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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-07
ATTACKING A TRAIN.
Robbers Board u Freight Train Near erse.
City ana Shoot y Brakeman.

CITY ana shoot Brakeman.
A daring and well planned train robbery
was perpetrated at daylight yesterday
morning on the Pennsylvania railroad
near Hackensack bridge, three miles from
Jersey City. A western bound freigh
train, in charge of Conductor James Doch-
erty, was boarded by five tramps at the
eastern approach of the bridge. The
train had stopped at the signal switch be-
fore reaching the bridge, when the rob
bcrs sprang into the caboose. A des-
perate encounter took place. Docherty
realized the situation and resisted the
attack. He was alone at the time, the
two brakemen being in the forward
part of the train. The tramps knocked
him down and demanded the keys. These
he refused to give up. He shouted for
help, when the men threatened to kill
him. His son. who was acting as brake.
man. heard his fathers call and went to
his assistance. AS the young man neared
the cabOosc one of the robbers told him to
stand off, at the same time firing 4 revOlv-
er at the son. The ball took effect and
the brakeman fell Oh the top of the car.
The noise of the shot brought the other
brakeman and the fireman of the engine to
the scene. Conductor Docherty was all
this time struggling with the thieves.
When assistance arrived the robbers be-
came frightened and fled. Word was sent
to Jersey City for help and squad of
policemen was detailed to capture the rob.
bers. At s o'clock two of them were ar
rested in 4 shanty at East Newark by
Policeman Speer and Detective Christman,
of the railway company. Their names are
Charles Hendricks and James Mcclure.
Young Docherty was dangerously wound
ed in the hip, the ball having dyed near
the joint. He was taken on the train to
St. Michacl's hospital, Newark, where he
is now lying in very low condition. De-
tectives and policemen are securing the
meadows in search of the other robbers.
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THE suggestion that the Democratic
senators should elect Republican
president of the Senate or postpone its
organization until their opposition had
sworn in a majority does not make much
headway. The attack upon the presi-
dent has not effected political millen-
mum. The factions of his party are bur-
nishing their weapons for fght at Har-
risburg to morrow, in which are care
fully counted the chances of his failure
TO recover. Meanwhile the Democrats
are not disposed to accept that sort of
truce which the lion offered after he had
dined on spring lamb and pease.
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brated the fiftietb anniversary of his first
waltz, which he composed when a boy of
six. 1t was often played at home. but
would probably have been forgotten long
since had not his sister written it down.
Since then Strauss has composed S9s pieces
of dance music, to which he has added
during the last ten years seven bouffe
operas.
Miss MARGARET SOPHIA BRIGHT, the
youngest daughter of the English states
man, was married on the oath of August
in the Friends meeting house, at Torquay,
to DIR. Theodore Case, of Russell Square,
London. When the company had enter
ed the church aud silence had been COM
manded, prayer was offered by woman j.,
Mrs. Fox-whether descendant of Geo.
Fox, the founder of the society, is not
stated-and then the bridegroom, taking
the bride by the hand, repeated the
Friends ceremony and she followed.
Prof. J. NJ. RAwL1Ns, formerly of Chest
nut Level and later of Parkesburg acad-
emy, is now principal Of a tiourishing
Latin school at 500 South 42d street Phila-
delphia. He has pupils in course OF
training for Yale college (New Haven,
College of New jersey lPrinceton), Hamil-
ton college (Clinton, N. Y.), Naval Acad.
emy (Annapolis), University Of Pennsyl-
vania Philadelphia), and Wellesley female
college wellesley. Mass.) Thus far nc
college student having received his entire
academic education from Prot. Rawlins,
has ever failed to win the highest collegi'
ate honors as Latin salutatorian or as
distinguished English orator and while
many of his pupils have Won, at college,
admiration and distinction for scholarship
and department, no one of them, pre-
pared and endorsed by him, has ever
missed the praise of honorable mention.
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AN UNFORTUNATE MAN.
Has His Leg Cut OH at leaman Plac
E.st.a

Has His Leg Cut on ut I.eaman Place
Fatal Result.
Allan Gray, 4 man of about fifty years
of age, was an officer i'm the Western Penn
sylvania penitentiary, Allegheny City, Pa.
He left his home last evening on the fast
line passing through this city at SEQ Il.
m. to-day, for New York, where he was
to meet his wife, who has been in Europe
and is kabOut returning thCrefrom. Near
Lcaman Place, u station about 12 miles
east of this city, where the train does not
usually stop, it stopped this morning on
account Of q freight wreck, elsewhere
noticed and in the early morning Mr..
Gray stepped off to take sniff Of
fresh air. The train started rather sud
denly and Mr.. Gray ran to get on his car.
He made three unsuccessful attempts {"
BOARD it and in the last, the speed OF the
train meanwhile increasing, he was thrown
un,ler it and had his leg so terribly cut
and crushed that amputatiOn was neccs
sary. lie was attended by DR.. Il. Leaman,
resident surgeon of the railroad company,
who brought the injured man to the
county hospital, where he was attended by
Drs. Brown and BOlenius, ,nd has since
died, not having survived the shock long
enough to have the limb amputated.
His sad accident is sOrrowful ending to 4
journey upon which he started with sucl,
joyful anticipations.
This afternoon Coroner Mishler impan-
eled a jury, composed of e.. NJ. Strine,
Jacob $. Strine, ii. w. Hess, J. Ii. Am
wake, John Samson and John Hood. They
viewed the body and after yarl adjourned
to meet whenever the coroner shall call
them together and at Il time when it will
be convenient for the railroad men and
other witnesses to be present.
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DKOUIH AND FIRE.
Crops Ruined and Lumber Burning il
Michigan.

Crops Ruined and Lumber Burning in
Michigan.
There has been no rain in six weeks in
the Saginaw valley and heavy fires are
burning and doing immense damage to
property. Trains on the Saginaw Valley
& st. Louis railroad We're stopped by
fire Sunday night, and also ON the Cairo
branch of the Saginaw & Bay City di-
vision of tho Michigan Central railroad.
The people are fightin, the fire in every
direction. Telegraphic communication is
interrupted. Several miles of fence on
the Flint & Pierre Marquette railroad
have been burned. Porter's station, on
the st. Louis railraid, was burned on Sun.
day afternoon. Reports of numbers of
farm houses, barns and crops being burned
in Saginaw & Tuscola counties come in.
Probably 800, 900 worth of property was
destroyed during the past week. The crops
are about ruined in many sections by
drouth.
The little town Of RichmOndville, Sani-
lac county, Mich, has been completely
wiped out by forest fires, and eight per
sons are said to have been burned to death
Numbers of others were seriously injured
in similar manner.
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THE EXCURSION SEASON.
The Trip to Reading Yesterday


The Keystone band excursion from this
city and points north and east to Reading
came off yesterday, and those who went
on it had good time The band sold III
tickets, but about 800 persons went on the
trip and great Indignation is manifested
by the excursion management at the
railroad company for selling tickets
ut their office to all cOmers ut
at $50, only Is cents above the excur-
sion fare, by reason Of which nearly two
hundred persons, ignorant of the differ
ence, bought the company tickets, and
made the bands excursion 4 financial
failure. There is great complaint, too,
that after the company had agreed to make
the tickets good to stay over to day, eight
persons who returned We're charged full
fare back this morning. Altogether the
band managers are in state OF high dud-
geOn and intense disgust ut their treat
ment by the railroad company.
The day was spent pleasantly in Read
ing. There was 4 picnic in Lauer'S park
and lots OF music. the keystone being as
sisted by the Mechanics band of Marietta.
John Stahl. leader. The latter band
visited the different newspapers offices in
the course of the afternoon and rendered
them the compliment Of Il screnade. The
Times says 1T consists of 26 pieces,
and is 4 fine musical organization. highly
creditable to our sister county. Consider
ing the little publicity that was given to
the fact OF the picnic, the park was fairly
filled with visitors. the heat of the day and
the fine music evidently serving as an iu-
ducement for attracting 4 crowd
A number of our county officials were on
the excursion and made it the occasion Of 4
visit to the Berks county public institu-
tion. They included John Brock. steward
Of the Lancaster county almshOuse John
Shultz, president of tho board Of directors
Of the poor Taylor Shuler. engineer, and
Lewis kOhlhaus, baker. They were ac-
cOmpanicd to the almShouse by Bcrks
County Commissioner Young. Clerk
Fegely, Director Roland, and Elias Bickcl,
nominee for director of the poor. \ sub
stantial dinner was partaken Of ut the
almshOuse. In the afternoon the party
proceeded to the county prison and in-
spected that institution. The visitors
were also shown through the court house,
and examined the arrangements in pro
gress for hcatin. the building by steam.
Big Excursion I" Litirz.
To morrow will Ire \ great day at Lititz
Springs. Excursions will arrive from Il
number Of a points for the purpose of
uniting in grand harvest home festival.
Tickets at reduced rates are sold ut all
stations OH the Philadelphia n Reading
and on the Wilmington Il Northern rail
road. Six bands of music will he in attend
ance. including the celebrated RinggOld
band, who will give a concert from one to
three o'clock, in the beautiful Springs
park. The United Brethren Sunday
schools, of Reading, taking advantage of
this opportunity, will make IN excursion
to- morrow to Lititz Springs.
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Needed Where They Are.

We do not "tumble recklesSly to the
conclusion Of some of our esteemed con-
temporaries that because Controller Pat
tison and Mayor King have made such
excellent officials for Philadelphia city
there is Il pressing call upon their
party of the state to take either for its
candidate for governor. The names of
both have been mentioned in this con-
nectiOn, without their connivance OF
course. We have no objections to them !;
either would make Il creditable candi-
date and an excellent official. But there
is no special cause to transplant them.
Philadelphia needs good government
and good governors rs sorely as Penn
Sylvani:l, and has Il smaller circle to pick
them from. And when she gets them
she ought to keep them rs long as posi-
BILE. That city cannot spare any who are
discovered and who can he elected. The
Democratic party will he lucky if it gets
a candidate rs popular rs either Of them
and the state would enter upon new
era with such an. honest and intrepid
governor as either of them would make.
For all of that Philadelphia had better
keep her treasures and by re-
electing honest Democrats to office
set the party and the state
an example, following which they can
easily bring to light and as easily elect
to place some of the many other good
men who can be found, and when found
can be elevated to office, but who in the
reign of addition, division and silence"
have remained or have been kept in the
background.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-07
THE STATE FAIR.
Display Of Fine Cattle-InteriOr OF Building
-t;eMeral NOtes-Special Features.

Display of Fine CattIe-Interior Of building
-tieneral Notes-Special Features.
The state fair has opened in Pittsburgh
this week. There are nearly 1000 state
fair exhibitors and $50 exposition eXhibi
tors. The fair has the greater portion of
the ground and machinery hall with their
display, and their shed contains some of
the very finest specimens Of live stock.
In cattle they have the best three herds of
short horns exhibited at the Columbus
state fair, two of the best Pennsylvania
herds four herds of Devons, one Of which
took the first prize at Columbus three
herds of Holsteins :; two herds of Ayr
shires four herds of Jerseys, and a large
number of single and double entries of
the finest stock. The herds number from
eight to eighteen head each, and will
doubtless be one of the greatest attrac-
tions Among the horses are Hurral,
Kryle DAILY, the winner of the Irish
Derby, Abdal Brino, Ketchan1, DOVE Gold
Dust, Hawkeye and fifty or sixty others,
together with large number of carriage,
coach and light drausht horses. In the
harness and saddle departmet every stall
is full.
Every pen in the sheep department is
packed with fine wool, middle wool and
long wool bucks and ewes. Nearly all
are prize winners, and several are valued
as high as $500 apiece. The display OF
swine is larger than at any previous fair,
and there are $50 coops of exhibition
poultry. The display of vegetables and
grain is also very extensive and embraces
every variety and specie.
Floral hall has been enlarged and num-
erous walks have been made, SO that the
visitors can see every portion of it. On
the south, or river side, is All INNER nse
cascade that is one of the most romantic
and picturesque things Imaginable. There
is waterfall of over thirty feet, at the
base of which is miniature lake that will
contain two huge surgeons and over one
hundred choice species of fish, weighing
from two to six pounds each. There is a
foot Of water in the lake, so that the fish
can at all times be plainly seen. In the
centre of the hall is very large fountain,
with four foot water wheel painted in
bright colors, and when the electric light
is playing on it, very pretty rainbow is
formed in the spray. There are sixteen
collections Of ferns, palms, &C., no two OF
which will be alike.
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Pc tty Justice In Pennsylvania.

Ch;L,nbcrsb urg Repository.
We notice by the papers Of Lancaster
and Chester counties that they have the
same trouble that causes so much com
plaint in this county; the large number
of petty cases which take up the time Of
the court and jury which never ought to
be sent to court at all, bnt settled at home
by the justice of the peace. These incon
sequential cases add greatly to the ex
pense Of the courts and there should be
some way of stopping them. One paper
asks, chow would it do in case which
was found ought not to nave been sent to
court to put the costs ON the justice who
sent it Another suggests Zone man
with good Judgment. Y stout arm, and =
horsewhip could dispense justice in half
the cases that plague the sessions We
are open for further suggestions.
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the Field club,

The annual meeting of the Field club
was held in the parlors Of the Stevens
house last evening, a quorum being
present. The reports Of the secretary and
treasurer were read and all the old officers
reelected. Arrangements were also made
and players selected for friendly game Of
lawn tennis in the first week Of October
between two ladies and two gentlemen of
the Lancaster club and the same number
Of players from the Harrisburg Outdoor
club. The secretary was directed to in
quire into the expediency Of joining the
National lawn tennis association and al
together an interest was manifested which
betOkens the continued activity OF this
useful organization.
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PERSONAL.

JEFF DAVIS has reached England The
holders of the Confederate cotton loan
will probably not be among his most ar
dent admirers.
Baron DE MAyR, the late Austrian am
bassador at Washington, who some time
ago retired OH a pension, will proceed t.
Constantinople as the private representa-
tive Of the Austrian creditors OF Turkey.
Dr. JOHN CURwEN, for many years su-
perintendent and manager of the state
asylum for the insane, near Harrisburg,
now of Warren, was married yesterday
morning to Miss Annie Wyeth, daughter
of Rev. Charles Wyeth.
Secretary BLAINE and wife, Secretary
HUNT and wife, Secretaries LINCOLN,
WINDOW, KIRKwOOD and Postmaster
General JAMES left Washington yesterday
on the 1890 train Baltimore & Potomac
road) for Long Branch, where quarters
had already been secured for them.
Princess MAUD, the youngest daughter
of the Prince of Wales. is described as a
musical genius. Although only ~ years
old, she shows extraordinary vocal po wers.
and is SO devoted and persistent a student
of music that her parents have been
obliged to restrain her enthusiasm.
With an earldom, S75O,OOO a year,
youth, health, a pleasing wife, taste for
sport and for the choicest homes in the
world, Lord RosEBERY, to whom Mr..
Gladstone owes his seat for Midlothian,
puts his Nose to the grindstone in a sub.
ordinate Office under that not particularly
conciliatory chief, Sir William Vernon
HarcOurt.
On August II, JOHANN STRAUSS cele-
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A Locomotive Rolling Down an Embank
ment.

A Locomotive Rolling Down an Embank-
ment.
The engine Of the ) train for Philadel-
phia from Norristown jumped the track
about 300 yards from the end Of the Mill
street depot, and rolled down an embank-
ment twenty feet into 4 meadow, turning
completely upside down. The engineer
and fireman jumped in time to save their
lives. The fireman, however. in attempt
ing to draw the fire from under the boiler
was very badly scalded by steam. A bag
gage car was dragged over the bank. The
accident was caused by an open switch,
which was not seen until the engine was
almost off the track. A prompt application
of air brakes saved the passenger coaches,
which were filled.
Jacob Michener, a car inspector OF the
Reading railroad, was killed by 4 shifting
engine at Norristown yesterday.
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Aanrdstcr f1lteiltQenrer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 2, 1881.
The Distinction.

The Carlisle Herald, with a density
that does it no credit, measures Judge
Black 3 opinion in 1860 that "war cam
not be declared, nor system of general
hostilities carried on by the central gov
eminent against state as encourage
ment to the doctrine of secession. Had
it stood alone perhaps such construc-
tion, by not very acute reasoner, might
be justified, but in connection with the
attorney generals very emphatic pro-
nunciamentOs against secession it is not
hard to see exactly the distinction which
his loyal and his legal mind drew be-
between war upon state and
upon insurgents against the nation
al authority. There is not, and
never was, any constitutional au-
thOrity for war upon states, as such,
and to admit such right is to ad-
NIT the doctrine of secession. If state
can, in the exercise of its sovereign
power, secede, only then can war be de-
clared against it, and Judge Black was
careful to deny doctrine which carried
with 1t the right of secession. He never
denied. in fact he always strenuOusly
urged, the power Of the government to
coerce those who interfered with the ma.
tiOnal authority, and to maintain its
national existence. He fOreSaw that
I" the Union must utterly perish at the
moment when Congress shall arm one
part of the people against another, for
any purpose beyond that of merely pro-
tecting the general government in the
exercise of its proper constitutional
functions" To declare certain states
to be the Union and other states
not to I've in the Union was to con-
cede all that the SecessiOnists and
most of the AbolitiOnists claimed. But
the doctrine that the war finally came
to he waged upon was exactly that
which. Judge Black laid down in the
beginning that the states were not out
and could not get out Of the Union, but
that their people in arms were rebels
and insurgents, whose act was war upon
their own states,as parts of the inSepara
ble union. This was not the Steven:
doctrine, but any other would have
been concession that the doctrine OF
secession was valid and that the UniOI
was only pinned together by bayOnets.
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Why He ChriStened it.

Il wish, " said the farmers wife to her
husband and six boys, "that some Of you
would shoot the yeller cat So they all
when they happened to think of it, went
and loaded the gun. Luckily, it was the
youngest boy that fired it, for he was very
healthy and could stand being kicked
through fence. When he came to, he
went and baptized that gun g. Old mule y
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Can Cows Count?

Geo. Andrus, an extensive farmer of
Cognac Prairie, Mich, and one who has
had much success in stock raising, recently
stated as most sigular fact that his drove
Of cattle alway knew on what day they
We're to be salted. 1t has been the custom to
give them salt at the barnyard every Sun
day morning during the spring, and once
in two weeks, or every other Sunday, dur
ing the hot weather. This the cattle have
we'll learned, and during the spring they
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have come up the lane regularly each
Sunday morning, and stand there below
ing and making great noise until they
are salted, when they will return to their
pasture lot, which is some distance away
This they do regularly every Sunday morn
ing, and never make mistake of coming
on any other day. The same fact is still
more strange in summer, when they only
come up once in two weeks.
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mortgage loan interest can be paid. In
cubus of present board Of managers is the
only obstacle to financial success. If Bond
and colleagues will resign and reinstate old
management and advise me by cable of
change, F. B Gowen can. before sailing,
Saturday procure sufficient advances
against proceeds deferred income bonds
and new five per cent. consuls to pay float
ing debt, receivers certificates and all
arrears Interest,"
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THEY are still waiting for John
Cessna's arrival at Harrisburg to boss
the Republican state econvention, ,notwith.
standing his nomination for judge has
taken the judiciary out of politics in
Bedford and Somerset.
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GetiIDg Eetter

The little boy named Geyer, residing at
Springville, Mt. Joy township. who was
so badly kicked ON Saturday ny 4 horse,
has returned to consciousness and is ex-
pected to recover.
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Who Lost It?

Market Master DOrley this morning
found pocket-book containing small
amount of money, which he hold for iden-
tiicatiOn and claim of ownership.
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He Knows.



The Lancaster DAILY 1NTELLIGENCER,
one of the brightest ofthis states papers.
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THE Boston & Maine railroad gives each
depot-master $40 year with whiclr to buy
flower seeds and offers $50, $50 and $50
prizes to the dcpot-masters who keep their
stations in the best order.
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THE needle passes through the hands of
eighty wOrkmen before it is ready to de-
liver to the trade, and as they cost at the
most only 50 per thousand. on an average,
it will be seen that the 5000 operations
are remuneratcd by the sum of twenty
cents.