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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
The Costly CeDsus.

Within little more than year OF the
taking of another census We are informed
that the twenty.second and last volume
g the tenth census has been published.
An addition to the twenty-five volumes
ehis unwieldy work had a preliminary
volume on population and compendium
has been published of two quarto volumes
Of LIZ pages, and large and costly tolios
Of eDgravings accompany the books on
forestry and on vital statistics. Who.
ever has the courage to work this enor.
NOUS mine OF statistical and economic
knowledge will find Ia Its Is, ,SO4 pages
evidence OF large amount OF careful
I'D conscientious labor and, considering
- cost, 1t ought to be q marvel. The total
49, has not yet been given accurately
- without counting the great expense
- printing, engraving and binding this
vork has cost s4,s57 $50. This is only a
>leele over nine and a half cents to each
man, woman and child OF our population
- 1850, and ID said by the authorities to
- . lower cost in proportion to population
- Tor any similar work ever published
> ne authorities also announce else.
- that no similar work has ever been
WISHED At least they claim that this
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

tenth census Is the most elaborate work
OF the kind ever undertaken in the
world. That being the case it is q little
hard to see how the comparison Of cost per
capita can have any force. Perhaps five
millions or more Is not too much TO pay
for monumental work, accurate, thor
ough and perfect in every way, but 1t can
be gravely doubted whether the tenth
census gives the worth of the money, and
IL our ten year census is to cost Eve mil.
lions each time II would be good deal
better to give half million q year 10
college Of social and political economy,
or to some one OF the many scientific
and educational enterprises already es.
tablished in Washington.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

THE Mannheim Sentinel publishes re-
view OF tho bearing and conduct OF Showers,
as noted by his spiritual adviser, the Rev.
Heyi, from which 1t appears that he at no
time showed the least alarm at his ap-
prosching fate, and acted throughout as an
Innocent man might have done. This Ia
not evidence OF great value, as a man bad
enough TO be guilty OF his crimes might
very well be go cold .blooded and brutal as
to assume and maintain an innocent de-
meauor, but the sge Of the criminal,
the strangely evasive character OF
his answers, his confession and subse-
quent retr rsc,ion under the plea that he was
30 frightened that he did not know what
he was saying, his eagerness towards tho
last TO have II all over and his innocent up.
pearance, Gil these mako OF the Showers
case one OF the most remarkable In criminal
history. Were 1t not for the dislike and
suspicion manifested by his neighDors, and
their suggestion OF his responability
for other crimes, 1t 10 probable that the
public would have sympathizsd with this
man and believed his declarations OF
innocence, 40 the clergyman appears to
do, simply because OF his ohildlike
and innocent demeanor. The Sentinel says:
''Some people about his neighborhood say
the locked more like fiend that human
bsing,' statement that our observation OF
him does not bear out To US, and Rev.
Heyl bears US proof to this fact, he appeared
as though 1t were absolutely impo ssible for
him TO commit the crime for which he led.
His countensnce was cAlmness bordering
on the serene, and his bearing that OF q
venerable old man who had never COM
mitted anything to merit any ones dis.
pleasure, much less q murder"
His demeanor when near to dssth, was
certainly remarkable; "During the last
hour Rev. Heyl spent with him, not I5
minutes before tho execution, he was
again pressed with tine enormity OF his
guilt, aud asked for his souls sake to so-
knowledge the truth, but In the most un-
concerned indifference possible he replied,
Il have nothing TO confess. 1 sm innocent
Of the crime, and go to the gallows deny.
Ing that killed them. ! am quite resdy
to 90, and the sooner the bstler.' In his
second last prayer he most devoutly
thanked God that He had preserved hun
bis bis right mind and his 'strong
body" that he WAS able to undergo the
terrible ordeal with an untlinchinp
spirit; that he understood 8 his hour of
demise was tomorrow at IL O'clock and
ne WAS "giad he was 30 hear his home'
This wss uttered with much feeling, but
entire want OF dread, and we learn his last
prayer was Almost the sameU
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

A SHORT two weeks ago the New York
Tribune was giving great prominence to
foreign opinions about American politics,
but now that the free trade scare has done
It's work the scales are falling from the
editorial eye, aud II earcasticaly dnds that
'the intelligent foreigner In always inter.
esting. He turns up now in the office OF
the Christidn World. This Ia one OF the
most widely circulated Of the religious
journals OF England, and still 1t remarks
In an editorial article on The American
Presidency that the thirty.six electors
Of New York, on many Of whom President
Cleveland counted, voted for General Har.
rison.' ON many OF whom is particu-
lsrly good. The Intelligent foreigner seems
to have positive genius for misln forms,
ton about American politics."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
- Daily Intelligencer.
LAHOAsrER, NovEMBEa q. isss.
ne Dea,h Penalty.

Lhsre b no evidence that the law has
1Ddered In the Showers case In infiict-
- the extreme penalty, but is 1t not a
1nnder TO Ok penalty that prevents the
1otCoction Of error 2 "What's done can.
- b undone" and no amends can be
uoo6e Tor the hanging Of an innocent man.
~ The matter is now arranged, though
my guilty men escape, it may happen,
~ hes happened. that some innocent
&opple are punished and 1t would seem to
~ fnr better to fix some penalty of great
inyerity that would admit Of correction
I'D compensation In case Of error. One
ggeat reason why 30 many escape oil
nunlshment for murder Is the general
aversion to the taking Of human life, and
l1e juries did not have this sense OF re.
tponsibility for blood resting upon
1hom they would not be 90 easily
worked upon by the emotional rhetoric
q criminal lawyers. Triaing circum-
stances would not have such undue
pgominence, and the personal appearance
md demeanor Of the prisoner but little
weight, while the insanity plea would
( rrobably vanish altogether from murder
1Elals, - most men would prefer a jail and
. reputation for sanity to lunatic asy.
lum. Over In New York they have ar.
ranged to kill criminals with an artificial
thunderbolt, and to men who are
sunk in the lowest depths of crime, void
Of conscience and desperately careless OF
The hereafter, this short stop to life will
no doubt be quite attractive. It is Ger.
tainly much less horrible than the idea Of
dangling from the gallows In grotesque
dance of death. AS we 60 back in his
tory We find the death penalty mor'
largely used, and it Is not SO very long sinc'
! men were hung for stealing. AS we 81
\ forward in civilization perhaps the deatl
penalty will grow more rare, and th'
punishment and prevention Of cIim'
\ more careful, thorough and scientific.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
A ursa, snow Plow.

In order to DO prepared for any future
event like tho great blizzard OF last March,
when the c0untry's railroad trsmc was
psralyzed, the Philadelphis d Reading &
built aS its shops in Reading. II Will be
shortly given trial and then tskon 10 Phila.
delphia. The object OF tho trial trip is TO
see whether Il will pass through the bridges.
1t 10 the purpose OF the officials to prepare
in time for any possible emergency. 1t II
claimed that the pow will throw the snow
20 feet high. 1t IL shaped like plow shear,
except that Il divides the snow and throw
1t on both sides, like the great snow plowa
on the Western roads.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
pERSONAI.

MRS SARAH w. GATES. OF Kansas CITY,
has fortune estimated al $40 CO0, 900, which
all came from successful venture In real
estate--s bit OF land which coat her husband
" 900.
SOLOMON SoHEU, ex-Msyor ~ Buffalo,
New York, ana Cleveland and Hendricks 4
presidential elecor in 1854, was stricken
WIN epopieIy few days ago, and is in a
dying condition.
MRS. o. y. CONVERSE, OF Waterbury,
Conn, 10 an old lady OF seventy eight who
FAC hand In the education of two presi.
oents OF the United States. While teaching
school at South Bend, Ind, Bsriamin
harrison, president.elect, was one ot btr
pupils, ana she taught him his alphabet.
When teaehing In OHIO, James A. Garfield,
then fourteen years OF age, was one M hsr
scholars. He had been driving a horse on
the tow path, and, his boat being frozen ip.
he devoted few weeks TO her instructIon'
Mrs Converse ts very proud OF the fact thai
she shaped the minds Of these famous
men.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

Rev. ARTHUR BROOKS has astonished
aud shocked the Episcopal church congress
Ia session ct Buffalo BY opposing boldly
the views Of several college presidents who
had spoken on the relation OF colleges to the
church. "Mr. Brooks woke up the audi.
ence by saying that the ideal college 10 one
that is controlled by the church, but the
colleges must be open to men who say
daring thinga 1t Is better 10 have this kind
Of mon inside than outside the college, The
faculty should not tell msn that he must
90 out as soon as he begins to think" Gap.
plause) He didn't like the idea Of sectar.
ian colleges narrowed down to too fine Q
point. "If," said he, "the Episcopal church
fence Itself of, you must expect the Pres-
byterians to do the same, and no on. don't
objec! to our boy going to other colleges.
/ believe the other churches have made
such great successes Of their colleges because
those churches we're less well organized
than We" (Applause.) He said that Har.
ward had turned out more Episcopal schol.
ars than any other college. When aspeech
like this In an assembly Of this kind can
win applause, who will say that men are mol
growing more liberal
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

lT has been decided at last by high legal
authority that "nearest relations" docs not
mean ''nephews and nieces," but the great
point OF interest has been left quite un-
touched, for not . word ~ said Of cousins.
Vice Chancellor Bird has just decided that
the term % used In . certain will mesns
brothers, to the exclusion Of nieces, and
unfortunately there does not seem to have
been single cousinly claimant.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23

FALACH OT fA6hxONs
A STRlCHs PALACE OF FASHION
ASTRICH'S BROS
PALACE OF FASHION,
I3 EAST KING STREET.
LANCASTER, PA.
We have offered you bar
gains in Skirt Laces last week,
and quite a number of our Gus
toners have taken advantage Of
the opportunity and secured
what they thought was the big
gest bargain.
We advise you to come at
once, and are sure you will not
regret it.
Our stock Of Handkerchiefs
for Christmas has come in.
We will be pleased to show
you through our stock. We
are positive that we can please
in prices as we'll as styles.
We call your special attention
to our assortment of Ladies
and Gents Embroidered and
Initial Handkerchiefs.
We sell Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs as low as SC apiece,
and as high as s. apiece.
Our line embraces several
hundred different styles.
A special bargain in all Silk
Brocaded Handkerchiefs, large
size, at 25c. Fine goods at 81,
50, 81, IS, .9oc, 81 up to 81
apiece.
Silk and Cashmere Mufflers.
We never had such a variety,
and our prices are attractive
because they are extremely
low.
A complete assortment oi
Cream and White Japanese and
China Silk Handkerchlefs, from
I2Hc up.
Opened also a full line o'
Bareges, and all kinds Of plain
and fancy Veilings, single OF
double width, prices guaranteed
the lowest.
Our stock OF Ruchings, Lace
and Linen Collars, Lace Scarfs
and Fichus, Bibs, embroidered
and hemstitched Null Ties, Silk
Ties, plaid, plain and dotted,
and all sorts OF fancy goods has
never been SO large and varied.
Our line of Ruchings shows
over one hundred styles, from
SC a yard up.
So come one and all. The
Palace Of Fashion is the place
to buy and you are all welcome
Handsome Souvenirs given
away with every purchase ol
one dollar and over.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
Abbreviated Poiitsness.

FROM the Chicago Tribune.
Gentleman In crowded street car to LADY,
just entering the csr-Msdam, permit noe
10 ofier you Q sest
Lady (coolly taking sest) Bligsd.
Gentleman (fyigtdiy )-N'talL Welk.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-23
DANES CELERY CoMPOUND.
MY POOR BACK.

suffering with
Celery Compound:
at
m for almost unable around and often confined
outside ys but yantg Having Psine Celery
boy" Frank Car
DnuoGnrs SEND SPACE TESTIMONIAL
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors
BURLINGTON, VERMONT
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Omaha Man-Thcrc is one thing I'd
like you TO explain sir, if you can.
Railroad prcsidcnt-With pleasure sir.
What is it,
In somco the Atlantic coast states
where railroads must tunnel through
mountains. bridge mighty chasms aud
| blast the roadbcd out of solid rock, the
rates of fare are lower than in western
! prairie states where the rOadbcds are al
most made by nature. Why is that?
1T does beat all what utterly thought
less questions some people ask. The
rates of fare are higher in the west be
cause it costs more TO run the trains, sir.
Anybody might know that.
What makes II cost morcp Wages
are the same or lower; you mine your
own coal and get it dirt cheap. there re
no heavy grades or multiplicity Of stop
ping places 90 wear out your rolling
stock. You see | know something about
the business"
'Um-er-it's on account Of the dry
ness of the atmosphere. You are not Il
scientist, evidently"
well, no; I'm no scientist"
wei, sir. i'm the dry air OF the west
the water in the tanks e~vaporates more
rapidly than in the humid east and it
takes more of it to keep up steam. -
Omaha World.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

AUGUSTA, Ga, March Colon. John r.
King died here today, aged 50. lie wns elect
ed to tae United States senate To succeed
George VI. TrouIc in iS33 and elected 10 sue
cccd himself Ia 1S85. He resigned ia 1913, on
account of a speech against Van Burcr's adj
ministration, for which ne was severely crlti-
ci2cd 10y the partisan state press.
PIrrsRURG, Pa, March 20.-C. y. Sha V,
formerly managing editor of the Pittsburg
Dispatch, with a proprietary interest, died
early this morning after a prolonged illness.
Deceased was 10 years old.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
His Last Beat.

smcAuo, March 22.-Police officer j..
aecgin committed suicide this morning
at his home on Dearborn street 10y shoot
ing himself through the head with a re
volyer. Officer Goggin was brought into
prominence - few weeks ago by his he
roic rescue of three young met who were
drifting out into the lake on n huge cake
of ice. lie was 43 years of age and had
been ON the force six years and seven
months. He was a very efficient officer
and the police know OF no reason for his
rash action. He was father Of "A large
family in which therc has been consider
able sickness OF late.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Didn't ] tell you sot' said a gentleman 10
al acquaintance whom hc CHANGED 10 meet on
the street; Its always the way Whats
always the way :" inquired a mutual friend OF
the two men who happened along Just then.
"Why. just this replied the first speakcr
'You zee Smith, here, The last tine | met him
he had one OF the worst coughs you ever
heard. He complained Of a loss Of appetite,
OF night sVcats, OF low spirits ana other un-
mtstakeablc premonitorY symptoms Of cor
sumption. | told hin 20 ret = I'll pplv o. Or,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery at once.
lie did 30, ami look AT him now! Did you
ever see a healthier looking man. The Dis
covery' has snatchea thousands from con
sumptiyts' graves. ! kncw Il wonli cure
Smith. It's always the way"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

NE,t YoRE. March ia disastrous
fire IA i ieannent house on Filth aycAuc
occurred shortly after =. o'clock his morn
ING, ANA tac inmates that hal not arisen
were hastily aroused. but the iiomcs
spread 80 quickly that the escape of
many was eat or. The tlremrn arrived
tardily on the scene owing to larg, guam.
titles cf snow in the streets They en-
deayored 10 rescue the people from The
burning building. but in spite of their ef-
forts a number OF the occupants lcapcd
or fell from the windows to death or Sc
rious INJURY ON the pavement. Mrs.
Frances Westlake, "A widow. aged 40,
was killed outright and four others re-
ceived possibly fatal injuries. The
wounded were taken to the Presbyterian
hospita!.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
Fire Again.

CHICAGO, March 90. "A fire started by
the explosion of a lampsn theoiicc OF the
Belmont house on Clark street about $40
o'clock this morning and spread 80 rap
idly that some two dozen guests were un-
able to escape by the stairways and He'd
panic stricken 10 the roof and were res
cued bv fremen and there were several
narrow escapes from suilocation and sew
cral were slightly scorched by the flames,
but none received serious injury. One
young mother forgot her babe, which was
rescued by a hoarder. The fire was soon
under control and the loss will II 0 exceed
80, 900.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
a Man.

Somerville Journal; who put those
words in your mouth I'd like to know
exclaimed Mrs. Biepkins, whose Johnnie
had Just been using somc eccentric Ian
guagc.
MIR. Fol!ibud, | guess. mamma, said
Johnnie's younger brother. AT least
saw him putting some words III sister
Fannic's mouth while they were standing
out by the gate in the moonlight the other
evening
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

because she saw that h. had ceased TO love
her. Her bounty hai iadeG, her former higt
spirits hal gwen place 10 q dull lassjtudc.
What had caused This change, Functioaa.
arrangement: she was suffering FROM those
ailments peculiar TO her tex. and 80 thci,
two young lives driftrd apart. HOY needless.
how cruel Hai she taken Dr.. Piarc,'s ia.
yorite Prescription she might have been re,
stored To heal l. aud happiness. u ans lazy
reader of these line, is similarly afflicted, i,
her lose 20 tim" ia procuring tho 'Faynr.to
Prescription" itwiii give her 8 new lease .!
life. SOLD by druggist Uu.icr a pssjtiy, guar.
aUtcc from TIE manufacturers, of perfect SAT.
i~sfactior IN every case, ur money refunded.
See guarantee on bottle wrapper.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

The supreme court Of the United States
has decided that the law prohibiting com
mon carriers from introducing by trans
psr.ation intoxicating liquors from
another stated into Observation-Disclosures,
and the section of the law f%orbidding rail
road companies from transporting liquor
il declared to be invalid Asoyer o@iliciou'
officers have seized liquors in transit and
destroyed them recourse will likely be
had on the state. Justices Gray and Har
Ian fled a dissenting opinion.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Mayor Hewitt delivered an address at
n college reunion III New York the other
day. IN which he eaid what needed TO he
cultivated in colleges was back-bo II
But this does not Imply that more base
bail clubs should be organized. The
Mayor alluded to 6rmncss Of character.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

A clergyman nfter years ~ suffering from
that loathsome disease, casarrh, and after
trying every knoyn remedy, az last found n
prescription which completely cured and
saved him from death. ANY sufferer from
thia dreadful disease sending a self addressed
stamped envelope 10 Prof. >. 4. Lawrence,
9l2 East 9th St, New York, will receive the
recipe free of charge,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Judge Gresham has refused 20 grant an
order restraining the Brotherhood of En-
gineers from ordering u strike. He re-
fused to Constrlc the inter state law rs a
conspiracy net. Judge Gresham will not
be popular as a presidential candidate if
he sits down on the railway companies
az 30 hes been doing.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

by local applications, "a they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only
one way 10 cure deafness and that is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness IL caused by
an inllamed condition OF the mucus lining of
the Eustachian tube. When this tube gets in
famed YOU have a rumbling sour1 or imper-
feet hearing, and when it entirely closed deaf
ness is the result and unlessthc Inflammation
can he taken out and this tube restored TO its
normal condition hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucus surfaces.
We Will give one hundred dollars for any
case OF deafness Caused by cstarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Halls CGtarrh Cure.
Send for circular free.
FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
= sold by all druggists.
Clara Louise Kellogg has whcepinc
cough. That Ia. II Is worse now than il vas
- - t..A A.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Harper's Bazaar; Principal deacon
Now, Brr idcr Johnsing, docs yo' blieve
in open or close c~ummunyun, sab?
Candidate tdiplomatically. not knowing
deacon's vicwsl-Wcll, some likes il open
an some closed, but TO me, ] says leave
IL nia
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Prohibition conventions will bc held in
Oregon, California. Kentucky, Indiana,
Texas. Alabama, Illinois, Michigan,
Pennsylvania, Maine, North Carolina,
Ohio. Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kansas,
New York, Minnesota. and Dakota.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
Conanmprior Surely cured.

10 tGr LGitor:-
Please inform ,orr gcdic-s that | have =
i%Ositlye remedy for toe ABOVE named disease.
BY its timely use thousands If hopeless csa,s
have been permanently cured. | snail he CAD
to send two bottles al my remedy FKEE 10 any
OF your readers who have consumption II
they viii send roe their Express OF y. @.
address. Respectfully,
r.. A. SLOCUM, NJ. C., t5I Pearl street, Nov
York.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Detroit Free Press: Miss McFlurry
opened a letter the other day which read
at the beginning Burn at once
She did SO, and IS now raEiug among
the ciHdcrs for some trace Of the contents
or even the writer signature.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Gen. Badcau has sued Mrs. Gen. Grant
for $25, 600 for services rendered in pre-
pairing Grants Memoirs for the press.
Some sensational developments are OK
pccted ut tie trial.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31

Mast is in hard luck. He has lust been
sued for a loan of $3.50 from his manager,
made last December The latter gives
the carricaturist souc free advertising
through the papers.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-31
An fnauSpici0us Moment.

Boston Courier; Collector for the
H%eathcn-ls Mr.. Jones at home?
Mrs. Joncs-Hc is down in The cellar
trying to fix the furnace. 1t won't draw
Shall | call him up?
Collector (hurricdly)-Oh, 10. III call
some other time.