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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

At Leadvi'Ir Col, a shooting affray oc.
Cured III state street dance hall at
Oc!"ck Saturday morning. in which two
men received fatal wounds. A dispute
arose bstwean two men named Miller and
Cummings about paying iur drink,
when botl, drew pistols and commenced
firing. Cummings received on. ball in
tae shoulder and another in the m outh.
while q third struck :. locker Ou named
Hearick, from Victoria. ILL.,, passing
through his lungs. Both men will die.
Miller was lot touched,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18
Flre In q school House.

On Friday I fire occurred at the Cones
tOsa school house, East Earl township.
Snoho was discovered issuing from the
building by 4 lot "f men who were hauling
ice. They went to The building and found
that tho fire was in the ceiling. The Guild
ren were taken from the house and in q
few Minutes piecs oC the ceiling about
four feet square, which had been burned,
fell down. The fire WIS caused by the
stove pipe and the loss will probably be
SCI
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

Eea;iinG Herald.
IL. T. Albright, Of Lancaster, met with
painful ac2ident in this city Oh Friday.
lie arrived shortly before noon, and tax
ing street car at the depot he rode as far
as the Reading house, North Sixth street,
where he stepped off the car. In doing
so he had q hard fall. by which his right
arm was burt and internal injuries sus-
tanned, He was carried into the Reading
n,,se. where he received medical a:tcu-
ton from DR.. ucistcr NJ. Nagle, who was
summoned. Later IN the day Mr.. Al
bright began to exhibit symptoms of brain
fever
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18
ThE WORk OF lNCEN
An Attempt to Destroy important st:
Rcvts

An Attempt to Destroy Important Star
Route Evidcncc.
Ii, Washington tisc occurred Saturday
evening in the third story OF the building
on i street mainly ,::npied as law Offices
by Richard ID. Merrick, principal counsel
for th3 government in tho STAY Route
cases. The fire was undoubtedly i,cend
iary. and Mr.. Merrick asserts that it was
started for the purpose Of destroying in
pOrtant papers in the Star Route CAST S,
which were known to be in his office
Tho fire was promptly extinguished. with
the loss of q few hundred dollars, but NO
papers Of consequence were injured.
Losses by Fire.
The planning mill of A. Hayes, 1T Pitts.
burgh, with 80. coo feet of lumber. was
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
The First Presbyterian church of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, was destroyed on Satur.
day evening by a fire caused by defective
furnace. Loss, s25, 200.
The Pavilion hotel at New Brighton,
Staten Island, was nearly destroyed on
Saturday evening by an incendiary fire.
The loss is estimated as $50, 900.
The old state house at Lansing, Michi
gan, large franc structure, two and a
half stories high, was formerly occupied
by Paltt Brothers, candle manufacturers,
was burned on Saturday afternoon.
A fro at Gallipolis, Ohio. destroyed the
drug stores of O'Neil & Co.. and p. A..
Sanns & Son, the clothing store Of II.
Frank and several smaller buildings, caus
ing loss of about s4j, 900.
A, fire at West Kansas City, Missouri,
destroyed the Missouri Pacific railroad
local freight house, with its contents, the
state line elevator, with 10000 bushels
Of grain, aud nine freight cars loaded with
merchandise. Tho total loss is estimated
at about $4,000
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18
TfsE ICE.

Good SI,a:IB,-Eig Crowds ssnL ie.:sr .y
:csiueD;s and lnciHeHts
The Skatin. has been excellent Oh the
Cunestosa and the ice is from six tu eight
inches in thickness. GSaeff's landing
seems to be the most popular place for tbs
skaters. On Saturday afternoon there
| were from three to f"ut i,uidre,! peopie.:rar
the bridge. Yesterday the crowd ut TIM.
point was vcrJ large and in it wee
a great many 'adics; every per..nn
having 4 pair Of skates was .n
tho ice. Tho weather Was pleasant bas
it was quite cool Ior tie hundreds If
people WAC stool .n tho banks to chi ~
| the sport. An e;iterprising huckstcr ha,!
] erected q stan,i on tEa bank, and l:e did :,
| big business in h1: soups and other cate.
| bles. There was plenty o; fun all G,y,
and there were also several accidents
Harry lIouser, esq, wh.o skating, fell,
striking his h:,i On the ice. Ho was.
picked up unconscious and quickly div en-
! tn town. He was taken to the Office of
| DE-. Grove, on East King street, wLcro it
| was found that lie had received :. very
| ugly cut on the head after being attended
| Ivy tine physician lie was removed to his
hotel, and is now doing we'll.
| Horace Martin while skating at Grae1l y
| fell Oh the ice and cut his chin terribly
This morning VIM. Kncszel Was engage!
cutting ice with 4 horse and Plow tG
Graeil's landing, when ,hs animal broke
through, takiu. the p!ow aud man along
all were rescued after considerable work
with the horse
Ga Thursday night ycung man named
| Miller, who is :: student at MilIersvIlie,
went skating Oh the Conestosa. He broke
through the ice and would nave drOwr.d
had it not been for tho timely arrival of
brother by drowning in the same creek.
All the ice men are busy filling their
houses and many of the ice cream men
have finished. The ice Oh the creek is
very fine, yet On ponds it is thicker.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18
s,alo OF Koal Estate.

Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub
lie sale. last Saturday evening at tho
Cooper house, for Allen A. Herr s. Co..
real estate agents, Il two story brick
dive lag situated ut No. 55S North Queen
street. to z. r. Hayes for 81, ,975.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18
"A DOCTOR IN TROUBLE.
Thrce Men, One n Prominent Physician,
rested u: Troy for Malpractice

Thrce Men, One u Prominent Physician, Ar
rested n: Troy for Malpractice.
DR.. Rice, well-known physician of
Troy, N. y, and for many Years assistant
superintendent at the Marshall inflrmary
and Taylor Wells, of Ballston. wcro ar
rested Saturday afternoon charged with
causing the death by malpractico oi Miss
Lillie Porter, very handsome young
woman Of the latter place. They both
pleaded guilty to charge of manslaughtcr
in the first degree and were committed to
Jail. Wells is a brother in law Of tho dc
ceased girl. The doct ,r's arrest occa.
s;ons great surprise. Walter Bruce, u
machinist, was also arrested, charged will,
a similar olfeIse il, Boston. his victim be-
ing Annie King, VIII" died in that city over
two years ago. lIe was traced to Troy by
means OF circulars and photographs seat
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

NEw ENGLAND is to have q big mcc!lan-
ical and industrial exposition next fail
and it is pleasant TO note that the South
and Southwest will contribute largely of
their products.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

tUelf pIOuuCCs.
TIE Sabbatarian provisions of tic new
penal code of Now York have already be-
como dead letter. No attempt was made
to enforce them yesterday in New York
city. In Brooklyn the code was observed.
TIE Philadelphia Times thinks tlat
Governor elect Pattison I" needs the homes
counsel Of the hundreds of young, able
straightforward Democrats of the state,
who arc to be the champions Of his reign
if it is to DO made successful and he
needs tho ripe couusels of the many able
Democrats who have been honest and
earnest, but less progressive, laborers in
the party vineyard through little sunshine
and much storm. He wants open doors
for honest, intelligent counsel from all of
his sincere supporters who are ready to
proffer it, and it will be a grave misfor-
tune if he fails to invite and hcarken to
it,"
THE official reports of the tobacco trad"
in this country for the past year show that
the increase in cigar production was S21,-
S97, 75s, and that tho present output Of tho
factories is double that of 1873. Tho ex-
portation of cigars from the United States
has mado some increase, though very
slight. The number exported was 3, 451,-
995 725, 92O moro than in 1881. OF cigar
cites there were exported Ga, 4,OO1, 500 in
1882, an increase of s.3SS, 400 over 1881,
or 70 per cent. Tho quantity of manu-
factured tobacco, inclusive of snuff, Oh
which tax was paid in 1873 was ia, 49,
20s pounds; in 1882, on 1G1, ,3s4, ,6O3
pounds {; in 1882. on 1e1, 3s4, ,GO3 pounds,
an increase of only 46, 535, ,395 pounds
and the production in 1882 was the heavi-
est on record. Exports have remained
about stationary, as in 1878 the shipments
of manufactured tobacco to foreign were
10. liz. .045 pounds, and in 1882 but TO-
S29, ,2l2 pounds.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

81. r., ATTORNEY y sends to the
United States treasury for the conscience
fund TIC unprecedented sum of $4,000.
This shows that the big thieves are be-
ginning to disgorge.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

THE political assessment cases arc soon
to be decided by tho supreme curt and
the civil rights and Louisiana cases will
be finished up shortly after the holidays.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

out at the time. Wilbur, as he was known
in Boston, has lived at Troy about twenty
months. and has divorced wife in Port
land, Me-, and q lawful wife in Maiden,
Mass.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-18

died of poison, administered by her own
hand with suicidal intent. The ladies
from the neighborhood, while preparing
the remains for burial, discovered lightly
clenched in tho girls hand the following
note " got mad because pa would no.
let me keep company with Monroe Lovan
and took strychnine in coffee to kill me
Bury me with my brown dress on
"A 10y Convicted of Murder.
Almost a year ago George Jones, . Six
teen year old mulatto boy, shot and killed
George Foster in front of q saloon on
Water street, Pittsburgh. Last week tho
case was on trial and was concluded yes
tcrday. Saturday morning the jury sent
word to Judge Baily that they had agreed
upon Il verdict. Tho jury was sent for
and tbs prisoner brought into court. Their
verdict was murder in tho first degree.
This makes the fifth murderer under sen
tence Of death in Jail in that county.
Zimmerman Sentenced to DO Hanged.
At Kearney, Neb., the trial of Matthew
Zimmerman for murder was concluded
Saturday. From the beginning it was
very clear how the case would terminate.
as the evidence Of quilt was conclusive.
Tho jury found verdict of guilty Of mur-
der in tho first degree and Zimmerman was
sentenced to be hanged at Minden, Neb.,
on the 2!st of April next. He will be re-
moved to the penitentiary tomorrow for
safe keeping.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19
From Washington.

IN the Supreme Court of the United States
a few days ago Justice Gray was sworn and
took his seat on the bench.
THE recent report of the Congressional Com
mittee on the Yorktown Centennial showed a
deficit of $4,000 in the amount provided for
expenses
The checks for sums amounting to 81, 500
sent to Guitcau a few days ago have been
pronounced worthless by Mr.. ScOvile, who
said that it was not the first time during the
trial that such thing had occurred, and that
he himself had had worthless checks sent him,
one fer $4,000.
UNDER the call of States nearly 100 bills
were introduced in the National House of
Representatives on the 9Th
DELEGATES from about $50 Agricultural col
leaSs and societies met at the Agricultural
Department in Washington recently. Com
missioner LOring was elected Chairman. In
his address DR.. Loring predicted a grand flu
ture for all branches of the science, as he said
agriculture should be called.
PRELIMINARY eyamnatio ION in the Star-route
cases was had in the Police Court in Wash
ington on the 1lth. Colonel Bliss stated that
out of IA, 10l bids bonds were given for IS, 0OO-
GOO, and there WAS not value enough repre-
sented by the eight millions "to buy a spawned
horse"
The following statement was made a few
days ago by an officer of the National Board
of Health: There is no doubt that the small
pox was originally imported. The countries
from which persons emigrate to Amerc. are
almost without exception, infected with the
Al
and fourteen hundred deaths in Philadelphia
from smallpox during 1881, and about seven
hundred fatal cases in New York. Should the
disease threaten to become epidemic i'll Wash
ington, the Boardof Health promises to stamp
it out in thirty days by insisting upon the iso-
latOn of each case
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19
Some Artistic Watches.

In the South Kensington Museum, at
London, is small watch about one hum
dred years old, representing an apple,
the golden case ornamented with grains
of pearl. Another old Nuremburg watch
has the form of an acorn, and is provid-
ed with dainty pistol which perhaps
served as an alarm. In London is an
eagle-shaped watch in which, when the
body of the bird is opened, richly-en-
ameled face is seen. They are some
times found in the form of ducks or
skulls. The Bishop of Ely had watch
in the head of his cane, and Prince of
Saxony had one in his riding saddles.
A watch made for Catherine l. of Russia,
a repeater and musical watch, contains
within it the Holy Sepulcher and the
Roman guard. BY touching spring
the stones move away from the door,
the guard kneel down, angels appear,
and the holy women step into the tomb
and sing the Easter song that is heard
in the Russian churches. King George
ILL.,, of England had watch not larger
than fve-cent piece which had one
hundred and twenty different parts, the
whole not weighing quite as much - .
ten-cent piece.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19

IL VIII De seen tnat tDe Work OF railway eX-
tension has been carried on in forty-two States
and Tcrrit Dries, the only State in which no
new track is reported laid being Connecticut
and Delaware, and the only Territories thus
distinguished being Idaho, Indian Territory
ami Utah, although it is probable that few
miles were laid in the latter. The remote pos
session of Alaska, of course, does not come into
this category. Texas leads the country in re-
sect of railway building, having added last
year, by our table, |, All miles which final re-
turns will probably increase to 1,500, or more
Colorado appears to come next, with about 500
miles, of which no less than 370 are officially
reported to us as laid by that enterprising
narrow gauge railway company, the Denver &c
Rio Grande. This company built during the
year no less than ten different lines or por-
items of lines. Iowa comes next with nearly
500 miles, and Dakota and Ohio also show
thus far between 400 and 500 miles Indiana,
Illinois, New Mexico and New York appear to
have added between 800 and 100 miles
The narrow gauge makes no insignificant
showing in the list of railway mileage con-
structcd in 1881. OF the 25S iii erent lines
thus far reported to be built during the year,
not less than forty three, or over II per cent.
were of three-feet gauge; and of the S,240
miles of new track which we already repor,
1,4W miles, or about IA per cent, were of that
rauCA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19
Inscriptions Of the Mound. Builders.

Major William s. Beebe, of BROOKLYN,
gave an interesting account, at the re-
cent meeting of the American Associa-
ton, of his efforts to decipher the i'll
scriptiOns that have been found in the
mounds at Davenport, Iowa, and Piqua,
Ohio. Two pieces of slate were found
in a mound at Davenport, one of which
was inscribed on one side, the other on
both. The stone inscribed on but one
side bore on its surface q series of con-
centric circles, between the outer two
of which were twelve cqudi>tant signs,
presumably the zodiacal signs. About
two years after these States We're found,
two terra-cotta tablets were dug up at
Piqua, Ohio. bearing series similar to
each other OF characters. evidently
letters ranged in horizontal lines. on
four of which the letters were in each
case six in number. In the fifth and
remaining instance there We're five lines,
but this arrangement was at some dis
tancc in the longitudinal direction of
the tablet from the groups first men
toned, which We're in both cases written
in couples. Major Becbe claimed that
these groups of six letters each. when
separated into alternate threts and read
right and left respectively, are the
names Of eight of the zodiacal signs on
the Davenport slate---the other four
signs, Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and
Libra, being represented by four initial
letters On the back of one of the Piqua
tablets. These letters represent the
North, South, East and West, respect
lively. and correspond to the world
holders. as they were called, to which
a particular Importance was attached.
The most significant detail of this ident-
ification is that the forms of the letters
are almost precisely those that occur
about the Mediterranean, whose phOnet-
ic values have been determined by Alois
Hess in his work on the classification of
old Spanish coins. Should this idcntiti-
cation be correct. the point arises wheth-
er its alphabet originated in this country
or in the old. Major Bcebe claims to
have traced each form of letter to abo-
riginal American picture-symbols, in
which the same significance obtains in
both European and American forms.
Having fixed the significance of the let
tiers. he has, he says, deciphered the in
scription on the stone from Grave Creek,
West Virginia, and that on the AK found
at Pcmberton, New Jersey.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19
What Nero Did.

1t was to Nero that Tacitus applied
the expression, incredibilium cupitor
What he not only desired but achieved
in the way of cruelty and vice would be
declared incredible if Roman history
had not already shown that revolving
atrocities may be conceived by a dis
eased Imagination and executed bv ire
sponsible power. After the burning of
the city, he gratitied his taste, in entire
disregard of the proprietors, in rebuild
ing it. He at once appropriated num-
Der OF the sites and a large portion of
the public grounds for his new palace
The porticos, with their ranks of COL
umns. were a mile long. The vestibule
was large enough to contain the colossal
statue of him. in silver and gold, one
hundred and twenty feet high, from
which the colosseum got its name The
interior was gilded throughout, and
adorned with ivory and mother-of-pearl
The ceilings of the dining-rooms were
formed of movable tables of ivory,
which shed flowers and perfumes on the
company; the principal saloon had a
dome which, turning day and night.
initiated the movements of the terres-
trial bodies. When this palace was fin
ished he exclaimed: AT last / am
lodged like man" His diadem was
valued at half million. His dresses,
which he never wore twice, were stiff
with embroidery and gold. He fshed
with purple lines and hooks of gold. He
never travelled with less than thousand
carriages. The mules were shod with
silver, muleteers clothed with the finest
wool, and the attendants wore bracelets
and necklaces of gold. Five hundred
she-asses followed his wife Popp:en in
her progresses, to supply milk for her
bath. He was fond of figuring in the
circus as a charioteer and in the thcater
as singer and actor. He prided him.
self on being an artist, and when his
possible deposition was limited to him
he said that artists could never be in
want. There was not vice to which
he was not given, nor Il crime which he
did not commit. Yet the world ex-
claims SuetOnious, endured this mon
ster for fourteen Years; and he was
popular with the multitude, who were
dazzled by his magnilicence and mstook
his senscless profusion for libcralty.
On the anniversary of his death, during
many years, they crowded to cover his
tomb with flowers. lu0rtcTly RcrieaU.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19

ices OF the late Senator Carpenter. In the
Utah contcsted-elcction case, after an ex-
cited debate, it was agreed-1S9 to 24-to re-
Ter the matter to the Committee on Elections
WEDNESDAY, January IA large number
of petitions were submitted in the Senate for
a Commission to inquire into the alcoholic
liquor traffic. Mr.. Morgan submitted reso-
luton directing the Special Committee on
Woman Suffrage to report bill to annul any
law comforting upon women in Utah the right
to vote. The President pro tenn announced
the Special Committee on the Rights of
Women as follows: Lapham, Anthony,
Ferry, Blair George, jackson and Fair.
The Sherman Funding bill was taken
up, and Mr. Vest claimed that the
Democratic measure of last year would have
saved the people $15, OOO, 900 annually in inter
est; that the payment of the public debt
would wipe out National Banks, and the latter
do not intend to surrender their charters. Mr..
Sherman replied that the banks were subject
to the will of Congress, and that it was fortu-
nate that the bill of last year failed; he said
the National Banking system was not
monopoly, for banking was free;
and he believed it supplied the
one now being copied by other nations. Mr..
Ortiz offered a resolution in the House in
structing the Committee on Civil-Service Re-
form to report different mode of appointing
committees. Mr.. Haskell, as question of
privilege, presented resolution declaring
that no polygamiSt is entitled to admission to
the House as a Delegate, but the House voted
that the resolution did not present privi-
legged question.
THURSDAY, January PA bill was passed
in the Senate to authorize a bridge across
the Missouri within five miles of St Charles
Mr.. Ingalls, defended the Arrears-of- PENSION
act, and offered a resolution against its re-
peal, which was laid overat the request of Mr..
Beck A prolonged debate took place on the
Three percent. Funding bill. In the House
Mr.. Bayne introduced a bill to repeal all the
bank taxes, and Mr. Browne a measure for
the issue and exchange of fractional Treasury
notes. An appropriation Of $40, 900 for work
on the census was passed. Both houses adj
jOurned to the 10th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19

be most treacherous persons, and when
they get beyond the fear Of the lash they
naturally mature into scoundrels.
If we must choose between a very
quiet and respectful behavior in our
children, with never a word amiss, and
with growing reserve between parents
and children as the latter mature; or q
frank companionship and intimate fell
lowship between parents and children,
though the frankness sometimes turns
to momentary sauciness--I, for one,
should choose the latter alternative; and
l could hardly be sorry, in sober mo-
ments, if my children had spunk OR in
dependence enough to assert themselves
if [ should forget myself and encroach
too far upon their self-respect.~7a-z--s. -.-
In almost every family there are dis
cordant temperaments, and these will
sometimes clash, especially when put
under the hard strain of poverty, to
which many are born.-F'aih Rochester,
IN american Agriculturc.