LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY MARCH 23 1882. Eancastet f ntcHfflmcet. THURSDAY EVXN'Q, MAttCH A3. 1883. tiaaae DiplMtaej The simple facts about theShipherd case are that an American company, of which he is the agent, had or wanted te get a big held en the rich guano piles of Peru.- They saw millions in them, and recognized the lead of their prospective fortunes in the exactions of Chili 'from her prostrate fee in the shape of surren nered guano, land and money. Hence their anxiety te secure the interference of our government in the adjudl catien of terms of peace between the victor and the vanquished state. Quite naturally it did net occur te Ship--herd and his associate speculators, that when they invested their money or cast their fortunes with Peru, they shared its let and took their chances of its suc cess or failure in a war with Chili. But it is net se easy te understand whyan intelligent state department could net discern this and the additional fact that our government had no mere right te interfere in the settlement Jef the rela tions of these states than the Chilians would have te bombard New Yerk be cause they were net pleased with the passage of the anti-Mermen and anti Chinese bills. The frankness of Mr. Shipherd's ras cality will go very far te explain why our diplomats took sucli an interest in an affair that was none of our concern He had, from residence in Geu. Hurl, hut's district, "become pretty thor oughly familiar with the public senti ment sis te Gen. Hurlbut's ideas of what was proper in a public officer." Further, lie says ; About the time Gee. Hurlbut's appoint ment te go te Peru I refreshed mv memory considerably in what was thenirmatter of public notoriety in these years. I con sulted with gentlemen who were very in timate personally with Gen. Ilurlbut, who were of the same political party, but who were personally en geed terms with him. I ceusulted with no one, I think, who was considered as hostile te him. The impres sion which was strong in my own mind was confirmed by all the advice I sought, and was this : That Gen. Ilurlbut did net consider it improper that he, at least, ' while holding public office should be con cerned, either directly or indirectly, in business interests of which he raig i thave mere or less official knowledge. The opinion which was. most clearly in my own mind was thus phrased at that time by one gentlenian whose advice I sought. He said : "Steve will block you at every point if there is net something done for him or provided or suggested te be pro vided for him Yeu can count en it. It makes no difference what arrangement yen make at Washington, something has get te be done or premised or suggested for him." The guileless Shipherd, who knows nothing about " the methods which are recognized as usual and mere or less te be winked at, perhaps, among politi cians," became "clearly of the opinion that there had get te be a tub for this whale in some form ; that there had get te be something said or suggested which sheuld'at least stay Gen. Hurlbut from setting himself absolutely against us at the outset." Se his first move was te offer Hurlbut' and his friends S2.iO,0(KJ worth of stock in the cempauy whose intflsests he was te serve as mb ister from United States te Peru. The next step was te engage, as attorney for the" company, Senater Blair, whom he ' knew was a particular friend of the secretary of state." And, thus heeled, he proceeded in several long and inter esting interviews with Blaine te lay the scheme before him. He found him an attentive listener, and his account of hew he received the tale of the attempt te bribe Hurlbut is very interesting : I mentioned the fact that Gen. Hurlbut did net come te see me in New Yerk, as he had premised te dfc before sailing, al though, as I understood, he was a week in New Yerk at that time, and I thought it was a little odd. I said, "Yeu see Mr. Secretary, that I did ne't succeed in buying him, if he thought that I was trying te. Seme remark was made previously by the third party present a te the felly of at tempting te seduce Gen. Hurlbut by offer ing te sell him stock. The secretary nod ded and laughed, and said he did net think that we would "fetch him," or some remark of that sort. Subsequently, at an intciview much later, the 'matter was again referred te and mere emphatically dwelt en. There was net the slightest iuti iuti matien given by the secretary that there was anything improper in the letter, 'or that he supposed I had any improper mo tive in writing it. The secretary listened with what seemed te me a geed deal mere than courteous attention te my account of the claim. He seemed te be an exceed ingly interested listener. He followed me vciy close, new and then interjecting re marks and asking me questions showing that he was following points with the greatest care and attention. He suggested probable doubts ' from a legal point of view. It is a beautiful spectacle thus pre sented te the world of our secretary Of state manifesting such eager interest in a scheme of private speculators te gee our government te interfere in a matter where it had no right te interfere; laughing se lightly at the attempt te bribe a foreign representative of our government; and, finally, almost pre cipitating a war with a Seuth American state for the sake of Shipherd's guano speculators ! .In printing the able charge of Judge Baxter, of Cleveland, en the question of rail read freight discriminations, In which he maintained that- corporations are truhlecs of popular rights as -well as these of stockholders, and declaring it unlawful 'for a railroad company te charge one customer mers than another, and that all customers are entitled te equal chances, we failed te notice the gratifying and significant fact that the jury brought-in a verdict, against the railroad company for $4,584, this being the amount the plaintiff was charged in excess of the freight charges te mere favored customers. This result may en courage ether victimized patrons of dis criminating railroad corporations te sue for their rights and redress their wrongs. If we understand the letter of our late Marietta correspondent, the freight rate between that place and Columbia is about 25c. per ten per mile en f night for the line of the Beading & Columbia B. B. and connections. If the Pennsylvania railroad company has two rates for the same freight between these same points, it might be worth while te test its legal light te indulge in this odious discrimination. Publtc-spibited citizens will be glad te hearthat an objection has been inter posed te the granting of a charter by the governor " te construct and maintain a turnpike read, te begin at the eastern terminus of the 'Bridgeport and Horse shoe read turnpike' and end in the vil lage of Bird-in-Hand, at or near the point of intersection of the old Philadel phia read and the Gordonville read, and te occupy part of the whole of the said Old Philadelphia read between said points, lying and being in East Lam peter township, Lancaster county, Pa., a distance of about three and a-half miles, the company, te be styled ' The Bird-in-Hand Turnpike Read com pany.' " The proposed and advertised application for a charter te grab the val uable franchises of the " old read," enjoyed free by the public for ever a century, has net yet reached the state department, but there is waiting for it there a vigorous pretest,signed by a large number of prominent citizens of the eastern end of the county, who object te such a gratuitous surrender of public rights te a private corporation. This pretest is an abstract of the objections te thisjneasure which the Intelligencer published nearly two months age, and republished yesterday. "We de net be lieve they can be gainsaid, but if the im pudent request for such a charter ever reaches the executive chamber, the op ponents of it may rest assured they will have a hearing, and we cannot for a moment believe that any intelligent and honest governor would grant this char ter, with all the facts brought te his notice. The Democratic state committee wisely adopted the date of June 28th for the convention. A later time would have been acceptable te the majority of the committee and of the party in the state, but it was feared that at any time in July or August the weather would be tee het for comfort, and later than August would leaye tee little time for organization of the party. Har'risburg was selected, net because it is the state capital nor because of any particular local sympathy, but because it is the one point in the state at which railroad lines from every section of it converge. The committee fixed, as one of the objects of the convention, the adoption of rules for the government of the party in the state, the necessity for which has become all the mere apparent, since these proposed at the last convention were defeated by the dilatory motions of a fragmentary and perverse minority of that body. In the next convention this matter will be put at the beginning of the proceed ings, and net at the end of them. Whittaker gets his release but neither a vindication nor the lecOvery of his ears in their integrity. Yeu may make him a premier, de what you will, the scent of the jobber will cling te him still. The World reminds the public that, though it was in the event of Hancock's election that the country was te suffer from the ravages of bad,naughty, wicked people holding Southern war claims, in Decem ber last a loyal and economical Heuse of Representatives met at "Washington, and new, alas ! one little hill has been passed appropriating $291,000 for the payment of 1,300 claims, while the committce has re received ten bags of claims adjudicated by the treasury, and there are thousands of claimants springing up en every side. Three fish stories come all in a shoal from Leng Island ! An oyster fisherman there the ether day found 63 pearls, some of them as big as a pea in a single bivalve ; a ship's crew arrived from Neva Scotia, report having passed through 09 miles of dead codfish ; a whale 75. feet long and 55 feet in girth, was captured off the island, ic made 100 barrels of oil and the captors embalmed the body and towed it into shore ; after having taken the entrails out they filled her up with cork chips, of which they put in ninety barrels, and then twenty barrels of an embalming prepara tion. A widely circulated and very forcible pretest against the Republican job te admit Dakota as a state alleges that in 1872 Yankton county, the largest in the territory, issued bends te the amount of $200,000 te aid in the construction of a railroad. The railroad was built and is in operatieu ; but the bends have been repu diated. Their validity has been upheld, but the county officers have been aided by the territorial legislature te disobey the decrees of the courts. Acts have been passed te prevent any levy for the pay ment of any judgment against the county, and the county commissioners arc empow ered te vacate their offices at will, se that when a raaudamus was issued there was no beard for the writ te operate upon. The Republican commissioners of Mont gomery county have reconsidered their two mill tax levy and will increase it. They had estimated the probable expenses Of the county during the year at 8184,000, but. have since discovered that the esti mate is toelow and that about $205,370 will be required. The cash in the treasury and the taxes outstanding amount te $68,000, leaving $137,370 te be raised by taxation from $61,196,893 taxable prep erty. The estimate of expenditures in. eludes ten per cent, redemption-'' of the county lean. Under last year's Demo cratic beard the tax rate was only one and a half mills, and during 1881 they 'paid off $34,800 en the county bends, and ever $15,000 was paid for the erection of new bridges and the repairs of old ones, leav ing a balance in the treasury of $35,924.19. The present county debt is $89,200. As this beard increased the tax rate when they found it would net reach, would it net be in order for our commissioners te reduce the rate they have laid, since it has been shown them that it is far in excess of the requirements of this county for the next year's expenses ? As usual, whenever a gallant Demo cratic soldier is assailed, Grant's foul mouthed yelp is heard above the chorus of the pack. He is reported by one Niehel, an insect who flitted around Garfield, as saying that " Rosecrans never was fit te command an army, as lie wouldn't or rather couldn't obey orders ; he was a constitutionally insuberdidate sort of a pig-beaded, obstinate man, who would get selfish prejudice into his head and act en it, against the jadgraent and reason of everybody eke ; Rosecrans weald have . utterly destroyed the Army' of the Cum berland, or had K destroyed, if it hadn't been for the intelligence of the army itself, especially of such subordinate effi cers as Garfield and Themas." A sufficient answer te this blackguard is found in Garfield's own exaltation of Rosecrans in his congressional speech of 1864, which the Intelligencer lately published. But who is Grant that Rosecrans or any ether soldier or patriot needs 'defense from his attack ? He sank from a lieutenancy in the army te a drunken loafer ; .'made famous by accident, rich by toadies and elevated te the presidency, he shamed his country by making his admitflstratien a carnival of political debauchery. His abuse hurts nobody. It is a very different thing te subscribe for the relief of Sergeant Masen's needy " Betty and Baby " and te indulge in what Thurlow Weed, with snch a senile lack of right mindedness, calls " the gen eral and spontaneous demonstrations of sentiment and sympathy for . Sergeant Maseu " iu his punishment for an " of fense prompted by right feelings and im pulsively committed." Masen's offense, which he indicated a desire te commit even before be was removed te Washing ton, was prompted by grossly wrong fee! ings and was deliberately committed. It was a crime against the law and a breach of military discipline, and should have been severely punished. It was- worse than the execution of mob law, which is always deprecated, for Masen betrayed this trust reposed in him as a guard for the prisoner. He should have been tried by the civil law, as Gen. Hancock suggested, and in that event his punishment would net have been severer at least than that of two years' imprisonment imposed upon a prisoner in our local court, whose assault and battery with intent te kill, resulted in the Bhoeting of his victim and crippling him for life. Fer the failure te try Masen in the civil courts the Washington authorities are responsible. He will likely have his sentence mitigated, but this should net be done iu consideration of any popular clamor that "right feelings" prompted his deed. All the same, his.wife and babe, deprived of a husband and father's support, are entitled te public charity and are getting it. We are glad te be assured by the Exam iner that " simply in the interest of hon est elections, and te afford an example for all future political contests, the Republi cans of the First? ward of this city have determined te contest the election of Feb ruary last." Without this assurance the public might have suspected, from the names of 6ome of the petitioners that the contest was inaugurated in some ether interest. It will be remembered that when a contest was attempted of J. L. Steinmetz's election te the Legislature, a number of well meaning', but rather obtuse citizens, were induced te sign a petition alleging what was net true en the false representations of the political pet hunters who get up the contest ; and that this contest collapsed when it was exposed that many of the petitioners had been, engaged at that very election in obtaining bogus tax receipts for persons who voted against Steinmetz. A subsequent contest, inaugurated by the Republicans of this city te count out a Democratic officer, resulted in a large in crease of his majority,and a declaration te that effect about the time his term expired, and after great expeme te the county. Very naturally, therefore, when this last contest is inaugurated and the affidavit made by two of the same ready swearers who made affi davit that Steinmetz had received 300 il legal votes and who retreated se disgrace fully from that memorable contest, the public might suspect that another fiasco was being inaugurated. This suspicion would be strengthened by a recollection of the fact that of these affidavit-makers in both .cases intent en securing honest elections it was shown - in the Steinmetz-Leaman contest that of the bogus tax receipts issued in that campaign some were procured at Chas. F. Eberman's instance, and that en election day the collector sat in Jehn A. Hiestand's back office issuing and dating back these bogus receipts. These two gentlemen, in their, reappearance-before the public, aie net reinforced by associa tion with another Republican politician at present under indictment for embezzle mentas a prison official. Their present alle gation is net that any person voted who lacked any of the constitutional qualifica tions of voters, but that their votes are te be thrown out because of a technical ne glect of the election officers te comply with the requirements of the law. It is well known that at no ward in this city were these rcqvyremcuts complied with, and at few districts in the county, and in most cases the commissioners failed te famish the necessary blanks. The Republican politicians who are con testing Deerr's seat knew this, and' "in the interest "of honest elections," of course, postponed the filing of their petition until the very last day, se that the Democrats would net take notice te bring similar contests and threw out nearly every Republican councilman elect in town. The practical effect of the matter will, be that the ' Demo cratic councilmen who have their certificates, will take and keep their eats until aftec the conclusion of what will be inevitably a long contest, and the result of which will likely be announced after their terms have expired. When ,it does finally come, likely as net it will as usual increase the Democratic majority ; for Mr. Hiestand's petition says there were thirty or mere illegal votes cast for Brown, while Mr. Hiestand's paper says "ever one huudred men were voted whose names were net en the registry, without .qualifying them as prescribed by the act of assembly." As these calculations leave about 70 illegal votes for Deerr, Brown's majority will be apt te ran up te about 45 under the operation of the Hiestand-Eberman-Tripple investigation. Ged speed the cause of honest elections' ! A Bis Defleiecy The experts who have been examining the accounts of Leng Island City (L. I.) re port te the common council that there is a deficiency in the accounts of one branch of the water department of the city amount ing te ever $14,000. SUICDE OR ACCIDENT ? Sr-S. s THE TBAU1U DJBATH OW A TKAVVX.-ffe. Philip Vm Hw Yrk total Ut.'akMr Sen- ta-lw Acqntttasl t 1 Philip Van jtensselaer, aged forty years, a boarder at the Hetel Brunswick, New Yerk, committed suicide early yesterday morning by sheeting himself through the temple in his room. He was dead When found. Mr. Van Rensselaer was a-younger member of the old Knickerbocker family of that name, had considerable wealth and was a great traveler. He journeyed en horseback in the Western wilds and Mexico, and in the West was very well known. Daring his wanderings he ac quired the habit of carrying a- pistol, which he handled se carelessly that his friends frequently remonstrated with him against the practice. This fact, together with certain indications in the condition of the corpse when found, has given rise te the presumption that the sheeting might have been accidental, and the entire absence, as far as known, of any motive for 'suicide is argued in support of this theory. In the early part of February he return ed from San Francisce and took up his residence at the Hetel Brunswick. He engaged in some mining business, but se far as known suffered no pecuniary losses. Three days age his wife arrived from Philadelphia and took up her residence with him at the hotel. Tuesday, in an interview with his brother, his spirits seemed most buoyant. He went te the minstrels Tuesday night, and en his re turn te the hotel he get the key of a pri vate room he occupied before the arrival of his wife and was found dead there at 6 o'clock in the morning. It was learned then that he had been dead for hours. There was evidence te show that the sheeting had taken place immedi ately after he entered the loom, and he had hung up his coat and flung his hat en the bed. The pistol was in his hand and was a self-cocking British bull-deg revolver, of the same kind as the one with which President Garfield was shot. His left hand was scorched by the powder. The bullet had crashed through the skull just above the right temple, penetrating the brain upward and inward, and after the shot he bad fallen en the bed. Ne message or apparent preparation for death indicated premeditation. Mrs. Van Rensselaer was greatly prostrated when told of her husband's suicide and violent death. The suicide was a grandson of the elder Stephen Van Rensselaer, the Patroon of Albany. His father was Philip, one of the sons of the old Patroon, among whom the property in this city was divided. The . Philip who took his life inherited from his father some California mining property. He had just returned from looking after this, having spent a number of years in Califernia: eTHEK TKAGKDIKS. The Bloody Budget of Kccent Horrors. Twe alleged burglars, named Lacy and Reddick, were lynched by vigilants at Rawlins, Wyoming, en Monday. Twe tramps, who stele horses in Jeffer Jeffer eon county, Missouri, last week, were overtaken in Franklin county, en Saturday night, and one of them was killed, the ether being mortally wounded. At St. Helena, Cal., yesterday, William Gans shot and killed J. C. Weinberger, and then committed suicide. The cause of the tragedy is unknown. In a barr room row at Alanta, Ga., last night, William Greggery was shot and killed. It is net known who fired the fatal shot. - The body of a woman about 33 years old, and badly decomposed, was found in the East river, off College Point, L.' I., yesterday morning. Captain Ihemas Nye, aged, 83 years, a prominent citizen of New Bedford, Mass., shot and killed himself yesterday. Ne cause is assigned for the act. Charles Cornelian and Frederick Miller, Highland Scetchmen, who recently came te this cetrntry and bought land of the Scottish American land company,' en Jack creek, near Emmittsburg, Iowa, quarrelled en Tuesday night, when Cornelian shot and killed Miller, and then blew out his own brains. Murder by Insane People. Hefam Pusehker, a Hungarian inmate of the insane department of the Westmore land county almshouse, was beaten te death by Timethy Bacen and August Johnsten, also insane. The trio had been considered docile and were allowed-liberties in the institution net accorded ether inmates Ne particulars of the tragedy are known, as the perpetrators only laughed when questieued and talked as though they considered the deed a com mendable one. SAVED BY HI3 MOTHER-IN-LAAV. Airs. Myra Clark Gaines' Testimony Clears t lie Man who Murdered Her Own Sen. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous Louisiana litigant, appeared in the crimi nal court, at Washington, D. C., yester day morning in behalf of her son-in-law,. James Y. Christmas, who was en trial for killing William G. Whitney, a son of Mrs. Gaines by a former husband. The killing took place the 25th of last Juncy and was the result of an old feud between the two men, who had been set up in business by Mrs. Gaines. The son became jealous of the son-in-law, and after dissolving part nership made repeated threats against the latter. Finally ene'Saturday afternoon as Christmas, who bearded in the same house with Whitney, was en his way down stairs te dinner with an aged couple, he wasap wasap preached from behind by Whitney and as saulted. Christmas thereupon drew a re volver and fired at his assailant, inflicting a mortal wound, as he only lived a few minutes. The case was called for trial yesterday. Mrs. Gaines, in her testimony, showed that Christmas acted solely in self-defense and as her evidence was strongly correbr orated by ether witnesses, Cel. Corkhill, who appeared for the government, de cided te abandon the case and under the instructions of the court the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Christmas' counsel comprised Messrs. William A. Cook, T. G. Cene and ex-Congressman Jesse J. Yeates, of North Carelinia. After the trial was concluded, the accused was warmly congratulated by a host of friends and left the court room in company with his mother-in-law. The strikM. The Spinners and Weavers' Union of Lawrence, Massachusetts, met yesterday morning, and decided te canvass 'the city for material aid for the 'strikers. Agents from ether cities are in Lawrence offering employment te the strikers and ethers en of wqrk. Only the printing and dyeing departments of the Pacific mills are opera ted, the rest being closed. Werk has begun changing the machinery and repair ing the buildings. Ail the ether mills are running with full force, and no dissatisfac tion is reported among their empleyes. The strike at the Union rolling mill, in Chicago, closed yesterday in Compromise. The strikers gained their increase of wages, but agreed te work 12 hours daily. The Moulder's Union of Trey, New Yerk, yesterday ordered a strike in all the foundries of that city except four. The Kaisers Birthday. Berlin is gayly decorated, en account of the anniversary of the Emperor William's birthday. Thanksgiving services were held at the churches, which were numer- mislv Attended. The Kmmrnr inmmnnin1 receiving congratulations at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and he steed through' opt thL reception vwitheat aanifesbag a 'sign of ftttigue.b Great crowds ief febp asmbMd(li4l&Uafer den Lcn, wb cheered hirmajesty pen.his appcasane na lw lulami. . - .- , J -i - "nT r!4 -." '' . v . ; me vzar reiegrapnea a congratulatory message expressing the hope that the em em perier's life, which was se necessary te the peace of Europe and the maintenance of friendly relation between Russia and Ger many, might be long preserved POLITICAL. Phases of Current Events of PabUc Import ance. The Democratic state convention of Rhede Island met in Providence yester day, and nominated a ticket headed by Herace A. Kimball, of that city, for gov ernor. A The Greenbackers of Rhede Island-held a state convention in Providence yester day, and referred the matter of nomina tions te the state central committee. The election in Burlington City, New Jersey, en Tuesday, resulted in the elec tion of all the Democratic candidates ex cept treasurer. The city council will have a Democratic majority of two. Gerrymandering Ohie. The Republican legislative eaueus(has decided en a bill for redisricting the state for congressional purposes. It eives the Republicans seventeen and the Demo crats four districts. Oudge Blatchford confirmed. The "Senate in executive session has confirmed the nomination of Samuel Blatchford, of New Yerk, te be" an as sociate justice of the United States su preme court. .Fires. .1. K. McCargar's steam grist and shin gle mill at Bishep's' mills, Ont., was burned en Tuesday. Less, $10,000. A fire at Ripen, Wis., destroyed prop erty facing' en the public square te the aceunt of $200,000. The steamer LessieB, was burned in the lakes above Shreveport, La., en Tuesday. The beat, valued at $7000, and cargo are a total less. The peer-house in Leck Haven was par tially destroyed by fire yesterday after noon. The less is about $1,000, mostly insured. The origin of the fire is net known. A Western Belsn at. Terrer. A "reign of terror" is reported at Laramie City, 'Wyoming, owing te incen diarism. Fer four nights buildings have been fired in different parts of the . town, notwithstanding the efforts of the, viui- lance committee, who have nightly Jpa Jpa trelled the streets. About twenty strangers have been arrested, but released! Pined for Cruelty te a Child. In the Suffolk county-sessions yesterday at Riverside, L. I., Henry Miller and Resa, his wife, tried for cruelty te Willie Butz, a child in their care, were found guilty, with a recommendation te mercy. They were sentenced te a fine of $50 each. Notable Necrology Samuel Woodruff, a steam engine manu facturer of Hartferd, Conn., died en Tues day night. Rev. Charles P. Bahan, of the Catholie college at Woodstock, Md., died suddenly en Tuesday from apoplexy. Whittaker Released. Gen. Sherman yesterday promulgated premulgated premulgated the order -of the president setting aside the proceedings and sentence of the court mar tial in the case of Cadet Whittaker, and directing that Whittaker be released from arrest. A Deuble-Murderer's Sentence. Michael O'Reurke, who murdered Pat rick Maher, aged 84 years, and his daugh ter Bridget, aged 37 years, en January 20, was yesterday at Milten, Ont., found guilty and sentenced te be hanged June 9. Shoving the Queer. Geerge W. Angel has been arrested at Middleport, Ohie, for passing counterfeit standard dollars. PERSONAL. Den Philippe de Bourbon, according te Londen Truth, is abent te marry Miss Mackay,' an American heiress. Professer Longfellow is suffering from an attack of illness which causes some alarm, as it is feared that it will result in inflammation of the bowels. Dr. Pancoast, the late distinguished Philadelphia surgeon, died unusually rich for a professional man. He has left all his property te his family. General Lengstbeet believes that the Seuth needs mere fresh bleed, and he has just induced three hundred Germans and Swiss te form a colony near his home Gainesville, Georgia. Colonel Baxcuei.der has a plan te form a veteran's association ametng these who particpated in the first day's fight at Gettysburg and still live. The prelimi nary meeting was held in Washington en Tuesday evening. The Philadelphia Committee of One Hundred have caused the arrest of Rev. Samuel Huff, of Ne. 264 North Juniper street, a Methodist minister, en the charge of wilful fraud and perjury in reporting election returns. Mr. Huff was judge of the last February election in the tenth division of the First ward. David Leche, esq., a young member of the Lancaster bar formerly of Strasburg, who came here from Columbia county, has pulled up stakes and gene, te Chicago te try his professional fortunes. Themas WniTSOK esq., has resigned his justiceship of the peace in Fulton and came te Lan caster te practice law. An Englishman by the name of Green recently fell heir te an estate of $35,000 a year from an unexpected source. It ap pears that seme thirty years age Mr. Green seeing an old gentleman looking for a seat in church, invited himinte his pew and furnished him with hymn and prayer hooks. The old man was without rela tives and rewarded the courteous act by making Mr. Green his heir. Benten and Jacksen had long been at fend, and had net met for many years until Jacksen was president and Benten senator from Missouri. It was in a room in the White Heuse that their first meeting took place. Jacksen was seated at a table) when the deer swung open and 'Benten steed silctitly in the middle of. the fleer. Jacksen looked up recognized him at once, and recollected at the same time that he. had no'weapeu te defend himself. Equally silently he get up, walked te the deer, looked it and put the key in his pocket, and went back te bis seat. Then he said, " Dees this mean war or peace?" "It means peace," said Benten. Jacksen again arose, walked te the deer, unlocked it, came back te his seat, and then saidf " Colonel Benten, I am pleased te see you. Take a seat." Henceforth they were reconciled. ABOUT APPLES. i TE VAT TOGssOW THE AD AMI C MllVtX u 5 '" yjjiiiluM sus 4 Selection of ntryTrMS 3F Subject of ""Merest tev Farmers and te Nomelogists. We. J. Pyle in Oxford Press. Fer an orchard of fifty, trees we want but few of the summer kinds, unless they are of a very choice variety that would be of ready sale. Fer early summer Red As trachan, Early Newell, Townsend and Samper, Perter, 2 of each ; 4 Maiden Blush, 2 Jefferis, 2 Fall Rambo, 4 Smoke house, 2 Winter Cernell's"; Fancy, 4 Grave stein, 4 Yerk Imperial, 4 Roxbury Russett,' 4 Red Remanite, 6 Winter Blush and 2 Fel-du-wall. The latter is generally called Fallawater, but the former is the proper name (found injthe'feret)L s , King-of Tompkins eeufity ret before they are ripe, like the Baldwin. Smith's Cider are geed bearers and geed keepers, but void of flavor. The Smokehouse is one of the richest flavored, and have a yel yel lewflesb, hard and solid, and will keep until springs-It deesbest if planted in low or meadew'Iand, it matters net if their roots run into a stream of water. Any one-having a piece of ground of this kind weald de well te plant a goodly number, as there is no treuble in selling-them. Apples are like everything else, requir ing soil te suit their nature, and te get a crop you must take care of them. Manure this fall and salt the next ; a half peck thrown en the ground, spreading it from the trunk out as far as the limbs extend, is net tee, much fee, a bearing tree - fromrl tree - fremrl eight years upwards. Salt has a tendency te make the bark smooth as well as pro mote a rapid growth. Manure and salt is the object, if you want a crop of sound and geed keeping apples. I have seen apple trees treated in this wise that the bark was se smooth that there was scarcely a crevice deep enough far asj iasectlte de posit its'teggs therein JL ' It is very common te see an apple orchard in full bearing this year and next year al. most void of fruit. As one remarks, "Hew scarce of applcs.yeur orchard is ;" we get answer, 'JThisis net its bearing year." I will here state hew easy it is te make every year its bearing year, with but little labor, although it would be less labor te commence when the trees" are young, with their first bearing. This is te allow hut one-half of each kind te give fruit at one seaseu ; this is done by pick ing off the blossoms ;t it can be , done ahy spring regardless of the age or size of the tree, and when once dene it is permanent. S'nejialf rests this yeaiy whilst thef ether alf is fruited ; and the next year the ether half takes its turn. By this means, with the assistance of manure and salt, we compel our orchard every year te bear plenty of fine fruit. ' CAL.TIN COOPER'S OPINION. An Experienced anil Successful Horticultu rist's Views. Editors Ixtelligencek : By your ie quest I submit a list of apples such as I think would make a desirable selection fcr an orchard of fifty trees. As has been re marked by ethers, it is most desirable te have the largest proportion of winter va rieties. Our vicinity is supplied with a superabundance of fall kinds, owing te the demands for the last 20 years or mere, of favorites brought te our market from the North, and planted here in a longer and warmer climate, ripen tee early and hence will net keep. Yeu will see by the list below that I have left out nearly all of the choice New Yerk varieties and substi tuted ethers (as winter fruits) native te this, latitude and soil. ( Fer summer : 2 E3rly Harvest, 2 Red Astrachau. 1 Early Strawberry 2 TownR TewnR end, 1 Jeffries. - Fer Fali : 8 nawley, 1 Maiden Blush, 2 Jersey Sweet, 2 Muusen Swccr,'3Bcneni, 2 Baldwin. Fer Winter : 4 Smith's Cider, 4 Yerk Im perial, 2 Hubbardson Nonsuch, 4 Smoke house, 3 Fall water, 2 Derainc, 2 Winter Green, 2 Paradise, and for cider one each of Green Sweeting, Talman Sweet and Applebuttcr or (Eating apple). The above will make a selection that will ripen through the whele season, and if properly handled some of them can be kept until late in the following summer. There arc situations that are mere fa vorable than ethers, particularly iu the later varieties, the main point in these is te have them hang en the trees until frost comes and the weather net se warm. It is generally considered that a northern ex posure is rather the best, and if near the water se that the roots may reach the stream, and the ground net swampy, pro duces geed results ; but if I had a choice of situations I would take a high altitude and ritu the risk of obtaining all the meis ture necessary from the rainfalls. Much can be done by cultivation in keeping the ground moist and by the destruction of all vegetable growth in the orchard, the trees will then be the only plant te take up this desirable clement necessary in all fruit culture. The thinning process is very desirable if we would have fruit every year, but will net always bring the desired result, but is generally attended with a better grade of fruit and Iess'danger of injury te the tree by ever-bearing. A very important feature is the de struction of all fallen fruit prematurely ripened, as they quite frequently contain the "larva" of the " codling moth," the great; enemy of all fruit growers In fertilizing, I knew nothing better than well decomposed " barn yard ma nure " with an occasional top dressing of lime. Salt in dry seasons I think could hi nsed te advantage ; say six quarts te a large tree sewn broadcast would absorb moisture from the atmosphere and assist in supplying that requisite In dry Seasons. ", ' t CV' Coprrei. Bird In-Hand, March 23,"l882. Seme views en setting out an orchard, .with ether valuahle agricultural matter, will he found en the first page of te-day's Intelligencer. Eds. Kenrte Jail. , Jacob Rijeehart, who some days age was charged with obtaining money and board beard ing fremjMrs. Rosanna Bruderly, by false pretense, and who, while en his way te prison te await a hearing, assaulted'Officer Ceylo and attempted te escape, had a hear ing before Alderman Spurrier' yesterday afternoon, and iu default of bail was sent te jail te auswer for false pretense, for assault and battery, and ferresisting an officer. Going; te -Jein Baraam. Charlie Carr and Jehn Wertz, two well known bill pesters of this uity, left at 3:30 this morning for New Yerk te join the Barnum. .show.. Beth are -geed workmen and have worked for different firms .n this city. Others will shortly leave te join circuses. Presented With a Watch. D. F. Harnish, agent of M. S. Harnish, tobacco packer at Harnish station, was yesterday presented with a beautiful geld Elgin wateh by the employees of the ware ware beuse. The presentation speech was made by J. F. Breneman, te which Mr. Harnish replied thanking the donors. COUNTY NATIONAL BANK NEW BAMUNG llOUSK OCCCPIKP. A Fine Structure Seme description or it -ICies or Hailders, UullUlug Commit- - tee and Bank Officers. The new banking house, built for the use of the Lancaster County National bank, has been completed. It occupies the sits of the old banking beuse, and adds one mere te the many fine structures en the first square en East' King street. The new building has a front of 29 feet 4 inches, a depth of 92 feet, and a heighth of 45 feet. The walla are of brick and are eighteen inches in thickness, except the front wall which is twenty-two inches thick. The front elevation presents the ap pearance of a -tftreci story building, of unique design Altogether unlike any ether in this city. The front wall has a handseme base of Richmond granite. The wall itself is of Philadelphia pressed brick, with Ohie stene dressing the window sills being of that material, while a bread band of the same extends across the entire front containing the words, in raised let tcrs, "Lancaster County National Bank." The arch above tLe doorway and the arehcd.teps of the windows are laid in alternate rows of red and black bricks, and pretty designs iu black brick laid at proper intervals in the buttresses, pilasters and coruiee give a pleasaut relict te the red brick wall. The top of the building terminates in a row of battlements, with pyramidal stone - caps. - - .Ia the , first-story Vthere are two large windows, ene en cither side of the deer, nlledwith hue plate glass. '1 he second story has three double windows and the third six single window.--, all filled with fine glass. One important peculiarity of the building is that it has but a single en trancethe front deer. There is no way of getting into any part of the building, from basement te garetyxcept by going through "this deer, whkh leads directly into th&banking room, and of course the only means of exit is through the same deer. Thus every comer, ter whatever purpose, raaat present himself before the assembled officers ; and this makes it bad for the thieves, burglars ami ether im proper characters. As stated above, the building viewed from the outside has the appearance of being three stories high, but in fact it is only two stories the ceiling of the banking-room, extending above the second story witideWsrThis room is by far the largest, handsomest and most conveniently arranged banking room iu the city. It is 74 feet iu length and 27 in width, and 21 feet in height from fleer te ceiling. The fleer is of English tiles, of ten or a dozen different shades, arranged in prettily de signed geometrical figures. The walls are Of a light neutral tint, plastered in sand finish, and wainscoted iu walnut. A heavy and very pretty cornice runs entirely around the banking-room. The ceiling is pieiced by two large sky-lights, seven by ten feet, the reef-lights being 'of hammered plate glass and the ceiling lights of frosted glass. These skylights, and the large front win dows shed a flood of mellow light through out the room. -Fer night work, a buliicicnt number of gas humors are placed at pro per intervals. The room is heated by het air from two furnaces in the basement, ene of them n Mershon and the ether a port able Reynolds heater. The het air is con veyed through pipes te flues iu the west wall .of the building, and enters the room through registers set in slate frames There are ventilating flues furnished with similar registers, te let off surplus heat and impure air. The flues, placed at reg ular intervals along the wall, form well proportioned pilast'ers which, together with the lefty cciliug, the bread walls and heavy cornice, will furnish a fine field for the taste and skill of the fresco artist ' iu the coming by-and-by." The business part of the banking room is enclosed behind heavy walnut counters, with birdeye maple panels, and along the outer edges of the counters is placed a line of plate glass and woven wire sci ceil ing, set in heavy and 'prettily designed walnut railing, similar te that used iu the old bank, and extending nearly across the front of the room aud for at least an equal distance along the. west wall. Within the enclosure thus formed are the desks, ta blesj drawers, .racks and ether appliances necessary for the'efilcsTs'and clerks. Near the rear of this encleasurc are two large fireproof and burglar-proof vaults; for the safe keeping of money, books and ether valuables. One-of these vaults contains a Watsen & Sen safe, and the ether a Her ring & Ce. safe both being furnished with locks of the strongest and most ap p roved construction. - In.thercar of the banking room, aud con necting with it is the directors' loom, 21 feet long by. 15 feet wide. It i3 handsome ly furnished and leeks" out upon a large let of ground belonging te the bank, finely sedded and filled with fruit trees. Ad joining the room isaRatienary washstaud, watcr-ofeset and ether conveniences. A stairway in the .northeast corner of the. building leads' te a second ptery room above the'directerss' room. It is fitted up with shelving and pigeon-holes for the storing away of books, papers and ether archives, no longer of much value, except as matters of occasional lefcrence. A deer from this room leads out upon a pretty balcony, with ash balusters and walnut balustrade, overlooking the bank ing room, and being a fine point of ob servation for directors, stockholders or patrons of the bank,, who may be admit ted te it, te watch the busy clerks within and the bustling throng of customers' without the railing. There is a similar balcony ever the front, vestibule and ex tending entirely across the room. It was built, however, mere for ornament than use, there being no stairway leading te it. . Above the storage room is a capacious J left, efj tkfe Ifull extent of the building, large enodgnte 'contain the accumulating , books, papers and ether documents for a century tcr come. Mr. C. S. Erisman, architect and builder, designed the plans and specifica tions, and had exclusive charge of the erection of the building. The work has been finished in every department, reflect ing credit net only upon the builder, but upenthe mechanics and artisans who se ably assisted lihai' , We begm "afflie' bottom and name their order : The demolition of the old building and the excavation of the cellar for the new, was done by Martin Kendig. The foundatien-watls-and-other masonry were by T.,tiffl3. -Tjje Richmond granite for the base was furnished by Jehn Keller. The brick-work by Jehn R. Jefferies. The lumber was furnished by Scners. The glass and hardware by Marshall & Ren gier. The Ohie stene by Lewis Haldy." The plastering was done by Williams & Sheitz. The stationery counters, desks, wainscoting and all ether mill-work was famished by Urban & Burger. The elegant moveable desks and tables, of solid AValnut and unique design, were manufactured by Slough & Sen, who also supplied the furniture for the directors ream. Th tile' fleer was furnished by T. Ostenwald t Sen, New Yerk. The painting was done by Geerge W. Brewr, . the tin reef was pat en by Geerge Acker man, who also did the ether necessary tin .work., The plumbing and gat fitting was done by B. R. Buckius. The het air pipes were put in by Humphreyville & Kieffer. The outside iron guards te the windows were manufactured by Jehn Hei- a. ,man. l he pavement in front of the bant "- is te be or Werth Hiver stone, and will be laid by Lewis Haldy. The late Cel. Wm. L. Peipcr, cashier of the bank, was the leading spirit in secur ing the erection of the new building, and was selected as chairman of the building committee. The ether members of the w1! 31 1
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