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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-08
AT HaRKISBUR RG.
Lancaster County Members to tie From

Lancaster County Members to tie Front
In the House yesterday fierce attack
was made upon the deaf and dumb asylum
bill. MIR. John H. Lands, the young
Reformer of Lancaster, scored the iEsti
tuition numerically, and analyzed its
annual report keenly. He made tho broad
charge that it costs almost as much to
keep an inmate in this institution as it
does to provide for a guest at the COnti-
mental hotel. The speech of the gentle
man indicated that he had gone to the
pains to prepare himself tor the onslaught,
as he was extremely we'll backed up with
facts and figures. Mr.. Neill, of Philadel-
phia, who had charge of the bill, was
placed at disadvantage in replying.
The committee appointed by the Legis-
lature of 1881 to investigate the state agri-
cultural college held three meet ngs on
Wednesday, but has not yet prepared a
report. The sub COMMITTEES, of which
Senator Myln is chairman, will make a
report, which, it is thought, will be
adopted by the committee and presented
to the Legislature. In it the committee
| will state that while there is no room for
criticism, yet there have been many per-
sonal charges made which seem to be born
OF spite and not substantiated. General
Beavers name is not mentioned in any
way except as witness. Over thousand
| pages of testimony have been taken.
Masos MaeGonigle and City Solicitor
Lands went to Harrisburg yesterday tc
have an interview with the judiciary loca
committee of the Senate to urge the pas
sage of thu act recently passed Oy the
House for the equalization of the fees OF
the mayor and aldermen of this city. II
was expected that the county commits
soners. who were also in Harrisburg,
would be present at the interview, SO thai
both sides of the question might be pre-
sented, bat the commissioners being Ell
gagged elsewhere in looking up the ques
tion of the liability of the county fo
bridges burned on turnpike roads, coul(
not attend SO the interview Was at thu
request of the mayor deferred until mex
Wednesday, when all the parties inter
! eSred will be present.
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Yesterday afternoon an accident oc-
Cured at Phillips s. Sheafer's Kalmia
colliery, near Tower City. which resulted
in the instant death of Clement Scheible-
hood, a mine contractor, who was en-
gagged in sinking a new slope for the above
firm. Scheiblehood and his son were at
the bottom of the slope when loaded
wagon was started up. The son boarded
the wagon to attend to some outside bust
ness. The wagon was near the surface
when the rope broke, and the son was
thrown from the wagon and miraculously
escaped death by clinging to the timbers.
The wagon ran backward a distance of
ninety yards with lightning rapidity and
crashed down upon the father, killing him
instantly. The deceased was forty. five
pears old, prominent contractor, and
leaves wife and five children residing at
fremont.
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LENT,
Bow the Faithful should eep 1t.


Archbishop Wood, of the diocese Of
Philadelphia, has issued the folio wing
rules for the observance of Lent within
the diocese
1. All the faithful who have completed
their twenty first year are bound to OBJ
serve the Fast Of Lent unless dispensed
for legitimate reasons.
3 One meal day only is allowed. ex
cept on Sundays.
g. This meal is not to be taken until
about noon.
1. On those days on which permission is
granted to eat meat both meat and fish
are not to be used at the same meal, even
by way of cOndiment.
). \ collation. or partial meal is allowed
in the evening. The general practice OF
pious Christians limits it's quantity to the
fourth part of an ordinary meal.
6. Bread, butter, cheese, fruit of all
kinds, salads, vegetables and fish are per-
| mitted at the collation.. Milk and eggs
are allowed by special dispensation.
7. Custom has made it lawful to drink
in the morning some warm liquid, such
as tea and Coffee or thin chocolate made
with water.
s. Necessity and custom have author
lied the use of lard instead of butter il
preparing fish, vegetables, etc.
8. The following persons age no
bound to observe the fast, viz. : All under
twenty-one years of age, the sick, preg
nant women and those giving suck t.
infants, those who are obliged to do hard
work, and all who, through weakness
cannot fast without injury to their health
TO- by dispensation, the use Of tiesl
meat will be allowed at any time on Sun
days, and once day on Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with tn
exception of Holy Thursday, and tn
second and last Saturday of Lent.
II. Persons exempted from the oblisa
ton of fasting by age or laborious occupa
tion, are not restricted to the uss of mea
at one meal only on those days on whic
it's use is granted by dispensation. Othel
dispensed from the fast tor the other cause
as we'll as those who are obliged to fast
are permitted to use meat only at OF
meal.
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PERSONAL.

GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON has been
made sick by wearing colored stockings.
ROSE COGHLAN's S latest bon mot bears
repetition-'' A woman who has great
secret and dare not tell it, is often made
i'll by keeping it.
ROBERT TooMEs, of Georgia, announces
that in his forthcoming history OF the Re-
bellion the name of General Longstreet
will not appear, not even in parentheSiS.
BRADFORD MEAD, of Union, Franklin
county, Mo-, has just received back pen
sion money amounting to $9,063 said to
be the largest pension yet paid. He was
made totally blind by wounds received iu
the war.
BLAINE has been for some time past en-
gagged i'll preparing 4 work of politica!
history under the title of Twenty years
of Congress : from Lincoln TO Garfield. a
History Of National Legislation from 1861
to 1881" This is not to be in any sense i.
work Of "reminiscences.
SAM Cox, avowing his willingness to get
light anywhere, said in Congress tho
other day elf | could get nay friend
from Michigan (Mr. Hoar) i'll some sort of
a condition where l could put a wick into
him would illuminate this great country
from Name 10 the gun
EX MAYORS HALL, Fly. Grace, Cooper,
and Wickham, Gen. Graut, ex Senator
Conklng, William II. Vanderbilt and Jay
Gould, were summoned yesterday by New
IOrk'S coroner to serve as jurors in the
case OF George Mahau, who killed a fellow
| patient in Bellevue hospital last Sunday.
II. w. Smith and Nettie Styger, of
Cogan house township, Lycoming county,
are in Jail upon a charge of adultery.
Suspicion having been aroused that there
was foul pay about the death of Smith S
wife, which occurred last week, an inves
tgation will be made. The attending
physician alleges that excessive quantities
of laudanum were given the woman.
Smith asserts that she took tie drug her
self.
| Prince LOUIS FERDINAND. of Bavaria
who reached Madlil recently, will DC
married in April - Dona Psz. the secont
sister of King Alphonso. Tire Ial:n,5
Paz is nineteen years of aye. She speaks
several languages ard paints SD well tha
her water colcrs at the recent exhibition:
were much praised. She is also Chart
able to the poor, like the king, who annu
ally gives some ttousanIs of pounds from
his private purse il charities.
Rev. DR.. MERCER, ior:rec rector @
Trinity church, Newport, whodied a shor
time since. leaves an estate Valued at owe 1
$1,000. 600. He was assessed tor SO, coo
and was only supposed to be worth abou
that sum. This is a complete surprise tC
every body. He lived very modestly, and
although it was known that he dealt t,
some extent in stocks, etc, it WAS as muci
of surprise to his agents as anyone
Even his most intimate friends we're igro
| rant of his vast wealth.
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NEWS NOTES.
FROM ALL OVER The WORLD.
Il Accidcnts aud Incidents Of Current Daily
Lite--Ihe Way of the WOrId-Ca!-
amtfv acd crime,

Accidents aud Incidents Of Current Daily
Lite-Ihe Way of the Wor'd-Ca!-
amtty ard Crime.
During q shooting atfray at a dance III
Digty Neck, n. S., man named Wealth
erly, was killed, and another named Hut
ingon, was fatally wounded.
$50 bodies are stolen from tho neigh
boring graveyards each winter, brought to
Montreal, and one half the number sent
to the United States iOr medical colleges.
In shooting aifray at Catulia, Texas.
| between Green McCullough and Charles
| Hogg, Judge Williams was accidentally
killed while sitting in his Office by a bullet
from McCullough's pistol.
Ten persons at Santa Catarina Ayome-
cata, in Tloxcala, Mexico, have died from
eating mushrooms and four more are ex-
pected to die. The mushrooms were
gathered by women ~ the woods.
Near Remington. n. j., shortly after
dark while George Crountz was returning
home he was seized by six men in a lionel ly
part Of the road, aud robbed of $500. 1t
was supposed at first that the theft was
committed by Strangers, but suspicion
now rests on persons in the vicinity.
An old man named David Ginger AZ
New Paris, lnd., was carrying :; coil OF
lamp, when he lot It drop between his
feet. The oil spattered on his clothing
Caught fire and il an instant ho was cnvo
lnped i'll flames and when found was help
less and almost lnscnaible.
Albert Ball aud Elmer Anderson, eacl
aged twelve years, were arrested at Three
Rivers, Mass, for robbiH, the mails. On
January % the mail bag WIS cut open a
that depot and several packages Of letter:
containing small amounts of money ex
tracted. Plans had been laid to repea
the operation, but the arrest of the partie
prevented them from being carried out.
In Troy, N. Y, the wife of SchOe
Commissioner John J. Evans was return
ing from West Troy, and while waikiki,
along Washington street, lonely thor
Oughfare at which tho river crossing ter
:, inmates. she was attacked by two men
who sprang from behind the lumber pile
which fill the intervening space betwee
!, the river street and the Hudson. The vic
tim was held by one highwayman, whil
his companion struck her heavy blow i
the face, aud, seizing her purse. contain
ing $40, both fed.
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Tbs. rTEUkS.
A FIue Entertainment Dy Them.


The "M.tcors form very brilliant
party, but tho audience Was not as large
last night as it should have been This
may bo owing to tho fact that It was the
first entertainments in Lent. From the
rising of The curtain 10 its fall the show
was excellent ali. every act WIS cncOrcd
several times. There was not Il bad act
on tho programme. They followed each
other in rapid succession and the audience
was not kept waiting. Nearly all oi tho
company have been seen here before.
Mr. Charles L. Evans appears alone now
in his rlio OF wit, Niles, his partner, hav-
inc died since his last visit here. The
other features were tho dancing of the
French twin sisters, singing by Dyliyn,
mirch and music by Bryant and Hoey.
light and heavy club swinging by Gus
Hill, rough acrobatic dancing by kelloy
and O'Brien and singing by the Big
Little Four. The members of the last
named party are quite young boys, who
have remarkably tiue voices, and sing and
dance well together. Tie entertainment
closed with IA sketch, written by Frank Du-
mont, entitled ''fhe Book Agent, 'in which
Chas. Evans and VIM. Uoey are afforded an
excellent opportunity to exhibit their
wonderful talents as cJ.EGdi .ns. The
former appears a, the agent, who is ready
to sell anything and fears nothing.
Pistols are tired in hs face, but tho balls
fatten Oh his hard cheek and fall to the
ground Guns are pointed at him aud ex >
plosiyes are placed under him, but he re-
mains sound and succeeds in selling his
ware. Hoey appeared as the tramp, and
while tho agent is engaged talking to q
whole family he steals everything about
him. He succeeds in getting away with
lot of chickens. piece Of lawn statuary,
live Newfoundland dog, all of which he
carries off. The other characters were
taken by different members and the piece
would bring smiles to the face Of a clock.
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The minutes of the last stated meeting
were read and approved


were read and approved.
increase OF Pay for Firen.en.
Mr.. Cox presented the petition of the
drivers OF tie fire apparatus OF the city for
an Increase of pay. 1t sets forth that
with the present compensation-S3O per
monti,--and the high PRICE of the neces-
sarias It lie ii is Impossible 20 get along.
Accommodating the drivers petition was
one signed by Il large number OF property
owners. praying councils tn grant the
prayer OF the petitioners. After the read
ing of the petition Nj. Cox st!ted chat it
had beeu presented 10 th. iiIo committee.
bat that body did ro: feel like taking the
responsibility of recommending an i'll
crease. He then offered the following
Resolrtd, By the select and common
councils that the drivers of the four fire
engines. four hose carts and driver and
tillerman OF truck \ have their pay in
creased $40 per month" Passed by i
unanimous vote. Select council concurred
by the following vote-lYcs, MessrS.
Brown, Wise, WOLF, Zecher and Borger,
president lays, Baker, Baldwin, Evaus.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Mr.. Smeych presented the petition of i
number of residents of the Seventh ward
! for a lamp ou Low stree between Rock
| land aud Lime streets. Referred to the
| lamp committee.
Mr. Cox offered the following, which
was adopted = Resolved, by the select
! and common councils. that the mayor be
| authorized to draw bis warrant GU the
! contingent fund for So, 700, amount due
| the La France engine company, OF Eimira,
New York, this month"; Select council
concurred.
| Mr.. Riddle otieret! the following Re
| s0iUed, That 10 person shall hereafter bo
elected to the Office street commissioner
unless he devote, his whole time to the
duties of the Office
He said that his object III Offering the
resolution was to prevent any street com
missioner carrying on his private business
while holding that office. An ordinance
was before councils incr, a:'ing the salary
from 5000 TO 5000 and that pay ought to
command Il mans whole time and atten
tion. The resolution was further discussed
by Messrs. Powers, Cox and Hurst. and ii
nally passed by ! unanimous vote. Select
council coucurrc6.
Mr. Cox presented the report of the fire
committee for the month OF January.
They awarded the contract ior the fur
nishlg of coal fox the use of the depart
ment uu:il May 1 to Bau,ngar'iner s.
Jeffries at St 30 per ton, and appointed
John Miller driver of truck \ in place OF
Christian Geit2r removed.
Mr.. Remly offered the following
q" Resolred, That when tie lease with the
Union fire company expires, the engine
and hose cart be removed to the western
part OF the city as contemplated by the
ordinance rcorganizing the tire depart
ment.''
The resolution was passed unanimously
but on being taken to select council it was
after spirited debate between Mr.. Evans
and Wise laid Oh the table.
Adjourned.
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Lamar on Free Trade.

Senator Lamar has addressed the
Senate in a decided advocacy of free
trade, which he declares will not damage
the manufacturing interests of the coun
try, an assertion which he fails to prove
and which is so contrary to what, tOhe
ordinary apprehension, will be the effect
of free trade, that it is not likely to find
many to accept it. When Senator Lamar
says that protective duties are high
duties and that the country gen.
orally is taxed by them for the
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Aancaster fntettigerrer.
THURSDAY EVENING. FEB. 8. 1855:
The Free Pass Business.

Rcpresentative Hasson's bill to enforce
the provision of the constitution pro-
hibitory Of free passes on railroads, has
been negatived by the committee to
which it was referred, for reasons
with which we are not cogrizant. We
cannot presume that the committe is in
disposed to give effect to the cOnstitu-
tion, and yet otherwise we canot imagine
how it can refuse to afford the House an
opportunity TO provide the legislation
which the constitution prohibits. 1t will
never do for the committee to smother
legislation adapted to this end. 1t has
been reported that the members OF the
committee expressed themselves as uo'
willing to put a stigma upon their lei
low representatives, who are using Tree
passes, by proposing a law for the pun
ishment of such use. But the members
can hardly be 50 tender-fOoted in the
discharge OF their duty. If they are,
they should take speedy occasion to
deyolve their functions upon others.
Their designations will be in order. and
certainly will he welcome to the public
if they cannot summon the nerve
to sustain the constitution they
have sworn to obey, and which
it is now their office to defend
by proposing a law to give effect to the
section contained in it prohibitory
of free passes. Their colleagues, who are
enjoying free passes in defiance of Tie
constitution, are certainly MOI endowed
with such sensitive spirits as TO feel ag
grieyed at anything the committee car
do or say concerning their constitution
defying acs. And if they want to es
cape any punishment the law may pu
upon their use Of free passt
they will only have to discontinue
their use after the law is enacted.
We are not familiar with theprovision
Of MI. HaSson's bill. If the committe,
eycepts to any Of its provisions as i'll
effective or in any way unadaNted 10 th'
object in view. 1t is its province t
amend the bill to suit its ideas. But i
cannot reYutably avoid the duty upon i
u report some measure 20 punish IL,
issuing of free passes by railroads t
other than their employees. That IS to-
clear for argument. 1t may not sac Il
70 punish also those who use free r&sse
so unlawfully issued. That is matte
in the discretion of the law mahini
power but it has absolutely no Gis
cretion in providing law to make effect
ire the constitutional command that n
transportation company shall grant fre
passes. The constitution, in expires
words, directs the Legislat ure to MAX
such enactment as will render this CON
mand effective, and the members OF tn
Legislature cannot avoid the injunctio
without palpable perjury.
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The Governors OnS.

The best that so conservative reform
journal as the Ledger can say for Gov.
PattisOn'S message and the worst that SO
radical a partisan organ as the Philadel
phia Bulletin can say against it is that it
contains some good things and new, but
that the good things are not Lew
and the new things are not good.
The first part of this criticism
is not very serious, as good things can
not be said too often until they are in
cOrporated into the law of the land. 1t
is not fair to the Legislature to assume,
as some of the governors newspaper
friends affect TO think, that the mem
berS Of his party in the Senate and
House did not know where they stood
on most of the reforms which he has
suggested before they were quickened
into support of them by his message.
On the other hand many Of these meas
ures had been introduced into the Leg
islature and We're being hurried along to
passage before the governor sent in his
message None the less his recommen-
dation of them gives strength to them
before the public and the Assembly.
The Ledger does not agree with the
governor mainly in the passages re-
lating to sealers of weights and measures
and boiler inspectors" The governor
recommends the abolishment of sealers,
and places boiler inspectors in the same
Objectionable class - that might be
dispensed with" The Lsdger thinks
these offices are salutary, and that the
institution of them was wise measure
" There is no objection to them as laws
the complaint is simply against their bad
administration by men who have turned
them into mere machines for making
fees and instruments of extOrtiOn." 1t
is very doubtful whether there Is any
greater occasion for inspecting weights
and measures and boilers than for in
vestigating a hundred and one other ap.
pliances Of mercantile and manufactur
ing pursuits upon the honesty and
security of which depend tie safety of
life and property and the integrity of
UtlSlIlcoo IldLSttCUlOuos uCoC SduuOC UC
secured by official inspection unless
we are prepared for a governmental
scrutiny Of private affairs which is not
tolerable to the spirit of our institutions.
In the coal regions this boiler inspection
has been farcical; and nearly everywhere
the sealing of weights and measures has
been simply a job for the sealer. If every
county provide itself with a standard
set Of weights and measures and the pro
posed legislation to make the use of false
weights and measures penal offense be
adopted, there will be no more occasion
for sealers of weights and measures
than for an inspector of sanded sugar,
watered vinegar and strong butter.
Tradesmen are not made honest by legis
lation nor by too much official inspection
especially when the inspector is so often
rogue himself, bent only on getting his
fees.
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n his speech at West Chester the other
night NJ. Brosius, esq, late Republican
candidate for ccngressmau-a large, spoke
of the already unmasked purpose of the
Democracy TO belle every promise of
reform, break every pledge and prove
faithless to every VOW" Mr.. Brosius
should read the newspapers aud tell the
truth be would then be wiser and
a better man.
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DE:.AYED MAILS.


For week past the citizens on the Star
mail route from this city to Rowlandyille,
Md, gM Willow street, Sm,thYille, Buck,
Chestnut Level, Greene, Peters Creek
and Pleasant Grove, in this county, and
Rock Springs, Oakwood and Rowlands-
vile, Md, have been deprived OF their
usual mail facilities. Postmaster Mar
shall explains the trouble by saying that
the contract for carrying the mali over the
above named route was awarded
by the postoifiee department. to J.
P. Gibson, of New York, and sub
let by him to John r. Bicknell, Of Peters
creek Mr. Bicknell some time ago nOti-
fled the department that he would not
carry the mail at the price he was receiv-
ing longer than jan. 20. The department
authorized Postmaster Marshall to en-
plOy carrier at an advanced
compensation, giving Mr.. Bicknell the
preference. Mr. Bicknell was induced, by
additional pay offered by Postmaster Mar
shall to continue to carry the mail for two
weeks longer, but he positively re-
fused to carry it after Saturday, Feb
ruary 3D., since which time the Off
ces above named have not been regu-
larly supplied. Meantime Postmaster
Marshall received instructions to adver-
tise for proposals for seven days, for carry
ing tho mail which he did, and the con-
tract has been awarded to W. A. Stod-
dard, of Camden, N. J who will be ready
to 60 to work On Monday next. Mean
time the citizens of the lower end of the
county will have to do without their mails
or receive them by a roundabout way.
The offices south of Peters Creek now re-
ceive their Lancaster mail via. Philadel-
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Police. Cases.

The mayor had eight customers this
morning, seven of whom were discharged
and the eighth, the worst Of the lot, was
made the scapegoat to carry the sins OF
the others into the wilderness of the Lam
caster county Jail.
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The Times has III a very .enterprlsing
way polled the people of Philadelphia on
the question of removing the state capital
to that city. \ careful analysis Of its
returns, as set forth in interviews, gives
the following results :