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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-06
FELUNIOUS ENTRY.


Last evening party of young men were
on q jamboree in Galla"h"r's barber shop
near the Keystone EvuSc. One Of them,
Harvey Bucl, went out OF tho back door
of the shop, which opens upon the yard
OF the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Markley
HEd Miss Metzger, and raising, the sash of
the kitchen window, sprang through the
window into the kitchen. The terrified
ladies' ran screaming into tLo yard and
called fer assistance. Dir. Uriah Bitter
whose office door also opens upon the
yard, heard their screams and ran to their
assistance. Procuring light, the house
was searched, and Buch, who WAS drunk,
was found upon the second. story balcony
Alderman Sarison being notified, iiastened
10 the scene and took Buch into custody,
Ilani!- cutting him and taking him to the
tock-np. Not long afterwards Euch's
is5ll"r appeared and taiied him for his
appearance to answer such charges as may
be made against him. He was held in
500 to answer for drunken and disorderly
conduct, and the insultcd ladies will make
complaint ri felonicus entry, We arc in
formed,
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: Fest OueStiGa.

The rXtraciS which we print Oh oui
first l:age to-day prove :hat th" eyes Of
the pcnrlc ami th- attention of theii
journals axe turned 10 the new LcgiSla.
t;irc, and that the Democratic majority
III tiie House vii! be risiGly expected to
carry out the pledges which were made
on behalf Of their l.acty before the cleo
ton. Most certainly Tie dispensing with
a dozen or mere SUpcIfIGOuS employees
and officers, and the saving thereby ("
the state of ten OF twelve thousand dol
lars, will not be the lnOst Important
test OF fidelity 10 public trust to which,
the Legislature will be subject Larger
subjects must engage its attention.
Broader questions must confront It's
members and try their powers as
well as their honesty. The apportion
ment, the entertainments of corporatioh
on popular rights, tile municipal reforms
demanded by some Of iii" large cities.
the revenue and tax questions, and tie
distribution of appropriations 10 public
charities are among the matters which
will call for wise legislation. Upon this
latter topic we note especially the com
ments of the Philadelphia Er'ni,g Enl-
lctin, whose editor has acquaintance
with the subject. 1t is one that needs
close scrutiny. There is Il well-founded
belief that these appropriations are
lavish and often i'll considered
But in very great degree the esteem in
which the work of the Legislature will
lie held will depend upon the confidence
in dishonesty of purpose which it inspires
at the outset. especially in dealing with
those questions which are of direct per-
sonal interest to its members. One of
these is the number of the officers to be
elected in either House, where that mum
Der has been inOrdinately large for many
years. The Democratic House caucus
committee found that fourteen of these
could be dispensed with, and we have no
doubt from thorough examination of
the subject that this is true, and that an
almost equal number in the Senate can
be Topped off without any Impairment of
an efficient public service. The slyres
tiOn that these offices must be filled bt
cause the law allows them is secuted at
by such eminent lawyers as Senator A.
J. Herr and Representative j. Mac
Dowell Sharpe, representing both Houses
and both parties. The temptation to
fill them does not arise from any tender
regard for the law, but from the desire
of members to get in 'their men. |
Those who are impelled by this motive
inconsiderately prefer their own private
and local political interests to that of
the state and this is test Which tries
the stuff that a member is made of. It !
may he sacrifice for the average mem-
ber to lose Lis man. bat he will do
we'll to remember that at this time
unless he measures UP to the demand for
reform, he risks the loss of his seat in
another Legislature.
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1anraster fmtelligemrcr.
SATURDAY EvEN.No. JAN. 9. 1888
Gould's Telegraph Troubles.

Nr. Jay Gould displays fOndness for
Lawyers as his advocates who have in
iiH~ntial, political and official connec-
;in;s. The attorney general of the
United States appears before Attorney
General Palmer, TO assist the standing
counsel of the Western Union telegraph
company, who is the son of the former
Justice OF the supreme court of the
United States and it will be remem-
bered that Roscoe Conkling not long ago
got good deal more notoriety than was
Welcome to him as counsel for Jay Gould
against the people. Mr.. Gould needs all
The legal, judicial and political influence
that he can get. His interests are in Il
Very precarious condition. He has beer.
conducting his speculative operations
with great disregard Of the law when il
was against him, but with steady appeal
10 it when he could use it against his
FOES. He is learning now that this is Il
game that two can play at, and un!uck-
iIy for him the law is being urged against
him when he is particularly open 10 lis
assaults. lie undertook q sh0lttimcagn
to strangle q rival telegraph corpora
ton in the laws inches, ,having.failed to
buyI;s opposition. He did this very rashly
in view of tii: weakness before the law
OF his own telegraph conpany, which
ROW has been brought into the c"l:rts t
New York and Pennsylvania. In ti:,
state it does not seem possible that The
Western Union company can cScap;
from the consequences of the purchase
of rival telegraph lines, to get rid oi
their competition, in defiance of the
state constitution. That Mr.. Gould
feels that lie is in a bad way is well
enough shown by his shiring the attorney
general of the United States to appear
ut Harrisburg before the attorney gen
eral of the state to avoid the seizure of
his company by the state. Mr.. Brewster
has nothing to say of any con sequence :
he protested that he did not understand
tie proceeding and did not recognize the
citizens who complained Of the injury
done the state hy the telegraph com
pany's defiance of the constitution. lie
said his colleague had said all that WAS
TO he said for the company. The burthcn
of his colleagues argument was that ;he
Western Union telegraph company was
4 blessing to the state, and that it bad
cheapened the rates Of telegraphing by
buying up its rivals and securii 6
for it Itself Il monopoly of the business.
After delivering himself Of this opinion
it is not at all strange that Mr.. SwavNe
was convinced that the constitutional
prohibition of the consolidation of telc
graph lines was not Of any account until,
the Legislature breathcd life into it by
cuacting u law Furnishing its violation.
if Mr.. Swaync had found il necessary to
do so, doubtless he would have argued
that the maker, did not
know what they were about in declaring
to bc M evil the great blessing of Il tee
graph monopoly, and for that reason
the attorney general s!.p'!ld treat this
part OF the constitution a% %.h0uGh it ha,i
never been made.
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"A rerry Purchased,

Tho Peach Bottom railroad company
made a large purchase of real estate ut
Peach Bottom on Saturday last The
purchase was from Mrs. Macy A. Boyd of
several acres of land, hotel and three
dwellings on the Lancaster county side of
the Susquehanna, the right to ferry across
the river, and Il warehouse and other
buildings and land on the York county
side. This purchase gives the railroad
company many advantages and will enable
them to accommodate the travelling and
business public to larger extent than
heretofore. The ferry will be improved as
soon as possible and when the York coun-
ty section of the road is finished to The,
river the business Of the company will be
greatly increased.
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THE YDGNG DE,:tCEAUY,


VIII Hold Il Ball, nnd VIII so 10 Harrisburg.
Arrangements have for some time been
making by the Young Mems Dem
ocratic club to hold a ball, which
Will be given on next Monday
evening, January Sth, at West Eud hall.
Every indication bespeaks to those who
intend attending tho ball an eycrin, of
enjoyment and the club has reason to feel
assured that the public will not at all he
chary i'll it's attendance.
1t is the intention cf tho club to partici-
pate i'll the inaugural demonstration at
Harrisburg on the 10Th of the present
month, and it would be very convenisnt
for the club as we'll az for others, if every
person who intends accompanying the or.
ganization, which will go uniformed and
having the Ironvillo band, would acqua;nt
tho proper officers of the fact rs early AS
possible. Reduced rates will DO offered ON
the road, and the club will have its head.
quarters while in Harrisburg ut the United
States hotel.
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that these lines cross many streams
which furnish water supply to cities Of
the country and if so, do they know OF
any instance in which there has been
vitiation of the water on this account I?
We have heard of one case in which a
great freshet broke the pipe line, and
outlet five hundred barrels of oil, but
the same force carried it of on the sur
face of the water and the people of the
city who drank from the stream never
knew of the break.
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Peuticns from Tobacco Men.

''h D'SpdtCl- W tllO ITcSSs
"A. Herr Smith has filed the petition of
jeremiah Campbell, E. r. Rutlidge and
thirty other citizens of Lancaster and
lork counties, dealers, employers and
manufacturers of tobacco. in favor of
abol'shng the tax on tobacco and the al
lowance of rebate, also the petitions of
forty four citizens OF Lancaster largely in
terested in the cultivation of seed tobacco.
who think their business is injured by the
introduction Of Sumatra. At present the
duty on this kind Of tobacco is thirty-tive
cents per pound and ten per cent. ad
valorem, but the latter duty has been re.
pealed and the sole duty da Sumatra
tobacco will be thirty.five cents per
pound The petitioners think this duty
will not be sufficient to protect native
grown tobacco against that produced by
Coo!ie laborers in the East Indies. They
ask that the duty be made 81 per pound,
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SENSATIONAL SEKHsONS
ElsIi"i, stevens Cr:itCIses tho Average Nj.
iSis I'LL L .I.,..

Eiss,"i, stevens Cr:t,cIses tho Average li!sl-
lister Of tho slay
DiS!!up stevens delivered an address re
Gently entitled Wherein lies Tie chief
power "f the Christian ministry - The
reverend gentleman claimed that The min
isters Of the present day were not, as q
rule, well enough acquainted with tl:
Bible that many OF them simply knew
sufficient - select verses and make up Il
sermon. Bat tho great power lies in
faith,' continued the speaker "in
feeling villa, one breaches ,:nowl
edge alone cannot purify tie soul :;
it requires faith and trust III
God. Ono of the greatest evils of our
ministry lies among the younger men,
who preach what they call sermons that
arc up to Tue times, or scientific diHcourses.
| never knew of one Of these sermons that
did any good. l do not :hink they ever
do; for the evils brought TO the mind of
tho nearer leave an impression that cannot
be cilaced by the knowledge of it's wrong.
This habit Of preaching sensational ser
mons must be broken up. IL is simply
to catch The ear--that brings
about 10 beneficial results. If that class
of ministers would properly study the
Bible and deliver from it in the purest
they would bring the stray
hearts to God and make them cry out
{ What shall VIC do 10 be saved?' If
ministers would give more thought to
Gods methods and less to mans they
would be stronger"
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IsOusphOld Market.

The markets this morning were well at
tended and there were few changes in
prices, except in butter and eggs which
took dcci,cd tumble. Last week butter
sold as high as 40 cents pound and eggs
40 cents Il dozen. To-day butter sold at
25M3O, and eggs at 2412S-the lower
figures prevailing at the close Of the mar
ket. Live chickens sold at 9O(u:l.25 per
pair, and clean chickens at 5On75 cents
each. Dressed ducks brought GOG,7j
cents and young geese $1.2J. Meats fruits
and vegetables generally, sold at prices
heretofore quoted.
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business Change.

Announcement is made of the associa
tion of Mr.. Willis B. Musscr with Ezra F.
Bowman, under the firm name of Bow
man & Musser, in the wholesale watcl,
business on Chestnut street, opposite tho
2. X. X. depot. in this city, where Mr.. B.
has been established in this business for
some time. Mr.. NJ, who is well known
in business circles here, will bring to the
enterprise signal accomplishments and
special fitness to make it another Of the
wholesale business interests which have of
late added SO much to the. commercial
importance of the inland city.
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PittsEurs Dispatch. Jan.2 1883.
A very pleasant event occurred last night
at the residence of Mr.. Louis Vandegref.
ton, N ount Washington. Mr.. Herman w.
Villee, master mechanic of the Oliver
wire company. limited, (son of A. S. Vii.
lee, of Lancaster), was presented by the
men of his department with handsome
gold watch and chain. The presentation
speech was made by +. w. Brown, after
which a general good time ensued.
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Mayors Court,

Tho somewhat notorious Col. Taggart
was again before the mayor this morning.
He was picked up on West King street
yesterday afternoon in avery drunken con-
,lition aud nearly frozen to death. He was
carried to the lookup in wagon and
thawed ont. The mayor sent him to Jail
for 81 days.
Iho oniy other case before his honor was
a hard case, vag, who was sent to the
wO-khOuSe for 80 days.
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POLITICAL POINTS.
WHAT Is GOING On IN WASHINGTON
iennessees DefanitinS IreasureT-E King
kslakaua's CO.onation-The Budget
OF Current News-Tragedies cf
fna Seaspn

OF Curren, News-Tragedies cf
the Season.
In the L. S. Senate, Friday, Mr.. Van
Wyck said that the committee on pensions
would probably take definite action at its
meeting next Tuesday on the bill to in
crease the pension of one armed and one
legged soldiers and sailors. Mr.. Vest,
from the committee on territories, report
Ell bill for the protection of the Yellow
stone national park, and said he would
call it up at an early day. Mr.. Beck, from
the finance committee, reported tie
House bill relating to the expectation of
tobacco, Snuff and cigars i'll bond free of
tax to adjacent foreign territory. 4 bill
was passed giving additional compensa-
ton to Star Route witnesses from beyond
the mississippi river. The presidential
succession bill came up in order and was
debated by MesSrs. Uoar and Garland
Mr.. Edmunds moved that the bill be re
committed to the Judiciary committee
with instructions to report as soon AZ
may De bill to further provide for and
regulate the performance of the duties of
tho president OF the United States by the
president of the Senate pro tempore and
the speaker of the House of Representa-
tives respectively, in case of u vacancy in
both the offices of president and vice.
president Of the Uui;Gd States, and for the
administration OF the duties of the Office
Of president of the United States in cases
in which there shall be at the time being
neither president of tho Senate pro tenn
nor a speaker OF the House of Represeu-
ta!ives" Several amendments were
offered to the bill, but without action
upon any of them the Senate went into
adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Ford, of Missouri,
rose to question OF privilege, and "char.
terized as wholly and uuqualiiiedly false {;
dispatch to the St. Louis Globe Democrat
describing him as a crank, and charging
him with Obstructing the business of the
House." The District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was passed. Mr.. Page
called up the special order, the shipping
bill. Mr.. CulberisOn opposed to it the
removal of cases to the federal courts.
Pending the question, the House ad-
.iourped,
The House committee Oh naval affairs
decided yesterday to recommend the COM
missioner on appropriations to provide for
the building of two 5000 ton cruisers, one
and torpedo boat all of steel, and that one
half the work be done by contrac5. The
aggregate cost of Tie vessels is estimated
at $7,S71, ,529.
The Chinese minister called UPON Gen.
Grant yesterday. The general will pro-
badly return to New York on Thursday
next. On Tuesday he dimes with the sec
rctaiy of state.
The president will give bis first cabinet
dinner of the season on "Wednesday next.
Gen. Grant will be one of the guests.
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Israel, the Heart of Nations.

Rev. Samuel NJ. Laski, of the Hebrew
temple, this city, preached a sermon last
evening before large congregation His
theme was Israel, and the leading thought
OF his discourse was, in the language of one
OF the most famous of Hebrew poets, that
Israel is the heart of nations. The rev.
erend preacher presented his subject in
choice language and forcible argument.
We have obtained copy of the sermon
and will at an early day lay it before our
readers.
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Simon Cameron Going to California.

lion. Simon Cameron AMI Mr.. Charles
a. Dana, editor of the New York Sun,
ale to make luxurious trip to California.
They will start from Philadelphia on Feb
ruary ID, in a car exclusively to them
selves and several lady members of their
families, to be gone about six weeks. Mr..
Dana's somewhat famous cook, a colored
man known as Daniel Webster, will 20
along as caterer, and Mr.. Cameron will
also draw upon his household staff for
servitors. The two distinguished travellers
will use the ear instead of a hotel, and it
will DO elaburately provisoned and fur
nished. They will ride up and down the
Pacific coast and to and fro on it, besides
stopping st several points this side of the
Rocky mountains.
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An lron HOuso.

George l.. Huston, of Parkesburg,
Chester county, is building house of iron
upon foundation Of solid rock, The
floors represent tiling, and the walls are
hollow, the spacs between them to be
used instead Of chimneys. The builder
states that hot air and smoke passing
from furnaces between the walls will be-
sufficient to warm the bu:,!ing in the
sevcrcst weather.
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Do the wise members of councils. who
want to restrain the oil transportation
companies from laying their pipe lines
across the COnestoga, know that the line
passing through this county has been
securely laid under the bed of that stream
for some weeks past Do they know
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Assignment,

Samuel Hossler and wife of Rapho
township have made an assignment of all
their property for the benefit of their
creditors, and have named John L. Brandt
and David L. Miller assignees.
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IN Boston yesterday, suit of Janc
White tcolored), agains: George Spoilord
(white), Cor 5000 damages iur alle.se,
breach oi promise of marriage, resulted in
Judgment for the defendant. Tho latter
is 90 years "i age, while the plaintiff is
about 40.
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Ia" Democratic and Greenback nicm-
boIs Of the Michigan Legislature held a
joint caucus yesterday morning, land
agreed t. act together on all questions of
party policy, which will, Of course, affect
the senatorial Succcssion,'
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Tie Carlisle Herah with this week S
'ssle reached TIC venerable age Of eighty.
three years. The HcraM has all al,rc
shown that it is Il ueellu adjunct to old
Mother Cumberla':d's Institutions, and lis
present appearance gives every irdicati,n
of satisfactory prosperity.
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Contribution to tho soup Fund
The Cannstatter-V Volksfest have con
$40 cash to the soup fund.
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Domestic Horrors.

A two-yearold son of David Woods,
residing at Martha, Centre county, seized
a bottle containing creosote, which was
being applied to his aching tooth, and be.
fore he could be prevented the child drank
a portion OF the liquid and died soon after.
Polly Guernsey, a nurse girl of Mead
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orT Ill Washington county. Pa s,,o.
Seventy-two members Of a Presbyterian
churci. have been scsyiored for ,lanciu,r :.
twelve Of them confessed their sin aud
were taken back into the church the
others are still cut Brother Stall. Of
8. Johns Lutheraa church, this civ
ann"unccs his lHi:po~c to preach on the
subject Of dancing Tomorrow evening,
Mcamtmo there see,,s to b., no su>pcusi,r
"fthc iiddh, partie%.
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ON c;aI Installation.

On Thursday evening, January ith, ID.
ID. :. &. Emanuel WiDower installed the
following officers of COnestoga council
No. -, jr. O. L. y. NJ. for the present
term e.. G.. A. Graham V. G., J. Ham
ser; "A. K. -, q. Wilhelm Il. s.. John
Sw"pe F. s.. Edw. Sneltz Treas,
John G.. Spcathe Cond., John Kemph
Ward., john Mllssack |. s.. E. f. Fer
rier .. s, Fred. Bauer Trus., W. G.
Weitzel, VIM. McComsey, J. Hauser.
Also, on Friday evening, December ).
the following officers of Empire council
No. 19O, Jr. .. U. A.M., of Pa G., Fred.
\. Roy V. c., Clayton Muckel A. X.
S., John Reese Il. s.. Emil Winower
F. s.. Vim. McGlinn ; Treas, Joseph r.
TrissIer Cond., John Klauss !; Ward,
John iieise!man |. S., Chas. Machison
q. s., Cy. Negley Trus.. Ii. q. Leonard,
Jacob X. Givier and A. NJ. Albright.
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n PRESENTATION.
Tie Pipe Linss'nen Present the raynsaster
With u Watch.

From time to time the eng Gineers, super
lntendentS and operatives, ongaged on the
construction of this work visit Lancaster,
ami occasionally parties of them are here
for considerable periods, though they dis
play great II rttIcenca about their plans and
movements. Last evening there WAS quite
u gathering of them at tho Ste
ycn$ house, the occasion being Il
IL presentation Dy the employees, fOromen
and superinteudcnts TO Paymaster A. l..
Ellis, of BostOn. whose duties take him
over the whole ;iIe. Among those who
were present besides Mr. Ellis were J. G..
Rassel. Jersey Shore. general supcrintend-
ant w. II. Shncklet"u, Warren. Pa; ID.
}. Rowan, j. J. Swift, john DonOhus, L.
;. Brubaker. MilIway ]. b Young,
Ere. Pa; Alex. kennaid, Philadelphia
J. 5. Ewing, ElmiIa. N. y; A. l.. Ewing,
Bradford Charles Swift Bradford 5.
Z. Foster. Elmir:,. N. y; Thomas II.
Winr!le, Cnatcsvillc a. ID. Russell ii.
W. Enc, Midway As. Atkins, Cocgrovs,
ID. 4. Bells, Jersey Shore q; ID. Mcdonald,
and others. Ca behalf of these gentlemen
and the members Of the different gangs on
the road Superintendent Russell presented
to Mr.. Ellis 4 magnificent "ObeIiSk' gold
watch and solid chain of 81 pennyweights
in weight, of equal value with the watch.
Mr. Ellis gratefully accepted the splendid
T:it and the company was handsomely
entertained.