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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
lntroducforx Sarmon-

Rev. L. P. Brown, of the Presbyterian
mission, delivered his first sermon last
evening in the chapel and, although the
rain came down in torrents just at the
hour OF assembling, he had large audi
ence, who were much pleased with the OK.
cellence of the discourse.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04

At Harrisburg-Merritt, 8; Harrisburg,
IA. At New Haven-Yale, 8 !; Brown, o.
At Pittsburgh.Allegheny, 10; Cincin.
natl, 9. At Providenoe-Cleveland, 9;
Providence 1. At New York-Eclipse, z
Metropolitan, 6; New York, %; Chicago,
z. At Baltimors-St. Louis, 5 Balti-
more, 4. At Boston-Boston, 2; Buffalo,
l: At Cambridge, Mass.-Princeton, S ;
Harvard, 8. At Albauy-Union, s; Al
bany. 2.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
An Owner Wanted.

At the mayors Office there is ohild's
silk satchel, containing q handkerchief with
spotted border, which was picked up in
the square on Friday 1t awaits the
owner.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
Hold for Postage.

Letters addressed "Miss Ella Wilson,
No. II Seller street, FrankfOrd, Philadel-
phia," and "E. G. Croft, esq, Inland,
Clay county, Nebraska arc held at tho
postnffice for postage.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
Assault and tsattery.

Michael German had hearing before
Alderman FOrdnsy, on Saturday evening,
ON the charge of assault and battery pro-
ferred by II. Is. Ammon. He was held in
bail for court
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
Chickens Stolen. .

Last evening thieves visited the prem
ises of P. Kaul ut SIG East Orange street
and stole large lot of chickens, which
were in q coop in the yard.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
MayOr'O Court.

Tho mayor this morning had one case
Of drunkenness, and the offender was sent
to the workhouse for 10 days. Two buns
were discharged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04

WILLIAM BLACK, the novelist, was the
shortest man present ut tho recent private
view of the Royal Academy, and wore .
blue shirt collar.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04

Hendricks may be cultivated to force
sufficient to fell the Mcdonald move
ment, even though it fails to secure
much headvay in other sb1bes.a -
Mr. Hendricks has to make: very
clean somsesadIt to get over his old
record against the 'tod ticket; but Mr..
Hendricks, being a politician of agility,
with renewed toe, may be equal to the
emergency. If he can persuade Tilden
and his friends of his sincerity
he will win the good feeling of
an influential Democratic element and
If it be true, as Mr.. Tilden's man Man
ming says, that Mr.. Tilden is out of the
presidential race entirely, Mr.. Hendricks
may then have hopes that his honeyed
words will win him Mr.. Tilden's favor.
But Mr.. Tilden, being the astutest poll
tician extant, is not a safe man to play q
game with. He probably understands
Mr.. Hendricks as well at least as Mr.
Hendricks understands him. The public
know them both pretty well. They
know that when Mr.. Hendricks was colo
to the "old ticket" it was because he wa
at its tail instead of its head. And thel
know that when Mr.. Tilden Withdrew per
emptorilya Cincinnati from the presiden
tial race and from politics forever, it wa
only when he knew that he could not b.
nominated. There is ample justification
for any degree Of incredulity of any
statement withdrawing Mr.. Tilden from
candidacy for the presidential nomina
tion if there is any reasonable prospect
of his getting it; which at the pre-
sent writing there does not seem to be
Mr.. Hendricks apparently to the con
| trary Notwithstanding.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04

GOVERNOR CLEVELAND has shown
himself again to be a man of sound
judgment and courage in Disappearing
more than one-t e-third, in amount, of the
items in the annual supply bill passed by
the New York Legislature. Extrava.
giant and illegal expenditures, purchases
for which no previous appropriations
had been made, gratuities to contrac
tors, allowances not in legal form,
extras to salaried officials, unnecessary
grants to commissions otherwise amply
provided for, pay for services not rem
dered, appropri ations to purely secta
rian institutions, and like items are
ruthlessly slaughtered, and the position
of the executive, while disappointment
to the politicians in many instances
seem to be in strict accord with the law
and sound public policy. 1t may be thai
Governor Pattison has a surprise of the
same sort in store for Pennsylvania.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04

n.n:d Pa 80 pEi.n = .An.mos..
aadNAo ~ Hnn@ hAd confessed to
A111e 1szt day af1se tho nHdR that L
I'D h1od Newell for his lsnGl9n money.
= To inquest found HaHnR guilty Of the
nurder. ~ half pct ono o'clock 6unday
morning 100 nasked mon assembled at
tho court house square in Wintsrset and,
having been refused the jail keys by the
jailer, broke into tho building with crow
bars and sledges. The mob put rope
around Hammers neck, after declining his
prayers to hear his statement. They led
him out into tho yard tho rope- was
thrown over the limb of y tree and Ham.
ner was pulled from the ground. The other
end of the rope was then made fast to the
fence, and ono of the party rode up to the
struggling Hammer and ended his suffer.
ings BY revolyer-shot through his heart.
The whole party fired revolver volley
and galloped away. There is very little
excitement at Winterset over the matter.
Hammer was about forty years old, and
his aged father lives on ., farm near that
town. During the progress of tho mob'a
violence bailiff in the court house tolled
an alarm bell.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
u.kinr PresIdential Candidates.

MONDAY EVENING. JUNhA US
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25

tion, will release the grip Of the
clamp, and In another will tighten 1t.
The tighter the clamp the sEifter will
be the speed Of the cara. When the
clamp Ia released the same movement
will apply q brake to the wheels. 1t
ls expected that four cars will be run
over at a time, carrying at a pinch
as many az 400 passengers. The
first car of the train will be attached
to the cable. The cara will make
through trips, and will not stop for
way passengers. They will be
switched from one track to au-
other at the termini. Passengers will
pass cut by a staircase to be used
solely as sn exit, The passengers who
enter will buy tickets at the entrance
and deposit them In the box at the
foot of tho station stairs. Surplus
cars will be stored on tracks over
Sands street, In Brooklyn. The dis
lance to be trsversed by the cars Is q
mile, and at the rate of speed which
will be adopted, 1t is expected that the
trip will be made in about 4s or 3
minutes. In the busy hours the speed
will be greater. II Is calculated, how.
ever, that the trip will generally re-
quIre 8 minutes. The saving In the
trip from the same points in the two
cities, as the distance Is now %traversed,
| will be from 10 to 20 minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
treaty which can be used as an engine
Of injustice and oppression.

The army has succeeded during the
past year In keeping Itself prominently
before the public through q succession
Of scandals, court martials and defal-
cations among Its officers. First we
had the Taylor court martial at New.
port barracks, whore q good deal Of
misplaced sympathy was wasted on a
dissatisfied officer who refused to
change q hoft berth In Kentucky for
IN equally soft position In Nebraska.
Col. Taylor escaped with q reprimand
from General Sherman and o
bucket Of soft soap from General
Hunt. This wal o trivial offense
against the army regulations, which is
thrown In the shade by the latter day
oscapades OF Ilges and WATSON, of
Nlckeraon and Morrow. Col. Nor
row of General Sherman's personal
staff, Is the last army officer to fall
under the ban of official dlsapproval
on the charge of duplicating his pay
accounts. Having contracted the
habit of liberal play at poker, he
raised the wind by selling bis pay to
three separate banking firms and
llquldated his debts of honor by
money obtained under false pretenses.
For this offenae Col. Morrow Is to be
court martialed, and the haunts of tbs
army poker club In Washington will
probably. soon know him no more.
The compulsory retirement of all
the officers mentioned will no doubt
be cordially approved throughout the
army. To the credit of our army be
1t said that court martials rarely fall
to convict, nc matter what the rank OF
social standing of the accused. There
are many officers In our establishment
to-day who would be earning theil
living In OWL LIE II executive elem
ency had not forced them back into
the army after their dismissal from the
positions which they had dishonored.
there Is no encouragement to the
corps In purging itself of unworthy
members when social and political In
fluences at Washington override the
sentences of court martial and lower
the tone of the army by forcing gen.
tlemen to associate with convicted
scoundrels.
1t Is to BIO hoped that the Wassons,
the Nickersons and the Morrows may
be dealt with al they deserve aud thai
once dismissed they will not be per
mitted to return through a misplaced
executive clemenoy.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25

Mr.. FRANK HArroN, formerly Of
the Burlington Hapksye, and more
lately successor TO General Brady In
Washington, keeps his weather eye
open for the main chance. His bust.
ness manager In Burlington has lately
received the appointment to the col
lectorship of internal evenue In the
Burlington district, and the Gasett.
of that city comments upon the event
In the following language:
"The ofise for the past seven years
has been In charge Of Colonel Conneu,
a gallant soldier, who loss an arm Ia
the service OF his country, and whose
record IS a civil officer ranks him a
one of che beat and efficient In the
service, Though In no sense = pollti,
clan, his administration Of the affairs
of bis otics and his record of military
service, and q general acquaintance
with the senators and representatives
from this state and q warm friendly
relation existing between himself and
General Rsum, the commissioner Of
internal revenue, rendered all sugges-
lions for his removal useless. The
Harkeye has thus secured Anothe.
friendly legacy, and Is about as vel
provided for a any journal In tbs
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
We have heard very little about the

We have heard very little about the
assessors lately. Several, however,
are Dragging that property In their
wards will show ''quite an increase
over what II wal last yOar." 1t would
DO q very remarkable state of affairs II
It did not. Property last year In
Omaha was assessed at an average OF
one.seventh Of Its market value. In
any number Of instances lots ran
from one. fifteenth to one-tenth Of the
price for which they could have been
sold.
This was especially the case In the
newly laid out additions, and where
large tracts Of land were held by
spectators In undivided plsts In
order to escape assessment as city
property. The value Of Omaha real
estate Is between Atty and sixty mil
Hons Of dollars, Last year We wer,
a-ssessessed at below eight millions.
II the assessors do their duty the roll
this year will foot mp AZ least 6fteer
millions, which will DO less than one
third Of the actual market value o
real estate In this city,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25

DISPATCHES from Washington an
nounoe that tho English government
is negotiating for a new extradition
treaty, If u late instance of the
method In which the present
treaty is administered 10 to be
taken rs sample of British
methods In apprehendiug criminals,
some decided change Is needed, sIther
by way Of partial amendment or son.
plete revision. Some weeks ago one
Richard Lewis was arrested In New
York at the instance Of the British
consul. Owing to some domestic
difficulty between Lewis and his
wife, Lewis determined to take
refuge In the allied States. In order
to avoid discovery he embarked at
Liverpool on the steamship Soythla
for New York under the assumed name
Of Richard Davies. Ga reaching his
destination he was immediately arrest.
cd on q charge Of forgery, the informa.
ton having been sent from Manohes.
ter by cable. There was absolutely no
proof furnished of the alleged crime
or " of his Identity with the man
really wanted. The dispatch set forth
that he was James Rothwsll and
demanded his retention until the nee.
sssAry papers could DO sent over
to secure his s1trsdition. Although
the man insisted that his real name
was Lewis and not Davies or Rothwsll,
and that he had never been In the
n~eighborhood where the Alledged for
gerry was committed, he was held tc
answer and committed to Ludlow jail.
ibis occurred On or about the S!i
instant. After having been twice ex-
smins5 he was discharged at the enc
CT eight days, the British government
having found oct that he wa. not tn,
person wanted
This Ia sn outrage which demand
public attention. Here WA an limo
! cent man, stranger TO the country
arrested en- . false charge and thrus
into . fugitive fslon's cell with no on
5 near TO prove either his Innocence %
guilt. After being imprisoned for over
= week, he Is released and informed tina
, his arrest was owing to a slight mi.
take. Such mistakes are criminal
I Who Is to compensate this mar for tn
I trouble and Disgrace which he hss bee
forced to endured Something NOR
Q than an unsupported cable dispate
q ought to be demanded BY author
tea before depriving q man Of his III
n erty and his reputation, and the Ca
i Of Lewis ID sufficient ground for q r,
form In the method Of applying
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
Railway Aggression.

A London letter says: The railway
interest, though not quite so aggres-
sive as the United States, on occa-
slons makes itself felt In q very IN.
pleasant manner. This has just been
shown by the action of the under
ground railway In the matter of what
Ia known as the ventilation scheme"
Last year the company succeeded In
smuggling through parliament q bill
to enable them to ventilate their line
by means of air.shsfts passing the
roof of their tunnel and opening on
to the Thames embankment. The
proposition seemed harmless enough,
and In an evil hour the powers
they asked for we're granted. 1t Is
now seen too late that the company
has actually received official parmisslon
to completely destroy the character
and beauty of what Is iucontestsbly
the chief public work of tho Victorian
reign. Pablo opinion In London is
strongly excited on the subject, and
every effort is to be taken to prevent
the reckless vandalism OF the railway
men. The Thames embankment was
completed about twelve years ago, at
an expense of $25, 000, 900. 1t Is an
engineering work OF the greatest mag
nitude, and ~certairly one of the glories
and ornaments of modern London.
1t was constructed In order to narrow
the River Thames, and so TO deepen
and quicken the stream. 1t was also
Intended to act as a sort of safety
valve to the immense traffic passing
the strand east and west. The en-
bankment IL about FIVE miles long,
and is bounded on one side, for most
of this length, by beautiful gardens
containing many fine trees and rare
flowers. As a promenade or drive it
!s unsqusled In any city of Europe,
whether for extent or beauty, or the
number and variety of historical OBJ
jects which line 1t throughout ita
length. Now right In the middle Of
this magnificent t~horoughfsre the Met,
ropolitan railway company Is actually
placing huge hollow iron shafts, al
distances of every two or three hun
bred yards. Through these will pass,
day and night, a continual stream Of
mephitic gases, which viii kill every
shrub and flower In the neighbour
hood, and reduce enormously the
value ot all adiscent house property.
The worse feature about the whole
business Is that ever parliament can
not now interfere with the company,
or check Its work of reckless destruc
ton. BY an oversight 9 bill granting
certain powers was passed last year,
and the opinion of the law officers O
the crown Is that 1t would be illeea
to uupersede this &C. by another di
rsctly opposite to 1t.
Public opinion inside and outside
of parliament IL now dead against al
railway companies, IS shown by tn,
fact that a bill for q new line through
Epplng forest has been thrown out
A few years sgo Epping forest wa
rescued at great expense from tn
hands Of several landlords and inter
ested parsons, and by an act of parlla
ment was directed to DO kept ''foreve
untouched for the people of London.
The railway would have cut off by tn
proposed line at least three hundrs,
acres of forest land, for which no sur
of money could ever have really CON
pensated.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
The BROOKLYN Bridge Gable Tramway'

The BROOKLYN Bridge Gable Tramway'
Iron Age.
The East River Bridge railroad will
not be opened when the rest of the
structure Is, because experiments are
to be made with the rope~actiou
power, In order that all risk may be
avoided. There are 10 be twenty.four
cars, most Of them being already
finished. They are light, airy and
comfortable. The railroad will be
opened with oil of them In place II
the storage tracks are finished next
month. II not, about half of the mum
Der will be pat In service. The cars
are similar to those In use on the
| Sixth Avenue Elevated road. There L
30 much glass ABOUT them that q su.
perior system of brakes would be
needed to prevent the humping of the
cars together, even if the sharp grades
| did not make them necessary. The
grade Is about one foot In 100, and the
inertia Of the cars, after passing the
c,nter of the bridge either way, would
cause them to acquire sn impetus, 4
unchecked, that would be disastrous
before reaching the station. Hsncs
three kinda of brakes are used, In
elading the Westinghouse brake. Ii
the event of q mishap TO any Z o
the brakes, either OF the other vii
bs ample 10 control q esr.
The cars viii start from Brooklyn
aud return by an opposite track, $,
that one track, will exclusively b,
for New York business ar,
the other for Brooklyn business
The systems which Is called the eireu
latlng system, hiss been perfected re
gsrdless Of expense. Its cost exceed
$3.50, OCO. The endless cable Is oper
stsd by a 400 horse power engine nea
Prospect street, Brooklyn, aud Is IL,
700 feet long. There will be an extr
cable alongside, to be put into use l
case Of an emergency. The cara wi
be attached by . clamp mad
Of two pullsys facing each oths
horizontally and under the contrC
Of . lever which, moved In ons dire'
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25


Tnk Chicago Tribens notes tho be-
Cummings Of an Arthur boom for 1884.
Why mott The republican party
might 20 farther and fare worse In
selecting a candidate. President Ar
thur hiss been slow but sure. He has
boon an agreeable disappointment to
all but the stalwart politicians. The
American people Of al parties have
given him credit for earnestness and
eOnsOlsntiousness OF purpose. Hs
failures have besn fewer than might
reasonably have bsen expected, and
no has steered with much tact between
the HLt.breed Seylla and the
StAlwart Charybdis. Mr.. Arthur may
yet surprise both his friends and his
enemies by the strength which he will
develop at the next republican con-
yentlon. Ho Is no boy In politics,
aud he understands better than many
give him credit for the working up o.
a favorable public sentiment. Bui
whether he tails to gain the republican
nSmlnAtion or not, he will secure thu
credit Of having given the country
tolsAr-hssdsd, II not 9 strong admin
strstion. There win be some gloryiI
that. In spite Of Mr. oankling's dis
gust.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
Real Estate Transfers.

Zeal E5tate transfers.
The following deeds were filed fov
record In the county clerks Office
May %, reported for THE BEE by
Ames' real estate agency:
B Farome to W. j. Wagner, W.
d., lot 20, West Omahs-S2. 100.
A. NJ. Krubs and husband to G.
Hansen, W. d., lot g., block 4, Z. V.
Smiths sdd-S1,3 800.
j. Frank and wife to j. L, McCague
and D. Il. Bowman, W. d., part OF
3~l-15-13, IS 70 100 cores 81, 900.
NJ. f. Shinn to j. G. MeGath, 90.
part NV, Sc % l5.l3-$500.
A. j. Hanscom and wife to T.
b oyle, ". d., W. J lots IL and II
block 2, Hanscom Place-$5O0.
A. j. Hanscom aud wife to j. Ryan
W. d., e. lots IL and ~, block 2
Hsnscom Placs-S5O0.
M. MoShane and husband to j. w
Lauer, W. d., lot 4 and Q. 10 feet lot o
block 4, sabdiv. lot 5, Gait add.
81, 400.
j.. Edwards and wife to j. A. Mo
Shane, q. @, 9. 45s feet lot 2, bloc
1876, 81.
j. NJ. Potter and wife to K. Msgin
mis-, W. d., block 20, West Omaha
$500.
j. o. Haley and wife to S. d
Osburn, W. d., W. lot Is, MeCandisl
Place, 1875.
w Kohorut to II. Nestor, W. d.
lots 20 aud 81, Kountz's add, $1,000
Augustus Kountzs and wife to c
Hogan, W. d., W. of 9. LOT "a an
;. of .. lot 20, Kountze's 2i add.
1915
b. G. White ard wife to l. A.. Pu'
for, q. c., lots l and ?, block 40, Plat
Valley.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
Union Soldiers.

Kansas City Journa'.
Col. Dudley, commissioner of pen
sions, made q speech at the Army of
the Potomac banquet In Washington
the other night, In which the answer
as to how many soldiers were In the
Union army during the war may be
found. He stated there were 2 $780,
178 enlisted by the United States to
put down the rebellion OF these 1t Is
quite certain ZIG. 7s7 were counted
more than once, by reason of re.
enlistment. leaving EGGS, 391 who
served during the war. This would
make the men bearing of
the adult male population of the states
furnishing union troops In 1861. Of
these Cos 500 are now dead-killed in
battle, died In service or since dis.
charge from wounds and disabilities
incurred therein. This leaves a pres
emit roll Of living veterans of !, 459,-
600, or one In six of the adult male
population In 1880, In the same
states and territories. And deduct
from these men who are Ineligible tin.
der the rules from membership In
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
there yet remain of that gallant band
of union soldiers 1850, 900 who
have honorable discharges from the
service, and are by virtue thereof
entitled to membership in this great
brotherhood of soldiers. This organ
ization, from the best data, consists of
twenty. nine permanent ard FIVE pro-
~visional departments, with about
1900 posts and a membership of
160, 900 veterans. This would leave
scattered over the world l, 100, 600
soldiers of the Union army to be re.
cruitsd Into this organization. The
average age of the Union soldier at
enlistment was 26 years. Add to
20 years which have elapsed, and the
average age Of the survivors Is now
46 years.
By a circulation based upon NOR.
tality rates for that average age wa
have the following numbers at the
periods stated: In 1890 there will
remain Of the old guard In round
numbers but / 200, 900. In 1895 but
1, Ito, 900. In 1900 but 9i5. 600, and
In 1905 only 75S, 500. Aud this is fol
the future the figures of the past
only twenty years. And we shall see
when the grand army of to-day
reaches Its highest figures In member
ship that the period of the most rapid
diminution will have set In. At the
end of forty years the now younges,
man bearing a certificate of honorable
discharge from the army of the union
during the rebellion will be then 81
years old. And instead of being on,
TO six to the population of the !oya
states, he will be one in / 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-25
Snowbaliing In May.

Cincinnati Commertial-GH ette.
The New York Herald vas a little
previous In speaking of the cold spell
of the 14sh aud 18th ss "the climax of
the second winter" Of the year, and
predicting settled warm weather i'm
medlstely thereafter. With snow
falling in Cincinnati on the 21st, In
sufficient quantities for the formation
of snow-bslls, whitening the hill.topr,
1t doesn't look as though settled warm
weather would set In before the time
fixed for the opening of the summer
hotels at seaside and watering-place
reporta.