.- LANCASTER BAILI LNTELLlGESCEa THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1881. Lancaster intelligencer. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1881. Beferm Ih Municipal tiaveramenL There lias been a remarkable series of Democratic victories and Republican reverses in recently occurring municipal elections. They liave been confined te no section nor te towns of any special class. Beginning in Philadelphia the tidal wave rolled ever Cincinnati and Chicago and has swept back through Xew 'Jersey and New Yerk. It may be that these results have a general significance and represent public dissatisfaction at the course of the Republicans in Washington in wasting the time of the Senate and abusing the call for an executive session, in the vain effort te perpetuate the party of repudiation in a proud, commonwealth. It may be that these discemfitures of the opposition are the natural and usual reaction after a presidential campaign.. It is mere likely and it is mere gratifying te be lieve that the people of munici palities are awaking te a proper application of abuses in their local gov ernment, and are calling these who are responsible for them te a stricter ac ceuntability. This matter of city gov ernment we have held te be a mutter of business rather than of politics, and this is trie logical conclusion of me car dinal Democratic policy of local self-government. Twenty-five years of Republican national supremacy have largely influenced it otherwise. The centralizing influences of that party have led it te govern cities from stale capitals, as far as possible, and te abuse local opportunities for state and national success. Moreover, the principles of that party favor large and often waste ful expenditures, bounties te favored in dividuals, and the largest exercise of governmental powers ever against indi vidual .rights. In the development of such principles Republican cityudininis truliens nave generally run toward a system of progress that involves heavy debts and wasteful expenditure, until the tax-payers have revolted and swept the party out. Our Belligerent Senater. If Mr. Cameren that Cameren who is a United States senator from Penn sylvan la is suirenng irem severe physical ailment, such as intensified his weiriment during the late struggle at Ilanisburg and such as disables him irum sell control in times ei great ex citement, he is entitled te sympathy rath er than ridicule for the exhibition which he makes of himself en the fleer of the Senate. Nene the less, in that event, should he resign or keep out of the Sen ate until he is better. Yesterday while a discussion was going en lietween Hill and Mahone, in which from all accounts Cameren's name had net been mention el, he suddenly started up, shook his fist at Hill and wanted frantically te knew what he meant by " that." Re- fore Hill had time te ask, or Cameren te tell what " that" was, our senator of such suddenly developed pugilistic dis position started for Hill, and was only restrained from making his way ever seats and benches, by the dead weight of a heavy senator attached te each coat tail. A mere vigorous and athletic man even than our senator is could net be expected te make much headway thus haudicapied. Rut what does it mean ? During the late canvass for a colleague te him, his intellectual failings were se forcibly pre sented that his recent speeches, read though they were somewhat nervously, have lieen attributed te a desire te gain some literary reputation ; but what emergency or demand upon him has called for this display of violent physical courage ? Whence these outbursts of the scion of tiik family,w1ie yesterday pre sented the siHjctacle of a United States senator, net moved by participation in debate nor personal utterance against him, with fiercely glaring eye-halls and clenched fist, restrained only from deeds of violence by a senator at each coat tail, and a colleague en each arm. Despite all Maheue's bluster in the Senate the cold, hard fact remains that he betrayed Virginia and the price of it is attempted te be paid by the Republi cans. He cannot escape the conclusion that the price was the consideration of and influenced the' betrayal. The Re publicans, desperately ashamed of their bargain and doubly miserable because they cannot .carry it out, vainly essay te prove that'Malieneisiu rises above repu diation ami has a significance of weal for Virginia and the Smith. Mr. Mahone's own organ, the Richmond Whig, gives the quietus te all that sort of talk in a recent issue in which it says, that what ever may lie said in the Senate about a free ballet, a fair count and free schools, the great issue in the state is the Riddle bergerbill, and that the Readjustcr con vention te be held in June will plant it self en that bill. The editorial calls upon the party followers te give the bill their first attention and let the ether matters come in afterwards if they can. Every thing is te be subordinated te re pudiation, and the free ballet and free schools which afford the Republican senators themes for glittering generali ties are te " come in afterwards if they can." In the course of Use debate in the Sen ate the ether day Mr. Dawes narrated an incident, aud made himself responsible for its truth, that some Massachusetts man had had his factory burned, some of his hands murdered, and he had te flee North ter his life en account of his Re publican politics. When the statement was challenged Dawes declined te give his informant's name en the shallow pre tense that he would net be safe, and af terwards said it was a gin house and net a factory tliat bad been burned. Enough time has elapsed te prove the story if it were true. The senators from Missis sippi, where the alleged outrage was lo cated, can find nothing of it and believe it te be a fiction. Most likely it is. Or possibly Dawes encountered some fugi tives f wnrrecent mob law in the state of Illinois and has get Legan's constituents mixed with Lamar's. MINOR TOPICS. The Czar is disposed te spare the lives of some of the Nihilists if tbey formally ask for pardon. Feit the Republican nomination of state treasurer Heward J. Reeder and Senater Gee. V. Lawrence are talked of Which of our local political romancers can depict ".J. W. Jehnsen ia search of a combination." Neither of these found suits him and he suits neither. A lawyer in Plymouth, Mass., has filed a bill praying for an injunction te step the rioging'ef a mill bell at five o'clock in the morning, alleging that " it injures and depreciates property and estates, disturbs the quiet of our homes, andmelests us in our engagements of business, amusements and devotion." Honeks are easy. At a meeting of the National Rifle association in New Yerk a letter was read from Earl Stanhope, de clining te send a British team te America this year. A resolution was accordingly adopted that it is -inexpedient te send an American team te Great Britain this year. If they want te be beaten again let them come ever. Tiik reef of the Methodist church, in Eureka, Nev., is covered with tin from old cans. The number of oyster cans used was 2,205. Besides'thesc there were 3,330 quart fruit eans ar.d 6G5 uuu-ga!IOIl vege table cans, making all joints water-proof. Each piece of tin passed through the hands of the manufacturer 13 times, which shows that the pieces were handled 81,018 times. Tun reports of the publishers indicate that Cel. Ferney's second volume Anecdotes of Public Men, is sur passing the circulation of the first, and that a new edition, which is the third, has been issued of the original series. His novel, "The New Nobility," which bus been en the market for the last six weeks, is a favorite work in tlu libra ries and is heavily purchased in the great cities North am' Seuth. It originally ap peared in PfeyrtM and attracted a great deal of attention. G.vu field's friend and the president of Hiram college, Rev. Hinsdale, declares that only one chaugc was made in the pro posed cabinet after Garfield left Menter. At the time, Morten had been tendered the secretaryship of the navy and had ac cepted, hut after the arrival of (Jen. Gar field at Washington, he was persuaded te resign, at the instigation of Senater Conk Cenk Hug, and asked for a foreign appointment. It made it necessary for some ether New New Yerk man te be appointed in his place, and se James was selected for postmaster general and Hunt, booked for tee postal department, was put into the vacancy made by Morten's retirement. PERSONAL. The Ohie Republicans will again run FesTKit for governor. In Omaha Mrs. C. A. Evans gave birth te lour children two boys and two girls. General M. W. Gauy's death se grieved his mother that she died two hours after she heard of her less. Governer Heyt is confined te the house by illness and is threatened with an attack of sciatica. Attorney General MacVkaeii is named by the Bestrn alumni of Yale college te till a vacancy in the Yale coerporation. In the play of "La Priucesse Geerges" iu Philadelphia last night Sair Bekn' iiahdt fainted twice in the first, act from illness anil the audience was dismissed. The grand jury of the court of general sessions, New Yerk, has returned an in dictment against Antheny Comstock, charging him with assaulting Fanny M. Heffman. Sergeant Bates, who achieved notoriety by matching thieugh tiie Seuth va states aud through a portion of Em-op j. biasing the American Hag, is reported te be dying iu abject poverty in Saybrejk, III. He has a.wife and six children. Private Dai.zell has declined an office. He was recently appointed te an $1,800 clerkship in the pension bureau and sent a long letter te the secretary, of the in terior declining it. The secretary refuses te give the letter for publication because it contains " ether matters " net peitinent te Ins voluntary relinquishment of an office. The mission te Mexico was offered te ex-Senater BitfCE, " of Mississippi, but after consideration he declined. One rea son of his declination, se it is said, is that he would net be willing te take his family te a country aud climate subject te epi demic diseases such sis yellow lever. And yet they propose te offer it te Senater Stewakt for the benefit of his health I Colonel S. C. REirya son of Captain S, C. Reid, who designed the American ling of the present form aud who new lives in Washington, married a niece of Key, the author of the "Star Spangled Banner." Yesterday was the Mxty-third anniversary of the heisting of the flag for the first time ever the Heuse of Representatives aud in Washington there was a private celebration of the event. Heutexse SciiNEiDF.it, of opera bouffe notoriety, is selling elf her objects of art aud jewels at the Hetel Dreuet, Paris. The sale is likely te last the whole week. The first day's proceeds alone were forty thousand dellais. It was rumored latelv that the " Grande Duchcssc " had deter mined te withdraw from the stasre and open a flower shop in one of the Boulevard passages, but she will hardly need te de this if her effects continue te sell se well. Theological Student Shet. Eaily yesterday morning, Abiel Wilsen, living near Lawrence, Massachusetts, was awakened by burglars, and shot one of them. The robbers tied, but the dead body of the one who was shot was found a short distauce from the house, aud proved te be of Arthur Fester a theologi cal student in the Philadelphia academy. -His twin brother, Luther also a student was his accomplice, and made a full confession. The had entered and robbed Wilsen's place six months age, securing $1,000 in money and geld watches. Mr. Wilsen had in his room" some $75,000 worth of stocks and ether securities, the property being under no ether protection than the owner's rifle. The object of the men was te secure, if possible, all this booty, intending te resort te violence if necessary toaccemplish their ead. Beth "had previously been in Wil Wil eon's employ, and had no difficulty in passing the watch deg en the premises. The dead bnrglar was only 21 years old. They were the sons of most respectable people in North Andover, Mass. THE 1TOBK OF WATER. v Thousands orFeepla Beadered Homeless. The overflowed water of the Missouri is gradually subsiding, though the ice is piled te a height f from ten te thirty feet along the bank and en the -bars and bot toms. Yankton is filling up with ref ugees from the low lands, and the people are doing their best te care 'for them. Outside help is needed, however, as the resources of the citizens are net adequate te the demands of the thousands of people rendered homeless. All these people pos sessed was swept away. Nearly all the stock en the low lands, hundreds of thous theus rnds of head, was drowned. The farm houses and villages are submerged or floating about in the water. On the site of Green Island of the twenty houses but one remains, and here the ice is from ten te twenty feet deep. The bottom from there te the Big Sioux, sixty miles loeg and from five te twenty miles wide is still under water. Yankton parties are still out in yawls bringing in the people. The Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad runs ever this bottom, though the track is under water, it being the only means of communication with the outside The steamers.Terry and Far West are afloat and in geed condition. The losses te property in general cannot new be'astimatcd, but they must be very great. The flood season has only begun, as the entire Missouri slope is buried in snow. Yankton is almost destitute of fuel and coal And oil and short of previsions. This fact, with the continued winter weather, adds te the suffering among the home less families who have been drowned out. The city can furnish shelter -for about one tlieuKwid, ami ir making great efforts t: supply clothing, luel and previsions from its limited store. As seen as the gorge bteaks beats can be sent below for supplies. All the rail reads west of Yankton are snowed in. The damage te steamboat property will amount te $00,000, including two beats sunk the Western and the Santeville. The steamers Nellie Peck, Belle Helena, Black Hills, Jesephine, Rosebud, Meal and Big Hern are all lying high and dry up en the ice and far inland. They arc damaged te the extent of $30,000, but will be put afloat as seen as the weather will permit, probably inside of thirty days. MOKE DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES. Cily Democrat Win Mibstantial Triumphs. The Democrats, of Albany, elected twenty-two out of thirty-three supervisors. The Democratic majority for justice was 3,352. The Republicans did net make mere l ban half their usual showing in the vote, owing mostly te local dissensions. The municipal election at Rahway re sulted in a Democratic victory. Jeseph W. Savage. Democrat was elected mayor. The Republicans gain one in the beard of che-.cn freeholders but lese two in coun ceun cilnieu. The council new stands nine Democrats te three Republicans. A large vote was polled. In Jersey City, the charter election was one of the most exciting known for years. The beards of aldermen, of education, and of (ire coinminsieners, which were Re publican, are new a tic. District Atter ney McGill has been examining the case of the alleged ballet box stuffing in the First precinct this morning, aud will pre sent the facts te the grand jury new in session. In Hoboken, up te neon, the count of the ballets was net completed, but enough votes had been counted te insure the elec tion of Jehn A. O'Neill, Democrat for mayor. In New Brunswick, N. J., the Demo crats elected the mayor iu the charter election. The beard of chosen freeholders stands : Republicans, 10 ; Democrats, 9 ; the city councils, Republicans, 8 ; Demo crats, 1. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Four Italians were arrested at Jersey City with 1000 smuggled pipe bowls and stems in their possession. In the recent tornado at Hernande, Miss., Dr. Lauderdale was fatally injured and his daughter Dana badly hurt. Commissary Sergeant Curtis, of the en gineer corps, stationed at Willet's Point, L. I., en Monday absconded with $000 stolen funds. The Citizens' bank of Atlanta, Ga., has failed. Liabilities about $200,000. There are assets enough te cover this amount. Charles Mermau, a Leadvillc stage driver, .shot and killed Polk Prin, at Dur Dur ange, Cel., and was hanged by vigilantes the same night. The state department has received from the French government two geld medals te be presented te Samuel Dadncy, United States consul at Fayal, in recognition of his services in rendering assistance te the shipwrecked crew of a French vessel. The trial of Beaumont B. Buck, the cadet at West Point from Texas, charged with sheeting Jehn G. Thompson, jr., of Ohie, at Highland Falls iu June last, has ended iu his acquittal, it being shown that Thompson was the aggressor. The latest returns forem Scie state that 8,000 persons were killed and 10,000 in jured by the recent earthquakes. The locality which suffered the most is Ncvita, where 1,200 were killed. The violent shock which eecured en Monday caused the surface of the ground te subside a metre. Great numbers of the inhabitants are emigrating. In the billiard match last night when the game begau Schaefer had made 1,000 points and Slossen 797 in the two nights' play. When it ended Slossen had 1,600 te his credit and Schaefer 2,400, Slessan beating his opponent sixty-three points in the nights play. Slossen made runs of 207, 208 and 1G2. Sehaefer of 342 and 170. Tne ether runs were comparatively small. In Frostburg, Md., the naked bodies of twin children about two years old were found interred iu a box behind McCulIegh's hotel, One of them had a rope around its neck and had evidently been strangled, while the ether had its skull crushed in. Thcjleuhle murder causes great excite ment, as the children are net known iu the neighborhood and were evidently brought from a distance and buried where they were found during the night. In Baltimore M. P. Whalcu, the brother of T. R. Whalcu, one of the murderers of Mrs. Mary A. Lampley in 1873, returned te Mr. Lain ploy, the lady's husband, the plunder secured by his brether at the time of the murder. T. R. Whalen assisted te kill and after wauls gave his share of the stolen money te his brother, who, becom ing converted by Meedy's preaching, re turns it, teith eight years' compound inter est. Lampley gave a receipt for the money and Whalen at ouce left for his home. Much Married. Harry Rainsford was arrested in Texas for bisramy and theft. At Luliug, about the 4th hist., he left his family aud kid napped Flera Moere, a girl 13 years old. He then hired a horse and buggy and went te Harwood, where he exchanged his team for a fresh one, and proceeded te Austin. Here he pawned the girl's watch and purchased tickets te Hearae. The girl says that Rainsford told her he was divorced. She telegraphed te her father that she would commit suicide if he did procure Rainsford's release. Rainsford says the girl was the cause of his elope ment. He evidently intended te abandon her at the fuse opportunity. Citizens of Washington county are ar ranging te celebrate the centennial of the. county's organization. Secretary Blaine, who wits born in Washington county, will be invited te attend. THE JEWISH PASSOVER. Commemoration of the Deliverance Frem Egyptian Bendage. Sew Yerk Truth. The Jewish Passover commenced last evening at G o'clock. There is a vast deal of negative information in regard te the Jewish Passover, and a few precise remarks will net be in apropos. The term has two significances. It is called the "Passover" and also the " time of unleavened bread." It is an eight days' session of glory a Hallelujah time which commemorates the deliverance from Egyptian bondage of the Israelitish tribes. The particular title "Passover" alludes te the instruc tions given te the angel of death at the time of the destruction of the first-born of the Egyptians. That was one of the ten plagues visited upon Pharaoh's people. In pursuance of information conveyed te his followers by Moses, mystic marks were made en the door-pests of the houses in which the Israelites lived. These marks were traced in the bleed of a lamb. In looking for the first-heru the augel of death passed ever the houses thus desig natedhence the name "Passover." The audacity, if we may se express it, of the selection of the animal slaughtered is found in the fact that the Egyptians re garded the lamb idolatrously. Just pre vious te the visitation of the angel of death the Israelites had asked Phataeh's permission te retire into the wilderness te pray te their Ged This was previous te the terrible visitation upon the first-born, which was immediately followed by the expulsion of the Jews. They were pursued in a few days and overtaken at th Red Sea. Ne description is needed of what there occurred. The Old Testament speaks eloquently of the horror, the consternation, the despair of the Egyptian mothers who found that in the night the noiseless wings of Death's messenger had brushed their first-born darlings. After such treatment of the theme it would be almost impious te dilate upon it. Saturday was what is called a "great Sab bath" in Jewish parlance. At G o'clock last night, vaguely called sundown, the first mememt of the eight days of " Passover. " began. On this day all leavened bread must be out of the house by 10 o'clock a. m. There is a peculiar formula with reference te the expulsion of any leavened thing, which is as fellows : " The master of the establishment searches every nook and corner of his mansion. He accumu lates by this procedure all leavened ar ticles that he discovers ; leathering them, he says something te this effect : " All manner of leaven en my premises which has net been found by me, the same as that which I have just burned, lias my blessing uKn it aud is annulled. I have done my duty." Frem this en nothing of leaven is brought into the house during the eight days of the "Passover," and great care is. taken that no utensils used iu the preparation of leavened feed are used in the composition of the specific disiies prescribed for the festive season. These dishes are four in number. Special allusion is made te the feast which beirius this evening after the I synagogue observances. The "Passover" terminates Tuesday night et next week at G o'clock. The first two aud the last two nights of the eight are the most important. Last night. aud te-night will be had the celebration of the "narrative." A table is spread with four dishes as mentioned above. The first contains three thick " Passover " cakes ; the second has the shank bone of a lamb with a hard boiled egg accompanying it ; iu the third platter are parsley and bitter herbs. This is called the " Hagadah," which means a "narrative." In German par lance it is the " Sedar," possessing the same significance. On the fourth dish there are horse-radish and a mixture called " chareset," which is composed of almonds, raisius, nuts and spices It is supposed te symbolize the materials used iu the making of the bricks, which industry was the vocation of the Israelites during their captivity. The bitter herb in the third dish it iu comincmei atien of the Israelitish lives that were cmbitteredby the bondage. The unleavened bread has mere or less re re meto allusion te the fact that the Jewish dough did net have time te rise, and that it was baked, mere frequently than other wise, while being carried en the backs of people exposed te a broiling sun. The egg typifies the festive eflcriug made at the temple in Jerusalem. At the commencement of the " narra tive" the master of the house breaks the centre of the three cakes in the first dish in halves, one of which .is called " Alico Alice men," and part of which is given te each individual present at the dish of the "nar rativc." This is iu the nature of a des sert, aud is supposed ie be the last thing eaten that night. The entire affair de clares the whole history of the deliverance from Egypt, and is a gastronomic legend of most peculiar importance. The head of the family addresses idealis idealis tieallv four filial elements : " The wise child," " the wicked child," " the simple child," aud the "one who knows net what te ask." The wise one says : " What arc the statuettes ?" Fer an answer he re ceives This is iu accordance with tra ditieu, and you must net eat anything to night after the Aficeincn.' " The wicked one queries : " What is this te me ?" He is settled with the remark : " It is noth ing te you. If you had been there in Egypt there would have been no redemp tion for you." As te the simple one he says : " What is this ?" Te which is re sponded : " This is in commemoration of the act of Ged Almighty liberating our people from bondage." Te the one who does net knew enough te .sk, an explana tion is made something like this : " We were commanded te tell it te our children that we were brought out of Egypt by liirn wne lias cauca us ins chosen people. This occasion is a memory of His act " The rites arc very exclusive se far as eutsi le religious faiths are concerned, but te Jews every IsraeliJish household is sup posed te be open during the first two days of the eight. This is almost a Masonic idea, and has its poetical import in that any strauger Jew sajoueruing within the gates of anyity where the Passover ;s being celebrated is entitled, if attracted by the sound of joyous festivities, te enter the heuse from which they proceed as an honored guest. Ne malt liquors are drunk by Jews during the Passover. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth daj are called "middle days." and the last two, which will be Monday and Tuesday of next week, arc observed as the first two, with the exception that the "narrative" cere monies are net repeated. This is the 5,G39th Jewish year, the first day of which was iu September last, be ginning at sundown. In the Israelitish faith the time is reckoned according te the lunar system, while with Christians it is based en solar observations. There are 353 days te 385 iu the Jewish year, the variation being occasioned by an extra month, which occurs every leap year. Of all the epochs in the year, that which be gins te-night is the most important. It is a paean of victory : it is a commemoration of the most glorious incident in the history of the nation iu question, and is therefore, te a most considerable portion of our pop ulation, a period freighted with peculiar interest. Hew It Leeks Aoread. riilladclplita Times. Nearly every Republican voter iu Lan caster is a party factieu of his own and each faction is selecting a ticket for county officers which he hones will be nominated next month. In a crowded fiht like that going en iu Lancaster somebody has get te be left, but te the casual observer it doesn't seem te matter much who it is. STATE ITEMS. Mrs. Pint, of McCeuuellsburg, was made a raving maniac by the death or her sen.'r The Bethlehem iron works are seen te be put in a condition te make 3,000 tens of steel rails per month. High waters are awaited by the lumber men of Cambria county te float down large quantities of lumber. James Nelan, a slate picker iu Halleu back Colliery, . near Wilkesbarre, was crushed te death by cars. The acreage planted in tobacco in Le high county this season will be larger than ever before. The Philadelphia court has finally de creed the Bend, directors of the P. & R. read elected and Gewen appeals. The wives of Jeseph Willard and Fex Graves, eloped with two strolling soap peddlers named J. Gardner and B. W. Adkins. The trial of M. Cook Hall for the mur der of Eraer Fester, in a house of ill fame, in December last, was begun in Pittsburgh yesterday. Geerge Kennedy. G2 years old, residing at Franklinville, Philadelphia, where he raised vegetables for market, committed suicide in his wife's presence, by swallow ing Paris green. Mrs. Bridget McMauus, 72 years old, a bedridden invalid, was suffocated about half-past two o'clock yesterday morning at her residence en Cressen street, Mana yuuk. She had been smoking a pipe in bed aud it is supposed the clothing took lire in that way. It is the opinion of the legislative com mittee that the insane asylum burned at Danville can be placed in geed condition with the insurance money, some $200,000, which it is proposed te cover into the state treasury and use for rebuilding. A bill new before the Heuse provides for this. The committee will next Saturday visit the Warren insane hospital. 4B Twe gentlemen of goeaScial standing in Londen have written te Cel. Ferney te the following effect : A boy was at school near Londen with a woman who always kept veiled and called her boy Geerge. The boy himself said his name was "Charlie Ress," and that he was brought from America in a big ship and told the woman, in the presence of ether children, " Ge away, you are net my mamma. Mamma is a lady who is in America " The clue will be followed at once. Chas. Wilsen, of the "Buffalo Bill" troupe, new in Philadelphia, has been sending candy and epistolary confections te Mrs. C. J. Dougherty which she' indig nantly returned. At the Peabody hotel last evening her husband called Wilsen from the supper table into the hallway and demaudad : "Is your name Wilsen?" Receiving an affirmative response the querist cried : "Take that for insulting my wile,7 at the same time dealing the actor a blew upon the face which knocked him from his feet, his head coming in violent contact with the edge of a marble step in the fall. Wilsen was picked up insensible, with an ugly gash en the back of his head, and carried te his room. His injuries arc net dangerous, but he will probably net appear en the ueards el the Walnut again this week. L 0CAL INTELLIGENCE. ANO'lUKK flltti. The liiciii.llrie.H Still at Werk Jacob liutz's Hani mid Content Destroyed. Last night about 11 o'clock a frame barn belonging te Jacob Betz, situated between Rockland and Seuth Duke streets iu rear of the Rockland street public sjhoel house, was set en lire and totally destroyed, together with all its contents except the live stock. By using extraordi nary efforts Mr. Betz, assisted by his wife aud sons, succeeded in rescuing from the burning building four horses and two cows, but everything else in the building was burned, including two wagons, a threshing machine, horse-power feed-cut-iers, and farm implements of various kinds. About 150 bushels of wheat, a large quantity of hay, straw and feed were also destroyed. The barn was in two parts, one of which had been recently built at an expense of $1,500. Mr. Bctz's less will probably reach $2,000, which is partly covered by an insurance of $800 en the barn in the Farmers' Mutual, of which Mr. Jehn Strohm is agent. There is also an insurance of $ 1,000 en the content s in the same company. The lire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, one of the gang, probably, that has set fire te se many buildings re cently. Within the past week three large I ires have taken place in that section of the city, and iu all cases the buildings were set en fire. As the Sun steamer was being takeu te the lire it was disabled by being run into a deep gutter at the corner of Duke and Middle streets, and therefore failed te get into service. Ne serious injury was done the steamer, however, the king-belt merer ly coining out, uncoupling the front and rear running uears. The American steamer was the only one iu service at the fire. Tiie Lamp Committee. Last evening the new lamp committee of city councils met for organization in common council chamber niter the ad journment of the latter body. Present : Messrs. Barr, Philip Zechcr and Smeycli. Mr. White, the ether member, was un avoidably absent, having been detained out of town. Mr. Barr was elected chairman. The bill of the gas company for the quar ter ended January 1, payment of which in full has been refused en the ground that the entire amount of service had net been rendered, was taken up and informally con sidered, the sense of the committee being decidedly against paying the bill unless a proper and equitable deduction had been made. Without takiug final action it was resolved te held another meeting at some future time, when the attendance of Mr. Baumgardncr, the secretary of the gas company will be requested. Several ether bills wcic considered and duly approved; and the committee adjourned te meet at the call of the chairman. OltlTCAKY. Dentil of Jexepli Geruiley. Jeseph Gormley, a former well-known resilient of this city, but for many years past engaged in business in rhiladelphia, died iu that city en Tuesday afternoeu. Mr. Gormley was a native of Mount Jey, this county, a tailor by profession and for sonic years carried en merchant tailoring en North Queen street, this city. He ma ried a Miss" Wolf, of this city, who died several years age. His daughter still re sides iu Lancaster. Mr. Gormley was about 57 years old, a man of great energy, kindly disposition, strict integrity and had many warm friends. ISlrthday Tarty. Mr. A. O. Ailes, hook keeper at the Conestoga cork works in this city, yesterday attained the 39th anni versary of his birth and in cel ebration of the' occasion entertained a party of his friends te the number of about twenty-five at his residence, Ne. 43 Seuth Lime street. The evening was very pleasantly spent with music and convivial pastimes, the festivities being crowned wuii a oeuniiiui supper which, it is un resefsiry te say, was heartily enjoyed. If cordial wishes for many happy returns go for anything, Mr. Ailes will live te cele brate au indefinite number of birthdays. CITY COUNCILS. Special M celiac Treasurer McCeiusey'a Bend Apprered Pretest Against Km nlegl'ipe lanes ThrengU Cities. A special meeting of select and common councils was held last evening. Select Council. The following named members were present : Messrs. Barr, Bituer, Berger, Deerr, Judith, G. W. Zecher, Philip Zeeher and Evans, president. The president stated that the meeting had been calhyT te take action en the offi cial bend of Wm. McComsey, treasurer elect, and also in reference te a bill new pending before the Legislature, authoriz ing the construction of oil pipe lines. Mi. G. W. Zecher, of the finance com mittee, presented the official bend of Wm. McCemsey, city treasurer-elect, with James Stewart aud D. P. Lecher as sure ties in the sum of $50,000, and moved that the bend be approved. The motion was unanimously agreed te. Common council concurred. By unanimous consent Mr. G. W. Zecher presented the monthly statement of Wm. S. Shirk, city treasurer, which was net ready for presentation at last stated meeting of council. It shows the receipts for March te have been $1,018.13 ;the pay ments $7,218.04 ; and the balance in the treasury April 1, $1,787.52. Common Council. The following named members were present : Messrs. Albert,. Barnes, Brown. Cor Cer meny, Cox. Diffenderft'er, Everts, Frank lin, Hays, Huber, Johusea. McMuIIcn, Middleton, Ostermayer, Reith, Shreder, Shulmyer, Smeych, Stene, Yackly, Lever Lever geed, president. President Lovergoed having stated the object of the meeting, called Mr. McMul len te the chair, and taking the lloer of fered the billowing resolutions and moved their adoption : "Whereas, In view of the fact that there is new before the Legislature of this state a bill entitled ' A supplement te an act approved April 29, 1874, entitled "An act te provide for the incorporation and regula tion of certain corporations," 'providing for the further regulation of such corporations, and for the incorporation and regulation of certain additional corporations, enabling companies incorporated under the provis previs ions of said act, and the act te which it is a supplement, for the purpose of transpor tation and storage of oil, te cuter upon and take lands, right of way, material and property necessary for the purpose of such corporation ; therefore be it " Jteselved, by the select and common councils of Lancastcr.that they cuter a de cided and emphatic remonstrance against the passage of the act referred te iu the preamble aud known as 'Heuse bill Ne. 77, previdiug for the incorporation of pipe line companies.' "Heselced, that councils earnestly pretest against the perpetration of such an out rage as that of permitting any body of men or corporation te establish depots ter the storage of oil, or locating through the streets or within the corporate limits of any city, pipe lines for its transporta tion without the consent of the municipal authorities. "Resolved, that the members of the Heuse and Senate from this city and county bj lespectfully requested te use all legiti mate means -te defeat the passage 'Heuse bill Ne. 77,' and that the clerks of coun cils be authorized te transmit te each of them a copy of these resolutions." Mr. Shreder seconded the motion for the passage of the above. He hoped te see councils give their very emphatic "Ne" te any project looking te the laying of a pipe lilts through our streets. . Dr. Lcvergoed, iu a speech of some length, pointed out the dangers that would be certain te- attend the construction of a line of oil pipe through the city. Blight and death, he said, are the invariable ac companiments of oil, as is witnessed in the fact that vegetation has been destroyed in the oil region and pub lic health most injuriously affected. The doctor said he understood the projectors of the scheme arc already looking around ter the most desirable reute for their line aud had been favorably inclined toward East Orange street, which would most likely be selected in the event of the pass age of the bill, against which the pro pre test contained in these resolutions was directed. They have already pur chased the turnpike read between Downingtown and Philadelphia, and new proposed te buy the read between this city and Downingtown. Dr. Lcvergoed thought there were se many arguments against the preposition the certainty of the oil polluting our streams, the conse quent deleterious effect upon the public health, &e. that further remarks were unnecessary. He regretted te knew, however, that some of the members of the legislature irem tins county were some what favorably inclined toward the pro posed pipe line bill, and would be likely te vote for it unless they were for ti lied against it by a vigorous pretest from the councils of the city. These ei! people are rich and influential and might be able te easily bamboozle iate support of the measure some of our members, who are no wiser than they ought te be, if they are members of the Legislature.. The resolutions were unanimously adop ted, which action was concurred in without debate by select council. treasurer iueueinscy s uenu was read and appreved.iafter an inquiry by Mr. Franklin as te whether its previsions would held the sureties in the event of a repetition of the " misunderstandings " with a recent treasurer had been satisfac torily answered by presiding officer Me Mulleu. Common council heard Treasurer Shirk's report and ad jeurncd. TIIK rAMSOVKK. Its Celebration by Clirlsti.'in and .lew;. The last week of Lent, Hely week or Passion week, as it is called by church men, is being celebrated with mere th:in usual solemnity in the Catholic churches. Te-day being Maunday Thursday the altars were decorated with beautiful flowers and the Gleria was .sung for the first time since the commencement of Lent. High mass was followed by communion, aud this iu turn by a proces preces sion representing the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The congregations at all the Catholic churches iu the city, were large te-day and the services impressive. The Episcopal, Moravian aud ether Protestant denominations also held special services daily until after Easter. The Jewish synagogue was crowded with Habrcws last evening at the opening services of the Passover, and the usual re ligieus services will be continued until Tuesday next. A very lull description of the Hebrew observance will be found in another column. Yerk County Tobacco' Sales. Yei k Dispatch. The following lets of tobacco have been purchased in Lewer Chanccferd tewnship: by Jese De Cesta, te be packed at Yex-k : William Menree, acres, at 10, 5 and 3 ; II. T. Kyle, 2 acres, at 14, 5 and 3 ; Ber tram Kyle, 1; acres, at 11, 5 and 3; Wesley Wilsen, 1J acres, at 11$, 5 and 3 ; Rebecca Merrow, acres, at 11 J, 5 aud 3. Kircheff, te be packed at Columbia : Alex. Snodgrass. one at 12, 6 and 3; Henry Shed, two at 12. C and 3 ; T. A. McCeunel, two at 14, C and 3 ; Jehn St. Clair.ene at 12,6 and 3, Wiuficld Wright, two at 11, G and 3 ; Ellis Chanley, one and aquartcr at 14 and 3 ; Benj. Felks, two and anl a-half at 12. 0 and 3 ; Alex. Scott, one at 13, 6 and 3. The following lets have also been sold in Lewer Chanccferd: Uebert Itamsey, three at 15, 5 and 3 ; Samuel Ramsey, two at 12, 5 and 3 ; Jehn B. Gemmill, one at 9 round. A TONKX AFFAIR By tne Colored Felks in Keudlug. We noticed en Tuesday that Jes. Lebar and soma ether colored folks of this city, had gene te Reading te attend the eighth annual reunion and ball or the " Old Reli ables" au association of about 500 fashionable colored people of Eastern Pennsylvania, of which Mr. Lebar has been president for the past year. Accord ing te the iV;?' account it was a brilliant ami fashionable occasion. The company danced in Library hall until au early hour uext morning te the inspiring straius of Prof. Bewman's full orchestra. The ladies were attired in a wealth of fashion able costumes. The gentlemen were the customary black suits, with swallow-tail coats and white kid gloves. A number ef-white folks graced the occasion with their presence. Mirth and jollity reigned supreme. The exhilarating steps of the quadrille were followed by the soft music or the waltz. There were 10 numbers en the pregramme. Time Hew by en golden wiugs. The gathering was a credit te the respective colored men's or ganization of Pennsylvania. The graud inarch took place at 11 o'clock, and was participated in by some 20 couples. The rich dresses of the ladies showed eS te 'geed advantage as they weut through the various fancy evolutions. Refreshments were served iu the hall, and everything passed off as pleasantly as a marriage bell. A number of ladies laid claim te being the belle of the evening, and the gentlemen stoutly maintained that several were en titled tOj-that honor. Among the most noticeable costumes, which glittered and shone uudcr the glim mering gaslight, showing oft' the wearer te. geed advantage, Mrs, Susan Wilsen, of West Philadelphia," were a handsemq bluejtarlatan o!enaLso trimmed with white lace, a blue satin skirt, cream colored rosettes and white slippers with lace bouquets. Miss Elmira Blackburn was attired in a beautiful canary gauze dress and cher.iy satiu bodice. Mrs. Maria Mnrrills had en a black velvet underskirt aud satin overskirt. .Miss Alice Blackburn looked neat iu a blue silk, striped. Miss Susan Blackburn were a handsome black satin trimmed with old geld. Mrs. Mary Crabbe was attired in a rich cream colored silk trimmed with white lace. Miss Lizzie Garrett, of E.isten, were a beautiful plush, Princcsse pattern, trimmed with velvet aud lace. Miss Anna Gorden, of Bethlehem, had oil a handseslp Victeria lawn. Miss Helena Celeman, of Philadel phia, were a black satin richly embossed. .Miss Rachel Thompson, of Philadelphia, were a black cashmere trimmed with satin. Mrs. Maria Thompsen.of PottsvilIe,Ieoked pretty in a black velvet dress with cream colored trimr.iings Mrs". Ellen Tewusend was attired iu a blue velvet dress, with blue satin overskirt. Orange blossoms and buds, deliciously fragrant, completed the general outfit Of the ladies. Besides the Reading beaux the following visitors were present : Philadelphia, W. H.Rex, I). R Chester. II. Price Williams; Camden, Jehn Skiinmurliern ; Lancaster, Jeseph Lebar, Stephen Brown, James Fells; Harrisbnrg. David Gibbs, Wm. Stewart, Gee. Williams, Frisby Battis, Gee. Gelbraith. Chas. II. Smith ; Wilkes barre, James Rex ; Middlctewn, Harry Clark ; Pottstown, R. T. Bull, R. S. Bull, jr.. Lyman Hemager, Williau Hemager ; Easten, Jehn Geed. . Before the company dispersed Jehn Skimmerherii, of Philadel phia, played several selections en the guitar, en which he is au adept. The members of the " Old Reliable " club held a t-.heit business meeting yesterday previous te their de parture for home. Various business matters were talked ever. William L. Still, of Reading, was elected president of the club for the ensuing year. He briof brief ly returned his thanks. The remaining officers were elected, as fellows : Jes. Staf Staf eord, of Marietta, lirst vice president; Wm. Rex, Philadelphia, second vice prcsi dent ; Geerge Williams, Ilanisburg, sec retary ; Jeseph Lebar. Lancaster, treas urer ; I). R. Chester, Philadelphia ; L. B. Terry, Reading ; N. L. Butler, Harris burg ; A. W. Bettcuceurt, Philadelphia ; R. T. Bull, Pottstown ; Harry Clark, Mid Mid dletewn ; Goerge Williams, Harrisbnrg, exective committee. Lancaster was fixed upon as the place for holding, the next re union. A vote of thanks was tendered the retiring president, Mr. Lebar. JIM DOWNEY'S LUCK. Ilan He Struck a Bonanzi iu the West. A telegram from Hanibal, Me., has the following iu reference te a former and well-known Lancasterian : "Several years age James F. Downey bought the Lou isiana Journal, paying therefer the extrav agant, sum of $10.000 $5,000 down aud mortgaging the Concern for the balance. The Journal was the only Democratic paper in a rich Democratic county aud Downey thought he had a nice thing. But the old Bourbons of Pike county crooked their mouths just as they de here in Han nibal, and said : "Oh, he's no Democratic came from Pennsylvania, and that's a Re publican state ergo, Downey is a Repub lican iu disguise we don't, take any stock f iu him he is net a simen pure." Thus they divided the patronage and Downey found he had bought a bag of smoke. His patronage fell off and he was unable te meet his notes. The Journal was sold at trustee's sale and the proprietor went forth a peer man. He had lest, he hardly knew hew, the savings of a lifetime. " Downey was a cultured gentleman aue an excelled elocutionist, and for a time he went about the'ceuntry tfivinjr readings. But this was a slew way of winning back his lest fortunes, se he con cluded te try the newspaper business iu Colerado. Last spring Downey called iu te sec and te examine the hand press en which we had been printing Wm Journal, aud which had recently been replaced by a power press. Duwney bought the hand press and we shipped it te him at Lake City, Colerado. He was full of hope and we arc glad te chronicle the fact that he has net been disappointed, for Downey is a geed fellow aud deserved success." Beb Yorksteu, who was here the ether day, direct from Lake City, informed us that Bewuey was worth at least $00,000. He had met a congenial spirit in the per son of a bonanza king, a New Yerker, who, like, himself, was an elocutionist and of a literary turn. He toelrDowncy by the hand and led him up te the hitrh places advised him aud aided him nulil he was fully established, and new the unfor tunate Missouri journalist owns a rich mine aud is one of the solid mulduens of Lake City. Downey, shake !" Commenting en the above the Leuisiaua .Me., Journal says : "Our contemporary has get things badly mixed in the above article. It contains se many errors that wc scarcely knew where te begin the work of correction. Iu the first place, our neigh ber seems strangely ignorant ia regard te the newspapers in Pike county. Can it be possible that he h:ts never heard of either of the lire papers that are published in this county, besider the Journal. Net te knew tha Press, or Senlituf,er Chronicle, or Post Pest Observer, or Timer, is te argue oneself un known. " In the second place, we have never heard the Democracy of Mr. Downey micstiencd. His course while editing the Journal was straightforward and consist cut in political affairs Other causes must be sought for his lack of success. We are sincerely glad te hear of Mr. Downey's geed luck in " the field of the cloth of sil ver." The Journal extendi te him its hearty congratulations." Geed Friday.; Te-morrow, Geed Friday, being a legal holiday, the banks and banking institu tions, and perhaps some ether public offices will le closed'; but there will te HO
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