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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28

The Philadelphia Press justified the an
nouncement of its publishers and the ex-
pectations of its patrons yesterday by the
publication of the first number of it's
future regular Sunday edition. 1t has
purchased the franchises of and consoli-
dated with this enterprise the Sunday
Press, lately published by Dennis F.
Dealy, who now takes and continues the
Sunday Mercury. The Sunday paper has
been superseded in the large cities by the
"daily paper, and in accordance with its
advances in journalism the Press recog-
nizes and fully meets the demands upon
first class metropolitan dailies to print a
paper every day in the year. The initial
number of its Sunday edition is one well
calculated to satisfy its patrons. For, be-
sides the news Of the day, in the regular
line of its daily issue, it presents the
special characteristics which are expected
of Sunday editions. Articles of local in
terest here are an account of ex-senator
Cameron's early life by Col. Burr and
Mrs. p. Z. Gibbons's sketch of DR..
LeMoyne, the cremationist.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28
High Life IN the West.

Jack Roberts, the murderer Of Tom
Greatorex, was lynched at Durango, COL,
last night.
In Walla Walla Dad character named
Dick Osborne fatally stabbed Alonzo Bobb
in dance house. Osborne was arrested.
A party of masked men broke into the
Jail and took him to the nearest high fence
and hanged him.
At Lipman's sawmill, Jackson county,
Arkansas. Chris Carroll and Lem Johnson,
left in charge of the mill while the other
men went to dinner, got into a quarrel,
and, drawing knives, began desperate
duel with these weapons. Both were
horribly cut, portions of flesh being severed
from their bodies. Carroll tainted from
loss of blood and johnson disappeared in
the adjacent woods, where his course was
marked with bloody footprints. he has
not yet been found and it is thought will
perish miserabIy in the dense pine thickets
where he has taken refuge.
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bold Burglar0.

The Office of George w. Higgins & Co.,
pork packers, at the Chicago stock yards.
was entered by burglars, who blew open
the safe and robbed it of its contents,
about SO 600. The night watchman was
surprised by four masked burglars, WHO
knocked him down, and while one stood
guard over him stretched out on the floor,
the others drilled the safe door. After
blasting the door open they seized tho
money and hurried of, dropping $23 on
the floor in their haste.
Burglars entered the house of Thomas
L. Egan, in New York, when his niece,
Miss Nellie Cunningham, aged 16, was
alone in the house. When she screamed
ono rufiian stuffed Handkerchief in her
mouth and the other bound her with a
clothes-line. They demanded to know
where Mrs. Egan's Jewels and money were,
but Miss Cunningham refused to tell
them, when one of the rufians struck her
in the face. Still exasperated by her re-
fusal to answer their question the other
burglar stabbed her several times in her
arms, face and hand with a penknife.
The young lady became insensible, when
the robbers, fearing they hah killed her,
fled.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28

The WilScsbarrc Record has the follow
ing accoun. OF how II m:.n liz that city
male n speculation from Tony Denier's
pantOmi'ne troupe which lately appeared
here :" Yesterday, rs tho band Of Tony
Denier's troupe drove up South Main
street, the music frightened the horses of
Dr. Bull,r,i, one o! the animals being tied
to post. The outside horse pushed
against his mate and the post was thrown
down anI hrosen. The pole of the wagon
was also broken and the horses started to-
run across the street. 1t was said that
one of the horses WAS injured.
DR.. Ballard sent y bill 10 Frank
ID. IIlIdretl,. treasurer of the COM
pany, claiming 800 damages. SIR.
Hildrota refused to pay this sum-
and called upon Jerome q. Miller. esq,
for legal advice. In the meantime DIR.
Bullard handed his claim tn Il. +. Dor
rance, esq. Tor coi!ectinn. Mr.. Hilireth
tclegrap,cd to Tony DeuiGr in New York
asking for inst truction;. n c"pias had beeIs
obtained for the arrest of some OF the.
troupe who were Thought to be managers,
and placed in the hands Of Officer IIeery.
$1.OGO bail was required. Tony Dcnier
tclegrapllej t. settle ra,iicr than have any
trouble. but Mr.. Hildreth objected TO pay
ing 500. and il he could have readily pro-
cured bail would not have done SO. AS it
was, he could not stay here 10 fight the
claim. and the matter WAS finally com
promised i,y the payment of so. This
amount vas p;id in silver at the office in
Music hall"
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PERSONAL.

The appointment of WILLIAM WALTER
PHELPS to Austria was made, it is said, at
the request of Whitelaw Reid.
Governor HARRIS NJ. PLA1sTED, of
Maine, together with several friends, is
about to pay visit to his old army COM
rade, General W. H. II. Davis, of Doyles-
town.
Mrs. Lucy Ann, wife of CHARLES A.
STETsoN, for nearly forty years the pro-
prietor of the Astor house, New York,
died of pneumonia at the residence of her
son-in law, Mr.. ]. Harry Ford, at nine
o'clock on Saturday night. Mrs. Stetson
was % years old. She was born in New
buryport, Mass.
u. B. BAILEY, rising member of the
York bar, died at his residence on Satur-
day afternoon from abcesses of the lungs.
Mr.. Bailey was before the last Democratic
convention as candidate for the Office of
district attorney. During the late cam
paign he took an active part, and con-
tracted by constant exposure a lung affec-
ton, from which he died.
When it was proposed to send in the
nomination of Stanley Matthews for the
supreme bench MAcVEAGH opposed it so
earnestly that the president became very
angry. MacVeagh almost refused to make
olt the nomination and Garfield had to
put his foot down very heavily. In two or
three other cases, notably in an Illinois
appointment, where MacVeagh was deter
mined to beat Logan, who wanted Grant
man appointed, the attorney general has
shown a good deal more independence
than was expected of him. He already
shows signs of being disagreeably tena-
cious, and some fine day he and Garfield
will part company. How angry that would
make William E. Chandler, the new solici-
tor general!
Mr.. CoxKLrNG has never been an habit
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Tax BIN Declared Unconsti,utional.


The General Assembly had great time
in passing the bill for the abolition
of the Office of collector of de-
linquent taxes in Philadelphia. The
bill was however, finally passed in
time to become effective before the Febru-
ary elections, and on the 14th of Feb
ruary was approved and placed ON the
statute books. Ina very few days
Mr.. William ]. Donohugh, the present
collector at once brought q bill in equity
against Col ector 4. G. Roberts to test the
constitutionality of the new law. This
was argued at length and held under adj
visement by the court. On Saturday Judge
Hare rendered the courts decision, de-
claring the new law unconstitutional un-
Ger its third section. which contained the
operative clause, not because of its opera
tion, but because of technical constitu
tional defect in abolishins the Office by
reference to another Office and its duties,
instead of directly.
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UefecllYe LEGISLATION.

When there is good deal of hurry
the old adage says that there is apt to be
little speed and SO it has been with the
effort to relieve Philadelphia from the
cost of the delinquent tax Office. The
framer of the law that was to effect this.
and that was adopted hastily to get the
enactment passed before the late mayor
atty election, neglected to observe the
constitutional provision which forbids
the Legislature, in amending law or
extending and comforting it's provisions,
to do so by reference to its title only,
but requires that the amended law shall
be recited at length in the new
act. The act in question declared
that the receiver of taxes should have
all the powers and discharge all the du-
ties imposed upon the collector of delin-
quent taxes by existing laws. Judge
Hare decides, and apparently with great
soundness. that this is not a compliance
with the constitutional demand. 1t Ger
tainly does not seem that the words of this
statute can be held to /" amend, extend or
confer'' at length" Upon the receiver of
taxes, the provisions of the statutes gov
erning the duties of the collector of de-
linquent taxes. 1t is unfortunate that a
good law is thus summarily knocked on
the head but it is better SO than that
the good provisions of the constitution
should be disregarded. The lesson to
legislators will be to study the constitl-
tion more. They seem to be ignorant of
it and over-fond of judging them
selves and their work to he supreme.
1t will do them good to be brought up
with q round turn, by the stout lariat
of the constitution, as they just now have
been in two notable instances There is
still time to amend the delinquent tax
law, but it is doubtful whether the incli-
nation with the Legislature to do so will
be strong.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28
1t Was Loaded.

VIM. Burr, aged fifteen, who lives at the
corner of John and Locust streets, started
on Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock to
90 out cunning for blackbirds with some
companions. AS he was going through
the gate at his home some of his friends,
then on the opposite side Of Locust street,
called to him to know if they could shoot.
To boy named Connell, whose gun he
knew was not loaded, he said " Yes"
Another boy, whose gun ,cas loaded, fired
The charge struck the gate except one
heavy grain of shot which entered Burr s
cheek bone under the left ear and passed
in an inch and half to the tendons
where it lodged. DR.. Fl. E. Westhaeffer
attended him, but deemed it better not to
attempt to extract the grain of shot at
present, as it would necessitate the cutting
of the tendons. It will likely "wofk
out"
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--LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The outbuildinSs Of Thomas Jewell, a
farmer living near Princeton, N. j., were
burned, with horses, mules, sheep, cattle,
hay, straw and machinery. Loss, $4,000 !;
partly insured inccndiary.
The betting ON the University boat
race, which will come off on the Thames
on Friday. April 8, is now six to four in
favor Of Oxford, which is not quite SO
good as at the beginning of their training
The machine shop of E. J. Crangle and
burned on Friday night. Loss, $4,000 :;
insurance, 50, 500. Messrs. Mccullough s
TAFT. iron founders, had patterns valued at
$4,000 stored there, which were also
burned. Insured for $3.50. The cause OF
the fire is not known.
In Iowa City, Miss Hattie Deuel. COM
pleted the thirty-second day of her fast
last night. The case is pronounced by
leading physicians the most wonderful
case of fasting ever known. Miss Deuel.
continues to maintain the silence she be-
gan three years ago, and converses only
by signs.
The body OF the Rev. Abiel Silver, a
well-known SwedenbOrgian clergyman of
Roxbury, Mass, was found floating in the
st. Charles river at Prison Point. 1t is
supposed that he fell into the river by
accident. The deceased was 80 years old,
and was held in high respect in the CON-
munity.
The cable steamers, Dacia and Interna-
tional will begin laying the first section of
the Central and South American cable
southwark to Tehauntepec. When they
have completed this work they will return
to England and take on the cable to be
lai't on the Pacific coast, from Callao,
Peru, to the Tehauntepec Isthmus via
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Qua.
temela.
The explosion in an Elizabeth, N. j.,
upholstery caused fire which spread un-
til o:e-third of the block between Wash
ington street and st. Johns church was
destroyed. The large unoccupied store and
building on the corner Of Washington
street were partly burned. Kuntzman's
iewelry store, Barry's saloon, Anderson's
lambrequin store, Mrs. Bullock's confec-
tionery and Brophy's plumbing shop were
all totally destroyed with much of their
contents. William B. fuckers hardware
store was burned out.
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slNION CAMEKON'S YOUTH.
Eis Essr,y Fight With Poverty

hsS fsriy 1Snt Win Poverty.
Col. F. \. Barr in Philadelphia Plcss
1t is not often that man builds SD we'll
from so slender Il foundation. How small
that beginning was and how desperate the
struggle he made to lay even the :onnda-
ton of practical knowledge few men
know. Yesterday an old gentleman who
knows much oi his early history gave ME
one incident rs 9: specimen Of how Ee be-
gan life ':General Camcron'S mother"
said this old friend, "was great woman
She laborcd for her children with zeal
and energy Of which few, beings, are
capable, and it was her teaching and
example, rs well as native mental
force, which marked the life Of her
boys with those strong characteristics
mark in life. Tho old stOrekeeper in
MaytOwn, the little haMlet in Lancaster
county where Genera! Cameron was born,
said my informant, often told OF his strug-
gle for his first book in geography. He
was only s or years old when he became
far enough advanced in elementary cdu
cation - study geography, and lie ap-
preached the teacher with the desire of
his heart. The :ea her promised if he
could get u book to I,ut him in the class.
1t cost Il dollar. and even pennies were
scarce in his home. lie consulted his
mother and they together planned for the
geography. She entered heartily into hOr
SON S ambition.
After three months of effort, enough of
the odds ana ends OF the family economy
left from the daily demand for bread was
saved up. These were carried to the cOun-
try store by tho boy who has since written
SD strongly upon the pages of his cOuntry's
political history. When they were weighed
and counted the merchant shook his head
and said - There is only seventy three
| cents worth, Simon, and the book costs IL
dollar AS the boy thought OF the strug
gle he had made TO accumulate what he
had brought and still the prize was far
away, the tears spranG to his eyes
The merchant rclcnted, and, taking
him by the shoulder, said. = Simon, you
are Il so,d hoy you shall have the book
and you can pay the other twenty-seven
cents when ynu get it, He not only lived
long cuOn.ll. said his friend, to pay the
! twenty seven cents. but to do the man wlO
thus served his childish ambition many
kindncsses Ills respect for him who did
the service is to this day simply sublime
and his veneration for the place where
these early stru ;gles began is as marked
as his fidelity to his friendships. The
house where lie WIS born he bought re-
Gently and gave rs 4 parsonage to the
church where his wifi: worsl!ipped, and
the Donegal farm. which is Il model of an
estate an'l i paradise in surroundings and
/ equipments, WIS purchased because his an
cestOrs were tenants there before the Rev.
! OlutiOu
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28

Hugh KaEnes, brakeman at the weigla
scales at Tyrone, was instantly killed by
the cars on Saturday morning.
The Baldwin works are filling 81, ,500,-
900 order for 200 locomotives for the Mexi-
can National narrow gau 90 railroad.
Samuel Lowry, Of Johnston, aged 60,
arrived at Pittsburgh on Friday with a
blushing damsel of 16. with whom he had
elopcd from Greehville, Mercer county.
The girl was sent home,
Hon. Gideon w. Palmer died at his resi-
dence at Glenburn, Somerset county, yes
terday. He was a member of the consti-
tutional convention of 1873, and was the
father of the present attorney general.
A car loaded with bricks and ascending
and inclined plane at Selma, Westmore-
land county. jumped lie track on Friday.
One of the bricks struck H. NJ. Taylor, of
Conemaugb, Indiana county, killing him
James Fowler, yard brakeman in Al
toona, was stepping between two cars and
another car dropped down and caught him
between the dead woods, squeezing him to
death. He leaves three small children,
his wife having died some six months
ago.
Edward S. Monaghan, 9years old. while
riding on train at Indian Ridge colliery,
was crushed to death between the locomo-
tive and the cars. He was the son of sBig
Ned" Monaghan, the Mollie Mcguire, now
serving q seven-year term in the Pottsville
Jail.
The Greenbackers arc the first in the
field with call for state convention. 1t
will be held at POttsville in June, the par
do To ho I'D hxy< <La -
committee Of Schuylkill. That is about
the only place where much of Greenback
party is left in this state.
On the recent visit of the mombers of
the Pennsylvania Legislature to the Nor.
ristown hospital, Judge Ross and DR..
Atlee. in speeches approved of the employ
ment of female superintendents and physi-
clans in the care OF the insane. Both gen
tlemen had the candor to say that they
had entertained different opinion and
! were now convinced of their error.
The photograph of young girl found
in the pocket of one of the coats left be-
hind by the burglar who murdered Sam
uel W. Clugston at Valley Forge has been
identified as that Of the daughter of Phil
adelphia peddler who left that city for
trip through the Chester valley about
the time of the murder, and who is now
missing.
While George Bullock was visiting the
eastern penitentiary two felons, engaged
in whitewashing the walls of the corridor
of the second tier, Immediately above Mr..
Bullock, upset the pail containing the di.
luted lime, and it's contents went stream
ing down over the portly form of Mr.. Bull
lock, completely covering his clothiug and
running it. the rim of his hat shielding his
face from coat of whitcwash.
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a Lively Chase.
York Ec>p1tc'l.


Officer Samuel WaIIick last evening
brought - York young man named
Z,chari,s i:eie!E,r,l, and committed hinn
to the care If Sheriff AtIand, on the.
charge Of rrim. con. The officer. clothed
with wl.r.nt issued by Justice Patter-
son, on the oath of Angelina Frey, OF
Windsor township, started for Marietta :
Lancaster c.,anty, near where tho accused
was employed in making cigars. Pro-
cee,ling cautiously, he took another man
with him from Marietta. and when with
in a quarter of :, mile of the place where
the accused worked. Officer Wailick
stopped his tclin, and his companion pro-
ceedeh to the house for the purpose Of
iet;:nins the young man, (whO knew
Wallick), until the latter could arrive and
make the arrest But the rrsc did not.
succeed. The first thing Officer Wallick
saw, after his assistant entered the house,
was Rciclald lc ,viug by the back door and
running like deer toward cambridge on
the railroad track. The officer put his
horse at full speed, driving between the
railroad and tine canal, but soon came to Il
point where the buggy could not pass. In
a moment he unhitchcd. and sprinsing
upon the back of the faithful mare, took
the railroad track, and afteN a desperate
ride, overlook and arrested his man and
brought him here, rs stated. Ofhcer
Wallick says that riding on the rail y
may be well enough. but "ridin2 between
the rails Oh horseback is not very pleas
amt
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-28
BEFORE THE SPRING.

The wind has blown the last years leaves
From OF the primrose head;
The lilac.shoot its prison cleaves;
The elm-tree tips are red.
And al about, though trees are bare,
And covert none to sing
The bl0ckbirtl heralus everywhere
The coming OF the spring.
sing on. sweet bird, for you have faith
To trust all darkness is not death,
The spring has signs to show her nigh.
And bid the world prepare;
Has Joy no heral'is, or must
Look for no future fair?
My heart seems barren as q world
Where spring comes nevcrmore;
No Leaf shows from its sheath uncurled
No birds their raptures pour.
Yet. faithIess heart, believing be
The spring must come again for thee.
London SDecEdfOr
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drove US into town in splendid turnout,
and We all agreed that our study OF the to-
bacco industry in Cuba, at the Henry Clay
establishment as well as elsewhere. had
been not only profitable, but exceedingly
pleasant.
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Another Hospital to be lsuiit.

PHlIaucIpn1a Ilhles.
Tho Rev. Ignatius Sagerer, Superior of
the Society of st. John Of God, has bought
a farm Of 372 acres, between New Castle
and Delaware City, for s34, 900. The pur-
chase was made for the purpose of estab-
fishing hospital where sick and super
animated Catholic clergymen will be cared
for. When completed it will be the Sec
ond one in this country, the only one at
present being at Lancaster. The cstab
lishment of the institution has been dis
cussed for some time, Cardinal McC!Oskey
desiring to have it erected somewhere
along the Hudson river, while others
wanted it to be located in som. of the
Southern states. Finally the present site
was agreed upon. The institution will
be richly endowed.
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Man Supposed to be Missing.

On Saturday night basket filled with
groceries was found on the bumper of a
Car drawn by Engine No. 1S1 west, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, between Glen Loeb
and Gap. All conductors of the western
bound trains were warned to keep a sharp
lookout for man, as it was believed that
one had fallen from the train. No one was
seen, and it is now thought that the gro
ceries were placed on the train by some
man who was unable himself to get on on
account of the high rate of speed.
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but by the manipulation of the appoint
ment in committee, he may delay it long
enough to inaugurate the war on the ad-
ministration after the administration is
we'll prepared to meet it. Mr.. Conkling
may have great influence in the Senate,
but there are great many senators de-
pendent on executive patronage who will
ponder long before entering the lists
against the dispenser of it.
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Accident to a Lady OF tho "Onvette Troupe.
Miss Lucy Mitchell, one of the members
of the ''Olivette troupe, fell down stairs
on Friday at tie Merchants hotel
in Reading, injuring her head and
right side. She could not appear
in the evening, and on Saturday
morning had to te removed in a car
riage to the depot. She left with the
troupe for Harrisburg, where "Olivette'
was given that night.
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Coming to Lancaster County

The POttsville Chronicle says "H. J.
Meixell, cashier of the Mt Carmel bank.
will leave that place shortly to accept the
position of cashier of new national bank
in Lancaster county" Most likely the
Ephrata bank.
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1T is announced to-day, with posi-
tiveness that indicates authority, that
Mr.. COnkling will oppose the confirma.
tion of Robertson for collector OF New
York. In an open fight On the floor Of
the Senate he could not likely prevent it,