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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-15
THE LUTHERAN EXCURSION.
a Pleasant Iiide-A Day Of Pleasure and u
Safe Return.

The excursion of the Lutherans Of
Trinity church to Pine Grove yesterday
was in all respects 4 very pleasant one.
Leaving Lancaster at 6:2j a. m. Harris
burg was reached at 7:4O. Here the cx-
cursionists changed cars and steamed
down the Cumberland Valley road in two
sections, there being no MOdOc engines on
that road. Before reaching Mechanics
burg one of the engines gave out, by
which the train was delayed for some
time. An additional engine was attached
and the double headed train steamed on
safely to the grounds.
The grove in which the picnic was held
is admirably adapted for the purpose. 1t is
quite a forest on the border of South
mountain and is filled with lofty trees,
affortling ap abundance Of shade and is
quite free from underground. 4 clear,
swift stream runs through it and there is
a little lake in it, i'm which five or six
boats are placed for the use of visitors. A
number of rustic buildings have been
erected to give shelter in case of bad
weather. A kitchen containing complete
cooking apparatus, a Ladies' dressing room:
gents dressing room, a restaurant, tlyin.
horses, swings, ten-pin alley, dancing
platform, &C., &C., are placed at the dis
pOsal of visitors, and 4 man aud woman
are always in attendance to look after the
comfort Of guests. Water is conveyed to
the grounds through an iron pipe from a
large and clear spring on the side Of South
mountain. One of the branches Of this
pipe leads into the trunk Of a
large tree in which 4 faucet is
placed and there flows or ap-
pears to flow from the heart Of the tree.
There is another attractive fountain that
gushcs from tho centre of great flint
rock. A "dummy" engine is in constant
use conveying passengers to and from an
iron furnace in full blast half a mile or
more from the grounds, through which the
railroad runs. There is also telegraph
station on the grounds, so that visitors can
send messages ut a moments notice to any
part of the country.
There were no casualties of any serious
account during the day. One Of the boys
missed the cars at Harrisburg, but reached
the grounds safely in the afternoon. An
other lost his hat several miles this side
the grounds and jumped off the cars to
get it, and had 4 long walk to the grounds.
One other sprained his arm by a fall.
The return trip was without incident
save that there was short delay caused
by the breaking of coupling near Mount
Joy. The party reached this city about
1890, we'll pleased with their jaunt.
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liUITEAlT.
flow lie Watched and Waited for An OPllOr
tunity to Shoot the President.

flow lie Watched and Waited for an OPl'Or.
tunity to Shoot the President.
Colonel Corkhill, district attorney, has
made an authoritative statement concern
ing Guitcau's action from his arrival in
Washington to tho assassination. lie says
G,liteau came to Washington on March 6,
stopped at the Ebbitt house one day, and
then, in turn. secured various rooms in
private houses. On May 10 he decided to
assassinate the president. He spent sev-
eral days examining pistols. On juno
he bought the pistol, borrowing money to
pay for it, Oh the plea that he wanted TO
pay his board bill with it. He practiscd
with it that evening, and being satisfied
waited his opportunity.
On June II he followed the president to
his church to shoot him, but found lie
could not accomplish his purpose without
sacrificing other lives.
Again, June 1S. he planned to shoot
him but was deferred, as already pub
lished. by Mrs. Garfield's pale face. One
Wednesday evening the president and his
son and United States Marshal Henry
went ont for ride. The assassin took
hispistol and followed them and watched
them for some time, in hope the carriage
would stop, but no opportunity was given.
On Friday evening, July 1, he was sit
ting Oh a scat in the park, opposite the
White House, when he saw the president
como out alone. Hc followed HIM down
the avenue to Fifteenth street, and then
kept on the opposite side of tue street up
Fifteenth street, until the president en-
tered the residence Of Secretary Blaine.
He waited at the corner of Mr.. Morton's
late residence, corner Of Fifteenth and II
streets, for some time, and then, as ho was
afraid hc would attract attention, he went
into tho alley in the rear Of Mr.. Morton S
residence, examined his pistol and waited.
The president and Secretary Blaine came
out together and he followed them over to
the gate Of tho White House, but could
get 10 opportunity to use his weapon.
On the morning of Saturday, July 2, he
breakfasted at the Riggs house about 7
o'clock. lilo then walked into the park
and sat there for all hour. lie then took
a ono. horse avenue car and rode to Sixth
street, got out and went into the depot and
lOitered around there. He had his boots
BACKED and engaged a hackman for SO to
take him to the Jail. He went into the
water closet and took his pistol out of his
hip pocket and unwrapped the paper from
around it, which he did for the purpose of
preventing the pcrspiratiOn from the body
dampening the powder, examined his pistol
carefully, tried the trigger and then return
cd and took a scat in the ladies' waiting
room, and as soon rs tho president enter
ed he advanced behind him and fired two
shots,
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lie Will Settle IL.

The discussion rs to what Mrs. Gar
field will do with the purse being raised
for her, may as we'll terminate with the
confident assurance of her husband g
physicians that he will recover. The gift,
it is not claimed, had in its inception
any except two motives the one was TO
ease the presidents mind rs to the fu-
ture comfort of his family, and the
other TO actually provide for a condition
Of neel resulting from their sudden de-
privatiOn of a protector and support.
Both these reasons vanish with the pres
ident's convalescence, and the position
of his wife and children with relation to
this fund and its subscribers, becomes
exactly such rs it would have been had
lie never been stricken down. There
will Ike no occasion to relieve Mr.. Gar
fields mind of anxiety for their support,
nor to specially provide for it, since his
salary Of S5O,OOO per year will take care
OF both these considerations. In no other
event is it contended that such Il fund
would have been raised or could have
been accepted with proprity. For,
however admirable Mrs. Garfield is Us a
wife, mother and woman, the fact that
shc is the wife of the chief executive,
and Of the dispenser of places of honor
and power and profit, would have pre-
cludei the millionaire from proffering
her his 5000 check or the widow her
mite. Either would have been promptly
refused in accordance with the proper
instincts which have led all decent
minded presidents to decline to receive
gifts of any material intrinsic value,
when there was the least possibility of
constituting the donors motives into those
which usually influence favors to people
in high place.
1t may be that the persons who are get
ting up this fund will not see their way
clear to abandon it now, without ex-
posing themselves to Il charge of insin-
cerity, but we are certain that the presi-
dent will speak with no uncertain sound
ifthey persevere in presenting it to his
wife. We trust this much not alone to
his instincts rs a gentleman, but
to his openly expressed convic-
tiOns on the subject of gift-taking
by public men. Even were he willing
tOexpose his wife to the beneiice of a
g passing round Of the hat - he would
not embarass his own future official
conduct by letting her take large gifts of
money from men, some OF whose claims
in all probability would come ut some
time before his favor for recognition.
He surely can see, if they cannot, that
he could not even do them justice with
out exposing himself to the suspicion,
however unfair, of being influenced by
their generosity to his family.
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A Defense Of the Faith.

-
1t is very true, as is being observed in
several quarters, that the Christian reli-
gion needs no special defense from the
assaults of that " stalwart of stalwarts"
infidel Col. Robert Ingersoll. They are
by no means the most dangerous attacks
which are being made on the faith of the
fathers. lie has a boldness of blasphemy
and a fluency of ribald wit which
few who sympathize with him
have attained, but his influence is
mostly in the way of entertaining those
agreeing with him in advance rather than
in shaking the faith Of the orthodox
or in broadening the honest doubts of
those whose sincere questionings may
have more faith than half the creetls. :"
1t may he, likewise, that nobody, how
ever eloquent of tongue or ready with
the pen, can present anything new in
the way of evidences of the truth of
Christianity or Of answer to the attacks
upon it. Nevertheless the clergy them
selves, who are foremost in maintaining
the foregoing propositions, will he the
readiest to give hearty welcomed to Judge
Blacks answer tor rather his demo-
lition Of Ingersoll. The clergy have
felt themselves at disadvantage in an
swering this man, because their position
lent an CO partc character to their argu-
ments which broke their force some.
what with the class especially de.
sired to be reached. When a
lawyer comes to their relief, and
one who is fOeman worthy the
steel Of any. controversialist, it is a sub
ject of special congratulatiOn with them.
If their champion furnishes them with
no new weapons he at least displays a
readiness with them and versatility of
uses which may instruct as well as en-
tertain them. The argument loses no
force on account of that part of it which
is ad homincm, while it greatly gains in
enlivening quality therefrOm. The
issue, as Judge Black puts it, is,
in essence, whether the public shall &C
cept Ingersoll's S or the Almighty's stand,
ard of right and wrong, Of good or evil.
Those who take Ingersoll's are not likely
to he convinced by Moses or the prophets
nor hy One risen from the dead, much
less by Judge Black. But to those edu-
Gated i'm the faith this statement of their
case will come with refreshing force and
encouragement. The alleged large class
Of doubters who may seek to decide the
question on the argument Of it in the
Roriew can scarcely fail TO cast the
weight Of their decision Oh the side
of orthodoxy, whose advocate in no part
of his paper better exposes the absurdity
of his opponent than where he depicts
that modern sinner, gOrged with beef
and mutton, grieving over bulls and
sheep ION Jewish altars slain' SO many
thousand years ago.
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TO FIND TEiE BULLET.
Experiments to DO Made With Profess
Bells Electric apparatus.

Experiments to DO Made With Professor
Bells Electric APPARATUS.
The physicians are expecting Bell, the
telephone man, from Boston, where he has
been experimenting with an electric appa-
ratus designed to do tho work that 4 sur
geOn's probe cannot safely effect. These
experiments are to bc made with tho in
ductiOn balance, 4 most delecatc electrical
instrument for detecting the presence of
metals, Il modified form of which could
be easily applied, it is believed, in this
case with 4 reasonable expectation Of
success. This instrument consists of
two short glass cylinders, around each Of
which arc wound two parallel coils Of
fine insulated copper wire. One coil of
each pair is inclued in q battery circuit
in which there is clock micrOphOne.
The other paris placed in closed cir
cult with receiving telephone. The
two glass cylinders with their cncircling
coils may bc widely separated. The in
duction set up in tho secondary or tele
phone circuit is balanced by the reversal
Of one of the secondary coils, and SO
adjusted that the induction in ono of the
secondary coils exactly balances or neu-
tralizos the induction in the other, SO that
when ear is applied to the receiving tcle-
phone no sound is heard. Now by placing
ever SO small piece of metal in one Of
the glass cylinders the electrical balance is
disturbed and the clock on the micro
phone is heard 10 tick loudly, thus in
dicating the presence of metal. The
same is true il the coil be placed in the
vicinity of a piece of metal. In the in
vestigations of this matter by George NJ.
Hopkins, he came to conclusions which
he explains as follows with suggestions
as to the results that may be obtained :
1t occurred to me to try the effect of a
lead bullet upon the instrument, placing
it at different distances and separating it
from the coil by insulating material. Tho
result exceeded my anticipations, as with
a set of coils that were by no means SEN
sitive was able to locate the bullet with
the coils raised vertical distance of nearly
two inches. With more sensitive appara-
tus it is more than probable that tho bull
let might he located. even though distant
several inches.' by passing pair of coils
over the presidents back ana abdomen,
and by comparative tests, tho depth of the
bullet might be asccrtaincd. Professor
Newcombe says the experiments so far
made 20 to demonstrate the truth of Mr..
Hopkins's conclusions.
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remunerative terms the outside Of the
knapsacks of our soldiers might be de-
voted to similar purpose. Tho promul-
cation Of new pill in all parts of the
world at the point Of the bayonet, SO to
speak, would he quite an imperial opera
tion, worthy of the princes of commerce. |"
THE liquor question in Kingston, N. Y,
has led to a knock-down among sober
men. The city councils were summoned
to elect al almshouse cOmmissiOner-one
of the men vested with the execution Of
the excise law-vice a temperance man,
resigned. The tcllers appointed by the
mayor reported the whisky candidate
elected temperance man declared that
the mayor appointed the tellers to make
false report the mayor called him a
liar Coldwater slapped him in the face ;
the mayor had his assailant arrested.
Friends intervened and that tho matter
was amicably settled was shown by the
parties riding through the village in the
same wagon. Mayor Bray was formerly a
trustee Of the Presbyterian church, but
when he opposed the use Of the church
for woman's temperance lecture the
women Of the congregation mustered in
force and defeated him at the next elec-
tion. His assailant, Alderman McEntee,
is ono of the firm of McEntee s Dillon,
iron founders. He was a colonel in the
! army during the war and is a member aud
an officer of the Episcopal church. Both
men seem to be heartily ashamed of the
rencontre, and have been the batts Of a
good deal Of joking. AS Alderman Nc.
Entee has heretofore been a quiet and
peaceful citizen, his unwOnted pugnacity
excited some surprise. 1t was urged in
his behalf that he wa; aggravated by
bad tootl,acho and by the mayor stimuli
taneOusly.
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Coming Homo,

Tho Indiana (Pa.) Progress of the 18th
inst. has tho following to say of our we'll
known townsman ''Prof. w. B. Hall, of
Indiana state normal school, will leave in
a few days for his home in Lancaster,
Pa, where he will spend a short vacation.
Prof. Hall is in fine musician, as the i'm
proyement in his pupils in this place shows,
and We hope to soon welcome him back to
his iab0rs,"
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A shoemaker named Henry Brammcrs
was set upon by three rivermen from Osh-
kosh-one named John O'Brien, one John
Vantanger and the other unknown-and
pounded and killed. O'Brien beat Bram-
mer's head to a jelly with stones, and tho
rivermen, who had heel calks in their
boots. jammed them into their defenseless
victim all over his body. The murder
began by fight started by O'Briep.
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ture. Very naturally therefore our more
or less esteemed contemporary is shock
ed at the "coarseness" and brutality .
of our editorial suggestions that the
presidential physicians might dispense
with some of the offensive details with
which they have adorned their s. bulle-
tins" The Chronicle has a nose for
them.
Quite as naturally, however, the In
TELLIGENCER declines to recognize in
the Chronicle Herald fit censor of morals
or manners, much less its authority to
speak for "the Democracy of the state, :"
even if their opinion of this controversy
was an issue in it. An opinion, however,
which may command even its respect, is
that of Mr.. Garfield himself, who, the
other day, upon being shown one of the
bulletins sent out about him, sensibly
said should think the people would
be tired Of having me dished up for them
in this way" The Ledger, too, in
discussing the great clinic' hold
ing by the doctors over the president,
in sight of all the nation, fOrcibly recalls
this extract from Sir Henry Halford in
reference to serious illness Of George
Nv, which is very pertinent to some of
the imprudences at Washington and
elsewhere at this time" The family
of the patient and tue government have
a claim to fuller information than can,
with propriety or even common human
ity, be impaired to the public at large -
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THE Democrats Of Philadelphia have
done we'll to nominate 80 clever and Ca
pable gentleman as Major Veale for
recorder. They will do still better to
elect him. We fear that the nominees
for city commissioner will be no aid to
him.
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cad certainty in appliances such Re

this
The several conventions Of the Demo
cratic party in Philadelphia were held yes
terday. There was good order in all Of
them and the proceedings were OF har-
monius character. Judge James T. Mitch
ell was endorsed for re election to the
bench Major Moses n. Veale was nom
mated for recorder of deeds, and David
Haggerty and John C.. McMenamin fol
city commissioners. The ticket is one OF
unusual strength.
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MINOR TOPICS.


DALHoUsIE COLLEGE, Nova Scotia, is
the second university in the Dominion of
Canada to concede all it's privileges to
women, Queens university at Kingston
having already done SO.
THE long sought secret of how to make
the camellia combine fragrance with it's
beauty is claimed to have been found at
last by Naples gardener. The flower
propagated is of a pale rose color.
THINGS have como to such i pass in
Georgia that when a pretty girl wants a
new silk dress for the picnic she raises the
cOcoons, spins the silk, colors, weaves aud
sews it. Miss Bette Green, of Forsyth
county, has thus taken the rag off tho
bush, rs it were.
IT will bc noticed that i'm tho White
House doctors bulletins the "alarming
symptoms,' "febrile RISES" etc., arc
always things of the past. A little more
frankness or little less display would be
more creditable to those who send out tho
news.
A LONDON journalist who vainly offered
prize for new notions in advertising had
to bestow it upon himself for such sug
gestions as these, which the respondents
had overlooked Take, for instance, the
use of illuminated mural inscriptions in
tunnels. On the Underground Railway
there is an unlimited field for the display
in phosphorescent characters of startling
appeals to the passengers. What could be
moro impressive than the sudden flashing
by means of letters of fire shining in the
darkness of curt but incisive messages.
Take again the lOaves of bread and the
penny buns baked and circulated every
day. What a wide publicity would be
assured for any pithy notice stamped upon
them. Think, too, of what might be done,
Scotland Yard having been propitiated,
by the introduction of illuminated adver-
tising helmets for our police. Just fancy
for what an enormous sum the
back of the penny-pieces, or the half
pennies, issued by the Royal mint, might
be let to an enterprising firm or on what
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MISS NANCY NAsTYNICE seems to be
in editorial charge Of two Philadelphia
evening papers, both dailies."
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TO receive popular applause is a good
thing. But there is one thing better:
that is TO merit it.
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PERSONAL,


BERNHARDT will have charge Of an
American Photographic tent at at a charity
fetc to he given in the Tuilerics gardens.
Colonel JOHN s. S.MosBY, consul general at
iiong Kong, has no intention of returning
home at an carly dato as reported, but
will remain at his post for tho present.
Few like him die and none resign.
Mr.. DAvITT, now in custody under his
" ticket leave. intends to employ his
time in prison in writing a political and
historical work, to be published simultan-
eously in the United States and Ireland.
Mrs. JOHN JACOB AsrOR through the
agency of Children's Aid society has just
sent party of 100 children to comfortable
homes in tho West. Thus far Mrs. Astor
has provided for S13 little ones, at cost
of more than $11 500.
The half-brecd organs do not seem to be
ut all satisfied with Mr.. CONKLtNa's inter-
est in Garfield and the American Of Phila-
delphia institutes this dreadful compar-
is0h: Even Mr.. Jefferson Davis has
spoken words which Mr.. Roscoe Conk-
ling might copy"
In his North american Rcuieso article on
"the color line" Fred. Douglass, refer
ring to the prejudices on this subject has
the following reference to an old Lancas-
ter county abolitionist "Good Old
THOMAS WHITsoN-a noblc old Quaker
man Of rather odd appearancc-used to
say that even he would be handsome if he
could change public opinion"
The PATTI is coming to be sure, to sing
in concert for us in New York, Philadel-
phia. Baltimore. Washington, Chicago,
Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Orleans.
She may also indulge in a little opera.
Seats will be $50, $40 and S., no little ones
for cent. She is being advertised as
handsomer than ever" and in the
plenitude of her powers" Her NicoliLi
tenor cometh with her.
BRADLAUGH has served u formal notice
upon the speaker aud the other members
of the House of Commons, protesting
against his previous exclusion from the
house as illegal, and giving notice that on
or before August he will present himself
at the table of the house !; that any ono
who cndeavors to prevent him will be
acting illegally, and that he will resist
physical force and endcavor to overcome
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The school board met in regular session
last evening. Present, Mcssrs. Balm,
Slade, Stair, Stevenson and Zcamcr. Mr..
Balm was elected president pro tom.
Minutes of regular and adjourned meet
ings read and approved.
The finance committee submitted the
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DALHoUsIE COLLEGE, Nova Scotia, is
the second university in the Dominion of
Canada to concede all its privileges to
women, Queens university at Kingston
having already done SO.