' LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. 1883. Lancaster nteUigenm. SA.TUBDAY EVENING. JAN. 20. 1883. Te Get I'ure Water. A preposition has been made in the Legislature te raise a commission te ex. amine into the question of the pollution of the water-courses of the state. Such an examination is very advisable, but proba bly could be as well made by a committee of the Legislature as ey an euibiue uu..--missien,and certainly a mere speedy determination of the needed legislation might bn in this way obtained. It will probably be found that after all the question is a very simple one, easily solved and needing very little legislation. The fact is, that the law new requires water-courses te be kept clear of any ex tMmviinnrv nnllutien. This is the com men law, which has existed for ages. It has net been modified by statute and does net need te be. Its rule is that the water received upon the land of any owner must be discharged from it as re ceived, with only such diminution m volume and change in character as would naturally result from flowing through the land and from the necessary use of it in ordinary occupations carried en upon the land. The only question is whether the artificial admission into the flowing stream of the sewerage of the land it passes through, and of the chemically charged waters of mamuactures loeaieu thereon, is a permissible pollution of the water. If the owners of the land below are entitled te pure water, certainly it cannot be made impure by owners of the land above. That they are entitled te pure water seems te be well enough settled, and the only question open for decision is as te whether the water that comes te them is pure. This, under the law, would be for the determination of a jury. A familiar instance of the pellu tien of water in this vicinity is in the washing of iron ere, and the consequent muddying of the straam. This the law forbids ; and consequently the operator:; of ere mines have te retain the muddied water within dams, wherein the mud ettipi in tlii lintiem. letting the clear water run off ever the banks. Mills that put foreign substances into tin water with which they wash their ma terials may certainly ba required te cleanse the water in a similar or ether effective way before restoring it te the stream whence they took it. Se, it would seem, may cities be re quired te cleanse the water they use te flush their streets and sewers before put ting it into the stream te flew across their boundaries into their neighbor's territory. The law is sutlicient. "What is needed is its enforcement. It is practicable te clean the foul water of towns and fac tories, and as public sentiment new pre nennces it te be necessary, doubtless ways will seen be found in which it may be readily done. Watting i mil'. It will be difficult for the members of the Pennsylvania Legislature te satis factorily explain why they have refused te make any material alteration in the hours of holding sessions te consider and dispatch the public business. Under the rules and precedents there are actually only three working days in the week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day. The night, session en Monday amounts te nothing and the morning session en Friday is characterized by the lack or attendance and slevenl mess of proceedings. The members are paid $10 per day for seven days in the week, and even when they work three day 4 they are very short days, beginning at 11 o'clock a. m. There are many of the members who cannot earn S10 a day at home; few of them can afford te begin work as late as eleven o'clock in the morning ; and these whose time is valuable te them at home, one would think, would be desirous of dispatching the business of the Legislature and hastening its adjournment. Why does net the Legislature assem ble daily at 10 and give at least six hours every day te public sessions, except, per haps, en Saturday and Monday, when it might respectively adjourn at 1:1 and meet at -p. m? It is contended that members want te spend the Sabbath a' home, but there is no justification for this indulgence, since a large minerih cannot enjoy it even if an adjournment of three days takes place. Very few of the members who leave Ilarrsburg during these weekly adjournments pay railroad fare, and few of them would go if they did net travel en free passes. If the members of the Legis lature would apply themselves te work with the purpose of getting through with it, the session would never need continue beyond a hundred days. The lopping off of some unnecessary offices in the Heuse was net se much of a reform because of the amount saved te the state in their salaries as because of the willingness manifested by the mem bers in the majority te de the right thing even at the sacrifice of patronage within their control. Hut in this second test of their devotion te public duties the mem bers of the Legislature have almost unanimously failed. These who have voted against the preposition te devote mere time te the public business show a signal incapacity for that true and sub stantial reformation, which each inusl begin upon himself. The impertinence of the St. Leuis press in inquiring into the relations of Mr. Gebhardt and Mrs. Lantry, and the brutality of its reports, have exceeded anything in that line yet encountered by these notorious people. They have shown hitherto an indifference te public criti cism, or rather have invited it te a de gree that stimulated newspaper enter prise, yet the most abandoned could hardly be expected te tolerate such free dom with their names as Western jour nalism permits. Hence Gebhardt and a reporter have come te the edge of a phy sical encounter, and are reported te be bunting each ether with horse pistols. The situation is calculated te help both the newspaper and the dramatic busi ness, especially as the Lily herself im pends ever the approaching encounter, ready te rush between the belligerents whenever the hostile meeting happens. The report of the grand jury is varied somewhat from the ordinary run of such documents by the recommendation that the present jail, which has proved se efien inadequate, be tern down and built upon the ether side of the creek, the net cost of such an enterprise being estimated at $-10,000 and the occasion for it being found in the limited capacity and bad condition of the prison, and in the injury resulting te its inmates from the present system of Ugh" aim ventilation. The reasons adduced by the grand inquest are hardly of the weight which the importance of their preposition would suggest ; nor is it likely that the grand jury have been able te approximate with any certainty the cost which the execution of their sugges tien would involve. It would certainly have been a geed thing for the city and for the development of beautiful suburbs in the eastern part of it had the public buildings never been located there. Hut these considerations should have been weighed before the jail was built, cer tainly before the later great expendi tures for the lunatic asylum and new almshouse were contracted. A bill is te be introducedinle the Legislature permit ting certain grades of convicts te be sent te the penitentiary, which will leiluce the demand for cell room at the prison, and the horrors ;f bummers' hail can eertainlv be alleviated at less expense than would be necessitated by the erec tion of a new jail. Our esteemed friend, .ledge Patterson, has some fears that the public may begin te think the newspapers knew the busi ness of the court better than the court knows itself. Theie is some ground for his apprehension. It seems after all the gabble about Gov Gov ereor elect Pattison declining te ride lrem the station te the executive mansion, en hisanival in Ilarrishurg, in a carriage sent, (or him by the local committee, that theie was no carriage there for him at all. and that even the ladies accompanying his party had te be crowded into a dirty om nibus, the only conveyance at hand. The accommodations areuud the Ilarrishurg station are usually se limited that this can be readily believed. Very naturally, Governer Fattisen would have preferred the piivacy of a carriage iide te the pub licity of a pedestrian tour, but, as tbeie was no carriage te meet him, lie was bound te walk and te be misrepresented. A tempkst in a teapot has been stirred np by the alleged fraudulency of a tele gram sent te the Massachusetts Republi can legislateis who were voting for Crape withdrawing his name, and asking them te go te Hear, which they did, thus elect ing him. New that Crape says he .sent no such dispatch, there is a great deal of gossip about " forged telegrams," &:., al' resolving itself into the simple fact, that while Ciape himself sent no such void, his feelings and purposes were manifest te his near friends, who at the proper time, advised their correspondents in Bosten te go for Hear and new Crape is te be sun ported by Hear's friends for governor next year, which proves that after all Mass achusetts i-s no better than New Yerk. A rr.ACKAV.i.i: solution of the Mermen que-tieii may yet come, in the adoption by the main society of the revised original Mermen prineiple of monogamy. The. doctrine preached by Jeseph Smith and Sidney ltigden en this subject was " that marriage is ordained of Ged, and thai, the law of G. id provides for but one cen: p.mieu in wedlock for either man or woman, except in cases v-herc the ccutincb of marriage is broken by death or tr..m tr..m gressien." That creed aKe held " that the decilities of a plurality aud a com munity of wives'" were heresies, " aud opposed te the law of Ged." A parry is springing up in the Mermen church te icnevate the old temple near Menter, Ohie, aud te levive. this faith. As poly gamy is the Mermen rock of offense te Gentiles, it may be thai the leaders will see the necessity of recognizing the old faith aud yielding te the demand of the reformer-', preserving Mormonism by abandoning the featine, of plural niar i'i:i,res. -i tniaruiln; I'lcltirc. The Rev. II .best Cellycr en Sunday preached a sermon en " Hew te be Yeung at Eighty." He told his heareis of his wwu childhood years, in a tiny white washed cottage, where he, was fed en eat meal and milk, and en bread with butter one; a week, and white potatoes : ml meat new and then. This laid the foundation ; a life of temperance, geed humor and virtue has dune the rest, and Dr. Cellycr at 00 fieds himself hale and hearty, never having been sick a day in his life. He dtew this pretty picture of hisiural lieine : " A cottage of two rooms aud an at tic looking light into the eje of the sun and away toward the great purple meets. A bit, of green sward before the deer, a plum tree and a clurrp of roses. The walls of the living room white as the driven snow, and the flagged fleer se clean that you might eat your dinner en it. The house whitewashed twice a year with quicklime, the tiny cot beds filled ence a year with sweet chaff from I he farms, and hew geed it did smell, te b-3 sure 1 Fure, white linen te wear aud te sleep in, and ence a week a geed sound scrubbing in a tub with yellow soap that get into your eye?, and a wadt towel. " Who hath red eyes '.'" I said, quoting Solemon, " who hath contention.' who hath strile ? " I can remember who had them all mero than fifty years age. But in that little home and greatly in this haidy mixture of oatmeal and milk and the snow white purity the stanchions were driven that have never stirred te this day, and that made it easy for me te live a cheerful and sunny life and te give strong drink a wide berth (though I was raised among theso who drank beer as they ate bread), when I saw that there was danger it would become my tyrant and I a mere slave." ICcimlt f a Switch-Tender Mcepini-. The, Cincinnati express train going east dabbed into the rear of a freight train en the main track at East Syracuse, N. Y. Harry Stemp and Harvey Emmens, brake men, were injured, but net badly. Ne passengers were hurt. The damage te rolling stock and freight is considerable. The accident was due te the fact that the switch tender was asleep at his pest. The wreck has been cleared away. - Sued by Salvation Army tiirls. Twe girls of the Salvatieu army have each instituted a suit of $10,000 damages for slander against the Hev. Charles Pelle Pelle trcau,recter of an Episcopal church in Patterson, N. J. Mr, Pelletreau en last Sunday severely criticised the tactics of the "army." ANOTHERHOTEL FIRE. l'AMC AMONG IUK TKR-UF1 Kl) UUHsTS The Oulncy Hease atOulncy, III., Destroyed A fortunate Abitence of ratallty The KnlMlug Surpt Away. The Quiiicy house, one of the largest hotels in Quiiicy, 111., was burned Friday morning. The lire was discovcied by one of the guests en th third Heur. Mauy of the guests were in the diuing-roetn, but a large number of them weie .still asleep. Men, women and children rushed te the street, few waiting te dress, aud, although the lire spread rapidly, no lives were lest. Katie Butler, one of the servants, was badly burned about the head and face, her clothing having caught fire, hut her in juries are net considered .serious. William Slockelback. a policeman, fell down stairs and broke his leg. lie had gene into the burning building te rescue any ene who might need assistance. Theio were in the hotel about, fifty regular beaiders, fifteen transient guests and forty-two servants. Ncaily all the guests and boarders lest everything. The hotel building was owned bv .1. L. Merris and valued ar. ?:!). 000. It, was leased by G. 1'. Fay, who owned the. fur fur nituie and fixtures" His less will feet up $15 000. The hotel was built in Is.is, and cost originally St 01 ,000. It was 110 by 200 four, and four stetics in height. Mr. Merri.4 had S12..100 insurance. There was about i-v.,000 insurance en the furniture. The lire caught fiem a defective llu th:: Mi:iiei'KV 'iv.iv nev.'.v tlie '.et. Inlcaxely l.e!.l Wiuiher li The following temperatures weie repot t ed yesterday morning in the Neithwest aud West : Feil Rufeid, Dakota, IIS degrees below zero ; Bismaiek, :!0 belew: Cheyenne, Wyoming, 21 below; North Platte, Nebraska, 22 below : Omaha. Hi below ; Dedge, City, Kansas, Hi below ; Denver. Colelado, i-1 below ; Leaven worth, Kansas. '.) below. At Georgetown, Colerado, the weather was the coldest ever known there, the temperature being 2i below zere. In Dakota a blizzard had raged for twe.iiry-1'eur hours. Tht! railroad officials in Kansas were advised yesterday that ' the heaviest storm of the winter "was eeuihig from the West. On .-jme of lire reads a large force of men wr.-.jalhered te clear the track of the anticipated snow. A tclegiam from Minneapolis says the temperature liicre last night was 10 below .-te. and it, was falling theie and at ether points. The wind w:s high and th air like " lull of line snow or frost that cuts hail.' uiat:Ki vakieu rn.:j;-:.s. J he Wlcki-il Way fit the We.iry U.r,d Kail Kail read ill en Al rested. Superintendant. Cretidell, Train De spafcher Bennett, Kuyineer Killingbaek and Conductor Winnard of the Trey te Bosten railreail, whom the coroner's jury has held responsible for the killing of Frank 'C. Bauudagc and Jehn Kierdan, in the collision of a height train at Melrose, have been placed under arrest. Their bail has been accepted. A rixht 1T the 1'o-fCM.Ieii el Properly. Quite a sensation occurred at Fleet wood cjuuiy, Friday morning. Samuel II. Uethcrtr.el, with a fore; of tv.enr.y five men, tore up the large iien eris wharf, "!0'J feet long, which is bci.ig rebuilt in that borough "Squiiu James. F. Duiiim, who claims te be the owner, subsequently ordered the men awaj, and upon their ie fusal te leave he. atlered together a force of liien, made a chaige and captured the wharf, the letherml parly Jlien leading, with De.mm in po.s.se.-:;!e:i. A number of suits is in prespTt. Beth parties claim the site. H:m i i'.iin:Nr '.iite:iil-t stt:tlliiK '!' IMlJlic AFmify. Mr. Fi'iflin, boekkoper of the munici pal corporation yard in San Francisce, says that stealing has been going en in the street dcpirtmcut by carrjin:: mure weikmen en t!it pay roll tlianaie. actually emplejed : ;t!-e thai the lime-book has been spirited away te prevent discovery, and forced balaecrs have be.jn male in the books. Kr.rmcr .Harder M Iiy ins iiiti.u ,"I;iu. A fanner n. lined Neshi't. re.sidini' at heng Point, Quebee, was ntl.ieked by his hired man. Timethy Denley, who shot, him in the neck and broke a shovel ever Ids head. Denley then attacked Mrs. Nesbitt. who diove him oil" with a p'iker, It, is thought t.hac M. Ne-dritt is fatally wounded. Denley was aviestcd. lCHirr;t.;M It.iit.in: 1 lit: l.r.u. A despeafe encounter lvlwt.en a party of despei. vines and : sherilFs pe-s" took place in Sa'-iue Pass, La. The, dcper:i-de-s being surrounded in a house, opened file en the p. .-e. The lir. was i-'uniid. Jehn .Morgan, the le.id-'r of the de-pera does, and Jehn Furlow, oaeef the saur'uFs po-se, were killed. l ci.-.!tc! AlrrrTeii Ye jirs Se.-vit'c. Frank Preti-y, o.vdder of the dry goods huir-T of Jnme Johnsten & Ce., ;f Moe-tif-al. for ten yearH. has absconded te the United Slates He is a defaulter te a large amount. He had been dealing in stacks for some time and lest heavily. I'oiuenoil l!y Ulitek Sleeklnj;H. l:i Cle.velaml ilauy V. Chapman, a !)-year-old boy living in Lake-street a tw weeks age denned a pah' of black st eckinj: s In sonie manner he chafed one of his heel, and the coloring from the stocking get into the wonne. Soen the feet and limb began te swell perceptibly. A physician was called who pronounced it a on.se of bleed poison ing. All effe. is te get thv! boy's bleed free of the peisin failed, and yesterday he, died from the effects of the tienble. The feet anil leg were swollen te twice their naluial size at the time of death, ICiirl.il e! ;-. IIlHliep. The funeral of Bight Rev. J. O. Tali. if , Episcopal bishop of Indiana, took place yelerda from St.. Paul's church, in In dianapolis. Theio weie present RNhep Bedell, of Ohie ; Jaggar efSnulheru Ohie ; Welles, of Wisconsin ; Dudley, of Ken tucky ; McL-.ren, of Illinois ; Brown, of Fend de Lae, and Burgets, of Quiiicy. Bishops Jaggar, Welles and Rcdell con ducted tlie services. The funeral proces preces sion included representatives of the state and city governments. The interment was in Crown Hill ccmctary. 'Iln Miluaiilice Xlio.ilre K.i1es!iiii. Ansen Farrington, injured by the ex plosion en the stage of the opera house in Milwaukee en Thursday night, died yes terday. Albert Seymour cannot, recover The ether three injured are doing well, and net in danger. The disaster was caused by " the mixing of dydregen and oxygen gas with which the two cylinder. were charged, causing ene te explode" The company played the. " Lights O' Londen " last night " before empty seats." Kicked te Dratli I)J- a UerHc. Thomsen Lord, a young man, aged about twenty-two years, while whipping a herse that was tied in a stable in Hones Henes dale, was kicked by the animal aud in stantly killed. His lather was branding by at the time and remonstrating with him for his cruelty te the beast that was cringing under the lash. The young man was te have been married in a few days. Ki-IirerCiit:itiv Unite-, at Heme. N. L. Dukes has arrived at his home in Uniontown from Ilarrishurg. He jumped from the train while it was still in motion, instead of continuing his way te the depot and proceeded by a back street te his room in the Jennings house. He still occupies the room in which Nutt was killed. Mr. Dukes did net appear en the streets yes terday. It is probable he will net attempt te claim his seal in the Houscef Represen-tatives. (Jlaru A. Scott's Scandalous Story. Clara A. Scott, of New Yerk, presented through Speaker Keifcr, a petition asking $10,000 of Congress, partly because of her services as a hurse during the war and partly because of the alleged persecution of a ecrtiau United States Senater (net named), who has driven her from the departments because she would net yield te his temptations. MurKoute Itrlbery. Frank E. Shaw was yesterday indicted by the grand jury in Washington en a charge of having offered Edwin D. Doni phan, juror in the fust Star Reuto trial, a large sum of money te favor Stephen W. Derscy, one of the defendants in tire case. Dicksen's is the only ene of the Star Reute cases new remaining te be considered by the grand jury. " llouiieil'ii i:ottcnntlen." Judge Lewell and Nelsen, of the United States circuit ceuit, at Bosten granted te day the injunction prayed for by Theodere Themas, of New Yerk, which restrains Jeseph (J. Lcnuen from performing the siered tiilegy, known as Gounod's " Re demption." iu Bosten. Srr('.cii te llcatli. James Curran, who resides near Mine vill", Fssck (! unity, N. Y., was found by his wife fie.'ui stiff, within sight of his house. The night previous, after imbib ing freely, he had started te walk home, and sank down in the snow. Ice Mnn'i Strike. The strike among the ice cutters at Kingsten, N. Y., ended yesterday. Most of the proprietors granted the increase asked ; but in some cases the men resumed work at the old wages. A llorriule l)cnuetl! Traceily. On Thursday night Harvey Tayler, of Kiehueld Springs, N. ., killed hrs wile and mother-in-law, and then hanged him self. Stciilliur tlie Uuiiil lrem a Vault. The St. Marc DcMeunier vault in Mon treal was desecrated again laiis night, and three bodies stolen by medical students. PERSONAL. P.vt'i. Dir Uiiaim.it, the African traveler, arrived in Washington en Thursday night. Gkx. McCi.r.i.r.AN is mentioned as a possible successor of Dr. McCosh iu the presidency of Princeton college. Ex.Stath Tkkasuskk Husky Rawi.k has sold his palatial residence iu Erie, receiving therefer $30,000. Rr.v. Tues. Swanx, I). D., district secretary of the Baptist home missionary society, will preach in the 1st Baptist church next Wednesday evening. EmvAiin Ransom, editor of the Hudsen Count' Ledger, was arraigned Friday in Jersey City en an indictment for libelling Mayer Tausing, 1 la gave bail te appear for trial. Ri:v. T. T. Kvi-kktt, D. )., Governer Pattison's private secretary, proposes vis iting Lancaster and preaching the mis sionary sermon iu th.s First M. E. church en Sunday, February 25th. Hex. Moxteomkkv Bi.Aiu has pur chased the estate of his father, deceased, at Silver Spring, Montgomery county, Md. It comprises .jM acres, and he paid $22,000 for it '. DnxxtsJ Hi'KM'Y and wife, ofPrevi deuce, it. I., died within 20 minutes of each ether en Thursday. The wife was :0 years the senior of her husband. Each had been ill for some time. Liiut. Gov. Jenx Maksu.vm. Hamh. tex, who becomes governor of Illinois iimii the election of Governer Cullem te the Senate, is but :(i years of age and is a native of Ohie. Til t: Ma injiis or Leuxi: and the Princess L'mise anived in Charleston, Seuth Caro lina, last night. ' It is said the princess will remain in Charleston until the 27th inst., when she will sail for Bermuda in the Dide. Mus. Da Pentk, of New Orleans, has none te Washington for the purpose of selling te the United States the original draft of the Confederate, states constitu tion for e0,000 if she ean. Gov. Sti-tukxs, of Georgia, who is te deliver the public address at the sesqui ceniennial celebration in Savannah next month, has premised te deliver an address te the colored people in the afternoon of tlie same day, if his health and strength permit. ' Mauy Wai.ki'k's present costume in cludes a Prince Albeit ceaf, high silk hat and rather loose trousers. She carries a cam:, and her hair is unskilfully cut short, as though she, had done it herself. Instead of wearing an overcoat en cold days, she wraps herself in a heavy shawl. Mil. SiiArur.f.Teiti), of North Carolina, who has just died, made the ninth mem ber of the present Heuse who has been called away while discharging his con cen giessina! duties. Fernande Weed, of New Yeik. and M. P. O'Connor, of Seuth Carolina, were taken off hefore Congress net. J. G. Smith dcpaited just as his title le sit for the Fourth district of Ala bama was ratified. General Hawk, of Illinois ; Themas Allen, of Missouri ; Mr. Leve of Alabama ; Mr. Orth, of Indiana ; and Mr. Updegrall", of Ohie, complete the list. O-HTUAKY. Jieatli (if Dr. Jehn fj. flinerr. Dr. Jehn Gainer Moere, a son of Dr. M. M. Moere, died al Hairishurg ou Thurs day evening, wheie lie had been for sonie lime undergoing treatment for a com plaint of phj:ica! and mental disorders. Dr. Moere was a native of this city. He studied dentistry mero than a quarter of a century age, and became a very accomplished practi tioner aud enjoyed a lucrative- practice both in this city and New Helland, he having removed te the last named place many yeais age. He was a member of the Hai lis Dental association, arid net un frequently read before it valuable papers relating te dental subjects. He was an uptight, honorable citizen, and a devout Christian, being an active worker iu the church and Sunday-school until impaired health compelled him te desist from his labors. His funeral will take place at New Helland, Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Kleeileii et IMrccterH anil Auditor. At. the election for directors and audit ors of the Lancaster Heme Mutual lire insurance company, held last evening at the office of the company, Messrs. II. C. Hainer, Themas Hays and I J. C. Krcady, esq., were elected directors for the ensuing three years ; the beard consisting of nine, divided into three classes, the term of one class expiring every year. The beard new consists of Christian Gast, Jehn A. Burger, Rev. W. T. Gerhard, A. C. Rein eehl, esq., Jehn A. Charles, II. C. Tlarucr, esq., Themas Hays, B. C. Krcady, esq., and C. II. Lefcvre ; and Messrs. II. . Rhoads, Jehn D. Skiles, and A. J. Eberly, esq., were unanimously reelected auditors for the present year. Kales of New Tobacco. A special correspondent sends the fol lowing list of recent sales of tobacco of the crop of 1S82 : David Baer, half acre, at 2, y, y ; Samuel White, 1J acres, at 18. G, :!, and i acre, at. 11), 8, JJ; C.Early, U at 18, 8, 8, e "; Samuel Potts, y acres, at 18, 8, 8, :5 ; Ames M. Landis, 8 acres, 22, iy, 8, .'5 ; L. Greff, three fourths of an acre, at 2-j, 0, y ; Hiram Overly, 1 J- acres, 20, 10, 7, '.', ; Clayten McIIingcr, -1 acres, at 2."5, 11, 8, y ; itcuhen S. Swarr, half acre, at 25 through ; S. Manning, 1 acres, 10 through ; Jehn Geist, 2V acres, 20, 10, 8, y. Horses Shipped. Fiss& Deerr shipped te New Yerk to day 20 head of Lancaster county horses. THE SCALES OP JUSTICE. COURT OF OUAKTEK SKS-ilOrS. What th Grantl Jury Has te .Say in Thelr Final Repert Svntem-e et the Tobacco liuyers. Friday ajternoen. Jehn Kauti'man was indicted ler assault and battery upon Samuel Plaster, of Mauheint, who testified that en the 10th of December, at a shoot sheet ing match, in Kaphe township, the do de fondant struck his son aud when he interfered he struck him ou the arm. The defouse was that Kaulfinan merely reached for the boy, who was very saucy, but did net strike him nor the old man. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty, with Samuel Plaster, the prosecutor, te pay the costs. in the cases of cein'th v.-. Gee. Brown, charged with false pretense, the jury ren dered verdicts of guilty. Cein'th vs. Themas G. Wise, assault and battery. The defendant is teacher of a school iu Salisbury township, and it was alleged that en the 4th of January he chastised one. of his pupils named Geerge Palmer, aged 1.1 years. In se doing he heat him with a thick stick se soverely that his back was covered with bruises and welts for some time afterwards. The boy, en cr-ss examination, admitted that he had in a whisper used bad language in the school room. The dofense was that upon this day the teacher heard thn boy swearing in the school room. Fer that he whipped him with a small stick, but net as severely as alleged, nor moie se than necessary. Cein'th. vs Geerge Kiik. colored, of this city, carrying concealed weapons. It ap peared from the evidence that in Septem ber last the defendant went, te the house of A. L. Kriedcr, en MifiTur strcel. and after creating a geed deal of disturbance drew a revolver, in which were several leads, and threatened te kill everyone around him. The defense was that upon this day the defendant went te Atglen te attend a hearing ; he expected te have te walk back aud borrowed the weapon for protection ; he carne back in the cars, however, and drank some ; and did net re member much about what occurred after ward until he was in the station-house. Witnesses were called te prove the defend ant's geed character for peace previous te this charge-. Jury out. The grand jury ignored the bill charg ing Clinten Marshall, alias Keels, with fornication and bastardy, with county for costs. In the case of Themas Wise, charged with assault and battery, the jury render ed a verdict of net guilty with the prose cuter, Henry Palmer, te pay costs. The jury iir the case of Cem'th v.s. Gee. Kirk, carrying ceuccalcd weapons, render ed a verdict of net guilty with defendant te pay one half and the prosecutor one half of the costs. A motion was made te have that part of the verdict, imposing costs en the prosecutor, stricken off. As there were no mere cases for trial by jury, these of surety of the peace aud de sertion were taken up aud the jurors were discharged. Cem'th vs. Henry Brown, Chas Miller aud Win. Ilalteu, surety of the peace. Jehn Miller was the complainant. All the parties are inmates of the almshouse, where Miller has charge of a ward. He testified that the defendants threatened te kill him. The evidence for the defense showed that no threats wete made and that the prosecutor was the worst of the let. The court dismissed the complaint with county for cost;; Christian Share. convicted of assault, aud battery, was sentenced te pay a line of $1 and costs. Cem'th vs. Isaiah FrineiVock,ef Colum bia, desertion. This case was continued several times iu order that the parties might have an oppeittinity te live to gether. The wife testified that she hail net gene te live with her husband, as ire wanted her te live in the same house with his mother and she could net de that. The defendant testified that he had ar ranged his house se that his wife, could have a room by herself, but she still re fused te go, and new lives in Philadelphia. The court eidi-rcd the defendant te pay his wife ijl per week and the costs of prosecution. Cein'th vs. LiA'i B. Schuader, of Eph rata, desertion. Lucinda Schnader, the wife, who resides in this city, te.tilied that her husband left her three years age. II; has done nothing for her since but pay the rent for one year. The defendant offered te de what he could te support his wife and the case was continued te April. The eases against Themas King, surety of tint peace, aud Jehn II. William-, de sertion, were dismissed. Jem'th vs. Jacob P. Shirk, of thi.s city, desertion. Mrs. Shirk testified that her husband fails te .support her The ease was ceutinued until April, and in the meantime the puties will try te effect a reconciliation and live together. Geerge Brown, who was convicted ou three indrctin"nts of false pravmse, was sentenced te three years ami two mouths imprisonment. Immediately after the canjs had ben disposed of the licenses weie, taken up. All old stands, against which there were no remenstrances, were granted. The new and old ones with remenstrances were net taken up. Tlie Urand tltiry'rt Final Kepurl. The grand jury finished their final re pert early te-day and at 10 o'clock it was brought into court. It was read by the clerk as fellows : Te the Jlonerittlc the Jmt'jr.i of the Cevet of Quarter Hcsxieii.s of Isincustcr County : The grand inquest of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, empanneled te inquire terney for their consideration weie 121, of which 1)0 have been returned as tru: bills and the remainder ignored, and net withstanding the number of met iecs made te quash ou account eT the illegal drawing of jurors by the county cemmis sinners, the district attorney informs us that there wcsl'6scs disposed of. The grand inquest visited the different public institutions of the county and respectfully report as fellows : The first place was the children's home, where we were met by Mrs. Ha maker, who kindly conducted us through the building, and we are pleased t say that it is an honor te the county. We found it neat aud clean and in geed order, and the children 90 boys and ''' git Is all seeming cheerful and happy. Tlieie is no sickness at present and no deaths have occurred for live years. We noticed that the egress in ease of lire would be insuffi cient, and we de earnestly recommend that a fire escape be erected en the north and south sides of the building. We also noticed that the water valley en the man sard was in bad condition, and it is our opinion that it will be almost impossible te prevent leakage, which would cause great damage te the building if it is net removed, and we recommend a hanging water gutter as the only preventative. The next building we visited was the almshouse, which we, find in net-feet order. and for this Mr. Jehu Breck, the steward, is deserving of very much credit. ', V . r ioeo ,r li furnituie, with no lusurauee the January se-srens of 188 respectfully T,M. ,,..',,. hil tn A tuoeii, L....0 t..u w w. '-'-,.' -" CM, ai,,i is damaged te thee I111;I1LA liaiHICll te LUUIIl UV Lilt; III.1U1U1. i. I, We found there 22y males and 71 females, the inauguration of Gov. Pattison and .1 male children and 7 female children. ' stepped with his son, Henry Houseal of Total, y0G. At the ue-pttal, we were met that city. On Wednesday he was prostrat prestrat by Dr. McCreary, the newly elected rest- t ed with paralysis and has been a severe ident phvsician, who conducted us through ' -sun.ier ever since. Mr. Houseal is 02 that building and the asylum. We found ; i ears of age and is w-1 1 and favorably the hospital in cxcelleut order and lie i known in this county and Dauphin. repairs at the asylum net yet completed, but sufficient has been done te convince us, that it will be much better arranged thau before the fire. We would also rec emmend fire escapes te be erected at the old hespitSl building at each end ; there being at present only one way of escape in case of fire, and that in the centre of the building, which iu our opinion is net suf ficient, should a fire again occur. In the hospital there are 4:'. males aud 28 fe males, y female children and 1 male child, making a total of 75 inmates. In the asilmu for the insane there are 1G white males aud IS white females, 1) coleicd males and .1 colored females, 1 colored male child and 2 colored female children, making a total in the asylum of .11 in mates. 'I'neu: are -Pi persons at Norris town aud 21 at Ilarrishurg, making the total insane, dependent ou the county, 118. We next, visited the county prison, where we were kindly reei-ived by Keeper Burkhehler, who conducted us through the buildings. Yv"e found i;!0 persons con fined iu that institution ; of these 0'.! aie convicts, 11 awaiting trial and eC for drunkenucss and disorderly conduct. Iu addition te the above S( are confined in " Bummers' Hall." The prison has only 7:5 cells, in which are confined BIO person.-, nee ssttating putting mere than oue in a cell, and we found some cells containing :!. 4 and .1 persons. We de net only think it necessary te make prevision for mere room, but we also think that the building is in a very insecure condition en account el' the walls having large cracks it: them. It is the unanimous opinion of this grand inquest, that it is necessary te add tn.r.e cell room, but- deem it te be a a was;e of money te make any additions te the present building. We would also call the attention of the county com miss toners as te the propriety of removing the prison te the ground owned by the county opposite the almshouse en the cast side of the Couestega creek. This might appear like incurring a very great expense te the county, but in the opinion of this grand inquest, it could be removed and rebuilt, with all necessary additieus, at a cost net exceeding $.10,000, by rrsinj;- the material of the building and thou Helling the ground which the prison new occupies. Anether reason we have for recommending this removal is en account of the condition in which " Bummers' Hall " new is, it being a disgrace te the county. The room is 2.1 by 27 feet, and there are 8(i men aud boys confined iu it, in the most filthy con ditien. We de net censure the keeper for this, as it is impossible for any person te keep it in a better couditieu under the circumstances. We also find that the light and ventilation in the prison are injurious te the health and sight of the inmates, and should be remedied an seen as possible. We think it prudent for the commissioners te have some insurance ou the hospital, asylum and almshouse, and that it is unnecessary te have any en bridges, the court house and the prison, as there are watchmen at the prison, and we would uuauinieusly re commend that a watchman be appointed at the court house, for should there a lire occur marry valuable receids and papers might be destroyed. In submission of our report, we return our thanks te the hon orable court, the. district attorney and the shot ill' for the kind attention given us. J. Fred. Sener, foreman ; E. llershcy, CLarlc; Greve, Samuel Etisnian, Edwin Ilopten, Martin Kern, J. P. Ambler, Jeseph Bishop, IJi'itj. Workman, J. M. Biemen. -lerfer, Geerge Mengie, Jehn J. Coulter, W. J.Jenkins, U.S. Garber. II. S. Sencr, Sam'! Welchaus, Jeseph Pen rose. Judge Patterson, in receiving the report of the grand jury, thanked its members for their attention te their duties.cxpressed general approval of what had been recom mended and said notwithstanding that rules had been taken in some cases, and a certain newspaper that concluded it knew nie'.c about legal proceedings than the court had chosen ! condemn it for an emission of duty, as alleged, yet tins court begged, le inform tlie grand jury that all tlie cases that had been passed upon, this week, by the traverse juries', weie legally aud constitutionally tried, as in all such cases the counsel for defense had taken no objection te the array eT jurets. The only difficulty present' d i'er the court'., consideration, iird-i Mte rule.'r taken, wa whether there had been any emission of the jury com missioners in n .r, taking the requisite e.H.h before lileng tee jury wheel and drawing tee jurors. The act eflS.it pro pre vidtd for the filling of said jury commis sioners' oath, and th it. of the sheriff, in the protheuoiary's office, which by the tenor of the. petitions for rules, had net been entirely conformed with according le thai ;n:l ; ihis question, however, would be argued te day, and passed upon by the court. This aftcri.e u court met at 2 o'clock and the argum-eit ,u the, rule te set aside the venire was argued. Cem I has named Saturday, the third of Febiuary for hearing- the new licenses. TWO 1KES. Abraham') Clar Factory Damaged. List evening shortly after six o'clock, while the family were at the .supper table, .afire Lieku out at the residence of J. II. Abraham, cigar manufacturer, 421 North J'rir.cj street. Smoke was seen issuing from th-upper windows by some of the neighbor, who quickly gave the alarm by ringing vigorously at the deer bell, which betokened that something was wrong. Upen investigation it was found that a fire h.'.d made some headway in the front altie, which is used as a scrap mete. It is net positively known hew the iire originated, but the general supposition is that it caught from a defective flue or fiem a small stove used in the room which may have emitted a spat k and set lite te the fleer. The d-itnage done will amount te about $100 en Ttlr. Abraham's tobacco. 6100 ou his en cither. J. Eberly, xtent of $.100, w.iich is full v covered by insurance, in the Londen comp my, Bailsman & Burns, agents. Tite fire department was very prompt, and it wa? only a matter of a half hour until the flames were subdued. An Alarm Till .lleriilnff. About ten o'clock this morning an alarm was struck from box 155, located at the corner of East King and Ann streets. The alarm was caused by a heavy sheet of flame and smeke issuing from the chim ney of a small dwelling house en Grant street, near Ann, occupied by Mrs. Lewe, The firemen promptly responded, but their services were net much needed, as the flames weie extinguished hefore any considerable damage was done. A Clrbratfil Kevlvaliir. Rev S. E. Meese, of New Yerk, a cele brated ievivalist. arrived in this city last evening te assist Rev. II. Zcigenfuss, pas tor of Salem church, West Orange street, in holding a ssrie.s of meetings, commenc ing le motion- morning. The reverend gentleman comes highly recommended as an ordained minister of the gospel and a powerful revivalis", having a strong and eh a" voice and exerting a wonderful in fluence ever the congregations wherever lie labors. He will preach in Salem church te-morrow morning and evening. Stricken with l'aralynls. ! ' H nry Houseal, of .May town, this county, went te Ilarrishurg en Tuesday te attend i-oltce Crt-fet-. James Lynch and Simen Craig were committed te jail for ten days each by Alderman Samson, for drunken and dis orderly conduct. COLUMBIA NEWS. lit KKOIXAK CORKHSl'OXUKMUK Events Along the suiiueli;tnn.i Items it Ii:lert-t In mi. I Around tilt" !oreuih i'tchtiil Up by tlie Int.lll Int.lll peiiesr'w t.epertrr H. D. T. club dauce tot peind until Feb. 2. The " German " meets every Thursday evening. W. A. Barr home from Philadelphia. Miss Icia Hartle called home te liagerstewn by Iter uncle's sudden death. Rebert Smith, old resident of Wrightsville, paralyzed. Mrs. Henry Thema-s widow and shop keeper, died suddenly et heart disease last night at her lesidenccen ,1th street. Officers; Struck and'Ciilbert took down four drunks te-day. P. R. R.OUieer Kennedy jailed a tramp for stealing the coats or sonie pointers from the inspector's otlice. Illustrated lectures continued te-morrow at the E. E. Lutheran church. Communion services at the Presbyterian church te-morrow ; Mrs. James Myers has presented tbi church with a handsome new carpet. M. E. sermons te morrow ou Campaign f . Christ " and ' The Lord in the Court Roem ;" revival still in preg re ; ;;e per sons have asked for prayers and 20 of them have gene te the altar. Excursion rates te Philadelphia ever both railroads, geed for three days, beginning January .i .. t Tlie members of the Artisan's Order et Mutual Protection held a meeting in their hall last evening, and installed the fellow ing officers : Master Artisan, F. P. D. Miller ; Superintendent, Jacob Siieatii ; Cashier, Heary Hershey ; Inspector, II. F. Yergey ; Recorder, Daniel Wann. After the meeting had adjourned, the members repaired iu a body te the Frank I'm house, where they had'a banquet. COUKtlllt- .ICCtil.UltH. Phil. Gessler's bob sled '-Capt DeL.ing" is one of the fleetest ou the hills ; it ran away from several of iis lady riders yes terday. Dr. Geerke's son James va--. seriously cut by being thrown again.s' ; pest last eveniug. Miss .Mary Leary, ei" Wrightsville, was sleighing with Dr. Rebman and another lady when their herse was struck by a coasting sled ; th sleigh upset and Miss L. was severely in. jured. X11K Ol'KlCA. A Charinlti; I'rrlormance et " roluatlie." The initial rendition e! Gilbert t Sulli van's uew work, ' lelanthe : or the Peer and the Peri," by Snyder vV; Gran's op. t.i company, attracted a large and bi'Ili.iu audience te Fulton opera beuse last even iug. Pepu!..r interest in the composition had been thoroughly awakened by tie reports of its success in Philadelph...'. New Yerk and elsewheie, and the luea' appetite was whetted by the war between rival companies during the past few day, which, if it did net exactly shake tf.e community from centre tocireumfeience, was the occasion of a great deal of per spiration ou the part of the antagonistic managers. It is only just te say that las, night's performance fully realized the reasonable expectations of the audience, who listened with pleasute te Sullivan's pretty music and laughed at the keerr satire and tingling humei that Gilbett, with his usual fuciliU. ha3 iufused into this latest production of his facile pen. Occasionally they breki out into an encore which was well de-erv cd, and which seemed te please the s.n oral performers amazingly. The score of " Iolarrthe" abounds iu pretty gems el" fancy, but the music as a whole is re.tlier puzzliug te the average listener ; that. is,ihe airs are net cat citing as is the case with most of Suliivau's com positions , and while rret lacking iu the faculty el pleasing the car, are generally of an eiu.s ive sort, aud doxtreusly parry the eflert te fix them in the mind with eae hearing. There are a few exquisite numbers, but an examination of the score does net show anytliitig essentially uew or otigt etigt rral iu Sullivan's work, while the observant listener is continuously confronted with or reminded of some of the composer's tut I ier productions. Mr. Sullivan's facility for clever in.struuieiil.-s tien is turned te geed account, aud it' last night's orchestra was net. wholly eiiicit ni in developing its beauties, the ande-neii were net deprived entiit-Iy of the oppoitu eppoitu oppeitu itity te pass upon and commend this feat me of the opera. Among the con certed pieces the quartet in 1 he second act was quick te pepulaitzu itself, while the chorus effects are admirably wrought, out and emphasize Mr. Sullivan's uiier riug judgment in this important, phase of successful operatic composition. Of the libretto net much need be '.,aid. since ait extended review of its character lately appeared iir these columns. It is i. Mr. Gilbert's liveliest vein, displaying the bread graspef his humor, tin: delicious satiie that he knows se well hew te use, with a gleam of the poetic feeling that lurks behind much of his writing or inter polates itself at a most unexpected junc ture While palpably aimed at the :tl surdities and pompous dignity which se largely characterize the British Heuse of Lords, ait American audience is given ample room te catch the spirit el" the unctuous humor that flews through the author's meaning, and laughter auu mirth are constantly stirred at some new turn of Gilbert's witty conceit. Much is te be said in applause, of the company that sang and acted the opera with great acceptability te the large audience who last night heard it, many of them for the first, time. Mr. Leuis DeLauge made the hit of the even -ing by his humorous portraiture el I he Lord Chancellor, giving evidence of a lint appreciation of the humor of t fie p.nt, and he repeatedly brought down the house. The song "Said I te myself, s.;id I," brought out a triple encore, the im prevised verses appare'.tly being highly enjoyed by the audience, while the long " patter " song in this second act., which was equally well done, received the compliment of an enthu.sia. -tic demand for its repetition, as did several ether of Mr. DeLange's well-censidi.ie.d performances. Mr. Hampshire's line tenor was heard te advantage iu the pretty music Lord Tolleller has te sing, while Mr. West sized up well te the exactions of the part of tire Hurl of Mount Ararat. The Streplien of Mr. Clarke was fairly well done, the gentleman making a heroic and generally successful attempt te overcome .. huskiueas which at the etrtset of the jet forniance impeded him ; Miss Bessie Gtey. &s Phyllis, manifested a disposition te Hat early in the evening, but corrected hersell before she had gene far ; she sang several d.rets with Strtphen, arid while the "Geed morrow, geed lever," a vety pretty air, was netiveu with adequate effect, their failure en this was compensated later en. Miss Helen Dayne's Tnlmthe and Miss Elma Delare's Fury Queen v.xte both capital performances, and the ether individual characters were amply s.us tained, while the chorus of fairies and of peers left little te be desired. The orches tra did the best they knew hew, though through lack of numbers and centt Hutting causes, they signally failed te develop tee manifold beauties of the tcere. The cos tumes were very pretty, but the scenic effects were net of much account. Hlde Stelen. This morning a country butcher went into the market house te attend his busi ness, and left his team en Etst Kin.' street While he was gotte a thief stele a hide valued at $8 from his wagon and get away. lay Hay. This is paj day en the ()iiarryville read. The pay car passed ever the read te day stepping at every station the paymaster I making glad the hearts of the employees by paying them their salaries.
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