Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-23
FIGHT AT A WAKE.

The Isoreaved Thrown Against tho Coffin
aud His Rib Broken.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Grcssett, aged 80 years,
residing at No. 522 Division street, Cam
den, died Of hemorrhage at tho corner of
Broadway and Pine streets, Camden, on
Thursday afternoon. That night her re.
puted husband, John Gressett, celebrated
her sudden death by an old fashioned
wake. In the same house with Grcs-
sett Stephen Wales and his better
half resided. The neighbors who called
to condole with tho widower were treated
Hospitality. The mourners drank too
much bad whisky, and most disgraceful
scenes were enacted, which eliminated in
set-tO between Gressett aud Wales.
The latter hurled Gressett against tho ice
box containing the corpse, thereby break
ing one of Gressctt's ribs. Yesterday
morning Wales was arrested and brought
before Justice w. II. Davis. who held HIM
to answer the charge of assault and bat.
tory at tho October term of the court.
Mrs. Wales was arraigued before Mayor
Bradshaw and committed to the county
jail for ten days. The body was taken in
charge of by Coroner Leckner.
Tho Odd Fellows Grand Lodge.
Tho sovereign grand lodge, now in ses-
sion at Baltimore, went to work on re-
ports on appeals. The appeal of Nevada
VS.. tho grand lodge Of Nevada was sus-
tanned ; also the appeal Of D. W. Wcithy
VS. the grand lodge of California. This
appeal has been before the sovereign grand
lodge for four years, and is known among
Odd Fellows as the Robinson case.
At the afternoon session the appeal of
tho trnrorol rn1iof nm, N, iffon oc
CAL, against the grand lodge of California.
on a question of benefits due Otto Sutge.
arguing payment, was sustained. The
appeal of Louisville lodge, No. 81, against
the grand lodge of kentucky was sustain
ed. The appeal of C. G. Goodrich against
the grand lodge of Now York was dis
charged.
At a meeting tho past grand representa-.
tive union, Luther J. Glenn, p. G. s..
was elected president J. w. Smith. Of
Connecticut, vice president, and John w.
McQuiddy, Of Indianapolis, secretary and
treasurer.
The Unitarian Conference
In the closing session of the Unitarian
conference at Saratoga, Rev. Francis q.
Peabody read an essay "Upon Liberal
Christianity and the Spirit of Worship"
1t was discussion of what goes to make
up true worship. In tho election of
officers, which followed, E. lockwood
Hoar was elected president. The commit
tee on credentials reported about 600 dele.
gates present, and that the total number
of persons attending was over 2, 200, being
more than have been present at any pre-
vious session. A resolution was adopted
to raise $50, 900 annually during the next
two years for the American Unitarian as
sOciatiOns.
Tho conference closed with singin. the
doxOlogy and a benediction.
Election Conspfrators Arrested.
Henry Starr and Nicholas p. Barber.
employees at the at the almshouse in
Philadelphia, were arrested yesterday and
held in $500 bail each for conspiring to
make false and fraudulent rcturn of
votes at tho election held in the Second. or
"Almshouse division. of tho TWENTY
seventh ward, held last February. It Is
understood that the prosecution is made at
the instance of the Committee of One
Hundred, and grows out Of DEVELOPMENTS
arising in the course of the investigation
of the almshouse frauds.
Curious or villainous.
A fire was discovered yesterday under
the safe Of tho district attorney in the
tax commissioner Office, in New York.
and extinguished before much damage
was done. In tho safe were stored i'm
portant papers in tho cases of tho raidod
lottery dealers. 1t is singular coinci