Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-29
by the Independent Republicans Of the
Fourteenth Pennsylvania district.

4u0 annual COuVeuG1Ou VI tuo AOuu&
Mems Christian association of Pennsylva-
MIA met yesterday in Williamspors, and
was called to order by the president, Jas.
Mccormick, of HARRISBURG: Nearly 200
delegates were present. The following
permanent officers were elected Presi.
dent, T. 3. Patton, of Altoona vice
presidents, j. W. Sephart, of Bellefonte,
and G. 3. Helienstein, of Shamokin
secretary, F. A. Hatch, of Erie. In the
evening a large meeting was held in the
Pine Street church, at which AL address
of welcome was made by Rev. S. E.
Webster, of the First Presbyterian
church.
The lrlsI. Convention AdjOurns.
at yesterdays session of the Irish Cath
olic Benevolent union in Philadelphia, re
solutions were adopted expressing sympa-
thy with tho people Of Ireland "in the
struggle they are now making for the
regeneration of their native land" A re-
port of the committee on constitutional
amendments, to the effect that they
deemed further legislation in regard to
the Widows and Orphans fund inexpe-
dent at this time, was adopted. Hon. A.
N. Celly, of Richmond, Va. was elected
president. After selecting Providence, r.
l., as the place for the next meeting, the
convention adjourned sine die.
Complaining Of Excessive Valuation.
Tho attorney for the Western Union,
Atlantic and Pacific and American Union
telegraph companies, in Troy, New York,
has written letter to the chamberlain of
that city protesting that the assessed valu-
alton of the property of those companies
therein is excessive, and that they will not
pay the tax. The city tax on tho Western
Union is 1913 on the American Union,
$1O4, and on the Atlantic and Pacific, $54.
A similar protest against the city tax was
made last year, and property Of the Wes-
tern Union and American Union compan-
les in Troy was sold for taxes.
"A Western Firm In Trouble.
Helmich & Hansen, wheat brokers and
dealers in promissOry notes. at San
Francisco, failed yesterday for an amount
estimated at S160, 600. Emanuel Hansen,
one of the firm, was arrested yesterday on
7 \ charge of grand larceny preferred by the
bank of California, and admitted to bail
in $4,000. 1t is alleged that Hansen went
into the bank on Saturday and asked per-
mission to take away with him three
notes made by Degener & Co., represent.
ing amounts aggregating 100000. Hansen
| failed to return the notes TO the bank, but
| returned them to the makers.
The Labor Dispate at Wheeling.
The iron manufacturers of tho Wheel
ing district, 1T meeting yesterday morn-
| ing, adopted i resolution declaring " we
| are willing to start our mills OH the same
! wages aud conditions that were in force
on the 1st of June last, provided the work
men agree that, On and after the 1st Of
June next, the same rate Of wages shall
be paid in this district as are paid in tho
Pittsburgh district, and no more.' The
resolution was last evening presented to
the working mems committee, but the
latter refused to accept the proposition.
An Epidemic In Mexico.
| An epidemic Of cholera, or cholera NOR
bus, prevails in portions of tho Mexican
state Of Chiapa. Twenty eight deaths in
one day have been reported in Uxtla, {.
town OF 5000 inhabitants. A quarantine
has been established by tho government.
1t is said that I" a similar disease, but less
violent, appears in that region every year,
caused by cutting dye wood"
suirocated in u Well.
jacob DeLcpg died by suffocation at
West Milton, Lycoming county in a well
Dynamite had been used in blasting the
rock and the gases had not escaped. AS
soon as De Long felt the effects Of the
foul air he jumped into tho bucket and
signaled to be drawn up, but he fell out
before reaching the top and was sutfoca.
ted. lie leaves a wife and three children
Army Assignments.
General Sherman denies that plans arc
being considered for an extensive rcas-
signment of army officers. He says: " 1t
has always been our policy to make such
changes Us may be necessary to equaIize
the amount OF service rendered by the
officers of the army, and nothing more
than this is now being dOne."
| Desperado's Faue.
An armed party of citizens in pursuit OF
James Bell, young desperadO, who
killed Major Smith, of Decatur, Ala, last
week, came upon the fugitive near Troy.
Bell resisted arrest, and shot Major
Smiths son, killing him almost instantly.
Tho party then opened fire upon Bell, and
he fell dead riddled with bullets. His
body was left where it fell.
The Thefts Of a Letter Carrier.
John II. Rinker, for many years q car.
rier for the New York postoffice, was ar
rested yesterday for stealing money from
letters. Hc confessed his guilt, and said
he had been stealing from letters address
ell to a single firm for three months.
| The McPhersOE-Fuucsk judicial Contest.
The judicial conferees of Dauphin and
Lebanon counties met in Lebanon, and
after three ballots, in which John y. Nc
Pherson and Josiah Funck each received
three votes, the conference adjourned to
meet in Lebanon Oh the 9Th Of October.
A Church Demolished by n Tornado.
The Evangelical church in Newtown,
Kansas, was demolished by a tornado dur
ing service on Wednesday evening. No
person was injured. No other buildings
were damaged.
A DIscOnsOIate Lovers Suicide.
! Ross w. Lichty, Johnstown grocer,
blew out his brains with revolver. Ho
was twenty-three years old. The canse of
his act was the opposition of his parents
to his intended marriage
Murdered for Doing His Duty.
A murder, which produced a genuine
sensation, occurred near Ridgcway, in
Fairfield county, s. c., the murderer and
his victim being respectable farmers. Eli
Brigsman and his brother Thomas were
deputed to make a levy on piece of land
belonging to DR.. Samuel Sykes, and fsw
days since discharged that duty. The two
Briggmans were severely denounced by
Sykes for making tho levy, and ha threat
ened to get even with them.
| Wednesday night, armed with a shot
gun, Sykes entered Briggman's yard. The
brothers, who were standing near to-
gether, dill not suspect their visitors
| murd0rONS mission and Snoko tn him in