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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-17
THHuCKMOETON's GHOST.
Burial OF Man Who Was Pursued by
Woman tor Many Years.

Burial of Il Man Who Was Pursued by u
Woman tor Many Years.
The remains Of Major John r. Throck-
morton, were brought to Louisville yester-
day. His name is connected with a strange
story. He was Of wealthy family. his
father Christopher Throckmorton, being
an associate of Henry Clay. His life was
blighted from his earliest manhood, by an
unparalleled persecution. No man knows
when or how he wropged Ellen Goodwin,
but for five and-twenty years she followed
him wherever he went. She was beauti
full in her youth, and even in her old age
was not unattractive. She was known as
Throckmorton's ghost In all kinds of
weather she followed him. He fled to
Europe, and she dogged him through the
streets OF Paris, and watched him from
behind tho ruins OF Rome. He had her
arrested for insanity, but she was dis
charged.
She died 4 few years ago. and orde red y
history, which she had written Of her
trouble, to be buried with her. Throck-
morton died some time ago, alone and
deserted in ruined hut on a Mississippi
plantation. In his last moments he is said
to have been possessed with the idea that
Ellen Goodwin was still sLadowing him.
He was buried in the family vault and his
funeral was we'll attended.
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TRADE AND LABOR.
, From tho Commercial World,

Notes From tho Commercial World.
Northern Pacific railroad officials at St.
Paul say that large slaughter houses will
be established at points in the Yellowstone
country, along the railroad, for the pur-
pose of sending dressed beef to the East.
This will be cheaper than shipping live
stock.
T. W. Tallmadgc, OF tho Milwaukcs
chambers of commerce, has collected re
ports of the condition OF the winter wheat
crops in fifteen of the principal states
These reports estimate the damage of 90
per cent making an aggregate of 100,
600. 900 bushels short Of last years crop.
Work in the pineries of Minnesota is
practically suspended. The total cut of
logs on the stream above St. Paul is 49,
coo, 900 feet which is 100000 feet in
excess Of that of any previous year.
The journeymen carpenters in New
York, yesterday, demanded $3.50 per day,
and that eight hours should constitute y
days work on Saturdays. A majority OF
the shops agreed 20 the demand.
The largest cigar making firm in Cow
ington, Kentucky, has decided to grant
the increase Of 81 per thousand to it's en-
ployes after May 1st.
Assignment of an Iron Firm.
James Marshall & Co., iron manufac.
tarers Of Pittsburgh, made an assignment
yesterday to Geo. l.. Whitney. The liza
bilties are stated at 81, 500, 900, the assets
at s., $50, 900 The failure is attributed to
speculation in pig iron, o: which it is said
James Marshall has been buying largely
since 1870 "uudcr the belief that pricos
must advance" The Pittsburgh banks
are the principal creditors, but hold COL
latera!s which will realize the amount of
paper they hold. Among the outside
creditors are Marshalls Brothers, Phila
delphia the Rockhill furnace company,
Fayettc Receiver Brown, of Brown,
Bopnell & Co, Youngstown, Ohio Hog
sctt, Hanna & Co., Uniontown, Penna. :;
the Dunbar furnace company and the
Fairchance furnace company.
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Election of Board of Directors.
The stockholders of the Western market
company met in the orphans court room
last evening.
Marriott BrOsius. esq, was called to the
chair, and II. C.. Harner was named as
secretary.
The minutes of last meeting were read,
corrected and approved.
The president stated the object of the
meeting to be the election of thirteen
directors.
Mr.. Harner moved that the directors to
be elected serve until tho second Monday
in April, 1884, or until their successors be
chosen. The motion was carried.
Nominations for directors were made,
and VIM. o. Marshall and E. G. Steiger.
walt were appointed tellers of the ele c.
ton.
The list of stockholders was then called
over, and each stockholder present voted
the number Of shares held by him, and
some of them voted proxies, placed in
their hands by absent stockholders.
After all had voted the tellers announced
the following as the result: Andrew
Brubaker had 4.9 votes; Frank Pfeiffer.
473; J. C. Hager. 412; G. NJ. Zahm, 472;
II. G. Harner, 472; BENZ. L. Gambler. 472:
p. W. Fry. 4GG; c. 5. Erisman. Ago; Henry
Martin, 457; Jacob Landis, l5G; Emanuel
Kaufman, 454; John LOrenz, 3G4; Hugh
r. Fulton, 324; III. IL. Iolton, 1856; b. C..
Kready, 1903; Samuel Bausman, 43; Jacob
l.. Brnbaker, 25; Jonas Mumma. Is.
The thirteen first above named having
received tho highest number Of votes
were declared elected, and the meeting
adjourned.
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TEWKESBURy HORRORS,

Sworn to by several Witnesses.
At the Tewkesbury investigation yestcr-
day Mrs. Jennie E. Pope testified that as
an employe at tho almshouse she saw Mrs.
Marsh bring ont large quantities Of cloth
ing from the baggage room ; that rugs
had been made from the clothing and she
had seen blankets and other materials sent
away to Exeter, N. H.; she had seen Mr..
French take an insane woman by the back
of the neck and kick her along the yard
until out of sight, the woman meanwhile
screaming that upon visit of a COM
mittee Captain Marsh apologized for
the preparations as having been made
in half an hour, when, in fact, a
week had been spent getting ready for the
visitors ; it was the custom to take all
children, except small babies, from their
parents when received, and one Canadian
woman was punished for crying after her
children she was put into cell for three
days and after that in the insane hospital !;
a woman about to be confined was kept
steadily sewing and died in labor it was
said she would have lived had exercise
been granted her. Mrs. Marsh had visited
the founding hospital and the insane
building but once during witness stay.
Witness was sure Mrs. Marsh had appro-
priated the clothing of the inmates.
John +. McGovern, who worked as q
tanner at Woburn, said that tho
skin Of negro untanned was brought to
tho tanncry by w. II. Morrison, who
wanted it tanned. The latter said that he
brought it from Harvard and that it had
originally come from Tewkesbury. Nor
rison claimed to be student. Pieces Of
the skin were shown and Mr.. Brown asked
for bit of it, which the governor cut off
and gave him.
Frank Barker was recalled and stated
that Margaret Heuncssy, 4 patient, was
put in cell badly ventilated. DR.. Lathrop
paid her no attention. Captain Marsh
said that if Lathrop did not attend to his
patient to let her die. She was taken out
in September and rubbed with oil. She
was set up where Lathrop could not help
seeing her. When he did see her he said ::
Hullo who's this ?" She was finally
sent away, SO crippled that She could not
walk straight. She WAS not insane,
the witness thought. One inmate
was noisy and insane and DR.. Lath.
rop said he kept Lathrop's wife
awake and bade them give him medi.
cine which would quiet him and if it
failed. TO choke him until he stopped.
One woman was chained to post and kept
there all day. There were fifteen or
twenty women who were crying for cloth
ing. Captain Marsh said he guessed they
had enough clothing. One woman had to
be carried up stairs and DR.. Lathrop help
ed her along with the too Of his boot har-
der than he, the witness, would want to
be kicked. 1t was understood that tho
trustrecs visited the almshouse to get 4
good dinner and 60 home and in fact ono
Of them had acknowledged that such was
his duty.
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PERSONAL.
PERSONAL.
ARTHUR does not look at the news.
papers while he sojourns in Florida.

1&QAoONA0s
ARTHUR does not look at the news.
papers while he sojourns in Florida.
CHIEF Moses, who is visiting General
Miles at Portland. Oregon, is . corpulent
old fellow, with mild manners. He
recently discarded blankets. but still
sticks to buckskin moccasins and his
crown is a cowboy hat.
Ex-Governor HENDRICKS is in Now
York, on his way home from Florida,
where he passed month or more. To a
reporter ho said yesterday, "DOn't ask me
about the presidency Il Am out of the
race altogether. am in no sense candi-
date"
WILLIAM J. POLLOCK, collector of in
ternal revenue, has received the Grant
medals intended for distribution in Phila-
delphia to the old guard who stood up and
went down with Grant at Chicago. Has
Collector Kaufman received his own,
Browns and Settlers?
JUDGE FIELD dissented from the opin
ion of the rest Of the supreme court that
Federal courts may in their discretion
disbar an attorney who has been guilty of
conduct of such nature as to bring disgrace
and scandal upon the court, whether he
has been duly tried and convicted under
the criminal laws of state or not"
Rev. DR.. RICHARD MCILwAINE, 0!
Baltimore, has been elected president OF
the Hampden-Sidney college, located neal
Farmville, Va, to succeed Rev. DR.. j. NJ.
P. Atkinson, who has resigned on account
of ill health. DR.. McIlwaine is secretary
of the Presbyterian board of home mis-
sions, and was graduated from Hampton
Sidney in 1858.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER says that the
recent meeting of Democrats in Chicago
was not in the interest of any candidate
| and, rs far as he knew, no preference was
expressed The only object OF the meet
| ing was to enunciate Democratic princi
pies and to vote tho sentiment of the party
| on tho great questions Of the day. There
was an overwhelming sentiment, however
in favor of tariff for revenue only, an(
he was convinced that tho representative:
of the Northwest would demand the in
sertion of this plank in the platform o.
the next national Democratic convention
LEMoRE BROTHERS were French maker.
of gray cloth. Their New Orleans brancl
house supplied the Confederate army
After Butler captured New Orleans the!
continued to send gray cloth to the Con
federates. For this he arrested them ant
punished them without trial. A ball ant
chain was put Oh one. They brought
claim for reparatian before the Franco
American claims commission, now il
session in Washington. The commission
gave tho brothers SD, 4,00O-$1O,O 900 to tn
one who had worn the ball and chain ant
| 81 900 to the other.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-17
A ROMANTIC STORY.
The HIuc Eyed Baby Hidden in the Goa
IsanK.

The Blue Eyed Baby Hidden in The Coal
Isank.
About thirty years ago q farmer resid
ing in Springfield (OD township, named
Maxwell, visited a deserted coal bank in
the ncighborhood, attracted thither by
sheer idle curiosity. He stood at tho
slope opening for time, and then started
to walk down it, when at the entrance to
this dark and gloomy place he saw a bucket.
He picked it up and soon there came from
it the tender and suppressed cries of an in
FAINT. He carried it to the light, and then
after removing the wrappings he saw a
sweet little babe looking into his eyes as
if it wanted to say : Please take pity on
me. am poor little outcast without a
homo. Won't you take mo out and love
and take care Of me ?" Mr.. Maxwell was
a young married man, with large gener-
GUS heart, and having then no children of
his own ho took the little waif homo with
him and he and Mrs. Maxwell took care
of it as parents love their own children.
The little founding grew to be a beautiful
and accomplished young lady and she
repaid her foster parents with an abund.
ance of affection and tender devotion.
Twenty years had come and gone,
when one day young man called at
the house of the Maxwelis and declared
that the babe found in the coal bank was
his sister, and that he had come from a
pleasant home in Iowa to see her, and if
possible persuade her to return with him.
Their mother had died a few months ago
and on her deathbed she told how she had
hid the babe in tho coal bank, of Mr.. Max
we'll finding it and all about it, and made
a dying request that the family should
hunt the child up and claim her. The
Maxwells were we'll pleased with the
young man, and he remained with them
several weeks. When he returned to his
western home he took his sister with him,
He also took the promise of one of Mr..
daughters that she, too, would
share his homo and fortune ere long. This
promise was kept.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-17
A BIG METEOR.
DEALING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
A phenomenon In Texas-A Kentucky RO-
mance-TrAde and LaDOr-News
of all Sorts.

A phenomenon In Texas-A Kentucky Ko-
mance-Trade and LaDOr-News
of all sorts.
a dispatch from Williams rancho, Tex,
says that about O'Clock Sunday morning
4 great meteor fell in the outskirts of the
town, killing several head of cattle, and
destroying tho dwelling house of Martinez
Garcia, a Mexican herdsman, who, with
his family, consisting Of wife and five
children, are buried beneath the ruins. In
it's descent the meteor resembled massive
ball of fire, aud the shock was similar to
that of an earthquake. 1t is still hot and
steaming. 1t is embedded in the earth,
probably 100 feet, and towers above
the surface about seventy feet,
and will cover about one acre of ground.
The conclusion was terrific, nearly every
window in town being shattered. People
wore hurled violently from their beds and
goods in the store houses were thrown
from the shelves. No lives were lost as
far as known, except the Mexican herds
man and his family, although several
buildings fell to the ground. The cattle
fled in terror in every direction. The air
was filled with 4 sulphurous gas. The
widest confusion prevailed, rs it was a
long time before anybody could even con
lecture what it was. This is the largest
meteor that has ever fallen, and it has
already been visited by many people and
will doubtless continue to attract great
attention for months 10 come. 1t has oc
casioned great excitement not only here,
out all over the surrounding country.
IA Ft. Worth dispatch to the Herald
says: "Learning that a sensational story
has been telegraphed north and west from
here, pretending to give details of the fall
| OF a gigantic meteor near Williams ranch
killing several head of cattle and an entire
family, your correspondent wishes to say
| that the statement is i hoax. The fac
that the meteor is said to cover an acre o
ground should show tho absurdity Of the
canard. 1t is shrewdly suspected to bt
/ the work Of tho erratic individual who j:
constantly concocting hoaxes of 4 similar
| character. Tho most notable of this kin(
was the description of Il new mammoth
cave supposed to have been discovered
somewhere in Kentucky. That story wa
started about a year ago and wont th'
rounds Of the western press."
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Police Cascs.

John Donoghy. aged 10, and Maggie
Parrish nee Rlnehart, aged II. were ar
rested by Officer Burns last night for
being drunk and disordcr!y. They were
discharged on payment of costs. John
Heilich and Edward Miller were sent to
Jail for ten days each for being drunk and
disorderly. Peter Kautz, a lOdger, was
discharged.
Aaron Breneman, John IIerehe!roth, and
Martin Shenk were heard before Alderman
Spurricr last evening, for assault and bat
terry on F. J. Lindemuth, and were held to
bail to answer at court.
VIM. Costello celebrated his 10Th
birthpay yesterday by getting gloriously
drunk and raising Cain. He wanted to
click " somebody, and after playfully
smashing a few hats and daring their
owners "to take it up" he gave Albert
Shifiler a heavy blow in the face. Shitler
made complaint of assault and battery
before Alderman Samson, who issued a
warrant for COstelIo's arrest, and it is
probable that he will have to pay for bis
frOlic.
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BURGLARY AND LAKGESY.

Chss j. Whites House Entered and Robbed
Tho Burglar Captured.
Last night between 10 and II o'clock
the dwelling house Of Charles j. White,
No. 23S East King street, was entered by
a burglar or burglars and robbed of
money, watches and other vaiuables. but
before the thief got out of the house he
was captured ard some of the stolen prop
erty found upon his person.
Tho circumstances of the affair are
about as follows
The confectionery store connected with
MIR. Whites house had been closed, and
the family had left the house. Shortly
before II o'clock Miss Lydia Colvin, the
house-keeper heard footsteps up stairs
and the opening of bureau drawers. She
supposed that Mr.. White had returned
homo and the noise was made by him; but
4 very few moments later Mr.. White
entered the house by tho front door. Miss
Colvin at once told him that that there
was somebody upstairs. A cautious ex-
animation was made, which satisfied Mr..
White that Que or more thieves were up
stairs. Stationing guards at the doors, he
hurried to the station house for officers.
Chief of Police Deichler and Officers Elias
and Lemon hastened to the house. The
house was surrounded SO as to cut off
escape and Officers Deichler and Lemon
and Dir. IL. II. Luchenbacb, who was
Opportunely present, went up stairs and
found bureaus rausacked and everything
! disarrangeu in the front room. On enter
ing the back room, they found the burglar
crOuched behind the door. Without much
ceremony he was thrust into closet and
locked in while the officers searched for
his accomplice, both Miss Colvin and Mr.
A. p. Shirk being positive that they had
heard two voices upstairs, while
Mr.. White was in search of officers.
But no accomplice was found, and if there
was one he had made good his escape.
The man arrested gave his name as James
Clifford. On being searched there was
found in his possession SsG in money that
ha,i been stolen from drawer in Nr.
Whites room. Three silver watches, that
had been taken from a bureau were found
| lying on 4 table, note book, a veil and
some other stolen articles were also found
on the prisoner. He was taken to the
station house, put into the dun
geOn, and at 9:3O this morning
was given 4 hearing before Alderman
Diffenderffer. Here he gave his name
as John Clifford, and said he had bee
working in the rolling mill for Y year past.
Mr.. White. Officers Deichler and Lemon,
Miss Colvin, Mr.. Luckenbach and Mr..
Shirk were called as witnesses, and their
testimony was substantially as above set
forth. The alderman held him to answer
at court for burglary and in default of bail
| he was handcuffed and taken to the county
Jail. He will probably be railroaded
through court before the week ends.
| 1t is believed that Clifford had an accom-
plice, as there were s36 stolen from Mr.
Whites house, and only S2G found on
Clifford. 1t is thought the burglars
| effected an entrance from tho rear of Mr.
Whites house and, climbing upon small
wooden awning, entered through a second
story window: Cliiford's accomplice may
have escaped in the Same direction.
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The House has resolved that the
speeches of the session shall hereafter be
limited to ten minutes each. That is a
good move. Many a good cause has been
talked to death, and many a good man
has ruined himself by his verbosity. Few
votes are made and few are changed in
the Legislature by debate. 1t is mostly
for buncOmbe. While the orator is filling
the pages of the Record the more expert
manipulation and trader is getting away
with the votes of the members. The
Legislature thus far has made no serious
mistakes. It has moved cautiously and
creditably, and has deserved praise. for
defeating more bills than it has passed.
But in the less than fifty days left for
work there is great deal to be done and
the members cannot afford to waste
much OF it in talking.
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The StrOhI Family.

The Stroll family OF musicians made
their third appearance in the opera hou =
last night The weather was bad, OWL /,
to the cold disagreeable rain. and the
audience was therefore quite small. The
entertainment given was excellent in every
respect, The children possess wonder
full amount Of talent as musicians and all
are fine vOcalists. 1t is to hoped that in
towns to be visited by them hereafter they
will meet with the patronage they deserve,
and it will not require a very largo place
to turn out more people than enjoyed their
performance here.
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If Judge LIVINGSTON is under the i'm

IF Judge Livingston is under the i'm
preston, or meant to convey 10 the pub.
lie the impression, that there is anything
in the police regulations of the city in
consistent with his instructions to con-
stables who are also policemen to enter
places where beer and liquor is sold, to
see that the law is obeyed, he is mis-.
taken. The orders of the mayor only
prohibit his officers from visiting such
places "except on business" 1t is their
business to see that the liquor laws are
enforced and they will find no conflict OF
authority arising out of the mayors
orders Obstructing them in their exercise
of that duty. It is true that the mayor
has had occasion to complain that his
efforts to enforce order have sometimes
been supplemented with a miscarriage
of justice in the courts (; but, for all that,
we have no doubt the efforts of the
judges to enforce the liquor laws will
find all the assistance in that quarter .
that can be extended.
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Doctor James Mitchell, SOD Of Rev.
James Y. Mitchell, D. d., was success
full competitor in the examination for
resident physician of the Presbyterian
hospital, Philadelphia, aud has been
elected by the board Of trustees to that
position.
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The Sunday Fighters.

Christian Smith and James McGrady,
the young men who were engaged in tho
fight on Duke street Sunday afternoon,
we're heard before the mayor last evening
McGrady was made pay fine and costs
and Smith the costs, after which they were
discharged.
Charles Carr, who was with the party,
has been arrested and held for a hearing
before Alderman A. F. Donnelly on the
charge of assaulting Daniel Holman.
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accompany his uncle Chas. Gerschel, of
Australia. who has been visiting relatives
in New York. They will make an ex-
tended tour of Europe, returning in the
fall, after which Mr.. Gerschel will return
to Australia BY way of San Francisco.