r xr?23X2asir LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCJEK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. iS Eancastet JntrlligEucer. TUESDAY BVBNINO DEC. 12, 1883, The "Herald'!'' Exserieace la Law. The next thing to be reformed in this reforming day seems to be the newspa pers. There has long been a strong feel ing prevalent that their license should be checked. Public sentiment is as pro nounced against it,as it has been against corruption in office ; but it has not been nnprativft. It has awaited the time when its beat should break out into an effective blaze. Wo should not wonder if that time was here. A jury in the United States court in New York has awarded one Malloy, of Edgefield, South Carolina, a verdict for 20,000 damages against James Gordon Bennett, for a false statement telegraphed to the HeraU from that town that Malloy had been guilty of incendiarism . Of course", there was no actual malice in this pub lication, nor did Mr. Bennett him self know anything of it; as he was in Europe at the time, and, if he had not been, it is well known that he does not supervise the matter that appears in the Herald. The item was printed as a matter of news, and the malice that dictated it was that of the correspondent only ; yet the iurv mulcted the Herald in a heavy sum, and we believe the sentiment of the community is that it was righteously lone. The jury and the people base their judgment upon the conviction that editors are entirely too careless as to the truth of the matters they publish. They will print anything.that appears to bo an interesting matter of newa, re gardless as to its truth or propriety. The publication for which the Herald proprietor was punished, containing as it did a reflection upon private charac ter, should have been authenticated, as to that part of the statement at least, before being printed. If the editor did not know his correspondent he should not have shouldered the responsibility for his statement. The appeal which Mr. Bennett's coun sel propose to take against the severity of the verdict will probably be ineffective. It is a bad time for newspapers to appeal to public sympathy for relief against their own wrongdoing. They have been so active in pillorying the other evil doers in the community that they cannot gracefully lament when they are hustled up to the stocks. It is our own strong opinion, although we stand in daily danger of tripping ourselves, that there are newspaper editors in this country, and not a few of them nor very far away, who deserve to be tied to the whipping post very often, because of their lying statements and their impudent intrusions upon the privacy of citizens. These are generally enterprising jour nalists, so called, who conceive the -sole object of their business is to make money, and that to do it best, spicy par agraphs must be printed, even though they be false or improper ; like the thief, they are often without money, and are regardless of the propriety of the means of gettiug the circulation which is their wealth. Judge Wylie, in the Star Route trials, has had occasion to note the libelous character of the publication in some of the newspapers concerning the men and things conuectcd with the trial. The chief offenders have been the district journals,under the control of the defend ants, but in a minor way, many other journals fall under tho lash of condem nation for careless, untruthful and ma licious publications. Public sentiment is lipe for the suppression of the evil. What the people need and want is a re liable statement of the news of the day and an honest comment on men and things,that avoids impertinent intrusion into private life. Anything more than this they do not need, even though many of them want it ; they should net have more ; and the newspapers that offer it cannot complain if the profit they obtain by seeking to satisfy an improper curi osity is taken from them in heavy dam ages to satisfy a lawful demand. The combined Republican vote cast for Stewart and Beaver for governor exceeded very slightly tho poll for Mr. Pattison, which was still very consider ably below tho full Democratic vote, tested by the strength of the party shown in the last presidential election. But the corrected returns of the aggre gate pluralities for congressional candi dates make the difference between the parties still less. Generally the Inde pendent Republicans supported the regu lar candidates of their party for Congress, and in fact they elected Brown, Camp bell, Atkinson, Lawrence, Miller and Brainard. In Allegheny county Bayne's majority is far above that of his party because there was no Lemocratic nomi nee against him, and in tho Fifteenth district, Post (Deni.) has a plurality far above Pattison, because of the two Republican nominees there, but, evening up these incidents, there is but 2S differ ence between the Republican aud Demo cratic aggregate pluralities, showing how nearly balanced arc the parties in Pennsylvania. Tiie editor who was fined for con tempt of court in Wcterbury, Conn., for criticising the decision of a judge in a criminal case, was not even hauled over the coals by the judge sentenced, but by one of his judicial brethren who claimed and exercised jurisdiction in the case. Except on the part of Scroggs, a carpet bag judge of North Carolina, and Judges Livingston and Patterson, we believe that there has been no precedent for the performance which has 'just taken place in Connecticut ; and if the fined editor will push his appeal to tho court of last resort, bis tormentor will doubtless share the fate of those from whom he pattern ed his judgment. Vkuy commendably Congress is mov ing with the same rapidity toward re duced postago as to the relief of the people from undue taxation in other forme. Both nouses are ready to act on a bill reducing letter postage to two cents. At the same time there should be a reduction of drop letter postage and newspaper rates. Messengers can now deliver letters in large quantities more cheaply than the postman and express companies transport newspapers at lower rates than the government mails. TbiB is not as it should be. Pittsburgh watches her cemeteries with shot guns and imports "stiffs " from the city of Brotherly Body-Snatchers. The North American sees Bomo some light for its party in the admission of Da kota and Washington, and the gain of six Republican electoral votes. No more pocket boroughs ! Warm winters are to have no terrors for ice men. A machine has been invent ed with which 14 tons of ice, niue inches thick, can bo made daily at a cost of SIC or less. It is the dream of kitchen science to attach a diminutive copy of it to the re frigerator and let tho cook tarn on the freezing process as required. Ax unprecedented amount of smuggling is now being carried on at Buffalo. Where a dollar's worth of dutiable property is brought from Canada by rail a thousand dollars' worth of cloths, silk, jewelry, whisky, tobacco, butter, &c, ara shipped across Niagara river in skiffs between mid night and daybreak, and wheu the river freezes tho trade is carried on in sledges. Tin: mayor of Opelika, Ala., roiufoiced by some of his councilmeu and police, spent the Sabbath in a lively encounter with bomo other council-ticn. who appear to have taken issue ou a M'.hject associated with tho municipal administration. Gun", pistols and rifles wero used with a free dom that ul ti mated in ten of the combat ants biting tho dust, and eight will die. As a Sunday diversion this affair can at least claim credit for striking originality. The Pennsylvania board of agricnlturc has received reports from its 439 official reporters, and makes tho following esti mate of the crops of 1832 : Wheat, 23,. 423.000 bushels ; corn, 39,873,000 bushels; oats, 34,580,000 bushels ; rye, 5,803,000 ; potatoes, 13,760,000 bushels ; tobacco, 28,730,000 pounds. The trouble is that theso reports are very loosely gathered. But their errors may balance themselves, and leave reasonably accurate results. Mns. Collins, the Bradford woman who was clapped into an insane asylum at Buf falo becauso she manifested loa much dis position to pry into her husband's relations with strange women, is out again, and says sho was never crazy at all, but that her faithless lord only had her locked up to get rid of her inquisitiveness and the damaging disclosurcs'she might make. If, as she alleges, there was crookedness in her commitment, and tho asylum officials were inculpated in the wrong done to her, it will bo by no means a singular case, but it will none the loss call for just punish ment of the guilty parties. Mks. Bridget Kenxcdv, a lady of Hi bernian extraction who plied the vocation of dispensing spirituous and fermented liquors in tho town of Rutland, Yt, has permanently retired from the business. Mis. Kennedy overlooked some trilling details of tho liquor law, with tho result of having two hundred and ninety-five suits brought against her, in all of which she was convicted. The fiues and costs mounted up so high that the lady was forced to succumb as gracefully as possi ble and, unless executive clemency comes to her aid, she will spend the next fift y odd years in tho Vermont house of correc tion. According to a Harrisbnrg correspond out of tbo Press, who seems to have inside sources of information, Gov. Pattisou will outline his policy in a general way in his inaugural. He will follow this with a special message, calling attention to urgently-needed municipal reforms and to tho required correction of abuses in con tracting for states supplies. Ho will "pro ceed on the general idea that removals ought not to bo mado except for cause. His probable action in rcfeicuco to the adjutant generalship will bo governed entirely by tho wishes of the National Guard. General Latta wiil bo retained in office uuless there is a strong demand from tho sources most interested for his removal." " Mr. Cassidy, as attorney general, will be a figure at Harrisburg of more or less importance, but there will bo no doubt after Mr. Pattison speaks that he intends to bo the governor." The Press correspondent grows interesting. Was his letter " inspired" by a dinner with Smith ? Sarah Stokes is an Arkansas beauty, who has been on trial for her life for al lowing her penchant for pen-knife per formances to carry her to tho point of plunging tho blado into a girl companion's neck while the two were riding along the road together, from tho effects of which the unfortunate female friend died. To bo sure, the fair Sarah doth protest that Melinda, by which name the compauiou was called, began the row, and adds that if sho hadn't been so handy with her little pen-knife her own head would have been smashed to smithcreons by a large rock with which her traveling companion was all ready to caress her. Tho jury evi dently believed Sarah, and added to the rewards of her previous agility by setting her free, whereupon the beauty invited her deliverers to visit her at her room ; and wheu the twelve called upon her in a body wo read that the young woman's stoical fortitude, which had been conspicuous during tho trial, forsook her, and 6he gave way to tears mingled with hysterical ex pressions of gratitude. This is truly touching, and seems a fitting climax to a colebrated case that charmingly illustrates certain phases of the social amenities of tho great Southwest. Sarah as a belle and a heroine will no doubt feel encour aged to continue her career of conquest in which masculinojicarts and feminino jug ulars will equally share. Hurled In a Well. Edward English and his son James, aged 17 years, while digging a well at Danbury, Conn., wero buried at a depth of twenty-fivo feet by the walls caving in. Next day the son was rescued alive, but tho father was not reached until Sunday, and when found was dead. Freak of a Religions Lunatic. Cyrus Barber, of Westerly, R. L, a young man, while insane on the subject of religion, jumped from a window at midnight, ran to a wood pile and with an axe chopped his leg nearly off. TOOK THEIB OTTO LIVES. THIS SC1CIDAI. MaMA IS THE WEST. strong Drink Leada a Young Fnlladelpnlan toKnd His Life A. Heart-Brokea Woman' Act. A suicide occurred at a high-toned boarding house on Olive street, St. Louis, the victim being a young Philadelphia music teacher named L. Ney Mange, who, with his brother, Mr. D. Mange, the well known wholesale purchasing agent of drags, of St. Louis, occupied rooms at the house mentioned. Mr. Mange had gone to St. Louis a month ago, from Philadel phia, on a visit to bis brother, who had been advised bv tho family that he had given himself up of late to habits of intox ication. His brother watched him closely and did everything in his power to woo him from his passion, but to no purpose. He was continually under the influence of liquor, and Monday morning about 11 o'clock the souud of a pistol shot was heard, seemingly coining from his room. Upon the landlady and her daughter rushing up stairs they found Mange lying upon a rug in iront oi tue bureau in nis brother's room, a pistol clutched In his right hand and the blood oozing slowly from a bullet wound in the back of his head. lie was still alive, but breathed his last in a few moments. His brother states that tho young man was an accom plished musician, and hut twenty-two years of ago. His family rosido in Phila delphia. A IIKAKTIJICOKKN WOMANVi ACT. Mourning; the Low of Uusbanri anil Child A Ballet Through the Heart, At 10:10 o'clock Monday morning, Dora Wcddcll, twenty six jears of ago commit ted snicido at tlii reniuenet: of I. it mot her. Mrs. Limphockur, on the second floor of No. 33' Wabash avenue, Chicago, by shooting he: self through tho he.ut. 1 ho weapon used was a soli acliug Remington thirty calibre, death was instantaneous. A year or moro ago, whilo in California, bar husband separated from her and short ly afterward her only child died. Tho hoart broken mother returned to Chicago where sho has resided for tho past two months with her mother at that place where tho dreadful tragedy was enacted. During that time she has been almost con s.antly in very low spirits. Monday was her twenty-sixth birthday, and her mother was dressing preparatory to going out to procure her a birthday present when sho heard tho report of a revolver. Sho rushed to her daughter's room and found her lying dead on tho floor with tho smoking weapon beside her. Tho con stant brooding over hor recent affliction, it is supposed, led to temporary derange ment which culminated iu tho tad event. LITTLE NEI'S SUICIDE. Motherless and Harshly Treated A Fatal Dose ot Strychnine. Coroner Green, of Troy, N. Y., was no tified of the sad suicide of Phwbe Jean nette Card, aged fifteen years, who re sided with her father and grandfather at Pittstown Corners. Little Net, as she was familiary known, lost her mother ten years ago, and being tbo only child, sho when ten years old, undertook to do a woman's work. Tho burdens imposed on her and the harsh treatment accorded her made the girl desperate, and sho frequent ly threatened suicide. Recently she learned that her grandfather had strych nine iu a trunk, and after a quarrel on Saturday she swallowed soinrv ot tho poi son and ran from tho hou.se. Sho was subsequently found in an unconscious condition by tho roadside, with one sido ofherfaco frozen. She was restored to consciousness aud died in convulsions a few minutes later. ISLOWN TO AT:.1l!i. Niue Men Killed unit Two Fatally Ii-jurtii by a Holler ii:uliu. A most dreadful accident oeeinreil at tho sawmill of J. Vincent fc Son at Shaw neetown, Ills., on Monday. Eleven men employed iu tho mill wcic scattered about the engine room eating their noonday luncheon when tho boiler exploded .with cx traoidinary violence, completely wicckiug tho mill, distributing the iron plates of tho boiler at various distances, from a few feet to COO yards. Eight of tho eleven wore killed outright and the other three wero wounded. One was blown into the river, and two more were hurlul a dis tance of two huudied yards. Several of the men wero actually blown into i pieces, and the friends subsequently wont about with pails picking tho undisting uished fragments strewn about. The following are those instautly killed : William Montgomery, Charles Bloss, Henry Hughes, Charles Baker, George Price. W. P. Giovo, James McLaughliu and Samuel Kennedy. Auothcr, named Wado Kee, was blown a cousi.lorablo dis tanco. Both arms aud both legs woio broken aud he was otherwise injured. Uo died iu an hour afte; waid. The lcmainiug two men were both badly hurt, ouo of them is believed to be fatally. Several of the unfortuuato men leave families in in digent ciicumstanceF. The cms. of the explosion is not known si:s biisclli.anv. Gleaned from the l.e,tlln Kvcnts ottlic Day. Frederick Harris, a well known citizen of Chesterfield county, Va , was killed by being thrown from a horse. At Buffalo, N. Y., Paddy O'Day was sentenced to ten years in tho Auburn prison for assault with intent to kill. Edgar Van Hooser, a coin counterfeiter was arrested at Oaago, Iowa, with largo amount of spurious money on his person. Articles incorporating the Mexican Cen tral Telegraph and Telephone company wero filed yesterday at Albany, N. Y. The capital stock is $130,000. D. P. Orraes, manager of tho telegraph exchaugc at Mobilo, Ala , fell fom a win dow on tho second floor of th-j ttattlo house, breaking both legs. Robert Kissam, a wealthy farmer of Glcnwoodtown, L. I., was thrown fiom a wagon by his team running away and died from the injuries ho received. At East Tawas, Michigan, a snow storm has prevailed tho last 3G hours. Tho snow is nearly threo feet ou tho level aud trams are delayed. Heath or a Noted Westera I'oUucUu. Joseph A. Noonan. for many years the most prominent politician and journalist in Wisconsin, died Monday morning in an insauo asylum at Wauwatosa, Wis. His unfortunate business ventures and vindi cative law suits brought on insanity sev eral years ago. He was best known in national politics as tho staunch friend of President Johnson. Short in Ills Accounts John S. Steers, bookkeeper for Martin Brothers, at the Chicago stock yards, was arrested yesterday on a chargo of embez zling $5,000. Shortages in his accounts wero discovered some time ago, wheu he repaid $3,000 and prosecution was with hold. Subsequent investigation showed an additional shortage, aud ai he failed to make it good he was arrested. Yanaerullt'n Salt tor Damage. An action in admiralty was begun yes terday in tho United States district court at New York by William II. Vanderbilt, owner of the barge Saginaw, and tho firm of Twombly& Co., carriers of the cargo on said barge, against the steamboat City of Worcester and against the tug Samuei J. Lenox, for $41, 000 damages for the loss of the barge and a large portion of the cargo by collision. To Save them From Starving. At a meeting of tho locked-oufc shoe lasters at Montreal on Sunday- resolutions wero passed urgisg manufacturers to re- open their factories and to place tho work men in position to keep them from starv ing. It is now stated that the manufac turers will meet a deputation to-morrow or Thursday, when an agreement may be arrived at. Sot Much of a Hani. Four masked men entered the office of the Michigan Central stock yards, at De troit, and, presenting revolvers at the tbreo "watchmen, reduced them to a state of submission. The burglars then pro ceeded to work at the safe. Another watchman appearing on the scene was also disarmed. The safo was finally blown open, but the robbers were only rewarded with $50. Vrave Uehavlor cf Prisoners. A fire broko out iu the jailor's house at Delta, Miss., on Sunday night and the flames spread to thojaii. Both buildings' wero destroyed. There were fifteen per sons in the jail, all colored, who were re leased, to save their lives. Some of them remained and worked manfully to savo tho adjoiniug property. Tho others es caped. A l'upll Killed by sin Ohio Teacher. William C. Frazier, a school teacher of Cumberland, Ohio, during an attempt to discipliuo his pupils became involved in a general fight, in the courso of which ho stabbed aud killed Johu Hayes, agod 20 years, and severely cut Charles Luce. Frazier gave himself up and is now in jail. The Wrecked Steamer. Diveis on Sunday mado an examination of the wrecked steamer Cedar Grove, off Canso, N. S., and found evidence of an explosion having taken place. Portions cf the wreck were torn up the beams shat tered and tho cargo was much injured. No signs of the missing bodies wero dis co veied. A aiurderouH (Jauibler Uumlctetl, Harvey Clifford, tho gambler, of Mil waukee, who killed Captain Pugh, a wealthy resident of Racine, Wis , iu a quarrel resulting from a wager last spring was found guilty of murder iu tho first dogreo at Jancsvillo. Scntcnco has not boen pronounced. Clemency for Joyce Fatully Jllurdurcra. Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant of Ireland, has commuted tho sentence of death passed upon the five men who plead guilty to participation iu the murder cf the Joyco family at Maamtrasna. AUton's Mui'tferer I'ardoned. Governor Stephens, of Georgia, has issued a pardon to Captain Ed Cox, sen tenced to Hfo imprisonment in the peni tentiary for tho murder of Col. Robert A. Alston at Atlanta in 1870. PERSONALS, Dorsey is still secretary of tho Repub lican national committee. PorE was confirmed a major general yesterday by tho United States Senate. This is adding insult to Fitz John Porter's injuries. Conrad B. Day is talked of for election as a gas trusteo by the combined vote of Independent and Democratic councilmen iu Philadelphia. Now that would be something liko reform. Lamar wont to a St Louis barber shop to have his hair "trimmed " and whilo he dozed the barber sheared his flowing locks. Ho feels like Samson without his tresses. Blackburn's candidacy for speakor disconcerts the friends of Carlisle. It may or may not bonefit Randall. The caudi dacy of Atkins for clerk has further com plicated inatteis to Carlisle's disadvantage. Grant has put on better clothes. Ho wears a high silk hat, fashionably cut overcoat, and neatly blacked boots. His beard is more carefully trimmed, his mus tache is linod a la mode, and ho bears him self modestly as he passes along the street. But ho attracts littlo attention. Francis Wells, of tho Bulletin, who knows more art than tho rest of us, does not regard tho damage to tho Pocahontas piutmo in tho capitol as au unmixed ovil. He thinks they aro all daubs except Truin bull's aud perhaps Weir's Embaikation of the Pilgiiiup. aud would contemplate their destruction with complacency. Freddie GnmiAiiDT i a gilded lover but a dreadful speller. Beforo his affair with Langtry he was engaged to a New York belle, who broke it off when he sent her a note beginning : " My derc. I send you some frute." lie gives " his whole mind" to tho tic of a cravat, and his coats, his hats, his boots are models. Ho is, moreover, extremely haudsoino, albeit not a blonde, as has been stated, drives a four-ia-hand, aud enjoys undisputed possession of a very largo fortune. Au Aged Fanpsr Burned to Death. Mis Salome Wieder, aged eighty-eight years, who has beeu au inmate of the Lohigh county almshouse for tho last twenty seven years and totally blind, whilo alouo in nor loom juonuay atternoon ac cidentally set her clothes on fir j. By I ho time the alarm ot lire was given tho room was filled by flames and her body so badly burned that death must follow in a short timo. Dr. J. D. Erdmau, the physician, was called and relieved tho suflorer some what By great exertions tho lire in tho building was extinguished before it reach ed the other buildings and thus prevented the destruction of tho institution, with its many hundreds of inmates. Mr. AV. R. lleuningcr, assistant steward of the insti tution, while making an effort to rescue the woman from the flames, was also ser iously though not dangerously burnt. List oZ Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remaining in tho postoffice for tho week ending Dec. 11. 1882 : Ladies' List Roxy Berry, Carnio Bow don, Mrs. Louisa Cooper, Mary Espy, Hagar Frank, Mollio Hawthorn, Katio Jacobs, Mrs. Dr. Leclightener, Maggio Lewis (2), Tillio Rhoads, Lizzie C. Rinior, Miss Millio A. Snyder, Ella Waddell, Emma Zug. Gents' Lisi James Black, Brown & Hamilton, J. L. Dorwarr, H. R. Davi?, Essio Fetter, Elmer Fidlcr, Albert Foltz, E. Fishor, Joseph F. Golibart, A. B. Har uish, Phcaras Hambright, Wilhelm Hens ner (for.(, Johanes Hun, Jae. McKorkle, W. H. Marstere, Hall Nash, jr., Edward Owens. J. Powers Phillip, Robert J. Pe ters, W. H. Riloy, John W. Reed, Paul Ream, Frank Redman. F. Roth (for.), Adam Schoop, (for.), H.C. Smith, Baucks Winter, W. C. Zeller. PeUgbtfai Exhibition. zin exhibition of minute objects of most interesting character was given in tho audience room of tho Young Men's Christian association last evening by Mr. J. W. Seidle, of the Lancaster microscopo factory, usiug a very lino gas microscope of his own manufacture. Under powers of 150 aud 300 diameters, magnifying from over tweuty thousand to ninety thousand surfaces, tho definition was marvelously clear and satisfactory. It was ono of the rarest exhibitions ever seen in Lancaster. Mr. Seidlo is an expert in this direction, with few equals in hla specialty in the United States, nis microscopic objectives are rated among the best in the world. Mr. Walter P. KiDg gavo an instructive lecture upon the objects exhibited. The exhibition was free and was well attendod. Held for Foitage. Loiters addressed as follows aro hold at the Lancaster postoffice for want of stamps : " Miss Emmanda Butler, York, Penn sylvania." "Mr. John H. Cuff, Middlctown, Dauphin Co. Pa." " John M. Fenniager, Kinzar's P. O., Lan. Co. Pen." "HOT WHISKY; UIHsOS'3 OISTILLEKY OESTKOVED. Flames Consume Thooeaoda of llarrel of Liqi-or Los Halt a Million A .ilau Fatally Vurneil. About half-past 5 o'clock Monday morn ing the copper still, containing about twenty-five barrels of whisky, a. Gibson ton mills, near Belle Vernon in the west ern part of tbo state exploded, fatally in juring William Lucas, totally destroying tho main building and No. 1 United States; warehouse containing 4,000 barrels of whisky belonging to different parties. The United States warehouses Nos. 2 aud 3, containing 1J,000 barrels, were also ou fire, but by the extraordinary exertions of the men and lire apparatus theso buildings wore saved from destiuction. The lira burned all night. The whisky flowed out of the buildings in blue flames and ran into tho river. At 0 o'clock thero was a terrible explosion, and immediately fol lowing the report au immense column of firo Bhot several hundred feet into the air. The erection of the Gibson distillery was commenced iu 1850 aud finished in I860, tho buildings being continually enlarged and added to between those years until finally tho establishment was one of the largest in the United States. Tho build ings were owned by Homy C. Gibson and tho firm is composed of Messrs. Gibson, J. F. Siunot aud Andrew M. Moore, Clio hoadquaiters being iu Philadelphia. Tho buildings were of brick and stone with iron doors, aud wero as nearly fire proof as it was possiblo to make them. An effective lire biigade, composed of men workiug in the distillery, is one of tho features of Belle Vernon. The hi igade did excellent servics at tho fire. The loss by fire is figured up as f oilov? : Four thou sand ban els of whisky hi ilic bonded ware house, 100,000 ; 75,000 bushels of grain, 30,000, and buildings destroytd, 130, 000. Tun total loss, however, :.-. not leob than half a million of dollars. The dam ago is fuilyMOvered by insurance, mostly iu Philadelphia comp uiics, though Pitts burgh will suffer to some extent. Tho books of Collector Case rhow that in the threo warehouses wero stored 21,000,000 gallons of whiskv. The product of dis tillery was worth $410,000 per mouth. Tho government will not exact tho tat on tho whisky destroyed and the government loss is estimated at 15)0,030. The firm has always done a large exporting trade. Only a few days ago 700 bjue-s of whisky were shipped to Bremen From Air. L. R. Boyle, bookkeeper of tbo distillery, it is learned that tho oi i;in of tho fire is not definitely known. Wil liam Lucas, an old and faithful employer, was seen to leave the gauger's ollice at half-past five o'clock in tho inoriiiog, with a closo lantern, and iu a few minutes theieaftcr a loud explosion was heard in side tho main distillery. The flames buist out and at once enveloped the building. It was about half an hour before Lucas was rescued, when he was taken out aud found to bo almost dead. His injuries are proba bly fatal. Tho firo was caused from the explosion ot a large copper still ; but whether from any accident from the lamp cannt be told. The main distillery and warehouse buiued all day. Tho adjacent warehouses, of which thero are seveu, did not take fire, because they are of solid stono. The distillery gave employment to fifty men, who are thrown out of employ ment. There are 2,009 head of hogs wuose supply of swill is suddenly cutsiioil. They are owned by James White,rf Irwin, Pa. Few distilleries had better uuildiug or equipmen ts. Its capacity was about fifty barrels per day. It was built by John Gibson, lather of Henry C. Gibson, of tho piestnt company. Thu books, papeis, etc., together with $T00 in money weio locked up in a bai n and hafe, and passrd tbiough tho fiio unharmed. OO AIMUNICATKD. Kctfuco tho Tax aud lucrcaso Coubumpilon. Editors IxTcr.i.H'.r.scni:. There are six million smokers in this country, each ono of whom will smoke an extra cigar a day if the tax is removed, which will be 0,000,000 a day, and ::53 d.iys (a year) will mako 2,190,000.000 the yearly in creased consumption of cigar:;. Twenty-fivo pounds of tobacco mako 1,000 cigars ; 25,000 pounds a million, or G2J cases of 100 pounds each. To mako 2,190,000,000 cigars it would take 130,705 casc3 of tob.iceo, or moro than twice a. much as is raised in Pcnn sylvania iu a year. Tobacco farmers aro for the repeal of the tax. And so arc the packers. Kakmkie anh Tack;;::. 1I1K TAX OJJ TuKACCO, lis ICcinuinla Keller lolhc lo.ir. I'Ol tllOlKTELLiafiSCEB. The following is taken from tho cdito lial column of ono of our daily papers : 4 ' If Congi ess removes the tobacco tax the moro that: forty-seven million dollais now realized by tho government fiom this duty will mostly find its way into tho pockets of tho manufactureis while the poor men in whose behalf such an outcry is made, will have to pay uu.irly or quite as much as befoie." If there is any one who is silly enough to believe any thing of that kind he should by all means get up a petition to Congre.-s to keep the tax on, and soe how many people in this county would sign it. It is hardly probable that $1C cigars would sell for that price if tho govern ment did not get a 50 sharo out of them, and it is hardly pio'oablc that they will retail as high when they can bo made for $1 less. So it is with plug tobaccj. When tho tax was reduced on it, it was retailed fully that much lower. What the people, risu aud poor, want is a total wiping out of tho whoiu tax and the whole system. Put cveiy manufac turer on a le vol. Now the manufacturer of a tweuty five cent cigar pays tho s uuu tax ou a thousand as tho manufacturer of two for five. The poor man pays just as much revenue as tho rich. There is nothing weighing down more heavily just now ou the tobacco packcis of the county than the delay iu the reve nue hill. Early iu the previous session of Congress the matter was brought up and carried along during tho whole session and at the olose it was agreed to bring it up early in tho month and it caunot be acted upon too soon. Give it a fiual answer " yes " or " no," and no further tinkering. Consumer and Deallr. I'KOr. ."IIAJZ.S KKJUlNUt.lt Tim (ierui.iu Sclionl Teacher Auction; llltei tor Warlol'it Stricture. Messrs. Editors : Will you allow mo through tho columns of your paper to make pome statements with regard to my school, which go to prove, that Mr. Warfel is not so well acquainted with the history of my school, its management aud results, as his remarks iu the last meeting of tho school board indicated. When Mr. Stcinmullcr, tho best friend I had in this city, and an excellent teacher, opened tho Germa-i school, it was a very mixed ono, containing mostly primary pupils ; and only after a few years the upper secondary ol.isses wero brought up. But thero wa; no legulav class transferred to tho high S2h o!. This is proved by the records of tho high school teachers, which show that uiukr his management there were only 5 j.upils transferred to the higlt school during tho live years of his teach ing. When, after his lamented death, I wa persuaded to tako chargo of that school, it was my first work, aud it was a hard one. too, to raiso tho secondary department of that school to such a standard, that I could transfer every year a etats to the higlt school. aud have been doing so ever since I have been at tho head of that school. The number of transfers from my school to tho high school from July 1874 to 1S32, is 39. Mr. Warfel states, ' that after the death of Mi. Steiumuller, tho school did not get along so well, the reasons fur which, other directors knowjust as well." I have in vain endeavored to find out these reason. I only do know that after I was elected as teaeher of that school, tho num ber of applicants grew so rapidly that, though I had 230 pupils admitted to seats, theie were over 30 sent away, a number which never beforo had beeu reached. That was the reason why the board ouo year after my election passed a resolution to appoint a committee to report on tho necessity of establishing another German school hko mice. The whole first part of Mr. Warfel's re marks upon tho management of the Ger man school would piove my inefficiency as a teacher, aud it is for this reason that I ask Him to show why the school suflercd under my management ? Why the inquiries regarding my supposed mismanagement, referred to by Mr. Warfel were not made, though he was a member of that board at that time, either as chairman of the super intending committee (tho proper commit tec for it) or as president, I am at a loss to say. I only refer to Mr. McCoaisoy. t whom my sincercst thanks aie due, for his prompt defense of me ; ho has visited sev eral examinations at my school, and has expressed his surpriso at seeing such a progress and Mich a ducjcss undtr my management. With lcgaid to my absence, besides going to High school, I will state hero, that I left my school every afternoon ba fore tho last period wit' the consent of the city btiperintcndiiit. I'ha reason is this : The piimary classes wire, according to tho ltilo of the board. :c tliN tiiiM sent home, and the oth.:r cl.ise.-. were nir-iged in history wich whi sh I h id nurhl.ig to do. My absence, therefore, could not haim the bchool. 1 wiil only remark ,cr. that though I sent 39 pupils in 8 yai, I could have sent over a hundred ; but most of the pupils, after they have gone through ray school, engage in business. C. M.VT7.. COLC.1XHIA 3iKWS. t'ro:u Our KetilurCorrcsiondeut, The water has been drawn from tLo Pennsylvania caual. Work is being pushed forward lapidly ou the 10 new brick dwellings on Xorth "d stiett. Mr. Samuel Filbert is'now making pre parations forgetting in.a supply of ice for his ice houses. Tho liver abmt thi bridgo is in lino condition for i.i:atiug. Last night's cold has made the ice safe. P. R R. engine No. 12 ran off tho track yesterday afternoon iu front of tho dis patcher's office. A shoit tiii sulliced to replace it ou the rails. Tho young men of town aio endeavoring to form another dancing school. As they are so bashful they detci mined to have no ladies at their school. A largo dog entered Mr. Theo. Ui ban's yard ou Sunday night and handled -lack, a pet dog. so roughly that ho died last night. Poor Jack was a pot with all. The Knights of the Mystic Chain intend chancing off three bcaut'ful bisque sta tuette:', whic'i can now be seen, at Hough's drug store. 1 ho chances visl ho i) coots, and the lucky nu'vbe.r draws tho uuliio lot of ntatuet(.s. Abhthday paity w.ishf-i.1 at Mr. Ed waid Smith';; lcideuce ou Walnut stieet, last evening. A very pleasant evening was pis ed l all, who engaged in amuse ments generally indulged in on such acca sions as this. Au A::erir.oii liler.t. A fcligLt liro occurred jcttcid.ty -afternoon at 4:15 o'c.'ock at the ihicc-story bi ick residenco of Mr. Johu Michael, on Front street. It was caused by thsuot i l ouo of the chimneys taking fire, and sptcadiug to tho woodwork of the floor of the second story. The flames were held in check until tho Vigilant firo company had arrived, wheu they wore soon extin guished. The hot iiro iu tho stve of Hop Leo's Chinese laundiy. which occupies tLe front part of tho first ll r.r ot tho Siouec, was tho cause of the sjot m the chimney taking fire. The damages eausod by fiio and wafer will amount to upwards of $10J. Opera Jlnu-io Attractions. To night Hoy wood's minstrel limine will give an entertainment in the opcin house. Thero will bo plenty orallr o ions attho opeia houFo dining the ie&t of this month. Tho following Is a lut, with the dales on which the troupes wiil uppcar : The Dauitc. on tho 19th inst. ; Mi.-s L5z.ie May I'ltsier, as Hilly Viper; "Jesse Jam'.'" on tho 2:5 1 ; Woott's Museum on the 25th : Charlotte Thompson on the 27th; and Hufl'alo Uill ou tho 28th. .:o Charity 15 ill. As this is tho laht day on which any thing can be .said about the charity ball, ass it comes oft" tomorrow, it had better Lo said now. Knight's orchestra of Lancas ter has been engaged to furnish the music. As this orchestra has an czcsilunt reputa- tioa for good mmd?, gocd music tan be ex- pectcd. Tho tickets ara only 50 cants and can bo procured at the door of the armoy on the evening of tho ball. Look Out fii.- i'jo Tliljve-t. Thieves aie about, and it would bo well 'for the merchants to keep a bright look out on those things exhibited in front of their stores. Two overcoats wero sto!eu from the front of Patton's clothing store, wero they wero hanging, yesterday about noon. Tramps arc believed to have been tho thioves. To lie Installed. To-night the following officers dee'ed to fill unexpired termn, will be installed at the meeting of Putnam circle No. llo, B. U. (II. F.) of Fa., C. J . Joset.h Shark z:r ; C. F Wayne Lightheiscr ; II. II., E. K. Getz. Nominations for tho legnl.ir election of officers will also he held to night. Tho l'ay Cur Coinlui;. Tho pay car of the Frederick division, P. R. R., will bo heio tomorrow. Tho employees of tho road batwecn Frederick and York wero paid off to day, and to morrow thoso between York aud Perry ville, on tho Port Deposit load, will bo paid. Columbia employees will bo in cludul iu this paymeut. Vli.iri:(i "With felonious Atnnult ai.tl Kattcry. Andrew Uershcy, Andrew Zook, Jacob Foltz, John Karrusa and Frcdciick Andes had a hearing yesterday befoto AMernian Barr on tho chargo of felonious asaiilt and battery on Johu Schcre'jcrgcr, of Petersburg. It was alleged th.t on the evening of November 10,Seheiob2rger was standing in front of his house making some noise, when the defendants, who were at a store across the way, called him to go with them. Ho went, aud after ho bad gone some distance away from the stoic they turned upon him and heat hfra so badly that ho was confined to tho Iioupo for some timo. His wifo then brought Ruit. All of the defendants except Andes were held iu bail for court. Discharged ou a AVrU. Lydia Pinkertou, who on tho 23th of November wa3 committed to prison for HO days for boing drunk and disorderly by Alderman A. F. Donnelly, was before Judge Patterson to-day on a writ of habeas corpus and her discharge was asked for. Tho committing magistrate made no objection to her discharge and as the woman promised to go to work .she was discharged. THE QUARTER SESSIONS. THE lir.CKMBKK AUJOHKNEU TEKM. A Turkey Case that Brought Whole eli;hborhoo(l Into Court aud cost the tinners a Ills Lot ot Money. Jlohdtty afternoon. Com'th vs. Annio F razor, assault and battery. The defend ant resides in West Hcmpfield, and sho was charged iu two indictments with hav ing committed the crime upon Louisa Bouswiue, a woman GO years of ago, and also on her daughter Augusta Kuhlman, on tho 15 of November last. From tho evidenco of the common wealth in this case it appeared that upon this day Mrs. Bouswino was driving some turkeys into her barn, when tho accused came along, and stated that some of the turkeys belonged to her. Sho struck Mrs. Bous wino with a stick, cutting her on the head in several places aud finally kuocked her down. It was also shown that wheu Mr?. Kuhlman went to assist her mother the defendant grabbed her iu the face and backed her up against the b:irr,seizing her by the throat. Mrs. Kuhlman on cross examination said that they wanted to separate tho turkeys because theirs always wnt homo with thoso ot accused, which was tho gi eater portion of the flock. Tho defemo was that the accused had been iuvited to go over toBonswiuo's to separato tbo turkeys ; upon arriving thero both of tho complainants attacked her, punching and pounding her severely. The accused declared that she acted in selfdeteuse. The defense called a number of wit nesses to prove that pievious to this chargo the defendant has always borne a good character for pe.HM and good be havior. Many of -:u-o nitnssses testified that fiem wh.i they knew of the charac tei of thu complainants for truth telling they would not be-.ieve them on oath. On trh. i uit.ijj mummy. i-i i cue oi Annio Fiazv-i, charged with a.ntlt aud battery, the defeuse coutiuued to call witnesses, who testified that they would not believe tho complainants on oath. Iu rebuttal tho commonwealth called witnesses to show that the character of the complain auts for truth telling has beeu good. The jury rendered verdicts of not guilty, with tho prosecutrix to pay thrcu-foutth of the costs and the defendant on-i-fourth The costs in tho case will leach almost $300. Rei Com'th vs. Percy P. Shock, libel. Tho defendant is the editor aud publisher of the Marietta llegiatei', a weekly news paper issued cveiy Sttutday iu that town. George Vogle, tho prosecutor, is tho pu prietor of a hotel known as the " 1'erry house," iu tiic same town. On tho 10th of Juno last an article appeared in tho columns of the Register, reflecting ou the character of the house kept by tho pm secutor, iu which it was biatcd that the house was ' littlo butter thau au assigna tion houso." The prosecutor theu brought suit and ou the 17th of Juno th-j paper contained another article r fleet ing on Vogle. Tne common wealth claimed that thi.-, was wilful, malicious and defamatory artiei.-. The prosecutor was called to the stand ; ho produced copies of tbo paper coi taining the articles. These wero ofl'errd in cvidcuc?, admitted and read. The d.: lendaut adinitti d that ho was editor avd publisher of tho Register, and the ?i: moriTvcalth then routed. 1 he Heleei-. ChuumI for -the dofeuu tlit.i oiiiitd the-r case, aud stated that they would show that eveiythmg published by Mr. Shock was absolutely true and tho place kept by Vogle was con vvois. than charged by thu nwp.iper. The article published was not the result of malice or negligence. He published it. becauso of tho information ho received from different parties residing in Iho neighborhood of tho Petty house ; in ro gaidtothc character ot the people who visiteu tho phtuo and the fond iioimis iii.ii': by them both night and day. Men at.d women whoso characters win had went in the habit of congregating thero and acting in au indecent manner, acemdiiig to the reports given to the editor. Admitted to the ll.tr W. A. Arnold, of Cuiwcusvi.'ic, Chin field county, was admitted to pi actio- in our courts forthe purpose of assisting tho defense in a lal.-o ptetonsu c.i:-e which. is down for tiial this week. THIKf C-Al-1 UKKt. Some Mi.Wd. I'rtiperiy Kccovi-reil. Last evening a man called at a junk fhoj on Middle street near R-mkI.ii:d and oil' i od for sale a havy black lap blanket with red bolder. The pioprietor recognized him as the man who had beeu theic on Saturday evening aud sold him tho robo which was afterwards found to Lavu b e.n stolen from Mr. Kreckel's stoie, parti t lars of which theft have been mentioned i i yesterday's Intellickncei:. Ui der pre tense of" hugglicg over tho price to lie p lid for tho blanket, tho shopkeeper d. taincd the thief and sour, for Aldertn in Alex. Donnelly, who put in au appar.uicj with Chief Doichler and arrested the ma-i. Ho gave his name as .Toserh Griffiths. Mo . is a. iran:i. but wcais a lirs!:ate oveic jI which it is believed ho stole. Grilfiihs v..-; locked up for a hearing. Tho overcoat cm be seen at the jail. Tho lap blanket which ho offeied for sale and which led to his w rest, has beeu identified as ono stolen fiom tho frcnt of C. L. Schacffer's store, East Orango street, yesterday afternoon. It is worth 67.00 TIIC tilUSlUY msTlLl.lMiV flttK. A Lancislfr Liquor Detl- Lnaen Ittavl:y. Tho burniug of the Gibsou distillery and U. S. bonded warehouses of which an ac count is given elscwhira entails a hi avy loss ou S. Clay Miller of this city, who h.:d a largo quantity of whisky stored iu tl e burned warehouses, on which his insurance had run cut. Just how much ho may Ioe by the firo cannot bo ascertained until fuller p:ut:cn!ars aro obtained than thuho furnihhed by the frets telegiami. Il'.s loss will piobably reach $l,5C(Jf or $2,M)0 Muraer Tilt T.ippo.i. Thi- morning the money drawer of : In stall in the Northern market occupied by E. Z. Harding, dealpr in dried meats at,d provision?, was robbed of between $: aid $4. Tho farmer who occupies the adj'in ing htand had sold out his marketing and left the place, when a boy was noticed to crawl under tho stand and remain then: for some time, when he quietly left anil was joined by another boy. A moment afterwards Mr. Harding noticed that his till had been tapped. The suspected boy is known, and will probably hi arrested. Stat, 8urteyor, l'!,t, mcbtw.-' of tho state survoyors ;icty is being! held in Harrisburg to- n..y. lie nmcci.-, .wu . """,' of Pittsburgh, president ; W. II. Ulncli, of IIun-.mcIstoAii, vico president ; Win. R. Gerharr, of Lancaster, secretary and tioasurer ; Henry Wilson, C. D. Ellred, John B. Kanffman, J. R. Hillbursh, J. IS. Hoydrick, George Piatt, Johu Ritner, .1 , C. Boorse and John H. Hoke, directors. Good Ice To day ho five inohes iu thickness is boing cut from a pond belonging to Dr. Davis noith of this city and is being stored in Samuel Dciuutli's ice house. Cuttin; aie at voik on other ponds in aud around t!io city. Kriln'' tlmivJ l'ilrmi!. Whib the firemen of No. 4 were at tending tho Coglcy fire last ovciiing a petty thief entered the engino house and stole a broom. ii! ,- ..a f i iKiniiKipr i.l HI iw m yj ;.! 5!l
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