LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. i882. Lancaster Inttlliamtzt. WiJiDNE3DAT EVENING, JAN. 18, 1863. The Mau Who Wins. A Washington dispatch te the Cincin nati Commercial says that Franklin B. Gewen is talked of there as the next Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania. Mr Gewen is widely talked of in his state for this candidacy. It is known that it has long"been his de sire te retire from the Reading presi dency and that he would have gratified his wish years age but for the financial revulsion which brought theReading into .t condition which forbade his leaving it until it once mere steed erect. That time is new at hand. The overwhelming personal victory secured by Mr. Gewen at the late election in hiscorperation,and t'.ic successful condition of its business, enable him te retire from the presidency with a clear conscience and without the shadow of reproach. It is understood that he proposes seen te resume the prac tice of his profession, which eilers him a wider field for the exercise of his mag nificent talents, and a mere congenial one as well. In this event he will be eligible te the Democratic nomination for governor ; and although it will net b3 an invititg pest in a pecuniary sense, Mr. Gewen is well known te regard very lightly such considerations, and te held far above them the desire te make him self useful in this day and generation and te win the deserved applause of men. There is agrcat field open te a Pennsyl vania governor who has the courage and disposition te turn it up for the public geed. Mr.Gewen is such a character. lie is a man after the hearts of the people, who adore his brave, self-reliant and honest soul. They would gather around his political banner with a fervor or spirit that would make him once mere a victor. Success attends him because lie deserves it and fights for it with an unquenchable zeal that knows no such word as fail. It is entirely be yond question thathchasa stronger held upon the admiration of his lebw citi zens of Pennsylvania than any ether man in the state, and that no one could se brilliantly cany the Deme cratic banner. He is net of the order of men who would seek the nomination ; nor de we believe he is of the order who would decline it. He is tee great and true a man te de cither. He gees cheer fully where he sees his duty te lie ; and where can there be a greater duty than will find its scope in the gubernatorial office of this great stale, which is insigni ficant eidy because insignificant men held it? The Aunual Plunder. The annual report of the state treas urer, showing hew the state collects and disburses some seven million dollars an. nually, is a document of great length and of mere than correspondingly great in terest, though necessarily of net suffi cient length te set forth in detail all the miner expenditures which are classified under the comprehensive subjects of '' expenses of government,"' " public grounds and buildings," " Heuse " and ' Senate," and that wide-reaching term ' miscellaneous." The ether leading items of expenditures are explicit enough te at Iwisl reveal the character if net the propriety of them, but the general classes we have specified, it is readily te be seen, may cover a multitude of sins. The judges are an expensive luxury and the Xa Xa tienal Guard likewise : the schools get no mere then their share of the pub lic moneys and likely only a small part of the appropriations for charities is stolen. The public printing and bind ing cost S283,037.2l, exclusive of $123, 851.10 spent en the Lcyisluthc llccenl, most of which is a swindle en the state, as the contractor fails te comply with his obligation, and renders his publication worthless by his breach of contract and his claim for pay against the state in valid. $30,000 interest en agricultuial college land scrip fund is another healthy item. But it is in the classes of expenditures we have singled out for special animad version that appear most boldly, the reasons for suspicion of fraud and wrong doing ; and the state treasurer's report is made up in such a wonderful system of classification that it has te be searched all through te find the different jobs which play the harlequin first under one head and then under the ether; "sup plies and contracts," " Heuse'" and "Senate" are some of the titles in which they appear. In general terms they sug gest the pilfering which has been go ing en " en the hill" for years, and if the bills en file could be examined in detail they would no doubt strongly confirm this suspicion. It is safe te say that three-fourths of the money of which the expenditure is entrusted te the dis cretion of state eliciuls at Harrisburg, is virtually stolen or wasted, te give job bers a big profit at the stale's expense. That notorious rooster, Harry Huhn, chief clerk of the Heuse, drew $3,972 compensation, and, besides this, $G,G9G.27 for " contingent -expenses," $187.11 for " locks, shelving, Sc;" $1,G0S.SI for repairs;" $J01.17fer ventilation, locks, &c. ; $2,000 for incidental expenses, $200 for "indexes to.jeurnal." and $50 for expert en ventilation. Hew much of that 'total $10,843.00, draw by Huhn, besides his " compensation," was honest ly spent for necessaries, may be inferred by these who knew the character of the man who handled the money. Surely the "subject needs " ventilation," and the treasury ought te have " locks" against such raids and such raiders. That graceless scamp, Sam Adams, who has infested Harrisburg for years and whose bills for supplies have been a scandal almost timeout of mind, drew $2,210.18 for carpets, rugs, &c. ; $1J5..-, ler hair cloth chairs; :1S for a ".neat for the lobby ;" $377.90 for furniture: for "". and $107.85 for furnishing hall rooms. E. W. Chellis in a lump bill of $2, !!),. ' for "departments, Scn- ilerk of Heuse." S.Beyd 5.32 for repairs. W. if. as a supply man. draws upplies " and $4,88.74 oehir, A:. J. .J. Uglesbv I is set down as drawing $365.40 for chair3 for the Heuse. J. C. Delaney, one of the Huhn breed of roosters, a political tool for any dirty werk.and one who has been feathering his nest for years at Harrisburg, gets $1, 297.60 compensation as librarian of the Senate a fair, round price for all he does and in r.dditien $000 for " services as librarian, recess December 31, 1SS1 ;' $310 for " new desks for sec. of com. office; " $1,315 for " repairing rooms and book cases ;"' $426 for " desks, tables, &c: " $90$.02 for " radiators for depart ments ; " $20S for " safe for stationery department;"' $1,253 for " furnishing desks for departments :" $2,114.75 for " furnishing offices of president of Senate and state treasury'' enough te furnish a whole house aud $900 for " postage, labor and express charges." Fer compiling the hand book Win. P. Smull gets $000, $660 for a radiator for the speaker's room, and 141 .86 contingent. Besides a contingent of $3,500, Chief Senate Clerk Cochran gets $300 for " ex penses during recess," $200 for " index ing the journal," and $50 for two years cafe of the electric clock. J. D. Pal tirsen, resident clerk, was paid $1,000 for " postage, labor and ex press charges," and $100 for " expenses in eilice during recess ;"' J. W. Xcill. $1,545 for "plumbing and gas fitting;" Samuel 13. Cellins, P7,055.20 for the Lejislutii-c Recerd ; the Harrisburg postmaster, $25,135 for " postage ;" for 'department contingent expenses' $20, 118.91, were paid out; for distributing and shipping public documents, some $6,000, of which Jehn II. Leenard and D. K. IJurkhelder, of this city, get their slices ; and for discovering aud prose cuting delinquent corporations a work which it seems te us the auditor general and attorney general ought te de $8, 203.26 were paid, of which one of ox ex Auditor General Schell's sons get $1, 653.9'i, anil another $3,859.96. Three times as many pasters aud folders and pages as could have done their work and much besides for which the foregoing moneys were expended, were paid three fold the price which their labors would command elsewhere. These figures arc eloquent with the story of a plundered commonwealth. They present alive issue in state politics. They tell their own tale, but will admit of future elaboration te point their moral aud te show the responsibility and the re sults of the system of which they are ex ponents. Tin: delegation from Philadelphia te the Democratic st.ue convention, se far as it is elected all but seven of its mem bers being chosen may be better than the ordinary set sent from that city, and it may be worse. It is very hard te tell from the list of names published. The half of them who are net contested are as likely as net te send ether men in their places,and of these who arecenlested the merits of their cases arc as likely as net te be never heard or considered in the strife and turmoil of a state convention. Besides, experience has shown that dele gates who never knew of a contest at home may find one set up for them when they get te the state convention. As published, the names of the delegates have a very ancient and fish-like smell, beginning with llughey Beyle and end ing witli Samuel Josephs, with a fine as sortment of Macks and Killackys, For Fer For sylhesandnaggertys,SlierrysandBeyles, Maguiresaud Mahers, Delahantys and Gallaghers, sandwiched between them. There have been all kinds of rival con ventions held in bar rooms and en curb stones, premising a fruitful crop of con tests. All in all, the Philadelphia De mocracy have given their country breth ren no occasion for congratulation or hope. We print en our first page te-day the complete list of awards in the poultry show and some special points concerning this interesting aud successful exhibi tion new drawing te a close. The intel ligence and experienceef the professional judges who have determined these mat ters leave no room te question the fitness of their judgments. We doubt if our citizens have fairly appreciated the merits of this show, which is probably equal te any of its kind ever held in this state, and rellects the highest credit en the enterprise and energy of our local association. Wc knew none of its members grudge the highest special praise which is universally bestowed upon their secretary, Mr. Jacob B. Lichty, te whose laborious and well directed efforts is largely due the in creasing success of these displays. He has shown what can be done in our com munity in this single department of stock raising ; and, withalleur vast agri cultural and industrial resources, we are leth te believe that a successful general county fair could net be organized if the matter was taken held of by the proper parties and run in the proper manner. Tin-: list of the Philadelphia delegation te the next Democratic state, convention reads like one which might start from Philadelphia for one candidate ami laud at the convention for another man. The supremc court has decided that a bank holding deposits te the credit of an insolvent aud also his notes unmatured, cannot setoff the one against the ether en learning of the insolvency. Lew life in Philadelphia hcadliucs from a llccerd local : "Queen of the Slums" "ShcDics of Mauia-a-Potu at thn Age of Fourte3n Years." " Her Friends Suspect Poisoning by Rival Beauties, and ask the Corener te Investigate. " A juli. introduced by Senater Davis, of Illinois, enacts that the previsions of sec tion Gil of the revised statue tes " be and they are liereby extended aud made appli cable te Ward Hunt, associate justice of the .supreme court of the United States, in consequence of his physical disability, notwithstanding lie has net served the full term of ten years required by the fore going Kcctien ; provided thai the said Ward Haul shall resign said office of associate jus tice of the supreme court of the United Slates within thirty days after thepassage of this act." Judge Hunt is utterly incapaci tated te attend te business and only "holds en" te draw the salary, as he is net yet old enough te retire voluntarily and take it with him. The Clinten Democrat thinks that "when the Democratic state committee meets it is te be hoped that it will prompt ly adept the rules framed by the com mittee en the (subject and leperted te the last convention. A large majority of that body was in favor of their adoption, but a vote upon them was prevented by the fae tieus conduct of the Philadelphia delega tion. Emphatically in this case, the will should be taken for the deed." In part the state ceramittecinight profitably adept these rules. Such of them, however, as ielate te matters ever which a convention only, and net the state committee, has con trol could net be adopted by the commit tee simply, se as te have binding force. By the way when does Chairman Begert propose te gather his committee together? The thrce wings of the Republican party having met and conferred it is time for a Democratic "long talk " at least. And let it be in Philadelphia. Pottstown has an ordinance under which miners, found en the streets after 9 p. m. in the winter, or 10 p. in. in the summer, without .sufficient rcaseu for being out se Lite, may be lined $2 and costs or locked up for 18 hours. Of two boys who lately stepped te speak te each ether en their way from church and blocked up the sidewalk momentarily, one was ar rested aud fined, but upon a certiorari Judge Ress set aside the proceedings, as he thinks the ordinance is a stretch of mu nicipal authority. He strongly afllrms the right of municipalities te pass ordinances te enforce elder en the streets, aud sets forth the following as the powers which they may exercise : First. They may prohibit corner louug leuug iug or any ether leafing or leuugiugatany point along the public stiect- Second. In prohibiting such au evil they may impose penalties for violation of the prohibition. Third. They may pass any proper ordi nance forbidding indecorum and miscon duct which amounts te a breach of the peace in or along the public streets. Fourth. They may give their officers the power te make arrests, for any violation of any ordinance) legally and constitution ally passed, in execution and pursuance of the powers enumerated. Fifth- They have the right te require of every passer-by, and te insist upon such requirement by proper penalties, geed con duct, order and decorum. Sixth. They may prevent by ordinance aud penalties, upon the public highway, all conduct, acts and demeanor, which violate geed order and public decency. Seventh. Prostitution seeking its wages, drunkenness with its disturbance, rioters or these threatening riot, and all ethers threatening the public peace, arc all fairly within the power of an ordinance properly pissed. PERSONAL. In the Iowa Legislature yesterday Wil Wil eon was chosen Uuited States senator for the long term and McDill for the short term. Hen. Claiiksen N. Pet teu was yester day, at Albany, taken .suddenly ill, aud is confined te his room. His condition is encouraging. Hen. A. H. Stephens, who is new 70 years old, has never read a fairy story, ana until the ether day never heard of Cinderella. Contrary te the custom of his immediate predecessors, Attorney General Buew&tek has determined te appear iu person in the supreme court of the United States iu all cases affecting the public interests. The Chambersburg Valley Spirit an nounces upon authority that Hen. Wil liam S. Stexeeu is net a candidate for govorner. (jrlaa te hear el one modest man. Next '.' Eukaii Pinchot of Pike county, I'a., is an applicant for the Belgian mission, aud is indorsed by the Pennsylvania delegation. He has never held au important state or federal office, but for years has been prom incut in state conventions aud as a member of the state central committee. The members of the bar of Northamp ton county have tendered ex-Judge Reed er a cemplimcutasy banquet as a mark of their appreciation of the ability aud court esy with which he presided ever the courts during his term of office. Judge Rccder has responded te the invitation and the time is fixd for Friday evening next, at the United States hotel. Hen. Henry Green will prcside, aud many distin guished gentlemen will be guests of the occasion. William II. Vaxuekbilt has moved into his new house en Fifth avenuc, aud it was opened te friends of the family. Seme idea of the cost may be gathered from the f.sct that between 000 and 700 men were employed upon the interior decorations for a year and a half. Sixty foreign carvers and sculptors were cm- pleyed for two years, having been engaged iu Europe for the work and brought te tbis country under contracts which as sured them pay at an average rate of $G0 a week and passage both ways. A gentleman formerly of considerable promiuence in Ohie politics, and who stumped that state for RuTiiEUKeitD B. Hayes in his campaigns for governor and prcsidentjSaid te a Recerd ropertcr : "I can produce evidence in five minutes te show that Mr. Hayes has never paid the $1,000 he subscribed te his campaign for governor nor has he ever paid the $5,000 that he sub scribed toward his presidential campaign. The books of the Ohie state central com mittee show te this day that these sub. scriptiens have never been paid." OBITOAKY NOTKS. Mere or Less Distinguished Dead. A. A. Pettingill, a retired journalist, died yesterday at Bridgeport, Cenu., aged 71 years. F E. Angel!, a well-known telegrapher, died at Chicago en Monday night of smallpox. Lx-Govcrner Bulleck di epped dead en the sidewalk yesterday at Worcester, Mass., from apoplexy. Hen. Henry C. Marchand, a veteran of the Mexican war and a prominent lawyer of Grccusburg, Wcstmerelaud county, died en Monday. Gee. N. Allen, of the dry goods firm of Weed, Bacen & Ce , died suddenly yester day morning of heart disease at his resi dence in Bryn Mawr. The death is announced of Lord Lurgan, at the age of 51 years. He sat in the Heuse of Peers as a Liberal, aud was the owner of the famous coursing heuud Mas ter McGrath. Praise Frem Sir Hubert. Scranien Republican. The Lancaster Intelligexcek, new the ablest Democratic daily in the state. TO-DAY'S TIDINGS. 1,000 FAMILIES HOMELESS. lNTKllKDPTION OF SUNDAY Ul'LLFIGUT Clime and c.riuim;ils Oi-dingulsiied Dead Dead Lesses eyi'ire. Themas Gaffney, a shoemaker, of Scran Scran ten, was killed by an accidental fall down stairs. The river at Nashville, Tenu., is rising slowly. About 1,000 houses are in the back waters Nearly 400 representatives of the several encampments of Odd Fellows in Illinois have arrived iu Chicago te join in the cele bration of the centennial auuivcrsary of the birth of Themas Wildcy, of Balti more, the feuudcr of the order iu this country. Upen opening the proposals for paper yesterday te be used by the government printing office for the present year rearly all of the twenty-three bids were found te be informally made, and all were rejected. New proposals will be invited. Accident at a Hull Fight. During a bull fight at Matanzas en Sun day a part of the scaffolding supporting the scats gave way, and nearly three hun dred persons were precipitated into the stables below. One person was killed and ethers were mere or less injured. A Cheke of culce. The amount of coke being shipped ever the Southwest read is greater new than ever before There was a blockade of 200 cars at the Baltimore & Ohie aud Seuth west junction en Saturday tbat was broken after considerable difficulty. Hating in the Sunny Seuth. The spriug meeting of the Savannah (Ga.) Jockey club opened yesterday. La Gleria wen the Ten Breeck stakes for 2- year-old, mile heats, in 1:18, 1:51$. Lct- t ma took the first heat in 1:46. Ballast wen the Savannah cap, for all ages, two miles, iu 3:39. The purse for all ages, 1 miles, was wen by Bennie Castle iu 2:44. The Khedive Remembers America. The Hen. Simeu Wolf, consul general of the United States at Caire, has forward ed te Treasurer Gilfillan another contribu tion of 3,800 francs te the "Garfield Memerial Hospital," iu this city, making in all 0,000 francs or about $1,200, collec ted by him from the Khedive and ether friends of America resident in Eygpt. fudge and I'rofcsser. A personal rencentre took place yester day at Richmeud, Va., between J. V. Reddy, a prominent Republican Readjus ter candidate for the judgeship of the hustings court of that city, siud Samuel D. Davics, professor at the Richmeud col cel col lege, in which the latter was considerably worsted. Davics had publicly denounced Reddy as a liar and scoundrel aud then refused te tight a duel. Had I y Scared Legislature. The members of the Virginia Legisla ture are se badly scared by the prevalence of smallpox in Richmond that the Heuse yesterday adopted a concurrent resolution for the appointment of a cemmittee te con for with the municipal authorities of Nor folk, Lynehburg and Alexandria te ascer tain if suitable accommodations can be obtained in cither place for the use of the General Assembly. Feeling with .Explosives. While scrap iron was bciug broken up at the Welterman mill, at Sharen, a few days since a shell in the heap exploded, dangerously wounding Geerge Cartwright, a puddlcr. A carter picked up a small package of dynamite in one of the lower town market halls of Quebec en Monday. The package was about the size of an egg, was scicuti fially prepared and contained directions for setting it off. The carter took it te the police office aud made a deposition as te the circumstances of liuding it. THIS KAG1XO FLAMES. Recent Lesses by Fire. Annie L. Snewdcn, of Pittsburgh, was burned fatally by an exploding lamp a lew days since. Mrs. Elizabeth Cunuiugham, aged 75 years, died last night from fright caused by a trilling fire which occurred at her residence, Ne. 1824 Warueck street, Phil adelphia. The flames started in a closet amougsemo clethiiur and did damage' te the extent of 850. Nine buildings, including the court house and posteflicc, tegetber with all the records of the district court aud many of the books and records of the county clerk, treasurer aud probate court, were destroy ed by fire yesterday at Abaliue, Kau. Lofs, $75,000. Yesterday morning lire broke out in Emery & Ce.'s oil warehouse en Seventh street, Pittseurgh, resulting m the de struction of the building aud of the rag aud paper warehouse of McCuIleugh & Smith. The total less will reach $25,000, aud the iusurauce will nearly cover the less. Since the Vicuna fire, which destreyed the Ring theatre, the people of Berlin have undertaken a vcritable campaigu agaiust gas. The Imperial palace has set the fashion ; there is no gas in or about it except in the vestibule. In the empress's apartments alone eight hundred waxen candles are lighted every evening. The emperor works at his writing table nights by the light of a common lamp filled with non-explosive oil. CKIMi: ANw CKOI1NALS. Murders aud Murderers In All Sections. The peddler who was assaulted and rob bed by the Dean brothers near Lamb's Gap, Cumberland county, will die of his injuries. Morgan Berkley, 'of Bolivar, Westmore land county, was fatally shot by burglars whom he surprised while they were break ing in his store. At Knox, Ind., Charles Beldfield bru tally murdered Mary White, aged 14 years by cutting her threat from car te ear with a pocket kuife. The murderer fled. Gov. McEnery has commuted te impris onment for life the death sentence of Charles Butler, convicted of the murder of Jeseph Bend, in St. Mary's parish, Louis iana. Sarah T. Whittier, of Alfred, Me., who confessed te have caused the death of her illegitimate infant child by drowning it in the Meusam river, was sentenced te state prison for life. Charles Martin, the young man who, while drunk a few Sundays age at Detroit, Mich., wantonly assaulted an old man named Christian Turner, knocking him down and stamping his head te a jelly, was sentenced te tne state prison ler lite. Rcid Jehnsen, a colored farmer residing near Jacksen, Miss., while sitting at his fireside, was shot and killed by Andersen Hunter, colored. On account of Hunter's intimacy with Mrs. Jehnsen her husband came te Jacksen from a distant section of the state a short time age. Hunter fol lowed and 'murdered him. Hunter' and Mrs. Jehnsen are new in jail. Committee en l'ermanent Certierates. The committee en teachers' permanent certificates meets at the boys' high school en Saturday, 28th inst., at 10 o'clock, for examination of applicants for permanent certificates Applicants will bring their professional certificates and also the proper papers duly signed by directors and county superintendent. LOCAL: INTELLIGENCE. 1 1 S3IALXPOX. H Vases Bepertect in Lni:caster-rouiniiIta-tien Frem the Heard et Ucaltli. The following communication from the beard of health explains itself. It should be read aud its recommendations adopted by all who would prevent the loathsome disease, smallpox, from becoming epidem ic in our midst, as it is already in se many ether parts of the country . Te the Pl-blic We, the members of the beard of health of Lancaster city, deem it our duty thus publicly te warn our fel low citizens of the alarming prevalence of smallpox in se many sections of the coun try ; and iu view of the tact which has come te our knowledge of the existence e.f one or mere as yet isolated casc3 iu our own city, we earnestly urge the adoption of all hygienic and preventive measures, such as cleanliness iu and about dwellings and thorough ventilation of the latter, as well as personal attention te the well known laws of health but most especially vaccination as the specific protection against the attack aud contagious comma uicatien of thus most loathsome disease. The sanitary committee of the beard of health of Philadelphia have issued a c'ueu- 'iW lar in which tbey say : 1. Vaccination is one of the bu:-t means of preventing the attack of smallpox. 2. All persons should be re-vaceiuatcd after twelve years of age. 3. When smallpox prevails every pc-rseu should be immediately rc-vacciuated by a legally qualified medical practitioner. 1. Every child should be vaccinated within three mouths after its bitth. Wc would also veutuie respectfully te urge upon councils the necessity and duty of providing for the vaccination of these among us who have net the means of procuring vaccination themselves. It has been reported te us that our sister town of Columbia has appropriated one thousand dollars te the like purpose. We cannot tee strongly recommend a general and prompt compliance with the above rules. By their observance, primary vaccination aud ro-vaccinatieu alter the expiration of seven or eight years, the most ctfeetunl protection is assured agaiust the spread of this terrible scounre, as well as bciug the surest way of robbing it of its terrors. Newtex Ligiitxei:, President. James II. Mausiiall, Lkwis IIalhv, M. L. Herk, M. D., Charles A. IlEtxiisn, C. II. Brews, M. D. Secretary. mii KJ.KC1KIC FUCK AI.AltM. Contract llctuccu ihe Cily ami llic tiauie-n-eil Company Closed. Last evening in select council chamber, articles of agreement between the Game well tire alarm telegraph cempauy, rei rescnted by its Secretary, Chester 11. Pend, of New Yerk,and the special cemmittee ou the reorganization of the lire department, representing the city, were duly signed and scaled by virtue of a resolution adopted by city councils in November last, empower ing the special committee te execute such contract. The articles were drawn up by City Solicitor Stcinmcts, who was present at the meeting last night, and provide that the said Gamewell company shall proceed te provide '.he city with a telegraphic lire alarm te be composed of thirty boxes, and te include all the fixings and appurten ances usual in a lirst-class service of this character. The consideration named, $3,527.75, is payable sis months after the time at which the alarm shall be in geed and satisfactory working condition, and it is also provided in the agreement that the work of construction shall be completed within sixty days of the signing of the articles, that is, by the 17th of March next. Mr. fend staled that work would be commenced as seen as the members of the committee designated the location of the boxes, and pushed forward with all possible speed, as it was te the interest of his company te have it finished as seen as possible. A member of the Gamewell firm will ceme at once te Lancaster and superintend the construction of the appa ratus. Mr. Jacob Hatz, of this city, will have charge of the erection of all pests aud wires that may be needed. To-mer row the cemmitcc will make a tour of the city for the purpose of locating the alarm boxes aud whatever additional pests may be needed, it being understood that the city will make use of all the telegraph poles at present standiug wlr.ch it can ad vantageously employ. Se that within a very few days our "citizens may expect te sec the work actually under way, aud this long needed improvement ou the read te completion. At last night's ' meeting every member of the committee was pres ent except Dr. Davis, and the contract re ceived the signatures el the seven ether me mbcrs. The doctor has along been a warm advocate of thn electric alarm and had he been present the articles would no doubt have received his signature also. Indeed, at the close of the meeting, oue of the members of the cemmittee took charge of the papers and volunteered te hunt the doctor up, aud with his signature " make it unanimous" actually, as, te all intents and purposes, it practically was anyhow. Te-night the committee meets for the purpose of examining draughts of boie carts aud awarding the contract for the buildin-r of the same. Police Cases. Edward Speucc, for drunken and disor derly conduct aud beggiug,was committed for 10 days by Aldermau Barr. The boys who were charged with break ing the SouthJDuke street school house wiudews, and assaulting the janitors, Charles Censtcim and his wife, were heard before Alderman Barr last week and the case against them were dismissed, but two of them Geerge Blankenmycr and Adam Mcissenbcrgev were held te bail for their geed behavior. Liirge Stag Party Last evening a large party was given at the residence of Thad. S. Dickey, en North Duke street, te Jehn K. Metzger, who had jnst returned from the West ou a visit te his home. Between 40 and 50 gentlemen were present, and there wcre a number of speeches made. Xew Iren Company. A new stock company, consisting of Messrs. Herace A. Beale, William H. Gibbens, Samuel R. Parke, A. Jacksen Williams, Ames Michcner and Lewis A. Hampton, has been formed at Parkesburg, Chester county, te manufrcture iron. iiOOtl. llegg. Jehn Grimes,of Millbach, Lebanon coun ty, slaughtered two hogs last week, that weighed when dressed, 1,158 pounds, each weighing exactly 579 pounds. The head of ene of the hogs weighed G7 pounds. Where are the l'elice ? Complaint has been made about small boys coasting en the pavements en East King street, until the sidewalk is danger ous te pedestrians. Lew Down. The cold wave that overspread the country last night caused the mercury te fall during the night te 9 degrees above zero. Withdrawal. James Kautz, of tbeFifth ward, says he is net a candidate for driver under the new fire department. STATE AND COUNTY. ;: WHffltCEir.Tm, MOiNEY GOMES, AND WHITHER IT GOES. Lancaster County's Contributions te the State Treasury. Sum fepeclal Vestures of the Common wealth's Expenditures. The report of the state treasurer for the fiscal year ending Nev. 39,-1881, is an in teresting budget of many hundred pages, setting forth the fiuaucial transactions of a commonwealth which raises and spends ever five million dollars per annum, ex clusive of the operations of the siukiug fuud. Whence this vast sum is gathered and hew expended may be gleaned from the following statements : Receipts. Tax en corporation stock, $847,709.82 ; bonus ou charters, $52,044.29 ; tax en leans, $205,304.G7 ; laud, $3,419.40 ; re ro re tailers' licenses, $230,903.02 ; patent med icine licenses, $3,152.79 ; billiard licenses, $10,480.38 ; tavern licenses, $504,983.30 ; circus ana tueatre nceuses,5(j,484.4-l ; bio kers' licenses, $11,010.91 ; peddlers' licenses, $2,120.40 ; eating house licenses, $33,343,G1 ; brewers' licenses, $9,502.11 ; liquor licenses, $22,391.94 ; auctioneers' licenses, $28,400.12 ; pamphlet laws, $321. 37 ; bank tax, $775.91; state tax, $431.90 1. 04; notary publiccomraissiens,$10,830.0D ; tax en coal companies, $257,034.79 ; tax ea gross receipts, $78G,913.85 ; tax ou writs, $85,544.08 ; collateral inheritance tax, $747,128.48 ; tax ea income, $04,080. 09 ; accrued interest, $10,703.12 ; fees of office, $54,156.9S ; tax en premiums.$207, 317.21 , annuity for right of way, $10,000; sale of public property, $20 ; re funded cash, $10,545.02 ; tax en gross premiums, $242,172.08 ; penalty, $2,140.11 ; United States government, account of military claims, $5,150.00 ; geological survey, $521.11 ; escheats, $0,025.70 ; conscience fund, $15.10 ; tax en bank stock. $334, 250.20 ; office license fees, $11,279.41 ; excess of commissions, $642.94 ; sale of Centennial building, $910.94 ; insaue hos pital, at Danville, insurance trust, $209, 11G.01 ; tax en sale of fertilizers, $2.fi!0. Total, $5,471,300.41. alnkiug Fund. Commutation teuuage. $100,000 ; Alle gheny V. It, It. Ce., interest en bends, $122,5C0 ; bends. $100,000 ; dividend ou bridge stock, $00; tax en corporation stock, $847,910.02. Total, $1,530,470.02. Grand total, $7,001,782.43. Bxpendltures Refunded cash, $820.29 ; pensions aud gratuities, $11,774.74 ; judges,$427,5G9.57; associate juuges, 333,303.83 ; expenses et government, $193,850.05 ; state library, $0,700; public building's and grounds,$10, 350.74 ; Heuse of Representatives, $284. 173.02 ; Senate of Pennsylvania, $101. 5G8.18 ; special committees, $250 ; coal mine inspectors, $32,902.44 ; charitable institutions, $S20,208.45 ; soldiers' orphan schools, $359,156.29 ; common schools, $1,487,059 55; normal schools, $117,284. 85 ; county superintendents, $94,802.26 ; Geological survey, $44,000 ; mercantile appraisers $2,301.02 ; miscellaneous, $55, G33.G0 ; penitentiaries, $371,743.75 ; house of refuge, $101,875 ; escheats $4,572.56 ; mechanics' high school, $73.50 ; fish com missioners, $5,000 ; Yorktewu centennial celebration $10,000 ; purchase of portraits of Generals Meade and Hancock, $1,000 ; riots, July,1877,$220.70 ; electoral college, $950.39 ; special commissions, $10,100.06 ; Philadelphia school of design. $6.000 ; salaries, $80,287.57; Jehn W. Geary, monument, $103 ; public printing and binding, $283,637.29 ; national guard, 6207,573.03 ; delinquent dealers, $22, 738.16 ; Lcyislaticc Recerd, $23,854.40 ; public buildings and grounds, deficiency, $7,800.37 ; fire companies, $700 ; repairs te executive buildings, $1,800 ; Miuers' hospital at Ashland, $32,252.79 ; costs in commonwealth cases, $1.022.94 ; Penn sylvania state agricultural college bend, $40,000 ; deceased members of the Legis lature, $5,009 ; insane hospital at Dan ville, insurance trust, $40,000 ; committee te revise revenues, $2,100 ; improvement of grave of General Antheny Wayne, $175.38 ; Rebert Fulton statue, $3,750 ; expenses of statue commission, $255.47 ; expenses of examining county officers' ac counts, $1,000 ; expenses of executing cor poration tax laws, $1,000 ; Gettysburg Battlefield Memerial association, $5,000 Total, $5,360,495.03. Sinking Fund. Leans redeemed, $421,801.60 ; inter est en leans redeemable, $7,933.57; interest en public debt, $1,100,580 ; com pensation paid Farmers' aud Mechanics' bank, Philadelphia, $6,000 ; interest en agricultural college land scrip fund, $30, 000. Total, $1,566,315.17; grand total, $0,926,810.02. LANCASTER COUNTY'S SHAKE. Seme Moneys Paid into the Mate Frem -Tliis County. County Treasurer S. A. GrelT : Kctailcrs' Licences Liquor " Treusurv -f !,27S 7 . 1,W 45 4M .10 i:u m . " 'J-J7 5.1 2,tW IU . 1:5,718 CO 3S 01 . 1.MJI Si 17 50 11 40 3S GJ llrewcrs liilliaril - Jlrekcrs' " Katiug Heuse " Tavern " Peddler's " Leans " Circus " Pamphlet Laws Register Harrison Ress : Tax en writs Kctjiatcr Edward Kdgcrlcy : Tax en writs Cellateml Inheritance tax Tux en TurnpIKO Stock. JMunhciui & Lancaster ; Willow Street btruslntrg & Millport Lancaster & Fruitville Bridgeport & Horseshoe. Lancaster. Elizabethtown & Middle- LOW II. Lancaster & Lititz Lancaster & Williamstewii Columbia & Washington Philadelphia & Lancaster Columbia & Chestnut Hill Columbia & Marietta..., Lancaster & Marietta Coucstega& Big Spring New Helland met; . 1I.1.VI fe'J .? i.n s; 1U7 is ;n e) ."il W) 171 00 IPC CO 187 50 2J80 ffl 80 40 CI 'J8 00 ie j at 17 82 ISO 08 Tax en Stock, Income and Receipts. Columbia Water Ce ...?. $ JO ( 12 00 'iVJ 02 107 3J '? . I. 75 7 1,'J31 00 i:je 40 00 52 Marietta JuarKet co Lancaster Gas Light ami fuel Ce St. Peter's B.andL'. A., Columbia Lancaster Werkingnicn'sB. and L. A. Union B.andL. A., Lancaster Lancaster Gas Ce Columbia B.and I,. A, People's Building, Lean and Deposit Ce., Lancaster Heading it Columbia It. It. Ce Benus en charter. Lancaster City Light Ce t Bank4 and Bankers. Kccct & Hendersen Itced, McGrann & Ce First National, Marietta Farmers' National, Lancaster First National, Strasburg First National, Mount Jey Lancaster County National First National. Lancaster Lititz National Bank Manhcim National Bank... , City and Borough Lean. 31 1. .Jey. ... ............. ........... . Strasburg I'lAtlcLliL -L(lIClT)lCfa Notaries Public Commissions. Clias, It. Kline .- Jehn B. Kevins Id C. B. Kauiinan... A.F. ShencK...... Wm, Iteehm ' AS uOOUt Cyrus Beam - 1,123 sr 12 50 &" 4:t 421 4G .770 00 2,'sjs ea Jj'j (X) .170 0) 1,712 00 1,207 40 :j x 332 (0 197 31 ,m oe 1267 -',783 40 23 00 23 tO 23 00 23 00 23 00 23 00 25 (0 23 00 23 CO Statistics. Meney at interest $8,474,138 Pleasure vehicles 3.93.1 Watches 1,7 PAID OUT TO THK COUNTY. Meney Which Conies Mark te rnncaster. Of the money paid out of the state treasury, Lancaster county of course gets her share for schools, superintendents, judicial salaries, members of the Legisla ture, officers of the Heuse, Senate, or in the departments, soldiers' orphans' school!, pensions, &c. Besides these reg ular and general expenditures there was paid last year te Lancaster ceuntiaus ; Alderman J. K. ISarr. costs iu suits vs. delinquents 327 W 1. P. Kesenwiller, lees unit costs in escheated estate et Perry Martin.... 171 ( 15.F. Greff, mercantile appraiser 113 SI UOTJRT. I THK QUAUTEK SF.AS1US:. The First Week or the Year. Tuesday Afternoon. Henry Heuck, of East Earl, was charged with fornication and bastardy, the presecutrix being Cath arine Perter, new au inmate of the alms house. The jury acquitted of the bastardy but convicted defendant of fornication. Sentence deferred. William Marshall, Hviug in East Earl te.vnship near the Welsh mountain, was charged with the larceny of two turkeys by Moses Spauglcr. Prosecutor missed his turkeys ou September 20, and learn ing that Marshall, who did net possess a geed character .for honesty, had in bis pos session two turkeys which answered the description of theso stolen from him, he had him arrested. Marshall admitted te one of the commonwealth's witnesses that he bad taken two turkeys but said he did net knew they belonged te Spangler. The defendant testified that he made his home with his brother-in-law, David Bax ter, who was a neighbor of Spangler. His (Spanglcr's) turkeys were iu the habit of coming into the garden aud destroying the vegetables. Te put a step te this Mrs. Baxter directed him te catch the turkeys and pen them up, which he did. The jury evidently believed his story, for they ren dered a verdict of net guilty. Harry Fisher, a young mau, was in dicted for larceny. Simpsen P. Eugle, living near Salunga, tcstiiicd that accused came te his father's house en New Year's day, aud representing tbat he had just ar rived from Kansas, said he had a message for Mr. Engle from friends in Kansas. He was invited iu and entertained all of that day. Iu the evening he departed, he said, te visit a neighbor of Mr. Engle, for whom also he claimed te have messages from frieuds iu Kansas. Seme four hours afterwards Mr. Engle missed his ovciceat, gloves and bat, and .suspicion at eucc rested en the young btrancer. A sharp lookout was kept for him and en Tuesday following he was seen, pursued aud ar rested, lie had en at the time Mr. Engle's overcoat. Thcre was no defense offered and the jury convicted him. He was sen tenced te undergo an imprisonment of two years and three months, A. '. .Miller, claiming te be a jeweler, and residing at Intercourse, was indicted for the larceny of a geld pencil and riug from the store of E. F. Bewman. The commonwealth called witnesses te show that Miller committed the larceny by going behind the counter en the pretext of looking at a clock and taking these articles from a shelf. The goods wcre found when search was made, iu possession of the panics who received them from Miller. The accused testified tliat early in De cember lie purchased three rings from Mr. Bewman. When he arrived at his home at Intercourse, and opened the package, he found there were four rings in it. Be fore he had time te return the ene ring (that bciug his intention) he was arrested en the charge of larceny. The jury ren dered a verdict of net guilty. Thes. II. Williams, a colored boy. plead guilty te steaiiug three razors from Jehn II. Wilsen's barber shop at Columbia. He was sentenced te undergo au imprison nient of 3 mouths. William II. Jacksen, the colored man from Drumere township convicted en two charges el incest, was sentenced te under go au imprisonment of separate and soli tary confinement of four years and six months at hard labor. urand Jury Keturn. Trnc Hills. Harriet Shrciner, fornica tion ; Jacob Shirk, adultery; Jane Kuepp, Albert Maicuderf, Jacob Bewers, Geerge Mclntyre, Frank Heuscr, Geerge Lcfevre, malicious mischief; Win, Hull, fornication aud bastardy ; James Dennelly, resisting au officer ; iaren M. Kcemcr, seduction and fornication aud bastardy. Tynercd. Simeu P. Hcilig, assault and battery, county for costs. Wednesday Jfernmg. Cem'th vs. James Dennelly, of this city. The defendant was t-h.trged with having resisted and as saulted Officer Leman, of the city police force, ou the night of the 20th of Decem ber iu Centre square. At this time Offi cers Creamer aud Lcraan wcre attempt ing te arrest Patrick Burns, who was drunk, with the defendant and ether.". The latter caught held of Leaman's threat aud refused te let go until ether officers assisted, when both men were arrested. The defense was that Dennelly ran into the crowd because he thought there was a light, and if he did touch Leman he knew nothing about it and had no idea of attempting te rescue Burns. Verdict, " guilty ;" sentenced te two months in jail. Cem'th vs. Jacob Sliirk, adultery. The defendent is a married man and resides en Poplar street, this city. He was charged with having committed the offense with Harriet Shrciner, a single woman who has two children of this city, upon several different occasions within the past two years. The pair finally eloped aud went te Indiana, where they resided together for seme time. The defendent finally re turned te this city leaving Miss Shrainer behind ; it was shown that the defendant frequently visited the house where a woman named Specce had rooms. A letter from the defendant te his wife, when he wasiu the West was read ; it showed that he had bought furniture for Miss Shrciner ; he said he was sorry for what he had ddnc, women and whisky were the cause of it. If she (Mrs. Shirk) said se, he would slip away from Miss Shrciner and come back. The marriage was preven by Mrs. Shirk, who is the presecutrix. A number of wit nesses were called who knew nothing about the case. The defendant was called te the stand ; he admitted that he had gene West with the Shrciner girl, buc denied having ever been guilty of the crime charged. The girl also denied the charge Other wit nesses for characterwere called. Jane Kuepp and Albert Marcuderf plead guilty te the charge of malicious mischief iu breaking the wiudews and of the house of Wm. Keeblcr in Marietta. Beth wcic sentenced te thrce months im prisonment. The grand jury returned the following bills : True Bills Elmer Hemscr, Jacob Wcl Ier. Charles Fritscb, Michael Kuldman, D. K. Wallace and Newton Wallace, larceny ; Pati ick Burns, assault and bat tery, malicious mischief and resisting an officer ; Jehn A. Hubcr, illegal voting ; Geerge Lefever. Geerge Hedricks, Charles Hedricks and Frank Hambright, assault and battery ; Frank Hoever el al. assault and battery. Ignored Newton Wallace and D. K. Wallace, felonious entry. Mechanic Library. At a meeting of the Mechanics Library association held last evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President H. R. McConemy. Vice President J. W. Byrne. Treasurer Christian Gast. Secretary S. H. Zahm. Librarian Dr. S. S. Rathveu. Library Committee Dr. S. S. Rathveu, Wm. H. Duncan, J. W. Byrne. Jeseph Preston, David Haveratick. Property Committee G. M. Zahm, Philip Docrsem, Thes. Bakes, J. W. Byrne.
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