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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-14

HE truth OF the old
saying regarding
tho reluctance OF
watched pots TO
boil Is proved as
well Ia business as
elsewhere, as Ed
gar Tramlay and a
number Of other
men In tho iron
trade had for some
time been learning
TO their sorrow
Few OF them were
making any mon
nv. p,pct ~ tho,,,
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CHAPTER TX.
NEWS, YET NO NRvn

- ses1
mot . letter"
"Sho!"
Farm er Hayn
and his wife would
have made good
actors, II tested by
their ability to
clothe q few words
with pantomime Of
much variety and
duration. From al
most the time that
her husband start
ed to the post Of.
fee, Mrs. Hayn had
been going out on
the veranda to look
for him returning.
She had readjusted
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-14
COUNTRY LUCK
Author of "Helen's Babies" Etc.
BY JOHN HABBERToN,

copyrhd By Company Pubuhs rhdsph and Pub
BY Psuisiou through Frsss Asoation
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had put me into the carriage he kissed my
hand-oh, ever 50 many times"
"why, Lucia Tramlayi Where was papaI"
"He hadn't come down yet"
"Goodnessl What did you say or DOR
what could II Before could think at
all twas all over and he was In the house."
That country boy a flirtp exclaimed Mar
gle, going of into blankness again
''He isn't a firt at ALL" replied Lucia,
sharply. "You ought to have learned, even
in the country. that Philip Hayn Is in earnest
in whatever he says or does"
"Oh, dearl" moaned Msrgis; 81 don't want
countrymen making love to my sister"
~ tell you again. Margie, tina; he's simply
a splendid gentleman--the handsomest and
most stylish Of all whom Agnes Dinon In
vited-Rnd | won't have him abused when
he's been 50 kind to me-"
"Lu," said Margie, turning so us to give
one Of Lucia's sbouldersa vigorous shake, II
believe you think Phil Hayn is In love with
you'll"
what else can thinkf said Lucia, with
out moving her head Her sister looked at
her In silence a moment, and replied:
"A good deal more you dear little wretch
you carhthink you're IN love with him, and
what Is more, you are thinking so this very
minute Confess, now"
Lucia was silent; she did not move her
head, except 10 pres II deeper into the pill
low, nor did sue change her gaze from the
wall on the opposite side Of the room; never
theless, she manifested undoubtsd signs Of
guilt. Her sister h@nt over her, embraced
her, covered her cheeks with kisses and called
aer tender names, some q which had been al.
most unheard since nursery days When
at last Lucia allowed her ,yes 10 be looked
l.. g. 4 u. -. 4. A. n
roSuish, and said;
"Say, Lu, bow docs II feel 10 bo In Lowell Is
II anything like what novels tell aboutf'
Don't ask me-" exclaimed Lucia, "or
shall have III Of crying right away"
well, III let you ofY-for little while, II
you'll tell me how IL feels To have your hand
kissed"
1T feels" said Lucia. meditatively, "as IL
something rather heavy was pressing upon
your glove"
"Abl you're real meant" protested the
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Bh ~ TINS h41s biipii.
"You will kindly excuse me, that may see
IL the sets are fullT
I.iil bowed and edged his way to a corner,
where in solitude and wretchedness he beheld
Lucia go through a quadrille, bestowing
smiles ia rapid succession upon her partner,
who was to PILLS eyes too utterly insignif-
cant to deserve a single glance from those
fairest eyes in the world. His lips hardened
as he saw Lucia occasionally whirled to her
place by the arm Of her partner boldly en-
circling her waist. He had always thought
dancing was wrong; now he knew It. At
Haynton the young people occasionally went
through dance called "Sir Roger de Cover
ley,n but there was no hugging In that. And
Lucia did not seem at all displeassd by her
partners familiarty-cNofound It'll
He had to unbend ane forget his anger
when the quadrille ended, for pretty maid
en- to whom lie had been introduced accosted
him and said some cheerful nothings nutter-
ing suggestively a miniature fan on which
were penciled some engagements to dance.
But soon the music Of waltz arose, and
Phil's eye flashed, TO degree that frightened
the maiden before him, for directly In front
OF him, with a mans arm permanently about
her slender waist and her head almost pl-
lowed on her partners shoulder, was Lucia.
More dreadful STILL she seemed not only TO
accept the situation, but to enjoy II; there
was on her face a look Of dreamy content
that Phil remembered having seen when she
swung in a hammock at Haynton. He re-
membered that then he had thought It an
gelic, but-then there was no arm about her
waist.
The pretty maiden with the fan had looked
to see what had affected the handsome young
man so unpleasantly. oh" she whispered,
she is dreadfuily awkward. ! positively
shiver whenever he asks me for dance"
Awkward, indeed!" exclaimed Phil A
very young man with a solemn countsnsncs
came over just then to remind the maiden
with the fan that the next quadrills would
be his; % she hoated away, bestowing upon
Phil parting smile far too sweet to 10 ut
tsrly wasted, - 1t waA
: "You sssm unhsppv. Mr.. Hsyn.n aid kiss
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CHAPTER XI.
IRON MooRISGs.

A ST Z II Philip
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
Youthful Depravity.
Bloody Work by Four Young
Imps of Satan.
CRUEL MURDER OF A COMPANION.

The Chicago Grand Jury Indicts Burke
Labouchsre Defends Alexander Sullivan
An Arkansas Man Does q Devilish
Deed-The Cook County, HIS, Insane
Asylum Observation-Disclosures End of q
Forger-An Old Woman of Seventy
Charged with Observation-Disclosures.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 20-A boy
named Snyder, Is years of age, was cruelty
murdered near Highland by four boys,
whose ages ranged from o to Is years These
boys-two brothers named Pearman and two
named Douglass-had told Snyder that they
would cut of his head, but his father allayed
this alarm by saying the boys, who had a
grudge against him, made the threats merely
to torment him. Tuesday the four boys,
after protesting to him that they really
meant him no harm, persuaded him to go
with them to the swimming place in the creek.
The Young Fiends Succeed.
Young Snyder, not returning by o o'clock
at night, his father went TO these boys, all
except one of whom insisted they did not
know where the youth was The one vol
unteered to take the father to the spot
where he had last seen the son, which was
on the bank of the creek when the body
was found in the creek The boy had been
stabbed, one wound penetrating the skull A
bullet hole in the head told also of another
cause of death. All the boys have been ar
rested
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
SERIOUS CHARGES.
Davenp0rt's street Commissioners
In an Unpleasant Predicament.

Davenport's street CommisstOner
In an Unpleasant Predicament.
S,-oo, Com,;se;orar n NJ
0usin' vi DaVenPor" 10 iu an uu'
pleasant predicament. At last nights
meeting of the CITY council, a
q rerort was mada 90 a s,oo;ol oor,.
ini''ee apPoih'eo ABOUT d mouth ago
TO investigate the charges OF COLLISION
and fraud conferred against Street Com-
Mccuo;n and Mrs Amanda Coot or no,
"Se"'e' 'n '"o "'"''oi VI furnishing s'ree'
material Tor the city. Following the
reading of the report, charges were pre.
fsrrsd ao.;os, M Moo,a;n =, .,,;o,
'"e ioio"ihe Us synopsis
l. That between May and November.
1883, he certified To he correct bills pre-
sented against the city by Mrs. Amanda
Cook for the furnishing OF rock for street
material to the amount of 1.454 cubic
Yards. whereas the amount actually fur
nishcd was 1924 yards, and the amount
incorrectly paid by the city on McGu.
gins certificate was 81 ,OS2 SO, and that he
was derelicit in duty in not keeping a
close check upon all bills for such ma,
terla';
man, ha,uaan NJ CooL or har a9an,
Chas. Hanger. and said McGugin over
one hundred dollars was paid to the lat
.el =. uIveis 'lmes ana IN u,Vers a.ioun's
~ ,ha over navmen,s IN v;o,a,;nn of his
oath of Office and duty as street commits
sIoner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
lows This!


We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls catarrh cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Props.
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by their
firm:
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale druggists,
Toledo. o.
WALDIN9, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
druggists, Toledo, o.
E. Fl. VAN HGsEN. Cashier, Toledo Ma
tionel bank, Toledo, o.
Halls catarrh cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
THE YOUNGSTOWN RELIEF FUND.

Conference to It's Distribution-GOv.
Beaver Present-Notes from the De-
vastated Valley.
JOIN STowN, Pa, June 2O-4overnor
Beaver arrived here yesterday and made
tour of the f1ood-stricken district, together
with the relief commission, the members of
which accompanied him. They all said that
the reality was worse than any Of the descrip
tions published. Later q conference was held
by the commission. The Pittsburg members
of the commission wanted the 81 200 900 loan
expended upon measures of solid relief for
YOUNGSTOWN, while the eastern members were
of the opinion that the Susquehanna and Juin-
alta val ey sufferers were also entitled to recoe-
milton After a great deal of talk Governor
Beaver decided that Johnstown should have
70 or 81 per cent of the 81, OO0,0OO.
Application of the Relief Money.
The next question was how the money
should be applied Houses was conceded
the first want of the people, and 500 Chicago
ready made houses will be put up and fur
nished as soon as they can be got upon tn Q
groane- 1t was also decided to use every
means possible to make the stricken people
of the community self-supporting, and in
duce them to get to work as soon as posi-
ble
No Surplus of Relief Fund.
A resolution was passed that all the money
in sigh, all the money raised and that will
be raised will not be sufficient to meet the
wants Of the sufferers in the flooded valley.
The commission elected Governor Beaver
chairman, and r. 8. Stevens, of Philadel-
phia, secretary. The commissioners and all
praised Gen. Hastings services in the Cone
maugh valley in this great emergency
A Call ON Miss Barton
Governor Beaver and party called on Miss
Clara Barton, the president of the Red Cross
society, and each gentleman was presented
separately The governor congratulated
Miss Barton ON her good work.
Reporters Have Close Call.
blast from one of the gorges yesterday
morning threw huge Stone high in the air,
over the press tent at Gen. Hastings head
quarters, falling through the canvas, mar
rowiy missing one or two reporters who
were writing at tables in the tent. This is
but ons of the many narrow escapes daily.
Dissatisfied Laborers.
An attempt last night to reduce the wages
b a ba sis of uniformity, on the part of the
contractors, met with a general threat to
strike by the workmen. Some of the men
who have been working in the drifts have
been getting day and half's pay for days
work, and all classes of workmen have been
paying SO cents a day board, and they ARE
also M urmuring on this account, or rather
because of the quality of the food, and this
empha lied their threat. Gen. Hastings told
them be had nothing to do with the wage
question, and they left murmuring. Labor
ers are very plentiful and If there is a strike
others will replace the strikers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
PLAYING for the pennant

CHICAGO, June 20.-Following are the
League scores on the base ball diamond
yesterday: At Chicago-Chicago Is. Phila-
delphia 14-ten innings: at Cleveland-Cleve-
land 10, New York /; at Pittsburg-Pitts-
burg /, Boston 6; at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
polls S, Washington 3
American association: At Brooklyn
Brooklyn 9, Baltimore 6; at Philadelphia
Athletic 6, Columbus O.
Western league: At Sioux City-Sioux
City 10, St Paul H. AT st Joseph-St. Jo-
seph 10, Milwaukee 5; at Denver-Denver
IA, Des MONIES II
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

The senate of the National Union is in see-
sion at Sandusky, Ohio.
Belfast, Ireland, has sent 81, 900 by cable
for the Johnstown sufferers
Daniel Bartels, the famous Plattdeutsche
poet, has just died in Hamburg at the age of
al.
The river is falling at vii Transport, Pa,
and alarm over the possibi lily of another
flood has subsidized.
Quinbell Bros, of Newark, England, have
donated 81 500 worth of their world famed
disinfectant to Johnstown, Pa, and it will
arrive by first steamer
The Chicago aud Eastern Illinois railway
has obtained possession of ma ority of the
stock of the Evansville and Terre Haute rail-
way. The formal transfer WAS made Wednes-
day.
The National Association of Stove Manu-
facturers OF the United States assembled in
semi-annual convention at Saratoga, n Y,
Wednesday with seventy five delegates in at
tendance
Three hundred delegates from all parts of
the Union, to the worlds Sunday school con-
vention which meets in London July Q,
sailed from New York Wednesday on the
steamer Bothna
DIR. w. H. Duncan, who arrived at New
York on the steamer Colon from Aspin wall,
Tuesday, is ill with yellow fever at 17S
Hancock street, Brooklyn, n Y. He has
been isolated in the building
The freight depot of the New York Cen
trail railroad at Buffalo, n ", was burned
to the ground Wednesday morning. There
was but very little freight stored there and
the damage will not exceed S35 900
Col O. II. p. Cary, well known through
out Indiana, died at Marion, that state.
wednesday. He was a veteran of the Mex
lean war and war of the rebellion, and had
been also prominent in the public affairs of
the state
While the Fall of Babylon" was in pro-
cess of exhibition in Philadelphia Wednes-
day night the roof of the building fell on the
25o people present, injuring many of them.
No one was killed, but a number had arms
AMI legs broken.
Twelve thousand people assembled to witt
ness the hanging of Hardy Hamilton,
Wednesday, at Rome Ga, and then the
sheriff was cruel enough to have the execu-
ton come eff in the Jail, where only few
privileged people could see it.
Henry Baker, 6-year-old boy, of New
York city, took his baby sister, less than
year old, ont for an airing in her cab Tie
boy found small pistol on the sidewalk, and
managed TO shoot the little girl in the head.
inficting probably fatal wound
The Omaha Bee will buzz hereafter in the
Largest and most complete" newspaper
building in the country. That enterprising
paper moved in" Wednesday with great
eclat, the governor and many other notables
being present at the "house warming
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20

CHICAGO, June aO-TAe end of the ill.,
vestigasion into the Reconsideration of the
osok county insane asylum, which was
started by The Times, which sent reporter
10 the asylum in the guise of lunatic, was
reached yesterday when Judge Prendergast
summed up the results in scathing denun-
citation Of the manner in which the asylum
was conducted. He declared that it was q
prison rather than an asylum, and totally
unfit for habitation; that politics, rather
than the good Of the inmates, ruled the man.
agement, and that the treatment of the peo-
pie confined therein was heartlessly cruel
He closed with declaration mat a special
session of the legislature should be called to
take tho management over to the state.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
A 7o-Year-oid Murdere...

WASHINGTON, Ind, June 20. Richard
o. Allen, prominent Harrison township
farmer, was found last November tied to a
tree in his own orchard with his throat cut.
The bloody knife was lying near, and traced
In the sand were the words: al choose to die
by my own hand" The coroner's jury de-
cided that it was q case of suicide, but later
developments indicate that Allen was muir
dered by his wife, aged 20 years. 1t is
claimed that she has made confession, and
q warrant viii be issued for her arrest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
They All Clipped In.
THE CENSUS OFFICE cLERKsHIPs.
Superintendent Porter Opposes the Civil
Service Commission.

Superintendent Porter Opposes the Civil
Service Commission.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 20-Superin-
tendent Porter, of the census bureau, was
one of President Harrison's callers yesterday.
He came to oppose the recommendation of
the civil service commission to extend
the operations of the civil service
law so as to include appointments
t. clerkships in the census Office Mr..
Porter told the president that he was not
fighting the commission, but only wanted to
show that if the commissions recommends
ton was Endorsed by the president it would
result in lessening, rather than increasing,
the efficiency Of the force to be employed in
the Office. Most of the persons wanted by
him, he said, would have to be sought out
personally and persuaded to accept the po-
sitions rendered to them; and he felt certain
that many would not care so much for the
positions as to undergo examinations in order
to secure them. The president promised to
bear Mr.. Porter's argument in mind when he
came to consider the matter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
winners at the Race Courses.

CHICAGO, July 20-No time that is worth
noting was made ON any of the race courses
yesterday, in fact it was phenomenally slow.
At Brighton Beach the winners were: Ham
over, Burlington, My Fellow, Carnarie.
Taragon and Wynwood. At Chicago: Story.
teller. Bootjack whose y mile time wes
1:4110, Marchburn, Rambler and Winslow.
At St Louis: Kidnap, Mille Williams. Cora
Fisher, Queen of frumps and Unlucky.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.
That Mad Dog Offer Taken by MAJ
Who Meant Business.

That Mad Dog Offer Taken by q Man
Who Meant Business
SED1LIA, Mo-, June 2O.-The offer of DR.
Ed N. Small, of this city, to give $500 to any
one WI o would be bitten by his rabid dog and
trust to maidstone for a cure, while not in
tended as a bona fide offer, has attracted
more attention than the doctor anticipated.
He has had applications from several men by
mail and in person to accept the proposition,
but t. all of them the doctor re-
piled that the offer was a joke and
that he would not stand by it.
One m an, however, stranger In the city,
from Arkansas, who refused to give his
name, was not TO be put OFF in this way. He
gained access to the place where the rabid
dog wis, bravely barred his arm and exposed
1t to Il Q dog. The animal Immediately bit a
piece Of the fissh out of the rash mans arm.
The deg died in commissions fifteen minutes
later. The man applied a maidstone to the
wound and is still alive and well, but appre-
tensions are felt for his future It is thought
the me MS mind Is affected
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
An Imperative Nses.siry.

What pure air is to an unhealthy local.
Ity, what spring cleaning is to the neat
housekeeper, so is Hoods Sarsaparilla to
everybody at this season. The body needs
to be thoroughly renovated, the blood
purified and vitalized, the germs of dis
ease destroyed. Scrofula, salt rheum
and all other blood disorders are cured by
Hoods Sarsaparills, the most popular
and successful spring medicine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
Sure to Strike on Carnegie.

PrTTsBURG, Pa, June 2O-Yesterday a
committee from the Amalgamated conven-
ton met in consultation with the manage
ment Of the Carnegie Homestead mills, with
reference to the wage scale. The Amalga-
mated committee conceded several points in
their rules, hoping thereby to bring about a
settlement. The firm insisted that the COM
pany's scale be adopted, stating that they
would consider no other proposition. The
committee withdrew, and strike at these
works will in all probability occur July 1.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
Going to Sec Alaska

NEW York, June a0.--Ex-Senator 7. c.
Platt started yesterday for trip to Alaska.
At Detroit he viii be joined by Gen. Alger,
Mrs. Aiger, their two unmarried daughters,
Fay and Frances, their eldest son, Russell,
and the wife of Gen. o. Z. Poe, formerly
Gen. Sherman's chief of engineers, but now
in charge Of the harbor of Detroit. The
party will be further increased at Omaha
and Tacoma by Mrs. ]. n. Thurston and her
husband, the president Of tho Dspublican
National league They win be gone for
about six week2
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
Briokmaker. strike for EIrht Hours,

TUT
CHICAGO, June 1.-two hundred brick
makers in the brick yards of burlington &
kimball and Wall Bros, Blue Island, and
sixty employed by Adam Week.-Mrs. brick
manufacturing establishment, Hammond,
Ills, struck yesterday for eight hours work
without reduction in pay. The manufacturers
express their determination to hold out
against the demands of the men and fill their
places with new employees It is thought that
800 or more additional brickmakers who are
now working ten hours, will be drawn into
the movement
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
The Weather We May Expect.

WASHINGTON Cry, June 30.-The intiica-
lions for thirty-six hours from S p. m yester-
day are as follows: For Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan Fair weather: stationary tempera-
ture, followed Thursday by slightly cooler
weather; northwesterly winds For Iowa
Light rain; slightly Cooler weather: soutberlv
winds, becoming variable. For Illinois and
wisconsin Fair weather st ,tionary tempera-
ture, followed Thursday by showers and
slightly cooler weather. variable winds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20

MICHIGAN Iaaislafure.

LANSING, Mich, June 2O-The Hamon
liquor tax bill failed to pass the senate yes
terday after passing the house The senate
indefinitely postponed the bill providing for
exciseInen TO enforce the liquor laws. The
senate passed the bill requiring the announce
ment at all station whether trains are on
time o. not, and a resolution requesting the
secretary of the interior to have the Michi-
gan-ohio-lndiana boundary surveyed. The
house passed bill requiring all passenger
and m xed trains to have air brakes by Octo-
har
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
IIovey Appeals for the Miners.

INDIANAPOLIS, June Ex-Governor Hovey
last nj sht prepared a proclamation in rels.
ton to the strike of the block-coal miners of
Clay county. He quotes the address sent
him by the commissioners of Clay county,
and then states that he does not presume to
claim my legal right to request demand
any ali from the citizens of this state for the
relief If the suffering miners or their fami-
lies, but he hopes that the appeal will meet
a warm response.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20

J. H Payne. postal clerk, of indianapolis,
and T. r. Renhart, postal clerk. of Effing-
hame, Ills. were killed in a railway wreck
on the Pan Handle near Etsubenville, o.
Brakeman Mcfarland died in few hours
and Conductor Durris and Postal Clerk Boil
ton were fatally injured.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-20
A Bishop Down on the Boycott.

DUBLIN, June 20.-Bishop O'Dwyer has
written a letter severely denouncing the peo-
pie who have conspired together for the
placing of a boycott upon ths Knockea
chapel Having failed, he writes, to turn
the people from their evil conduct, no must
now take all the steps within his power to
prevent Gods house from being made the
instrument of a wicked combination. He
alone proposes in the future to determine
who shall be excluded from this house of
worship and who shall be allowed 10 enter.