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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10
TROUBLE AT LEHIGHTON.
Postmaster Peters Arrested for Assault art
lsaItorY.

Postmaster Peters Arrested for Assault and
Battery.
Lehighton is excited over a socia! dis
turbance which grows out OF u father S
wrath because Of the alleged intimacy OF
a young married man with his daughter.
All the parties are well known i'll the com
munity. Last week Postmaster Ii. Il.
Peters sent for Z. F. Feist, a clerk in a
dry goods store. Feist came at night, and
Peters, locking the doors of his store and
drawing revolver, pointed it at Feist
and said : "Now l have got You
where want you.' He then told Feist
that hs must leave town if he cared for his
life. Feist, after further conversation,
departed, but did not leave the town
Yesterday Peters and Feiat met for the
first time since their interview, and
Peters. goius up 10 Feist, slapped his face
and asked him if he did not remember
what had been said about bis leaving the
place. Peters again drew his revolver,
when Anson kemmercr intcffeIed, and,
as he says, Peters pointed the ievolver at
| him. Both Feist and kcmmercr entered
| suit against Peters for assault and bat
| terry aad for pointing = revolver at them.
! lie furnished ba;i in the sun. Of $4,000 fol
| q hearing.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10

THE members of the Legislature 10
not seem generally willing to submit To
it's order for Saturday sessions. They
apply for leave Of absence Oil Friday
without regard 10 The probable effect OF
leaving the Houses without q quorum for
business. Their requests being granted,
it seems that the Houses do not object
to the practical attulment of their reSn
luton i'm favor of Saturday sessions If
the majority Of the members are per
mitte,. to go away the minority might as
well go also, and shut mp the shop. If it
is the general disposition of the men,
bers not TO sit Oh Saturday, EU
public good will come from enforcing
these sessions. The better class OF
them no doubt desire 10 work steadily
and work hard, SD as 10 get through with
their public business and 60 home to at
tend to the private business that suffers
by their absence. But they are al the
mercy of the others. Certainly Saturday
sessions will not be profitable without
general attendance.
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Aauraster fntelligenrsr.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 10. 1883
The Pittsburgh Iron Makers.

The newspapers publish the apprehen-
sions of Pittsburgh iron manufacturers
of direful effects from the enactment Oh
the Senate amendments to the tar!il
hill These manufacturers need not
complain while those in other localities
are Quiet. They claim to be able TO
make iron cheaper than it is done else
where in the country. They, at Least,
sell their iron at lower prices. They
quite probably are selling to-day at a
loss, since iron is not elsewhere pro
duced at the prices at which they oller
il. and they have rot any extraordinary
facilities for making it. If they "ouio
maintain their prices at figures tla'
vould Weld them a fair pfoilt:
they would get those figures from
tine consumer in their natural
fold. But as those consumers DO not
take all they can manufacture, they re-
drce their prices to enlarge the range o.
their customers. The iron trade geher
,,lv suffers from this policy of the Pitts
burgb manufacturers. Prices are unsa.
isfactory today not because OF forelsi
competition, which is not felt, but De
cause of Pittsburgh competition. NJ
tariff rates that are likely to be adop1e'
by Congress will let in foreign iron. LIN
cost of production here can he lo"cre'
sufficiently to prevent this. The railroa
rates for carriage are as high as the
were when the iron trade was brlsk
Apparently the railroads have a
the business they want, as they have nc
seen the necessity for lowering thel
rates to invite mere. When it become
necessary to do so to keep the manu-
factories going that supply them VIII
their traffic they Will lower them. Ih5
time is at hand. The adjournment {
Congress will be necessary before rea'
iustment of the elements of cost in II
production of manufactures can
made. What our business lnteies
want is knowledge ot the condition
under which they mUSt b. prosecute
Itis Of the greatest Importance III;
Congress shouli settle theses far as II
law affects .hem. What the tariff rat
shall he is OF less consequence than Il
fact NJ their d,-t Tni!natl0E
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10

This morning, MIR. Lemon, residing lear
Petersburg this county, left two horse
team standing in fro,.t Of Landis & West
heaffer's grain warehouse, ia West
Lemon street, while be was attending to
some business inside The horses took
fright and ran Off. breaking the coupling
pole and the tongue % the wagon, ard
runnin. with The front wheels as far ~
Lemon and Mary streets, where they came
in contact with !, lamp post. One Of the
horses fell aud sustained serious injuries ;
tho other was unhurt.
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NEIGH NE.HS.
rv.nss -,cr..,s lit County Lao.

EvantS -ACr.:ss G!I;: County Lac.
Along the Brandy WIS, i'll Chestr. c.,unty
,nuskrats are killed in great nu.a2e:&.
Reading people arc out of huiaor because
they can't send aud receive money b.
telegraph in that city.
John Koch died il I:eadint: On Thurs
day night alter a short Illness, i'll his 18th
year. He is the father of Jacob Koch, Il
farmer in this county
Yesterday was distribution day oi tho
York BcuGvOlGu5 association, and relief
was extended to 14i '.s:nilics. represent
ing 5Si persons.
At coming sale ia Chester county by
John Massey, in Wi'iistOwn township,
will be sold lot of antique household az
ticles brought over from Wales more than
200 years ago.
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COLUMEt:, NEWS,
OCE REGULAR UURRESPONDENG
Events Along the susquei,anna-i:slns OF
Interest In and Around tho Borough
Picked up by the IntcIIi-
RCuOrfer


Interest In and Around tho Borough
Picked up by the InteIn-
Eencer's Reporter.
At the meeting O. ,uncils last evening
the finance committee reported q balance
on hand of $5,3JS 30, The paving COM
mittee reported one bad pavement ordered
to be repaired and dangerous platform
at FendIich's corner. which the COMMITTEES
was instructed II &tteId to. The fire
committee reported the Neimsr fire, and
upon the report .; Assistant Engineer
Hardwell that the Columbi.. Com
pany had disobayed orders it was
fined S25, to be deducted from it's
appropriation. W. 3. Given, esq., made
au appeal to c0uncll on behalf of the
Shoch library aud the opera house was
given free for q home talent concert III
this behalf on April Il. Collector Bockius
presented statement Of borough tax du-
plicate Of 1881, asking certain exoneIa-
tions, which were granted. lie WAS or
dered to close this duplicate and to serve
upon each delinquent notice, Banning i
time for settlement, and in case of not
coming to time" the amount BE- col
lected by law. Orders were granted to
the amount Of s., 2,.1G.4O.
Tho Churches.
The sacrament of baptism :.nd the i.ord's
| Supper will be administered ut the Meth
Odist church to-m0rrow morning. \ large
number of perso,-s will also be connected
with the church during the morning ex-
ercises. In the evening the pastor, Rev.
DR.. W. Humphriss, will preach Oh :: :Thc
Spirit and the Bride say, Come" The
revival services have now been in progress
daring the past five weeks and will be
continued next week. Over one hundred
persons have professed conversion and
many are at the altar as sinners.
Tomorrow at st. Paurs p. E. church
the services will be held rs follows ::
Morning service and sermon ut 1890 q. N. :;
evening service and Sermon at 1870 p. n.
On Monday evening prayer i'll be held at
4:3O p. N. The subject Of to morrow
evenings illustrated lecture at the f. l..
Lutheran church is The Third Petition
of the Lords Prayer.' Revival services
are now in progress ut tie Bethel church.
corner of 7th and Walnut street, aud will
be continued durius next week. 4 num-
Der OF conversions have already been
made and others are COW at the altar as
iuquirers. The text Of to morrow morn-
ing's sermon will be The Battle Of
Life - Of the evenin.'s, Sowing and
Reaping."
Tho thorough siuu;;ct.
Good skating on six inch ico at tho
canal Outlet.-Miahaei Lawrence nearly
drowned while venturing among .iammed
ice.-Wm. Watts returned to Norristown.
Miss Martha Perkins, of Baltimore.
visiting Columbia. .-Republican uomina
tions this eveniilg.-Japanese tea party,
total receipts 3232 WTightsyi!e men
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SOUTHERN SENSATION.
SOB TOON3S' GRAND DAUGHTER.

Row She Preferred Love to An Inheritance.
Gen. Robert Toombs' grand daughter,
Miss Dutose and Mr.. CoI!ey were eN-
gagged and the general objected. MIR.
Colley is worthy young man against
whose moral character no charge can be
brought. He was d clerk IL one of the
stores in Washington, and was not
wealthy, but to that fact General Toombs
did not object. The general cares for
long lice of ancestors and blood, and
that sort of thing. At any rate, he did
not like the Coiley family, and he
urged his grandchild to give up the ite:
of marrying Mr.. Collcy. She pleaded and
lie demonstrated. He threatened, and She
became determined. Finally he told her
that in his will he had beQueathcd her
so, 900, and spoke Of that 10 show the
interest he felt in her. She would not
promise to give up Mr.. Colley. and finally
General Tombs got out the will and
showed her the paragraph where the for
tune was left to her.
She was not to be moved. He cii1rct!
to make it 100000. She said she would
promise not to marry Colley during
| Toombs' lifetime. The general, in his
usual way, said he would pay nobody to
| postpone an act until after his death. lie
threatened to Jisenherit her, but she
never moved from her position Finally
General Toombs told her that unless she
promised not to marry Colley he woulC
have her will changed and would not leave
her cent. She replied that if she must
choose between the two she woulc
be disinherited. The general thet
told her that he would give hel
forty eight hours to leave the house
Miss Dubose proceeded to show her grand
father that if she was driven out sh'
would have to be married at once. Th'
general tore around. and Miss DnbOs'
communicated with her friends, aud tn
result was that the marriage was arranged
for and took place that day. Genera
TOombs took his will cut, had it changed
disinheriting Miss Dubose, and added
paragraph providing that none of his pro
perty should 60 to her, directly or indi
rectly. 4 few days ago Mrs. Toombs wa
very sick, aud her recovery was not ex
pected. Mrs. Colley wrote the general
note, and asked permission to call and Sc
her grandmother. General Toombs rea
the note and handed it back to the mes
senser with the simple statement that b
had no communication to make.
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THE LATEST NEWS.
BLOWN UPIN A FACTORY EXPLOSiOS
Five Men Horribly Mutilared and Killed
and Two Injured In an Illinois
Town-Otner Events

Five Men Horribly Mutilared and KnIed
and Two Injured IN al Illinois
Town-Other Events.
At Tay,orville, ILL.,, The boiler at p.
New S Co.'S extensive tile factory eA-
ploded at 7:15 Friday morning, killing
five men and fatally injuring two Others
The yard is located d mile southeast of
tho business part Of the city. The men,
together with Mr.. New, the proprietor,
had Just commenced work when the &C.
cident occurred. The cause of the explo-
sion Was the pouring OF cold water into a
| hot boiler. The following is list OF the
killed and injured
Killed-JOhn Jones, engineer, completely
disemboweled, both legs broken and other
ways mutilated.
| Sanlel LenaD, torn into fragments, his
body only being recognized by his rubber
boots, which were still ON his feet.
Peter New, the proprietor, both legs
broken and his head saalded aud frac-
tured.
John McCaliom, horribly mutilated.
William Dishel, who had the top OF his
head blown off.
Ipjured-Christ. New. son of the pro-
prietor, badly scalded and it is thought
fatally wounded.
| SANDY auucVcfe, ALSO liiIdily lUJuTcu
The explosion shook tho buildings ii
tho city as if it were by an earthquake
The machinery was thrown a long dis
: tance, aud The yard is a total wreck, tn
whole vicinity being strewn with tn
debris of heavy timbers and still heavie
:, , pieces of iron machinery, bent and twiste'
into every conceivable shape. The bodie
| have been removed to the city hall, wher
-, ;,n,,St will ha baiS Thi. 70
+ has plunged our little city into the deepes
gloom.
The only man at work within the or
closure who escaped unhurt, was job
4 Murry. He was in tho dust pit, abou
: five feet from the boiler, with only a thi
f dirt wall intervening. He says be saw
=. tlas!. OF light and started to run, and afts
explosion found himself on the groun
> near 10y, slightly stunned. He 500
t recovered, and then assisted in movin
l. the men.
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Mari os},

The Boston Her0M contains an an
nouncement of the marriage Of Miss Mary
A Doyle, one of LaEcaster's fairest da::gE-
ters to Mr.. James G. McCann, OF HOssoD,
Mass The joyous event took place al 81,
Jossph'S church, Boston, on tue 9Th inst,
the ceremony ben" performed by Rev.
Father Whooly. Hiss D1yle's-or rather
Mrs. McCann's-trieods in this city. md
their name is legion, extend t. her and
her Yankee husband their heartiest con-
gratulations and their best wishes for
long life of happiness.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10
THE DENNIS CASE.


No official word has yet been receiyc,.
from the state department with regard 10
the governors disposition OF the DonniS
case, but Mr.. IIeuscI, COUNSEL for the
Missouri authorities, saw Attorney Gen
cral Cassidy on the day express on his
way to Philadelphia yesterday and he said
that just before he lett Harrisburg It hid
been decided to modify the warrant - as
to keep Dennis here until he had been
tried on the local charges of forgery pre-
ferred agains. him, aud to deliver him TO
the Missouri authorities after pennsylya-
MIA Justice was satisfied.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10

THIS time, as usual, it is not the
Democrats who draw the color line.
There has been good deal of effort
made to demonstrate that to partisan
prejudice was due the failure OF Roberv
Smalis, the notorious South Carolina
negro, to get on the retired list of the
navy. But itseems that Robeson is the
man who, as member the naval com
mittee, has piseoE!io!ed Smalls' petition
and shelved his social aspirations. The
friends of Robeson in naval circles are
desperately hostile to Il proposition
which would give this hnrly negro an
equality with themselves, and at their
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Police Cases.

Alderman Samson, last evening. co'n-
mitted Wm. Burnes and Charles Brown
to the county Jail for - days each for
drunken and disorderly conduct.
Alderman Spurrier held John ii. Glaef
in bail to answer ut court for assault ar,d
battery on David Weller. lie also CON-
mltted James O'Donnell to Jail ior II days
for drunken and disprderly conduct.
This mornings hearing brought n,nf7
persons up before the mayor. One drunl.
paid his casts, and all the others being
buns, they were discharged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10

The anniversary of the Lancaster Bib'o
society 10. morrow evening will be observed
by union services i'll the tOlowing.churchcs
under the direction Of the pastors named 3:
Presbyterian-Reys- Reimensnyder (to
preside), Hark and Fry Trinity Lutii-
eran-Revs. Sail 90 preside), iIoupt and
Robinson, M0rar ;an-Itevs. Mitchell (to
preside). Fraynr ail Hume lions Luth-
eran-Ccrman Ie,vices-Revs. Mayser,
Micster and Dahm:r,
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Malicious Trc>paSS.

Adam Dietr!cn. of hohrel,tc"n.
writes Us that employees ot telephone
companv. running their l!nt along that
way. have DESTROYED a shade tree which
for sixtv wears Stood in front ": his
hotel. the shade II which his venerable
sire. AGED 60. takes great delight in every
summer. and for t,}a destruction @!
which nn r.mrenSatiYu cu"!d satisfy
linn. cur correspondent further com
ulaiDs tia. - Ctntccl TemoHs'rHrc. s
against lis ruthless destruction the .l:eS
men turned a ,iral ear. AMI i'r inquiries
whether there. IS no law against s!!cil
bold invasion &c the rights 0t private
property in times of pace.
In answer We say that the alleged at
of these drStrurti 'ilistS was wholly un'
iisti!iab!e. Section Y. Of tn Bill OF
Rights. in the new constitution ct this
state. declares that private property
shall not BE- taken nor applied to public
use without authority Of law and with
out lust CON pei sat;on le;Ig frs had"
cor secnrpl.' Railroad and telegraph
cOmpan;ns. even with the ampieSt char
ters. canno' override this: and no tele
graph or telephone company can invade
and destroy private property without
first compens;ting The owner or giving
approved security to do SO. The COMMON
practice of the agents OF such corpora
tions to 60 through the country setting
their poles where they please and re
morselessly cutting down or hacking II
pieces trees by the highway, often the
:,dOrnmenC of their owner 5 home. is oi.t
which needs to be summarily ended.
In some instances, notably iii the cast
of our valiant friend Col. Joel l. l. git.
ner, of East Lampeter, the presentation
of a shot gun and Il fierce dog unle
direction Of the owner, prevented r!th
less desecrati0n of honOred land marks
If the people of RohrerstOwn We're no
so well informed OF their rights as to re
sort to such measures to maintain then
they at least have the partly satistactur.
remedies of a criminal law. They shou's
promptly prosecute, arrest and puui>i
for malicious trespasS the persons W!
have done this wrong tu their property
The same law which prevents or pun
isles the citizen cutting down the tele
graph pole-which Can he replaced i'll :;
Iay-wilI prevent or punish the TELEGRAPH
linesmen cutting down the citizen
shade tree which cannot b. replaced 70
q generation.
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iIa SOIIN I.Onse

The following contributors were re
ceived from residents of the city during
che past week for the benefit of the soup
house l.. GcDs & Son. 30 loaves Of
bread Geo. Brady, dozen rolls Z.
BoettaeG, 81 ioaves Of bread Matzger u
nro., barrel OF crackers John Black,
cash, 5. Following is the number of ra.
tioi.o i>.,le,i during the week Feb. 9th,
l01 :: Feb. Sth, 42j Feb. 10th, 327.
Total, 1852.
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q year.

CanIbrls. Freeman.
IN California a plblic official who &C
cepts aud uses q free pass over a railroad
by that act forfeits his position, and is
disqualified from Eoldiug any office of
profit Or trust. If such a provision was
adopted in this state we would probably
see speedy end Of the free pass business,
so far :5 least as members OF the Legisla
tuyc, state officers and judges of the courts
40 concerned.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10

TIE revival in :he Union E".!,ci is in-
creasinp in interest. the number O: con-
yerts since the beginning has +ec;: eight
teen. fifteen of Whom have joined the
church. The meetings Will be confined,
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Mr.. HAsSoN's bill for the suppression
of free passes does not apply to the rail
roads issuing them, but to certain OF
the public officers of the state who ac-
cept them. It makes it a miSdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of from one to five
hundred dollars, for the governor, lieu
tenant governor, heads of departments,
Judges and members of the Legislature,
to accept a g free pass or pass at dis
count" 1t would he better to include
within the terms of the act all otii-
cialS within the state. \ like reason IN
perhaps less degree exists for prohibiting
department clerks from accepting such
cratuities from railroads as is 10 he
found in barring from them department
heads. The issue of free passes to
mavOrS and cOuncllmen of cities is
highly Objectionable. Employees OF the
Legislature also should be under no OBJ.
| legations to railroads. Public policy, in
! fact. prohibits in some degree the ac-
ceptance of free passes by every official
OF any grade. We would suggest tEle
! inclusion within the terms of the bill n
every person bearing IA official cuinmis
sion.
Tie bill may further be criticised fol
making the otfeuse the acceptance nnl.
of ii free pass. It's penalty shOu!2; apply
likewiseto its use, and every fresh use
shomld havea fresh penalty.
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SOME interest was excited i'll New
York the other day by the action Of the
coroner in summOning as his jury Il
PANEL of most distinguished citizens
with IN ex president at the head Of it and
Il handful of eX-mayOrS at the tail, Tho
coroner was suspected of joke. The
great men with one accord began TO
make excuse, but enough of them
stayed to make The inquest a re
markably strong and intelligent body
Of searchers for the truth. The salts,
factory result is seen in an investigation
that investigates. The example set by
the New York coroner is worthy OF
imitation. Why should not Gen. Grant,
Jay Gould and men like them do jury
service If their time is valuable 10
them it can be made equally valuable tO
the public, and the public service is en-
titled to a fair share of it. The slovenli
ness with which juries Of ali kind are
selected, especially in the large cities,
has become a scandal and has shaken
popular confidence in the system. Let
it be given fair trial with an improved
order of jurymen.
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instance he has defeated them. The
black man smells most sweetly to his
Republican brethren at long range.
SrH Aron MYLIN succeeded Yesterday

SENATOR MYLIN succeeded yesterday
in getting the Legislature to order the
printing of 5000 copies of his commit
tees report on the state agricultural
college. The report makes 1,12O fools
cap pages of type writing and the print
ing of j. will cost thousands of dollars :;
the bill would have been still higher had
not Senator Coke moved to strike out
Senator Mylin's suggestion that the
work should be bound in cloth. AS it is,
the order to the state printer involves a
useless public expense, mainly because
of the worthlessness of the committee's IS
conclusions. This state agricultural
college with three experimental farms
and half million dollars endowment IS
of no good. 1t has been of no service tt
the interests for which 1t was established
1t has maintained a sluggish existence
with nearly as many salaried professor
as students, and after nearly twent.
years experience the agrlculturists of tl
state pronounce it q failure. If not
humbug. If a legislative committee La
come to other conclusions than tha
radical reorganization is necessary
! has either done SO because Of insutl
. cheney of the evidence before it or be
0 cause its conclusions were not the log!cs
u result of its investigations. The publ
e judgment is that the committee starte
u in with it's conclusions and collecte
d evidence to justify them. The people d
y not care for this rubbish and ought nc
(. to pay the cost of printing it.
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ARCHBISHOP WoOD appeals through the
Catholic !Standnrd for help for the starv
ing Irish peasantry. The suffering which
now exists in several parts of Ireland IS
terrible, and bids fair to equal that Of the
winter of 1880, when whole families per-
shed from hunger. This appeal will not
90 UNDECIDED by our people who are ever
ready to assist the needy, whether !; he in
Germany, or Ireland, Or the Russian re.
fusees.