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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-14
OBITUARY..
Death OF James b. Clark

Do2tn OF James b. CLARK.
James Bryce Clark, an old and respected
resident of this city, died to-day at his
residence, No. 140 East Chestnut street,
after suffering for some years from cancer
OF the face, which was finally the cause of
his death. He was a man of con,
siderable mark, graduate of
Princeton college, a fine scholar, a
persistent reader of books, especially of
histories, biographies and religious works,
and was man Of sterling qualities. He
married Miss Bladen, of Philadelphia,
by whom he had large family
of children. His wife, five daugh.
ters and three sons survive him, ono of
the latter being the well-known den.
tist, DR.. Alfred D. Clark, of this city.
Deceased was q son of the late John
Clark, of Donegal, one of the most
prominent citizens of the neighbor-
hood in which he lived, q large
landowner, and for many years an elder
in old Donegal Presbyterian church. His
property fell to his two sons John w. and
James B. Clark, and was by them sold
many years ago to James Duffy aud Farmer
Simon Cameron, and the property now
belongs, We believe, to Mr.. Duffy, Don.
Cameron and Simon Cameron. On re-
moving from the homestead, Mr.. Clark
removed to Mt. Joy, where he remained
only about year, thence to Marietta,
where he lived several years and thence
ten or twelve years ago to this city, where
he resided until the time of his death. He
leaves quite handsome estate.
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Unstable Evidence.

The first of the Phoenix park assas
sins has been convicted in Dublin and
sentenced to be hung in May. The con
viction of the whole batch will speedily
follow. The result has been brought
about by the testimony of accomplices:
who have been offered their lives in eX
change for their evidence. They testi
lied directly to the guilt of Brady.
When sentenced he protested his limo,
cence, and declared that he was the vic
tim of those who swore his life
away to save their own necks.
1t may be so. Certainly there
can be no confidence felt in the
truth of testimony that is given with
such incentive. 1t was necessary for
the witnesses to charge the crime in,
which they confessed their participation,
upon others besides themselves &; and it
was necessary for them to find in
nocent men to put it on, if they alone
were guilty. In this case both the in
formers and those they accuse bear evil
regulations. The informers are quite
capable of swearing falsely and these
they accuse are of the kind that might
be credited with being assassins.
But it is just men of such repute that
the infOrmer would naturally select as
his victims. Their evil character would
give credence to their accusation. The
Phoenix park murders were of the most
brutal kind, and those who perpetr;sted
them can have the sympathy of no one
under their sentence of death. But it is
unfortunate that the men who are being
tried for the crime are to he convicted
almost entirely upon the evidence of the
vile creatures who confess their partici-
patton in the crime. There seems to
have been but little coroboration fur
nished for their tale.
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Sam'I McMeen has been commissioned
postmaster at Falmouth, Ahis county.

The Nroht Edniiy.-This popular musical
family will give All entertainment in Fulton
opera hOlse this evening. The abilities
OF this family as musical prOdigics are well
known and they should have crowded house.
The Reading Tis,'es says OF them The Stroll
family gave q Pheasant concert to q large and
enthusf site audience last evening. The Or
chestral selections were we'll received Mamie,
Esther AMI u uriie in ttoir specialties were
encOred. The entertainment is in every way
chaste az pleasing. Should the StrOhi family
return Ia Will Inc given cordial welcome"
One cOuImeIdabic feature of this family Is
that they confinc themselves not alone TO
music, but give reel iratiOns, addresses, etc.
An special feature of the performance ere.
the unexampled fcats OF blowing two horns
Mt one time by one person a1d the playing OF
a Iour-stOp organ with the mouth. The troupe
is certainly a very gooi one, and the music
they give OF the highest order OF excellence.
The "BIack Crook"-0n Tuesday evening
the kiralfys will present this spectacular
piece in the opera house In gorgeous style
with an immense company of people, includ.
ing q ballet 0ftwenty five ladies. The speciality
part will be very fine and will include the
celebrated Garnella Boys, who are conceded
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A SDisD RECORD.

Ministertai W"'k "f an Old LancsstrIan.
Many of our J!ier readers, and some
of our younger ones, will remember Rev.
A. II. Sheriff, y hn left Lancaster about Il
quarter of centn.y ago. He was then Il
young printer but believing it to be his
duty to preach The gospel he studied
theology, was consacrated a minister, and
for twenty-One years has been serving the
great Master in that capacity. He is now
stationed ut Chambersburg, Franklin
county, and the result Of his la6Ois are
succintly stated in the following which We
clip from the current number of tho
Valley Spirit
son Sabbath, April l, Rev. A. ii.
Sheriff, of the Grindstone Hill Lutheran
church, entered upon eis twelfth year rs
pastor, with the congregation in pros.
porous condition In il review of his past
labOrs, he gave the following for the year
just closed Funerals, 40 marriages, Al;
adults baptized, Al children baptized, 1G;
cOnfrmations, Al received into church
membership, 81 sermons preached, 213
Sabbath school addresses delivered, u
money collected, $4,000; pastoral visits
made, 294 miles travelled, 3,593 During
the past Seven years he has seen added to
his church $50 members, baptizsd 23S
adults and 225 children, confirmed 222
persons. by certificate 40, has held 80 pro-
tracted meetings, % catechetical classes
and 84 communions. He has performed
81 marriages, attended 357 funerals.
visited !, ,24S families. and delivered 9, 800
sermons. During this time he has travelled
AZ, s3G miles, missing but 10 appoints
ment ,and these on account of the weather"
Rev. Shertz's many friends in this city
will be pleased to know that he il in tho
enjoyment Of good health and has pros
pect of many more years Of usefulness be-
fOrc him.
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la1lraster fntellige1lcer.
Rearranging the Papers.

The court, in the exercise OF its au-
thority to have the records, books, in
dexes. bills, etc., of the county offices
kept in proper order and to supply de-
ficiencies in their arrangement, has di'
rected Clerk of Quarter Sessions Eby
to have the papers of his office
separated, assorted and put in proper
files, such as are now in use in the pro-
thonctaEyB Office; and it directs that if
the work d done to the satisfaction of the
court, the person doing it shall receive
compensation of So per day. This is
a very much better way of doing it than
the plan adopted in 1881, when the
court, after ordering like work to be
done in the prothonOtary s and register S
Office, appended to exorbitant and out
rageous bills for it, the recommendation
that the officers should be liberaily
compensated" Upon which recommen-
dation Commissioners Coble and
Bushong justified their approval of a
bill for large part of which they were
Su[Cu8tSCu uy euO esuuASoAo'
But even yet the order of the court is
slipshod in not limiting the clerk in some
measure in the time which is to be de.
voted to this work or in not prescribing
some supervision over his performance
of it other than his own inclination :
and in directing that files similar to those
in use in the other offices should he
procured without any limitation upon
their price, the court put the cOun.
ty at the mercy of the specula
tors who make that particular file, and
who, we understand, insist on taking ad
vantage of that order, charging the
extreme price of $3.50 per 1000 for theiI
file, though the commissioners were Of
the opinion that $3.50 is an outside price
and could no doubt have secured it, or a
better one, for that money if the court
had not precluled the use of any other
by it's order. 1t will be an agreeable
surprise and an innovation in court
house row, if the clerk does not pat in
all the rest of the days of his term at
the job, and and if the tilemakerS do mol
realize 200 per cent. profit on their par
of it.
And we beg leave to direct the notice
of the judges of the court to the fac
that the same law under which they
make these orders to arrange the paper
of the court house offices and fix a.:
" reasonable, fair and equitable com
pensation " for the work, has been fo
years in force, directing them to maxi
such examination at the close of ever!
officers term. Have they done it
And they are to inquire whose neglect
or misconduct has made such expensive
Encouragement of the papers necessary, tt
the end that the commissioners maj
assess the cost of the same upon th'
derelict officials and collect it bach
from them. Let this be done. too.
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CONCERNING the minority report Of
ex-Representative Bierly, of the legisla
tive committee to investigate the state
agricultural college, Representative
Gahan and ex- Resident Clerk Patter-
son, of the House, are cleared of all
responsibility for it, by an explanation
received from Chief Clerk Meek. to the
effect that he duly received the report
and handed it to ex-senator Alexander,
chairman of the committee. Senator
Mylin says that he saw the docU-
ment, which was not minority
report, nor in the shape of one,
that Mr.. Bierly failed to at
tend the committees investigation
and made up his statement upon facts
which were not before the committee,
and that he treated the rest of the
committees with disrespect and for
feited any claims to their favor.
Nevertheless, itwould have been better
for the committee to have submitted
what he had tasay in the way he said it.
If it was incOnseQuential it would have
so disclosed itself ; if false, it could have
been gainsaid but its suppression looks
like an effort to keep from the public
criticism upon the management of the
college from which it could not defend
itself.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
Opinions Delivered and Current business
franancted.

Opinions Delivered and Current business
TranaHcted.
Court met at 10 O'Clock this morning
for the purpose of transactlng current
business and the delivery Of opinions.
Opinions Delivered.
Opinions were delivered in the following
cases by Judge Patterson:
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania for the
use Of John Elask VI. George Leutz,
Charles l.. Green and r. II. Brrbaker.
Rule for new trial made absolute.
Eliza Klssering VS.. Charles Markley OF
al, case stated. Judgment fOnIe defend
ant. .H.,.
Com'th vs. VIM. Williams, fornicasion
aud bastardy. Rule for a new trial made
absolute.
Estate Of Henry X. Barnhart, deceased,
exceptions to auditors report confirmed
after several corrections.
COm'th vs.. Isaiah FinefrOck, GesertioD.
Rule to show cause why costs of VIM.
Brady should not be paid; rule made ab-
solute
Adamstown borough road; exception to
report Of viewers; report set aside and PRO
ceedings Quashed
Commonwealth vs.. w. w. Shum, adul-
try !; tried and convicted August 1882
Commonwealth vs.. Mary Swayne adul-
try tried and found guilty January 1882 :;
rule for new trial discharged.
Commonwealth Va. Charles Fritz, forni-
cation and bastardy; tried and found
guilty August, 1882 rule for u new tria!
dischar ged.
James B. Clark VS.. Robert Ryan and
wife exceptions to auditors report ex-
ceptiOns dismissed and report confirmed
absolutely.
A. K. Spurrier, esq, vs.. the county Of
Lancaster case stated the court de
clined to enter judgment for the plaintiff,
as material facts arc wanting to rondor
be presented III 4 different way to get q
decision of tho court az to what legal fees
the plaintiff is entitled to.
Current Business.
The tavern license Of Frederick Waltz,
OF tho First ward, city, was transferred to
ID. G. Flemming; that of Monroe j. Burk
that Of Ii. N. Bveneman, of BrecknOck,
to David II. SOllenberger.
The restaurant license of George III.
Miller, Of the Third ward, city, was trans
ferred to Daniel f Eaby.
Christian SwartZ, an inSOlvont debtor,
was discharged and il. fn. and co. sa.
was at Onca iss,ieI iOr his arrest for ar
rears duo in a fornicI.iOn and bastaIdy
case. lie was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Strinc, after ho had gone ont OF tho court
house, and was taken t, prison.
In the case al Davis a. Brown, trustee.
for the sole ami separate use of Elizabeth
NJ. TOwson, wirc of Joseph TOwsOn, VS..
George NJ. Stcinman & Co., and Henry N.
Breneman, sheriff; III which preliminary
injunction was granted in October, 1878;
and defendants having failed to plead,
answer or demur tho preliminary injunc-
ton was made pstpatual
In the case "f Eliza Snavely, wife of
Benjamin Snarely, vs.. David G.. SwartZ, a
similar tlispGsi :,n was made.
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In Trouble,

Frederick Ihls writes to Chief of Police
Deichler that he is in cell No 119 in the
county Jail at Chicago, Ills, ON charge
OF forgery, of which he is innocent. He
says he was in Brazil in company with
Maj. Ed. Muhlenberg, of this city, and he
asks the chief to see Maj. Muhlenber9 and
get him to aid him In his present trouble.
But, alas Major Muhlenberg died few
weeks ago, and Mr.. Ihls will have to look
elsewhere for assistance.
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ExaL Inlny for Anuapolis.

This morning the committee appointed
byA. Herr Smith to examine candidates
for the naval cadetship at Annapolis, met
in the orphans CONT room for that pur-
pose. 1t consists of Prof. p. F. Shaub,
county superintendent; Prof. f. o. Lyte,
of Millorsville, and A. o. Newpher, esq.
The boys who presented themselves for
examination weN: F. Robinaon, city;
John A.. Patterson. Fairmount; Thomas
Humphrsyville, city Charles Thompson,
Marietta; Norman Jerome Black wood,
city; Alvin d. Hershey, Chickies, and
George W. Brua, Strasburg. The boys
were asked questions in all branches, and
the result Of the examination will not he
known for few days at least.
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Basket Stolen. /.

Last evening thief entered the cellar
of Louis Sylvester, on South Duke street,
through the outside door and stole q
market basket. Tho family heard the
man and they sent word to Alderman
Barr, who soon came, and with Officers
Swcnk and Stormfeltz mado search of
the premises, but the man had escaped
before their arrival, taking the basket
only.
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A GOOD Hand.

The brass band of the Stroll family was
driven through The streets this morning,
and it attracted the attention Of every
body. The music was excellent. They
the newspaper Offices and other
places. This afternoon the family is
giving matinee, which is being largely
attended, especially BY children, and they
will appear again to night.
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Public Hale Of a Rolling Mill,

The Lancaster rolling mill, situated at
Rohrerstown, this county, was sold this
afternoon at public sale at Michael's hotel
by Henry Shubert, auctioneer, for A.
Boyd, assignee of Manuel McShane,
to Mr.. George Youtz, of Speedwell farm,
for IS, 900. The property consists Of 2a
acres of land, on which is rolling mill,
175 by 90 feet. containing seven pudding
furnaces, heating furnaces, three steam
engines and other necessary machinery.
There is on the lot also two frame tenant
houses and other improvements.
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not demand them, and if they do their
fellow members should Eot he affected by
these solicitations. That excellent law
yer, Mcdowell Sharpe, stands as a sen
tinel to warn his Democratic associ.
ates of the boundaries which the consti-
tuition sets upon their action, and we
observe that he has more than once been
called upon to caution them. 1t is sheer
folly in any legislator to seek to do what
the fundamental law will not permit to
be done for it cannot be done. The
enactment will not get the governors
approval, and nothing but discredit to the
majority in the Legislature can come
from its manifestation of disposition
to pass unconstitutional legislation.
The question is not whether any county
ought to be a separate judicial district,
/ but whether it may be so constitution
ally created. 1t is the sheerest folly to
seek to leap over plain constitutional
har
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The mayor had but small court this
morning. One drunken man was sent to
Jail, one discharged on payment Of costs,
% and one lSdger was sent upon his B. way re, re-
plank and being furnished with break.
fast of bread and coffee
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% Tho PileEfx."

Mr.. Milton Mobiles, Dollie 0IobIes and
Alonzo Schwartz weSe the leading attrac-
tions in the play given in Fulton
opera house last evening. In 1.-THE
Phoenix" Lancaster people have
heretofore seen the Mobiles, and
those who saw them last evening might
reasonable conclude that nothing was
shown in their acting to suggest any
diminution of the excellence Of it. As
Noses .Solomons Mr.. Schwartz kept the
audience in good humor, and the remain.
der of the cast proved themselves satisfac-
tory in their parts.
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Moro NOtaflcO.

Commissions were received at the
county recorders Office yesterday after
noon for John Fl. Brubaker, Of Elizabeth
town. and II. B. Becker, of East Earl
appointed notaries public by Governor
Pattison. The commissions run for three
years, Mr.. Becker's from April IL, and
MIR. Brubaker's from April 90, 1883.
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FATAL ACCIDENTS.
A Workman Killed by Machinery and.
Child's Head Crushed

"A workman hbl6u Dy machinery anu
Child's Head Crushed.
Walter Preston, aged 90 years, employed
at Hoffman's mills, Sixty-third street and
Baltimore avenue, Philadelphia, was the
victim of horrible accident yesterday
afternoon. His clothing was by some
means caught in belt which was moving
so fast that the man was carried off his
feet aud thrown against other machinery.
Before he could be pulled from this posi-.
tion his body was horribly cut and man
gled and Que leg torn off. Preston lived
but a few minutes after the accident. He
had been employed at the mill for some
time and resides at Chester. The coroner
was notified and will hold an inquest.
Early last evening while playing at
Struthers' marble wharf, Locust street
wharf, Schuy kill, Katie McDevitt, aged
years, was INSTANTLY killed. The little
girl, with some other children, was NOV
ing about some large marble slabs when
one of the heavy stones fell over, and
Katie was thrown to the ground and her
head was crushed. When picked up she
was dead. She lived with her parents at
No. 2314 Locust street.
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rsstest Trip on Record.

MIR. o. II. West, of LeCoute's Mills,
Clearield county, arrived in Marietta on
Thursday morning at Q o'clock, having
made tho run from Lock Haven in 65
hours, having left the latter place 1T 4
o'clock on Monday, with four sawed lun-
ber RATS. .-
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In the wrestling OF the House with the
judiciary apportionment bill, the Demo
cratic majority needs to look to it that
its keeps its head clear of the log-rolling
and trading that seeks to make it crook
ed. The members from small counties
naturally want separate courts, but when
they cannot get them without violation
of the constitution, they certainly should
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s. II. Reynolds, ESQ.,, has 80 far recov-
cred from the bilious attack which has
confined him to his room for several days,
that he now confidently expects to be able
to attend to his duties in court next Mon
daY,
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Horses shipped.

The Lancaster dealers shipped horses to
New York this morning as follows: Fiss
& Doerr, 80 Henry WE'LL 20 and Lazarus
Piosa (for J. 81. Dahlman), 18 They were
heavy draught and driving horses.
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MOney MlssinR.

Mrs. Naomi Hoover, residing near Rob
rerstown, lost her pocket book containing
$12 in silver this morning while at the
Central market, She thinks it was stolen
from tho pocket of her coat.
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CRIME AND CALAMITY.
Accidents OF a Serious Character

Accidents OF a Serious Chof0ctor.
Four men, one OF them colored, who had
been drinking freely, left Delta, below
VicksEurG, in skiff, on Thursday night.
Yesterday morning skiff supposed to be
the sarno boat, was found in tho river cap
sized, and it is feared the men are lost.
Ex- Alderman Sauer, the we'll known
Tammary politician. was killed by a col
lsion yesterday while driving in Central
Park.
John Lackenmaer, supposed to have re-
coived fatal injuries in tho railroad acci-
dent at Bound Brook on Thursday, still
lies unconscious in the hospital at Phila-
delphia. All the others INJURED are doing
we'll. The Lehigh Valley and Reading
officials are investigating the cause of the
accident.
A freight train OH the Norfolk and
Western railroad struck an obstruction
and jumped the track near Wyitheville,
Virginia, yesterday. Gilmore LoriDg the
fireman, was killed and Engineer Michael
Spillan fatally hurt.
There arc floods in nearly all the Cana.
dian rivers, and great damage is feared.
The railroad bridge near Sorel. Quebec.
was carried eff sserday. the loss being
$4,000.
Gray & Baffy's upholstcrer goods factory
at Detroit, Michigan, was burned yes
terday. Loss on goods about $50, GOO.
The loss on building is about $50, 600.
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John Jones, Clinton Keels, Stanley Mil
ler. all colored boys of this city, have gone
to Philadelphia to join Forepangh's show,
with which they will travel al jubilee
singers aud general utility men.
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THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

An Official Visit-Some Repairs Ordered.
The mayor and q majority of the water
committee visited the water works yester.
day afternoon for the purpose of inspect
ing them. They were met by Superinten-
dent Halbach and Engineer Stehman, who
showed them through the works. On the
whole the works and machinery are in good
condition, though there arc some parts of
them that require repair. The lost mo.
tiOn of the bearings of the connecting
rods of tho new Worthington pump,
caused by wear, needs to Oe taken up, and
this can only be done by stopping the
pump. The work will have to be done by
night after the reservoirs have Teen
filed. The bearings of tho driving wheels
of the Birkinbine pumps should be
strengthened by. saddling, and some
other repairs are also needed. The
perforated pipes with which the
boilers in the new boiler-house are fed
need cleaning, the perforatiOns being
clogged and almost closed by deposits
of lime. Tho CRATE bars under the boilers
have been badly bellied and warped by
heat, and will have to be replaced
by shorter and heavier ones. The COM
mitteo also visited the reservoirs. They
are we'll filed with water and the western
basin is in good condition, but the south
east corner of the eastern one is in bad
condition and will be repaired as soon rs
the weather becomes more settled. The
committee ordered all the work above
named to be done, except the repair of the
reservoir