h' t LANCASTER DAILI USTKLLlGENCEfc, FRIDAY, JUNE 10. 1881. Lancaster intelligencer. FRIDAY XVXMINO, JUNE 10, 1881. The Bat Wrk erGeed Mch. TheLegislatureef Pennsylvania, which has just adjourned, has net earned the award, " Well done, geed and faithful servants,!' as indeed it is net the habit of our Legislatures te de ; hut this one was quite exceptional in its ability te de its work well, and it is especially disap pointing te find that men who were ca pable of being geed legislators could make no better record for themselves than their predecessors from whom nothing very geed could have been reasonably expected. The 'leswn.te that we must leek beyond the mental capacity of men te discover proper material for our law-makers. What that body as a whole especially seemed te need was common sense. A great deal has been charged against .the, honesty of its mem bers, bat very little has been proven, and in this particular they will probably compare favorably enough with the usual class of ( our legislators. Geed measures were defeated and bad ones were adopted, and corrupt influence doubtless had much sway ; nevertheless, we are persuaded that the members, with fewer exceptions than usual, were hen est. But, certainly, they were a very twisty let. Geed men acted as though they were possessed of a devil, and ap parently did unwise things for the spe cial purpose of being considered te be feels. There, at the head of the list was Speaker Ilewit, a man of fine intelligence and capacity, with a geed record for honesty, who turned about and jumped about and leaped Jim Crew in such fantastic fashion as te leave people generally in serious doubt whether he was feel or knave; when in very truth he was neither ; he only made himself appear se because he lacked geed judgment and common sense. And there tee, en the ether hand , was Mr. Wolfe with a reputation for im pregnable honesty se well earned that nothing could shake it. His champion ship of reform was net effective because he was unable te work out his aims with calm geed judgment. The speaker and he came into the Assembly close friends, but shortly fell te quarreling in public in a very unedifying way, and very un necessarily ; if they had been equal te the occasion they would probably have been able te work together for the geed of the state, as both, perhaps, aimed te de. The evil reputation this Legislature leaves behind it does net come alone from its evil members, but is largely chargeable te the infelicitous efforts of its intelligent and well-meaning ones. Take this salary business as an lllus tratien. We find the members making common cause in an effort te compel the state te pay them $1,500 ' when the state treasurer, attorney general and governor construe the law te give them but $1,000. They dispute the correct ness of such construction of the law. Yet it is a construction which is sustained by the sense of the people and there can be no question but that the popular judgment is strongly against both the right and the propriety of this legislative demand. Suppose the right was otherwise, and that the members are entitled te their extra compensation ; can there be any possibility of a doubt of the unbecomingness of their insistence upon it in the way they have done ? They have abused, in a wholly unwar ranted way, through the report of a'cem- mittee which could neither write Eng lish, define law. or state facts, the state treasurer and the attorney genera1,whese clear duty it was net te permit this money te be paid if they believed it te be an unlawful payment. xneir j augment or cue law may have been properly questioned, but cer tainly their motive, could net be de cently challenged without; sustaining evi dence. And the consequence is that these reputable legislators, geed, honest and intelligent as many of them are, are held in contempt by the people for what appears te be an unworthy, un dignified and altogether small attempt' at a treasury grab. And they have added te the feeling against thetn by their impudent attempt te get this money by inserting a clause in the appropriation bill directing the treasurer te pay it. te them, well knowing that if the existing laws did net give it te them they were powerless thus te legislate it into their own pockets, in the face of the censtitu tienal prohibition of such a grab. It was a most unseemly attempt, and the treas urer is wholly sustained by public senti ment in refusing te pay the money. After a somewhat prolonged silence the New Era finds its voice te declare that it has no information that the in vestigating committee lias abandoned the hunt for fraud ; but at any rate " the New Era is net responsible for the action of the committee," " it has had no communication with them and none of the members are personal friends of the editor ; in fact, he is net even per sonally acquainted with a majority of them." Nevertheless, the New .Era felt justified in premising its readers " that the Reform ticket will betaken care of by its gallant, fearless defenders in the convention," and in assuring them that there was " ample evidence te prosecute and convict for forgery and conspiracy." The New Era concedes that if the in vestigation has been abandoned already our assumption is justifiable " that dis coveries of frauds were made which it pressed te a thorough investigation would have endangered the liberty of bosses en both sides." It affects te pro pre test against dropping the inquiry en this ground and wants it " pushed." The best way get this desire fulfilled is for the Era te produce and publish the evi dence it se lately claimed te be ample te prosecute and convict for forgery and conspiracy. And if it is really in doubt as te where te find mere if notice of fraud by its friends for its friends has net been brought directly te its editor let it in terview W. S. Burns, late judge of the Seventh ward and one of "the gallant fearless defenders" of the Re-form tick et, and inquire of him whether or net 153 fraudulent votes for Skiles were plumped into the SeveBth.;Ward alone, anT-hew much this had te di witfc the abandon ment of the contest Inaugurated by the New Era's I'gallanttferlei defenders" of Re-form. ' " We are glad te see both of our esteem ed local Republican contemporaries heartily approving and urging the rigid enforcement of the Landis bill te punish frauds at primary elections. As the ramiicr.pointseut,it is strangely de fective in its failure te make prevision for the punishment of election officers who stuff, tinker or make fraudulent returns ;" the Examiner ether ebjeer tien that it does net punish .Democrats for voting at Republican primaries, or Republicans at' Democratic elec tions, may be met by the general previsions of the. bill, since per sons rarely ever se vote without a corrupt consideration. On the whole it is a very sweeping bill, net se sweep ing, we trust, as te overreach its laud able objects. It isfegreat point gained te have it enacted, and te have the organs of both factions here urge its enforce ment. The evils at the primaries once corrected, the demoralization at the gen eral elections which flowed from them may be cured. With the Landis law, and the penal acts in force te punish frauds at the general elections, no guilty man ought te escape punishment for offences against the purity of the ballet. Let us have a committee of One Hundred one third of each Republican faction and one-third Democrats te punish all offen ders without fear, favor or affection. mm m. WNOB TOPICS. Ex-Governer Hubbabd, of Texas, says that 200,000 immigrants will locate and 2,000 miles of railroad track be laid in that state this year. II. Dr Marcil, editor of the New Yerk Messager France-Americaine, has called upon Prosideut Garfield te consult regard ing the establishment of a large agricul tural colony in Texas. Attorney General Palmer says he defies anyone te point out half a dozen hills that have been passed by tin? Legisla ture' that will benefit their constituents a bauble. The Patriot thinks the Senate was worse than the Heuse. At the nicctiug of the American mis sionary society, in Chicago, Treasurer A 'H. Clapp, of 'New Yerk, reported that during the last 55 years the society had received $9,031,000 in money, of which mero than $7,000,000 came from New Eng land and New Yerk. A man in Indiana, who subscribed $50 te the church en Sunday,- refused te pay the subscsiptien. The matter was taken te court,and it was decided that the church could make collections en Sunday, for they weie "cash down," but could net held a man te a contract day. made en that Mayer Latrobe has pulled off the track for re-election in Baltimore. Ex Ex Senater Whyte is put into the field by the reform Democracy and will no doubt be accepted by the whole party. His friends will de well te net dilute their zeal with indiscretion and te commend their success at reform within the lines te the whole party of the country. "All's well that ends well." The census department has distributed advance sheets of the census reports of this state by counties, towns and villages. They are lacking, however, the returns from a number of counties and are, there fore, only valuable for temporary pur poses. The villages, tee, seem te be taken very incompletely. In Drumere township, for instance, only Ccntreville is given, though the township has a half dozen much larger villages; only that part of Quarryville is numbered which is in Eden, though part of the village lies in Drumere. Many typographical errors call for cerrcc tien. PJSBbONAlj. Mrs. Garfield is rapidly gaining strength. She is able te sit up two hours or mero at a time and has a geed appe tite. In answer te the invitation of business men te speak in the Academy of Music en "The relation of Philadelphia te Pennsy vauia Transportation Lines and te the Railway Problem of the Day, " ex-President Gewen of the Reading railroad, has named Thursday, June 1G, and it is ex ex peeted that the same plan of distribution of tickets will be followed as before and that the attendance will be equally as large. Among the old soldiers at West Point is Magistrate Jehn K. Findlay, of Phila delphia, formerly of this city, who was graduated from the academy in 1824. He has been se long and prominently engaged in civil life that few think of him new as a former cadet, a soldier, and a professor in the academy. He resigned from the army mere than fifty years age, and has since been a counseller at law and a jndge of the courts, and new, in his old age, is an honored magistrate. The will et the late E. J. M. Hale, of Haverhill, Mass., contains the following public bequests : $100,000 te the public library ; the cstate en Kent street and $50,000 te the city hospital ; $5,000 te the Old Ladies1 Heme association ; $10,000 te another benevolent society ; $20,000 te the American Bible society ; $1,000 annually te the Seuth Grevsland Episcopal society, the church and parsenage, with $10,000 mero when the estate of Mr. Hale is finally closed up ; $200 a year te the Seuth Grove Greve land library. A Midnight Crime. At midnight the ether night, Jeshua Shipley, known as "Bunch" Shipley, the wellknewn owner of Shipley's Ferry, in Sullivan county, Tenn., was found wel tering in a peel of bleed in Mesby's Greve, Goodsen. He was shot under the right eye, the ball entering near the nose and ranging-slightly below the brain. His head was terribly cut and bruised with sharp limestone rocks taken from the Narrow Gauge cut and his skull frac tured in four places. He was and up te this time has remained wildly deliri ous, and the chances are against his re covery. He was taken te his hotel, the Spccr house, which he left slightly under the influence of liquor, at 10 p. m. He is aged about 55 and has a large family. The police have a clue which is likely te lead te the discovery of the murderers. A tre mendous scuffle had taken place and two pistol shots wen fired, "' Pennsylvania m m, narrower. Frem the compilation of state and mu nicipal debts made by the census bureau, the following figures in regard te the state and local indebtedness of Pennsylvania are gathered : Bended debt. Ixjcal $107,318,030 State 22,076,80 Floating. 5,353.G01. 113,615 Total.. Iecal.... State..... $129,323,345 Gress debt. Sink's fund .. $112,601,001 $19,410,351 22.190.069 1,308,577 $5,467,446. Xel debt.t $93,191,250 20,882,032 Total $134,732,270 $20,71S,JiS $114,073,312 .The total township debt of the state is only $389,051, of which $293,568 is float ing. There are twenty-nine cities in the state each having ever 7,500 population. Their net debt and its amount per capita are shown in the following table : .ZVrf debt- Per capita. AUcntewn $ 430,413 $a 82 Allegheny City 1,590,429 20 89 Alteena '. 350.000 17 75 Jiradferrt..... Nethin-r Carbendulc... 9,369 1 22 Chester 357,054 23 81 Columbia 151,500 is 23 Danville... 178,767 22 95 Kasten..... 219,1)59 18 46 Krie 1,148,72a 41 43 Harrisbunr...... 1,065,300 34 59 Johnstown 37,O0 4 42 Lancaster 464,142 18 02 Lebanon 308,700 35 17 McKeesport. 119.100 14 50 Meadville... 77.899 8 77 Newcastle 172,6.4 8 63 Nornstewn 81,200 6 22 Philadelphia 54,223,844 64 02 Pittsburgh 11,134,296 90 3$ PettsvUle 60,44'i 0 15 Heading. 999,000 23 08 Scranton..... 325,202 7 09 Hhaniekin 37,68a 4 60 Shenandoah. 72,00 6 98 TitnsviUc , 323,267 36 28 Wllkesbarre 95,096 4 07 WUliamaperc 651,272 34 40 Yerk 3J,000 2 36 It will be observed that the county of Lycoming ie which Williamsport is sit uated has no county debt. The counties having the largestfnet debt are as fellows : Allegheny' .. Bt-rks Chester...... Crawlerd.... S21.&9LC01 Delaware.... Us no Lancaster,... Lehkrh $1,044,896 1,194,589 1,135,116 971,897 745,878 1,284,535 'Jet.Hil 761.925 1,147,259 Dauphin Schuylkill... These figures represent the sum of the debts owed by all the corporate divisions of the counties, with the county debt proper. The net county debt proper is as fellows : Allegheny.... 34.8W.254 Delaware $473,200 Erie 9.114 Lancaster 368,972 iMhiah 73.349 Berks 150,000 Chester 418,020 Crawlerd.-.. 290,000 Dauphin 28-1,278 Schuylkill 254,901 MUKUE1C IN MKX1CO. Fate of a Baltimore Clergyman's Sen. Intelligence has been received in Balti more of the murder at Victeria City, Mexico, of Dr. Sylvester Rankin, son of Rev. Alexander T. Rankin, a retired Presbyterian clergymau of Baltimore. The information came in two lettcis, one from Lieut. Cel. F. DcWitt C. Fester, Fifth regiment Mexican cavalry, and the ether from the widow of the murdered man te Rev. Mr. Rankin. The murder was per petrated Sunday, May 23, en which day, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Ran kin was found under a tree at the side of the read. His left temple was fractured and there was a stab nine inches deep four inches below the left nipple, piercing the lung and severing the artery of the heart. The assassins robbed him of a heavy geld ring, oue dol lar in silver and a handkerchief marked with his initials. Twe men were arrested charged with the crime. In the pockets of one was found a bloody kuife and the bloodstained handkerchief of Dr. Rankin. The man was tried and found guilty of the murder. The ether is yet te be tried. There seems te be no doubt in Cel. Fos Fes ter's mind about their being executed for the crime. Dr. Sylvester Rankin was born in Felicity, Clerment county, Ohie, June 10, 1831. He studied medicine in Buffalo, at Lawrence, Kansas ; Denver, Cel., and afterwards in New Mexico. In Santa Fe he was made surgeon of Kit Car Car eon's regiment, and served with it until it was disbanded. He was also a-valuable scout and Indian interpreter. He was present at the battle of Valverde en the Rie Grande, between Cel. Sibley, of the Confedcrato forces, and Gen. Canby, of the United States forces. In July of 18G5 he went into Lewer Mexico, intending te prospect for geld, but he fell in with the Republican army of Mexico, fleeing from the French, and was pressed into its service as a surgceu. He remained with this army until Maximilian was executed. Traveling in the vicinity of Monterey en one occasion he was knocked down, robbed of $800 in geld and stripped of his clothes. Fer a year he was surgeon in the army of Diaz. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The Legislature of Michigan adjourned finally en Wednesday night after a session of ever live months. In Covington, Georgia, the clothes of a little girl named Stanten caught fire. Ad eline Davis, colored, extinguished the flames, but in doing se her own clothes caught fire and she was burned te death. By the explosion of the boiler of the steamship Hannah, at New Orleans, en Wednesday, one man was killed, and a number of ethers were fatally injured, five of whom have since died. At neon yesterday Jehn Griscom, the Chicago faster, weighed 177J pounds, a less of pound in twenty-four, hours during which he had swallowed 32 ounces of water, nis pulse was G4, respiration 19 and temperature 98 4-5. The majority of the judiciary committee of the New Hampshire Heuse of Repre sentatives yesterday reported a resolution postponing the election of a United States senator until the next session of the Leg islature. Diphtheria is epidemic in Ludington, Michigan. One hundred and twenty chil -dren have died there recently of that dis ease, out of a total population of four thousand. The schools are all closed and all the infected houses are quarantined by special policemen. The governor of Tennessee has directed a company of state troops te be stationed at Big Springs, te preserve the peace along the line of the extension of the Texas & Pacific railroad westward. He has for bidden the state troops te cress the Rie Grande in pursuit of fugitives from jus tice, except upon an order from the extra dition agent. In Perkasie Bruik Harper, a colored man, aged about twenty, came home from gunning and before placing his gun in a corner endeavored te discharge it, .but failed. Soen after his brother's wife came in aud they began teasing each ether. She picked up the gun, placed her finger en the trigger and pointed it at him. It suddenly discharged and the entire lead passed through Harper's head, killing him instantly. A special eloctieu was held yesterday in the Second congressional district of Seuth Carolina te fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman O'Connor. The Re publicans abstained from voting, en the ground that Mackey, O'Connor's opponent in November last, was really elected, and that, therefore, no vacancy existed. Net mero than about one-third of the Demo cratic vote was called out and it was cast for Samuel Dibble, the party nominee. Old Brandy. Recently while Jacob Pcarce was fishing in the Shenandoah river he excavated from a drift en Burwell's island,in Clarke county, Va., a barrel of apple brandy that was de posited there, it is supposed, during the great freshet of 1870, making the brandy mere than 11 years old. Mr. Pearce pre fered that catch te a'barrel of black bass. MILLERSYILJ-E. AM UNANSWKBKD UETTK. A. Itovtew or the Begulatten. Millebsville, June 9, 18S1. Te the Editor of the Intelligencer .- The following letter ceataining a state ment of the facts in regard te my suspen sion was-handed te the beard of trustees of the state normal school at their meet ing yesterday afternoon. Ne answer was received. I would net presume against the manners of the gentlemen composing the beard te such an extent as te suppose that tbey would fail te notice a communi cation addressed te thorn in such respect ful terms. Te my mind it can indicate only one thing that the beard of. trustees is net willing te be held responsible for my suspension. Hoping you will give, me this opportunity te make a fair statement of my case, I am Very truly yours, II. G. Deunueim. Milleksville, June e, 1881. Te the Heard of Trutlees State Xermal Scheel, Miilertvillc, Pa.: Gentlemen : I have lately been a stu dent and a member of the present 'senior class of the state normal school. Yester day afternoon, in company with several ether gentlemen, I went into the effice te see Dr. Brooks in reference te the ques tion of suspension. As you doubtless are aware, Dr. Brooks had announced the resolution that any student who withdrew from the school without permission would be suspended. I told Dr. Brooks that I had withdrawn from the school under these circumstances and wished te knew whether I was suspended. I told him I understood the custom was te personally notify or publicly announce in a case et suspension. Dr. Brooks refused te an swer my question in a direct manner, and told ub that we would be met by a com mittee from the faculty after supper. We went in at that time and I asked the com mittee, consisting of Dr. Brooks and six ether members of the faculty, the same question and received the same evasive answer. Finally, en my repeated demands te knew whether I was suspended or net, Mr. Wcstlake moved that I be sus pended ; Mr. Lyte seconded the motion, and, after a formal vote of the committee, the announcement was made that, I was suspended. Seme of the gentlemen who accompanied me stated their cases as being similar, but no action was taken in refer ence te them. Before leaving Dr. Brooks told me that I had never m his knowledge violated any rule of the institution in my stay of four terms, except the alleged violation in reference te withdrawing. He also stated that if I wished te come back te school I would be received. If the simple act of again attending school would remove my guilt, in what docs my crime consist ? All these facts stated can be es tablished by proof. My desire is te knew who is willing te be made responsible for ibis action ? Is Dr. Brooks responsible ; is the faculty responsible, or is the beard of trustees responsible ? Who assumes the responsibility for it? Hoping this will receive your prompt consideration, I remain, Yours very respectfully, II. G. Derniieim. P. S. An answer can be sent te the P. O., or te Mrs. Shenk's. THE ASSOCIATION OF TUG SKXKS. An Inquiry Inte the Kules and Results. Special Correspondence of the Istbllieexceii. Millebsville, Pa., June 10, 1881. An obviously unfair attempt is being made te create the popular impression that the present pretest of a large aud respectable portion of the students here against the action of the faculty is euly "gotten up by a few uuruly spirits, students and ethers, who wanted te take liberties in violating the regulations governing the social intercourse of the sexes which could net be allowed without impairiug the dis cipline and usefulness of the school." The number aud character of the students engaged in and sympathizing with the present movement effectually disprove the foregoing assumption. It gains no cred ibility of course from being the ex-cathedra utterance, as it were, of a representative of the trustees, whose journals has scarcely made pretense te give an honest and truth ful account of events here this week. The main point at issue new, is the regulation of the facultyagaiust "abusive" criticism in the society proceedings of their regulations, and the enforcement of it which has been made. As has been am ply shown in the Intelligence the denial te the students here of the right te criticise the manner of governing the school, per te, is te emasculate the institu tion of its assumed character of being a training school for teachers. It is only when such criticism passes into mere per senal abuse that the faculty can be recog nized as having any right or propriety in inhibiting it. But back of this main issue which iu our judgment must eventually be decided against the position of Dr. Brooks, and in which the students can afford te rest their case en the facts of the Ceatcs-Hipple criti cism the rules governing the intercourse of the 60X63 and the enforcement of them here have been calculated te provoke just such sharp criticism as has given rise te all this trouble. The same state of facts, as has been familiar te the students here, if published abroad, would have evoked from newspapers and the general public no less critieUm of the faculty and no-greater sympathy than they found in the vivacious society journals. These rules are under stood te be as fellows : 'Ne prolonged conversation between the sexes must take place in the Lecture Keeni, in the Recitation Beems, or in the Halls. "At the clese of the evening lectures or .so .se clety meetings, aU will repair Immediately te their respective rooms. Ne student shall correspond, meet, walk or ride with one et the opposite sex, except in case et necessity : and then only with the per mission of the Principal. A violation of this rule will be severely punished. "Gentlemen stndcnts bavin? sisters or cousins in the Institution whom thev wish te visit may obtain Visiting Cards from tLc Prin cipal, which will admit them te privileges of the Ladies' Parler at certain speclttcd times. ' Students et the two sexes, ether than rela tives, cannot meet privately except by the special permission of the Principal. Gentle men, net students, desirlns te call upon lady Btudentx, must obtain permission et the Prin cipal. ExccptforspecialreaBens.no visiting will be permitted en the Sabbatn." Under the practical operation of them in this school where the "co-education of the sexes" is claimed te be part of the plan, where it is held te be an eminent success, and where, in the language of the catalogue, "it is believed that the pre sence of each has a beneficial influencs upon the ether "results are often reached calculated te provoke ridicule, te incite clandestine correspondence, and te defeat the very ends which are held te be the ob jects of these rules. This can be illustrated by the incidents which provoked the articles that have led te the troubles. During "the commencement season," beginning with the Page anniversary an occasion when many old students revisit the school it has been customary, if net invariable, te relax the literal enforce ment of these regulations. Recently it was announced that this would net be tolerated this year ; and in explanation of the unusual stringency it was said that the fair repute of the school would be dam aged if strangers passing by the grounds saw persons of opposite sexes en the same side of the boundary line and that it was net prudent for the ladies or gentlemen te pass through the halls of the building as signed te these of the ether sex respective- iy- In the enforcement of tliese regulations it has happened, for example, that Yeung ladies aud gentlemen, members of the same literary society, participating in its proceedings, are expected during them te sit en opposite sides of the meet ing room aud te held no converse ; te meet in the class rooms aud en the way thither, and be civil only ; te leek at each ether ou the grounds from either side of the dead line in "unspeakable silence." In the early cveuing before the late Page anniversary, an estimable ' young lady student was standing ou the grounds in company with her sister and a young gentleman who had ceme te attend the an niversary. They were accosted by a mem ber of the faculty who ordered the young gentleman te the male side of the grounds, and who responded that it " made no dif ference " te the explanation that the visi tors were a .sister of the Iailv pupil and her escort. - Mr. Hartzler, of Yerk, new teaching in Hagerstown, Md., of the class of 1878, also revisiting the school at the Page anniver sary, was standing by the monument talk ing te two old Iadies, mothers of his form er pupils, when he was accosted and or dered te the ether side of the grounds. A gentlem in student upeu two requests was forbidden te take a walk with a lady relative visiting one of the professor's fam ilies, though the request was joined by the lady of the family iu which she was visit ing. It is net proposed here te criticise the regulations nor te comment upon these and like incidents resulting from their re cent stringent enforcement. They are only related as part of the history of the present case, the entire facts of which the Intelligencer alene has shown an honest purpose te publish, ft was these aud like occurrences which formed the subject of ridicule and indignation in the society journals. If the faculty had te be present and hear it, it would seem te have been the part of wisdom te meet, explain or justify them by an appeal te the students' "sense of duty and the pewer of self control," for, in the language of the catalegue again, " such an appeal te the conscience and self-respect gives exercise te the noblest principles of human nature, and tends te develop that high personal excellence wbicii we call character." The faculty saw fit te meet it differently, with what result is known. But iu weigh ing the causes of the prevailing agitation, it is only fair that it be known that the disturbance is net owing te a'prankish re volt against judicious regulation ; but rather te the childish resentment by grave and reverend professors of the het but earn est ridicule aud indignation of young men and women at ridiculous results from the enforcement of a system of discinline which fails te successfully appeal te their "conscience and self-respect." The .Situation Te-day. There is nothing new in the situation at Millcrsville te-day. Iu addition te the students whesp departure has been no ticed, Sir. J. D. Fackcnthall, Mr. Bush eng, of Bird-iu-Hand ; Mr. C. L. Liv ingston, of Philadelphia ; Mr. E. J. Dot Det tercr, of.Ceopersburg ; Mr. Michael Cock Ceck lin, of Shepherdstown, Pa., have left the school. A lady from Northampton, another from Yerk and one from this county have geno home te consult their parents. We understand that both the literary societies connected with the school have for the present suspended meetings. Considerable interest and curiosity have been excited by a large pester of unique typographical design, which has been freely distributed throughout the village of Mtllersville and tacked up in conspicu ous places. The inscription reads : "When! Where ! What is it? L Sicks D Slil lersville!" The odd style and mystical character of the logend puzzle the brains of all who have seen the bill. CECIL COUNTY AFFAIRS. Nevel Development of Legal Points In a Lecal Option Caae. Monday last the prohibitionists cave evidence of their fixed dctirminatien te enforce the recently enacted local-option-law, new in force in Cecil, by aricsting Jehn Leng, a hotel keeper in Elkton. It appears that the employees of the dredg ing machine, engaged in widening the channel of Elk river, near Elkton, have been se much under the inflnence of "spirituous and fermented liquors" that they were unable te attend te their duties Capt. Jelliffo, who is supervising the work felt very much harassed at the delay, and immediately made a successful effort te have the violator of the law punished, who proved te be the aforesaid Leng. He was brought before Justice Lewis. Geerge A Blake and L. Marshall Haines appeared as prosecuting- attorneys, and Hen. Albert Constable as counsel for the defense. After considerable discussion a verdict of guilty was rendered, and the of fender fined 50 cents and costs. At this stage of the case the prosecuting attorney ordered the commitment et the principal prosecuting witness, ou the ground that the defense had a period of sixty days te take an appeal te the circuit court ; that the principal witness upon whose testi mony they relied solely, and who was evi dently hostile te the prosecution, would leave the state, and that the justice of. the peace had concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court te enforce said commit ment. Mr. Constable objected te holding the witness, find argued that the magis trate had no jurisdiction se te de; that with the decision finding the prisoner guilty all jurisdiction of the justice ever the case ceased : that in this case no anneal had been taken te the circuit court, and al though the prisoner had the period of sixty days te determine whether he wenld take in appeal, that such right of appeal could net operate te continue the justice's juris diction, which had ceased with the decision; that in case of a trial in the circuit court nobody had ever supposed that after a judgment of guilty the court would have power te held witnesses en the supposition that .an appeal might be taken, and they consequently might be needed at seme future trial. He claimed that the only power given te magistrates te held wit nesses was where a prisoner was held for trial, and that in all cases and in all courts, in the absence of special legislation conferring such power, there was no authority te held a witness when the case had been terminated by a verdict of guilty or net guilty. However, the witness was required te give security for his appearance at the September term of court, and from latest accounts his se curities are In search of him, he having "skipped " tbaf-tewu at a late-hour Slon Slen day night. Considerable excitement was created because of the case being the first of the kind ever tried in Cecil. VANISHING STATESMEN. Tender Tributes te Neble Boosters. Speaker Ilewit received the usual assort ment of presents yesterday, which include an ivory geld-banded gavel from Clerk Huhn ; silver service from a number of the members of the Heuse, te which many of the mere repiftable representatives,such as Wolfe, Mapes, Law, Moere, McKee, French, Slack and ethers, refused te con tribute, and cold-lined spoons from the pages.! Mr. Hackett, is the member of the Heuse who liedtlie ppnragp te offer a vote of thanks te Hhe abettor of ringstefs," and it passed vita voce. The Times says there is another present that touches his heart iu a teuder spot. It is a set of silver knives, forks and spoons. The handsome ly, engraved inscription en a-silver-plate-reads thus:, ? Te Hen. "Benjamin He wit, speaker of the Heuse or" Representatives, session of 1831. Frem Jeseph R. Souder, Themas J. Rice, William II Hazlct and J. B. 3IcClecry." Tbere were no presentation speeches in the Senate.. The president-pre tem. get his present of a silver service. " Chief Clerk of the Heuse Harry Huhn put a geld watch iu his pocket, hung a geld chain en his vest and thanked the pages for a set of knives. Re nding Clerk Pier&en was given a diamond stud. Jour nal Clerk Patterson a silver swingiug pitcher, Chaplain Beck a geld watch and the cheif of the pages a watch. . Before adjournment a bold lobby, aided by the Philadelphia roosters, defeated the bill te prevent speculative life insurance. Among the most important bills which were defeated or failed for want, of time this session were the prohibitory constitu tional amendment, the Philadelphia delin quent tax bill, the recorder repeal bill, the Pittsburgh elevated railroad bill, Flinu's Allegheny license bill, the free pipe bill, the anti-discrimination bill, the chattel mertgage bill, the telegraph anti-consolidation bill, the proposed new bankrupt act, the act te appropriate $10,000 te the Penn sylvania Bi-Centennial, the state beard of health bill, the bill te prohibit speculative life insurance, the appropriations te the Gettysburg and Valley Ferge memorial societies, the act te give the marine hespi- uti iii xinu iu me uuiteu states govern ment for the soldiers' home, the bill te change the location of the capital te Phila delphia, the bill te fix the sessions of the supreme court permanently in Philadelphia and the legislative apportionment bill. State Treasurer. Butler, under the advice of his private counsel and the attorney general, having refused te pay the mem bers their extra $300 salary, they appoint ed a joint committee te prosecute their claim ter it and gave 95 each te retain out side counsel. Gee. W. Biddle, of Phila delphia, aud J. W. Simonton are their at terncys, and the case will go as any ether case te the Dauphin county court aud the supreme court, and may net be decided for months. loe a Vete. A Press correspondent describing the scenes en Wednesday night when the in surance bill failed te pass for want of a suf- ucicnt veto says : " The insurance lobby were en hand. A belder band of bleated bullies, recking with ill-gotten wealth, has net disgraced the legislative halls since the riot bribery business. Members were openly approached and offered money. One hundred dollars was the price for a vote. One member who was supposed te have great influence was premised votes for a pet scheme and $100 besides for his vote against the insurance bill. He said he didn't take it. At least he voted for the bill and thereby contributed his whole strength in favor of the reform. His name is Edwards and he lives in St. Clair, Schuy kill county. Every Harrisburg death-bed insurance mill had its representative in the Heuse. Presi dents, secretaries and general agents thronged the passages, aud the great Amer can blunderer in letter-writing, Mr. Bcltz Bcltz Bcltz hoever, of Yerk, member of Congress by ever five thousand majority, worked him self into a reeking perspiration in his ef forts te beat the bill. Sir. Bcltzhoevcr stayed en the field until Representative Hackett, of Northampton, called attention te him, and then he went out with Sir. Rhoads, of Cumberland, for a little recre ation and the subsequent proceedings bothered him no mere." It is only fair te say that of the Lancas ter county members all were present except Snader and voted for the legislation which the roosters prevented. Patriotic Metneus at Albany. In the New Yerk assembly yesterday, morning Mr.Bradley said he "had received $2,000 te pay him if he would vote for Chaunccy 31. Dcpcw instead of Piatt, which sum he had handed te thh speaker," and he asked for an investigation. The speaker corroborated Mr. Bradley's state mhnt, and said he had the money in his pocket. After seme debate a committee was appointed te investigate that and ether charges of bribery. The adminis tration people denonnce Bradley and his 'fabricated sensation. STATE ITEMS. Jehn Irving was caught between the walls and the cars in the Hullenbeck mine, near Wilkosbarre, se that his right ear was nearly tern efTand ether injuries in flicted. The Philadelphia councils have com promised with the small boy and will tolcrate " fire crackers " during the 4th of July season. The fireworks makers premise te abandon all dangerous toys. Samuel Hatfield, ten years old, Phila delphia, was run ever and killed by Ridge avenue car Ne. 12, at Master street, owing te the slippery condition of the rails and the lad's negligence. A company organized in Philadelphia, in which Adjutant General James W. Latta and Prothenotary Charles S. Green, of the supreme court, are prominently con cerned, has put $125,000 into tbe Living stone silver mine, Colerado. The hotel fiend with the box of sawdust has done the Rambo house at Norristown. He has a stock of counterpanes by this 'time, having robbed the taverns from Slanheim te Conshohocken. James Slewbrey, a nine-year-old young ster who lives with his parents at 1443 Sleunt Helly street, Philadelphia, and is a bad boy, waylaid Isabella Curry, aged 15 and delicate, threw unslacked lime into her eyes and entirely destroyed the right one. Edward Leng, of Philadelphia, is held upon the charge of evading the customs duties in the importation of woolen rags as " cotton " into the United States from Canada through the pert of Charlette, N. Y., the amount of which the govern ment has been defrauded being estimated at $0,000. A "Blair county voter" writing in the Times wants Hewit te employ his great literary talent in writing up a history of the Cerry. fish hatchery its purchase, erection and utility, and particularly its cost in detail, and who get the money. "If published in pamphlet form it could be utilized as an electioneering document and would be potent, no doubt, with these who doubt the ingenious economy of our Benny.' " Serai Annual Meeting. The Lancaster bar association will held its regular semi-annual meeting en Mon day, June 13th, 1881, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the court room. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ITEMS 'KOM WASHINGTON IIIIKUCG1! The Kivcr KMIng Kaftinen Keaily Kowilj Kewilj isin Lest Meney Ket-uvereit. The river is rising rapidly and will, no doubt, become very high in consequence 6f the heavy rains of several days past. Rafting crews are preparing for another season of rafting ; the river being in ex cellent condition. " Twe honcet shad peddlers en Monday, while coming en the pike from Lancaster aud neariug the hotel at Millersville, feuud a well-filled i.vekct-boek lying en the street railway. One of thorn jumped out, picked it up, and opened it. It contained from $G0 te $7." in notes anil a number of bank ehf cks. A. Itfr. Witmrr, of Millersville, tax qollcetoi-jof Maner township, was only a short way. off, and en asking him he said it was his. The honest shad peddlers gave it te him, aud get nothing. Late en Monday evening a man named Witmcr, who is said te have been intoxi cated, at the time, entered -Jaeeb Cellins' confectionery store in the lower part of town,, aud behaved disorderly, threatening te upset the scales, break the showcase, &. He knoekid ever the scales and Sir. Cellins knocked him down, when in jump ed a third p irty and knocked Sir. C. te the fleer. Beth parties i wrnt for Sir. C.'s lie d with their heels; iniictimr some pain rnl mark-, and causing him te faint. Sir. II. II. Giccu, a stout six-footer, took Wit mcr away and put him out of the store, when the latter opened tire ou Sir. Green. Sir. G. seeing that his only salvation was te knock Winner down, let fly and gave him a bread-sider which effected a land ing. Se gees the story of a participant. SrKKET WUUK. rropewtlft Opu'ietl unit CentractH Awarded. Last evening the street committee open ed the bids for the street work advertised for by them. Fer paving North Queen street from Orange te Chestnut with Belgian blocks there weie two bids, enb by Cunningham & SIcNichnl, ami the ether by Jehn B. Lukens & Ce. As the street committee are net acquainted with the standing of Lukens & .Ce.. the bids were net divulged but laid ever for future consideration. The bids for building a five feet sewer along Chestnut street from Areh alley te Water street, and thence south te cenuect with the present Water street sewer, were as fellows : Schwebel & Dietz $1,789 ; Smith & Shauh, $1,800. The contract was awarded te Schwebel & Dietz. Fer macadamizing West Lemou street from North Queen street te the Pennsyl vania raihe.td. the bids were : Jehn Slent Slent zer, $1,504 ; Smith as Shaub, $1,700. The contract was awarded'te Sir. Slentzer. Fer grading North Slary street, between James and Frederick streets, the bids were : .Martin Kcndig, 17 cents per yard ; Smith & Shanb, 18 cents per yard. The contract was awarded te Martin Keudig. Fer grading West Slarien street, west of Nevin, Martin Ivendig was awarded the contract, at 1G cents per yard, he being the only bidder. Fer laying the three-feet sewer en Chestnut street from Market te Water street the bids were : Smith & Sbaub $700; Schnel-cl & Dietz $000. As the property holders along the line of the pro posed scwei premised te pay one half of tbe cost, and as they have net yet sub scribed their full proportion, th'c awarding of the contract was deferred. TRAMPS CAUGHT. Ten aicn H'lie Wanted a Clieap Lodging l'lace. Last night Miertly before 12 o'clock a gang of ten tramps were found iu a freight car which was standing en a siding of the Pennsylvania railroad company at the Han isburg turnpike. The car was leaded with baled hay, aud after the tramps en tered it they tore open several of the hay bales aud made beds for them selves. The men. were discovered by the boss of the section who was walking past the car. He informed Officer Flick, who, with Chief of Pelice Deichler and Officer Daily, went te the car and ciptunul the whole gang and they were taken te the station house. They gave their names as fellows : Jehn Gravel, Themas Hughes. Henry Kelly, James Lynch, Jehn Baily, Jehu Martin, James Chapman. James Duffy, m. SIcIIenry and Win. Burns. The railroad officials made com pi lint before Alderman A. F. Dennelly, charging the men with malicious mischief, aud they were committed te prison for a hairing. Some of these men are rather well dressed and the faces of very few. if any of them, are familiar te our police ceiuts. The names given by them are no doubt fictitious. Our ilerny-IIantled Partner. The Farmers' club of Pennsylvania has always had twelve members, each of whom gives a dinner te the ethers euce a year, the reunions being held monthly. The club was invited by Geerge W. Childs te dine yesterday at Wootten, bis new country place, near Bryu Slawr, 20 miles out en the Pennsylvania railroad, named by Sirs. Childs after the ancient scat of the Greuvilles in England, the home of the Duke of Buckingham, be- a cause of the kindness of that nobleman te Sir. Childs and herself when they visited there. Besides the members of the club, many ether prominent men were present, including Sir Bayard, Sir. Randall, Jehn Welsh. Wayne SlacVcagb, James Duffy, Cel. Wm I J. Fordney and ether noted far mers. Tla-i e were twenty-two courses and the dinner was served in a tent en the lawn, the table being brilliant with flow ers, plate an i rare china. Number One. At the Naval Academy, Annapolis, the published grades of the graduating class place Cadet Jehn L. Sheck, from Sit. Jey, this county, and brother of Percy B. Sheck, of the Marietta Register and son of Mr. Jehn Sheck, at the head. The high est multiple obtainable during the whole course of four years at the academy is 760. Sheck has 707.74 and the next man has only 080.83. Our Lancaster county boy is only 21 years of age and has for some time been assistant teacher of mathe matics in tbc academy. At West Point uoLancasterman gradu ates this year. The top -men there are : Jehn Slillis. Sliehigan ; Jehn Diddle, Michigan ; E. O Brown, Wisconsin ; II. F. Hedges. Massachusetts ; James G. Warren, New Yerk ; Edwin St. J. Greblc, New Yei k. May Wins Once Mere. The station house was full last night, but the euly offender before the mayor this morning was Slary Wise. She was released from prison yestenlay morning and immediately proceeded te get her hide full of iu in. Sire was net long in getting drunk and she then began making things lively ou East King street. Going out te the prison she was making a great racket tlfte when Officer Elias ar rested her. This morning the mayor gave Iit sixty days in prison. Slary is very fend of whisky and rather than rem-iin sober she will drink beer. She is the woman who was partly mar ried te Frank McDonald some time age by Alderman Barr, but was sent te jail seen afterwards and hasnet had an oppor tunity of seeing SIcDenal J since. She will new be able te spend her Fourth of July iu prison and will miss many picnics. Held te Ball. Wm. P. Wirth charged by Wm. Rich ardson with surety of the .peace was held te bail by Alderman Barr te answer at court. The charge of assault and batter against bim was dismissed.
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