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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
PERSONAL.


Secretary BLAINE has appointed his son
Walker Blaine, his private secretary.
Hon. WAYNE MAcVEAaH is to be ten
dered three dinners in Philadelphia, one
by the Union League, one by some lead
ing citizens, and one by members of the
bar.
The suit of Samuel Wilkinson against
HENRY WARD BEEcHER, for breach of
contract to write the "Life of Christ. -
has been noticed for trial in the supreme
court in New York on the first Monday in
April.
Mr.. JUDD, editor of the American Aqri
culturist, is warmly indorsed by eminent
scientific men for the position of commits
sioner of agriculture. Mr.. LeDuc, the
present incumbent, knows of no reason
why he should vacatc the Office, and is now
engaged in the preparation of a mucilagi-
nous substance BY the use of which he
hopes to "stick out.''
The senatorial problem in Minnesota is
still unsoived so far as the public has any
positive knowledge, but it is generally un-
derstood in welladvised political circles
that Governor Pillsbury has fully resolved
to appoint General A. J. EDeERroN. of
Dodge county, a native of New York,
who has been identified with the political
history of Minnesota as Democrat, Gran
ger and Republican for twenty years. The
appointment will bc purely personal one
if made, and there is little doubt about it.
CHARLES d. GILMORE, an attorney and
claim agent, whose practice consists main
ly of interior department cases, has brought
suit against Carl Schurz, ex-sccretary of
the interior, for $1,000 damages upon
the ground that Schurz, without any just
cause, disbarred him from practice in the
department of the interior in April, and
thus broke up legal business whose
profits Gilmore estimates at $40, 900 per
annum. The disbarment of Gilmore was
the result of an investigation in which it
that Gilmore had been hribinc
one of the clerks.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
THE ROHRERSTOWN ROW.


Hearing OF the Cases Before Alderman Barr
The parties engaged in the disgraceful
fight at Amos Kauffman's tavern, in
RohrerstOwn, on Monday were taken before
Alderman Barr for Il hearing this morning.
Thos Smith and Aug. KilcOine still pre-
sented a very sorry appearance-the former
with his ear bitten off and his eyes bungcd
up, and, the latter with his head and face
badly cut and swollen and his eyes black
and blue. John Hood, the cOlored man,
who bit off Smiths ear, appeared in hand
cuffs. He did not appear to be much hurt
or much worried about the pred,cament he
found himself in. The testimony offered
in the case was substantially as has been
published in ths INTELLIGENcEn. The
alderman disposed of the cases as follows
The cases charging Martin Hess, the
bar tender. with assault and battery on
Smith and KilcOine were dismissed.
The negro John Hood was held to
answer at court on four several charges
for mayhem in the sum of $500 for intent
to disfigure $500 for assault and battery
on Smith 5000, and for assault aud battery
on Kilcoine 5000
Thos. Smith was held for surety of the
peace, on complaint of Martin Hess, in the
sum of 5000 Tor assault and battery on
Hood $500, and for drunken and disorderly
conduct was committed for three days,
in addition to the five he has already
served. .
Augustus Kilcoine, for surety Of the
peace, on complaint of Martin Hess, was
held to answer in the sum Of $500 and
for drunken and disordcrly conduct was
committed for three days in addition to
the five already served. The complaint
charging him with assault and battery on
Hood was dismissed.
In default of bail all the parties we're com.
it was believed that Hoods
friends would soon furnish bail for him.
In the mayhem case the alderman is not
to take bail, but the judges of
the court can do so.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OBSCENE LITERATURE.
YOUNG GLEssNEk's CRIME.

Who Was Arrested for Abusing tho Balls,
York Evening Dispatch.
It is suspected that young G!essner had
been engaged in distributing this kind of
matter for some time, as similar packages
had been received in different parts Of
the country, but he had conducted his cor
rcspoEdence secretly and eluded detec-
ton. The package upon which his idcn-
tity was partially established was sent by
Glessner from York to q student at
Franklin and Marshall college at Lancas-
ter. Beside several sheets of obscene
printed matter, there was a letter with
Glessner's name signed, all enclosed in
ono envelope and mailed as second class
matter. The envelope being opened the
postmaster saw the writing and sent the
package to Washington. where its con-
tents were discovered and the matter turned
over to Mr.. COmstock, who by decoy
letter containing money was furnish
ed with such evidence as to make the ar
rest an easy matter. Glessner made a
confession to the officer after his arrest,
but did not seem to understand that lie
had committed a crime that the govern
ment regards as one of the most serious
evils against its subjects, and the punish
mont prescribed is most severe. Tho cir.
culatiOn of matter Of this kind has been
going ON for some time in the Lancaste,
schools and efforts that have been made
by school authorities to discover the
source from which it emanated have beer
fruitless. About the time that young Gless
ner sent the telltale letter, in November last
the obscene matter had gained extensive
circulation in that city, and We are inform
ca that several yOun0 children warn fOund
with these publications on them, and :
party Of young girls were suspended from
school. Mr.. COmstock, who has been in
this department for a number of years
says that the amount of injury done TO the
young men and girls by poisoning thei
minds with literature of such vicious ten
denotes can not be imagined, and tho gov
ernment are determined to eradicate tn
evil By unccasing vigilance over the mail
and severe sentences for those convicted
this terrible crime.
Capt. Sprecher left for Philadelphia thi:
morning with young Glessner.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
THE OWL.

Hootins In the Coal Regions.
Pottsville Chronicle, Editorial.
A scurrilous and obscene sheet called
The Oul which purports to be pub
lished in the city Of Lancaster, has been
for the past few weeks openly sold ON the
streets of Pottsville. In order to increase
its circulation in this locality we are in
formed Pottsvii'e correspondent has
been secured, whose weekly contributions
to its columns are filled with mean and
cOwardly filings at residents Of our bor-
ough. 1t has especially been complained
of that insinuations are frequently made in
it's columns about young girls-by giving
their initials or indicating their personality
in some other definite manner-insinua-
tions which may have the effect of blasting
their regulations for life. Such libelOus
publication is q matter whih us conserva-
tors of public morals We feel called upon
to reprobate in the most decided terms.
1t is scarcely possible to conceive OF the
injury which may be done by single one
of these shameful publications, especially
so far as the regulations OF young girls are
concerned and VIC call upon the commu
nifty to rise up and suppress the evil. There
is but one way Of dealing with such an
infamy as this, and that is to give the cor
respondents and agents Of the Oul the
full extent Of the law. The act of Assem-
bly, provides that if any person shall
write, print, publish, or exhibit any ma
licious Or def:.natory libel, such person
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and pun
ished by fine not exceeding one thous.
and dollars, or undergo an Imprisonment
not exceeding twelve months. or both, at
the discretion OF the court" Il subse-
rquent act provides that eff any person
shall publisl. or shall expose to sale, or
exhibit, or sell any filthy or obscene libel
and shall be convicted thereof, such per-
son shall be sentenced to pay q fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars, and un
dergo an imprisonment not exceeding one
year. The parents and friends of the
boys who are engaged in the sale of this
disreputable sheet upon the streets had
better advise them in time to abandon the
enterprise, or they may be called upon to
answer for the violation OF the law. This
publication is an outrage upon common
decency which we do not believe the peo-
pie of Pottsville will tolerate for an instant
when it's infamous character becomes
thoroughly known. 1t is generally sold Oil
Saturday, and any boys found engaged in
the nefariOus traffic should be handed
over at once to the officers Of the law.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

GEN. BEAVER, whose pilgrimage to
Harrisburg to he elected United
States senator, wac a failure. has
been more successful ir a later
trip, made to persuade the Lecis-
lature not to order an investi cation
into the management of the funds given
by the state to its agricultural college.
OF whose board Of trustees Beaver is
president. There is well-grounded
popular impression that these funds are
wasted. Undoubtedly the college is q
vast hambug and its immense resources
are misapplied. That Gen. Beaver seels
to prevent investigation only gives adj
diti0nal color to this belief,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

THERE is well-substantiated rumor
in the political circles of the state that
Cameron and Quay have quarrelled.
Just which one of them is seeking afiili-
alton with the now triumphant kickers
is not definitely ascertained, but that
GOODNESS between them should arise is
the occasion Of no surprise to those who
were conversant with the state of feel
ing on their side during the late
hot senatorial contest. It was not
Cameron, but Quay anu Magec, who
devised divers candidacy and gave it
what strength it had. They found fault
with Cameron's lack of support to the
movement and claimed that he brought
really nothing to the Oliver combination.
On the other hand, when Cessna claimed
that he could he nominated and Cameron
was willing, Quay violently interposed
his objection and effectually prevented
what might have been Cameron VIC
tory. When Cameron finally settled
on Beaver and the scheme SO widely
miscarried, he blamed Quay for
a lack of the needful interest
and zeal in the success of the candidate.
Besides all this, misfortune and defeat
are not favorable conditions for the
maintenance of the integrity of political
combinations. The Cameron-Quay firm
is not solvent. Neither of its leading
members sees much profit in the present
partnership. Which has the least to lose
by its dissolution is, we understand, a
matter of dispute between their respec-
tive friends, but whether they hang to-
gether or fall together it is very plain
that the days of their political supremacy
are numbered.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
School Apportionment.

The School Journal for March contains
6 list of school districts which have not
yet received the state appropriation for the
school year 1880, through failure to make
the required annual report, or for other
reasons growing out of neglect to comply
with the school laws on the part of school
boards. The only district in Lancaster
county that has not received its appropri.
alton is Lincoln Independent district.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
In . Had State.

At the Westboro,, Mass, reform school
insubordination among the inmates in
creases rather than diminishes and the
rules ofthc institution are set at defiance.
Fifteen of the inmates have escaped
within week, most of them, however, be.
ing rccaptured. All are now kept in con-
finement, no work being doIe in the shops.
The inmates manifest their defiance in
various ways. An officer of the institu
tion expresses the opinion that under a
continuation of the present management
there will soon be q general outbreak.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
Bloody Boys.

In Mt. Savage, near Cumberland, Md,
Alexander Thrasher, aged about go, had a
difficulty with Joseph Pratt, about the
same age. Blows were struck, but no
weapons used. Between and 5 o'clock
the same parties, accompanied by several
other Young mon, including Frank and
George Pratt, younger brothers, after hav-
ing been -balling. met on bridge
Thrasher stabbed Joseph Pratt in the
heart, killing him instantly, and also cut
ting severely in the right side Frank
Pratt, but not dangerously. Both parties
are respectfully connected and have parents
living.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
Sale Of Real Estate.

Henry Shubert, auctioneer and real es-
tate agent. sold at public sale, March 10,
at the Leopard hotel, for James Potts,
guardian of the minor children Of John A.
Shultz, deceased, twostory brick dwell
ing situated on the north side OF East
Lemon street, between North Queen and
Duke street, to Henry Cordes for 50, 400.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
A Deep Game.
New York Correspondence OF tho Public Led.

New York Correspondence OF tho Public Led
ger.
Some new Democratic movement of ma
tional importance is on foot. On Saturday
evening Gen. Hancock is to have an enter
tainment at the Manhattan clnb, at which,
it is understood, many of the leading men
of the party arc to be present, rumor says
for ''consultation, but what the consulta-
ton is about is wholly a matter of con-
lecture. Mr.. Tilden will be present and,
am told, he is expected to make speech
to attract the attention of the
country.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

THE ointment paragraphcr who started
the report that the word "lady" does not
occur in the Bible has been referred to. II.
John, l., 5; Isaiah Xvii,
The general synod Of the Hungarian
Reformed church, at Pesth, has resolved
to forbid instruction in the German Ian
guage in all the higher girls schools and
teachers training colleges.
RECENT speeches of Prince Bismarck, ac-
cusing the municipal authorities Of un-
fairly assessing his house because of party
prcjudices, are much discussed in Ger
many and cause considerable irritation.
There are now in England !, ,465 news
papers Wales, 6s /; Scotland, 1S1 &; Ire
land, 154 and the British Isles, 60
making total of 1856. The magazines,
including the quarterly reviews, number
1897.
AMERICAN pork was discussed in the
Belgian House of Delegates the other day.
A sensible member explained that any
kind of pork would make good food when
properly cooked and the other members
agreed that America might send on the
hogs. No case of trichinoss has been dis
covered in the kingdom.
The Weatherford, Texas, Tunes, Dem,
has the highly original idea that "there
never was more opportune time than
now, and never a period when brains,
force, action and political acumen were so
necessary as at the present moment, and
! pointed SO directly and providcntially to
Col. John w. Forney, of the Philadelphia
Progress, as our great captain in the battle
succeeding the centennial anniversary of
our most sacred constitutional privi-
leges.'
THE following has been set adrift as
"catch problem" If there is more than
one plausible answer to it we would like to
see it: AN agent on assuming the liquor
agency Of a town received $5S cash, and
liquor worth $50 so. During the year he
paid for stock $2S2.S5 and received for
sales s293.55. At the close Of the year he
delivered to the town sS1 worth of liquor.
He was to receive 500 salary. Did the
agent owe the town or the town the agents
Did the town lose by the agency, and how
much"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
Tho Unliehfed Lamps.

The city lamps are doing better last
night but nine OF them werc unlighted in
the city. One of them was in the Third
and two in each of the Second, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh wards.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
For the New Postmsstar IieuarAI.

For the New Postmaster General.
New York Times Rep.
President Hayes left the White House
with an uneasy consciousness that in the
star route contracts OF the post Office de-
partment might be found the sole blot on
the purity of his administration.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11
MINOR TOPICS,

The eminent paragraphcr who started
the report that the word "lady" does not
occur in the Bible has been referred to- II.
John, l., 5; Isaiah Xvii, Z.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

THE general synod Of the Hungarian
Reformed church, at Pesth, has resolved
to forbid instruction in the German Ian
guage in all the higher girls schools and
teachers training colleges.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

RECENT speeches Of Prince Bismarck, ac-
cusing the municipal authorities Of un.
fairly assessing his house because of party
prcjudices, are much discussed in Ger.
many and cause considerable irritation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11

WDlcu LILO SCdIo ussS Spcus mIiIOuS upOu
millions of money, are not better prepared
in every appointment to keep insane peo-
pie than county asylums. He might as
well tell me that he is prepared to give us
a capitol building in Lancaster county,
with all appointments, as we'll as this
building, for the same purpose.
Mr.. Kaufman. Will the senator allow
me to say Just one word before he pro-
ceeds-just at this point 1 wish to say
to the senator from Fayette MIR. Schnat-
terly], and to the senators here present,
that he evidently did not understand my
remarks when Ireferred to the hospital in
Lancaster when he compares it to ten
cent hospital. said to the senators here
present that that hospital had con7eniences
and everything of that kind equal to any
of the hospitals in the state Of Pennsylva-
mia. and will now say to the senator's
here that gentlemen outside Of Lancaster
county, who have had their insane in the
hospital at Harrisburg, have come down
in our hospital, with view to efecting a
q permanent cure.
Mr.. Schnatterly. The gentleman's re-
DIV does not affect his statement that they
are running it upon business principles
What does no mean by that ? Why, mako
money, save money. Save money off of
whom and from whom The INDECENT in
sane. Have we como to that-the great
county of Lancaster that yields three mil
lions and half Of tobacco every year, to
save ten cents upon its INDECENT insane
Has it come to that? Yes, it is that in
my district and presume it is that in
his ; and when we come to the third
and fourth lines of this section in this
bill l propose to strike out all after
tie word "shall" in the third line,
and insert the following up to the word
''to - "be authorized and required" to
send them to buildings erected for this
purpose, take them from the poor directors
u the county commissioners if they are
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-11


of sixty thousand dollars. The fact re
mains, however, as proved by the senator
from Lancaster Mr. Kauffman], that they
can be kept for two dollars. What was
proceeding to say is this: Tho cost de-
pends largely on the number of inmates
in any hospital. Wo Have in Warren a
building that cost the state abodt a mil
lion of dollars, with capacity for seven
or eight hundred inmates. There are now
but thirty inmates, or something like that
number. OF course, if there was
not one inmate there would be
large expense to the state,
and with thirty the expenses will be large.
There are certain expenses which must go
on whether the number of inmates is
thirty or seven hundred. It is evident that
the larger the number of inmates the
less the cost per capita to the state. Now
then, it is necessary to fill the hospital
since we have built it. Unless we put the
rates so low that the insane poor can be-
kept there as cheaply as they can within
the several poor districts, tho insane poor
will not be sent there. Hence the amend
ment which has been made to the bill,
giving to tho poor authorities tho right to
send their insane poor to the hospital, and
now the necessity for this amendment to
put the public rate SO low that the poor
authorities will avail themselves of that
privilege instead of keeping them at home
where they will not be SO well kept. 1t is
much better for shc insane to be sent to
the hospital; experience has shown that a
very large percentage Of all the insane in
this state belong to the incurable class, so !
that these hospitals are not merely places
to cure people, but rather homes in which |
these unfortunate people may remain. If
the poor districts can maintain them there
as cheaply and better than they can at
home then they will be kept there. II you
keep the rates above what it will cost them
at home, then your hospitals will remain
empty. So then this will be measure of
to the state in the future, de-
the cost per capita by increasing
;he number of inmates in these hospitals,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22

The most remarkable discovery oi
The age has been made In Kansas.
GUST as the anti.liQuor law is about
10 80 Into OBJECT in that State, a man
sinks a we'll, aud strikes a mineral
spring with medical properties. aud
What Is stranger still the water has
the smell and taste OF whisky. It
would appear that nature itself dis.
approved the law, and had turned
saloon keeper and opened q whisky
shop 10 the geological apartments Of
Tue earth. The owner Of the subter.
ranean saloon sells the water at ten
cents a glass. Some say it is a fraud.
and the we'll is only 4 whisky.barrei
set under ground. But the good.
temperance people who patronize
The we'll, and would not drink whis.
Ky In any shape, do not accept the
idea that 1t Is fraud. They saw
that the water Is prepared in natures
own i;a:bratory and it must be good,
even II 1t Ia distilled liquor. II this
thing ts not suppressed, and it be.
comes generally known that the
springs and wells Of Kansas produce
whisky. the negro exodus will In.
crease that there will not be q negro
lelt IN q Southern State In twelve
months.-lM Marshall Review.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22
A Tea Farm.
[City Item.l

we learn with pleasure that Com.
missioner LeDuc has arranged to es.
taollsn g tea farm at Summeryilie.
>. y. This place is about twenty
miles from Charleston-a summer
resort; 1t ie In the pine region. San.
dy coll, aqd on q ridge, not hirh
running through the State and fer.
miaati1g at Augusta, Ga. In the
i ~ OF 1920, the writer OF this saw. ct
Judge Pressley's, at Summeryille
several tea plants, about 1--WE or ak
leet high, and growing we'll. The
plant resembles somewhat the camel.
liza or cape jessamiue. It is an eyer-
green, bears q beautiful flower. which
the tea. o ~
1t Is = very ornamental shrnb n
any garden. II the plant grows we'll
az Summervtlle 1t would flourish ali
aiong the Jackson railroad in orr
pine woods region. We hone some
OF our readers residing in The nine
WOODS will take tho trouble to try
t1e experiment Of cultivating the to-
Col. Peck, agent OF the Wheeler &
Wilson Sewing Machine Comnanv
mad commenced the cultivation ~
Tea plants at hts place, on the Jack.
s @:a railroad. previous to the war.
ats death. We suppose, put an end to
tne experiment, but others can fake
u up where be left of.