fhe shovelesa
scaitered as mitch again OIL the Streets us they
oadetl up, nlli the carts arc so constructed thaS
the diit rhtt:cs out behind, leaving line IN
their wake to shuw tho efficiency Of tha present
street, cleaning system. West Madison street,
west OF Ashland avenue, has seen nothing
nt H. the street-cleaner's broom since the
simply In Il dis.raccrui condition. True, tho
strcet-payenaent Il rough end uneven, but there
Is 11u REASON why the street shunld be left in ts
present unwlls'lcsoine coudit,on. Whit is tr4o
Of West Ma'lso:, Is true Of every other strcer!n
the city, except III Tilt. business portion.
whether tho public will simply continue to
s:rowi and complain about these things, or
whether SOME tleiinIt action will be 1aken look-
1tl1 towards cleanliness aud tecency, remains to
be seen. 1t IS matter Of too grave public tu.
purtAncc to be lost sight Of for Il moment, aud
tue city authorities will very properly ue held
with It.
, 1881-06-26
| barxes; propcilers Lake Erie aud Chauplain;
| schuoners Ellen Spry und Queen Of the Lakes
| Wind northeast brisk with rain.

barxes; propellers Lake Erie and ChauDlnin;
sctOoners Ellen Spry und Queen Of the Lakes
Wind northeast brisk, with rain.
MILWAUKEE.
Special Dispafch tn The Chicago Tribune
MILWAUKEE,, June .5.-Lake freishts quiet.
Charser-Schooner Guiding Star. wheat to King
ston at III cents
Clearrd-schooners- Moonlight, for Buffalo.
Guiding Star, Kingston; aud schooner Angus
Smith, for l;scauaba.
CLEVELAND.
Special Dispatch to TIE Chlco4o Trth,tn.
CLEVELAND, O.. June Observation-Disclosures
Vanderbilt, merchandise and kctchum, coal,
Chicago.
Churters-Propc!ier Thomas ". Palmer and
consort Ogaritu, ore, Cleveland to Ashtabula,
privute terms.
MUSHROOM.
Special Dts7a;eh to The fhtea9o Tribune.
AlG*sKEOOS, Mich, June 4i-1'hc schnoner !.
P-Wiison cleared To-day With IL tUO shingles for
Chicago.
rlOUGHTON.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune
HOuG1tTOS, Mich, June :.5.-Arriyed-Propel-
Ter Peerless, bound fur Chicago.
ST. JOSEPH.
Special Dispafeh to The CHICAGO Tribune
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., h.,June35-Arrived-Sc
WAtcrtown, iron ore, from Escannbn.
, 1881-06-26

stmr Grnco Grunmona, south llaven, sundres.
Slur Chicago. Mt!"nnkcc. suIdries.
i'fup i, Is. Lyon, ltunaio. ct'al:
Prop Ncwbur:h l;u1nto. .u,drics.
l.rurs ); .. ilati. Musseson. lunucr.
ii,r"p aiss,ersrT issnton iia:p":. sundrles.
Prop Albert Soler. u sIuske.on lumber.
l'rnp Aunic Laura. aiu>as.zun, lumber.
i.ro' s!nine. MnsheSon. lumber,
!'rop Mary Grua: south i.asen. snndries-
l'ts'p t:.tzlnaha. E>us.nub.. lrun-ur..
Fyp fri, H'IS! y + n.t Gn M!S ,n1,;, iss unosri
iop iropp swaiiex Hi WSse i.ss n'': iaout1 fo''''ss
,:p ,,r"p: e. & Britain: i. ". W'4!:s l.aks. lumber.
Irop st. Joseph. Muskc:on iumoar:
Prop L.. sItek.nua, Mun,ssut sundries.
i,r iEvr kass.ts. .ia1''stee. .unitr
sc:ss os.rcll, Sua,,.e', !usnter
sSar !o:,n , T. nutch..,sen. L..,,,; +, FIRE. coal
srz7 :>;;s Lyons. MusSc:oa, Lumber.
sehr 81 T. Eac1ufti. ] Iss.asu's @ Tier. bark.
schr Nlndsor. slanisses. !n.ner.
Senr M:usil, Aiuske:un, iulyef.
schr y. Z. Albrect. MusseSun, lumber.
Ssnr 1'a;S shin .Siad: l. H., t;saa t r.n..re
sclr ttsy OF G!ecn BAY. Marquette, lron-ore,
ssnr ssa ats iat<ssr asts' as.: Stsyn III :asr :s
scnr irun s.a.e. Escsnaoa. iron-ore.
schr \. !'n:lscs, Musxeson. lumber.
sciirJ. t. Ni!Daf. cun: Kiver. lumber.
sctIF surprise. Eis1nhtuE: lumber.
scnF Eagle W4,i.,, Musxv-on lumber.
AcrEAL s.IL1S"s
Simr Chicago, Milwaukee, sunur.es.
Stalr M,lskeson. Green liay, snnIsics
Prep swallow. Alunta*ue, lt:nt
@ "p sa Srssr s'a .:o 6rs ita hour and sundrtes.
rtup Alai'e i =; Arssc:on; lt.nt
rr"p = Justpn, NusAe:on. l1snt.
i.rop Mary .;r"l. svuta lt:.ve.. sanires.
lrup Mts~tnSer. fttnt0n I1uftur, >a1ndlfes.
Prop Airtlsei t;r"h: " hike l-ahe. hight
i'ro;, Annie Laura. MnsAc::osl, s,.ui-
rl.t"p :; :: ssasers's S:...satus@ s. .an.ries
t.pp tticilta, kuIfu:u. 33,M uu wheat s;Lt}