Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-27
OVER THE STATE.
soms Larn uommoswn nA.rr ITEM.
ArEuiug toe Case OF the ststc ags,n., tito
Ncst'rh tuiOn Compsny-JewoIry
store Robbed In Asaainu

Arguing toe Case OF the sts,c ags,ns, tho
Ncsurh Union Compsny-JswoIry
store KoUDod In kssding.
The case Of the commonwealth against
the Western Union telegraph company
was argued in Harrisburg, Wednesday,
before Judges Smontuu aud Mcrherson
IL involves taxes to the amount of $l4O, 600
caimed on stock dividends made by tho
company ia 1879 aud 1881, Tho company
has paid in cash dividends made on the
samo stock, aud insists that tho increase
ot stock did not render it lilblo to further
taxes also that tho colnmo iwoalth ia
assessing the stock has included lines no.
owned by the company.
"A great deal Of testimony has been taken
during the past year in Now York city
upon letters rogatory issued from the
Dauphin county court to the supreme
court of New York, under which Charles
MacNeagh WAS appointed commissioners
There was much argument Wednesday
over the admission of their evidence. The
company was represented by NJ. T..
Olmsted, of Harrisburg John Il. Read, Of
Philadelphia and Willard Brown and Wage
Swayne, Of New York, and the common
wealth by Messrs. Gilbert, Newlin and
Well and Attorney General Snodgrass.
state was not entitled to any tax, IL having
paid all that was legally due. The court
took tho papers and reserved its decision.
Jcweiry store Robbed.
At an early Wednesday morning the
store of ). X. Bushby, OF Reading, was
robbed Of jewelry tn the amo unit of o., 600.
An entrance was effected by smashing the
glass In rear window of the store. The
thieves then weut TO tho front of the store
aud secured valise, In which they
packed the articles. 4 large case was
emptlod of trays containing gold
rings aud bracelets, chains, ear
rings aud lot of other iewelry.
After the yaiise was filled they got
another and packed IL full OF revolvers,
about thirty, but on account of their
weight they were left by the robbers. The
night was dark and stormy, aud the
thieves got into Mr.. Bushby's yard by
Jumping over the fence ON Court street
Last year unknown parties smashed Mr..
Bushby's front window for the purpose Of
robbery. At late hour nothing had
0eeen heard from the thieves or the stolen
Jewclry. A reward has been offered Tor
the goods.
A Lehigh students serious Fall.
Joseph ID. Luckenbach, a freshman at
y, ~.
bach, of Bethlehem, met with severe
accident while exercising at the university
gymnasium about four O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon. He was attempting a high
jumping feat, having a wooden rod placed
live feet from the floor. He struck the
rod, broke 1t aud fell on one OF it's pieces,
which entered his body at the hip and
penetrated the abdominal cavity. He was
taken to st. Luke's hospital, where the
splipters were removed. His condition Is
precsrious.
Irying to Save n Murderer.
Counsel for John Dillman are leaving no
stone unturned to save him from the gal
lows. They have mailed to Governor
Pattison letter seeking a stay of pro
ceedings. lt reviewed the case, aud gave
the history Of the proceedings before the
| recent commission in lunacy, which de-
| clared Dillmau sane. The letter says,
from the evidence adduced before the com
mission, it appeared that the grandfather
and uncle of the prisoner Of the maternal
branch of the family were of uusound
mind, and that the prisoner most resem-
bles his mother. lie attended school but
few months, and is unable to read, and
was always regarded as weak minded and
irresponsible for his acts.
rrerh POLITICAL Poiuu.
William NJ. Bum, Of Philadelphia has
been confirmed as governor of Idaho terri.
| tory.
General Simon Cameron is reported tO
have said in an interview that he does not
care who is mado president as long as the
Republican nominee is elected.
y movement is on foot, backed By many Of
the most active Republicans in the western
part Of the state, to secure the nomination
Of Ex Congressman Watson, of the twenty.
seventh district, as congressman at large
at tho coming Republican convention.
Tho Crawford Democratic county com
mittee met Wednesday, and elected NJ. =.
Davis aud L. w. McArthur, of Meadyille
Maurice Fitz gerald, OF Conneautyille, ant
Roger Sherman and 7. J. Smiley, o
Titusyille, delegates to the state conyen
ton. Resolutions complimentary t
Samuel j. Randall and iustructing tht
delegates to work for his nomination fo
president were adopted by acclamation