LANCASTER DAILY iiJTELLlGENCER, FRIDAY. J NE3, 1881. lancastet f ntd&encet. FRIDAY STONING, JUNE 3, 1881. The Jrtlclary. The worst feature about the scramble for judgeships in Harrisburg, out of which the new judicial apportionment liaa been evolved, k net the unnecessarily large number of judges provided for nor the money it requires te pay the super fluous, but the character of the men likely te be elevated te the judiciary. Surely the tone of the bench has de preciated se fearfully in this state in the past few years as te make the legal pro fession apprehensive of any mere down ward steps. But when it is remembered that the increase in the judgeships new proposed is due almost entirely te a de sire te serve local, political and personal interests there is geed ground te fear an administration of the law that will net be above contempt if indeed net subject te suspicion. The framers of the new constitution seem te have forgotten te take a leek at the map when they pro vided that counties with ever 40,000 population should constitute "sepa rate districts" and these with less should be formed into convenient dis tricts; since it of ten happens that these latter are se remotely separated that it is almost impossible tojein them into con venient districts, the contiguous county with which they might most fitly be joined being a separate constitutional district. This apportionment has been declared net mandatory, but it is elten cited te justify a bad allotment. The in spiring cause of the worst gerrymanders aud of the needless increase of the judi ciary is te satisfy rapacious politicians who want te get upon the bench, or who want te get somebody else en it te get them out of their own way te ether po litical honors. Such considerations as these determine the character as well as the number of judges ; and it will be hard te make anybody lielieve that they -de - net euter into the jug glery ever the Lebanon-Dauphin districts; the annexation of Fulton te Adams county, fifty miles away ; the additional law judge for Northampton ; the bid of Judge Hall for re-election and Jehn Cessna's scramble with him for his place ; and many ether painful features of the prevailing hunt for judgeships. As the 'Times points out, the present proposed increase te 93 judges, compared with r, the number in the 3tate seven years age, is tee extraordinary te have its root in the necessities of the case. Xeristhe abolition of the associate lay judgeships, in separate districts having a single judge, pronounced an unmixed geed by the lawyers and people of the districts who have tried it. Consid ering by what crooked ways crooked men sometimes get upon the bench the large powers of discretion vested in such a judge and formerly shared by the lay judges are deemed dangerous te be ex ercised solely by one man who has the infirmities of his profession, of the poli tician and of our common human na ture. A Blackguard Bedy. Has reason altogether lied te brutish beasts from the Heuse at Harrisburg ? The four scenes of which we reprint brief accounts from the Patriot arc only random sketches of every day perform ances in a body of two hundred men picked te make laws for the common wealth. Their average conduct seems te be hardly as decent aud courteous as that of well-bred pigs. A pound full of mangy, starving, snapping curs could hardly be mere contentious and undignifi ed than the ljearing these members te each ether. The record of no previous ses sion of Legislature has been defiled with se much blackguard debate as the pres ent. We have no doubt the great ma jority of the members deplore this sense less drivel and fish-wives' style of contro versy, but among men who are ranked as leaders in both the Republican factions it is painful te sec what a lack of dig nity and high bearing there is. Frem the choleric Hewit aud low-toned roos ters like Souder, Ilazlett, Myers aud their breed nothing better is expected ; but eveu Wolfe, Neill and ethers whose honest purposes commend them te pub lic sympathy seem te utterly lese their balance in the heat of controversy and disregard all the decencies of parlia mentary debate. They either lack the power of dignified and effective repartee, or their associations liave made them re gardless of the dignity of their position. It is time te put a step te it. The lin gering tradition of legislative geed man ners ought te assert itself in the voice and vote of a well-disposed majority te punish offenders against the proprieties. Of course the speaker's example is the most stubborn obstruction te remedial measures. The bill for the relief of Rebert W. Mackey's'estate, from losses occasioned te tlie state treasury by his deposit of its money in rotten banking institutions, has been very properly defeated in the Legislature, where it ought never te have been offered. Mr. Mackey made hundreds of thousands of dollars out of illicit speculation in the funds of the state; he debauched its legislaterssaud dishonored the commonwealth; if he was peer after xill his ill-gotten gains it was only because of his uufortunate speculations in gambling houses. The state ewes him nothing, and he has net even any immediate family appealing for sympathy. Ferhaps the bill was in tended for the benefit of his creditors. At any rate his friends should be con lent te let his name and memory get into the grateful shades of oblivion. If the overloading of the Canada steamboat, which carried two hundred people across the river Styx, left any ex planation of the disaster necessary, it is furnished by testimony before the m- " quest that the joints in her upper planks were net caulked, and when she cel lapsed she was full of water from leak age. When Death is builder as well as pilot, the destination of the beat cannot be uncertain. " Riddlebeuger" would be as geed a name as any for the Virginia Repudia tes te emblazon en their banners. It has already adorned a lest cause. "What ars we here for, but the of fices, said one frank Flanagan of Texas, in the Chicago convention. And new that Conkling seems te be the under deg in the fight, the man from West Vir ginia who withstood him and mocked him in the national convention, has bis friends call at the White Heuse and inquire when his turn will come, and where it will be. mm The Pennsylvania Legislature didn't pass the prohibition amendment, but it enacted that liquor and malt drinks made in Pennsylvania shall be free from poison and deleterious drugs. The temperance people will doubtless label this legislation " an act te protect peo ple who drink." The less occasioned te the Republi can party by Conkling going out of the Senate is net nearly se serious as will ensue te it if Bin Chandler gets in. PERSONAL. Levy, the cornet player, has been ar rested at the instance of Mrs. Levy, who wants a divorce. Mrs. Betsy Perkins, of Taunton, Massachusetts, who remembers incidents of one of Washington's inaugurations, re cently celebrated her one hundredth birthday by giving te all of her daughters a one thousand dollar bend. A delegation of West Virginia Republi cans, under the leadership of ex-Secretary of the Navy Geff, called at the White Heuse yesterday in behalf of Mr. A. W. Campbell who, it is desired, shall repcive a foreign mission. The president prom prem ised te consider the matter. Admiral Ca.ru Gltn, te whom Ade laide Neilsen left the most of her fortune, intends te set aside $15,000, the intesest te be devoted te the relief of needy members of the profession, under the administra tion of himself, Henry Irving and J. L. Teele. A breakfast of sixty covers was given by General and Mrs. Notes at the Hetel des Reservoirs, Versailles, in honor of delegates te the monetary conference. Mr. Jehn Munroe gave them a dinner, and General Meredith Reed entertained them in a similar manner. A young lady was married in Louisville the ether day, and a newspaper account of the event was headed, "Mated in May." The New Yerk Graphic supposes that "Joined in June" and "Attached in Au gust" will be the fate of these vihe come later in the season. Likewise some will be "Spliced in September," " Orange-flowered in October," "Nuptializedin Novem ber" and "Doubled in December. MINOR TOPICS. Ax exhibition is te be held in the Agri cultural hall, Londen, in August, com prising all temperance aud non-alcoholic drinks, the machinery used for their prep aration, tea and ceffe services in silver and china, and apparatus for icing. Notwithstanding the immense number of immigrant constantly arriving at Castle Garden, it is impossible te supply the de mand for female help ; for every capable woman te de housework there are at least three applicants The same is true of male help; farmers, miners, metal-workers, and, in fact, mechanics of all kinds beiug asked for in far greater numbers than can furnished. Many of these people come at the instigation of friends, and proceed at once te them upon arrival. A tradesman in Reme has founded a large establishment where he employs un occupied prisoners, vagabonds and all who are incapable of earning their bread. He teaches a separate trade te each of these, according te their different aptitudes, and employs them, paying the government for the work done, and putting aside a por tion for the workers themselves, who may thus continue their work after they have fulfilled their sentence and become useful members of society. The Washington National Republican, referring te the service of decorating the graves of our dead heroes, indulges in the following doleful strain ever the failure te properly apply the result of their achievements : "They have preserved the nation, but we have net preserved liberty. We have elevated cant, hypocrisy and greed, ever patriotism, truth and liberty. Let us re pent and de se no mere. " The dyspeptic editor of the Republican is the man was net elected clerk of the Senate. In discussing a caricature of the man whom its party made vice president that sterling Republican paper, the Philadel phia Evening Telegraph, says : " The portrait of the vice president is that of a coarse, gross, vulgar ward politi cian. It is a pity, but it is true that the portrait is entirely correct and does no injustice te the physical or mental characteristics of its subject, for it must be confessed that the vice-president of the United States in personal appear ance most curiously resembles a ward politician of the baser sort." a mm a STATE ITEMS. The governor has issued invitations for his last official reception next Tuesday evening,' June 7. Frank Hustcad, a geed bill clerk in the Cerry express office, gashed his threat with a razor, but has chances te recover. Oil City Derrick : We have received an advance copy of a new publication entitled " The NewTestamcnt, Revised Edition." We have net yet had time te leek it ever carefully, but it is well printed and seems te be ably edited. It is independent in politics and we predict for it a prosperous career. J. Ceinley Kissel, a Milten painter, while en his way home at two o'clock in morning, mistook the main track for the pathway ever the culvert crossed by the Philadelphia and Erie railroad. The re sult was a fall of some sixteen feet into creek below, and he was found at day light dead. A young man who registered at the At lantic hotel, Chicago, as William Daven port, of Bradford, Pa., jumped from the window of his room en the fourth fleer and was instantly killed. Ne money or valuables were found en his person, but in a memorandum book was ah account in pencil of his losses in peels. The Messrs. Wolf have purchased the undivided one-half interest of the Wil Wil liaraspert Banner heretofore owned by CeL Jacob Sallade. And en and after June 15th the Sun and Democrat and the Ban ner will be consolidated, and will be con ducted thereafter by Henry T. Sallade and Henry M. Wolf, jr.,under the name of the Sun and Banner. The grand jury has indicted B. J. Getb ings, of Pittrten, a wealthy, retired mer chant, for indecent assault upon two little girls. Gethiegs was arrested in New Yerk two weeks a;je, just as he was about te leave this country, and he admitted his guilt te the detectives who had him in charge. He is new in the Luzerne county prison awaitiner trial. AT HAKRISBCKG. TJie Manners et the Members. Patriot. Mr. Hidings interrupted te say that Wolfe was wasting the time of the Heuse in speaking: en a motion which could net be acted uften. jut. weire sat down and a sharp exchange of words took place be tween the two. Wolfe denied Hullings' accusation and the latter persisted in it. Wolfe said sharply, "Yeu might have spoken in a gentlemanly way." Hulings replied, "I will net be over ridden by you." "Then keep your mouth off of roe. " Then Hulings arose and it looked like war. He walked te Wolfe's desk and the latter repeated what he had said. Hulings contented him self with, emphatically informing the Union county statesman that he did net fear him, and the war cloud dissolved. A short time afterward Mr. Wolf e started en another speech, when Mr. 3Iackin took occasion te interrupt him in a similar man ner. Wolfe said that this sort of thing had occurred often enough and called en the speake r te rebuke the " blackguard." Mr. Mackin retorted that he was net as much of a blackguard as the gentleman who had applied that epithet te him. Things went en smoothly after this until Rev- .Neill lest his temper ever the opposition of Myers, of Venango, te the Philadelphia Homeopathic hospital appro priation. Neill denounced Myers as a dic tator, a man without brains and of much brass and said things had come te such a pass that everybody had te bow the knee te Venango county. As seen as Myers had an opportunity he took the fleer and made a het reply, saying that if he had mere brass; than Neill, he certainly had mere than any man en .the face of Ged's earth. He was net a dictator, neither did he ever ariia in the house te cover a man with flattery, and then stab him in the dark. Myers was applauded, and Neill said he hid no reply te make te anything of that kind. Myers waved his arm fiercely aud shouted, "Ne, you can't make any reply. Yeu haven't brains enough." Mr. Imil did net take up the gauntlet and netlitntr morn was KairT Mr. Samuel Huhu, a member from the "city of bi-etherly love" ascended the speaker's chair and attempted te call the house te order. His friends, appreciating the joke, .stormed him with paper bullets. Determined te "fight it out if it took all summer" he made a second attempt and the gavel came down with still greater force This time his friends received re inforcements and by a perfect storm of balls compelled him te descend from his honerablo position and accept a mere humble one en the fleer of the Heuse. Our Xeglslature Yesterday. In the state Senate the general appro priation biDi was passed Anally and sent back te the Heuse for concurrence in amendment!:. The Heuse bill taxing moneyed securities four per cent, was passed aud rent te the governor. The bill in relation te the recorder's effice was passed unanimously and sent back te the Heuse for concurrence. The 'prohibitory amendment te the constitution was lost lest yeas 1C, nays 24. It was decided te con sider the free oil pipe bill next Tuesday morning. After passing a number of ap propriatien bills the Senate adjourned. In the Heuse the morning session was consumed in a parliamentary struggle en a motion te consider the piletage bill in the evening, and after much noise and con fusion, the hour of regular adjournment arrived, defeating the motion. The even ing ressieu was devoted te'tue considers tien of the appropriation bills. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Bosten wiJl spend fifteen thousand dol lars in celebration of the Fourth July. Silesia sent te Prince William and his bride a necklace of very large diamonds of the purest water. The first girl baby born in Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Betsy Givens, has lately died at the mature age of 103. Jehn Lynch, liring from ambush, killed Charles Lyles near Lcadvillc en Wednes day. The men had quarreled ever a min ing claim. A monument te CenfeJcrate soldiers who, fell at Antietam was unveiled at Frederick, Maryland, yesterday. The ora tor was James A. Buchanan, of Baltimore. Only two of the badges reported te be stolen from General Grant's baggage, while he was going te Mexico, were of any value, and the worth of the whole is esti- timated at net mere than 9200. The Greenback party in Iowa yesterday nominated D. M. Clark for governor, James 31. Hallam for lieutenant governor, A. D. Dabney for judge of the supreme court and Mrs. Mary C. Nash for superin tendent of education. At Grandenz, a fortified town and mili tary station of Western Russia, during artillery practice a shell fell and burst in the midst of the marking party. Three captains and two gunners were killed and three persons wounded. Patrick Luby, aged seventy years and one of the eldest residents of Union town ship, near Elizabeth, N. J., was thrown from hi3 carriage yesterday, and falling under the horses' feet, was trampled te death. Base ball yesterday : At Worcester, Mass. Detroit, 6 ; Worcester, 1. At Bos Bes Bos eon Cleveland, 5 ; Bosten, 1. At Provi dence Buffalo, 8; Providcnce, 7. At Trey Trey, 2; Chicago, 0. At New Yerk Washington, 12 ; Metropolitan, G. The report that Dersey is sick abed is contradicted, with the accompanying statement that en Wednesday he called en the president with his counsel, Colonel Rebert G. Ingersoll, and appeared te be in excellent health' and unusually geed spirits. , Sir Edward Thornten has given te Secre tary Blaine a draft en Londen for fifteen thousand pounds sterling, the sum agreed upon as compensation for damages in flicted en American fishermen in the For tune Bay affair. The money will be promptly distributed among the rightful claimants. A bill was recently introduced iu the Gcrmau Reichstag, which has for its pur pur pur posea tri-partite treaty between Italy, Germany and Austria for the protection of singing birds. Meantime two or three million armed men in theso humane countries are ready te blew each ether's heads off .at a moment's notice. Burglars blew open the safe in the store of A. H. & J. L. Majer, at Aulville, La fayette county, Missouri, at an early hour, aud in se doing set fire te the building. The citizens turned out en masse and 'Worked lilcA Tmianc lint, ninn cm-ill atnraa were burned before the flames were sub dued, entailing a less of about $10,000. The New .Yerk Assembly, 6y a vote of 61 te 5C, adopted a concurrent resolution for recess from Friday until Tuesday next. The Legislature then adjourned until neon te morrow. The large gains for Cernell for the short term" and for Depew for the long term indicate that the administration men will unite upon them. THE DERBY. THE YANKEE HORSE'S VICTORY. Graphic Description of the Gi at English juaca. I L. J. Jennings te New Tort World. Itwas four minutes past 3 when the horses went te the pest. With a geed deal of geed-humored crowding andhorse andherse play the course had been cleared and lay a riband of emereld between two human walls. The inevitable "Derby deg" put in his appearance, and having been chased and chevied in mad terror vanished as suddenly and mysteriously as he had ap peared. Thobabelef the bookmakers in the ring ceased with almost ludicrous 6ud denness as the horses drew into line like a squadron of cavalry making ready te charge. "Hats off!" ran around the throng and a quarter of a million faces, visibly flushed with excitement, were turned towards the starting point and there came upon the crowd a hush in which the flapping of the flags in the light wind could be heard. Over in the rainbow streak en the hill there is a moment's hesitation ; one horse tries, apparently, te stand upon his head, another prances around en his hind-hoofs and spars with his fore- feet at vacancy, then the tiny blot of flag falls and the horses seem, as if smitten by an electric shock, te become half as high and twice as long as they were an instant before. "They're efH " bursts with a single im pulse and a sort of relieved sigh from every lip ; then, "Ne ! False start ! " as three or four horses are seen still at the pest, towards which the ethers wheel back, one, that had geno lutuerest, nghting his jockey and boring his head rebel- lieusly from side te side as if protesting against being cheeked in such an auspici ous departure. Again they are marshalled attain the same hush and cranineef necks: again the same exclamation. The rain bow streak breaks up, shifts, is recom recem bincd like bits of painted glass in a kalei doscope. It is as if a handful of gay heads had been thrown along a table, "They're off!" in earnest this time, and every bound of the horses means 10,000 for backers or fielders. A blind man could almost have followed the different phases of the contest by the commenting murmur of the throng, grow ing louder and louder as the horses tore along, painted shadows in the distance. As they scudded up the hill Marshal Mac Mac denald making strong running for his stable companion, Den Fulane led, Geol ogist and St. Leuis close upon him, then Peregine and Iroquois, as if watching each ether. On the level ground St. Leus gees up te him, then takes a slight lead ; then the American scampers up as they descend the hill te Tettenham Cerner, the critical point of the race. It is hard te say what their exact positions are as they scurry around the bend, heading towards home, but the leaders are dropping back te the main division aud the tail is lengthening out. Fer a moment Voluptuary shows iu front as St. Leuis and Marshal Macdonald die away, and the humming commentary grows louder and mere excited. "They're round ! Voluptuary's leading 1 A-ah ! (a long sigh of relief as Geologist, against whom Peregrine has cannoned, after stag gering almost te his nose and knees, re covers himself). Peregrine has it ! Pere grine wins ! Peregrine ! Peregrine I" Up the level stretch thunder the horses, coining nearer and nearer, curiously fore shortened, a phantasmagoria of flashing colors, platted manes bobbing, silk caps with bits of faces compressed, lips and sharp chins seen between the horses' ears. Town Meer, Tristan and Pcregrine are iu front ; Den Fulane, Scobell and Iroquois just behind, like two Reman chariot teams. Up gees a jockey's hand and hjs whip falls three or four times en his horse's flank ; the animal wriggles for ward for a second, then seems te float backward, and the cry is raised, "Tris tan's beat !" Town Meer and Peregrine are a span new, and the greyhound-like favorite draws out amid a delighted rear, " Peregrine wins 1" "It is all ever!" and scores of watchers shut their glasses with a contemptuous click, as the horses flash up te the grand stand. Then a counter-rear breaks out devouring the shouting like a prairie fire : "Iroquois! Iroquois! The Yankee's com cem iug ! He has him ! (every one knows who ' he ' is and who him.7) Peregrine ! Iro Ire quis ! Archer !" and the two leaders dash by, leaving the ethers at every stride, their eyes aflame and flanks all Wet ; every mus cle strained ; their panting like the breath ing of steam engines. Iroquois's nose is at the favorite's shoulder at bis head it shows in front; Webb raises his whip and at the stinging cut Peregrine springs for ward, but his belt is shot, and with a smile Archer sheets past the judge's box with Peregrine's red nostrils at his knee. And amid such a rear as Epsom Downs have rarely beard. Jealousy, pride, all hostile emotions are, swallowed up en the instant, and the crowd cheers and laughs and cheers again, and breaking all restraint overflows into the green ribbon of tracks towards where the gallant American with his ears pricked and neck arching is com ing back te the scales, his young rider sit ting calmly triumphant with one hand en his hip. The stalwart, oiue-coated po licemen have te beseech, and threaten and shoulder and almost use their truncheons te force a way for horse and rider, while every banjo, fiddle, brass and stringed in strument en the Downs is blowing or twanging something mere or less Ameri can, and the Americans in delirious de light are breaking each ether's hats and giving each ether trip-hammer greetings en the back. The hundred and second Derby has been run for and wen by a " Yankee." .Mataene's Convention. There was much "talkce" in the Rcpu Rcpu diaters' convention in Richmond yester day. Mahene was received with rapture, applauded with fervor and endorsed un equivocally. The nominating speeches might have continued for hours, but for the intepositien and adoption of a resolu tion limiting the seconding speeches te five minutes each and only ene te each candidate. The convention commenced balloting at 9.45 o'clock, the first ballet resulting re sulting; Cameren, 296; Massey, 222; Grever,99; Wise, 126.; A motion te drop the lowest caudidate was rejected. The second ballet was fin ished at 12.30 o'clock. It resulted :;Cam :;Cam eren, 287 ; Massey, 245 ; Wise, 105 ; Gro Gre ver, 101. After the second ballet H. II. Riddlo Riddle Riddlo bergor's name was presented te the con vention, and was received with great ap plause. Mr. Riddleberger came te the front and stated, that while net a candi date before the convention, he though the office should seek the' man. Gen. Mahene was next nominated amid the wildest enthusiasm. Capt. Jehn S. Wise, one of the nominees, then addressed the convention, earnestly appealing te the convention te sacrifice everything for the geed of the party and net te consider men, and with this object in view, he urged an adjournment, which, amid great confusion and excitement, was agreed te, and the convention at 1:10 adjourned until 10 a. m. te-day. f B Kicked Oat. In Detroit, en Wednesday night, Mrs. Grew, a respectable widow, 40 years of .age, went home late after visiting a friend and found herself Jecked out, her children and servants having geno te -bed. With the assistance of a neighboring servant girl she get into the heuse through a base ment window, and tried te reach the main fleer by the dumb waiter. By semeaceident she get caught by the neck in the elevator and before her screams brought assistance she was strangled te death; Literary aud Itcllglea.. Albert B. Street, the poet, died yester day in Albany, aged 70 years. Bishop Elder, of Cincinnati, has issued a circular te the churches in the archdio cese of Cincinnati, asking prayers for Archbishop Purcell, who is sinking rap iily. In the Reformed synod at Hudsen, New Yerk, yesnerday, a telegram was received from Dr. Vanzant, professor of didactic and belemic theology at New Brunswick, announcing his resignation. He is in a dying condition. Dr. Moses K. Brewer, of Sprague, Cen necticut, has bequeathed $2,000 te the missionary society of the Methodist Epis copal chnreh and $2,000 te the Methodist Episcopal church of Wilbraham, Massa cbusetts, the latter bequest te take effect en the death of his sister. Turning the Table. Jehn Lyman Randall was arrested by three officers, in Bosten, en Wednesday afternoon, en the charge of forging an as signment of a patent for an asphalt pave ment. Yesterday afternoon the three offi cers were arrested at the instance of Randall's counsel, en the charge of illegal arrest and detention, and were required te give bail in $10,000. Randall is still in custody, but a liabeaz corpus has been ap plied for. LOCAL 1NTCLLIGENCE. TUB NINTH CAVALRY. ItsTwcnty-fltth Annual Reunion at Mecban icsburg, Cumberland Ce. The twelfth annual reunion of the Ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry convened at Frauklin hall, Mechanics--burg, Thursday, June 2, 1881, at 3 o'clock p. m. The meeting was called te order by the president, Cel. D. H. Kimmel, of Hechauicsbunr, Cumberland county, in a few appropriate remarks. Prayer was of fered by Lieut. Gee. F. Barry, of Ce. M. The society was then welcomed te Mo Me chanicsburg by Samuel A. Greff, esq., of this city, in a very happy and pleasing effort. He welcomed the old comrades of the Ninth te the home of the old colonel in well chosen words, and wished that they may all live many years mere te en joy occasions like this. The roll of membership was called, and many new members were placed upon the list. The minutes of the last iounien, held at Harrisburg, were then read and ap proved. Lettcrs of regret were read from Cel. Thes. J. Jerdan, Maj. E. H. Hancock, Capt. Jas. B. Hammersly, Jno. T. Hunter, J. H. Blain and ethers, expressive of their regrets at net being able te attend the reunion. Members who died during the past year were reported as fellows : Oscar T. Hoff Heff man, Ce. A ; Geerge Armstrong, Ce. B ; Frcd'k. Bellcn. Ce. B ; Samuel Rickett, Ce. B ; Simen B. Gess, Ce. F, and Henry W. Kuhu, Ce. G. The president appointed Comrades Wm. H. Longsderf, D. P. Barry and B. F. Isenbcrg a committee te draft suitable resolutions expressive of the sense of the society. The regular reutine of business having gene through with, the election of officers was then had and resulted as fellows : President, Cel. D. II. Kimmel ; Vice President, Capt. Gee. A. Shutnan. Capt H. K. Myers and Lieut. B. F. Iscnburg ; Secretary, I. D. Landis ; Treasurer, O. B. Macknight ; Chaplain, Leuis Gentzer ; after which the place of holding the next reunion was considered and Lancaster city was, after considerable debate, se lected. A committee of arrangements for the coming year was then announced by the chair as fellows ! William Roehm, S. A. Greff, Andrew S. Wingert, Harry II. Nissley and Samuel Swcnk. The committee en resolutions theu made the following report : "Whereas, It has pleased Almighty Ged in His all wise Providcnce tosummeii from us since our last reunion, by the band of death, Comrades Oscar T. Heffman, Ce. A ; Geerge Armstrong, Ce. B ; Frederick Bellen, Ce. B ; Samuel Rickett, Ce. B ; Simen B. Gess, Ce. F ; and Henry W. Kubn, Ce. G, therefore be it. "Resolved, That by the sudden deaths of our comrades, we are reminded that the fatal mandate, which all must sooner or later obey, comes when and where the Sovereign Master wills, and no earthly power can stay it ; and nothing can shield or place us beyond its reach, but that wc must all seen fellow or comrades te the silent city of the dead. "Rcselccd, That while we,as survivors of the 9th Pennsylvania veteran volunteer cavalry mourn their less as our own, we but bear our part and tender te the be reaved families of our deceased comrades." A veto of thanks was tendered te the committce of arrangements and the citi zens of Mcclianicsburg for the kind hospi talities shown te the visiting comrades. On motion adjourned te meet in Lancas ter en the second Thursday of June, 1882. J i-ivcnlng jsxercises. In the evening a public meeting of the Ninth cavalry, soldiers and citizens was held in Franklin hall. At seven o'clock the line was formed consisting of the old vets and soldiers headed by the Mccbauics burg band, and proceeded te the depot te meet the Gebin Guards,of Carlisle, a crack company of the Penua. Nat. Guards, who arrived en the 7:18 p. in., train accom panied by the Carlisle, band, and after marching through the sev eral streets they all then retired te the abeve named hall where the meeting was called te order by Cel. D. H. Kimmel, who nominated R. II. Themas, of Carlisle., chairman. The motion prevailed and the chairman made a short speech appropriate te the occasion. After which A. F. Shcnck, esq., of this city, was introduced and de livered the annual oration before his com rade soldiers and citizens of Mechanics burg. Short addresses were made by ether comrades. FREAKS OP MGHTK1NO. Stock Killed and 1'eeple Struck. Dr. D. A. Stubbs, of Oxford, had before the Oxford medical society en Wednesday, June 1st, 1881, a remarkable freak of nature in the way of a man that had been struck by lightning, and is still living. Mr. Gray, of Lancaster county, was sitting en his perch about 3 p. m., May 31st, when a belt of lightning struck the chim ney et the heuse, ran down it and out through a stove pipe hole into a stove, shattering te pieces, then along the fleer passing underneath Gray and between his legs, and zigzag down his right leg, ceiling around it like a snake, burning where it went, and continuing en te the little 'tee of his feet, where it burst the beet and entered the step of the perch, breaking it, and en into the ground tearing it up. In its course along the fleer, the lightning tore up the flooring aud spliters of weed flew up and struck Mis. Gray, near by, in the calf of the leg, making it quite sere. The lightning, also, struck a large tree in the yard of Wm. Parker, Oxford, en Tuesday night and breke several panes of glass in his home, yet nobody was hurt. During the same night, the lightning struck and killed several valuable cows belonging te Milten Conard, Londengrove. One animal was valued at $90. It also Btruck a neighbor's stable and splintered te pieces several stalls, in which horses were staading, but did net kill any of them. A Citizen In Trouble. Five tramps were committed by Justice Stragery, of Johnstown, for sixty days for vagrancy. One of the men said his name was Charley Beeks and he is a resident of Lancaster. MEETING OF THE' SCHOOL BOARD. Bllla Paid Lean ITecetlated City Soperla Seperla teadent's Repert Showmen and Teachers Censored High Scheel Commence ment, c. c&C. A stated meeting of the school beard of Lancaster city school district was held last evening in common council chamber. The following named members were present : Messrs. Brencman. Eberman, Erisman. Evans, Haas, Harris, Hartman D.. Hart man J. I., Herr, Jacksen, Johnsten, Lev Lev Lev ergoed, Marshall, MeCemsey, McConemy, Oblcnder Reimensnyder, Rhoads, Rich ards, Samson, Schwcbel, Smeych, Spur rier, Wilsen, Zechcr Christian, Zccber Gee. W., Warfel, president. Mr. Evans, from the finance committee, presented the follewidg bills, which hav ing been examined and approved by the comittee, were ordered tots paid : Bills Paid. Henry Slauch, three bookcases, $413.20 ; Philip Myers, making fence at James street school, $1 ; Chas. H. Barr, books and stationery, $51.71 ; A. K. Heffmeicr, chairs, $11.76 ; L. C. Eaby, school desks, settees, &c, $564 ; Lancaster city, water rent, $203.34 ; Cehe & Wiley, coal $240. 08 ; Jeseph Peel, laborer, $11 ; Jehn Bacr's Sens, desks, settees, &c, $1,824, 58 ; J. L. Killinger, cleaning school house ; $4.50 ; Henry Shubert, auctioneer, for sell ing Lemen street school-houses, $5 ; Levi Pewl, making fences and ether labor, $37.30; Hamilton estate, for gieuud rent, $28.07 ; Miss Sharp, five days teaching, Lean Negotiated. Mr. Evans, from same committee, an nounced that the $10,000 lean authorized by the beard had been negotiated, $5,000 of it bcin: taken at 3 and $5,000 at 4 per cent, premium. Dictionaries Ordored. Mr. Erisman from the book committee asked that copies of Webster's unabridged dictionaries be placed in Mr. Lichty's and Miss Carpenters secondary schools. Agreed te. Building Insured. Mr. J. I. Hartman from the school property committee announced that a perpetual policy of insurance of $8,000 had bcenvplaccd en the new Lemen street school building. He also announced that the committce had been looking at some ground in the Eighth ward with a view of purchasing it for school pnrpeses, and that they could probably report by next meeting. New Desk .Purchased. Mr. D. Hartman, from the school fur niture committee, reported that the desks ordered by the beard for the high school aud the remodeled Chestnut street school had been purchased and put in place and gave satisfaction. The German and English dictionary ordered has net yet bceu procured. Soldier's Orphan Discharged. Mr.Brencman, from the soldiers' orphans committce presented the application of Mrs. Bruner for the discharge of her daughter Anna Bruner from the Mount Jey orphans' school, en acceuut of failing health and iinparcd eyesight. The appli cation was granted. Iren Fences Ordered. The committee en new buildings report ed that they had entered into a contract with Bender & Helman te erect iron fences in front of the Lemen and James street school houses, aud with Mr. Erisman for the erection of two additional water closets iu rear of the Lemen street school house. City Superintendent's Repert. The report of the city superintendent was read as fellows : Lancaster, Pa., June 2, 1831. Te the Beard of Scheel Director. Gentlemes: The city sunerintendaut submits the following report of the pub lic schools, ter cue mentn ei Aiay. The whole number of pupils present was 2979, the average attendance was 2532, the percentage of attendance, 86. The num ber of visits made by directors was 163 ; by the city superintendent 138. Miss Scpvcrn, net being able te assume her position as assistant te Miss Kate Bun- dell, in the German and English school, and Miss Stahl's school continuing small, Miss S. F. Harkins was transferred from the latter te the former, thus saving te the district the expense of a tcacher. The attendance m Miss Stahl's school having been se small during the entire year, aver aging only 72, and this being se iu the ab sence of any special cause, the employ ment et two assistants is net warranted, aud I w,euld therefore recommend that for the eusuing term, this school be organized en the basis of having one instead of two assistants. Very respectfully. It. K. Bueuble. Statistical Repert. 3 e SE r?S e BO O 1 r. &1 e TKACHUIW. 3 r g - S &5 s je g : c Sg : : i : a a : : r ! : ? : 7 .1. P. McCiiskcy 75 71 01 0 2 Mts-j s. li. uuiuicii m iae 07 IV. U. Lcvcrgoed 121 116 95 10 9 U.S. Gates 105 33 1 1 C. V. Licuty. 56 60 91 12 Charles Matz 85 77 89 Miss E. Powers 38 SI W 3 3 " K.li. Downey......... 52 45 87 '- " Georgia Itundcll 93 93 91 5 2 ' Clara B. Ruber 73 61 87 6 2 " A. C. Brubakcr. 121 112 93 -1 3 " 1,'zzie Carpenter.... 52 48 94 8 7 " A.M. Etter. 51 42 82 17 ' M. Zug. 48 39 91 15 4 " 51. M. Miisselman.... 55 45 82 3 4 " Alice Marshall CO 5(i 85 2 2 " XellieRuplcy 58 48 82 12 7 ' SueM. Holbreolr..... 59 47 80 11 U " Kate Shirk CS 57 8!) 8 7 " Kate Cliften m M 87 9 6 " M.K. Stalil 92 70 76 3 ' L. 11. Clarksen 32 26 80 - 3 " I). U. JJair 51 42 S3 3 ' Kate I'uckius 129 102 80 , 3 " KutC Kundell 125 106 93 if 8 " I-. C. Marshall 110 121 IK) C " M..J. Bruiting 142 115 81-1 4 " Klla Carpenter 132 107 81 4 F. J. Johnsten 162 113 72 3 4 ' M. K. Zuerclicr 141 95 77 2 " Mary 'Dougherty 157 127 81 S 5 " Emily Suyilam 141 120 SI C 4 Damldnilgc B. CeuzZins. CI 52 81 1 Totals and Averages.... 2979 2532 88 163 133 Dr. Lcvcrgoed moved that the recom mendation of the city superintendant rela rela tive te Miss Stahl's school be approved. Mr. Spurrier moved te amend by refer ring the matter te the superintending com cem com mitteo. President Warfel suggested that the matter had better be disposed of at once as the teachers will be elected for the en suing year before the next stated meeting of the beard. .Election of Teachers. Mr. J. I. Hartmau moved that when the beard adjourns it be te meet en the 23rd of June te elect teachers, aud that the superintending committee be instruct ed te report at said meeting. The motion was agreed te. Chestnut Street Sewer. Mr. J. I. Hartman stated that councils had authorized the construction of a sewer en West Chestnut, from Prince te Water street, en condition that the property own ers contribute a part of the expenses. As only ene mere subscriber is needed te raise the ncceasary amount, he moved that the property committce be authorized te sub scribe $25, and thus secure the right te connect the Chcsnut street school build ing with said sewer. Agreed te. Showmen In the Scheel Roem. Mr. J. I. Hartman said that he learned that certain agent or agents el seme kind ei snow or cxniuuien had visited some of the public schools, distributing tickets among the pupils and held out inducements te them te attend the show, te which an admission of five cents was demanded. The rules of the beanl prohibited agents of any manner of exhibitors from visiting the schools in this way ; and the teachers should under stand the rules and see that they are en. forced. Instead of doing se, he was told that some of the teachers had themselves accepted tickets and attended the show, which was pronounced a humbug and a fraud. Mr. MeCemsey also deneuueed the agents for violating the rules and swind ling the children and thought the teachers who sanctioned it should be severely cen sured. President Warfel read rules 136 and 137, which forbid show agents and ethers from visiting the schools except by permission of the beard or the president, and said he bad never been asked te give such per mission nor would he have done se had he been asked. City Superintendent Buehrle was leth te believe that any teacher had authorized or permitted the showmen te de what they are represented te havedone. He thought itmore likely that the agents had met the children outside the school grounds and distributed the tickets among them there. If any member of the beard knew of a teacher hiving permitted the distribu tion of tickets he hoped their names would be given. Mr. MeCemsey said he had heard teach ers named as having permitted the. distri bution of tiekets, accepted tickets for themselves, and accompanied the children te the show ; bul he did net knew of his own knowledge that this was true. On motion of Mr. McConemy the matter was referred te the city superintendant, with instructions te investigate and report te the beard at next meeting, mere Iren Fence. On motion Dr. of Lcvcrgoed the oemmitto en buildings was instructed "te have the iron fence net only en the Lemen street front of the new school building, but also en the Lime street front. liljjn Scheel Commencement. President Warfel was en motion direct ed te appoint a committce te arrange for the high school commencement, and he named the following as said committce : Messrs. Marshall, Haas, Erisman, McCon McCen McCon omy and Brencman. Shade Treat Planted. On motion of Mr. Brcneman it- was ordered that shade trees be planted in the Lemen street school grounds at as early a day as practicable. Adjourned. JiKM-IIKOKHOOO HKWS. Near mid Acress the County Linea. Mrs. Abraham Meyer, aged sixty-two, was buried en Monday, the funeral being the largest that has been held in Middle Middle Middle town'fersome years. Mr. A. E. I teed has been appointed su pervisor of the Middletown section of the Pennsylvania railroad with his headquar ters at that place. Mr. It. L. Holiday, the late supervisor, has been promoted. II. L. Fisher, counsel in Yerk for the Ceylo murderer, very properly publishes an indignant pretest against the trial of the case in the newspapers, seme of the Yorkers haviu shown a disposition te be judge, jury and hangman. Superintendent J. C. Sheep and Mr. William Reed, or the Middletown gas works, while repairing the leak in the " pit " were ovcrcemo by gas en Monday. A gentleman standing near called for help and the unconscious men were quick ly removed from the pit and resuscitated. Emery Greve camp meeting association being about $18,000 in debt, the grounds were sold en Wednesday te Messrs Ben nett, Carrell,. Register and Bliss, of Balti more. Mr. Carrell stated that the camp meeting would be held as usual at Emery Greve, commencing en the 11th of August next, but that it had net yet been deter mined hew long te continue te camp. Most of the men of Mellert's foundry, Heading, who ' steed out " for the past fseveral days ou account of a misunder standing with their employers in the mat ter of the time for the payment of wages. went back te work again this morning. A few, however, refused te resume until they had mere satisfactory assurances that they would be paid every two weeks. Josepu Peters was the leading witness in the Raber murder trial. He is the son in-law of e'd Drews, who was hanged. Peters testified te having seen the drown ing of old Rahcr. Yesterday this witness was in Lebanon. The papers there de scribe him t be in the most abject con dition, biekeii down by disease, hardly able te dr.ic iiimclf along, tattered, tern and peer, lugging for a livelihood aud looking tj 1j )() years old, when he is but .e. On Monday Ilymau Hake, of Yerk, while employed at the Empire car works, staggered and fell. A let of lumber which he was carrying fell upon him and fractured his jaw in two places. Yester day morning, while laboring under tem porary ai.:ir:itie!i of the mind, he imagincd a piece of tobacco was sticking in his month, and taking a knife endeavored te cut it eif, indicting a wound in his lower lip about an inch in length. On Wednesday afternoon, Jehn Bewman aBavarian,c:upleycd iuMcllcrt's foundry, Reading, slipped and fell backward into the large t i:ik filled with boiling tar in which the I ire water pipe are plunged after they ate liniahrd and ready for ship ment. As he wa.s falling he was caught by the arm by a fellow workman, who saved him from being entirely immersed. Bewman plunged into the het tar en his right side and his right shoulder, arm, side and a portion or his back were fearfully scalded b.:fe:e he could be drawn out. Beth his I'ret and lower part of his limbs were also .se severely scalded that the skin drop-Kid oil. His neck and right ear was also Inn tied aud seme of the het tar splashed into his right eye, which is great ly inflamed. St. L.uki;'H Strawberry Festival. A strawlierry festival for the benelit of St. Luke's Italermcd mission, Marietta avenue, began in the large Hall en the sec ond story of the Humane cngine house last evening. Although the unpropitieux weather was against them, the ladies in charge of the aliair report a geed even ing's work. There are a number of tables in charge ( courteous attendants and amply supplied with cakes; fruits and confections. The strawberries are fresh and palatable. Durjng the evening Mar- , tin's orchestra discoursed several selections ii tteir well known artistic style, whilst a male quarto , composed of students of Franklin and Marshall college, contributed te the entertainment by their choice ren dition of a number of songs. The festival will continue te-night and te-morrow night, the admission ticket entitling the holder te a plate of strawberries or ice cream. DL'CK LAtES BY A FKOti, The Reading "Kagle's" "Latest Sensation. The Eagle having temporarily run out of ghost and snake stories, fills up the "ap parent vacancy" with the following, fur nished by a Shecmakersville correspond ent : A cittern living in the suburbs of town, had a breed of fine ducks. Seme ' of these were missing daily, and he was . unable te discover the thief. One day last t rw week he kiw a bullfrog of immense size iu the enwk that runs near his farm, and wondering whether he was net the thief, : be put a dead duck into the water. It floated slowly past the frog, who, however did net touch it The man theu put a live duck into the stream. . It swam slowly across, and suddenly the frog captured it 1 ? ...1 !- jf inf n lii-tln 4 rm ami carriwi i" mw uiueuvg uj uiiuk- rats, where he indulged his taste for young ducks.
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