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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-22

Under the Dome In Warrington.


On our first page will be found some
fresh and interesting "reminiscences of the
dead president. Besides these, and our
telegraphic accounts of the funeral trains
journey yesterday and the advices from
Washington and other points of interest
wired thence to-day, there is little to add
on the event of ruling popular interest.
The train reached Washington at 4:35
p. M, and amid the most solemn pageant
ry of woe and in the sight of fifty thousand
mourning people the procession of cars,
and then the casket borne to the hearse,
and the hearse on its way to the capitol,
moved through the city and the body was
laid on the catafalque under the dome.
The capitol is wonderful spectacle,
draped on the outside and inside with the
emblems of sorrow. A crown of Grape
surmounts the railing Immediately under
the Goddess of Liberty on the capitol. 1t
can be seen far outside of the city, before
any other emblems of sorrow are visible.
1t stands out on the great white dome Of
the capitol like the widows weeds in the
midst of white at a wedding.
The White House is desolate, but draped
in black throughout. Mrs. Garfield wants
to never see or enter it again she and her
family are stopping with Attorney General
MacVeagh.
At 5:35 the lid Of the casket was opened
and tho face of tho late president was ex-
posed to view. Noiselessly President
Arthur and Secretary Blaine approached
and gazed upon the face of the dead and
then slowly and sadly passed ont Of the
hail. A line was formed and one by one
those present advanced and glanced at the
emaciated and discolored face of the dead
president. The public at large were then
admitted and from then until tomorrow
evening tens of thousands will have looked
upon the dead.
The fund for the Garfield family is rap
idly running up to $500, 600.
Young James Garfield is so far recov-
cred from his illness as to be able to go
from Williams College to the funeral.
1t is said that District Attorney Cork.
hill has now como to the conclusion that
Guiteau cannot be convicted of murder un-
der the laws of the District of Colum-
bia. Tho assassin is reported to be ''some.
what restless" and to be engaged in
''writing his reflections on the shooting
and tho presidents S DEATH
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Drapery stolen and IsurnoJ.

Some despicable thief, utterly lost to
honor, patriotism, sentiment or decency,
tore down and stole from the front of
Amer's hat store, West King street, last
night, over 16 yards Of mourning drapery
displayed in respect to tho memory of the
dead president Guiteau is a murderer,
but in point of meanness his crime is not
to be compared with that of the wretch
who would deliberately tear down the
tokens of mourning erected by sorrOxins
citizens in hOaor Of the nations chief
magistrate.
Last evening about 10 o'clo;k, 4 gust ,f
wind blew one Of the trailing ells off,,
mourning drapary in front Of w.
Bakers drug storc, Centre Square, int,
the gas jet burning in front of Fulmer
saloon. No damage was done except the
burning Of a yard or two of black mus.
lin.
About midnight the drapery at the
Sprecher house took fire from a similar
cause and about ten yards of it were con-
sumed. These incidents, though trifling,
should he a warning to others who have
draped their premise. lin m0urniug to keep
the combust;ble material out of the reach
offlame.
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STATE ITEMS.

Some Pittsburgh firemen hanged Gui-
tcau in efligy.
Jacob Heffert, of Grecnsburg, shot him
self fatally by accident while cunning.
Alexander Stewart, an old man of seven
ty, being sorely afflicted with measles,
committed suicide by hanging in Erie.
Edward Mowery was cut in two by the
cars on the Lake Shore track.
The board of parlons has not met since
June to tho great inconvenience and delay
of suitOrs for the mercy of the common
wealth, and there is loud complaint over
a further postponement until late next
month.
"The adjournment of Democratic con.
ventions was not only a laurel but an olive
wreath that will not be forgotten" is what
the Republican Pittsburgh Telegraph says
of the action of the representative body of
the other party in that city.
Out of respect to the presidents men,
ory Geo. II. Adams did not perform in
Danville last Monday evening as advertised.
Frederick Paulding declines to fill any
engagements until after the funeral, and
the Youngstown, Ohio, manager will sue
him for breach of contract.
Rev. Nelson Russell several years ago
raised money and built chapel at Plains,
Luzerne county, but subsequently left on
account of factional fight and settled at
Dunmore, Lackawanna county. He lately
married and visited friends at Pl aims, who
asked him to preach. His former enemies
prevented his getting into the chapel and
his friends rallied and tore the building
down.
At meeting of the Garfield Veteran
corps of Pittsburgh, representative of
the Hancock legion appeared and announc-
ed the desire of the organization to which
he is attached to act in concert with the
corps in giving expression to the grief felt
The Garfield corps thereupOn extended an
invitation to the Hancock legion to par.
ticipate with it in any ceremonies which
mi ght be deemed appropriate upon the oc.
casion of the passage of the funeral COR
tege through that city or upon the day of
interment at Cleveland.
William B. Horner. late managing editor
Of the Commercial Gazette, one of Pitts
burgh's best known and ablest journalists
died yesterday. Mr.. Horner entered the
employ of the Commercial Gazette when
but seventeen years of ago, first being a
carrier, then reporter, then city editor and
finally managing editor. Overwork at
the time of the presidents shooting was
the original cause of the illness that has
just had this fatal termination, and a
singular phase of which was the fact that
during the entire period of the presidents
prostration Mr.. Horner's condition varied
according to that Of the illustrious patient
whose sufferings have at length ended and
whom the Pittsburgh editor so quickly
to the pale realms of shade,
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MAN MISSING.
Reported to Have Committed Suicide
Search for the Body.

Reported to Have Committed Suicide
Search tor the isOdy.
For some days past 4 young man named
Albert SwartZ, 81 years of age, and resid
ing with his parents No. a222 Middle street,
between Lime and ROckland, has been miss.
ing from his home. As he was a some-
what eccentric character, and is said to
have threatened suicide on former occa-
sion, his parents became alarmed, and
yesterday made search for him along the
banks Of the Conestoga. While thus Gu
gagged they We're met by man who knew
them, who told them to 20 home that
their sons body had been found in the
ConestOga, near tho railroad bridge, and
that it would be brought home. While
returning home they met Chief Of Police
Deichler, told him what they had heard,
and requested him to notify the coroner.
The chief did SO, and about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon the coroner, the chief and
several others proceeded to the scene of
the alleged drowning for tho purpose of pro.
curing the body and holding an inquest.
When they reached the creek they were
unable to find the body or anybody that
knew anything about the alleged drown
ing. 1t began to dawn upon them that
they had been hOaxed, and after making a
somewhat careful examination of the
stream they returned to the city. Young
Swartz is still missing and his friends
still fear that he may have committed sui
eide.
The report published in the Nep Era
that Swartz had been killed near Ranck' s
mill. on the Pennsylvania railroad, was
also hoax, no doubt imposed upon the
city editor of our esteemed contemporary.
Swartz's mother and wife called at tic
1NTELLIGENCER Office this morning and
they are much distressed at his disappear
ance, as wcllas the sensational stories put
aaoat concerning him which have caused
them much worriment. The young man
has been afflicted with dropsy for some
time, and on the day of his disappearance
left home in hack to 60 to a Doctors on
Duke street. Instead, he drove to tho
took some oysters at Sides's res
taurant and thence all sight of him is lost.
When he went away he wore light clothes
a dark shirt and light hat. He is short of
stature, with dark hair and smooth face.
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WHEN the Examiner says that the
editors of the INTELLIGENGER, or any
body else, "bossed" or undertook to
boss " the late Democratic county con-
ventiOn, or that its refusal to nominate
Judge Livingston, or to nominate no
candidate for judge, was anything but
the free will of almost the entire con-
ventiOn, the Examiner publishes a will
full, baseless and malicious lie, which is
more of disgrace to itself than an in
suit tO the Democracy of the county. u
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LUTHEI:ANS IN COUNCIL.
Proceedings of the FOrticth Convention Of
East PenDsylvania synod.

convention
East PenDsylvania synod.
The members and delegates of the East
Penna. synod assembled last evening in
St Johns Lutheran church. DR.. Baum,
president Of the synod, preached the OPEN
ing sermon from /. Pet, w., IL. 1t was
i plain, practical and pungent presentation
of what the church demanded and Of what
her ministry should be.
This morning after brief devotional
exercise, the business session of
synod began. DIR. Hay, of Gettys-
burg, opened with prayer. After cal
ling the rolls the lay-delegates
presented their credentials.
DR.. Baum, Of Philadelphia, then read
the presidents annual report. lie re-
viewed the principal ecclesiastical events
Of the past synOdical year; touched upon
our national calamity. passed on to the
synOd's losses by death anl removal, noted
the changes, vacancies, additions and III.
matters demanding the prompt and care
full attendance of the synod.
New members Of synod were then re-
ceived and the losses in its ranks thus
supplied. The president appointed tsllers
and the election Of officers for the ens,in.
year followed, resulting as follows
President-Dr. Baum, Of PHILADELPHIA
Secretary-Rev. j. A. Singmaster, o,
Schuylkill Haven.
Treasurer-Rev L. Huber, Of Philatlel-
phia.
The reading Of the rules Of order drew
the synOd's attention to the secretary.
Rev. DR.. Baugher, of Gettysburg, closed
with prayer, when synod adjourned to
meet 1T 9 o'clock.
This synod embraces about eighty minis
tiers and the same number of layman dele
gates, representing over 100 churches and
about 90 stations, with communicates
numbering between 1900 and 1000.
There are 125 Sunday schools connected
with the synod, with 1000 teachers aud
10000 scholars. The contributions last
year by all the churches amounted to
s1GS, 1860.
This evening there will be farewell
meeting for the departing missionaries.
Rev. A. ID. Rowe and wife, OF India. and
Mrs. d. A. Day, Of Africa, Rev. w. NJ.
Baum, d. D., of Philadelphia, will be one
Of the speakers.
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LANCASTER SEPTEMBER o. 1881

becoming King Henry ", had no longer
use for Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol and
Page. He cast them and his errors off
when the dignity and majesty of his king.
ly Office demanded it. President Arthur
has risen to higher than kingly Office !;
the dignity and majesty Of it demand that
he shall turn his back upon the Stalwart
bosses and use the power that has been
given him to destroy Stalwartism.'
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Aallraster ft,teIiqenrer.
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 22, 1881.
The Ffremen's Parade.

Some of our citizens complain bitterly
OF the firemen who have gone in this
time of mourning to join the parade at
Reading. We hardly think that they
are just. 1t might have been better if
the managers of the Reading demonstra-
tion had postponed it for week, but as
they did not do so, our firemen were
quite right to 90. There is nothing
wrong in holding the parade at this sea-
son. It was appointed in ignorance of
the future, and after all the arrange
ments had been made for it its postpone
ment would have worked great inconve-
nience. The firemen can parade while
they are grieving at the presidents
death just as appropriately rs they could
perform their daily avocations at home
in the same state of mind. The lively
music of band may be thought somewhat
incongruOus amid the evidences of
mourning but if this is all the trouble
the drums can be mufiled, or the
tunes he sObered. There is, how
ever, great deal of nonsense in
the general sentiment that people
who grieve should wear lugubrious trap
pings and fs1Dge about in dismal way
under p ~, or.serxjtion. There is no
one who thinks it incumbent upon him
to fOrbear to laugh and to wear solemn
visage, because of the presidents death,
unless he happens to be on public exhi-
bition at the time. He does not think
that his smiling face demonstrates a CAL
lous heart and it does not. When he
assumes a solemnity Of countenance it is
in Difference to public prejudice, which
he shares himself but which really
is very silly one indeed. We approve
of the fire laddies going to Reading and
of their having good time while there,
with plenty of good and lively music and
innocent enjoyments of every kind. We
know they won't mourn the president 8
death any less sincerely than if they had
been kept at home by an unreasonable pre-
judice, and had thereby suffered inconve-
nience, loss and mental aggravation. If
good people would but let other people
alone to follow their own judgment of
the propriety of their doings, and not in
terfere in what is none of their business,
they would often show their wisdom. As
long as the firemen don't violate any
law they have right TO parade when
ever they want to without being abused
for it.
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A Tragic Death.

Daniel Dukenhill, an old citizen Of
Howard township, Washington county,
tied 4 rope around his body and having
arranged signal descended his we'll to
clean it. Feeling the clamps" he made
the agreed signal, and those on the out
side commenced drawing him up. He
shouted out to them to draw faster, and
this SO excited and frightened them that
they ceased pulling on the rope when he
was half way up, and fastening it to the
curb went for help, leaving the old man
dangling head downward. When the
help arrived he was dead.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
FATAL ACCIDENT.

JHcOD FrItZ Breaks HIS Neck.
Mr.. Jacob Fritz, residing near Conesto-
ga Centre, fell from an extension ladder
yesterday while picking apples, broke his
neck and died. He was about twenty
five feet from the ground. The accident
was caused by the rope which held the
two sections of the ladder slipping. De-
ceased was one of Conestoga's most high
ly respected citizens. He will be buried
at Mt. Zion Evangelical graveyard on Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock. An inquest
was held this morning.
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lower, 70 Lancaster-1st ward, .Ga; I'd
ward. GS3 Sd ward. 631 4th ward, 100
9th ward, Gee 9th ward, S93 7th ward,
I29; Sth ward, 936 9th ward. 7OS; total,
3o,O.5; total last year, 36, 2S2 decrease,
1, 200.
The decrease probably indicates or ly the
inactivity of the politicians in an "oif
year."
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GOVERNOR CORNELL has appointed
Monday, the funeral day, rs a day of
prayer and abstention from business in
New York, and we presume his example
will be followed in Pennsylvania and
other states. 1t will be litly done. Our
governor made such mess of it when
he lately appointed time of fasting and
prayer and fixed day 50 close that the
other states could not get up to his pace,
that we suppose he has been afraid to
take the Initiative in this line again.
But he can safely follow the New York
governors lead.
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GEN. GRANT sticks to Arthur as a
shadow, and Senator Jones has the honor
of entertaining the two in his w ashington
house while poor old Hayes comes in
alone at the eleventh hour, appearing at
Pittsburgh yesterday on a common train
among the common passengers, inappro-
priately arrayedin white waistcoat and
perchance doomed to a common board
ing house bed and table at Washington.
Grant don't boom because he is an ex-
president, evidently, but because he has
a high opinion of himself. No doubt it
gave him good satisfaction to be so be-
nevOlent as to descend to the level of
Arthur's association he had his COM
pensatiOn in seclusiOn from other COM
mon fellows i'm the common herd.
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Joseph Heranetzky, a farmer in Colfax
county, Neb., ch0ked his wife to death
and killed her mother with axe. He
tad quarreled with his wife and her fam
lily about some money which had been
left to him, they wishing to get hold Of
it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-22

1000, 900 have emigrated.
THE French are used to such mean Oys-
ters that, epicures as they arc, they can
not appreciate our royal bivalves, to swal'
low one of which raw made Thackeray
feel as if he had eaten a baby.
PLAYwRIGHTs are excited and angry
over the action of Judge Devens, Of Mas
sachusetts, late attorney general, in decid-
inS that the unlicensed representation of
play got by memory from seeing its per-
fOrmnnce is not piratical.
ROBERT COLLYER, in q recent eloquent
sermon in New York, spoke with empha-
sis in condemnation of the habit of carry
ing revolvers. He said ''The farmer has
revolver in his bedroom, and the merest
boy on tho slightest provocation pulls out
his pistol. Two hundred years have
proved that in civil life, at least, the
Quaker is right. No Quaker ever shoots,
and no Quaker ever is shot. There should
be general disarmament, and we should
guard the sale of pistols rs We guard the
sale of poisons. 1t is the brutality that
comes from the possession of weapons
hat does the harn'
THE Philadelphia Telegraph points out
that g 4 great mistake wai made in the
manner of the trial and the execution of
the people implicated and accused of i'm
plication in the assassination of President
afford to have any bIundering done in tho
case of President Gartield's assassin, or
that Guitcau shall be otherwise tried Or in
any other manner punished than the strict
letter of the law provides.' The same
paper has the most pronounced views
against Stalwartism and thinks tina: IF
the dead president left his successor any
single daty to do more imperatively nec-
cssary to be done than another it was to
destroy Stalwartism. The country hopes
and expects him to do it"
TIE Oil City Derrick puts on unique
emblem of mourning over the calamity
that now weighs down the people Of the
United States. 1t is Il typographical design
Of shapely monument surmountc,l by a
cross. The monument bears an inscription
highly eulogistic of the virtues and services
of the dead president, and quite handsome
ly set. The design is composed entirely of
rule work, and besides being very credit.
able specimen Of typographical skill pos
sesses also the merit Of striking originality
in the expression of a great grief that has
surpassed the bounds of adequate utter
ance in tho ordinary forms. The Der
rick's monument will be a veritable memo
rial Of an extraordinary case that has been
without precedent in the history of the
republic. 1t occupies three columns of the
front page of the paper.
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commanding; first lieutenant, VIM. A.
Kabbe first lieutenant, Ramsey d. Potts !;
assistant quartermaster and second lieu
tenants, c. B. Satterlee and d. o. How
ri
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PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S initiatOry
movements are not very reassuring.
Surrounded by 4 few local politicians he
hastened to have the oath of Office ad-
ministered to him at two o'clock in the
morning by a city judge called up out of
his bed which does not seem to have
been q very dignilied way of doing the
business. If he could not wait till he
got to Washington, it would seem at least
to have been proper to have postponed
the ceremony for few hours until
he could have taken the oath of
Office with the cabinet by his
side as its witnesses. Then, instead of
quietly running down to Long Branch
on a regular train next morning he waited
until he could go through the fuss of
having a special train fixed for him and
at night, when he got back to his house
in New York, the common visitors were
sent away from the door with the infor-
nation that he had gone 10 bed, while
his intimate friends and big fellows like
Grant had ready entree. Small things
these are, perhaps, but yet indicative
straws. His associates are District At
torney Bliss, Police Commissioner
French, Johnny Davenport and that
class of political prostitutes and Ar
thurs virtue is not likely to he greater.
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MINOR TOPICS.

A DISPATCH from Berlin says /: "The
flow of emigrants to America continues to
be incessant. During the present year
1000, 900 have emigrated.
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CONGRESS can be relied upon to make
liberal provision for Mrs. Garfield, and it
is possible that it would be decidedly
more grateful to her to be thus provided
for than to receive the gifts Of citizens.
But there is certainly no reason why
those who incline to give to her out
of their abundance should not make to
her the offering nor is there any good
reason why she should not accept it.,
even though Il donation by the whole
nation through Congress might be more
agreeable to her. The reason of public
policy which forbade her to he put under
obligation to citizens whom her husband
had the power to reward ceased to exist
with his death !; and ever, one may in
dulge his generous desire to make the
stricken widow comfortable without fear
of accusation of selfish motive, and she
may accept without embarrassment.
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THE French are used to such mean Oys-
ters that, epicures as they arc, they can
not appreciate our royal bivalves, to swal'
low one Of which raw made Thackeray
feel as if he had eaten a baby.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-22

PLAYwRIGHTs are excited and angry
over the action of Judge Devens, Of Mas
sachusetts, late attorney general, in decid-
ins that the unlicensed representation of
play got by memory from seeing its per-
fOrmance is not piratical.