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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-07
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BURaUOU NEWS.
Events Near ana Acro.. tho County 1

Events Near ana across tho County Lines.
There are in Berks county 668 govern
ment pensioners, or more than IN any OF
the surrounding counties.
The experiment Of soft caTbOns in the
electric light apparatus of Reading has
proved failure, and the hard carbons
will be replaced.
Auditor General Lemon on Tuesday
received 800 conscience money, in an
envelope postmarked Chester, Delaware
county.
William l.. Hartranft, aged twenty, OF
Reading attempted To commit suicide he
preferred death rather than life with a
woman he recently married.
The sufferers OF tho late fire at Shenan'
doah received in cash 10000, and good'
and eatables to the value OF at least slO,
600. The goods and other things have al
been distributed.
Rich veins of semi anthracite coal have
been discovered near Herndon, above
| Shamokin. The ground has been LEASED
and operations will be commenced as soor
as practicable to develop tho veins.
In consequence Of the shut down" OF
the Pottstown iron company's nail factory
the nail plate mill was stopped. Th'
| Hope bar mill probably closes in few
days. This will throw, altogether, 8OC
men out OF work.
Last evening while engaged in couplipl
cars in the yards of the railroad company il
| Harrisburg Gilbert Tuiax's overcoa
caught and he was thrown to the track
His left leg was struck by one of th'
wheels and though not passed over wa
badly crushed and broken.
Thomas Foster, a prominent citizen o
Lebanon, died on Wednesday at the ript
old age of 81 years. The deceased was o
Scotch Irish extraction, aud for the last y
years had retired from an active bushes
life. During the earlier period Of his lif
no was manager of the Cornwall estate
the Coleman heirs.
A meeting of school directors OF Berk
county will be held on the 9th OF Januar
next, In Reading, for the purpose OF dc
Gliding upon a uniform system OF tex
books for the public schools OF Berk
county. Each school district in the count
will have @ representative present. Count.
Superi atendent Keck will preside,
Secretary Teller is considering the feas
ibility of employing some OF the advances
pupils at the Carlisle Indian school a
sub teachers in the Indian schools at Chi
locca, In tho Indian territory, Genoa, Ne
braska and Lawrence, Kansas. The su
perintendent of the Carlisle school favor
the proposition, and has furnished lis
of pupils whom he deems competent Z
act as sub.teachers.
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TuE LLGIsLATIYE PAY,

Ihs Names OF those who Took ~ All.
Ia Harrisburg when Cashier Livsey
finished his heavy work last evening, it
was found that the following legislators
had taken all Of their pay, including the
sllO for the eleven days recess in June and
mileage both ways: Albeit, Barnes
Beer, Bennett, Bigler, Brennan, Isaac b
Brown, BrosIus, BuTchhsh, EGIt, Butter.
more, Carberry, Clayton, COburu, Collins,
Coolbaugh. +. l.. Davis, l.. II. Davis,
Deegan, Deveney, DOnohue, Ealer, Ebery,
Ellsworth, Emery, Euston, Evans, Fort.
ner, Fry, Fulmer, Furth, Gahan, Galh-
CHER, Harrar, A. w. Hayes, HOthersall,
Hines, Higgins, HimmelTeich, Hoover,
Hughes, Hunter, Lalterty, Lantz, La
Touche, Mawhinney, Meyer, Miller, Mo.
lineaux, Els Morrison. McCabe, McClaran
Joseph Mcdonald, MCMILLAN. McWillams,
Neeley, Nelson, O Neil, Ormsby, Parkhill,
Parkinson, RJberston, Reilly, Rohrer,
Romig, Saybolt, Schllcher, Swartz, Shafer,
short, Slocum, Joseph Smith, Snader,
SnecringeT, L. G.. Snyder, j. NJ. Snyder,
L. IL. Snyder, Sterrett, Sweeney, w. Z.
Thompson, Town end, Trant, Eanderslice,
Vaukirk, Vaughn, Waltz, Wonsidler and
Gerkes-eighty.n nine all told.
Fifty members returned portion OF
their pay. OF these the following handed
back sllO for the eleven days recess in
June Greer, Amermau, Boyer, Bream,
Brooks, Chad wick, Dsarden, Deck, Dug.
gan, Eckels, Engleman, Geyer, John
Graham, George w. Hall, Hanson, IIassett
Hasson, Horne, Jenkins, Linderman
Lorah, B. 3. Mitchell, John w. Morrison
Myton, Mccormick, Nesbit, Nicholson
Potts, Powell, Roche, Seidel, Sponagle
Stubbs, A. X. Thompson, Voegtly, Uptor
II. White and Speaker Faunce. A few
Representatives stretched their cOnscienceI
80 far as to pay back 900, which falls $l(
short Of representing the eleven dayi
recess. They were Gardner, Lowery 5
n. Mitchell and W. S. Morgan. Those whC
handed back money for time not serve,
| over the recess and mileage were Adam
Sl73; Berer, clos, 90; Crawford, $lS7O (hi
total salary; DOnly, sl70, 30; Gilmore sgOs,
5Oi Hogue, $500: Landis(wh thought b,
was not entitled to any pay while not A
his post) $500; Parcels, sl2O, Weihe, s3lO
Sponsler, 1881 10. There are sixty.tw
members and thirteen Senators yet 10 b
paid, besides some OF the employees Of bot
Houses. The total amount covered int
tho treasury thus far by seniors au
members is slI2sl,70.
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a sea seFpenI

Captain W. l.. Green, keeper Of the lie
saving station at Long Branch, n. j., re-
ports TO the general superintendent of tho
service, under date OF Nov. "a, that five
OF his crew, who were fishing ia tue ocean
Tow days before, saw a hideous sea
serpent short distance from their boats.
According 10 the story told by the crew,
the serpent was fully ninety or hundred
feet long and thirty feet wide, and we did
not see his entire length" They also say
that there were two blowholes about o
feet long and 2 feet wide, about 20 feet
from the end OF his nose. The BODY was
black, the head short, and near the nose
was two stubby horns" Captain Green
adds that tho serpent was also seen from
the station, making its appearance on the
surface at intervals OF ten minutes. lie
closed his report with the remark that
"this is the truth"
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vrArusEs OF THE STATE PRESS.


The Lancaster Examiner wants more
discussion OF the American hog.
The Pco wages war on the swinging
sirus on the streets of Philadelphia.
The Lcwisburg JogrH1l will issue a daily
during the holidays.
The Reading Herald wants an improved
American detective system.
NO free tradc for Pennsylvania.
shrieks the atirightcd Yves, Chester RSp'ib.
licdH.
w. VI. D,rr's L,b,nou ii7spfn8cai
keeps up its war on the alleged miSman.
agemeut Of coun.y y affairs in that hailiwick
Forncy's ProgrCSs thinks Blaine surplus
distribution letter the ablos, political
document Of the tunes.
The rlttsburg Times IS coudjcut that
with his Sl0 \ day the average legislator
draws \ FREQ pass TO Oblivion.
The Putsburg Post think the state Senate
has been false to the constitution, to It's
Onths and 20 vital interests.
The Indiana Democrat Is not willing tc
believe that Caglsle's election will sVu6
the county to the bow vows.
The Lebanon Duly 7tm,S states "a an
actual fact that wtntry blasts b,iug colds,
coughs. consumption, bronchitis, rheuma.
tism aud neuralgia.
Tho Philadelphia Ertruy It'cgr1Pt de-
c'ares tna, Blaine cannot win ON the plat.
form OF FREQ bones supported by taxed
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Sale. of Property In tho upper End.

sales OF property In tho upper End.
The property of Henry Buch, deceased,
In Rothsville, was sold to Har lett Nc
Callister for az $50 Also 4 acres of land
to John Mumma for : ,00l.
Benjamin, Eichelberger sold at private
sale, a small tract of land with a one story
log house. in RaphO township, to Geo. B
J. Ii. Obetz sold to Thomas Smith,
timer, of Mastersonvillc, his two story
store and dwelling on South Charlotte
street, Mannheim, for $4,000 Mr.. S., will
take possession of this property next
April.
ID. W. Erb sold his two story brick
dwelling aud lot OF ground, corner South
Prussian and Ferdinand streets, Mannheim,
to J. II. Obetz, for 1000.
John Balmer sold his farm, containing
about thirty.five acres, located within a
half mile Of Milton Grove, to John Z.
BIubaker, of Rapho township, for s5, 800.
Editor Westafer, Of the Elizabethtown
Chronlcle, bought the Roetng property
for sl,6J2.
Abraham Young sold, at privae sale his
farm Of "a. acres in Mt. Joy township, to
his son ia. law, Jacob NJ. Stauffer.
John Casel sold to Henry Shue tract Of
woodland containing four acres and some
perches, situated in Rapho township, for
sl05 per acre.
The mill OF John NJ. Keener IN Elizabeth
township, which was sold short time
ago by the sheriff to j. w. Johnson. bas
been bought by s. NJ. Epler, of Elizabeth.
| town.
Aaron Dissuger sold his property on
| South Market street, Elizabethtown, u
Adam Hamilton, for 81, $50. Mr. II. will
erect new house.
Daniel Brubaker sold q lot with a one
and half story dwelling house, In Mount
Joy township, to John Enterline for 81,
500 Mr.. +, will erect blacksmith shop
| aud resume his trade.
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Times, Rep
It is sheer nonsense to talk of Mr.. Car.
Isle rs a free trader. IL Is as silly and
about as honest as 1t was to present him
rs 4 rabid S)utheruer because he lives in
town just south of Cincinnati. He is not
even an advocate of tariff for revenue only.
Judging by his utterances aud his votes
aud they are many aud coussteut-he
simply believes in the gradual return
to q rational and normal rate of taxation
on imports he believes that taxes levied
twenty years ago 10 the stress Of war,
largely To offset internal taxes which have
been long since abolished, should not be
continued. Is this revolutionary ?.......
The Republicans who are commencing an
alarmist campaign for 1884 are making
forls Of themselves They are crying
Wolf !" too early and they have cried i,
much too often The country is not goiu 2
70 get scared and stay scared for a year
It Is not the American way. The business
men, who like the Pittsburg iron men, are
crying out in terror will quiet down before
the winter is over. II they don't, the
people will laugh them into silence. The
American nation is not so used up, worl
out, dull, and lazy that it cannot stand {
moderate dose of change in vicious Ia,
system. Even the protected interestt
will bs the better for 1t in the long run
aud they will not suffer ruin in fou
months. They are really much stronge
than they make out, and will show tina
| they are.
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STORIES FKom TuE SEA
rerrors Of the Java Esrthauass.

The bark Bessie Baker from Manila,
25, via Batavia, reports that on August
q, Babie Island bearing north by west,
distant five miles, at daylight noticed a
heavy bank rising from the westward,
which continued TO rise until il became
Obscured, the barometer suddenly falling
TO 29A0, aud again suddenly rising, at one
jump, TO 30:70. Had everything furled,
and had no sooner let go tho port anchor
when heavy showers OF sand and ashes
began falling. This was about noon time.
Then 1t became darker than the darkest
night, the wiud blowing a perfect hurri-
cane and the sea perfectly smooth. A
heavy rumbling like thunder was heard
continually, the sky was lighted by flashes
Of lightning, and strong smell Of sulphur
poryaded the air, making II difficult 10
breathe. Altogether II formed one of the
widest and most awful experiences imaQ-
inablo. The tide was setting strongly
TO the westward throughout tho gale at
the rate Of fourteen knots. The sky bo
came clearer at three y, m. though ashes
continued to fall. On the 20th while
passing through tho Straits OF Sunda, we
saw large number Of dead bodies, and tho
water for miles was covered with trees
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Foreign Fires.

The last fire In Constantinople destroy cd
600 houses, q Greek church aud four syn.
agogues. A snow storm prevailing al the
time added greatly to the suffering of the
homeless people.
A fire In the legislative palace at Brus
sells has destroyed the Senate chamber.
The offices of the ministers of foreign
affairs and public instruction have been
greatly damaged. The military have been
ordered out to assist in saving property.
Several persons have been injured.
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TRADE NOTES.
mANuFAUruRrs. uuMmtKuE AND nu-
pICULlUEE.


Hnd tggs-Jr"p Rrpnrts-iturpeiny
aud Insolvency
The Dover silk company of Paterson.
New Jersey, is reported to have suspended
with liabilities amounting tn slu! uuO ana
assets amounting tO so GOO.
The Trenton iron company ot iicutnn,
New Jersey, Temporarily closed It's r"Ihng
mill on Wednesday night but expects 10
resume next Monday with lower wages.
The liabilities Of George y. Emery
lumber dealer Of Chelsea, Massachusetts,
who failed recently, are reported at sGOO
600, and, 1t is SAID, his assets will exceed
that amount by s25, coo
The Besscmcv coke works 1T Mount
Pleasant, Pa, were sold 1t auction ycStcr
day, with l73 acres of coal land, 40 ovens,
81 dwellings,, ETC., for slG6,OOO. Mcclure
\ Co OF Pttsburg, were the purchasers
The insolvency case of WIN. plais'Cd
& son, of Liuculu, Maine, was heard on
Wednesday, and dual dividend Oi ID
per cent, was declared, making = total oi
40 per cent. for the creditors. The firm
owed about $l2j 600
Tho board OF arbitration ut the boot aud
shoe trade Of Cincinnati yesterday closed
u session which had hstCd nearly t"o
months. The board adopted the present
schedule of wages, winch Is 20 remain III
force till June 9Osh, 1885, Both parties
made concessions before the agreement
was reached Six frw, have declined To
enter this agreement
The Baltimore Sun pu'lshrl lutcrvcwS
with leading cotton mil! owners OF Mary
land which shows that there IS "an over
produ, ton Of goods and an oycrstock
marker ana that the ,Il,e oi 'he year utN
oeen unsatisfactory. no S,''em'u'S
arc uuilp'm 20 'hht tH co.
DsirJmen p'i"s'.
Ihe National butter, cheese aAd tsE
association closed its session in Nnclnnat
last night y report was read showing
tuat the total value OF butter. cheese, eggs
aud poultry marketed 10 the Juitod states
IN ls>5. amountS 70 more than s90O.V =
UUV. Inc YdIue ot the mNk aud cream
sold and not manufactured iuto butter aGd
cheese during the same period Is over
slVO, u1oUuV. The toi'"lug Cihcers were
elected dohn MG)unalo, OF NeW IIh'
| president y, i. W, Pierce, OF MHWanEee
senior Eic9 president Joln ~ liIe,'
wee president for New YORK JACOB WI
bert, for Pennsylvania James HeweS' Tor
Mary lluu 81. Is. patterson, Int Ollo "A
w. ieAIeF, ior L'ino'S l' w Juuu'Um'
t'' S'""' - t"..'' a.. W " .'Htu'a w
yV''' IoI IE'r,' 90!
ioL .'eoIaSS "a "a j.. "'oS'e'. 'oI al
'o'''"' anu C'p'a'u iu'u.,' ''' ''NH'
I'o'eet'"E 'hs '''ss''
Inc business men oi New loTk city are
al 'enSih oeteTm'ued To see II somstl'hk
cannot o. dohe 70 arrest lue dangers "h''h
threaten the water supply OF tue rivers
IN Toe hoTtAeEn part ot tN' ''ate
LhIousA ths destruction ot the
lpEC'Io "uICI protect lueiE sources
! Az meeting o1 IAe ohamoer "'
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iSase Hall News.

Yesterday Che manager of the lronsides
club and several Of the directors were In
Philadelphia looking for players. They
secured four ~ follows Ed. Green, short
stop late OF the Eastons, John Green,
second base man, who was In the Anthracite
aud Quicksteps this year Nick Bradley,
right iielder, late of the Trentons, and David
Old6eld, catcher, who played the greater
part Of this year with the Ironsides.
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A Paator EIeelefI.

The Presby yteriaus of the mission chapel,
South Queen street, last evening unani.
mously voted to extend a call as pastor to
Rev. Thomas Tompson, of McA llisteryille,
Juniata county, and as he will probably
the work we'll under way by Jan, LIST.
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In anticipation of their next presden
tial convention, the Republican politi
clans are getting ready for a contention
at the meeting of the national commit
tee in Washington next Wednesday
over the time and place Of its assemblage
and over changes in the rules governing
representation. The main struggle for
the place of the convention will be be
tween the east and the west-Chicago,
Cincinnati or st. Louis on one hand :.
New York, Saratoga or Philadelphia on
the other. II may safely be as.
sumed that the Blaine managers
will espouse the selection Of some
western city and those who favor
Arthur will support an eastern place. In
this aspect of the contest it may narrow
down to Philadelphia and Chicago
Senator Frye will propose a new plan of
representation intended to give the Re-
publican states larger influence and "a
reduce that OF the Southern states in the
national conventions. Under his plar
each state shall b entitled to four dele
gates, as now each district TO on,
instead OF two, as now to one addition
al delegate for each ten thousand vote
cast within its limi Is In 1880 for the Re
publican candidates for presidential
electors, and to one additional delegate
for a majority fraction of ten thousan,
votes. The net result of this would b
to give Illinois, Indiana, New York
Ohio aud Pennsylvania a large increas
OF members at the expense of Texas
Georgia, Mississippi and other Souther
states. Mr.. Blaine aud his friends hay
always suffered from the easy manipuls
tion Of the minority states by I'll
federal administration the Stalwart
have profted from 1t. The issue whic
10 TO be presented to the committe
meeting is very clear, AMI the vote upo
IL will be the first move In the impend
ing and irrepressibe conflict among th
Republican aspirants for presidents
nomination.
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FoR partisan political effect the story
is telegraphed over the country that a
prominent Texan will soon begin suit In
the United State court OF claims to re.
cover from the Federal government the
value OF slaves emancipated during the
late war;" This idea is one of the points
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klavor's gOurt.

This morning the mayor had two cases.
One was drunk who was begging, on the
streets, last night. Hegot five days IN
prison and yagrant was discharged.
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Court GI Common Pleas.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.

BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
Joseph NJ. Shenk and Reuben Kurtz,
trading as Shenk & Kurtz, vs.. John NJ.
Meyer. This was an action to recover the
price Of reaper purchased by the defen-
dant. The evidence for the plaintiffs
showed that 10 the year 1877 they were
dealing In Ieapers at Lincoln, aud Aaron
Wissler was their agent. Their under
standing with him was that he was TO
receive $50 for every machine that he
would sell and set up in running
order, but In every case they were
TO receive the purchase money. In the
spring OF the year the defendant talked TO
Mr.. Shenk about the purchase of ma
chine in June he came To the place OF
business of the firm with an order from
Wissler for a reaper the order was ad.
dressed to tho firm and stated that the
reaper should be charged To Wissler the
machine was given to Meyer, to whom i t
was charged by Mr.. Shenk tho plaintiffs
never received the pay for the machine
and this suit was brought TO recover sl55,
the price, with interest from September,
1877. IN ......
The defense admit that they received the
reaper, but claim to have paid Wissler,
from whom 1t was purchased and paid in
full for it, and they did not know it had
been charged to them Wissler was called
aud he testified that Moyer paid him for
the machine at the time the plaintiffs
were indebted TO him (Wisslei) for COM
mission on four reapers; he retained $50
OF this money and made tender of the
balance to the plaintiffs they refused to
accept it and brought suit against him
for emhezzlement.
In the case of Henry X. Keller VS..
Hautenstein & Co., the plaintiff amended
the caption OF the case, whereupon the
defense plead surprise aud the case was
continued. After the plea Of surprise had
been entered the parties to the suit com
promised and the case was marked "set
tied"
BEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON.
In the case of Brua VS.. Beiler, the
counsel closed their speeches at noon to.
day. This afternoon the jury was charged
and they then went out to make up a YER.
| dict.
suit for Damages.
Yesterday afternoon Joseph Stark, OF
| this city, brought suit for Is, 900 damages
against VIM. Klinehaus, for the alleged
seduction Of his wife. A capias was issued
for the defendant and he was arrested by
| Deputy Sheriff Strine. lie gave bail In
the sum of s5, 900 and was discharged.
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Sale of stocks,

j. b. Long broker sold to day at private
sale shares Eastern market at $50; 10
shares Columbia national bank at e148 8
shares Williamstown turnpike at sl05.25,
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suit for damages.


Yesterday afternoon George Sellers who
is employed by Cyrus H. Colyin at the
City hotel livery, captured beautiful
gray fox in the yard OF Harberger's
foundry. Foxes OF this kiud are very
scarce and where this one came from is a
mystery.
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in the next presidential campaign. 1t
may as well have its extinguisher at the
start by the citation of the constitutional
provision on the subject, Article XIV,
section T. says But neither the
United States nor any state shall assume
or pay any debt or obligation incurred In
aid Of iusurrection or rebellion against
the United States, or auy claim for the
loss or emancipation of any slave" VINO
sets up claim contravening thts GnawS
file, Of course.
DURING the time that the trade
dollar discussion was prevailing the lN-
TELLrGENCER steadily advocated the
policy of the government exchanging
this coin, of its own levice aud manu-
facture, dollar for dollar, for the Bland
d plar of which millions upon millions
are stored in the treasury vaults. The
fOrCibe argument in favor Of the prOpO'
sition was that as the government would
get i20 grains Of silver Cor il2. it would
be the gamer, while, rs the public would
get a coin worth 100 cents ia ordinary
barter for one worth only about s., those
having trade dollars on hand would be
glad of the chance to turn them in. Now
the secretary Of the treasury, himself,
comes along, with the same proposition
and gives 1t official endorsement in his
report, He says;
Let authority be given b" Congress- to
thu treasury department 10 barter for
ride dollars, at their nominal value,
st tudard dollars at their nominal value,
an melting tho trade dollars 10 recon-
them into standard silver dollars, count
ing tho trade dollars got in this way as
part of the silver bullion which the act OF
1873 empowOrs aud directs TO be bought
aud coined monthly. Should the trade
dDllafs have been so abraded in use as tD
have lest a considerable part OF their
original weight, which is not much 70 be
apprchended a deduction might be made
from the price. and fractional payments
made 10 subsidiary aud minor silver com
This is 50 obviously the simple and
reasonable solution of this question that
Congress should not delay adopting It.,
aud will not, probably, except for the
consideration that the coin is largely in
the hands Of spectators and not Of the
people generally.
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LORD LoRNE has been telling his Eng
liSh brethren what an Utopia Canada is
and he assures them that Canadians are
proud OF their allegiance to their mother
country. Perhaps the late yioeroy would
have come nearer the truth if he had said
that Canadians find most cause for thank
fulness in the let alone policy" which
th, mother country has seen IT. to adopt in
their regard.