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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
A SPRING CHICKEN.


and Nicely Cooked.
He was q tall, slim young man, with
yellow hair, parted in the middle. His
watery eyes were protected by green
goggles. On his skinny hands he wore kid
gloves and on his crane-like neck lay
down collar two sizes too large for him.
Under his arm he carried roll of fOOlscap
manuscript. Entering the editorial sane
tum he inquired:
Are you the literary editor -
81 am
"You sometimes print poetry in the
INrELLIGENcER, believe -
l" Yes occasionally
"And Fay iberally for original cOmpo-
sitions, l suppose ~
"Well-yes-someti they
possess unusual merit"
81 have something here, which am
sure will please you something entirely
original and Just in season. Permit me to
read it to you it contains only about five
hundred lines here it is
Ode to spring.
:. Hail glorious Spring! to thee my lays sing!
No longer to my spring bed will cling,
But into my spring-bottom pants I'll spring;
The lattice wide-and drink the breath of
Spring!
IL hear the joyous birds in chorus sing!
hear the rippling wave1ets OF the spring
To whose cool bosom cuddling pebbles cling
And from whose grassy banks young viOlets
spring.
10 Spring thy vcrnal glories let me sing
Till all the world with cchO;ng plautlits ring.
And praise the sOurcc-the great primOr(iial
spring
From whence the ecstasies of poets spring,
Inspiring them to strike the tuneful string.
And spring to bring and fling before the king
OF all the Seasons-ever welcome Spring
Their choicest-''
"HOld there, idiot, ere fling paste pot
at your added head-Or wiring, your
goose-like neck-Or with q bOdkin sting
you in.the ribs-or clip the Owlct wing, on
which you soar. with these sharp scissors.
Spring-leap. vanish down the stairway
ere l fling you headlong from the window.
bard of spring. Do you hear me? Are
you going? Then by jing here's at you -
With vengeful cat-like spring the
editor pounced upon him With swing
from the high window hurled him! He
fell "bing" upon tho Belgian pavement
timber as string. A fearful warning to
the stupid thing that dared to pen and
read the Ode to Spring.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley, aged fifty-eight
years, committed suicide at No. 1900 Fern
ing street, Manayunk, by hanging.
Andrew Conway was struck by a pulley
of derrick at an oil we'll near Bradford
and received fatal injuries.
An n-months-old child of Samuel
Winestock, of Bradford, swallowed six
teen quinine pills and died soon after
ward.
A man named Algier, was drowned at
Danville by the upsetting of his boat
while out in the river catching driftwOod.
The body was not recovered.
About 81, 500, 600 of the 50, ,OOO, 600 stock
of tho projected Pittsburgh, Youngstown
& Chicago railroad were subscribed on
Saturday at Youngstown. The survey
begins at once.
The thieves in Harrisburg have as much
cheek as the members of the Legislature.
Ten attempts to break into the house of
Tom Jones, city editor of the Telegraph,
but they were frightened off by dogs.
While Mrs. Christian Loos, of No. 1929
Randolph street, Philadelphia, was on
gagged in picking coal on the tracks of the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad, above
Montgomery avenue, she was caught be-
tween two cars and instantly killed.
One of the most painfully suggestive as
we'll as disgraceful illustrations of the low
level of greed which actuates the profess
sional politician, has just been developed
in Pittsburgh. A dying mans last hours
were made doubly agonizing by the anx-
iety which wore upon him, and undoubted-
ly aggravated his illness and fastened to
his death, in consequence of the scheming
efforts of unscrupulous men to get his
place. And when dissolution came, the
body of the late official was not cold before
the governor was personally importuned-
by a man, too, who once occupied the
bench-to appoint political dependent to
the vacancy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
SMALLPOX DELIRIUN.
A Man Rushing Wildly through tho Streets
of New York.

A Man Rushing Wildly through tho Streets
of New York.
In New York yesterday q naked man,
who had smallpox, was rushing about the
streets, on the west side, creating
veritable panic. He was at length
captured and taken to the Twenty
ninth precinct station house, to
which DR.. Smith, of the sanitary staff,
proceeded with n small pox wagon. Upon
his return lie reported that the man whose
name is Walter MSland. was in the de-
lirious stage of the disease ard would
probably die. He was removed to the
Riverside hospital. Mahand, who is a
young, strong -limbed negro, was in bed
in his house in West Twenty seventh
street, and being asleep he had been
left alone by The friends who were
nursing him. In their absence he awOke
deliriOus, tore his shirt from his body, and
made his way into the street without q
particle of clcthing to cover his nakedness.
The excitement was intense. He turned
into Sixth avenue on his way up town,
and entering Broadway rushed mp that
thoroughfare followed by vast crowd of
men and women yelling ''small- -pox. "
He was at length captured by sheet
being thrown over him and holding him in
it firmly.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
THAT DROWNED MAN.

Who is Missing that Answers This Descrip-
tiOn?
It has been briefly noticed in the INTEL
that the body of drowned man,
to have come down the river,
was lately found in Hartford county, Md.
The following letter gives further partic-
ulars and may lead to his Identification
DARLINGTON Hartford s1un5yi MsnaS = MI; ID,
MEssRs. STEINMAN & HENsEL-Gentle-
men: write to inform you Of the finding
of an unknown white man on an island in
the Susquehanna river on yesterday, nearly
opposite to the lock ON the Tide Water
canal, perhaps best known as "Hawkins'
lock-" as the lock is kept by VIM. HaHk-
ins. l held an inquest upon the body.
There was nothing found upon it, by which
he could be- identified, as the only cloth
ing upon him was a pair of
boots and stockings and portion of the
lower part Of his drawers. The boots
were not heavy and had been half-soletl
and one of them had q patch upon it. He
what little hair was ON his head was
natural teeth, and the front teeth in his
lower jaw were very close and crooked !;
looked almost like double row OF teeth.
His body, and particularly his face, were
very much bruised, the face cut somewhat.
There was quite diversity of opinion in
regard to his age, some putting him as
young as 30 and others as old as so.
think myself that the latter was nearer his
age, as his teeth seemed to be consider
ably worn. had him buried rs deccntly
as l could, under the circumstances, on
the shore between the canal and river, and
the grave marked. think by publishing
a notice in your paper we may hear some
thing respecting him, as he may have
come sorpe distance down the river.
HENRY r. WATERS,
Justice of the Peace,
Darlington, Hartford Co., Md.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

The New York Times publisher IS
fund of s25O, 900 for Grant seems to have
in its wake a great deal of trouble for
the inventors of the scheme. The Times
man brought himself into some disfavor
with some of the contributors for with
holding the names of the subscribers,
because, it. is charged, Jay Gould,
the object of his papers odium,
was one who put down $25,OOO
while Jones, of the Times, himself only
gave 81 600. Considerable discredit is
also thrown upon the alleged popularity
of the scheme by the disclosure that
Gould, Vanderbilt and Mackey alone
subscribed nearly 4 third of the total
sum raised. Now comes a difficulty as
to whether Grant is to have an absolute
or limited interest in the fund. When
the scheme to make the fund one for the
Oldest living ex- president was abandoned
It Is claimed that the idea Of giving the
only the interest for life was
,lso changed to an absolute benefit. and
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
l'hiladclphia 4 Reading X. II.

The master appointed by the court to
preside over the recent meeting of the
stockholders of the Philadelphia s. Read
ing railroad company yesterday filed his
report in court. 1t says that the judges
received and counted votes upon 211, 1,O77
shares of stockholders duly registered be-
fore the election. of which 211 ,O15 were
cast for Frank S. Bond and 62 for F.. B.
Gowen, and that they received and counted
votes upon 2O5. 2S7 shares of stockholders
registered for three calendar months pre-
vious to the time of election, and of this
number 2OS, 2222 were counted for Mr.. Bond
and 62 shares for Mr.. GOwen. The court
common pleas No. Q will, it is believed,
probably decide on Thursday morning
whether the meeting was an annual or a
special one.
James E Gowen, counsel of the Reading
railroad company, is confined to his bed:
having injured one of the liga,nents of his
leg yesterday while trying to cross Spring
Garden street, at Ninth, before an ap-
preaching car.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

and Paxson having changed and turned a
minority of two into a majority Of four.
Justices Mercur, Gordon and Green now
dissent. They say that no one part of
the constitution in relation to the judiciary
should stand alone, but it should be taken
as a whole, and that " it cannot be con-
tended that the Legislature intended to
take from the inhabitants of one county
rights which are enjoyed by those Of any
other county" Fayette's judges not
learned in the law must 60. Had the
former decision stood Dauphin county and
possibly others, would have had to elect
associate judges before holding any more
courts.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
BART ITEMS.
In aniSaA round Georgetown.


Mud is Il common article everywhere
and in Georgetown in particular, it is
abundant at present.
Martin & Fritz have closed bargain
with Jack Graham for the erection of a
tobacco warehouse in this village ON the
site of w. IL. Stcacy's burnt store house.
The building is to be SO by 40 feet, two
stories high and the second story will be
used as Il hall. MasOns are about putting
up the wall and tho building will be under
roof in about fifteen days.
Mr.. Joseph RittenhOuse, of Virginia,
formerly pastor OF the OctOrarO Presby-
terian church, has been on visit to this
neighborhOod and is looking remarkably
robust.
Miss Sarah Graham. for some time
hOusekeeper for Robert Rea, died from a
stroke OF paralysis on Friday, the 18th
inst.
The Nickel Mine band have equipped
themselves with an excellent uniform and
will give musical entertainment on the
Goth inst. to assist in dcfraying their ex-
penses. They will be assisted by the
young ladies Of ftheAeighbOrhOOd Of Nickel
Mine, and an excellent treat is promised to
the lovers Of music.
The fitting season is ut hand, and con-
siderable changes will be made in our
township, which fact is causing some of
the politicians trifle of uneasiness.
Speaking of politicians reminds us that
one OF tho young men of Bart, Republi-
can, is in great distress about the action
of Malone and when elated with a light
potion OF ''firc water talks tiuently Of
Malone and Benedict Arnold. 1t hurts
this young Republican to think
that their strength in the Senate
must depend ON the recreancy Of
a rebel Democrat, and, under the in
fuence Of some ''tire water, he can tell
a story to suit political company The
only harm this young man ever did, was
done when he forgot to put the spile in
Girvin's cider barrel, after quenching his
terrible thirst ut 1 o'clock a. m.
Bad colds arc a common inconvenience,
and handkerchiefs in demand.
The past week has been q very quiet
one with the tobacco men. Only. one sale
has been heard Of; Thomas Nelson sold
at 1G, 3, to Dil!er & Rutter. At q rough
estimate there is over 100 acres Of tobacco
still in this township, the great bulk of
which has MT been seen by the buyers
yet.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
A Fine Time of 1t.
Patriot

X8tC1Ot.
The scenes in the Pennsylvania House
of Representatives last night beggar de-
scription. They were the most uproari-
ously disgraceful OF this session, which
has been marked by many scenes unbefit-
ting the dignity of a legislative body, and
it is to be doubted if they have often been
equaled in previous years. During the
session from half-past seven o'clock until
ten, the House did no business at all, ex-
cept to pass three bills on first reading, on
one of which the yeas and nays were
called. The House applsuded one speaker
and Kissed another, the Speaker pounded
with his gavel until his arm must have
ached, and still motions were hurled at the
clerks head in rapid succession without
regard to the order of business. The fill
busterer was rampant and he practiced. his
art on every motion that came before the
House. The Speaker at length completely
lost his temper and evidently his head, as
he made some grossly unparlimentary rul-
ings. The main cause of the row seemed
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
Tho Old story,

house, near WILLIAMSON, Michigan, on the
18th inst, and was supposed to have COM
mitted suicide. In consequence of recent
developments her brother has been arrest
ed on the charge of numbering her.
Paul Lawson, colored, has been arrested
in Burke county, Ga, for killing woman
with whom he was in love.
A lumberman named Upright, shot and
mOrtally wounded his wife in Stanton,
Michigan, on Saturday. When arrested
he alleged infidelity as the provocation,
but there is no evidence in support of his
assertion He is % years of age, his wife
10, and they were married nearly three
years ago.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
THE EX-SPEAKER.

Republican Compliments for Mr. Randall.
Philadelphia Press.
For his own personality he is an honest
man, an aggressive leader and national
statesman. It is greatly to his honor that
through his long public service his person.
al probity has never been impeached, and
his sympathies and influence have been on
the side of pure legislation. He has re-
sisted jobbery in its multiplied forms, and
has fought vigorous battle against the
horde Of schemes and schemers that
prowl around the capitol and seek to prey
on the public treasury. There is no pol
itics, however earnest and vehement,
which commands injustice to any man
and it is only just to Mr.. Randall to re-
cognize that he has not only been honest
in his individual action, but that the in
f:,ence and power of his official position
have been exerted in favor of honest
Mr.. Randall leaves the speakers chair
to become the acknowledged leader of the
minority. He was bold, persistent and
tenacious when he led the opposition be-
fOre-ready in debate, fertile in parliamen-
tary expedients, dashing in methods-and
he will return to the floor with broader
experience and training. There is scarcely
a leader in the Democratic party to dispute
his ascendeacy.
North American.
Mr.. Randall very we'll deserved the
compliment of the reception given to him
in this city by his political colleagues last
Saturday night. BY the very able and
conscientious manner in which he has dis
charged the difficult and important duties
which devOlve upon the speaker of the
House Of Representatives. he has won a
measure of respect which is by no means
confined within party limits.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Ex-Speaker Randall's reception on Sat
urday night by the young men of hi
party was a well-merited tribute to hi:
public service and a fit acknowledgment o
the distinction he has won for his native
city and state as well as for himself. HI
! is the single Philadelphian who has Occu
pied first-class official position in tn,
National Legislature since the days of Mr.
| Dallas,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

that Grant is now to have the money to
do with what he pleases, to will it to his
children or to invest it in Mexican rail-
way enterprises. It is manifest that the
subscribers will have to be called together
and settle the many differences arising
about the disposal of their fund. If such
antagonisms are developed as in the
worlds fair commission, Grant may re-
sign the benefice as he resigned the fair
presidency-but then he seldom lets go a
good thing.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

In Charleston, ILL.,, a vigilance commit
tee of seventy-fve took Myron Martin.
VIM. Sweeny, alias "English Bill" and
Charles Scott, alias "Grasshopper," ex-
convicts, from their beds Thursday night,
hung and whipped them till nearly dead,
then drove them from the county under
penalty of death if they return, and on
Saturday posted bills over the county Or
dering fifteen others by name to leave and
never return under penalty of death.
Every one named left Saturday night.
They were suspected of completely in the
recent. robberies, burglaries, arson and
outrages on stock,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
Sudden Death.

Horace Hull, aged about 25 years, son
of the late DR.. Levi Hull. was attacked
with cramp at his home at tho Sturgis
house, Lititz, on Sunday morning, and
after suffering terribly, died last even
ing about Q o'clock. Mr.. Hull was
a bright, active, intelligent young man.
For some time past he was in the tobacco
trade. He was unmarried and was uni.
versally esteemed by those who Knew
him. He had many friends and acquaint-
ances in this city, who will be shocked to
hear of his sudden death.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
THE RENTZ-SANTLEY PARTY.


A Good Show Last Night.
Last evening the Rentz- -Santley company
appeared in the opera house to medium
sized house. which was rather top-heavy,
the gallery having the largest crowd. The
minstrel first part showed ten ladies
richly attired, two black-faced end men and
an interlOcutOr. The songs were well
sung by the ladies and many of the jokes
were new. The olio opened with the
musical act Of Keating and Sands, who are
really excellent artists in their line. The
skipping rope song and dance of Capitola
Forrest and Laura Bennett was very
neat. The sketch, entitled deception"
by John Henshaw and May Ten
Brock was very good, and the for
mer proved himself q clever comedian.
Quilter and Goldrich were fine, rs they
always are, in their song and dance.
The act of Frank Bennett and Lida Gard
ner (who was also billed as Mabel Santley)
was old, but it was well played, the lady
doing pretty dance with a hoop. Miss
Helen Courtland's singing pleased her
hearers. Charles and Annie Whiting gave
a remarkably good musical act, both play
ing on the trombone. The stump speech
of Lew Benedict was a decided failure and
he succeeded in making the audience laugh
but twice. After he had made his speech
he left the stage (Which he should
have done years before), but mistaking
some noise for applause he again came to
the footlights. He then made a tremen-
dous effort to enlighten the citizens con-
cerning the show he complained that
there were no ladies in the house, and was
sorry that there were no more males, as
they had always played to audiences
largely composed Of both. He thought
that the people here believed them to be a
set of mOuntebanks by the manner in
which they looked at them. His remarks,
which were esentirely-uncal'ed for and out
of place, did not take. Lew is not come
dian by any means, although he is about
as good now as he ever was. The. enter
tainment closed with the musical bur-
lesque entitled "Penn's Aunts Among the
in which the full company was
seen. The ladies wore handsome cos
tunes and their singing and music was
good. Nothing was said during the entire
evening which was in the least way Objec.
and the show with tho exception
of Lew Benedict was first class throughout.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22
Sale Of Horses.

Yesterday afternoon. at the Merrimac
house. Samuel Hess & Son, auctioneers,
sold for Daniel Logan, sixteen head OF
Franklin county horses at an average of
$4,000 each. Two of the animals brought
S237 each.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

THE story of men hanged and whipped
until nearly dead, and of fifteen others
driven from their homes under penalty
Of death, which We print to o-day, comes
not from Louisiana and South Carolina,
where, erstwhile, we had such blood
curdiing tales, but from the staunch Re-
publican commonwealth of Illinois.
These occurrences have stained the soil
and shamed the law of the state repre-
sented in the federal Senate by that fam
Gus outrage snorter, John \. Logan,
who has also named the secretary of war
in Garfield's cabinet. No doubt the
men against whom these violent pro-
ceedings have been instituted were great
rascals, at whom the wrath of their
neighbors was justly excited and from
whose expulsion, even by mob law, the
order of the community will be vastly
conserved. The feature of the af-
fair which we wish to distinguish
is that if just such events attributable to
Just such causes had occurred in any
part of the South they would have been
ascribed by Republican partisans to po-
litical influences and an immense amount
of party hate and party capital would
have been engendered by the misrepre-
sentation. As it is, Mr.. Logan will
make no assault on his mother tongue in
the Senate, by reason of them, nor will
Secretary of War Lincoln he called upon
to summon troops to preserve the peace
in the state where his fathers ashes re-
nose.
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LANCASTER DAILY lNTEIIIGEN0ER TUESDAY. MARCH

to be that the Philadelphia members have
made up their minds to have no business
transacted by the House until their pet
schemes are put through.
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Two Judges In the Family.

Harrisburg Correspondents OF Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury.
The most importans place to be filled is
that of president judge of this judicial
district, Judge Persons term having
about expired. The venerable judge does
not desire reelection, but hopes to spend
the evening of his days in peaceful retire.
ment. So the slate makes John B. Mac
Phcrson. esq.,, the successor to Judge Pier
son. For some time the choice hung be-
tween Mac and John w. SimontOD, ESQ.,,
an equally distinguished lawyer here, but
it was thought that Mr.. Simonton lacked
" "stalwart " weight, and he was excused.
Mr.. MACPHERSON is a talented young attor-
ney, practicing at this bar, and as law
Judge for this district will bring honor to
the ermine.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

Mine host, Daniel Moore, of the Swan
hotel, corner South Queen and Vine.
streets, was treated to fine serenade last
evening by the Keystone band.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-22

New Era.
The INTELLIGENCER reminds us that in
stating the position Of the members from
this county OH the repeal of the recorder
iniquity, we overlooked the sixth member,
Mr.. Snyder, representative from Lancaster
city, who voted right. The point is we'll
taken, an,l VIC cheerfully award Mr.. Sny-
der the credit inadvertently withheld in
our former classiticatiOns.