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MULTUM IN PAKNO.
a succes,ion OF rragcdics ia rcnn,,lyar

a succes,ion OF rragcdics Ia fcnnyNanis
James Fitzpatrick, hotelkocper at
1920 Passyunk avenue, Philadelphia, KILL
ed his son James, aged %, with u sword
at half-past IL o'clock this morning Inc
father and mother of tho young man were
quarrcling loudly in their room lie orokc
open the door to part them when me iathef
seized sword that hung III the
room struck him with II on tho
neck, killing him almost instantly
). ID. Whitney, aged IS years, resident
of Towanda. shot himself through the
heart at the University hospital, Philadcl.
phia, dying almost instantly. He was u
private patient iu the institution and was
being treated for an affection of the lungs.
William Holland, who died in the Blair
county almhouse recently and was buried
in the potter's field, was the inventor OF
switch signal for which he received s2O,-
600 from the railroad company Ole
Brooks, aged II, recently committed sui.
eide in Johnstown by shooting herself. She
had had some trouble with her parents
Mary Martin, aged 6, fell IN barrel OF
lime ut Maizevi'le, Schuylkill county, aud
was so badly burned that her recovery is
doubtful. While running after base
ball Ferdinand Copelau was struck BY a
train on the Pennsylvania railroad at Poll.
adelphia, and died soon after reaching
the Episcopal hospital. Col.
den, eight years old, was drowned
in the reservoir at Powers i Weight
mans chemical works at the Falls Of
Sehuylkill.-Ed Edward BoSstead, - years
of age, committed suicide by jumping
into the Delaware az Philadelphia.
Louis Magee. 90 years old, was struck in
the head and abdomen By machinery, in
the Twenty fifth ward gas works.--Mrs,
Jeremiah Minich, OF Hamburg, Berks
county aged 60 years, received severe
internal injuries by fall down stairs.
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CLOSING EXERCISES.
MEMORIAL DAY rsuansmmr rs,r,
ooi' Theodore W. Bean's Grafton In IN.
oourt House last Eyon,nr-A fine
Literary ana ntnaI.at r..a,


oourt House Last Evening" "A fine
Literary ana Musical treat.
Iho memorial ceremonies closed In tho
court house last evening. Tho large
court room was filled to its utmost capac.
NY, large proportion OF tho audience
being ladies.
Chief Marshal j. X. Barr called tho
meeting To order at 3 o'clock. An i'm
prcssivo aud patriotic prayer was offered
by Rev. Sylvanus Stall, of st. Johr's
Lutheran church. A chorus, " soldiers
Memorial Day." was sung by choir con
Quoted by Prof VIM. B. Hall and consist
ing OF tho following named ladies' and
gentlemen Misses Mary Zimmerman,
Name l.. Looher, Laura Locher and Alice
Miley, and Mossrs. l.. A. Prezinger, John
j. zimmerman, Abram Schee,z and T.. ii.
Albright. Prof. +. w. Haas presided at
tho organ.
Miss Amanda lands rocitod with fine
olocutionary effect The Drummer Boy of
Mission Ridge" and this was followed by
chorus by the choir Comrades Who
Have Fought Together"
The orator of tho evening, Col. Theodore
". Beau, of post II, Norristown, was
then introduced, and delivered we'll
written Grafton, laudatory Of tho officers
aud soldiers, who had battled on tho sido
OF liberty In tho Revolutionary war; tho
war of 1919, tho Mexican war aud the
great struggle for the preservation of tho
Union. He recalled historical fact to
show that in all ages monuments, and
temples, and arches, and statues and
bronEos had been raised to commemorate
tho deeds of PRINCES, pOtentates aud sue
cessful oonquerors, but IL was reserved for
our day and our country to pay the samo
tribute TO tho gallant private soldier that
Is paid To tho oilicor-to mark the graves
of all with that grandcst monument
to the dead, the American flag,
and to strow with impartial hand flowers
on the graves Of all who had battled for
the Union. During his address, which 90
oupiod littlo over half an hour In its dc.
livery, Col. Bean recalled many interest
irg traditions and incidents in the history
OF Lancaster county, including the pio.
neer iaooTs OF ComrAdc WoiSer, the ses
sions Of Congress and the state
assembly held in our city, tho making of
the first macadamzod road aud the scream
OF the first steam engine through our val
loys, the shooting down Of tho slave
hunters AZ Chrstiana and tho rush of
thousands Of our people TO arms to crush
the slave holders rebellion. But OF the
"reminiscences Of our local history, he
thought thcro was nOue could call up
moro pleasant thoughts, than the estab
lishment of tho Mount Joy soldiers
orphans schools. Col Bean is anished
orator, aud held the attention of his audi
once from tho opoLiug 10 the close of
his Grafton, and vas given hearty ap.
plauso.
A baritone sol1---" Oar Loyal, Tried
and True, " was finely sung by Mr.. l.. A.
Prezinger with chorus, after which Miss
Amanda Lands gave another tiue exhibit
tion OF her elocutonaTy talent by tho reci.
tatiOn OF Foes United in Death" The
entertainment closed with chorus,
" Honor the Dead"
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zoe BOUsD AND STARVING.

the t'rflDl6 situation al seventy four sailors
The Newfoundland sailing brig Confed
crate, Captain Thomas Greene, of Harbor
Grace, with crew OF seventy.nne men,
was caught In a formidable ice nip in
Notre Dame bay on April %, and thrown
completely on the foe. The shin lies over
on her side, with her yard arms on the
ice On the goth Of May five OF the crew
volunteered To travel TO land, distant
nearly twenty miles, and report the situa
tion. Al imminent peril TO their lives
and In an exhausted condition they reached
Twillingate, boarded tho steamer Her
Gales and arrived at St Johns n F..
Friday morning. They report that all the
provisions are consumed except bread and
the last pound of fuel is exhausted. There
ia frozen ocean Of ice all around, aud as
the ship thus beset is now drifting out 10
sea there is danger of tho whole crew
being starved TO death. A powerful
sealing steamship will be at once dis
patched to tho rescue. Captain Cress, OF
the steamship Hercules, reports ice to the
eastward of Notre Dame as Ear az the eye
oan reach, and innumerabls icebergs.
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AT vTHER pLiCEs.
In Marietta anu nayto.n.

The Decoration day services in Mari
eta and NaytOwn, were under direction Of
L., William Child post, No. 226, G.. A. K.
of Marietta. The services at Maysown
were held in tho morning. The procession
formed in the square aIl marched - the
Reformed churc1 yard, whore hymn
was sung, pr, 'er offered by Rev.
ID. ID. Schued, :, the graves decorated
by school children, dirgc played by
the band, when the procession was
reformed aud marched to the Union
cemetery. Here another hymn was sung,
prayer offered by Rev. G. NJ. Aurand, Ad.
iutant Grove read the order of the G.. A.
r., dirge was played by the band, Post
Commander j. II. Druckeumiller made
short address, Chaplain Wisuer offered
prayer, the service Of the Grand Army
was read by Comrades Wisman, Smedley,
Marlin and WisneT, the graves were doco'
rated by school children, and "God bless
Our Native Land" was sung, closing the
exercises. Capt. II. A. Haines, acted as
chief marshal.
In Marietta the services did not con.
meucs until o'clock, when the procession
moved from the old town hall under
charge of Capt. L. d. Roath, chief
marshal, and included the band,
Grand Army, American Mechanics,
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows
and firemen. Tho exercises at the
cemetery comprised the following
programme: Hymn sung by the audi
enoc prayer by Rev. 4. I. Sharpe; read
Ing Of order No. T. by Aijutant Amos
Grove Grafton by Comrado I. W. Maolary;
dirge by the baud Grand Army service at
the grave Of Lieut.. NJ. V. Cochran dirge
by the baud address by J. II. Drucke-
miller, post commander; quartette
-" Sleep Comrades Slaep )" prayer
by s. Z. WsGer, champlain; Floral
service by QuaTtermaster a: WIS
man, Surgeon Wm Smedlsy, Sergeant
Major Thomas Marlin, and Chaplain 5. E.
Wisner decoration of graves bJ mem
bers OF the post, the baud meanwhile
playing dirge salute OF Is guns 4;
''My Country tits of Thee" benediction
by Rev. d. b. S,husder, Tho vocal music
was under tho direction OF DIR. U. W.
Worrall.
Iu Otnsr Parts Ttno County
Celebrations were also held in Mount
JOY, where w A. Wilson, esq, deliyere d
aneloduent address aud in Maheim, Union.
Co,eraiu twp, Strasburg, htltz and other
OF tho towns and villages OF the county
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SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 81. tse4
AIdermanIc Ignorance.

The ordinary alderman has as his
whole aim the acquisition Of business
and fees, and In pursuit Of them he
adopts as his fundamental maxim that
Judgment must always be given for the
plaintiff, whom he regards as his client.
No Judgment is too absurd for him to
render, 1t being saved in his estimation
by his fees, about which there 10 no alb
surdity. The justice of the peace, In fine,
generally, with few honorable excep-
lions, is nothing but fee squeezing
creature and some of them In this town
have nursed the business to very pro.
fitable size. They know nothing tha'
they can avoid knowing and are espe-
ojally ignorant of the law they are sup
noaed To administer. Their judgments
when appealed from generally fall !
about which, however, they care nothing
aimee they get their fees paid before the
appeal can be taken and they don't
even take enough interest in the right or
wrong of the case they have decided to
inquire into its adjudication In the
higher court.
Mr.. Alderman Spurrier. one Of these
ee-pursuers, a while ago, undertook to
bring down the penalties Of the city or
dlnances upon some people who cut
down certain poles in front Of their
houses, which had been put up by the
Maxim electric light company, aided
and abetted by Harry Diller, Of
the lamp committee, the poles
being intended to sustain the wires
supplying the electric lights. Mr..
Alderman Spurrier got the citizens be-
fore him, and summarily deciding that
they had violated the ordinance, under
took to impose the penalty. Judge Pat
ferson decides that the good alderman
mixei things up very badly. He made
very defective and slovenly
record" and does not seem to have
got anything right, He started out
with suit, as though by an in
former, for " plea Of violation Of city
ordinances" Then he dropped the in.
former and made the city sole com
plainant That he could not do the
Judge says and moreover that the action
should have been in debt, there being no
such plea known to the law as violation
of city ordinances. And, then, when the
honorable alderman came to describe
the ordinance that was violated, he
didn't describe 1t at all, but
got hold Of the wrong ordinance and
section entirely. And even il he
had got the right one, the Judge says,
the case would not have been made out
as that puts o penalty on cutting dowr
lamp posts and poles that carry electric
wires do not seem to be posts bearing
lamps Altogether, probably the distn
guished Alderman Spurrer's com
edy of errors was exceptional il
absurdity even for an alderman, ex
ceptional as these fee-rooters are IL
their capacity to go wrong. The wis
alderman and the wise lamp committe
and their wise lawyers may not enjoy, a
much as do their fellow citizens, th
judicial exposure made OF the absolute
Stiffness pervading their undertaking t,
hold citizens TO account for removing {
nuisance from their premises, but it will
not hurt their feelings much being as
thick hided as headed fellows.
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IN COLUMBIA.


a
At least 5000 persons were in Mt
Bethel cemetery yesterday during tue ooo
Grafton services. The parade only con
sisted of 100 members of the q. A. H.,
headed by the Columbia cornet band. Ihe
services were exceedingly interesting.
The glee club rendered two beautiful So
lectious, Mr.. g. G. Kaufman was orator
of tho day, aud delivered very exoeileht
address Good order generally was pre-
served during the exercises, althougn III
few places people we're annoyed by tue
conversation of few drunken men aud
Doors. The streets were thropged ali
afternoon, and until late hour IN the
evening. Tho efforts OF the poilce ioroe
kept tho loaGers generally on the move,
and the street cornors, therefore, were ID
fit condition to be passed by ladies.
A number of our cit'zens were
serenaded by tho Columbia band last
evening. Several of the members wen,
10 Maytown in the morning and played
with the band of that place IN the pafaoe
held there.
Reading Herald.
The event of the evening was, Oh course,
tho oTa,ion by Marriott Brosius, esq, OF
L,noaater, His fame as an orator IL was
tbo, had attracted such o large crowd
Uis effort fully came up to the expeota.
tinna whioh had been formed of it, and
;nstifed his reputation as one of the fore.
most orators OF tho state, He was listened
to with the closest attention, and his
periods were punctuated with rounds of
hearty applause.
permanent Resting Places tor Dead Heroes
A petition is being circulated among
| members of the Grand Army of the Re
public, veterans of the late war, their
widows and orphans and others Of Phila-
delphia asking Congress to make suitable
provision, by appropriation, 'for the
establishment aud maintenance of place
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TWO Score OF valiant Men.

Lancaster Cor. Mannheim Sentinel
The Lancaster cromatory seems to be in
fair prospect OF coming to pass, having
already moro than score OF subscribers
to lts stock. We have, it will thus be
seen, more than many would suppose who
arc not afraid to have their remains con-
sumed after death. While tho larger por.
tion OF humanity shrink at the horrid idea
of cremation, what comfort it affords to
know that this venerable city has more
than a score Of valiant men who are not
afraid to give their "bodies to be burn
C1 -
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Tired steers.

A drove of about forty steers that had
been driven from Mountville were leariy
exhausted last evening on reaching Lam
caster. Several stretched themselves out
on tho roadway in the middle OF East
Orange street, and one large steer refused
TO proceed any further than the North
Queen street crossing. 1t required the
united efforts of six mon, armed with
clubs aud ropes, to persuade tho animal
TO move along.
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Travelling salesman stricken with Apopiery

Mr. L. ID. Shuman, travelling salesman
for Smith, Seltzer & Co, of No. $50 Mar
ket street, Philadelphia, was suddenly
stricken with apoplexy yesterday after
noon about O'Clock while attending TO
business with Kaufman e Livingston, at
Gap, this county. His right side is en-
tirely paralyzed and he is speechless.
Drs. Parke and Slaymaker were called in
and did all they could to relieve tho suf-
erer Of his unfortunate afiliction. lie came
TO tho Gap with n livery team. IL Is not
known to whom the team belongs, but II
is thought that it is owned by a Columbia
lrpn
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How many TO Nnminnfn.

Inc Democratic national convention
wlli have eighteen delegates less than
the Republican convention, no represen-
htlyes from the territories being admitted
10 the former, 1t will need 535 votes to
nominate a Democratic presidential can
uinate, as the two thirds rule prevails In
its conventions. About 800 of the S02
delegates have now been elected. In the
republican convention, composed of $40
delegates, All will be necessary to nomi-
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wOnld think that as the world grew
wiser, precautions for the safety of the
individual would become more perfect.
Calamities like those in Baltimore cause
a rude awakening from pleasant dreams
OF this nature.
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seFious AceldsDt

On Thursday evening about 10 o'clock
Mrs. g. A. Pannebacker, who resides with
Mr.. Nelson Dyson, Of New Providence,
when about retiring clipped and fell
down stairs, fracturlng her wrist and in
rendered the necessary medical aid.
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Horres ShIppen.

Fiss Il Doerr shipped 20 day 10 New
York 40 head of Lancaster draft and driy-
ing horses.
Henry WE'LL shipped to day from his
stables 3l7 North Queen street, 80 head of
Lancaster county horses to New York.
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THERE is very little but gossip in the
news from Chicago The great struggle
will be between Arthur and Blaine, with
Sherman the best third The Blaine men
keep on hunting with a brass band, but
there is nothing to justify their claim that
thew have disaffected tho Arthur forces.
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rort,talIipg tho MARKET

Stephen MaTkert, q produce dealer,
charged with forsstalling the market, by
purchasing eggs and other produce during
market hours, to sell again at retail, was
to have had hearing before Alderman
Spurrier yesterday, but by consent the
case was postponed until next Saturday az
10 n, m,
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Gen. w. w. II. DAVIS, the Democratic
candidate for congressman at large, editor,
historian and publicist, MANNED soldier of
two wars, has some original Decoration
day thoughts, to which ho gave uttcrance
in Philadelphia yesterday. The warning
carried in the extracts which we reprint,
should find deep lodgment in every reiiec'
tive, patriotic mind,
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ironsides Defeated In Allentown.

The Ironsides played in Allentown yes.
terday, being defeated by tho Eastern
League club OF that place by tho score Of
TO .. The game was very interesting
aud should have been won by the Ironsldes
but for tho miserable play of Higgins at
second base. The Lancaster boys hit we'll
through the game, while the Allentowners
onl hit hard in one inning. Williams
and Derby wero the batters. William
Hoover umpired the game in satisfactory
way. Following is the score by inning
onsides.......,.,.,.,2 2 0 o O-5
Alentown,,........,..O2 2 0 o 2 3 KS
Base hits-lronsides, 7 : Allentown, Is. Er-
rors -lronsides, 7 Allentown, |.
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LOOK at these figures of the vote for
president In 1890

Which OF these states is not doubtful
now How many of these can the Re
publicans afford TO lose Suppose they
fail 10 carry New York and Connect.
cut
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doing To church

To morrow George II, Thomas post On
and Admiral Reynolds post 400, G' a; ~,
will attend divine seryic> at et' JONI n
Lutheran church, in body ana ID iun
uniform,
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-Bul,ger.

Six days, stern Labor shuts the poor
From natures careless banquet hall
The seventh, an angel opes tue door,
And smiling, welcomes all.
-RuITrgF
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rno Kovenue cutter " harriet Lane. ."

Mr.. Buchanan's niece, Miss Harriet
Lane, now Mrs. Johnston. was honOred
during the administration Of hor uncle in
the naming OF the smartest revenue cutter
of that day. The cutter became cruiser
at tho outbreak OF the war and many
thousand lips repeated the we'll worn an
nouncement, "The Harriet Lano has been
fred at." Semmes captured her oil
Galveston and took her as prize to
Havana, where she was turned into a sail
ing vessel and rechristened Elliot Richie
The sequel to her strange oyentful history
comes in the following dispatch from
London Bark Elliot Richie, Perkins,
from Brunswick, March 22, for Buenos
Ayres, has been abandoned at sea water
logged and crew landed at Pernambuco. "
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THE terrible disaster in Baltimore by
which ak persons were killed and several
lnlNfed illustrates anew the uncertain
tsagfs - NhcA man holds his life. One
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THE Pittsburg Times, it is rumored,
has been sold to Quay, Magee and other
stalvarts, who contemplate putting Geo.
II. Welshons, now "St. Geo" of the
Dispatch in editorial charge OF it. Mr.
Wis q very bright journalist and too good
a Democrat to be circumscribed on a
Republican paper; but what he touches
he adorns aud unier his management
there will be lively Tines in Pittsburc.
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A RIDDLE SOLVED

rho PFesidsnt of tue Penn BanE R,spop,in,o
ior tho Heavy Doiaioations,
An Intimate friend Of George w, Row
Icy, the individual bookkeeper of the
Penn bank, has made statement for him
that the checks OF d, Wilson & Co. Hill
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THERE is nothing mean about the Pitts.
burg people; and as they have to entertain
national convention of undertakers this
week they gave them for entertainment a
bank failure one day, hanging the next
and they ran an excursion down to the
Washington cremation furnace where a
body was burned TO show the coffin makers
what they must come to.
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COLuMBiA NEWS.
\ wECcR on tho RaiIroad-Ihe ChuTcht
Tomorrow Borough briets,

"fCck on the kailrosd-Iho churches
io-morrow- Borough rriets.
Engine No. 4l2, of tho Port Deposit
railroad, was wrecked at the Susquohauna
rolling mill this morning at G:J5 o'clock,
together with six freight cars. The train
was south bound, and was turned from the
main track to siding by a misplacedswitch.
Three coal laden oars was struck by the
cnetne and pushed over the end Of tho
siding down y bank, tho engine falling
after them, aud landing within fifteen
feet Of the river. Three loaded cara OF the
train were also piledu IN an iuoxtricable
mass, Engineer Michael Weon aud Fire.
man Martin Friend escaped by leapng
from the engine. The Columbia wreckers
Of the L. 4. X. arc busily a. work clear.
ing away tho wreck.
church Sows
Services will be held at tho United
Brethren church, tomorrow, TO commem.
crate the birth of Ottesbein, founder Of
that church. The principal services of tho
day will be hold at 1915 n, IN, The church
will DO beautifully decorated for tho 90.
clSluu.
Arch.Dsacon Dirby, Of England, loc-
lures free on the Arctic Circle" in tho
opera house on Monday evening.
Tho Presbyterian Sunday school session
has been changed 10 Q o'clock, q nj.
thorough HrisIs
The Resouto base ball club OF town
played match game Of ball yesterday
with the Reliance Of Marietta, at the latter
place, defeating them by score Of % "a
10. Two picked uiues-yclspt tbs
Dudes " aud Storekeepers played
a match game here yesterday, tho former
being defeated by u scoro Of - 10 II.
John Simpson, a player, had his nose
broken by being struck by ball.
Chief Burgess Erwin rec,ntly made 4
toug Of the town with au escort of police
men. The usual loatiug places were silent
50 far as lOafcrs were concerned, aud the
box and barrel nuisance on plyements was
also found to be among the things Of the
| past.
A number of drunken men created a
disturbance a. John Hinkle's place on
| Locust street, last night, aud the services
Of tho police were called in 10 put STOP
to ii. Returning n second time the rascals
renewed their fighting, when they were
again elected and the saloon closed. The
streets were full of drunken men last
evening. 4 resident of Washington
borough named Walk was arrested and
fined for his drunken and disOrdcrly
| conduct.
Harry Kaufman, a carpenter, fell from
the roof OF a houso IN Marietta, yesterday
and sustained injuries from which ho wal
expected TO die las. night.
| Mr.. 4. Il. ECkert, OF l. 4ncIsteT, spout yes
teIdly here among old friends
| The X i G. coal basin is bciuE dredgeC
| by tho Susquehanna dredging boat No. ?.
Miss Maize Cooper is seriously Ill at her
home here.