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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-13

A Crazy scheme EfiectusIIy Punctured.
Philadelphia. Record.
During the greenback craze more than
one wild financial scheme was broached,
but even the plan of irredeemable currency
interchanged with inconvertible bonds
was a mild kind of lunacy compared with
the midsummer madness of this device for
maintaining high taxes in order to distri
butte largo treasury surplus among the
states. Apart from its financial folly it
shows how gross and perverted is the
notion entertained by its authors concern
ing the relations of the states and tho gen.
eral government. Yet this scheme for
centralizing the power of the general gov
ernment and reducing the states to beg
carly dependents on its aims is gravely
proposed to the people as q prop to pro
lection.
In behalf of this scheme it is said that
there is precedent in the distribution of
tho proceeds of the public lands. 1t is true
that there was once small distribution of
some surplus money that had been saved
by economical! administration, but the
Democrats of the time made short work of
it. In 1874 the Wings, who have trans.
mitted some of their loose political notions
to their political successors, declared in
their platform in favor of the
distribution Of the proceeds from
the sales of the public lands" But the
Democrats met them with the counter
declaration that the proceeds of the
public lands ought to be sacredly applied
10 the national objects specified in the
and that We arc opposed to
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The Philadelphia Times is not true to
itself nor to the truth when it declares
that in the matter of the apportiOnment
at Harrisburg the folks are every bit as
good as the people," and that "the lead
ing men of each party, who ought TO have
been big enough for better things, have
placed partisan advantage first, to the
subordlnation of the interests of the
commonwealth. That is the truth, and
neither side can claim any advantage
over the other" By the very standard
of a proper apportionment which the
Times itself laid down, the Democratic
folks offered everything that was
fair and right and the Republi
can people refused to accept
it. The Democrats did not place
partisan advantage first, but accept
Cd partisan disadvantage and agreed
to take the bill framed by John Stewart
himself. We recognize the fact that as
Q Republican organ the Times is bound
to make out the best case possible for its
party, but it is not too much to ask even
of its organic organism that it will meas.
ure the apportionment situation by the
standard which it set up only few days
ago.
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SMALLPOX.
ras DnBxAsE mUcu AsATkp.

Oaly 0as More Cass Keporrsd-Tne
Powers OF the Health Commissioners
Meeting Of tho Hoard Of
Health.
Another case of smallpox is reported.
Henry Elselsore occupies the upstairs Of
No. 42S Manor street. Yesterday it was
'asoertained that his little daughter Tillie,
aged three years, who had been sick for
somedayA was suffering from smallpox.
This morning DR.. Fitzpatrick visited the
family and advised the removal of the
child to the hospital, the case being
rather bad ono. The mother consented to
the proposition. provided she DC allowed to
accompany it.
Rumors of other cases exist, but it is
impossible to ascertain whether they arc
true or false. The health commissioner
has no right to make domicliary visits
without the consent of the occupants. He
has made many such visits on his own re-
sponsibility, and in most cases has been
courteously received, but it is al unpleas.
ant duty to perform, and might be
avoided If all practising physicians would
promptly notify the board Of health Of ali
cases Of smallpox or variOlOid that come
within their practice. As some of them
have thus far failed to do 80 exaggerated
reports arc circulated and when any Of
the nOn-repOrting physicians arc seen to
visit family, no matter for what purpose,
. report is circulated that they are visiting
smallpox patients. They have it in their
power to abate the alarm and assist the
board Of health in stamping out the
disease, by promptly reporting every
case.
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THERE is a good deal of discussion,
and much of it senseless, about the trade
dollar and what ought to be done with
it but we have failed to see any propo
sition for the disposition of it which is
more practical and direct than that
originally advanced in these columns,
viz: ttat the government shall call it
in and redeem it piece for piece, with the
Bland dollars now idle in the federal
treasury. II is true that these legal ten
der dollars are worth more to the
public than the trade dollar, but
while they remain idle they are worth
less to the treasury, which in every case
would get token containing 400 grains
of silver for one that has only 4124 and
would therefore actually gain the differ
ence. Sooner or later this immense
hoard of silver dollars, constantly accu'
mulating, will have to be melted up
and when that time comes the trade
dollar will 60 further than the Bland
dollar.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-13

Orgazsxsa and Rirunnsns Omcers nsossa
About fifty msnters and subscrfbers of
tho Jefferson eln6 ID this city held 8 moet..
ing in tho second story rooms of DosGh's
building on North Queen street last even.
ing, and adopted a constitution, bylaws
and rules for the government of the club.
After a spirited meeting the following
permanent officers were elected to serve
tho balance of the year aud the meeting
adjourned to reassemble in one week and
hear the report of the directors on the en-
gagement of q permanent place of meeting
for the club:
President-B J. McGrann.
Vice Presidents-1st, ]. L. Steinmetz,
I'd, DR.. Henry Carpenter, Sd, Geo. Nau'
man, 4th, s. II. Reynolds.
Rec. Secretary-Wm. T. Jefferies.
Cor. Secretary-B. F. Davis.
Treasurer-Peter McConomy.
Marshal-Philip Bernard. =. - .rs.s-,
INSTRUMENTATION Lightuer, Jno, T.
MacGonigle, VIM. A. Morton. Jacob.
Pontz, David McMullen, Henry f. Slay.
maker, Jno. Schaum, Geo. Steinman, VIM.
B. Wilson, Geo. NJ. Berger, Sam'l W.
Altick, Valentine Wise.
The object Of the club is to effect q
social union among the Democracy Of the
city to maintain permanent headquar-
tsrs, reading room, &C., and to promote
Jeffersonian principles, without regard to
personal onds. 1t starts with member
ship of 100 and bids fair to be successful
and influential organization. =
Marshal Philip Bernard has appointed
tho following named gentlemen, as his
staff Col. Edward McGovern, VIM. j.
Fordney, Henry L. Eckert, John Duffy,
John A. Snyder, Harry A. Miley,. Thos.
McClaren, Frederick Wolf, John Pontz,
James NJ. Burke. Chas. f. Stewart. Alex.
Donnelly, Robt. Clark, Harry II. Hensel,
Richard McGrann. ~ ; e
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DESERVING HER HOME.
A Woman of Wealth who Prefers lJIegrac
to Home and Frlends

"A woman Oh W0Altn VINO Pf0f0rS Dlegraco
to Home and Friends.
John Botzum is the postmaster, leading
merchant and richest person in the town Of
Botzum, Summit county, Ohio. The viii
lage was named after him. He is so years
of age and worth 81, ,0OO, 600. Four weeks
age his wife,a handsome woman of middle
age, eloped with a travelling horse doctor
named Hall. Botzum employed detective
who followed the runaway pair from town
to town. Three weeks ago the detective
and Botzum's oldest son, college student
found the couple at Columbus. The wife
and mother was taken back to her home
and her husband forgave her. Since thu n
she has been carrying on a c!andestine
correspondence with DR.. Hall, who is at
present in Mansfield. Wednesday night
she again left her home, and took train
for Mansfield. Young Bo.zum was at
the depot when she left and endeavored to
retain his mother by force, but she cast
him aside and left on the train. A man
named jackson, who lives near Botzum, is
said to have acted as mutual friend be-
tween the guilty pair, and for this reason
the whole village has risen up against him.
He has been ordered to leave town inside
of ten hours and if ho does not comply he
may DO severely dealt with. Mr.. Botzum's
mind is almost shattered by his trouble.
and his friends fear he will become in.
sane. sE- 49, --r ...
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A DEED OF BLOOD.
AN A,lsAxE Han BUrOn ies.s Hls WIZ
Kills his Cnildren-Blows Out his Brains
Terrible and Tragic End OF . Happy

Mills his Unildren-BIows Out his Braias-
Terrible and Tragic End OF . Happy
FAMILY.
A number Of years ago Andrew White
was one of the most prominent property
holders of Chicago, and made for himself
an immense fortune, with which ne retired
to stock farm near Dwight, where he has
lived most of the tina since.
His steady attention to business aud the
consequent mental strain affected his mind
to such an extent that he had to be care
fully watched by his family. He grew
steadily worse and worse until his strsnge
freaks wore SO unbearable that he had to
be sent to private asylum. Here he &C
quired the strange and fatal hallucination
that his imprisonment was due to des ire
on the part of his wife and children to get
hold af his fortune and spend it. He com
municaued the fears to tho warden of the
institution, who caused the patient to
undergo rigid medical examination, in
which such conclusive evidence was de-
duced that he was declared hopelessly in.
sane. He was continually inventing means
of escape to execute vengeance upon his
family but not until week ago did he
succeed in obtaining his liberty through
the carelessness of his custodians.
He speedily made his way to his former
home, near Dwight, on his mission of
vengeance, purchasing a large Smith &
Wesson revolver en- route. Reaching the
house in tho middle of the night, he
watched till morning, when he advanced
to the front step and called out to his wife
to come down and welcome him. The
family, consisting of the wife and two
children, aged 10 and 18 years. rushed at
once toward the porch, rejoiced to hear the
familiar voice and supposing that the
husband and father had been released
from the asylum in the possession of his
faculties.
He allowed each member of the family
to caress him, and q moment after, with
out the least agitation, drew from his
pocket the revolver, and looking his wife
in the face, said "You want my money,
my fortune, damn yOu-take thatv' and
he sent bullet crashing through her
brain, and she fell dead on the porch, as
he turned and buried bullets in the brains
of his boys aud girl.
When he had done this he laid down the
revolver and gazed upon the fearful deed
he had perpetrated. For a moment the
horror of the act seemed to restore his
reason, and with q desperate cry he fell
upon the corpse of his wife, kissing it and
weeping over it. His hallucination return.
ing, however, he dragged the bodies of the
dead into the dining room and laid them
out on the table, the wife first, they boy
| next and the girl last.
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NElGHBOKHOOD NEWS,

Events Near and Across tho County Lines.
There are rs prisoners in the Berks
county Jail.
Jennie Rhoads, of Pottstown, aged 13
years, has been held in bail in tho sum of
$3.50 for an assault committed on Gertrude
Miller, aged II years.
Hartford county, Maryland, although
much given to cattle grazing, has already
become famous for its canned vegetables.
The product is valued at millions of dol
lars annually and the canning interest IS
said to be greater than in any county in
the world From ten to fifteen thousand
people besides residents are employed
during tho season in the canning facto-
ries.
The Maryland board of public works
met yesterday in Annapolis to consider a
proposition of the Philadelphia branch of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company
to bridge the Susquehanna river at Port
Deposit, but postponed the hearing until
Thursday next, in the Baltimore aud Ohio
directors room in Baltimore. 1t is stated
that the bridge as proposed by the plan
submitted is to be built 80 feet above high
water, without draw. Citizens of Port
Deposit oppose the building without !
draw.
Martin l.. Nissley, of Hummelstown,
Dauphin county, was instantly killed on
Wednesday, On that day he was visiting
at the farm of John Fl. Nissley at Derry
church. In the afternoon he climed into
q cherry tree to pick some of the fruit,
when he slipped from the branches and fell
to the ground. He struck on his head
aud when picked up was dead, he dying
instantly. Mr.. Nissley was ono of the
most we'll known residents of the lower
end Of the county.
In Reading yesterday while VIM. d.
Wolfinger and James G.. Boate were on a
scaffold along the girls high school "a feet
above the ground, the scaffold fell. Boate
made an attempt to grasp a window and
glanced around to see his companion from
whose eyes he saw a look of despair not
soon to be forgotten, as he exclaimed, "Oh!
my God" and both men were dashed to
the ground. Boate landed on his feet
almost unhurt Both of WOlfinger's legs
were injured, but it could not be deter
mined last evening whether either of
them was broken, His back was most
seriously hurt, and he is badly injured
internally.
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OBITUARY,
Death of Rev. Jacob Hershey.

Rev. Jacob Hershey, an able and highly
esteemed minister of the Old Mennonite
church, died at his residence half q mile
from Leaman Place, last evening, in the
S1st year of his age. About eighteen
months ago he was stricken with apoplexy,
but recovered sufficiently to b. about
again and attend to his ordinary duties.
On Wednesday night he was visited by
another and severer stroke, and died
on Thursday morning, as above stated.
He leaves four sons and four daughters,
all of whom are well-known citizens of the
neighborhOod. For more than forty years
Mr.. Hershey faithfully preached the gos-
pei, as it was given him to see it, without
money and without price, to all who
chose to receive it. His influence for
good in the neigabOrhOod in which he
lived and died was acknowledged by all
His funeral will take place on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at
Hershey's graveyard, near Mllltown.
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The Scovllle's Family Troubles.

George Scoville's affidavit, supported by
that of his son, has been filed in answer to
his wife's petition for alimony. He says
the lady has no just grounds for complaint
against him, as he carried out every agree
ment to the best of his ability. Such fail
ures as have been made are chargeable to
her prosecutions, annoyances and miscon-
duct that in little over year next prior
to May, 1888, she caused hifi $4,000 ex-
penses over and above money paid to her !;
that on June 30 he gave her $3.50 worth OF
furniture and SEQ in money, but that she,
with Guiteau like ingratitude, only labored
to bring fresh trouble upon him. He
pities his wife's unfortunate mental con-
dition and desires custody Of the child
Bertha.
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Meeting OF Water uomm,ttse.

The water committee of councils held a
meeting last evening. A resolution was
adopted to place metre in Brimmer's
livery stable. A number of bills were
presented and passed. A motion was.
adopted that the committee pay o visit, on
Wednesday next, to the Lancaster bolt
works to inspect one of Parsons patent
blowers in use there, which is said to save
A per cent. of the coal used in tho fur
naces. If the blower meets the commit--
tees approval they will recommend its use
in furnaces at the city water works,
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tho lsws lately aaopted - 70 any hw for
tho distribution Of suGh yGoooeds among
tho states = aliko ins1YoGkt n policy
and repugnant to The o9nteufio0."
From that time nothing W1s heard of the
distribution Of . treasury SaRplns among
the states until revived in this recent and
monstrous guise. The defeated Wings
were glad to drop it, but they never
dreamed of maintaining unnecessary taxes
and thereby creating an enormous surplus
for distribution among the states.
There is no reason to doubt that the
Democrats of Pennsylvania will meet this
new monster as the Democrats of the last
generation met the ancestors. The gov.
ernment of this country is not . great
machine for grinding taxes out of the
many for the benefit Of tho few and for
creating a vast surplus of revenues for
distribution among the states. 1t was the
doctrine of the ancient Democracy that
the state can raise their own revenues and
take care of their own domestic affairs !;
and that is good Democratic doctrine now.
The Democracy did not believe that the
states needed coddling with surplus rev.
enue pap, and against all such schemes
they maintained that mo more revenue
ought to be raised than is required to de-
fray the expenses of the government" In
raising this perpetual motion surplus dis
tributioa monster for devouring the rev.
enues unnecessarily wrung from the poo
pie in the name of protection the Repub.
lican convention of Wednesday has given
the Democrats of Pennsylvania a great
opportunity. What will they do with it ?
They cannot take refuge in tho usual
party clap trap, as is already predicted of
them, in the presence of such monaco to
the principles of Democracy and the true
interests of the country as made in this
Republican platform.
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Ll'rITZ MATT RS,

Interesting Items Clipped from tho I" Ke-
cOrd.'' p
Three directors of the Lititz and Roths.
vile turnpike company having resigned
johnson Miller, J.F. Sturgis and Geo. w.
Hepp were elected in their places. The
new board has organized by elncting J. F
Sturgis president, VIM. Evans treasurer
and johnson Miller secretary. VIM.
Evans was also chosen superintendent for
this month.
A meeting of the spring committee was
held on Monday evening for the purpose
of electing 4 standing committee of four
for the year. Haydn Fl. Tshudy was
previously elected blythe board of trustees
to represent the Moravian church, and the
following persons were elected by the
committee DR.. J. H. Shenk, l. F. BON
berger, J. G. Wsltmer and Samuel Seaber.
At q subsequent meeting the committee
Of five organized by electing J. H. Shenk
president, j. G. Weltmer secretary and H.
H. Tshudy treasurer.
On Monday near Kahl's brickyard on
the pike going to Lancaster sink hole
suddenly manifested itself on the pike. The
stagnant water on the spot rushed into it
and in q short time t"ere was q sink. hole
measuring A by 8 feet, of considerable
depth, requiring % perches of stone and
several loads of dirt to fill it up.
The springs committee sold tickets on
the Fourth to the amount of $722, and
their entire income was S722, which in
cludes rents for stands, sc.
Work on the new memorial chapel ut
Linden Hall has commenced in earnest.
ExcavatiDg is now in order, but hands are
scarcity, which retards the work some
what.
Regarding the smallpox in this city, the
Record thinks the city councils are much
to blame for not settling the matter of
precautiOn at their meeting last week, and
agrees with tho INTELLIGENCER that the
cases as they arc known should be made
public at once.
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BASEBALL,

Tie Game AfGer several Hours Playing
Yesterday afternoon the "Quids F." and
the l" Stumps," two mines from Demuth' s
cigar store, played a match game of ball
on the grounds of the Ironsides club.
There were number of old ball players
in the game, most of whom, however, had
not played for years. The Guilds presented
Porter as catcher and Roger as pitcher,
while the Stumps had Powers and Reilly
as their battery. Of course the game was
full of errors, but there was some fine bat
ting. Bausman, of the Stumps, made a
three base hit and Porter a two base hit.
OF the Guilds, Harry Lichty and Jacob
Shirk each made a two base hit. But
seven innings were played, when the game
was called on account of darkness. The
score by innings was as follows:
ssn%ps:: Sa1as: ::::::s ! ! :? J s-si s-sI
Umpire-GeOrge Myers.
To morrow the Five.Twenty club, of
Philadelphia, will be here to play the
lronsides. This is fine club and goo d
game may be looked for.
The Anthracites, of Pottsville, will come
here on Tuesday. This nine is fast pushing
20 the front since its organization. Yester-
day they played game with the Merritts
at home and drew 8, 900 people. Fourteen
innings were played and the Anthracites
only lost BY costly errors. The score was
to 6. The Merritts are the coming
champions of the inter state association
and are one of the finest mines in this
country. The Alerts, of Pottstown, will
be here on next Saturday.
The IrOnsides are advertising their
games in very attractive way just now,
using very handsome colored cuts.
"Snyder's Cigar Store Nine," is the
name of club lately organized with head
quarters at the cigar store of VIM. Snyder
on North Queen street. The club is open
for challenges from the mines of the city
and amateur organizations from other
places.
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A lssg Trip for . Little Balloon.

Almost two weeks ago John II Riden0ur,
clerk at tho City hotel, let 60 lite gum
balloon. He had card attached to it
asking the finder to return it to the hotel.
Yesterday he received . letter from Cats
kill, N. Y, containing the balloon and
The islentioal card placed upon it By him
The writer stated that the balloon had
been found on tho farm of e. ]. Prindls at
Catskiff on July "a. the plxus where the
balloon was found is on the Hudson over
100 miles above New York city,
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Baseball Yesterday.

At Trenton-Trenton 0. Brooklyn /;
Pittsburgh-AlIegheEy 8. Athletic l ;
Cleveland Cleveland 10, Philadelphis /;
Baltimore-Baltimore 1, Metropolitans 4 ;
Reading-Qnickstep 2. Active 3 Buffalo
New York 8, Buffalo g; Chioagos+
Chicago 6. Providence g.; Detroit-Ths
game scheduled between the Boston ard
Detroit clubs was postponed on account Of
rain St. Louis--St. Louis 9, Coluubus
4; Observation-Disclosures II, Eclipss 3 !;
Pottsville-( Championship II innings,
Merritt 2, Anthracite 6.
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EXPLOSION OF POWDER.
Father and Child Severely Burned.

Last evening Christian Haller, butcher,
corner of South Queen and Andrew streets,
attempted to light the gas in his shop, to
attend to the wants of !, customer. Ia
doing so he struck match which broke
off, and the lighted end of it fell into q
drawer in which there was a small pack
age of gunpowder, which Mr.. Haller hal
used for killing rats. An. explosion took
place and Mr.. Haller was badly burned
about the hands and face. His little
daughter, who was standing near him, was
also somewhat burned and so much scared
that she jumped out of the front window.
The accident created quito an excitement
in the neighborhoOd.
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ILL CHANDLER, called to New
He0pshire to attend the bedside of a
dyfag nsther, by chance, the usual
ws4, - there just In time to grasp at
~ senatO1ship which Rollins has let
drop; and 10 giving a good deal more
attentiM to 1t than to bis filial duties
Neither the country nor New Hamp-
shire would gain much by ChsndIer's
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While in pursuit of a burglar in Fra
zarsburg, Ohio, recently merchant named
Blizzard chased the criminal into the river
firing at him as they ran. The grand jury
has now indicted Mr.. Blizzard for murder
in the first degree, not because he shot at
the burglar but because he did not 60 to
the latter's assistance when he was drown
ing. The judge instructed the jury to
indict any bystander for murder who re
fused or neglected to help tho drowning
burglar. Apparently it is lawful in Ohio
to shoot burg lars but not to drown them, q
nice distinction which no petit jury in its
senses will recognize.