Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-24


6ray at onoo took 0tsp1 - Eoyoal eho oon-
feesi0n Of Rsttya He vrote one postal
card to ex-Lieutenant GovsFn0r Latta,
Gray's counsel, and fearing that II might
miscarry sent another to tho Harrisburg
newspaper.
Governor Psttison examined the postal
card containing the statement made BY
Hiram BOwermasrer that Jack Pettys had
confessed to him that he was the muir
derer of Mrs. McCready. Tho governor
has decided on q thorough investigation
of the matter, and at his direction w. b.
Stenger, secretary of the common nwealth,
informed ex Lieutenant Governor Lstta OF
his determination. A withdrawal of the
death warrant will promptly follow the
confirmation of Bowermaster, who will be
asked by the governor to make oath to the
truth of his statements.
Tho Mslagassys Return Thanks.
Mayor King, of Philadelphia, has re-
ceived an epistle engrossed in Malagassx
script, from tho Malagassy embassy, now
in New York, conveying thanks for tho
courteous treatment of the foreigners
while in Philadelphia. 1t was signed by
the Ambassadors Observation-Disclosures
and Ramaneraka and was accompa-
MED by a translation. TIE embassy
wrote We have visited with great
interest your industries and your public
buildings and have been extremely graft
fed to meet with 30 much kindly and hos
pitable feeling on the part of the American
people. We take this not for ourselves,
but for the queen whom we represent, and
We can assure you that Philadelphia will
be remembered as one of the foremost
towns in having assisted to cement the
friendly feeling between our two govern
ments and to develop our foreign COM
merce. We express sincere desire for
the continued prosperity of your great
city, and that the blessing of God may
rest upon you."
Reports from forty-three points in the
wheat belt of Illinois indicate that the
injury from the Hessian fly and the cold
weather will affect nearly 25 per cent. Of
the whole crop. The St. Louis Post DIS.
patch publishes reports Of the condition of
the winter wheat in more than 200 coun.
ties of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tenn.
essee, Kansas, Missouri aud Texas. In
Missouri and Kansas the c0ndi-
tion is good. The acreage is fully
equal to last year, and tie damage
no greater than usual at this time of year.
Tennessee and Illinois give fair reports,
but Kentucky and Indiana, especially the
latt Or, show considerable damage. From
Texas reports are meagre, but those re-
ceived are good. It is learned from other
sources that the condition is generally
good, with fair prospect for full crop.
The reports also show that a very large
amount of last years corn crop still re-
mains in the above named states. The
delegates present at the state Millers' as.
sociation, in session at Topeka, Kansas,
say the wheat prospect in that state is
very favorable, and with good weather a
yield of thirty to forty millions of bushels
may be expected.
A Dancing Contest.
A dancing match between Joseph Nor
ton and Horace Wheatley drew great
crowd to the Grand Central theatre last
night in Philadelphia. The contest was
said to be for $500. Morton is native of
Philadelphia and Wheatley is from Dub
lin. During the contest the excitement
ran high, the theatre being densely packed.
Bobby" Newcomb, who acted as judge,
opened the proceedings by requesting the
audience to maintain order, and then
played in the centre of the stage marble
slab, on which the "jigging" was to be
done. The men were confined TO the
Lancaster style Of dancing, and the win
ner was to be the one who scored the most
points on steps, time and carriage.
Wheatley, who tripped it lightly on the
slab first, danced twenty steps in seven.
teen minutes. Morton, who was gorgeous
ly attired, also danced twenty steps, but
the music was much slower for him. The
Judge declared Morton the winner. While
the crowd cheered three baskets of flowers
were passed up to Wheatley. The award
of the prize did not give general satisfac'
ton.
A Cree Indian Raid.
A dispatch from Fort Benton, Mont,
says that runners and scouts bring infOr-
nation of the most daring raid by the the
Cree Indians who belong properly beyond
the Canadian line, that has been made in
many years. The party, supposed to mum.
Der 200 braves, are represented rs
moving down the Marias river, killing
cattle and other stock as they go.
At daybreak, on the 10Th inst, a small
war party of Piegans, headed by Little
Dog and two white men had a sharp en-
gagement with the Crees, killing two OF
them and securing their scalps. Two
Piegaps were wounded and one horse was
killed. The bodies of ten oxen were
found near Fort Conrad, which had been
killed by a marauding band, and 40 horses
driven off by the same party near the
same place. The Indians seem to be
heading toward the Dominion.
Hsngman's Day.
William Barks and Green Cunningham,
both ,colored, were hanged yesterday in
Lafayette, Georgia, for the murder of h.
H. Rudd.
Jerome Holt, colored, was hanged in
Graham, North Carolina, for having en-
tered house and feloniously assaulted its
inmates.
Nicholas Walker, colored, convicted Of
the murder of another colored man, was
hanged in Little Rock.
Frederick E. Waite, convicted Of killing
the jailor Of the prison in Franklin, Texas,
in May last, was hanged at that place.
Discarded on tho Wedding Day.
At Baltimore, Charles Beckman, who
was to have married Miss Jennie Heiman,
went to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where
he is clerk, on the morning of Wednes.
day, the day he was to have been married.
He had an eplectic fit at the house of his
fiance, and because he was subject to fits,
asked for postponement of the marriage.
On this account, and because he was too
attentive to q young lady who came from
New York to witness the ceremony, Miss
Helman refused to marry him.