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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15
ELECTRIC LIuHTIHG.
EdIsons Opinion as Expressed Ia the TuttIs
suit

Edlson's Opinion ss Expressed Ia the TuttIs
suit.
The now famous suit of John 5. Tuttle
against the Brush electric light company,
New York, was made interesting Thurs
day by the appearance of Z. A. Edison.
Even W. NJ. Evarts got down from his
high horse in the presence Of the dis.
tinguished electrician. " Is the arc light
system dangerous to human life ?' was
asked. Mr.. Edison held his hand care
fully to his ear, as he is exceedingly deaf,
aud answered cautiously, ~ never tried
it," Tho spectators smiled. 1.-THE arc
current, If uninsulated, will be dangerous, "
Mr.. Edison continued, ''if supplying thirty
lamps"
Poles and wires, he said, were not nee
essary for electric lighting. II an efferent
wire was broken the current would simply
close. IL another wire under such cir
cumstances shall cross the eiferent wire
near the dynamo the wire would be burn.
cd and possibly the lamp. The machinery
in the office would suffer most. Red hot
wire would probably drop on passers by,
aud it would be pretty bad" for them.
The white insulator used in the Brush
oompany's wire, Mr.. Edison said, would
not, while the dark one would be made
brittle by the elements. No perfect in
sulator had been put into practice, There
was no particular difficulty in operating
the arc system underground.
On the cross examination Mr.. Edison
said that person could become impliCa cd
in the electric light wires by putting his
hands on the two carrying opposite cur
rents near the station, If they were not
properly insulated, or by placing one hand
on one wire and forming ground con-
nection with the machiue or the other in,
sulated wire.
Mr. Evarts then questioned the inventor
as to whether an accident to a person
could occur to which tho person did not
voluntarily contribute. Mr.. Edison, after
pondering, responded that this might
happen where stream Of water strongly
charged with electricity fell upon an in.
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= NurAnLE MEDDISG.
senator J.mes Gay GORDON to NIss X ,te L
wOOliord.

-enAtOt Jsmes Gay GORDON to hiss X ttr 4.
wDOliOrd.
\ pleasant company Of friends assembled
a. the residence Of Mr.. John B. Snrog, az
Alexandra, Va, on Thursday evening TO
witness the marriage ceremony OF his
niece and adopted daughter, Miss Kate l..
WO9liCTd, % State Senator James Gay
Gordon, of Philadelphia. The haudsome
suit Of Plg'grs were prctIily decorated with
blooming plants AMI soft waxen lights.
The bride was given away by her father,
who stood a. her left during the ceremony
the best mau, the gTO0m's bro her Mr..
Charles Gordon, standing on the latter's
right. The ceremony took place beneath
an umbrella made of China asters aud
ch.ysauthemums. Rev. Mr.. Norton, Of
St. PauNs Episcopal church. Olticiated, ,
Rev. Mr.. Dluwldije, Presbyterian
clergy man, Offering the 1ua! prayer.
After the ceremony tho happy couple
! received the congratulations of their
| friends, and then led the way - the
supper room, where an elegant collati IN
was served. The b.ide's cake, au elabor
ate structure, was placed On side table
aud generous sections were provided for
the guests 10 take home The bridal
toilette was Of cream white suTah silk
richly gaTnished with point lace. The
l0ral garniture across the waist was a
| spray Of snow balls The bride carried a
| bouquet Of tea roses and rlCi hald
! painted fan mounted in ivory, A long
| tulle veil held by bunch Of snow balls
nearly covered her figure.
| The groom two sisters were in full
evening dress, Miss Salhe Gordon wearing
a combination of pale blue and silver bro
cade, aud Mss May Gordon, pink satiu
surah, richly trimmed with point lace
! Miss Florence WoolfoTd, the brides only
| sister, wore cream tinted nuns yailing,
| with broad sash of satin. The bride 5
! adopted mother wore black silk and point
| lace trimmings. Mrs. Governor Pattison
wore rich brown silk combined with
| brOcaded velvet of a deeper shade, aud
| tl)Tal garniture OF deep crimson roses.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
| George b. Carlan, of Alexandria, the
| family of Mr.. L. G. Smoot, the Perry
| family and Mr. j. ID. Smoot and family, all
| family connections. Governor PattisOn,
Of Pennsylvania, who is first cousin OF
the bride, WAS present with his wife, aud
was the guest of his mother, Mrs. DR..
Pattison, and his sister, Mrs G.. b. CarlaD,
at their residence. Secretary of the Com
mOnwealth Stenger aud lady aud Mr.
Everett, the governors private secretary,
were also present. The bride came down
dressed in deep custom Of deep brown
wool, just before 8 o'clock, the happy
couple taking the 6:l0 train for Washing.
ton, for a northern bridal tour before
taking up their permanent residence 10
Philadelphia, The wedding presents wer,
numerous. The brides trousseau wal
given by Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Smoot. Gov
| PattisOn sent rich service of silver.
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ran o,KaRD COLLEGE sAEUoruAaus.
A Letter 1rem Andrew jackson Declining
to be buried In An EmpeTor's CUffin.

A Letter irem AnureW Jackson Declining
tO be Buried In an EmpeTor's UUfhu.
At the meeting of the board of city
trusts, in Philadelphia, Thursday, the
report Of Vice President Gregory, Of
GIraId college in regard to the sarcOpha-
gus recently discovered in the cellar Of
the college was received and placed upon
the minutes The sarcophagus Will re.
main in the college museum. 1t was pre-.
sented to the college by Commodore
Elliott 10 1888, and when an Investigation
of the records of the councils of that city
was made recently the following letter
from Andrew Jackson was found, together
with Commodore ElliOtt's letter, present
ing him with the sarcOphagus. In this
letter the commodore PAID " ! lgay YOU
general, TO live on in the fear OF the Lord
Dy .ng the death Of Roman soldier, an
emperOr's coffin awaits You" The fol
lowing was Gen Jackson's reply:
With the warmest sensations that can
inspire grateful heart, | must decline
accepting the honor intended to be be-
slowed. ! cannot consent that my mortal
body shall be laid 10 a repository prepared
for au emperor or king. Ny republican
feelings forbid it. Every m6uument
erected TO perpetuate the memory of our
heroes and statesmen ought to bear evi.
dence Of the economy and simplicity Of our
republican institutions and the plainnes 5
OF our republican citizens, who are the
| sOyereigns Of our glorious union, and whose
virtue Is to perpetuate it. True virue
cannot exist where pomp and parade are
the governing passions. 1t can only dwell
with the people-the great labOring and
producing classes that form the bone and
slnews of our cOnfederacy. have pre-.
pared an humble depository for my mort al
body besides that wherein lies my beloved
wife, where, without any pomp or parade,
when my God calls me to sleep with my
fathers, TO be laid, for both of us there TO
remain until the last trumpet sounds to
| call the dead to judgment, when we, |
hope, shall rise together clothed with that
heavenly body promised to all who believe
in our glorious Redeemer, who died for US
that we might live, and by whose atone
ment | hope for blessed immortality.
ANDREW JACKsoN.o
Prof Gregory's report gives a trausla
ton OF the inscription on the sarcophagus,
aud says:
| The inscription translated il Julia, tie
daughter of Calus Mammea, aged 80.
Julia Donna was the wife of the Emper1 1r
Septimius Severus. Her sister Julia MGsa
welded great influence at court, and a
daughter, Julia Mammea, born like
the other Jnlias at Emesa, in Syria. But
this cannot be the lady, as she was much
older than 80 when she lost her life. 1t is
reasonable to conclude that Julia Cali
| Fila MammRl, whose sarcophagus was
found at Berytus, sixty miles from the
emperor's birthplace at Arce, and about
one hundred miles from his mother
native town, was one of the objects of the
imperial bounty of Alexander Severus."
| The date Of the erection was probably
$50 A. ID.
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BOLD RUFFIANS.
vI,LA,aous AFFAIR IN PARIS


EeFousiy Stabbed on the street
other Late News
The recent atfrays on the outer bOule-
wards of Paris have now been followed by
a cruel attack upon -four respectable Eug-
lish merchants, whose uuly oasuso WAS
that they interiorod, in advance OF the
police, to save the life ot a mAu who was
being barharously maltrcated by four
ruthAus, 1t was fur this kind VI ruiiluism
that the celebrated RctiiristtS bill was
c'ed. The following are the tails Ot
the ease, as related by eye witnesses to the
secretary Of the Twelfth ArrOndissemeut
Shortly after halt-plst II on Monday
night four Euglishmen, named Pope,
llogo, BpScS and Postmaster, tho last
being British subject, though German
by extraction, wore playing billiards in an
upper room used nightly by them IN the
CrasEctie, No. 81 Rue TRvcJsierc, a dark,
narrow street leading into the ElubourL
saint Antoine In Paris The Euglshmcu,
who were from tho swan United electric
| light compauy's factory, had chosen this
| Crasserte because when they spoke Euglish
| elsewhere they were often mistaken hy
French people for Germans
While the game Of billiards was tran
| guilty proceeding an aarm was raised in
| the street. The Engtshmyu rushed out
tuI lhuuu lOul INiutulN lt"NluN luCu tu
| deavoring to strangle an AISatian, named
Weiss, who was crying Tor help. Pope
| Immediately intertCred aud was joined by
his comrades, and Weiss WAS dragged into
the Crasserie where he declared his aSsalI
auts had called him pUusSiau and had
threatened 10 have his HE.
The second and more serious part To the
drama now began, The Eugushmcu wait
ed quietly at the door, when, III about five
minutes. Weiss assailAuts returned and,
before any defence could be made, attacked
and stabbed all four ut the Englishmen
| Pope who did not know that the knife uf
one Of the rulliaUs had pierced him close
70 the heart, actually knocked the fellow
down and then sank upon the ground, bis
| blood pouring out upon the pavement
| The assailants Immediately took to fight,
aud their victims were carried into the
! billiard room aud laid upon the table upon
which they had been playing quarter OF
an hour before the attack. 1ney were
| subsequently removed ~ The hospital OF
saint ANTIQUE, aud thcGCa 10 No 62 Avenue
| Dumesnil, where beds were hastily i'm
| proyiSed, aud where they now lie in a
pTecarious state, The police are reticeut,
| because, they say, any imprudent revel
ati)u might destroy the clue to the as
| saSsius.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

Hon ADRIAN ). HEWITT has been half
way around the world he has trOdten
the Homeric fields, stood where 81. Paul
preached, and rested under the olive
trees where Socrates discussed phIloso.
ply. After looking upon the scenes
where a great deal of Legendary history
has been located, and viewing mighty
ruins of worldly greatness, he concludes
that the most valuable treasure ever
discovered by mankind is the govern.
ment of the United States, and he pro.
poses to do all he can TO preserve it 10y
advocating sound Democratic principles
and policies in his position as congress.
man. AS the time approaches for him
to resume the duties of his cOngressiOn-
al Office Mr.. Hewitt will no doubt find
early and frequent occasion to put into
political operation the lessons he has
learned by comparison of our ins.itu.
tiOns with those of the old world cOun-
tries. In the meantime some of our
statesmen who are resting from public
employment for SaaS)a-Blaine and
Conkling for instanCe-might prof ably
take trip abroad and study America
In the light of Europe. They would
likely come back better men, even il
they were rendered less available candi
dates for the Republican nomination il
lS4i.
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Aancaster EnteIliqfnrsr.
THURSDAY EVENING. NOV. 10, 1873;
Luxurious Presidents.

The officers of Girard college, while
traversing the cellars of one Of its build
In n the other day, discovered marble
sarcophagus of which they knew moth
ing. They found on examining the re
cords that 1t had been given to the college
by Commodore Elliott in 1888, who hal
brought 1t from Egypt and presented II
to Andrew Jackson as an imperial caske'
worthy to contain his remains.
But Andrew Jackson did not want I,
lie In an imperial sarcophagus, and h,
wrote his declnation in Iettel
which Is worthy of careful attention IL
these days when luxury is doing Sc
much to sap the virtuous fabric of oul
government. Jackson believed that
simplicity was essential to republican
life and the experience we have had
since we have so widely departed from
this Jacksonian idea must serve to give
us a strong suspicion that he knew what
he was talking about. Certainly there
is not much simplicity in this country
now. You would not readily find a
president who would decline an impe-
rial sarcophagus for the reason Jackson
gaye.' We do not know that any other
president has ever been offered ready.
made coffin, Possibly even Grant might
have declined such present but IL
would have been much more likely to lie
for the reason that the modern president
would think himself too godlike to die
than because he would feel himself too
humble TO endure imperial sepulture.
Our present president Is one Mr.. Arthur,
a gentleman Of humble origin in New
York city, where he was for some
fifty years Ches. Arthur and hail fellow
well met with the b'hoys. II does not
occur to Mr.. Arthur that the president
of the United States is not the same in
dividual he ever was, however humble
that Jacksonian idea has not penetrated
his well kept silk hat. He likes the
luxury he wraps about him. Any other
fellow in his place would be likely to dc
the same. The old Roman virtue OF
Andrew Jackson is not conspicuouSly
found in the modern politician 5
soul. Even that much talked
Of cid gentleman, Tilden, whom
we elected president once when he had
not the fibre TO take the office, and
whom some people think should be
elected again, though he has not the
muscle to lift his hand, has in his last
days erected him million dollar house
in which to dwell and enjoy its magnii
cence all alone. Maybe he would take
the sarcophagus which was an elephant
on poor Commodore EIliott's hands and
which Girard college has had no use for
until now it is brought forward 10 point
to us the moral taught in Andrew Jack.
sons letter.
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oUARRYyILLE NEWS.
From n Regular Correspondent.

On Tuesday, Davis Moore, an old resi-.
dent Of Eden township, died near May.
He was about seventy years old aud was
an old rolling mill hand until about twenty
years ago, when he was terribly injured
and used up. Since that time he has been
a cripple aud could only d, light jobs of
work. He leaves q large family, all OF
them grown up.
James Jefferios, a carpenter, Of Quarry.
vile, while hewing timber at +. NJ. Stauf.
feT's mill, in DrumOre township, cut his
foot terribly, almost seyeriug the front
part Of It. He was taken to his home,
where be is being attended by DR.. Raub.
The Quarryville national bank opened
for business on Monday morning, aud the
first regular meeting Of the directors for
discount was held on Tuesday, which will
be the regular discount day hereafter.
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NEVADA is gradually dwindling In
population until now its number of peo
pie Is estimated at anywhere from "a, 700
to 4O,Ooo-about as many as Lancaster
city--and yet this rotten borough has
two seats In the United States Senate
and three electoral votes, to be auctioned
OH periodically. There is no way of re.
manding a state to the position of n
territory after it has so far lost all the
attributes of state. All the more.
therefore, should Congress be careful
not to admit any more such balllwicks
as Nevada to equal sovereignty in the
Senate with New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Oat there each citizen
counts as much In presidential election
as one hundred Pennsylyanians, and by
no token do they deserve to he even
equal with us.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

WE note that the Examiner, of our
town, and the Herald, of Columbia, eX-
press high degree of a admiration for
the language IN which we clothed our
criticism Of the Thursby concert. They
took what they considered TO be its
gems from the places in which they were
found and ran them together so that
they might more conveniently satiate
themselves with the contemplation Of
their beauty. We can crafty our co
tempOraries by informing them that they
have plenty of company in their admira
tion of that criticism. We have re-
csiyed, for instance, from Madame Nat
ale de kOntski a note express
ing her satisfaction with our treat
ment of her husband perform
ancs, and her hearty approval of our
idea Of what music really is. She says :
al see that you admi! only one sort Of
music, and that is the real one. Don't
you think that if music ceases to be
melodious, poetic, picturesque and lin.
its itself by being sort of algebraic
problem iu music, 1t loses entirely its
principal aim-of teaching human hearts
and eleva,ing their minds ? Uafortun.
s.ely, to-day, with this Wagner music
and It's bad imitation, everything is dis
played to puzzle you, TO astonish you
with the most noisy and extravagant
harmony Of cOmbinatiOns-nothing ia
charm the simplicity and the melody
are considered as bad taste. When vii
this fever take an eud That is tht
question"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

THE time will surely come when the
main streets of every great city in this
country will be tunnelled or excavated
aud vaulted. There is occasion now to
run sewers, water supply pipes, gas
mains, electric, telegraph, telephone and
light wires, pipes to convey steam heat
and pneumatic tubes for the transmission
Of packages under the streets Of our
cities. The frequent tearing up of our
city highways for putting these down,
relaying or repairing has become an
intolerable nuisance. The expense of
these successive operations is greater than
would be the original cost of making one
subterranean passage and the conven-
ience and utility of the latter would be
incomparably greater than those of the
present patched-up system. Paris and
Vienna already have the improved plan
OF conduits under their streets Berlin
and Rome are about to construct it
New York and Philadelphia must soon
follow.
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\ Useless Extra ~essIo"-yl-iiatlUu Ui scra
ton rfiClalr

Z
ton Uficisls
Common council assembled last evening
IN their room pursuant TO q call, the follow
iug members being present
Mlssrs, Adams, Albright, Beard, Bolr.
MUS, Cormeuy, Dsmuth, DiuKleberg,
Eoerman, Evarts, Fraim, Hartley, Henry,
Huber. kendig, MCKil!ips, Mclaughlin,
Powell, Long, Remley, Riddle, Schum,
Skcca, SLormelts, Hurst, president.
Toe president stated that no business
could b. done, since the rules governing
the two branches made it necessary tha;
the members of each branch should bc
OIL liiliy notified that meetings we're 10 be
held Select council adjourned at their
last meeting g(yesterlay a week ago. with
the intention of not meeting until the
usual time next month, and not being in
scesIon last evening common council could
transact no business.
For the information OF the mem bers
pr sent a letter was read from city author
ities at Scranton stating that the heads Oi
the departments and some Of the members
Of councils intended visiting Philadelphia
and other towns in the state, aud saying
that they would DO in Lancaster tO-mOr-
row to Inspect our mode Of city govern
mcut.
There will be a Meeting of both branches
Of councils this evening, when arrange
mGnts will be made for tho reception of
the visitors.
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duct is the insidipus author Of revolution.
An eminent phy sioian asserts that thu
cheering cup Of tea nourishes emotional
insanity, whilo a lawyer expresses it as his
opinion that It encourages litigation. Not
withstaudug those terrible crimes laid
at the door Of the stcaming liquid, the
divine herb can never bo ousted from the
place it holds IN tho affections Of the
m atch making mammas, the elderly, and
the large proportion Of humanity who hud
in It certain relief from holdhchcs the
most dirtful.
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FEATURES OF TaE STATE PRESS.

The Pittsburg Post denouuCes the mil
li)naires who shirk their share Of tax.
The Oil City Derrtch calls the Laglsil.
ture "a linked uothiDguess long drawn
out"
The Reading Herald celebrates is
second birthday anniversary aud its maiden
libel suit together.
Tue Harrisburg MdspeHdeat sUE-es.s
that Malone and Butler travel as 4 drama
&c combination.
The Philadelphia Ctjo7!c.s Herald PIE
diets that Butler will be the PeCk's bad
boy of national politics next year.
The West Chester RspuJlicIa wonder;
whether it wouldn't be good idea ioi
Don Cameron to resign from the Senate
in favor Of his father.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

WE have been watching with some
interest the proceedings of the teachers
institute this week and we have waited
vainly thus far to hear an inquiry or an
explanation regarding the striking fact
that the poorest and lowest priced
tea;hers are put in charge of the primary
schools, where, surely, the best care, the
best talent aud of course the best pay
ought TO he had. In the remaining day
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SARA BERNHARDT, has purchased a
French farm which has been long noted
for it's excellent cheese production. The
versatile and attenuated Sara is going into
the manufacture of the oomestibe on an
extensive scale, and large sale has al,
ready been found for the variety labelled
petite Sara Bernhardt. Now let Fanny
Davenport start soap factory.
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Yesterday afternoon about o'clock a
small wreck occurred at the Little Cones
toga bridge on the Pennsylvania railroad.
BY the breaking Of an axle a freight oar
was quickly seen aud as the train was
running slowly it was stopped before any
other cars were thrown off. The accident
delayed trains for an hour or more.
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hlilia sJiasau

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15.-The Bayyiew
hshplate mill and tho North Chicago roll
ing mill companies closed yesterday,
throwing several hundred men out of en-
ployment. The shut down was owing to
lack Of orders, the season for cldying being
about over
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

The New York musical public is kept
in narrowing state of uncertainty as to
whether the divine Patti will sing on the
occasions when she is announced. Mean.
time Mapeson and Abbey are enjoying
the best kind of free advertisement for
their performances, and every one is happy
except the man who pays his money to
hear tho diva and hears her not.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-15

WHAT might be called terrible tempest
in teapot is in progress through the
columns of a London newspaper, the con
troyersy being whether tea taken as a
beverage is harmful, Leading divines,
physicians and lawyers have joined in the
debate, and opinions the most diverse are
expressed. One writer insists that this
hitherto considered simple Chinese pro.
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ISOston's BIg Project,

BosroN, Mass, Nov. 15.-One hundred d
and fifty thousand dollars has been raised
by subscription for the purpose of estab-
fishing a general Unitarian heaiquarteI 4
in this city and immediate steps will be
taken to purchase an eligible site and
erect suitable building.