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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-26
PERSONAL.

SARA BERNHARDT wears wig.
GEO. w. CABLE, the novelist, is a little
man with d thin, high voice, and is q strict
Baptist.
QUARGERMAsTER GENERAL RUFUS In.
CALLS will be retired on the 25th Of Au
gust next, under the law, and Colonel
James A. Ekip, assistant Guartermaster
general, will be retired on August 31st.
SENATOR CAMERON is able to 80 out
walking. His physician has told him that
I've did not need any further medical aid,
bat must let nature take charge of the
case. He will probably deter the proposed
visit to Florida and will content himself
with q journey to Harrisburg.
HISTORIAN BANCROFT once published a
volume of poems of which he is now not
at all proud. The little book was issued
in 1928 and copies of it are hard to find.
At recent sale copy sold for forty dol
lars. The purchaser wrote to Mr.. Ban
croft " Can secure other copies 2" By
return mail he received the reply: 'Pen.
ty of them-at the same price,"
SENATOR VANCE gays that when he en-
tered the Senate he did not possess the
power to speak to the point. 81 was
horrified," he adds. " to read one OF my
speeches in which noticed had repeated
an entire sentence six times found that
might do in North Carolina, but it would
not do in the Senate. He thinks that
the newspapers are teaching orators to be
terse and snappy.
PROFESSOR NORDENsKIOLD has sent in
claim to the Dutch ambassador in Stock
holm for the reward of 20, 900 culden,
which the Dutch government in 1896 Of
fnred to any one who should succeed in
reaching the Pacific ocean by way of the
Northeast passage. Professor Norden-
skiold is of opinion that, having success
late Vega expedition, he is entitled to
this honorary reward.
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Little LOCALS.


Hero and There and kverywnere.
The colOred folks who are holding fair
at Excelsior bali, had another cake walk
on Saturday night. Tho winners of the
prize were Charlie Lee and Annis May
Thornton. The festivities led to fight,
aud the participant in it swelltd the
number of those arraigned before tho
mayor and fiued.
There has been received at this Office
from the McGrann house basket of
Easter eggs and confectionery, which in
dicates that mine host knows how to keep
Il hotel.
The mayor had no less than twenty-five
cases this morning seven drunks were
discharged on payment of costs three
were sent to Jail, respectively, for 10, Is
and 20 days. and twelve dodgers were dis
charged.
Owing to the inability of Attorney Gen.
eral to attend the habeas corpus hearing
of John b. Dennis, set down for to NOR
row in the U. 5. court before Judge But
let, it has been postponed to more con-
venient season.
On last Saturday court adjourned after
transacting some current business until
Friday next at 9 o'clock.
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Deserved Ridicu!e.

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr.. Whit,
tier and Mr.. T. B. Aldrich deserve to
be as soundly ridiculed as the London
papers are disposed, because of their
protest against the proposed reduction
of 25 per cent. duty on printed mat er
wholly on partly in the English Ian
guage," on the ground that ''the minds
of Americans. and especially of Ameri'
can children, should not bs perverted by
foreign ideas" 1t would be much more
to the credit of these gentlemen, more
or less distinguished in the realm of i'll
tellect, to believe that they never read
this protest to which their names are
appended. As practical measure
the remedy they propose is utterly fu
tile, as no tariff duty can prevent the
reproduction by American publishers of
the best or worst ideas of Englishmen of
letters at about one fifth the price at
whish the wit of Holmes, the poetry of
Whittier or the verses of his younger
confrere are published. But even if the
proposed embargo were to be put upon
the ideas instead of the . rags anl lamp
black" is it possible that any American
author fears the contamination of the
American mind by importations of Ten
nyson, Carlyle, Thackeray, Dickens and
George Elliott's works ? Or, as Lon
don paper slyly suggests, does Mr.. Whit
tier think that such a foreign idea, as.
for instance, Mr.. Bright's estimate of
his own poetry, is absolutely perverting
to American children
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Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of letters remain
ing in the postofice for the week ending
March &C. 1888:
LGdaes' List-Mrs. Geo. Blain, Miss Liz
zie Coyl Hattie Clark, Mrs. Hatilda Hoob-
er. Mrs. Hossler, Miss Annie Kissinger,
Mrs Lizah Lomis Lizzie Martin, Miss E.
L. Rhoads, Miss Annie A. Shirk, Mrs.
Sarah Staunton, Emline Styer, Miss Lib.
bic Tangent, Mrs. G. H. Wilmerding, Miss
Clara Webster. Mrs E. F. Weink.
Gents List-Vitalo Buono: Sat. Ca:tar,
JAG. E. Cassel, VIM. Casey, B. F. Cas-. le,
Frank Eberly, Christian Frocker, Chas. B.
Fink, Jno. Gehb, James Lane. A. Lea
man, D. Lindman, (s), Levi H. Lands,
Ashton McCardle (2), G. or II. Myers,
Thos. Ringle, Geo. w. Root, s. Schaffer,
J. NJ. Tan Wostrand, (2), John Woen, F.
N. White.
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THE PRISON INSPECTORS.

Meeting In ADVANCE OF " Tho First"
TIC regular meeting of the prison in
spectors was held to-day-one week ahead
of the usual time, because Monday next
will be the second of April, the day on
which everybody settles up first of April
business. All the members of the board
were in attendance.
Keeper Burkh0lder was authorized to
have additional wates pipes put in so that
the north end OF the corridor may receive
a better supply of water.
Proposals for supplying the prison with
beef for the ensuing four months wete re-
ceived. The bids were as follows !: Henry
Doerr, cents per pound John Trissler,
cents John Leibley, 8 cents. The con-
tract was awarded to Mr.. Doerr.
The official bond Of David Warfel,
prison clerk, was presented and approved.
1t is the sum of $500 with George A. Trip
pie az surety.
Adjourned.
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CRIME. AND CALAMITY.
Losses of Lifs ana Property by Fire. Fl
Sf.yfm.

Losses of Life ana Property by Fire. ElOOd
and storm.
The grain elevator of John Mailing, at
Flat Rock Switch, Indiana, was burned
on Friday. Loss, $4,000.
Thirteen buildings in Duluth, Mimi,
were burned on Saturday morning, with
their contents. Loss. $47,50O.
The brigantine Phoenix from Halifax,
was wrecked off Port Midway on Friday
afternoon. Her crew were saved.
The schooner Ethel Granville has
been sunk in Minas Basiu. No lives were
lost.
A gale from the cast and southeast pre-
vailed at Charleston, S. c., all day Sun
day, the wind velocity being sometimes
thirty miles an hour.
The crevasse at Thibodeaux, Louisiana,
has been closed, and tho town will soon be
clear of water. Little damage has been
done.
The snow is from tea to fifteen iiftee,
feet deep in many Of the back streets OF
Quebec. When thaw sets i'll it is feared
there will be great damage to property.
A building in Eldorado, Kansas, used a.
a fire engine house and Jail, was burned On
Saturday night by a drunken prisoner
named Frank Hamilton. He was burned
to death.
The new Catholic church in Easthamp-
ton, Massachusetts,, brick building, was
burned Oh Saturday morning, only the
walls being left standing. the loss is
about $50, 900.
Vessels arriving at ST. John, New
Brunswick, report vast ice fields on the
banks of Newfoundland, "some of them
hundreds of miles in length and Of un.
known width" Icebergs are also numer
GUS.
A one story building in Pittsburgh
occupied by the poor board, was partially
demolished on Saturday morning, By al
explosion of escaping gas. Two women,
named Mrs. Mckee aud Airs. Archibald
suffered severe injuries.
A pit boss descended on Saturday iuto
the fatal Diamond mine, at Braidwocd
Illinois. He found black damp .
abundant and the mine caved in several
places owing to the action Of the watei
He saw two bodies, changed beyond
recognition.
Twenty seven hostile Indians attacked
Winchester, Arizona, on Saturday, but
were driven off They killed two men
near Winchester one of them said to be d
brother of Judge Dibple, of Tombstone
None of the San Carlos Indians have left
their reservation.
The Williams sewing machine facto rJ
in St. Cunegonde, suburb of Montreal
was destroyed by fire Oh Saturday night
The loss is estimated at .about $3.50. OO0
and $50 men are thrown out Of employ
ment. The factory "being outside the
city limits, supply of water could not bt
had"
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decreased in solemnity by its investment
with greater popular attractions che
holiday character of the season has been
much enhanced. To be sure, as is
aptly pointed out in the structures of
contemporary, which we reprint, there
is much in the present celebration
of the day that is grotesque and strange
iy out of keeping with its religious signi-
ficance, but so is there in the Christmas
and Thanksgiving observances. The
secular world pays Difference to the
religious sentiment in accepting three of
the church festivals as its chief holidays,
while the other of the festal days best
kept, the Fourth of July, is of patrl'
otic origin only. Perhaps there is
something in the season of its OCCUR
renee that makes Eastertide time OF
rejoicing, for, despite the weather-and
it is generally fair, whether the festival
falls late or early-the spring time OF
lengthening suns and budding trees and
rejoicing flowers is calculated to make
glad the heart of worldly man even as
the memories of the Resurrection are a
benediction to the hopeful soul of the
| Christian.
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The LUTHERA>S.

Services and Fine Decorations at Trinity
At Trinity Lutheran, on Duke street,
there were services and communion in the
morning. Previous to the sacrament DR..
Greenwald addressed the large congrega-
ton on the importance of the Easter
festival. He spoke of its influence on the
present and the future, and showed how
just it was to ftly and sincerely commem-
crate it. He then spoke of the significance
of the Lords Supper, its blessed meaning
and the love for God aud man it so sub
timely teaches. A large number of CON-
municants partook of the sacrament.
In the afternoon at the Sunday school
there was appropriate services, and in the
evening the schools rendered fine pro-
gramme in the church, the proceedings be.
ing relative to the Eastertide.
The pulpit was very handsomely deco
ruted. An arch of green spanned the
reading desk, and above the arch YVES the
word Victory in gas jets, and within
the arch near the top was tho word
Risen" in large letters, composed OF
various colored flowers. Upon the altar
was a magnificent mass Of flowers OF
many and beautiful colors aud forms,
while ciinging around the altar were fes-
toons of greens, cut flowers, beautiful
floral harp and various other pretty de,
signs, the whole presenting very attrac
tive sight.
Grace Lutheran.
At the Grace Evangelical Lutheran, eli
North Queen street, special services were
held, and in the evening Rev. G. E..
Houpt preached very interesting sermon
on the day The floral decorations were
also very handsome in this church, the
altar being finely decorated.
st. stephens Lutheran.
There were no special decorations at
this church. The pastor, Rev. Emil Meis'
ter, preached at 1890 q. m. au able ser.
mon on tho resurrection. There was a
large communion and excellent music. In
the afternoon there was the usual Sunday
school service, and in the evening regular
services conducted by the pastor.
st. Johns Lutheran.
The font of the pulpit was trimmed
with flowers and vines. The pastor, Rev.
Sylvanis Stall, preached a sermon on the
resurrection at 1890 a. m. In the after
noon there was children's Easter service
of song, in the main auditorium, and an
address to the children by the pastor
Zion Lutheran.
The church was decorated pTettily, but
not very elaborately. Tho Easter litany
was read and a sermon preached by the
pastor, Rev. Mayser. The usual Sunday
school services were held in the afternoon
and there was preaching in the evening.
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AN iNTEHHUCTORy SERMON.
The New Pastor at tho Duke street II e;hO
OIsc Church.

The New Pastor at tho Duke street u e;ho-
dIsr Church.
Rev. J. T. Satchell, the newly ap-
pointed pastor of the Duke street N. i.
church, of whom a brief biographical
sketch has already appeared in the INTEL
LIGENCER, preached the first sermon of
his passionate in that pulpit yesterday
morning to q large congregation. Every
seat in the main auditorium was occupied.
A Tyre Of flowers stood to the left of the
pulpit and blooming plants were on either
side of the base of it. In his prayer Rev.
Satchell remembered the brethren who,
like himself, found themselves in new re.
lations and preaching to strange congre-
cations. He invoked the divine blessing
on pastors and peoples. In his readings
he included the narrative of the Iesurrec =
ton and his sermon was based on the text
from the Second Epistle of Peter 1, xvi :
For we have not followed cunningly devised
power and coming OF our Lord Jesus Christ,
but were eyewitnesses OF His majesty.
He referred to the scientific spirit of the
age, represented by the scalpel and micro
scope, and said that it demanded facts ard
tended to dispel illusions. The pendulum
swings between the extremes of faith and
reason, and as the age of faith tends to
superstition and credulity the age of
reason tends to skepticism and doubt.
While he would not for a moment admit
the right of men to apply scientific analy-
sis to the Bible and Christian experience,
yet it was the boast of Christianity that it
could stand such tests. As the pyramids
rise mighty memorials to attest the cui
ture and resources of the people who
reared them so the endurance and spread
of Christianity attest beyond controversy
the historical verify of its origin.
Upon the present occasion, it would
be an impertinence for the preacher
to ignore that great central fact which was
the crucial test Of its Founders divinity
The first proof Of the truth of Christianity
was Christ himself, whose experience proves
that the religion he brought to man is
a living system of living faith. The verify
of His life, His works, His death and
resurrection is as we'll established histor-
cally as the life of Caesar, Napoleon, Wash
ington or any other character. He has no
historical parallel and to disbelieve in HIM
is only to create greater difficulty, tor
who could have invented such perfect
character ? Secondly, the Christian church
proves its divine origin. Its wonder
full strength and influence can.
not be ignored. Nor can It's
SUCCESS be accounted for save by the
divine commission of the early apostles.
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" REFORMED.


Tue decorations here, as is usual on fes.
tival occasions, were in excellent taste.
One of the principal pieces was a marble
cross trimmed with passion vine and GALA
lilies ; another fine piece was floral cross
placed upon the altar. There was no ser
mon in the morning, but the pastor. Rev.
J. A. Peters, administered the sac
rament to the largest number OF
communicates that ever appeared in the
church, almost the entire membership
being present. The Easter Offering for
domestic missions was also larger than
ever before. In the afternoon there was
delightful Sunday school celebration by
the children, at which a larger Easter
Offering for missions was lifted than evel
before. In the evening there was service
as usual, the pastor preaching sermon on
the resurrection. The choir both morn
ing and evening rendered fine Easter
anthems.
st.. Paul's Reformed.
The pulpit and chancel were prettiIy
decorated with cut flowers. At 1880 q.
m. the pastor Rev. j. B. Shumaker, D. D.,
preached a sermon from Luke, Oath chap
ter, 3Oth and 31st verses, and administered
the sacrament. The Sunday school enter
tainment in the afternoon was largely
attended. It consisted of declamatiops,
recitations and music by the pupils. In
the evening there we're regular services
conducted by the pastor. The music
rendered by the choir morning and even
ing was of high character of excellence.
st. Luke's Chapel.
Easter was ushered in bright and carly
at 6 o'clock at st. Luke's Reformed chapel
on Marietta avenue. The regular choir
was strengthened by the aid of some of our
best vocal talent, also with orchestral in
struments. The pastor, Rev. VIM. F.
Lichliter, read appropriate old and new
Testament lessons, and delivered brief
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TERRIFIC EXPIOslOr.
The Result OF Warming Up''

The Result OF "WarmIng Up Dynsmtte.
r. J. Erb, 4 farmer Of the lower end of
Penn township, has . quarry in which
about eighteen men are at work taking ort
stone for use on the new Fruitville Il
Mannheim turnpike, which is now in
course of building. Early on Saturday
morning, between and 6 o'clock, tho
men gathered in the engine house and se-
lected some packages Of dynamite and
glycerine which they expected to use dur
ing the day. In order to facilitate the uso
Of them they laid the explosive prepara-
tions on the engine To ''warm up" Short
ly there was a terri .fic explosion, boards
we're blown off anu the men scattered in
every direction. Many of them had
their clothing set ON fire, and
ran out sore ming with pain. Fortunately
some cartmen coming to work met them,
piled their shovels vigorously and threw
Stow over them, extinguishing the fire on
their garments. All escaped serious in
jury, though some of them were severely
burned.
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address. There was q good attendance
1t this interesting service as we'll as at the
communion service at 1880 a. m. and
Easter festival at 7:15 p. m. Lewis Reiter
and G. w. Levan made addresses at this
last occasion appropriate TO the festive
season. A large pyramid of flowers sur
mounted with Il cross of carnations was
arranged before the altar under the Easter
inscriution, Alleluia the Lord is Risen
Indeed" appeared above and within the
recess of the pulpit.
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The observance of Eastertide as a
general season of festivity was never so
marked in the country as this year. The
custom of sending Easter cards and eX
changing gifts has become more and
more universal, until this year the de
mand for such tokens and the trade in
confectionery was second only to the
Christmas season. While the celebra-
tion of tue religious festival has not
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On Taulsday night thieves visited the
premises of John S. Brandt, near Master
sonvile, Rapho township, and stole
therefrom two horses, one a light bay
with ono white hind leg and weighing
about 1900 pounds, and the other dark
bay with white hook shaped mark on
the forehead. A reward of s25 is offered
for the recovery of the property and $50
for the conviction of the thief.
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A few of the SCHOLARS of tho Lampeter
school, at the close of the. term, presented
tboir teacher, Miss Lizzie Newswanger,
with beautiful walnut writing desk. This
gift, 80 highly appreciated, was worthily
bestowed. Miss N. is a most earnest and
useful teacher, and is about to open
select school in Willow Street.
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Changes Among tho Physicians.

DR.. Nj. L. Herr has bought aud will
after some months remove his residence
and office to the house formerly occupied
by Mr.. Henry Baumgardner, On North
Duke street, above Chestnut F: DR.. H. B.
Stehman will take the house aud office on
South Queen street. near Vine, now cccu-
pied by DR.. Herr DR.. LevergoOd las re-
moved to No. 81 East James street, cor
ner of Christian DR.. James E. Baker las
rented and will soon occupy for residence
and Office the Diff-nbaugh mansion a, the
corner of East Orange and Lime streets.
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vHE LINNEAN SOCIETY.

Monthly Meeting Of our Local Scientists
March "a, the president, j. 2. Wicker
ent. Reading of minutes of previous
meeting dispensed with and dues collect
ed. The donations to library consisted
of sixteen quarto volumes of Congression-
al Record of 46th and 47th Congress four
volumes memorial addresses on lives
and character of Gen. A. E. Burn.
side, Matthew E. Carpenter, Fernando
Wood and Evarts w. Farr, with
portraits Of each report of com.
mission of education for 1882, an.
nual report of Smithsonian institution
for 1880, statutes of United States. passed
at 46th and 47th Congresses, all by Hon.
A. Herr Smith. Report of U. s. coast and
geOdetic survey for 1880, numbers and 6
circular of education, from department OF
the interior American bookseller, Lancas.
ter Farmer for March, 1888; one cata-
lOgue of rare books, copy of Den.
YER, Colorado, Tribune, for March
4th, 1888. This is 5-columned 16 PACED
daily, Is by "a, profusely illustrated one
envelope containing seventeen biographi-
cal and historical. scraps; proceedings OF
academy of natural science, part 3, OctO-
Der to December, 1889; patent office Ga
zettee, vols %, No. 12. The thanks of the
society were rendered the donors OF
the above volumes Donations to the
museum: small bottle containing frog
spawn collected by Master Munson in the
spring of 1882. These have been pre-
served in water, hermetically sealed, and
seem to be in rs good condition as when
first collected nearly year ago. The re-
port of the committee appointed to collato
the amendments which have from time to
time been made to the constitution and
by laws was read and received and COM
mittee was continued with instructions to
prepare a new set of bylaws, to embrace
the amendments which have been made
and also such new ones as they may deem
proper, and report at next meeting. Com
mittee on keys said that keys had been
procured and could be obtained of treas
urer. A bill of 90 cents for same was
then ordered to be paid. The treasurer
was authorized to have several serial
volumes in Library bound. The president
was requeste,. to prepare statement on
the objects of the LinDBan society, to be
delivered before the members and citizens
sometime III the near future at public
meeting. Adjourned. to meet on Sa,ur-
day, April 2Sth, 1888. at 2pm
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Rolling Mill in Operation,

The Chickies rolling mill, Columbia,
owned and operated by Bricker & Rein.
hold, after two weeks stop, started this
morning and intends paying the men the
Harrisburg scale of wages.