Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-25
OF AN INQulaING TURN OF MIND.

OF AN INQUlhING TURN OF MIND.
A Query that DR.. Compton Mtehs AssXYer.
| DEAR ISrELL1GENcER: The public
journalist must be sort Of torch bearer.
He must illuminate dark places. Also q
general encyclopedia Of exact knowledge;
able and willing to turn to the right page
and determine all questions in law, theol,
ogy and medicine which may arise in the
common mind. With this, conviction I
beg to be enlig ghtened about a matter that
concerns most of us. Life is the most un-
many cases is the notice that the struc-
ture is no longer fit to perform the compli-
Gated functions and this may occur in
several ways-by violence either self in |
flicted or at the instance of a feHov;Dan,c or
unavoidable accident.
Chiefly to determine which Of these is
the spirit of the law which directs tho
"crOwner's quest" and this inquest fire.
quently discloses the fact that the subject
died from natural causes, and these causes
are as numerous rs the letters of tho
alphabet. A great deal OF scientific
knowledge is required toexplain just WlF.t
previous NAL. conditions brought about the
unlooked-fOr interruption. Bat it would
seem that in some localities the causes are
few and not at all difficult to ascertain,
quite within the capabilities Of the average
coroner and jurymen usually SO simple
that mere reference to the Nst-sO it
seems to the uninitiated-is sufficient, for
the party who dies of apOplexy
is succeeded by one from heart
disease. What 1 wish 20 learn FROM
the INTELLIGENCER Il am of an inquirins
turn Of mind) is how to distinguish, when
viewing the periphery of a body-should I
be called uDOn to do sO-between the ap-
pearance of heart disease and apopIexy.
Believing this to he a matter of general
interest, am,
Yours truly,
AN Enquirer.
Little Locals
A wagon, belonging to Patrick Cherry,
which was loaded with trunks, upset ut
the Pennsylvania depot this morning.
The trunks were strewn around the
depot but none of them WAS damaged.
Joseph Gerlitzski, who is employed 1T
Norbcck & Miley's coach works, had one
finger mashed this morning by having it
caught in the cog wheels Of the machine
used in hosting carriages. l
Mr.. Walter II. Stauffer, whose III ,rria 20
has been noticed, to Miss Betty Taylor, a
granddaughter of OK President Zachary
Taylor and daughter Of Gen. Richard Tay-
lOr, in the Jesuits'~ church, Of New Or
leans, on the 21st inst, is 4 son OF the late
Isaac IL. Stauffer, q distinguished Now
Orleans merchant who used to have u
summer residence near the Gap, and u
cousin of VIM. ID. Stauffcr, or mayor Of
Lancaster.
At the meeting Oh Friday last in New
Holland for the establishment Of q n:.-
tiOnal bank in that town, the entire amount
of the capital stock (75,OOO) was sub.
Se1ibed for in less than two hours. Anon,
the subscribers were two Lancaster capi
talists who have been waited On by resi-
dents of New Holland who were too late
to secure any of the stock. and they have
offered to purchase their shares at a pre-
MUM, but tho Lancaster gentlemen prefer
to retain the stock.
The Susquchanna river is in excellent
condition for rafting, and moro RATS pass. |
ed down yesterday than on any day for
six or eight years. Many people were Oh
the RATS going to have days fun. The
Port Deposit railroad company ran a
special train up last evening to Marietta
to bring back the excursionists and rafts-
men.
Our EmiXrant Visitors. |
Of the emigrants, whose arrival at |
Kirchcr's hotel has been noticed, large
number obtained employment in the city |
aud country, by hiring themselves for the |
season to the highest and best bidder, |
some of them receiving rs much rs $40 |
per month and Others rs little as 81. A |
great drawback to the party is the |
large number of children among them. |
These are Of all ages. from little tOddlers |
of two years old up to the stout boy of 10 |
or IL. Very few of these can earn their |
own livings, and Of course their parents |
employment without providing |
for them also. Several kind-hearted
people have made contributions for the
relief of the immigrants. Mr.. Kircher has
shown them many attentions, has furnish
ed them with food and lodgings, and gives |
them the run OF his yard as a place Of re-
creation. John SchOenberger Of the Ex-
celsiOr saloon, presented the party with
lOavcs of bread, aud other gen !
tlemcn have made tho children happy by |
bestowing upon them hundreds Of small |
coins.
They are nearly all Polish Prussians, |
from the northwestern part Of Prussia,
and some of them cannot understand or be /
understood in the tongue of our local |
Germans. Many of them attended ser
vices at St. Anthony's Catholic church
yesterday.
Golden Wedding.
On the 18th day of March, 1881, Mr..
John Stiffler and Miss Catharinc Koon |
were married in DuncansviIle, Blair
by Willis Gibony, esq. On til
18th day OF March, 1881, they celebrated |
their golden wedding in Wintersell, Madi- |
CON cnnntu Io,ra Gaorro Koon 4 hrotler |