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Tho Wooden Poles Must 60.


There ought to be no trouble in meet
ing the general desire of the community
to be spared tho infiiction of the wooden
masts upon our streets. There is no one
found to admire them or to dispute their
ugliness. The city in contracting for
the electric light made no stipulation as
to how the wires should be suspended.
When the authorities now see the dis.
gust with which the community views
the poles they should be alert to see
whether they cannot have the light
without the poles. We have suggested
that the trees be used, and this should
be q welcome device all around, as it
will save the cost of tho poles. No one
wants to balk the desire of the authori-
ties to try tho electric light. 1t is an
experiment Of very doubtful result, and
Is very likely not to be repeated for a
second year. But let US have trial of
IL. Lot that trial, however, be as unob.
jectionable as possible. This ought to
be tho desire Of the city officers. The
property holders have it in their power
TO challenge the erection Of the poles
and to take tho question into the courts
II the city chooses to attempt to force
them upon them. But q the poles may
b avoided without damage to the COM
paay ereoting tho light why should they
b insisted upon? Let the property
holders stand upon their rights, and tho
wooden poles must %.
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Striking for Their Liberrles

hoduluS l1crhlU.
The citizens of Lancaster have struck
for their liberties. They have cut down
the poles which a tyrant electric light
company has erected in front of their
doors, and have hurled defiance at last in
the teeth OF the omnipotent stringers of
wires. Such conduct is so unusual that it
is worthy of more than passing notice.
We have become so used to bowing down
and submitting to all sorts of imposition
from corporations that the spectacle of a
man defending his own against them
challenges our admiration. When corpor-
ations fight each other they do not hesi
tate to cut, and tear down, and break, and
smash things, but private individuals have
come to regard the property and acts of
corporations as sacred. There is no more
reason why corporation should be al
lowed to plant an ugly pole in front of
mans door, without making compensa
tiOn for the injury, than that it should be
allowed to take the roof off his house, and
yet people everywhere have allowed the
streets to be freshly planted with these
disfgurements, whenever any corporation
takes it into its head to string few wires
until tho streets In many places look like
dismantled forest. The result is that
they have gone on recklessly, planting
more and more of them, and never con.
corning themselves about providing way
of carrying their wires that would be less
of q nuisance and annoyance. II the oom.
panies were made to pay damages for
every pole planted there would either be
fewer of them or some other plan of car
rying tho wires would be adopted which
would abolish poles altogether. If the
Lancaster men carry their fight to a sue
cessful conclusion, they will be entitled to
tho thanks Of the pole-pestered people of
the entire country.
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PIE QNAI,.

MONTGOMERY BLAIR left only S75, 900,
when he was supposed to be worth at
least quarter Of million.
CHAs. A. WARDEN, for fifteen years
general freight and passenger agent of the
southern Central railroad, died at Auburn,
New York, yesterday.
CAPTAIN EADs has been invited to at
tend meeting in Paris, the purpose of
which is to consider the question Of the
improvement of the river Seine.
Miss PRESCOTT, the actress, whose un-
fortunate venture with Oscar Wilde's
'Vera" has recently made her conspicu.
ous. is called 'tsore head" by an ungal-
liant contemporary. -
PRINCE BISMARCK arrived at Salzburg
yesterday. He met Count Kalnoky, the
ustr0-Hungarian minister of foreign
affairs, at the depot, and they proceeded
to the hotel together.
MAJOR DEXTER G. HITCHCOCK died yes.
terday on the steamer Lampasses. at New
York. He arrived from Galveston the
day before. Major Hitchcock was an OF.
Confederate officer and latterly q govern
ment contractor.
MIR. BLACKBURN's retirement from the
speakership contest to devote his entire
energy to tho United States senatorship
will, it is said, compel Mr.. Carlisle to
adopt a change of tactics, the latter being
a candidate for both places.
GOVERNOR BUTLER, on his arrival at
greeted with three rOusing cheers from
about fifty employees of canning company
at the wharf. The governor responded by
lifting his hat.
HARRY G. STERNER, telegraph editor of
the Wheeling Register, a native of Read
ing and formerly connected with the
Williamsport Breakfdst Table and other
newspapers, died IN Wheeling on Tuesday,
aged 25 years. His young wife a few
hours after his death received telegram
notifying her that her brother had been
killed by the cars at Lock Haven.
SAM HING, the richest Chinaman in
America, is said to have salted down g..
0O0, ,OeO. Rumor says that all the China
men employed in constructing the Mexican
and Texas railroads get their employment
through Sam Hing, and that each China.
man (about 100000 pays him 81 a month
besides bonus for the job of work OBJ
tanned through Sam. .|a
Mrs. MILLIcENT GARRETT FAwcETT,
the wife of the postmaster general, is
called the ablest woman in London. She,
with her husband, Is q great student OF
political economy and is deep and COM
petent thinker on matters of public policy.
Mrs. Henrietta Muller, of the London
school board, is fast making an enviable
reputation as an educariOnfst. One of the
five daughters of Richard Golden is
another coming woman. Miss Jane Cob
den is an active member of Liberal club
and participates in discussions of party
policy. Lady Haberton, who stands at
the head of the dress association, and Mrs.
Jacob Bright, wife of tho member from
Manchester, are women of earnest purpose
and independence.
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The Pennsylvania United States sena
tors seem to be eliminated as political
factors in the state. The Republicans
have settled their ticket and are con
Quoting their campaign without the
voice of either senator being heard of
any account. The name of neither even
is ever heard. This is notable as to
Senator Cameron, II not as to his col
league. Cameron seems to have retired
to the enjoyment of the repose of private
life. He is afar from the interviewer in
Europe; and we should think that he
would find the state 80 delightful as 10
desire to maintain it always. To a man
of fortune and family and sense there is
very little attraction in political life.
Men who have money, leisure and
activity of mind and body do not want
to rust and political life keeps them
from stagnation and puts their names
before the people. If they are so consti
tutionally adapted to it that they Car
enjoy it and attain good repute in fol
lowing it, they are sensible enough to *
into the business. But the sensitive
man who does not enjoy being abused
the quiet man who does not like crowd
the reserved man who cannot comfOrta
bly, be hail fellow with everyone, ani
shake cordially the hands of those
for whom he does not care copper, j:
not wise man if he let's the love of fame
tempt him to follow it in avenues which
his feet cannot enjoyably tread. The
pursuit of happiness being the great enc
of the wise man, the wise man of wealth
shows his wisdom by selecting field fol
his labor, in which he can work will
enjoyment.
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A BLIGHTED CAREER.
THE END OF An ADykNrURous LIFE.


Burial OF "Em.na Jasobs Tho Story OF
Her Long Life Of Dishouor-
Her Marriage.
Philadelphia Times.
The sun was going down yesterday when
tho gates of the massive portico Of Odd
Fellows cemetery swung back to admit q
solitary carriage and hearse which bore to
its final resting place the body of the no.
torious but unfortunate Emma Thompson
emma Jaoobs), whose death occurred at
the almshouse on Monday last. From that
time until the burial the body remained in
the custody of William Hill Moore s. Co.,
undertakers, on Arch street, to whose care
Mrs. Thompson had consigned her body
previous to her death. Care had been
taken to keep from the public the day
and the hour of the funeral, but from early
undertaker's Office was besieged by men,
women and children, asking the privilege
of looking upon tie face of the dead
woman. Among those who called were
lawyers and merchants, and old men whose
lives had been practically ended years ago
men to whom perhaps the presence Of the
dead was reminder of other days. They
came to the door, paused irresolutely as
though ashamed to enter, and then passed
quietly up the steps and into the Office.
Many women came. Some had known the
deceased woman in Bryau's court some
had been her tenants. A few were aged
women, .relicts of the stage, whom she had
known and befriended when influence and
fortune were at command.
Timid In Death.
The coffin was unopened and all went
away without looking upon the face of the
dead. It was tho Woman's wish. Hel
last request had been that her body might
not be exposed to the gaze of the curious
The body was clad in black and rep0sed
in plain but handsome walnut case. A
silver plate bore the inscription:
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BASE BALL.

A Friendly Suggestion to the Homo Club.
On account of the liberal patronage
which this city affords to the national
game, there have arisen rumors to the effect
that o few of the Interstate mines de-
sire to play somo of their championship
games here. To permit this would be
suicidal policy on the part of the Ironsides
management. Not only would it tend to
belittle the home club, but it would give
the death blow to that local pride in the
home teams achievements, which is SO
chiefly instrumental in drawing large
audiences to the Ironsides' grounds. Be
sides, it is a matter of very considerable
doubt in the Ironsides' present strength.
ened condition whether they could obtain
any pointers in the national game from
the exhibition of inter state mines. If the
latter wish to play here they will be kept
sufficiently busy in defeating the home
club, without bringing from a distance
foemen whom they consider worthy of
their steel. To rent the grounds to visit
ing mines would smack too much of tho
desire to milk the local patronage of the
game for all it is worth, and when this
fact came to be appreciated by tho public
the days of baseball in this city would be
numbered.
1t is said that Manager Myers, of the
Harrisburg club, lost his head the other
day when he expelled Burns, at Whining
ton. The young fellow was back again
yesterday, and played a rattling game at
third base in Brooklyn.
The new uniforms will be worn to-
morrow by the Ironsides, in the game
with Sam Fields nine.
The Patriot, of Harrisburg, thinks if
L ol.,h IL
the Actives will, but it must not 60 out of
the state. From: appearances now it will
leave the state, and very few people out
side of Harrisburg will be sorry, as the
nine of that town have very few friends
anywhere, and not one less than they de-
sire.
A movement is on foot to organize an
independent baseball association, and for
that purpose representatives from Chica
90, st. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburg. New
York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Hart
ford will meet October 12 in Pittsburg. It
is the intention of the new organization to
ignore the ''eleven men" rule now in
vogue in tho league and American assOcia-
tion, and to make number of alterations
in the playing rules.
The error column in the baseball aver
age is spelling number of good players.
Too many arc playing for good record
and will not make an great effort for a
ball if they think they will make an error
by it. The error column should be abOl-
ished and the players standing fixed on the
but outs and assists taken Wilmington
Gazette.
Jones, who has been member of the
Ironsides club for short time, was re-
leased last evening. In to, morrow's game
Sixsmith will catch for Hoford.
Games Played Yesterday.
At Baltimore z, Cincinnati 5; Pittsburg
Allegheny IA, Columbus l.; Chicago
Chicago 0, Cleveland 1; Detroit-Buffalo
6, Detroit 4 Wilmington-Quicksteps 81,
Active z; Brooklyn-Brooklyn 3. Harris
burg o; New York-St. Louis 4, Metro
politan BostoI-Boston 5. New York
3; Philadelphia Providence II. Philadel-
phia 5; Athletic 8, Louisville z :; Werntz
Q, Hartville 1.
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They Present An U,s,shsly Appearances.

They Present an UnslShsIy Appearance.
Lititz Record.
Lancaster's people do not appear just
exactly pleased by the erection of the
electric light poles along her principal
streets. We do not wonder at them. The
long lines of poles along North Queen and
other streets do present an unsightly sp-
pearance and considerably mar tho at.
tractiveness of the town. The wires should
be laid underground, an action which will
ut no distant period be executed exten-
sively.
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FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS,

FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS,
The Scranton Republican calls the special
session a "most extraordinary" one since
it can neither legislate nor adjourn.
The Erie Herald thinks tho sooner the
extra session is brought to a close the
better.
The Pittsburg Times gravely asserts
that its town ''has long been recognized
as a musical CENTRE"
The Pittsburg Post thinks the legislative
appropriation bill should not contain a
dollar for the pay of members when the
Lag gislature was not in session.
The Lititz Record is inclined to think
that if the Legislature does not adjourn at
once not one of its present members will
ever be returned to it.
The Chambersburg Valley Spirit ad
vises any individual desiring to have
greatness thrust upon him to come to
Franklin county to be born.
The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald would
like to sec every campaign committee re-
quired by law to publish a sworn state.
ment of its accounts properly audited.
Charles NJ. Schuyler has sold out his
interest in the Democratic Economist ol
Milton. to T. J. Fister & Bros, and has
accepted position with the Miltonian.
The Johnstown Democrat publishes the
fact that as soon as Robert L. Johnston
was nominated for judge in Cambria
county he resigned the Pennsylvania rail-
road solicitorship.
The Morauian, in review of Judge
Blacks life and character, pronounces
him "the eminent jurist, prominent
writer, devout Christian and foremost
citizen of the commonwealth"
The best indication of a mans worth
ness, says the Williamsport Times, is the
esteem in which he is held by his neigh
bors and judged by this criterion, Tag
gart and Powell stand easily in the lead OF
their Republican rivals.
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moro Now Buildings.

The list of new buildings recently erected
or now in course of erection in this city,
as published in the INTELL1GENCER on
Wednesday, was not quite complete.
rick Kelly, corner of East Chestnut and
Shippen streets, a fine new two story brick
residence, on the site of the old one story
house and for Thomas Given, on North
Lime street, q two story back building.
Mr.. Erisman has put up for himself on
Marion alley, a very large and complete
::two.story carpenter shop.
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Five hundred and thirty acres Of land
and of water front at Virginia Point, on
tho mainland opposite 0alveston, have been
bought by the California investment com.
pany, of which G. p. Huntingdon is the
coutrolling member. It IL believed in
Galveston that wharves win be built and
The channel despened As that point, for the
purpose Of making it the terminus for
freight tralae between California and tho
gulf.
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To uonstruct q Bridge.

The Maryland board of public works
yesterday passed . formal order of ap.
proval of the construction of the Baltimore
and Ohio compsny's proposed bridge
across tho Susquehanna river at Port
Deposit. A proviso was added that "a
tug shall tow all sailing vessels which pass
under tho bridge to and from point equi-
distant between the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge and the Baltimore and Ohio's, and
to and from point on line with the OK
treme northwest point OF Watson's island. >"
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SOMEBODY tslegEaphs the editorial ut.
terances Of the INTELL1aExcxR, about
Berin county affairs, as though spoken
by the chairman Of The state COMMITTEES.
The telegrapher desired, no doubt, 70
give the force Of Official declaration to
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At Bursk's grocery, East King street,
there is q very large sun flower on exhi5i.
tion. 1t was raised BY John Landis, Of
Prince street, and measures 163 inches
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T.e SItustisn at Harrisburg.

1NhA Anv0Dtu00 ~
The Democrats of the House at Har'
risburg made some progress yesterday
toward the proper thing when they 10,
,olved to enforce the attendance OF the
democratic members ct the sessions OF
their body. Whatever propriety or ad-
vantage there il In continuing the pree.
ant session, or Whatever hope there is OF
securing IN apportionment by this con-
tinusnce, is dispelled by the irregular
attendance and the trihing outcome OF
90 many Of the sessions held. Within
the past three or four weeks 1t has hap.
pened 80 often that the House met and
did nothing or that not majority OF
Democrats was present, that its deliber-
ations were merely futile dalliance and
were calculated to make their constisu-
ents believe that they did not mean
business. The line was SO struggling
and uneven as to neither be Ut
to mako Q siege nor resist attack.
Obviously the first thing to do
is to compel the attendance OF all
the Democratic members, 80 that what.
ever policy be agreed upon, it be that OF
such a number as to carry weight and
command respect. Next it will be in
order to meet three times a day and
every day in the week. The members
expect to be paid for this kind OF work
and they must do it. II they are &C
complishing anything by remaining at
Harrisburg, the more closely they stick
to their work, the more certainly they
will accomplish their work.
When they have once made their line
solid, and proved their willingness TO
buckle down to work, then let the eau
Gus which has adjourned to meet on
Tuesday, fix what is to be the final. de-
finite policy of the party. If it is to
adjourn, let it be 80 declared; II it is to
stay until their successors are elected
unless an apportionment is prevl'
ously made, then let that policy
be boldly proclaimed and manfully ad
hered to. Believing. as we do, that the
House has exhausted every parliament
ary and legal process to get an appor'
tionment and the Senate has rejected
all, we believe, in common with most o.
the Democratic newspapers OF the state
that the time for adjournment had conn
some time time ago. We do not believ'
that any such devices as the proposed
extra constitutional and un-Democratl'
commission are sufficient justification
for the extension of the session, nor tha
the Democratic position is improved b.
offering and passing them. But what
ever is to be done hereafter, whateve
policy is to be proclaimed, let it be dull
considered and agreed upon in advance
after full, free consultation of all VIII
are expected to support it. 1t will nc
hurt the Democrats to get togethe
every day and discuss the situation. L
this end very properly means have bee
taken to get all the Democrats to Hal
riSburg.
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JAVA LOSES 10000 LIVES.

Ths straits Of sundA ODliSersted and VII
lagos Buried-Disappesrsnco OF Isiands.
A dispatch to Lloyds' at London, from
Batavia, estimates the loss of life by the
volcanic eruptions at 10000. The disaster
is the most terrible and devastating of
modern times. For forty eight hours the
shocks of earthquake have increased in
violence. Streams of burning lava poured
down into the valleys, inundating villages
and carrying death and flames to the most
populous places. In the Straits of Sunda,
tho most important channel of navigation
between tho Sea of Java and the Indian
Ocean, islands have been swallowed up,
the coast line changed or entirely obliter.
ated, and es cry lighthouse has been swept
away. This important strait, sixty miles
in width, is now dangerous to navigation.
New islands have arisen and landmarks on
the coast are so altered as to make the
country unrecognizable. The government
is preparing to obtain new soundings of
the strait.
Sixteen VOLCANOES have appeared between
the site where the island of Krakato for
melly stood and Sibisic island. A part of
the Bantam is an ashy desert. The cattle
are starving, aud the population are in
despair. The Soengepau volcano was for
many hours enveloped in an enormous
luminous cloud, which gradually increased
in size until it formed a canopy of lurid
red and whitish gray over a wide extent
of territory. During this time the erup-
tions increased and streams of lava poured
necessarily down the sides of the noun
tains, sweeping everything before them.
Where stream OF lava entered an arm of
the sea or came in contact with the water
of river, the incandescent lava produced
boiling heat and rapid vaporization. The
assures that opened on this thin crust as
it solidified on the stream of lava emitted
torrents of vapor extending high into the
the air and making tremendous seething
sound.
The air was filed with dense black
smoke and rolling clouds of flame, which
seemed to envelop and agitate the earth
with torrents of burning lava rushing into
the sea. The roar of the flames and hiss
ing of the water became almost deafening.
The returning waves rushed upon tie
shore tc an unprecedented height.
Between tho southwestern point of the
island and Gunnugg Guntur several vii
lagos disappeared from sight during the
second night of the eruption. The mum.
Der of dead can scarcely be estimated
Seven hundred and four bodies of victims
of the disaster have been buried in the
district of Tamara, and three hundred
bodies in the coast village of Kramat alone
| and in other and more populous districts
torrents of lava have buried whole settle
| ments.
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ono Of tho Secretaries.

Harry W. Stein, OF the Inquirer publish
ing house this city, was ono Of the secre.
taries Of the Greenback convention at
Williamsport yesterday.
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''Plnaforo" by Homo Talent.
On Thanksgiving night this sparkling
opera will be given in Fulton opera house
by company composed entirely of homo
talent, with an orchestra Of twenty pieces
and handsome costumes.
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strained By force from following tho
daughters to oertain dsa$A. Some fisher
men working near By eams hnrEiedly with
ropes, but too late. Upon being urged to
lannoh thsir boat they Teplied that NO boat
could live in such . sud. Tho young
ladies made desperate efforts in their own
behalf, one of them coming to the surface
eight times. There were no ropes or
other safe guards at the point where they
entered the water. There was . life
saving station only a quarter of mile
away, but that has been closed for the
summer, though it, is to be open again
next Saturday. The young ladies were
aged respectively sixteen and eighteen,
and are spoken of ~ beautiful and accom-
plished.
The shore was closely patrolled during
the night in the hope Of recovering the
bodies, but, as the drowning occurred at
high tide, it is probable sthat they have
been carried far out to sea.