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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.
The Bark Ajaco Wrecked on Rocksway
Shoals.


Shoals.
Thursday night the Italian bark Ajace,
from Antwerp, with kerosene barrels, be-
came waterlOgged off ROckaway Beach.
The crew became demoralized when it
became evident the vessel was going
ashore and four of them cut their
throats. The captain whose name is
Morice, was unable to control his men.
The bark first struck on Rockaway
Shoals and went to pieces by o'clock
this morning. The crew numbered fifteen
men all told. and all but one were drowned.
The Life Saving crew of Canarsie went on
board as soon rs the wreck was discovered
and took off the one survivor, an Italian.
named Peter Sallace, who tells the above
story. Rockaway and Coney Island beaches
are covered with wreckage. The tide at
Coney Island is higher than it has been at
any time for yearspast and the waves have
done considerable damage to the outbuild-
ings attached to the great hotels.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05
Dls0rd0rly Darkios.

Elmer Holsinger, Calvin Carey and
George Harris, three young colored men,
were arrested on complaint of Samuel
Allen, also colored, for drunken and dis
orderly conduct, and creating a disturb
ance at party given by Mr.. Allen in Love
and Charity hall a few evening since. The
hall had been leased to Mr.. Allen on con-
dition that he should sell no Intoxicating
beverages, and he says he faithfully COM
piled with the stipulation but the &C
cused came to the entertainment in a
drunken condition, behaved boisterously,
one flourishing revolver. A few min
utes afterwards they upset stove in the
lower room of the hall. They will have a
hearing before Alerman Barr at half-past
o'clock this afternoon.
Before Alderman Barr, Benjamin Green,
colored, had a hearing OH a charge of
drunken and disorderly conduct and was
discharged on pigment of costs. Benja-
min Smith and George Smith also colored,
who were held on charge of resisting an
officer, were discharged after paying the
costs. All these parties were engaged in
row on Mifflin street a few days ago.
For being drunk and disorderly Geo1g,
Barton and Charles Maritan were sent 10
Jail for 10 days each by Alderman Barr.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

Accidents During the Inaugural Ceremonies.
Two serious accidents occurred. Louis
Weston member of the Seventh Penn
sylvania National Guard, of Pottsville,
was struck on the head by piece of pipe
forming one of the street arches. His
skull was factured. He was taken to the
Providence hospital and it is thought he is
dying. The horse of G. c. Bolton, a
member of the Cleveland Troop, stepped
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

ON the vet pavement and fell on his leg.
breaking il badly. He was taken to the
head quarters of the Troop and received
medical attention.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05
Assignment.

Mr.. Andrew Mehafey, of Pequea, has
made a deed Of assignment Of his pro-
perty, for the benefit of his creditors, to
Joseph B. Erb.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05
Sale OF Real Estate,

Oscar Hohein has sold to Gottlob Finkh
the property Nos. $50 and 562 North
Queen street, now occupied by Mr.. Finkh,
for 45,600.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05
MINOR TOPICS,

MINOR TOPlCS.
The Southern university, an institution
for the education of colored youth. has
been opened at New Orleans, with twelve
undergraduates. The state is to give it
$4,000 annually.
JUDGE MAcoMBER, of Rochester, New
York, decides that the majority of achurch
board of trustees, although sustained by a
majority of the congregation, cannot carry
the society and its property over to an
other denomination.
REV. DIR. TALMAeE has been pastor OF
the Brooklyn Tabernacle church for II
years. Last year 7O1 members were
added, all but 81 on confession of faith.
During DR.. Talmage's pastorate, 2,79a
members have been received. Deducting
losses by death and disr:issions, the pre-
sent membership is 2.296.
1T is a Mahommcdan tradition that Sol
ONION understood the language of dumt
animals and could hold intelligent con
verse with them. When a cartman was
arrested in Jerusalem for beating his horse
and taken before the king, that wise mon
arch always called the maltreate d beast a:
a witness in it's own behalf. This benefi
cent practice wholly obviated the neces
sity Of a society for the prevention Of cru
city t. animals in the Holy City.
HENRY WILSON'S right name was ''Jer
emiah Colbaith." U. S. Grants was Hiram
U. Grant. Now it is discovered thai
! 'Matt" Carpenters name was not Mat
thew but Merritt. Soon after he settled il
Beloit he was nominated for district at.
torney of Rock county, and on account o
the number of defective ballots cast fOl
him, his opponent was declared elected
Carpenter contested the matter before th'
supreme court, which decided in his ia
vor. His argument in his own behalf wa
SO brilliant and able that one of the law
gers remarked that ''it WAS worthy OF Si
Matthew Haie.' The other lawyers pres
enl ght up the name and declared tina
the young lawyer should never again hav'
4 name over which there could be any dis
pute whatever, and that henceforth the.
should call him Matthew Hale.
THE New York Observer says: 'Th'
American committee of Bible. revisel
showed their just appreciation of the worl
in which they engaged, by declining an
attempt to obtain copyright for thei
work. 70 them it appeared unreasonable
to lay any restrictions upon the wides
possible diffusion of what they believe t.
be the latest and best production in En-
glish of the Word of God to man. In thi.
their course is far more praiseworthy tina
that of the British committee, whose cS
penses were paid by the University pres
which claims to have the exclusive righ
to print the old version, and now, by cor
tract with the British reviscrs, CLAIMS tn
monopoly Of the new. This claim ha
been made the more offensive by threa
of legal process against those who hav
dared to copy 4 few verses Of the fortl
coming Testament"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

JUDGE MAcoMBER, of Rochester, New
York, decides that the majority of achurch
board Of trustees, although sustained by a
majority of the congregation, cannot carry
the society and its property over to an
other denomination.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

TIE Southern university, an institution
for the education of colored youth. has
been opened at New Orleans, with twelve
undergraduates. The state is to give it
s1O,O annually.
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where Xmas tree had been rugged up
for the children. The little chicks we're
all expectation when, about 8 o'clock, a
sleigh dashed up outside with a grand
jingling of bells and Captain H., who had
slipped out unnoticed, was heard
hammering the door with his heavy
whip, in the character Of Santa Claus,
and grand one he made when he was
ushered in out of the driving snow which
had lodged all over his fur costume, he
being almost buried under Canada fur
coat, fur hat, goggles long beard and
stuffed with a pillow or two. The chill
dren Qrom to Z years old) formed the
most awe-struck party you ever saw as
the visitor found each one Of their names
in book he carried and gave them his
opinions When he led the way 20 the
room where the tree was blazing away
one of the little girls was SO excited that
she kept repeating, "Oh yes, I'll shake
hands with Santa Claus ~ "Oh yes I
willv' 81 will! but don't want any
presents, Santa Claus, really don'tv'
"NO! No! DON'T!
The colonel was then installed on
throne and instructed by Santa Claus to
distribute his gifts aud represent him that
evening, as he had to visit all the posts
between here and New York before morn
ing. With this he threw up the window,
and saying that he would stop later in the
night when he got through, and fill the
stockings, away he went with clang of
bells behind the little mules that would
have passed for reindeer on brighter
night than that was. Then came the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

HespectfuiIy suDmitten,
GEORGE ". ZECHER,
ID. McMULLEN,
4. j. EBEKiIY,
JOHN III. BARNES.
Finance Committee.
On motion the finance committee was
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-05

Report Of Finance Committee ON CITY Treas
urer's ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WolcnaDa Ne
moved From Ohico-tsrOiOance Ap-
pointing Clerk of Market Com
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
The Suex Canal.

Attention was first called to the sub
iect of 4 canal across the Isthmus OF
Sucx by the great Napoleon during his
invasion Of Egypt For years, however,
nothing was done. In lSl7 France, Great
Britain. and Austria commissioned NJ.
Talal,ot, Robert Stephenson, and Signor
NegrelG IL make survey and decide
whether Nalnlcon's survey was correct
in tho point that the level Of the Red Sea
was thirty feet higher than TINT II the
Mediterranean, and they found the two
seas had exactly tho same level. The
canal project was never ~ favorahly en-
tcrtaineslbv the British ~ by the French.
The whole length If the navigation is
eighty-eight geographical miles: Of this
distance sixty-aix miles are actual canal,
formed hy cuttings, fourteen miles are
made Inv dredging through lakes, and
eight miles required no works, the nat
ural depth heing equal to that Of the
canal. The cost of the whole undertake
mig. including the harhors, is placed ut
about $lOO,OM,NA In doing this won-
,lcrfnl work il is stated that there have
been about SO,OOO,OOO cubic yards Of
material cxcavated, and At one time 60
dredging machines and nearly $4,000
laborcrs were employed. For their use
a supply of fresh water was conveyed
from the Nile ut Cairo and distributed
along the whole length If the canal. \
work in itself If no small magnitude. Il
il regarded rs making a saving of thirty.
six DAYS on the VOYAGE from Western
Eurup, to the East indies 1t Is difficult
IL state by whom the controlling inter-
est il held.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
poes the World Mss Arr One

Not long. The best and most useful
Of rs will soon be forgotten. Those
who to-day are filling large place in
the worlds regard will pass away
frum the remembrance of men in 4 few
months, or. 1t farthest, in few years
after the grave has closed upon their ~
mains.
We are shedding tears above new.
made grave and wildly crying oat IN
our grief that our less il irrcparalslc.
VT In = short time the tendrils If 1--we
have cntwined around other supports,
and ~ no longer miss tho one who has
gone.
So passes the world. But there mn.
those 10 whom y loss il beyond rcpalr.
There are men frum whose memories no
woman's smile can chase rccollcctions III
tho sweet lace that has given up all its
beauty ii deaths icy touch. There an,
women whose plighted faith extends le-
yond the grave. and drives away rs prc-
lane those who would cntico them from
4 worship Of their buried loves.
Such loyalty, however, is hidden away
from the public gaze. The world sweeps
on beside and around them AMI cans
not 10 look in upon this nnohtrn,ln;s
rrief. ii carvcs line and records \
atone over the dead and hastens away Ia
otIcr homage to the living. 1t cries out
wecpingly, "le roy est mort, but with
the next breath exclaims ioyously,
"vive IL roy"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
l,rovbcatinr witnesses.

Tho law il charitable. II presumcs
TINT all men will do their duty, and it
hollis every man innocent Of an alleged
crime until hc has been proved guilty.
Lawyers. on tho contrary, are inclined
| 10 DO mnchnritable, especially toward
witnesses who testify against their eli
cnts.
Though they have sworn to tell the
truth, tho whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, the opposing counsel usually
takes IL for granted that they will 60 NJ
ncar committing perjury ~ their fears
will permit.
Doubtless, there ia much TO he said in
justification Of the lawyers course.
They see much 81 the prevarication Of
witnesses, and many attempts 10 con.
ceal one fact, or to cxaggerate another.
II il not strange, therefore, that they
should doubt the truthfulness Of any
witness, when interested In cause
and 4 majority Of witnesses are partisans
Their skepticism is often made ofFen-
sivcly prominent In REORGANIZATION.
| The lawyers manner says, You have
sworn 10 q lie and know 10, and The
Jury shall know il, too, before I'm done
with yon."
Then lie puts series Of questions for
the purpose III disconcerting tho wit
ness, NO that he may contradict himself
and thus spoil his evidence. II the
questions fail to effect the purpose, then
they are reinforced by browbeating.
Daniel Webster once tried this method
upon clergyman's wife, Mrs. Green.
ough, Of Newton, Mass, aself.possessed
and notwithstanding woman.
The question before the court was That
Of Mira. Badgers sonndness Of mind,
abe having made 4 will during her last
sickness. Mr.. Webster, who had been
retained by those who were trying to
break the will, saw that the testimony
Of Mira. Greenough, she being witness
Tor tho opposite side, would have grcat
weight with the jury. He reasoned,
therefore, to spoil her evidence II he
could.
He began his crosse Examination hy
putting certain question, which Mrs.
0rcnough commenced to answer 10y
SAYING, II bclieve'--
I'VE don't want to know what you be-
licve, madam" reared Webster; 1--WE
want to hear what you know"
"rhnt was what was about to say"
replied Mrs. Grccnough, going right on
with clear answer To the question
gum and again. Mr.. Webster, seeing
the effect Of her evidence upon court
and jury, tried to embarrass her.
AT length, irritatsd by his failure to
rutlle the sclf-posscsscd witness, he
sprung to his feet, drew out his snuff-box,
took pinch, and, holding large han
dana handkerchief to his nose, blew a
sonoruns blast.
Mrs. Grecnough," no asked, while
the report was vibrating, looking sharply
at her, twas Mira. Badger neat
woman 2"
II cant say as to that, sir I; she had
one very dirty trick.
.Mhat was thatg"
.Shc took snuff"
The Court House shook with peals Of
laughter from Judge, jury, bar and spec.
tators.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
Old Inhabitants on the Weather.

"Seme folks seem To- think this is
warm weather." observed old Daddy
Wotllerspoon t. old Uncle I.inkinboth.
am. rs the two old inhabitants stoc.i,
last Thursday, before thermometer
tia. registered 20 deg. in tho shade.
Pears 10 me twas worse than this in
tho May If rs, wasn't itg"
"A heap worse" asscnted old Uncle
Lmkinl,othaM .hnt that wasn't rs
rs lad as May Of ~. You remember
how tho tin roofs melted and run Oh the
houses, and We had to carry wrought
steel umbrellas through the strcetsy"
"'hSd | do" rrloined old Daddy
Wo.hcrspoon. mopping his visage with
spring, and We had to carry our powder
in buckets IT water TO keep il from going
of rrcmatarely. Wasn't that the spring
the hams fried on live hogs and the hills
melted OF the snow hirlsy"
"The same spring." said old Uncle
Linhinhotham. 81 know l was OF fish,
ing in Long island sound. and the heat
generated tho water into steam 40 rs to
blow our loat clear over into the woods.
That month was pretty warm, for / re-
ollect how the forest ont back M East
New York melted down, and had a
STREAM If liquid kmdlings running right
through my farm. One Il my buys took
a swig OF il one day by mistake, and
when he died in the fall we found hmm
check full II splmters> Killed him"
Yes. yes" m0rmured old Daddy
We,hcrspaon, streaming ut every pors
!, We used 10 hang nacat and vegetables
down my will. and they were evoked in
TIN minutes by the watch, and the an.
cs.nt gentleman regarded his antagonist
With some triumph.
I'VE tried that, = said old Uncle I.in-
kmhethaM. s'hns the heat melted the
WINS the grub was hung IN and the
works IL the clock run all over the floor,
81 W couldn't tell how long il did take
to cook. aud We used icc-watcr to 10 oal
hiling with"
"Where'd You gct your ices" de.
man,l,a old DADDY Wothcrspcan, tying
handkerchief around his head to keel
his ears warm.
"Me Just poured water on the lin
and the tire was 50 much cooler than
wv StAktNsNIAtNAN N1lNs tStV WAtSA AASsS ~ Y
msnatc. That's how We got 81 much
lee. Don't YOU want a. ~ and drinl
) ,mething h warm you nps"
III w can gct little g,ad old hran
,lv. ia like il, replied old Daddy Woth
erslS,n. with l.alc bps and clelched list
"lll take some prssof brandy,
.Comc along. then. rctorted old I'm
Gle Liakmhotham. eontemptuoasly
"ioa may h. ahlc 10 stir Your hloa
With that npplc. hut this weather All,
the ns~llections If May. ~. makes M
want same hot. spicssa rum and n fa
oveN,at. Tomorrow I'm a,going |,
put on extra tlannels>
And the two old liars almost killc
themselves that afternoon with he
,iriaks rather than admit that the Al
mighty could do things rs well now =
Ii. did when they were boys - rookt.s
| fstg'c.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
The Value OF Sawdust.

There are 500 vendors Of sawdnst in
New York, with capital Of 500, 900 in
vested and an annual business Of over
3, 600, 900. Four decades ago the mills
were glad to have the sawdnst carted
away: twenty-five years ago it was worth
only % cents lad; il is now worth
n. 30 load ut the mills. Ii is used prin-
cipally at hotels, eating houses, grocer
les and other business places. When
VT and spread over floors. il makes the
sweeping cleaner work and prevents the
raising Of dust. Packers Of glass, soda
water and many other small articles use
il. II is used by plumbers about pipes
and buildings, to deaden walls. floors
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30

The locomotive If Harlem milk train
struck man who WAS lying crosswise
On the track. The train Was stopped and
backed up, and instead Of the mangled
remains the engineer found = man stand
Ing ON the track and looking around with
. gaze If curiosity. where is that
mans" said the engineer. "What mans"
said the tramp. .The man struck.
retorted the engineer. 81 don't know.
Did YOU hit = mans" said the fellow.
Eyes" said the engineer 81 knocked
. man of right here and he went up
against that freight car" Didn't see
him. When did it happen.' Just
now. Aren't Won the mans' "Not as l
remember" Didn't l knock you of
the track ?" the engineer persisted. Il
don't think You did, but YOU can exam
inc me and see" The fellows head and
shoulder were severely bruised and
bleeding. When asked how he received
the injuries he said: well. don't
exactly know. but / thought | fell off the
freight car. Guess / am not hurt much
anyhow As he walked away he sang
out-"Much obliged 10 you for telling
me how it happened"
Gcrr hrass}snU IL n leffAy ~ credit All
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
ny WILL u, cAKLxToN.

wake ", w'fe.-,he black cloak Of Nigh, besins 70
And for ~ the sas the McrninG his Kitchen ARE ha.
And no i heating rsa-Ao. hi. ..ove of .ron-srsy,
Ana star. arr wnhing and blinking before tho hight
o day.
Mind you what wss doin', Just ATTY years agcne Z
bfaFn,n NY sunday ralnent, an putin my 6est
cioshin myself IN courage so none my fright would
An my coward heart within, IN. while, Va. pound.
Ton mile wood IN brambs, an three mile Asld an
IN tho cold smile 81 morning walked 10 marry you
No horse had but my wiahcs--no pilot hut star;
But my toyish heart II fanced II heard You from.
afar.
So through the woods l hurried, an through tho
An ll'ts Thought . firing, tn. whole Of my jour.
Things nesr before nor after do 40 man rejoice
A. on the day he Marriea the woman q his choice.
And then our country weddine-brmfal o grief
With every one a-rct,in' an jckn yon an me;
The eoed cheer went and came, wife, - u some
when clouds have chased each other across the
summer sni.
There was your old father, drcssed up In weddin'
With oil the homespun nnery tina. he could rake an
And your dsar,hear.sd mother, tho sunlight Of
Who&e snlilc
shono through tho showers Of tear-drcps that
stormcd her face the while;
Also your sisters an brothers, who hardly seemed to
know
How they could scare up soarss. 70 l.. their
An cousins an, schocl-houss comrades. dressed mp
With one Of them a.salln' because II wasn't him.
An there ". y. good old psrsen, hi. neck Al
dressed In white,
bunch q texts in his lei. eye, hynn-toct in hi.
Al the rarscu. virgin daughter, plain an severely
pure,
Who hoped we should be happy, out WASN'T caaetty
SURE;
And there the sictuals, seasoned With Kind re-
And holly wres,hs, with brsas,plns of rahie., up
All there was my heart a-wcnder,n' - how snch
An there wss the world before u., and there wa.
you and mo-
wake up, xife' that eold-eird the sun, has come in
And on trce-top perches to take hi. daily Night
iIc il net old and feeble, an he will sail away.
A he hAs done % often since hfty years to-day.
Ycu know there's company coming-oar daughters
an our Hcnr:
There's John, and James, and Lucy, an al their lit
te ones:
Ana Jennie, she win he here, who in her grave doth
lie
provided company ever come from out the
sky;
And SAM ami not certain a. he will come or not:
They say he 10 = black sheer--the widest u the
lot
Before I sons dishonor, . fathers love stands
dumb;
Hut still. somehow or other, hope tina, Sam viii
come.
The tree bends down its branches 10 its children
from above
The son i. Lord II the father and rules him with
his love:
And he viii e'er ~ lcnged for. though tar they he
apart,
FOR shs drop Of blood he CARRIES that from the
fathers heart
Wake you, wife. the loud sun has reused tho sweet
Daylight,
And shc has dressed Ler~ef MP in rcd and yellow
Gnd white:
She has dressed herself for us, wife for weaan
day once more
And my soul te-iay 10 younger than cve- il was h.
fore.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
An Ingenious Farmer.

An ingenious farmer, sticking few
nails into q clothes.line to keep his
nciuhbor's cattle out Of his pasture, went
about Ills other business, thinking no
more Of the matter. A sharp fellow
came along, saw the rope md began to
think about il. He evolved the barbed
wire fence, and tho very farmer from
whom tho fellow got the idea has to pay
him tribute for an article which he
himself originally designed. And the
income Of the monopoly IL estimated at
eloO, 900 per month.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30

and ceilings. Dolls and some living hi
pc,ls are more cr less stuffed with il.
Yellow pine makes the least dust and
best sawdust, and has q pungent, agree
able odor. Any white wood dust will
answer for the above purposes. Black
walnut sawdnst, which has generally
been burned because il would not sell in
the market, has lately proved to be very
valuable for the tumbling processes oi
pin manufacture.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-06-30
ORGANIC WGAKNESo

immediately cured and fnll vigor restored. This A.
Siction- which renders life burden and marriage
Impossible IL the penalty paid by the victim Il Inn
proper indulgence. Young persons are ITO apt b
commit cxcc~srs frem not heinR IL the dread
full consrqaencvs that may ensne Now who that
understands this snhlect will deny that procrcaton
il l,~s sccner by sh.~~ falling into improper hahts
than liz the prN,l,nt. Besides icing deprived III
Ia. pleasure &c healthy offspring, the most serious
aud ORsNTAllrclvE symptoms II both mind
AMI haiy ari~. Thr syrtcm lrconea dcranResl. the
nhs@csi ami ental functions weakened, loss of pro
CREATIVE power, nervous irritAhts. dyspepsia, pal
rtSu.a IL The heart indigestion, constitutional de-
haiiis, ~assin. u the frame, cough, consumption,
decay and death.