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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-01

Ir Jim Keene has gone to the WALL
as reported to-day, there will not be
found many to sympathiSe with his II
nanclal misfortunes nor any more 10
congratulate those who have proited oy
his disasters. The public has come TO
look on the Wall street spectators as
privateers on the high seas, and when u
cyclone strikes them and scatters OF
sinks their ships there is little condol'
ence wasted upon them. Between the
conflicts of the bulls and bears the
wolves and the lambs, no good comes to
the substantial business interests of the
country, and when they have effectually
deyoured each other, there will be
cause for general rejoicing. The bust
ness of stock gambling has had a mush'
room growth /; it will be well If it has a
similar brief exis tence.
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\ GkEAI -rEtJu.
by ON. OF the nrlsn,ost men in oonsrs


by one OF the BriSursst nen ia Congress
Frank Hurd, Of Ohio, Is uaqueslouabiy
one Of the most brilliant men now in pub.
lie life. He is somewha. Of q doc.rinAjre,
perhaps, but there are few men in either
House Of Congress who WELL - keen a
blade or handle it 50 feArIcssly and skill
fully. 1t is said that 10 speech ever made
on purely economic subject in Congress
was listened to with su,h rap: interest, or
rewarded with such general applause, Is
his free trade speech on Tuesday. lie IS
the most ouCspoken anl cDnsis,cu; oG all
the free traders, pressing tina: economic
theory 10 the fullest appNcatt5u. When
he concluded the other day men rpso to
their feet in the galleries, apparently fer.
getting where they were, and swung their
hats and shouted. Tho rush Of cD0gratu.
latiOns fairly overpJw5rcd the exhausted
| orator, for more than one hundred mem
bers from all sides got up and pressed
through the aisles upon him until Lo was
in danger OF being c:ushel with excessive
demonstrations Of Animation. Ia the
course of his speech, addressing himself
to the commercial interests Of tho country,
he said
Every ripple OF the water on tho sea
shore is AZ invitation u enjoy the wealth
| OF foreign nations, and every stormy wave
| that beats upon our cTays speaks IN tAIn.
| dering denunciation Of the policy that
would lock America out Of tho markets Of
the world"
Turning TO the farmers b. spoke thus {:
| with elevators and granaries and
| warehouses all full OF the old c1op uus0ld &;
| with vast fields grooming to the com no
| harvest with a crop unexceled in Ind :;
with splendid promise among all wheat
growing nations aud with tic price OF
wheat at less than 80 cents, the result will
be inevitable that the price Of wheat before
! next January will not pay the price Of
| production, and corn raised on Western
| prairies again will be bIrned Tor fuel, In
that day farmers will be baygars in the
midst of their own plenty pluPers by the
side of their own golden gathered
sheaves."
And, speaking FOR and to the mlauCac-
turers, he passionately eXcA.u2l
"Oh , if | could burn into the brain.
manufacturers on American, one ,outence
it would be this: Turn from this constant
introspectlon OF the nations of the world
Down with the walls Out to the sea
There are 2,OOO OOO 900 people who want
to buy what you mako. Rise up TO the
truth OF the great thought that these i'm
mense people can be supplied By you with
all instruments OF husbandry and tools OF
artisanship. But they will not take your
goods unles you take theirs Let youi
tariff disappear and then, Oh, mauiCac
turers your attention will be diverted
from home markets 10 generous riya'rici
with foreign trade in which a wealth will
come to you Of which you do not drcau
| tD-day -
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FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS,

The FEamtHer has tho good sense ia
oppose the Blair educational bill,
The North american urges the pyompt
rebuilding of the Market street bidpe 10
Philadelphia.
Tho Mt. Joy 5.ar is for Brecht for
county superintendent the Columbia
Courdnt favors Giest
The HoTdDtGR lamCntB the unwilliDgness
of good mon to take an active and strong
hand in political affairs.
The Clearfield Republican, insists that
every Democratic candidate for elecCor.
who Is of doubtful eligibility, should
promptly resign.
The Philadelphia Chr0Hicle. Hrld sar
castically says "Quict, inoifensive Boh
Lincoln says nothing and does nothing,
and the less he says AMI the less no does,
the stronger he Is.
The libel suit OF tho Louisiana lottery
agent against the Philadelphia Times, has
been "knocked out" by the L. s. district
court on the ground that it isn't libel ia
this state to denOuuCe lottery.
The Philadelphia Record the greats,t
one cent paper ever published, makes o
wonderful showing on this seventh ami.
versary of its present management. II
proves conclusiyely its circulation of over
l15, 900 and, considering its merits. il
should go up TO 200 900 before il ro1nd,
out decade of Sngerly's enterprisinc
ownership.
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FOURTEEN PAUPEKs BURNED.
Ino Terrible holoCLu'tina comfy Asylu

Tno Terrible HOlooiust IA comfy AsyIum
In Michigan,
Fifto9a out uf twenty-five inmates in
the Van Buren, county, Michigan, aims
house and insane asylum were burned TO
death "Wednesday morning. The buildings
were completely destroyed, and nothing
was saved. The asylum consisted Of a
large two story frame structure, two
story addition on the South, quite new,
aud a large building situated some little
distance away, occupied mainly as resi-.
dence for tho superintendent and his
family, keepers, etc, In tho upper story
OF this house were quarters for the hired
help, Tho oldest building was denominated
the jail. In it weI5 confined the idiots
and violent insane. The middle or newest
building was comparatively empty.
lhe better class Of patients were in the
addition to the main building and 1t was
here that the loss of life occurred. The
fire was discovered about 2 o'clock and
the alarm given by man named Halsey,
who was sleeping in the main building
The man was aroused by tho cry of the
inmates in the addition. Hearing the
roaring Of tho flames he rushed to the door
leading into the hallway and threw il
open, when the smoke and flames burst In
SO" ''NN ""N hNhll1 hLlltu MIN,
He contrived to shut the door and rar
INTO the front part OF the building, arous-
| ing the inmates, who only had time tC
escape undressed. The inmates in the
| wing OF the building were left to roas,
alive, help being out Of the question. The
| patients in tho so called e." iail building .
managed to get out alive. The building,
oeiug OF wood and very dry, the fire en
| yoi0ped them in an instant. The sunerin
tendent's family had barely time to escape
Inc uperintcndent's daughter was iII ot
typhoid fever. Great difficulty was ex
perlenced in removing her. A boy namef
barker jumped out of the second stor,
window and received some slight Injuries
The names of tho patients burned ara as
follows; Samuel A. johnson, a sailor
aged 80 years Henry Baker a half mate
aged 40 Benjamin Bogardus, aged 40
An old man named Sawyer, insane. lateI,
removed from tho Kalamazoo asyIum n,
man named Sergeant, aged 70; Fred
Eohenberger, an opileptlc, Is wears
Peter Bolden Deborah Gravatt, aged 70
Mrs. Curtis, insane Caroline Shoarer
aged 80 years; Caroline Lang, aged 81
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Aaucaster !1ntelligenccr.
THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 1. 1873
M nv Day.


May day comes, as 1t has ever come
to the poets, In the beauty and fragrance
OF springs blushinQ bloom. The trees are
a. towering and all nature puts on he,
freshest garb to welcome the gladstone
season. From the time Of the Roman:
the month has been period Of festivals
In "merrie England "since the reign oi
the Tudors and Stuarts the first OF May
has been holiday, on which in Chaucer' Z
time forth goeth all the court, both
most and least, to fetch the flowers
fresh" The garlanded May pole only
bowed Its head to the spirit OF Puritan
ism and reared itself more proud ana
towering than ever after that austere
sentiment had spent its force. From
Milton and Herrick, past Gay and Keats,
down TO the laureate, nearly all the
poets who have turned their eyes to the
stars and walked with their feet among
the flowers have sung of May" If not
the first, the fairest Of the year." as
DRYDEN wrote. Milton saw "the flowery
May "from her green lap throw " "the
yellow cowslip and the pale primrose -
to Thomson in the procession of the sea
sons.
"Among. the changing months, May stands
The sweetest and In iairest colors dressed"
On Peter Pindar's May day,
The daisies peep from ev'ry field,
And vilets sweet their odor yield
The purple bloss'm paints the thorn
Aud streams rehcct the 0iusn OF morn.
The poet scientist Darwin. sees her
unclose her "blue voluptuous eye" and
wave her " shadowy locks of gold and
to Tom Hood May day was " like the
birthday of the world, when earth was
born in bloom.'
"The light is made OF many dyes,
The air Is AL perfume
There's crimson buds, and white ana bIue.
The very rainbow showers
Have turned tho bios SONS where they fell
And sown the earth with flowers.
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A Contrast.

We note the appointment OF MI.
Haydn II. Tshudy, of Lititz, a promi-
nent and active Republican politician,
as notary public. 1t is in accordance
with Gov. Pattison's consistent policy OF
making no partisan determinations in
appointments to this Office. Gov. Hoyt
professed to observe the same impair
tiality; we are not 80 sure that he
always adhered to it.
However, we note Mr.. Tshudy's ap
poin'ment at this time not to disapprove
it In particular. but 10 point contrast
Some time ago bids were asked for the
collection of the state and county tax il
Mr.. Tshudy's township of Warwick
Jere. Achey, a Democrat and tit for tn
duty, bid several dollars lower thai
Peter Wilmer, Republican. Upon tn
application of the Republican schoO
directors of that district, including Wit
mer himself one Of them, unaccompan
led by any reason whatever, Count!
Commissioners Myers and SUNNY, alsC
both Republicans, awarded the job t
Witmer who shamed himself, if h
did not commit legal malfeasance il
Office, by trying to get it.
If Mr.. Tshudy protested against thl
outrage committed by a lot of his
party associates, we have never
heard any clamor from him or
the subject; and we consider the
season of his appointment to profit
able Office by Democratic governor, a
good time to remind him OF the ineffable
meanness of his party in his township
and county.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-01

A LITTLE incident in the public
career of Mr.. Blaine, which has been
recalled by the New York Herald, is not
likely to bs much relished by that emi
nent gentleman's admirers. Nor will
an account of 1t, in all probability, APP
pear anywhere in the 700 pages to be in
cluded between the lids of Vol. III Of
Mr.. Blaine's Twenty Years in Con
gress." That the end of his six years
experience in the speakers chair was
marked by the presentation to him of a
suitable testimonial from the "king of
the lobby" to whom Speaker Blaine had
shown himself a "true man." was not
then subject of wonder to those who
had watched the consistent career Of
Mr.. Blaine as he rose from the lobby to
the speakers chair but, as public
opinion is q little more sensitive now
than 1t was in 1875, the recollection of
this incident is just the sort Of thing tc
give Mr.. Blaine sunstroke as early al
the Mayday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-01

This in q busy month IN tho flower gar
den. DO not DO in too great haste To put
tender plants in tho open ground. Plant
dahla roots and glad0'us bulbs. The
hyacinths and tulips will now b. the chief
attraction. Tender bedding plants should
be placed in frames where they can be
covered by sashes on cool nights untu
after the middle Of the mouth, N'olets
that have bloomod during the winter
should now be divided and planted III q
moist spot TO mako growth for next
winter. Treat double daisies in the same
manner. Chrysauthemums for blooming
in pots in autumn should be started
from cuttings tho first OF the
month. Astu seed sown now and
grown through the summer in pots
make beautiful ObjeCt8 for autumn deco
ration. The tops OF the fall blooming yell
low amarylhs (StcTnb5rga) will now be
ripe and tho bulbs may be lifted, divided
and rsplantCd Put stout stakes to dahlias
as soon as planted. Towards the last OF
the month the roses begin to bloom. Look
around TO SEQ desirable sorts which you
may not have. Transplant evergreen OF
all sorts. Transplant the annuals grown
from seed sOwn in February and March to
their places in the open ground. Keep
the lawn constantly mown and tho grass
edges neat. Tho pots OF cameIlas and
azaleas should be put in a cool, shady
place Never bury roses that have been
forced into bloom In pots.
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a Clergyman ri.grsce. NJ. UIntn.

About four years ago Rev. l. G.. Delo,
who had been preaching in Nouango
county, Pa, was called 70 the Lutheran
church in Brunswick, \. Y. Some weeks
ago trouble arose between the pastor and
the church. owing 70 the discovery that he
had been writing letters rejecting on Miss
NJ. Louise Caskey, a school teacher.
hoping thereby to secure her dismissal ard
have his daughter appointed in her stead.
DelO did not succeed, and his actions bo
came so distastcful that his resignation
was requested. He declined to resign, but
being told that he would b9 paid no salary
if he remained he concluded TO go, and
said he would preach his farewell sermon
Sunday. Tno discourse was devoted, in
the main, to personal attack on his
enemies. In the course Of his remarks he
said, Il will be preaching the gospel when
a majority Of this congregation is IN IL"
Threats are made TO tar AMI feather DclO
before h1 leaves Brunswick.
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THE quadrennial meeting of the gen.
eral conference Of the Methodist EpiscO.
pal church, which opens in Philadelphia
to day, is an occasion well calculated to
stir the pulse and engage the earnest
attention Of the members OF that great
denomination. In aggressive energy,
wide diffusion of church membership
and wonderful growth, Methodism chal.
lenges the admiration of all who give
heed 10 the phenomena Of religious de
velopment. In review OF its work
since the last general conference met nc
fact will be found more gratifying Ia
those who believe in that sound policy
of church, state and commerce, "pay
as you CO." than that in this brief pc
riod the Methodist churches of the
country have paid off S., 1000, 900 of debts
and probably improved church property
to the extent OF So, 5OO,OOOs
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tho bar around which they are gathered,
aud not soul of the whole lot would
warm TO him or long for his presence after
he had gone away.
PTRsONAl,.

BIrRsrADr, tho artist, wants works Of
art put on the free list.
CmEF JUsrICE MARsuALL's statue will
be unveiled in Washington on May 10.
CHARLES FRNNCis ADAMS, ir., is prCsi.
dent Of the new revenue reform loaguo Of
Massachusetts,.
HENRY lRyINc, Miss Ellen Terry at
Signor Campaniui sailnd from New York
"Wednesday for Europe.
EN JuDGE Il. NJ. HENDERSON Is tho
head Of tho law and order association, n
timely organization in Carlisle.
Miss ADA Iced, of LivCrmoro, West
morelaud county, is the first of her scx to
be elected aud commissioned Justice Of tho
peace in this state.
Henry W. CANNON, Of Minnesota, sue
ceCds Knox AZ controller of the currency,
and James A, Connolly, Of Illinois, il TO be
solicitor of the treasury.
Henry WARD BEECuER ia backed up by
tho New York Sun in calling Brooklyn
the city oi tho future. llO puts It's pro
sent population at 100000.
PHoF. r. A. pHocroR tho English as
trcuomer has bought lot in IT. Joseph,
Mo. he will build a handsome house on IL
and live thcrc IN tho future.
EXSEN\roR :. i. pUNE has y boom
for Congress to succeed Curtin, but the
CioarHold county Democrats expect tC
present man or two for tho place
REV. n. :. BUCENGuAN, tho vel
known NJ. L, presiding elder, buried rc.
Gently ia Le wis6urg, was tho father Of W.
X. Buckingham, formerly of Lancaster.
PEoF. :. u. GEuss, who has Just re-
cetvcd the degree from Edinburgh, il the
only American that has been dubbed
LII. ID. by both Cambridge and Edinburgh
and ID. {. l., by Oxford
CONGREsSMNN BISouNM's wife, who ha,
been for months slowly dying of a malig
naut tumor in hor throat, Is most skillfully
and patiently uursod 10y Nine. do Struve
the Russian minister wife.
IERTERr SrENcER in declining to be
candidate for a scat ia tho House of Com.
mons, said, We are approaching STATE
in which laws are practically made out o
doors, and simply registered by Parla
ment.'
REV. y. SCuwEITLEV, of Lincoln, Ian.
caster county, has been visiting Allentown
where he WAS formerly a student, He nov
serves q charge consisting of fve COngre'
cations, having 4 total membership o
about elgnt huulrod. Siucp las. tall he
| added in the neighborhood of a hundrcC
| and thirty members u his congregation
CHARLES READE abominatod fuo writ
ing, caring little, moreover, fer the litera
| ture Of pure Imagination. To him Tenny
son was only prince OF poetls.ers lie
| regarded poetry As fiction with tho music
Of words. Reade accepted with nObl
simplicity and humility the full promis,
Of tn" Christian faith, His intellect haC
| never been speculative in this direction
and he "vas ablo as an old man to be
| como rs . little child"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-01

THE present is Il time when the ma.
tiOnal banks are apprehensive and uncer
tain about the future, and the selection
OF a successor to Controller Knox is "a
matter to which the president should
have given very careful attention, so
that his choice would at least have rec.
ommended itself by the circumspection
with which it was made. After a good
deal of waiting, calculated to stimulate
great expectations, he picks outoneIIenry
w. Cannon, of Minnesota, for the place.
The country does not know much about
him, which is not necessarily proof ot
his uniitness. The New York 1imel
says he sis distinctly favored for polti.
cal reasons and is expected to introduce
the principles of the spoils system into
office ;" and it intimates that the presi
dent-who is candidate for re election
named him to please Senator Sabin
the new chairman of the Republican
national committee. That is YER
plausible explanation of it.
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r.H TRIAL or KELLo"G
His Counsel Eysde the Issue oi hts Guilt by
TrrhnIcAl l-leA.


TeChuical Ilca.
In the Kellogg trial "Wednesday the
witness Price said that his friends had
given him tho assurance that II ho came
forward and testified - the facts immunity
would be granted him. lie said hc dlu
not agree to pay KellOg IN any othcE way
than through the drafts and diu not iecl
under obligations to pay him othcrwiSe' II
he could not collect the drafts. VIZ ~
gersol, of KellOgg's counsel made motloh
to exclude Prces testimony. lie nam
tanned that the officer acting as postmaster
general could not ut the same time dis
charge the duties of the second assistant
postmaster general The defense assert
that the journal Of the department Indicates
that Brady was acting as postmaster
general under that order en- the date Whch
French, acting as second assistant post
master general. made the orders Tor
expedition Of Prices routes, \ TACT not III
accordance with the indictment
This plea is regarded as in confession and
avoidance and is q surprise alike tn gov
ernment counsel and to ke,oEE's irlouds.
The defendant has all along assumed the
role Of martyr, of an innocent man pursued
and persecuted by malicious persons All
he wanted was q fair trial and speedy
one. He has fairly howIed for trial.
Now it appears he don't wan: a trAl ana
pleads the statute VI limitation IN order TO
avoid one. The plea is indirectly made,
to be sure, but the motion to strike out
the testimony OF the principal prosecuting
witness because OF the limitation amounts
to the same thing. Mr.. Reynolds, Of the
government counsel, sad that tho govern
ment had no evidence touching tho giving
of money other than that they had given
through Mr.. Price. lnSorsolls plea was
followed by Wilson, also Of Kellogg 5
counsel, in the same vein, while Mr.
ker for the goyegnm5u; opposed the
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An Incldoat Not Rotated In uis B'g boon.
\. !. Herald.
In his explanation Of tho notorious Mul.
ligan letters Blaine admitted that his first
experience in Washington was, before he
was elected 10 Congress, as q lobbyist or
agent as be shTjnkingly preferred TO
say) for q rifle company whose arms he got
accepted by Mr.. Simon Cameron, then sec.
retary Of war. That was in 1862. In the
same year he was elected TO Congress. In
1859 he became speaker, aud in that year
he wrote to Mr.. Warren Fisher Your
offer to admit ms to participation IN the
now railroad enterprise is in every respect
"a generous as | could expect or desire.
| d. not feel that shall prove
deadhcad in the enterprise" In 1873, at
the close Of six years in tho speakers
chair, he received tho lobby's acknOwcdg
ments, in silver cup which boro tho fol-
lowing inscription:
JACOBO G. BLAINE.
FersOnr pOpuli, gOrentium mOdcratOritcr:
:desis44at00, yirtut's' apIenu"quo eHpo"":
:''''' 5. W. vcstibuli Rox.
CALENDIS MARTli ~, isB.
Aud few days arterward his majesty
). W, "Vestibuli Rex" or King Of the
Lobbp," referring TO his services in the
speakers chair, remarked OF him approy'
ingly, "Our subject Blaine is a live man,
and no has shown himself true man"
Here are the beginning, the middle and
the close OF Mr.. Baine's congressional
career as public history, as his own letters
and admissions exhibit them.
Why Edmunds Won't 10.
New York sun.
He bore prominent part in tho shame
| ful transactions which established Mr..
Hayes in the White House after Mr.. Til
den had been lawfully ele3ted. This fact
constitutes a blot which can never be
wiped away from the character of Mr..
| Edmunds. y
Vermont Ia sure for the Republicans any
way, and what they are looking for is a
candidate who may fairly hope to carry
| New York, Ohio and Indiana, Besides,
since tue truth must be told, there Is In
| tho minds of politicians Of the Middle and
Western states, and of Republican politi
clans especially, an unconquerable preiu
| dice against the promotion OF any New
| England Yankee TO tho chieitanship Of
this grand old party of fraud and moral
| ideas. They would rather have third
ratio man from Pennsylvania, Ohio Or
| Illinois, than n lrst rate man from Ner.
mont or Massachusetts,. This senseess
prejudice operates powerfully in favor Of
| Mr.. Blaine, who is only New Highlander
by accident and emigration, while at heart
he remains a Pennsylvania.
Moreover, Mr.. Edmunds has few warm
personal friends who will work for him
aud fight for him. Nothing In his GOLD,
logical, and rather cranky nature attaches
men TO his cause. Let Blaine appear IN q
throng OF strangers and in twenty minutes
no will bo tho fayorito of the crowd, while
Edmunds might absorb three cocktails at