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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

IT seems that King Kalakaua'S tour
around the world is really al auction of
the kingdom Of the Sandwich Islands:
Ills nation c;tnnYt get along well on its
own hook and has dwindled from ,0W
souls in 1879 to $1,000, rapidly being re
placed by foreigners anu half-breeds.
salaries, and nearly all of its politicsantl
business are in the hands of enterprisng
Americans. Tho patriotic soul revOlts ut
the idea of this outpost being auctiOnetl
off to European powers and Yankee i'll
genuity may bc depended Oh to prevent
it, even il the American "princcss' now
there has to be crowned sovereign by
force Of Yankee arms.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

In personal sketch of Judge Black
(which was printed last year,, not rs a
presidential candidate" but rs one
who would honor the highest office,
appeared the following
Orthodox, pure, simple Christianity, in
all its holiness, has no more devUut wOr-
shipper in spirit and in truth than he, and
the noblest article yet to appear from his
pen will be printed when he gratifies the
wish that has been expressed in 50 many
high theological quarters that he should
publish a reply to IngcrsOll from lawyers
and layman's standpoint.
The expression of the wish herein re
ferred to was greatly intensified by this
publication, foreshadowing that it might
he gratified, and the judge has yielded
to it by furnishing to the North 1mcri-
crn Rcriep direct answer to an arti-
Gle by Ingersoll in the same number, at
tacking Christianity. As indicated
Judge Black discusses the question ut
issue as a lawyer and layman, or, Us lie
felicitOusly expresses it, he performs " Il
duty analogous to that of the policeman
who would silence 4 rude disturber of
the congregation by telling him that his
clamOr is false and his conduct all Offense
agrinst public decency." How admira-
bly, the duty is performed the readers of
the INTELLIGENCER shall have a acllance
to read and determine for themselves.
There is rs little left of IngersOli rs rc'
mains of most of those who engage Judge
Black i'm controversy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
raONDAYs STORM.


On Monday afternoon three cows belon.
ing to John Lefevrc, Of MiIlport. were
killed by lightning. The cows were stand
ing along tho dam ana two of them were
thrown into the water. The li.htnin. also
struck three large trees close by.
Our Washington correspondent reports
the storm rs very severe in that vicinity.
Trees were bent and twisted off. A large
buttonwond tree i'm front "foJ. NJ. Sbu-
mans rIa''si"n, was broken dO1n by the
storm, as well rs i number of peach, ap-
pie and locust trees. a cow beluilyin. to
Henry Smith, Of Manor township, sought
shelter from the storm under u willow
tree. Lightning struck the tree and killed
the cow. The storm had full sway at the
lumber yard Of Shultz & Bro, and scatter
cl the boards in every direction, maxim.
the yard for the time being impossible.
Mr. Sl,rcincr, near Lititz, sittin. on
his porch, was struck, the bolt strikin. Il
watch in his pIntaloOns pocket, smashin.
the face anL melting some of the works
The current passed down his les, through,
his boot and escaped by tearing oil the
sole. Mr.. Shrciner was not I'M jurcd in tI,,
least, though considerably shocked.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
STATE ITEMS.

The Pittsburgh Leader likes Mayor
Lyon, but thinks he is too lenicnt with his
$50 fires for cruelty to animals, assaults,
pickpockets and the like.
Lady Brownwcll won the 2:3O race at
Pittsburgh in six heats, best time 2:275 ;
So So took the 2::23 in 2:1S,,. and Lady
Belle the two mile heats in 5:25.
Frank Peterson accidentally blew his
brains out in Erie; Jacob Weschler was
drowned, and Hon. Wilson King. former
railroad millionaire, died in his seventy
sixth year.
Congressman Hendrick Il. Wright is re-
ported to be out of Immediate danger. and
of Philadelphia, is in consultation with
the family physician, and has hopes oi his
recovery.
1t has been decided that the third br-
gade of the National Guard Of this state
will 60 into encampment in Wilkcsbarre
during the ensuing month. A suitable
place for the camp is to be selected At
once.
Near Eastnn Sylvester Bisbin. was in
stantly killed at the Glendon iron COM
lany's work. lie fell from limestone
car, and the wheels passed over his body.
He leaves i widow and seven children
| Robert Nolf, aged 90, was fatally injured
by fall Of rocks in the quarry. lie fell
while endeaverins to get away and large
rock fell OH his back.
The Philadelphia cricket match, lin
SariS, Of Canada, VS.. Young Americas.
was concluded yesterday. Total score for
the two days !: Canadians 2j2, Young
Americas 23}; with six wickets to spare
| liy mutual consent the game WAS cOntin-
| ed until six o'clock and when the stumps
were drawn Young Americas had added
1G more runs to their Score with ten
wckets down.
The British King, of the American line,
sails from Philadelphia to-day with a
cargo worth Of sai7,OO0 and composed OF
81, 900 bushels wheat $4,000 bushels
corn 100 sacks -four 132 barrels oil !;
43 casks carbon p cases leaf tobacco !:
81 hhds. tobacco cases forks 1,SO0
pkss provisions 800 bales cotton; 400
barrels syrup; $50 casks tallow !; 16 cases
sawed wood $50 logs; 149 boxes cheese.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
Losses Dy Fire.

The shops OF the Dodge manufacturing
company ut Misllawaka, Ind, were struck
by lightning and burned. Loss, $50, 900 ;
no insurance.
Williamson & ROutll's tobacco factory
and the copper shops connected there
with, at Petersburg, Va, were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $3A, 600 insurance, $23,
600.
Fire, which started in the stables Of the
Black Diamond steel works, Pittsburgh,
Pa, last night, totally destroyed tho stable
together with Is mules. Watson A.
Ulam's pickle factory and Hills planning
mill sheds, adjoining, wcrc also burned.
Loss, 500, 900 insurance $25, 900.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

No man knows and appreciates better
than Garfield the corrupting influence of
making and receiving gifts from rich
men to those in public position. When
he gets well and before he allows his
wife to accept the purse now collecting
for her he will recall his speech Oh Gen.
Thomas, in which he praised him fOr
declining gifts offered. lie will, too,
find the reflex of public sentiment in the
popular applause which greeted his re-
marks Oh that occasion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

ton. The tall aud plume-like mullen, how
stately that will look when it replaces the
ostrich feather in our ladies' bonnets
The young gentleman who wants to make
a genuine "mash in fashionable circles
will doubtless soon have to appear in the
ball room with the broad and plant ain like
leaves Of the modest and homely burdock,
adorning and concealing his buttOnhOlcs. y
All this may have much to do with the
discoveries by English journals that from
$50 to SIS per year is amp'e for lady,
wardrobe.
EUROPE, continental and insular, coll
sumes two milliards Of matches daily.
Assuming that each several act OF ignition
occupies the brief period of one second, it
will he obvious to every ready reckoner
that five hundred and fifty-iv thousand
hours of each successive day arc spent by
the inhabitants Of Europe in striking
matches. Four hundred thousand cubic
yards of timber and four hundred and
twenty thousand pounds weight Of phos
phorus arc in annual request for the manu-.
fac:urc Of the seven hundred and thirty
thousand millions of matches used up by
Europe in year. There is indeed
food for much speculation in the fact that
Europeans dispose of nearly sixty-fou
years per day in scraping tiny sticks,
tipped with some infammable cOmpO.
sition, but the able statistician from
whom we quote would have added
zest to his figures by including compu.
tation of the number of swear words daily
uttered in connection with the process Of
scraping tiny sticks tipped with some in
nammablo composition" when the inham.
mable composition fails to go off, or the
tiny stick breaks close to the head, and g
search through the reccsses, uf the vest
pockets discloscs nary another match.
Your ready reckOner who undertakes this
job will find his hair standing on end at
the appalling magnitude of the figures
| produced by the calculation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The Garfield fund now reaches s1H1 3o1
The total amu,t rc.oivcI vestnr,l,v nm tn
noon, was $11, $50.
Henry A. Howe of Princcton. Mass
| a.c,l fittv-tivc cnmmittc,l snir;,le Inv han"'
ing himself. lie was SUFFERING from deli
rum trcmcns.
r,., .,s,,,, :. .,..
rene. river from hush t;r.s An TN.
stc,n,ers , ~, do,,v,.; ,,d tho d..t r,,,t;,,,
of wonJ ;s ;mmcnsc
T. :, ....1 - .u.
~ lspy,ocu i,o'l Al';ny thac the
o..'"s H.'".:,, o ,IsiI "Ii ..:; ~ e1''l"uo
by adjournment.
C.In,,, rr,.s,,,, and 1;,,,,o,,,,t Pas
coll "r thn Rr;t;sI aru'~ ~" ISnt;'.u n .;tns
c,, ,,,,o c,.,;,;.,"t;'.,, nc H. % i,..i,, W.,
tn,;, and E.n";,"nuIt IN Rr;t;sI, C,J,,.,
III.
The Dominion authorities AM advised
that Sitting BuIl remains mt Fort on An
nellie Ills hanI mr. what is J,f ~: +
now consists mainly of women and old
men.
Tho .,,, ,,;,.rs air., Sail, Dam, nm,
O.Icsbv Illinois who h,vc hocn lila since
the 1st inst, have arranged with tho mine
owners to receive 7j, so and 30 cents per
ton for mining during tho period of twelve
months.
The convention of Catholic KNIGHTS of
America met Yesterday in C;nc;nn,t;
High mass was celebrated in the morn;no
and Bishop Elder welcomed the delegates.
After mass prayers were offered for the
recovery Of President Garfield.
Henry Smith (co,orcfD who couccsscJ
+, havino ravisbed and murdered Maftic
Webb an nrpban / wears old was taken
from tho iail at Dcs;,rc. Ark. bv a mob of
40 masked men and hanged till dead the
body was then thrown into the river.
Frank Markcv. arcd twcnty.s,x. = fire.
man. was struck on tho head and Killed bv
an engine on the Manhattan elevated rail.
road at South Fifth avenue and Sprino
street. His BODY was found living on the
the sjcepers near where he was killed.
,.,. p.,. c.u:
coon dcpot, Sullivan county, N. Y, was
struck by lightning, and Mrs, Brandt was
INSTANTLY killed. The BODY was horribly
mutilated. The house and the dead woman's
clothes were fired. but the flames were ex-
t;nruisbcd.
,u
LII Ilo'Nen'c' ~ l., III. uo"rso W.
lotteI' y"s tS'o' csm :'I'o"ICo" fC ~, :"
Wheels His left leo was crushed SO as to
rconiro amputation. He was connected
will tho Rhode island hospital, where the
opcration was performed.
r,,o ,,ct,;ro On tho r,cc for tho St
1eccr st axes which will come OIL at Dom
CASTOR on Scntcmbcr ii is three to one
a"ainst Mr.. p. Lorill,rl's br. G. Ironuois
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

WHAT Il second cousin, horse doctor,
thinks of GuiLcau's mental condition is
deemed worthy Of telegraphic TRANSMITS
sion these days and also il l,alf-cOlumn
about Il man who purchased an old pistol
like Guite;lu's ut /: Washington junk
shop To carry with him to New Mexico.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
Tho Eyro pper CentS

1t is estimated at the treasury depart
ment that there arc outstanding about
thirty millions of registered five per cent
bonds, which cease to bear interest on
October 1st. They arc redccmable at once
with interest to tho date of presentation.
Upwards of twelve millions of coupon five
per cents arc outstanding, which cease to
bear interest on the 18th of August, and
are redeemable after that date.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
Took Poison.

Louisa Miller, aged 10, of Berne. Ecrks
county, was alone with her father, who is
almost entirely helpless, and sits around
the house, unable to do anything, while
her stepmothcr had gone to visit near
ncighbOrs. When Mrs. Miller returned
Louisa male some remarks about Mrs.
Miller's soul and her own soul and then
went up stairs. She. remained up stairs
some time and then came down and lay
on the lounge. Her stepmother noticed
that white froth was gushing from Louisa's
mouth and she became greatly alarmed.
DIR, POtteiger was at once sent for, and
she confessed taking two spoonfuls Of ar
senic. She suffered the most terrible and
cxcruciatlng agony. Milk in large Iuanti-
ties was given to her, but she is in u dying
condition,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

The public examination Of the pupils in
the soldiers orphans school, at Mount
Joy, takes place tomorrow. A largo dele
CATION of the members of George ii.
Thomas post 6. A. X. Of this city, will
attend the examination, leaving Lancaster
at 7 O'Clock u. III. in Omnibuses.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
ivered by President Packard, Of Yale col

lege.
One Of the six-penny journals Of London
recently had staff dinner, which began
with every mark Of amity and ended in
a shower OF tumblers, wine glasses and
fragments of broken chairs. A distin,
guished and popular journalist who had
recently joined the staff was severely NAL
treated. The question upon which the
company appealed to crOckery and furni-
turc warfare was whether MIR. Edwin
Arnold is or is not poet.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
Held fur i,NSlANN

Letters addressed as follows arc held for
postage 1T the Lancaster pOstonicc
Rcigcl, Scott e Co., ;;::;;33 Market street,
l'hila.
Geo. w. Shacifcr, New Holland, Lancas
ter county, Pa.
World Manufacturing Co., 122 Nassau
street, New York.
Mrs. John Hayes.
Miss Jennie McAlcer, Tyrone, Blair
county, Pa.
Flora G. Day, Girard, Pa.
The following are held for direction.
Miss Kurtz, Delaware county, in care Of
Jacob Thomson - and another letter with
out any address whatever.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Washington borough Items.

Our correspondent furnishes the follow
ing
Weather "pprcssivcly hot for several
days past.
Mr.. Henry Wcrtz sold Il nicc iivc-year-
old bay horse to Mr.. Levi Havcrstick, of
Manor, for $127.5O.
a great many persons were Oh the river
yesterday forenoon fishing for bass and
met with good success.
Mr.. J. T. Yinscr, of Columbia, agent
for tho Estcy organs and domestic SEWN.
machine, was in town yesterday advcrtis-
ing his business.
Hon. J. T.. Collins has sold out his entire
confectionery business to Mr.. Aaron
Sllcrtzer. Collins expects to go into bus
mess of some kind again IN tho fall.
a brother and Il sister of the Rev. &. T..
ttaul were in town several days last week
They live in Philadelphia.
The Cnurch of God Sunday school will
hold their annual picnic this year on Wed
nesday, July 81, III Mr.. Shcrick's S woods.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
Organic Lie ON the Comet.

Professor Draper says: " The argument
that the existence of hydro-carbon com
pounds in the comet being established,
the conclusion follows that organic life
has existed there. since We have no hydro
carbon compounds Oh the earth except as
the result Of organic decay, is true ii,
some of it's premises and false in Others
1t probably is true that we have no such
compounds on the earth except those re-
sulting from organic life, but it is also true
that VIC can form such compounds by chcm-
ical and physical forces in use, rs, for
instance, the voltaic arc. Now, no
physical or chemical force can properly be
called an artificial force, and since We do
not know what forces the come: may have
been subjected to, it is not safe to say
that organic life necessarily existed in the
comet because We find hydro carbon COM
pound there. The great heat to which
the body was subjected in passing near
the sun would cause the two elements to
unite. aud Us the comet cooled they would
remain in the compound form. There is
no telling what bodies We may run INTO us
we whirl through space at the rate of.
say. forty miles II second and rs such
bodies come i'll contact with our sun they
are heated. and if they arc volatile produce
comets. 1t is not altogether impossible
that the earth itself may become =
comet. AS VIC travel into the unknown
realms ofspace who eau say but that We
may find ourselves subject to the influence
of u sun hotter than our own which will
vapurizc our system. The theory is that
our solar system moves in an orbit of
which tho Plciades are supposed to be
about the centre. The former theory was
that the earth travelled about our sun
alone. Now it is known that all bodies,
in space arc in motion, SO that We can cx-
tend the whirlinS OF these wheels within
wheels infinitely, and infinite space may
contain i sun hot enough to make us I'LL
COMETS
Prof. Lewis Swift, OF the Warmer OBJ
servatory, reports that it is the opinion
Of astronomers generally that tho comet
is identical with the one discovered in
Brazil, May %, called Europe by Dom
Pedro and new comet. Capt. Wilson,
when near Dcmcrara, saw two comets
blazing brightly 1T the same time in differ
cnt positions some time ago.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

Gertrude Roberts and Della Power in the
LouSue Point asylum, near Montreal, were
patients and occupied the same room.
During the night, Power, = religious mono
maniac, flncicd sho saw II fri.htfuI dra-
gOn, and to save herself and the other
inmates killed it, as she thought, by
poundin: it on the heal with y piece Of
board. Tho supposed dragon was her
companion, Gertrude Roberts.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

lie found to fairly present some elements
of JeffersOn's character, in the contem-
plation of which this generation will find
abundant reason to anchor their po-
litical faith to his example and teach
ingS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
MINOR TOPICS.


NOTICE is given that tho five ccn,
nickel coins arc no longer furnished by
the United States mint, but may be had
upon application at any sub-treasury.
Our exports of petroleum for May, 1881,
were "a, ,Sl5, 44 gallons, worth $3,3G1, 155,
nearly double double those of May 1881.
Five sixtls of it is shipped from New
York.
THERE are now two hundred persons
imprisoned in Ireland under the coercion
act, including one member Of Parliament,
ono priest, ono magistrate, several town
councillors and many poor law guar.
dians.
PEOPLE don't need to "go off" in de-
n,lnciation Of "heartless hOaxers" who got
up "a malicious report" that tho steam
ship Arizona was lost. Its captain has
found that his cabin boy did csreIessly
throw overheard tho package Of letters OF
which tho finding caused the scare. The
newspapers made no moro ado about it
than tho facts warranted.
CAR wheels arc now kept in their place
without being keyed OH. In former times
they were almost sure to precipitatc an
accident /; besides keys would drop out by
the constant jar and DO weakened by the
axlcs and wheels. Axlcs arc turned to fit
the wheel snugly and are driven in place
by hydraulic pressure Previous to being
driven tho axlcs are covered with thin
coat Of white lead and oil, which har,lcns
in a short time and holds the wheel so
firmly that 4 pressure Of from 100 to 14O
tons is required to remove Il broken axle
from the wheel in which it is placed.
ORDINARILY, the number of lcttors re-
ccivcd daily by the president in reference
to the appointments aud other executive
business is 1T least fifty, but not single
letter has been received relating to public
affairs since the date Of the shooting, ex-
cept few that were mailed 1T points dis
tant from Washington on the day prior to
the attempted assassination. Siuco the
shooting, however, there has been receiv-
cd at the White House an average Of scv-
enty letters daily, but all Of thon have
been letters filled with expressions OF sym
pathy and condolence, and majority Of
these were addressed to Mrs. Garfield.
THE Nep Er0 thinks the INrELIIGEN-
GER is true to its instincts in feeling and
expressing disgust at the tedious details
concerning Mr.. Garfield which those who
throng his bedside report to tho public.
We are glad that our instincts arc SO Cor
rect, and that they accord, in this instance,
with SO wcll-qualified judge as the prcsi-
DENTAL patient. In language rs forcible
as his condition will allow, Mr.. Garfield
has been expressing his disgust at the
number and quality Of tho reports sent
out from his chamber. The New Era,
however, is cntitled to differ from him.
THE Pittsburgh Leader is OF opinion
that the development of aesthetic dressing
is by no means exhausted in the apotheosis
of dandclions, hollyhocks and field daisies:
" Before the reaction comes we expect to
sec the piquant smart weed become the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

THERE are now two hundred persons
imprisoned in Ireland under the coercion
act, including one member Of Parliament,
ono priest, ono magistrate, several town
councillors and many poor law guar.
dians.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

WHEN Mr.. Garfield publicly expressed
The opinion that the influence of Mr..
Jefferson WIS OH the wanc and that of
Hamilton strengthening he only formu-
lated 4 thought which has been for years
fatllere.l by the wish of the Republican
party. The dividing lines between the
principles Of these two men are the di-
viding lines of American political
parties. The doctrines of Hamilton
were 50 essentially undemocratic and
those of Jefferson were 80 essentially
those of our constitutional system, and
in every appeal to popular opinion on
this direct issue the JcffersOnian princi-
Piles have been soabundantly SO vindicated,
that no political party has been SO bold
rs to openly attack them and es,,ouse the
Hamilton ideas by name. The tendency
of Republicanism has, however, been cx-
actly rs Mr.. Garfield stated it, and it has
drifted the country away from that sort
Of leadership which, with Jeffersonian's
administration, inaugurated for it pc
riod of signal honor and prosperity. The
ex-cathedra announcement that bolder
move toward the adoption of Hamilto-
nian principles is to lie made justifies the
prompt resistance of the Democratic
jefferson party ; and although Mr.. Ran
dall's recent excellent speech at Dickin-
son college was literary and historical
rather than a political address, that por-
tion Of it which we reprint to-day will
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

NOTICE is given that tho five cent
nickel coins arc no longer furnished by
the United States mint, but may be had
upon application at any sub-treasury.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13

Our exports of petroleum for May, 1881,
were "a, ,Sl5, 4A gallons, worth $3,3G1, 155,
nearly double double those of May 1881.
Five sixths of it is shipped from New
York.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-03

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has chosen
Judge Folger, Of New York, to be
Secretary Of the Treasury. 1t hiss
been generally understood that Presi.
dent Garfield rendered to him the
same position in his Cabinet, which
he now accepts under Arthur. Judge
Folger, at the time of his appoint
ment, was member of the Supreme
Court of Now York at q salary Of
$12,OO0 year, with some ten or twelve
years of Office before him, which he
relinquishes for the Secretaryship at
$4,000 a year, with q mHch shorter
tenure, all for pure patriotism or de-
vetion to the man whom Hayes and
Sherman kicked out Of the Custom
House at New York. That shows a
most wonderful spirit Of self-sacrifice
which can't fail to challenge the admi-
ration of the money lords of Wall
Street who were such fast friends to
Secretary Sherman. But it is said
that the appointment is merely tenn
porsry,and Judge Folger was induced
to accept the position by the promise
of being appointed to the Supreme
Judgeship of the United States when
the seat of Judge Hunt becomes va
cant, which is expected to occur with
in year.