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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
Dividing tho Plunsnor.

The pursuing parties that captured tho
Iron Mountain railroad robbers consisted
OF four men. named lluddlestOn. BellOvins.
Moore and Dallahode. When arrested
the robbers had about $4,000. Hudlles on
proposed to his comrades to divide the
money among themselves. Bollevins OBJ
jected. but finally agreed to its being
equally divided, tho prisoners keeping the
matter secret, because each of the four
officer took IN oath that he would annual
ly pay to the families of the robbers 500
and leave no means untricd to secure their
release from prison. When tho party
reached Hope they turned over the pris-
oners to the authorities and received ST.
600 reward offered by the state. All the
captors appeared ut the trial, when Bolle-
wins divulged the whole matter.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

Patrick Kelly, blind boy. was drowned
off the Washington street pier, Brooklyn.
A child born in AnamOsa, Iowa, weighed
but one pound and seven ounces.
A potato famine is imminent in Iowa,
the dry weather having almost wholly de.
| stroyed tho late crop throughout tho state
A largo twO-stOry house and 4 barn be-
longing to a. J. FOsdick, in East Slough,
ton, Mass, have burned !; loss, $1,000.
There is 4 good deal of excitement in
st. Paul about the high water in tho river,
and some timid persons fear u repetition
of the flood of last spring.
The bodies of the four men caushtIby the
caving of the Sulphur Bank mine, Cal,
have recovered. They were all dead from
suffOcation.
DR.. Isaac Sparks, of Plainfield, ILL.,, one
married to Mrs. Saphronia Orton, of
Attica Ind, aged -.
In New York Thomas McKeever stab
bed and mortalIy wounded Maria Nc
kccvcr, his wife, in a butcher shop on
West Thirty sixth street.
Martin Vierney, sixty-tive years ofagc. 4
we'll to-do stock farmer of Blauveltvi!le,
N. Y, has been missing since Thursday.
His body was found hanging to a tree i'm
the woods in the rear of his house,
The Warsaw salt we'll company struck
a layer Of salt, .553 feet down, and is now
boring 80 feet in the same substance. The
theory is that the salt belt extends through
western New York.
Engineers arc making good progress
with the survey for the new bridge across
the st. Lawrence river in connection with
the Atlantic & Northwestern railway. It
will be two miles long and cost about two
million dollars.
In Louisville, KY. in a quarrel between
two brothers, Budd and Henry Barrett,
over . loan of twenty five cents, the latter
Shot the former, killing him instantly. The
two had fought, during whicl, Henry was
so badly cut that he will die.
At Yorktown wO:kmen arc busily Ell.
gagged completing the erection of buildings
for the accommodation Of visitors to the
Centennial celebration. One of the prin.
cipal difficulties to be surnounted now is
that of an inadequate supply of water.
A fire occurred at Bristol, Eng, in u
large printing and stationery store. which
with the adjoining buildings, was burned
down. The damage is estimated at &C.,,
600. Messrs. Jcffries, to whom the store
belonged, traded very largely with Amer
lea.
John Bi.gett, Of Wyoming, N. Y, who
was recently released from Jail for threat
ening life, was terribly mangled by an
Erie wild cat train at Warsaw station. lie
was run over by two trains before ne was
noticed. He was intoxicated to crazi
ness.
While Charles McGragan was descend
ing the Hindman shaft, near New Haven.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
COL: l.f;E,
IROSSIpES.
y DAG:ISG BURGLAR.
"A Farmers Ean,ISo Near Lebanon Entered
a;l,l Robbed.

"A Farmers Ean,Is. Near Lebanon Entered
and Robbed.
The residence Of John Il. Light, Il farm
er living near Lebanon, was entered by
tw" unknown parties at an early hour on
Saturday. They effected al entrance by
boring hole through the window shutters
Oh the ground floor and hosting the win
dow. MIR. Light had gone to market and
his wife, hearing the noise. thought her
husband had returned, and paid No atten-
tiOn to the matter until the burglars enter
ed her room. While one covered her with
revolver, cautioning her to mako no
alarm or he would kill her, the other ran
sacked the room for money and other val
uables. The men had their faces partly
concealed with pOckethandkerchiefs.
From their talk Mrs. Light could not
identify them. In the house at the time
ofthe robbery was Benjamin Wcidman, a
brother of Mrs. Light. lie heard the
noise, but thought it was Mr.. Light leav-
ing the house. One Of the burglars
opened the room door and seeing some one
i'll bed remarked It's all right" and
quickly closed the door again. The rob
bcrs did not stay in the house long. Ali
they secured was about fifty dollars, Mr..
Light having deposited his other funds.
After they had left the alarm was
given. but no trace of the men could be
found,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

Fayette county, the wire rope broke and
he fell to the bottom, distance Of about
three hundred feet. He died in a few
minutes, He was thirty four years old
and leaves vile and seven children.
Jacob Hcchberg, employed at the
Hazard wire rope works. Wi!kesbarre,
was washing wire in IN immense tub OF
hot water and vitriOl. when, making a
misstep, he fell forward and plunged
headlOng into the tub. He was drawn
from the tub in great agony his death is
hourly expected.
At Caceres. on Saturday, the kings Of
Spa0h and Portugal were present at a bull
tight. At banquet in the evening King
Alfonso proposed a toast to the health of
King Luis. the fraternity Of the two corn
tries and the prosperity of Portugal. King
Luis acknOw'e.ls sed the honor with similar
cOrdiality,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
Adnrdstcr futclIQenrer.
MONDAY EVENING. OCT. 10. 1891.
The DauDhfn Bench.

The conference of the representatives
of the Republican party in Dauphin and
Lebanon counties seems unable to agree
upon candidate, the Dauphin conferees
insisting upon Simonton, and nobody but
SimOntOn, while the Lebanon conferees
are apparently willing to take anybody
but Simonton. To the onlooker the
attitude of the Dauphin part of the con-
ference seems absurdly obstinate. Unless
they have some reason which outsiders
do not know of to cause them to believe
that they can ram their obnoxious can
didate down the throats of the Lebanon
people, they are acting like silly geese
to refuse to make any concession to Sc
cure an agreement ; apparently they care
a great deal more for their candidate than
they do for their party, since they reject
the good lawyers whom Lebanon is will
ing to take from Dauphin county. The
Lebanon cOnferees are controlled by it's
candidate Miller, who is behaving a good
deal better than could have been expect
ed of him in endeavoring to secure an
agreement. He offers to stand aside for
ex-senator Mumma, Francis Jordan,
John II. Weiss, John L. MACPHERSON, all
lawyers of Dauphin county, or one Of
any five lawyers, leaving out SimontOn,
whom the Dauphin confcrees choose to
name. That is certainly as liberal a pro-
position as could he asked for, but
nothing but SimOnton will suit the
Dauphin men. lat Ccsar oM Mill"
they seemingly say; and probably it will
be nitN;; with two Republican candi-
dates in the field a good Democratic
lawyer like Grant Weidman will I've
likely to capture the judgeship. In that
event the people OF the judicial district
will have reason to congratulate them
selves on the Republican division which
has secured such result, for they will
have an able and upright judge and
that is a boon beyond price. Simonton
is not fit to be judge, especially in the
Dauphir district, where the temptations
to swerve from perfect impartiality are
severe. He is a lawyer of sufficiently
fair ability, but not so sternly upright
that he can be trusted to stand uns swaycd
by every storm. The people of the whole
state have Il peculiar interest in the &C.
cupancy of the Dauphin bench by a man
who will hold its ermine up from the
dirt as boldly and steadily as Judge
Pearson has always done. No one has
ever charged that judge with being afraid
to decree the right as he saw it and his
successor should he of the same Roman
temper.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
Trading Churches.

Ambition enters the hearts of clergy
men as we'll as Of ordinary mortals, and
the MOravian church is just now exhib-
iting two of her preachers who have been
seduced from her small brotherhood TO
the wider circle of the Episcopal church.
We do not know that they have traded
their churches to get into bigger ones, but
we judge So because the doctrine and
government of these two denomna
tion are too nearly alike to afford much
chance of better reason. The two depart
ing MOravianS are both Philadelphians,
one being the Rev. Hoffman, who,
having a rich wife, established Moray
ian church Of his own few years ago and
now takes it over with him in right of his
proprietorship, perhaps. He goes to the
Reformed Episcopaiians, ,whoar i'm truth
much smaller denomination than the
one he left; but thea it will he easy to
step out into the big church after awhile.
The other eX-Moravian is the Rev. Jor-
dhn, young mali of wealthy parents,
whose consecraticn anew 10y Bishop
Stevens, has stirred another Moravian
brother, the Rev. Rice, to words of hot in
dignatiOn that the bishop ventured to de-
clare the cOnsecratiOn of his church to be
"ampler'' than the MOravian. The good
bishop had MANY sweet words to say of
the MOravianS, whom he loves like
brothers, and who were so close to the
Episcopalians that the difference could
hardly be told. But the Rev. Rice was
Of opinion that sweet words butter no
parsnips and that if the Protestat Episco-
pal bishop really thought SO we'll of the
MOravian church he ought to have been
ready to accept the ordination of it's
bishop rs being quite as "ample' as it's
own, and especially since it is so much
younger i church than the Moravian
and the Reverend Rice thinks that its
bishop Was presumptuous and insulting.
Quite likely the indignant Moravian
clergyman has reason for his wrath. But
how it does stir the feelings of the
devsutest Christian to have his church
Sighted The Reverend Rice weIknow
"Oii IoA SdiAc ulSpuIiilC WHO uOeS not
love to be trodden upon and who will not
stop to consider the size of his enemy
when he lets his gaffs fly. Mayllap he is
somewhat impetuous, and too hard upon
the good old bishop in imputing to him
lack of sincerity; but if he has exceeded
the bounds of fair criticism the bishop
will be able to take care of him, and the
people of the churches may suffer them.
selves to lie entertained while the feathers
fly.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
And do they do much damage ?"

"And do they do much damage -
Much damage They lives on worms
but dey eats flowers and fine roots and
break up the flower beds. Central Barl
is full NIT 'em. and Prospect Bark too.
And with muskrats. Dem muskrats spoil
the lakes.
Is Greenwood cemetery the only place
where any effort is made to extermipate
these moles and chipmunks and other an.
imals %
"Dis is the only blace. It's hard work
to extermlnate 'em. A feller what knows
nodings about it, knows nodings about it
at all.''
" And you catch dogs here, do you ~
Some days I ketch bout fifty dogs.
After all der peoples has gone away from
the cemetery set big traps for dogs.
ketch pig fellows sometimes-pg New
fOundland dogs. Every once in while
have to get up in der middle Of der night
to kill 'em after dere caught, dey vas bel.
Ter SO. All, see dot rappit-they list der
beauties.''
" Didn't you say a little while ago."
continued the reporter, something about
foxes Do you have them here %
Yah, but not many. l have killed
-SSS t"O yCdl . stSo, sSuu StuOuCI
dis year. But they only come here axis
dentally.:'
BY this time Fritz " and the reporter
had walked to the other end of the ceme-
terry. The mouse-catcher seemed to know
every nook and corner, every chipmunk's
hole and every squirrels nest in the ceme
terry. 'BeobIes wonder, said he. chow
find my way about here so. But it's
natural to me. know every rut. Cause
! must. Ev'ry mornin' comes in here at
4 O'Clock, look at all der traps-takes all
der dogs and cats and chipmunks out Of
der traps and bnries 'em. -
Don't you ever skin them?''
mo. digs hole and buries en-
skins and all. One time ketchcd mink
herc-but only one."
In little book at his house the 'Mouse
Catcher keeps a complete account Of all
the animals he catches. At the end of the
mouth he makes out report and hands it
to the superintendent. who makes an en-
try OF it in his books. Every day he goes
over the cemetery examining traps and
setting new ones. To-day Greenwood
is almost free of all tho animals
which previous to 1876 (the year he went
to work) lived there in great numbers and
did much damage to the grounds and
as we'll as to the monuments
and tombstones.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

The following is the list OF letters re-
naming unclaimed in the pOstoflice for the
week ending Oct. 10:
Lad5cs' List: Miss Hetty Baumgard-
Fer, iIiss Sue Baughey, Miss Leah Barton,
Miss Adline Brown, Mrs. Annie Drum
Bocner, Miss Katie A. Clark. Miss Liz
zic II. Charles, Miss Clara Coleman, Mrs.
Sarah Crosbay, Mrs. Chilcesons, Mrs Jcn-
nie " Dillon, Miss S. E. F:ew. Mrs. G.
W. Field, 4, Miss Gertrude Mcl'cl. Mrs.
F. McManus, Mrs John Philips, Miss Es-
ter RiEchart, Miss Emma S. Roher. Mrs.
William Whitney, Mrs. Clara Warner,
Miss Sadie l.. Weber.
Gents List: Philip Becklcy, Alonzo Bru-
baker, Geo. Dissinger, ST., Denver organ
works, Henry Ditzler, Geo. w. Harrsce,
Johnson Hellinger, D. A. Howe, Sch.
Hummel. John Heller, D. H. Ines, Jacol,
kempf, Chas. E. Kelley, Geo. G.. Keihl,
Martin Kennedy (2-for.) }, Mclaughlin s.
Znos. Heinrich Mertens, Daniel Mowr.y.
NJ. g. Murray, D. Frank Russ, Jacob T..
Hessler, Aug. Richard, Elias Robsicn, y.
n: Scnsinderfer (2), NJ. w. Tshudy, Rev.
Wcigler, O. S. R., John Fimmer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

The Democratic senators went
straight ahead and nominated q presi-
dent of the Senate, whom they elected
to-day and after that courteously
heard conference committee sent from
the Republican caucus. 1t turned out,
however, that this committee had been
sent to the Democrats to tell them why
they should not exercise the rights ard
duties of their majority, and the COM
mittee affected surprise, which, of
course, they did not feel, upon being
told that the Democrats had determined d
upon the policy in the matter without
Republican assistance. This is very
much the same as if, when both Houses
of Congress meet in December. the
Democrats should ask the Republicans
to pow-wOw over the election of a
speaker of the House.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10
ASEB.ALL.
College "O-IrOnsitics Is.

On Saturday afternoon the Ironsities
baseball clubOf this city received their first
defeat this season at the hands of the
Franklin and Marshall college nine on the
grounds OF the college club. The game
was witnessed by large crowd of spccta-
tors, to m1>t of whom the result was a
surprise 1t was not rs interesting rs was
expected. as there was considerable loose
playing Oh both sides, as the score would
Indicate. the batting was very heavy,
Reitcr, Airo:i and Sheibley each making
home RUS Zecher caught splendidly for
the lronsidcs. and Heisler's pitching was
very effective. Apple played slort-stop
without al error. The college boys were
entitled t" the last bat, but after sccin.
that they had won they did not take it.
The score Us follows
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

BEFORE Governor Hoyt sails for
Yorktown in the good ship Galatea,
commanded by that jolly seaman George
Handy Smith, he will do we'll to lift his
ear to the breezes that blow from where
Wolfe speaks. This staunch Republican
is going up and down the state denounc-
ing the governor for malfeasance in office
by participating in speculations with the
state treasury funds. The governor
must notice the charge. Before he pays
his respects to the commonwealth of
Virginia, let him give attention to the
accusations made against him in sight
and hearing of the people of his own
state
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

THE Dauphin and Lebanon judicial
cOnferees again met At Lebanon on Sat
urday and ba!!otcd far into Sunday
morning without coming to any cpnclu
sion. Idiller sticks Will, :; remarkable
pertinacity that indicates the niger in
the woodpile - to bc very black one in
deed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

Thousands Of persons visited Lakevicw
cemetery yesterday The park in Clcvc-
lana wherein tho body of tho late presi-
dent lay in state, is throngcd with visitors
night and day. All the railways run spec
ial trains daily 10 accommodate the mul-
titudc.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

IT is said that, owing to jealousies be-
tween ex Chairman Geo. MCGOWAN and
present Chairman Bull of the Democratic
city committee in Philadelphia, the petty
politicians of the factions there who
mainly compose the committee are in
different to the party necessities and
threaten to let the campaign 90 by de-
fault; further, that Messrs. Randall,
Cassidy, Hagert and other prominent
gentlemen of the party avow that, in
this case, they will take up the work and
do it irrespective of the rusty machine.
We are not surprised at the first part of
this information and we are gratified at
the latter part of it. When the McGowans
and McMullens, Lister Smiths and
Jossphses, the Killackys and Burkes,
are remanded to the background in Phil
adelphia-and Messrs. Randall and Cas-
sidy, Barger and James, Pattison and
Worrall, and men of that character take
hold of the organization in name and
effect the $1,000 Democrats in Philadel-
phia will command respect and influ-
ence
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

Tie New York Times figures out
'probable " success for its party in Ohio
tomorrow. Probable - will not do.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

The searching editorial from the Tribune
Oh certain social sins, which We reprint,
has timely and local interest.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

FRESH cause for discomfort among the
English farmers is found in tho unex.
pectedty small yield of their wheat thresh..
ings, and the gloom in the agricultural
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-10

BEAST-Hu N1ISG in a metropolitan cem-
ctcry seems to DO a queer business, but a
foreigner has been kept at it for many
years in Greenwood, with what SUCCESS is
graphically told in another column.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
Household Hints.

Woolen hose should be soaked all
night, and washed in hot suds with beefs
gall, tablespoonful to half pail af
water. Iron on the wrong side.
To take iron stains out of marble an
equal quantity of fresh spirit of vitriol
and lemon juice being mixed in a bot
tie, shake we'll, wet the spots and in a
few minutes rub with soft linen till
they disappear.
1t is said two parts tallow and one of
resin, melted together and applied to
the soles of new boots or shoes, as much
as the leather will absorb, will double
their wear.
Workwork strongly impregnated with
tungstate of soda or silicate Of soda
by treatment in strong aqueous solution
OF these salts-will be found to be quite
uninfammable.
To wash fine cambria handkerchief,
embroidered in colored silks, so tina
the colors do not run, the secret is tC
wash in a soap lather very quickly
wiring thoroughly, and then iron, SO that
it dries at once. There should be nc
soaking, and the embroidered corner
should be kept out of the water as much
as possible. A little alum in the water
will make the process more sure.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
ODDITIES.

The body of the young octopus blushes
now with one color and now with
another.
The dogs eaten by the Chinese are of
q pale yellow color, and are about the
size of a spaniel. They have black eyes
and blue tongues. The Chinese give
them no meat, but pen them up, as is
done with pigs, and feed them with rice
meal and farinaceous food.
DIR. Landerer states that in Greece
porcupines largely frequent the vine
yards, and are known to be great grape
thieves; they are caught and sold to
butchers, their flesh being quite in de-
mand as an article of food. AS an es'
teemed remedy for headache, especially
in children, the dried porcupine gals
command high prices they possess Q
striking musk-like odor
The feather-like star-fsh is turned
upside down, and walks around on its
back, which is provided with claws.
1t is said that the ostrich is able tc
discover when an egg becomes added
and that it Immediately elects it from
the nest.
Alglers possesses river OF verltablt
ink. Two streams, one starting from ;
region where the soil is ferruginous, thu
other from a peat swamp, meetand form
the river, whose inky consistency is dut
to the mixing of the iron and gallic acit
which the two tributary streams re
specti ely contain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
A Wonderful Boy.

A little boy in Ballachalish, Scotland,
who was never taught anything of arith-
metic, possesses an extraordinary in
tuitive mastery over figures. "Getting
hold the other day." writes visitor, " of
large slate, we figured a question in
simple addition, of nine columns, and
with sixteen figures to the column. We
ordered him in Gaelic to add up the
sum. This he did in a few seconds. He
seemed to add column after column in
the usual way, but with extraordinary
rapidity, muttering the addition to him
self in a soft, bee-like hum, until the
sum total was reached. 1t was the same
in the most difficult questions of COM
pound addition, though where he got
the knowledge of the money table, in
dispensable in the working out of such
sums, neither father nor anybody else
could tell
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-26
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Making Trees Fruitful.

The question is often asked why
thrifty looking trees don't bear fruit,
and desire expressed that fruit could
be had from them. Oftentimes there
IS too much hurry for fruit in such cases..
We have known owners of trees discon-
tented, when, in our opinion, there had
been no time lost A tree hurried into
bearing is siniured in its growth thereby,
as growth docs not proceed so rapidly
when fruit it-bearing is going on. But
sometimes it is desirable to have fruit
even at the expense of growth, OF tree
may be in such rich soil as to keep up a
rampant growth too long, and in such
cases food must be withheld from the
tree in some way. When no other way
seems open, root pruning is sometimes
resorted to. The supply of food is
shortened in that way. Care should be
exercised that no large roots should be
taken off to endanger the stability Of
the tree,