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BLOWN I'D ATOMS.
Niue Hen Killed and Two Fatally rjur.d b,
o Boiler EXp:s sion.

Nine Men Killed and Two Fatally 1Ijur.d by
q Boiler Exp:s sion.
A most dreadful accident occurred at
the sawmill of. Vincent Il Son at shaw.
neetown, Ills., on Monday. Eleven men
employed in tho mill wele scattered about
the engine room eating their MONDAY
luncheon when the boiler exploded with ex-
traordinary violence, completely wrccking
the mill, distributing the iron plates Of the
boiler at various distances, from . few
feet to 600 yards. Eight Of the eleven
were killed outright and the other three
were wounded. One was blown into the
river, aud two more were hurled dis
tance Of two hundred yards. Several
of tho men were actually blown into
pieces, and the friends subsequently went
about with pals picking tho undisting-
uished fragments strewn about. The
following are those instantly killed :
William Montgomery, Charles Bloss,
Henry Hughes, Charles Baker, George
Price. w. P. Grove, james Mclaughlin
and Samuel Kennedy. Another, named
Wade kee, was blown q considerable dis
tance. Both arms and both legs were
broken and hc was otherwise injured. lie
died in an hour altei ward. The remaining
two men were Doth badly hurt, one OF
them is believed to be fatally. Several OF
the unfortunate men leave families in in
digent circumstances. The cauSs Of the
explosion is not known.
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An Aged Pauper Burned to Death.

Mrs Salome Wieder, aged eighty-ais sht
years, who has been an inmate of the
Lohigh county almshouse for the last
twenty seven years and totally blind, while
alone in her room Monday afternoon &C.
cidentally set her clothes on fire. BY the
time the alarm Of fire was given tho room
was filled by flames and her body so badly
burned that death must follow in a short
time. DIR. J. D. Erdman, the physician
was called and relieved the sufferer some
what BY great exertiens the fire in the
building was extinguished before it reach
ed the other buildings and thus prevented
the destruction of the institution, with its
many hundreds of inmates. Mr.. w. r.
Henninger, assistant steward of the insti-
tuition, while making an effort to rescue
the woman from the flames, was also ser
iously though not dangerously burnt.
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PERSONALS,
PERSONALS,
DORSEY is still secretary of the Repul'
lican national committee,

16CoSNA1IS,
DORSEY is still secretary of the Repul,-
lican national committee.
PORE was confirmed major general
yesterday by tho United States Senate.
This is adding insult to Fitz John Porter's
injuries.
CONRAD 3. DAY is talked Of for election
as gas trustee by the combined vote of
Independent and Democratic cOuncilmen
in Philadelphia. Now that would be
something like reform.
LAMAR went to St. Louis barber shop
to have his hair "trimmed and while he
dozed the barber sheared his flowing
locks. He feels like Samson without his
tresscs.
BLACKBURN's candidacy for speaker
disconcerts the friends of Carlisle. It may
or may not benefit Randall. The candi-
dacy OF Atkins for clerk has further COM
plicatcd matters to Carlisle's disadvantage.
GRANT has put on better clothes. He
wears high silk hat, fashionably cut
Overcoat, and neatly blacked boots. His
beard is more carefully trimmed, his mus
tache is lined a la mode, and he bears him
| self modcstly rs he passes along the street.
But he attracts little attention.
FRANCIS WELLS, Of tho Bulletin, who
knows more art than tho rest of us, does
not regard the damage to the Pocahontas
picture in the capitol as an unmixed evil.
He thinks they arc all daubs except Trum
bulls and perhaps Weir's Embarkation OF
| the Pilgrims, and would contemplate
their destruction with complacency.
FREDDIE: GEBHARDr i, q gilded lover
but Il dreadful speller. Before his affair
with Langtry lie was engaged to New
York belle, who broke it off when he sent
her a aote beginning " My dere. send
you some frute.' lie gives "his whole
: mind" to the tie of Il cravat, and his coats
his hats, his boots are models. He is,
moreover, extremely handsome, albeit not
blonde, rs has been stated, drives four.
in-hand, and enjoys undisputed possession
| of q very largo fortune.
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that school to such standard, that could
transfer ecery gear a esass to tie high school.
and have been doing SO ever since have
been at the head of that school. Tie
number Of transfers from my school to
the high school from July 1874 to 1882. is
80 Mr.. Wasfel states, "that after the
death Of MI. Steinmuller, the school did
not get along SO we'll, the reasons for
which, ether directors knowj just as WELL"
have III vain endeayoIed to find out these
reasons. only do know that after l was
elected as teacher Of that school, the num-
Der of applicants grew SO rapidly that,
though had 23O pupils admitted TO seats,
there were over so sent away. number
which never before had been reached.
That WAS the reason why the board one
year after my election passed resolution
to appoint {. committee to report on the
necessity Of establishing another German
school like miEe.
The whole first part OF Mr.. Warfel's re-
marks upon the management of the Ger
man school would prove my iDetliciency
as a teacher, and il is for this reason that
| ask him TO show why the school suffered
under my management? Why the inquiries
regarding my supposed mismanasement,
referred to By Mr.. Warfel were not made,
though uc Ws&S t HicIilUeE VI tutt UOtTu dt
that time, either as chairman Of the super
intending committee (the proper commit
tee for it) or as president, | am At loss
10 say.
only refer to Mr.. McComscy, 10 whom
my sincerast thanks are due, for his
prompt defense of me he has visited sew
eral examinations at my school, and has
expressed his surprise at seeia. such a
| progress and such success under my
| management.
With regard to my absence, besides
going to High school, will state here,
| that left my school every afternoon be-
! fore the last perioh wit the consent of
! the city snper:Etcndtn I:o reason is
this The primary classes were, according
! to the rulc of the board. a5 this tim. sent
home. and the other classes were engaged
in history with which l had nothing tn
do. Ny absence, therefore, coui,! not
| harm the school. l will oaly remark get,
that though sent 80 pupils in 8 " ars,
could have sent over {: hundred but most
OF the pupils, after they have gone through
ray school, engage in business.
! e. MATT.
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THE editor who was fined for con
tempt of court in Waterbury, Conn.,, fol
criticising the decision of judge in a
criminal case, was not even hauled over
the Goals by the judge sentenced, but by
one of his judicial brethren who claimed
and exercised jurisdiction in the case
Except on the part Of Scroggs, a carpet
bag judge Of North Carolina, and Judges
Livingston and Patterson, We believe
that there has been no precedent for the
performance which has Just taken place
in Connecticut and if the fined editor
will push his appeal to the court of last
resort, his tormentor will doubtless share
the fate of those from whom he pattern.
ed his judgment.
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HE TAN ON Tul:ACCD,

IT'S Removal a Relief TO the ,.cor.
For the INTELLIGsSCER.
The following is taken from the e.:to-
rial column OF enc Of our daily papers
''If Congress removes the tobacco tax
the more thar forty-scyen million dollars
now realized by tho government from
this duty will mostly find it's way iuto tie
pockets of tho manufacturers while the
poor meu in whose behalf such an outcry
is made, will baye to pay nearly or quite
as much as before"
II there is any one WHO is silly enough Il
to believe any thing of that kind he should
by all means get up 4 petition to Congress
to keep the tax on, and see how many
people in this county would sign it.
1t is hardly probable that SIG cigars
would sell for that price if tic govern
ment did not get $6 share cut of them,
and it is hardly probable that they will
retail rs high whca they can be made for
81 less.
So it is with plug tobacco. When the
tax was reduced on it, it was retailei
fully that much lower.
What the people, Iich and poor, want
is total wiping out of tho whole tax and
the whole system. Put every manufac-
turer on Level. Now the manufacturer
of a twenty five cent cigar pays the same
tax on a thousand as the manufacturer Of
two for five. The poor man pays just as
much revenue as the rich.
There is nothing weighing down more
heavily just now on the tobacco packers
of the county than the delay in the reye-
nue. bill. Early III the previous session Of
Congress the matter was brought up and
carried along during the whole session
and at tie close it was agreed to bring it
up early in the month and it cannot be
acted upon too soon. Give it :. final
answer Eyes or mo-" and no further
tinkering. CONSUMER AND DEALER.
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Delightful Exhibition,

AN exhibition of minute objects of
most interesting character was given in
the audience room of tho Young Mems
Christian association last evening by Mr..
J. w. Seidle, of the Lancaster microscope
factory, using a very firo gas microscope
of his own manufacture. Under powers
of $50 and 300 diameters, masnifying from
over twenty thousand to ninety thousand
surfaces, the definition was marvelously
clear and satisfactory. 1t was ono of the
rarest exhibitions ever seen in Lancaster.
Mr.. Seidle is an expert in this direction,
with few equals in his speciality in the
United States. His microscopic objectives
are rated among the best in the world.
Mr.. Walter P. King gave an instructive
lecture upon the objects exhibited. The
exhibition was free and was we'll ATTENDED.
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THE combined Republican vote cast
for Stewart and Beaver for governor
exceeded very slightly the poll for Mr..
Pattison, which was still very consider
ably below the full Dem ocratic vote,
tested by the strength of the party
shown in the last presidential election.
But the corrected returns of the aggre-
gate pluralities for congressional candi-
dates make the difference between the
parties still less. Generally the Inde-
pendent Republicans supported the regu-
lar candidates of their party for Congress,
and in fact they elected Brown, Camp.
bell, Atkinson, Lawrence, Miller and
Brainard. In Allegheny county Bayne' s
majority is far above that of his party
because there was no democratic nomi-
nee against him, and in the Fifteenth
district, Post (Dem.) has a plurality
far above Pattison, because of the two
Republican nominees there, but, evening
up these incidents, there is but 2S differ
ence between the Republican and Demo.
cratic aggregate pluralities, showing
how nearly balanced are the parties in
Pennsylvania.
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co MMCNICATEE.
Reduce tho Tax and Increase Consumption

I
EDITORS INTELLIG ENCER. There are
six million smokers in this country, each
ono of whom will smoke an extra cigar 4
day if the tax is removed, which will be
G,OO0,O 900 day, and 355 days (a year)
will make 2, 100, ,0OO. OOO-thc yearly in
creased consumption of cigars.
Twenty-Five pounds of tobacco make
1000 cigars $4,000 pounds a million, or
G2t cases OF 400 pounds each.
20 make 2.19e, ,000,00O cigars 1t would
take 1876, 1G5 eases Of tobacco. or more
than twice as much rs is raised III Penn
sylvania in q year.
Tobacco farmers are for the repeal Of
the tax.
And so are the packers.
FARMER MD PACKER.
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VERY commercially Congress is NOV.
ing with the same rapidity toward re-
duced postage as to the relief of the
people from undue taxation in other
forms. Both Houses are ready to act on
bill reducing letter postage to two
cents. At the same time there should
be a reduction Of drop letter postage and
newspaper rates. Messengers can now
deliver letters in large quantities more
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THIEF CAPTURED.

Some STOLEN Property Ne kscOvsr"d.
Last evening a man called ut junk shop
on Middle street Ecar R,ckiaEd and OIL
cd for sale a heavy black lap blanket with
red border. The proprietor rccoguizad
him as the man who mad been there Oh
Saturday evening and sold Him the robe
whic, was afterwards found to Lave been
stolen from Mr.. kreckeIs stole, parti -
lars of which theft have been mentioned il
yesterdays INTELLIGEsCEE. CIder pre-
tense OF huggliBg over the price to- bn
paid for tho blanket, the sbopkeepar ,l,
taint Il the thief and sent for Alderman
Alex. Donneil:, who put in an appearanc,
with Chief Dcichler and arrested the MAJ.
Hc gave his name as Joseph Gr.fli;hs. lii,
is a tramp, but wears Il fisst.:ate Ovelceai
which it is believed he stole. Griffi hs va;
locked up for a bearing. The "vere"a: c..i'
be seen at the Jail. The lap blanket which
he offered for sale and which led to his
rest, has been identified as ono stolen from
the frcnt of G. L. Schaeffer's store, East
Orange street. yesterday afternoon. 1t is
worth $500
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Myraet Till Tapped.

This morning the money drawer Of :!n'
stall in the Northern market occupied hy
Z. u. Harding, dealer in dried meats anti
provisions, was robbed Of between So an'i
81. The farmer who occupies the adjnin-
ing stand had sold out his marketing and
left the place, when boy was noticed l."
crawl under the stand and remain theic
for some time, when he quietly la!t and
was joined by another boy. a moment
afterwards Mr.. Harding noticed that his
tin had been tapped. The suspected boy
is known. and viii probably be- arrested.
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open their factories and to place the work.
ing. 1t is now stated that the manufac
turers will meet a deputation tomorrow
or Thursday, when an agreement may be
arrived at.
Not much OF . Haul.
Four masked men entered the Office Of
the Michigan Central stock yards, at De-
troit, and, presenting revolvers at the
three watchmen, reduced them to a state
of submission The burglars then pro-
ceeded to work at the safe. Another
watshman appearing on the scene was
also disarmed. The safe was finally
blown open, but the robbers were only
rewarded with $50.
Brave Behavior Sf Prisoners.
A fire broke out in the jailor's house at
Delta, Miss, On Sunday night and the
flames spread to the jail. Both buildings
were destroyed. There were fifteen per-
sons in the Jail, all colored, who were re
leased, to save their lives. Some of them
remained and worked manfully to save
the adjoining property. The Others es-
capped.
"a Pupil Killed by .n Ohio Teacher.
William C.. Frazier, school teacher of
Cumberland, Ohio, during an attempt to
discipline his pupils became involved in a
general fight, in the course of which he
stabbed and killed John Hayes, aged %
years. and severely cut Charles Luce.
Frazier gave himself up and is now in
Jail.
The Wrecked Steamer.
Divers Oh Sunday made an examination
of the wrecked steamer Cedar Grove, of
Canso, N. S., and found evidence Of ar
explosion having taken place. Portions CT
the wreck were torn up the beams shat
tered and tho cargo was much injured
No signs of the missing bodies were dis
| covered.
| A MurtierOus Gambler Convicted.
Harvey Clifford, the gambler, OF Mil
waukec, who killed Captain Pugh, .
wealthy resident of Racine, Wis, in 9
quarrel resulting from a wager last spring
was found guilty of murder in tho frs,
degree at Janesville. Sentence has moi
been pronounced.
| Clenency for Joyce Family Msurdorers.
| Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant of Ireland
has commutcd the sentence Of dcatf
passed upon the five men who pleaC
guilty to participation in the murder @
the Joyce family at Maamtrasna.
| Aleton's Murderer PardOned.
Governor Stephens, of Georgia, ha
issued pardon to Captain Ed Cox, zen
fenced to life Imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for the murder of Col. Robert A
Aston at Atlanta in 1870.
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TnE GiESON D1sTILI.EEY FLEE.

A Lancaster Liquor Dealer Loses Heavily.
The burning Of tho Gibson .iistillery aui
u, S. bonded warehouses Of which an ae
count Is given elsewhere entails heavy
loss on s. Clay Miller of this city, who Lad
a large quantity of whisky stored in tie
burned warehouses;, on which his insurance C
had run cut. Just how much he may lose
by the fro cannot be ascertained until
fuller particulars are obtained than those
furnished by tie press telesrams. HIS
loss will probably reach 81, ,5C0 o. 81, eco
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PROF. a;AEZS EFJOINDEK
THE German School Te aclser Answers D;EeC-
tor Warfeis Strlctures

THE German School Teacher Answers D;EeC-
tor Warfers Strlctores.
MEssRs. EDITORS VIII you allow me
through the columns OF your paper to
make some statements with regard to my
school, which so to prove, that slr.
Warfel is not SO well acquainted with the
history of my school, its management aud
results, as his remarks in the last meeting
of the school board indicated.
When Mr.. Steinmuller, tho best friend I
had in this city, and an excellent teacher.
opened the German school, it was vcr,
mixed one, containing mostly primary
pupils; and Only after = few years the
upper secondary classes were brought up.
But there was no regular class transferred
to the high school. This is proved by the
records of tho high school teachers. which
show that under his management there
aoere only 5 pupils TRANSFERRED to the high
school during the five years Of his teach
ing.
When, after his lamented death, was
persuaded to take charge of that school, it
was my first wcrk, and it was i hard one.
too, to raise the secondary department OF
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Charged With reIOniOus Assault .: d
RatfePY
Discharged on a Writ.

Lydia Pinkertor, who on tho 25th of
November was committed to prison for
30 days for being drunk and disorderly By
Alderman A. F. Donnelly, was before
Judge Patterson today OH a writ of
habeas corpus and her discharge was
asked for. The committing magistrate
made no objection 70 her discharge, and
as the woman promised to 60 to work she
was discharged.
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buried In aWell.

Edward English and his son James,
aged II years, while digging we'll at
Danbury, Conn.,, were buried at depth
of twenty-five feet by the walls caving in.
Next day tue son was rescued alive, but
the father was not reached until Sunday,
and when found was dead.
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Stat i, 0uFyeyOrss

TIC n1oeting Of The state surveyors
society is being held in Harrisburg to-
day. TIE officers are A. Dempster,
Of Pittsburgh, president W. II. Ulricb,
Of IIuu;meIstnxn. vice president; VIM. X.
Gerhart, of Lancaster. secretary and
+, easurer Henry Wilson, G. ID. Eldred.
John b, Kaufman, J. X. Hillbursh, j. H.
Heydrick, George Platt, john Ritner, J 1.
G. Boorse and John H. HOke, directors.
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Good leo.

To day iao five inches in thickness is
being cut from a pond belonging to DIR.
Davis north Of this city and is being stcred
in SainEa! Dcnu.h's ice house. Cutt:Is
are at work on otLer ponds iii and around
tire city.
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Freak Of = Religious Lunat,c.

Cyrus Barbor, Of Westerly, II. l., a
young man, while insane on the subject
Of religion, jumped from window at
midnight, ran to wood pile and with an
axe chopped his leg nearly off.
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NEWS MISCELLANY.

Cleaned from the Leading Events OF tho Day.
Frederick Harris, a we'll known citizen
Of Chesterfield county, Va, was killed by
being thrown from horse.
At Buffalo, n. Y, Paddy O'Day was
sentenced to ten years in tho Auburn
prison for assault with intent to kill.
Edgar Van HOoser, q coin counterfeitel
was arrested at Usage, Iowa, with large
amount of spurious money on his person.
Articles incorporating the Mexican Cen
trail Telegraph and Telephone company
were filed yesterday at Albany, N. Y.
The capital stock is $3.50, 900.
D. P. Ormes, manager Of the telegraph,
exchange at Mobile, Ala fell fom a win
dow on the second floor Of tbs Battle
house, breaking both legs.
Robert kissam, a wealthy farmer of
wagon by his team running away and died
from the injuries he received.
At East Tawas, Michigan, a snow storm
has prevailed the last 36 hours. The snow
is nearly three feet on the level aud trans
are delayed.
Death OF q Noted Western Politician.
Joseph A. Noonan, for many years the
most prominent politician and journalist
in Wisconsin, died Monday morning in an
insane asylum at Wauwatosa, Wis. His
unfortunate business ventures and vindi.
cativo law suits brought on insanity sew
eral years ago. He was best known in
national politics as the staunch friend OF
President johnson.
Short in His Accounts
John S. Steers, bookkeeper for Martin
Brothers, at the Chicago stock yards, was
arrested yesterday on charge of embez-
zling $4,000. Shortages in his accounts
were discovered some time ago, when he
repaid s3, 900 and prosecution was with.
held. Subsequent investigation showed
an additional shortage, aud a. he failed
to make it good he was arrested.
vanderbilts Suit for Damage,
An action in admiralty was begun YES.
terday in the United States district court
at New York by William II. Vanderbilt.
owner of the barge Saginaw, and the firm
of Twombly s. Co., carriers of the cargo
on said barge, against tic steamboat CITY
of Worcester and against the tug Samue!
J. Lenox, for s41, 600 damages for the loss
of the barge and q large portion Of the
cargo by collision.
To Save them From Starving.
At meeting of tho lockeG-out shoe
lasters at Montreal on Sunday resolutions
werc passed urgisg manufacturers to re-
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Held for lsOatn1e,

Letters addressed as follows arc hold
at the Lancaster postofice for want of
stamps
Miss Emmanda Butler, York, Penn
syivania."
(" Mr.. John H. Cuff, Mddletown,
Dauphin Co. Pa.''
"John NJ. Fenninger, Kinzsr's p. O.,
Ian. Co. Pen"
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LITTLE NETS SUICIDE.
Motherless and Harsllly Treated-A Fatal
Dose of SCrychnine.

Dose of SIrychnine.
Coroner Green, of Troy, N. Y, was no.
titled of the sad suicide of Phoebe JEAN
nette Card, aged fifteen years, who re-
sided with her father and grandfather at
Pittstown Corners. Little Net, as she
was familiary known, lost her mother ten
years ago, and being the only child, she
when ten years old, undertook to do a
woman's work. Tho burdens imposed On
her and the harsh treatment accorded her
made the girl desperate. and she frequent.
ly threatened suicide. Recently she
learned that her grandfather had strych-
nine in a trunk, and after quarrel on
Saturday she swallowed soma OF the poi
son and ran from the house. She was
subsequently found in an unconscious
condition by the roadside, with one side
of her face frozen. She was restored to
consciousness aud died in commissions 4
few minutes later.
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While the fremen Of No. 4 were at
tending tho Cog!ey fire last evening . petty
thief entered the engine house and stole
broom.
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cheaply than the postman and express
companies transport newspapers at
lower rates than the government mails.
| This is not as it should be.