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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03
STATE ITEMS.

Martha Elliott, who recently died Il
'pauper III Pittsburgh, was worth :3t.,
900.
A petition Recommending, Tic election! of
John Welsh as United States senator has
ercusIy signed by business men.
The steam yacht Carrie, owned by John
Watmou@h, OF Philadelphia, burst her
boiler at Baltimore yesterday. Fou: men
were killed, one of them cclorel.
The low grade division coal miners of
the Allegheny Valley railroad, numbering
4.COo who have been on :: strike ior an III
crease of ten cents 4 ton On screened Goa!
and six cents on unscreened, have gene in.
the operators con;eding the advance.
Martin V. Gratiius. OF Harrisburg, Il
brakeman on a shiltcr in the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad yards at the asylum crossing. fell
from the bumper o.: n freight ear bcneat:,
the wheels and was pushed alOn" the track
for about twenty-five feet. His cries at
tracted the attention Of the crew anI he
was rescued. Several of his ribs were
broken, his body was badly bruised and
his leg crushed.
Samuel Halney, young man living in
the nciyhhOrhood, has been arrested
charged with the mysterious and brutal
killing OF Miss Ebria Bcllenbenc!cr. the
goung girl who last November was found
outraged and murdered in a lonely part of
q wood near Eaylcrsburg, Monroe county,
though light may soon come. The crime
was attributed to tramps, and they were
sought for, but without avail.
A man who afterwards said his name
was William 3. Bcirman. q cirar-nlaller
by occupation, was found lying in the
snow. insensible, apparently from drink
in Philadelphia. In his pocket were found
i 81 600 bond 800 in silver and $50 in gold
When Beirman came to himself, he was at
first wild over his supposed loss
Of cash, but when handel the
bond and money by Lieutenant
Schreiber was ovcr-inyei. He sail it
would be good temperance lesson,
The Republican senatorial convention of
Luzerne nominated Thomas J. Edwards.
of Eckley, for state senator in the Twcn-
ty-tirst district. He was nominated on
the sixth ballot. Edwards is I, minc boss
A year ago he was sent as Il delegate
to the Republican state convention and
was instructed for Blaine. He subsc-
quently joined the Cameron side and
voted with the machine. He is little
known outside of his own nci:,hborhcod,
which joins that of his Democratic compet-
itOr Eckiey Z. Cox.
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larmastcr Fs.tell:serlcer.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 3, 1881.
Ineffective Silence.

The Lancaster Examiner studiously
refrains from saying anything concern
ing the action of the grand jury in ignor-
ing the indictments preferred against the
late clerk of the county prison for de-
frauding the county in that capacity :;
notwithstanding the fact that the evil
dencc laid before the grand jury, for the
commonwealth, as published by us,
makes out the clear case of prima facie
guilt viii ich alone was required to de-
mand true bill from the grand jury :;
and notwithstanding, further, that
the managing editor Of the Eran-
iaer WAS q member Of the grand jury,
and that he WAS one of the twelve who
voted to ignore the indictment, as ap-
pears from the vote now made public.
We say that in preserving this silence.
especially after its attention has been
called pointedly hy us to this case of
great public wrong. the Examiner fails
in its duty, and lays itself open to the
suspicion of being controlled by con-
Sider:ltionS other than those of regard
for the public interests. 1t could not
properly, in our judgment, fail to eX-
press an opinion on this apparent perver-
sion of justice, even though it was not
peculiarly in a position to know all the
rights and wrongs of the case, through
the presence of one of its editors on the
jury and therefore especially looked to
by us and the public to make an eXpOsi-
tiOn Of the case.
We have heretofore cOnditiOnally eX-
pressed our opinion that the jury's ver-
dict was not justified by the racts, and
we have called upon the Examiner TO
advise us of anything which may he
within the knowledge of its staff which
might tend to justify the verdict. We
have received nothing from it. Mani
festiy we may expect nothing. We have
right to conclude that it is its inten-
tion to bury the affair in oblivion as far
as i: c:,n do it. We are not SO disposed
If we have all the facts in the case,
it stands as one calling for the
scverest animadversion upon jurors
who, having sworn to do their duty to
the state, forgot it in extending favor to
its criminals. The minority of the jury
are properly exempted from censure by
the publication of the names of the
twelve who made up the number just
necessary to permit men, seemingly
guilty, to escape trial for the present
That they will escape altogether is not
to be supposed without suspecting that
the court and district attorney will ex-
tend their sympathy to this gross assault
upon the administration OF justice. Under
the evidence in the possession Of the
commonwealth, the verdict of one grand
jury cannot he justly allowed to paralyze
the arm of justice. Public sentiment
will not rest content under il. The crit
icism of the people will not be silent
under it. II is !. vain attempt TO defeat
the law, but none the less abominable,
because il is also contemplate for its
weakness
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THE BLACK SMALLPOX.
y settlement in Dakota sadly Afflicted
Thtrty-tWO Deaths-The Disease Sup
posed to Have Been Brought from

For several weeks the smallpox has
been raging with great fatality in Jetler-
son, Union county, Dakota. \ strict
quarantine has been enforced against the
community, and the disease has not spread
beyond the settlement, although it has
played sad havoc there. The settlement
consists mostly Of French Canadians. and
when the disease first broke out they We're
unmindful Of its contagious character. Ali
burials were public and We're more or less
attended by the whole population, as the
settlers are nearly all Of kin. In THIS way
the disease spread rapidly.
The people of Jefferson have been isO
lated for nearly month. No mails are
received from there and none are sent
there. The railroad authorities forbid
trains to stop. Elk Point, the county seat of
Union county, and Sioux City have largely
contributed to the relief OF the suffering
people, but under the restraint to which
they are subjected the settlers have be-
come restivc and threaten to break the
quarantine and visit Sioux City. This ca
tastrople was prevented by the city council
sending Napoleon Broncllir, who has
many relatives there, to Jefferson. From
him it is learned that there have been over
ninety eases of smallpox in the settle
mcnt. Thirty-twc have died, and only
six have recovered SO far. At present
there are sixty cases Under treatment, aud
it is believed that many Of these will re
cover, as the disease has lost mIcil of its
former viru!encc. Mr.. BroAclls reports
that whole families have been carried away
by the disease, and that in many Instances
the dead have been left unburiad for days
through fear As to inability to obtain help
to inter them.
At present Elk Point has two physicians
in charge OF the infected district; and it is
believed the disease is abating and will be
wholly confined within its present bounds.
No cases have developed i'll Sioux City,
though isolated cases are reported in sew
eral towns in southern Dol<nta. The dis
case is said to be the b!ac!, snail pox
and is thought to have been communicated
by party Of Russian Mennonite imni~
grants who passed through on their way
to Hankton, Dakota, several weeks ago
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THE isSDCCOES

Th"ir He2suiar Monthly Meeting Yesterday.
The monthly meeting of tho Lancaster
County Medical society was held yesterday
in the Grand Array nail. The following
members were present:
Drs. AtIee and Albright, Lancaster !:
Hryson, Marticvillc Bruncr, Columbia :;
1;olenus and A. J. Herr, Lancaster
Erubaker, Akron; BIaclswood and
Compton, Lancaster; Craig, Col
u.,bia II. Davis, Miiiersville :;
J. II. Davis, Soudersburg S. r. Davis and
Ehler, Lancaster; Iliestand, Mt. joy; NJ.
l.. Herr, Lancaster; 3. f. Herr, Millers-
vile; Kohler, New Holland Kenli.,
Saiunga Lineaweaver,., Columbia Living
ston. MoUntville : Leaman, Lcaman Place ::
T. II. Musscr, Wilmer j. ii. Musser.
Lampctcr: III. +. Musser, Wilmer Park.
Gap; Norbcck, Lititz; Reamsnyder.
llinkletown :otehman, Lancaster Shacf-
fer, farmcrsville Trabcrt. ReamstOwn;
Thompson. WrishtsyiIlc Wclcllans, Lam
caster; Thorne, MastcTsonviIIc j. L.
Zegle:, Mt. Joy.
On account Of the absence Of DR.. Dea-
yer, the president. DR.. Thompson was
called TO the chair
Dr.. J. :;hcnt, Of this city, was elected
Il member of The society and several others
were nominated.
The reports showed that the people Of
the county are pretty healthy ut present,
aiih,u-!. there are Il good many measles.
Interesting papers We're read by DR..
Bruncg.. s;tel.nian and :. 7. Davis, after
which there was discussion.
That was about all that was transacted of
public interest AID the meeting adjourneds
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


Following is list of the school directors
whose terms will expire and whose sue
ccssorS are TO be chosen at the ensuing
election:
Dcmocrats-Henry Z. Slaymaker, DR..
Henry Carpenter, Alexander Harris, VIM.
y. Morton, JOS. Schnid and Elm G.
Snyder.
Rcpubicans-Robcrt i. Evans, VIM.
3. Wiley, Luther Richards. Daniel G.
Baker, Charles Schwebcl and Thos. B.
Cochran.
Nearly all the above arc candidates for
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Tho Cold WaYG.

The cold wave continues. The mercury
which was from ) to 0 below zero yestcr-
day morning remained far below the freez-
ing point all day, and during last night
fell again to and 8 below zero, according
to the location ofahc thermometer. Yes
tcTday and today the sun shonc brightly
from morning till night without making
the slightest impression on the heavy bed
of snow with which the earth is covered.
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E.iit tho liceNse0

Saturday next will be positively the last
day on which the licenses granted at the
January term of court to hotels and eat
ing houses can DC lifted. Quite number
of the persons licensed have failed to lift
their licenses, and will lose them if not
lifted within the two days. Call on the
clerk OF quarter sessions in the court
bn,,sn
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03

COMMON COUNCIL voted last night to
pay the gas company its bill against the
city. less 800 deducted for imperfect
service last quarter. Wien every coun-
Gilman. who has the sense that a council
man out to have, knows that the service
charged for and ordered to be paid for
was not more than half rendered. If the
gas company can light half the lamps
half the contract time and receive four
teen-(;fttenths of the contract price for
such service, it will naturally conclude
that for quarter of the service quarter Of
the time it may collect almost as much,
and may finally resolve to perform no
further part of its contract than to send
in its bill. W. NJ. Franklin, esq.,,
shows his appreciation of the rights
Of the city against contractors by parad-
ing figures to prove that the new gas
bills are not as much as the old gas bills
might have been under certain circum-
stances. We should like to be informed
what sort Of relevancy this has to the
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Important If True.

HaIrisburg Telegraph Correspondent.
The younger Cameron, when the Re-
publican party was trembling in the bal
ance 3 few years ago, contributed hun
drcd and fifty thousand dollars towards
the expenses Of presidential
He has contributed MANY
since to buy caps and lanterns,
provide music and speakers.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03

\ patent has been granted to Isaac
Stoner, Of this city, for letter file, the OBJ
.icct OF the invention being to hold docu-
ments firmly together no matter how
many papers may be put into Or taken out
OF the file. This patent was secured
through William Il. Gerhart, solicitor of
patents.
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question of paying the present contrac-
tor full price for half service.


THE Republican machine in this state
is succeeding excellently in bringing the
caucus, which is the right arm of its
power, into contempt. To hold that a
caucus decision can bind the caucus
members indefinitely, and that after
weeks of vain voting, 4 Disguised fol-
lower of the band, and legislator to
boot, cannot demand a fresh consulta-
tion as 4 right, but must ruiz with the
machine until its leaders are ready to
permit the chairman of the caucus to
call it together, is SO manifcstly ridicu-
lous on its face, that no man with an Or
dlnary share of Sclf-rcspcct Can accept
the doctrine without 4 sense of deep
humiliation. The natural consequence
is a growth in the number of "kickers :"
against the machine and presently its
adherents will only number those who
are plainly the machine slaves. and who
will be marked as distinctly by their
steady voting at its behest. as the prison
convict is marked by the stripes of the
prison dress. King Caucus, to maintain
respect for its power, must show it ::
which it will never do by unlimited per
sistencc in ineffective struggling.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03

The city will save $1,000 year by
adopting the refunding scheme proposed
in councils, to fund S2OO,0 Of the city
debt, now bearing 6 per cent. interest at
per cent. The bonds can he sold at par
and probably at a premium.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03
Another Double. Leaf,

Daniel Hill, Of Manor street, has left
another double tobacco leaf at our Office.
30 h leaves are from the same stem.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03

TIE Philadelphia Ercni,,y NerS,
which displays the Cameron monogram
very plainly onthe seal of its collar, is 4
little late getting into its Especial dis
patches FROM Washington the ti,Iings
that Garfield had indicated to Don Cam
tor, . his desire 10 appoint Il Pennsyl-
vania in the cabinet, and requested Sen
atOr Cameron TO mention the names of
several persons who would he agreeable
to him. The senator requested time for
consideration, to which the president
elect asSenteG." This pretty story was
set afloat several weeks ago. Its appear
ance was simultaneous with a Pilgrim
age made eastward by Cameron, fugle-
man, James $. Rut;ln. 1t was quietly
whispered in the corner to indecisive
members of the Legislature, who could
plainly see from this that Cameron was
to control the patronage of the incoming
administration in Pennsylvania {; hence
people who honet: to have 4 future would
not encourage the kickerS. 1t was sup
posed to be an influential story !:
and we do not remember to have
seen any denial of it in the
FAMILY, papers at tie time of it's appear
ance, nor Immediately afterwards. On
Tuesday Mr.. Wharton Barker, Of Phila-
delplia, Garfield's intimate friend, was
in Harrisburg stiffening up the boilers,
and that day the Ncw Era, of this city,
said with reference to the story that
Garfield had been dickering with Cam
erOn:
Now, it is about time that the Republicans
ofPennsylvania should know that these and
all similar statements, evidently emanat-
ing from the same quarters. are absolutely
aritAom foundation. We make this state
ment upon unquestioncd authority and
if its accuracy is called in question by
Senator Cameron, or any one authorized
to speak for him, the proof will be forth
coming at the proper time. The gentle
man from whom we derive this informa-
ton thoroughly understands the situation,
has been and is now in closer confidential
relations with General Garfield than any
other man in Pcnnsylvani;i-.s gentleman
whose word is taken by all who X ow him
and which, in this matter. is corroborated
by evidence the exhibition OF which would
resolve any doubt skepticism could Gre
ate.
The Examiner straightway takes an
other tack ard denies that the FAMILY
ever authorized such report. Both ends
Of the poker seem to he hot
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I. q. -. L. Visitation

Selah lodge No. Gs5 !! 0. 0. F., of Man.
helm, will pay a visit to Lancaster lodge
No. G., Of this s.city, this evening.
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Mr.. OL1vEE's chances arc improving
hansomely-like the crabs progress.
Scidal Of Lebanon has gone to Grow cia
Hewitt, and Hulings of Tananso has shaken
Oliver for Shiras. Leaf by leaf the roses
fail.
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MINOR TOPICS.

The Hebrew charity ball in PhiladeI-
phia last night was brilliant success.
The dressing, the diamonds. the floral
decorations and the supper were elegant;
and the total receipts were $4,000.
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Tie police officers report the following
lamps unIis last night: First ward, 8:
Second, 10; Third. 4 Fourth, 8; Fifth.
Is: Sixth, 7: Seventh, 6: Eighth, g;
Ninth, II. Total, 70.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-03

In 1880 John Forbes was collector of
taxes for NermiI;on county, which then
included Chicago. Rather than incur the
expense and trouble of journey over the
praries to that town lie paid Chicago's
taxes out of his own pocket.
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The introduction of American street
cars into Rio dc Janciro has produced
great change i'll the social and business
life ofthe people. There are two kinds of
cars-one for barcfootcd people, ) cents,
and one for those who wear shoes. 10
cents.
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An editor in Georgia uttcrs a solemn
truth applicable iii other states, when it
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portant that the bridge should be exccp-
tiOnally strong.
Il should be very glad if you would con-
sler the matter flyorably. 1t will be
considered 4 recognition OF the part OF
yourself and those with whom you act in
these matters of the liberal trade our people
thrown into the hands of your company.
'' Your office here alone last year sold
l1S, ,S61 tickets to passengers.
every respectfully yours
On Friday tho 23th ult. Mr.. Lockard,
superintendent of Eastern division PR. Il
and Messrs. Phillips and Wilson, en-
ginecrs, came to Lancaster, and in COM
pany with members of councils. the street
committee. street commissioner, an! my
self, visited the site of the proposed bridge.
Drawings We're exhibited, one with all the
supports under the road and fOOtways.
which would require the approaches; to the
bridge from the north and soi,t', 70 be
raised two and onc-half feet, SO that trains
running on the railroad beneath would have
sufficient headway. The height from the
bed of the railroad required by trains is
III feet. The other plan has Z girs.cr
running north and sout!, across the centre
of tie bridge about three feet in heigis.
above the level Of the bridge, dividing the
roadway into two drives OF 1ii feet each
In addition to the roadwayS there will be
a footway on each side Of ten feet in width.
The city officials present disapproved Of the
plan making necessary the raisings of the
shutting in rs it would the |
properties Immediately joining the |
bridge on either side with an embankment J
0! two and ;;-l:alf feet in height, running |
Dut gradually to the present grade OF
S!lippcn street 1T Tobacco avenue Oh the
;ni,tll, and to- Walnut street ON the north.
Mr.. Lnckar.i has kindly forwarded a
lraft of the proposed bridge for the infor'
nation OF councils accompanied by letter
IN the subject. both OF which l herewith
submit. Your attention is directed to the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
The Use Of the WaIrIS.

In looking at this uncouth animal,
the most natural question at once
arises What earthly service can such
an ungainly, stupid beast render {?
What, indeed, is the Use of its exist
ence? But the answer is swift and
satisfactory were it not for the sub
sistence furnished so largely by the
flesh and oil of the morse, it is exceed
ingly doubtful whether the Esquimaux
of North America, from Behring Straits
clear around to Labrador, could man
age to live. 1t is not to he inferred
that walrus-mcat is the sole diet of
these simple people, for that is very
wide of the truth; but there are sew
eral months of every year when the
eXigencies of the climate render it alb
solutely impossible for the hardest
native to 90 out and procure food, and
then the value of the cache of walrus-
meat lis appreciated, when for weeks
and weeks it forms the beginning and
the end of every meal. The walrus
responds to as many demands of the
lnnuit as the camel of the Arab, or the
cOcoa-palm of the South Sea Islander.
Its flesh feeds him; its oil Eliminates
and warns his dark hut its sinews
make his bird-nets its tough skin,
skillfully stretched over the light
wooden frame, constitutes his famous
kayak or the serviceable oomiak, or
bidarrh its intestines are Converted
into waterproof clothing, while the
sOles to its fiippers are transferred to
his feet; and, finally, its ivory is n
source of endless utility to him in do
mestic use and in trade and barter.
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The King and the Miller.

Near Sans Souci, the favorite resi-
dence of Frederick the Great, there
was mill which much interfered with
the view from the palace. One day the
king sent to inquire what the owner
would take for the mill, and the uneX-
pected reply came that the miller
would not sell it foI any money. The
king, much incensed, gave orders that
the mill should he pulled down. The
miller made no resistance, but folding
his arms, quietly remarked '"The
king may do this, but there are laws
i'll Prussia" And he took legal pro
ceedings, the result of which was that
the king had to rebuild the mill and to
pay good sum of money besides in
compensation. Although his majesty
was much chagrined at this end of the
matter, he put the best face he could
upon it, and turning to his courtiers
he remarked II am glad to see that
there are laws and upright judges III
my kingdom
A sequel to this incident occurred
about forty years ago. a descendant
of the miller of whom we have lust
been talking had come into possession
of the mill. After having struggled
for several years against ever-increas-
ing poverty, and being ut length quite
unable to keep on his business, he
wrote to the present emperor of Ger
many (then only king of Prussia) re-
minding him of the incident we have
just related, and stating that if his
majesty felt so disposed, he should be
very thankful, i'll his present difficulty,
to sell the mill. The king wrote the
following reply: my Dear NeighbOr:
l cannot allow you to sell the mill.
1t must always he in your possession
as long as one member of your family
exists, for it belongs to the history of
Prussia. | regret, however, to hear
you are i'll such straitened circumstan-
ces, and therefore send You herewith
$4,000, i'll the hope that it may he of
some service i'll restoring your fortunes.
Consider me always your affcctionate
neighbOr, Frederick William"