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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-28
CONTRACTS AWARDED.

The Supplies for the City Water W Orks.
The water committee met last night
opened bids and awarded contracts as fol
lows
For pea c0al-H. Baumgardner 4 Co.,
$2.07 per ton James Stewart & Son,
81. 95. The contract was awarded to the
latter.
The contract for lead was given to Finn
& Wilson at 1886 per 100.
Ferrules-D. H. .Kulp three quartz inch
per gross and half at 90 cents per piece
w. P. Cummings. 95 cents J. F. Stauffer
"a cents f. II. Dller, $3.50. This con-
tract was awarded to P. w. Cummings.
Water piper. d. Wood s. Co., S4S.7
per ton Mellert 4 Co., / inch, $41 per
ton, 6 inch, $50, 8 inch, $50, 10 inch, $685.
2 inch, $2S. Mellert & CO. received the
contract.
Special castings-JOseph II. Huber, 81
cents per pound w. p. Cummings, 24c.
D. H. Kulp, 24c.; B. W. Harnish, 2ac.;
Mellert s. Co., SIC. w. P. Cummings re-
ceived the contract.
Fire Hydrants-Joseph II. Huber, $40
per dozen E. II. Diller, S24O per dozen.
Huber received this contract.
Stop boxcs-A. MOtt was given the con-
tract at 81 cents per foot.
Plug cases-D. H. Kulp. agt., $3.50 per
piece W. P. Cummings, $500; E. II.
Diller, s9.334. The contract was given to
Cummings.
Street stop valves, inside screw-E. ii.
Diller, 4 inch, s14.5O 6 inch, $50 8 inch,
SEQ; 10 inch, $40; 19 inch, $50. Mellert
s Co., Reading, inch, $3.50; 6 inch,
s19.35 8 inch, S3O.3s 10 inch, a43.43
IL inch, $54.
Mellert s Co. received the contract 10,
4 and 6 inch screw.
Outside screw-E. H. Diller, 4 inch
$3.50; inch, s24 8 inch, s32; 10 inch
s45 ~ inch, S55. Joseph Huber, 4 inch
SIS 6 inch,. $40. Mellert & Co.. inch
$15.7 6 inch, s22::2S =; 8 inch, 1885,: II
inch, $47.93 12 inch, s60.53.
Joseph Huber received the contract fOl
the 4 and inch outside screw and E. II
Diller the contract for the 8, 10 and l:
inch outside screw and the s. 10 and 1;
inch inside screw.
There were NO bids for hauling.
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Taking Rum for sn,all-pox.

John Hague has been employed for the
past week as "runner" at the Iron Com
pany's smallpox hospital, Bethlehem. Be-
lieving rum to be a safeguard against the
dread disease he las kept himself tolerably
full all the time. On Saturday he took an
overdose and imagined that everybody he
met had the disease. He stopped Maggie
Harrington on the Philadelphia road and
told her she had the smallpox and he was
going to take her to the hospital. She ran
down an embankment in order to get
away from him and entered the house of a
Mr.. Engle. Hague followed her and when
Engle attempted to put him out of the
house he threatened to shoot Miss Har-
rington's protector. He was finally elected
and afterwards raised a row in saloon
which caused his arrest. He will be tried
in April.
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STRANGE COINCIDENCE,
SUDDEN DEATH VI RoBr. G. BARrkL.
He Dies While Listening to his 1ather-in
Laws Funeral Sermon.

He Dies While Listening to his 1ather-in
Laws Funeral sermon.
A startling incident occurred at the
funeral of D. S. Bare yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Sylvanus Stall, pastor Of St. John S
Lutheran church, was about concluding
an eulogy on the life and character of the
deceased at his late residence No. 22S East
Orange street, when he was informed that
Mr.. Bare's son-in-law, Robert G. Bartel,
had just expired in All upstairs
room in Mr.. Bare's house. The
announcement Of the fact created the
greatest excitement and profOundest
grief among the large concOurse Of re!a-
tives and friends assembled to do honor to
the memory of Mr.. Bare, and for time
the funeral services we're interrupted but
when the tumult had somewhat subsidized
the services were concluded and the
fureral cortege proceeded to Woodward
Hill cemetery where Mr.. Bare's body was
inferred, while the body of his son in-law
was removed to the room from which Mr..
Bare's corpse was borne away.
Mr.. Bartel has been in i'll health fer
some time, suffering from pulmonary or
asthmatic affection. He was able, how
ever, to be about, and was on the street
yesterday assisting in making preparations
for Mr.. Barc's funeral. probably over
exerted himself, as upon returning to the
house about noon he had great difficulty
in breathing, and after struggling for al
hour or two he died as above stated.
Mr.. Bartel was As years old. In early
life he was railroad engineer and con
tinued in that profession until failing
health compelled him to seek less labor
iOus avocation. He then went into the
sewing machine trade, and at a later day
into the provision commission business,
selling by Wholesale cured meats for Phil
adeiphia dealers.
Mr.. Bartel was twice marriea-his first
wife being Miss Souder, by whom he has
one child. His second wife who survived
him is daughter of Mr.. Bare, as above
stated, by whom he had two children. He
was a kind husband and father ; an upright
honorable man, and q pleasant neighbor
He was a member of the First Methodist
church, this city. His funeral will take
place tomorrow forenoon, at half past 1O
o'clock from Mr.. Bare's house, East
Orange street, and his remains will be
inferred in Woodward Hill cemetery be
side those of his father-in-law.
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PERSONAL.

BUTLER will not help Guiteau.
General KILPATRIcK's body will be re-
moved from Santiago to the United States.
SoLoN CHASE is reported to be about to
start Maine paper called Them Steers.
The president yesterday nominated
STERLING P. ROUNDS, of Illinois, to be
public printer.
Judge BLATcHFoRD expects to take his
seat on the United States supreme bench
next Monday.
The Princeton alumni residents in Phil
adelphis endorse DR.. MoCosH. He'll
stay.
Miss LOUISA NJ. ALCOTT was one of the
81 xteen women who qualified to vote at
Concord, Mass, yesterday.
Mrs. GARFIELD is annoyed at the mum
erous unauthorized biographies and por-
traits Of her husband which are published.
J. A.HUBBELL has been reelected chair.
man of the Republican congressional com
mittee.
Major J. W. Yocux was in town yester.
day canvassing his chances for recorder,
but he seems to have found that Steve
Grissinger was here, too.
ALBERT WILSON and-AUG. RICHARDS,
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The Dead.

DIR. Thomas Meore, well-known ply
sician, died in Germantown on Saturday,
in the seth year Of his age. He was a
graduate of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA, bus later became practicer of homGo-
pathy, of which he was an able exponent.
DR.. Robert S. Kenderdlne, graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania, died in
Philadelphia, yesterday, in the 51st year
of his age. He was at one time resident
physician of the Episcopal hospital, and
during the war was surgeon.in-chiefo of
the Volunteer hospital, at Broad and
Prime streets.
Daniel F. Pickering, a prominent Re-
publican leader at Elmira, n. Y, ex
sheriff and postmaster died yesterday
from typhoid pneumonia.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT.

Filling the Vacancies and AppOrtlOnlng tho
Horses.
The committee on the reorganization Of
the fire department last night accepted the
declination of Washington II. Potts as
driver of engine No. 2, to which no had
been appointed at former meeting of the
committee, and left the vacancy open to
be filed hereafter.
w. S. Burns and Henry Leonard declin-
ed the position of hosemen of engine No.
3, and Adam E. Smith and VIM. W. Price
were appointed in their stead.
John Knapp declined as hoseman OF ell
gine No. 2, and David Dorwart was SUBJ
stituted.
John P. Fetterly declined as hoseman to
engine No. 4, and W. S. Weaver was
transferred to tho place from engine No. /
All the horses needed for the depart
ment, fourteen in number, have been pur-
| chased, and are now in training for the
new new service to which they will be put.
They are all grays and are conceded by
horsemen and others to be strong, fine.
| looking animals, entirely competent for
the work to which they will be put. Last
night the committee appOlt toned them as
| follows
The Knapp horses to engine No. 4 the
Sontheimer horses to engine No. 2 the
Murphy horses to engine No. the Bren-
ner horses to engine No. 3; the Colvin
horses to truck A the Metzger horses to
hose cart No. 3 the Cruel horse to hose
cart No. 4 the Trewitz horse to hose
cart No. the Trewitz horse to hose
| cart No. 2.
The committee are kept constantly en-
gagged providing for the details Of the do.
partment, which is expected to be into
operation on Thursday next.
Tho Electric Alarm in Working Order.
| Last evening the new electric fire alarm
was turned over to Chief Engineer Howell
of the fire department., who this morning
distributed the keys to the boxes, giving
them to reliable persons residing in the
neighborhood.
| 1t may be some information to those
holding keys to know how to work the
boxes. The key which they hold unlocks
the box inside is small lever which
must be pulled down. This will sound
the number of tho box where tho alarm is
struck in all of the engine houses, rs well
as on the Empire bell for four times. In
case this is not a sufficient alarm the lever
can again be pulled, or as many times as
necessary.
The firemen and citizens of the town
are notified that hereafter they can depend
on the electric fire alarm in case of fire
and nothing else, as it will be used ut
once.
Yesterday number of tho boxes i'll the
city were tried and all worked we'll.
A number of enterprising business mel
of the city have had printed on the backs
| of their business cards tho location Of the
different fire boxes in the city.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-28
THE STORM KING.


Terrific Tornados In ths South and in 7 his
st.ts-Lsvss Lose ana Considerable
Property Dsmolashsd.
On Monday destructive wind swept the
country four miles northeast of Waynes.
borough, Ga. Houses and fences were
blown down and trees were upr0oted
Considerable damage was done to property
on the plantations Of Joseph NJ. Ward, j.
]. Jones, E. A. Carter and P. E. Steener.
The dining room Of Joseph NJ Ward was
blown to pieces while the family was at
dinner. Gilbert Ward, years old, was
killed and Miss Dunlap was painfully in.
jured.
At Macon, Ca. a tornado did consider
able damage to property and along the
Central road as far as Sandersville.
Dwellings, barns, gin houses, cabins and
trees were destroy oyed and many persons in
jured. No fatal accidents were reported.
The tornado was very violent and about
100 yards wide. It moved from west to
east.
A storm of thunder, lightning and rain
passed over Bradford, Pa, carrying away
derrick that was holding up al snfin-
ished building and demolishing the struc.
ture, several people barely escaping with
their lives. At Richburg tank contain
Ing 1000 barrels Of oil was struck by light.
ming and burned.
During . severe gale at Evansburg,
Crawford county, Pa, three-story brick
house in course of erection was blown
down and William Hunt and Prank Nc
Donald were killed, and John Houser aud
William Shark fatally and five others
slightly injured. A similar accident oc-
Cured at Pittsburgh, the wind blowing
down frame house and fatally injuring
John Atkinson and Patrick Gavin, two
wOrkmen.
At Wheeling, W. Va, the most severe
hail storm known since 1860 occurred
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 1t was
short but severe. The state house, United
States custom house, Female college, Lin
sley institute, the large hotels and facto.
ries and all the ward school buildings,
with the business houses and residences
having frontage on the west, had the win
dows riddled. Hot beds, green houses and
skylights gave way like egg-shells and
many valuable plants were destroyed. The
storm reached from five miles west to five
miles east of the city, and from short
distance below tho town to the north emo,
and the damage at tho lowest calculation
will reach $4,000. Persons exposed and
unable to reach shelter were badly bruised
about the head, and horses in many in
stances became frantic and ran away.
A furious gale, accompanied by vivid
lightning. thunder, hail and torrents of
rain, swept over Cleveland. Numerous
trees and several unfinished buildings
were Frustrated. The weather, which has
been remarkably mild, became quite cold
after the storm, which lasted about thirty
minutes.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-28
GRANT AND POKTFIs.
The Ex.President's Efforts to Have the Dis
graced General Reinstated.

sraced General Reinstatesi.
Excuse me, this is private" said one
Of the doorkeepers of the lobby leading to
the marble room as gentleman tried very
persistently to pass him. "But l am
General Grant, and want to see MIR.
Window and other senator's" said the
persistent stranger. Immediately tho
door flew open and the doorkeeper was
profuse with apologies. General Grant
spent the greater part of the afternoon at
the Capitol calling for senators and urging
them to help restore Fitz John Porter tc
the army. "What did General Grant
have to say on the subject % asked Wis
itor of one of the senators whom the ex-
president interviewed. "He said that he
thought he had done Fitz John Porter an
injustice for many years, and that he was
determined to do now what he could to
restore him to his old place in the army.
General Grant called Out'a good many
senators and spoke very earnestly to all of
them upon the same subject. There is no
bill now before the Senate for the restora-
ton of Porter, but it is inferred one will
soon be introduced for his relief. The
movement this winter in favor of General
Porter has thus far been thoroughly en-
ergetic. 1t is said upon apparently good
authority, however, that neither Grant
nor Porter have made any impression upon
President Arthur. A congressman who
has taken az deep an interest in the Fitz
John Porter case as any one in Washing
ton, said tonight: "You can put it
down as an absolute fact that Grants
crowd have thoroughly failed in their at
tempts to induce Arthur to reopen the
Fitz John Porter case. He will not do it,
and he las as much as told item SO.
Grant goes home tomorrow morning
without waiting for President Arthur's s
reception, which will occur tomorrow
night
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THE PRISON.

Yesterday Afternoons n Getting of Inspector,
Yesterday afternoon the board of prison
inspectors again met and decided to pur-
chase Branson knitting machine at the
price of SEQ.
Mr.. Hoffmeier offered the following,
which was adopted 'Resolred, that
tho board Of prison inspectors hereby re-
commend to the county commissioners the
immediate necessity Ofrepa:riug the prison
wall by broad pointing, increasing the
height and covering the same with pro.
jeCting roof, believing it to be better Sc
curity against the escaping Of prisoners,
and copy of the resolution to be sent to
the commissioners
On motion of Mr.. Carter, seconded by
Mr.. Hoffmeier, the keeper was authorized
to have tho following work done Calci.
mine the entrance hallway and the main
corridor as far IS the first bridge also to
brace tho arch in tho cellar near the pump
with planking.
Mr.. Carter offered tho following, which
was adopted:
" ResoIrsd, That any religious society
that feels interested in the reformation Ol
the prisoners, have tho right to send reli
gious papers to this institution, and that
the prisoners can have our county papers
at their own expense"
Mr.. Hagen offered tho following Re
solued, That all provisions and articles for
manufacturing purposes bo given out by
contract to the lowest bidder at tho next
| meeting.
On the same subject Mr.. Rutter offered
the following "Resolced, that the secre-
tary be instruced to advertise for sealed
proposals to be handed in at our next
monthly meeting for all the principal
material and suppliesf fnot at present under
contract that are required for the main
tenance of the prison for three months
from the time the bid is accepted"
The resolution of Mr.. Hagen was
adopted.
The following was passed Resoloed
that tho keeper, Mr.. Burkholder, be allow
cd sufficient county carpets for the dwell,
ing part of the prison"
The disputed bills of c. II. Amer and
the Lancaster knitting company were ap.
proved.
1t was decided to give DR.. W. p. Rife
S10 for extra services and materials fur
nished; aud to give Crias Kendig a Slj
suit Of clothes and George Bartmyer IS O;
the expiration of their sentence.
10 The bond of David Warfel, prison clerk
in the sum $500, with David Warfe
aud Geo. A. Triple as sureties was pre-.
sented and approved.
The board signed a recommendation td
the board Of pardons for the pardon OF
George Stape, who was convicted OF horse
stealing in November, 1878, in consequence
of impaired health, as it is believed that
longer confinement will be dangerous to
his life
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This afternoon Henry Huber, OF Martic-
Vile, loaded barrel Of oil. barrel of
crackers and lot ofother things on q one
horse covered wagon at Miller 4 Hart
mans wholesale grocery. in the rear Of
their store on market street, The horse
frightened at u shifting engine. which was
letting of steam. aud. running against the
corner Of building. upset the wagon,
throwing tho contents out. with Mr.. Hu-
ter, who escaped uuinjured. The barrels
were broken aud 50 was the wagon.
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A Merchant's Sad Death,

Caleb Woodruff, of the firm of C. l..
Woodruff & Co., wholesale tobacco deal
ers at 13 North Third street, Philadelphia,
died on Saturday at his residence, No.
1928, Arch street, of an injury received on
Thursday evening in attempting to step
on the platform Of an Arch street car near
Broad street. He fell and struck his head,
causing fracture of the skull.
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Points In POlirics.

In the Illinois House congressional ap-
portionment bill was introduced, which
gives four districts to Cook county, and
changes all the other districts in the state.
An extra session of the Missouri Legis.
lature has been called to meet on the 10th
proximo, to redistrict the state for con-
gressmen.
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Swain ON Sergeant Mss0n's Sentence.
Judge Advocate Swain has made his re-
port on the case of Sergeant Mason to the
secretary Of war, in which he holds that
the sentence of the court-marshal is in
valid by reason of certain irregularities
and informalities in the proceedings of the
court.
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Argument Court.

Court met this morning at 10 o'clock,
when considerable amount Of current
business was transacted.
The case Of Amos Bushong vs. the
Pennsylvania railroad company, exceptions
to masters report were argued during the
whole forenoon and a good portion ofthis
afternoon.
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Died Of Her Injuries.

Margaret Elizabeth Miller, who was 50
terribly burned at the house OF Mrs.
Essick, ON Friday night, died shortly be-
fore one o'clock this afternoon, after
three days Of terrible suffering. Her
funeral will take place tomorrow alter
noon at two O'Clock from the residence OF
her father John Steigerwal., No. II Hazel
street
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Crushed 70 Death ~ . Failing Tree.
Jesse B. Strait, farmer at Gibson Hill,
Erie county, was fatally crushed by tree
falling upon him, which be was engaged
in chopping and which fen IN the opposite
direction from that intended.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-28

Samuel Hes, s. Son, aucti0neers, sold
at public sale for George Grossman, at the
Merrimac hodse, yesterday 1S head Of
Canada horses. at an average price of
s2S2. IS per head, and : head Of western
horses at an average price Of 1I7.59 per
head. The two highest sold, brought s6l0.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-28

The enthusiastic people who are
showering their ten. cent. pieces with
such self-sacri6cing gensrosity upon Ser
geant Nason's wifeand baby will do well
to temper their almsgiving with discre-
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Tho /" ROYAL Arcanum."

The "Supreme Council Of the Royal
Arcanum has been called to meet at Bal
timore on April Is. Delegates will be
present from Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan
and many other states.
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Smugglers Taken,

While the steamship City of Toxic was
entering the harbor of San Francisco on
Sunday she was boarded by two United
States deputy marshals who arrested John
Hennissy, purser of the steamer, and
Henry Kennedy, the steward, on suspi-
cion Of smuggling opium from Hong
Kong.
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Loss BY Fire,

Fire yesterday at Canton. Ohio, caused
damage to the extent Of CSC, 900. The
principal losers are Horsheimer Bros.
clothier s. Gunzberg, clothier /; ]. r..
Miller, dry goods, and Brown, photogra-
pher.
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Two Boys Drowned.

Two BOys DrOWned.
Two boys, sons Of William Low, q fish
erman, were drowned at NEWPORT L. l.,
yesterday by capsizing their boat while
hauling lobster traps.
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The Exeter Thief.

George E. Lane, the defaulter, yesterday
at Portsmouth, N. H., furnished bail in
SIC, 90, and Immediately left for his home
in Exeter, accompanied by prominent
gentlemen, where he will endeavor to
clear up his accounts, which are badly
confused. He is short about $63, 900.
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Caught In the Reltinr,

John Davis, colored, an. oiler in Zell's
fertilizing factory, at Baltimore, was
caught in the betting of e drum wheel
yesterday and was killed.
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A Negro Murders y Swede.

In fight early on Sunday morning, on
board the schooner Annie s. Gaskill, from
Philadelphia for New York via Norfolk,
Va, off Finney's inlet, between two of the
crew, Rudolph Anderson, Swede, and
Robert Foster, negro. the latter inflicted
probably fatal injuries on the head of the
Swede with capstan bar. Tho negro is
in custody.
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MayOr's Court.

The mayor had three cases before him
this morniDg-two ofthem being disorder
lies. were sent to Jail for ten days each,
and the other, lodger, was discharged.
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Death In tho Flames.

4 fire in West Ansonia, Conn, early
yesterday morning, destroyed building
occupied by a meat market, laundry, sa-
loon and boarding house. Two young
men named Bassett perished in the board
ing house, aud Mrs. Nichols was seriously
injured by jumping from second-story
window.
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Cut to Pieces by Her Husband.

An autopsy yesterday at Baltimore on
the body of Mrs. Brizzalaro discovered
three fractures of the skull and thirty
eight knife wounds inflicted by her hus.
band, who is now in Jail awaiting the
action of the grand.jury.