LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES T I ESDAY, DECEMBER 6.1881. lUncastei intelligencer. TUESDAY EVENING, DSC. 6, UW1. An Unenviable Peflltfm. , The narrow majority which theJBe publican party has in the lower branch of Congress makes the iosilien of the speaker and of the party a very difficult one tc profit by. Under such circum sbuices a first-class man was needed in the speaker's chair te de honor te the posi tion and himself, and te secure advan tage te his party from its power. The Republican party is far from being such a unit in sentiment as te cause it te be readily moved in a solid column, and when it finds itself tied in the Senate, and with a bare majority in the .Heuse, it certainly is net in a position te he en vied. It is far better for the Democratic party te be in the powerful minority it holds than te be in a narrow majority. In the last Congress, though it had a fair working majority, it often came te grief through the intractability of its mem bers, and although 'there is a greater ductility in the "Republican political temperament it is net te be expected that all the Republicans will show them selves te be well-behaved puppets and easily moved pawns. The signs which indicate the Republi can disruption are se decided that it can very safely be prophesied. Nothing hut conciliation and forbearance en the part of these holding the reins ever it can maintain its unity ; and of such forbear ance there is absolutely no indication. The president and his advisers are of the class of men who have shown concilia tion te be no part of their policy. They believe in moving straight forward in the pursuit of their aims, ever the bodies of these who stand in their way. It is a geed iwlicy in war, and against avowed enemies, but net se geed towards these who are needed as allies. Leaders of parties that are redundant in strength can afford te be arrogant, but when they have no strength te spare it is necessary that they should be prudent and conciliatory. The Republican president has identi fied himself, in the course of the contest for the speakership, with one wing of the party, and that the one with which he has been believed te be in sympathy- He has gene se far as te invest Senater Cameren with authority as his represen tative, by the simple, but eloquent in junction, "see Cameren." Everyone is perfectly familiar with Senater Cam Cam eeon's methods and aims. When he is made the president's mouth piece te his party it is a declaration that there must be absolute submission or the knife. Intelligent Republicans of the ether persuasion, of course, recog nize the situation ; and all who are net supine enough te deliver themselves te the Stalwart embrace have no resource but in open rebellion. Nearly all the congressmen from Pennsylvania deter mined submission te be better than valor. Of course, there is no denying the humiliation of their position. They consented te be placed in it with full knowledge of it. They sacrificed their independence te retain their claim upon government patronage. Without this the ordinary congressman of the party in power cannot sustain himself. He feels that he needs this support, te stand up among his. constituents. There is, however, an important and growing ele ment in the Republican party of this state that will net submit te be kicked. The idea of Senater Cameren is that he can always keep it under with the adminis tration at his back. Probably he can as long as the contest is within the party lines. Hut it has already gene boj'end, and the discontent has been shown te le se great as te make it impossible te .stamp it out in the favorite style of (.J rant-Cameren slactsmanship. When a Republican newspaper of the standing of the Philadelphia Telegraph finds itself impelled te denounce the president of its party as a trickster who has again and again descended from his high office te play the part of a ward poli tician, may be said with confidence that there is a fatal lack of harmony and geed feeling in the party which holds control of the national power barely" by the skin of the teeth." The election of Keifer was caused by the interference of the president and for no ether reason than that he was the candidate most ' agreeable te Stalwart Republicanism. There is no dispute about this fact. The Telegraph expresses what is universally recognized when it declares that "the success of Mr. Keifer is a complete triumph for the Stalwarts, and was di rectly accomplished by the efforts of President Arthur, ex-Senators Conkling and Piatt, and Senater tCamcren. Te say that, is simply te say that it was ac complished by deceit and trickery, and. in subversion of geed policy and the wel fare of the Republican party." And the threat is suggestive with which it says" that if "Chester A. Arthur, president by grace of Guileau," will "go back te the last summer, and recall the immeasur able indignation they (the people) then showed against the political faction whose shattered fortunes he is trying te rebuild, and their profound distrust of himself, he may perceive that it will be better net te arouse again the spirit which was then evoked." mm m- If, us a correspondent points out, the subject of one of the Snyder-Rewe prose, culiens is a dead mau who had net prac tised medicine for many years in this ceuuty and only came into it te die, there will only be furnished fresh illus tration of the reckless greed with which this blackmailing business was set about. The wonder is that any physician in the county escaped prosecution, since, ac cording te the law, as Snyder's alderman administers it, ever-one is a criminal, and there is no escape, except by buying off the prosecutor. . Questions of economic interest arc likely te absorb a large share of atten tion in the proceedings of the new Con gress. Each of the political parties is far from being a unit en these, and ex igence has shown that the result of varying opinions among individual members, often distinguished for their ignorance, is crude and imperfect legis lation resulting in greater evils than these sought te be cured. MINOS TOPICS. Austria proposes te celebrate with .-v eral festivities the approaching centenary of the abolWen of serfdom by Jeseph TL Vienna will have a grand gala. y Suspicious officers of tbn Royal arsenal in Woolwich, Eng., nemas among the ceutcnts of a straDge looking package from America, suspected of Fenian fiend ishness, encountered the deadly odor of fresh guano. Tourists alwajs take pleasure in leek-, ing at the houses wherein great men were bera, and hence it is a pity that the birthplace of the author of " Hudibras " has been demolished, but after the man ner of European sharps they can probably build just as mean looking a structure and pass it off for the original. TniNGS are coming te a pretty pass when the late Cameren organ in this coun ty approves McPherson's nomination as clerk and says that Den Cameren's mau for speaker is .net flt, honest, brave nor an earnest Republican and that this "will net be denied." The Examiner is inching along. Fkem the outlook at the Phoenix works a year of activity in iron is anticipated for lb82. The company has orders' for 10,000 tens of bridge iron, te be completed by June 1, 1812. It is estimated that there will be 20,000 miles of railroads built next year, and no manufacturer of steel rails will accept orders at present prices. It having been developed that the Ccn tralseup house of Philadelphia marked " exempt " en the tax books as a char itable institution in scveial years of pecu lation in the tax receivers1 office paid $G25 into that office, all of which was stolen, the matter was brought te ex Receiver Smith's attention and suit threatened. It was shown that the money went into his hands by his endorsement en the checks. The ether day somebody, who said Smith scut him, returned the money te the soup house management. Smith indignantly denies having sent it back. Of course. uiiuiSTMAS laws upeu euudayuiis year and, as usual in cases of such concurrence of holiday and holy day, we presume Mon day will be kept as the time of festi val observance. At the same titue we believe people-generally would much pre fcr Saturday as the time for Christmas and let the day of rest and cure fellow rather than precede the excess of enjoyment and of feasting. It is much better for all pur poses te cud the week with a holiday thau te se begin it. The commercial exchanges in the lame cities must likely regulate this matter for the whele country, aud with them the rule is te take Monday rather than Saturday. But if practicable for Lancaster te go it aloue we would vote te observe Saturday, the 24th, for Christmas. Tin: popular " Baby Mine," familiar by frequent late use iu minstrel entertain ments and parlor baliad-tiuging is net, as is gcncially supposed, of quite recent com position and publication. It was written by Charles Mackay, the popular English poet and journalist, who wa born away back in 1812, whose weik en newspapers, his histories of Londen and the Thames, his lyiics aud ballads made him one of the most versatile and popular of light Eng lish writers from 1810 te 18G0. lie visited this country and lectured ou "Seng," about 1857, aud holds about the same place iu Englihh literature as Geerge D. Prentice in America. "Baby Mine" was Part 1 of " The Sailor's Wife," the whole of which is printed en our fourth page te day. i PERSONAL. Dan Rick, the "reformed circus clown" and new temperance lecturer, is lying seri ously ill in Pittsburgh, threatened with diphtheria. Themas J. Baiigbb, a prominent Phila delphia Democrat, is feared te be in the last stages of a long continued serious illness. Jehn W. EckjiaN, of the Pert Kennedy iron company, has been elected chairman of tlie Republican county committee of Montgomery, te succeed Cel. Jehn W. Schall. The New Yeik Times recalls that Cel. Hoeker, the Republicansergeant-at-arms, is the author of the happy sentiment : " A mau is a d d feel wne wouldn't be a Re publican in Vermont and a Democrat in New Yerk city." Nei.t.ie Hazeltine, the famous alleged St. Leuis belle, was quietly married yes tciday in Philadelphia te her Freddv Parameue. They had the affair come off in Philadelphia because they feared the St. Leuis papers would make such a racket ever it. All the same the Philadel phia papers get such full accounts that the bride is suspected of giving it away. Genevieve Ward, the actress, con tested the right of Messrs. Lester Wal lack and Theodere Mess te produce " For-gct-Me-Net " at Wallack's theatre, claim ing that she had the only right te produce the play, which she purchased. The de cision of the New Yerk court is rendered in favor of the plaintiff, giving her the title te the play, and a reference is ordered in regard te her claim for damages. After several years absence Mr. Henry James, jr., returns te the United States with the dress, air and manners of an Englishman. He is about medium height, strong but net stout in figure, and appears forty years of age. His hair and eyes are dark, his forehead high, and he weais a full beard close cropped. In England he has been mistaken for the Prince of Wales. Mr. Jaincs will spend the winter at Cam bridge. Mass., where his father aud brother reside, and he will work at a new novel. JSxploalen or Nltre Glycerine. Iu the Bradford oil resien. near Kinzua Junction, the Rebert's magazine contained i.jue pounds et the explosive. Twe shooters went te it for four cans of glycer ine. They noticed that the cans en top were smoking and departed in haste, fear ing an explosion. They made three visits te the plane within au hour and telegraph ed te the company that their magazine was about te explode. About neon the in agazine was blown up. This is the first case et combustion in a glycerine magazine ou record. The men at nearly the distance of a mile 6aw the explosion and the shock was terrible. A forest covering nearly three acres was splintered. The 'earth trembled as if shaken by an earthquake, the shock being felt in Bradford. At Kin zua houses were shaken, windows broken and ether damage done. Four Hundred Heads Cut Off. The Chinese intend te extensively for tify the western frontier of Kudja when tl.ey occupy that district next spring and te transfer 8.000 families from Kashgana te replace these who emigrated te Russia. There have been two Mussulman revolts during the last four months against the Chinese garrison at Yang Hissar. Twe hundred Chiuese were massacred. Four hundred rebels were subsequently be headed. i xlvii. t THBNBW OONQRBSS. MCKNES AT 1UC OPKH1NG XESTEKDAV. T!KewpejUcr' tfanamllmtrodactie. When Congress met yesterday the view ever the Heuse was very enlivening. Ac cording te the Timet correspondent, upon the speaker's table rested four exquisite floral designs, which only waited for the formal election of the gentleman who was te fill the vacant chair te be appreciated. There was a handsome bouquet upon the desk of the veteran Judge Kelley, of Penn sylvania, white Pound, of Wisconsin ; Tem Yeung, of Ohie ; Pettibone, of Tennessee ; Dunnell, of Minnesota, and Ryan, of Kan sas, came in for their share of floral favors. There was Congressman Springer, with the inevitable boutonniere, and there was the youthful Frest, of Miaseurs, following suit with the lapel decoration. A short time after the session began the desk of Charles O'Neill, of Philadelphia, was lit erally leaded with roses. The pinched and withered form of Alexander H. Stephens, in his wheeled chair, was moving uneasily up and down the space in front of the clerk's desk. Ou his check bone was a court plaster patch as big as a silver dol lar. On his head was his customary slouch hat, which he always wears during the session of the Heuse and which he only removed te take the oath. On his hands, which are no bigger than a child's, was a pair of kid gloves, the fingers of which were at least two inches tee long, giving a grotesque and hooked appearance te his hands. Stephens has been dying for a geed while, but he does net seem te be auy nearer death than upon his first ap pearance en the fleer of the Heuse Repre sentatives after the buret up of the Con federacy. The keen-eyed Kassou sat iu a central portion of the Republican side, ilauked by Robiusen, of Ohie, aud Calkins, of Indi aha. The rotund Robeson bounced in and out of his chair into the main aisle, both of which he appeared te fill with his robust person at the same time. " Sunset " Cox, fresh from his European tour, kept bobbing around, shaking bauds here aud there among the members and holding quite a levee ou the Democratic side dur ing the earlier part of the day's session. His ucw chin whiskers seemed te set strangely en him. Hiscock occupied an extra chair at the extreme rear of the Re publican side and leaued pensively against the railing, bearing a decidedly melan choly leek. Ex-Speaker Randall occu pied his old seat en the fleer ou the right of the speaker's desk and looked sedately through lus.spectccles en the scene around him. There was an incessant hum of voices, which was only hushed wheu the nominations for speaker were made. Keller's Speech. Keifer having been declared eleeted.after several blunders by Clerk Adams, in one of which he declared Greenbacker Ferd elected, the new speaker said : " Gentle men of the Heuse of Representatives, I thank you with a heart filled with grati tude for the distinguished honor conferred en me by an election as your speaker. 1 will assume the powers of this high office with, I trust, a due share of diffidence and distrust of ray own ability te meet them acceptably te you aud te the country. I believe that you, asabedy and individu ally, will give me hearty support in the discharge of all my duties. I premiso te devote myself faithfully and assiduously te the work before inc. I invoke your and the country's charitable judgment en all my official aets. I will strive te be just te all, rcgaidlcssef party or section. Where principle is involved I will be found te be a Repubiicau, but iu all ether respects I hope te be able te act free from party bias. It is a singular fact that, at this most prosperous time iu our nation's histeiy, no party in either branch of Con gress has au absolute majority ever all ether parties, and it is, therefore, peculiar ly fortunate that at no ether time since, and for many years prier te the ascension of Abraham Lincoln te the executive chair, have there been se few unsettled vital questions of a national character in relation te which party lines have been closely drawn. The national prosperity of the people is in advance of any ether period in the history of ourgov eurgov ourgev erument. The violence of party spirit has materially subsided aud in a great measure because many of the reasons for its exist ence are geue. While the universal ten dency of the people is te sustain and con tinue te build up an unparalleled pros perity, it should be our highest aim te permanently promote and net cripple it. This Congress should be, and I profoundly nope it will be, marked peculiarly as a business Congress. It may be true that additional laws are yet necessary te give te every citizen complete protection in the exercise of all political rights. With evenly balanced party power, with few grounds for party strife, and with no impending presidential election te distract lis from purely legislative du ties, I venture te'snggest that the present is an auspicious time te enact laws te guard against the recurrence of danger te our institutions aud te insure tranquillity at perilous times in the futre. Again thauking you for the honor conferred, and again invoking your aid and geuereus judgment I am ready te take the oath prescribed by law aud the constitution and feithwith proceed, with my best ability, guided by a sincere and honest purpose, te discbarge the duties belonging te the office with which you have clothed me. A Little Flurry. During the swearing in of the members there was a little friction when the objec tions were announced. Mr. Jenes, of Texas, objected te the administration of the oath te Jeseph Wheeler, of the Eighth district of Alabama, and asked that he stand aside Mr. Randall asked for reasons, and held the " landing aside " was the member's voluntary act when any member objected The streaker held that the chair had 1 the power te designate the order in which members might be called, and, therefore, ruled that Mr. Wheeler must stand aside. Mr. Randall declined te appeal from the decision, and Mr. Wheeler stepped aside. The swearing in of members, was then continued. The next objection was made 'te Mr. Cutts, of Iowa, by Mr. Springer, of (Illinois. Mr. Van Voorhees. of New Yerk, objected te Mr. King, of Louisiana, who leturned the compliment by object ing in his turn te Mr. Van Voorhees. Mr. Springer objected te Mr. Wadsworth, of New Yerk, and Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, te Mr. Dibble, of North Carolina. When the state of Mississippi was called Mr. Moere, of Tennessee, rose, and, in a dramatic manner, said : "In the in terest of justice, in the interest of com mon fairness, iu the interest of geed gov ernment and the civilization of the nine teentn century, I respectfully and solemn ly pretest in the name of the American people against the administration of the oath of office te the Hen. J. R. Chalmers, of the Sixth district of Mississippi, te a seat in the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States." Laughter The state of Tennessee being called, Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, imitating the tone used by Mr. Moere, said : "In the name of humanity, in the name of the civiliza tion of the nineteenth century ; en behalf, of the American people, who love geed order and expect te see a postmaster ap pointed from Tennessee te fulfill the duties Of his office ; in the memory efc the name Of Carey Yeung (Mr. Moere's predecessor), I de most earnestly object te the taking of the oath by Win. R. Moere, of Tennessee. I Laughter. i All the gentlemen objected te were com pelled te step aside, and after the mem bers net objected te had been sworn they were sworn in. The Republican caucus nominees were then elected officers of the Heuse, the Pennsylvania kickers net registering their votes for McPbersen antil after he had received a majority without them. Xi m r LATEST NEWS BT KAIL. A fire at Marietta, Ga., destroyed sev eral stores, causing a less of $75,000. California has quarantined against Chi Chi Chi oage ou account of small-pox. The Mexican government has contract ed with Mexican parties for the establish ment of a mortgage bank. It is expected that the Spauisb Certes will adjourn en the 20th instant until January 18th, 1882. The less from the burning of Haight's tannery, near Saratoga Springs, will prob ably amount te $120,000. The pigeon match at Hendau, England, between Dr. Carver and Mr. Stuart Wort Wert ley, resulted iu a tie, each killing eighty three birds. The rly has made sad havoc in the wheat fields of Southwestern 3Iicbigan. Fully one-half of the wheat in many fields has been destroyed within a few weeks. A Hide aud Leather exchange was or ganized by the manufacturers of and dealers in leather and leather goods at Cincinnati. Officers will be elected en the third Monday of this month. $1,000 damages have just been awarded by a Western court te a man who caught cold while riding in an emigrant car, wheu, as he claimed, he was entitled by his ticket te a seat iu a parlor ear. On the last settling day the French gov ernment placed $30,000,000 at the disposal of the Bank of France, te enable it te meet all demands without raising its rate of discount. The entire manufacturing department of Cherry, O'Ceuner & Ce., lessees of the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., was burned yesterday. The less ever the in surance is about $2.10,000. Six of the con victs escaped. The New Yerk Express appears consoli dated with the Mail and under the name of the Mail and Express. Cyrus W. Field is the owner of the journal, and it is his purpose te make it a leading' paper of the country. Mrs. Frauccs Guest, aged G5, while ou her way te church, in Baltimore, was run ever at North and Monument streets by a locomotive. Her left limb and arm were both horribly crushed. She wes taken te the city hospital, where she died. Maude Heward, a colored inmate of the St. Leuis city jail, lit a cigarette in hercell and threw the lighted match ever her head. Her dress was ignited and before the flames could be extinguished she was se terribly burned that she died. Yesterday was " Plauters' aud Manu facturers' day " at the Atlanta exhibition and the attendance was large. Commis sioner Loring will speak at the exhibition te morrow en " The Mutual Relations of American Industry." Mrs. Elizabeth Celcmau, convicted of manslaughter in the third degree in sheet ing and killing Geerge F. Cotes, an em ployee of Miner's theatre, New Yerk, has been seutenced te state prison for four years by Chief Justice Davis. The committee appointed te confer with Colonel Danferd respecting the affairs of his. banks at Hunuewcll, Kansas, and at Bcldwell aud Osage City, have accepted his preposition and left with him te meet his friends. This will probably settle the whole matter. The dead-lock in the silk trade iu Japan has been removed by the practical sub mission of the foreign merchants te the Japanese demands. Five millions of dol lars' worth of silk held by the Japanese for six weeks is new en the way te West ern markets. All vessels from the United States beuud te Panama should, if possible, ship colored crews. Yellow fever is new epi demic in the colony, and many white sea men are falling victims te it, but colored ones de net seem te be affected in the least. m In " Secial Circle," Ga., Mrs. Anglin learned that her husband was at the house of a Mrs. Jacksen. She took ,a large, sharp knife and went te Mrs. Jacksen's house aud stabbed her in the abdomen four times, killing her. Mrs. Anglin is in Madisen jail. Jewels valued at 80,000 have been stolen from Lord Arthur Hill-Trever's scat at Brynkinalt, near Chirk, in the north of Wales. The robbery was effected while the family was at church. A man servant of the family was arrested te day as an accomplice. The- annual death late of Londeu has increased, like that of New Yerk. Fer the weekended November 12, the death rate increased te 22.4 per 1,000. The 1,G3G deaths included 41 from measles, 49 fiein scarlet fever, 27 from smallpox, 23 from diphtheria, 8 from whooping cough, 3 from typhus fever, 5 from enteric fever and two from simple cholera. STATE ITEMS. Wiiliam Scull, employed at Satters Brethers' boiler works was killed near Phcenixville by the Pottstown accommo dation train. He was unmarried and for racrly lived at Scranton. Martin Chait, the old hermit of Cerry, was struck by a train in Erie and the top of his head knocked off. His brains wer6 gathered up in a shovel. Chait is reported te have been very wealthy. Jehn McKeown, GO years old, residing at Third aud Jeffersen streets, Philadelphia was accidentally run ever by the car 29, of the Fourth and Eighth street line, at Eighth street and Girard avenue last even ing anu died seen alter ward from his in juries. Rebert Bcnuie, who shot and killed Themas Brcnnan, while sheeting at an ether man at Locustdale, en the 4th of July, and who was found guilty of volun tary manslaughter, has been sentenced te six years and six months iu the county prison of Schuylkill. The Lehigh coal and navigation com pany's mine Ne. 9, at Lamferd, near Mauch Chunk, which caught fire three months age, is new being opened, the steam injected into the shafts having ex tinguished the flames. It is believed the colliery will be in full operation by the be ginning of April next. Yesterday the driver of an odorless ex cavating cart, Philadelphia, found the de capitated and partially dismembered re mains of an iufant, apparently five months old, among the refuse which he dumped into a pit en Magazine lane. The lead bad beeu taken from a well in a court known as Lembard row, en Lembard street above Seventh. Nene of the tenants appeared te Knew anytmng aoeuc ine eady. ' m m A Plucky Weman. A desperate struggle took place en an express train from Chicago last Saturday afternoon, between Henry W. White, a stage robber, and United States Marshal Wilcox, who was taking him te Detroit. White, who had been apparently reading a newspaper, suddenly arese and attacked the officer with his handcuff, the lock of which he had picked with a toothpick. A courageous woman, Mrs. Smithson, of Denver, threw her arms around the ruffian's neck aud hampered his struggles until two guards hastened from the baggagecar and reduced him tesubjee tien. Nobody Will Deny It. Examiner, late 8talwart. It will net be. denied that Keifer is net fit for the position ; that he is net an honest and brave man and an earnest Re publican, or that he will net fill the pesi tien efjshairman with credit te himself 'MdMnVrWhts, country. "O ' inU. Fdattiena tblkadrd iigien. et iinniiiiiisi ier tneAiMeneny ZrpSSESSSf.'&SSi nave lea te a decided advance in oil, and yesterday. The speculators literally turn bled ever each ether in their anxiety te secure some, of the rapidly-appreciating goeas. The closing price en Saturday was 83 -cents. The opening- price yesterday morning was 84, from which there was a rapid advance te 84J, followed by a de cline te 83. It then recovered te 84, de clined te 83j.and advanced and -closed with great excite nient at 86b The sales in the Oil City, exchange; alone were c 2,000, -415, and te-day if is expected te run up te $1 a barrel LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. T. M. C. A. Annual Election of Officers,, At a meeting of the Yeung Men's Chris tian association held last evening, the fol lowing officers were elected for the 3 ear 1882: Presideut D. C. Haverstick. Vice Presidents M. Brosius, J. P. Mc Caskey, S. L. Levan, P. S. Geedman, S. D. Bausman. Recording Secretary D. S. Bursk. Registering Secretary W. S. Dillcr. Beard of Managers, . (officers, ex officio members) Hul'Ii R. Fulton, .H. C. Moere, J. B.?Goed,iB. F.'W. Urban, Edw. Bookmyer. Jehn H. Pcarsel. O.'B. Hiller. Gee. K. Reed II. Batumrardner. A. A. Hubley, J. M. Davidsen, J. D.' Graham, B. F. Bausmau, J. II. Metzler, R. K. Schnadcr, J. It. Fester, E. J. Erisman, J. E. Weaver, Jehn E. Hubley. After the election was ever Mr. P. S. Geedman, in response te an appointment by the committee en meetings, read a paper eh '" Our Beys' Werk." At its conclusion 'Mr. Jehn II. Pearsel raised the following resolution, seconded by Mr. J. W. Byrne, which was adopted : " That we extend the thauks of the association te Brether Geedman for his very able article en Beys' Werk ;' that a note of it be made in the minutes and the paper be filed with the records of the association ; That we earnestly request the daily papers of the city te publish the same for the benefit of the public." Election of Maaenlc Officer. At a stated meeting of Ashara Ledge Ne. 398, A. Y. M., held at Marietta, Mon day, December 5, 1881, the following officers were elected te serve the ensuing Masonic year : W. M. C. A. Schaflucr. S. W. J. R. Windelph. J. W. J. W. H. Johnsten. Sec'y. I. S. Geist. Trcas . Jehn W. Rich. Trustees E. Keinheld, D. D. Courtney, F. U. Gantz. Rep. te Grand Ledge. Jeseph Fisher. At a stated meeting of Lamberton ledge Ne. 476, F. and A. M., held last evening, the following persons were elect ed and installed, te serve for the ensuing Masonie year, commencing en St. Jehn's day. Dec. 27 : W. M. J. Gust Zeek. S. W. J. Willis Westlakc. J. W. Jehn R. Merris. Treas. Henry E. Slaymaker. Sec. Henry R. Fahnestock. Trustee and Rep. te G. L. William A. Morten. S. D Charles N. Shullz. J. D. Harvey N. Hurst. S. M. C. Levcn R. Rete. J. M. C. Jehn Ochs. Pur. Harry B. Cechrau. Tyler Geerge Lutz. THE LH,AF. l.ural Tobacco Market. Trade continues quiet, and there are very few sales reported. Mr. Funk has sold about 200 cases of old tobacco te Mr. Altschul, ou private terms. Benjamin Learaan, of Leacock, has sold his crop of 1881, te Jehn Leaman, at 20 cents through. Moses Snavely, of Paradise, is reported te have sold a let of choice leaf at 33 cents through, but the purchaser's name is net given. M. Wcngcr, of Ephrata, sold te Mr. Zeek 1 J acres at 24 cents through. Many farmers are busily engaged strip ping their tobacco, the damp weather we are having being very favorable for that work. As far as heard from former re ports are confirmed ; the leaf is the cleanest ever stripped in Pennsylvania, but much of it is short aud some of it is affected with white vein. The proportion of wrap pers is en the whole unusually large, aud the probability is that the present price of fillers will be materially advanced before the season closes. V.lll Grevcr's " Ilumpty Dumpty." The " Humpty Dumpty" performance at Fulton epsnv house last evening was quite a satisfactory affair, and was wit nessed by an audience of geed numbers. Whilst there was nothing particularly new or noteworthy in the pantomime tricks, they all moved off cleverly enough and the antics of the clown evoked the customary amount of laughter. The spe cialty bill interjected between the first aud second acts of the pantomime was very geed, among the features of special merit being the balancing and juggling performance of Meus.TJushnell.the singing and dancjng of Miss Leila Farrell, a young lady with a pleasing voice, pretty face, and lithe limb ; Miss Kitty Themas as sisted Bushncll in bis performances, and contributed a son? and dance te the per formance that were well received. The musical act of Bree and Leenard, aud the contortions of Ronalde, called out con siderable applause. Beleagured ey Uees. The village of West Fairview, Cumber land county, has-been afflicted with a plague of bses. Twe of its citizens keep some 130 hives, and as bad weather made ether feed scarce ihe' interesting insects in vade tbe stores and houses in quest of sweets. Half a bushel of them swarmed in ene man's kitchen, of which they re mained sole 'tenants for a week. In that hcuseC ;en tbefr'accennt,' all fruit canning and preserving had te be done at night, and for many days all the family had te climb out and in the windows, the bees laying siege te the doers. In addition te this whole orchards of fruit and arbors of grapes were devoured by the bees. Doz ens of persons weie badly .stung while passing along the streets, and such a reign 01 terror was cstablisued tuat re course has been bad te the courts for pre vention of its recurrence. A Light sentence. Themas Dewlin, the engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad company, tried at the last ' term of the criminal court in Norristewu, for manslaughter, in killing Miss Rutter, of Bryn Mawr, by striking her with his locomotive, withdrew his plea of net guilty and entered a plea of guilty. At his former trial the jury was unable te agree. Judge Ress approved of the action and gave Dewlin the lightest sentence he could. He was given five days in prison and directed te pay the costs of the prosecution. Sale or Horses. Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at public sale, en Monday, Decembers, 1881, for Geerge Gressman, at the Merrimac house, Lancaster city, 16 head of Canada horses at an average price of $303.25 per head. - a vj Jndif CORRESPONDENCE. i 1 , 5r f UP ANDJ)OWN THE C0lflTllY. i&? -' a & MSjMKlM MATTE. .Tw $ Tbe Setn from a Time-Honored Town. JSSsr" -- that is yourself. Wm. B. Meixell, of Washington bor ough, spent Sunday at home. C. H. Reist, of the Merchants' hotel, Pettsviile, was here ever Saadsy. Inere are nine drinking beuses in Maa heim, or ene for every 180 inhabitants. What town can beat this ? The band rendered several fins satoetions in front of the Wasfcingtsn house .en 'Fri day evening. ;rij - W ' Mrs. Barbara MeMallen sold- her one and a half story residence te Jcrrie Erb, en private terms. 11. C. Gibble, auctioneer, sold Peter Will's two and a-balf story brick residence situated in sub division, for $800, Jacob Musselman purchaser. Prof. Haas, the world-renowned prcstt digitater, gave an entertainment at the Washington house ou Saturday evening te a pretty geed house. Ed. Howe, of Spotting Hill, fhai an artery severed': en Saturday eveiinA bV thrusting his hand through a pane of flasff! at Brosey's confectionery. The wuneY uiea preiuseiy and medical aid had te be summoned. A uumber of friends gave Mr. Zartman, of the Centennial- hotel, quite agreeable surprise en Friday evoking. r The police were busy en iBatutdaf uYcuiug gaiuenuK up lue OKlurDCIS of the peace. The " borough " Ieck-iip was again fitted up for use. High Constable Heuser hauled two bundles of siraw up te de used ler Dcds. Twe men, iOugut in front of the Summy 'house, but both parties were tee full te hurt each ether. S. G. Summy, the genial landlord of the Summy house bad workmen engaged last week in erecting a gas machine ; the' gas will be introduced this week, and "Gil" proposes te celebrate the event in an appropriate manner. Jacob II. Kline died en Sunday morning, after a lingering illness of ever five years. Deceased was ene of our most respected citizens, and a kind and indulgent father. His funeral will take place en Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, from his late resi dence. Seuth Prussian street. Jeseph W. Numbers died en Saturday morning of typhoid fever. Deceased was a prominent local politician, member of town council, and held several ether local positions ; he was also a member of the O. U. A. M. ledge at the time of his death ; he was an estimable citizcu and was respected by all who knew him. In terment en" Tuesday morning-at 10 o'clock at Manheim Fairview cemetery. 1 The Manheim literary society vr.w re organized ou Friday evening, November 25. Following are tbe officers elected : President, J. B. Keylor ; Vine President, F. M. Newell ; Secretary, Miss Libbie J. Sellers ; Treasurer, E. II. Mengle ; Critic. Miss Ida A. Kline; Editor, Harry C. Stauffer. Following was the pregramme for last Friday evening : Selection, by MissSallieA. Stauffer. Referred ques tions : Has the removal of forests pro duced an effect upon the climate of our country? Answered by F. M. Nell. What is your opinion of the present style of hats? Answered by Miss Lizzie Meixell. Declamation, ' by Miss Lsura J. Falck; debate, "Resolved, That the press does mere for the education of the public than the schools," was discussed in the affirmative by Miss Laura J. Keller and Bcnj. H. Hershey; negative, Miss Bella Sharpe and Rev. L. F. Zinkban. A paper called the Budget, was read by the editor; after the critic's remarks the society adjourned, te meet en next Friday evening at 7 o'clock. DUUMOllE ITEMS. Kenrs from Uenrn tbe Ceuutry. Our tobacco men are busy since the rain last week strippiug the weed, and they find it strips very nice as regards quality. There will be no inconsidcrable amount of "whitevcin" and some of the farmers are looking blue about it. There is a great deal of tobacco yet unsold that will de serve the attention of buyers when' strip ping is a little mere advanced. " ,','' Jas. Pagan, of this township, and Miss Mary Marklcy, of Yerk, were married en the first instant. Daniel Hess, of Fulton township, and Miss Emma Harnish, of Bald-Friar, Cecil county, Md., were mar ried last week. The epidemic is spread ing. About forty of Mr. Harry Wentz's friends gave him a very pleasant birthday sui prise last Thursday evening. Our colored population consecrated ("concentrated " one of them calls it, no doubt wondering where the similitude is between "concentrated lye" and their religious ceremony) a church "just ober de line," in Maryland, near Grubb's Cor Cer ner. Sunday. Mr. Isaac Bradley is working a let of hands en the Peach Bettem railroad and will seen have it completed te the river, where it will intercept the Columbia & Pert Deposit. Mr. Win. Brown had one steer killed and another very badly hurt last week, en the C. & P. D. K. R. at Fishing Creek. A Large Surprise Party. A very large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Keen; of Eden town ship, assembled rather unexpectedly te the surprised parties en Saturday at their resi dence. Beth were engaged in their usual employments when about 11 o'clock in the forenoon the surpriscr's stele upon them with a long line of conveyances. It was a real surprise for neither of them bad learned or heard the least whisper of the event. About eighty persons wcre present ou the occasion. .In the course of about ene and a half hours tables were set that were burdened with geed things for the inner man. After about three hours were Ispeat in eating, the tables were removed and addresses were deliveredby Rev. J. V. Eckcrtaad Rev, D. B: Shuey. Rev. Eckert spoke' en behalf of the friends, and especially dwelt upon the happy effects en our social na ture and culture such occasions must ne cessarily produce. Rev. Shuey responded for the surprised parties. He expressed their warm gratification for the leve and respect shown, and hoped it would cement all mere closely and bring us into the higher Christian relations in Pfe, and pre pare all for the gathering in the ether world. The Quarryville band was also .present and discoursed te the company their ex cellent music all afternoon, and made the occasion doubly interesting by their pres ence, because they are a genial and re spectable class of young men and take pride in their band. As the evening shades began te fall the friends began te wend their way home. The whele thing was successfully projected and carried through by W. J. frcs?, jr., and wife, of Quarryville. Yerk Itema. Revivals have commenced in most of our churches, and there seems ta.be) a goodly number of converts. " On last Fri day evening Dr. Robinson, of Harrisburg, preached a sermon in the Presbyterian church, and was listened te by a large congregation. The doctor is a geed speaker and handled his subject with marked ability. The show-windows of the town are being arrayed in all the finery imaginable, and indeed present a fine appearance. The youth meditates for a long, time what would beet please his sweetheart. Prof. Boyd is at present in town giving 1 LOCAL lessens in mnemonics. Mr. Boyd has somewhat revised the old system, and new teaskes the revised system with great success. 4 1 HenrjWard Beacher will lecture in the ssjwsvSbse en Monday evening, Docetn Decetn berTnk, upon the subject, "The New Profession" PROSECUTING THE DOCTORS. A rOST'MOKTKM SUBJECT. Taking lelenilauls Xante stones. Frem Tomb- Alderman B. F. Rewc, at 6 o'clock last WWiijsjt sal Whssi llnT'i iniliiiiii il case of Jtr.WHl.'Umii prfseiuted by J.Kahkr SiydsfefU flhiSu register before No vember 25. At a previous hearing x?is triet Attorney Davis asketl for a continu ance, as he said the commonwealth had net "gettheriht witnesses" te make it out. Davis was net present List evening ; '0 ether witnesM'ss were called, but Snyder asked that defcndant be bound ever, peufiscl ferjtlie defense asked that tie case be dismissed, as the prosecution hai admitted at the 'ast meeting that tbeylnd net made., out a. case, and no additional notified icfelu tie Hearing that it had been agreed in advance between prosecu tor and alderman te return the case, the time and trouble of a hearing might nave been avoided. Defendant was. held in his own recognizance for $100 ti an swer at the January sessions. 3 Deputy Prothunetary Edwards says he ever 10m iir. iiewani, ill's Jiiiiersvuie confectioner, tbat Tem. Davis wrote "statements" for persons te file with their registration. Mr. Edwards says he told him tbat Alderman B.irr used the best form that came into the ellicc. Prosecuting a lle.v.I Alan. -j-Oaeef ojrrmest erteemedaud reliable confruMKersj iurmsufs ine loitewiug ; Among the, names J of tbej prosecuted non-registered docteis, we n the name of A. P. G.irber, of Meuutville. Docs the intelligent prosecutor ever read tbe newspapers ?i lie is, perhaps, net re sponsible for net kuewiug that Dr. G arbor never practised medicine in Lancaster county, and for seven years net in Penn sylvania ; and that his residenca during that period has chiefly been in Flerida. But, if' be reads the newspaper of the county, he must be held responsible for net knowing that Dr. Garber returned from Flerida last June, died at Reneva, in Au gust, and was buried in Meuntville a few days thereafter. All the medicine he could have practised in the few weeks he resided in Pennsylvania before his death, must have beea in his ipwn ease, aud for this the conscieTtieiia cbatnfieu of law and order, subjects him te a pest mortem pro secution. Dr. G. perhaps ought te be lined one hundred dollars aud costs, for pre suming te die before this " Irlgbt partic ticular star" in the moral galaxy of Lau county could realize hid hard earned and much coveted prosecution fees. It i.s said that a rare invoice of mummies from the tombs of Thebes has just been received at Rochester, New Yerk. Pei haps some amongst them may have been doctors. TLcromaybe "something" in this case or rather in these "cases," for the questions of jurisdiction and accounta bility are mere tritles, aftcrauindividual is dead. Iu any., event, th.jejfgbt te be looked iirtO.Jbiit Sejpe of ,thin- might get into the" museums or our geed old com cem muuity in violence of law. and te the great detriment of our revenues, and te the pe cuniary interests'ef our disinterested im pecunious citizen. Perhaps it.might be well tee te scan the tombstones of the 'state. The business oHtlie vcsdens of jriapfc sngaf and hearhbunfl candy might ue preiuauiy loeaeu into aiicrwarus. Since this moral Hercules has commenced the cleaning of the Augean stables he fought te make a " clean sweep " of it. It would be very unsafe just new te preset ibc fish oil for hog cholera, for fear of being "tuck up" for it. It might, however, be geed for the pig. Of, com se, all who are amenable te law should be obedient te law, but it seems te us there should be some discrimination b tween the living and the dead bctweeu i!te doctor aud the and tuc uead uetweeu me uocier auu 1110 BX-dSct6r-f-bcteen the diplemaed profes sional and, tfcej dispenser of gum-drop ex Sien and hoarhenBd candy, COURT. Proceeding' tilths Common I'lenH. BKIOHE JCDrtn LlVIKGSTOS. The case of the president cl ul. of Old Columbia public ground company vs. the FiistM. E. church of Columbia was at tached eh Monday afternoon! ' The plain tiff alleges tbat the defendant holds pos session of a piece of ground situated be tween Locust and, Cherry, hUeets and Lan caster avenue and Sixth street in the borough of Columbia, containing about eec acre, the light of possctsieu and title, te which plaintiff avers, us in the OldCol OldCel umbia public'greund company and net in defendant. 3 The pniiatitt's. testimeay was that in 1787 Samuel Wiight, grandfather of Cel. Samuel Wiigbt, of Columbia, do nated te the citizens of Columbia a I large tract of laud. Iu April, 182G the trustees of the citizens obtained a corporate char ter farIistwerandertbetitlr tf.thc Old ColumbiarpttWie greuixl ceaTpaay. In March, 1824, the Columbia watcrcempany was incorporated, te wineii jeun u. Wright, son of Samucl,,fer certain ponsid pensid ponsid eraiien, transferred a plotef grbuhd '((J feet square) euwhjph te'e.jiwtrudta reser voir, but, bis heiis claim, icserving tbe rint te himself or them, te re-enter and take po-seasien of "this plot, if ever the water company .-heuld abandon it 3 a reservoir, In 1834 this same Jehu L. Wright soIfWe MuJsbligFoAridcorn MuJsbligFeAridcorn MuJsbligFoAridcern pany SacreVancTW" perches of "land sur rounding the leserveir, en which the com pany built the, Washington institute, new the high school, but this sale did net in clude the reservoir ground.--. Iu 18SG, Jehn L.Wright died and.ia;l 874 tkc water, com pany, having bnilt't'flb newrieserjelraand. allowed the old one te be filled in, sold the sito,te the Firt 3I.E. church of Columbia, and a chapel ceKtin:''$10,000 hss sfnee been built thereon and, occupied by the defendentr. The heirs of Jehn L. Wright, believing tbat -the--water- company had abandoned the reservoir plot, re-entered the same, and in 18.17 transferred the same te the public ground company, who nor, under this title, seek te obtain possession by this claim, of ejectment. In addition te the documentary, evidence, introduced in support of this claim the plaintiff submit ted testimony te sustain the position taken with regard te thu .tight of the .hair ul' Jehn L WlighttcTtoakn'cenvsyafiooof the grounds te plaintiff. a 1 The defense was thatthw gift from Jehn L. Wright, te the Columbia .water com pany; through which'thcy held their title, was absolute and .witheat reservation; that the present company obtained its title through the assignee of the old company and had net abandoned it when it was sold te defendants. HEKOKK'JDDOK PATrSKSON'. The suit of Frederick FIctterer for the useef.Otilia'Ffctterer vs. 'Mary Brcitcr,! was attached for trial in the Iqwerceurl room. This was a scire funis te revive a judgment for $600 relieved en April 1. 1874. The defense was that the judgment with interest was paid in full.. Current Cenrt Hen&e llastaeaa.. Lizzie Bestick uas brought a suit for bicach of premiaefagftinst) Isaac- Ni Reb n:an. 'The latter. was aircstc'd tluVmorn tluVmern ing by Sheriff Strine, and fte gave lil in the sum of $3,000. Jf Leuis pickel, convicted of dcseilien, was arrested by the sheriff this morning, for refusing te pay $10, new due bis wile, testimony w offered tow. The aldcr mau said h wis Meing te return it. Caiinsel saidFlbaltif the dafense h:ul been M s X
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