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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL,

Jay Gould and party arrived in St.
Louis over the Wabash road. this morn
ing at o'clock, and, aftor breakfast,
started westward over the Missouri Paci-
fic. Their destination in Mexico.
Tho residence Of Timothy Caven, near
Garthersburg, Maryland, was destroyed
by fire and his two sons, Francis and Den
mis-. and an employee named John Folby
were burned to death. Mrs. Caven was
severely burned.
An explosion Of celluloiti occurred in a
factory at Newburyport, Mass, and killed
Charles 3. Schofield, fatally burned Chas.
Hayes and badly, perhaps fatally, burned
Walter Vandusen. The building was
totally destroyed.
Two years ago John Shalka, BOhe-
mian, lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. lie
sold large and valuable farm, and avowcd
his intention Of drinking up tie proceeds
and killing himself when tho money was
gone. Since that time he has been on an
incessant carousal, and yesterday he CON-
mitted suicide.
Stewart L. Woodford, whose term of
Office as United States attorney for the
Southern circuit court of New York, had
expired was rcappointed yesterday by JUS
statutes of the United States, which au-
thorizes circuit justice to fill vacancy
in such Office until an appointment is made
by the president.
In Petersboro, N. H., Hatch Walsh,
aged 40. and his wife, who lived in the
rear of the Baptist church, were found
outside upon the snow, she dead with
her throat cut, and he near her with his
throat cut from ear to ear and almost
dead. 1t is supposed that after cutting
her throat Walsh cut his own and both
went out.
As the Wabash express train from Chi
cago was putting out from a side track at
Mitchell, Ill, about twelve miles north of
St. Louis, yesterday morning, the rear pas
senger coach was dcrailed and ditched and
a dozen or more passengers were more or
less seriously hurt, though none danger
ously. F. w. Smith, of Pittsburgh, was
badly hurt about the head.
Captain Skeene, well-known and re-
spectacle citizen, who lives about eight
miles north of Gallatin, Tenn. while in
his yard on Sunday night attending to do
mestic duties was fired upon by unknown
parties and fatally wounded. Seventeen
buckshot were taken from his body. They
had literally torn his right hand Oft, and
entering his right side inflicted ghastly
wound. He Is expected to die at any mo-
ment. It is thought the deed was perpe-
trated by some moonshiners whom, it is
said, Captain Skeene had reported to the
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.smber1 ~ lpn - take my own way
in this 4Attds a have dola 20. As
each Of you lsoua It yenr grit 70 the mill.
l took = mach ain as ! theught your
portion and hid it away for tho salary.
When tho harvest was over sold it and
paid the minister regularly from the pro-
ceeds. You confess that you are no poorer
so you never missed it, and therefore I
now propose We stop talking about pow
erty, and about letting our minister 60.
and add enough to his salary to mako ms
feel that We are doing something"' Mr..
Dunbar used to say, 0 Tor q miller in
every church -
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KILLED BY A THREE-YEAK OLD 30,
Heating u Poker and Pushing 1t DOwl
the Throat Of an Infant.

KILLED BY A TAREE-YEAk OLD BOX
the Throat of an Infant.
Charles Shannon. colored, 2 months old,
died at S26 North Fifteenth street. Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday. Of burns made with
poker by Scwell jackson, years old,
also colorcd. The house is tenantsd by
William jackson, his wife and two chill
dren, and Maggie Shannon, young COL
ored woman, mother of the dead babe.
The two women do laundry work. In the
evening the mother of the babe said : my
baby was upstairs in bed on Tuesday.
The two Jackson children were also
there. was down stairs washing clothes
along with Mrs. jackson. had been
there only ten minutes when l heard my
baby cry as though in great pain. ran up
stairs, aud saw that the ashes had been
raked from the stove. The poker was lying
there. looked at my baby and saw that
it had marks of burns from the eye to the
mouth and all around the lips. opened
its mouth and saw it was all burnt and
raw inside. asked Sewell how it happen
cd, aud he said he did it with the poker.
then picked the baby up and ran to the
drug store and there found doctor, who
examined the baby and said that the poker
had been heated and pushed down its
throat. My poor baby suffered terribly
aud its throat swelled up so that il could
not swallow -
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Terrific Explosion OF q Boiler.

Tic boiler in the Union Touring mills,
of Detroit, exploded with terrific force,
tearing out the side of the building com.
pletely and so wreckiDg the structure that
it will have to be taken down to the foun.
dation. The engineer young man named
Whittier, the fireman and oiler were in
stantly killed and buried under the ruins.
A fourth man, standing just outside, was
severely injured in the head; but will
probably recover. Three horses standing
near were also killed. These mills, now a
part Of the new mammoth glucose works,
operations here last week, and
Mr.. Sweet, tho manager, was just enter
ing the engine room as the explosion took
place. He was blown some distance, but
without serious harm.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13

A. Given by the Nick RSberts Party.
Last evening the Nick Roberts pantO-
mime party appeared in Fulton opera house
to one Of the largest audiences of the sea-
son. The gallery and circle were crowded
and the parquet was almost full. The
troupe has three clowns, viz: Grim
adj" DrOmiO" and ''PedrO, "
who appeared in the pantOmime
of "Humpty Dumpty." They made
lots of fun and pleased the audience,
although great many better clowns have
often been here. Their acts were very
short and many tricks were new. Harry
Leslie was the pantalOon, but ho was sci.
dom seen, as the clowns mOnOpOlized all
the fun. Charles w. Ravel made an &C.
tive Harlequin while Sophie Ravel was q
charming Columbine. Mabel Pearl was
the fairy, and she certainly was q very
altby-lOOkins one, as she weighs 175
pounds at least. Lottie Grant looked
pretty in red tights but did nothing.
Between the scenes of the pantOmime
the variety actors were introduced. At
the head Of the list was Ell NinO Eddie,
the wonderful rope walker, who gavo his
act in his usual excellent style and was the
recipient Of great applause. Frank Bush,
the Hebrew impersOnatOr, made his first
appearance, anu IC OHCo lusselc niS0SoIl .
favorits by his limitations. He is a first
class performer, but his act is calculated
to offend many persons. Miss Lot
tie Elliott, pretty young lady did her
skipping rope jig in fine style,
Prot. Charles Omweg's feats of contortion
were astonishing. The Aston brothers arc
very good acrobats, but they made several
"misses -; Joseph Mendoza success
fully accomplished the feat of turning a
sOmersault in the air over six chairs
Dick Reno was the best bar performer in
the company.
Among the artists who where billed and
did not appear we're Cool Burgess,
Robert Garnella and the Elezcltine
sisters. Burgess had trouble with
Roberts a few days ago and he left the
the troupe. The company went to Colum-
bia to day and the citizens of that town
will sec q good show.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13

THE Democrats, under the leader
ship of Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Randall, are
hammering away at the funding bill,
and we cannot see what the Republicans
as a party can hope to gain by opposing
lower rate of national interest, when,
as Mr.. Randall shows, the debt can lie
funded at this reduced rate. Anyway
the Democrats will pass it, and Con-
gress cannot better signalize its out
going than by making this matter of ma
tiOnal economy an assured fact.
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A Pleasant Surprise.

Yesterday being the first anniversary Of
the management Of Mr.. ]. L. Keller, Of
the Singer Office, the employees under
his charge met at his residence, 229 South
Queen street, last evening, and presented
Mr.. Keller with handsome silver pitcher
as token of their regard for him
as their manager. Mr.. g., w. ALLEN,
one of the employees, made the presepatioa
speech, and Mr.. Keller responded with
few words of thanks, though he was al
most too full for utterance, as he had net
expected anything of the kind. After
spending q pleasant oveningi together, the
party separated with many hearty expires,
siOns of friendly regard.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13
THOMAS j. DAVIS DEFENDED.


' Demanded. '" "
So says the Philadelphia Times about
the following letter, which is written to
and published by it to day, with the sub
joined comments
To the Editor Of the Times:
Your article yesterday upon the Lam
caster bar, like several which have pre-
ceded it, is calculated to do Thomas j. Da-
Wis. esq, our newly elected district attOr-
ney, serious harm. It is wholly unfair to
Mr.. Davis that he shall be made the tar
get Of abuse when the animatins motive
which inspires his local assailants, at least,
be not understood by the reading public.
There have been deepcr-dycd sinners than
Mr.. Davis who have been proclaimed
minister's Of holiness. decorated with
humanitarian regalia and welcomed to
the highest seats in the synagogue of
crime and hypocrisy. But our new dis
trict attorney has been associated with tho
successful wing Of the Republican party in
Lancaster county, and the other wing and
its organ now find, since power has arisen
to welcome him, that he has become car
cass Of filth and putridity, which causes
tho whole Lancaster bar tn emit exhala-
tiOns Of offensive OdOr. Had our newly
elected prosecuting officer been an attache
and confident of y certain newspaper
Office in this city We should have
seen no accusations paraded of the
numerous frauds perpetrated upon in
nOcent clients in Lancaster county. But
deem it unfair to Mr.. Davis that he shall
be necessarily vilified by constant re-
iteration OF charges, and that by parties
none OF whom have been in any wise de-
frauded by him in any business transaction
whatever. A, B, G and D are constantly
paraded as having been Overmatched by
tiOn, and yet none Of these individuals
the legal forum. 1t is usually the de-
and it remains for this age to coin out
a. upon some Olympain summit, far above
the clouds Of human weaknesses,
and descry the Offenses of man.
kind both great and small, and point out
the punishment to each belonging. Our
rapidly advancing community il develop
ing in that direction and the holy apostle
of the new faith has commenced his pro-
pagandism. But the old gospel Of mercy
shall ever have my endorsement. Tor its
admirable illustration, ever in memory,
recurs to me when the Master uttered to
the accusers these memorable words,
never to be forgotten ''lIe that is with
out sin amongst you let Him cast the first
stone"
A MEMBER OF THE LANCASTER BAR.
Lancaster, January II, 1881.
There is i very plain and easy way for
District Attorney Davis to put his ac-
cusers to shame If he is unjnstly assailed,
and that is by demanding that the bar
shall either examine and pass upon the
issue or that tho issue shall be formally
submitted to the court for decision. Until
Mr.. Davis and his friends meet the issue
instead Of evading it by feeble apologies,
cuser.-EH. 7Imes.]
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13
TEN.CENT DINNER.
What . Philanthroplc English Woman Is
Doing.

DOlnS.
Mrs Amelia Lewis is philanthrOpic
Englishwoman, who is devoting her time
and energy to an attempt to convince the
merchants of New York, first, that their
female employees need warm and nutritious
food during the middle of the day, and,
second, that by an improved system of
cooking, such food can be prepared at a
very small expense. It is not SO much
tho long hours of standing up be-
hind the dry goods counter, Mrs.
Lewis says that impair the vitality
of young women, as the constant talk
ing for eight or ten hours day with
nothing but cold foed to build up the con-
stantly wasting body. If in the middle Of
the day the girls could have warm meal,
instead of the cold lunch which thsy now
have. their health would be better, they
would work better and their employers, as
we'll as themselves, would be benefited by
the change. Mrs. Lewis is endeavoring to
induce the proprietors flarge houses to es-
tablish a dining-ro in their shops where
their help can secure warm meals during
the day, and she claims that good,
healthy, substantial meal ought to be fur
nished to large body OF men or women at
from to 8 cents head. To exemplify
her idea, she gave ten-cent dinner
to thirty young women from the
Grand street establishment of Lord s.
Taylor. Tho guests were invited to Mrs.
Lewis's Office, at No. 704 Broadway, and
being conducted to the kitchen, were
shown their dinner, from soup to pudding,
all cooking on one small stove not more
than two feet square. At 2 o'clock they
sat down to long table covered with
snow-whitc cloth and laid with the neces-
sary plates, knives and forks. A very
pretty young woman acted as volunteer
waitress, and the ten-cent dinner was
served with promptness and dispatch. The
first course was rice soup, Of which a
large plate, swimming in vegetables, was
given to each guest, and in quantity and
quality the soup was not inferior to that
served in an ordinary restaurant for the
price of this entire dinner. Next came
stewed beefsteak with potatoes and steam
ed mutton with capcr sauce and turnips.
These dishes were followed with as fine an
English plum pudding rs one could wish
to eat. There was more than enough
for everybody and the guests all ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with the |
meal. Mrs. Lewis assured them that tho
entire meal had cost her less than s. |
Or less than 10 cents a head. Of course,
It could not be furnished in restaurant |
Tor that price, but any proprietor of al
arge store could do it, probably, for s
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13

Protecting Cams Tor th0 W1nter.
The heavy snow and cold weather have
been extremely hard on game, and many
Of our sportslnen have been paying a
bounty for all that are brought them.
Capt. VIM. Roehm, Of Quarryviils, has
picked up. ' On last Monday he % set several s raj
traps for them. Among the traps was a
fish net, in which he made small open
ing and then baited it. In very short
time he visited and found in it chicken
hawk, which measured four feet from tip
to tip, and also the remains of five par
tridges that it had already killed. The
captain made very short work Of Mr..
Hawk.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13

The ascent from Chatham street to the
first pier, on the New York side, is quite
steep, and teams with heavy loads will
have good pull before reaching the bridge
itself Between the piers the bridge will
be level. and the incline on the Brooklyn
side will be less than ON the New York
side, on account Of the ground rising
rapidly from the river. The width Of the
roadway is about equal to that of Broad
way. The cost of the bridge thus far has
been $12, SOC, 600. When the work is finish
ed the outlay will probably run close on
$14, ,00O. 600. Whether the bridge is worth
50 much money or not is a question. The
original estimate put the cost at 3,0OO,-
600 and there were people who thought
all the work could bo done for that sum.
Then it went up to s., 600, 600, next to
81, 0OO, 900, after that to %, 000, 900, again
to $40, 900, 900. and now the actual outlay
is over $12, 500, 600, and there are several
counties still to hear from. 1t is pretty
hard to say just when the bridge will be
finished, but l think there is a fair chance
of getting over to Brooklyn by it by it be-
fore the Worlds Fair opens.
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STATE ITEMS.

James Curran, a miner, was killed and
John McKeever badly injured by fall OF
top coal at Glendon colliery. Mahanoy
City.
James DeKnight, the switchman, who
caused the accident at Lamokin last Thurs
day night, was held to answer the charge
of manslaughter. He was released on
s2, 900 bail.
VIM. DonahoO, labOrer at the coal mines
at Arlington station, Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl s. St. Louis railroad, in Fayette
township, Allegheny county, while push
ing car along the track was struck by an
east bound freight train in the head and
instantly killed.
David N. Belknap, of White Haven,
aged "a, had his head caught between the
bumpers, while coupling cars at Bethle-
hem. yesterday afternoon, causing the
blood to flow from his nose, eyes and ears
He was so badly injured that he died in a
few hours.
When Speaker Hewitt, in reading the
rules of the House to the officers yesterday
came to rule A, prohibiting smoking, he
said that the air of the House is bad
enough at any time, and it is not in any
way improved by the best Lancaster
COuuty Al0VduObs x10 GIuStCu Gu0 CulOTC0-
ment of this rule would not end in smoke.
The House smiled.
While Edward Seitz, son of John Seitz,
Of Seitz Bros, Easton, was engaged in
filling siphons with Deep Rock water, one
Of the siphons burst and a large piece of
the glass was driven into his neck under
and little to the right Of the chin, max
ing painful cut, which severed several of
the arties. He bled very prOfusely and
died at 2 o clock.
The Philadelphia Republican nominat-
ing conventions assembled yesterday, and
tho Stokley men were in "a large ma
jOrity.' He will doubtless receive the
nomination for mayor to. day. and has ac-
cepted the nomination rendered by the
citizens committee. Mr.. Keim refused to
allow his name to 20 before the convention
aud there is talk Of his running rs All in
dependent candidate.
Judge PaxsOn, of the supreme court.
has decided that man travelling on rail-
way route in the exercise of his duties as
a mail agent is an employee of the
company and not a passenger within the
terms Of the act of 1868. The death of
such man upon tho road, even by the
carelessness of the employees of the COM
pany, will not entitle his surviving rela-
tives to damages against the railroad
company.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13

We hear loud complaints of unprece-
dented gas bills. Can it be that the vile
stuff pumped into peoples houses, which
did not burn and only escaped through
the houses and stores to suffocate them,
nevertheless made " the wheels 60
wound " in the meters and helped to
swell the bill ? Are consumers bound
to submit to this ? We believe not.
Cooperation OF the afflicted is all that is
necessary to resist extOrtiOn.
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Finger Cut On.

Yesterday morning in the central mar
ket, while George Pyle, butcher, was en-
gagged in cutting off steak, his knife
slipped. and the keen edge coming down
upon the foreGnger of his left hand near
the first joint, cut the end Of it complete
" off. The wound bled copiously before
a surgeon cou!d be had to dress it.
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cents All that was necessary VS. for
them to agree among themselves upon one
or two kinds of meat each day for tAe
secon1 course. II each one wanted = dH
fercnt dish, of course the dinner could not
be prepared SO eaSily
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Thus It Happens.

FOfncy'S XfOSress.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was blessed, as
it thought, with new gas company, which
bought out the old concern and promised
better gas at cheaper rates. But now, say
some Of the local papers, the gas is not as
good as it was, and more is charged for it.
How happens it that gas companies no
where are satisfactory to the people in
their operations?
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-13
Tho VIII OF Benedict Boos.

The will of the late Benedict Boos
whose death at st. Joseph's hospital has
been heretofore noticed, was probated to-
day. Ills estate, valued at about S1,5O0.
is devised to religious and charitable in
stitutions. St. Joseph's church is to re-
ceive 800; st. Anthony's church $50
St. Joseph's hospital (for the construction
of sisters hOuse) $500. Rev. Pater Igna-
thus is named az residuary legatee to use
the remainder of the estate for the benefit
of St. Joseph's hospital.
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Located at JlemPhis. .

Andrew Showers. tho jug2!er, and
Emanuel Kaufman, horse dealer, both
of whom were formerly residents of this
city. are running museum in Cochran
hail, Memphis. Tennessee. Mr.. Showers
is the owner OF q number of trained dogs.
aud the past season has Travelled with
Robert Stickncy's circus.
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THE TELEGRArH WAR"
Tote E0dled BY . Consolidation Of q
Three Great Companlos.

To-bs Endsd BY . Consolsdation of the
Three Great CompanI0s.
In regard to pending negotiations for
the consolidation of the Western Union
American Union and Atlantic and Pacific
telegraph companies, DR.. Green, presi-
dent of the Western Union, said to re-
porter 1T is fact that y consolidation
has been decided upon by the leading
managers Of the three companies, but the
details Of the mater will not be settled be-
fore Wednesday next, when another meet
ing of the parties interested will be held"
DR.. Green further said that he was not at
liberty to make any statements as to tho
basis of the amalgamatiOn for publication,
for the reason that the matter is in great
measure still in allegiance.
Mr.. Thomas T. Eckert, president or the
American Union, declined to make state
ment to reporter, as he did not wish t"
have any premature publication of the fact.
The general opinion on Wall street is that
the announcement that the exact basis Of
consolidation has been agreed upon is to
say the least, premature. It i regarded as q
definite fact, however, that the managers Of
the three companies havo decided to ANAL
gamate. The terms will lprobably be decided
upon at the meeting to be held on
Wednesday. A statement was made at
Kiernan's news agency in Wall street, late
in the afternoon, that meeting viii h
was attended by Messrs. w. H. Wander
bilt, Jay Gould, NOlvin Green and other
gentlemen connected with the manage
ment of the three companies was marked
by the greatest harmony, and that it was
agreed that the consolidation should be
carried into effect. provided the consent Of
the holders of the majority Of the stock
could be obtained. It is rumorcd that tho
basis of consolidation is par for Western
Union, 90 for American Union and A for
Atlantic & Pacific stock.
The Greed Of Goald.
New York Correspondents Philada Ledgcr.
Notwithstanding all rumors and reports
to the contrary. there would seom to be no
doubt but that the consolidation of the
western Union with the American Union
telepraph company is un fait accompI.
Your correspondent is informed on the best
authority that the preliminary papers we're
s;oned this forenoon. The taik ID. that.
nrscticallv. this places the entire telegraph
hnsiness in the mower of the Gould inter
est and that the next proceeding of that
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TAFFY FOR GROW.
Give Him the Old Pants.

Philadelphia Press
Mr.. Grow is not vindicitive man, and
is enough of politician to take his COM
ing defeat in good part. And while he is
not likely to reach the Office he desires, will
probably be considered when appointments
are being arranged. The fact that man
does not receive the precise Office he
desires does'not prove that he is not ap-
preciated.
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A Uoublo Birthday,

Yestdrtlay was the 41st anniversary Of
the birth of Jacob F. Bender. manufac-
turer of the celebrated fan-blower, and
the event was happily signalized by the
birth of a daughter to MIR. Bender.