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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
News Miscellany.

There is complaint throughout the state
of a scarcity of domestic help.
The returns from all counties in Iowa
except six give a net majority for the pro-
hibitior amendment of 2, SSS.
Samuel Obright, the young Hebrew who
married a Christian girl at New York, and
who is alleged to be insane, yesterday es-
capped from tho custody of q deputy sheriff
while the conference was going on as to
his sanity or insanity.
Susan Casey, aged IS. a young Irish
girl who arrived at New York last Sunday,
was yesterday reported to the police as
missing. Her brother, NJ. F. Casey, of
Che stertown, Nd, went to receive her on
Monday morning, but could not find her.
The captain of the British steamer
Strathairlie was yesterday at San Fran
cisco fined 1,15O by the United States
district court for bringing Chinese pas
SINGERS in excess Of tho number allowed
by law.
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..s,,rHEIs BEAKEMAN KILLED.
Milton Mann Crushed and Beheado0
Columbia.

Milton Mann Crushed and lseheadoG at
Columbia.
Milton Mann, = brakeman on tine Penn-
sylvania railroad, was found dead in tho
cast yard of the Pennsylvania railroad
company at Columbia this morning about
o'clock. His head was discovered from
his body and his chest was fearfully
crushed. 1t is supposed that he was asleep
on top Of one of the cars of his train,
which was in tic yard. The train
moved between 1! and o'clock, and 1t is
thought the sudden starting and jolting Of
tho cars may have startled Kim and
thrown him of, and that he fell between
the cars and was crushed as above stated.
Mr.. Mann was single and aged abOut 90
years.
Deputy Coroner Frank was notified and
empanneled a jury who viewed the re-
mains and adjourned to await the arrival
of the crew, when verdict will be rem
dered. Deceased was young man about
% years of age, and was we'll spoken of
by all who knew him. He was single
man living with his mother Oh Fourth
street, to whom his sudden death will be
q terrible blow. Ho is Columbian by
birth and former student OF the high
school.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
GUITEAU'S BRAIN.

No Hint of Insanity Nor Tiaco of Other Dis
ease shown Under the knifo.
When the remains of Guiteau had been
taken up stairs into the chapel, which is
a room over the kitchen of the Jail, the
coffin lid was taken off and the body lifted
out and stretched on q table. The CLOTH
ing was then removed. After a consulta-
ton as to how the operation should be
performed and what examination should
be made, DR.. Lamb, who had the knife,
took the initiative. The first thing that
was done was to make an incision from
the chest down the median line and another
at right angles to it, and the outer integu-
ment of the body was thrown back, expos
ing the viscera. The heart and lungs
we're especially examined, as vel, indeed
as other parts, with view of determining
the presence of any evidence of disease.
The heart was found to be of normal size
and perfectly healthy in every particular.
The lungs were of normal proportions and
healthy with the exception of small tub
circles on one of them nothing of a serious
character was found.
The knife was run around the back OF
the head at the base of the skull and the
scalp was raised and drawn forward clear
over the face, exposing the naked Uranium.
A saw was brought into use and very soon
circle was cut through the skull com.
pletely around the head, removing the
upper half of the brain receptacle. The
brain was then taken out and carefully
weighed. 1t weighed exactly 494 ounces,
which is normal weight. There was not
the slightest indication of any physical
disease in the brain. 1t was regular in all
it's parts and proportions, except that
there was a slight thickening, in one place,
of the dura mater. This. however, the
physicians said, did not indicate any dis
ease such rs would affect tho mind of the
individual, because it is i thing that is
frequently found in cases where perfect
health had been enjoyed up to the time of
the last illness and where the mental
status of the individual had never been
questioned. Indeed, it is said that the
head of Daniel Webster showed quite
remarkable thickening of the dura mater,
much more SO than in the case of Guiteau.
In MIR. Webster's case it was known that
the thickening resulted from a fall which
he got in youth. Comment among the
doctors when they were making the ex-
animation of the brain was closely OBJ
served.
The brain was examined as far as could
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01

be done with the naked eye, and having
been weighed was placed in square tin
box upon . bed of soft curled hair. DR..
Godding and DR.. Lamb were chosen by
the physicians present to take tho brain to
the medical museum and have it photo.
graphed.
All the doctors agreed that there was no
perceptible difference in the size OF tho
two lobes of the brain, which they rather
expected to find owing to the exterior
conformity of the skull. 1t will be re.
membered in the trial the point was raised
that the skull was of abnormal shape, be-
ing visibly flattened upon one side aud
having a fulluess on the other. The vital
organ itself, however, when exposed to
the examination of the physicians to-day,
showed no variation of this kind. Indeed,
the brain indicated perfect health and
presented no phenomenal features. Still
the physicians do not say that the micro
scopic view may not show some trace OF
disease that is not visible to the naked eye.
Still they do not expect to find eviden-
ces of insanity in the organ. The doctors
remarked that the skull was rather more
than usually thick, otherwise there was
nothing unusual in any part of the head.
The doctors found another thing which
surprised the correspondents and others
who had listened to accounts of the mans
habits. They were told this morning
that he had ordered a breakfast Of one
pound of beef steak, an omelette and a
quart of coffee, and that he had eaten his
breakfast at about II a. m. The physi-
clans found, however, that the stom ach
and intestines contained almost nothing.
The lungs and heart were restored to their
proper places in the body. Tho intestines
and stomach had not been removed. The
incisions were sewn up, the roof Of the
Uranium was placed back over the now
empty skull, the scalp was drawn into
place and stitched and the body was re
stored to the coffin. When the body lay
there again with the clothes on and with
tho lid of the coffin adjusted, NO one
would have suspected that an autopsy had
| been made upon the brain.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
Tho Abduction of Charlie Ross.

Eight years ago to. day Charlie Ross was
spirited away from his home in Washing
ton lane, Germantown. In all the inter-
vening time not the slightest clue to the
whereabouts or fate of the child has ever
been obtained. His supposed abductors,
Mosher and Douglass, we're killed at Bay
Ridge while committing. robbery, and,
while Douglass confessed in his dying
agonies that he and Mosher were guilty of
the kidnapping, but expired before giving
a hint Of the fate of the child. Numerous
clues have been pursued for the missing
boy since then, but none offered any solu-
tion of this deepest of mysteries. Ex-
Councilman Logan, who has spent the
best part of the eight years in an endeavOr
to recover the lad, still adheres to the be-
lief that Charlie is in the custody of a
Frenchman in Baltimore, but Mr.. Ross
and the officers who worked SO diligently
in the case have no faith in the theory of
Mr.. Logan.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
A GRAND RECEPTION.
High School Graduates, Teachers. Direct
and Other Invited Guests.

High School Graduates, Teachers. Directors
and Other Invited Guests.
Daniel G. Baker, esq.,. gave a reception
last evening in the old high school build :
ing to tho graduating classes of the boys
and girls high schools, the teachers of all
the public schools, the board of school di-
rectOrs and 4 few other prominent citizens
tho guests numbering perhaps one hun
dred and fifty. Among other guests pre-
sent were Rev. j. Max Hark, Prof. VIM.
B. Hall, II. c. Mcllinger and Prof.
Buehrle.
Lemonade, ice-cream, fruits, cakes and
CONNECTIONS were literally dispensed to the
guests. Many fine musical selections were
sung. The graduates led off with tho
"Star Spanglcd Banner" with piano ac-
compartment by F. W. Haas and violin
accompaniment by J. B. Kevinski. Then
followed piano solos by Miss Sallio 1.
Croft and VIM. G. Pyfer, of the gradual
ing class. Misses Kate Shirk, Ella Stautfer
and Messrs. D. II. Sensenig and
N. J. Blackwood repeated the med
Icy that was SO enthusiastically
received at the commencement. "The
Emperor of Austria" "Auld Lang
Sync,' "Suwanee River" "Upidee," !"
"America," "The Alpine Horn, "
Johnny Smoker" and few other pieces
were sung during the course Of the even
ing. The party was 4 delightful one,
President Baker and his aEliable wife
being of course tho centre of attraction.
The young lady graduates, FREQ from the
restraint to which they were subjected in
the morning, looked even more charming
than when a thousand pairs Of eyes were
gazing at them. The young gentlemen
were joyous and gallant and the teachers
and directors looked wise and venerable as
became persons holding such important
stations as they do. The party broke ul
before 10 O'Clock.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
MASSACRE lsY INDIANS.
Fourteen Persons Murdered I'm Dakota Ter
ritOTy.

Fourteen Persons Murdered In Dakota Ter
ritO2y.
News has been received by General
Terry at the headquarters Of the depart
ment of Dakota that colony, consisting
of fourteen persons eleven men and women
and three children), have been massacred
by Indians, so miles from Redfield, u. L..
on the Dakota Territory Central railway.
The massacre was reported to Superln-
tendent Nichols of the railroad by a man
who claimed to have escaped. The kill
ing occurred Oh Thursday, and the sur
vivor had hurried to Redfield to
carry the news of the .butchery and
give the alarm. Mr.. Nichols said
he had investigated the story and believed
it to be true, and asked that a scouting
party be sent to the scene. General Terry
ordered out a detachment Of the Seventh
cavalry from Sisseton agency, recently Or
dered to that agency from Meade. Ten
days rations will be taken by the squad
and thorough scout will be made. The
commanding officer was instructed to take
steps to punish the guilty party and to
protect other settlers. The troops are in
hot pursuit by this time. The railway
company was asked by tho department to
render all possible assistance. The scene
Of the reported tragedy is in Faulk county
west Of Redfield, which is small station
on the James River Valley, on the Dakota
Central railway, forty miles north from
Huron and about twenty-five miles south
west of Fort Sisseton.
1t is expected that the troops will reach
tho place where the massacre is said to
have occurred by Saturday night. Should
further reports justify the measure troops
from other forts to the westward will be
put Oh the alert 10 intercept and, if possi-
bic, corral the raiders. The war party is
believed to be Sioux from the Missouri, as
fifty bucks were reported to be in the raid.
The SissetOn Indians are peaceably inclin-
ed, and are under control OF Chief Ben
vile, who is friend of the whites The
Sioux are always ready for scout, and
are sometimes allowed to 60 on hunt.
There are SO many of them at some of the
Missouri agencies that a party might elude
tho vigilance of the agency authorities,
but agency officers are at a loss to know
how so large a band could be on the wal
path w ithout being missed.
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Tho bridge Contract.

Hugh Keogh & Co. and Capt. Elias Nc
Mellen withdrew their bids for the con-
struction of a county bridge across tho
Little Conestoga at Groff7s mill, and thk
contract was given to Davis Kitcb jr., The
next lowest bidder. The contract price is
$1,G71. 1t is understood that Mr.. Kitch
has transferred the contract to Capt. Nc
Mcllen and that the bridge will be speedily
erected.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01

owned by F. Daniels, were burned yester-
day, caused by spontaneous combustion.
Loss, 79, 900.
Robinson's tannery at Dauphin together
with several hundred tons of bark was
burned. A number of frame houses took
fire, and the entire town was at one time
threatened. The loss is unknown.
The Anchor oil company's we'll No. CAT.
in the Cherry Grove district, near Brad
ford which had been burning since the
Goth instant, has been extinguished by the
use of chemicals. About 15, 900 barrels Of
oil has been consumed since the fire
started
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
PERSONAL.

EUGENE HALE is also an Ii. d. The
degree comes from Bates college.
OSCAR W1LDE's oddities have enabled
him to pocket about $50, 900 so far.
Mr.. ROBINSON, the periodical bearder OF
the British lion, resembles Oscar Wlde.
PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, will be
asked to run for Congress in the fHth
Massachusetts, district.
ANNIE LOUISE CARY was married at
Portland, Maine, on Thursday, to NJ. &.
Raymond, of New York.
Mrs. JAMES G. BLAINE and her sister,
Gail Hamilton, will summer at Cresson
springs.
H. L. TOWNSEND and VIM. B. Given
are the Lancaster county members Ot the
newly appointed state committee.
DIR. LEONARD BAcoN's memory is hon
ored by tablet in the new library build
ing of the Divinity school group ut New
Haven.
AUGUSTINE SMITH, tie. tenant of tho
Long Branch cottage in which MIR. Gar.
field died, is much troubled by thronss oil
sight-seers.
CHARLES EZRA CORNELL. a son Of Gov
ernor Cornell, was married at Bouck,s s
lSlIuu, N. OIL cuuOSOdyS " AssAA>.
daughter of Ex-Governor Bouck.
CARL SpREcKLEs, who comes to the front
in San Francisco as millionaire. has his
money invested in a large sugar plantation
in Maui, Sandwich islands.
Mrs. NJ. F. S. HOPKINS, widow OF the
late millionaire Hopkins, of San Fran
cisco. is to receive three-eighths of the
| immense estate. Samuel and Moses Hop
kins get the remainder. 81 ,6S3, 747 already
have been distributed.
MIR. PULLMAN, of the palace car fame,
saws that his attention is mainly devoted
lust now to providing large, clean and
healthful homes for his employees. lie
has made a contract for five hundred
model houses, to be built at the town oi
Pullman, near Chicago.
Hon. WILSON MCCANDLEss, a retired
Judge of tho United States district court,
died at Pittsburgh, carly Friday morning.
| in the 73d year of his age. His death Was
sudden and unexpected, notwithstanding
he had been ailing for a long time: Ho Wal
appointed Judge by President Buchanan
and served until retired on full salary, BY
special act of Congress, in 1876.
Mrs. GENERAL GRANT and Mrs. Sena
tor Logan entered railway train rccenti!
to find all the seats on the shady side o
the car occupied. The former, reluctant
to sit on the sunny side, remarked
wish some one would offer me seat OF
this side." "Oh. they would, Mrs
Grant, if they knew who you were. le
marked the amiable Mrs. Logan. !hes'
remarks carsed considerable merrimen
among the few within ear.shot, but non
of them seemed to know Mrs Grant.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01

NOTHING relating to the Democratic
state convention did more to make its
work acceptable to the party of the state
than the admirable temper which was
preserved by the delegates throughout
their deliberations, and the amiable rela-
tions which continued between the lead
ing friends of the different candidates.
From the very beginning it was evi-
dent that the spirit of strife and
discord, so often fatal to Demo-
cratic harmony and Democratic hopes
was entirely dead. When John p. Read
and Malcolm Hay, near political and
personal friends, were entrusted with
the cause Of their respective candidates,
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Toes Crushed.

This morning as w. F. G. Sheer was
crossing North Queen street, opposite the
to look after his little grandson, who was
following him. A carriage was passing,
and Mr.. Sheer stepped aside but placed
himself in the path of one of Bitner's
freight wagons, which he did not see, but
which was passing in an opposite direction.
MIR. Sheer was struck by the hub Of the
wagon and knocked down. and one of the
wheels passed over the toes of one Of his
feet, crushing the great toe and the little
toe, and injuring tho others. He was car
ried into Heitshue's drug store, where his
wounds were dressed, and thence taken to
his home.
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He should Accept.

New York sun.
We offer our special congratulations to
the Democracy of Pennsylvania ON ac-
count of their choice Of a candidate for
lieutenant governor, Mr.. Chauncey F.
Black. He is son of that brilliant and
learned lawyer, Judge Jeremiah S. Black
and, whether it comes by Inheritance
from his father or by original genius, We
arc able to certify that he possesses an
admirable style of writing the English
language. 1t becomes unnecessary, how
ever. to say anything about his style when
We mention the fact that for several years
Mr.. Black has been 4 regular contributor
to the editorial columns of tho Sun-a
circumstance which forms sufficient at
testation not only Of the purity and vigor
of his style, but of tho soundness and true
Jeffersouian principles Of his political ssn-
timentS.
Generally, our advice to journalists is
not to accept any nomination for Office.
The man who has access to the ear OF the
public through the columns Of widely
read and universally respected newspaper,
exercises great deal moro real power,
and rests under much more important
responsibility, than he who signs himself
governor, secretary of state, or even presi-
dent Of the United States. In almost any
case when successful journalist is called
to take public Office, it is stepping down
for him to accept the invitation 4; but in
the present instance We think that Mr..
Black ought not decline. A most impor-
tant effort is now on foot to reform the
government of a great state, to give a new
departure to one of the most important
commonwealths of the Union; and no man
| ought to refuse whose name can add any
| weight to tho movement. Besides, the
Office of lieutenant governor will never, in
tho ordinary course of things, absorb all
of MIR. Blacks time, or prevent his render.
| ing an occasional service in the more i'm.
portant and inspiring arena OF the public
press.
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The Long Branch Railroad Accident.

The inquest over the victims Of the
Long Branch railway accident began on
Friday.
The testimony of George w. Clickner,
the engineer, showed that the train was
running at the rate of thirty-tive miles an
hour, and that the accident was caused by
the spreading of the rails.
The wounded are all doing as we'll as
was expected. ]. l. Mitchell, of Scran-
ton, is slightly improved. Robert Robert
son, who had his spine injured, will re
cover. There is a very slight improve
ment in tho condition of William r. Gar.
rison. James E. Mallory died Friday at
the farmhouse of Mr.. Schenck COnover,
near the scene of the accident.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
Tho Singing Germans.

Yesterday was the second day of the
German national SRngerfest. In the
morning there was largely attended re.
hearsal in the Academy Of Music, followed
by a prize concert in the afternoon. VIM.
B. Smith, president of select council,
made an address of welcome. At night
there was grand concert. There is to be
another rehearsal this morning, followed
in the afternoon by prize concert. This
evening social entertainments are to be
given by the local societies to their guests.
Tomorrow there will be business meet
ing in Horticultural hall and picnic at
the Scheutzen park.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
Twice On FnPo.

The gunlock manufactory Of John
George Werner, which was slightly dam
aged by an accidental fire on Tuesday last
was again damaged by fire yesterday
afternoon about A O'Clock. The building
is of frame, and the stack from the fur
mace goes out through a hole in tho roof.
The heat from the stack, or 4 spark from
it, set fire to tho roof. The flames were
easily extinguished with a few bucketsfull
Of water before tho arrival Of the firemen.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01

Mrs. Barbara Miller, sister Of John
Trost of this city, is or visit to the latter
in this city. Mr.. frost left Europe many
years ago and did not know where his Sis
ter was, not having seen her for 45 years.
living on Long Island, N. Y.
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Tho Fire Record.

The planning mill of the Streator (1ll.)
manufacturing company was burned yes
terday. Loss, $4,000.
Ray s. Connell's Champion saw mill at
Louisville, KY, was burned on Thursday
night. Loss, $50, 900.
The North Ferrisburg VT, woolen mills
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Assault and Battery.

Henry Hebrank has been held by Alder
man Spurrier to answer at court for assault
and battery on Jacob Butt. 1t appears
that Butt trespassed on Hebrank's grass
field, and the latter meeting him later IN
the day dubbed Butt with the butt OF q
hoe handle, breaking it over his back.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01
L.abOrors Drowned in DAKOTA.

Twelve or fourteen laborers were cap.
sized in a skiH at Mandan, Dakota, and
shrieking loudly, were borne down the
swift current of the Missouri. Most of
them tried to cling to the boat. Three
tried to swim ashore, of whom two sank
in the quicksand and one was saved. Four
others are believed to be lost. A full list
of the drow ned is not Obtainable.
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An Earl BOY HoDorsd ut Yale.

Among the large class graduating at
Yale college, Connecticut, this year is Mr..
Daniel B. Weaver, of Earl township this
county. Mr.. Weaver graduates with hi9.
hOn0rs, having been selected to deliver
one of the honorary addresses on COM
mencement day.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-01

Hess s. Finn, furniture dealers, have
this day shipped to II. Havermyer, Of
Babylon, Long Island, through John 5.
Rohrer, of this city, \ centre table, for
merly the property Of cx-President James
Buchanan also a large lot OF other an
tique furniture
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Disastrous Discharge of Fireworks.

A premature discharge of fireworks in
front of Colton's store, Minneapolis, about
which several hundred people had gath
cred injured thirteen persons, one proba-
bly, fatally. Most of the injuries were
caused by runaway horses and the panic
among the crowd that trampled several
persons upon the ground.
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Nearly BelleadoI.
New Holland Clarion.

As Mr.. James De Haven, miller, of C@r-
narvOn township, was in tho act OF empty
ing bag Of chop ut tho residence Of
Samuel Yoder, at Windsor, the bag caught
hold OF scythe that hung above the bar
rel and threw it down on his neck and cut
it fearfully. DR.. RingwalI sewed it up
for him and he is doing as well an can DO
expected.
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A Freak Of Nature.

Mr.. George II. Cook. No. 112 South
Prince street, has a pear tree growing in
his yard full of fruit, and with blossoms
upon the same stem.