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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-13

The WASHINGTON SLEIGHING CARNIVAL.
The sleghing carnival on Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington yesterday was wit
messed by thousands of people, among them
Il great many from this city The sport was
opened by II formal procession and the
Avenue was filled with sleighs and other
vehicles, occupied bypersons with and with
out masks. Some of the outfits were gro
tesque in the extreme. \ number of fancy
turnouts and many fast roadstcrs were out.
Prizes were distributed by committee for
the most ingenious and grotcsque rigs. A
number of collisions occurred, as fast driv-
ing was permitted by the police under s,ls.
pension of the regulations, and the avenue
WAS thTinged by hundreds of vehicles, but
no serious accident occurred
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-13

4 SCENE.-During the session of the Cor
poration Court this morning Il young and
prcpossessin@ lady entered the room and
commenced acting in an crratic manner,
which, attracting the attention Of the Ser
Seant, that official whispered to some by
ISLANDERS to approach her and, if possible,
persuade her to retire which proving inet-
icctual the the Sergeant himself was com
PEELED to perform the unpleasant Office. AS
he drew nigh she graspcd poker, gave
several fierce shrieks and taking him BY
the beard tore the same out by the roots,
and made other hostile demonstrations She
was finally quoted and prevailed upon TO
leave The room. The lady. who is well
known has been suffering for some time
from mental alteration, and often, when
the laxity Of her friends surveillance per-
mits, wandcls Off at random.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-13

eklED GREEN PEAS, Hominy Beans and B.
Il +. Peas, just received BY
Jana j. G. MILBURN
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21
A Prehistoric Race.

"All along the Pacific Coast, says a
writer in the San Francisco Bulletin,
''are to be found indeible traces of a
long-forgotten and prehistoric race.
While the investigation has been of but
comparatively recent date, still enough
has been discovered to show that an
almost Iimitless field has been so far
only dipped into in few places most
easy of access to the explorer. AS yet,
these researches have been confined al
most altogether to the immediate coast
of Southern California and to the cluster
of islands lying at a short distance there
from, which are now almost or quite
uninhabited, and are only used as ranges
for sheep and half-wild cattle or hogs.
They are known to have been densely
populated in long ages past, as is shown
by extensive remains in the shape of
burial places and debris of former hab
itations. Large quantities of interest
ing relics have been exhumed and
shipped to foreign colleges and museums
at different times during the last decade.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21
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Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21
He SwOre Himself.

The San Franciso Chronicle says =
A Montana postmaster, who arranges
the mails for the little town of Birney,
lives eighty miles from notary public.
When he sent in his first quarterly re-
port he administered the oath to him
self and then certified to the correctness
of the account. A reply soon came back
from the red-tape headquarters in Wash
ington that he had violated sacred
precedent and must get notary to
swear him. His retort was that he
knew no precedent which would assure
him mileage and travelling expenses for
100 miles in order to get notarys sig
nature. This left the department not a
leg to stand upon and they have since
preserved discreet silence and allowed
the Montana man to swear as he pleased.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21
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Bitters are used, so varied and perfect are their
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They give new life and vigor to the aged and
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Do not suffer or let your friends suffer, but
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Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, drugged,
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Medicine ever made the "Invalids Friend
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without them. Try the Bitters to-day.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21

Each one sees what he carries in his
heart.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-21
Musical Literature.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
NEIGHBORHOuD NEWS
events Across the County Line.
ea"Iug has 4 fourteen hundred pound

events Across the County Line.
Reading has 4 fourteen hundred pound
hog.
Counsel have appeared before court at
Reading to argue that the county bridges
should be declared free. The court re-
served its decision.
John Zinn, aged ID years, one of tie
wealthiess aud best known men in Leba-
non county, died suddenly Sunday at his
residence, about four miles south of Leba-
non.
The Reading board of health has
brought suit against two clergymen of
that city for neglecting to conform to the
act of the Legislature CONCERNING the sol
emnizing of marriage.
There was Il slight fire at the Carlisle
Indian school Friday evening. A student
lamp in the rOom of one OF the teachers
exploded. Sheldon Jackson one OF the
Indian boys, had his face aud hands
burned in his efforts to extinguish the
flames.
A stage coach WAS upset yesterday by
tho Stroug current while crossing the
Schuylkili river eight miles below Reading
and WAS carried several miles down the
stream. The occupants, nine i'll number,
were rescued, some OF them in an ex
hausted condition.
While melancholy. James 5. kuause,
of New Hanover, Montgomery county,
attempted tn commit suicide by hanging
himself in his barn. His hired man named
Crimly, found him in time to save his life
He appointed assiguees two years ago and
ever since he has been worried.
Elmer Sholl, a young man residing at
SteeltOn, Is demented upon religious mat
ters. On Saturday night duling il spell of
insanity ho imagined hs was ;,u angel and
could fly, and for that purpose leaped
from second story window. His sudden
bump on the ground broke his left ankle
just below the knee.
Norris Hod;son. !. prominent citizen
and man Of splendid physique. but de
mented, is ranging through the woods and
hills OF lower Chester county evading
arrest. Two constabies attempted to cap
ture him a few days ago. Iod,s who
strongly objected to being placed in an
asylum, sought refuge in house, and
getting behind piano drew huge knife
and bid tho officers ''tO come on they
wanted their hearts cut out" The officers
were afraid to advance, and the madman
chased them with the knife in his hand
Tho officers only escaped with their lives
by miles of hard running.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
BRIEFS FsYshTAIL.

CONVERSATIONS Frc.o the Morning fapers
An epidemic of "winter cholera - is re
ported III Waterbury,, Conn, about 25t
persoDs being sick. The disease il
attributed to the snow water in the reser
| vOirs.
| John Casey, a polishcr, unmarried, wal
killed by the bursting of an emery vince
/ at the establishment of the Wiley IL Rus
sci manufacturing company, at Greenfield
Mass.
John Kelly, on trial at Sunbury, Pa.
for the murder of Michael Meehan, com
mitted in December last, was convicted OF
manslaughter, and sentenced to 10 yeals
in the penitentiary.
| William Killman, who took part in the
murder of old man Boulton last week, in
Michigan has been arrested. lie cOnfesses
his completely, but declares that Manuel
LeDhard, who was arrested near kalama
zoo Oh Saturday, was the principal in the
affair. He says the man was killed with
a boot jack and his house robbed of S400.
Two engines and snow plow on the
| Canandaigua and Batavia Transit railroad
| in New York, were turned into a ditch at
| Richvil!e on Sunday evening. No person
was injured. A passenger train ON The
Silver Lake branch of the Rochester &
Pittsburg road was burned on yesterday
morning, near Perry.
Near Para, ILL.,, Reuben Co1win and his
brother in-law, James Hamlip, farmers
settled an old grudge in the presence of
their wives, by desperate fight with
knives. Corwin was stabbed IN the neck
and Hamlin in the left breast. Corwin
fired two Intellectual shots from a revolver
Both men are alive, but their wounds are
probably mortal.
An explosion in blacksmith shop in
the deep cut on the Jersey Shore, Pine
Creek, Buffalo railroad, about mile from
Jersey Shore, cost James Warers, black.
smith, his life. There were number Of
cartridges III the building " hich We're used
for blasting purposes. BY some means
unknown, as he was the only person in the
shop at time Of the explosion, several of
them exploded with the above result. The
building was demolished, and hardly a
board was left standing. The unfortunate
man was blown some distance out in a
field and was terribly mangled. He had
just been married.
John Wallace, farmer, near Rockport,
Carbon county, died, it is alleged from in
juries inflicted by party of drunken men
who quarreled with him on his farm.
Seven of the men were arrested, but all
discharged except two-Henry Adams
and Henry Winnah. There were no marks
of external violence and it is the general
opinion that Wallace died from natural
causes.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

SOME one about the Philadelphia mint
has mania for putting new faces on
coins, and unfortunately good judgment
and good taste seldom attend the per
fOrmance. The five cent piece has been
struggled with often, and once more is
coined afresh. The artist, having ex-
hausted his fertility of invention, has
produced coin resembling in size and
one of its faces the half eagle, and on
the other face he has omitted to say that
the coin represents cents instead of dol
lars; So some one has gilded one of the
pieces and begs to know why it is not as
good as the half eagle it resembles. 1t
is not counterfeit, because it is a geE-
ulne issue Of the mint and as it does
not say what the "" which is the
only expression of its values, means, it
may as well be taken to mean dollars as
cents. At any rate "a plated coin so close
ly resembles a half eagle that it may
readily be taken for one and conse-
quently the new idea of the mint comes
at once TO grief and extinction not
withstandng the beauty claimed for it..
1t is not, however, any better looking
than ;ne Old piece, and there seems to
have been absolutely no excuse for its
creation, except the restless desire for
change SO natural to the managers of
the coinage.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
lamraster fntelligenrer.
TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1888.
More Telegraph Consolidation.


The Western Union telegraph CON-
pany has at last swallowed its latest great
rival, the Mutual Union. 1t was very
bad thing for it to do, aud no doubt Jay
Gould and it's other owners so recognize
it. They make the operation for what
they conceive will be its present ad-
vantage to them, expecting to get out of
the property before the disastrous effect
of the load they put upon it is expert
enced. The English telegraph expert
Mr.. Ponder, who was lately in this
country examining our telegraph sys-
TEN, said the other day at meeting OF
the shareholders of the Atlantic cable in
England, that he thought it was very
unwiSe in the Western Union company
to undertake to buy up the opposition
lines as soon as they became formidable ;
and that it would be much better for the
company to expend its means in perfect
ing and cheapening the service, so
as to put it out of the power
of the new concerns to deprive
it of its business. Undoubtedly Mr..
Ponder was right in his judgment. The
buying-up process of the Western Union
must be indefinitely continued, as new
lines are constantly started for the pur-
pose of being bought out until finally
the buying company WI get so great a
burtHen upon her that she will become
an easy victim of young and lightly
stocked rival.
The lease of the Mutual Union
is for ninety nine years. but = is
doubtful whether it will ecome
an accomplished fact. Certainly the
junction of these two companies can.
not take effect i'm Pennsylvania, and tie
reported lease will suffice TO drive both of
these companies out of the state. AS the
Mutual l mon cannot transfer her Penn
sylvania line and as the junction of the
companies will hardly be desirable under
these circumstances, we have some rea'
son to suspect that the effort to make it
is for stock jobbing purposes and that it
will never really be effected. If the at
tempt to put the two companies togethel
is sincere one, it exhibits
great contempt either for Penn
sylvania business or Pennsylvania
laws, for there can be no question that
the undertaking is forbidden by our law,
and We believe we are not mistaken in
our conviction that the law in this re
uarJ will ha n.ipfaip by tba CT u a
under its present government.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
WHAT Is 1T :?
Certainly Not a Legal Coin.


A new minor coin has just been put in
circulation by the government. It is said
to be five cent piece; but as a CORES
pondent of the Sun pointed out on Sum
day, there is nothing on it to show
whether it represents five cents or five
dollars.
The only indication Of it's value is big
V.
The Inconvenience of the omission NAV
be very great, especially to the thousands
of immigrants who have to learn our COIN
age.
As a mere matter of expediency, it is
surprising that so defective pattern
should have been adopted.
AS matter of law, 1T would also seem
that fuller inscription is required Unless
section 3,516 of the revised statutes of the
United States has been repealed or
amended, there must be upon the reverse
''designation of the value of the coin."
The simple V does not comply with this
The treasury department had better call
in these coins and try again. While the
are about it, let them give us
a prettier face than that of the Philadel-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

same relation to the educated aud refined
Hebrews in our midst, IL the far down
Irish who have been degraded, starved aud
oppressed for centuries by their British
landlords, bear to the educated and refined
Irish who have sought aud found homes
in America. Ii may take some years to
raise these poor immigrants to the stand
ard nf full i!edgod, high toned American
treem39, but even DOW their Geutile
neighborS speak well of them and say the
neighborhood has greatly improved, both
in manners and morals. since the Russian
Jews arrived au:l took the places formerly
occupied by American citizens of Afri-
can Descent
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Installation of Officers.

At a meeting of Lancaster Lodge o.
Perfection 140 A. and A. s. R., held on
Monday evening, the following officers, to
serve for the ensuing Masonic year were
duly installed:
Thrice Potent Grand Master-Ill. Bro.
David II. Wylie.
Deputy Grand Master-Ill. Bro. William
N. Amer.
V. Senior Grand Warden-IIl. Bro.
Henry E. Slaymaker.
Joshua L. Lyte.
Heinitsh.
Grand Secretary-Ill. Bro. Robert NJ.
Bolenius
Trustees-Ill. Eros. B. Frank Brenemap,
William A. Morton, Henry Carpenter.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Sayannah's Celebration,

The celebration of the sesqui-centennial
anniversary Of the settlement of Georgia
was begun yesterday in Savannah. A sa-
lutte of 13 guns was fired at sunrise there
was parade of militia of the states of
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida a
meeting was held in the theatre, at which
Governor Stephens spoke and an ode by
Paul II. Hayne was recited and there
was a grand historical pageant repre-
senting the landing of Governor Oglethorpe
and the colonists, and their reception by
the Indians. To-day there will be a
trades procession and banquets will be
given to distinguished guests.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
A Nut FUR THE COMMISSIONERS.
Given to Them py one who Reads the
StutananUS

Given to Them py One who Reads their
Statements.
Editors Mtelligencer.-In the report of
the county finances, under the head Of
"bridges," we find 3. F. Herr aud S. NJ.
Miller erecting Big Beaver bridge No.
3 and wing walls s519aS, aud W. R. Ger
hart, ct al, inspecting Big Beaver bridge
No. 2, $22.S0-a total of S542.1S. What
for? The laughing stock of everyone who
has seen it; a bridge not equal to many
township bridges that have been built in
our township for less than 5000.
We would respectfully ask: sis it be-
cause the county paid for it that it cost
S542.1S;" and docs Inspection Iu-
spect?"
1t is claimed by the builders that it is
strictly up to the plans and specifications.
If SO the commissioners had better employ
some one who is competent to make
them.
DRUMORE TOWNSHIP.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
"A Runaway.

This morning about o'clock Mr.. Brim-
mer, the pretzel baker, North Queen
street, left his horse and wagon standing
in front of Fishers saloon, corner of North
Prince and Frederick streets, while he
went inside to attend to business. The
horse took fright and ran with the wagon
to which he was attached, up Prince to
James, along James to Mulberry, and
down Mulberry to West King street. where
he was captured. He ran nearly a mile,
but neither injured himself nor the wagon,
and managed to steer clear of a number
of other teams during his run.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Pig Iron Production.

The American Iron and Steel associa-
tion has received reports from all the
makers of pig iron in tho United States.
and officially announces that the quantity
of pig iron made in 1882 was 4,623, 1928
tons, which is nearly 100000 tons more
than ever before made in one year in this
country. The production of the different
kinds of pig iron in 1881 and 1882 was as
follows in gross tons
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Charged with Adultery

WIN. Boston, colOred, made complaint
this morning before Alderman McConomy,
charging his wife, Harriet Boston, with
adultery with u number of men. Mrs.
Boston was arrested and committed for a
hearing. She was very irate when
arrested, and promised to make things
lively for William when the hearing comes
off to morrow.
Joseph Hinder made similar complaint
last evening against his wife, Sarah Hin
der, and she was committed for hearing
before Alderman McConomy, on Thurs
day.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

Yesterday was the 10Th birthday of VIM.
Il: Snyder, son of John A. Snyder. of
North Queen street, and his young friends
celebrated the event by giving hip a sur
prise party at his fathers residence. The
young man went calling in the evening,
returning between and 10 O'Clock. TO
his astOnishment he found the house was
full of his friends. Dancing was INDUCED
in, an excellent supper was partaken Of
and the evening was pleasantly spent.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

Mr.. HAssoN is to be congratulated
upon the success of his effort to bring
the House to a vote on the free pass
question. The committee which tried
to smother the matter must feel little
cheap over the prompt reversal of their
action in the House. There is nothing
surer than that determined charge of
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

phia belle who represents liberty on tbs 8
five cent piece. If the director Of the
mint will come over to New York and
take a stroll on Broadway or attend a
Lenen service or 60 into any factory here
where girls are employed he will see
score Of handsomer faces in a minute
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

Charles GALLAGHER, a well known son of
the Emerald Isle, died at the residence of
his sOn-iD-law, Thos. Smith, in Eden
township, on Sunday morning, at the good
old age of so. He was we'll known over
the county, and for four years had lived in
Columbia, where his wife died year ago,
after which he moved to Mr.. Smiths,
where he has lived since.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Hold for Court.

DR.. Joshua Potts and Sarah McMinp.
charged with conspiracy before Alderman
Barr, had hearing this morning and
both were held in bail for trial at court.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

the bayonets of reform will bring down
the enemy every time. No matter how
boldly the foe may seem to stand they
are sure to take to their heels at the
onset. There is something in the air
which makes their legs run away with
them against their will. Members Of
the very committee that voted mega
tive recommendation to the free pass
bill, voted in its favor in the House. 1t
takes nerve to withstand the popular
will, when the popular eye is on you.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13

THE NeU Era concludes that Mayor
Rowe, of Reading, is profitable official.
because during his term he has averaged
for the city 81 145.72 earned for its treas.
ury in fees. But by the same token
Mayor MacGonigle is still more profit
able official. During his term he has
averaged S1,203 per annum in fees
earned by him, all of which go into the
city treasury, and this, too, notwith-
standing the fact that under the present
unfair law, which it is now sought to
repeal, only half fees are allowed for
cases heard by the mayor. But in
many other respects Mayor MacGoni-
gle's administration has been a profit
able one to the city. During his five
years and a-half of Office there have been
added to the sinking fund, for the re-.
demption of the city debt, about $4,000,
while during the previous four years of
Stauffer's administration it was in
creased only sll 100, and to odoubly offset
this there was entailed upon succeeding
administrations floating debt of $780,
600.