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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

A COMMISSION authorized by the Leg
islature TO revise the system of book
keeping employed in the various depart
ments of the state government, has
unanimously come to the conclusion
that all warrants upon the state treas
urer should be drawn by the same
officer, the auditor general. This is
obviously the correct method. II has
been fatal defect heretofore that near
ly half Of them have never gone through
this depart. ent at all, and hence there
has been at Harrisburg division of
authority that tends to disOrganizatiOn
The school department, for instance has
been an auditing department to Itself,
We believe and possibly other branches
OF the government. If there is to b. an
auditing department it should audit
everything and its head officer should
be man who appreciates the duty Of
the place. II has not been So filed. TIE
Office of auditor general should he TO the
state what Mr.. Pdttison made the con.
troliership to Philadelphia as yet it ha'
peen little more than clerical place
viglant aud Determined official in i
could stop a hundred leaks and save tn
state from manifold steals. IL his jIris
dlction shall be extended TO all the ex
penditures Of the commonwealth there
are increased reasons for circumspection
IN tnding the man for the place.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
PERSONAL.

Don CAMERON is said to have declared
his intention to remain abroad until the
presidential question is settled
Mr. L NELSON BLAKE, the newly elrcted
president of the Chicago beard of trade,
once drove market wagon in Boston.
COLONEL JoHN L RITcHEY. audItor of
the Cumberland Valley railroad, dlcd At
his residence in Mercersbutg Th.rsdAy.
JoHN w. YEREEs, ST., Of Hart0rD, q
prominent Democratic pJlitiCrau, died
Friday at his residence after a brI,l ill.,
lie :, aged a years.
PROF.. E. V. GERHART, D. D. of tie
Reformed theological seminary, iuru,shes
au able treatise on The Natural in UuTi,
tian,ty" 20 this weeh's New York Ind, pen
dent.
SENATOR LAMAR ssaid by his Mls,issipp
! friends tn be one Of the few poor men il
| the United States Senate. OF late year
most Of his salary has gone to pay uI.
! debts.
Hon JOHN II. LANDS will deliver a,
the yeuth anniversary of the DOnr.a
literary society in Maytowu on Feb |. ~
Adde'S entitled The Christian Vot,r At
the Polls"
REV DIR JoHN 5. INsKIP, president If
the National Camp Meeting association.
and editor Of the Christian Standard is
critically i'll from relapse Of paralysis at
his home in Ocean Grove, n. ].
Hon. WILLIAM l. BOwDITCH. iu q recent
speech at woman suffrage meeting, sad
that the averake pay OF working women in
Boston was s2s4 a year, which, after sub,
tracing the necessities of life, lett a surplus
Of 81.
Mr.. SAMUEL WooD, of New York,
when he died, about eight years ago. lett
the bulk of a large fortune, estimated at
81, 900, 900 to SO 600, 600 to found grea,
college of music. But the lawyers have
burrowed in the estate and disputed about
the will until it is doubtful whether a
dollar will be left for the college
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

Pleasant Valley, mining town about
s,x miles from Scranton, was startled on
Friday by the caying in of several a,res
OF the Pennsylvania Coal oompany,s,
property, which demolished number of
dwellings, made large iissures across the
main road, aud produced n panic amonn
the residents, who, owing to tho violent
commotion OF the earth, thought an earth
quake was about TO demolish tho place.
Tho people fled In terror from their homes
which for several minutes shook like ships
IN a storm, aad the alarm of the people was
intensified when they saw the main road
along which they were running crack wide
open at number of points. Nobody was
hurt, but the excitement and alarm were
intense during the prevalence of the
phenomenon. The caying in occurred on
the outskirts of the town and was due 10
the fact that the place had been thorough.
ly undermined,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

The department cucampmeut OF the G
A. Il, to be held in this city on the Oh and
1th Of next month, promises to be im-
posing gathering. Much anxiety Is mani
Testing as to who shall be the next cam
mandeT of PcnnsylYaLia, the banner
department, Owing to tho large number
entitled TO seats in the CnCampmCut over
!, 1909 NJ others will DO admitted to the
hall. On the morning Of the 9Th the rep
resentatiyes, together with posts from this
city, Marietta, Columbia, York, Harris.
burg and other points in the vicinity, will
make street parade, when H. Is expected
about 3, 600 comrades will be in live. In
the evening grand camp fire will be held
in ManneTchor hall A convention Of tho
G.. A. 4 Veterans Rights union will also
be held on that evening, at which IL -
expected delegates from nearly every post
in the department will be present The
place of meeting will be announced in tho
sncampment, probably the cOnrt house.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
= BITING BLIZZARD.
Intense Gold Prevailing Throughout the
Southwest rad 6 a,t

Intense Gold Prevailing Throughout the
Southwest sud at.
Reports from the N0rlLwes, state that
suOS and high Winds prevail th4re. Tls
country around Grand Forks has been
visited bE terrible blizzard. Il is nor
thought that there has been mucl loss Of
life, a. the weather has been 50 cold thai
nOOniy w1u)t vu.ruve on Tho pra,ries. A.
Duiutu On Thursday morning the tler
m0moter registered 81 degrees below znro:
a. Cumberland 36 below, and ~ Superior
Junction A belDw. \ SPECIAL dispatch
from %lEItoLa, New York, say, that oug
OF the s'veTesc storm, II the wl4'er RACED
there uu Thursday nj -hr, and the N iuigh,
express trans on the Delaware & HudsDl
! rallg ad we're not able % f0rca their way
thvoHgh until daylight. Trains on th,
! SonuYleTvlI.a division yt the Boston, Hoo.
sac Tunnel 4 Western r0ai were ablud
! Onod All trains were from eight 20 TT
! hours lt'e.
Taursday night MS ID, cDl lest of tae
| season 10 Canada, the mercury ranging
tlom 10 Z 30 degrees below 70. Tho
temp in ItUsyl'la, Pa, Friday
morning ie.! ~ 3! b'lJw zero, the lowest
tor nauy years. Ia B'nghamton, y, y,
at II % clock Friday night, the tdsgmJne-
ter r4istored ~ below zero.
Tvin BaDIss Frolsur0 Death
The twin babies OF Isaac and Rsbeccl
Mart n, OF LIBERTY Mills, Ind, we're frozen
to dca,h il their cr!O, which had been
placed 10 a dreless room. They were
3 months Old. Martin visited the crib
during tho night and found one babe dead
The other was suffering severely and soon
died. The clothing was frozen 70 The
bJdies Of the infants.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

THE Committee of One Hundred in
Philadelphia has with n few dissenting
voices, given its hearty and influential
support to the Democratic city ticket.
This makes the battle for its election a
very hopeful one; it commits these two
political elements between which thers
should be full accord and good under
standing, to united action in municipal
affairs. 1t ought to elect a reform ma
jority in councils and in every way con
tribute to that salutary condition of
local self government which 1t is the aim
of true Democracy to secure.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
TWO LIVES FuK UNE.
The MuricteTs uTa BOY EIpi .tc tntir Cfime
ON the GaIuWs

~ '''' 'r'' CT > W - hhN IL Ate t1tlc Cline
ON the Ga'Iuws
Aud'Isrn and Saydcr, sentenced to be
executed A. Mount Vernon, Iud on Fri.
day, retired At 10 o'clock Thursday night.
Duung the night Audcrsou's nose com
menoed bleeding aud came 80 sore that
tue guard WAS called. L. continued bleed
iug several minutes, after which he eI,pt
souLdiy. Both were called at i've o'clock
anI ate lea Ly. The Catholic priest who
had been with them was denied admission.
They had asked for J. Washbury and II
Z. Wilson, Methodist ministers, both OF
whom promptly arrived and conducted
appropriate Exercises
Tho trap was sprung ~ 1850 Slydcr's
neck was broken, but AudeI son struggled
and twisted moment. Life was extinct
10 Snyder N seven minutes aud in Ardcr
son IN eight minutes Tho bodies were
cut down, pat in collins and conveyed to
Wetstugcrs undertaking establishment
and exposed to tho public gazs. Tne
crime for which Anderson aud Snyder were
executed was thG brutal murder on Aug.
II last Of James Van Weyer, II years Of
age, Tor tho purpose Of robbery. Snyder
was q years Of age and shiftles.. idle
fellow. Anderson was Il year old boot
black, iuclined to DO industrious, but his
associates were bad.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
Tint Mysterious PnrsI,,i,.

Information received from the county
hospital Mt half-past two O'Clock this after
noon is TO the effect that VIM. Mchlecr,
who was taken to that institution Thurs
day evening with his lower limbs "PArdl-
yzed, ;" is not in so bad a condition as was
supposed. lie Ia able to walk and don't
appear to have been very badly hurt. The
story that he was thrown out OF DJCsh's
saloon and kicked Is not true. \ gentle.
man who lives near by saw HIM fall twice
after leaving the saloon,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
INTERESTING FIGURES
showing the IHterusl Revenue RscIots and
the AmOuLl DeLIved from InDaocn.


Figures obtained az the treasury de.
partment to day show that the internal
revenue receipts for the first half o. the
current fiscal year were in rouud NUN
bers sixty and one half millions, or at tue
rate Of one hundred and twenty one
millions for the year, ~ agHust one
hundred and forty-seyen millions for tho
last fiscal year. One Of the sixty and
one half millions about thirty eight mil.
lions were received from distilled spirits,
thirteen millions from tobacco and Cigars
and niue millions from fermented ltqlogs.
The receipts from spirits last year were
seventy four millions. Tho returns thus
far are at the rate Of seventy six millions
from that source.
The receipts from tobacco last year were
forty two millions. Thus far they have
been at the rate of twenty seven millions
for this year, in spite of the reduction of
the tax on tobacco from sixteen to eigl /
cents and on cigars from six dollars to
three. The receipts from fermented LIQUORS
.ast year were nearly seventeen milions,
IL is regarded as entirely proba BILE that il
Congress does not extend the bonded
period for distilled spirits, the internal
revenue receipts during the current wear
will amount TO between ono hundred and
one hundred and twenty i've millions.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
y GENEROUS BLOUEsT,
lircuIn UDiverslty Receives $500 Unde,
william NHtsOu'A VIII

IIICuIh UDIVersIty KectIVos $1,000 Unuer
william WHtsOn'H win
The will OF the late William Watson, of
Chestnut Level, has been admitted 10
probate at the registers office. The fol-
lowing ID tho language Of one Of the be.
quests Il give and bcqucath unto the
Lincoln University, in Chester county. the
sum of S3 500, the same TO be held by the
trustees Of the said Lincoln Uuiyersity and
kept ia perpetual Investment, only to be
by thom applied under tn direction of the
faculty OF theology of said Lincoln Uni.
yerSity for tho education Of young men of
color studying for the gospel ministry. "
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
TIE report OF the grand Jury emnh.

THE report of the grand jury empha-
sizes some of the evils in our county
affairs with which the newspapers Rave
made the public familiar. The rate at
which supplies are bought at the prison
and the utter unpro6tablenesss of the
labor system there explains why it costs
hVe times as much to run our Jail as the
cost of Berks county's institution; the
report does not explain the enormous
increase In the almshouse expenditures
last year; the reprehensible and inbu
man system of filling up Bummers hall
receives merited condemnation, but the
hope that the chillren's home may be
made state institution is i'll considered,
AS this is the most creditably managed
OF our county affairs, by all means let it
be kept under the same direction that
has hitherto controlled II.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

The IroUos,dcs' rlayer. ro.Iss4

The members of this seasons lrIQsidcs
baseball club are now wiiely scattered,
but in three mouths they will be Cathered
together in this city it iull trim, and will
look about this way Pitchers william. :
and Morriscy catchers, Derby ard Old-
field first base, Murphy SECOND base.
Greene third base, Bradley s4'rts,op,
Greone; left fl IL, Hamilton cnuJ.o helu,
MoTammany light field, OIidrN
o. the pitchers Williams Is from West
field, aud Morrison from Springfield,
Mass; and OF the c3t,hers Derby Is from
Springfield aud O,ddod from pgladrl.
phia, Tho two GroonoS and McIamwy,
also hail from Philadelphia. Bradley cones
from New Brunswick, y j., aud Hamilton
from Lowell, Mass This - strong
team, all the men having good records,
many OF them hayiug played in inter sGata
aud association teams last year.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
stoIen ,;ood, Id.utilieo

The boots found in possession OF Oscar
Reese, whose arrest by Officer Smrh was
mentioned in tho lETELLIGESCER, have
been identified as tho property OF VI. l.
Iarnish, West King street. y pocket
book containing some valuable papers has
been identified as belonging to j. II. Hol-
linger, blacksmith. 1t is believed that au
examination will show that sOme Of tho
tools found Ia Reese's chest, woro also
stolen from Mr.. uolingor.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

THE question is being agitsted In
Newourg, N. Y, whether a justice OF
the peace who has passed his SEVENTEEN
year Is incapacitated for official duty by
reason OF his age, and a judicial decision
In reference to the matter is pending.
II the New York justice at all resembles
some of our local fee-grabbers, it might
be a more pertinent inquiry whether
they could not be entirely dispensed
with.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
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rRUZES 40 TBE ROAD.
A Drunken Man Found by tho wayti !e
Nearly Dead from Exposure


On Thursday morning Andrew BogmAu.
a ala6orlug man living ou the Welsh mouu.
tains, went TO the Spriu. Garden hotel,
Salisbury township, aud By evening he
was very much intoxicated. He started
for home, however, but ouIy got about
one mile from the hotel when he fell. He
managed to get up again and travelled a
short distance further to some hay stacks
in field adj dining the road. There he
.Gy down and fell asleep and was onl Y
found on Friday morning almost frog Il
10 death. It was impossible to get him
up without taking him out Of his oyercoat
and cutting the pantaloOns away from the
under side where they came in contact
with the ice. Ia the evening when be
sought his roadside bed it was in slush
and by morning it had frozen up. lie was
taken to his home, where Le lies in a
critical condition. The doctors fear he
viii die.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

Wednesday evening the board OF direc-
tors OF tho M@nnerchOr society will be
presented an elegantly framed portrait of
herself by Minnie Hauk at the opera
house on the occasion of her appearance
here in concert. 1t will be presented in
cDmmemOratiOp of tho seTenade given 10
the lady last season by the Lancaster
MmaReTGhor ia tho opera house.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

!" The transactiOns OF The flrst annual
reunion OF the ICED regiment, Pennsylva-
MIA volunteers" held in this oity, Thurs
day, May II, 1888, have been published in
a neatly printed pamphlet of 40 pages.
The Grafton and history are included in its
contents, which havA been carefully edited
by John Smith, DDS, historian of the
OCcasiOn.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
BURGLARY aSu MURDER,
hJstrrIIus Tragedy at an IsoIatcd Taru
house Near

hytrrIpus Tragedy at an Isolated Farm.
h0uso Near scranton.
Eaplt AntoiuP, who lives near ,each'g
Flats, farming district about three miles
irom Scranton, was lodged ia Jail on FIJI
day, charged with being concerned in the
death of Ira W. Townsend, n farm laboger
who lived alone in an isolated cabin. On
the evening Of the 7th instant, Townsand,
who had visited number of his neigh
ooIS, went to his homo at about nine
O'Clock Soon after shouts were heard ~
ms cabin and Gey raj of tho residents of
me ncighborhood hurried 70 the structure.
ihoy found Townsend lying in the snow.
Ito was unconscious. They wore many
WOUNDS upon his head and body and his
nanas wero frozen. lie fingered until
Friday, when he died. Daring his Illness
he nuttered almost coutinuously abont
rooOers, and frequently mentioned he
name OF Antoine, who was one of his
nolghbors. Townsend had very little monev
out a trunk in the house had been bTnEs1
open and HN5d Of its contents. Coroner
Dean held an inquest, aud tho Jury render,
Ell a verdict that the evidence SnfIicientIy
implicated Antoine as tho author of tLo
violence.
ihiTtuen Children DroWned.
While thirteen children were slidinr on
the ice at k0hr, PomeraDia, the ice broke
and all Wege drowned,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

lT is, II seems, an injustice to class
Mr.. ITirst, the new controller Of
Philadelphia, as Republican or of
doubtful politics. He SAYS emphatically
" am a Democrat. When | entered
the controllers office was a Republican,
am Democrat now" He is all the
better for it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
Committed.

Benjamin Wendler and Harry Roy two
Of the boys who were arrested for disturb
ing the schools on West Chestnut street,
we're committed by Alderman Samson last
eaeS onSns Four fS "V others, ' charged M ed with tic
Same offence were discharged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

An ingenious writer who seems 10 have
more faith in scientific explanations than
in miracles, uti.zcs the aCter1low IN the
western sky to explain the scriptuFal phe.
n)menon of the sun standing stll at
Joshua's command. He thinks that at
the time alluded to the light OF day may
have been simply prolonged after the sun
had gone down by shower Of proIi,es or
m steoriO dust similar to that which in the
view of some scientists causes the present
phenomena
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

Isaac Swope, jr., son of Isaac Swopo.
living on ConestOga street, is now IN this
city on visit. Hs has been in California
for the last ten years,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
snIe of ToDa eco.

Adam ConhauA, of West Earl, has sold
acres of 'S3 tobacco at the following fs-
ures "a cents for leaves 20 inches and
upwards in length l2 cents TOR short
wrappers, S cents for seconds and 4 for
filters.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
Telephone Connections

w. d. sprecher & Son, No. 81 East
King street, aud Thomas +. Franklin,
esq No. SS TosI tS tSs teapSao SSpSSS, nave
chanRe.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

IL pokinE fun at the American jury
system, the author of THE Bread
Winners" makes a jury IN a murder trial
bring in the following remarkable attach.
meut to verdict OF mot guilty on the
ground of emotional insanity
"And we hereby state that the prisoner was
perfectly tnC up to the moment he committed
the rash act IN question, ana perfectly sane
tie moment after; AMI that. in OR opinion,
there Is no PROBABILITY that the mA!ady will
ever rccur."
And yet this sero comic verdict is exactly
identical with that rendered in sober
earnest in the Mutt case. Truth is indeed
stranger than fiction.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
Amin Aurnlneh.

While skating at GraeI's Landing yes
teTday afternoon James II. GarVin, lore'
man Of tho INTELLIGENCER press room,
sprained his ankle SO badly that he IL
temporarily disabled.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

FITz JOHN PoRTEa's vindicasion will
be we'll earned ir itever emerges fIom the
ocean Of veibiage In which It is STR .og
In the present Congress.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

Or the distinctively Southern states
South Carolina is the most illterate. In
total population of 095, j77, ffty-tve and
four.tenths per cent, OF 3G9,s4 cannot
read or write.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

DETECTIVES that detect are rare
birds, but Lancaster county seems to
have been blessed with one Of them.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

CoNrKNrtArB when the sun declines,
Thy death, with deep reflection,
And when again II rising, shines,
Think of the resurrection,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26

While thirteen children were sliding on
the ieeat kohr PomeraDia, the ice broke
and all wege drowned,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-06
NOTHING LIKE SUCCESS.

There is nothing like success to bring
one friends and admirers. 4 year ago.
France was contending for the integrity OF
a treaty with Anam that was voluntarily
entered into by that semi-barbarous ma
ton. She was insisting upon Anam keep
ing faith with her in compact that grew
out of inestimable favors conferred by
France. She was demanding reparation
for injuries done to Frenchmen residing in
Tonquin under treaty assuring them the
rights of life and property-in short,
France rightly had Anam by the throat,
and was forcing her to do fairly. At that
time, it Is safe to say, not half dozen
leading journals in America had a good
word for our sister republic The great
mass OF the press could see in her action
only scheme for greater territorial ac-
QUESTION. They assumed to believe that
she was warning upon the Tonquinese be-
cause they are weak and easily to be over
come. They doubted the sincerity OF
France tip-tilted the nose at the treaty
compacts; really pitied the Anamites for
their unhappy fate, and, so far as
such aid went, gave the murderous
Black Flags, exiled cut-throats and
branded rogues as they are, cncour-
agement and succor. They i'll concealed
the desire to have England first and
Germany next interfere, and had the adj
vice of some papers been taken the United
States Government would have busted itself
in the matter. In fact, the French Re
public had very few friends in the country
on the Tonquin question. But France sue
ceeded she has punctured the China suze-
rainty claim; has beaten the Black Flags
back to their mountain hiding places; has
established frontier line and garrisoned
it in the face of the gong-beating of the
boastful Chinese and all their millions of
men. She has reopened the great Red
river, re-established commerce, insured the
country stable government and righted
the wrongs done her people by the treach-
erous Tonquinese. Now there are none
Of the press, so far as we have been able TO
note, that do not seek to honor the French
Republic. 1t has friends now in plenty.
Its rights in the matter Of the Tonquin
war are clearly set forth, and Its tirmness
in maintaining them is warmly COM
mended. In short, in the newspaper
world France has hosts of friends Just
now, for the best of reasons-she has sue
ceeded. But if she had failed, what tor
rent Of journalistic " I-told-you-sos," would
have poured upon the head of the de-
voted Republic