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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
THE DRAMA.

Mr. John 8. Clarks's Comedy Night.
The reappear:lnce OF the comedian John
S. Clarke at Fulton opera house last
night, after a prolonged absence in Eu-
rope, attracted, as was to be expected, q
brilliant audience that crowded the entire
down stairs portion of the house. Neither
Mr.. Clarke nor his audience is to he es-
pecialiy congratulated upon his selection
of the evenings bill. 1t started off with
hitch, as after distressing de-
lay, the audience was informed
that the non-arrival of the cOmpany's bag
gage Dccessitated the reversal OF the order
of things, and that "Paul Pry" would
take the place of ~ Widow Hunt" rs
the first portion of the programme. Mr..
Clarke long ago won his spurs in the
character of the inquisitive and meddle-
some busybody of PoOle's old comedy and
as the warlike MGjor Wellington de Boots,
Of martial micn and heart of y mouse,
Competent judgment has indeed declared
these roles to be distinctively his
own and his impersonatiOns of them have
been designated faultless specimens of
polished drollery. But whether it was
tho fault lay with tho actor or with his
audience the latter at no time during the
long -drawn-out performance seemed to be
thoroughly en- rapport with the spirit Of
fun which Mr.. Clarke was apparently max
ing the most prodigious efforts to pro-
duce. There was the manifest ap-
pearancc Of hard work in Mr.. Clarke's
performance it was lacking in spon-
taneity, and two-hOurs-and-a- of
manufactured mirth is not the most exhil-
arating of amusement for even such a
kindly disposed audience as was Dir.
Clarkc's at the outset. Perhaps the COM
edian appreciated the painful deficiency of
his support and sought to make up for
its shortcomings by additional exertions.
At all events it was apparently an open
question when the curtain dismally de
scended for the last time rs to who had
been bored the most-Mr. Clarke or bis
audience.
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form, standing between the columns of
the eastern portico, all hats few of, thou
sands of upturned and exultant faces
cleaned with sudden joy, and the very
ground trembled with the shout that rose.
But silence gradually returned as Chief
Justice Marshall commenced the brief
ceremony OF administering the oath, and
the stiffness increased as the new president
began his inaugural address. which only
those in his immediate vicinity were able
to hear. After the ceremony the immense
crowd hurried from the Capitol
to the White House, where ample
refreshments had been provided.
Barrels full of orange punch had been
made, but in the rush much Of the liquor
was upset. So great was tho confusion
that wine and ice cream could not be served
even to the ladies, and tubs Of punch were
carried into the garden to entice the crowd
from the rooms. More than one man,
whose boots were heavy with mud, mount
ed upon satin covered chair in his reck-
less eagerness to catch glimpse OF the
president.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
THE WORK OF vANDAL LSPECULAroGs,
FiImsy Structure for Spectators of Friia rs
Show.

Washington Dispatch to New York Times.
The government reservations, or parks,
from the White House to the capitol, on
Pennsylvania avenue, are now covered by
hastily built structures of boards, on which
rows Of seats rise one above the other.
The fronts of some houses and stores are
hidden by smaller structures of the same
kind. It is said that each builder ON the
little parks has paid nothing, at least not
openly, for the privilege, except 81 for a
building permit. The builders have
mercilessly hacked away trees on
the sidewalks and in the parks in
order to give their patrons better
view and the people Of this misgoverened
city are just beginning to complain. But
there is something about this indiscrimin-
ate building which is worse than vandal-
ism of the sort just mentioned. These
skeleton stands cannot be regarded as safe.
In fact there is only one in the whole line
in whose security any one can have un-
shaken faith. The district inspector Of
buildings would not examine them until
he was asked to do SO by Colonel Casey,
who has charge of the government reser-
vations and grounds in the city. Many Of
the stands are very weak, and accidents
may be looked Tor on Friday. There will
be seats enough on thes stands for $4,000
persons. Windows on the avenue are
rented at from $40 to S20..
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
Judge AgneW'S Letter.

We republish elsewhere letter on the
constitutional power of the state over
railways, addressed by eX-Chief Justice
Agnew couple of months ago to a
Pittsburgh paper, but which has only
now fallen under our notice. Wetbink it
worthy of general attention, not only
because of the high authority OF
the author, but because of the
simplicity and plainness with which the
issue is stated and the law declared. The
judge agrees with Judge Black in his
presentation, and thinks the law to be
SO indisputable that he ccnceives Judge
Curtis, who disputed Judge Blacks po-
sition, could hardly nave intended to as
sail it in its essence, and that the differ
ence between them is one rather in terms
than substance. But in this the judge,
we think, is too charitable to Mr.. Cur
tbs, who certainly broadly disputes
Blacks essential Interpretation of the
law. Judge Agnew holds that the
law protects the right of private
property. unquestionably, and declares
that it can only be taken away for
a public use. A railroad company, there.
fore, which uses the power of the state to
infringe upon private rights and seize
private property, does so for the use and
benefit of the public. 1t does not acquire
the ownership in the highway it occupies,
but simply it's use, for the public benefit.
The state still and always OWLS the
highway. The company has just the use
of the highway which its charter from
the state gives it. When the right of use
granted the railway ceases, the states
possession of the highway reverts to it.
The fixtures put on the highway by the
railroad company, he considers, belong to
it or its creditors but the right to keep
them on the highway ceases when the
chartered grant of its use terminates.
That exposition of the law seems plain
enough for anybody to understand and
assent to.
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That is right, of course. No one can say
that representative should not follow
his own judgment in his votes and if
they all do 50 and vote honestly,
they fulfil the measure of their duty to
the best of their ability. If they are
not as wise as they should he, they
cannot help it. We can get along very
well with the average wisdom of the
Legislature if it is fairly and indepen-
IDENTIFY exercised. Wequestion the sound
ness of Mr.. Bierly' s views on the questions
stated, but it is right that he governs
himself by his own lights; to whose
guidance his constituents have confided
their interests.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
STATE ITEMS.

Pike county is trying Thomas Burns,
for killing his son, its first murder case in
thirty years.
Hiram Merriman, 4 prominent lumber
merchant of Williamsport, died in that
city on Sunday night, aged 7S years.
W. H. Perkins, formerly of Buffalo, has
committed suicide at his home in Brad
ford. For several years he had abstained
from drinking but recently returned to his
old habit.
Edward Boyd, aged 60 years, resi- ding
at the corner of Randolph and Master
streets, Philadelphia, was caught
in the machinery at Disston & Sons saw
works, Front and Laurel streets, and
crushed to death.
Frank Weller, a brakeman on the North
ern Central railroad, fell from train
which was passing about mile above
Clark's ferry. and was so terribly man.
gled that death was instantaneous. Wei
Ter was about twenty eight years of age,
unmarried, and from Schuyllsill county.
The committee Of creditors of the estate
of Jay Cooke & Co., through Mr.. Edwin
NJ. Lewis, as trustee, have recently de-
clared 4 cash dividend Of 4 per cent. pay
able on and after the 10th of March next.
This is the fourth cash dividend that has
been declared since the failure of the firm,
making total of 133 per cent. that has
been paid in cash, or s1.20S, ,6a5, besides
the stock and scrip dividends.
The annual report Of the Pennsylvania
railroad company shows the net earnings
for 1880 of the main line between Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh to be $40, 551 3S5,
16. an increase of s2,569. .0O4.6s over the
net earnings Of 1859. The New Jersey
division shows a net loss of S1.035, sos. 81,
an increased loss over that of 1870 of 1885,
419.7s. This leaves balance of s9,016,-
176 20 net income.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
MARCHING OUT OF COLLEGE.

The Graduating Glass Mt st. Mary's Take
ORsnse aud Withdraw-JohDny
MalOne's ExpulsiOn.
Baltimore Dispatch to tine Times.
Last Friday the graduating class Of Mt.
St. Mary's college, near Emmittsburg,
Md, all of whom are grown men, took
Oifense at some remarks of Professor
Black. Of the faculty, which they inter-
preted as reflection on their intelligence
and ability. The class became very dis.
orderly, and the professor was abused
with considerable vehemence, MI: John
E. Malone, of Lancaster, Pa, finally leap
ing up and informing the professor that
he would have to retract or the class
would never take lessons from him
again. Amid intense excitement the en-
and refused to proceed with their studies.
nication stating that they wouidshave to
apologize to the professor, which they de-
clincd to do. The next day the class would
President Hill made speech in which he
required still stronger amends. As the
trouble by this time had become current
would apologize, and on refusing was sum
cAIClCu. AAO SAooS VA1SAOuPOA NV
titled the faculty that they would leave
the college if Mr.. Malone was not rcin-
stated. The faculty would not recede, and
the class left the college amidst great ex-
citement among the students, and pro-
cecdsd to Emmittsburg, three miles
from the cullege, where they lodged
at a hotel Saturday night. On
Sunday negotiations were begun
with Professor Black, during which
the latter explained that his remarks
about the class neglecting their duty had
reference simply to their failure to keep in
order the college reading room, of which
they were custodians. Finally, towards
night, the class rc1ented and addressed a
note apologizing to the professor and to
the faculty, who consented to allow the
rebels to return. Mr.. Malone was, how
ever, finally expelled. The trustee of the
college has ascertained that money is
owing nearly al the residents in the vi
cinity of the college-the clergymen, ia
Guilty. laborers and servants of the college
and one pupil, Mr.. A. Bradley, Of Phila-
delp!lia, who advanced $1,000 for tuition
fees and subsequently left the college.
The total liabilities thus far ascertained
amount to s176,0 The assets are about
20 per cent.
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BART ITEMS.
The News Around Georgetown.

Ine N0WB ArOu0O u0OFSotO"u.
"A son of Elem Pickel was severely kick
ed on the head by mule on Saturday last.
The extent Of his injuries is not yet
known.
Rev. Wheeler, of Columbia, is to lecture
in the NJ. E. church, Georgetown. Oh Satur-
day evening, March 18th, On "thc Battle
and Massacre of Wyoming"
The excitement attending the influx of
tobacco buyers, is growing in this vicinity.
Nearly every day brings y buyer, and
those who have tobacco to sell are on the
look out for their man. Very little ii any
in the township is yet unstrippcd, and
farmers are anxious to know whether they
are going to sell or case their crop. The
close winter causes the farmer to look with
some little dread ON the spring work, and
tobacco will be i'll their way unless it is
disposed of soon. Some Of the raiser seri-
ously contemplate casing to be rid of the
trouble it will cause them when the spring
fully opens. Near 200 acres of the weed
remain unsold in Bart and March is here.
The week promises to be an event in tho
crop of 1880.
The sales reported during tho past week
sum up only about 1S acres, as follows :
James Pugh, I acre, to Smith of Kinzer's
station, at 90, 8, B; Thomas Williams, to
the same, Il acres, at 1G, 8, 3; John Don
ally, to same, acre, 10, 6 3, Krider
bought the following lots: John Morrison,
1 acre, II, 6, 3; Peter Young. 1 acre, Is,
6, 3; B. +. Reed. II acres, 16, 4; Thos.
Russell, l acre, II, s, 3; Solomon Hamer,
II acres, 10, 6, 3; AL. Conner, 4 acres.
90. 6, 3; Chas. Quigley, acre, 10, 6, 3 ;
W. Shovalter, : acre, 20, 5, 3; John
PickeL acre, 20, 6, 3; Hiram Kendis,
acres, %. 10, 3; John Graham, sold one
acre to Diller at 4 cents round.
To-day, Monday 90, finds a goodly mum
Der of buyera in the field and all ready to
buy. What the result will be is yet to be
seen.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
A Little Fan ON Middle street.

O. r. MuIliken, is the name Of the con-
stable Of Fulton township. He came to
this city Yesterday and in the evening with
y companion from the country and two
from the city started out for some fun.
They landed in small saloon ON Middle
street which, is kept by Millard Reese.
There were several women in the place
to whom Mr.. Mulliken and his friend be-
gan s'scttins them up" A dispute finally
arose between Reese and Mulliken about
the payment for bottle of mineral water
which one of the girls drank. Reese, as
Mulliken and his friends claim.
made all attack on Mulliken, beat
ing him badly with billy or some
other instrument. Mulliken went to the
office Of Alderman Barr where he made
complaint against Reese. whom he charges
with felonious assault and battery. Reese
this morning gave bail for hearing, and
he entered suit against Mulliken and his
companions before Alderman A. F. DON
nelly, charging them with being drunk
and disorderly. The hearings will all be
held in !, short time, when the true facts
of the case will likely be heard.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
inauguration of Andrew jackson.

The day of "Old Hickory's" first in
auguration was one of the balmicst and
loveliest of spring. The capital swarmed
with strangers from the South and West.
New faces filled every public place, and
every face seemed to bear victory and de-
fiance on its brow. The Jackson men,
jubilant and eager, assailed the quarters Of
their idolized leader, and SO surrounded
and hemmed him in that it was no slight
achievement to reach his presence. Every
avenue to the Capitol was blocked with
people. and the ships cable, stretched
across the long flight of Capitol steps,
On sana she sg f ss Of eseas seaig n $omsn
when the mighty throng caught the first
glimpse of their leaders tall and imposing
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

Oswego has had ninety-eight days of
continuous sleighing, and the end is not
yet. And on no day has the thermometer
been lower than degrees below zero.
Certain rude people did much damage
to the seats in St. Mary's cathedral, Kings
ton, Canada, by standing upon them dur
ing recent wedding ceremony.
Two unknown tramps were discovered
rolling mill at Paterson. n. ]. One
burned to death and the other dying.
H. C.Hanson, of Minneapolis, Minn., is
building small sail craft, in which he
purposes to make the trip from this coun-
try to the coast Of Norway. He is a sailor
and a native of Norway.
A sleeper, containing visitors bound for
the Mardi Gras, on the Montgomery &
Mobile railroad, was wrecked thirty-five
miles from Mobile. Five men were in
jured, some seriously.
Forty-ive railway track loads of mum
tions of war, destined for Greece, have
been embargoed at Dunkirk, aud 5000
kilogrammes of dynamite for the same
destination have been embargoed at
Marseilles.
Ex-Chief Justice Luther Dixon yielded
to the demands of his friends and consent.
ed, if elected without effort on his part, to
serve as senator vice Matt. Carpenter.
| Two years ago Judge Dixon, when it was
known that if he stood he would be sure
of election, positively refused, and now
yields only after q continued and extraor-
dinary pressure.
Henry S. New, a son Of Hon. J. c. New
and one of the prOprietors of the Indian
apolis Daily Journal, horsewhipped John
F. Thompson, a correspondent OF the Chi
cago Times, in the corridor of the post
Office. The cause of the trouble was an
article published in the Chicago Tunes on
Saturday rejecting on the character o;
Mr.. News wife and the business integrity
of his father.
A broken rail three miles west Of Canton
Ohio, on Sunday morning. threw a freight
train off the track of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railroad. A section
of freight train following ran into the
wreck and the engine and fifteen loaded
cars were dumped down steep bank ani
some persons were slightly injured. The
damage to the property is estimated a
s50,000.
The storm of wind and snow which be
gan on Sunday has been the severest o
the season in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indian:
and Michigan. Trains are delayed ant
telegraph wires are coated with ice. som,
Of the poles in Chicago having broke,
down under the additional weight A
nine o'clock yesterday twenty-three mail
were due at the Chicago postofice, ant
but two had arrived. The little farm
houses on the prairies are almost sub
me :ged by water, and miles of the railwa
tracks were covered yesterday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
Robbery at Ephrata.

In Ephrata the house of Mrs. Mary
Hibshman was entered OH Saturday morn
ing at about four O'Clock by burglar,
who succeeded in carrying off a purse with
about three or four dollars, which he found
in an upper drawer Of a bureau in a lower
room. He was discovered with a lighted
match IN a lower room by a neighboring
family, one of whom chased him nearly
half mile, when he gave up the pursuit.
The same person is supposed to have made
an attempt to enter the house of Mr..
Moore Connell about two hours earlier.
Search is being maize for him in the neigh
borhood of Stevens station, where he
purchased a. pair of boots, having left his
shoes at Mrs. Eibshman's.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
DRUMOl:E ITEMS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
A few penny-a- pound tobacco buyers
have been looking ut some Of our tobacco
apparently with the idea that our farmers
are ''hard-up' and anxious to get into the
market-show 1T hall. f.price, but the worthy
white-vcin hunters will find they have
made mistake just there. A few lots
were sold last week at pretty fair prices,
but the quantity sold is almost as nothing
compared with what we have to sell.
Frank Maxwell sold two acres to L. T.
Hensel for 20, and 3; N. N. Eensel sold
for 12k throug III Geo.. Whitaker, for 1G
and 8 Harry Quigley, part of his crop
for 90, 6and 8.
The Fairfield iyceum closed last Friday
evening with grand flourish. Debate
was conducted by j. G.. Arnold, Edward
Steinford and VIM. F. McSparran on the
affirmative, and David Weidley, VIM.
Chandler, jr., and James G. McSparran
Oh the negative. The CLEO club sang as it
always does-faultlessly. Allie Dorsey
read an essay entitled Look on tho
Bright Side - Lewis Stubs read one on
the =" Mule" and VIM. F. McSparran read
ono entitled "Our Past" Cl0ra Findlsy
recited " The Drinking Hoase Over tho
Way y Ida Kennedy, ''The Hurricane >
Hattie Hess, Rock of Ages )" Mary
Stubs, Bingen on the Rhine - and
Eva Hill read "Won't Stand any
Foolin'." Last week completed the fifth
year of tho lyceum's existence and it
grows stronger each year.
Mrs. James Cain. of Fairfield, last week
in taking the heart from Il chicken found
q common pin run clear through and
sticking in the heart, where it had been
for some time, kind of skin having FORM
cd over the pin. 1t may seem little
ciiicken-hcarted to say 81, but it is your
itemizer's opinion that some rooster cupid
shot the pin in absence of any other arrow.
But no matter how it got there, there it
was, and Fairfield counts itself one ahead
in consequence.
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FASTN .ACHT.
Tho Festival OF Sh-Ove Tuesday


To-day is Shrove Tuesday, so called be-
cause of tho ancient practice in the Cath
Olic church Of con:essing sins or being
shriUed Or shrore-that is, obtaining absO.
lution-on this day. Being the day prior
to the beginning of Lent, it may occur on
any one between tho 2d Of February and
the Sth of March. In Scotland it is called
Fasten's Fen, but is littlA regarded il
that Presbyterian country.
ShrOve comes from the Anglo Saxon
word scrif0n, to absOlve in confession. aud
it was formerly customary for each one to
confess his sins to the bishop and priests
and become absolvcd preparatory to Lent,
our Saviour's forty days fasting in the
wilderness. But as nearly all former fast-
ing days (and holidays rs welD are at
present merely teasting days, SO Shroye
Tuesday became in time merely a day of
feasting and merriment.
Among the French this day was called
Mardigras Cat Tuesday,, and among Eng
disappearing people. pancake day. In Eng
land it was scustomaryafter the confession If
sins to dine OH pancakes and fritters. and
the people afterwards gave themselves up
to merry making. In Germany the day is
called fastnach Qastnight and it is still
customary among the Pennsylvania Ger
mans to bake light cakes ON this day called
''fastnacht kuchen." The last to get up
in the morning of this day is reprcach-
fully yclept tastnacht. The sturdy farmer
among the Pennsylvania Germans believes
that if he neglects to eat ':fastnacht ku-
chem on this day he will have poor crop
Of flax the next season, and the house
keeper who has failed to bake them may
expect her kitchen to be overrun with
reaches
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PERSONAL.

Mrs. BENJAMIN RrsH, Of ofPhiladelphia,
died suddenly yesterday at Nice.
Mr.. THOMAS HCcHEs will return to his
Rugby colony early this spring and build
a house for himself there.
Miss KATE PR1DnxoRH, |" a promising
writer" who is "a lineal descendant of
Addison, the great English essayist,"
lives in Sioux City, Iowa.
The late Senator CARPENTERS law
library is said to be valued at $40, 900. He
left about 100000 besides $4,000 of
life insurance.
Secretary ScHURZ has accepted an invi-
tation to attend public dinner in Boston,
to be given in his honor by the prominent
citizens.
Senator-elecr MILLER, OF California, not
long ago, rose in one of Mr.. Moody's San
Francisco meetings and asked prayers for
himself.
In the portrait Of Mrs. HAYES, which is
to be placed in the White House by her
temperance friends as Mentor to all who
succeed her, she appears in a wine-colored
dress. The painting is not even in water
colors, either.
"Young man." said TON CoRw1N to a
youth who asked for advice, "be serious.
If had been serious might have been
president, but now am nobody but Cor
win." 1t is thought the young man afore-
cold yv,c N.-lr Twain
DR.. EVANS, of the american Registe,
was in Rome last week, on visit to the
Grand Dukes and, when he left Rome, he
was going to Nico for few days on, a
visit to the Grand Dukes mother. who is
there. DR.. Evans is honorcd with the
friendship of almost every crowned head in
Europe.
Mrs HAYES is to receive from the ''La-
dies Temperance League of Ottawa, 1lli'
nois," a gift of a pair of curtains for hel
Fremont house. They are made of ivory
silk shceting, embroidered with sun flow
ers and pomeyranates. A band Of brown
plush crosses each, and they are lined witt
pale blue silk They are said to be worth
$1,000.
The King of Burmah has built Il theatre
in the garden of the royal palace, and ha
performances there every afternoon, a
which 45O wives are present; but no maj
except himself. his eunuch and the per
formers the last arc also either eunucl
or female slaves. The kings put in all up
pearance several times week, but th
wives manage to find time to attend
daily.