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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-11
PERSONAL

sIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRB's health il
fully restored.
PRINCE SAIGo, of Japan, q member o.
the household Of the Russian minister al
Washington, died on Wednesday.
Mr.. FRoupE, overworked and weary.
contemplates making a voyage round thu
world. He will be accompanied by hi:
son.
ARCHBISHOP LYNCH, of Toronto, began
| on Wednesday the celebration of the
twenty fifth anniversary of his elevation
to the archbishopric.
REPRESENTATIVE BELFoRD is consoled
In his prospective retirement from public
life, by the fact that one of his gold and
silver mines has developed immense rich
ness,
A. B. WILSON, the inventor of the
w heeier Il Wilson, sewing machine, wai
on Wednesday taken to the Hartford in
sane retreat. A strcke Of paralysis broke
him down physically and mentally year
or two ago.
Mr.. HENDRICKS kissed forty-six youno
women Of St. Mary's, Ohio, the other
day. They were members of a Cleveland
and Hendricks Broom Brigade. Now they
want to 60 to Washington on inauguration
day and be kissed by Mr.. Cleveland.
GOLDBERG, the magician, who lately died,
had marvellous dexterity in the deceptive
handling Of cards, and his tricks with them
were far better than those Of any of the
more celebrated showmen. Still he re.
mained mere card manipulation until his
mental vagaries brought him to lunatic
asylum. All the while that he was praots.
ing the most delicate and deceptive ma.
nipulstion he was unaware that the results
were obtained by trickery and skill.
REUBEN r. SPRINGER. the Cincinnati
philanthropist, died Wednesday morning.
He was widely known for his magnificent
gifts to the public In the form of the Music
hall, the Exposition buildings and the
College OF Music, to which within the past
nine years he contributed about $500, 600.
He was eighty-four years old. His last
illness was OF very short duration. Mr.,
Springer was slightly iudisposed on Sun
day last while attending service at the
cathedral and kept his bed on Monday,
but Tuesday he was up and had breakfast
Wednesday. He died in his chair. His
physician says it was case of par alysis of
the heart. He leaves an estate of s5, ,OOO,-
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RUxIsu ALIVE AND ExaUnEu.
The Strange Story Told of q Woman No
In an AhYlnm for Inc lnaAnn-

IN an AsyIum for the Inssne,
In 1879 Miss Estela Newman, aged 80
years, of an old, influential aud at one time
wealthy family, of Great Darlington,
Mass, after long sickness with nervous
spinal complaint, TO all appearance died. 4
widowed mother and sister, with many
friends, followed her to the little cemetery
near the outskirts of the village where she
was laid beside her father. At the time
of her supposed death young medical
student named Worth Fl. Wright was home
from the Albany Medical college. He
graduated in a year or 80 and began
prac.ioing medicine, but he WAS addicted tC
intemperance. and one night, at Newton,
Conn, fell into the hands of roughs anG
was murdered.
Wallace Wright, brother OF Dr.. Wright
now Gays that the night Miss Newman
was buried he, in company with hii
brother and two Other msdieaIl STUDENTS 4.
her body, filling the grave as before. Th'
remains were placed in a sack and will
care conveyed TO the Albany dessectine
room, where, to the borrow and surprise
of all, the lady, with whom DR.. Wright
had for years been we'll acquainted
was found 70 be alive, and in bre
period came out. OF her trance. She wal
insane before the trance, aud so che con-
tinued. Being teuderly nursed, she SO fai
recovered that she was taken to some in
sane asylum of Schoharie county, ". u.
where she is yet. She frequently speaks
of DIR. Wright, now deceased. The re.
latives Of Miss Newman appear 10th *
investigate the strange story.
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DROP REPORTS.
Corr, wnsat, Oats, Cotton and Potstoes ms
compared with Previous Years.

Corn, Wheat, Oats, Cotton and Potatoes a,
compared With Previous Years.
The department of agriculture, at Wash
ington, reports the prices of farm products
in home markets. The tendency to
general decline of prices appears to have
depressed values somewhat aside from
abundant supply. TIE average price oi
corn in 36I cents, which is one cent lower
than the average for 1860, when the sup
ply in proportion to the population was
quite as large, 1t has been lower but
twice in ten years--in 1877 and 1878.
after two previous years of abund-
anoe. 1t is highest In Florida,
80 cents per bushel, and tho low
est price is IS cents, in Nebraska
Kansas, 90 lava, 90; Missouri, 26; Iii.
nois and Minnesota, 81 Indiana and Wis
oonsin, 81 Michigan, AZ Ohio. IL; Ken
tucky, 43. 1t is SO in Pennsylvania, "a in
New Jersey, and 60 in New York. The
range Of values in the South Atlantic
states is from 36 in Delaware to 70 in
South Carolina aud 80 in Florida, increas
ing in the order of movement, except
that Georgia reports 66 cents. In the
more Western states it is As in Tennessee,
"a in Arkansas, 81 In Alabama, 90 in Mis-
sissippi and Texas, and 67 Ia Louisiana,
The average farm price of wheat is 65
CSutb pcE dBdlubb u O6ntB
December. The December price in
thirteen years has previously been
below one dollar per bushel
but five times, in 1874, 1873,
1880, 1882 and 1888. The average in Ne.
braska is AZ oents, 45 in Kansas, 46 In
Dakota, 80 in Minnesota, 55 in Iowa, 50 in
Missouri, 90 in Illinois, 67 in Indiana, "a
in Michigan and rs in Ohio. The average
home grown wheat in New England
exceeds one dollar. In New York it is IS
cents. in Pennsylvania Sc. 1t is So cents
in Virginia and SO in Maryland.
The average value of oats is 2S cents,
against 35 cents last December, and 81 5
in 1882. The present value is the lowest
ever reported by the department. The
lowest state average Is 10 cents, in Ne.
braska. The highest Is 60 cents in Florida.
Iowa and Minnesota 30 cents, Kansas 90,
Illinois 23, Indiana 81, and Ohio go. The
average is from 40 to 60 in the South.
The plantation price Of cotton as re-
ported averages from nine to nine In Ten
nessee. Arkansas and Texas nino cents
one mill in Louisiana nine cents two
mills in Georgia nine cents three mills in
the Carolinas and Virginia.
The average farm prices Of the entire
crop Of potatoes is 40 cents per bushel.
The lowest price is 25 cents in Michigan.
The average in New York is IS cents, AZ
in Ohio, 35 in Indiana, "a In Illinois, 2S in
Iowa, 30 in Nebraska, 4S in Kansas. The
average price Is two cents lower than last
year, though the crop is not SO large.
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Is It Stupidity !

The intelligence and fairness with
which the Press is now edited may be
gauged by its treatment of what 1t calls
revenue for the state" In its efforts
at discussing this subject it 'shows tina,
the total receipts during the past yeal
were Sc, 226, ,959,3s, or q decrease in rev
enue of s5iS. 470S1 from the previou.
year. The expenditures were $7,64S,
9l2.3O, being an excess of $1.461, ,e52. Q.
over the receipts" And from thest
figures the Press deduces certain conclu
sions with great gravity and delibera,
tion. 1t says:
Tho experience In this state, under q
professed Democratic reform administrs.
ton, covering scarcely two years, repeats
past history. Receipts are decreased,
expenditures are increased, and the states q
indebtedness is swelled by nearly u $780,
600. A0Nsesr p1a&st6ls ha6 explanation may
bs, this Is the fact. Wise leadership on tho
part of q Democratic majority In the
Legislature year ago might have Antioi-
pated this situation and provided against
1t, instead of squandering time and money
in the fruitless attempt to force q partisan
apportionment:
But, as usual, 1t now becomes the duty
of q Republican Legislature TO meet this
situation just as il il, and provide fol
Democratic thriftlessness.
Now IL anyone of the readers of the
Press thought to turn to its news
columns, of the very same Issue from
which the foregoing Is quoted. they
found there this statement In a dispatch
from Harrisburg
Tho fact should be taken into account
that, Of the expenditures, there were
u, 700, 900 paid out for government bonds
which are still held, and on which the
stats draws interest, and 1854, 900 Of the
states debt was paid, the payment of q
considerable sum of interest being thereby
stopped. There are almost 81, 900 900 In
the treasury, and the condition of Mt
treasury 10 better than 1t has eper been
before.
So 1t appears by the Press own show.
ing that instead of the states indebted.
ness being swelled by nearly 81, $780,
co.," 1t has ignored a virtual reduction
Of $2,3s4 200. This error may be con-
sidered trifling by a journal which comes
no nearer the truth ordinarily than the
Press, but even If 1t be for sale 1t should
not undertake to sell its readers so
cheaply.
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a raIsu iso,sKsArIvN,
The Cremation OF the Remsins os wsshiug-
ton E scnmid Entirely sucoesssui.

The Cremation OF the Rem sins OF wssbiug-
ton n. schmid Entirely succrsssui.
The third cremation at the Lancaster
crematorium took place Wednesday aiter-
noon, and was entirely successful. The
body was that OF Washington Il. Scbmid.
n young man from Brooklyu, nearly "a
years Of age. He bad been associated In
the mercantile business with his father on
Broadway, New York, until about q year
ago when he was stricken with pull
monary complaint which terminated
fatally on Nov. . He was tho only child,
his parents residing ut No, 228 Clinton
avenue, Brooklyn. The certificate of his
death contains the name of L. +. Liudrid
ger, of Brooklyn, as the attending physi-
clan.
After his death his father placed the
remains in the receiving vault Of Greon-
wood cemetery, and wrote to the authori-
ties in charge Of the lie Moyne orematory,
asking II he might arrange for the inoiner
alton Of the body Of his son there. lie
received reply to the effect that the
crematory had been closed except to resi-
dents of Washington county. He wat
referred by them to the Lancaster crema.
torium and Mt once entered into correspond
enoe with the authorities here, with the
result that the cremation was fixed fol
"Wednesday afternoon. The Schmid family
have long been believers In cremation, ant
the deceased had frequently expressed {
preference for that means of disposal of hi
body. They are of Swiss origin and ar,
Sweden borgian In religion. Services In tn,
latter creed were held over the remain
before their departure from New York.
Mr.. Peter Schmid, a middle-aged gen
tlemanly looking man, of more thar
average intelligence, the father of tn,
/ aHa l,.~.
panied the remains to this city. To a re-
porter of the INTELLIaENcER he OK.
pressed his averseness to auy publiot,
being given himself or bis family In con
. nection with the cremation, except a
such publicity might be of benefit II
, breaking down the prejudices Of the peo
: pie against this most salutary aud reveren
, method of disposing of the dead. He de
clared that he and his wife had mad
arrangements that the survivor should SCI
: that the first who died was cremated.
! The retort reached the proper degree o
} heat about 4:80 o'clock, the time at whic
the incineration was TO begin. Some d,
, lay was caused, however. by the fact tina
? the remains were incased in tin sheetus
: which required tin shears to remove
Shortly after 5 O'Clock the crib oontainin
/, | the remains wrapped in saturated alu,
cloth was wheeled before the door Of tt
q retort, the door flung open aud the cra
4 with its contents pushed into the blaziu
D interior.
t The cremation was very complete, Il
y dust being quite fine, aud the operatio
4 | having been concluded In an hour. IL
Q ashes will weigh fully five pounds, Il
It deceased having been big boned ma,
o Mr.. Sohmid left on the morning train fC
< New York and the ashes of the dead W
d be shipped to him as soon as possible.
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DENmAN THOm PsUN.
MS FAMOUS impersonation OF "Josbus
Whitoomb " In fulton Opera House.

Wbitoomb +" In fulton Opera House.
Mr.. Denman Thompson, the famous
comedian, appeared in Fulton opera house
last evening before light audience in his
famous play Of "Joshua Whitoomb." The
comedy is well known, having been pro.
duced here few years ago, and Mr..
Thompson's impersonation of the shrewd
aud kindly old New Hampshire farmer
has gained for him a national reputa
tion. He was very warmly greeted
last evening as he deserved to bo, and
though the audience was not commensu T.
rate with the worth of the play, Mr..
Thompson threw himself into his charac.
splendid realistic dramatic picture. He at
all times had perfect command of tho
sympathies of his audience, and he showed
his ability to play upon their feelings,
exciting laughter and sorrow at
intervals, with the ease OF q musi-
oian with his flute. His sup.
port was capable enough, Miss Edith
Murilla, as Dot the crossing sweeper, and
Ignaoio Martinetti, as Roundy, carrying off
the honors by their pleasing acting, sing
ing and dancing Mr.. ID. ID. Bedell, as
JOHN Martin, used q pleasing tenor voice
for all that it was worth, and George A.
Beane, as Cy Prime, made capital hit a.
an ancient New Hampshire farmer who,
while "nigh on to eighty" was not too old
to love.
The orchestra with the company was one
of the best that has ever appeared here,
and they che rfully responded to the
numerous encores wi b which the audience
punotuated their selections. Between the
third and fourth acts their work was
particularly fine, the house being darkened
and the fire accompaniment making an
effect weirdly beautiful.
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CHASING A WILD BEAST,
The Excitement oausen by n J,suar's Es-
cape from CiECus gase.


cape from a CiECus Uase.
Tuesday evening BaIrett's circus passed
through Dayton, Ohio, on it's way East,
but was stopped by burnt bridge on the
Cleveland, Cincinnati u Columbus rail
road, near Enon, seventeen miles from
Dayton. A monster jaguar escaped from
its cage and was not heard from by the
owner, ]. l.. Shoemate, until morning.
The beast fed rapidly across the country,
alar ming people who were up late, STAN
peding cattle, wounding many of them
and killing and sucking the blood OF
others.
About midnight the beast had reached
the vicinity of Dryden's mills, five miles
south of Dayton, whore William Lesher,
a farmer, was awakened by great COM
motion in his hog pen. Having got gun
he with neighbor went to the pan, where
they found one dead hog aud the jaguar
killing another. Lesher shot the animal
in the hind parts ; it jumped at the men
and chased them into the house. 1t then
fed down tho turnpike. The whole
country was alarmed and one hundred men
with rifles searched all night. At day
light, in answer to two women, who made
signals of distress, the men hastened to
their relief and found the jagusr in an
clubhouse, where they shot it dead.
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HUNTING MS pAUaurER.
A Fond Father Ia Pursuit of an Eiopiag N
M Ina

A Fond Father la Pursuit of an Eiopiag Miss
OF Nineteen.
Wednesday mornings train from THE
East brought to Pittsbnrg Chester +.
Nsndemsrk, of Philadelphia, nice look
ing gentleman, with gray hair and beard.
Mr.. Vandemark was in search of his
daughter, who had eloped with Caauucey
Pulsifer, formerly theatrical agent. but
for tho past few months engaged in
mercantile business In conversation with
q reporter MIR. Vaudemark said (: 81 don't
want any publicity about this matter, but
| will tell you my story, because you may
be able to give me some information
81 have daughter not quite nineteen
years of age. She is bright, aud people
tell me very pretty. About three years
since she met, while We were in st.
Augustine. Florida, young theatrical
man named Chauncey Pulsifer. We no
ticed our daughter was growing little
too fond of his company and took her
away. To my knowledge they never met
again until within few weeks at the
| Continental hotel, Philadelphia, where my
daughter had gone to visit her cousir, i,
seems they met nearly every evening for a
week or more--a fact my wife was cogni
Zant of, but was not One day she got q
telegram ostensibly from her aunt at
| Rochester, N. Y, Isking her to come OF
there. After she left my suspicious wer,
aroused. / found note in her drest
pocket requesting q meeting in the box o
the Arch street theatre and signed with
the trademark of the business in which
Pulsifer is engaged.
Pursuing my Investigations | founI
that no one answering the description o
my daughter had purchased ticket 60
Rochester, but discovered that lady re
sembling her very much had bought
ticket to Detroit. Ny wife told me abou
Pulsifer, and l at ouce started for Detroit
and am on my way now.'
, This was all Mr.. Vsndemark, who seemet
gentleman of wealth and refinement
would say about the affair. Investigation
ELECTED the fact that Pulsiier was in Pitts
/ burg on Wednesday, but left after havin
. purchased two tickets to Detroit. Ii
stated to the clerk Of the Seventh Avenu
hotel, that he wanted the best room in th
, house for himself aud lady, but he did nc
bring her TO the hotel. Pulsifer alway
dresses in fashionable clothes, which +
bim admirably. When in the show busi
ness he was known as sharp, harC
working agent and well-balanosC
, energetic manager. Tue first season thf
Lillian Spencer was brought out as a sta
, Pulsifsr, in company with Clayburg, ws
, her manager. He did not get along we
, with Clayburg, although under Pulsifer
! direction the show aud star prospered,
8 he drew out of the Partnership the ne,
| season. Then he managed Siberia (,
r Bartley Campbell, but, as stated befor
q this season he is engaged in mercanti
{ business. The next chapter of the stol
/ is expected from Detroit, Mr.. Ysudemal
having left for there in the afternoon.
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An Important Railroad Bridge Burnsa.

Tha railroad bridge over Mad river, just
west of Springfield, OHIO, was entirely
consumed by fire at o'clock Wednesday
morning, going up like a flash of powder,
there being no chance of fighting the
flames, The span was 200 feet long, and
the railroads loss is estimated at SEQ, 900.
An trains on the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati & indianapolis road now
enter and leave the city by the Pittsburg,
probably incendiary. Barrett's circus
train narrowly missed plungipg into the
abyss Of flame.
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why nender.on Merrlch K,so.

The aged mother of Henderson Mer-
rick, drover, of Oxford, Chester county,
missing since November 81. having been
sued upon note for 1850, bearing her
name aud given by her son to Messrs.
Jack 81 Shaw, cattle dealers, declares the
signature forgery. A note OF 5000 dis.
counted for Merriek by James Irons, and
purporting to bear Mrs. Murriek's sigma
ture, is also declared forgery. Merrick,
just before his fight, borrowed $225 from
William Armstrong, Of Russellville.
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vSAeers BssSre the New Ysrk Court.
Thsrs has been . suit tried In New
New York city, brought against c. 7.
Huntington, one of the four owners OF
the Central Pacific railroad, BY persons
of whom be bought their stock IN the
rcad. When heand his partners conceived
the idsa of gobbling the whole concern,
Huntington agreed with these men that
IL he ever gave more to anyone else for
stock bought By him, be would account
70 them at the same price. He is now
sued ON this bargain which he refused
70 keep, having paid much higher prices
Afterwards to clean.out other stock
hcIdsrs. The case against him seems to
~ well established, and his counsel,
Senator Conkling, has % little chance to
ret In any work for him that he ie
improving the opportunity to exhibit
himself before the public in the role Of q
smart and witty talker; which, indeed
he always greatly inclines to affect, and
in which his success by no means cor
responds to his conception Of it. Hi
presence excites unusual public atten
tion to the case. But that in It which
obtains our consideration Is the fac
that in court Of justice the evidenc
develops that four men have entere'
into q conspiracy to get possession Of
great public highway, built wholly ou
Of the treasury Of the United States
and that when they have succeeded they
contract with themselves under anothel
name ss a construction company Il
build the road at . price ten times II
excess of the cost to them.
This is not q new revelation to tn,
public. 1t has all been developed in tn,
Union Pacific Credit Mobilier exposure
But 1t seems strange that such a story
should be told in court Of justice ant
that men who there admit that they
have done this robbing, should 70 un'
scathed and unrebuked in a forum
where q chicken thief Is shown n
mercy.
Huntington and his associates are ric
and able to respond to any lawful de
mand upon them for the return OF the
plunder. But there seems to be no on
to take hold of men who contract q
railroad directors with themselves 9
railroad constructors to pay ten tim,
the cost OF baildtns their road. II
law does not abide such wrong. But 4
officers do not rise up in its defense, an
its Judges sit unmoved as it is detaile
before them.
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Burned to Death In q street Oar.

A young woman riding in a street car at
Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday morn
ing, sat next to an old woman, who threw
down burning cigarette. The young
woman's dress, which was of light
material, caught fire and blazed up fiercely,
and the unfortunate girl was burned to
death befors the flames could be extin
guished.
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Adopted Dy . Leading Railroad,

Information has reached the gentlemen
In this city who are interested in the Rote
autOmatio brake, that on December 9, the
New York, New Haven d. Hartford II.
r. company adopted the Kote brake and
contracted for its use upon the entire
freight equipment Of its leased lines as
well a. on its main road.
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THE well informed and conservative
Warrington correspondent Of the Balti.
nors Sun sounds = very timely note of
warning against the supplementary pen.
sion bills now pending before Congress.
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yioisn. us.,n OF an O,a Man.

Morris O'Connor, of Wilmington, Del.
q railroad laborer, was accidentally killed
there Wednesday. He was run over by
several cars on the Philadelphia, Whining.
ton II Baltimore railroad. He was over
seventy years old.
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To se Awarded on Saturday.

The awarding of the contract of the
New York aqueduct, has been postponed
until 3p. m, Saturday, to give tho new
comptroller Loew, an opportunity to
post himself on the situation.
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An %, 900 Injection BE, Paid,

An eight-thousand- dollar election bet
between the Hon. William r. Jsrnee, of
New Brunswick, N. j., and John White
head. Of South River, was :paid to Mr..
Jernee BY the stakeholder, j. Bayard
Kirkpatrick, on Wednesday.
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Oorporsts Hxistenco Extended.

The comptroller Of the currency has ex-
tended the corporate existence of the
Columbia national bank to December Is,
1904.
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Breekiyn Independents E1peIIsd.
Edwin Packard and Alex. Forman were
expelled from the Kings county general
S%ommittee Monday night for disloyalty to
Blaine and Logan.