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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-12
PERSONAL.


Citizens Of Petersburg, Va, purpose
giving gold headed canes to Senator BEN
HILL and VOORHEES,.
NATHAN F. DIXON, five times repre-.
sentative in Congress from Rhode Island,
has died at Westerly.
Mrs. BLAINE, Mrs. SHERMAN and other
Ladies' prominent in Washington society
have issued an appeal in behalf of the suf-
ferers at Scio.
Governor Long has appointed ex-United
States Attorney General DEvENs to seat
ON the supreme court bench of Massachu-
setts in place of Justice Soull resigned.
ANNA DICKINSON gives promise of
breaking her contrac: with John Stetson
and George X. Goodwin to play. Claude
Aelnotte at. the Chestnut Street opera
house this week on Salvini's off. nights.
JOHN T. RAYMOND, the genial Colonel
Sellers of " Gilded Age' fame, was mar
ried in Parlor C, Continental hotel, Phiia-
delphia, yesterday morning to Miss Court
ney Barpes, daughter Of the celebrated
actress, Miss Rose Eytinge. Rev. Dr..
Collyer, formerly Of Chicago, but now of
New York, performed the ceremony.
Only very few intimate friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond were present, and the
services were very brief. A wedding
party partook of breakfast in the CONT
mental and in the afternoon left the city for
Washington on their wedding tour. They
will he at home in New York early in
Nav.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Funeral of Mrs. miller,

The funeral of Mrs. Jane Morton Miller,
wife of Philip Miller, of New Providence,
who died on Thursday last, took place in
that village yesterday and was very
largely attended by friends and relatives,
a number of whom were from Lancaster.
Mrs. Miller, who was in the 74th year
of her age, was the mother of Mrs.
Mary E. Wilson, NJ. D., of this city, and
a cousin of VIM. A. Morton of the INTEL
LIeENcER. She was an estimablc lady, a
lifelong member of St. James church,
this city, and led quiet, uuohtrusive
Christian life. Her funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. J. V. Eckert of the Re-
formed church, and the Episcopal burial
service was read by Rev. d. b. Shuey.
The interment took place in the cemetery
attached to the Reformed church. Mrs.
Miller leaves husband, two sons and a
daughter.
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Unclaimed Letters

Following is a list of unclaimed letters
remaining in the postoffice at Lancaster
for the week ending April II
Ladies List.-Mrs. Lizzie S. Brubaker,
Miss Elmira Baker. Miss Anna Bowman,
Miss Madlana Beirley, Miss Bessie Elem
ing, Miss Marg. CIRQUE, Miss s. K. Croft,
Mrs. Mary Hamands, Miss Effie Jones,
Mrs. E. johnson, Miss Anna Kaufman,
Mrs. Amanda Long. Miss Ebe Martin,
Lucinda Pauhles. Mrs. Viola Parrish,
Mis-. Mary H. Peters, Mrs Frank Reed
Gor.), Miss E. Sherods, Miss Mary Smith.
Mrs. Ann Tottle.
Gents List.-Harry F. Binkley, Robert
Bennerd, A. E. Breneman, Isaac S. Dickel
Henry Edwards, ]. Eoline, George Gross
Oor.), X. NJ. Haines, Jacob Hartman
!for), Jacob Henry, Jacob Hertzlef,
Kline Bros, E. Harry Lord, Mr.. Mearr,
Harry Mccartney, VIM. F. Price, VIM. H.
Psgan, Mr.. Rhoderik, Ferdnan Reano9,
Sam'l Roth. Sam'l Ronlz, John P. Snyder,
Jacob Schwartz (for. }, Abraham Sweigart,
Y. ]. Thomas s Co.. Benjamin Timer,
Mr.. Valentine, John Wilson, Jonathan
Vented, Charles A, Wiley, John Zm-
mer.
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CORONER.
ID. 4. SHlFFEk.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
JOS. CLAkkSON,
AARON DISSINGEk.

Bids Opened and Contracts Awarded.
The water committee of councils last
night opened the bids previouslyadvertised
for, for special castings, fire hydrants, stop
valves and pipe, and awarded the contract
for furnishing the same to the following
bidders:
Special castings-A. G. Welchans at 2 !
cents per pound.
Fire hydrants-A. e. Welchans, at S195
per dozen.
Stop valves-E. II. Diller, 4, g., 10 and
IL inch, outside screw, at SIG, $50, $50
aid $50, respectively and inside screws
at $14. s25, s37 and S4G, respectively.
Joseph H. Huber, 6 inch stop, $40.
Pipe-Mellert s. Co., Reading, $40. Is
per ton of z, 2,24O pounds.
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STATE ITEMS.

Joh.: Geppert, German brewer Of
Pittsburgh, fell through an elevator yes
terday and was killed. -
John Knefesy, employed at Milnesville
mines, near Hazleton, was killed by fall
of coal.
Forest fires are breaking out along the
Sharmarngunk mountain. They are prob
ably caused by sparks from locomotives
on the Erie railroad.
The Reading iron company's puddlers
have struck tor an increase from 81 to
$3.50 per ton. The mill is shut and 400
men out of work.
Robert Ward. of Lombard street, Phila-
delphiA patient with small pox at the
Municipal hospital, in his delirium cut his
throat with small pen-knife, severed an
artery and bled to death.
/ A man named Springstead confesses
that he drowned boy named Samuel
Asher, at Lackawaxen, on June 12, 1877.
The drowning was supposed at the time to
have been accidental, but Springstead
states that he upset the boat and kept the
boys head under water until he was
drowned, and that he did it because he
hated the lads father. The self-confessed
murderer is at present confined in the Pa
siac county, N. j., Jail to await the action
of the grand Jury on charge Of planning
to murder and rob citizen of Passaic.
He had been in the employ Of the Passaic
postmaster.
Judge McKennan will make formal
decree to-day in the case of the junction
railroad suit against the officers of the
Pennsylvania railroad company. From
the bench yesterday he said that he had
never seen a case in which the equities
were more entirely one way than in the
present issue. The yard of tho Pennsyl-
vania railroad company between Thirty
fourth street and Market street must, he
said, be treated as part of the junction
railroad, bu: its use must not be obstruct-
ed. There was. perhaps, no intention on
the part of the officers of the Pennsylva-
lia railroad company to treat the courts S
order with contempt, yet, in law, there
was an attempt to cvade land defeat the
decree of the court.
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OBITUARY..
Death Of Henry Miller.

Henry Miller, the we'll known hotel
keeper, died after a prOtracted illness ON
Monday, the 18th inst, at his home in
Lampeter Square, in the 74th year of his
age. Mr.. Miller was q brother of the late
Gen. David Miller, a famous railroad man
in years gone by, and of Samuel c. Miller,
for many years proprietor of the Chestnut
Street house. Mr.. Miller was born in
Lampeter, probably in the house in which
he died. and spent almost his entire life in
that village. In early life he married a
sister of the late Emil C. Reigart, by
whom he had several children, some Of
whom survive him, but his wife died long
since. Mr.. Miller kept the hotel
in Lampeter for more than an Or
binary lifetime and his house was
known far and wide as one of
the very best in the county. He was most
scrupu!Oas in;the observance of all the
liquor laws, and on one occasion, having
inadvertently neglected to make applica-
ton for license in time, he closed up his
bar-room and refused to sell a drop of
liquor until in due course he was again
licensed. In politics Mr.. Miller was a
Wing and while that party lasted was
elected by it to the Office of county register.
When the Republican party was organized
he attached himself to it, but was never a
violent politician. He served for years as
justice of the peace and school director Of
his district, and was for many years past
postmaster at Lampeter, holding the Office
to the time of his death. He was loved
and respected by all who knew him, for
his genial disposition, his generous i'm
pulses, his strict integrity and his sound
Judgment. Those who knew him best say
death of his daughter, Mrs. Herr, which
took place several years ago was a great
shock to him, from which he never fully
and it is believed fastened his
end. His funeral will take place to-mor-
row.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL

Central California has been shaken by
an earthquake.
An Arkansas girl refused in marry her
decd. He cloped with her mother.
A Maine woman has made a contract
with a Boston firm to supply 5000 dozen
pairs Of mittens.
A passenger train from Sacramento on
the Oregon railroad was thrown from a
trestle. George Smith. engineer, and
Rogers fireman, we're killed. Robert
johnson, brakeman, and Benjamin Kuhn,
We're slightly injured.
The circular issued. by the secretary of
the treasury relative to maturing United
States bonds. calls in the outstanding six
per cents. on the first day of July, and
makes it optional with the holders to have
them extended at three and onc-half per
centum.
Emil Lun,lehimcr, travelling salesman,
Cor Flasheim, Bros, of Shreveport, La,
and president of Louisville lodge, I. o. O..
F., No. 107, committed suicide at Bald
wins hotel, San Francisco, by shooting.
Letters indicated that poverty was the
cause of the act.
The partly decOmpOsed body of Emery
Bassett was found in Lake Whitney, a
body of water from which the water sup
ply of Hartford, Conn.,, is drawn. He was
drowned on December 90 while engaged.
in harvesting ice, accidentally falling
through thin place.
The alleged suicide Of Sarah Alice
Montgomery, young woman of % years,
at the Sheldon house, Chicago, is fast
drifting into another mystery. There
figures in the story mysterious man
called Tom.'' The girls intimates are
all reticcnt.
A combustion of oils and other materi:
ais occurred in the laboratory of the Allen
town manufacturing company yesterday
afternoon, demolishing the structure and
setting fire to the debris. Tilghman G.
Melfricl,, member of the firm, was badly
burned and is in critical condition. The
loss is sec, 900 no insurance.
Navigation on the Delaware & Hudson
canal has been suspended for the second
time this season. A bad land slide oc-
Cured ut Hawks Nest, several large
rocks, one weighing many tons, falling
into the canal. A large force Of workmen
is engaged night and day moving the
debris.
Advices from the grazing regions in the
Northwest indicate smaller loss on stock
by the stress of the season than the most
sanguine expected. The heaviest loss has
been on cattle brought into the hills from
the southwest late in tho season. The
average loss in the Upper Missouri and
Yellowstone valleys will hardly be ten per
cent. Much of this is chargeable to the
floods which have swept the low lands
along the Missouri and its tributaries.
Mr.. A. II. Moore has completed arrange
ments with the Pennsylvania railroad for
a special car in which to bring his Moor
field kennel Of dogs to the bench show in
New York city. The car is to he fitted up
with twenty four neat cages, one for each
dog. Food and drink are to be furnished
by the superintendent of the kennel Capt.
r. Jex Blake. The car will DO heated to a
temperature of 80o. The kennel consists
Of seventeen settlers and pointers and
seven toy dogs.
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Thu, Shifnef Fair.

The board Of lady managers of the
Shitfler fair met in the hall Of the COM
pany last evening and organized by elect
ing Mrs. John Gibson temporary chair
man. The board will be composed of
twelve ladies who will have the entire
control of the bazaar department Of the
fair and festival
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-GowEx iNrERvIEwED.


what He Thinks About the Action OF the
Court.
President Gowen, of the Philadelphia
d Reading railroad company. when spoken
to in regard to the decree Of the court
made ON Saturday, said he would appeal.
When it was suggested that that would
extend the litigation indefinitely, he said ::
If the decree is in the form OF a prelin-
mary injunction the appeal could be heard
very quickly at Harrisburg by the supreme
court at its May session. If 1t is final
one it would be difficult to obtain a hear
ing on appeal till next January"
GLOW about your position as receiver?
was asked.
Mr.. Gowen-" The decree does not af-
feet the receivership, nor the custody of
the property and business Of the company
by the receivers, and pending receivership
the president and managers have but little
authority
."When does the receivership terminate?
Mr.. Gowen-" The road cannot we'll be
taken out of the receivers hands unless
the company is first placed i'll good f!nan-
cial condition. When that result is attained
l intend to withdraw voluntarily in any
event. Indeed, if Messrs McCaimont.
Brother u Co., had not annoyed me with
adverse litigation about the finances of the
company believe would ere this have
been readyto resign and have handed thc
company over to its shareholders in good
financial condition with the shares at or
nearly at par, and, expecting such 4 result
to follow the adoption Of my financial plan
for the relief of the company, l had made
my personal arrangements to leave the
company during the coming summer. 1t
is great personal loss to ME now to re-
main; but as the large majority Of the
shareholders have shown such generous
confidence in me do not intend voluntar-
lily to abandon their cause until the COM
pany is placed in good condition, even is it
takes year or two of my time"
The old board of managers of the Read
ing railroad company held meeting at
the Fourth street Office. Mr.. Gowcn, who
came to the city on crutches for the first
time since meeting with his railroad acci-
dent, was also present. The present stu
alton of the company was fully and freely
discussed, and it is stated that the board
agreed not to make any fight should the
court of common pleas formally declare
the Bond management to be legal.
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Tho Horse and the Gandsr.

Mr.: W. T. Blackwell, of Durham, has
stud Of fifty horses. and among them is
an old spotted fellow that has, been laid
by for the good he. has done, and to this
old horse gander has taken wonderful
attachment, aud has deserted the flock of
geese that runs in the stable yard and
roests every night with the horse in his
stall. The gander will show fight if one
enters, and If the horse is separated from
him seems to be miserable.
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REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
Making Up the Tickets-Many Are Called
and Some Will He Left.

Making Up the Tickets-Many Are Called
and Some VIII he Left.
The politicians were active yesterday,
but the severe tension OF first OF April
business being relaxed and the fine spring
weather giving the farmers something to
do, the crowd in town was not SO large as
it has been on several previous Mondays.
Not great deal of headway was made by
anybody and the energy of most of the
politicians was exerted to the strengthen
ing of the combinations already formed.
As We have repeatedly said and the
politicians now all admit, the lines are
most clearly drawn on sheriff and prothon.
otary, and to these all other issues are to
be subordinated. The High -Skiles COM
bination joins battle with the Kready, Fridy
ring. Either side would take Wissler for
register and AL. Smith for prison-keeper,
to get these influences for the head of its
ticket, and the side which got both would
have the better of it. The chances are
that they will divide. Wissler can not
we'll get away from the Sensenig- Eberly
faction, and Jack Weise and Fred Smith
will not shake old friends. 1t may be put
down that Wissler fights nit Geist " and
the Examiner crowd go for AL Smith.
As make-weight in the East End and to
Offset Reeser, the Hiestand party will sup
port Umble for register and as the next
strongest man for prison keeper the NeN
Era people will support Burkholder.
For the balance Of the tickets both sides
are ready to receive negotiations, except
possibly on the clerkships, on which it is
pretty we'll agreed that Eaby aud Reeser
will be on one side and Settley and Spur.
rier on tho other. For county commiss-
iOner Myers is developing such strength
that one side or the other must take him
and both want Sunny, though neither
quite trusts him to go the whole length ol
its tether he will either be ON both tickets,
or at tho last moment will fall between two
stools.
While the two leading factions are grad
ually gravitating toward we'll defined
tickets, the people who are left out in the
cold and who are acknowledged to be the
next most promising candidates are being
talked about rs parties to q third cOmbi
nation. They say that il the Ot2lsrs are
going to profit by CO operation they may
as we'll indulge in it, and Il must bs ad.
mitted that they can show front iOr a
ticket which could stand the racket in a
rough and tumble with the others.
AS things now stand the Era and Exam
iner factions are disposed toward tickets
very much like those respectively which are
appended, and should the leading cadidates
other than these whom the combinations
are disposed to favor, enter into a
combination of their own, it would prob
ably stand nearly identical with that
marked "Independent ticket"
On with the dance
Independent Ticket.
SHERIFF.
COL. u. MILES.
PRoTHoNOTARY.
NJ. HI. FILES.
REGISTER.
W. COMPTON,.
CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT
AMOS NJ. SOUKBEER.
CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
T. Fl. HERSHEY.
COUNTY TREASURER.
J. NJ. GREIDER.
COUNTY coMNIssIoNERs
l. BUSHONG,
JOHN JOHNSON, JR.
PRISON INSPECTORS.
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THE Examiner is greatly rejoiced at
some. Democratic reverses in Missouri
city elections and exults at the over
throw of Bourbonism and prevalence of
Mahoncism in the air. The Examiner
is not quite able, however, to interpret
the significance Of the late results in
PHILADELPHIA, s, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Trenton.
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BlAine'S PURPOSE.

Our Republican friends have very bat
luck in getting president to please
them. Hayes was a fearful nightmare
to theln, and Garfield promises to be
equally disagreeablc. The Pennsylvania
Legislature refuses to endorse him, and
the United States Senate--the Republi.
can part Of it's supposed to he thirsting
for his blood. Mr.. Garfield is in danger
of being left entirely without friends,
from his tendency to disappoint those he
has had and the facility with which he
is made 2 catspaw Of by Blaine. 1t has
been a con,lndrum why Blaine permitted
himself to go upon what has been held to
be the shelf of a cabinet place. A theory
now started Is that he did so to get the
power to reward his friends and plunder
his enemies, and he is credited with the
intent to betake himself to the safe re-
tirement of the English mission when
these objects have been accomplished and
he has thoroughly wound up Garield's
administration and started it in full
run on the road to ruin. AS long as
Blaine holds Garfield up he can
stand the racket with the enemies he
raises up against him i'm such abundance ::
but if he should treacherously let 60,
what crash of administration china
there would Ike. The purpose attributed
to Blaine is sustained by knowledge of
his character and ambition and the no.
torious dependence and limberness of
Garfield makes such use of him quite
possible. 1t is considered that he has
given himself over to Blaine's control;
his acts in the few weeks of his admins
tration sufficiently show this. That is
conclusive demonstration of his weak
ness and it would he ascribing an un-
known degree of honor and virtue to
Blaine to suspect that he will not use
his ready tool for his own purposes and
drop him when he sees his advantage
in it.
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The West Chester Local Ne9s says
"a woman from Strasburg, Lancaster
county, has taken five acres of land be-
longing to Joseph Bailey, near the Red
Lion, this county, which slfe will plant
with tobacco and raise on shares. She is
now at tie Red Lion making preparations
for her summers work. This woman says
she does not fear any competitor in the
raising of the weed from either male or
female'
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The Lancaster Boy Abroad.

Very few of our local readers, who often
read with interest the accounts of metro
politan street Arabs, have any idea what a
spirit of adventure and Bohemianism is
rife among the small boys of our own city.
Every now and then the local reporter
runs across a lad at the depot or on the
streets, who is about starting upon, or
has just returned from, such trip as that
related of one of our gamins, in q charm
ing sketch by Mrs. Nevin, printed on our
fourth page to-day. Boys of from
12 to IA not unfrequently leave
this city on freight trains and
make their way as far west as Kansas
City and back. The other day we encoun-
tered one who had been to Texas and
back, having left the city without cent OF
money and " worked his way across tire
country and return.
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ExalDIner-MontZer Ticket
SHERIFF.
j. T.. kREADY.
PROTHONOTARY.
SAM MATT FRlDY.
REGISTER.
JOSEPH UMBLE.
CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT.
GEORGE SPURRIER.
CLERK OF QUARTER SESSION.
A. SETLEY.
COUNTY TREASURER.
STEVEN GRlSSlNGEk.
PRISON KEEPER.
q. AL. SMITH.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ABRAM JIMMY,
SAMUEL SLOkOM,
PRISON INSPECTORS.
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Lost His Wife.

The wife of Ben. Gilfoil one of the COM
edians of Haverly's minstrels, who were
here on Saturday night, died in Boston on
Saturday. She was known to the profess
sion as Blanche Selwyn and has appeared
in this city in her professional capacity.
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Sale of Horses

Samuel Hess s. Son, auctioneers, sold at
public sale, on Monday, April II, at the
Merrimac house, Lancaster, for Daniel
Logan, fifteen head of Western horses at
an average Of s17S.2 24 per head the high
est sold brought 1918.
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Correction

1t was not Ira Stanley, Of West Lampe-
ter township, who had his fingers cut of
ON Friday, but Ira Stoper. BY some mis-
take Of the compositOr> yesterday, the boy
was called Stanley.
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Eirelnen's Meeting.

The delegates to the City Fremen's
Union will meet for annual organization
in the hall of the Empire hook and ladder
company this evening at o'clock.
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assigned Estate.

Elias Girvin and wife, of Paradise, have
made an assignment Of their estate for the
benefit of their creditors, and have named
John Martin. of Bart, as assignee.
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Court.

Court will meet on Saturday morning
next at 10 o'clock, when opinions will be
delivered in number of cases which were
heard at the last argument court.
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New Era-Sensenig Ticket.

New Era-Sensenig Ticket.
SHERIFF.
JOHN II. HIGH.
PROrHONOTARY.
JOHN ID. SkILES.
REGISTER.
BENZ. WISSLER.
CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT.
JOS. REESER.
CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
GEO. w. EABY.
COUNTY TREASURER.
JNO. j. GOOD,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ABRAM SUNNY,
:. NJ. MYERS.
FRISON INSPECTORS.
JOHN LONG,
DIRECTORS or THE POOR.
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AZ tho Westmtnster Presbytery.
Rev. j. C. Hume and Mr.. H. c. Moore,
of the Presbyterian mission, this city, are
attending the meeting of the Westminster
presbytery in York, as "loOkers on in
Vienna"
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EOrEiOG Car AxleS

The Penn iron company will tomorrow
begin to forge car axles, new branch of
business at the works.
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DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.

CORONER.
II. SHC BERT.
AUDITORS.
JOSEPH CLAKKSON,
AARON DlSSINGEIs.
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POOR DIREOrOHs.

CORONER.
/. MISHLER.
AUDITORS.
JOS. CLARkSON,
AARON DISS1NGEE.