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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-27
zancaster .3nteligeluer.
MONDAY EVENING NOV. "a. 1882.
Valustion and TaxaDlO0n

Valuation and TaxableM II.
An interesting and important question
is likely to arise between the city of
PailadelPhia and tho state over the ac-
ton Of the Pennsylvania authorities in
Increasing the valuation Of personal
property in thscityfor taxable purposes,
above the returns made. For years it
has been manifest that there is no sort
Of uniformity in the fullness with which
returns of taxable personal property are
made. In fact there is no fullness at
all. The amount of the mortgages and
Judgments ptmned, lile the value Of
the watches and household furniture
made out by local assessors, is very far
below what every well informed persons
knows to . truthful return, and an ex'
animation of the assessors books will
satisfy any inquiring mind that
in very few cases is there a
strict valuation. The taxables vary
in wide degree in the ratio of their
property to their valuation; even in
real estate, which is easy to get at, there
prevail great injustice and inadequacy,
but in tho taxation of personal property
there is scarcely an approach to the
truth. The established system of appeals,
too, is little better than q farce, and
until some new system of assessments is
established or 4 new race of assessors
springs up there will bs no reform at
their end of the line.
Upon information furnished by real
estate title aud search company in Phil
adelphia tho state revenue board COLI
cludes that there are at least $2OO, ,OOO, 600
of mortgages, judgment and other tax
able securities that had not been returned
for taxation and they have added that
amount to Philadelphia's assessment,
requiring if this claim is sustained an
additional tax rate of ten cents on the
800 in that city. The Philadel-
pi,ians protest that the action of
the board is not legal, that the
imposition is exorbitant and that it is
Inadequate, inasmuch as a correspond
ing correction is not made upon the re-
turns of all the counties in the state.
This last complaint is well founded. 1t
may be more difficult for the state to de-
termine in other sections what is the
amount by which the return of the local
authorities falls below an honest return,
but certainly if any attempt is made to
correct the returns it ought to be gener-
al and equal. The source Of the present
trouble lies in the unfairness and irreg-
ularity of the original assessment, and
there the corrective should be applied,
zen if radical legislation is needed to
)rm the present loose system and the
priciOus administration of it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-27

SIMON CAMERON is said to be visiting
New York on the mission of smoothing
down the acerbities Of the Republican
party and uniting its distracted factions
Mr.. Cameron is a very old, but withal a
willy man. He has political sagacity
and experience, but he represents a
beaten faction and an expiring regime.
He is hardly the man to bring harmony
to divided councils nor to propose a
policy that will be acceptable to all Sides
1t was he who patched up the compro
mise with the Garfield people in 1880 in
the famous Mentor conference, but, as
he afterwards found himself cheated in
that, as he was cheated in Hayes in 1876,
he may experience As much difficulty
now in finding people to deal with whom
he can trust as in finding representa-
tives of the Half Breed element who will
deal with him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-27

The report of the last grand inques:
il a well-meaning document, but very
awkwardly expressed. When the
members of the grand jury went
outside their own number to get
some one to put their thoughts
into form, they should at least have Sc
cured the services of an individual who
could write intelligibly and with some
slight regard to grammatical construc-
tiOn. Nevertheless, it will not escape
public attention that there is reported
reformation in the practice of multiply
ing indictments in the district attorney s
Office, where it has prevailed for years
past, to the scandal of the administration
OF justice and to the shame of the
court. Some of the recommendations
of the grand jury lose no force, of course,
because they are the reiteration of for
mer reports, but the public are beginning
to wonder why they only hear of these
reforms in the charges of the court and
the returns Of the grand jury. What is
wanted is for some one to take charge of
and to press to conclusion the necessary
legislation.
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sudden assault upon them than that as
signed by the department Of justice and
Henry, especially, traces it to his friend
ship for Garfield. Patriotism was afore.
time said to be the last refuge of scoun-
drels, and it is unfortunate for the late
president how many bad smelling people
try to perfume themselves by recalling
his friendship for them.
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Died or His IDjuries.
Court OF Common P,eas.

This moining the first week Of common
pleas court began with Judge Patterson
ON the bench. Tho list was called and it
was found that of the thirty cases down
on tho list twenty one arc ready for trial.
No cases wero attached this morning
the jury was discharged until 81 O'Clock.
In the case of George Shoff and Jacob
B. Good VS.. Thomas Baumgardner, s. H.
Reynolds and NJ. Brosius, esqs., wero
counsel for tho plaintiff. This morning
they announced to the court that they had
retired from the case which the plaintiffs
intend conducting themselves. Neither
are attorneys.
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II is a cold day ior the shorn lambs
who have left their fleece in the oil ex-
changes and are sent forth this frosty
morning to meet the gibes and grimaces of
a wicked world.
As might have been expected, Black
Jack Logan is iucited to assault his O'd
commander and his mother tongue because
Grant has espoused the cause of Fitz
John Porter. As Logan has led a seventy
million raid on the public treasury the
people will not give much heed to his con.
sideration for the $4,000 which, he
claims, it would cost the government to
do full justice to Porter.
THE festive reporter who discovered the
matrimonial engagement of Mr.. Tilden
and the Southern beauty, now in New
York city, probably wishes he hadn't
been quite 80 observaut or inquisitive. He
is said to have bounced down the steps of
the historic No. Is Gramercy Park at a
rate not at all consistent with journalistic
gravity when he called at tho house and
stated the object of his mission.
ROBERT NJ. GIBSON, esq, Of Pittsburgh
who died there yesterday was a lawyer Of
great acumen, an advocate and stump
speaker of singular eloquence and power,
a man of the gentlest feelings and OF pure
life and Democrat without guils. A
frequent member of state and national
conventions he never held nor songht
Office, and his voice was often heard in
quaint but always effective protest
against tho strife of party factions. His
eulogy on Garfield was the most unique of
all the addresses called forth by tho presi-
dents death, and, all in all. the state will
not soon see Dob Gibson's like again.
THE organization Of Blaine clubs
throughout the country means determin-
alton to start boom for the O'Mulligan
statesman. But it will be short-!ived if its
prompters continue to indulge in such
empty gush as the declaration that Blaine
is tho "ablest living exponent Of opposi-
tion to Boss methods in politics the
system Of public plunder known as the
'spoils system : the assessment OF public
officials to raise corruption fund to carry
elections ; the corrupt use OF money or
other illegetimate means to influence
voters and extravaganza in the expenditure
cf the public money" It has been by his
advocacy of such principles asd his parti-
cipation in such practices that Blaine has
made his political capital and his personal
fortune. To oppose them and support him
is ridiculous.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-27

IN response to a congratulatQry letter
from the governor-elect, the chair
man of the state committee wrote that
Mr.. Pattison bad received more votes
/" than were ever before returned for the
candidate of any party for a state Office in
Pennsylvania. Upon examination this
is found to not be strictly correct. 1t isto
be remembered that ut the presidential
election of 1889 there were state candi-
dates running in Pennsylvania who had
the advantage of the large vote called
out by the presidential contest and who
received far more votes than were cast
thisyea With this exception the above
statement is correct. No such vote was
ever called out in an exclusive state
contest as was polled this year.
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FATAL ACCIDENTS.


| On Sunday morning between 12 and /
o'clock q terrible accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad a short distance
west Of tho overhead bridge near Rohrers.
town, this county, which resulted in the
death of Harry Kiefer, brakeman on
the train drawn by engine S24 east. It is
not known with certainty how the acci.
dent occurred, but it is supposed that
keefer fell from his train and was crushed
beneath tho wheels, and that nine other
trains that followed also passed over him,
| mutilating his body in a horrible manner.
The remains were found about o'clock
by the trainmen of engine 3G1, and were
taken to Columbia, whore an inquest was
held by Deputy Coroner Frank. and q
verdict rendered in accordance with the
above facts. MIR. Kiefer was q single
man, aged about 20 years, and belonged
to Sunbury, Northumberland county, to
which place his remains were sent.
1o-rence McGurth Instantly Killed.
On Saturday evening Terrence McGurth
puddler employed at the Safe Harbor
iron works. wentSon spree and becam
0verpowered by liquor, lay down on the
Columbia & Port Deposit railroad, be-
tween the rolling mill and Ramsey's tav-
ern. He was run over and instantly killed
by engine 520-the engine and tender bOl h
passing over him. McGurth leaves q wife
aud four children in INDECENT circumstan-
ces
Died OF His IDjuries.
William C. Geiter, the young man WHO
was injured by tho cars of tho Pennsylva
MIA railroad, at tho depot on election day,
died at the residence of his father-in-law,
Nathan Bair. at No 40 So,,th Water street
yesterday morning. A few days ago he
was taken with lock-jaw which caused his
death, He was 2j years Of age and leaves
wife. The deceased was we'll known Al
al amateur pedestrian and has been in
several matches in this city, York and
other places.
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lT is cold day ior the shorn lambs
who have left their fleece in the oil ex-
changes and are sent forth this frosty
morning to meet the gibes and grimaces of
q wicked world.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-27

Rev. ]. W. Torrence, secretary of the
Pennsylvania Bible society, his S.year.old
nephew, and four men in his employment,
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/ VI, o"ssiGiuS UCiuX LlC stFSOu
cases drank and disorderly SO; total now
| in county prison 122.
In regard to the long term prisoners now
in the county jail. we, AS the grand in
quest, would recommend . law passed by
the Legislature to send them to tho East
ern penitentiary also, would recommend
law passed for the appointing of the off
Gals at the county Jail by the court in this
way: That the said court OF Lancaster
county to appoint tho six prison inspec-
keeper to appoint his subordinatcs, they
all to be under the supervision OF the
court; tho clerk to be appointed by the
inspectors. And would also recommend
the said officers take their places either
inventory Of stock is taken Of property at
said Jail or as soon after as can be. Then
tho new appointed officers will have charge
and take the property that belongs in their
report; under present system they take
account of stock on or about the first
of December. The new officers-elect then
does not take their positions for nearly four
months, after which we think is quite out
OF place, and hope and pray an action will
be taken Immediately to change the man.
ner OF the present system. We found the
Jail nice and clean. and have no fault to
lind in regard +" tho taking care of said
prison, and would state with pleasure that
Mr.. David Wa..el is doing his duty and
deserves much cOmmendatiOn from his
employers and the public at large The
next and last building visited was the
Chiidren's Home. Was met by Mrs.
Hamaker, the matron of the home, who
%Al svn uno4
through the building, and We are proud
to state that Snch a home is an honor to
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-15
CHANCERY SALE
Or
R z Al Il 9 II A II e.

No. 25i4-In the Chancery Court of Shelby county
W F. Bale ntine ct al. VS.. A. Wright ct al.
pT virtue of interlocutoIy decree for sale.
u entered in the above cause on the 18th day OF
June 1872 will sell Et public auction, TO the high
est bidder. in front OF the Clerk and Master
office, courthouse OF Shelby county, Memphis
Tenn, on
Saturday, July 81, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described prop
erty, situated in the city OF Memphis. Shelby
county. Tenn, to-wit- A lot comm encing at the
northwest corner Of Madison and Third streets;
thence west with Madison street seventy four ieet
thence north on a line parallel with Third street
l4s feet 10 public siey; thence with said alley a
feet TO Third street. and tsenee with said street i4s
fest 10 the Degnni g. which lot stands oos ole-
brick residence The sid lot Containing tEo resi-
dences will be divided into two lot= before tse day
of sale. by line running north aud south with
the center OF the dividing wall between the two
houses aud sold separately.
Terms of sale-Ten per cent of bid cash; bsl
aDce in equal instruments at g. u and IS months
with notes bearing interest with approx ed eeeu
Tity; lien retained; redemption barred This June
o. 1Ss2- & J. BLACK. Clerk and Master.
Duncan d Gordon, Metcalf * walker Wright d
Foikes. T. B. EdginRfOn and I. LesInerm al. Soils.
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PERSONALS.

Nh. J. NJ. GREER has gone to GAINESVILLE.
Mr. ROBERT SPEED has returned from St.
Louis.
MAJOR HOLMES CUMAnNs has gone to
Louisville.
JUICE w. w. Mcdowell has gone to Bon
Aqua Springs.
Mr.. HARRY SEEssEI, formerly of Memphis,
is in the city.
Mr.. AMOS WOODRUFF returned yesterday
from trip to New York.
Mr.. A. J. HARRIS is doing good Demo
cratic work in the country.
GENERAL G. w. GORDON left lost night TO
pass few weeks at San Gabriel, Tex.
Mr.. FRANK GRAY has returned to the city
from trip through the South with Oscar
Wilde.
GENERAL PETER TRACY has returned to
the city after a Southern trip with Oscar
Wilde.
Mr. S. F. HILzHEIM, agent of the Mem
phis and Arkansas River Packet Company, is
in the city.
GENERAL A. J. VAUGHAN is out in the
country working up his end OF the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Mr.. J. M. HIx and wife will leave tonight
for sojourn among the mountains near
Statewide, n. c.
Mr.. B. Bovine, of Bowling, Jones & Co.,
leaves for Liverpool on the 22d, on a tour of
business and pleasure.
COLONEL MoHENRY and Mr.. Quigley, OF
Kentucky, who participated in the last-spike
celebration, remained in the city yesterday.
Mrs. GILBERT THOMSON and daughter,
Mrs Jennie, leave this evening on the
steamer John B Maude 10 spend the summer
in st. Louis and vicinity.
Mr.. J. R. TAYLOR, editor OF the Dyers-
burg Clipper, was in the city yesterday. He
is very sanguine of the success of the Bate
ticket, and by ga large majority"
LoNoKE (Ark.) Democrat, 18th: MRS. w.
B. Chapline Is yet in Memphis in attendance
upon the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Asa
Hodges, who had paralytic stroke some
time ago, and who is reported to be gra dual
ly sinking"
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continuous bard labor during the day, ez-
cept while eating or preparing their food,
and 10 Communication snail be allowed be-
tween them and zhy other person, and all
intercourse between themselves, as far as
practicable, be prevented. The male and
female convicts shall be kept separate and
apart, and no communication shall be had
between them" The morals OF the
statute speaks for itself. But how can
the moral effect OF this statute be enforced
if men and women, white and black, vulgar
and modest all work in one field a mile
from PRIV accommodations, as has been the
case on the Island. Males and females
should be kept at different. places and not
herded together like so many brutes. The
present recon me ndstiop Of the committee is
but 8 slight improvement on the old Island
contract, and contem plates sending prisoners
back again to be herded together as before.
Humanity forbids it. Let not the bright
esculcheon of Tennessee be furnished by such
a blot upon civilization, and all alone upon
the preIeuse of economy. Let the man that
is fined pay his fine by his work, and let him
choose mis- employer at such wages AS he Is
entitled to, making his employer his eusto-
dian, as per section 6 of the same act. Let
the mechanic have the benefit OF his trade
under ali circumstances. A penal punish
menI is moneyed demand upon the person.
Labor is the poor mans money, ana he
should have every opportunity to convert his
labor into money at It's full value.
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The sand-diggers must go.
-Pdtience at the matinee at Estival.
Grand ratification tonight on the bluff
The County Court meets again Monday
Keep the pleasant weather up, Old
Prob.
No marriage licenses applied for yes
terday.
TO be big thiug-the Democratic
msss-meeting tonight.
Completely MISUNDERSTANDING old
navy yard and all that region.
Fines yesterday in the Police Court
amounted TO $175,. of which only 81 was
paid.
The meeting tonight on the bluff ought
to be m ass-meeting In the largest sense of
the term.
The Remy Clarkes, of New Orleans, will
play the Memphis Reds tomorrow at
Olympic park.
1t is expected now that the Chesapeake,
Ohio and Southwestern road will turn its at
tention to Arkansas.
The stone with which the lower levee is
encountered should be removed to maead-
annie some of the streets.
The Midsummer London Illustrated Neus
and Graphic are real gems in the art world.
Mansford has few extra copies for sale.
The Eckfords, of Memphis, and the Con-
dons, of Knoxville, will play three match
games at Knoxville, July 18th, 18th and
18th.
Esquire Quigley, Dr. Saltmarsh, Judge
Garvin and others have repaired to the
'Squire's Arkansas villa to lombard the funny
tribe.
The sidewalks on both sides of Second
street., from Adams to the Louisville depot,
should have President Hadden's immediate
attention.
In the Chancery Court yesterday, Judge
Mcdowell granted divorce yesterday in the
case of Mary E. Childress rs. Theodore F.
Childress.
Every day the Democrats OF Shelby
grow stronger and stronger for the ticket
and the chances for the boilers grow smaller.
Bate will be elected.
for the success of the Democratic ticket are
excellent. No appreciable opposition TO it
has materialized yet.
The Democratic county ticket will be
elected by a handsome majority. The grum-
blers and GROWERS have yielded at last to
the wishes Of the majority.
The baseball game between the Remy
Clarkes and the Wetter Nine yesterday after
noon. resulted in disastrous defeat for the
Memphis boys, the score being % to 2.
The Shelby County Turnpike Company
has bees indicted for erecting a toil-gats
q quarter OF mile from the city limits and
unlawfully collecting toll from divers persons |
The Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern |
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LOCAL NOTICES.

filter, % Besle street.
HALLS VEGETABLE SIcILIAN HAIR Re-
NEWER is a universal favorite for restoring
gray hair TO its original color, and making
hair grow out thick.
HUB PUNCH is composed OF the finest
liquors and the most exquisite fruit juices.
With ice, soda, this is par excellence, the ia
vorite; keeplt on hand. Trade supplied at
prices by B J. Semmes & Co.,
Memphis Tenn
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ADJUSTMENTS.


Last night the Juvenile Patience was re-
pested at Bstivsl Park before even a larger
audience than the night previous, and the
opera was again a success and ran very
smoothly. The children are highly delighte d
with the way they have been received. Profs.
Levy and HsDdwerker deserve great credit
for the excellence they have produced in the
little ones. In yesterdays notice the AP-
PEAL neglected to mention the clever acting
and singing of Bertha Hurd with the "big
fiddle" This afternoon The last opportunity
10 hear the opera will be given, and there
ought TO be crowd. The ladies and chill
dren could not find pleasanter place 10 go
10 than Estival Park this afternoon.
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When you visit or leave New York city,
save baggage. expressage and carriage hire, and
stop at Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen
trai depot -Four hundred and fifty elegant 70 pms.
fitted at an expense Of 81 coo GOO reduced to 81
and upwards per day z Elevator Restaurant sup
piled with the best Horse-cArs. stages ana ele5
vAfed railroad to all depots Families can ltvs
better for less money at the Grand Union tina n
any other hrst-elass hotel in the city
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-15

When their faces are free from pimples
Parker's Ginger Tonic is popular among
them, because it banishes all impurities
from the blood and makes the face glow
NTH health
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Tiuners Affentfou,

At 10 o'clock am. to-day, at Geo. Rubsch's
old stand, Nos. IS and AZ Charleston avenue,
will be sold at auction valuable lot of tim
ners' tools and machines, tin-guttering and
change heads, paints slate-tiles, corniee
clamps, horse and wagon, iron safe, Office
fixtures and clocks The building viii be
I..n-.A
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-15

II you question the purity of your cistern
water, put in Water Elevator and Purifying
Pump, which destroys all impurities.
KENNESAW MF G CO., 81 Madison Street.
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
R IF Al IL 9 TATE

No. 4197, R.-Chancery Court OF Shelby County
VIM. Robertson Executor OF Geo. Robertson, de-
Aydlette ct al.
DY virtue of an introductory decree for sale,
IL entered in the above cause On the 18th day OF
May, 1882, NJ. B. IS, page 26s, viii sell at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder in front OF the
Clerk and Masters office, courthouse OF Shelby
county, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, SaIy Or, 1852,
within legal hours, The following described prop
erty, situated in Shelby county, Tenn. to-wit:
Lying in the city of Memphis, Shelby county,
Tenn. aud bounded as follows: Beginning on
the st side OF Bayou Gsyoso, on Hernando street
at stake the north side of said lot; thence Is
feet east; thence south and PARALLEL with lot
known the Mrs Bates lot so feet; thence west
l2s feet; thence north 40 leet TO the beginning,
with the Improvements.
Terms Of Sale-On 4 credit OF seven mo7ths;
purchaser executing note with approved security;
lien retained, free from redemption This June
% 1882 r ]. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
MORAN & Mcfarland CAN'T q Patterson Soils. lsa
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A Simple Way TO Cure Chills.

Medicine poured into the stomach is far
worse than useless. Natures plan is absorp-
ton. DIR. Holman's Ague and Liver Pad is
the first and only successful application of
absorption 10 the cure of chronic disease.
All druggists.
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GEORGE scbiuy.

No. il Court street. Best dinners and
lunches. Milwaukee and Bsrliner beer,
fresh and cold. Best wines and liquors,
cigars, pig tongues, herrings, etc.