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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL,

Hugh Golding and Fablen Cyr, were
drowned in Fish river, n. B., while trying
to cross on the ice.
The steamer Mizpah, from Liverpool fol
Copenhagen, has gone ashore OH the Skaw,
Eleven persons were drowned.
In Vicksburg, Frank Hughes, colored,
shot and killed Benjamin Byrd, colored.
for criminal intimacy with his wife.
Judge Ross and wife were summoned to
Brooklyn, N. Y, yesterday. by telegram
announcing the serious illness of Mrs.
Ross father.
| Owing to the illness of upwards OF fifty
Of the mill hands in the employ of the
Pottstown iron company workmen in
some of the departments are very scarce.
Base ball: At Washington, D. c.
Nationals, 2; Princetons, 1. At New
York-Metropolitau, @; Troy, 8. At
Buffalo-Buffalos, II ; picked nine, 2.
The Farmers Friend, the grange advo-
cate of this state, gives Brother LIE Due a
boost for retention as commissioner of
agriculture.
In Providence, r. l., Ernest A. Blood,
young man, whose father resides in Chi
copee, Mass, was found dead in his lodg-
ing, having taken poison.
John V. Ely, 81 years of age, was found
hanging in an outhouse of an inn at Hills
dale, N. j. For some time Ely had been
suffering from the effects of alcoholism.
In New Brunswick, N. j., VIM. NJ. Van
Sickle, GO years old, we'll known citizen,
attempted suicide. He shot himself in the
head at the base of the skull and may not
recover.
Henry Butler, Of Wolverhampton, Eng
land, committed suicide on the Isaac
Trip tobacco farm, in Kingston, Lu-
zerne county. The cause assigned for the
act is disappointed love.
DR.. George Fl. Larson, of Lambertville.
N. j., who was the Greenback candidate
for Congress last fall, has been presented
by his friends with purse of 1928. with
which to purchase an artificial hand to
replace that recently amputated.
A farmer living near Marlboro, Cumber-
land county, N. j., attempted to commit
suicide by taking two teaspoonfuls of
Paris green. A physician was summoned
as soon as the act was discovered, but he
is in precarious~ condition and it is not
believed he can recover.
Mayor Beatty's organ factory at WASH
ington, Warren county, N. j., was stopped
on Wednesday by a mammonth eel, which
wriggled its way into the suction pipe
and partly shut off the supply of water for
the boilers. The eel was captured and
placed on exhibition in front of the fac
tory.
A sanguinary engagement took place on
Tuesday between seventeen battalions Of
Turks, under Dervisch Pasha, and the
Albanians. The latter had attempted to
stop Dervisch's advance. After several
hours fighting, between Prstna and Pes
rend, Dervisch Pasha continued his march.
Dervisch Pasba has issued . proclamation
announcing that he will auppreRSll sed,-
tious attempts and promising reforms. He
exhorts the Albanians to return to duty,
warning them that otherwise they win be
treated with the greatest rigor as retDls.
Charles Duffy, travelling salesman for
Enos Richardson & Co., manufacturers of
jewelry, of New York, was robbed of
e10, 600 worth of gold chains at the Car
rollton hotel, Baltimore. Mr.. Duffy had
been at the Carrollton for several days,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

THE New York Journal of Commerc,
recites the results of ex-Secretary Sher
mans attempt to make law of his own
for the valuation of imported sugars
The essay has proved conspicuously un.
successful. The United States courts
hayg decided that the secretary of the
treisa&y, does not hold the powe,
to ,ch81Qe the laws to suit hie
own ideas of what they should
be. He considered the color test
of the quality Of sugars to be imperfect
and directed them to be appraised by the
test of special instrument. Possibly
his test was the best, and possibly not !;
but whether it was or was not, it
was not the one provided by statute
and therefore he could not apply it, says
the judge. This would seem to be clear
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

Job Benn, who was arrcstcd in Phiia-
delphia and has been confined in Jail here
on an attackment for costs says the ac-
count published of his escape from Deputy
Sheriff Strine, e,whep first arrested was fic-
titious. He ssys that when he and Charley
got to 18th and Vine street policeman
told him he could not be taken out Of the
city for costs and he insisted on going to
an alderman's to see if Strine's papers
were right. Charley left him, and he sup
posed the proceedings would not bear
legal investigation he denies all about the
shooting, &c. Thus sayeth Job.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

The powder mill at West Stratford,
Conn.,, owned by the Metallic cartridge
company, exploded yesterday morning.
There were about 1000 kegs Of powder in
the building. Houses about the city were
badly shaken and much glass was broken.
The explosion is supposed to have been
caused by the rifle shooting of two men in
the vicinity, one Of whom standing about
100 yards away was badly cut about the
head. The damage about the city is esti-
mated at IS. 600. =.
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LANCASTER DAILY lNEIIGENCER FRIDAY, APRIL o. 1884,

and was preparing to 60 further south.
About 7:30 O'Clock he took his jewelry
stock and samples from the hotel safe to
his room to pack them in his trunks.
After packing them. without locking the
trunks, he went down stairs to the dining
room to get a cup of tea. While there
his room was entered by thieves, who
carried off the tray of fine gold chains.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22
STATE ITEMS.

Neal Boyle was killed by fall of rock
in the Harleigh mine at Hazleton.
The large factory of A. F. Jones 4 Co.,
in Erie, was completely destroyed by
fire yesterday. Loss, $4,000 no insur-
ance.
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal
church, Nineteenth and Walnut streets,
Philadelphia, was consecrated yesterday
by the Right Rev. William Bacon
Stevens, D. D. IL. D., bishop of the
diocese.
The board Of public charities has decid-
ed to postpone the matter of the removal
of Blasius Pistorius from the Eastern PEN
itentiary until the state has provided suit
able accommodations for criminals of his
character.
In Philadelphia, Frank O'Neill. aged 8,
was killed by a street car Elizabeth Mil
ler, aged Z, drowned in the river; Simon
Long, aged 4, had his arm crushed under
a car.
Jacob Dinteman, an old resident of
Goldsbor0, York county, committed sui
eide by hanging yesterday. He had been
ailing for some time, and two years ago
was detected in similar attempt by his
wife, and his purpose frustrated.
Samuel Hoffold, aged about 40 years, a
farmer. residing near Point Pleasant,
Bucks county, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the neck with shotgun.
His head was almost entirely severed from
his body.
It is a living issue up in Forest county
whether squire shall write and make out
tho probate for lot of fox scalps all for
one fee or whether he shall make separate
probates and get his Is cents fee in each
case. The ISLANDER singers are in hot
controversy over it..
The managers of the Ontario s. West
ern railroad have in contemplation the
building of a branch which will leave the
main line near tho Shawangunk tunnel,
run down the Neversink valley. cross the
Delaware into Pike county at Port Jarvis,
continue down the river and thence to the
coal regions. crossing the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western at the Delaware Water
Gap. The construction of this road would
make new and quick route to Philadel.
phia and short coal route to Boston and
Nsw York.
To his deferred bond subscribers Presi-
dent Gowen says "The decision of the
circuit court of the United States adverse
to the issue of deferred income bonds in
their present form, necessitates the issue
of the bond without the irredeemable fea.
ture and embracing an obligation by the
company to pay the principal and as
such change, in my opinion, improves the
character of the security, advise all sub
scribers and scrip-holders to retain theil
right to the bonds in the new form, a copy
of which will shortly be forwarded to each
allOttee."
The Chambersburgiaii,w which was one oI
the worst anywhere, has had a new wing
put to it, four story brick building &c
feet long, 56 feet wide, and 30 feet ir
height, to the roof. In it's construction
there were used sos. 800 bricks, 10000 feet
/ of lumber, 28S perchcs of stone and SO ton:
of iron in the latter amount is not in
cluded the plumbers pipe, and the heat
ing apparatus. The total cost of the new
building and repairs to the old are $50.
637.84, and the plans were drawn by F.
E. Davis, of Baltimore, architect, Of tho
new school houses in Lancaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22
A RING STEAL IN CHICAGO.
EmulattDg tho Example OF Tweed In New
York.

EmulattDg tho Example OF Tweed In New
York.
The Chicago Times publishes four col.
umn expose of stealing in connection with
the building of the county half of the city
and county buildings. amounting to from
$4OO, 600 to $500, 900. 1t says the system
of robbing began with the organization of
a ring in 1872, consisting of John NJ. Arm
strong, James J. Egan and Glenn Periolat.
The latter was the mOneyed man of the
triumvirate, and advanced the funds with
which the commissioners and contractors
were to be ''taken care Of" On Egan's Sc
curing the position of architect of the
buildings, the three were to share equally
his income. The written agreement to
this effect being extant, Egan failed to
keep his promise, and, through Arm
strong's dissatisfaction, the inner history
of Chicago's costly municipal buildings
has leaked out. What was known as the
" Bear Club" was organized by the ring,
and the books of this ring show that
4112. 900 was distributed among the ring
and 10 commissioners. About five years
ago number of sub-rings were formed,
the Hinsdale Doyle granite company being
concerned in one, and P. j. Sexton, the
contractor, in another. The estimated cost
of the county hall of the buildings was
81, ESQ, 900, and up to date $2.500. 600 has
been expended. The system adopted was
to let the contracts on one set of plans, and
then furnish the contractor with another
set calling for inferior work, the difference
to be divided among the architect ring,
contractor and commissioners. On con-
tract for a. supply of cut some alone, the
steal amounted to $171, 900 on iron
work $4,000, on wainscoting $1,000,
and on cordage and pulleys
O., 500. Sexton secured the contract
for furnishing fireproof concrete cement
for the floors and in place of some speci-
fed Ingredients he put such fireproof ma
terial as shavings and blocks of wood. In
the original dome was included, which
was to reach a height only overtopped
by st. Peters at Rome. Sexton's bid for
the contract for the county's half OF the
dome was $50, 700, and there was trust
worthy bid of 81, 200. The bids were re-
jected, and Sexton received S71, 900 for the
work on the rotunda, which is to take the
place Of the dome. Egau still holds the
position Of architect and Armstrong claims
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1t Might He.
Pittsburgh Times.

Pittsburgh Times.
The Old Politician was basking in the
sun of Easter day and turning over in
thoughtful contemplation colored Easter
egg which his favorite grandson had
brought him, when the INTELL1eENcER
man stopped in to interview him.-LAN-
CASTER INTELL1GENcER. Yes, young
man. But if you had called few hours
later you would have found tho col.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22
Nr. Burd's Brother i'm Town.

Mr.. George Hurd, who resides in Scar.
boro, Ca, 70 miles above Savannah and
60 miles below Augusta, reached Lancaster
this morning from his home. He is a
brother of the late Luther ]. Hurd, who
met violent death ut the Grape hotel, this
city, and he comes here to look after the
prosecution in the case Of the cOm'th. VS..
VIM. b. Finney. Mr.. Hurd expects his
brother Edward on from the East by
every train and will take 10
decisive steps in the matter until
after consultation with him. Besides these
two, Mr.. Hurd had another brother and
four sisters. The family originally came
from Springvale, York county, in the
southeastern part of Maine, where his
brother still lives. MIR. George Hurd, a
very Intelligent and strongly common
sense man. is merchandising in ScarbOro,
and has resided in the South for "a years,
making frequent visits to his old home, the
last one SO late us the summer of 1880,
when he saw his deceased brother.
The news of the latter's death only
reached him after his burial, his brother
Edward sending him full account of the
tragic affair taken from the Boston
Herald, to which it was telegraphed from
this city on the day of Mr.. Hurd's death.
Besides the property found among his
effects here the late Mr.. Hurd left some
estate. His brothers are only anxious
that exact justice be done in the admins
tration of the law.
Since the above was in type Mr.. Hurd
has received telegram stating that his
brother cannot come on here at present.
He will likely 60 to Boston to confer with
his kinsfOlk there.
Mr.. Moran, who originally came to Lam
caster with Hurd, is also in town to day.
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/. that 6exton's stealings amount to over
4223. 600. The Times promises to publish
more startling developments.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

ored Easter egg which his favorite grand
son had brought him - turning over tho
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

enactment OF law cOnferrlnG jurisdiction
to issue the writ of mandamus to state
officers Except judges upon the courts Of
the county in which the scat of govern
ment is located, and it is believed that no
constitutional objections exist to such a
law. The special powers and Jurisdiction
conferred upon the courts of Dauphin
county in state matters by acts passed be
fore and since the adoption of the new
constitution have been sustained, both by
the learned judges of that court and by
the supreme court of the state. and large
judgments have been recovered By the
state under such acts. Therefore, no
doubt is entertained as to the constitu-
tionaiity of such measure.
For the reasons stated am constrained
to withhold my approval of this act, and
herewith return it to the Senate in which
it originated. HENRY M. HoYT.
On the question, shall the bill pass
finally, the objections of the governor not
withstanding, the yeas and nays were
called aud resulted as follows:
Yeas-Nlessrs. Alexander, Grady. Here.
ter, Laird, McCracken. Mylin, Nelson,
Parker, Ross, Schnatterly and Seamans-
II.
NAys-Mcssrs. Boggs, Cooper, Coke,
Davies, Emery, Everhart, Greer, Herr.
Jones, Kaufman, Keefer, Lantz, Lawrence,
Lee, Newell, Newmyer, Norris, Reyburn,
Sill, Smiley, Smith, Stewart. Thomas,
Upperman, WOlverton-25.
TwO.thirds of all the senators not having
voted in the affirmative the bill failed.
Mr.. Norris then, by permission, read in
his place bill granting to the court of
pleas of Dauphin county the
power to issue writs of mandamus on state
officers and covering all objections urged
against the original bill.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22

Jennings, found himself subject
ed to heavy fines for not carry.
ing the expedited mail, which seems
to have been his first knowledge that the
change had been made. He went to
Washington with a protest signed by the
citizens served by the mail, declaring
that the increased service was unneces-
sary, but of course he made no progress
towards convincing of that fact the pos
tai officials who had made the arrange
ment to serve not the citizens but them
selves. Such bold stealing would mani
festly he impossible if the thieves had
not been strongly entrenclled; and that
they were SO the length of time during
which Brady has maintained himself in
his place sufficiently demonstrates. The
end has finally come, but we are sure
we are not wrong in believing that Brady
will be permitted to 20 scot free with
his booty.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15
zdBLXEE7s
STATE ITEMS.

No wonder the Comstock stocks de-
clined A hand organ man has appeared
in Virginia City.
Cherry Creek is looming up. A cut
ting and shooting ARRAY occurred in
that town on the night of the Sd.
Ward Reflex: Work in the Martin
White for the past week has been prin-
cipally confined to timbering the upraise
and the shaft connecting with it, and
bringing the compressed air pipes within
reaching distance OF the ore body lately
encountered. in order to use the Inger-
soil drills in its development. All is now
in readiness to send the waste down the
raise and the ore into the drifts.
Eureka Sentinel: A huge boulder has
for long time been lying alongside the
road to Secret Canyon, about three
quarters of mile this side of the Geddes
and Bertrand mine. A few days ago
John Harmon was inquisitiye enough to
prospect the boulder, and was astonished
to find that it yielded assays amounting
to SIG per ION. He will get 40 or so
tons of ore out of the boulder. One of
Charley Broy's teams yesterday hauled
in seven tons of ore for reduction.
When all the pans are in, and the mill
once gets to running to its full capacity,
the Reflex says, the Monitor mill will be
the best paying piece of property in
White Pine county. Up to the present
it has not run up to half its capacity.
There is about $50 tons of ore at the mill
and enough is coming out to keep it at
that. All the pans will probably be run
ming this week. Increased bullion snip
ments from the mill cannot fail to attract
attention to Taylor District.
Major Scoville, who was one of the un-
fortunates in the recent railroad troubles
at Reno, died from his wounds on Mon
day forenoon. The Reno Journal says:
He was perfectly conscious to the last
Deceased leaves wife and two children,
to whom the sympathy of the community
goes out, not only because Of the many
virtues of the deceased, but also because
of the awful manner of his taking off
On Sunday evening, when it was found
that the end was approaching, Major 5.
C. Scoville made his dying statement,
reiterated the accusation that t. S. Coz
fin was the person who shot him.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

A tenderfoot from Missouri went up to
the Copperopolis mines, and somebody
told him he ought to take weapon along
to defend himself Missouri had no knife
or pistol, but he had big rasp, which he
showed down his back, leaving the handle
sticking out at his neck. One day he
got into an alter alton with bad man,
who drew navy on him, and forthwith
Missouri hauled ont his rasp and gave
the bad man swipe across The face with
it, which laid out the fighter, and then
stuck it back where be got it from.
When the stricken individual came to
his senses Missouri was about to get
away, but the bad man called him back
and asked him TO take a drink, saying:
81 haint got nuthin agin you, mister,
but I've got favor to ak of you, Please
tell me what kind of weepin that is o
yourn? eff it's far question. "--LChey.
enne Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

At Salcrno servant girl asked her
employer to buy her large candle and
permit her to go to a certain religious
festival The request was refused. Pretty
soon big stone fell on the table at which
the family were seated; other stones fol-
lowed and the windows were broken.
Then the servant entered and declared
that spirit had appeared to her and
revealed that unless she was permitted
to attend the religious ceremony the
stoning would continue. Of course the
attack was traced to her and the attempt
at religious scare was failure.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

Frederick Wolfe, the representative OF
Baron Erlanger and his associates, who
have recently placed S25, 100000 cash in
his hands for carrying out plans for a
great railroad system in the South, is en-
thusiastic over the future Of that section.
He declares that the people of the North
have just begun to realize that the South
has awakened to her true interests, and,
allowing politics to drop into the gave
with slavery and reconstruction, is ap-
plying herself to the improvement OF her
material welfare with an energy and
shrewdness worthy of new country. lie
says that tho $25, 900, coo which the syn
dictate he represents is spending in the
South is only one instance; that not only
are many other railroad lines being built
by added capital, but money in large
blocks is being invested in lands, cotton
mills, and various other enterprises. His
conclusion is that "the South is destined
to supply the country and good part OF
the world, not only with raw cotton, but
cotton goods of every variety"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

A Brooklyn man spent seven hours
writing an essay to prove that woman is
inferior to man, and then spent two hours
more and heap of profanity in an incl
fectual attempt to thread needle, Job
which woman finally did for him in
about two shakes of lambs tail.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

General Hemphill, of Georgia, advises
farmers to raise goats, because they can
be kept SO cheaply. Yes; but then the
farmers would have to keep such close
watch on their ploughshares, pots and
kettles, and other hardware.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

The Sonoma Democrat states that the
property owners of Santa Rosa have
been served with summons in which it is
stated that Clinton c. Trip claims GER
tain property of the Cabeza de Santa
Rosa grant, including all that portion of
the town lying north of Santa Rosa
Creek. There are nearly 900 defendants
to the suit.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15
FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS.

By W. q. TELEGRAPH Go.
ITO 0phir-7k TX
ITS Mexican = on
40 Gould 81 Curry-7k
Is Best Il Belcher-12N
224O Savage-4.35 4.40 ~ ~ 40
900 Con Virgiuia-2h 265
800 Chollar-2.55 2.6U
1O75 Potosi-3. 10 8 8 95 3.05
go Hale & Norcross-340 335
ITS Crown Point-1k 80
80 Copfidence-343
GO Alpha-ah
los Sierra Eevada-l6 15X 15A
40 Utah-Th TX tx
23O Exchequer-l.201A
800 Overman-1k
27O Uuion-.l4 13X
100 Alta-4.55 ~
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

A pupil teacher, who had just received
an appoini ment in quiet county, vii
lage, says that the second morning Il
found leisure to look about me, and
among the scanty furniture | espied a
th-ee-legged STOOL. Is that the ounces
stool:' 1 said to little girl Of 8. The
eyes sparkled, and the curls nodded
assent, and the lips rippled out: 7 sup
pose it is-the teacher always sits on
that"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

How many people can run over the
list of Presidents in their regular order?
Here it is: Washington, Adams, Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson,
Van Buren,, Harrison, Tyler, Polk,
Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lin
coin, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield,
Arthur.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

While an Idaho girl was sitting under
tree waiting for her lover grizzly bear
came along and approaching from
behind began to hug her. But she
thought it was Tom and so just leaned
back and enjoyed it heartily, and mur
INJURED Fighter" and it broke the bear
all up, and he went away and hid IN the
forest for three days to get over his
shame. II Boston Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

The 1.-THE eaters must be terrible hun
cry, from the manner they call upon
their dupes to pay up. A lazier and
louder-mouthed lot of beggars never
cursed the country than the tithe-eaters
of the Mormon Church. -[Salt Lake
Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15

The election in Virginia for Governor
and Legislature takes place on the 9TH of
November, and in New York for Legisla-
ture and subordinate State officers, on
the following day of the same month.