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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26
AZ "A Electoral Frauds.

The Ncp Era, with the characteristic
hypocrisy Of It's party, declares that
q many wrongs have been done In the
Congress Of the United states, but per-
haps nothing more glaringly unjust has
been perpetrated since the foundation Of
the government than the action OF the
Democratic majority In unseating Con-
gresham Peelle, Of Indiana, and award
ing his seat to Mr.. English, the contestant
on Thursday last" or course this Is
mere rot, and known to be such by the
writer Of it. Even assuming, with our
hide-bound partisan contemporary, that
there was hardly room for a con-
test In this case, no room what.
ever for an honest one"-which
Is not the truth at ala hun
dred wrongs more "glaringly unjust !"
have been perpetrated In Congress, not
only since the foundation Of the govern.
ment, but since the Republican party
has had control Of 1t. There has scarcely
been term OF Congress since 1850 with
a Republican majority Of the House that
there have not been from one to
half dozen Democrats cheated out
of their seats without shadow
OF right. 1t has conspicuously beer
the practice Of that party to decid
nearly every case for itself, regardless o
law. facts, or any precedents excep
those of its own iniquity. In the Eng
lish and other cases of this session, tn
Democrats have shown disposition
toward fairness and independence, man.
OF the party waving technicalities t
concede seats to those Of the opposition
equitably entitled to them, while II
Republican Houses the rule in
yariably was to decide the claim
upon the equities or the technicalitie:
according to which ever would seat the
Republican.
But It does not lie with Congre ssmen
or editors of that party to talk about in.
igufous decisions Of electoral contests
In view of the fraud Of 1s76'77. To
make that villainy triumphant every
techncality was invented and every
equity denied against the Demo
Gratis, and then forgery, bribery,
black mailing, murder and almost
every crime known to human
ingenuity and deviiish invention
were resorted to in order to count In
Hayes and count out Tilden. Judges
and senator's stained their robes by par
ticipation in the fraud and representa-
tives who helped to fabricate the
evidence, perjured themselves by sitting
assworn judges upon the testimony the!
had themselves made. The men wh,
did this thing have been glorified an
canonized by the Republican party 4; bu
in the public estimation, every on
of them is guilty and shameless
thing, and the beneficiary Of their frau
goes up and down the land dishonore
as no man who sat in Washington's chat
has ever before been.
The less the organs Of that party hav
to say about electoral frauds the bette
for It.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26
Ine street Lamps.

Saturday night was q bad one for tho
electric street lamps, no less than AZ OF
them being reported out by the police on
Sunday morning, every ward In the city
being represented, and o large proportion
of tho lamps being out all night or the
greater part OF the night.
Sunday night only nine of the lamps
were reported, but there were several
others that were out or burned poorly for
short time, and many others that burned
fairly, but evidently far below the D. W
candle power guaranteed by the company.
OF the gasoline lamps five were reported
out Saturday night, aud only one Sunday
night,
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mrs ur,,.t.r,u,psud Arre,tec.

Asahcl Gdts', Of Elk township, Chester
county, husband 0f Rulh Gricst, has been
arrested on tho charge of having commit
ted tho assault on his wife last Tuesday
night He was given hearing on Satur-
day before Justice of tho Peace $. H.
Smith, of Oxford, who bound him over in
tho sum of IL, 900 to court to answer tho
charge, John Curry OF the neighborhood,
becoming his bondsman. ltis thought that
Griest made tho murderous assault with
which he is charged, for tho purpose o!
possessing himself Of HE " Hes property
On two occasions, it. was sho@n in the ex-
aminatio before the justice, that ho had
tried to get control OF about S24O belong:
ing to her. 4 woman at tho hearing said
she saw Grest scraping the axe handle the
day after the attempt at murder. Tho
wound is two and half inches long,
three quarters OF an ZACH wide and ap-
pears as though 1t was made with tho pole
of an axe. GTeist's axo was found next
morning at tho foot of the stairs, but
there was no blood stains on IT,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26
seated over a Death Trep.

HtduInB TImts
George Priest, foreman at tho Scott
foundry, was sitting on chair in the yard
near tho kitchen door, at his residence,
No. 4O9 North Pine street, reading a
newspaper, while his wife stood behind
him looking over HIS shoulder, when sud
denly there was noiso beneath their feet
and the pavement began TO sink. He
quickly arose, and both stepped back
when suddenly hole opened aud the
bricks fell down with terrific crash, q
distance OF seventy feet. Tho pavement
u appears was laid over very deep cess
pool to which the pipes from tho house
were conducted. Some thirty feet of the
lining fell down which caused the rumb-
ling noise first heard and the arch to
disappear.
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NSsTERiUUs POlsUNISu.
= Family of rive Persons Sick from Drink.
Ing Wen Water.

David Keen, woll known farmer, 70
siding just east of Qusrryylle, together
with some Of his children aud other mem.
bers of his family, five persons in all, wero
suddenly and mysteriously affected with
illness yesterday afternoon and remained
seriously sick all last night, with symp-
toms o! poisoning. DR.. II. Z. Raub was
set for and administered an antidOte with
success in the case of Mr.. Keen and others,
though his son Will is still Ia critical
condition.
The cause of the sickness Is as yet q
mystery, and various rumOrs are atioat,
some limiting NJ felonious purposes on the
part Of evil minded persons; but the
only thing certain IS that all who were
prostrated drank yesterday from now
we'll dug on the premises whora Mr. Keen
is building a new house, in the meadow
near his present residence. II is believed
these waters had been polluted in somo
way, but the origin Of tho taint has not
yet been satisfactorily determined.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26

The amount of dirty linen washing
now going on in the Republican party.
would be something astonishing II 1t
were not for the fact that there Is 80
much of it on hand. For the most part
the charges of wrong doing have been
directed against Blaine and bold accu
sations OF public misconduct have been
accompanied with inueDdoes of many
things far worse to come. But as his
friends recognize the necessity of break
ing down Arthur they have become bold
and sensational, too and this morning
We are treated to two different stories of
his quarrel with his old friend Crowley,
Of Western New York, either of which
will explain it, il true, and both OF
which are unquestionably set adoat by
the presidents political enemies. Ont
OF these is that he broke off the engage
ment OF his son, lad OF twenty, witt
Crowley's daughter, a girl Of nineteen
and thereby caused the breaking of hel
heart and an early death. The Other
- that Crowley got knowledge of the
presidents private immoralities and de
nounced him 80 fiercely for them that al
further private relations between then
were thereafter impossible. The Re,
publican national convention Is only ,
week off.
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A snoo,iur Array ar UoatesvIlic.

Michael Burns, sr, of Rock Run,
Chester county, deliberately shot Edwin
Wallace, of tho sams place. on Saturday
evening. They are both employees of O..
E. PennoclI s. Co, iron men, They met on
tho streets OF Coatssglie aoout 0 o'clock
in the evening when q discussion arose
between them in regard to q certain plate
made In the mill. Both parted angry and
Burns made tho remark ho would see him
later. Burns straightway went homo pro
cured a revolver and met Wallace walking
with his wife In front Of their residsnoe
He pulled out his pistol and fired, the ball
entering tho left groin:
No action as yet has been taken by the
authorities. Wallace was carried into his
houso where he lies in q precarious cOndi
tlon. There is strong talk of lynching
among the workmen.
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Not Touching the Point.

Judge Elcock, moved by the generally
adverse criticism bestowed on his action
in the case of the commonwealth VS..
McCaulley, has issued very elaborate
statement of the law of the case, as he
understands it, and as he might have
stated it to the jury If he had had it
ready. He does this in refusing a motion
for a new trial.
We do not see anything in Judge
Elcock's revised opinion calculated to
change the general judgment that he did
not rightly construe and administer the
law of the case. Naturally Judge Elcock
himself differs from this opinion ;
which, in view of Its universally, is bad
for Judge Elcock and not for the opin
ion. The judge says that II his decision
has done injustice to the defendant,
in committing to Jail man of unsound
mind, the wrong can be remedi d by
taking the measures provided by the law
for removing insane convicts from the
Jail TO the asylum /; which, however, is
entirely off the point in dispute, that
being whether Judge Elcock was right
or wrong.
We hope that remedy can always bt
found in the law for wrong done by the
mistakes of its officers, The pardonine
power is a general relief provided iol
such purpose. But this does not max,
the officer less blameworthy for hi
error, any more than the fact that Judg,
Elcock is a clever gentleman excuse
him for being an unwise Judge.
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PECK's sAD BOy.
foor hGuse witnesses the Prcscntation OF
had Ilay


The statement Ia not at all hazardous
that mao might have stationed himself
az any point In the opera house ON Satur.
day evening and SHE'D a brick whcrcso.
ever he would with little risk Of hitting
any one, 80 small in numbers was tho audi.
ence gathered 10 500 and hear how very
bad Peck's Bad Boy" really was
Before the extreme imbecility Of this per
formanco, all others during tho season
must pale their Intellectual fires. And yet
those ladies and gentlemen who figured in
this piece of dramatic idiOcy may not be
totally devoid OF ability In the histrioniu
| line, IL tho truth were known. A combi-
nation made up of the best known come
dams of tho day could not lift I" Peck 's
Bad Boy even from the absurd to the
| commonplace. 1t ia throughout con.
GlOmeratiOn of iUcidcLts strung together
with no apparent purpose, except that
which the author naiyely gives, to make
| people laugh" Bad comedy, however,
the blooming author should remember,
approaches very near the limits of pathos
and may mako people cry. IL iR rather
creditable to tho determination of the
local play going public that the " Bad
Boy got q reception hero in accordance
with its merits. The spirit Of irrevereuce
running through II would condemn 1t, II
penned by Shakespeare. The youth OF the
rising generation have too many incentives
to snap their fingers at parental authority
without seeing il portrayed on the stage,
to be laughed at approyingly, or at least
10 be condoned. Peck's Bad Boy and
plays like it aim at the life Of elevated
comedy, and il the latter is TO survive, tho
| former must DO consigned to deserved OBJ
| liyiOD
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26

Tho following is a list Of unclaimed let.
ters remaining in the postOffico at Lanoas
ter for tho week ending May go, 1884
Lddiss' List-Mrs. Anna l.. Brennor,
Miss Carrie A. CrcceliOus, Miss Mary f.
Gibson, Miss Mary Heibeck, Miss Lizzie
Herr, Mrs. Annie Opordarf, Miss NJ. f.
Waters, Miss Clara Whitman.
Gents List.-Messrs. rs.-P. b. Bucher
Philip J. Cook, Thomas Collins (for.)
Thomas Day, 8. 9. Edwards, Z. Feigley
Thomas Fisher, David +. Herr, Jacob )
Hoffman, w. G.. Hollis QorO, j. ID
James, Andrew Kaufhold QOr), john G
Ketterman, Thos, Mcneil, Tobias, Mou-
rer, James I. Reilly, Rudolph Schroeder
(tor.) Tobias Seohrist, James I. Shea
Michael Smith, Il. G. Ware, Eustis, Wood
man & Co., Nicholas Ziegler.
Third Glass Natter. .-Messrs. James Cot
ter, Charles &. Rudy.
Fourth Glass Katter.-Messrs. j. VOL
& Co,
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A BnIpEoRou.a's rK.uIJ DEATH.
kiile0 by Runaway Accident whilo on al
Why t. DIsim hIs BTIis


Why II DIsim hi. Bride
Max Leonhardt, aged 80, was buried
from farm house near tie village of
Parma, Ohio, on Sunday Lrouhardt met
o ira Iic death on "Wednesday night last.
He came to Cleveland threo years ago
from New York, bringing with him his
savings, amounting to Si2 600 He ob
tanned employment in the city, and durip 2
the three years, by industry and econ.
omy, Increased his savings TO SIS
900. About year ago he met
a charming young woman, re
siding at Parma, q small village fif.
teen miles from Cleveland. Their 40
quaiutance ripened into love and an
engagement followed. Thursday Of last
week was tho dato set for the wedding.
The bridal dress, the flowers and the sup.
per were ordered and minister was
engaged to perform the ceremony. On
"Wednesday, the day preceding tho we'd
ding, Leonhardt, in company with Franz
schmidt, left for Parma vito a horse and
carriage. When about ten miles from
| Cleveland the horse took fright and ran
away, throwing both men to the ground
Schmidt was uninjured, but Leonhardt's =
spine was broken and he died in the arms
OF his friend few minutes after the
accident. The funeral was largely attend.
ed. The intended bride was chief among
the mourners. She was attired in deer
black aud her grief was inconsolable.
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uoysnau, church K.openso

The re opening services yesterday of
Covenant church, United Brethern Ia
Christ, West Orange street, were largely
attended and the exercises were of much
interest. Rev. /. Baltzell, OF Harrisburg,
preached an able sermon in tho morning
from Isaiah hi-1. Awake, Awake Put on
Thy Strenth o Zion, etc." The Sunday
school exeI cises consisted OF music and
addresses, and at 7:45 p. m. Rey. J. Wes.
10y Etter, of Mount Joy, preached on the
life and character of Enoch.
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EVERY boom has It's day and. as those

EVERY boom has Its day and, as those
OF Arthur and Blaine have been bounc.
ing along for several months, Sherman
is now having a turn, the latest reports
indicating some friendliness between
him and Blaine, and willingness OF
the Sherman men to 20 to Blaine and
OF Blaine's friends to come to Sherman
as a second choice. The manifest dispo
sition evinced lately for the delegates
friendly to Hawley, Edmunds, Gresham
and Others to cooperate with Arthur, and
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FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.
pi,astyous Boiler Explosion in n sash "a
tor Al Dubnque.

pi,astruus Boiler Explosion in n sash Fac
tor 81 Dubuque.
Three boilers connected with the sash
and door factory Of Carr, Ryder Il Wyler,
az Dubuque, Ia, exploded Saturday after
noon. The explosion was heard oil over
the city aud it shook buildings to their
foundation. The main mill building had
all its windows shattered. The boiler
room was a stone structure apart from the
factory and was shattered TO pieces.
Pieces OF iron, stones and bricks flew in all
digoclioUs. Five persons were killed and
| several injured.
The names of the killed are Engineer
Melen, Fred Weilder, the fireman ; NJ. NJ.
| McLaughlin, his assistant George Maher,
boy Of l3, and q child named Waltc.S.
The injured are Mrs. Walters, Miss Lear,
her sister Miss Walters, q daughter in
law, and several children. Mr. Rudolph
Neato aud Mrs. Naegler, living on op-
post, corners of the street, were also
slightly injured. Nealte was knocked
| down in his yard. Mrs. Naegler was
standing upon her porch when piece OF
one of the boilers came down through the
roof, striking her on the head and knock.
| ing her senseless.
The children killed were playing in
yard near the boiler room. Tho woman
injured occupied house near the disaster.
The house was blown away. Several the.
ories are advanced as to the cause Of the
disaster, the most plausible being lack
OF water. Tho engineer, il is said, was
running with but little water, as he wish
ed TO blow of the boilers to clean them
out early this evening. The boilers were
inspected three weeks ago and pronounced
| safe The damage 20 the property Is less
| than Sl5 600.
An Insane Mothers Crime.
| Sunday morning Mrs. Alexander Ed.
mOnd, of 1910 South Compton avenue, st.
Louis, left her bed about half past 4
o'clock and going to AZ adjoining room
forced open the desk Of her husband and
procured a razor. Returning to the bed
room Bhe cut the throats of her three
months old baby, Gersler, and four year
old daughter Carrie, and then passing
into the next room she drew the razor
across the throat OF her daughter Emma,
six years old but did not make a very deGl
wound. The child awoke and screamed,
awakened the father who rushed into the
room, While he was caring for the child
his wife went into her own room, lay down
beside her dead babies and cut her throat
A moment or two later the husband hear
ing gurgling sound in his wife's room
'ooked In and after gazing moment al
his two dead children rushed into the
street for aid. 4 physician was immediate
ly called, who restored the woman q
consciousness and dressed her wouudt
which proved not to be necessarily fatal
She now lies in the city hospital in very
critical condition. Mr.. Edmont is is rail
road engineer. Two years ago, while Iiv
ing at Poplar Bluff, his wife started io
Crowley county, Kansas, to visit relatives
and was found wandering about thu
Union depot in this city, insane. She wa.
sent home and, after treatment there wa!
, no return of the malady until this morn
ing. The child, Emma, will recover; tn,
two others are dead.
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THE rEEsByTEKiAs ASSEMBLY.
Petliioniog the United state. 10 stop Il
Mail service on sunday

Petltiontng the United states 10 stop the
Mail service on sunday.
In the assembly on Saturday tho United
States government was petitioned to stop
tho forwarding and distributing of mails
on tho Sabbath, which, 1t was claimed, is
not only breach of moral law but q
hardship to employees of the postal de-
partment, violating their couscences and
depriving them of rest also to forbid
parade and drill at military posts on tho
Sabbath 10 time of peace, except when
imperatiyely demanded by military neces
sity. Hon. William Story aud Commo.
dore j. Weasby were appointed to present
this petition to the postmaster general
and secretary Of war. The committee on
mileage were able TO pay all bills for
travelling expenses and entertainment of
delegates.
Reduced representation In tho assembly
was discussed. At present the assembly
Is composed of one minister and one elder
from each presbytery for every twenty.
four ministers or fractional part Of twenty.
four; The change proposed ia to add the
words mot less than twelve" making the
fractional part come to one half before Il
entities to additional representation. This
would throw out about l40 members.
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Died on the Road.

AS g. Martin Hess was having herd OF
splendid cattle, bought from Farmer Hav-
erstiok Of DrumOre, driven from Quarry
Vile to this city on Saturday, for shipment
TO New York. one Of the finest steers in
tho lot, splendid animal of about 700
pounds weight, died at Refton, from OK
haustiOn IL Ia supposed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26

There are now more than SCORE OF
subscribers to the stock Of tho Lancaster
crematory, and meeting OF them and OF
all other persons desiring to subscribe !, has ~
been called at tho INTELLIdENcRR ohSe
Tomorrow evening, where aud when den
nite steps toward the promotion OF the
objects of the association will DO taken IL
is also proposed to include general reform
in the management and manner OF funerals
among the purposes Of the proposed 30
ciety,
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REV. DR.. GoopwTy, of onipov. m y

REV. DIR. GOODWIN, OF Quincy, H., was
delegate TO the Methodist EpiscopaI
conference and left homo with draft on
the Marine bank of New York. Before
his pocket money was exhausted tho
Marine bank had suspended. He returned
the draft to Quinoy for better funds and
received o check on the Metropolitan
bank, of New York, but on the day of its
arrival the Metropolitan closed it's doors,
DR.. Goodwin again returned this check Ia
the Quincy bank, but by the time IL
reached his homo the Quincy concern had
collapsed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26

THE high license law in Illinois is said
to be working well, as it does nearly
everywhere that it is tried. The effect
of its operation is to concentrate the
business Of selling liquor in the hands
of a smaller number of responsible men
who feel their responsibility and find
their profit in observing and compelling
others to observe the law.
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A fair and bazaar that promises great
success has been opened in Middetown for
the benefit of st. Mary's church and
schools of that place. Rambler's hall has
been secured for the purpose, and the fair
will be under tho conduct of Rev. j. g.
Foin,
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KEYSTONE ASSOCIATION,
Games Lost,.......
TuE NArIUSAL GAME.

The ironsidas Defeated In virginia and the
Lancaster In Champersburg.
The lronsides on Saturday last lost their
second game with the Virginia at
Richmond, Va. by the score OF to .. The
game was played in one hour aud twenty
one minutes and was witnessed by 1000
people. The game was very interesting
throughout. Following is the score by
inninps.
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The governor has appointed j. X.
StOEer, Of CouOy township, a justice o.
tho peace, to iill the vacancy caused by
the death of q. 3, Erb, esq, deceased
Squire Stoner's conmission will run until
the first Monday in May, 1885,
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IT is not good sign of tho times that
politicians Henry White and Jno. NJ.
Greer were able in their respective couu
ties last Saturday TO wrest the judicial
nominations from well tgicd judges like
Blair, of Indiana, and McJunkin, OF
Butler. They owe their nominations to
their influence as political manipulatOrs
and not TO their possession of prsemncn,
Judicial fitness. Having obtained The
nomination they expect to be elected on the
political swell of presidential year. They
may find themselves mistaken as the
people show remarkable disposition tc
take hand in the election OF judges now
days, even II they do not always coatrol
their nominations.
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THE James street railroad bridge, the
Improvement Of which had TO be agita-
ted for so many years before it was
accomplished, is in large measure,
useless because of the horrible condition
of the approaches to it. The sidewalks
are merely a pile of debris, dangerous
and impossible, and the whole OF the
street thereabouts is in diagraCeCul
condition. Whosesoever the neglect thus
far, the street commissioner and street
committee are certainly responsible for
its continuance, and thepressnt nuisance
should be abated without another week s
delay. If it is not remedied l. will be a
very proper subject to engage the atten.
tion of councils az the meeting next
week.