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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
Sunday Liquor selling In Cincinnati.

Sunday Liquor selling In Cincinnati.
convicted at Cincinnati under the Smith
law Of selling intoxicating Sa..5ea liquors on on
thirty days i,npriscnmentandt to pay a fine
of 500. An appeal was taken.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
Court House Burned IN Pittsburgh.

court hOU60 burned IN T1CtSDurSu.
Fire broke out in the large new court
house at Pittsburgh shortly after noon yes
terday, and IN few hours nothing but
the bare walls were left standing. The
Jail is attached to the burned building,
and intense excitement existed for some
time in reference to the safety of the pris-
oners, but tho building was not harmed,
and the prisoners were not aware Of the
fire. Nearly all of the records and the
books in the law library were saved.
Harry McDermott, a grandson of Jury
Commissioner Hogan, was killed by fall
ing glass, while endeavOring to save some
papers in the jury commissioners Office,
and several firemen were badly injured by
the falling debris. The building origi-
nally cost about 5000, 900, and many thou
sands have been added in the way Of i'm
proven ants. The insurance on the burned
portions is $50, 600.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
uelawara llemocrata.

The Democrats of Wilmington, DEL,
on Saturday nominated the following
ticket For mayor, Joseph L. Carpenter,
ir. president of the council, Robert II.
Taylor city treasurer, john Guthrie.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
Sale of Live Stock.

Samuel Hess & Sop, ,aucts., sold at public
sale Saturday, 9th inst, for Harry G. Lint
ner at Milersville, Lancaster county, 30
head of COWS and bulls at an average price
of $43,3O per head.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
Dauphin Solid tor Beaver.

The Republican convention of Dauphin
county met in Harrisburg on Saturday and
selected delegates to the state convention.
No instructions were given, but the dele
gates are understood to be in favor of fBea-
YER.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
NEIGnBORnOOD NEWS.

Events Near and Across the County Limos.
A virulent type of smallpox has broken
out at Cornwall, Lebanon county.
A civil suit for libel has been brought
against the Neus and the Eagle. of Read
ing, by DR.. Wm. Devices, of Fleetwood,
for publishing articles relative to the death
of his father.
The Berks County Medical society has
decided to take no student hereafter who
has not fair knowledge Of English litera-
ture, LATIN and Greek.
A non-admirer of the apostle of tho too,
too utter Oscar Wilde, at Harrisburg,
reached out for him as he was about going
ON the train, and would have leveled him
to tho earth had it not been for tho timely
intervention Of IN official who stood by.
/ The creamery business in Lebanon county
has greatly increased the price of COWS
within its borders.
Darwin Woodward, who has an extcn-
sive peach orchard at Norway, in Kennett
township, Chester county from which he
expected this year, 10, 900 baskets, finds
that the freezing Of Tuesday night has
killed all tho buds.
1t is believed that the man found at
Rockville with two bullet holes in his
head is James Campbell. a counscllOr-at-
law, VI DIOOAIyu. ANs -, wiz A0o pCCu
missing since the middle of April. The
matter will be further investigated.
One Of tho large furnaces of the LOchiel
iron works, near Harrisburg, chilled, and
when work was begun to clean it out,
solid mass Of iron, forty or fifty tons in
weight, was encountered. Chiseling,
slcdging and other modes were resOrted to
in order to break the metal, but they were
unsuccessful 1t was only with the re-
peated use OF dynamite that the iron was
broken. and then into but three pieces.
George Meyer, residing on Cushion hill
and employed in one of tho stone qurrries
near Spring City, Berks county, filled a
hole, which he had drilled, with powder,
which exploded, and threw him twenty
| feet over the rock. The powder burned
bis whole face, singed of his eyebrows and
whiskcrs, tore out ono Of his eyes and
wounded the other, and burned the flesh
Oh three fingers Of his left hand to crisp.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
The Profits of st. nlary's Fair.

Rev. DR.. McCullagh yesterday announc-
ed the financial results of the late fair OF
st. Mary's congregation as follows: Re-
ceipts at tho fancy table. in charge of Mrs.
r. A. Malone and others, 81 ,G73 6j; from
the fancy table in charge Of Miss Kate
Kelly and others, S2,576.08; which
amount included s325.3O taken in at the
glass table. which was in charge of Miss
Agnes Kelly and Miss Maggie Dougherty;
from the cigar table in chage of Miss Katie
Coylo and others, s291.99; from the con-
fectionery table in charge Of Mrs. Carpen-
ter and others, S289.93 from sale Of tick
cts at the door, $3.50 .55-a total of "a, ,982.-
10. After deducting all expenses, such
as hall rent, printing, police, the laying
and taking up of the floor and various
sundry items, there remains net profit
of "A, ,558.24.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
MORE POLICE TROUBLE.

& sTaKing Ono Consideration With a mother,
the Policeman 3 Lot Is not u Happy Ono
Saturday night there was quite a scene
in North Mulberry street, between Lemon
and James, in which one of the city police
men was an interested party. There are
conflicting reports i'll regard to the affair.
AS. nearly as We can gather the facts they
arc about as follows: VIM. Titus, consta-
BILE of the Ninth ward, after reporting at
the station-housc at 1:3Op. M. returned
to his ward and stopped at the VIM. Penn
hotel, on North Mulberry street. Soon
afterwards he was seen to emerge from the
hotel in company with Belle Pontz, and
started down the street with her. Some
body had notified Mrs. Titus, whose resi-
dence is not far off, that her husband and
Belle were at the hotel together. Mrs. Titus
kept watch on them, and they came
out of the house. She called to
her husband to come home with her. He
told her to 60 home and he would soOn
be there. She, however, came up to him
and implored him to come hOme. a rather
angry conversation followed. in which
Mr.. and Mrs. Titus and Belle took part.
This attracted the attention Of Frank
Ruth, who Joined the party and passed
some very uncOmplimentary remarks
about Belle POntz, who resented the af-
front by committing a vigorous assault
upon him. He demanded her immediate
arrest, but Titus refused to arrest her.
Ruth then went to Alderman McCoromy's s
and made complaint of assault aid bat
terry against her, and she was arrested by
Officer Herr, but gave bail for a hearing.
1t is said that she afterwards raised
Cain'' in tho neishbOrhood, and assaulted
one or two persons also that there was
something of circus at the Titus resi-
dence. Officer Titus subsequently called
upon the mayor, who had heard Of the at-
fair and at once resigned his position
upon the police force.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08

Enoch Passmore has been appointed
postmaster at Kinzer's station, this county.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08
In IemOriam.

The angel of death has descended
among US and taken away one of our
best beloved. After an illness lasting
through two months, that had come to
be considered serious but which was not
thought desperate to the last day,
suddenly the silver cord was loosed and
in the twilight. hour of Saturday the
soul of Mrs. Emily Hensel winged its
way to heaven. But she has left behind
her the sweetness of her presence; while
memory lasts the fragrance of her gentle
spirit will linger in all the places that
have known her here. The bowl is
broken; the flesh is gone but the sweet
odor of her loveliness still remains to
those who knew her and loved her
Far beyond the limits of her family is
the circle of those who mourn her.
A young woman and a young wife,
she was at the threshold of life :
but it is not. too much to say that nc
death could have occurred in our mids!
that would have made profolmder I'M
preston upon the sympathy of the com
munity. The sorely stricken husband
has at least this consolation in his sor.
row-that they are very many who sor-
row with him. They mourn for her not
only for the loss they suffer, but because
they knew her to he one to have done
great good in the world and the decree o.
God which has taken her away from hel
usefulness seems quite inscrutable. She
was more than gentle and lovely; sht
was wise and strong and noble. He1
judgment was good, her heart generous
and her influence great. She has gone
but her bright character remains rs Al
exemplar to those who have basked il
its sunlight and were ever better for it
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-08

THE House committee on civil service
reform has agreed upon bill elevating
the department of agriculture to cabinet
Office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
LOgger's Losses:

THE SUNSHINE NOT GOOD FOR THEM.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Feb. 1.-THE
moderate weather for the past week re-
suited most disastrousIy to logging
operations in this section, and hauling
is now abandoned by reason of the bad
condition of the roads. The warm
weather, unexpectedly arrived just at
the time of the season when loggers
were tbs busiest, and were congratulate
ing themselves on making remarkable
rapid Roadway. a number of camps,
particularly where there are long hauls
will be compelled to ''break up" as sup
porting horses and oxen lying idle is
too expensive. The outlook at this
particular time is decidedly gloomy,
although it is calculated there viii be
ample logs got in to supply the Chip
pewa Valley mills all the coming sum-
mer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
Vanderbilt and his Dan,h,a,s !

Nobody knows how much Wander
bits house had cost, into which he hos
moved, and which he showed LAST n;cht
to private friends. 1t does not mai q
the appearance of Mrs. Stewards fine
house, nearly mile below, but seems
more CHEEKY and comfortable-in fact
reveals the difference between the
warm Dutch temperament of the Van
derbilts and the severe Greek tastes OF
North Irish linen draper. Wander
bilt's house is made of the warm brown
stone current in New York, deliberately
dressed, as if great belt of vines had
turned into stone and considerable
bronze appears in the parapets, fringes,
etc. There being two houses almost
exactly alike, connected with each
other by covered gallery, the whole
taking up the front of one block.
the further idea of family harmony is
cony eyed; and 1t is said that all Van
derbilts married daughters are to live
with their husbands in one of these
houses. There are three families OF
such. One of Nanderbilt's sons mar
ried a lady with divorce, which was A
subject of great plague for awhile; but
when the old couple thought of that
poor son, with only 81 100000 between
him and hunger, they laid awake in
bed. Finally they confessed to each
other that they were in distress ahou
him. 1t was thought that in year 0,
two his barrel of beans would be low
So they went down and forgave him
and found his wife to be the most char
ming 6aughter-in-law they had. 0
course l got this from the rival RAILROAD
| ofice.-Gdth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
China's Army.

The troops which compose what may
be regarded as the regular army OF
China, consist, 1t Is estimated, Of only
1900 men. These receive monthly
pay at the rate of from Eve dollars to
eight dollars, and daily rstion of rice.
They are lodged in barracks, and sup
piled with arms from the government:
but they have to provide their own
clothing. The remainder of the men,
who swell the nominal effective of III
Chinese army to. zoe, 900 infantry, and
227 900 cavalry, can hardly be regarded
as regular troops, since they have to
maintain themselves by cultivating
ground allotted them by the govern
mept. Most of these men are married.
and their sons at birth are enrolled as
future recruits for the army. The Or
ganisstlon and conditions of service o.
the cavalry are similar to those of the
Russian irregular horse, to whom they
are admitted, even by Russian writers,
to be in no way inferior. On the other
hand, the artillery of the army is mis-
erably inefficient. The number of guns
is large, but they are of Indifferent
manufacture, have neither range nor
accuracy, and are badly served. The
number of Notifications in China is ex-
traordinarily great Not fewer than
1,709 towns are fortified with walls and
bitches, while thousands of fortified
posts of greater or less strength are
scattered over the country. Mos. OF
the latter, however, consist only of brick
walls with bitches, and would not be
capable of withstanding the fire of even
light field pieces. The only fortifca-
tons In China which can compare with
modern European works are those con-
structed for the defense of the Peiho or
for the protection of other estuaries,
and which are armed with ordnance
purchased in Europe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
A Cause of Discomfort.

The habit of remarking upon the
looks of relatives and friends when we
meet them is a very uncomfortable one.
1t is not only contrary to good sense,
but due regard for politeness and the
observance of good manners demand
that it shall not be INDUCED. 1t is bad
enough in the family, where the ques-
tons and the searching glance are the
expression of kind feeling, unless in
deed the apparently anxious inquiries
as to how you have slept and how you
are feeling this morning are about as
meaningless as the remark upon the
temperature, but it is absolutely insup-
portable from any one but a very dear
friend, who has not had the experience
of going out for walk, or into a neigh
boris house, and being greeted with the
assertion that she must be i'll. In many
cases you are accused of not looking
well when in reality you may be better
in health than usual. 1t is great con-
fession OF weakness, but l have gone
home from walk out of which the
sunshine bias all been taken by some
such thoughtless remark, and looked
in the glass to see if could discover
any such sign Such remarks are
not kind, and certainly produce any
thing but pleasant feelings.-Ez.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
Mh0nnnrs.

Says the Brooklyn Eagle: "The
western frontier of our country is
highly prolific in tall stories. Take the
matter of hard blows. A man sitting
in his house, eating q pie, heard a
storm coming, and ran to the door.
The gale first blew the house down,
and then seized the man, carried him
through the air hundred yards or so,
and landed him in a peach tree. Soon
after friendly board from his own
house came floating by. This he seized
and placed over his head to protect
himself from the raging blast, and
finished his pie. Dat in Nevada, it has
been told that during gale, while boul-
ders as big as pumpkins were flying
through the air, and water-pipe being
ripped out of the ground, an old China
man, with spectacles on his nose, was
observed III the eastern part of the
town seated on a knoll, calmly flying
his kite-an iron shutter, with log
chain for tail. There was a man from
Boston who would not confess astonish-
ment at anything he saw in Nevada.
AS he was passing a hotel in Virginia
City the cap blew from one of the CHM
neys. 1t was circular piece of sheet
iron, painted black, slightly convex,
and the four supports were like legs.
The wind carried.it down the street, and
it went straddling along like living
thing. The Boston mar asked what it
was. ga bedbug from the hotel" was
the reply. "By George, never saw
anything like that" he began, and then
added, Outside of Boston,"
A party of miners in the BLACK Hills
compared eyes and ears over camp
fire. One said: "When I was coming
to the hills looked for Indians until
could see a mosquito a mile away"
Another said that his eyes were weak,
but that he could hear gnats jumping
on the rocks four miles. The next man
had listened for Indians until he had
heard the mountain sheep light on
their horns in the Big Mountains, three
hundred miles away. The fourth,
with his head on his pillow, had
strained his ears until he heard the
Chinese mailing up tea boxes. The
fifth, In crossing the Rocky Mountains,
had found a petrifed forest, the trees
had turned into solid stone. As ho
loitered on the edge, deer started
across the valley and was transformed
in moment into solid stone. A bird
flew past him, and perching upon a
tree began to sing. Suddenly the bird
was changed to stone. The song she
was singing was also petrifed, hanging
down from the beak of the bird-cold,
cold stone.
A Yankee who had settled in the
West having told an Englishman that
he had shot on one particular occasion
999 pigeons, his interloctutor asked
why he did not make it thousand at
once. "No," said he, mot likely I'm
going to tell Il lie for one pigeon"
Whereupon the Englishman, deter
mined not to be outdone, began to tell
long story of man having swan
from Liverpool to Boston, 'rDid you
see him?" asked the Yankee. "Of
course did; l was coming across and
our vessel passed him a mile out of
Boston harbor." "Well, I'm glad We
saw him stranger, COS yer a witness
that l did it. That was me |"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17

That is, if you are a poor man, and
have any s'get up and get In you. 1t
viii require some nerve and pluck, to
be sure, to pull up stakes among your
neighbors and go out to form new social
relations ameng q people you never
saw. But good people are everywhere,
and yoH will find your kind any place
you go In the world
If you are man of large means,
moving to a new country is no big mat
ter. You will miss many of the SHARP
corners, and money will make money,
as you know well enough. Nothing
succeeds like success. Money repre-
sents success and always finds the little
margins of pro6t. Sometimes it makes
those margins wider; sometimes too
wide, and takes it all for profit,
which is mean. A new country has
more of these chances than an older
country. Why? Because poor men
rigid economies, or never had them at
home. And the first thing they knew,
the new systems and adaptations to the
new country, which they have failed to
learn and use, change all plans and ex-
pectations. Crops have missed two,
three or four times, and unless backed
by money they are busted.
Emigrating used to mean a great
deal more than it does now. A decent
man, now, to 60 to a new country, must
go on the cars. Not second-class car,
either. 1t must be chair car. Two or
three trips must be made to the rail-
road Office to secure six or eight chairs
together with the whole family The
teams, wagons and furniture must go
by the cars. To them it looks like the
best way, but it is truly style, and ex-
pensive style at that, such as no poor
man should put on.
Then the emigrant must go to a
home near the railroad, and as near as
possible, to q towns county seat if
possible, even if he must go in debt
some on his farm. Here is one of the
very surest means OF fastening debt
upon man for life. A new country
has many lessons for a man to learn.
He is sure to follow the methods he
learned back at the old home of doing
things, and some of them do not suit
everywhere. Americans particularly
| do not go slow until they learn. They
pitch in, hit or miss, they do not take
the blame on themselves, but leave il
all on Providence, (luck), or on the
country. While beside them are Dutch
men or Englishmen who are
considered poky, but really not only
stay, but make money, and are con-
tented and happy.
When it is necessary for a poor man
to emigrate for the benefit of himself
and family, nothing is more necessary
than that he consider himself poor
and come to bed rock on style and ex.
penses, and adopt the plan of pay as
he goes for everything. Better buy
forty acres and pay for it, than buy si1
hundred and forty acres and pay hal
down. Better buy half as much lane
as he can pay for, and have money tc
put into stock raising, than risk every
thing on raising corn and wheat which
are uncertain. Risks are to be avoided
from every direction possible.
But of all the risks, don't risk ending
your days in the poorhouse, by stayins
on other peoples land until you are to-
old to take the risks of new country
where you can get home for yourself
and children.-Rurdl World
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
Legends Of the Wedding Ring.

In the days well known to history as
"once upon q time" a certain noble
Roman youth was deeply engaged in
the excitement of game of ball. The
occasion was an important one to him,
for it was his wedding feast, but the
play made him careless of treasure
that he ought to have guarded with
the greatest affection. He took off his
wedding-ring and placed it -lpon the
finger of a statue of Venus, to remain
there until he should want it again.
When, however, few hours after, he
wished to take it, he found to his dis
may that the stony hand had become
clenched, so that it was impossible to
remove the ring. He now had to pay
the penalty of his rashness, for he was
constantly haunted by the figure, which
kept whispering in his car: Embrace
me. / am Venus whom you have
welded. will never restore your
ring The wretched youth continued
to be followed by this disagreeable
companion until, after much difficulty,
he was able, with the assistance of a
priest, to force the goddess to relinquish
the ring, and then was the young man
free. This legend is widely spread, and
has been popular under various forms;
In some of these the Virgin Mary takes
the place of Venus. and the owner Of
the ring having, by placing it upon the
finger of the statue, become the be
trothed of the Virgin, il obliged to re-
nounce the world ard enter 3 monas-
terry. In another version certain
priest. desiring to enter the married
state, seeks q license from the pope,
who grants his request on condition
that he shall first conciliate st. Agnes.
who was the special preserver of viz
ginal chastity, by placing on the finger
OF her image an emerald ring, sent for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
A Poor Place for Marrying.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

Washington is well equipped for q
society season. 1t is the most infatua.-
ing place in North America for old Ia
dies, and even young ones, SO many
houses being open to wellappearing
people, as In foreign capitals. Young
girls who come here in the holidays
from school are hardly able to study
any more, and often are spoiled for any
other city; yet it is bad place to make
marriages. A young lady, the relative
of one of the most powerful men in the
country, came to Washington several
years age with charms, intelligence,
and no secondary place in the house
hold, but rather the first. / once VEN
tured to ask her why she had not mar
rled, since all were praising her. why"
she said, Washington Is no place at
all for q girl A young woman is in
danger of throwing herself upon socie-
ty and losing herself in It's delights, and
suddenly turns from her mirtn and
says: I see signs of time and must
marry and then, perhaps, she has to
take clerk out Of one of the depart
ments- No." continued the young
woman, Washington Is q dear place,
but not for business. If you want to
marry, 60 to some commercial town.,
where young man, tied to his BUSH
ness, feels Inc need of wife. and can
supply her with nothing but money
Washington has few available young
men,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-17
Murderess Arrested.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lit is report
ed from evidence given before the grand
jury, that Carrie Bradley, noted in a
recent dispatch as having murdered
John N. Brown and thrown his body
in the river; also guilty Of numbering
a man named Welch, nine months ago,
cutting up his body and concealing ii
in vault. Miss Bradley arrived here
in the steamer Idaho, this morning,
and was arrested. She denies all
knowledge of the tragedy.