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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
STARVING HIS CHILDREN,
"A We:l-tO-dO Resilient of MAssachusetti
Charged With lnhum0nity.


Merrick II. Colt, of New Ashford,
Mass, was left nearly two years ago with
Eve children by the death Of his wife. His
treatment Of them has been gradually
growing Worse, and Of late tho family
have been only half clothed and fed, the
house being devoid Of all comfort. The
youngest child, a babe, was found with no
other clothing than thin dress. State
Officer Kellogg, by direction of District
Attorney Waterman, visited Colts house
and found matters worse than can be
described. Colt agreed to appear
on Saturday. and assured the officer
that he would do better. He owns the
largest farm in town, is we'll to do, and
able to live comfortably if he would. Last
night he went to the house OF one lngra.
ham, neishbor. and broke in tho door,
threatening to kill Ingraham, who had
kept him at bay With al axe while Mrs.
lngrauIan Went tor assistance to biBd him
until the 6uputy sheriff, ten miles away,
could be procured. He was arrested yes
terday and in tho district court began to
show signs of insanity, kicking over chairs,
tables and frightening Judge Tucker, who
| ordered him to be taken to Jail where
he again had an attack. It is thought lie
is feigning insanity. Colt is q native ol
Pittsfield, of an old family, and from some
estates of which he is heir, derives quite 8
large revenue.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

William P. Black, Democrat, has de-
cided to contest tho seat of George K.
Davis, Republican,, who has received GER
tilicate as congressman elect from the Sec
Ond district OF Illinois. The grounds of
the contest are fraud in tho election and
the use of bogus Democratic ballots.
The Ohio board Of csnvassers, in session
at Columbus, on Thursday closed their
report on tho vote Of congressman. They
decided the doubtful districts in favor OF
Murray in the Third, Morey in the Seventh,
Warner in the Fifteenth and Mckinley in
tho Eighteenth. The application Of
Campbell, Morey's opponent, for an orde,
to issue a certificate to him, has been con
tinued until January. Should the man.
damus be allowed Morey's certificate be-
comes void.
The votes for mayor Of Newburyport,
Mass, were recounted yesterday, and the
result changed majority of seven fol
Hale, Republican,, into q majority o
eighteen for johnson. Democrat.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
RecjprOcal Confidence Needed.

1t appears that the regular ring Re
publicans of Philadelphia do not num-
ber enough votes in councils to re eject
the present city officers, of whose terms
Commissioner of Highways Baldwin's
expires in January, and those of Supcrin-
tendent of Water Works McFadden and
Commissioner of Public Property
Dixey expire in February. Their sue
cessors are to he chosen for three years
by the present councils, and enough Re-
publicans are willing to vote against
them ,as relics Of ring rule, to preventtheir
reelection. 1t remains to he seen whether
the reform of boiling Republicans
Can make such accommodation with the
Democrats in council as will enable
them to constitute united ma ajority
and agree upon candidates. AS Bald
wins term expires first his successor is
to lie first elected, and Mr.: Esta
brook, who is acceptable to and urged
by the Republican boilers, seems to he
generally agreed upon as a fit man to be
elected by the aid of Democratic votes.
But before these are conceded to him
there is a disposition among some of
the Democratic councilmen to exact as
surances that it is not an essential part
of the proposed reform that Democrats
shall be excluded from that share in the
offices to which their large proportion of
the popular vote in Philadelphia seems
to entitle them.
A fusion between the Democratic
councilmen and the dissatisfied Republi-
cans simply for the spoils of office will
be neither creditable to the participants
nor beneficial to the city ; but the cleo
tion of King and Hunter-one Demo
crat and the other Republican-proved
thai it is practicable to find common
ground in municipal politics for honest
men to meet upon And when the issue
in councils is that of good business man
agemcnt of the city offices it should be
easy for the Democrats and reform Re-
publicans to unite. 1t is needless to say
that such a union cannot be effected
ttIC luVo OAoV 4SCuAOIAdto lldy
be it for the offices to he. filled shall be
excluded from consideration for them
simply because they are Democrats.
Notwithstanding the Democratic party
of Philadelphia numbers over two iifths
of its voters it has no representative in
the three city Offices filled by councils
nor in the direction of the gas trust, the
Girard trust, the house of correction,
nor until lately had it any
in the aims house management.
This is not an accident. They
are purposely excluded from them as a
partisan measure, and their representa-
tives in council have right to be suspi-
cious Of any alleged scheme Of reform
which proposes to maintain this odiOus
system of exclusion. A reformer''
who will not trust Democrat is not to
be trusted as q reformer. But we do not
believe that any considerable number of
the Philadelphia councilmsn are of this
narrow gauge. Between the representa-
tives of the large majority Of people in
that city who are in earnest in their su.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
RUNAWAY CARS IN ST. LOCIS.
DemOlishing Part of II Drug StorO and Tea
ing Otrtho Front of q Saloon.

DeInOlishing Part of Drug Storo and Tear
ing OVthe Front OF q Saloon.
While a freight train, consisting Of
twenty cars belonging to the Iron Moun-
tain railroad and hauled by two locomo-
tives, was being taken up Poplar street
grade, St. Louis, it broke in two, and the
rear part, consisting Of fourteen cars,
dashed down the grade toward
tho river. On its way it ran into
wagon of the transfer company, kill
ing the team and smashing the wagon.
This threw tho first car of the track, and
it rushed across Second street, demolished
the southeast corner of T. Kalb & Co.'S
drug store ON the corner of Second and
Poplar streets, dashed into the yard in the
rear Of the store, and spent its force upon
a stock of glassware aud chemicals. The
second Car then left the track and tore off
the front If the saloon at lis Poplar
street, and five other cars SPREAD them
selves in a wreck all over tho streets. In
tense excitement prevailed, and a number
in the vicinity had narrow escape, but
nobody hurt. The damage to Kalb &
Co.'S stock is about SO, 500, and to the
building $4,000. The total loss will pro-
badly be S15, 900.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
SUICIDE CAUSED lsY a SCANDAL
lie Young Man BadGered to Deati, ASK
For u Nice Funeral.

lie Young Man lsadgered to DEATH Ask 4
For u Nice Funeral.
Alfred Machner, aged 81, son of Jonas
Machner, a farmer residing near Nose
lem Springs, IA miles from Reading, who,
as briefly noticed in Thursdays telegraph
ic reports, committed suicide by shooting
himself. lie left letter in which he bids
good by to his parents, sisters and friends
and says that he was driven 70 the deed by
false report about himself and 3; youn.
lady of the neighborhood. He says that
the report gave him SO much trouble that
bright angels took pity on him, and when
he retired at night they sat on his bed
and said "Ccme up to Heaven" Ho
mentioned the names Of the young men
who should sing at the house, ut the
church and at the grave, "Safe in the
arms of Jesus" and other hymns that b"
named, as he wanted mice funeral. :
lie closed by writing Now. l will 60
and shoot myself right away. Our Father
Who art in Heaven"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
Bioeka ling tho 8iso = alks.

A great crowd, principally women and
boys, assembled in front of Finn & Will.
sons sto,e last night to look at the hand.
some Christmas decoration of their show
windows. In the crowd we're number OF
unruly boys who seemed to take especial
delight to rudely .jost'e the women and
girls, and make use Of offensive language.
After being warned several time to deslst,
two of the boys were arrested by Officer
Herr, and locked up in the station house.
They were released this morning, and, as
this was their first offense, their names are
withheld.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
lancaster :9ntelligenrcr.
FRIDAY EVENING DEC. Is. 1882,
Civil Service Reform.


The Senate is engaged in discussing
the civil service reform bill Of Mr.. Pen
dleton, which is intended to make fitness
instead Of party service the test OF ciilce
holding q very good object, indeed, but
one which We fear is beyond the control
of legislation. As Senator Brown said in
opposing the bill, the assignment OF the
spoils of Office to political victors has
prevailed since the founding of the gov.
ernmeut and is likely to prevail to the
end. The administration in power will
manage to provide for its political
friends. If in doing SO it selects good
men for Office it will do all that the
country can expect. A wise adminls-
tration will always do this, as security
for it's possession of power if for no bet
ter reason and if the people elect a
president who is not wise enough for
this it is their own fault, for which they
must suffer during his term, and until
they get chance to amend their er-
r0r.
To get 4 civil service reform which
will be wholly satisfactory, we must
commence at the head. and retain tie
power to remove a chief executive who
is not satisfactory. We must stop max.
ing changes in the executive head of the
government Ut fixed times ard remove
him only when he ceases to deserve al'
lrOval. The English system which
changes the administration of the gov
ernment and its executors, when it and
they are unsatisfactory to the Parliament
seems to be the best method of main
tanning the government under thu
control of the people. Our frequent arr
stated elections to the presidency are al
evil, which Congress might profisabI!
consider the remedy for while debatin:
the question of civil service reform Which
is SO closely related to the subject.
The system proposed of making TIL
subordinate officers of the government
dependent for their appointment ant
p.omotion upon competitive eXamina
tion is a good deal more plausible in it
theory than it will be likely to be vall
able in its results !; and one sutiicien
reason is that fitness for Office is Tot hes
ascertained in this way. The examine
will inquire mainly or altogether int
the applicants book.knowledge, whic
is one of the minor recommendation
for his fitness for most places. 1t vii
do we'll enough to test by this criterion
the fitness of one who is to he mer
clerk but when the energy, judgmen
nl.d wit of the applicant is to he deter
mined, as it is to I've in all places requi1
ing executive ability, the examiner
test will be entirely fallacious. Ioun
man are admitted to and graduated frcl
college upon their proficiency as scho
ars; but, as everyone knows, it is nc
those who receive the highest diploma
who are the most successful men III IL
battle of life. And We say again that
the people elect a man fit to be rresiden
who will appoint men fit to be heads
departments, these heads will appoii
other fit heads under them, who aga
will in succession see that fit men fiji! Il
places under them. Start we'll ut I'll
t,p,and you will end well at the bottom
but never otherwise.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

Tho return visit Of Mr.. Roland Reed
was greeted by II large audience in Fulton
opera house last hight. Mr.. Reed fully
sustained the favorable impression made
on the occasion of his previous perform
ancc, and can consider himself to nave
scored a h!t as the refreshingly impudent
hero of Fred. Marsden's comedy, Check"
Certainly the bright young actor has no
reason to doubt tho favor in which te is
esteemed here and which manifested itself
in almost continuous laughter and enthu-
siasm during the performance ; though Mr..
Reeds persistent refusal to respond to the
call before the curtain at the end Of the
third act was in very bad tasto and but
poor return for the generous piaudits that
the audience SO freely accorded him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
Serious Accident.


Michael Yetter, OF Retter's mill. Red
Run, net with an accident which may
have q serious termination. lie started
from Terre Hill On Saturday evening to
drive home, and on the way his horse took
fright at the tinkling of butchers bell
and threw Yetter out, his foot catching in
the iootrest of his buggy and thus held,
the horse started off, dragging him along
His clothes were torn from his back and
the flesh was stripped from his back. He
also received some severe cuts on the head
Of serious character. There are no bones
broken. The horse WAS stopped by Mrs.
John Peters, who with unusual nerve
grasped the bride as he came along and
effected Yetter's release.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
Police Cases.

The mayor this morning committed to
the county Jail two drunken and disorder.
ly persons for 10 and Is days respectively,
and dismissed eleven vagrants who had
sought lodging in the lookup.
Alderman Samson committed Marv
Wise, al old offender, to the county jail
for ten days.
Joseph Spelling, arrested Oh complaint
of John Weidler for assault AID battery,
was held for a hearing before Alderman
McCOpOmy TO- MORROW,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
Tho Racing Flames.

A fire in Winnipeg, Manitoba, last
night, destroyed the Canadian Pacific
hotel and the Johnston house, causing a
loss of about SIS, 600. A woman in one of
the hotels was severely burned.
A thrcc. story wooden building at Iliop,
New York, in which the woodwork for
the Remington rifle company is made, was
burned yesterday afternoon. The loss is
about s35, 600, and so men are thrown out
of employment.
1t is reported that about twenty of the
best buildings in the business part of
Hickman, Kentucky, were burned on
Wedne sday night.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
A Lady's Terrible Death.

Mrs. William Wynre, highly respected
lady Of Mahoney City, who was on her
way to the Lshigh Valley depot, had just
assembled = steep embankment and stepped
on the track when she was struck BY a
coal train. Tho engine and forty cars
passed over her body, which was cut to
pieces and gathered up piece by piece and
placed in a sheet. The train was passing
round curve aud the engineer was power
less to prevent the accident. Mrs. Wynre
Was the wife of William Wynne, outside
foreman at Primrose colliery. She was
the mother of IA children,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

Frederick Kramer, leather. .finisher
from Philadelphia, was shOckingly
mangled by jumping from a passenger
train while it Was passing at full speed
through Middletown, at an carly hour on
Thursday morning. His left foot was
crushed to such al extent a. to render
amputation necessary. Tho right nostril
was t rn open almost to the eye and tho
right hand badly lacerated and torn,
Besides the above there are ten or twelve
other wounds on the head, face and
body of \ more or less serious character.
The unfortunate man purchased ticket at
Philadelphia for MiidletOwD, and got on
train that did not stop at the latter place.
The conductor wanted him to get off at
Lancaster, but Kramer refused to do So,
and as the train sped through Middle
town he made the well-nigh fatal jump.
Tho injured man says he did 50 at the
repeated commands of the conductor, but
the latter denies that he ordered tho man
off. Kramer is lying at the Harrisburg
city hospital, where his leg was amputated
eight inches below the knee, and he is
doing well.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15
Four Children Drowned While Skating.

"Abbot's Dam," near tho Falls of the
Scuylkill, was frozen over yesterday, and
was used as play ground by number
of children. Shortly before six o'clock
the ice broke, and a party of them were
precipitated into the water. Before they
could be rescued four wore drowned,
namely, Johanna Casey, aged 10 years =;
John SnowdeD, aged 10 years Violet
Barker, II years old, aud Thomas Kendall,
aged ii years. They were, with one ex-
ception, children of mill hands, employed
at Dobson's carpet mills, in the vicinity.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

LOOKS as though Jay Hubbsll had been
caught in 4 regular northwestern blizzard.
A BOUNCING cOlx from a soda water bot
tie knocked the eye cut of teetotal :ide-
grocm and r;bald drinkers of champagne
declare that Pemmery Sec has never been
guilty Of such reprchensib!e conduct.
IT it said, "upon good authority" that
the Senate's resolution of Inquiry iuto the
causes for the removal of Marshal Henry
g was not intended as either al actual or
a constructive attack upon Marshal Nc.
Michael, nor did it indicate any purpose
to oppose the latter's confirmation"
THEY have had queer legal contest in
Brooklyn, the result of which is that ten
of tho city fathers have been sent to Jail
for five days each fer their conte,nptuous
treatment OF the supreme court. The
aldermen seem disposed 10 regard their
| imprisonment as a huge joke, and the
obliging Jail officials have arranged to
make their brief scjourn as pleasant AS
possible: providing the distinguished
guests with wines, liquors and cigars and
all tho delicacies Of the season.
| VERIFY tho pol:ceman's lot is not a
happy one. A knight Of the locust re-
joicing in the cuphonius cognomen OF
Muldoon, and who is member of Mayor
Grace's finest in the world, has developed
qualities as a weather prophet that have
got bis name into the papers. Before the
stern guardian Of the peace gets through
with his unhappy venture he will realize
| all too late the iniserics Of those who
| would forecast meteorological occurrences.
| The fate Of Vennor and Devoc should have
proved warning to the misguided man
| OF blue and brass.
THE Commonwealth club of Philadel
phia last night complimented State Chair.
man Hensel by banquet which seems to
have been made the occasion of the as
sembling Of many Of the Democratic
luminarics OF the state, who improved TIC
time to say their say upon the significance
of the recent political revolution and tt
point the uses which the victors ought te
make of their we'll earned ascendency
The speeches of Senator Wallace and O.
the guest of the evening are elsewhere
given and should receive careful perusal
as they indicate The healthy temper of the
Democrats in this hour Of their triumph
TIE cabinet makers are as much cx
ercised over the official furniture Of Presi-
dent Arthur's administration as they art
over Gov. Patt:s2n's. Reports from
Washington say Mr.. Lincoln is to be scut
to England to make room for our OWL
Hartranft, whiie Judge Brewster is te
step on to the supreme bench and be sue
ceeded in the attorney generals office By
a Western man. How much there may
be in these rumors is hard TO determine
but Secretary Lincoln's denial this morn
ing that he is about to surrender the wal
portfolio and represent this country il
the court of St. James will perhaps serve
to put quietus upon that part OF the
programme.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

Thirteen vessels aud one hundred and
fifteen lives were lost in tho Gloucester,
Massachusetts,, fisheries this year. This
is more than in any recent year except
1879, when 20 vessels and 249 lives we're
lost.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

Patrick Slattery shot and killed his
step.mother near Mount Pleasant. Iowa,
last Tuesday ard fled, after leaving note
for his brother saying. "This is what
drink has done for me-"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

-
And, having won the victory. what 90 VIC
prnpose to do with it:
The eyes of a wider constituency than sup
ported the Democratic party of this state arc
upon it now. The pas is secure, yet we may
1t lily becomes Il majority and a responsible
party to take shelter behind n Et.yu,iy,. nO,icy
but, recognizing the blig!tlns Influences
which have been OyelthrOwn il will not
be out of place. surely upOn the 1husnnld of
power for the Democracy to pledge them
selves anew 10 the avoiian &C of these practices
which have brought shame upon the common
We mus; realize for Pennsylvania lha pro.
tests We have made against evils whi cil the
policy ana practices OF tht, republican party,
az" tne >, r"suGcc 1l its !oES possession
" ohTc NV" nIo"!nC upon thc
Sale. S A.s ms uIu'"iIGu .he Si'olls system,
ar, asr US e,non o. rmis i,,, "".Sm All supeLnum
NY oioos' cAtLaN'sAII saiarles
anu Anu rCs.ore $40 .tc @ceneisoian @ test quailnca-
ti9ns, Dut M M s pernlclous hei-
stes nt tn he noSt; a. rin pcogc arc perqui
si.'; , VI =. a.o ..pl'ou,'nS puMcr, tnic cohH!d-
el.taons s, Ei PclsohL ai!ienuship, Eactlonal IN
; .oIes.s, ss oi iGay or even clainS lor
pit pi...s sot VII; lcueCu siiaii determine inc
@ t ", put -, ,iI T;l ~ We snail
,, ~. , ~ " Iii ;r'is ,sm pi.ne WIN unlal-
.erins s[e:lu ~ VIII concern party manage
shoi, an % salc nt Swe;,ts ta' .nS 10 hm0W VINO
Sai snia ,'oSi nS SI''ea t 'St;i anu measures; or
tnat oil Inan
Siwc ofiicrS Inc ahatcG nv VIC Shni' t'p rs
Overi,aid appendages of the Legislature. than
that the swarming horde OF political lazZarOni
be banished from the halls Of state
Having protested against the boss svstem
let there be concurrence In the idr:. that
the organization OF the party and lie
administration of public trust by those
whom it has clec Ell for that purpS,se are
separate and distinct things and that the
direction OF the one shall be Tree from the die
tatiOn OF the other Having demanded nm
honest, Just ana true congressional and lcris
lative apportionment," let the demand be en-
forced by Democratic power with the same
impartiality with which it was proclaimed.
which Inc. tine man here never GnnhI"d'
What
He doubts. is whether VIC can f,o ,b. thin,
With decent grace WV. ;,oi Vet iona a., ~
-, , .'.y ~ ~ ''..
,, sp, M =, aoI cao;It @ ,, ynur invita-
-; ~ ,' ,i h Nv n,I a..a, nt," ~, h.in now
~ ~ - .Cio. ~ oU ~ VIC Sn..! .S"''i h"u me niinc OI
% out @ anu lor IT,, il'ncr liiiih inr my
se. @ UuSnS @ -. !, u1 Nv 10 sly .,ht as ihr VIC
tny M"y ; vas wWn ~ nay oc kGnt. !. the Iie'Ec' "i
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

preme purpose of municipal reform there
should he reciprocity of confidence, and
this cannot he had by exacting all the
concessions from one side.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

IT it said, "upon good authority" that
the Senate's resolution Of Inquiry iuto the
causes for the removal of Marshal Henry
g was not intended as either al actual or
constructive attack upon Marshal Nc.
Michael, nor did it indicate any purpose
to oppose the latter's confirmation
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

LOOKS as though Jay Hubbsll had been
caught in 4 regular northwestern blizzard.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-15

A BOUNCING col& from soda water bot,
tie knocked the eye cut Of a teeto:al b; ide-
groom and r:bald drinkers of champagne
declare that Pemmery Sec has never been
guilty Of such reprchensio!e conduct.
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