LANCASTER DAHA INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1881. K lb: Lancaster I-uteiUgencet. SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 26, 1881. Republican Wanders. There can be little doubt that what ever blunders the present Democratic majority in Congress have made have teen largely retrieved and offset by the advocacy by that majority of and the opposition of the Republicans te the three per cent, funding bill and appor tionment measure new pending. The three per cent, refunding measuie was an act of statesmanship which is inJ tiaimv accord with nublic sentiment. It had its eiigin, we believe, with Mr. Ran dall, and the country kas seen that it is largely indebted te him for the practical accomplishment of the necessary legisla tion. It was the worst of felly for the Republicans te oppose it and the national banks are only aggravating that felly by stirring up a resistance, which can only work prejudice te them after it shall have done some harm te the business in terests of the country. The congiessienal apportionment pro posed by the Democrats is eminently fair and is se pronounced by the better class of Republican journals generally. The New Yerk Time lias labored hard and with mathematical accuracy te show this te its political friends in Con gress, and has convinced the country that " the Republicans made a political mistake in adopting a course of filibustei ing te defeat the pending measure. Then: was no reasonable ground for evoking a contest en this subject." The Democrats seek "none and no partisan advantage. If it fails te pass, special ssssiens of eighteen legislatures, new in session, will have te be called te make the state appoitieiiiiicnts under it, and a vast expense will be imposed upon commonwealths, which will without doubt pass judgment of rebuke en the puiy responsible ler ihis, when con gressional elections come around. We can hardly be gratified at the wrongs and the injustice done the coun try ,ev n when, asa p.uty, the Democracy will leap advantage fiem the blunders el their opponents, Fer blundeis they are, as well as erinis. They prove un mislakabh the lack el sagacious Repub lican leadership in the Heuse.a lack that will b" still ineie severely felt in the , next Heuse Tin: national banks which aic retir tiring their ch dilution and hastening te spread the matter ever the eeuntry into greatly magnified impeitance, aie sini plv living i'i rather a pitiful way te bull doze Congress and IIaes into successful opposition te the three per cent, funding bill. As shown by a calculation else wheie, there is a goedvprolit en their circulation even en a time per cent. bend, and it is ."" likely the letiiement wi'l be 'try srei, is a a !, i bund . ceii'itry, and al1 bursting wit ti idle At an i.r.e there v 1. 1 ciMieacy in the the bank vaults are money The govern millions en ment has s"vra! hundred hands Jtnd can buy in bends and put out meiie very much meiv rapidly than the buildeing bankers can retire and contract it. With a modesty that is characteristic of metropolitan journalism the Xew Yerk lit mid styles itself ' the leading journal of Philadelphia,"" though at the same time -it is considerate enough te premise that it will " net in any way in terfere with tli' able and comprehensive newspapers which aheady inM in that city, and which"' in the IhnOd' view, give themselves mainly ' te elegies and expositions et grief for the departed, "' te gratifying the yearning of the Phila delphia mind for rebuses, chess pre bleius, conundrums, humorous sallies and articles en the tariff, and te the unique type." clothing advertisements in big Wi: hear of a big six footer who is leafing around Ilarrisburg, borne en the pay rolls of the Heuse as- a page at S2 per day, omplej ing a little beyat 00 cents per diem te de his weik and pocketing the S1.50 daily profits of the fraud upon the state. His case is net much Averse, however, than the pasters and folders who get SO a day for 130 dajs and never go near Ilarrisburg except te sign the pay roll and settle with the fellow whom they employ te de their work for $100 a session. AVE me in receipt te-day of the latest published numbers of the Leyiala tive Recerd containing a part et the proceedings of last Tuesday's session. If the Recerd were published with any thing like the enterprise necessary te conduct newspapers and which the ex pense of its publication te the state jus tifies, the people te whom it is sent could get it one or two days after the session it reports, instead of having te wait from tour te ten days, as they de new for their official rcpeit of the proceed ings of the Legislature. Mn. Garfield is in trouble. The nearer he gets te a conclusion about the tail of his cabinet the mere disconcerted is the head of it. As seen as he gets the Blaine faction placated the Conkling people kick up their heels. He started with Blaine as secretary of state and built up a pyramid that was se unshapely te Mr. Blaine's friends that they wouldn't furnish the base for it. Mr. r:-irfu.1(l ;; trinrr te nhiv see-saw and keep both ends of the plank up at one time. It cannot be done. Tur: national banks have served a geed punese no doubt. They were a war measure, took some risks and improved the chances of large profits. Tiie system modified mav be wisely adapted fer'times aF.m :uu low vrices. But en the whole they Have a geed thing of it, as J journalist aud advanced Liberal, member thpir immense and the market J of Parliament, has bought a partnership in price of their sic ' Fer them te the Pall Mall Gazette. trvte -vhei - a t -i, panic ! Ex-State trcasmer Rawle leaves te day is ;ie t...-rit el J:.;:l.i.ude. If they ' for Antwerp, in the intereste of the new pul! down tb. pillars they will find Western pipe line, which is being estab theniselves in the liiins. fished in opposition te the Staudard oil -a--v company. Satisfactory arrangements, it Tin: steck balloon careened, tossed ' js sajti, i,ave been made with the Pcnnsyl wild'i.v and well nigh wrecked its passen- ( yania raurCad te cany the oil for the new gers esterday. 1 he shearers went fertn ; and clipped the lambs, but the general wool gathering has net yet fairly begun. The Philadelphia Inquirer prints a picture of the new senator-elect which leeks as if it might have been slightly altered from one prepared for an even ing paper te illustrate the hanging of Ilayden the wife murderer, in Vermont, yesterday. m m MINOR TOPICS. "WlIEEL-EAIUlOW RELIGION-' is what Richard Baxter said some persons had who lived in his day ; that is, they "went along if they were shoved." Ash-Wednesday falls en March 2d the first Sunday in Lent falls en March C ; Palm Sunday falls en April 10 ; Geed Friday falls en Apiil 13; Easter Sunday comes April 17th. Miss Anna Oliver intends te apply te a conference of the Methodist Protestant church for ordination, which has been re fused her by tin; Methodist Episcopal chuich. Tue whehsum aimed at by the Presby tcriau chinches for the increase of the salaries of the Waldcnsian pastors is $00, 000. The sum aheady reached is $13,000. Of this 3,000 have been given by Mr. R. L. Stuart, of New Yerk, the largest sub scription te the fund. In Birmingham, England, ou Sunday, January ICth. the pasteis of sixty-one chui dies Presby tei ian, Congi egatienal, Methodist, and Baptist exchanged pul pits in the evening. On Tuesday, January 18th, a united communion-service was held, in which ministers from the? de nominations took pail. The Legislature of Wisconsin is in ses sion. Section 17 of the United States revised statues provides : Whenever during the session of a Lcgis latuie of any state a vacancy eccuis in the representation of such state in the Senate, similar precacdings te till such vacancy shall he had en the second Tucsdiy after the Legislature has organized and lias notice of such vacancy. According te : his law the Legislature can net fill the vac mcy in the Senate oc casioned by Mr. C.upeiitcr's death till the 8th of Mm eh. May we respectfully suggest te ladies ami gentlemen attending the performances at the epci.i house that thcic is no piem imn for getting out el the fient deer first when the pei fei mance is ever. Nobody need he afraid of being shut m tfie opera house, as the janitor leeks carefully all ever the building befeie closing. Thcie i no untidy leasen why people should Jump up (as though .suddenly leininded of j an impeitaut engagement) just bcfeic the cm tain finally tails. Thesj who conic te enjoy the pi'ifermance like te see it all, nudist uhed by a rush. These who de net and eiily go te get out quick, would oblige the lest of the audience by leaving between the last two acts. Then the aie sine te get out caily. Citi.vi.r. eideicd that Ids i'une.-al should be a stiictly piivate one, and his wishes weie ebeyedr His plain coffin was inscribed simply with his name and the dates of his biith and death. On it were laid wicaths of lleweis. In piofeund si lence the coffin was leweied, by l datives only, into the grave, within a stone's throwefthe house at Ecelefcechan wherein its inmate first mw the light. It was a dull day, and the snow lay in the chnrch yaid. The people of the count ly side as sembled quietly about tlu place, and for an hour befeie the huiial the village bell tolled slowly and sadly. Carlyle used te say: ' I dislike pictures of Christ; you will find that men never thought of punt ing Chi ist until they began t lese the impression of Ilim in their heaits."' Ills Grace the Aichbishep of Dublin has wi itten a pastoral for Lent, which will be read in all the Catholic churches of the aichdiecesc to-meirow. The follow ing lcmaikablc passage occurs, lcfcrring te Mr. PariicH's cenfeicnccs with MM. Rochcfeil and Huge in Paris : ' It is our duty, in these tumbled time, earnestly te pray for our Hely Father aud for the peace of tins I'hcich. Wi should also pray with gieat fci vor for ear own dear country, ou which iu His infinite wisdom and unfath omable providence, the Almighty has per mitted sere trials te fall. Her history for ages has l-ceii an almost unbiekcn iccerd of tcmpoialseriows. which, te a gieat extent arc st ill her poi tien. But a calamity mere terrible and humiliating than any that has ' i , , . ,,...... yet befallen her seems te thicaten our people te day. Allies for our country in her struggle for justice arc sought from the ranks of impious infidels, who have plunged their own unhappy laud into mis cry and who arc swein te destroy the foun dation of all religion. Will Catholic Iic land telerate each an indigjiity ? Will she give her confidence te men who have wickedly planned it ? Will she break from all holy traditions which dining acs of persecution commanded for her the veneration of the Christian world ? Let Us prav that Ged iu His mercvm .y feibid it." PERSONAL.. GAiiriELD has a hi ether chopping weed at 1 a day, and they say he is the hap pier man of the twain. L. P. Farmer, -general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad is likely te lcsign en account of failing health. Mr. Sra voce's counsel has given notice te Mrs. Sprague's counsel te be leady for the tiial of the divorce suit en Fiiday of nct week. 'Plump asa paitridge and healthy as a bullock" is the seusative and delicate lau- ! SKC employed by a repeiter of a Ne , Yerk Jem "-ll te describe his hostess at tl ew the dinner table, the hostess in question being Mrs. J. A. Garfield, who will proside ever the Wiiite Heuse next week. Mr. Edmcxd Yates, the distingui-hed novelist and journalist, is about te start a ' new daily afternoon newspaper in Londen. I Mr. Henrt Labouchere, the well-known ,ine te the SCabeard. At the last meeting of Pest Xe. 2, G. A. II., of Philadelphia Rev. Jehn W. Say- ers, department chaplain, was presented with a handsome geld watch and chain, which were voted te him at the depart ment convention in Pittsburgh last month, as a testimonial for his faithful sei vices as chaplain and for the fatherly caid aud in tei est he has taken in the soldiers' or phans of the state. At the late annual meeting of the Penn sylvania, Ohie and West Virgiuia press as sociation in Pittsburgh, Maj. E. L. Christ man, of the Washington Reporter, was elected president and W. U. Hexsel, of the Ixtellieexcer, one of the vice presi dents. Cel. Chill. W. Hazzard. Cel. W. L. Foulke and Majer E. L. Christman weie appointed a committee te ariange for a summer excursion te the Theusa d Isles. A rumor is prevalent that Senater Ed mund.? is prostrated by the same iucuiable disease that canied oft the Wisconsin sen ator. He has been confined te his room for several days. It is authoritatively stated that his trouble is Blight's disease and it is further predicted that he will never .again take his seat in the Senate; The Wisconsin Legislature will elect Mr. Cai penter's successor en March 8. Angus Cameion is said te have a clear majority. Rev. IIexrt Ward Belcher last night announced Chat he had cancelled all his lectin ing engagements and proposed te begin a series of revival meetings in" his church. He desired that Plymouth chutch should carry the torch of light above the weild when he first took held of the weik and new he wanted te develop peisenal religion in the heaits of the people. He was ready te carry en the weik and te de all he knew hew te aid his people in the Lord's weik. He did net want work alone but iie had no fear of lack of sympathy and suppei t. Meetings will he commenced week after licet aud will be held eveiy day beginning at 4 o'clock iu the aftert een. lien. Paul Methuex, a British attache at Beiliu jumped into a canal the ether day and saved a man from drowning. The empeier was se pleased that at the great state ball he presented te the young Eng lishman the silver medal for saving life. This medal is similar te that giveu Piiuce IjIS.mvkck, who eaee saved his gioem from di owning. The pi incc is fender of wear ing that medal than any ether of his count less orders. A diplomatist is said te have once superciliously asked the pi incc the meaning of this modest decoration, and the giet German, turning en his heel, lightly answered that he was in the habit, sometimes, of saving a man's lile. The comedians. J. S. Clvrke, JeH'H I JuFrEttsex and Jehn E. Owtxs me inti mate fiiends and fend of each ether's so ciety. Te see and hear these gentlemen together is an hear te lu remembered for a lifetime Jeffei son sty.s that Clarke ic lates a humoieus story be'ter than any ether man living, yet Claike avoids soci ety and lately gives lein te his quaint fan cies, bi'jend the hearing el" his intimate friends. Mr. Clarke is eempaiatively a young man, but is rcpeitcd te he eiy wealthy. He is the sole owner of two theatres in Philadelphia, the Walnut street theatie and the Seuth Bread ; he is, or was, the lessee of the Theatie Royal, Strand, Londen, England, and until re cently held the Haymarket theatie, Lon Len Lon eon. It is : well-known fact that no Eng lish comedian can new compare with Mr. Claike in pepulaiity in Londen. STATE ITEMS. Mr. Sel. Fester, jr.. late of the Polts Pelts villc Keening Chronicle, is new in the editorial elepaitinent of the Philadelphia Press. Mr Fester is a giaeeful and readv writer James .Teulon, a miner iu the West Point shaft, was killed by a blast which he supposed was extinguished, but which ex ploded immediately en his retuin te ex amine it. Hisbedvwas sheekinglv maii pled. In the Heuse at Ilaiiisbuig jestenhvy Mapcs said the only act in his legislative caieer he was heaitily ashamed of was his voting for the lccerder's bill. He would new like an opportunity te ;et square with his conscience by voting for the lepeal of that bill. Themas J. Scott was found guilty of murder in the second dcgicc at Lime Val ley, MeKean county, for the sheeting of Jehn C. Deughei ty in a barroom light at Knapp's Cieek, a small oil town, in No vember. Scott's ical name is Timethy .1. Callihan, and his native pfaec is Pitts buigh. He was sentenced te prison for life. Sheiman Matthews, 10 years old, was feai fully mangled by thecals near Car Car benclale while ou his way home fiem ! ue was empieycu en a icve: ei tne I Dclawaic & .Hudsen giavity lead and at quitting time attempt" d te beaid a mov ing coal traiii and fell under the wheels. His escape from inst int death was miiac miiac uleus. The committee appointed en the pai t of the Heuse of Representatives upon the subject of the celebration of the two hun dredth anniversary of the landing of Wil liam Penn, meets similar committees of the Senate, the city councils of Philadel phia and the Historical society of Penn sylvania en Saturday, March 12th, at three o'clock p. in., at the hall of the His torical society, Spruce street, above Eighth, Philadelphia. Referring te the sale of the P. W. fc B. lead the Bulletin says: "The fact that Jay Gould was the principal manipulator of the scheme, and the fuither fact that Gould's cntci prises arc rarely conducted in the interests of the public, will tend te make the ciiange especially unpopular in Philadelphia. The transfer has net been made with any purpose te bsnefit this city; and it will net benefit Philadelphia, unless it shall persuade the Pennsylvania l.ail l.ail lead company te build a new line te Balti more. That this will be the ultimate re sult of the matter may most fervently lie hoped. A city such as ours ought net. at any rate, te be restricted te a single line of communication with the Seuth." II It en the Head. As William H. II. Russell, a well-known lawyer, was writing a letter in his efiirc in St. Leuis he was approached from be hind by Philip Brady, who dealt him a heavy blew en the head with a hammer. The blew was net well aimed, and instead of ciushing the skull the hammer jilanced off, inflicting only a scalp wound. Mr. Hussel! sprang te his feet and waided off a second blew, lie cried for help, aud two gentlemen lushed in from an adjoin ing room and secured Biady, who was then given ever te the police. Mr. Rus sell says that Brady was a client of hi3 some time age and has had a giudgc against him gi owing out of law business. On Tuesday night in the eastern part of Baitholemcw county, Ind., a mob, masked and ai incd, seized Samuel Ewing and hung him till he was nearly dead and steed ever him with a cocked pistol trj ing te cxtei t from him a confession that he had poison ed Dr. Biddinger's heics the doctor hav ing lest seven by poisoning. The ineb ut terly failed and abandoned the prisoner. ALMOST A PANIC. WALL SlREET I3f A TEVEU OF EXCITE MENT. The Tightness or the Meney Market Cause A ' Slump " te stock Scenes and Incident Near tbeSteck Exchange. Xew Yerk Herald. It has been a long time since the Wall street markets have been in se dangerous and evcited condition as they were yester day. In the early hours there was every indication of a panic, and although this disaster was barely a vei ted the condition of affairs was such as had net been seen since the ominous days preceding Black Friday the darkes: period in the history of Wall stiect. In the morning the stock market opened in a weak and feverish con dition. There were anxious and frightened faces by the score at the stock exchange aud nobody pretended te knew what next te expect. Every broker was leaded with erdei s te sell and the scene en the iloer of the exchange was one of indescribable confusion. The stringency of money com pelled speculators te unload and wiped out the margins of hundreds of operators. As block after block was thrown ou the maiket stocks fell lower aud lower, while ciewds thronged about the recording in strument iu biekers' efHees.at Delmenico's and ether resorts, holding the tape with trembling hands, each tick of the indicator sounding a knell te tae hopes and the for tunes of dozens of investeis, as eveiy stock en the list kept en its dewnwaid move. Stocks declined from 6 te 14 par cent, within an hour's time, while money advanced te 1 per cent, commission per day in addition te the legal 6 per cent, interest, the highest rate since Black Fii day. Biekeis ian from bank te bank and from one money lender te another, vainlj seek te bonew. Despair was wiitten in many faces, and the usual laughing crowds aieund the lunch counters at Delmenico's weie net in their accustomed mood. For eign exchange became utterly demoralized se that bills representing experts of domes tic pieducts could net be sold. The excite ment culminated at about half-past eleven when the outlook was threatening iu the extreme. Ne failures had up te that time been ropeited, but a general smash seemed te be expected, and brokers and brekeis' boys lushed frantically about the streets from office te office. At. a half hour before neon the follow ing dispatch was received at the sub treas ury aim quicKiy premulgate: ey uenerai Hillhouse : Wasiiixgtex, D. C, Feb. 23, 1881. Te the Assistant Tfcimircr United States, Xew Verh : Yeu arc authei ized te purchase for the sinking fund net exceeding ten million dellais ($10,000,000) five and six per cent, uncalled bends of 1881 at par and ac ac ei ued interest te date of payment. Jenx Sherman, Secretary. A reaction took place immediately, aud, although only $3,G87,300 worth of bends were offered in response te this order, and the effect of the secretary's endeavor te relieve the stringency of money was net as satisfactory as had been expected, ye t it seived as a decided benefit. Brokers anxiously asked at the sub-treasury fiem time te time hew the bends were coming in, se as te asccitaiu hew much relief they were te have by the placing iu circu lation of the money paid for them by the government. One of the immediate effects of the action of the secretary of the treas dry was te reduce the unprecedented and aud exeimtant premium en money, and seveial private banking firms made leans at si per cent, early iu the afternoon. The stock maiket had meantime slightly impieved in tone, very naturally following the ceuisc of money. In the afternoon brokers once mere became auxieus for the future, and in many offices men with haggaid faces were seen in anxious con sultation, while gloomy predictions were he.ud legauling the outlook for te-day. The sales at the stock exchange were veiy heavy. It is probable that about eight hundred thousand shares of stock were sold. The indicators weie net able te keep up with the transactions. In riiilndelphla. 1'res-. The scene which began at 1:43 o'clock in the afternoon and lasted until 3:03, was one of wild confusion. The brokers ciewdtd together in the centre of the loom and surged fiem one pait of it te an ether. Every man shouted at the top of his voice aud gesticulated as if for his life. Down, down the prices went until there was no pi ice for anything. Stocks sold iu one paitef the loom at 1 per cent. less than they were bringing in another. Beading sold at 82 shortly before two o'clock. The first price after sessions was 32, buer 'M, then in quick succession 31 jj, 31, :10J, 30, 294, 29$, 28J, 29, 2S, 27, 27, 20, 20V, a drop of mere than $j. Pennsylvania was comparatively steady, losing only SI. 50 lrem the opening price. Buffalo, Pittsbuigh & Western opened atf 19, sold up as high as 20 and c'eed at 1C17. Lehigh Naviga tion lest tl fiem "tlie opening price. Le high Valley closed at 5G bid and 59 asked, but net a single share of the stock was dealt during the daj. Pacific sold at 44 and closed at 41j41. Pacific preferred was as high as 70 in the morning aud fell te GG(i,C9. Philadelphia & Erie diepped $2 a share. At three o'clock the biekeis were tired out, but they did net leave the beard room for some minutes after that hour. Until late in the evening man' of them were at their offices figuring up their accounts with their customers and sending out calls for mere margin. After 3 o'clock there was a somewhat bet ter feeling both here and in New Yerk. On the street 20 was bid for Reading and G2J for Pennsylvania. In New Yerk an advance of lrem 1 te 3 per cent, was offer ed above the closing prices. Drexel, Mor gan & Ce., came te the rescue of the biekcrs, who were clamoring after money in New Yerk and leaned $1,500,000 at 0 nor cent. LA.TEST NEWS BY HAIL. E. C. Ilayden, the wife murderer, was hanged at Windser, Yt, after a delay of four jeais, during which time he has been at weik in the State prison. Zerah Bramble, an employee at Calvert station, Baltimore, was killed byfTalling under the rear car of the train going out for Washington. The German Reichstag has concluded the first leading of the budget and re fcired some parts of it, including the whole of the war estimates, te the budget committee. Themas Lemen, about 30 years of age, residing at Ne. 328 Court street, Broek lyn, cut his threat with a razor. He was out of work and his family had been re duced te the verge of starvation. At Syracuse, N. Y., the Earl gang of barglais and highwaymen were sentenced te sixty-five j cars in the Auburn peniten tiary. Emma Earl, a sister, received fif teen yeais, and ethers of the gang forty and twenty yeais. A woman and two small children were found frozen te death in a house near Lakcstay, Minn. The house is some dis tance fiem ether habitations, and was cut by deep snow. They get out of fuel and feed, and when found had evidently been dead several days. The woman was a widow. It is believed that many persons have died in that section from hunger and cold. Mayer's Court The mayor had nine customers before him this morning, two of whom were taken (te jail) and the ethers left (out in the I cold). LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MAJOR DAVIS IX SCBANTON. His Liability te Arrest for Truancy. Scranton Kcpublicaan. We had the pleasure last night of meeting Majer Danjel F. Davis, who m, te use his own words " the smallest well proportioned man in the state of Penn sylvania." In saying this the major de scribes himself truthfully, for he is but forty-seven inches in height, weighs forty eight pounds aud is perfectly propor tioned. He was bein in Safe Har Har eor, Lancaster county, this state, and will be twenty-five years old next April. While diminutive in size Majer Davis has the mature judgment of a man and carries himself with modest diguityand case, lie visits scranten en Dusiness aim will remain here for a week, representing the interests of the enterprise in behalf of which he travels. II is patents, se he in forms us, arc ordinal y sized people, and he ascribes his own small proportions te the excessive drugging which he underwent when a child, at which time he was very delicate. He lias one sister, who is twelve yeais old and already two inches taller than her ' big brother." Iho major tel's with considerable eujeyment that when he arrived here night before last, he was taken in charge by a big policeman, who supposed him te be sonic little boy that had gene astray, and who was quite taken aback when the supposed tiuant in in feimed him with great dignity that he was here en business and could take care of himself. Majer Davis traveled with the Liliputian epsin company for a season, and has seen a geed deal of the world, but he is withal a modest little gentleman and as courteous as he is modest. We de uet doubt that he will receive considerate treatment at the hands of our business meu, upon whom he will call dm ing his stay here. Important te He Known. The follewiug recipe was originally pub lished as a panacea for smallpox by some of the most scientific schools of medicine in Paris. It is claimed te be of infallible efficacy. It is a cure also for scarlet fever, and it is hai mless when administered te well pei sons : Sulphate of zinc, one grain ; foxglove (digitalis), one grain ; half a teaspennful of sugar; mix with two tablespoon fuls of water. When thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water. Take a teaspoonful every hour. The disease will disappear in twelve hours Fer children smaller doses should bs given, according te their age. Edwaid Ilines, of the Liverpool Mer cittt;, writes : "I am willing te risk my reputation as a public man if the weist case of small pox cannot be cured iu thice days, simply by the use of cream of tar tar diselved in a pint of het water, drank at iuteivals when cold. It is a certain remedy. It has cured thousands, never leaves a maik, never causes blindness ami avoids tedious lingering." An J'hiterlsuaiiieut at Ueaiiiatex-. n. An entertainment was held in the Reamstown school house in the afternoon and evening of the 22d hist., for the pur pose of raising funds te purchase a bell for the school. The exercises in the af ternoon consisted of recitations, dialogues and vocal music by the pupils of the schools, who, with ." ew exceptions, ren dered their puts in geed style. Ad dreses were delivered by Messrs C.S.Jaceby and Gee. S. Fry, congratulating the pupils and teachers upon their success and en en ceui aging the patrons in their support of the schools. The evening exercises, which were paiticipaaed in by a number of young ladies and gentlemen of the village as well as sonic of the pupils of the schools, weie of an exceedingly humorous chaiactcr, being frequently intciiuptcd by applause. The Reamstown ceinct band discoursed some of their choicest music. Charged witli Larceny as IS,nlee. Jehn Rewe was befeie Alderman Mc Mc Mc Conemythis morning, charged by Al. Resensreiu with larceny and bailee, the prosecutor alleging that he sold a suit of clothes te Leuis Flick, en assurance given by the defendant that he (defendant,) would withheld a poi tien of Fi ick's wages, weekly, until the bill was paid. Defendant admitted that he accompanied Flick te Rescnstein's;, and told the latter te sell him a suit of clothes, but denied that he made himself respesiblc for the payment of the bill. The alderman lield the case under advisement. The li.ills Last N'lsht. A paity was given in Giant hall last night by the "Meiry Twelve." There were thirty couples present and a fine time was had, supper being served at 12 o'clock." Dancing was kept up until a late hour te the music of Miley's orchestra. At Rethwcilcr's hall the guide mill werkeis of the Penn iron works had a large ball. Among the feature.; was a new dance which was introduced for the first time in this city. Everybody enjoyed themselves and things passed of pleasantly. The Alrcnnercher. On Monday evening the Lancaster Mam Mam ncrcher will held one of their delightful concerts and seciables in their hall. These are always pleasant affaiis, but the one en Monday evening will include especial features of interest and enjej ment, im mediately preceding as it does the sembre Lenten scaseu which will seen be upon us. The management always provide for an agreeable time for all by admitting none but members or specially invited guests. k.M. C.A. The 11th anniversary of the Yeung Men's Christian associttien will be cele brated en Monday evening, Feb. 23. at 7:13 o'clock, in the court house. The report of the president for the past year will be read. The speakers will be Rev. J. Max Hark, Rev. Sylvanus Stnll and State Executive Secretary S. A. Taggart. The music will be under the leadership of II. C. Mellinger. m Panorama at Zion Church. Zion Lutheran church was crowded last evening te witness the first exhibition in that church of the great electric light pan orama of beautiful views in all parts of the wei Id, from the pole almost te the equator, and in both hemispheres. The exhibition will be repeated this evening, when many new views will be thrown upon the canvass. Teacher Apiieintc.l. The school directors of West Geshen township, Chester county, hae appointed Thamziuc Miller, of Lancaster county, teacher of Oakland read school, in place of Lydia II. Caitcr, new Jehn, resigned. Mis. Jehn will have charge of the school until the 4th of March, when Mias Miller will teach the spring tcim of 10 weeks. Unlit Lamps. There were only 33 of the street lamps imlit last night : First ward, 2 ; Second ward, 3 ; Thiid ward, 2 ; Fourth ward, 1; Fifth ward, G; Sixth waid, 2; Seventh wai d, 4 ; Eighth ward, 2 ; Ninth ward. 9. Total 33. Anethrr One Arrested. Squire Wilsen, another of the daikeys who had tlie row en Middle street a few days age, has been arrested. Alderman A. F. Dennelly sent him out for a hear ing. Valuable Herse Injured. A valuable heisc belonging te Dr. Abraham Sides, of Lampeter, broke his leg while moving aieund in his stall, and he had te be killed yesterday. PROF. LOWE'S OAS STOVE. CM for Z3 Cent per 1,000 Cubic Feet. Prof. Lewe exhibited a gas steve iu Nornstewn that burns 30 cubic feet of gas per hour for cooking and half that much for heating purposes. The heater for ordinary purposes burns 30 feet per hour. Thegas company propose te fur nish their pieduct te censumeis at 23 cents per thousand feet, aud put iu heaters and ranges without cost te t heir custemei . The stove is double, aud if preferable only one side need be lighted up at a time. Near the top of each section is a grate covered with fragments of lire bricks which arc heated te redness by jets of gas. The heat is reflected downwards and the articles te be cooked are placed under the grate. All the odor of cooking is carried up the chimney and the work is finished w ith great rapidity. A large steak can be cooked thoroughly in ten minutes, bread toasted in one minute, and ether viands prepared with proportional speed. Tlie professor says he has repeatedly get his own breakfast iu ten minutes alter reach ing the shops. While the dinner is cooked by the stove the room is warmed by a heater in the cel lar, and the heat fiem the tegister is stieng enough te roast a potato placed upon it. The heater is a box or galvanized iien. about six feet long, three feet deep aud two and a half feet wide suspended from the rafters. At one end, near the bottom is a small opening, through which the iron gas jet is thrust, and a number of fire bricks' are placed within: The beater sup plies waim air te four registers, and one of its most rcmaikable features is the strict ness with which the heat is economized. The cellar is net warmed at all, the pipe by which the products of combustion aic carried te the chimney is only milk warm, and the end of the heater opposite te the burning jet is quite cold. The in ventor says that during an experiment made while tlie recent cold weather was at its height icicles hanging from the fur ther cud or the heater were net melted although the rooms above were thoroughly warmed. He withdrew the gaspipe from the opening, and it appeared w ith a jet of yellow flame nearly two feet long lushing from the open cud pipe and the flame quickly assumed a deep blue tint and gave scarcely any light. This is its natural aspect when the gas is pure and dry. The combustion is regulated by a step-cock, and Professer Lewe has invented an auto matic airangement bj which the flame ran be adjusted te maintain temperature and left te itself, -s the weather grows colder thellame will be enlarged aud the heat maintained without further attention. A SUCCESS. The Continental Concert. The conceit given in the court house last evening for the benefit of the fiec soup house was a decided success, fiem a musical standpoint, and although the at tendance was net se large as the merit of the music and the deserts of the object for which it was given should have command ed, there was $3S net realized for' the soup fund. The performers all sang admiiably, . whether in sole, duct or quartet. Pi of. Weed waul has, confessedly, the me-.t powerful bass voice in town ; Miss Treycr stands iu tiie fient rank of sopranos, and Miss Sehner possesses a contralto voice of rare purity. Mr. Mowery is rapidly attaining rank as a tenor, and I'ref. Haas has long been re garded as a most finished and con ect ac companist, both en the organ and piano. With such an array of artists en the pl.it pl.it feim it is net te be wondered at that the audience was mere than delighted. Fol lowing is the pregramme of the evening : Qnartat ".sauriM'." While IMiet " OVr the Hill. O'er the O.ile." :ie . JHises Tieycr mid fcehner. Quuttet " The Reter's Grave," Cl.uk. boie and Qnaitct "I Lonstesce tin C.t C.t teii Grew. gain," Pratt. Mowery ami quar tette. henfr " l'are 1 Tell," Viiniiiei-,tilt. -Mi-s .Mice Tieycr. Quartet " famuli ! u Child," Maui fr. Sole and Qu utet " Nearer My Ged te Thee," M iseii. Tieyer and Quartet. Ilmiioreuo Duct " Tin bjnuiii '.e-isnn,' Woedlimy. Tieyer and Woodwind. PART SKCOND. Quartet-"Come Where the Lillli Hleini." White. Seng ' The Ieiry Ranee," Mutiny. Miss Minnie Pehnei. Ouartet "Thu Old Mountain Tive." Clark. song "The Tempe-d," Darker. Wood ward. Laughing Trie-' V.ul.wl ia ill Qua," M-tr lini. Tiejcr. schner ami Woodwind. sole and Qnirtst On th" Mountain liili," Keet. Tiever ami Quailel. Quartette "Ge'd Night" (German Mel Mel ody,) Arr.liy Koe. COUI1T. Current Ilusines-i, Diwiriei i.c. Court met this morning at 10 o'clock, both judges being present. The docket was called and cleveu'judgmcnts vrie en tered. In the case of Jehn M. Bcilch for the use of Samuel Uruckhart and Frederick Huclier, rule for new tiLil, Judge Patter son delivered an opinion making the title absolute. In the case of Jonas C.Biinscr vs. Sebas tian M. Keller, a ruld for a new trial was granted. In the diveice case of Emma Keener vs. Henry Keener, the ceuit eideicd the de fendant te pay te the plaiutitl the sum of $100 befeie the 10th of March, for the pin pose of defiaying her expenses. Jacob Keller was appointed auditor of Ephrata township, upon the presentation of a petition signed by numerous citizens. At the last election Keller aud Benjamin Uricheach received 247 votes for that office, thus making a tic. Divorced. The following parties weie granted di vorces : Annie M. Humphrey, of Bait township, from her husband J. Gillcys Humphrey, en the ground of dcsei tien and adultery. A. L. Bechtel from her husband, Jacob F. Bechtel, en the grounds of desertion. Court adjoin ned te meet en the thiid Monday in Mai eh. Kehgletis News. Rev. Dr. Spaulding, of Yerk, occupied the pulpit of St. Paul's Episcopal chinch, Ilarrisburg, en Thuisday evening. Rev. Dr. Knight, of St. James chinch, Lan caster, officiated last night. On Sunday morning Bishop Howe will held confirma tion. In the U. B. conference at Stcelten, 1. W. Sncath, of Columbia, was commended for licence te preach. Rev. J. W. Etter was granted a location en account of fail ing health. Rev. J. R. Reitzel was grant ed a dismissal from the conference. J. S. Kiddle having died during the year his name was referred te the committee en memoirs All the members of the confer ence passed fa vei ably. Wanted A X'hynlci.tn. It is meet and proper that there should be a doctor in the ceuit house new. Wit nesses and juieis often get sick, and even judges and lawyers who work se close te Judgment Day, will find one " handy te have in the house." With Dr. Ui ban's outgoing some Esculapian ought te come in. And then if a juryman wanted te get off, and had no geed excuse, hew readily a neighboring and obliging doctor could (lector up a certificate for him even if his complaint was no mere serious than that a Maiicttian couldn't drink Lancaster water. Keyxtene Uaml Fair. The Kej stone" boys had a full heuse again last evening. The following arti cles were chanced oil : Charles Wacker, iass pitcher and cologne set ; Jehn Zcch er, glass pitcher ; S. W. Keller, glass pitcher ; Jeff. Brown, a line caster, and Jehn Kemp a fine cut-glass bread plate. The carpet, Davis sewing machine, gun and silver watch will be voted off te-night. The Millcrsvillc band will also be en hand aud furnish music this evening. IMPORTANT rOSTAI. ORDER. Letter Kates te be Aked for Vapers Wholly or In Part In Wrltine. The mercantile community will be deeply interested in an order issued by Pest-Master General Maynard en Monday te postmasters throughout the country, and which gees into effect at the Lancas ter office te-day. It revokes a "regulation" made by Postmaster General Key in April, 19T0, and in effect requires that all com cem mcreial documents, wholly or in part in writing, shall be subject te the ordinary letter rates of postage, (3 cents per half ounce,) instead of the third-class rate (1 cent per half-ounce) te which Gen. Key's order assigned it. The statute of March 3, 1379,defining mail matter of the first cl;s. places within that category "all matter wholly or partially iu writing." excepting certain specified ob- . jects. The revocation by Postmaster General Maynard of section 232 of the pe-ital regulations will subject te first class or letter rate- an immense amount of cor respondence ferwaidcd by railway and in surance companies, partly inr writing and partly in print, "prices current" with the quotations filled in writing, waybills, in surance policies, vouchers cash checks, drafts, and the like. The following is the text of the order referred te : " It is eulercd that section 232, postal regulations be revoked, and in lieu thereof the following order is made : " Mailable matter of the first class shall embrace all matter wholly or partially in writing except as herein provided. Act of Mareli'd, 1879, sec. 3, 20 Stat., p. 338. "The exceptions are as fellows : "1. Corrected proof sheets ami manu script copy accompanying the sam. JbuL, see. 17, p. 339. "2. Date and natne of the addressed and of the sender of circulars, and the cer i ect ion of mere typographical errors there in. 7W(7.. ec. 19, j.3ti0. "3. liills, receipts and eiders for sub scription enclosed in second class publica tions, provided such bills, receipts and orders shall be in such form as te convey no ether information than the name, loca tion and subscription price of the publica tien or puolieatiens te which thev refer. Ibid. ike.2ii,p 3C,l. "4. The name and address of the person te whom second-class matter may be sent, and index figure of a subscription book, and wei ils or figures, or both, indicating the date en which the subscription te such matter will end. Ibid. See. 22, . 3(50. "3. Upen matter of the third class, or upon the mapper enclosing the same, the sender may w i ite his own name or address with the weid 'from' above and preceding the sanw, and iu either case may make simple marks, intended te disgnate a word or passage of the text te which it is desired te call attention. Mid. "6. Them may be placed upon the cover or blank leaves of any books, or of any printed matter of tlie third cl.us, a simply manuscript dedication or inscription. Such dtdicatien or inscription must be con fined te a simple address or consignment of such hooks, or ether printed matter, as a maik of respect, and must net contain anything that p:irtakes of the nature of a pei senal correspondence. Ibid. "7. Upen matter of the fourth class the sender may write his own name and ad-drcs-preceded by the wind 'from' aud al so the number aud names of the articles inclesed. His may also write upon or at tach te any such ai tides, by tig or label, a maik or number, name or letter, for pur pose of identification. Ibid.''' a, i A Leng Term or Honorable Service V In Wiightsvilie Star. . Cel. Samuel Shech, the present active president of the Columbia natidhal bank, iu our neighboring county of Lancaster, is new in his eighty fourth year, and who, wc are happy te say, is apparently in as full life and vigor as most persons by far his junior iu years, continues te devote his attention and cueigie.s te the duties of the president eilice with the assiduity which has been se masked a characteristic of his business caieer for se long a peiied ; and who by his efficient management during his long and uninterrupted centinti aucc in office has been largely iu stiumental iu placing and continuing that financial institution en the firm and piospeieiis basis it occupies in the commu nity. He assumed the duties of cashier el" the Columbia bank in 1838, and occupied that position in active and continued ser vice until about two yeais age when ku assumed the presidency making the com bined service a period of feity-three years. True his term of office has net yet number ed quite half a century, but his active life which has been se well preserved by uni form temperate and regular living, bids fair te lengthen his term of usefulness for jeais te come. Moralizing en the forego ing instances of faithful trust and probity in these days of official malfeasance se rife at the present time, it may be remarked that the Tionerabrc traits dcvc!eed in the aiieve instances cany with them a redeem able feature iu our common nature which may he given as a set-off in some measure te the wide spread degeneracy of these de faulting times. A Xe;ro Klcctlen Heard. The Oxfeid (Chcitcr county) l'ress says that at the late election in that borough both the Demeciatie and Republican par ties elected men of color te the office of inspector. Xew if each of these inspec inspec teis appoint, colored men as clerks, which they of course have a right te de, the election loom will have the appear of a Southern polling place dur ing the dominance of the black race iu that section. The Democrats had also a colored candidate ferjudge of election, T. Spencer Myers, en their ticket, but he was defeated by the Republican candidate Jehn D. McIIcnry, by a majority of 23 vote:. The action of the Democrats in this matter was mainly te offset the Rep ublican nomination of Geoige I. Steele, a colored man, for inspector. The Demo Deme ciatie inspector is James W. Jacksen, who has always been an earnest Republican. sr.tle or Ileal Estate. Henry Shubcrt, auctioneer and real es tate agents, sold at public sale last even ing at Geeigc Wall's hotel Seuth Queen st i ect, a one and a half story frame dwelling house and let of ground belong ing te the estate of Dauiel Fordney, de ceased, situated en the south side of Lew street cast of Christian street, te Frederick Lcipscy for $1,700. Contributions te tlie Soup Fund. The maj or acknowledges the following contributions te the soup house ; Jehn Black, cash $3 ; Continental vocalists, net proceeds of conceit last night, 58; Buch luillei'.s estate, 2"! leaves of bread ; Hirsh ic Bie., 23 pounds meat ; Frey & Trap- neli, 44 leaves of bread; Gee. Brady & Sen, four dozen rolls. Tlie Wharten Donatien. The 513,000 bestowed upon Pennsylva nia university by Jeseph Wharten, who dug his large fortune out of the Bart nickel mines in this county, will be ap plied te the endowment of a department for the study of political economy, finance and ether questions of a gevcrmental chaiactcr. Next Meeting or the Star Club. Rev. C. E. Henpt will lecture before the Star club of the Yeung Men's Chris tian association at its next meeting, Tnuiiday evening, March 3d, en the in teresting subject of the "Mythology of the Constellations." Sale or Tobacco. Uriah Haines, el the Blue Ball, has sefd two acres te Mr. Wilcox for 14, 0 and 3. It was delivered te-day. Ml, v I; I
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