tAKClSTER DAILY 1OTLL1GEKCER?1HUKSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1881. AS ilancasirr hittliitnctz: THURSDAY EVENING. JAN. 20, 1881. What They Here te Say. The managers of the gas company de net hasten te accept our invitation te them te use our columns for the purpose of making a statement te the public of the reasons for the peer quality of the gas, the increase in the gas bills, and the failure te light the city lamps while . - cnargmg ler mem as iueugu tuey nau I & been lighted. They appear, however, in our cotemperary, the .Examiner, in an article signed "An Old Gas Consumer." It is a remarkable statement, and will interest our readers, for whom we re print it just as it appears in the Exami ner, which seems te have been exceed ingly faithful te its manuscript copy. As the only explanation se far vouch safed, en the side of the gas company, it is valuable as showing the best feet they can put forward. The IXTELiJOK:CJE:n is charged with making a bitter personal attack upon the Messrs. Baumgardner. This charge is only se far true that we have said what we think and what the community thinks about the gas service ; and it be came personal te the Messrs. Baumgard ner only because they own nearly all the stock or the company and moreover re ceive, from the company, as owners of the patent under which the gas is made, a royalty of fifty cents a thousand feet for all the gas that is made. They are, therefore, essentially the gas company, and, as its managers and owners, are en titled te all the credit and blame for its administration. The severe winter is given as the rea son for the non-lighting of the city lamps, it being claimed that " they are frozen and cannot be remedied in this weather." By which we presume we are te'understand that UieleO dark lamps in the city are te remain dark until they thaw out in the spriug or summer, and meanwhile the gas company is te go en with the regular collection of its bills for lighting these lamps at $18 per lamp per year, according te contract, during the failure of the gas te burn; a dispensation of Providence upon the city which it should cheerfully bear, thanking Ged, while it pays for the gas that weuldn Dura, mat emv j.jU ei the lamps were thus refractory all the winter through Ana mere is cause or gratmatien m that, is there net, when we come te think of it ? It is odd, loe. There really was no geed reason why the 160 should freeze that did net affect the ethers Naturally they would have been unan imeu3. The " sevcre winter" should have darkened them all ; and that it did net is cause of joy. This freezing of gas is a novel idea tee. j. ins new gas company is giving us plenty of new ideas. We used te think that gas wouldn't freeze under about a thousand degrees of cold. We never had it te freeze before. Our old water meters used te freeze, but net the gas. In truth the gas supplied te our houses new never freezes in the pipes away, from uu u..u, ttuu it, latjucci lien 11 SllOllld freeze in ascending the upright gas pests from the supplying mains, when it finds no trouble in getting into our houses. If we were gas experts we would knew these things perhaps ; and would net find them se novel. Perhaps it is the water that freezes. But what is the water doing along with the gas? We knew the gas is made out of water and coal oil, but the water ought net te get into the pipes any mere than the oil ; w de net buy either of theeriginal elements of the gas, but only their product. We hardly think it strange, however, that we de net understand these things ; for we cannot understand, either, why we should pay for the gas that does net burn in these frozen lamps; we admit that this is proof of our dense stupidity. " An Old Gas Consumer" says that everybody does net have larger bills this winter than usual. We are delighted te knew it and feel disposed te congratu late them and the company en the fact. But we cannot equally congratulate the company en the fair register of its me ters. If the gas is put through them all at the same pressure there ought te be a reasonable uniformity in the bills ; and a great variance in bills would seem te indicate equal variance in the meters. " An Old Gas Consumer" cries shame en the grumblers about the gas bills, be cause many of them are Republicans, and he reminds them that their magni tude is " the result of illuminations dur ing the past political campaign, which ended se gloriously for us Republicans." That is very refreshing. It is interesting te us Democrats te hear that we may grumble about our gas bills because we burned our gas in vain for Hancock, and te feel that our Republican fellow-citizens who growl along with ua are as mean as their politics te grudge the gas they burned for Garfield. What a model Republican " An Old Gas Consumer" is, te be sure ! He ought te be solicited te accept the senatorial nomination. The suggestion of his name surely would unite every Republican legislator. Such a burning ardor of Republicanism should be set out in a high place te illu minate creation ; it is wasted in the streets or .Lancaster ; wnere se many lamps, tee, are dark and frozen. " An Old Gas Consumer," no doubt, wrote with a knowledge of the fact that the gas bill for the past quarter at the Lancaster county poorhouse was just double what it was last winter. It is tiie first news that the public has that the peer directors were thus lavish of theceunty's money in illuminating the poorhouse en oecasionsof Republican parades and jubi lation. We can hardly say that we be lieve the money of Democrats was just ly expended in this way; but we are mortified that our reporters did net at the time of these illuminations discover and report them te us, for then it would have been proper te have made a noise about it ; at this late day we incline te silence. Gen. Grant is having an unusual succession of entertainments, and he comes up smiling en every occasion with a speech, ne is in the field first for the presidential succession te Garfield, for getting that it is gets nabbed. the early worm that Abrat StlcklBg. The Lancaster Examiner says that " The Oliver men will ' stick ' as the Old Guard of 306 did at Chicago, and if with the same result, will submit without a murmur." That is the policy that would be most congenial te Senater Cameren, of whose disposition the Examiner is well advised, and would be entirely in accord with his course at Chicago, underthesimilar circumstances te which the Exar.iincr invites attention If it is persisted in, a senatorial election can only be had by a coalition of the Democrats with the opposing Republican element. And or that there seems no great likelihood. These Republicans will fear te support any candidate of Democratic affiliations ; and will net be likely te offer te the Dem ocrats a man whom the latter can find any advantage in supporting. The senatership is a political office ; and the past experience of the Democrats in supporting Republican candidates, te de feat regular Republican nominees, has net been encouraging. Several years age we elected quite a batch of such Repub lican senators, Christianc', Angus Cam Cam eeon, and the like, and were sorely dis appointed in every one of them. If the elements in the Legislature should conclude te agree te disagree,and te adjourn without making a choice, re ferring the questions involved in the sen atorial election te the. people, surely the Democracy will have reason te be amply content. It is better te be without a senator for two years than te have one who is net a proper representative of the sentiment of the majority of the people. It is only fair te the Republicans of Maine, who have been parading their virtue, in net counting out Piaisted, that it should be known that they could net have done it, no matter hew much dis. posed they were that way. There were net sufficient technical errors te admit of it. Had they thrown out all the possible erroneous returns, the net balance would still have elected Piaisted. They were constrained te be virtuous. Give them their due. President pre tem. Newell, of the state Senate, has made up his committees in the machine interest. This indicates that the olive branch is net te be waved from the Oliver side. The sixteen Dem ecrats fare better than the twelve kickers. m n MINOR TOPICS. Theiie is a paper addressed te General uarhcld in circulation favoring the selec tion of Postmaster James, of New Yerk city, for postmaster general. The fcatmc of this document, which is regarded as quite significant, is that it is headed with the signatui-e of General Grant. The delegation of colored troops who went te Garfield's house last week had in tended te demand a cabinet office for their race. At Cleveland they were plainly told that if they asked for anything they wouldn't get it. Se they limited their Menter conference te an exchange of "glittering generalities." Hawley in Connecticut, Piatt in New Yerk, Dawes in Massachusetts, Hale in Maine, were elected senators yesterday. In Tennessee Maynard received 37 votes, Bailey 22, Harrison 23, Bate 13, scatter ing 24. In West Virginia Camden has received the Democratic caucus nomina tion. Mb. Faiiicuild, minister te Madrid, writes te his friends in Wisconsin that official life is pleasant there, " with plenty te de." Mr. Lewell, his predecessor, wrote te his friends in Massachusetts that life was pleasant in Madrid, but there was nothing te de. The question is whether Mr. Fairchild is less idle than Mr. Lewell or whether nothing te de is plenty for him. One of Mr. T. B. Aldrich's best 10 mances, "The Stillwater Tragedy," pub lished last year, pictured the rolling up of the quiet life of a village denominated " Stillwater," by. the murder of a rich old miser by a young workman, who escaped capture. The author probably never in tended te prophesy when he constructed that plot, and will be as greatly astonished as any one te learn that the events de scribed have actually ceme true in a little village of Saratoga county, beariug the very name Stillwater, with many of the miner circumstances reproduced. A cenBESPONDEKT of the Sun in Wash ington states distinctly what has hitherto been alleged in a less positive manner. when he declares that, but for the refusal of Mr. Hendricks te allow it, Senater Mc Donald, of Indiana, would have been nom inated for president at Cincinnati. It seems that Mr. McDonald had personally premised Mr. Hendricks that he would net permit his name te be presented te the convention without the consent of the lat ter ; and that Mr. Hendricks obstinately refused te give such consent, even after it had become certain that he himself could net possibly be nominated. FFRSONAL,. General Gakfield is te travel te Wash ington with his family in a fine palace car, which is the property of Mr. W. D, Wash bum and which cost $17,000. . Jlinistcr CnmsTiAjrcr, who has becn'en becn'en deavering unsuccessfully te nicdiatc'be tween Chili and Peru and Belivia, appar ently needs somebody te mediate between himself and Mrs. Christiancy. The Rev. Edward Crowley, notorious in connection with cruelties practiced en children in the Shepherd's Feld, an al leged charitable institution of New Yerk city, has released from prison, several "benevolent" people ha-.ing paid his fine. I he marriage of Leepold de Roths child, youngest son of the late Baren Lionel de Rothschild, and Miss Perugia, of Trieste, took place yesterday in the Portland street syragegue, Londen. The Prince of Wales, Lord and Lady Rescbery and ether distinguished persons were present at the ceremony. The Rev. Dr. Vajt Dtke, of Brooklyn, nubiicly accuses his Presbyterian brother, the Rev. Dr. Spear, of having avowed in the hearing of fellow presbyters a purpose te push him te the wall and te assassinate his reputation. The R6V. Dr. Van Dyke further says that, se far as the Talmage affair is concerned, he has a conscience void of offence toward Ged and man. Alleged Election FanOs. Cincinnati Enquirer. Seme gentlemen told me yesterday in Philadelphia the exact sums of money paid by several persons en the Republican side te carry the October states te elect Gar field. Jay Gould gave his check for $100, 000. Afterward he gave $10,000 mere. William Vanderbilt inclined toward Ban cock at the beginning, but finally gave 20.000 te the Morten committee. Levi P. Morten gave $5,000. His partner, Bliss, gave 5,000. Afterward the firm of Mor Mer Mor eon, Bliss & Ce., gave $5,000. This is the extent as far as known, of Mr. Morten's subscription. James Keene was put en the financial committee. He was disposed te appear and be somebody, but recanted, did net attend : if he gave money at all, sent it directly te hi3 object. A Democrat of general credit with his party gave $5,000 saying : " l give it as a citizen, regarding his and ethers' business interest!), net as a Democrat nor as a ltepublican." The Standard oil company made a $5,000 sub scription, through whom I de net knew, although Democrats arc mere conspicuous in it than Republicans. They took the view that a change of party would be pre judicial te production and commerce. The republican national committee raised no money at all. At the sugges tion of Dersey, who wanted no insinua tions made against him as the custodian of funds, the national committee, made up of broken-down politicians te some extent, created a financial beard,- at the head of which was Levi P. Morten. Streng work ing members of this unimpeachable com mittee were Augustus Koentz, said te have been the hardest worker upon it ; Jeseph Seligman, James Besler, of Penn sylvania ; Herace Perter, E. D. Morgan, Pierpont Mergau, and ethers I new forget. It was said at the outset that they would net take individual subsciiptiens for less than $5,000 and they generally adhered te it. This committee raised between $300, 000 and $400,000. It was net subject te draft from any politician. What went te Indiana was sent by Mr. Morten's cashier. Among willing subscribers were' Dins Dins mere, Jehn Hoey, and the express people ; the Drexels,altheugh nominal Democrats, gave, as they de te all political subscrip tions where they approved the object. Den Camerom went te the cemraittec.and asked them te give him pe; senally $10, 000 te take te Delaware for the purpose of beating Tem Bayard with it. The com mittee refused. Finally about that sum went te Delaware. Harry Oliver of Pitts burgh, iron worker, raised $10,000 te $15, 000 iu Pittsburgh by asking subscriptions and giving himself. Geerge W. Childs gave nothing. When Gould's friend, G. M. Dedge, wr a approached by the financial committee, he is reported te have said: "We (that is Gould) shall give nothing. We gave $25,000 in 187G te Chandler's committee, and get ourselves kicked for it." He re ferred te Edmunds's bill against the Pacific railroad. " We have taken care of individual friends of eui s running for Con gress, but we de net feel under any obli gation te give you a dollar." Afterward, becoming mere interested in the campaign and seeing an influence Garfield's defeat would have en certain iron and car con tracts, Dedge spoke mere cheerfully. Tlte committee then te!d Deiscy te go and see Gould personally Dersey having been friendly te Gould, aud vice versa, in the Kansas Pacific railroad. Gould felt by this time that general interests were at stake, and gave his check for $100,000 probably the largest political subscription evrr made. He said, it i.s reported, "I de net want my name te be used. It would probably injure Garfield." Mary E. Dencsen, of Brooklyn, aged 8, died yesterday from a fracture of the skull, sustained by a collision with another sled while ceasiing. The Willamette river has overflowed its banks, causing a less of $40,000 te $50. 000 in the lower part of Portland, Oregon. The total damage in the valley is estimat ed at $200,000. At Rawul Pindee, iu India, Lieutenant Christy, of the Eighth Hussars, while playing, pole, was thrown and two ponies fell upon him. He sustained such sevcie injuries that he died within an hour. Seventeen vessels have gene ashore near Cardill and it is feaied they may go te pieces, borne et the crews have left the vessels. Seven vessels are ashore at Yar mouth and it is feared that fifty persons have been drowned there. The Nebraska Legislature has voted twice for United States senator with the following result : Paddock, 40 ; Weaver, 15;; VanWyck, 14 ; Dundy, 14 ; Masen, 8 ; Pest, 7 ; Nance, 2. The Democrats, 0 in all, voted for Judge Kinney. W. H. Dcliavcu, veterinary surgeu, was stabbed te death by Nathaniel Parrish, in the lattcr's hotel, at Glasgow, Kentucky, en Tuesday morning. Dehaven was a brother of Geerge Dehaven. the circus man, and it is said has two daughters liv ing in Philadelphia. A small boy at Thomsenton, Litchfield county, Connecticut, while coasting the ether day, encountered a railroad train ; but with small boy.-,' luck, his sled passed ever the railroad track, between the trucks of a moving freight car, without injuring i iu in uic least. Clese Bres., of Lemars, Iowa, en Tues day bought from the Bloomington specu lators a tract of land of 19,000 acres sur rounding Larchwood, Lyen county, Iowa, paying about $5 per acre. The purchasers will colonize it in the spring with English immigrants. The land wae bought in 1888 for $1,50 per acre. The IIouse has passed the three per cent, refunding bill by yeas 133, nays 125. All the Grcenbackcrs voted against the bill. Six or seven Democrats also voted in the negative, and a like number of Repub licans voted in the affirmative. With these exceptions the vote was partisan, the Dem ocrats voting for and the Republicans against it. A terrific?gale and snow storm has racred ever nearly the whole of the United king dom of Great Britian, causing great dam age te property and involving the less of several lives. The gale still continues. The snow storm abated yesterday mora mera ing, but it began snowing again in the afternoon. Reports from all parts of the country indicate that the storm is the se verest within the memory of living per sons. Railway traffic and telegraphic com municatien are almost completely suspend: cd throughout the kingdom, and the in terruption has extended te the Continent. Death en tne Sled. Near Girardville Miss Mary Carduff and Miss Henera Dougherty were invited te join a coasting party. During their first trip the young mau lest control of the sled. eeemg his aangcr he reeled off and es caped. The sled sped en and crashed against a telegraph pole. Mis3 Carduff was brained and her face mashed te a .fally. Miss Dougherty had her back broken and her internal organs fearfully ruptured. Their dead bodies were carried home. The yeunsr man cscaned. Harrison "hite, a boy, was killed while coasting, near Woodruff, New Jersey. Frank Tooker and J. Samuel Ackerly, the latter foreman of the Times office, at Pmf. Jeffersen, Leng Island, were seriously in jured while coasting at that place, and Ackerly is net likely te recover. Nobody Knows Who. Harrisburg Telegraph. Chief Clerk Cochran's desk was adorned with a beautiful bouquet this morning,the gift of well, nobody seems te knew who. AT HARRISBURGr. THE SEMATlS COMMITTEES. The Belters Paalahed for Their Insubordi nation. In the Senate at Harrisburg yesterday President pre tem. Newell announced the standing committees as fellows : Constitutional Referms-Messrs. Law rence, Kauffman Arnholt, Emery, New myer, Lee, Stewart, Holben, Schnatterly, Bcidelman. McHenry. Federal Relations Messrs. Hcrr, Rey burn. Jenes, Everhart, Nelsen, Alexander, -Gorden. Judiciary (General) Messrs. Jenes, Da vies, Herr, Greer, Sill, Newmyer. Lantz, Hall. Wolverton. Cochran. Alexander. Judiciary ( Lecal ) Messrs. Newmyer, Grady, Smiley, Norris, Craig, Holben, Stewart. Finance Messrs.Coeper, McNeill, Herr, Reyburn, Smith, Mylin, Roberts, Keefer, Wolverton, Hall, Alexander. Education Messrs. Everhart, Themas, Mylin, Seamans, Reyburn, Hall, Beidel man. Banks Messrs. Grady, Norris, Themas, McKnight, Upperman, Nelsen, Laird. Accounts Messrs. Seamans, McCrack en, Stewart, Emery, Parker, Gref, Here ter. Public Printing Messrs. Themas, Da vies, McCracken Arnholt, Nelsen. Here ter. Shearer. Railroads Messrs. Keefer, Smith, Cooper, Mylin, Wolverton, Schnatterly, Ress. Retrenchment and Reform Messrs. Davies, Newmyer, Jenes, Themas, Upper man, Bcidelman, Shearer. Pensions and Gratuities Mcswd. Lee, Seamans. Beggs, Everhart, Parker, Hol ben, Gorden. Corporations Messrs. Reycr, Smith, Keefer, McNeill, Cochran, McHenry, Schnatterly. Mines and Mining Messrs. Gieer, Smith, Roberts, Beggs, Parker, Holben Ress. Canals and Inland Navigation Messrs. Kautfman, Reycr, Arnholt, Parker, Craig, McHenry, Gref. Public Buildings Messrs. Smith, Herr, Greer, Beggs, Roberts, Wolverton, Laird. New Counties and CeuntySeats Messrs. Roberts, Seamans, Lawrence, Lee, Emery, Wolverton, Ress. Agriculture Messrs. McKnight, Kauff man, Lawrence, Lantz, Emery, Nelsen, McHenry. Military Affairs Messrs. Norris, Lantz, Roberts, Reyburn, Arnholt, Bcidelman, Laird. Library Messrs. Sill, Davies, Stewart, Jenes, McKnight, Craig, Gref, Compare Bills Messrs. Lantz, Ever hart, McNeill, Smiley, Lee, Ress, Gref. Municipal Affairs Messrs. Reyburn, Grady, McNeill, Cooper, Upperman, Coch ran, Schnatterly. Insurance Messrs. Mylin, Newmyer, Kaufman, Grady, Reyer, Smiley, Craig, Hcreter, Shearer, Gorden, Newell, presi dent pre tem. Vice and Immorality Messrs. Upper man, Seamans, Lawrence, Arnholt, Par ker, Laird, Gorden. Centennial Affairs Messrs. Smiley, Norris, Lawrence, McCracken, Sill, Hero Here ter. Shearer. Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Apportionment Messrs. McNeil, Greer, Herr, Keefer, Reyer, Cooper, Sill, M' Knight. McCiacken. Beggs, Hall, Schnat terly, Wolverton, Alcxauder, Cochran. Senater Grady offered a resolution pro viding for the appointment of a committee of five te examine the laws of the state in regard te fire and life insurance, and draft a bill te regulate existing evils. The reso lution was adopted, and the chair appoint "1 Arihsrj. Qrrulv, Rnvlmm, Croen OoeK ran and Craig as the committee. On motion of Senater Cooper the presi dent pre tem. was placed en the commit tees of fiuauce, railroads, municipal affairs and corporations. Indlsnatlen of the ' Kickers." Much angry feeling was manifested by the belting Republicans when the com mittees were announced. The caucus fac tion lack five of a majority in the whole Senate, and as Republicans they number 20, while the anti-Oliver party number 12. Yet, the former have two-thirds of the chairmanships and the abselute control of every important business committee, while en railroads, municipal affairs, corporations, finance, mines and mining, and public buildings, the Independent Republicans have net a single representative. In the committee en congressional, legislative and judicial apportionment, the caucus fac tion have 8 members, the Democrats 5, and the anti-caucus Republicans 2, McCracken, of Lawrence, and Sill, of Eric. Though Sill acts with the belters in obedience te the wishes of his constituents he is re garded as being in personal sympathy with the machine. In its geegranhical features the partiality of the construction of the committee is still mere apparent. Eight of its fifteen members are from the Western part of the state. Mr. Cochran, Democrat, is the only member of the com mittee from Philadalphia. The region containing the counties of Bucks, Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Northampton, Lehigh, Carben, Menree. Wayne, Pike, Lacka wanna,Liizcrnc, Lycoming, Columbia, Sus quehanna, Biadferd and Tiega, comprising one-third of the papulatien of the state, has nor one member of this important committee. Mr. Jehn Stewart, of Frank lin county, by way of punishment for the vigor with which he has wrestled with the machine in this senatorial struggle, is ex cluded from every important committee of tne senate, though he is one of its ablest members. SKKL.EX EXPLAINS. Mylin, People, Snader, Eshletnan Courtney Next. Hnd Harrisburg Correspondence Scranton Repub lican. When the name of Representative Seel ey, of Luzerne, was called, he steed up and voted for Oliver, then shook a paper at luu speaKcr, asKing te nave it read from the clerk's desk, but that peer request was net granted even te ene se faithful te the machine, and he was allowed the barren privilege of having it printed in the Zen ulative Recerd. It contains his alleged reasons for voting for Oliver and is as fol fel lows : "Mr. Speaker I came here te what I could honorably te further the selection of G. A. Grew for United States senator. Te that end I participated in a regular and fairly called caucus of Republican mem bers, conducted according te the usage of me party, At that caucus l found that the friends of Mr. Grew were acting out side the organization by their absence, and in my opinion unnecessarily sacrific ing his cause. As I new see my duty te myself, ray own constituents and the Re publican party in the state and nation, I feel bound te stand by the action of the party as expressed in the caucus." It should be remembered that Seeley "furthered" the election of Grew in the caucus by voting for Oliver every time. His pretext, although prepared by a law yer, is regarded as tee thin. The ether Lackawanna and Luzarne members, name ly : Senater Seamans and Representatives Latouche, Hierlihy, Georga and Phillips, discharged their duty manfully by voting for Grew, and will continue te for him te the last. A Horrible Grime. Miss Bessie Wertz, the daughter of Wil liam Wertz, living near Prosperity, S. C, was brutally outraged and murdered en Monday evening while going from her brother's house te her home. Twe ne ne geoes named Spearman and -Fair tuea.ar. rested upon suspicion and ledged in ttelnhuB wnlmTT vS' guardhouse. They confessed their guilt, L,bramD WUuam H' ESle- and a large body of meti took them out te lynckthem; , Spearman was shot te death en the spot where the crime Iwas commit ted. Fair made his- escape, but was cap tured and hanged by a crowd of whites and blacks. The unfortunate victim was 22 years old and was a beautiful and ex cellent young woman. STATE ITEfiSS. The annual encampment of the Penn sylvania department of the Grand Army began in Pittsburgh yesterday. Twe thousand members are present. Philadelphia has net been entirely ''left" at Harrisburg. Her noble and faithful son, Hen. Harry Huhu, chief clerk of the Heuse of Representatives, has ap pointed as chief of the scrub women a citizeness or rmiaaeipma. The Mennonite church prohibits its members from using sleigh bells, as it is regarded as a vanity. It is a violation of law in Harrisburg net te use them, aud Meunenites, every time they visit that city, pay the fine rather than disobey their church. G. F. Rethaker's large beer brewery, Thirty-first and Master streets, Philadcl nhia. "was destroyed by fire last night. caused by the friction of machinery during the progress of grinding malt. Twe thou sand two hundred bushels of malt, COO bushels of bailey and GOO barrels of beer were consumed.' The total less is $30,000; fully insured. The three hundred and eighteenth anni versary of the adoption of the Heidelberg catechism was celebrated yesterday in the Second Reformed church, Seventh and Brown streets, Philadelphia. Dr. P. S. Davis spoke of the origin of the catechism, the difficulties which were encountered iu its introduction and the conflicts through which thev passed. Rcvr-N. I. Rubenkam, Themas X. Orr, A. R. Van Ness, Davis and Van Hern delivered short addresses. A body of masked men went te the house of Neah Andersen, near Carlisle, te punish him for maltreating his wife. Being re fused admittance, they broke down the deer. Andersen fired en them, and they returned the lire, killing him instantly. His son Samuel came te his assistance, and he, tee. was shot through the heart and instantly killed. Ne arrests have been made, but a man named Berry, in Carlisle, is suspected, he h iving a bad wound in his neck." A IIAND-TO-HANM FIGHT. An Attaclcer the Tnroenmns Upen the Rus sian siege Works. General Skebeleif telegraphs under date of the 13th instant as fellows : On the night of the 11th and 12th instant an im mense force of Turcemans made a sortie upon the front flanks in the siege works. Anether body simultaneously attacked the camp en both flanks and in the rear. A hand-te-hand fight ensued, which lasted until after midnight. The Turcemans were ultimately repuled from the camp aud from the front and right flank of the siege works, but en the left flank they captured a redoubt from a camp of Trans-Caspian troops who lest their commander and thirty nine men killed and forty-one wounded. The Turcemans hcie captured two mountain guns, all the gunners being killed at their pests. The Russian reserve recaptured the rcdeuband one of the guns but the Turcemans tlragged away the ether gun, which, however, had previously been rendered useless. The enemy re treated with great less te within a short distance of the fortress. The total Rus sian less was ene officer and fifty-two men killed and five officers and ninety-six men wounded. The siege works were complet ed during the night. Russian mortars threw shells into the interior of the place the next day and the Russian camp ad vanced te me nist j.,..eic!. Tim siege is still proceeding. SUSTAINING "FAMILY HONOK." A Baltimore Ilelle Sheets at u Bank Presi dent. Miss Kate Ricketts, the beautiful daugh ter of the wealthiest sjiippiug merchant of Baltimore, made a murdtieus assault yes terday en Mr. Rebert T. Baldwin, presi dent of the Mechanics' national bank. Mr. Wesley Ricketts had made deposits at the bank subject te his own or his daughter's check. The day before yesterday Mr. Ricketts drew out a large amount, of which his daughter knew nothing. The following day she drew a check for se large an amount that her check was dishonored. She visited the president in his private office and declared her family had been disgraced, and demanded satisfaction and fired a shot at him. After a desperate struggle, in which her elegant costume was tern into shreds, she was placed in a carriage and taken home. It is alleged that she has become insane ever the mat- 4 tcr. Hid That Bring Him ? Punbury Dally. W. A. Hambright, or this place, left for Baicville, Lancaster county, en Tues day night, te attend the luneral of a rich uncle. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GAS QUKSTIuN. What iii! Old Consumer Has te Say. Examiner. The following communication from a well-known gentleman of this city has been handed te us for publication : Although as a consumer of the gas under "the old process " I was among the many, wne were ier several evenings a couple of weeks since forced te inhale its then unpleasant odor (the result of an ac cident.) Yet the bitter unjustifiable at tacks which have been kept up ever since upon the new company by the Intelli gencer, New Era and by the managers of "the defunct ga3 company" and its friends, (supplemented in last night's In telligencer by a bitter personal attack upon the Messrs. Baumgardner,) is te say the least, scandalous and uncalled for. De these two dailies, which never step at anything te injure character, and their allies, in the disappointed managers of (tlie tma finmnenv l,if nrlc trnrttxrn iliAwi is such a thing asa" Gelden Rule ?" De they net knew that this is a winter, almost unparalleled in its severity? Are they net aware that the cause of the street lamps net being lighted in certain parts of the city is because they are frozen and cannot be remedied in this weather? And is their memory se at fault that they forget that a few years age, we as citi v.mw ca.e w.utc.t. . vuuu ni. ....vr,... buv.v zens, were Raying these very men who are new loudest in their defamations, $4 per 1,000 feet, and would be new, weie it net for the action of these half dozen liberal-minded citizens who risked hun dreds of thousand of dollars te give us cheap light? As regaids the talk about high gas bills the past quarter, the writer finds after earnest inquiry among the largest private consumers of the old gas that whi'e in some cases the bills are larger in ethers they are smaller ; and de net these unreasonable grumblers (and shame be it, some are Republicans,) realize that any increase is the result of illuminations daring the past political campaign, which ended se gloriously for us Republicans. An Old Gas Consumer. The Agricultural Society. Wm. S. Bisscl was re elected president of the State agricultural society yesterday, and S. S. Spencer the vice president from this district. The ether officers elected are, Corresponding Secretary, Elbridge McCenfcey ; Recording Secretary, D. W. Seiler; Treasurer, Jehn B. Rutherford'; Chemist and Geologist, A. L. Kennedy COVBT OF yUAKTKK SESSIONS. First Weak of tfc Hew Tear. Weinetday afternoon la the case of the cem'th vs. Francis Barclay, charged with attempting te 'ravish Susanna Hess, the grand jury yesterday ignored the bill and put the costs upon the presecutrix. The woman, being unable te pay the costs, was compelled te go te prison. The district attorney informed the court that the woman has a large family and is se peer that she is unable te pay costs. The bill was then sent back te the grand jury and that body reconsidered the action and put costs en the county. Cem'th vs. F. F. Caruthers. Assault and battery. The prosecutor in this case was Alouze P. Cunningham. Beth par ties reside at Paradise, where the defend ant keeps a store. On November 2d, ac cording te the prosecutor's story, he went into defendant's store. Sometime before this he had heard Caruthers say in his store, during apolitical discussion, that he did net care for any Democratic custom at his store ; this he told te several friends. On this day the prosecutor asked Caruth ers te give him his mail ; the latter told Cunningham that he bad been lying about him ; Cunningham said he had told the truth ; Caruthers jumped ever the counter and struck Cunningham in the face, after which he choked him. The defense admitted having struck Cunningham because he circulated a re port about Caruthers, which the latter says was net true. The jury rendered a ver dict of guilty ; sentence deferred. The first case tried during the week by District Attorney Davis was that of cem'th vs. Albert Arndt. On the night of the 22d of December Wallace Hauck, while en his way home, at Rothsville, met a man en the read with a bag en his back. Hauck stepped aud the man dropped the bag and ran ; the bag was picked up and it wa found te contain thirteen chickens. Hauck came te town and informed the police. The next morning Arndt was arrested and Hauck identified him as the ene who drop ped the bag. Andrew Shaubach.residing in Strasburg township, identified the bag as his property. It was taken from his place sorae time within two years. Chickens were stAen from him- at different times, but net en this night : several witnesses saw the defendant in the neighborhood of the place, where he was arrested en De cember 21st. The defendant upon being called te the stand testified that he knew nothing of the bag ; he did net steal it and was net at the place where Hauck says he saw him with the bag en that night. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty. The jury in the case of cem'th vs. Henry Murry and Rudelph Fry, supervisors charged with neglect of duty, rendered a verdict of net guilty with county ter costs. Thurtdag Morning. Cem'th vs. Bernard Short and Peter Short. These defendants are residents of Martic township, and they wnwk e1iatvrA1 ivifTv iaietiiifv finrl ieetiilf4 ing Jehn R. Erb, constable of Martic township, while he was serving a search warrant issued by Jehn Strohn, esq., for the recovery of live pigs, which were en the property of Bernard Short and which were claimed by David B. Eshleman as belonging te him. The affair occurred ou November 18. On that day there was a sale en Short's property ; a search warrant was placed in Erb's hands : he read the warrant te Bernard Short, who took him te a pen and showed him the hogs ; the constable attempted te take the pigs, but .Bernard Short told mm that he could net take them, as they were his property and they were net concealed ; Bernard Short then placed his hand en Erb's breast, his son Peter picked up a club, and they defied the officer ; Erb drew a revolver and left the premises without the pigs, as he was arratd te take them. The defense was. that these hogs tres passed upon the premises of Bernard Short who impounded them, Short notified a justice of the peace, who had the hogs ap praised. Notices were then posted up and Mr. Short bought the hogs at half of their value, according te the law with regard te hogs running at large without yekts or rings. When Eby came for the hogs Short demanded te see his warrant, this Eby refused te show, but said he had a paper te take the hogs. The defendant refused te allow him te take the hogs away. The defendants claimed that they were only defending their own property and were net guilty of any crime. On trial. lhe grand jury returned the following bit's : True Bills Jehn Stively, adultery ; Jacob Miller and Frank Smith, setting fire te a stack ; same, tramp ; Themas Mechan, assault and battery; Peter Heffor, false pretcuce ; Ignored Eliza Ann Wertz, felonious assault and battery ; In the case of Wm. McPhcrsen, charged with embezzlcmcnt,a verdict of net guilty was taken for want of evidence. ' CHAKLES CHARLESTON. Arrested After Many Days. In Philadelphia yesterday, Officer Swenk of this city, succeeded in arresting Charles Charleston, who is charged en the oath of Jehn Sides, with larceny as bailee aud with obtaining goods under false pretenses. The facts of the case appear te be that Charles ten came te Lancaster some five years age and made the acquaintance of Mr. Sides, who was then proprietor of the Merrimac house. Charleston went into the truck business, and Sides advanced him money te the extent of $200 or $300. In the course of his business, Charleston '- traded in" three or four horses, and it was ar ranged between Sides and him that he should take the horses te Philadelphia, and that Sides would meet him at the Wm Pcnn hotel ; that they would then sell the horses, Mr. Sides receiving from the pur chasers the amount he had advanced te Charleston and the latter te have what ever profit was realized. Charleston took the horses te Philadelphia and thence te New Jersey, where it is alleged he sold them, aud ran off, Mr. Sides seeing noth ing of him until he was brought te Lan caster last night. Officer Swenk spent three weeks making the arrest, and at last only succeeded in securing his man by pouncing in upon him through a back deer, and taking him while he was in the act of putting en his shoes. His place of residence is en Twenty-third street near Ridge avenue. On searching him before committing him te jail for a bearing the officer found en his person 9127.59, a diamond ring, a geld watch and some ether valuables. He was well dressed and respectable looking,. His brother was in town te day probably with the view of getting him out his diffi culties. He will have a hearing before Al derman Spurrier at a time net yet fixed. Pigeon Theives. Half a dozen or mere boys and young men have been arrested en charge of steal pigeons from Milten J. Ruth, and Frank P. Griffitts and etheis. Six of Ruth's pigeons and a few of Griffitts' s were found in possession of the accused, but they claim te have bought them. They will have a hearing before Alderman Spurrier at an early day. . m " Tyrolese Singers. This evening the members of the Lan caster Majnnercher and their families will be entertained at their hall in East King street, by a troupe of Tyreleii singers, who hive been especially engaged for the ccca- 'en, and who are sai 1 te be capable of pro ducing music that is extremely sweet and beautiful. Mayer's Court. His honor Mayer MacGenigle had be fore him this morning half a tlezen custo mers, two of whom were sent te jail for 15 days for disorderly conduct, one ether Wi made te" pay for his fun and three vags J discharged. MECHANICS' LIHKAKV. Kepert et the Library Cemmitter. Members of Mechanics'1 Society : Gentlemen : The material progress of the society during the past year, although net commensurate with the facilities that have been provided for the accommodation of its patrons, has still, we think, net been retrogressive. Although it may never at tain te the popular patronage it enjoyed in its halcyon days, it is yet very much in advance of what it was when we became members of it, respectively from fifteen te twenty-five years age. Customs and things in general have wonderfully changed during the last quarter of a cen tury. Although change is net a certain indication of progress or improvement, still society is mere or less influenced by such changes. The masses are mere at tracted by painted shadows than by solid substances. All kinds of busir ess, pro fessions, institutions and even the churches are in a measure compelled te resort te ditl'erent grades of sensational ad verts men, in order te stimulate, attract and subsidize public attention. All the different organizations of the country are kept constantly before the public through the publication of their weekly or monthly proceedings, except these instituted en a professedly secret basis. It is question able whether any open organization in Lan caster county would Ions survive, if it worked as quietly and as unostentatiously as the Mechanics' society. In the "burly burly" progress of the present period, associations as well as associaters, are likely te become obsolete, if they de net occasionally advertise their whereabouts, and what they are doing. Under such cir cumstances we cannot expect te occupy a very prominent position amongst the or ganized institutions of an artificial age, no matter what the intrinsic character of our association may be. We possess new about five thousand volumes, and we have a number et" intelligent aud industrious readers, who, in proportion te their num ber, hare read as many books as in any former year ; hence wc believe that we are doing some geed, aud se long as we have any cvideuce of this, we ought te feel encouraged te press onward. Fer the profitableness of the reading, we. de net held ourselves responsible, se long as we de net furnish any tiling that is immoral or contraband of law. Of course, here as elsewhere, the demand is mainly for works of "fiction," which doubtless have their use, and even their abuse might be de monstrated te be better than no reading at all. The additions te the library during the past year have been very limited, but we have had about one hundred volumes re bound or repaired ; aud wc have largely increased the area of our book space, aud facilitated the " mevement'' and examina tion of our books ; and although still im perfect, yet it is far in advance of what it was at any period since the reorganization of the society, about tweuty-live years age. We de net desire te conceal the fact that our list of readers is much less than it was a few years age, either for special cause or only temporarily. Doubtless they find greater attractions elsewhere. This cannot be because we de net possess the books that ought te be read, but be cause we de net possess the facilities of access te the same extent as ethers. There is tee great a difference between three hours, and six days open heuse in a week, for the little difference in the price. It originally had net been tlw object of this society te cater for subscriptions out side of the organization te any special ex tent. The society was instituted for and by mechanics their families and especially their apprentices. That was the primary object aud subscribers only secondary or incidental, and that had been the charac ter of the society fiem its early institution down te the present time ; but through the neglect of mechanics te avail them selves of its advantages, it opened its doers te all classes of the community, and sub scribers became a primary object. Fortu nately it husbanded the means it accumu lated during its prosperous career, and these have mainly constituted the elements of its prosperity. The Mechanics' society was incorporated iu 1828 mere than half a century age and therefere may be deemed a patriarch among the institutions of Lancaster. All or nearly all of its early cotemperaries have passed away, and it seems somewhat sin gular that it should have been se utterly abandoned by these in whose special inter est it had lecn originally instituted. Its membership has finally dwindled down te such a limited number that a geed list of paying subscribers, or an increased list of contributing members, wenld be a desir able object, and the question arises what steps shall we take, if any, te secure either of these ends. It has Im.ch the opinion of the mcmbcis of your committee for some time that the price of subscrip tion should be reduced te one dollar, and also that its operations should occa sionally he advertised. Fer the past year or two little or nothing relating te this soci ety and its library has appeared in the col umns of the public press net even a list of its officers. Doubtless, there are many people in the city of Lancaster who are net aware of the existence of kiicIi a library. About every five or seven years a new set of icadcis appear upon the literary stage, who knew very little about and take little interest in the institutions of the past, unless their attention is called te them through some attractive means. Under thee ever-changing circumstances, which peculiarly distinguish American so ciety, the elders become absorbed in active occupations, which direct their uiinds into. te them, mere .interesting channels, se that tbey perhaps have little mere extra time than is necessary te scan the daily papers. We believe that every man who is raising a family of children and espec ially every peer mau ought te sustain sucli i clatieus te a geed library as would afford access te him and his fam ily. The Mechanics' library fur nishes all the facilities of access that the masses of society can afford te avail themselves of. A geed reading room, with constant access thereto, has its advantages, within a certain sphere, ever one that is only accessible once a week ; but it is very evident that mechan ics and laboring men, except in rare in stances, have no time te spend in reading rooms. Even -students, in consecutive reading and research, prefer te occupy their private closets, se that institutions of both these characters may occupy their respective spheres in social economy with out interfering with etch ether. Enter taining these views, and believing that enr time-honored organization ought te continue its accustomed course, with such improvements an time and means may suggest, we submit the following te the consideiatien of the seciety: Resolved That from this date forward, the subscriptions, te the Mechanics' library shall be one dollar a year, in advance, and anything iu its rules contrary te this reso lution is hereby repealed. S. S. Rathven, Chairman. After some debate the report was re ceived and the resolution unanimously adopted. Lane: tcr, Jan. 17, 1881. Cnrs Wrecked anil Burned. About 2 o'clock this morning, near the second evci head bridge east of Meuntvillc en the Pennsylvania railroad, engine rib. 291 east tan into the rear of the train of engine Ne. 176, crushing the cabin and a coal car and setting the cabin en fire and burning it together with a geed deal of the coal en the wrecked car. Engine 291 was also disabled and. there was a delay seme hours caused by tie accident. Noefctwaiinjared.
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