LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENOEIl MOISDAY JANUARY 30 1882. Lancaster IrnteliCgcncer. MONDAY EVENING, JAN.'SO, 1882. "Contracts" for State Supplies. When butter gets tee clear te be used as a means with which te choke dogs, some ether instrument, cheaper but no less effective, can usually be found te answer the purpose. And se when pub lic officials are disposed te steal they can generally circumvent laws which may be passed te prevent them. The new con stitution, in directing that public supplies should be bought by proposal and con tract, intended te step the abuse of offic ials purchasing thesa things for the pub lic from themselves or from their friends at unduly high prices. Very seen these in charge of the administration of our state affairs contrived te make the new system obnoxious and as expensive in the end as the old. They printed in many newspapers elaborate and expen sive advertisements, setting forth line upon line the most trivial articles, for which proposals were invited, se that much of this advertisement cost far mere than a fair price for the articles asked for, and the aggregate was a vast expenditure of the public money for the benefit of favorites of the state ring, a political corruption fund distributed among servile newspaper organs. Time and again the Ixtelmgexcku pointed out this iniquity and showed hew nearly all the money thus wasted could be saved if proposals were asked for in a general way and schedules of the articles te be furnished were supplied te persons desiring te bid. This suggestion was enacted into the law of 1879, which prohibited the useless and expensive advertisement of the schedules. This law directed that the contracts before being awarded be ap proved by the governor, auditor general and state treasurer ; the enforcement of the contracts for furnishing and repair ing the legislative halls and committee rooms, and for the fuel, te be under the control and supervision of the beard of commissioners of public grounds and building ; tiie stationery and sup plies te be in charge of the librarian of the Semite who happens te be JehnC. Delaney and the preparation of the schedules en which bids and contracts are based te bj entrusted te the secre tary of the commonwealth, who happens te l2 M. S. Quay. If the schedules wvre properly pre pared, the contracts honestly made and enforced, the new law would be effect ive probably te step the stealing which has for many years been going en at Harrisbiirg in this branch of the state government. But if the schedules are made te include articles net proper te bj bought and furnished by the state ; if bids for these supplies are accepted at prices far above the retail value for such articles ; and if the contractor does net furnish or the state does net use the arti cles furnished, it is manifest that there can be the same leakage and peculation under the new system as before the law of 1ST!) was in operation. The character and reputation of the men en whose in tegrity an honest administration of the law depends are net such as te afford the state a guarantee that it will net be cheated in the trans action, even if some ingenuity has te be exercised te accomplish it. We pro pose te let some light in upon the way in which the thing has been done, se that the public may judge whether or net they have been cheated, and whether there can be any protection for them against fraud in this respect, except in the election and appointment of honest and intelligent men te state offices. A single example taken from the con tract made in June, 1SS0, for " brooms, buckets, &c," for the Legislature and departments, will show hew the con tractors and these who are supposed te supervise them, can cheat the state. It is only fair te. say that in the past year some change has been made in the form of preparing the schedules and let ting the contracts, which we will refer te hereafter in detail. Hut from June ISSe te June 1881, Wm. M. Gray was the contractor te supply the " buckets, broem1', &c." lie is a brother-in-law of the notorious Sam Adams and, as we have shown before, from December 1, 1S80, te the end of his time of contract about seven months in all he drew 781.80 for " supplies' and S4,8SG.74 for " buckets, brooms, &c." Upen examination in the office of sec retary of state, we find that a schedule for the following articles, no limit te the quantity, was submitted te the bidders last year, te bid te furnish at a percent age below the maximum price fixed in this schedule : Maximum price?. liubbilt's best soap, per box Patent t'jrce-strlng corn brooms. f 8 .'ill per -i ou Selected bristle scrubs, per lez Selected three-hoop pails, pertlez Illitck enamel ilnst brushes, per ilez 12 Inch feather dusters, pcruez , 7 Inch leather dusters, per dozen , Loup window brushes, per dez Short window brushes, per dez 12 Inch sweeping brushes, per dez Selected shoe brushes, per dez Tep shoe brushes, per dez Jlenlered towels', 21x39, per dez Hcavv buck towels, 22x.tu, per dez Extra damask towels, 24x38, per dez Crash toweling, 21 inches w!Ue, per yard . Best quality corn wisps, per dez ... .". Chamois skins, per dez :: ea :i no oe 50 CO :oej 30 00 13 03 20 00 S 03 J 00 18 00 :J03 20 00 18 3 ai 701 800 40 1 00 3 00 3 00 8 20 00 100 C 00 12 03 4 00 20 Oil I'arier maicncs, per gross.... imported castlle soap, per lb. Toilet soap, per dez., selected., French blacking, per dez. band soap, per box Sal soda, per lb Xe. 1 hair brush (Clinten's, Xe. 75), per Xe. 3 clothes brush, per dez Ueckingham spittoons, (Hi in.,) per dez... Water pitchers, (Xe.6,) per dez Flint goblets, per dez liair Drusiies, per aez Xall brushes, per dez jj 00 Uoetand bristle dusters, per dcz 20 00 Clethes brushes, per ilez e 00 Waste, baskets, per dez 1200 Chloride lime, per lb 5 Metallic cuspaaercs, per dez 30 0i cotton flannel, per yard 15 Whltlnir. peril) 5 Rotten stone, per lb 15 Gentlemen's combs, per dez 6 00 Huckaback towels, per dez 4 CO Carbolic soap, per box.... 2 40 Alcohol, per gallon 3 CO Fer all this there were three bidders ; they each bid a certain percentage of discount en the maximum price set te each article, and the contract was awarded te the bidder with the highest average discount, which was W. M. Gray at n) 7-13. Hew he secured the contract and hew it was carried out may be learned from a few figures. He bid tt supply Babbitt's soap at 10 per cent. discount and brooms at the same : 12- inch lealhri duiters at 50 rer cent, off I and 7-inch dusters at 93 per cent, off ; sal soda and chloride of lime at 9-5 per cent, off; "hair brushes Xe. 1, Clin Clin eon," at no discount, and "hair brushes" at 80 per cent, discount ; and se en, varying te the end. The ad vantage of such a contract te the state or the profit te the contractor, it is plain, will depend entirely en hew much or hew little of tiie different supplies are fur nished. In the first place, as very little " sal soda " and less " chloride of lime " are used, it is a shrewd game te put these articles in at very heavy discounts. It makes very little difference in the amount of money received, but it very largely reduces the average discount of the bid. Proper manipulation here, and a heavy percentage of discount put in en the articles little called for, secures the bid for the experienced contractor. Then Delaney and the clerks who have super vision of the supplies can readily see te it that contractors shall furnish large quantities of the supplies in which they make small discounts, and small quantities of supplies en which the state gets large discounts. Fer example, of soap and brooms, en which a small re duction' from the maximum is bid, a plentiful supply is ordered ; the " feather dusters'' are certain te be ordered of the quality en which 50 per cent discount is contracted for, and net of these en which 1)5 per cent, discount is made ; while of " hair brushes" that quality is taken which the contractor furnishes at tiie maximum and net these which he bids te supply at SO per cent. off. By such jugglery a contract which leeks like the most advantageous and fair en its face may be operated as a wholesale raid en the treasury. This year the schedule was somewhat changed, the maximum price raised and the contract was awarded at an average per centage reduction all through. Hew it operates, what the state new pays for its supplies, and what it buys which it ought net te pay for, will be a fruitful theme for future comment. Maine's Disclaimer. In an interview in the Washington Pest Mr. Blaine, late secretary of state, lias found a medium te relieve himself with regard te the position in which he lias been placed by the publication of the official correspondence of our govern ment in relation te Seuth American affairs. This publication made it an- pear that while Mr. Blaine had instruct ed the commissioner of our country te pretest against the spoliation of con quered Peru by victorious Chili, his successor in the department of state had revoked such instructions and had impressed upon our representative the propriety of a policy of non-interference. Frem this it has been widely inferred that Mr. Fre linghuysen was carrying out a policy approved by the president, and that Mr. Blaine had either deceived his superior officer or suppressed from him the in structions which he had sent te the Seuth. It exhibited Mr. Blaine in a bad light, unless the president had changed liis policy with his advisers. Xew Mr. Blaine says very positively that " no dis patch in the negotiations, least of all their important instructions, was issued until it had been read Ijv the president, and all the steps taken were approved by President Garfield while living, and since then by President Arthur until he changed his mind." " The instruc tions were net only talked ever fully at length with the president, but when written were twice read ever te him for criticism and change. 1 have the origi nal draft in my possession, with the modifications desired by the president clearly noted." Mr. Blaine concedes that the president has a right te change his mind, but insists that lie did change his mind. This seems te relieve Mr. Blaine, but it imposes en the president the charge of inconsistency. lie will probably be as restive under it as Mr. Blaine was indisposed te stand for scape goat service. Lancaster seems te have a chance te get an important industrial establish ment, and we have missed se many geed chances of this kind that this one should be gravely considered before it is allowed t' go by. Tiik revised edition of Modern Science says : " Let there be electric light." While Gen. Beaver is making his rounds will he wear the Grant medal en the outside or inside of his coat lapel '.' Tun way for Squire McMullen's defeat for select council in Philadelphia has been opened by the withdrawal of the Republi can candidate in favor of a deccnter Dem ocrat than " Mully." Patrons of the Scttoel Journal will understand that as the February number was ready for mailing just before the In quirer fsre the reproduction of it will nec essarily require some delay in its appear ance. Tiie indications are that a caucus will seen be called by Democratic representa tives te ascertain the standing of respective members en the tariff question, and with a view af deciding upon a basis of concert ed action when the subject comes before the Heuse. The belief is growing that President Arthur intends te nominate Samuel Blatchford, of the United States disrtict court iu New Yerk slate te the supreme bench. Gen. Arthur has been long ac quaintcd with Judge Blatchford, ami en tertains for him the very highest respect, and regards him as preeminently qualified by reason of his abilities, and especially by reason of his long experience en the bench, for this impertaut place. A hideously indecent expression was interpolated in the Londen Times' report of a speech by Sir Wiiliam Harcourt last Monday. The matter was made worse by an apology and a statement that the man agement of the Timet hoped te bring the guilty parties te justice. This increased the morbid curiosity of the prurient and copies, of the issue referred te have been sold for 1 each. It is said that twenty compositors aud two proof-readers have been discharged from the Times office. The ,ew Cfik,y I,apera icprint tUe rePert are being sold Mr. Ressetti was se bitterly attacked by Mr. Rebert Buchanan some years age and bore himself with such dignity and restraint, that the amende new made by his sometime enemy deserves the widest publicity. It is te be found in the dedica dedica catien of Mr. Buchanan's recently publish publish ed'remancc, "Ged and the Man," and is inscribed " Te an Old Enemy :" I tried te pluck a bay leaf from thy brew, Wronging the chaplet en an honored head: In peace and charity I bring thee new A Illy flower instead. Pure as thy purpose, blameles3 as thy song, Sweet as thy spirit, may this offering be ; Forget the bitter blame that did thee wrong. And take this gift from ir.c. In Hungary a joint stock company has recently been discovered with three mem bers, a grecet, a physician and an apothe cary. Their plan was te take out policies en the lives of peer people for their joint benefit. Then the grocer would hocus their previsions, the physician would be called in te prescribe for the resulting ail meut aud en his prescription the apothe cary would furnish the lacking ingredi ent te send them te kingdom come. In this way a thriving trade was done. Xew however, the directors are all iu jail and the payment of dividends has been post poned for the present. The tobacco journals report the general approbation by the trade of a material re duction or total abolition of the tax en cigars. Chicago manufacturers ask for five aud New Yerk manufacturers for four dollars tax per thousand. Leaf dealci'3 recommend a total abolition of the tax. Werk will be done te unite all in terests and secure the repeal of the taxes new burdening the tobacco industry. The United States Tobacco Journal says : "That the time is propitious for action there is no doubt. The country stands upon a prosperous footing, there is a revenue greatly in excess of the country's needs, a large number of the people's representa tives in Congress are in favor of abolishing the internal revenue system, and nearly all the manufacturers in the United States are ready te take, a hand in any action which, after mature consideration, it is deemed wise te take." When General Jacksen became a can didate for the presidency of the United States he was the owner of a half interest in the laud which is new the site of .the city of Memphis. Judge Overton, his Intimate friend aud law partner, was the joint owner with him of this property, then rapidly rising in value. General Jacksen, en becoming a presidential can didate, could net rcconcile this speculative investment aud ownership with his notions of the proprieties which should be ob served by a man iu such a public position. lie accerumgly made a deed of gift of his half-interest in this laud, giving as his reason his conviction that. a candidate for the high office of president of the United States ought net even te seem te be en gaged in land speculations. Rather than assume this appearance of what he re garded as a public impropriety, General Jacksen chose te give away an exceedingly valuable property. PERSONAL. Loxufei.lew grows gentler as he grows elder. He said of Oscar Wilde the ether day : Well, Mr. Wilde has written seme geed verses ; he cannot be an iguerant man 5 Attorney General Brewster was paid before he became the bead of the depart ment of justice five thousand dollars for his service in the star route cases. Cel. G. II. Bliss, who has charge of the cases new, has been paid the same amount. Mrs. Hepkins, the widow of Mark Hop Hep kins, recently gave a reception in San Francisce te Lord Beaumont. The occa sion is described as one of splendor. The guests uumbercd four hundred. The reception cost Mrs. nepkins several thou sand dollars. General Bi'rxside's large silver punch bowl, presented te him by his staffefticcrs was sold in Providence the ether day for $423. His silver was widely scattered, forks and spoons and ladles being sold separately te peeple who wauted relies of the dead senator. Since May Jehn E. McDonough, one of the most widely-knewn actors in the country, has been suffering from a cancer affecting his jaw, tongue and neck. A number of painful operations were per formed en the sufferer's jaw, but without effecting a cure, and new he is reported te be dying. Mrs. Langtry has received two pro posals te visit America, but she accepts neither for the present, being resolved net te go there this year. She continues till May at the Haymarket theatre, where her success is confirmed. She will make 'a tour in the provinces and return In the autumn te the Haymarket theatre. Mrs. Emmens is the name of a lady daily seen ia Washington iu company with a large stag-hound which matches in the color of its shaggy coat the shade of her ulster. The deg has a private room at Wermley's and has its meals served te it iu as fine style as any ether dignitary re siding there. Majer A. B. Valentine, father of the late Park Valentine, who was killed with his young wife at Spuyten Duyvil, is quite overcemo by the disaster. He has de cided net te build the extensive additions te his mills at North Adams, the founda tions for which are already laid, and he offers for sale the house fitted up for Park and his bride. Senater Jehn Stewart thinks Butler's candidacy will create no dissension in the ranks of the bosses. They will be either all for Beaver or all for Butler, or all for the ether fellow, but which is te be iiually adopted is known only te themselves. That is a secret in the keeping of less than a half-dozen of the highest sachems, aud, says Mr. Stewart, " if you would learn it you must wait until Quay returns from the glades of Flerida." Matt Carpenter's birthplace and the home of his youthful days was only a dozen miles from the town of Senater Edmunds's nativity, and they first met when very young and studying law at a small schoel-houso situated in the heart of the mountains, te contend through a whele day and night for the rights of their re spective clients in a very small affair, be fore a farmer justice of the peace and a jury of six. Scott Lord & Sens, composing the law verbatim, and these papers by thousands in the streets. firm of Lord & Leid, have brought suit against C. J. Vaxdebbilt for a balance of $30,000, alleged te be due ter legal ser vices. Mr. Vanderbilt, in his answer, sayB he has paid the plaintiffs $42,000 for legal services, besides $65,000 te Scott Lord as counsel fees, which, he says, is 37,000 mere than the services vrcrc worth, and he asserts that the services performed by Mr. Lord were unskillfully aud ignerautly done, greatly te his damage, ne iustancas the proceedings he was advised te bring for the removal et William II. Vanderbilt as trustee of a fund given by the latter, in reference te which the geueral term of the supreme court said : "It seems almost in credible that ceuusel could be found capa ble of advising such application, having neither law nor facts te justify it." NO .HeitU FREE FASSKs. Copy et si Bill IScture the Ieiva Legislature. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Iowa : Tiiat,herc after, it shall be unlawful for any railroad corporation operating a railroad within this state te issue, passes, tickets or ether permission, cither oral, in writing or in printing, for the free transportation of per sons or property te any of the following persons : Te any one holding any office, federal or state, either legislative, executive or judi cial. Te any person holding any township office. Te any person holding any county or municipal office in any city or town.. Te any person summoned as a juror or serving as such iu any court held in thi. state. Te any person acting as bailiff or ether officer of any court within this state. Te any person when such pass, ticket, or permission is used attending any political convention for the nomination of officers te be voted for by the people. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any of the persons or officers named in the pre ceding section te accept or use any such passes or permission for frce transportation of persons or property, nor shall any per son be allowed te ask or solicit such passes or transportation of persons or property for himself or any ether person. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any con ductor or any ether person in charge of a railroad train te permit any of the persons specified in section 2 hereof te travel upon his trains upon any pass, ticket, or per mission for free transportation without the payment te him of lawful fare. Sec. 4. Auy person violating tiie provis previs ions of this act shall be liable te a fine of net less than $30 nor mere than $100, te be recovered by information prosecuted as provided by law before a justice of the peace ; one-half such line shall be paid te the person filing such information. Sec. 5. Proceedings te recover the fines provided for by this act may be com menced iu the county wherein the passes, tickets, or permission arc issued, or where in they arc received, or wherein they are used. Sec. 0. On and after the taking effect of this act the rates of passenger fares en all railroads in this state shall be reduced Diie half cent per mile below the rate as new fixed by law. .1 no accounting for tastes. A Street Sceno iu New Yerk. A'. Y. Sun. " Yeu had hotter get rid of that stove pipe hat ; you'll ba livelier without it," said a powerfully built, red-faced young truck driver the ether day, as he nearly drove ever a delicate-looking gentleman en Park row. The pedestrian had te skip in a very undignified manner te escape. " Yeu want your neck wrung very badly," he said, as he gained the ridewalk aud looked after the truck. The driver heard hi.n and pulled up his horse at once. " Will you wring it :'"' he asked in gruff tones. The gentleman took a few seconds (.0 consider the que stien. Then he said : " Xe, I'll leave that job for the hang man; but I'll flatten your nose, if that will suit you." It appeared that the proposal driver, for in thirty seconds suited the he steed before the fragile-looking mau. " Xew flatten my nose," he said defi antly. It was done befere the words were well out of his mouth, and as he lay en his back in the gutter the expression en his bleed-bespattered countenance was that of mingled pain aud amazement. " What did you strike that mau for ?" asked a policeman, hurrying up, and sciz ing the gentlemen by the arm. " Because he asked me te strike him, you knew," was the reply," 4 aud as he looked like an honest, geed uaturcd young fellow, I didn't like te diseblige him." The policeman looked at. the truckmau. who rose slowly and without making any complaint mounted the scat of his wagon and drove off. " Well," said the policeman, impres sively, as he walked away, " there's no acceuntin' for tastes." FLOOD AND ICE GOKOE. Kivers Clioked ami Wuter Overflowing. The ice iu the Susquehanna river at Wilkesbarre began te move en Saturday at neon, and a gorge formed between that place and Xanticeke, 9 miles below. The water rose te height of 17 feet above low water mark, and travel along the Lacka wanna & Bloemshurg railroad was cut off. The river at Xashville remained station ary en Saturday at 50.5 feet en the pague. A " water spout" was reported in White, Van Buren aud part of Warren county, Tennessee, en Friday night, which greatly swelled the tributaries of the Cumber laud, causing apprehensions of a worse flood than before. An ice gorge formed in the Hudsen river, just below Trey, about midnight of Friday, aud one tug was swept from her moorings and another sunk. The decks at Trey were flooded te a depth of six feet. Large ice gorges formed in the upper Delaware at Cohecten and Lackawaxen, respectively 40 and 20 miles west of Pert Jervis. Fer a time a disastrous flood was threatened at Cohecten, but a channel was formed in the gorge which allowed much of the water te cseape. There is no danger of a gorge at Pert Jervis, the river between that point and Lackawaxen being free. A Device te Remove a Physician. As Dr. A. J. Erwiu, of Mansfield, Ohie, returned home about midnight, he was shot in the right breast with a deuble-barreled shotgun which seme ene had set se that the opening of the gate te his resi dence would discharge both barrels about the region of the chest. The muzzle of the gun was net ever six feet from his breast, but owing te his heavy clothing the charge did net make a mortal wound. Nearly two hundred shot were found in his clothing and adjacent te the skin. There is no clue te the perpetrator of the crime. A Burglar's Fatal Jump. In New Yerk, Jehn Herau was awakened early by a burglar breaking into his room, situated en the. second fleer of a tenement house in Greenwich street. He get out of bed, when the burglar took fright and jumped out of the window en te the fire escape, but missing his footing he fell te the ground and was killed. He was recog nized as Themas Butten, aged 23, known te the police as a professional thief and worthless character. ODD ACCIDENTS. KAXY WAYS TO COME TO DEATH. TUe Numerous Perils of the Season. A water-back rauge in a Brooklyn house exploded and scalded a two-year-old boy se that he died. A Memphis, Tenn., boy lest his ball in a barrel of water, aud was drowned in try ing te recover it. A negre barber at Lexington, Ky., had his thumb bitten off by another negre in a quarrel and died in consequence. A Fairview, Md., boy of fourteen was found hanging by the neck in the forks of a young sapling, where he had accident ally get caught. A Brooklyn mau of seventy-eight tried te beard a moving horse car, fell under the wheels, had his left thigh broken, and died in a few hours from the shock. A Junius (X. Y.) mother took her baby with her en a sleigh ride and when she get out found that it was dead, having been smothered by being tee closely wrapped. A Madisen (Ind.) man descending a hill in the dark, ran against a stake, which struck him full in the mouth, penetrating te the root of the tongue aud making a fearful wound. A twelve year-old boy of Jacksen, Mich., fell down a coal shaft, twenty-five feet head first, striking upeu a boiler ireu lloer, but he escaped without any material damage. A drunken Martiuburg (X. V.) man lest his way home and finally get te driv ing en the railroad track. A train came along and killed the herse, but the drunken driver escaped unharmed. A Hungarian couple were married at Streater, Ind., and the jovial bridegroom en his was home fired his revolver three times, the last shot entering the back of a friend and lodging in the right lung. Twe Palestine (Tcn.) boys went out hunting, and took te amusing themselves by tossing up their hats autLfiring at them in the air. Finally as ene of them raised his gun te lire at the ether's mark, the weapon went off, putting its lead in his playmate's faca and killing him en the spot. A Wwfcsbore (N. Y.) mau was cutting trees in the weeds and felled ene which struck upeu a sapling, bending it te the ground. He cut a picce from the tree, and was about te cut another, but struck the sapliug, which sprang up instantly, .striking him iu the nese aud cutting up waid through the forehead, inflicting injuries which caused his death three days later. STATE ITEM3. Taoeuy Xeic Era, Rep : " Until a bet ter man is suggested we aie for B r. The Cumberland county Democratic committee met at Carlisle en Saturday and elected II. K. Peffer senatorial aud Jehn Graham and M. Guswilcr represen tative delegate te the state coaveutien. A resolution instructing them te support .fames II. Hepkins for governor was unan imously adopted. The Wilkesbarre Recerd, Governer Ileyt's home organ, pronounces in favor of Geerge Shiras, of Pittsburgh, for judge of the supreme court, en the ticket with Hutlcr for governor. It is only a coinci dence that Mr. Shiras recently admitted Governer Ileyt's sen into a qualified par tnership in his extensive practice. n e ii. A Weman Shet 1:1 Ucr Own Heuse. In Washington, Mrs. Jehn L. Conners, wife of a well-known contractor, living at 4G0 Xew Yerk avenue, was shot dead through the window of her house by seme person as yet unknown. A drunken driver, named Miles, who was in front of the nonse about tne tuna el the snoeting, has been ancsted en suspicion. A isey'a Confession, In Lawrence. ?Jass., Mauriee O'Brien, aged thirteen, lias confessed that beset fire te the Industrial school building, of which he was an inmate, and which was burned en the M instant. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. "TUi: M'CHJEXY UOKRUK." Our JUu-ucul Family te be Inhibited. The following editorial from te-day's Xew Yerk Herald relates te the McGibeny family, se well-known here : "The Society for the Prevention of Cru elty te Children is again upon the war path. It seems that a certain prolific Mr. .McGibeny proposed te appear at Steiuway hall, surrounded by his exceedingly nu merous family (the figures arc variously repertc d, but a late census, which seems te be reliable, puts the eilsprmg at about 0110 dozen) and thcre and then proposed te compel these children te produce by means of certain undescribed, but probably truly awful, instruments various sounds of an alleged harmonious and pleas ing character. Some inhuman persons have wickedly suggested that many of these children are well able te take care of themselves, being of an age which it would he uugallant te Mrs. McG. te accurately mention above a whisper ; but Mr. Gerry, nothing daunted by these outrageous falsehoods, after a magnificently pl.iuned and brilliantly conducted campaign, has wrested, or is about te wrest, from the clutches of its unnatural parents a 3tcuibcny el tender vears wne lias been subjected te the most barbarous cruelties. This child is no larger than the miserable street urchins one used te sec in Xer Yerk selling newspapers and ped dling small waics about the stiects, but whom one no longer encounters new that the society has provided comfortable homes and remunerative employment for them. This peer child, instead of being left at home by itself, has been compelled several times te remain in the company of its parents aud ten or fifteen brothers and sjstcrs at the hall where the family appeared, and then and there, when the family were making night hideous or pleasant te the neighborhood it is net stated which it was given some thing that looked like a drum, but was probably some sort of au infernal electric machine, and made or allowed te eperate it. When-the child struck it with what appeared te be a stick it gave forth a noise but it was noticed that at the same time the child assumed a pleased and happy expres sien, undoubtedly caused by some cruelly contrived electric apparatus concealed i the coat tail pocket of the fiendish parent, and cenntcte-.i by hidden wires dewu his trousers' legs .across the stage aud up the spine of the really unhappy in fant. At least Mr. Gerry must have reas oned in this way, else why should he in tcrfere '.' This awful state of affairs is net te be allowed te exist any longer. The McGibcnys have been swooped dewu upon by Mr. Gerry and his gallant men. His honor the mayor is te hear the case te-day. Mr. Gerry is te produce the infant and the drum, lie has net yet secured the concealed instruments of torture, but undoubtedly will find them in time, for it would be an awful and a weful defeat of justice were they missing and the case te dwindle down into a question whether it is a cruelty te ether than the audience te allow a boy te beat a drum in a place of public amusement. Up Out of the Ashes. The Inquirer printing establishment has secured Levan's mill building oppesito the Franke brewery, and presses and type are being put in with a view te resuming operations next week. The JMicnnecher. This evening the Lancaster Mamnercher will give a concert and sociable in their hall and as usual there will be a fine time. LANCASTER STEEL KOIIKS. Twenty Acrea of Ground ami S135.000 Wanted te Establish Lewi' Automatic Cpntlnneus Rolls" in tills Clly. Following is a copy of a letter received by the mayor which explains itself. It is worthy the serious consideration of Lan caster capitalists : Philadelphia, Jan. 2$, 1SS2. Hen. Jehn 1 MacGenigte. Mayer of City of Lancaster, Pa : Dear Sir My object iu addressing you this letter is te call the attention of your self and ether prominent citizens of your city te an improved train of rolls for which I held letters patcut from the U. S. gov ernment. It is the intention of mysclt and ethers with whom I have become associ ated te build a rolling mill at some con venicut point, for the manufacture of steel rails from blooms, which can be supplied here or from foreign ceuutnes. The many advantages gained by my pat ents will enable us te make and put upeu the market, in addition te tails, all heavy iron and steel shapes, such as girders, channels aud ether shaped iron and steel used in the construction of bridges and buildings of every description, at much better profits thau can be done by any manufacturer under the present system. Yeu will readily see therefore hew much a city like "yours would be benefited by lo cating such a work within j our corperato limits. The amount of business it would create and the large sums of money it would cause te flew into your city ought te be a sufficient in ducement te solicit from your cap italists and business men such aid a-; would insure its permanent success. Te de se, it will require a piece of ground of suffi cient size te build the mill and te enable us te lay tracks necessary te carry mater ial te and from the works. This ought net te be less than twenty (20) acres. In addition we expect the capitalists of your city te subscribe one-half of the capital stock te build the works and furnish stek te commence operations. This would require net less one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, ($125,000). If this amount, with the land, is furnished by the citizens of Lancaster, wc will agree te raise an equal amount, and thus secure te your city one of the most important manu facturing establishments in the state. We have no delicacy in laying before you this preposition, from the fact that in addition te the vast amount of money it would bring into Lancaster, and the at tending benefits which would accrue te the business men of your city, it would doubtless prove the best paying invest ment your capitalists cvej: made. Should you and ether gentlemen of your city, think favorably of our preposition, wc shall be glad te furnish any inferma tien you may desire, and confer further in reference te its success times and place as may suit your ience. An early answer will confer a with you at such cenven- f.rv 0:1 yours icspcctfully, Christopher Lewis, 2103 Park Avenue, Phir TIIE KLKCTRIC LltJIIT. Aurtli tjuoen .Strect llrilliantly r.u:ai:;;i:iuf. Following closely the example of Mr. S. S. bpencer, who introduced the eiectric light into a part el Xe. 2 mill two weeks age, Shultz Bres., the hatters, and A I. Resenstcin, the clether, introduced a sim ilar apparatus the Fuller patent te light their stores en North Queen, en Sat urday evening. The steam engine and apparatus by which tlse electricity is gen crated is placed in a building at the rear end of Shnlt:: & Brethers' property, and the electric wires cen:.cct with three lamps, one of which is placed near the centre of Shultz's store, an other iu Mr. Rescnstcin's stere,anda third is hung outside ever the sidewalk, be tween the two stores. The apparatus worked te a charm ; both store-rooms were illumined with a pure white light as brilliant as sunlight, but easy te leek upon, as the flame was shaded with white transparent threw out a glebes, flood of The outside lamp li"ht in wonderful contrast with the sickly yellow rays of the gasoline and gas burners in the neighbor ing stores and street lamps. Apparently Xerth Queen street between Centre square and Orange, received mere light from the single electric lamp than irem all the gas and gasoline lamps with which that busy thoroughfare is lit up. The engine generating the electricity is of about eight horse power, and is of suffi cient size te supply several mere Iampa with the electric light. The cntire cost of the apparatus was about $700, and the cost of the light will only he a low cents per night. The steam from the boiler is net yet (but seen will be) used for heating Shultz & Bre.'s building, se that the cost of fuel will also be greatly reduced. It is believed the operations of the electric ap paratus will net cost one-quarter as much as gas, and will furnish ten times as much light. It attracted great attention Satur day evening hundreds of business and professional men being among the crowds that pressed around and into the brilliantly illuminated stores, and from their remaiks it is evident that within a brief period there will be many mere electric lamps in troduced into Lancaster. The city fathers will, no doubt, give the matter due con sideration and perliaps have the streets of the city lighted with chain lightning in stead of coal oil. The Fuller patci t presents some advan tages ever ethers for a combination of in terior and exterior illumination and it was generally remarked en Saturday evening that the light furnished en that evening was of the most agreeable character, and very closely resembled day light. Myers & Rathfon, the Xew Yerk store, and ethers business places contemplate early connections with the apparatus put in by the Messrs. Shultz. Tlie latter firm de serve much credit for their enterprise. Their fine building was a pioneer in the matter or open fronts in this city, and as nearly all our business houses have since followed that example there is ground te believe that ere long the powerful electric light will come into general use. fiiiii Timui Washington Correspondence. Mr. A. Hcrr Smith thinks it would be for the interests of the Republican party in the state te nominate Mr. Butler. "If they want te harmonize the paity," said he, Butler is the man. I am net identified with any faction. While I am a Republican 1 leek altogether te the suc cess of the party. I think Butler would solidify the party better than any ether man." " De you think, then, that the nomina tion of Beaver would wideu the breach which already exists between the Inde pendents and the Stalwarts?" Xet if he received the franchises of the people fairly expressed in the state con vention. I think they would support the nominee of the convention in case he was fairly chosen. It is very important that no attempt should be made te take ad vantage of the people by preventing their expression of opinion. Any intrigue or artifice used in selecting delegates should be repudiated. I think the majority of my constituents are for Butler." Knocked Down. Wm. Rhodes was struck by an unknown assailant and knocked down near the corner of Vine and Lime streets, Saturday night. The object of the assailant is un known, as no attempt at robbery was made. JUroke Her Arm. On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Adelph X. Basch, residing en West Lemen street, fell en the ice in her back yard breaking her left arm at the wrist. She was attended by Dr. Henry Carpenter. GENERAL. NOMINATIONS. TIIK DEMOCRATIC 1'KI.It AKIK3. List of Saturday Evening Nominee. At the Democratic general meetings en Saturday evening the following persons were placed in nomination te be voted for next Saturday evening : FOR MAYOR. Jehn T. MacGenigle, Geerge W. Zechcr. Charles M. Hewell. A. Z. Ringwalt. SCHOOL DIRECTORS. S. W. Raub, Second ward. Christian Zecher, Ninth ward. Davis Kitchjr., Seventh ward. William McComsey, First ward. J. M. Johnsten, Third ward. Rev. C. Rcimensnyder, Fifth ward. Geerge Darmstetter. Seventh ward. J. M. Wcsthacffer, Third ward. R. A. Smith, Fourth ward. II. B. Springer, Ninth ward. FIRST ward. Select Council Gee. W. Brown. Common Council Jehn F. Reith, J110. B. Slough, A. Z. Ringwalt, Harry Lively, Samuel K. Lichty, Jacob Reese. Aldermau H. R. McConemy. Constable Gee. Ganss. Assessor W. C. Buchmiller. Judge James A. McElhene. Inspector Thee. F. Trout. City Executive Committee Jehn Schauiu. SECOND WARP. Select Council Chas. M. Hewell. Common Council D. McMullen, Philip Gindcr, J.B. Lichty. Assessor Constable Bauksen H. Smith. Judge James R. Dennelly. Inspector Rebert Clark. City Executive Committee .lames R. Donuelly. THIRD WARD. Select Council Henry Wolf. Common Council Gee. F. Sprenijer, Jehn Eberly, Jacob Kiehl. Constable B. F. Lcmau. Assessor J. M. Westhaeffer. Judge B. F. Davis. Inspector Adam S. Rhoads. City Executive Committee B. F. Lcmau. FOURTH WARD. Select Council H. W. Harberger. Common Council R. E. Bruce, Win. Wisner, D. II. Bartholemew. Constable Lercntz R. Beyle. Inspector Charles S. Biggs. Judge Wm. Norris. Oity Execntive Committee Frank Brinkman. KIFTH WARD. Common Council Merris Gershcl, Jes. Kautz, Abm. Erisman, David Jeffries, Christian Stittlc. Alderman Wm. B. Strine. Constable Sam. Lentz, Philip Fi.dier. Assessor H. II. Hei ten. Judge Jehn S. Beck. Inspector Peter Alabach. SIXTH WARD. Select Council William Jehnsen. Common Council W. T. Jcfferies, Dr. J. Lovcrgeod, Geerge B. Willson, Samuel King, Jas. P. Plucker, Daniel Brown, jr., R. II. Brubaker, Fred. Goes. Assessor C. R. Frailey, Jeliu Derwart. Constable Martin Dailey, Atloe Mer cer. Judge Byren J. Brown. Inspector Jehn B. Sencr. City Executive Committee Geerge S. Landis, Jacob nerzeg. . SEVENTH WARD. Common Council Henry Smeycii, riidip JJinfclcueig, frank it. Averts. , Assessor James R. Garvin . Constable Jehn Mcrringer. Judge Wm. McLaughlin. inspector Geerge Kuhlmaii, City Executive Committee Frederick Arneld. KIOnTH WARD. Select Council Fred. Judith, Jehn V. Wise, Jacob Ottbefcr. Common Council Adam II. Trost, J0.-1. A. Albert, Geerge Bees, Jehn J. Hartley, Benjamin Huber, Je. Adams, Jehn Kactz, Michael Baer, Fred. Glassbrencr. Alderman Peter lleiiriali, jr., I. Don Den nelly. Constable Gcergu Shay, Fred. E. Shread. Assessor Christ. A. Ohlender, James Huber. Judge Peter Diehl, Harry J. Brown, Harry Kautz. luspecter Edw. Hardy, Henry Shantz, Jehn F. Flick. City Executive Committee Christ. 1". Frailey, Christopher Sheid, Peter Denimel. NINTH WARD. Common Council Daniel .Merrick, Andrew Chambers, W. C. Buchanan, Ed ward Leydan, 3Iiles Fite, Geerge Scheetz, Jehn McKillips, D. S. Mcaric, Emanuel Stene, Geerge Shulniyer, J. H.Ostormayer. Assessor Frederick Nixderf, David Zechcr. Constable Christian Flick, Jehn Hcrr, William Tittus. Judge Jehn Heek. luspecter Charles Smith. City Executive Committee iletizy I'ahcl, Jehn Rese. Declinutlciiis. Philip (tinder declines the nomination for ceunciLin the Second ward. Chas. M. Hewell declines te be a candi date for select council from the Second ward. Ilarbaugh ItlliMlenary iMiulety. The first anniversary of the Ilarbaugh missionary society was held last evening in St. Luke's Reformed church, corner of Orange street and Marietta avenue. This society was started onihe 10th of Febru ary, 1881, by the members aud friends of St. Luke's congregation Its object is te increase the knowledge of its members in home and foreign missionary work, and te spend an evening each month in literary pastime and social converse. Their menthy exercises consist of an essay en missionary work in various fields, select readings, and vocal and instrumental music. The anniversary last evening was well attended. The service was opened with invocation by the pastor, Rev. W. F. Lichliter, and responsive scriptural reading en the part of pastor aud congregation. Several mis sionary hymns were sung, and an address was delivered by the president of Frank lin and Marshall college, Rev.T. G. Apple D. D., who spuke en missionary work as relating te the heathen, and as relating te the Christians themselves. The address was full of practical thoughts, and was listened te with marked attention. The report of the president of the seciety, Mr. C. W. Levan, showed the nuraberef mom mem mom bcrsiu'geod and regular standing te be 13, and that besides paying their own ex penses, the society had paid from the amount received as monthly dues $12.50 for missionary and benevolent purposes at home and abroad. List or Unclaimed Letters. The following is a list of unclaimed let ters remaining in the postefHcc for the week ending January 30, 1882 : Ladies' List Margrctha Balzer (for.), Mrs. Barbara S. Brown, Mrs. Anna C. Gill, Mrs. Ellen Heuck, Miss Ida Helm, Maggie E. Jenes, Miss Amanda Kuhns, Frances E. Kcndig, Mrs. E. P. Wichnor, Fannie B. Miller, Miss Sally Myers, Miss Elizabeth Speichler, MissSallie Tichthern. Gents' List Jesse R. Ashton, F. H. Hair, J. W. Cook, nenry Freny, S. Gill, Kauffman Greup, Daniel Helman, J. W. Hess, Wm. Heir, Erman Huber, J. M. Miller, Merris Brethers (for.), J. S. Mor rison, T. C. Myers, Frank Ormstreng, Xicole Rage, O. S. Rice, J. P. Robinson, J.W. Schulberth, Gee. II. Shaw, F. W. Weaver, Bernhard Wengcr, Jacob W. Weicemer, Frank Yeider.
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