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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-20
IN = DESPERATE FIN.
IA Ola Woman knocLed Down an,, Robbed
by {: Supposed Tramp.

by q supported Tramp.
Fix's Hollow, lonely locality i'll tbs
east eud OF Pittsburgh, was the sc.uc Of :.
desperate outrage Tuesday morning.. For
years past all old woman named Fix, who
has nearly PASSED the allotted thrccscor.
years and ten, has occupied a cheaply con-
structed house, surrounded by two or
thrcc acres OF ground, with lIc: sosi, 4
man about ID years Of age, as her ouIy
companion. The place is entirely iso::s:ed,
the nearest house being haifa nile distant
Tuesday morning, while old lIrs. F:x \, Is
alone, all unknown man su"p,'@o.!
to DO a tramp, er,cred ti,v house,
and, after binding and gagsing
the old lady, rtlad tho house and
secured about fifty dollars in money. Mrs.
Fix succeeded i'll freeing herself wLilo the
man Was UP stairs, and was about to leave
the house vixen hc assaulted her with q
poker, be:.tin; her in j most brutal man
ner, leaving her lying on tho floor in an
unconscious condition, and, is he supposed
dead. At Ioop, when Mrs. Fix's son
Philip, who is employed in brick yard
not far distant came to C.inner he found
the house locked up, and he had to break
down the door to get in. Mrs. Fix de-
scribcd her assaiiant as a young man with
q full, red face. black mous;ache and hair
and wearing black pants, an overcoat and
slough hat. This is tho second or third
time that Mrs. Fix has been the victim Of
4 similar outrage, the object in each in
stance evidently being robbery.
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THE BUSY EMPRESS MEN.
They Have No Time to Talk During the
Christmas Season.

They Have No Tlme to Talk Daring the
Christmas Season.
Philadelphia Record.
"Haven't time to talk-coms to SEQ NE
next year," said the Adams expressmau to
the reporter yesterday, as he drew q long
breath between each word. The bundles
were flying about the big room like bricks
in an election riot. only those who caught
them did not get hurt. New York,
Paoli, Bryn Mawr, Chester, Trenton, !"
and SO on, the men went down the list i'll
rapid succession.
"What is in the buldles:" asked the
reporter.
"Don't know; hope nothing explosive,
or somebody will get hurt" answered the
expressman, Lancaster, Mount JOY y
and SO ON he continued the sentence.
"Thay, man send thith to my papa, "
little girl cried out as she handed over
small package to the clerk. The man
looked at the directions, took the money
aud the youngster went off III high glee.
There were long lines Of people at the
desk, and they had all sorts Of bundles un-
der their arms--from diamonds and watches
down to small velocipedes. Just now
the expressman is an autOcrat. He moves
around with an air Of independence
whistles in an aggravatlng manner and
makes himself generally disagreeable
At other times when there is no rush, tic
expressman will be welcomed. Now he is
cursed and discussed for not being on
time, the storekeepcr and others forgetting
tho big rush, and that everybody else
wants the same man they So ariently de-
sire.
While there is 4 great increase in tie
business of the general express companies
just now that of the local company con.
Germs has expanded to immense proper
tions. The storekeepers themselves have
made it rule not to send goods home
during the holidays except III case the
articles arc bulky. Recourse is had t,
tho local cxpressmen. who Wi!
carry almost anything, from 4 pit
to barrel, long distance a
a moderate compensation. Even the bag
gage express handlers have busy time
now. The country cousins arc in tow
from long distances. Each has one o.
more trunks. ''SIy countrymcn the,
are,' said an old driver Of the Uniol
Transfer company. These folks brin!
the trunks empty, and then pack then
full to send home. They Savo paying cx
press bills that way, and have them wei
taken care OF"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-20
HOUSE WARMING.
a GREAT DAY IN EAST LAMPETh

rne .Limsburner" Grests HIS Many Friends
"A Fine Rural MansiOn-GonerOus
Hospitality and Festivities.
The new residence Of Mr.. Henry F.
Hartman, lime burner, Of East Lampeter
township, was the scene Of festal Occa-
sion yesterday afternoon and last evening
inspired by the attendance of his neigh
bors and friends upon his hOuse-warm.
ing" For "a years Mr.. II. has lived ON
the property which includes his celebrated
lime kilns aud stone quarrics, and with in
creasing prosperity and the enlargement
Of his family he put into effect his resO-
luton to provide himself with a more
pretcntious and comfortable dwelling. In
August last, ON a very elegible site, on
the road leading northward from Kreider's
store, he began the erection of fine
double two-stOry :brick building, the di :.
mersions Of the front part being 3jxsS feet,
and of the back building 16x3S, with
basement. In excavating for the cellar
he developed fine bed Of clay, and on the
spot erected brick kiln and burned
enough bricks to build his house and
leave quite i surplus ON hand. The work
of building has progressed satisfactorily
until yesterday tho house stood ready for
occupancy, being furnished from garrett to
cellar and complete in all it's details. Tho
basement has an elegant tiOOred kitchen and
dining room the first floor has kitchen.
dining room, library, sitting room and
parlor, and the second story six chambers.
Both floors have spacious balconies on the
south and west, and the building
throughout is well supplied with
spacious closets and other cOnveniences.
The whole is finished in q superior man.
ncr, tho superintending mechanics under
whose direction it was 6onC being Fred :.
1Oetie, carpenter Henry GaIss, brick
maker Christian Blumenstock, brick
layer Geo Pontz, painter, and Francis
Pfeif1er, slater.
Upon the occasion of tho house warm
ing yesterday the house WAS completely
finished and thrown open to the guests,
| who assembled to the number of at least
two hundred, including Nj. Hartmann s
Immediate neighbOrs and their families ;
his friends frcm tho surrounding coun-
| try. including scores of prominent citi
| Zens from Paradise, Leaman Place,
Intercourse, New Holland, Strasburg and
other points, while from this city there
were about IS guests, among them many
prominent business and professional men.
The afternoon and carly evenin. were spont
in friendly greetings, and inspection Of
the house, visits to the lime kilns and quar-
rics and in admiration of the SUI
rounding country. At 600 p. m. the
company were entertained with = sump-
tuous supper which continued for some
hours, after which there wcro dancing and
ether festivities. During the afternoon
and evening the Ironville band, ono of tho
best organizations in the county, dis
,oursed music, eliciting general admira.
ticn. The whole occasion was q signal
SUCCESS and all who participated wished
the host, his good wife and hospitable
family many happy days in their new
Ii orue.
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TEleIsiBLE STORM.

Twenty-Five Vessels Wrecked In Green Lay.
4 st. Johns, N. F., dispatch says :
g f;e schooner Mary Jane, which arrived
from Twillingate, reports that tho great
est storm Of fifty years was experienced
there on Tuesday last. Monday was de-
Iightlu!ly fine, but that night the wind
began to blow with great violence, accom-
panied by heavy snow drifts, which con
tinued over forty eight hours at times
increasing; to perfect hurricane. Twenty
two vessels of different sizes were totally
wrecked in Green Bay. At Little Harbor
the schooner Remusat was wrecked, it is
not known whether wholly or partially.
Nharves, stages and fukes were swept
away in every direction. The schooner
Island Home, owned by Mr.. Garland, of
Island Cove, was lost during the gale at
Kettle Cove, Conception Bay. TIE YES
sci was insured.
The storm ragged with such fury that it
was scarcely possible to do anything to
prevent crafts from drifting upon the
rocks.
The names of those driven ashore in
Twillingate harbor are Lucy, Ripple,
Erebus, Abysinnia, Peninsula, Restless.
Ransom and Ranger. The last two are
total wrecks. the others partial. At the
Arm tho Wild Rover ard Dalleys went
ashore, and another craft, belonging to
Waterman IL Co., at Back Harbor.
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Gene erning Free Passes.

An esteemed correspondent from
Western Pennsylvania, q Democrat OF
influence and a man Of prominence
writes as follows:
If you can prevail upon the Philadel-
phIa members OF the Legislature to fo,ego
their free passes over the railroads-in
deed all the members from every part OF
the state-you will have accomplished q
great reform.
The Philadelphia members, Will, thei:
pockets full of passes, come up to Harris
burg on Monday morning and remain,
there until Thursday afternoon, when the
Legislature adiourEs. Then they 20 back
to Philadelphia and take many country
members with them, thus only working
about three days in the week. Can't th 's
be reformed l know it will be big un-
dertaking, but the people expect reform
and they will stand no nonsense, and the
time will come when q member who is
found with railroad pass in hi pocket
had better have no pocket.
There is no doubt that the complaint
Of this experienced and intelligent ob
server Of political affairs is well founded.
The practice of members of the Lagisla
ture, judges and ctherpublic officials, who
swear to support theconstitution, taking
free railroad passes in violation of the
constitution is pernicious and demoraliz
ing. Bad asst is in itself, and ruinous to
public morals as the example of it is, the
immediate, practical results as pointed
out in the communication we print is
the loss of much time to the Legislature
and tens of thousands of dollars to the
state. During tho last Legislature it
was the habit of that body to adjourn on
Friday at noon ard not meet again until
Monday night. Members from all parts
of the state were provided with passes
to carry them home, and the Philadel-
phia gang had special car put on weekly
to transport them to and fro, the de-
bauchery and revelry on which were
sometimes SO gross that luckless passen-
gers crowded into it, doubted whether
they were in pandemonium or a menag-
erie.
The temptation to adjourn over Fri
day, Saturday and Monday is greatly
heightened by the chance of a free ride
to Philadelphia, and if members were
deprived of this they would most likely
do six days work a week like other peo.
pie, especially as they draw $40 Il day
pay for seven days in the week. 1t is
all an idle pretense that the business of
the Legislature and the work of the com
mittees will not admit of six days ses.
sions in the week. After the first ten
days session, the Legislature can find
plenty to do for eight hours every
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PERSONALS.

HENRY ID. DENNIsoN, q millionaire con
tractor, died at Syracuse, N. Y, on Mon
d ~ night.
FREDDIE GEBuaRDT las arrived in
Philadelphia and is stopping at the
bellevue hotel, Mrs. Lanstry's lod sing
| PLACE.
| GOVERNOR AND Mrs. HoYT will give a
q public reception to GovernOr-elect and
Mrs. Pattison, OIL Thursday evening next,
ut the executive mansion, beginning at 3
o'clock and closing at 10.
| Hon. HANNIBAL RAMLIN Was given q
public reception in the city hall at Bangor,
Ne. Mr.. Hamlin said he had returned
home to stay, and could conceive of NO
emergency which could take him away
from his tireside.
SENATOR CAMERON has lost white
bulldog having yellow spot on his back
answers to the name Of Jack" The
president lost his setter pup in New
! York before tho election and found him,
although I'e lost tho state. Senator
! Cameron has lost the state and tho bull
dog. too.
! EX-SENATOR EATON has concluded to
/ be candidate for speaker Of the next
| House. and will push his canvass actively.
| lIC W III tahO lSouO WiGA UOGA 4sduuLlA duu
Carlisle on the tariff question. He holds
that while Randall is for protected iron
Carlisle is for free whisky and tobacco
ard lie is "agin both.
! THE ScovILLEs, it is to be hoped, will
not trouble the public any longer with
domestic infelicities since a Chicago dis
patch announces that the case of Mrs.
| Scoville, who was recently at Chicago ad J.
Judged insane and then granted new
trial, has been stricken from the docket
! by agreement 1t is reported that the
: husband and wife are reunited.
. HIS ROYAL uIGnSEss ALBERT EDWARD,
PRINCE OF WALES, Oh t,:io of his numcr-
Gus pleasure trips to Paris, while the train
stopped at Amiens went into the restaur-
ant and bought piece of sponge cake.
; Before his princely appetite could be ap-
! peased, however, the bell rang for tho
train to start, and the prince, laying the
unfinished cake Oh the counter, proceeded
on his way. The sordid restaurant keeper
quietly put the remnant under a glass
case, labeled it: "Great curiosity The
Prince of Wales bit this For sale % and
| he renewed the cake as fast az tuft-hunt-
ing Englishmen bought tho piece they
thought had been hallowed by royal teeth.
HENRY JAMES, SIR, the well-known
writer on religious and moral philosophy,
| has died at his home in Cambridge, Mass.
aged II years. Mr.. James published a
number of works in which he advocated :,
body of religious philosophy and social
doctrine, which in its theological affinit,es
| is related to the theachings of Sweden
borg, while it's humanitary tendencies
accorded with the aims of modern social
| ism and in which he argued against the
ecclesiastical organization of the church of
the New Jerusalem. lie was the father
| of five children, including Henry James,
| ir., the popular novelist, and William
James, professor of biology and an ex-
positor of Herbert Spencer's philosophy
at H award university.
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Argument Court.

Court met yesterday afternoon and
again this morning. The common pleas
list is yet being argued.
In the exceptions to tho account Of the
trustees of the Evangelical association Of
Eden, the exceptions were sustained and
an auditor decreed to be appointed to pass
upon them, it being alleged by the excep-
tors that the property at Eden had been
sold by the trustees for the payment Of
debts, yet in their account they had not
allowed certain claims, against which
there was no objection, although there
was a balance of s1%Gj, which tho trus-
tees had handed over to the Evangelical
association of Lancaster city.
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Information Wanted. .

Barbara Steck, Of Stuttgart, Germany,
writes to the mayor that her brother, Got,
fried Steck, came to this county in 1870
that she has been writing to him from
that time up to 1871, in care Of Elizabeth
Myers, No. 227 West James street, Lam
caster, but since 1877 has received no
letter from him. She wants to know his
present address if living, and the time OF
his death if dead.
Since the above was in type VIC learn
that Steck died at tho poor house about
four years ago. His friends in Germany
frequently sent money to him to tho care
of Mrs. Myers and p. &. Earninger,
which was handed over to him OR expend-
ed for his use.
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EPhRATA ITEMS.
Rapid increase IN Observation-Disclosures
BUILDING lmprOvomonts-lSusin0ss
changes, &c.

Rapid lnGrease IN rOpuiatiOn-Substan
BUILDING mprovomcnts-lsusinsss
changes, &c.
Ephrata is rapidly increasing in popu-
la:iOn, and to meet the wants of better ac-
commotation for families and business
some fifty Or sixty new buildings
have be0n erecteG! within the limits
of this village during tho past
year. w. X. Seltzer, esq, E. II. Lal,dis,
Martin NJ. Kinport, F. w. Hull, J. b.
Keller, John X. Messner, John Roger and
Mrs. Margaret Gross, are all putting up
substantial houses, some of which arc
nearing completion. Arrangements arc
making to add largely to the num-
ber next spring. III. NJ. Herchelroth,
George T. siol,ler aud John j. Bear havo
each arranged for the erection of dwell.
irg, and George s. Wise and Jacob Cor
gas will each put up two houses.
Charles =. Fisher, Of WOmelstiOrf, Berks
county, is building in Ephrata a large
three story brick carriage mandatory,
and also largo frame building to be used
as blacksmith shop and wheelwright de-
partment.
The proposed new road near the eastern
end of the village will open up q fine sec
tion for building lots, which will no doubt
be rapidly made use of.
Mr. L. V. b. Soper, Of Sunbury, has
rented from J. B. Keller one of the largo
dwellings in the Keller block, and will
open in it next spring fipe jewelry store.
John II. Herchelroth has rented tho
most western house in the Keller block
aud will in the spring open therein \ new
confectionery and ice cream saloon.
Walter j. Emmert has bought from,
Theo. A. Steiner his two-stOry brick
dwelling, which Mr.. Steiner has already
vacated and to day he removed to Sun
bury.
1t is said that Roger & Hull, the lumber
merchants. will in the spring add tho coal
trade as an additional branch OF their ex-
tonsive business.
One thing moro is badly wanted in
Ephrata. The rapid increase in pOpula-
ton in the settlement has made increased
school accommodations necessary. A
large new school house OF modern design
should be erected at as early a day as pos
sible. Money could not be more profit
ably spent than in this direction.
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AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE.


which MCctS FOR the Eiret Xlnlo III AdhCaS-
The electoral college of tho Philadelphia
conference of the A. NJ. E. church is q
body composed of one lay representative
from every charge i'll this conference
which includes all the churches in Penn
sylvania east of the mountains, and tho
entire state of Delaware. The func-
tions of tho college are to revise
the discipline Of the church, and it meets
every four years to prepare for and in ad-
vance of the general conference. Four
years ago it met in Wilmington, Del, and
the meeting to morrow will be the first
ever held in this city. The session will
probably last from about 10 o. m. to 2 p. m.,
and Bishop Jno. NJ. Brown, of Washington,
D. c., will preside and in the evening he
will preach in the Bethel church, Straw
berry street, where thP meeting Of the col
lege is to be held. Rdv. w. r.. Norris is
the efficient and popular pastor of this
church and MIR. John Butler will represent
it in the electoral college.
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SYRASBURG NEWS.
Recent Items from Tho Boro

Recent Items from Tho Borough.
Ross b. Rowe, NJ. d., is home for tho
holidays.
Our phlegmatic borough is in 10 way
behind hand in her preparation for the
holidays.
Tho hitherto deserted streets Layc put
On a holiday appearance and the throng Of
smiling faces daily passing to and fro from,
the public schools loudly proclaim their
joyous anticipations Of 4 weeks recess.
The feasibility of stretching: a telephone
wire from Strasburg borough to Lancaster
city was brought up in tho lyceum Oh
Monday evening, and a committee of three
appointed to look up the matter.
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On Monday night Christian Beck, a
driver on tho Millersville street car line,
was suddenly taken very i'll. Mr.. Beck,
who had been at work all night, went
home about ten o'clock. His wife had
left the coffee ptt standing on the stove
and the two sat down to drink cupof cOf-
fee before going to bed. Mr.. Beck after
drinking little Of j: said that it did not
tasto right. Both drank some, however,
and in short time were taken very sick.
DR.. Herr was sent for but it Was not long
until the couple were much better. 1t is
believed that they were poisoned, but it is
not known where the poison came from ;
..i sn ana1vs;s 81 viii ri he made Of The sugar and
tireIy recovered.
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Sale of Real Estate.

Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub.
lie sale las. evening at the Cooper house,
two two-story brick dwellings, belonging
to Samuel Rank, deceased, situated on the
south side Of West King street. No. AS
sold to Susan Schnader for $500, No.
40 to Barbara A. Long for $1,000.
Yesterday at private sale, Bausman &
BurEs, real estate agents, sold for John
S. Rohrer, the " Rohrer house, property
situate ON the southwest corner of North
Queen and West Chestnut street, to Silas
X. Eshieman, of Lemon Place, OIL private
terms.
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OIL.
Another Panic Ia i:.t1spurg h-l,ar,,, Dscli

Another Panic La i'ittsburEh-Eai,n Deciii.c
There was another panic in oil on Tues
day. TIE market opened at 80 aud closed
at S.. Tho decline was rapid. aut' wat
caused by reports that the Murchy &
Reno wel!s were flowing. Although nc
estimate could be given Of the rro,!ucticl,
of the wells, nan:c set ia at once and !,
heavy downward movement BEGAN. Heavy
blocks We're thrown on the market and the
spread and the lobby vas soon blocked; NJ
with i crowd Of anxious man who had
bought on margins, and VINO were malsin,:
frantic efforts to keep out Of deep water
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Sale Of Market Stalls.

The stalls in market houses Nos. and
2, and the old house, were sold by Auc-
tioneer B. F. Rowe. The prices were con-
siderably higher than last year. The stalls
in the first two houses, whichcan not be
rented for less than $50, brought as high
as s27, and the $50 ones sold up to s41.
The curbs will be sold on Saturday.
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Police Cases.

Alderman Samson sent John Hanlan to
Jail for five days, and VIM. Moore and
Thomas Dunn for ten days each for
drunken and disorderly conduct. Henry
cComsey, boy suspected of till tapping
in the Northern market. was discharged,
there being no testimony against him.
Alderman Spurrier committed Louisa
Multi to Jail for hearing on complaint
made against her of drunken and disorder
ly conduct, and raising row among her
neighbors on Mifflin street.
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Appointed Assignees

Joseph Engles and wife, Of Martic
township, have made an assignment for
the benefit Of their creditors, to l. C.
Stevenson.
Emanuel McShain and wife, of Philadel-
phia, have assigned to Augustus Boyd.
The parties have property in this county
and Mr.. McShain operated the Rohres-
town rolling mill.
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Broke Hts Wrist.

Adam Smith, driver of hose cart No. 3
Of the city fire department met with an
VIII when III he mi made %issep D and fell, BREAKING king
his left arm at the wrist. He will be un.
able to be on duty for several weeks.
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Oscar wildo's opinion of America,

A prominent legal gentleman met Oscar
Wilde at dinner q night or two since, and
asked him what his real opinion of Now
York was now that he bad lived there
nearly year.
"Well, SIR" said Mr.. Wilde with 4
placid smile, my opinion il now formed
and it is that New York is q very good
place tor one to stop for dinaer on ones
way to Yokahama."
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Waived q Hearing.

]. D. Lawrence, of Neffsville, charged
with forgery in Offering a check for $50
purporting to have been signed by Zach
sriah Minnich, appeared before Alderman
Diffenderffer yesterday afternoon, waived
a hearing and entered bail in the sum OF
500 to answer at court.