- i-W , f '. KSSaSSHM flKfHhlilJ LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1882. lUnraster IntcIUflencer. FRIO AY EVENING, JAN. 13, 1882. It has been some time since our es teemed local contemporaries declared that there were "judicial decisions " te the effect that the county is liable for the blanks used in the quarter sessions office for which Clerk Urban was able te draw ever two hundred dollars from the coun ty upon the alleged recommendation of Judge Livingston. Our esteemed con temporaries have net responded te our invitation te point out when, where, by whom and in what case these "decisions" were rendered. "We have net found any member of the bar who is acquainted with them. The new beard of county ceramissieners has promptly declared that it will net pay for such blanks. If therefore our contemporaries have these decisions lying back they had better pro duce them lest the auditors surcharge the commissioners with the gratuity they seem te have voted te Clerk Urban. The G uiteau trial is drawing te its end. It has net been an edifying one. It would have been ranch better if the assassin had been promptly voted insane and safely shut up for his life. There was no wisdom in the employment of a let of lawyers te prove his sanity. The govern ment would have been wiser te have un dertaken te show his insanity, If he is sane his offense is discreditable te the country. It is responsible for the con duct of its sane people, but net of its insane. There is enough doubt of Gui teau's mental condition te sustain an opinion either way ; and why net cheese the way that reflects no discredit en the country V Tiik Harrisbiirg Patriot hints at a ceali tien of all the elements opposed te boss ism in Pennsylvania. Yol.ve men with "banged-" hair are just new the consummation of the utterly utter hi the a-sthctic art centre of Reading. Beld and Sagacious. As is frequently the case in political conventions, and especially in these of organizing and undisciplined parties, there was a great deal of inconsequen tial talk in the "Wolfe meeting in Phil adelphia yesterday. The proportion of orators present was large, and as many of them were smarting under some per sonal grievance, they were bound te be heard without much regard te the relev ancy of their addresses upon the matters in hand. After they had been safely de livered of their speeches it did net take them long te get through with their business nor te reach a common conclu sion. Upen the main purpose which had brought them together there was sub stantial unanimity. In fact their com ing together was in itself such ample proof of this that it was unnecessary te devote several hours of oratory te a declaration of their wrongs and a determination te re dress them. The Continental confer ence having met and parted, and the regular state committee having laid down its pregramme, there was nothing left for the Wolfe people but te take some step in advance of these two bodies. It was only questionable what that should be and by what methods they should effect the purpose upon which they all seemed determined. This pur pose is expressed in the preamble of the resolution offered, discussed and adopted, against which no declaration nor oppe sitien was manifested : Whereas, Uniform experience for a series of yeans has shown that Republican conventions in the state of Pennsylvania, as conducted and controlled, instead of nominating candidates for public ellices such as are indicated by the popular cheiee within the party and are in the in terest of the people, have simply ratified the selections primarily made by a junta of arrogant party managers in their own political and pergenal interest ; and whereas?, everything in the present out look indicates clearly a repetition of a similar course of ceudtiet ; and whereas, we arc resolved no longer te submit te such dictation, but te insist that the Re publicans of Pennsylvania shall have an oppei ttmity of voting for Republican can didates who give tlie guaranty in their characters and antecedents that they are devoted te the interests of the people, and net te tlic furtherance of the personal ends: of individuals, and who shall be the ex ponents of puic and untrammeled Repub licanism. A geed deal of fervid oration was de voted te an elaboration of this com plaint, and a geed deal of the ordinary sort of political wrangling was indulge.! in ever the point as te whether the I tide pendents :.lieu!d call liter convention be fore or after the Republican convention, j It was finally agreed te convene it two i weeks alter the Republican and in the J city of Philadelphia, when! the move ment has its most substantial backing. The management of the Wolfe party unquestionably showed political sagacity in their action. Had they lixed their convention in advance of the Re publican they would have encountered opposition in it te the nomination of a ticket ; they would have been put into the position of attempting te dictate their ticket te the regular organization, or they might have been betrayed into the selection of a ticket acceptable te the Cameren managers, and the accept ance of which would have been as disas trous te them as Mitchell's election was. It can be easily understood that it va the policy of Mr. Wolfe and his mere ag" gressive colleagues te make the show of being bold enough te put. their ticket in the field in advance, and yet te be conciliatory enough, te iioiniiiai.eii.-5 hum! at ier i in; regulars nan ; was supposed te exercise great power ; for made theirs. By this move they abate Hie money man of the Thuudeiei was none of their independencL. while they an important individual, and until Truth put themselves in abetter posilien,bcfore opened its batteries upon him, no one had uiemoreuinitiei utetr leiieu.s, te ju.slily even a whisper that he was te be their intended revolt. Fer they knew ' seded. very well that the policy of the! - Stalwarts is as full disclosed new as it will be when the convention is held. Beaver is te ba nominated for governor and one of their own kind for secretary of internal alfairs ; they may concede something te the Continental Indapend -ents in the make-up of lite rest of the ticket, but I;eaverV. nominal ion is the point against whieli the Wolfe attack is te be directed. In the meeting of the Republican htate committee the Stalwarts, largely in con trol of . made a feint, of compromise by taking the middle of the dates pre pej:el, which was the lime fixed upon all along te suit them, and which oppor tunely falls before the Lancaster prima ries. II r. Wolfe and his coadjutors were quite as .smart in appearing te give the tegular Republicans a chance te nominate an acceptable ticket. Reth sides understand the situation very well. The Stalwarts are new just as fully de termined te nominate Reaver as Wolfe and his friend-: .tie te put tip somebody else. Mit. Vexxei: comes te the front again with the snow storm of te-day which he put down upon his cards, and it premises te behave as he said it would and vanish in a day or two, taking its white mantle away. We are te have capricious weather according te this prophet, for the re mainder of the winter, with succeed ing days of cold and mildness; just the kind of weather we ought net te have for our health and comfort. There is noth ing like stability in people and things. and if winter would but be steady in its cold behavior until it lands us in the mild lap of spring it would be an agree able season. ing off the leaves from the grass (for which he puts en a pair of brown overalls) or in talking politics down in the village shoe store, where he sits near the fire, or in reading the scrapbooks which contain comments en his administration. He thinks that anybody who speaks disre spectfully of his domestic administration of the Uaited States government is " real mean." THE KEADIMG ELECTION, Uuncn Turning the Tables en the ODjecters. Iu the Reading railroad election the Bend proxies se far slightly outnumber the Geweu, but the Vanderbilt shares are net yet voted and are expected te decide the contest favorably te Gewen. Yester day Mr. Gewen filed the following pretest against the McCalmont votes : The uudersigned stockholders of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad company pretest against the judges of the election receiving the votes new offered by a proxy of McCalmont Brethers & Ce. 1. Because the names of the members of the said firm, te wit : Rebert McCalmeut, Hugh McCalmont and William J. Newell, are all registered as stockholders en the books of the Philadelphia & Reading rail way company. 2. Because the shares of stock en which the said votes are new offered are net helden in the names of the persons en whose behalf the said proxy new offers te vote. 3. Because the title McCalmont Broth Breth ers & Ce., iu which the said shares of stock stand registered en the books of the company, is net the name of the person offering te vote by proxy. 4. Because a large proportion of the said shares have net been continuously held by the said firm during the three mouths preceding this election. This pretest is made in consequence of the pretest made by the representatives of the said McCalmeut Brethers te exclude the votes of ether stockholders, and would net have been made but for the reason mentioned. SMALLPOX. ITS DANGEROUS PREVALENCE IN ALL PARTS OF TUE fOUMBY. tragedy has caused intense excitement in the neighborhood, and a large posse is in search of Beckwith, who is believed te be concealed near the city. THE JEANNETTE. DM: ter and Crime in Various Sections or the Laud. Tin: amount of cash sales of leaf tobacco made by the six warehouses in Cincin nati including sales otherwise during IS31 was $10,351,103,71. Tin-: poultry show at Excelsior hall is a credit te our city and county. It is sel sel dem that Pennsylvania has seen a better. It is far superior te that of the Centennial, aud is iu all respects most creditable te the local development of this branch of fancy stock raising. A GKitMAX-A.MF.mcAN journalist, speak ing or editors iu the great German cities, says that they all write long editorial ar ticles and will de nothing after six o'clock iu the evening iu regard te news. He says he made a bet that if Mether Ship Ship ten's prophecy came true the German pa pers would net have a weid about it the next day. j Ixaieceut issue of the Paris Ftyure hi j an editorial item announcing the discovery of several "obscene" and revolting scau dais m an asylum. They w.ne se obscene aud revolting, indeed, that the editor re fused te nay anything mere upon the sub jeet except te indicate the issue of a med ical journal in which they could be found set With at full length. Such ingenuity and regard for public morals would be but inadequately rewarded even at the rate of H.'tO per line, the World thinks. .MINNESOTA rlNE LAM) FKAUUS. Tlie Complaints of Swindling Pre-eiuptieus Wushburu'it Bill. It is said of Labouebere, of the Londen Truth, that iu the beginning, when that journal was struggling for recognition, he learned that the financial editor of the Thiiex was te be removed. Truth forth with .strenuously insisted upon this gcntle niau's resignation, aud when the chauge did occur, all Louden believed it was te appear j brought about by the inliueuce of La defer their ' bouchere. and his ucwsnanere.onseeimiitlv Mtpet- PERSONAL. j The Rlackbuux Bcriuiidc.f. cones I peudence continues, but there is nothing if special interest iu it, and no present ' l.sesp. ct of its leading te a hostile inect , ing. : The Lincoln national bank, of which j I'M I'est master General James is president and which is situated at Ne. 5 Vanderbilt ' avenue, New Yerk, was opened for busi j ness yesterday. The bank has a capital j of 6300,0(10. A geed many subscriptions i were opened with the bank during the j day- .Mr. Rt r.Kix s museum at Walkely, near .iheltield. in which his principal pictures, prints and books are te be placed, leeks 'I he St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer-Press com lueutiug editorially en the recent exposure of frauds in the Duluth laud district, throws some uew light en the motive and methods, as fellows : " Since the Home stead law gave every bona lide set tler the opportunity of acquiring ICO acres of laud as a free gift of the government, the pre emption law scarcely served any ether purpose than a cover for fraud. Pre empliens have rarely been made of late years except in the in terest of speculators. The most profitable theatre of their operations has been in the pine regions. The pre-emption of pine laud in Minnesota or Wisconsin is a fraud en its face, for these lands are generally worthless for agricultural purposes, and no one enters them with any view te settle en or improve. Washburn's pur pose te introduce a bill for the repeal of the pre-emption laws has a close relation te the rumored abuse of these which have recently been discovered in the Duluth land district. It appears that the complaints iu reference te fraudulent pre-emption in that district originated with the Min neapelis lumbermen and ether extensive owners of pine lauds in that aud the adja cent region of the Upper Mississippi. The substance of these complaints is that large and choice tracts of pine forest district?, pei mealed by the St. Leuis river and ether streams emptying into Lake Superior, have beeu fraudently entered under the pre emption law by persons iu the employ of large lumber manufacturing firms, whose seat of operations is net at Minneapolis, and that iu order te give a semblance of compliance with the requirements as te settlement, bogus prc-ompters were pro vided with patent portable houses which were easily moved about from one desir able quarter section te another. The in vestigation might be profitably extend ed into ether Land Office dis tricts and back ever the records b or a long period mere thau one Uuitcd States ex laud officer and a geed many as sociate speculators are lcperted te have acquired large wealth in extensive and valuable tracts of pine bymcaiis of bogus pre-emptiens and fraudulent scrip. Inci dentally, tee. it might be worth while te fim out just hew much, if any, truth thcie is in the rumors that certain parties have made their preparations te gobble up the valuable pine lauds en the Millclacs Reser vation as seen as tUcy can bring about the removal of the Indians, which they have been long intriguing te accomplish . Unless facts have been grossly exaggerated by com men rumor, a considerable proportion of the pine lands of the Upper Mississippi must have been acquired by means that would net stand the test of rigid scrutiny." Observant old settlers in Minnesota think this a mild aud incomplete state ment of the case, and say the Minneapolis lumbermen, of whom Washbuin is one, have secured thousands of acres of pine lands by fraud within the last twenty years, and new suddenly become virtuous and propose te break up the practice te protect themselves from competition from a rival Stillwater firm, Nelsen S Ce., which has designs upon the northern pine lauus. wasn tniri) ' lull is said te lie aimed at this firm. Majer Hicks, sentenced te be hanged en the 27ch inst., at Covington, Ky., has the smallpox in jail. The ether prisoners will be vaccinated. Themas Mergau, of Covington. Ky., being delirious -from smallpox, jumped out of the second story window yesterday and fractured his skull. The Pittsburgh beard of health re ported 13 new cases of smallpox iu that city yesterday, and about TO cases in the Municipal hospital. Mrs. Careline Richiugs-Bernaid is dan. gereusly ill of smallpox in Richmond, Va. Her physicians have but faint hope of her recovery. She has been a music teacher for the last two years. The national beard of health reports that during last week there were SO new cases of smallpox aud 35 deaths iu Pitts burgh : 14 cases and 8 deaths near Milan. Tennesse ; 9 new cases in Brooklyn, and 0 in Lake, Illinois. The steamer Marathon, which arrived at Bosten en Wednesday evening, was quarantined en account of a case of small pox en beard. The sick man, a sailor, was removed te the hospital. All en beard, 180 in number was vaccinated, and the ship, after being fumigated, was til til lewed te proceed en her way yesterday morning. Kecent Crimea aud Disasters. William Encke, a prominent citizen of Mahaney City, Pa., committed suicide last evening, en account of family trouble. Timethy Beach was fatally shot by a widow, named Mausficld, at Hendersen, Missouri, Wednesday morning. They quarreled about a small debt. Mrs. Schwarzfurber committed suicide in New Yerk, yesterday morning, by taking paris green. Ne cause is assigned for the act. Geerge Froelich, one of the victims of the recent disaster at Shaucsville, Ohie, died en Tuesday night. Frederick Wei man aud Louisa Balhuau, who were also injured, are thought te be beyond recev ery. The express tratu ou the Dayton aud Western division of the Pan Handle lead was thrown from the track near New Paris, Ohie, ou Wednesday night by the malicious removal of a rail. The engine and mail car were badly damaged and a fireman received serious injuiies. James Creighton, who went te see a friend off by a Wabash train at St. Leuis en Weduesday evening, did uet leave the train until it had get en the bridge, when he leaped down, probably supposing there was a footpath alongside the track. He fell into the Mississippi river, and his body has net been recovered. COMMERCIAL NOTES. TWO YEAKS IN THE ICE. THE rUULTRY SHOW. Iu Features of Trade and Kusiurs4. Tlie Laugley cotton factory of Augusta, Georgia, has just declared a semi-annual dividend of $12.50 per share, making ever 20 per Cent for the year. At the regular monthly meeting of the Western nail association iu Pittsburgh, yesterday, the card rate was advanced from $2.25 te $2.40 per keg. At Dallas, Texas, yesterday, 5.725 bales of cotton were sold by M. D. Cleveland te Majer A. Rutt Kay, for $290,000, pay ineut being made in cash. This is said te be the largest single sale of cotton evei made in the United States. It is said that the sum of si, 000,000 was subscribed en Wednesday for fie election of new stock yards iu Seuth Chicago, in connection with the Wabash railway sys tem. The total estimated cost of the en terprise is $3,000,000. l-'ire and Floed. The little town of Kemp, in Texas, was destroyed en Wednesday night by an in cendiary fire. Less $20,000. A lire in New Yerk last evening caused a less esti mated at $100,000 in the five-story brick building 479 West Twelfth street, occu pied by Brown & Rliss, manufacturers of dining room furniture. Their stock was destroyed and the building greatly dam aged. A large portion of the Maltby Mines, near Wyoming, Pennsylvania, was Heeded yesterday. It will take several weeks te clear the mines. Conjectures of the Vessel's Achievement iu the Arctic Arrival or a Portion or the AYhalebuat's crew at Yakutsk A telegram from Irkutsk, dated Wed nesday, neon, says that according te an official letter dated December IS. Lieuten ant Danenhauer, with five sailars, had reached Yakutsk, via Yerkhe Iaask. The ether six persons rescued with Engineer Melville will arrive at Yakutsk shortly. All the arrivals are comfortable ledged and supplied with all they need. As seen as they feel disposed te continue their journey te Irkutsk they will be supplied with money and all the necessaries for the journey. Captain De Leng and the persons with him had net been discovered up te neon en the 10th of November, the date of Lieutenant Danenhauer's departure from Bolenenga for Yakutsk. Perhaps about the last idea likely te occur te these who weui wuu succor weuta De tuat tiiere was any reason why they should hasten te transmit an account of hew they found the shipwrecked navigators. It is probable that when the natives, who went te the assistance of De Leng, found him they simply set down and gave their care and attention te takiug care of him and his comrades and restoring them te geed condition. They likely built houses at the spot lev their protection ; because, as they found them in all likeli hood unable te go ahead at any but the very slowest rate, aud as winter weather was aheady upon them, that was the only plan that led the way te safety. Even if several weeks were given te nursiug the sutvivers into health ami strength they would yet come en very slowly when able te move, and it may thus appear that, measuring things by Siberian standards of activity, it would have been unreasonable te suppose that news could have reached Bolenenga by the time Danenhauer left that place. Six weeks is net a great while for any difficult winter journey least of all at the edge of the Arctic ocean Fer mere thau twenty months, if the in dications given of the history of the expe dition shall prove accurate, the Jeanuette was beset in the ice and moved at the sport of the winds or under the inliueuce of the laws of the currents that affect the ice. Shewas caught iu the ice twenty seven days from the time she was last seen, near Herald Island, and never get free. Arctic navigators have aheady spec ulated upon this as the possible secret of her disappearance and of her failure te leave a record at Wrangell Laud. We knew the icy conditions that Barry in the Redgers found te the east ward and northeastward of Wrangell Land and the currents he observed there. De Leng was caught in that ice, it must be supposed, aud swept te the northwest by these currents. As he left ue record ou Wrangell Land he, of course, never reached it aud did net reach it for this reason. Through the winter of 1S79 and the summer and winter of 1SS0 he was the priseuer of the Arctic forces, and if there is such a thing as a circulation of sea currents across the Arctic Circle, moving the ice by a great revolution one way or the ether, he did net experience the operation of its forces, unless it be that he finally get into the line of that movement at the last, when its gigantic elements destroyed the ship. The experience of the Jeannette seems, aeeoidingteour puescut information, te be a remarkable repetition of that of the j Tcgethelf, which was caught in the ice at I the outset, of her polar voyage inlS72. The j Tcgetheft drilled ou an ice Hee for two , long and dreary yeais. During the Jean- I nette's drift her crew is j doubt prepared j themselves thoroughly for the very trials which awaited them en the abandonment ! of their vessel, aud being forearmed for re- I treat in their beats it is reasonable te in fer that they took precautions which will enable them te endure their detention en the Siberian coast until the succor dis 1 atehed te ihem can be realized. Judging from the experience of the Ausire-Hunr-garian expedition in the Tegetheff the chief source of anxiety for these of the Jcanuctte's crew who may new be en the Siberian coast lies in the danger of eurvy and ether diseases iu the spring. Finest Display et Fowl Ever Shown renntyWanl. The third annual exhibition of the Lan caster County Poultry association com menced m Excelsior hall, East King street, yesterday. It contains me nuesi collection et the various- breeds et birds ever shown under n single rcef iu Pennsylvania. The entries number between GOU aud 700, and as each entry comprises from two te five fowls, the total number of birds, en exhibition is net less than 1,500. The proportion of entries from abroad is much larger than at either of the former very successful exhibitions given by the society, and among the en tries are a large number of fowls of varie ties never before exhibited in this city. All the standard varieties Cochins, Brahmas, Laugshans, Games, llamburgs, Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Deminiques, &c, ice. are very largely represented by splendid specimens, many of which will score nearly 100. The mere fancy vari vari etieseolish, Silkies, Heudaus, Bantams, Are. are also mere largely represented, and by better birds, thau ever before. The hundreds of pigceus, including all the choice varieties, in themselves consti tute a show that is well worth seeing; while the immense turkeys cannot fail te attract the attention of all visitors. The display et gabbling geese and quacking ducks is rather limited, but the specimens shown are very fine. Bright colored can aries keep up a constant siugiug, te which the finches and cardinals listen iu wonder COLOMBIA SSWS. OUU REGL'LAK COKBESresiiKSCK Scheel Heard .uetlnn. The regular monthly meeting of the Columbia school beanl was held lasteveu l": Members all present except Mr Stair. The finance committee reported as fellows : ' BECEll-IS. balance rvi ls: tvpert Received irem X. 15. lu 1SI I. W. iteaey, tuuieu tuitar, collector l,C0s) 33 li CO .. l,2Il) w ....$2,703 et ...it.: Total UXrENtUTCRl:. Cnvr.t orders raid llalaucv en hand r.LiLm.M. jceersr. Balance nor lat report Order paid en building account. Italauce te credit te balance aect... j&) - The repair and supply committee re ported that they had purchased thermeui eter aud repairing of desks, according te instructions, and asked for money te pry for them. $8.S7. whi,.li -,, ...,! ill" 01 I'lii'suiiiK an Ksi-apiu Weman. .Mrs. Walten, of St. Paul, Indiana, was rearrested upon the death of her husband, but en the way te the jail she managed te escape from the officers. A large force of constables and citizens are in pursuit. Mrs. Arneld, Mrs. Walten's mother, is se excited ever the tragic occurrence that she attempted suicide, hut was prevented by her friends. The negre Prazicr.whe killed Walten, is iu danger of being lynched. down upon some of the levliest scenery in England. Mr. Raskin is sixty-three years old and has been a prolific writer. His in quiry into the causes of the color in the water of the Rhine was written iu his fif teenth year. Senater A:;tikj:;v, of Rhede Island, still mourns the less of that companionship which he had with the late Senater Burn .side, and which was se peculiarly senti mental that it became the subject of 10 inaiitic gossip with their colleagues iu the Senate. Senater Burnside was a widower, while Senater Antheny was a bachelor, and it is a matter of rumor that the bach bach fler will seen become a. Benedict. One of the greatest social events that has ever occurred in Bosten was the ball last night of " The Tigers," Bosten Light Infantry. It was held in the Mechanics' ran- building. The main or dancing fleer, upon which 2,000 couples can be ac commodated with ease, was mere than Mr. Uewen achieves a great personal triumph in the vote which he has polled i ti the election. It is safe te say that no ether man would ever have fought h:s way s triumphantly through the daugers and difficulties that beset him all around. It h a wonderful exhibition of the iv'.-ref intelligence, integrity, courage and w.lf reliance te win a desperate bat th;. Hi: riftvfr .steeped, and yet con quered. Mr. Vanderbilt'.s vote was need ed te elect him president, but lie gains a moral victory without it in the nearly unanimous support he hasreceived from the individual stockholders. comfortably filled, and the galleries were crowded with spectators. Including the dancers, there were at least 15,000 persons present. Hen. Benjamin IlAnius Bkewstkk. at at terney general of the United States, was last evening given a dinner by the bar of Philadelphia, at the Aldine hotel. About 223 gentlemen were present, Geerge W. Biddle, esq., presiding, with the attorney general en his right. Addresses were made by Mr. Biddle, Hen.V. H. Brewster. Hen. Wayne MacVeagh, Judge Allisen, uampten it. uarsen, Lewis C. Cassidy, Attorney General Palmer, David AV. Sel lers, and ethers. Haves has in the parlor of his brick house at Fremont, Ohie, one painting, a chromeIndicative of his White Heuse career. His time at home is spent in rak. The State Koveuue Cotiuuis&leii. Tlie revenue commission yesterday ad opted, after considerable discussion, sev eral recommendations of the sub commit tee ou the collateral inheritance tax, look ing toward a mere rigid collection of the tax in future, but rejected the preposition of Representative Fauuce te reduce the rate of the tax from five te three per cent. me preposition te exempt retail mer chants, brokers and auctioneers was de feated, but the tax of three per cent, en broker' net earnings was stricken off. A preposition te exempt municipal leans was defeated, but invividual holders are recommended for exemption from tax ou steck3 and bends of corporations, the pay ment being thrown upon the companies. The rate of taxation en meucy at interest in the form of mortgages, notes and ac counts is te be reduced from four te two mills en the dollar in the draft of the new revenue bill, and the next meeting of the commission will be for the purpose of considering the bill as a whole and getting it into shepc te be presented te the Legis lature. The commission adjourned last nightsubject te the call of the chairman. Ouituary. Dr. Orlande Fairfax, a prominent phy fcician, graduate of the universities of Vir ginia.aud Pennsylvania, and a descendant of the younger branch of the family of Lord Fairfax, was found dead in bed, at Richmond, Virginia, yesterday morning. He was 7G years of age. David Selser, owner of 2(",000 acres of land iu Madisen and Clark counties, Ohie, aud a noted stock raiser, died yesterday,' aged 7e. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. i::-:vot.t!-riex.Ki k li: Jtl)t--t'd Coin. and admiration. There is but a siugle objection te the exhibition : The exhibits are se numerous that the spacious hall in which they are shown is hardly large eueugh te held them, aud the consequence is the long rows of coops are se close together and the ave nues between them se narrow that vi.siters have barely room te pass each ether while examining the birds. The judges, J. D. Xevius, of Philadel phia ; Jesse Darlington, of llcstenville, and una, uccker, ei iaitunere, were prompt ly ou hand last evening, and at once com cem menced the arduous labor of scoring the birds, and have continued their work all day. It will probably take all day te mor row, perhaps longer, te finish the work. Mr. Xevius and Mr. Darlington judge the poultry and Mr. Becker the ' pigeons. These gentleman are all experienced and rename, aim nave no etlicr interest iu the exhibits than te serve each bird according te its merits. They de net even knew the winning birds, nor the owners thereof, as they have neither the time nor the inclina tion te add up the column of figures en the several score cards. They merely ' cut " each bird for any defect they may find in it, .vhen compared with the standard of perfection, as laid down in the books. If after the figures ou the score cards have been added up by the executive committee of the se ciety, u is teunii there is a tie between twoermoie birds, these birds are again taken te the judges, who examine them, point by point, with great care, and then decide which is entitled te the premium, and from theirdecisien there is no appeal. Te these who can conveniently de se, we would advise a v it te the show iu the morning. The birds are the brighter and mi. ii- iicinc man tney aie iu tlie cveiiin winch is their usual time for i oest. The exhibition will remain open until next Wednesday evening, being closed ou Sunday, of course. I. lectien et etlicei-). ta uicelinir of the I'mmi tin. '.nn..in- I -Se. 1. held iu their hall last evening, the j following named officers were elected : ; President i I K. Slay maker. I Vice Pitsideiiis K. I-:. Snvder. J. L. Lyre. heei clary G. Ldw. llegener. Assistant Secretary Jacob Keller. Trcastuvr Clias. A. Heiniti.sli. Finance Committee .1. R. Wat era, !. Kdw. llegener, 1). L. Rethartnel. Chief Kngincer J. U. Waters. Assistant Engineers Gee. Currv, ('has. Seith, F. Spiccr, W. Hcline. Captain Gee. Ostcr. Chief Hese Director B. P. Mentzcr. Assistant Directors Jehn Kjeckcl.Jehu Burger, Jas. Gillen, C. L. Hess, Jehn Dow Dew ling, I). B. Charles. Collector D. L. Rethartnel. Janitor J. R. Waters. can see r 'Olllg te The National Dairyman. Iu the American Dairymen's association at Syracuse yesterday, Hsaze, a Japanese student at Cernell university, read a paper en the Saya bean of Japan, which, it is said, can be cultivated in this country, and is a very nutritious and valuable feed for stock. Professer L. B. Arneld, of Rochester, was elected m-esid.-nif.. and S. Hexie secretary for the ensuing year, l'lemptly Admitted. A suit by Rebert Law against the Han kins brothers, professional iramhleiK. in Chicago, ended abruptly yesterday iu the justice's court, the jury promptly acquit ting the defendants. It was subsequently discovered that one of tnc jury, who swere he did net knew the Hankinses, had been employed by them for three years. The case will be appealed. Clese. Yerk Assembly took two spcalcer yes- DlfFEKINti OPINIONS. fleiiiwl te he Satisfied. Examiner. The whole of our state politics does net revolve around Lancaster county, and cap tious criticism upon the day fixed for the convention sueuui net. ee uasea upon any inconvenience certain districts may be put te en account of the time named. We think Lancaster county Republicans will find a way te accommodate themselves te the circumstances of this case, as they have en former occasions, and see that they are properly represented. Itoumlte be Uiasailglled. New Era. Whether the scheme laid for this county is te have the delegates appointed by the county committee or te held a special pri mary, this action will lead te great dissat isfaction among the people, and will give a prestige te the straight-out Independent Republican movement which it could net have drawn from within itself. The New mero ineffectual ballets for ceraay. On the last ballet Aivnni r?e publican, received 00 votes (lacking one ei election) and Patterson, the regular Democratic candidate, 58. Trying te Burn his Victim. The Hudseu, N. Y., Register has just received intelligence of a herrible murder committed in the town of Austerlitz, 20 miles from the city. A weed-chopper named Vanderceck, belonging in Alferd, Mass.. visited the shantv nf im- oeif witn, a desperado living at the old Green river ere bed.en Tuesday, and has net been seen since. Vanderceck's absence excited the suspicion of his friends and they went te the shanty in search e! him, when it was discovered that Beckwith had disap peared with his horse. Further investiga tion disclosed charred nnrtinna ,r n 1mm-,, skull and bones iu the stove, portions of the body cut in small pieces as if ready te euiu, iiuu me legs ami ieet in a lieap, cov ered with rubbish. Beckwith's herse was found in the mountain, 10 miles from the scene of the tragedy. Vanderceck was a stout man, weighing ever 200 pounds, and was ahnnr P.ft veire rl tt : c i te have bad some money about him. The Or.le.-lj lloeli ei dipt. C'lirUi puny. Master James Leraau, son of II. F. Lcman. of this city, has a valuable ivlic iu the shape of a well-bound and well preserved book which seem:; te have been the orderly book for Capt. Christ Myers's .company in the Ro.'elutionary war. The date ou the lly leaf is .Inly'$;l, 177!). and the contents include "Majer Cieneral Sul livan's orders, Headquarters Wyoming, .iiiuu ve, ni-.i. inesu are inscribed in an old fashioned, but very legible hand, rill.l I ii..r j 1 .il-n Z !. .. .. 1. ? . 1 i . .iiu mini m-uiua uru mgiiiy interesting as pictures of camp and garrison life in these pays that tried men's souls. The geu.v.il is astonished at one place te see the fre qiency with which his orders, prohibiting bathing, except after evening roll, an-, vi olated, and orders 20 lashes for every fu turc breach or the order. Elijah Ripple, for desertion, get 100 lashes ou In bare back. On July 8, savages having been dctcctetMievering about tin e.imp,' strag gling is forbidden and the iimiiiisiMimis dis. charge of muskcts.JAt a subsequent period, previsions running. short, the rations were reduced te 1-j lb. of soft bread, 1 lb. of fresh or salt beef or dried beef or pjrk ner day, and lti oz. hard soap per week "for 100 men. "The soldiers are strictly for bidden te burn Rails belonging te the In habidence. Humanity Dictates te every Soldier that he should net add te their Disdress, being already made miserable by a Savage Enemy." A considerable part of these erdeis re late te preparations for the march te Tio Tie ga, one of which, dated July 30, was "the soldiers te be served with a gill of whisky each this day. The soldiers te take in their pack's ten days' bread ; part hard and part soft. Alse two days' salted meat." Having reached Tiega, the soldiers must have been in destitute condition, as in ene order the general speaks of having " with difficulty procured shirts and frocks for the soldiers who are naked." The mov ing troops are ordered net te waste their fire, and in one passage the general says r " Hew exceedingly pleasing must it be te lour or live cowardly lurking savages te see one fire from them produce a wander ing discharg.) from all the muskets in n number of regiments without any kind of aiming or order and leveled at no object, but endangering these officers who arc en deavoring te restore them te order." Other erdeis written iu this book were issued at Easten, White Plains aud ether points of occupation, or en the march of the army. Plans of battle and march are included in its contents, aud a considerable quantity of poetry, of a very asserted quality, composed or transcribed by the soldier whose property it wa3. Hunk Director!) Klecte.l. On Tuesday the following directeis wvre elected for the ensuing year for the First national bank : Jacob VV". Nisslcv, Reuben Garber, Jehn M. Bear, Martin It. Peifer, Henry Shelly, Isaac S. Lengeneeker, Christian Seitz, .Jacob Dyer aud Jacob ('. ucreer. On the same day the following directors were elected for the Tnien national Mount Jey bank : Jehn ti. llu-rncr, Chiistian IL Nissly, (.'. J. Ilicstand. Jehn I!. Myers. B. M. Ureidcr, Jacob Ullrich, Jeseph Det wiler, Jehn B. Stehnian, Jehn K. Rohrer. L. Rieksecker, T. M. Itreiiemau. A Jury .Stmt mime. The jury of gentlemen from Berks and Lebanon counties, selected te view and assess the damages te the property caused uy uie euiKiing et tim line el the railroad north or this city by the Pennsylvania railroad company, were in Lancaster yes terday te hear the testimony of a dozen or mere witnesses .subpiuu-.tcd by the railroad company. Owing te the absence of im portant witnesses occasioned by the death of .Mm. R. J. McGrann. the hearing of the case was postponed. The jury will meet en ih,' 01st of February. Coiii-ensiiHinl.t-!)iididiilri. J. II. Everett, Smedley Darlington, li. Waddell and J. C. Dickey, of Chester county, have already been named by their friends as candidates for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Sixth dis trict. Why de the patriots of the Old Guard stand idle V Let us hear from Herr Smith, Ellwood Griest, J. P. Wickersham and ether aspirants. The library committee reported that thev uau puruuaseu ci. new books and placed themen thesholvesef the library." These books are standard aud we invite the in spectien and criticism of the beard and patrons. We wish te ackumv!...!..,, . -., sistance rendered us iu their selection by Mr amuel Wright, Miss Lilian Welsh and ethers. It has been the aim of this committee te popularize and make useful te the people of Columbia this valuably collection of books. The wisdom of the beard iu reducing the annual dues ii-w beeu demonstrated. Iu 1S77 the library had 11 subscribers ; iu 1378, IS : in 1871) IS ; in 18S0, II. Whilst up te the present tunc we have 1 It) subscribers and a lr"e part or the field yet te canvass. We iiave one ether matter te call te your attention. It is the useless, unsightly pest ami panel fence that surrounds the library. It is a just cause of complaint by our subscrib ers, and after much diligent inquiry your committee have failed" te find any real cause ler its being there unless it is a pre tectien te our librarian. We recommend its removal. If, however, the beard in it wisdom sees fit te retain the fence, we earnestly urge that it shall be cut down or lowered se that the subscribers ever the same."' Hie latter part of ihe rcpeit was net much liked by some of the beard, but after some discussion the report was received and erdeied te be entered en the minutes, and the reeemmen datien contained therein was referred te the libraiy committee with power te act. A number of hills were presented by the building committee, approved and ordei erdei ed te be paid. The special committee ap pointed some time age, te consider the liuancial report of Superintendent Ames and examine into the recommendation contained, reported that they had care fully examined tlie report and approved the recommendation and urged theiradep- tien by the beard. On motion of .Mr. i?i..i.. i... x .- . ... .ji.uii-, urn i cperi. ei tne committee accepted and the recommendation tamed therein was approved. The tieut reported that he had asked for bid from all the printing offices for t.he print ing of 1,000 copies of the superintendent' finaticial report. J. W. Yocum being the only bidder the .contract was awarded him. After some othcruiiimpertaut busi ness the beard adjourned. A Detective Reporter. The Columbia correspondent for the -t' Km, J. R Henry, did a real nice piece of detective wetk List night. He was standing at the corner of Third and Locust streets, when Mr. Frank .Miller called his " attention te three suspicious looking indi viduals iu front el Cable's oyster saloon. He did se, and watched and followed theui for ever :iu hour. Thev went into Win. Patten':; clothing .stoic and bought a paper cellar, then came out. But the sleuth hound was still ou tiicir track. Again they went in aud bought a pair of paper cuffs, at the same time stealing a tell of cloth worth ;l.7."i per yard. Mr. Hcurv in the meantime went in seaieh of a police man, but by the tinie they arrived the thieves and goods had down. A .seaieh was instituted, and at midnight the dctcc live reporter saw them jump ou freight train. was con - presi- a passuiy lr. r.auiseii'3 case. At the Bew street pelice court, Londen, yesterday, Dr. Gee H. Lamson, accused of causing the death of his brother-in-law, 1 ercy M. Jehn, by poison, was again remanded for one week. The further re maud is te await the result of the corencr.s inquest en the body of his supposed victim. Itadly Hm-iied. As I-: uic Coffroad, of Salisbury, was en gaged in making lard oil an explosion occurred, and Mr. Coffroad had hits left hand terribly burned by the beilin" oil. It was with the greatest enbrt that he ex tinguished the fire ami saved the shed in which he was working from being burned down and his whole crop of tobacco de stroyed. Di-uiik and DNiirdKrIy. Alderman Samson ent te jail for three days, Charles Bell, who war. "picked up for bi'ing drunk and disorderly en the streets. Alderman Samson committed (Jeer-e Gracffaud Geerge Albert for ten days The mayor sent one drunk te mil fin- 10 lay.", two for 1i, and discharged another. More Snow. Last night and early this morning there was a brisk snow storm in this city and vicinity, the earth being covered te a depth of about four inches. Later in the morning, however, it commenced raining, and at the present writing, high neon, much of the snow has becu melted, and the streets arc ankle deep with a slushy mixture of snow aud mud. i.iaie t.etus. Snow began falling last night about. 12 o'clock and this nierniug I'viry thing is white. " The masquerade ball ceinc.i oil" this evening. A surprisingly large audience giected ' I'ncle Dau'l " last evening. About the middle of the day the box sheet, was vnrv slim, but iu the evening nearly every seat down stair.s was taken. Indc .ih't did his best te please all and succeeded, but with the -exception of flip, which was well acted, the ether characters were very peer ; nothing ceiupaied te the troupe of a year age. Philip Phillips and .son ave one of their evenings of .song in the Methodist church last evening. A fair-si -d audience was present, and all were d.-iitrhted with what they .saw and heard. Seme snow fell oil' of a reef" this morning en a gentleman who was passing, and with the exception of a mashed sto've pipe no ether injury was received. Al.-. Christopher Sheik, of West Ileum. field township, near llesti.tier's mill, while passing from his farm te his home about a quarter or a mile yesterday, fell dead within 8!) yards ..r the latter. Died of heart disease was the verdict. The engine e2C of the C. I). local jump ed the track a short, distance abeve the tunnel, at t:fe this ineiuiiig. Only the -engine was elf the track, but this alone served te keep the Marietta accommoda tion from making its usual morning trip. YHr: IIOCTOKN. Meeting el tun llemu epullili: .-.ledlcnl Society. A regular meeting of the Iioin.cep.ithi.; medical society, or Lancaster county, was held ye.steiday at the office of Dr. Franlz, Duke street, this city. The attendance was geed ; uicmbci.; Hern Columbia. Man heun, .Marietta, some from the county and M.-U Unit;.... ....I II. ...1 .. II .. ... ..eiiinii-i .urn iiut-uurr, ei LUIS City, Drs. were present. I'hc general health was n: ported as fair ; the ordinary catarrhal dis eases or the season being prevalent, with, however, a larger number or tvnheid mil malarial cases than usual. Of diphtheria, while net epidemic, cases arc still reported fiern all sections of county and city. This fact invited a discussion of the remedies which American hoinejopaths use iu diph tuciia and the success of the treatment. A new nosedo brought from England lately by eik; of the members was pie sented te the society, which a few years" experience has proven te the English ho he ho ma;epalhs a decided triumph iu treatment of diphtheria. This remedy belongs te tlje Kami: class that American honiL'epath;i have discovered and are meeting with great success ; the difference being in the animal species from which it was trans mitted. After a very pleasant and in stinctive session the society adjourned te meet at Columbia en April 11th. Tobacco Stelen. Thieves broke into the barn of Isaac Rhoads, of Salisbury, and stele about 1,000 stalks of tobacco. The thieves were tracked by Isaac Means and Martin Buz zard le a desert spot en the Welsh meuti tain, who toel: measures te have the sits peeled parties brought te justice. Ou Tuesday they were arrested and put under bail for a hearing. Coumvuxe Iren Mill. .Mr. Paiis Haldcman, of Cluck its. las bought out the interests of Dr. Chailcs M. Xes and Dr. Henry Jfcs, f Yerk, in the Couewage iron company, of Middle town, paying them the par value of $100 pershaic, $20,000 for the 200 sliaies owned by them. Large Ball. Lint f veiling Bamberger's Iin.ll in Lititz was opened with agra.nl ball. The at-teudanc-j was very large and a great number of these pit-sent were from' this city. I .1
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