LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY MARCH 31 1882. Eancastn fntelliflencer. FRIDAY EVENING, MABCH 31, 1862. Better Beek-lceeplDg Needed Upen examination of the statement of county finances, which has been pub lished in all the county papers, and into which it is earnestly trusted the county auditors are making rigorous examina tion, it will be seen that with a single exception the county treasurer nowhere charges himself with moneys received for the fines, forfeited recegnizances and costs, which the records of the court will certaiuly show were paid ever for the use of the county last year. Upen in vestigation we find that in the item of " miscellaneous receipts " at the county treasury there is included $139.31 re ceived from Clerk of Quarter Sessions Urban en account of fines, and in all the receipts of the county that is the only item which in any way accounts for the sums of money which ought te have found their way te the county treasury and probably did by reason of fines, costs and forfeited recegnizances in the courts. This $139.31 we understand was part of a $200 fine in a liquor case paid te Urban in the absence of the sheriff. He never actually paid it ever into the treasury, as we are informed, but gave the county credit for the above amount of a bill, which he claimed that the county owed him, and if the remain ing Sc.0.69 has ever been paid ever it does net se appear in the treasurer's books or statements. Hew and why this is, the auditors will likely inquire and possibly discover. We are aware that the commissioners have yearly or mere frequent settlements with the sheriff and clerk of quarter sessions, and that the large amounts set out in the county account, as paid te them last year, are supposed te represent the fees due te them less the moneys paid into and received by them for the county. But we insisi that this is net the proper way te keep the county accounts. The treasurer's' books and his yearly state ment should show what costs, recogniz recegniz ances, lines, etc., are paid into the county treasury, se that the auditors and any interested individual can promptly dis cover whether all that are se paid or ought te be paid reach the proper place, or disappear en the way, and their dis appearance is concealed in the se called " settlement ' with the county .commis sioners. Such settlements ought te he made at least monthly, and ought te be curifiilli audited. We have reason te be lieve that there have been abuses in this matter of fines, costs and re re eognizances in the past ; we knew there has been serious occasion for scandal ; and while the auditors are probing the festering rottenness and cor ruption of our ceuuty affairs they will de well te inquire whether the present system of bookkeeping, settlements and statements is net calculated te conceal wrong-doing. Immediately following the late mu nicipal elections we invited our Repub lican contemporaries, which had been in dulging in general reflections en Mayer MacGenigle's police force, te specify their charges, aud the eliicers who were guilty of such offenses as te justify them, lti entire geed faith we then said "the public, the mayor and his party have a right te demand that appointed police men shall conform strictly te the regula tions laid down for them, and shall suffer severe and summary punishment for vie" latien of or departure from them. These rules the policemen and the public knew, and if any of our citizens knew of breaches of them en the part of their public servants it is their right and duty te make the mayor or his chief of police acquainted with them, se that they may be duly investigated, that the innocent may be vindicated and offenders may be duly disciplined." Our contemporaries have net yet responded te the invitation, although next Monday the mayor is ex pected te make his appointments or re appointments for the coming year. He has laid down certain rules for the gov ernment of his police force, and he lias repeatedly expressed his determination te enforce them without fear, favor or atfectien. Every violation of them brought te his notice has been investi gated, and if the report of it is verified the offender has been disciplined. Vague and indefinite charges, anonymous in sinuations or complaints preferred by persons who are net willing te as sume the responsibility for their truth he rightly does net take into ac count. By these rules we take it for granted the mayor will be governed in his selection of the new force, and as he was elected without pledge, obligation orcemmittal of anysert, except te serve the best public interests, he may feel at entire liberty te select for policemen these who will best promote that end. There can be no doubt that the bet ter legal and popular Judgment of the country will approve the views upon Judge Advocate Swaim's action in the Masen case, which are se forcibly ex pressed in the Ilerald article reprinted en our first page te-day. It agrees ex actly with the sentimentsjef this journal expressed before, and cannot fail te ac cord with these of all law-abiding people. The attempt te justify Masen's offense was bad enough, but net unnatural en the part of the thoughtless, but when a semi-judicial officer like Swaim se trav esties the law he deserves the severest reprobation. The popular" tendency te misapprehend the nature of Masen's of fense is thus fitly rebuked by that con servative journal, the Baltimore Sun : Masen's offense cannot be excused en bcutimeutal grounds. Fer Guiteau or his crime there can be nothing but absolute detestation and abhorrence, bat it is a de testation and abhorrence that the self-re-bpect as well as the safety of the country icquircs te be shown in legal methods and processes. One assassination does net justify another, and there could be no surer way of encouraging this mode of aveuging wrongs than by following the example which the assassin has set. The offense in Masen's case was heightened by the fact that he was entrusted with the protection of the life which he endeavored te take. He committed net only a dan gerous breach of military discipline, which, if suffered te go unpunished, might scrieutlr affect the morale of the army, bul i.c ustailcd the diguity andseveiehjuty of the law itself in his attack upon a man who was a prisoner of state. Guitean's life belonged net te himself nor te Ser geant Masen, but te the violated law of the land, and it was an outrage upon that law te attempt te wreak individual venge ance upon him when a jury alone had the power te decide upon the question of his life or death. Secretaby Felger toddled off te New Yerk state yesterday for the presumable purpose of mending his fences. The gubernatorial bee is said te buzz in his bonnet in the most alarming fashion. Gen. Resecraxs pronounces the dis patch purporting te have been sent by him from Chattanooga te Secretary Stan Stan eon, and stating that his army had been "whipped and routed," an absolutely and unqualified forgery, whether en record in the war department or out of it. The St. Leuis Fast Dispatch tells quite a long story in these few short para graphs : Twe years age Jay Gould cared nothing for Missouri. New he controls $100,000,000 of corpor ation capital and employs 40,000 employees in this state. The real head of seven railroads, the telegraph monopoly, iron interest, river transportation, elevators, &c. He is able te elect Missouri legislators, make our laws and control the state. Tiie Mississippi farmer who bupplieB the World with an account of his experi ments in silk culture ( which we reprint ) may have a climate better adapted than this te that branch of farm industry, but his story is well worth reading and con sidering. Despite the ridiculous memory of the merut niulticaulis movement of a generation age, many a farm in this vicin ity may yet be crowned by successful efforts at silk culture, realizing the early colonial idea when the Virginia Assembly offered a prize of fifty pounds of tobacco for each pound of wound silk produced, when every land owner was required te plant and fence twelve mulberry trees for each 150 acres, and whM Gov. Law, of Connecticut, arrayed in the fine dress of a hundred and thirty years age, had a silk coat and stockings of domestic manufac ture. A contemporary calls attention te the fact that if anybody will suffer from China's resentment, in a commercial way, of the violation by Congress of the spirit of the recent treaty between the two gov ernments, it will he California, which has se strenuously demanded anti-Chinese leg islation. Half of the entire Chinese trade of the United States passes through Pacific ports. During the past year our total imports from China and Heng Keng amounted te twenty-four million dollars, of which mere than ten millions were en tered at San Francisce. Our experts reached eight million dollars, of which six millions, or three-fourths, went from San Francisce. The Chinese trade constitutes one-fourth of the entire foreign commerce of California, and.it is yet in its infancy. Beth as a producer and a consumer China is a boundless field for American enter prise. In the development of this vast commerce the Pacific states must be the greatest gainers. As a commercial pert San Francisce is te Asia what New Yerk is te Europe Its commercial prosperity and growth as well as the commercial development of the Pacific slope must ever depend largely en its Western com merce. PERSONAL. Secretary Felger has left Washington for a few days. Assistant Secretary French will act during his absence. The health of Governer Hamilton, of Maryland, is still very precarious. E. P. Brooks, U. S. consul at Cerk, new ia Washington en leave of absence, has resigned te accept the editorship of the Peoria Daily Transcript. The New Yerk Herald thinks Blaine is the real Simen pure Bourbon, because he has been in public life for many years without learning anything that a man should knew if he would be a statesman, and as for forgetting, he has never forgot ten hew te keep his eye en a premising job. One of AiiTnuu's friends gives it away that he rcceived $350,000 te carry the state of Indiana, chiefly through the confidence in him of the bankers and leading Repub licans. It was sent out te Indiana with the cashier of tile First National bank of New Yerk te piy it out, and Arthur left the Republican committee with many thousand dollars untouched at the end of the campaign. Emery n. Beaucuamp, who ouce wrete a letter te his sweetheart saying that he loved her with his " hole hart," was recent ly confirmed by the Senate as consul at St. Gall, Switzerland. The New Yerk Tribune, with candor worthy of special note, says that this is probably the first case in American history where a nemiuce for a consulate obtained immediate confirmation because he couldn't spell. And te Switz erland ! In Pittsburgh yesterday Miss Annie Haggertt, daughter of a well-known citizen of Lawrenceville, and Miss Elea Elea eor Ewing, daughter of Rev. Hugh Ewing, of Lancaster, Ohie, and a niece of General Tem Ewing and General Sherman, took the veil of the order of the Sisters of Mercy. Though bred in the lap of luxury and possessed of rare beauty and many accomplishments, Miss Ewing six months age gave up the gayety of Washington life and entered the convent as a postulant. Thursday her period of probation closed and she received the white veil. Miss Ewing will be known in religion as Sister Mary Veronicia. Her mother, two brothers and sister Edith were present. Sickness in the family of the Shermans prevented their attendance. An English Colonel, says Londen Truth, was se indignant at his wife being called a " woman" by a policeman, that he took his number and reported him te the chief commissioner. "Wait, woman," were the words of the policeman. What ought they te have been ? " Wait, lady?" Let us have done with this miserable nonsense. A fashionable preacher, in his sermon said, "Who were last at the cress ? Ladies. Who were first at the sepulchre ? Ladies." In Ireland they are mere sensible. A sentry was en duty, when a lady wished te pass him. He told her that no one might go by. " Yeu de net knew who I am," she. Mid ; "I am the colonel's lady." "But I eeuld net allow yen te go by if yen were the colonel' wife." And yet Jehn Smith, from Pumpinktewn, keeps en reg istering at the City hotel "Jehn Smith and lady." THE LATEST NEWS. GLKANtn FROM THE MORNL'U MAIL. Paragraphic Points That Take In tbe Leading Incident of Recent Occurrence, In cluding the Usual Queta et Crime and Disaster. The Alabama Democratic state conven tion will meet June 7. The Democrats of Hartferd Conn., last night nominated Charles M. Jeslyn for mayor. The Canterbury paper mill, near Han over, Conn., was burned en Wednesday. Less $30,000. Killed by a Cave-In. The Byram mine, near Dever, New Jer sey, caved in yesterday, killing two men and seriously injuring several ethers. Tbe Lash In Maryland. The governor of Maryland yesterday signed the bill recently passed by the Leg islature establishing whipping as a pun ishment for wife-beating. An Aged Man's Horrible lieatli. Truman Dunham, president of the Cleve land (O.) Linseed oil works, and an old and honored citizen, was caught in the machinery at the works yesterday and killed. Launching of the ship. Messrs. Gess, Sawyer & Packard, yes terday at Bath, Ma, launched the ship William H. Starbuck, 1,339 tens burden, owned by William H. Starbuck, of New Yerk. .A, Canard. The report of the less of 120 lives by the carrying away of Ralston's cotton gin in Tensas parish Louisiana, proves, happily, te he without foundation. Suspicious Disappearance. Augustus P. Corse, business manager of the firm of Corse & Ce., stove dealers, of Trey, New Yerk, disappeared last JJlenaay and en that day the firm's paper went te pretest. An investigation is going en. Corse was prominent in social and military circles. Caught In the Machinery. James Coffy,-27 years of age, was caught in the machinery at Ne. 47 Broeme street, yesterday. His left arm was tern from the shoulder and his left leg broken, and he was sent te Bellevue hospital in a dying condition. Dishonest Clerk. Archie Leavers, confidential clerk for C. F. Dwight, a Chicago broker, lias de camped with $12,000 of his employer's money. Jehn King, selling clerk for. Hewell & Crepset, accompanied him with $700 of the firm's money. Hee's Patent Sustained. Judge Blatchford in tbe United States circuit court at New Yerk, has handed down a decision in the patent case of Hee against Kahler, sustaining Hee's patent, and holding that Kahler's newspaper folding machine infringed it. An Insane Murderer. The insane man who murdered A. C. Wingate, of Lexington, Ky., en beard a railroad train en Wednesday, near St. Leuis, has been identified as W. A. Haines, formerly of West Salem, O., who nad lived in Arizona for many years. Indicted rer Killing Her Ilusband. The errand iury at Brooklyn has found an indictment against Mrs. G. Barry Wall for manslaughter in the third degree in sheeting her husband at JNew Utrecht, L. I. Uurglars Fire a Building. Burglars in New Yerk en Wednesday night attempted unsuccessfully te break open an iron bafe in a four-story building in Spring street, near Mett, and angered by their failure, set fire te the premises in which four families ledged, but the flames were discovered and subdued before any considerable damage ensued or a panic had been creatcd. They Had Better Ue Heme. The New Yerk Legislature met yester day in joint convention te elect a regent for the state university. There being three candidates, Democratic, Republican and Tammany, no choice was enected, and the convention adjourned sine die. The Jury-Flxcr" In Chicago. The " Gribblcr bribery case" iu Chi cago, in which defendant is charged with having bribed a jury, came te a stand still yesterday. The spate's attorney anneunc ed mat ene ei me present, jury uuu accept ed a bribe in defendant's interest. De fendant's council then withdrew from the case. aiellle Mugulre Sentenced. At Uniontown. Pa., yesterday, Patrick Delan, -tlie Mellie Maguire convicted of the murder or Maurice ilealey, was sen tenced te eleven year's imprisonment in the penitentiary. His case will be ap pealed. The Government Intercedes Cor Lanisen, Secretary Frelinehuysen yesterday tele graphed te Minister Lewell te ask a delay in the execution of Dr. Liamsen until tne arrival of documentary evidence from the United States,tendmg te Bhew the insanity of the prisoner, and absence of criminal intent. The action en the part of Presi dent Arthur is based en an opinion of Attorney General Brewster that this case is a proper one for executive interference. Discussing Beiler Inspection. New Yerk and Brooklyn engineers met en Wednesday night in Brooklyn and de- eided that the inspection et boilers as made by the Hartferd and ether boiler insurance companies was net the proper method, and they insisted that there should be an inspection of all the boilers by the local au thorities. The hammer test was con demned and the hydrostatic test indorsed as te the strength of a boiler. Fishing a Dead Child from a Well. Farmer Applebee, of Greene, Erie county, while investigating his well for the cause of malaria, contracted by all parties who drank of it, fished up the body of a child, partially devoured by rats and in an advanced stage of decompo sition. The child is believed te have been murdered a few hours after its birth, in order te conceal another crime involving the honor of two well-known families. The authorities have been notified and will investigate the affair. Startling de velopments are expected. THE RING. A Prize Fight that is "Off." The intended prize fight for $1,000 be tween Thes. Donahue and Thes. Sweeney, which was te have come off en Thnrs day is "off," at least for the present. Donahue, who was stepping at a hotel in West New Brighten, Staten Island, where he was being trained for the fight, was ar rested there Wednesday night and held in $500 bail te keep the peace. Donahue claimed a forfeit. Richard K. Fex, the stakeholder, diclines te give up the stakes te either of the men until they are fairly wen or lest by a fight A Challenge te Halllvan, the Pugilist. James Elliqtt has posted $250 en a chal lenge te Jehn L. Sullivan, the champion pugilist, that the latter cannot knock him ent of time in four rounds, Marquis of Queensburv rules, the contest te ba for J$1,000 and gate money. THE BUMED STEAMBOAT A FRIGHTFUL KITES CATASTROPHE. Passengers Awakened te Die "Wholesale Fatality Among Women and Children A Gallant Engineer a Watch man's Carelessness tbe Cause. The story of the burning of the steamer Gelden City at Memphis, of which a brief account appeared in our telegraphic ad vices yesterday, is related in the following additional particulars of this shocking oc currence : About half-past four a. ni. the. steamer Gelden City sounded her whistle'as a sig nal of her intention of landing at the wharf at Memphis. Just after, fire was discovered among a let of jute, and within five minutes the flames had spread with such lightning rapidity that the vessel was ablaze almost her entire length. There are several stories current as te the origin of the fire, but after the most care ful investigation and inquiry it is found te be the general opinion that it was caused through the carelessness of one Wash. Smith, the colored captain of the watch. A few moments before the fiame3 were seen he was back in the deck room of the steamer with a lamp. It is stated that he removed the burner from the lamp for the purpose of picking the wick, and a Bpark falling en the jute ignited that combustible materia, the flames speedily mounting up te and enveloping the cabin of the steamer. Brice Purcell, sr was the pilot of watch at the time. The first intimation he had of the danger was shouted te him by the second engineer, Rebert Kelly, who was ou the watch. -He called up through the trumpet, "The beat is en tire. Head her ter the shore, and for Ged's sake be quick about it ! Tbe Shere Beached. The beat at this time was olese in shore, and Purcell immediately headed her for the bank. Within four minutes she struck the coal fleet that was moored at the feet ofBeale street, just below the Ancher Line company's wharf ; but she came with such force the engineer having turned en a full head of steam that, striking the the tug Orile, she sank that craft aud rau afoul of several coal barges. A line was thrown and made fast te one of these, but from some unknown cause it seen parted, and the burning vessel began drifting down the river with the current, which is very swift at the point where she touched land. When the vessel struck the coal fleet all of her passengers had been aroused, and many who were able te reach the forward part of the beat made their escape by jumping en the barges. But there were many (especially ladies) pas sengers in the cabin who had been cut off by the flames from reaching tbe forward part. Of these but few were saved. Al Al eost all were either drowned or suffocated. The Voyage aud the Freight. The Gelden City left New Orleans last Saturday for Cincinnati with about three hundred tens of freight, including a let of jute, 1,200 empty tar barrels and some scrap iron. At Friar's Point, Miss., she added 600 sacks of oil meal and 100 barrels of oil. A portion of Stewc's circus was taken aboard at Yidalia, La., and was destined for Caire, III., where the season of 1883 was te have been seen opened. There were six cages of animals lest, together with three canvas tents and the ticket and band wagons. The animals lest were a tiger, two leopards, an Albine deer, several monkeys and a rare let of birds. A buffalo and a grizzly bear were saved by jumping overboard and swimming ashore. Three horses belonging te the circus were also saved in like manner. The noted circus horse Selim perished with the rest of the menagerie. Drlftlug te Destruction. The burning steamer, as she drifted down stream in the early gray of the dawn a mass et flames, presented a sight awful, though beautiful, te citizens who had been aroused from their slumbers by the ring ing of bells and had hastily made their way te the bluffs. The wreck floated about four miles below aud. finally sunk in the chute near the Tennessee shore. The Engineer Gallantry. The only members of the crew known te be lest arc the second engineer and three colored men, who were crushed be tween the bows and the cettl barges when the beat first touched. Kelly, the ' en gineer, could easily have saved himsslf, but he steed te his engine until the beat had been landed, and then it was tee late te escape. One of the crew saw him for an instant as he steed at his pest of duty with the fierce flames burning all around him. His form "seemed a mass of lire," said the man. " as he sank down never te rise again." His death was a truly heroic one, as he sacrificed himself at his pest of duty te give ethers a cbance of life. Hew Tney Were Saved. Charles Myers, the third cook, was fished out of the river by William Bierce, a cotton clerk, who went in a skiff te the rescue. M. J. Whelan, 'the second baker, was rescued in a like manner by Billy Hedge, pilot of the Dean Adams. Bryce Purcell, jr.. son of the pilot, was in the clerk's office when the alarm was first aiven. Taking in the situation, he rushed down te the cabin, knocking and kicking at every stateroom, sbeutini; " Jb ire I hre!" as he ran along. He it was who aroused the sleeping passengers and saved these who were able te get out in time. The Pilet Stands te his Pest. Bryce Purcell, Er., remained in the pilot house until the beat was landed, by which time the flames had almost enveloped him. He was compelled te make his exit ever the front of the pilot house. The Captain's Experience. Captain Mclutyre, as seen as aroused, ran down stairs te awaken the passengers, but was driven back by the flames, which seemed te burst up from underneath in a dozen different parts of the beat at once. Going en deck he threw a plank en the coal barge, and assisted by the second mate, Jehn Hill, made it fast. It was while the beat was thus being held in that all theso en the forward part made their escape. Some say the repe which held the vessel burned, while ethers say the stanchion te which it was tied gave way. At all events, she did net remain fast longer than three minutes. A Brave Bey. William McKinley, a youth of seventeen, was in stateroom Ne. 23. His grand mother, Mrs. Percival, and his aunt, Miss Matsin, were in Ne. 17. When he heard the cry of "Fire!" he rushed back through the cabin aud opening their room found them both up. Grasping his annt by the arm, he pulled her along down the cabin. His graudmether was following. The smoke had filled the cabin se it was impossible te see their way, and they bad net gene far before a mass of flames shot out just ahead of him. Knewing the safty of all depended en their reaching the bow of the beat, he dragged his aunt through the flames. His grandmother recoiled for an instant and sank en the fleer suffocated by the semke. He had barely time te get down staira with his aunt and was compelled te jump with her te the coal barge as tbe burning beat floated away. Felix Lehman, a passenger says there was a merry party aboard, and nearly all the passengers remained up until mid night. They had one or two. gentlemen aboard who played the piano and enter tained the passengers with music and singing. He was awakened by the bursting openef his stateroom deer and he heard the cry of fire. Seizing his clothes he ran for ward and reached the barge just in time, as the next minute the vessel floated down stream. Keeper of tbe Animals. J. G. Glenroy, one of the saved, resides in Philadelphia. He has for two years been keeper of the animals inStewe's menagerie. He states that he was asleep under one of the cages en the forward part of the lower deck when the cry of fire was given. He leaped forth, looked about but saw no fire. Then he looked again and saw the entire centre et the beat a mass of flames. As seen as the beat touched the coal fleet he jumped ashore. A cage containing a lien sank down in the middle as the flames enveloped it. He heard no cry from any of the animals as they were being burned alive. In the meantime Wash Smith, the colored cap tain of the watch, is in jail, having been arrested en a wariant sworn out by the attorney general in the criminal court, who charges him with murder through' carelessness. Preparations are being made te have a diver go down into the wreck of the steamer te-morrow, and then it will positively be known hew many lives are lest. Twenty seven are known te be dead, mostly women and children, and eight are at the city hospital suffering from burns, but none supposed te be dan gerously hurt. s THE AMHERST COLLE.GE FIKE. Only the Walls of Walker Hall Standing, Lesses and Insurance. Only the walls of Walker hall, with a chimney or two, are new standing. The walls are badly cracked and broken in certain places, and it is supposed they can not be used in rebuilding. The total less is about $185,000, $125,000 en the building itself, $40,000 en the Shepard cabinet and $15,000 en the philosophical apparatus, besides the less of valuable paintings and records. There is an insurance of $72, 000 ou the property, and en the cabinet, $30,000. The philosophical apparatus is insured for $11,000. The less en the Shephard mineralogical cabinet is great. It cost the college $40,000, which was con siderably less than two-thirds of the value as appraised by Professer Brush, of New Haven, and the work of carefully reclassi fying it had just been completed. The whele cabinet is destroyed, though a num ber of rare gems and crystals and all the finer small meteorites were locked up in the vault and are probably safe. The larger meteorites had also by chance been removed from the building en Monday previous te the fire. m The Harber Question. Congressman Robinson and Jehn Pepe Heductt, of the Laber League called upon the president yesterday and had a short conference en the labor question and the imprisonment of American citizens in Great Britain. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. AN OLD SCORE. Neighbor Grier Wanted te Pay It In Hams. The following appears in the Jersey Shere Herald of this week.; Columbia, Pa., March 20, 1882. Editor Herald : On the afternoon of the 16th of September, 18C2, the Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves passed through the village of RccdysvilIe,Md., and rested in a field near the town. The writer and Ser geant Geerge H. Blackwell visited tbe village and went into the yard of a house and there found a smoke house. It was locked with a padlock, but we get an iron bar and drew tbe staple. Therein we found seme hams and. each of us took one, and started for the camp. We get our booty safe te our quarters, and then went back, and found the lady of the house in the yard crying about her lest hams, for by this time all were gene. New, this ham business has been en my mind ever since and last week I addressed the postmaster at that place te see if I could find out any thing about the lady. I received the fol lowing reply : Keedysville. Mil., Marcli 14, 1S82. Kim Slit : Your letter is at hand. As seen as the postmaster read it lie said it was for inc. 1 am the lady who lived in tbe house -with the perch extending the whole length or the house, and a spring house and smoke house en top ; and well remember our meat was taken, hut de net remember who took it ; but 1 with my family arc all living. 1 hope you will payjis a visit ; will be happy Indeed te meet you and have a talk with you. Will make times as pleasant as we possibly can. Yours with respect. Miss Hart C. Titejias, New, the taking of the hams was a war measure. It was a case of necessity, but what I particularly desire te learn is the whereabouts of Geerge II. Blackwell. He was engaged in the enterprise and get his ham, and Mrs. Themas must be paid in hams. Will you aid me, Mr. Editor, in finding Mr. Blackwell, and I knew he will be generous enough te send the geed lady a ham by express, prepaid. I intend sending a ham, but for the honor of the old " Company A," we want the ether ham te go along. W. Hayes Guier. Fer the gratification of our inquiring friend we add that Mr. Geerge H. Black well is new a resident of Cleveland, Ohie, which, by the way, is a geed plate te procure excellent hams. We hope Black well will find it convenient te de his duty iu this matter. The fact is, we feel confi dent that he will. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Events Acress the County Line. The Concord creamery at Concord ville, Delaware county, has started in operation. This creamery has a capacity for tiding 15.000 pounds of milk. Seuth Bethlehem has thus far had 101 cases of smail-pex, of whom 50 have died, 7 fully recovered and been released from quarantine, 30 recovered, but still ifj quar antine, leaving 104 cases still in existence. At Ceatesville a chicken egg was laid, ene side of which was white, while the ether was black. The shell was cracked and en the black side was found a medium sized sewing needle, with only a few spots of rust ou it. Iu Reading Willie Altheuse, only seu of Prothenotary William D. Altheuse, while engaged in whittling a stick prepar atory te making a kite the blade of the knife glanced from the weed, and its point entered his eye, cutting into the ball and white of the eye. The accident may result in the less of the sight of one eye. Adam Heisler, aged 21 years, residing en Greenwich street, above Ninth, Read ing, met with a serious accident in the yard at the machine shop of the Reading railroad company. A rope was being used te pull one engine by another, and it caught in a brick wall, and the beam ever the opening, seme 15 feet long and about a feet square, fell down en his shoulder and he fell with his legs in the machinery of the locomotive. lie was severely in jured. ' Deacon Cranket " at the Opera Heuse. "Deacon Crankett," that charming do mestic drama, was given before a small audience)in Fulton opera house last night in a very satisfactory manner. Theatre Theatre eoers are familiar with the plot manli ness triumphing ever dishonesty and hap piness ever misfortune and the rendition et the play generally did net detract from tbe excellence of its former appearances in this city. Bcnj. Maginly's acting was a consummate impersonation of the geed old Deacon, and Jehn T. Malene as Egbert Grey displayed genuine dramatic strength. Miss A. Ware, as Mrs. Deacon Crankett, was as kindly as could be wished and Miss Blanche Vaughan, as Felly Feehini, was vivacious and pleasant, and, possessing a geed voieo, her singing was well received. The remainder of the troupe very well met the requirements of their roles, and the audience endeavored te atone for the smallness of its number by a real appre ciation of the performance. EIEST OF APEIL SETTLINU Of ASD MOVINO DAY. Prospects of An Easy Meney Market Busi ness Changes Removal of Merchaats Dissolutions and New Partnerships. To.merrow, First of April, ' AH Feels Day" by the way, tee, is the time of general settlement and of business changes, remov als, &c, in this community. This date generally witnesses a geed deal of activity in business circles, the closing of one year's accounts and the opening of the uext, private and public removals and the changes of partnership te which business houses are subject. All appearances indicate an easy money market te morrow. Our merchants, man ufacturers and farmers have had a pros perous year, and the banks aud ether money lenders are well prepared te meet the demands upon them. There is, as usual, a scarcity of bank notes, but the bankers have laid in large supplies of geld pieces te meet the demand for currency. Less money is required than used te be, as the people have learned the use and con venience of checks and drafts. Geed real estate securities at 5 per cent interest are in demand and nobody who can show a fair margin will fail te be accommodated. C per cent leans are rapidly being changed by the borrowers for lower interest bear ing obligations. There are a geed many changes of real estate, and in the lecerder's office a large number of deeds are likely te be entered. The changes in securities will enhauce the number of judgments and mortgages te be entered, and as meney is readily obtained, considerable is being borrowed te make building and ether farm improvements. It is noticeable that the people no longer crowd all their business into the first of April, and all week they have been attend ing te it mero or less. Business Changes, Removals, Jte. In this city mere business changes are made en "the first" than en any ether day of the year. The number this year is less than usual. Belew will be found most of them : Snyder Brethers, dealers in trimmings, fancy goods, white goods, &c, have re ro re meved from Ne. 22 West King street te their new store in the Cress Keys hotel building, two doers east of their old stand. Their store is large and beautiful, built expressly for their own trade, aud is being fitted up with a largely increased stock of line goods. Messrs. bnyders grand open ing will take place in about a week. The stere vacated by the Messrs. Suy ders is being converted into two stores, one of which will be occupied by Miss Weber a3 a millinery stere aud the ether by Hiester J. Brimmer as a trimmings and notion store. Mr. Steve J. Owens, agent for the Esty ergan,"lTas removed from the storeroom adjoining the Intelligencer office, te the large room ever Supplee & Owen's gro cery store, Centre Square. Mrs. Fcrd. Weber, milliner, takes the stere vacated by Mr. Owens, and connects it with the rooms heretofeio occupied by her, and is thus afforded an opportunity of mere than doubling her stock of goods and displaying them te much greater ad vantage Marshall & Rengicr having purchased the Lagen property, Seuth Queen street, nearly opposite the Intelligencer office, will in a few days commence tearing out the front, remodeling and greatly enlarg ing the business, se as te fit it for their rapidly increasiug trade. The Inquirer building recently destroyed by fire is rapidly approaching completion. The front part is under reef, and one of the large stere rooms will to-meirow be occupied by Jehn Hiemens as a beet and shoe store, but he will net have his for mal opening for some days yet. L. B. Herr will, in a week or two, oc cupy the adjoining store room in the In quirer building and will open with a fine stock of Albright pianos, Prescott aud Palace organs, books, stationery, music, fancy cards, &c. Mr. Herr is also agent for the Nermal publishing company. Phares W. Frcy, dealer in wall papers, curtains, mirrors, &c, who was burned out by the Inquirer fire, and sought tem porary quarters in Hewell's building, has returned te his old stand in the Diffen derffer building, which has been repaired and enlarged for his accommodations. He is as yet a geed deal " upside down" c jii sequent upon his hasty removal, and will net have his opening for about a week. Bewers & Hurst, formerly of the firm of Givlcr, Bewers & Hurst, have taken tiie two stere rooms in Hewell's building 123 aud 127 North Queen street and are having the two rooms thrown iute one, and will as seen as pessible open an entirely new and elegant assortment of dry goods. Their formal opening will ba duly an nounced. Ames C. B. Imhoff, who for six years past has been employed at Jacob Bewers' and Supplee & Owen's grocers. Centre Square, will open te-morrow a grocery of his own Ne. 631 North Queen sticct, cor ner of New street. Deyle's variety bazaar, Ne. 40 West King street, will remove te the fiue store room, corner of West Kiug and Prince streets, heretofore occupied as a confec tionery store by Rnfus Andersen. The recent improvements, including a new and handsome front and mammoth plate glass show windows, made for As trich Bres., Ne. 13 East King street, have been almost completed aud this enterpris ing firm will announce their spiing open ing in a few days. Jacob Feese, tin and coppersmith, has removed his stere te 115 East King street, and lias his manufactory located in the building in rear of Schoenbergcr's Excel sior saloon, nearly opposite his old stand. Nerbcck & Miley's line new briek car riage factory, corner of Seuth Duke and Vine streets, is almost finished and will very seen be occupied by the owners. The Ycates property, corner Seuth Queen and Mifflin streets, recently pur chased by Jehn P. Schaum, will seen be remodeled te fit it for Mr. Schaum's busi ncss of plumbing, gasfitting, tin and cop per smithing. A new and modern front of handseme design will be put in and the building will be raised one story higher, making it four stories high. Alderman Spurrier, whose office occu pies a part of the first fleer of the above named building, will take temporary quar ters in ene of the rear rooms, while the alterations are being made, and when they are finished he will occupy his present quarters, which will ba much enlarged aud improved. Walter A. Heinitsli, furniture dealer has removed iute Goble's building, Ne. 28 East King street, and occupies the entire building from basement te attic, and has besides a large factory in the rear. His salesrooms are among the largest and most attractive in this city, being stored with an immense stock of fnrniture of every conceivable variety. Miss J. Reinstein, has taken the store room Ne. 18 East King street, lately oc cupied as a clothing store by Gee. Spur rier. Miss Reimstein has fitted up her stere with an elegant and varied assort ment of trimmings, and fancy goods. Sam'I. A. Greff having retired from the firm of Greff& Copeland, of the Sprechcr house, its business will be continued by Henry Copeland. Jehu Klump, takes C. Keehler's Locust street saloon ; Kechlcr takes the Girard heuse North Queen street, A. J. Cogley retiring. D. C. Fleming, of the Fleming house, Neffs ville gees iute the Merrimac house en Prince street and Jehn Kepperling takes the house vacated by Mr. Fleming. Samuel Rudy, of Martin & Rudy, pro prietors of the Leepard hotel, retires, and the hotel will be conducted by Mr. S. S. Martin. Mr. Rudy will take the Court Avenue restraurant, Martin Urich retir ing. Philip v Smith, bartender for Mr. Urich, will take the Grant Hall restaurant. Augustus Reichman, proprietor of the Seventh Ward house en Rockland street, takes the Rising Sun hotel, ou West King, and will be succeeded at the Seventh ward house by, Groezinger. William Rehm, of the Maner hotel, en West King street, will take the United States hotel en Seuth Queen street, below Vine, and William Roehm, at present proprietor of that hotel, will apply for license for a saloon en North Queen street near Frederick. Jehn Spanglcr, of the Fulton opera house restaurant, takes the Maner hotel, in Mr. Rchm's place, and J. A. Sprenger takes Mr. Spangler's place. The new three-story brick hotel being erected en the site of the old Sclicanberger saloon, North Queen street above Orange, is being pushed rapidly te completion, and will within a few weeks be occupied by the owner, Mr. J. Doersh. The firm of Reilly fc Keller will be sue ceeded by Kauflraan, Keller & Ce. L. Goes retires from the firm of L. Goe & Sen, the business te be continued by Fred. Goes. W. W. Bailey retires from the firm of S. E. Bailey & Ce., the business te be con tinued by S. E. Bailey. As has been previously noticed the new Fulton bank is in the Eshlemau & Rath von building and the Lancaster Cennty National is in its splendid new edifice. Chas. Repp, brewer, Jehn Landis and Jacob Weaver, will remove from Lititz te Lancaster. W. C. F. Sheer, confectioner, removes from the northeast corner of North Queen and Walnut streets te the Pennock build ing, southwest corner North Queen aud Lemen streets, where he will devote him self te the ice cream and cake baking business. Jehn M. Sprechcr, of New Helland, takes the store room vacated by Mr. Sheer and will open a line of dry goods and no tions. Snyder Bres., tobacconists and cigar makers, have removed from Ne. 108 te Ne. 141 North Queen street. sTitAiinuKc;. The Latest News Frem the lloreugh. A parlor entertainment was held last evening at tbe residence of Mrs. Harvey Brackbill, en Main street, consisting of pantomimes, charades, vocal and instru mental music, following which came the most pleasaut feature of the evening, re freshments. After partakiug fully, the as sembly of hearers dispersed highly pleased with the way in which they had been en tertained. Since February 0 there have beeu eight burials and six removals iu our cemetery. An old euro for a broken heart a new beau. A IHssrncefiil Hall. "Variety is the spice of life " is an old homely adage a truism, if net an elegant one, and perhaps that is the reason the stock holders of Massasoit hall (believing in this adage ) permitted a ball te be held in their hall en the 22d, which was net only a disgrace te the geed people of the borough, but also a reproach upon the stock holders' geed name. While we believe theso interested in the hall were misinformed as te the nature of the party, and character of the majority of the participators. Nevertheless it is a well known fact te many that Strasburg has net for many years been visited by such a riotous, becr-bibiug crowd. Fer geed or evil, hew great the powers of influence. The companions we select in youth the surroundings amid which our let is cast and for that very rea son care should betaken te keep out of our midst gatherings that have an immoral tendency, and it is hoped that this shall be the last time our borough will have its peaceful slumbers disturbed by such a crowd of profligates. HUNDRED IN HIS PROFESSION. Death and Burial or & Lancaster Bern jninstrel. According te the C'lipperielvin Samuel Kurtz, a well-known negre comedian and song and dance man, who died in Philadel phia lately, was born in Lancaster July 29, 1844. His parents removed te Phila delphia when he was 14 years old, and at the age of 1G he became a clerk in the Western hotel kept by his father at S2G Market street, and new known as the Commercial hotel. Frem his boyhood he evinced a taste for minstrelsy and at 17 years of age made his debut en the variety stage. He continued in it until 1878, when he left it te engage in the saloon business.at thoseutheast corner of Eighth and Buttonwood streets. Net meeting with much success in this venture he abandoned it after a few months and re turned te the profession, in which be afterwards continued; His. last appear ance en the stage was made at Americau Mechanics' hall, Fourth and Geerge strcets, Philadelphia, Oct. 15 last, when he played for the benefit of St. Ann's cor net band, no was married in 1874 te Marien Van Zant, a serio-cemio singer, who retired from the profession several years age. Lancaster Uradnates at'" Jen." At the annual commencement of the Jefl'ersen Medical college, in tbe Academy cf Music, Philadelphia, yesterday, the do de do grce of doctor in medicine was conferred upon 241 young men. The academy was thronged with the friends of tbe young doctors, and the flowers presented formed two immense pyramids en each side of the stage. Among the graduates were the following from this city : A. B. Hirsh, son of Herman Hirsb, J. J. Stewart, son of James Stewart and D. R. McCor McCer mick, Ed. B. Elyus, seu of A. C. Ilyus, of Neffsville, was also among the proud re cipients of the coveted sheepskins. Thcse ' are all well known and popular young gentlemen, who will no doubt de credit te the profession of their choice. Dr. Hirsh has already received an appointment at the hospital connected with the college and in the distribution of prizes he was also accorded honorable mention for the report en .surgical clinics at the Pennsyl vania hospital. UOVKT. Current Business Deb this Morning. This morning court met at ten o'clock, when considerable current business was transacted. In the case of Daniel M. Moere vs. Hugh Armstrong's executers, case stated ; judg ment was entered in favor of the plaintiff for $262.05. In the divorce suit of James H. Swaidb vs. Mary Swaine, the plaintifT was ordered te pay defendant $3 per week while the suit is pending and $40 for her counsel fee? A charter wa3 granted te the Zion's Lutheran church of Marietta. Matrimonial. Jehn W. Reith, son of Councilman' Jehn F. Reith, was married last evening te Miss Lizzie Weaver. The event took place at the residence of the groom,' North Mulberry street near Walnut in presence of a large assemblage of friends of the parties. The ceremony W2S performed by Rev. Dr. j. u. enamaKer et et. trams Reformed church. The festivities which wcrp enlivened bv cbarmin? music, were kept up until after midnight. Anether Notary. The governor has commissioned Jacob Kemper, of Akren, this county, as notary public the commission bearing date March 30, 1883, and te ran until the end of the next session of the state Senate. A M
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