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sister carried to Washington. Sho laid the
facts before Senator Hale and implored
him to intercede for The boy. He told her
that he had no influence with the admin.
istration, and was therefore powerless TO
help her. Nevertheless, she came to his
room again and again on the same errasd.
Finally, his heart was touched and
he made it his business to see
Senator Foote, of Mississippi, to whom he
explained the case. Now, Foote," he
said, "I know you're on excellent terms
with Robert J. Walker (then secretary of
the treasury. Go to him for me
and see whether you can't get
this boy off," "I'n 20 o.day." ssid the
willing penitent. And he did. At the
end of a week Senator Hale placed the
boys pardon in the hands of his sister.
Then he introduced to hee anot her gantls.
man who was quietly enjoying her joy.
"This is my friend, Senator Foote." said
Hale. "Hangman Foote hos called up
our way. 1t is to him We owe your broth.
er's pardon. When you get back to New
Hampshire tell them that even tho devil 9
not rs black as he's painted"
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A Fight and Return to Court.

Between 12 and O'Clock on Saturday
night, John Utzinger, young man resid-
ing on Middle street, had quarrel with
his father, who was endeavoring to take
him home, on Rockland street. Jacob
Weidle and Geo. Gerlitzski had been with
Utzinger, and when they saw that his father
was getting the best Of the fight, Weidle
ran to assist him when Officer Elias caught
hold of him to arrest him and started in
Rockland street. He resisted and fought
but Officer Leman soon came to the assist
ance of Elias. After they had taken him
a short distance young Utzinger and Ger
ltzski ran to the assistance of their friend
and endeavored by threats to rescue him.
Utzingcr had a lot of stones in his hands,
but did not throw them. Weidle was
landed in the station house after he had
fought the whole way, and the others
were arrested soon afterwards. This
morning the mayor gave them hearing
and Weidle was returned to court for as
saulting and resisting an officer. The
other two were returned for interfering
with an officer iD the discharge of his duty
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Down on Pigeon Shooting.

The society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals IN Ciucin
natl recently caused the arrest of
several persons for shooting live pigeons
in a tournament A test was made Of the
case of one of the defendants, and de.
murrer was fled Judge Higley, on Sat.
nrday, overruled the demurrer, deciding
that the word " animals" in the statute,
included every living dumb creature, and
that the word "torture" and cruelty
included every act of omission or neglect
whereby unnecessary physical pain or
suffering is caused OF permitted. He was
satisfied that the allegations made in the
Information were sufficient. if sustained
by evidence. to constitute i crime under
the laws of Ohio.
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Rafting on the Susquehanna.

ASaturday night dispatch from William.
sport to the Times said {: Rafting on the
Susquehanna is now at it's height, and to
night three hundred and fifty RATS are tied
up at Lock Haven. At least five hundred
have passed down tho river and as the
water is still at a good rafting stage it ia
believed that nearly all Of them will reach
the lower market. Prices are firm. Pine
rance from fifteen TO twenty cents, oak
from eighteen to twenty-five and hemlock
boom has been good. The Lock Haven
boom contains between 81, ,OO0, 600 and 40
000, 900 feet, and the Williamsport boom
$50, 100000 feet. The lumbermen have
had an unusually fine season so far, and
nearly all the big drives out of the small
streams have reached the river.
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NElGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Events Near and Across tho County Lines.
West Chester has Sc, 032. 18 in her treas
ury.
Norristown wants its police force in.
creased.
VIM. Morgan, one of Harrisburs's Oldest
citizens, died Sunday afternoon.
The Bethlehem iron company is work.
ing upon an order for 1000 tons of steel
rails for the Lehigh & Susquehanna rail
road company.
Lloyd Slime. an employees of tho Gantler
wire mill at Johnstown, and non union
man, was severely beaten on Friday night
by union men.
The Reading iron works, employing
about 1000 men, have made large reduc.
tion in wages and also reduced tho time
to three days per week. The wOrkmen,
who say they cannot support their families
under the present arrangement, have pc.
titioned the company for restoration of
the old wages, giving until Saturday next
for an answer.
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COncerniGgOysters.

The oyster planters of Princes bay and
the lower shore of Staten Island, New
York, are much :sgitatcd by an attempt
being made in the state Legislature to
give the property owners along the shore
possession OF the oyster beds aud riparian
rights beyond low waite" mark. The con
troversy, it is said, involves the possession
of one of the most valuable oyster tracts,
and the sole possession of hundreds of
RI :nters are at stake.
1.-The largest oyster ever taken from
Raritan bay is reported to have been
caught off East Point, near Keyport, few
days ago. The molluscous monster is as.
serted to have measured o. by 81 inches,
and weighed % pounds. Its age was esti-
mated at Is years.
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A Loose President.

The Philadelphia Times says that the
President went to Florida not in search
of health, but on the hunt of peace of
mind that the singing of the Stalwart
wasps was making it uncomfortable for
him in Washington, and so he took ref
uge among the mosquitoes Of the ever
glades. 1t seems that Mr.. Arthur has
been grievously disappointing the Stal-
wart politicians as whose creature he
was elevated to the vice presidency. He
declines, for some reason, not yet we'll
understood, to manage his show
for their benefit. There is no reason
why there should be 4 breach be-
tween the president and his old friends,
other than the supposition that Mr..
Arthur has a correct ida of his high
duties and prerogatives, and considers
himself not to be the president of faction
of a party, when in fact he is the pres
dent of the United States. Mr.. Arthur
js going through the thrces that every
man of coed sense and independence of
character encounters, when he is trans
ferred from the4party traces to the dis
charge of high executive duties.
Naturally Mr.. Roscoe Conkline
fails to note the Transformation
when his old follower becomes his pres.
ident; naturally Mr.. Arthur's political
associates consider themselves abused
when they are not preferred for office to
those who were not Stalwart politicians
like themselves and Arthur. Just how
they can expect a sensible Republican
president to perpetuate the division of his
party in two factions by giving all the
offices to one they do not demonstrate.
Certainly they cannot prove their case
by such weak trash as that which the
Press attributes to Conkling. The latter
may have said, as the Press declares
that Hayes administration becomes re-
putable by the side of Arthur's but if
he did say so, he need not he proud OF
the lack Of discrimination exhibited in
the remark. Instead of being smartly,
it was very stupidity, said. 1t needs no
discernment at all to know that Arthur's
has been far more respectable ad,
ministration than the wishy-washy,
colorless and thoroughly contemplate
one of Hayes. And the more independ-
ence of the dictation of his old party as
sociates shown by the president, the
stronger will his administration become.
He has shown an aptitude in judging the
character and qualifications of public
servants, which seemed to require only
the independence of which he gives
signs to enable him to do, what no pres.
ident has for long time done, which is
to leave his office regretted by the people.
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A DESERTED BRIDE.
DEsEKrED BIZ nER.rA1rH1nss LovEl


The LeN Invoked to Bring aim hack
LsS9 NsWs nroughs by Nail nom
Every DtEeOtiea.
At Wilkesbarre heartless villain who
deserted his lady love on the eve of their
marriage has just been captured and
lodged in the county Jail. The facts
Of tho case, which is exciting great deal
OF interest there and in HazeltOn, where
the parties are better known, are as fol-
lows Some three years ago John McGrea-
dy, then resident of the lower region
of this county, while visiting the home of
met Miss May Ratchford, Mr.. Burke's 8
step daughter. a young lady Of PROPOSES
sing appearance and only sixteen years OF
age. The friendship thus commenced soon
ripened into love and he became her &C.
oepted suitor. The day of the marriage
was set and great preparations made,
but when the day of the wedding arrived
McGready had fled to parts unknown.
The young lady was almost heart broken
over the sad disappointment and has been
in a prccarious condition ever since.
When the truth became known McGready
was severely censurcd, and had he been
discovered at the time he would undoubt,
edly have suffered bodily harm at the
hands of Miss Mays friends.
Mr.. Burke, the step. father, at once re
solved to follow the fugitive at all costs.
Detectives were employed and no expense
| spared to follow his tracks. About a
week ago the detectives ascertained that
McGready was at Rondout, N. Y. A re-
quision was obtained, and yesterday he
was arrested and taken to Wilkesbarre.
Mr.. Burke says he will spend s., 1000 in the
prosecution Of McGready.
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ARREST OF TWO YOUNG MEN.

They Escape From the station House.
On Saturday afternoon George Miller
and George Williams, two young men,
jumped on . freight train at cambridge.
When asked by the conductor to get of
they drew black. jacks and threatened to
use them. Finally they were put of,
when they began firing stones. Word
was telegraphed to Railroad Officer Pyle,
of this city, who went to Bainbridge and
got on the trail of the young mon, follow
ing them to Middletown, where they were
overtaken and captured. They were
brought to this city and taken to the
station house, and given cell No. on the
western side of tho building. They were
all right in the evening at 0 o'clock, but
yesterday morning when Keeper Nagle
went to feed them he found that they had
escaped. They cut away the wood Of the
window sill around the bars which they
easily pushed aside and crawled out. The
work looks as though it was done with a
knife. The men both live in the neigh
borhood of cambridge aud if they are not
recaptured it will be because they have
left the county.
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larlcaster fntellige1Ger.
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 10. 1888
In q Passion.


Mr.. Smith, of the Philadelphia Press,
should take Greeley's advice and 90
west, il he desires to indulge in the style
Of writing which he affects when Hugh
Hastings. of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, is his subject. These two
editors clearly do not love each other !,
they stand apart and growl and glare and
swear at one another in a manner which
might be decorous in a pair of wild
cats in the Rocky Mountains, but which
is unbeconipg ina brace of ordinary city
tabbies. The troublewhic eventuates in
80 much cursing started with the decla-
ration of Mr.. Smith that Roscoe Conk-
ling had declared in substance that
Hayes administration became respecta-
BILE in tho light of Arthur's. Conkling
having been Arthur's god. d.father his de-
claration signifed terrible back slid
ing Of the infant president from the true
Stalwart faith. Mr.. Hastings, who knew
Mr.. Smith in Albany before he was i'm
ported to enlighten Philadelphia, took
occasion to remark that his character for
veracity and decency was not good We
believe be even pronounced him a dog
Mr.. Smith then called the dictionary tC
his aid, and exhausted all its remaining
terms of opprobrium upon Mr.. Hastings
publishing at the same time retractior
of libel printed over Mr.. Hastings name
a half century in which Mr.. Hasting:
Is made to describe himself as a very bat
man indeed. In fact he draws 50 yer,
dark portrait of himself that it is easy
to believe him when he says he did no
write it /; for no man of good sense
would and Mr.. Hasting has never beer
accused of lacking that. He did no
enjoy good reputation during the man.
years he spent as lobbyist at Albany
and no doubt Mr.. Smith can truly
say many ugly things of him; but IL
does not select the most effective dart il
his armory when he accuses him of villa
would make him out to be fool as wei
as knave. In fact people when they &c
mad are generally injudicious in thei
ways of cooling themselves off. They in
wardly feel like smashing the kopf' o
the fellow who angers them and the,
are always the maddest when the dis
creditable truth is told about them, 20
then they are hurt the worst. The edito
who permits his reader to see that he i
in i passion greatly detracts from TIN
force of what he says. When he think
he is delivering lis weightiest blows h
is in fact doing no execution at all. Th
hurliDg of epithets is too naturt il to al
editor to be esteemed as an effectiv
mode of denunciation. Mr.. Smith ma
be quite irreproachabIe, but he coul
show it better with the election of fewe
adjectives against Mr.. Hastings. n
doubt it is a great pleasure to him to Cal
his enemy names, but it is costly pleas
ure to one who conducts a journal TIL,
should aim to enjoy reputation as
dispassionate critic of men and things.
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Nailed to the Counter.

We have repeatedly called the atten.
tion of the Philadelphia Press to the
fact that the special Harrisburg CORES.
pondent of its Sunday issue is reckless
of the truth. In his letter printed yes
terday he again illustrates this charac-
teristic by the following paragraph
Governor Pattison demanded of State
Librarian Little that he should discharge
Assistant Librarian Joseph r. Orwig, to
make place for John C. Everhart, and to
the credit of Mr.. Little be it said he posi-.
lively refused. Gov. Pattison demanded
of School Superintendent Higbee that
County Superintendent Davis, of Clarion
county, should have place in that de-
partment, and Mr.. Higbee yielded to dhe
demand. Messrs. Everhsrt and Davis are
Democrats and Gov. Psttison demanded
that they have places simply because they
are Democrats.
Both of these statements are false, as
he could have learned had he consulted
the persons best qualified to inform him
State Superintendent Higbee and State
Librarian Little. We have the author
| ity of the former for the statement that
the motion to appoint Democrat to the
first vacancy in his Office and his selec.
tion of that most admirably qualified per
son, Superintendent Davis, were exclu-
sively DIR. Higbee's own. Governor Pat
tison made no demand whatever in the
premises; on the contrary, he assured the
state superintendent of his willingness
and his desire that he should feel entirely
free to consult only the interests of the
educational system of the state,a he saw
them, in the selection of his subordi-
mates.
And State Librarian Little says that
there is not word of truth in the story
above related about him ; but, on the
other hand, he has been assured by the
governor that he shall feel at liberty Ia
select his own assistants and retain them
while they discharge their duties salts
factOrily.
While some of the members of Cover
nor PattisOn's own political party abuse
him for not compelling the dismissal Of
Republican Office. holders and the substi'
tuition of Democrats, it is hardly the
decent thing for Republicans to falsely
accuse him of doing the contrary ant
the Press will do itself credit by correct
lug the misstatementS it has helped tt
circulate.
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Tho Stroll Family.

Tho Stroll family appeared before a
small audience in Fulton opera house Sat-
urday evening. This company OF musical
wonders certainly merits much better pa
tronage. The family consists of four
daughters and two SOEs and the enter
tainment they gave was q very enjoyable
one. They show remarkable musical talent
and play with the utmost ease upon a
variety Of instruments. The Orches
OF the programme arc rendered with
splendid effect, and the numerous and
novel instruments they perform upon
are surprising. The entertainment j. ex-
cellent and chaste in every respect, add az
they appear again this evening in the
opera house, by request, they should have
large audience.
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Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice for the week ending
April 16, 1888: .-.....
LADIES'. List-Miss Maggie Cook, Mrs
A. or 8. Dunlap. Miss Mamie Fisher, Mis-,
Emma Funk, Miss Fannie Haverstick
Miss Lizzie Leber, Miss Mary A. Lauver
Mrs Susan Martin, Miss Annie A. Shirk
Miss Mollie W. Stauffer, Mrs. NJ. B. Wat
kins, Miss Annie Young.
Gents List-GeO. Beam, G. s. w. Bru
baker, W. Il. Blacklan, D. w. Freed
Benz. Croft, Jno. H. Croft, Nahum KRIS
chen (for.). VIM. Patison, Geo. Smith,
JAG. B. Snyder.
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THE Democratic House at Harrisburg
needs to brace itself up aud henceforl.. :.
refuse any leaves of absence except for
extreme cause. Its members are now
working on the extra fifty days and they
have no right to absent themselves in
such numbers as to make the Saturday
sessions q farce. The rules should be
rigidly enforced. In the time left a great
deal of important work can be DONE but
1t will not be done if members absent
themselves in numbers from so many
sessions. The Democratic press of the
state should prepare itself to black list
those who are absent without good ex-
cuse.
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Carlisle Herald.
The long talked about railroad from this
place to Gettysburg is now settled fact.
Tho contract for building it has been
awarded to Keller S Bush, of Lancaster,
and work will be commenced at onca The
new road is to be known as tho Harrisburg
y Gettysburg railroad, running from
Gettysburg To Hunters run, where it
will make connection with the South
Mountain railroad, and run to South Noun
tain junction, where it will again connect
with the Cumberland valley railroad, and
run through to Harrisburg. The con
tractors will put force Of about 800 men
at work 2n the now road in q few days, in
order thai they may have it finished at
the appointed time-September I. The
Carlisle m mlnnfactnrihg company has been
awarded the contract for building eight
construction cars for the new road.
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FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS.

FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS.
The Delaware county Record finds fault
with the legislative absentees.
Funeral reform is the worthy cause
championed by the Carlisle Herald.
y The Pottsville Chronicle has been con-
vinccd that spring is at hand by the ad.
vent Of the circus poster.
Nothing that the Port Alleghany Re-
porter knows of can prevent the Demo
Gratis from electing tho president in 1884.
The Easton Express fears that the Leg
islature does not appreciate the necessity
of speedy relief for the state supreme
court
The Scranton Republican thinks the
House ought to adopt a rule refusing to
admit to the pages Of the Record any
speech not delivered on the floor.
The Bellefonte Democrat concludes that
the governor was surely mistaken in veto
ing the bill making the pay of assessors
uniformly So per day.
The Bellefonte WatcAman believes that
the Tilden count-out will DO avenged ir
1884, but not with him as the Democratic
standard bearer.
Apropos of French cuisine the Wilkes
barre Record observes that ''if it requires :
hankeriDg after snails and angleworms tt
make a people polite, we prefer to be rude
for little while longer"
The Wiikesbarre Un,on-Leader proves
by figures that if there is anything wrong
at all in the Democratic apportionmen
bills, it is that they do not concede to th'
Democrats as much as, but to concede tt
the Republicans more than, they are en-
titled to.
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JUDGE LIVINGSTON deserves credit
and he will never fail to get it from this
journal-for his plain talk to the con-
stables in the matter of their duty about
violations of the liquor law. If they will
observe his directions the hotel and sa.
loon keepers will not have much coca.
sion to watch each other. The con.
stables and court will take care of them
both.
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fall OF a LsrA Wall.

While loaded ballas sVy6 g train on the
West Shore railroad was passing through
Newberg, n. Y, on Saturday, about SO
feet of a great stone wall on the east side
of the track, near Third street, was showed
out, and fell into the side of the City
hotel, damaging the building. The engine
of train was also damaged, and the ten
der thrown into q ditch. The wall was
built on ground formerly reclaimed from
the river, but the builders neglected to
put piles under the foundations.
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Nellle II ubbard Obtains u Divorce From doI
flebelSn husband.

Nellie II ubbard Obtains = Divorce From hor
flebeiSn husband.
Gossip concerning the elopement of
Nellie Hubbard, the youngest daughter of
ex Governor Hubbard, of Connecticut,
with Frederick Shepard, her fathers
coachman. some years ago, has been re-
vived by the discovery that Mrs Shepard
has tired OF her illiterate husband, and
has succeeded in obtaining divorce from
him. Shepard was progressing young fel-
low, of good habits when in the governors
employ, but SO unlettered that Miss Nellie,
then young lady of eighteen, undertook
the praisewOrthy task of teaching him to
read and write. While thus engaged she
fell in love with the handsome coachman,
and in March, 1879, they were secretly
married at Westfield, Mass, during the
ex-govcrnor's absence from home. When
first informed the marriage, eleven days
after the ceremony, Governor Hubbard
sought to keep his daughter at home, but,
upon her persisting in her declaration that
sho would live with the man Of her choice,
he disowned her, and it is said that her
name has never since been mentioned in
his presence.
Shepard secured Il position as clerk in a
shoe store, and for two years the ex-
coachman and his aristocratic wife lived
happily. During this time girl was
born to them. Shepard then removed to
New Haven, where he started livery
stable Oh money furnished by his wife and
friends. He succeeded admirably in this
business, and lived with his wife IN a
pretty little cottage and in good style, but
here the first trouble came. He attended
diligently to his stable, and Mrs. ShGp-
ard, who had shut the doors of
society against herself by her escapade,
and was left pretty much without
resources Of amusements, began to tire of
him. lie became jealous of the attentions
she received from other men, and the
differences between them increased, until
a few months ago they separated and
have since lived apart. The ground on
which Mrs. Shepard obtained the divorce
is said to ho abandonment, though Shep-
ard is still passionately fond of her, and
has been confident that she would return
to him. 1t is not thought that ex-Gov.
Hubbard will allow his daughter to return
to her old home.
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Heading for the HOSPITAL,

Donations of books and magazines,
illustrated papers, stories and novels, are
earnestly solicited for distribution among
tho inmates Of the county hospital.
Persons willing to contribute such will
please send postal card to DR.. John Fl.
MacCreary. superintendent Lancaster
county hospital, when their packages will
be called for,