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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20
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SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 20. 1888
Tn Get Pure Water.

A proposition mas been made IN Ihe
T legislature to raise commission to eN-
anime into the question of the pollution OF
the water-courses of the state. Such an
examination is very advisable, but proDa-
bly could be as we'll made by a committee
Of the Legislature as by an outside com
mission, and certainly a more speedy
determination Of the needed Legislation
might be- in this way obtained. II
will probably be found that after all the
question is a very simple one, easily
solved and needing very little legislation.
The fact is, that the law now requires
water-courses to be kept clear OF any eA
traordinary pollution. This is the com
mon law, which has existed Tor ages. L.
has not been modified by statute ana
does not need to be. It's rule is that the
water received upon the land or any
owner must be discharged from it as re-
ceived, with only such diminutlon IN
volume and change in character rs would
naturally result from flowing through
the land and from the necessary use OF
if in ordinary occupations carried on
upon the land. The only question IS
whether the artificial admission into the
flowing stream of the sewerage OF the land
if masses through. and of the chemically
charged waters of manufactures located
thereon, is permissible pollution of the
water. If the owners Of the land belo"
are entitled to pure water, certainly IL
cannot be made impure by owners of the
land above. That they are entitled to
pure water seems to he well enough
settled, and the only question open fol-
decision is as to whether the water that
comes to them is pure. This, under the
law, would be for the determination OF a
Jury. A familiar instance OF the pollu
tion of water in this vicinity is in tho
washing of iron ore, and the consequent
muddying of the straam. This the la"
forbids and consequently the operator:
of ore mines have to retain the muddled
water within dams, wherein the muo
settles to the bottom. letting the cle;tI
water run off over the banks. MIL:
that put foreign substances into t''
water with which they wash their ma
terials NAV certainly be required tc
cleanse the water in similar o.
other effective way before restoring
it to the stream whence they tool
it. So, it would seem, may cities be re
uuired to cleanse the water they use t
flush their streets and sewers before put
ting it into the stream to flow across thel
boundaries into their nnighbor Sterritnry
The law is sufficient. What is needed
it's enforcement. 1t is practicable t
clean the foul water of towns and fac
tories, and us public sentiment now pre-
nounces it to he necessary, doubles
ways will soon be found in which it ma
he readily done.
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ANOTHER HOTEL FIRE.
pAS,c.moNG THE TERRIFIED GUESTS
The Quincy House at Quincy, Ill, Destroyed |
"A Fortunate Absence OF ratality-
The HuiIiing swept Away.

Tho Quincy House at Quincy, Ill, Destroyed
"A fortunate Absence OF ratality-
The building Swept Away.
The Quincy house, one Of the largest
hotels in Quincy. H.. was burned Friday
morning. The fire was discovered by one
of the guests on the third floor. Many of
the cucsts were in the dining room, but a
large number OF them were still asleep.
Men. women and children rushed to the
street. few waiting to dress. and, although
the fire spread rapidly. no lives were lost.
Katie Butler, one of the servants, was
badly burned about the head and face, her
clothing having caught fire. but her III
iuries are not considered serious. William
Stuckclbacl.. :. policeman, fell down stairs
and broke his leg. He had gone into the
burning building to rescue any ono who
might need assistance. There We're in the
hotel about fifty regular boardcrs, fifteen
transient guests and torty-two servants.
Nearly al the guess and boardcrs lost
everything.
The hotel building Vas owned by }. L..
Morris. and valued n $50, 600. 1t was
leased by G.. p. Fay, who owned tho fur
nituyc and fixtures. His loss will foot up
SO 600. The hotel was built il 1888, aud
cost originally $l05 900. 1t was 10 by
200 feet. and four stories in height. Mr
Norri: had $12. 500 Insurance. There was
about $1,000 Insurance on the furniture.
The fire caught from Il defective fine.
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OBITUARY..


DR.. john Gainc: Moore, a son OF Dr.. NJ.
NJ. Moore, died at Harrisburg on Thurs.
day evening, where he had been for some
time undergoing treatment for y com
psaint Of physica! and mental disorders.
DR.. Moore was . native of this
city. He studied dentistry more than
a quarter OF century ago,
aud became very accomplished practi
TONER and enjoyed a lucrative practice
both in this city and Now Holland he
having removed to the last named place
many years ago. He was member of the
HaiIis Dental association, aud not un
frequently rca;. before it valuable papers
relating to dental subjects. He was an
upright, honorable citizen, and q devout
Christian, being an active worker in the
church and Sunday school until impaired
health compelled him to desist from
his labors. His funeral will take place at
New Holland, Monday morning at II
O'clock
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Election OF Eirectors and Auditors.

At the election for directors and audit
ors OF the Lancaster Home Mutual fire
Insurance company, held last evening at
the Office of the company, Messrs. II. G..
iIarner, Thomas Hays and b. G. Kready,
esq, were elected directors for the ensuing
three years the board consisting Of nine,
divided into three classes, the term of one
class expiring every year. The board
now consists of Christian Cast, John A.
Burger, Rev. W. T. Gerhard. A. G. Rein
oehl, esq, John A. Charles, II. c. Harner,
esq, Thomas Hays, 3. G. Kready, esd,
and G. II. Lefevre a; and Messrs. II. Il.
Rhoads, John d. Skiles, and A. J. Eberly,
esq, were unanimously re elected auditors
for the present year.
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Tie Rev. Rnhcvt Colycr OH Sunday
preached Il sermon on &" How to he Young
at Eighty lie told his hearers OF his
own childhood Yeas, in d tiny white
washed cottage, where lie was fed oD oat
meal and milk, and on bread with butte!
one: week. and white potatoes md meat
now and then. This laid the Foundation
d life o: temperance. good humor and
virtue has done the rest, and DR.. Collyer
at 60 finds himself hale and hearty, never
having been sick Il day in his life. He
drew this pretty picture of his rural home {:
a Cottage Of two rooms and an attic
looking right into the eye of the sun ard
away toward the great purple muors. A
bit of green sward before the door, a
plum tree and clurnp Of roses. The
walls Of the living room white as the
driven SHOW, and the Jagged floor SO
clean that you might cat your dinner on
it. The house whitewashcd twice year
with luicklime, the tiny cot beds filled
once u year with sweet chalf from tho
farms, and how good it did smell. 10 be-
sure! Pure, white linen to wear and
to sleep in, and once week good
soap that got into your eyes, and 4 wash
towel. "Who hath red eyes 30 said.
quoting Solomon, who hath contention ::
who hath strife ?' can remember who
had them all moro than fifty years ago.
But in that little home and greatly in this
hardy mixture of oatmeal and milk and
the snow white purity tho stanchions
were driven that have never stirred to this
day, and that made it easy for me to live a
cheerful and sunny life and to give strong
drink a wide berth (though | was raised
among those who drank beer as they ate
bread), when | saw that there was danger
it would become my tyrant and mere
Slaye''
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PERSONAL,

PERSONAL.
PAyI. Du CHAIIL.u, the African traveller,
arrived in Washington on Thursday night.
GEN. MCCLELLAN is mentioned as q
possible successor of DR.. McCosh in the
presidency of Princeton college.
Ex.STATE TREASURER HENRY RAwLE
has sold his pa!atiaf residence in Erie,
receiving therefor $50, 900.
REV. THOs SWAMI, ID. d., district
secretary of the Baptist home missionary
society, will preach in the 1st Baptist
church next Wednesday evening.
EDWARD RANSOM, editor of the Hudson
CouAty Ledger, Was arraiyned Friday in
Jersey City on an indictment for libelling
Mayor Tausing, lie gave bail to appear
for trial.
Rev. T. T. EvEEETT, ID. d., Governor
Pattison's private secretary, proposes Wis
iting Lancaster and preaching the mis-
sonary sermon in tn, FIRST NJ. +. church
on Sunday, February 25th.
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR has pur-
chased the estate Of his father, deceased,
at Silver Spring, Montgomery county,
Nd. 1t comprises 514 acres, and he paid
So, 600 for it /.
l(f.NNic VI III lSiItN .iilit WIG. III L IOVl
dence, X. l., died within 90 minutes OF
| each other on Thursday. The wife was
80 years the senior CT her husband. Each
had been i'll for some time.
LIEUT.. Gov. JOHN MARSHALL HAMII.
TON, who becomes governor of Illinois
| upon the election OF Governor Cullem tC
tho Senate, is but }G years of asc and is a
| native Of Ohio.
TIE MARQUIS or LoRNE and the Princess
Louise arrived i'll Charleston, South Caro-
| lima, last night. It is said the princess
| will remain in Charleston until the eth
inst, when she will sail for Bermuda in
| the Dido.
Mrs. DA poSTE, OF New Orleans, has
| gone to Washington for tho purpose OF
selling t. the United States the origina
draft of the Confederate states constitu-
| ton ior $50, 000-if she can.
Gov. STETnENS, of Georgia, who is tc
| deliver the public address at the sesqui
| centennial celebration in Savannah next
| month, has promised to deliver an address
| to the colofGd people in the afternoon OF
the same day, il his health and strength
| permit.
| MARY WALKEH's present costume in
ciudes a Prince Albert coat. high silk hat
and rather loose trousers. She carries 4
cane, aud her hair is ursl,i!cully cut short,
as though she had done it herself. Instead
Of wearing an ovcrcoat on cold days, she
wraps herself in a heavy shawl.
Mr.. SIACKELFoRD, Of North Carolina,
who has just died, made the ninth mem
Der of the present House who has hcel
called away while disehargins his con
gresSi"naI duties. Fernando Wood, OF
New York, and II. p. O'Conncr, of South
Carolina. were taken off before Congress
met. j. G. Smiti, departed just rs his
title 10 sit for the Fourth district of Ala
| ba,na waS ratified. General Hawk, OF
| Illinois Thomas Allen, Of Missouri Mr.
Love OF Alabama Mr.. Orth, of Indiana
and Mr.. Upiegratl, OF Ohio, complete the
| list.
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COLUMBIA NEWS.
Events Along the Susguehanna-ltenHs OF
Interest In aH,l Around the thorough
Tsckod Up by The IntciH-


Events Along the susquenannn-it OF
Interest In auI Around the si"roush
F.ckod Up by The Inteiit-
cencsr'- :,epOrtsr
II. d. L. club dance postponed until
Feb. 2.-Thc German meets every
Thursday evening.-W. y Barr home
from Philadelphia. ia.-Miss LEILA Hartic
called hcmo to iaserstcwn by her uncle's
of Wrishtsvillc. paralyZed.-Mr Henry
suddenly OF heart disease last night 1T
her residence on 9th street. Officers Struck
andGilbert took down four d.unks to-day.
p. X. Il. officer Kennedy jailed tramp
for stealing the coats of some painters
from the inspectors ofiice.-I Illustrated
lectures continued tomorrow ut the +. f.
Lutheran church.-Communion services
at the Presbyterian church Tomorrow
Mrs. James Myers has presented this
church with Il handsome new carpet.-M.
+. sermons to morrow on = Campaign f,r
Christ and The Lord in the Court
Room ;" revival still in progress 50 per
sons have asked for prayers and 20 OF
them have gone to the altar.-Excursion
rates to Philadelphia over both railroads.
good for three days. beginning January
81
The members of the Artisans Order ct
Mutual Protection held amceting in their,
hall last evening, aud installed the follow
ing officers Master Artisan, F. p. ID.
Miller; Superintendent. Jacob Sncath :;
Cashier, Henry Hershey Inspector, II.
F. Yersey; Recorder, Daniel Wann.
After the meeting had adjourned. thu
members repaired in 4 body to the Frank
lin house, where they had Il banquet.
CoastIn,s ACcn;ants.
Phil. Gossler's bob Sled Capt DcLang''
is one of tie ileetest on the hills it ran
away from several Of lis lady riders yes
terday.-Dr. Gcorke's sou James was
seriously cut by 5eia:. thrown against {,
post last evening.-AIiss Mary Leary, Of
Wrightsville, was sloighing with Dr.
Rebman and another lady when their
horse was struck by 4 coastIng sled tn,
sleigh upset and Miss l.. was severely in
jured.
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Henry llouseal, of Maytown: this county,
thc inauguration of Gov. PattisOn and
stopped with his son, Henry HOuseal; of
that city. On Wednesday he was prOstrat.
ed with paralysis and has been severe
sufferer ever since. Mr. Houseal is 62
years OF age aud is we'll and faTorably
known in this county and Dauphin.
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Rev :. +. Moose, Of New York, Il cell
brated rcvvalist. arrived in this city last
evening to assist Rev. II. Zeigenfuss, pas
tor os Salem church, West Orange street,
in lpltiing u series of meetings, commenc
in. 10 morrow morning. The reverend
gentleman comes highly recommended as
an ordained minister of the gospel and a
powerful reyivalist, having a strong and
he lahors. He will preach in Salem
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THE MERCURY WAY DOWN.


IEtSiIaGlY Aoi't " r..tnSr III ihc west.
The following temperatures were repent
ed yesterday morning in the Northwest
and West Fort Buford, Dakota, IS
degrees below zero bismarck, % below:
Cheyenne, Wyoming, 81 below North
Platte, Nebraska, % below ; OMAHA. lG
below Dodge City. Kansas, 1G below
Denver. Cololado, il below Lcaven-
worth, Kansas. . below. At Georgetown,
Colorado, the weather was the coolest
ever known there, the temperature being
% below zero. In Dakota a blizzard had
ragged for twenry-iour hours.
The railroad officials in ka;.sas were
advised yesterday that " the heaviest
storm of the winter was coming from
the West. O.: some OF the roads 4 large
force Of men Wa ".thered to clear the
track Of the anticipated snow.
A telegram from Minneapolis says th'
temperature there last night was 10 below
z,.ro. and it was Ealing there and at Other
points. The wind Vas high and the ali
"iull Of fine snow OF frost that cuts like
hail.
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Clara A. sco,,,s scanda,ous Story

Clara A. Scott, of New York, presented
through Speaker keifer, petition asking
sic, 900 Of Congress, partly because of her
services rs nurse during the war and
partly because of the alleged persecution
of CERTAIN United States Senator (nOt
named), who has driven her from the
departments because she would not yield
to his temptations.
Star Route Bribery.
Frank f. Shaw was yesterday indicted
by the grand jury in Washington on a
charge of having offered Edwin ID. DOni-
phan, juror in the first Star Route trial. a
large sum of money to favor Stephen w.
Dorsey, one OF the defendants in the case.
Dickson's S is the only one of the Star Route
cases now remaining to be considered by
the grand jury.
"Gouuod's Redemption"
Judge Lowell and Nelson, of the United
States circuit court, at Boston granted to
day the injunction prayed for by Theodore
Thomas. Of New York, which restraints
Joseph q. Lennon from performing the
sacred trilOgy, known as GounOd's " Re
dcmptior," i'll Boston.
Frozen 10 DEATH.
James Curran, who resides rear Mine
Vile, Essex county. N. y, was lOanu ny
his wife frozen stiff, within sight of his
house. The night previous, after imbib
ing freely he had started to walk home,
and sank down in tho snow.
Ice Mems Strike.
The strike among tho ice cutters at
Kingston, N. u, ended yesterday. Most
of the proprietors granted the increase
asked but in some eases the men resumed
work 1t the old wages.
! y Horrible Du,nestiC Tragedy.
ON Thursday night Harvey Taylor, OF
Richiird Springs, N. V, killed his wife
! aud mothcr-in law, and then hanged him
Scf.
| Stealing the dead from "a Vault.
The St. Marc Dc MOnnier vault in Mop
trcal was deseoratcd again lass night, and
three bodies stolen by medical students.
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Sales of New Tobacco.

A special correspondent sends the fol-
lowing list of recent sales of tobacco of the
crop of 1882: David Baer, half acre, at
%, 3, 8; Samuel White, l. acres, at 1S. G.,
3, and } acre, at 10, s, 3; G. Early, at 49,,
s, s, 3 Samuel Potts. s acres, at IS, 8, g.,
3 ; Amos NJ. Lands, 8 acres, 90. 13, 8, 8 &;
l.. Croft, three fourths of an acre, at %,
0, 3 Hiram Overly, 1, acres, 20, 10, 7. 3;
Clayton Mellinger. 4 acres, at %, II, 8, 3 ;
feuben S. Swarr, half acre, at % through !;
S. Manning, acres, 10 through John
Geist, g acres, go, 10, 8, 3.
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Sued by SaIvatlOn Army Girls.

Two girls of the Salvation army have
each instituted suit of $4,000 damages
for slander against the Rev. Charles Pelle-
treau rector of an Episcopal church in
Patterson, N. J. Mr.. Pelletreau on last
Sunday severely criticised the tactics of
the "army."
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Result of Il Switch.Tender sleeping

The Cincinnati express train going east
dashed into the rear of a freight train on
the main track at East Syracuse, N. Y.
Harry Stemp and Harvey Emmons, brake
men, were injured, but not badly. No
passengers were hurt. The damage to
rolling stock and freight is considerable.
The accident was due to the fact that the
switch tender was asleep at his post. The
wreck has been cleared away,
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Paw Day.

This is pay day on the Quarryville road.
The pay car passed over the road to day
at every station the paymaster
making glad the hearts Of the employees
by paying them their salaries.
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Hide stolen.

This morning 4 country butcher went
into the market house to attend his husi-
ness, and left his team on East King
street. While he was gone Il thief stole
a hide valued at 81 from his wagon and
got away.
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f-Olice Casefs

James Lynch and Simon Craig were
committed to Jail for ten days each by
Alderman Samson, for drunken and dis
orderly conduct.
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TUE renort of the grand Jury is varied

THE report of the grand jury is varied
from the ordinary run Of such
documents by the recommendation that
the present Jail, which has proved so
often inadequate, he torn down and
built upon the other side Of the creek,
the net cost of such an enterprise being
estimated at $50 900 and the occasion for
it being found in the limited capacity
and bad condition of the prison, and III
the injury resulting to its inmates
from the present system OF light ana
ventilation. The reasons adduced by
the grand inquest are hardly OF the
weight which the Importance OF their
proposition would suggest nor is 1t
likely that the grand jury have been able
to approximate with any certainty the
cost which the execution of their sugSes
ticn would involve. 1t would certainly
have been good thing for the city and
for the development of beautiful suburbs
| in The eastern part of it had the public
buildings never been located there. But
these considerations should have been
weighed before the Jail was built, GER
tainly before the later great eXpandl-
lures for the lunatic asylum and new
| almshouse We're contracted. y bill is tC
be introducedinto the Legislature permit
ting certain grades of convicts to be sent
to the panitentiary, which Will le'luce
| the demand for cell room II the prison
| and the horrors Of bummrrS' hal! can
| certainly be alleviated at less expense
than would be necessitated by the cree
| ton of Il new iail.
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An Alarm This Morning.

About ten o'clock this morning an
alarm was struck from box IL, located at
the coruer of East King and Ann streets.
The alarm was caused by I heavy sheet of
flame and smoke issuing from the chin.
ney of ID small! dwelling house on Grant
street, near Ann, occupied by Mrs. Levi.
The iireInen promptly responded, but
their services were not much needed, as
the flames were cxtinguished before any
considerable damage was done.
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Horses SIlIDDed

Fiss & Doerr shipped to New York to
day 90 head of Lancaster county horses.
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TWO FIRES.
l,h-a'iam'- Cigar Factory Damaged.


Lns5 evening shortly after six o'clock,
whi;o the family were at the supper table,
"a fire broke G'it 1T the residence of J. III.
Abraham, cigar manufacturer, 421 Mort b
Prince street. Smoke was seen issuing
from the upper windows by some of the
nci@hbors, who quickly gave the alarm by
ringing vigorously at the door bell, which
bctokcucu that somcthin. was wrong.
Upon investigation it was found that IL
fire hAd made some hea1way in tho front
attic, which is used as scrap
room. II is not positively known
how tho fire originated, but
the general suppCsItion is that it caught
from q defective ilue or from small stove
used iii the room which may have emitted
Il spark and SET fire to the floor. The
damage done will amount to about 500
on Air. Abraharp'S tobacco, $10O On his
furniture, with no insurance on either.
The building belongs to A. J. Eberly,
esq, and is damaged to the extent of $500,
which is fully covered by insurance, in
the LnnGon company, Bausman Il Burns.
agents. The fire department was very
prompt, and it wa only a matter of a half
hour until the flames were subducd
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OUR esteemed friend, Judge Patterson.
has some fears that the public may begin
tothink the newspapers know the bust
ness of the court better than the court
knows itself. Tlere is some ground for
his apprehension.
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IT seems after all the gabble about Gov
ernur elect Pattison declining to ride from
the station to the executive mansion, on
his arrival in Harrisburg, in I carriage
sent for him by the local committee, that
there was no carriage there for him ut all.
and that even the ladies accompanying his
party had to be crowded into a dirty ON
nibus, the only conveyance at hand. The
accommodations around the Harrisburg
station are usually SO limited that this
can be readily believed. Very naturally,
Governor PattiSun would have preferred
the privacy of a carriage Iido to the pub
licity of a pedestrian tour, but, as there
was no carriage to meet him, lie was
bound to walk-and to be msreprcsented.
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hIr. Fritlin, Ltokkeper of the munici
pal corporation yard i'll san Francisco,
says that stealing has been going on III
the street department by carrying: more
wO.kmen OF the pay roll tli&n arc actually
employed : also That the iimc- book has
been spirited away to prevent discovery,
and forced balances have ho3n made in
the books.
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II Cleveland Harry Y. Chapman, a O.
ycar-0ld boy living i'll lake-street II few
weeks ago dsnncd {: pair o: black stockings
In some manner he cbafcti ono Of his heels.
and the co!orng from the stocking got into
the woun0. SCOn the foot and limb began to
swell perccptibly. A physician was called
who pronounced ii :, case of blood poison
ing. AL efforts to get the boys blood free
of the poison failed, and yesterday lie
died from the effects Of the trouble
The foot and leg were swollen to twice
their natural size at the time of death.