LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!! TUESDA FEBRUARY I'd. iS3. Lancaster Intelligencer. TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 13, 1883. Mere Telegraph Consolidation. The Western Union telegraph com pany has at last swallowed its latest great rival, the Mutual Union. It was a very bad thing for it te de, and no doubt Jaj Gould and its ether owners se recognize it. They make the operation for what they conceive will be its, present ad vantage te them, expecting te get out of the property before the disastrous effect of the lead they put upon it is experi enced. The English telegraph expert, Mr. Tender, who was lately in this country examining our telegraph sys tem, said the ether day at a meeting et the shareholders of the Atlantic cable in England, that he thought it was very unwise in the Western Union company te undertake te buy up the opposition lines as seen as they became formidable ; and that it would be much better for the company te expend its means in perfect ing and cheapening the service, se as te put it out of the power of the new concerns te deprive it of its business. Undoubtedly Mr. Pender was right in his judgment. The buying-up process of the Western Union must be indefinitely continued, as new lines are constantly started for the pur pose of being bought out; until finally the buying company will get se great a burthen upon her that she will become an easy victim of a young and l:ghtly stocked rival. The lease of the Mutual Union is for ninety nine years, but '', is doubtful whether it will ecemc an accomplished fact. Ceituin'y the junction of these two companies can not take effect in Pennsylvania, and the reported lease willsuflice te drive both of these companies out of the state. As the Mutual Union cauuet transfer her l'enn sylvania line and as the junction of the companies will hardly be desirable under these circumstances, we have some rea son te suspect that the effort te make it is for stock jobbing purposes and that it will never really be effected. If the at tempt te put the two companies tegethe1' is a sincere one, it exhibits a great contempt either for Penn sylvania business or Pennsylvania laws, for there can be no question that the undertaking is forbidden by our law, and we believe we are net mistaken in our conviction that the law in this re gard will be maintained by the state under its present government. Progress of Legislation. The Monday evening sessions of the Legislator! are generally devoted te buncombe :iv.d are profitless, but in last evening's session there was real weik done. .Senater Greer introduced a bill for the republication by the state of the reports of the supreme court from first Dallas te first Outerbridge ; te be sold at the cost of publicaten, which would likely be about 81.2-3 per volume, whereas they new sell at $1 50, or mere, and the pnrchasc of a full set by a young lawyer is a very heavy tax en him at the outset of his professional career. Fer years, under the old system of state re porting, these prices were maintained until the Legislature recognized that the public had a right te the authorized de cisions of the supre no court, like the pamphlet laws,at the actual cost of their publication. Since the printing of them was let out by contract they are furnish ed at 1.17 per volume, which is a fair price, and tlie republication of b:ick vel umes at this rate is a welcome proposi preposi tion. But under the old law the reporter owned the copyright iu these books. In the case of t hose reports for which this has net expired hew can the state undertake their republication 'i In such cases as it has expired the supply of whatever de mand exists for them might, we believe, be left te the enterprise of private pub Jishers and need net be undertaken by the stale. When Mr. Ilassen moved te call out of the committee's hands the anti-free pass bill, which it had negatived, the members who were responsible for that disposition of it and these who would have been glad te smother it had te hunt their holes, and by the emphatic vote of 136 te 34 it was put upon the calendar. Mr. Laudis' bill against political assess ments followed in its wake, and the mo tion te bring the anti-freight discrimina tion bill out of the eemmittee was only lest because it was satisfactorily shown that the committee was giving its friends and opponents a r.-- neai'ig. On the whole, tilings are working well at Harrisburg. There is an aggres sive spirit of reform animating legisla. tien. Seme of the members may be voting with it against their inclinations, but it is better even thus than that they should vote wrong. It is a geed thing that Reform is fashionable and popular. It was net always thus at Harrisburg. The Ncie Era concludes that Mayer Howe, of Heading, is a profitable official, because during his term he has averaged for the city $1,145.72 earned for its treas ury in fees. But by the same token Mayer MacGeuigle is a still mere profit able official. During his term he has averaged $1,20." per annum in fees earned by him, all of which go into the city treasury, and this, tee, notwith standing the fact that under the present unfair law, which it is new sought te repeal, only half fees are allowed for cases heard by the mayor. Hut in many ether respects Mayer MacGoni MacGeni gle's administration has been a profit able one te the city. During his five years and a-half of office there have been added te the sinking fund, for the re demption of the city debt, about $9G,000, while during the previous four years of Stauffer's administration it was in creased only $11,100, aud todeubly offset this there was entailed upon succeeding administrations a floating debt of $30, 000. Mr. Hassen is te be congratulated upon the success of his effort te bring the Heuse te a vote en the free pass question. The committee which tried te smother the matter must feel a little cheap ever the prompt reversal of their action in the Heuse. There is nothing surer than that a -determined charge qt I the bayonets of reform will bring down the enemy every time. Ne matter hew boldly the fee may seem te stand they are sure te take te their heels at the onset. There is something in the air which makes their legs run away with them against their will. Members of the very committee that voted a nega tive recommendation te the free pass bill, voted in its favor in the Heuse. It takes nerve te withstand the popular will, when the popular eye is en you. Se.mk one about the Philadelphia mint has a mania for putting new faces en coins, and unfortunately geed judgment and geed taste seldom attend the per fermance. The five cent piece has been struggled with often, and once mere is coined afresh. The artist, having ex hausted his fertility of invention, has produced a coin resembling in size and one of its faces the half eagle, and en the ether face he lias emitted te say that the coin represents cents instead of dol lars ; se some one has gilded one of the pieces and begs te knew why it is net as geed as the half eagle it resembles. It is net a counterfeit, because it is a gen uine issue of the mint ; and as it does net say what the " V," which is the only expression of its values, means, it may as well be taken te mean dollars as cents. At any rate,a plated coin se close ly resembles a half eagle that it may readily be taken for one; and conse quently the new idea of the mint conies at once te grief and extinction ; net withstanding the beauty claimed for it. It is net, however, any better looking than the old piece, and there seems te nave eeeu absolutely no excuse ler its creation, except the restless desire for change se natural te the managers of the coinage. The liquor question will net down iu Jersey, and the Legislature, aftcrstubberu resistance, has buckled down te considera tion of higher licenses and mere restric tions around the traffic. Northwestern graiu sha:ps think the price of wheat will net fall, hut that a further advauce is prehable, the variety of winter weather having had serious effect aud European countries being short. Tin: Massachusetts Senate will investi gate Butler's removal of the state prison warden. Then, perhaps, the country wilt sec the premised but long delayed fur ilying iu Massachusetts. Tin; pension expenses are a very large and important part of the annual ordinary expenses of the government. In the year which ended June 30, 1882, the sum paid for pensions nearly $Gl,e00,000-was one- third of tha total ordinary expenditures of the government, outside of the interest, en me puenc ucet. rue commissioners estimate of pension expenses for the cur rent year $100,000,000 was 42 per cent. ei uiu leiai estimated eramary expenses outside of interest en the public debt. Tm: late Earl of Ashburnham's cellec tien of manuscripts is offered for salt te the British museum. They extend from the Saxen period te letters ei Cromwell including the refusal of Hampden and ethers te pay ship money. There are four thousand volumes. The nrice will probably be..ClGO,000, aud if Great Hi i tain hisitates te purchase the collection America is certainly ready te de se ; Chi cago holds a bequest for the purchase of a library. Germany has already been treat ing for the purchase of the mauuscripts. TWO KINC.S. Twe Kins wcrcslttinxiu Orkmlul, Uy leictiliglit gl'ire in the pillared Hall. Tlie miiiitrul tnj;, the wine 1 named hih ; The Kinia looked en with gloomy eye. Up spake the one : "Give me the lair, nine arc her eyes and golden her hair." Tin: ether lie answered with anrv mien : " ily vow is recorded, she is my queen !" The Kings there-liter spoke net a word. Hut up they lese and each gtiwped his sword ; And out they stalked Jrein the lighted hall, Where the. snow lay deep Willi Mlcnl lull. ISright Hashed the Wades by the cast'e wall -Twe Kings lay dead iu Orkadal. Lilian Tayler from tlie German. The superintendent of the Philadelphia mint states that he has no knowledge of an intention "te step the coinage of the new iive cent pieces en account of the emission of the word 'cents.'" If he hasn't he ought te get it very seen, for there are geld washed copies of the coin out already, which are calculated te de coive the ignorant with the idea that they are worth " V " dollars. We have seen specimens prepared in this city well calcu lated te deceive the unwary and easily mistaken for five dollar geid pieces when mingled with that coin. Call in the ill devised thing ! Switzerland he longer presents the worst national record for drunkenness. " Sturdy aud seber'' Belgium, for the ac commedation of its million aud a quarter male adults, has 102,000 public houses of various kinds, or oue drinking shop te every twelve persons. The medical officers at the Brussels hospital say that of every 100 cases under their care which terminate fatally, 80 are due te the effects of alcohol. While in 187.1 there were 352 suicides iu Belgium, there were 581 in 1S80. There are also three times as many insane persons in confinement in Belgium new as then were thirty years age, when the great inerease in liquor drinking began te be manliest. Miss Martin, an intelligent lady of central New Yerk, who became reduced in circumstances, found that she neither sang wen cneugn ler stage purposes, nor had she any histrionic talent. In giving the subject serious consideration, she re membered that there was ene thing she could de very well, and that was pickling and preserving. She told her friends that she was going te make a large quantity of pickles and preserves of different kinds, and that she wanted te sell them. They bought them, her reputation extended, the dealers sought her goods and new she superintends a business worth from $6,000 te $10,000 a year. Everything she makes is the very best of its kind. All the in gredients she uses in her pickles and pre serves are the best in the market, and though she employs a number of men and women, she superintends everything her self ; and while her articles are all in the shops, they have a homeliko taste that is unmistakable. Al the jars bear her in itials written-ittfae-fiimile of her autograph en a neat label en the side. A sister of Miss Martin, seeing her success, cast about her for something te de. She did net want te go into the same line of business and finally she struck upon cake-making as a livelihood, and her cakes are no almost as celebrated as her sister's pickks and preserves. The Wilkesbarre Recerd, speaking for Luzerne county which will be affected by the bill proposing salaries instead of fees for county officers, heartily oppreves the prin ciple of the measure. It says with much force : The lee system is a relic of primi tive days entirely uusuited te this age.and working great injustice te honest people and honest officers, and should be aban doned as seen as possible. Iu small coun ties several of the county offices can be consolidated aud a moderate salary fixed proportionate te the work. In larger counties the fee 6ystem returns incomes in great disproportion te the labor or talent required te discharge the duties, and these stand as a constant temptation te rogues inviting them te secure the office through fraud and then play the rascal after they get in. Talent equal te that necessary te discharge the duties of most of the county offices' is secured in ether avocations for from $1,200 te $2,000 per year, while the fees frequently amount te from $3,000 te $0,000 and in large counties they aggie gate as high as $50,000 for a siugle office per year. The entire system of the em ployment and pay of county officials is wrong and leads te dishonesty. Ordinarily geed men get into these positions and imagine they are entirely justifiable in resorting te all sorts of divices te get money out of the public treasury. If fixed salaries were appointed by law for each position, coruniensurate with the necessary duties, it would go far towards correcting the evil, and it would also relieve nomina ting conventions from the rush of un worthy men as candidates whose aspira tions new lead down both parties. Public officers should he paid fair salaries, but they should be shorn of the temptation te de dishonest work or leaf at the public ex pense. PERSONAL.. COMMANDER FRANCIS MORRIS, U. S. N ., died yesterday morning at Newport, Rhede Island. Dr. Susan A Smith, a practising phy sician iu West Philadelphia, died suddenly yesterday, iu her GSth year. Jehn McArtuur, whose funeral took place yesterday, was the builder of mauy prominent structures in Philadelphia. PmscESs Louise is expected te return te Ottawa from Bermuda en the 12th of March. General Heiieut Toejijjs submitted te an operation ter a cataract iu Atlanta, Ga., ea Wednesday. He is nearly sightless. Rev. Puii.i.ii's Brooks is homesick in India. He writes te a Bosten friend that the sun never warmed a dearer part of the earth's crust than America. Hen. M. Romere, Mexican minister te the United States, was a guest at a dinner given by a number of geutlemen interest ed iu Mexico, at the Continental hotel, last evening. James S. Macdenai.u, member of the Legislative ceuucil of Neva Scotia, has beeu disqualified and compelled te vacate his .-eat in the ceuucil, no having become a bankrupt. Gen. Fitzhueii Lee says that after Appomattox an old Virginian remarked te a party of returning soldiers " Oh, it's that Fitz. Lee who surrendered ; old General Lee never surrenders." Niiceuni is worth $1,000,000, does net wish te increase his fortune, sings only for his own amusement aud te please Mine. Patti, and dees't care a rap whether the public like him or net. Congressman Harmer, a member of the committee en Pacific railroads of the Heuse, acquired extensive acquaintance with the mineral wealth and resources of the territories, and kept himself thoroughly posted regarding the exten sion aud development of railroads iu thp west. He made iuvestmeuts ami has made a million. Edmunds, the attorney of his party, is the conversational talker of the court room, while Jehn Sherman, the most ac tive and influential of the Republican leaders, is devoid of every grace of oratory. Senater Beck has been aptly described as speaking like a Scotch bagpipe Senater Bayard has a bad tenor voice, while Pend leton is husky aud stiff. Senater Jehn Sherman, has all of his correspondence carefully preserved, ar ranged and indexed, and of the 40,000 letters en his file the most valuable are these from his brother, the general, many ei mem written in camp, sometimes be fore a battle aud sometimes after one. but they gave the writer's ideas straight from uis neart, and told what no thought the same as he would cemmune with himself. Majer General Geerge Webb MeREi.ii died en Sunday at Scarborough, New Yerk. He was a graduate of West Point and became a lieutenant of engi neers, but resigned that position in 1837 te enter upon civil pursuits. He served in the war for the Union, participating in many of the battles fought by the army of the Potomac. He was mustered out of service in December, 1804. Peter CoerER celebrated his ninety third birth'day yesterday, aud although net in his usual robust health, he is still able te attend te business, and participat ed in a dinner party given by a number of his friends at his residence last evening. A volume containing his principal speeches en finauce, the tariff, etc., was issued yes terday, and in a few days another volume ceutaiuing an outline of his life, his reminiscences or great men and great events will be given te the public. Fig Iren Production. The American Iren and Steel associa tion has received reports from all the makers of pig iron in the United States, and officially announces that the quantity of pig iron made in 1882 was 4,023,323 tens, which is nearly 500,000 tens mere than ever before made in ene year in this country. The production of the different kinds of pig iron in 1831 and 1S82 was as iollews in gross tens : issi Uitumineus 2,0-'5?38 Anthracite 154,C!7 Churceul i70.391 2,17G,&55 ,tt:,333 Gif.lJO Total 4,141,254 4,C2J,323 The stock of pig iron held unsold in the hands of makers at the close of 1882 was 383,055 tens. At the close of 1S81 the stock en hand was 188,300 tens. Savannah's Celebration. The celebration of the-sesqui-centenuial anniversary of the settlement of Georgia I was eegun yesteraay in savannah. A sa lute of 13 guns was fired at sunrise ; there was a parade of militia of the states of Georgia, Seuth Carolina and Flerida ; a meeting was held in the theatre, at which Governer Stephens spoke and an ode by i-aui ri. uayne was recited ; and there was a " grand historical pageant " repre senting the landing of Governer Oglethorpe and the colonists, and their reception by tue inuians. 10-aay tnere will be a trades precession and banquets will be given te distinguished guests. ' a FLOODED CiriES. CINCINNATI LEtTT IN jJABKNKSS. Sad Scenes iu the streets Funerals in Beats Tlie Sick Moved Frem Third Story Windows. Owing te the Heed in Cincinnati last night 300,000 people were cut off' from their usual gas. Theatres aud ether halls had te supply themselves with electric lights, oil lamps or candles, and the au diences blinked their eyes uuder the nu nu wented light, and were hilarious and jelly, as they could net have been otherwise. The water works have about five days' supply iu the reservoirs. Uuder the most favorable circumstauces the works cannot rehuuie iu time te mere thaa keep con sumers tcantiiy supplied, and should a great fire occur the result is disheartening te contemplate. Should it occur in the oveitlewed business district the depart ment would he simply peweiless aud the llames would range unchecked. The flooded stieets are full of people, rowing about en beards, rafts aud skiffs. Many merchants tried te keep the water from their cellars by pumps, without suc cess. A manufacturer of steam pumps, en Ceutral avenue, near Second, built a dyke all around his building, eufy te see it swept away and $5,000 worth et proper ty destroyed. The Marietta it Cincinnati railroad freight aud Ohie & Mississippi passenger depots are inundated. The freight depot has a feet of water en the fleer, but the freight has been ue:rrly all saved. The railroad track from Plum street do de do pet is under several feet of water aud the curieut is very swift. CummiiisviIIe, a popular suburb lying north of Cincinnati, iu the Mill Creek valley, is ene vast lake. Over 500 families have been driven out of their houses, aud the greater propeition of the lcmaindcr are living en the second fleer. Newport, en the oppesito side of the river, has oue thousand houses under water. The scenes ever there were inde scribable. The sick in many instances, who were removed te the seceud story had te be taken out and lowered en beats. A most pitiable case was discovered by Chief of Police Smith iu a house ::t the lower end of Chestnut street, where a woman named Mary Hall had lest her mind aud was wading around en the fleer in several feet of water. She stubbornly refused any assistance. It required the united strength of four men te take Ifer out aud held her fast in the beat. An aged wemau named Hamilton, who lived en Elm street, while bemg lowered into a beat fell aud dislocated her hip joint. She was taken te the Episcopal church, where a great number have sought shelter. An old woman at the lower end of Walnut street was found frantically engaged iu bailing out the flood through a window. She was last losing her mind. A four year old child, both deaf aud dumb, was feuud deserted at Lizzie Wagener's house, 117 Elm street. The child was benumbed with the cold when taken out ei the water. A woman in the last stages of consump tion was rescued fiem a second-story window en Beilevne street. A family named Applegate, liviug en Bellevuc avenue and Cential avenue, the lather tind mother prostrated with sickness, weie taken out of a window. The funeral of Jeseph Hilten's little daughter was ene of the touching inci dents. The coffin was placed in a skiff, followed by three ether skiffs containing relatives. The mayor of Newport has called upon the mayor of Cincinnati for shelter for a large number of people who have beeu Heeded out. Dayton, Ky., above Newport, of 5,000 inhabitants, is half uuder water. Covington has suffeicd less, but the water works are stepped and, as the city is supplied by tha Helly sys tem, the water supply ceased as soeu as the pumps refused longer te work. 11KIKKS 1XMA1L. Coudeuutle:is Frem tha Morning l-apern. An epidemic of "wiuter cholera " is re ported iu Waterbury, Conn., about 250 persons being sick. The disease is attributed te the snow water in the reser voirs. Jehn Casey, a polisher, unmarried, was killed by the bursting of an emery wheel at the establishment of the Wiley & Ru& sel manufacturing company, at Greenfield, Mass. Jehn Kelly, en trial at Suubury, Pa., for the murder of Michael Meehau, com mitted iu December last, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced te 10 yeais in the penitentiary. William Killman, who took part iu the murder of old man Boulteu last week, iu Michigan has been arrested. He ceufesses his complicity, but declares that Manuel Lcuhard, who was arrested near Kalama zoo ou Saturday, was the principal in the affair. He says the mau was killed with a beet-jack aud his house robbed of $400. Twe engines and a snow plow en the Cauaudaigua aud Batavia Transit railroad in New Yerk, were turned iute a ditch at Richville en Sunday evening. Ne person was injured. A passenger train en the Silver Lake branch of the Rochester te Pittsburg read was burned en yesterday morning, near Perry. Near Para, 111., Reuben Ceiwin and his brother-in-law, James Hamlin, farmers settled an old grudge iu the presence of their wives, by a desperate light with knives. Cerwiu was stabbed in the neck and Hamlin in the left breast. Cerwiu fired two ineffectual shots from a revolver. Beth men are alive, but their wounds are probably mortal. An explosion in a blacksmith shop in the deep cut en the Jersoy Shere, Pine Creek, Buffalo railroad, about a mile from Jersey Shere, cost James Waters, a black, smith, his life. There were a number of cartridges iu the building which were used for blasting purposes. By seme means unknown, as he was the only poison iu the shop at time of the explosion, several of them exploded with tha abeve result. The building was demolished, and hardly a beard was left standing. The unfortunate man was blown some distance out in a field and was terribly mangled, lie had just been married. Jehn Wallace, a farmer, near Rockport, Carben county, died, it is alleged from in juries inflicted by a party of drunken men who quarreled with him en his farm. Seven of the men were arrested, but all discharged except two Henry Adams and Henry Winnah. There were no marks of external violence and it is the general opinion that Wallace died from natural causes. M WHAT 18 IT ? Certainly Net a Legal Coin. Sun. N". i". A new miner coin has iust been nut in circulation by the government. It is said te be a five-cent piece ; but as a corres pondent of the Sun pointed out ou Sun day, there is nothing en it te show whether it represents five cents or live dollars. The only indication of its value is a bie V. S The inconvenience of the emission may be very great, especially te the thousands of immigrants who have te learn our coin age. As a mere matter of expediency, it is surprising that se defective a pattern should have been adopted. As matter of law, it would also seem that a fuller inscription is rcquired.Unless section 3,510 of the revised statutes of the United States has been rcnealed or amended, there must be upon the reverse a "designation of the value of the coin." The simple V does net comply with this requirement. The treasury department had bettercall in these coins and try azain. While the authorities nrn nhnnt-. it. w. Vi,em ; ,. prettier face than that of the Philadel- phia belle who represe nts liberty en tlrs five cent piece. If the director of the mint will come ever te New Yerk and take a stroll en Broadway or attend a Leneu service or go into any factory here where girls are' employed he will see a sceie of handsomer faces iu a minute A NOT FOB THK CUMMISSIONKKS. Given te Them by One who Keads tliefr Stateinems. Editors Intelligencer. In the report of the county fiuances, under the head of "bridges," we find B. F. Herr aud S. M. Miller erecting Big Beaver bridge Ne. 2 aud wing walls $519.38, aud W. R. Ger- harfc, et al., inspecting Big Beaver bridge Ne. 2, $22.80 a total of $542.18. What for? The laughing stock of everyone who has seen it ; a bridge net equal te many township bridges that have been built in our township for less than $200. We would respectfully ask: uIs it be cause the county paid for it that it cot $542.18;" aud "Docs Inspection Iu Iu speet?" It is claimed by the builders that it is strictly up te the plans aud specifications. If se the commissioners had better employ some one who is competent te make them. Dkumekb Township. fOLDMlilA EWS. Frem our Ilegular Correspondent. Mr. Samuel Eberliu has gene te Masen ville, Pa., where he will reside for seme months. Mr. Charles F. Stevenson has returned from Duncauneu, Pa. Mr. B. B. Brommell, late of Danville, Pa., has returned te Columbia, the iron works, of which he was boekkeepcr,haviug closed. ' Services at St. Paul's P. E. church will be held te-morrow, Ember Day, as fol fel lows : -Morning prayer aud litany at 10:30 a. m. ; evening prayer and short lectures at 4:30 p. m. A revival meeting was held at the Bethel church, corner 7th and Walnut streets, last evening. The prospects of a great work being done are geed. The Rev. Dr. Jacksen, the coming pastor of the church, will preach tonight. W. II. aud B. D. Boitle have started an American tea company's stere iu the building formerly occupied by A. M. Reese's dining rooms. Wm. F. Leckard and ether Philadel phians returned te that city in a special car yesterday, after attending the funeral of Mrs. Martin Irvin. Messrs. William Scott aud L. Bert Eys ter, of Chambersburg, are spending a lew days in this place The latter is .he pri vate secretary of the late Independent Re publican candidate for governor, Senater Jehn Stewart. Mr. Themas Edwards, who was settled en the Republican ticket for council ou Saturday night last, has withdrawn. Mr. Jereme Beycr, the superintendent of the Shawnee furnace, has been nominated in his place. A let of potatoes and a peck measuie rewarded the efforts of a thief at market, this morning. The farmer from whom he stele the thing hopes he will return the measure when he has determined the quantity of the potatoes steleu. While sliding ou an ice covered pave ment at the Cherry stiect school, yester day, Jehn, a young son of M'r Michael Shuman, fell against an ireu fence that is iu front of the building and received a sovere gash abeve the forehead. A meeting of the Independent Repub licans was held l;',st evening. It was gen gen enerally believed that they would nomi nate a ticket of their own, hut it was deemed best by the meeting net te de se. A number of names of candidates of the ether two parties were proposed for en dorsement, but after some discussion it was decided te recommend that the Inde pendents vote as they please, selecting thi best candidates as their choice. Beth the Democrats and Republicans have strong men in the field for chief burgess, the former having Jacob Sneath, aud the latter Jehn Shenberger, but the Indepen dent caudidate, Richard Gore, is likely te make the contest a very sharp oue all areuud. A Cuban Arrested. James Jacoem, a colored Cuban, gave an illustration of hospitality poorly re quited, ou Sunday morning. Charles Cleggitt, a colored barber rcsidiug en 3d street, was applied te ou Saturday night for assistance aud gave the stranger a warm welcome aud a warm bed. The next morning he left taking with him a bundle of clothing. The less was discovered, a warrant issued and Officer Fisner soeu had the thief in custody He appeared befere 'Squire Grier yesterday who cum mi ted him te the county jail te stand the charge of larceny. The Ice Gerge. The ice gorge between Washington bor ough and Turkey Hill is still ceutiuuiug te inerease in size. The wagon read at BIue Reck is new covered by the back water of the river. A solid mass of ice new extends across the river at McCalls Ferry and no ice whatever can pass that point. Should there be a general breakup of the ice up the river, aud this gorge still continue, the results of the flood which would fellow would be disastrous iu tlie extreme. The water is eighteen feet above low water mark at the feet of the Five Mile Level and is still rising. Tetv Hill In Iidd Condition. The ladies of the relief association report such a condition of filth existing iu many of the shanties of the colored population of Tew hill, that the sanitary committee of ceuucil should attend te the matter, lest disease of seme kind be hatched there and spread te ether parts of the town. There is no occasion for such wretched ness and filth te exist in such a small place as Columbia. Installatlen of OHlcern. At a meeting of Lancaster Ledge of Perfection 14 A. and A. S. R., held en Monday evening, the following officers, te serve for the ensuing Masonic year were duly installed : Thrice Potent Grand Master HI. Bre. David U. Wylie. Deputy Grand Master III. Bre. William N. Amer. V. Senior Grand Warden III. JJre. Henry E. Slaymaker. V. Junier Grand Warden 111. Bre. Jeshua L. Lyte. Grand Treasurer III. Bre. Charles A. Heinitsh. Grand Secretary III. Bre. Rebert M. Bolenius Trustees 111. Eres. B. Frank Breneman, William A. Morten, Henry Carpenter. Surprise Farty. Yesterday was the 19th birthday of Wm. H. Snyder, son of Jehn A. Snyder, of North Queen street, and his young friends celebrated the event by giving hi a sur prise party at his father's residence. The young man went calling in the evening, returning between 9 and 10 o'clock. Te his astonishment he found the house was full of his friends. Dancing was indulged in, an excellent supper was partaken of aud the evening was pleasantly spent. Held for Court. Dr. Jeshua Potts and Sarah McMinn, charged with conspiracy before Alderman Barr, had a hearing this morning and both were held in bail for trial at court. A. Vacancy Te Be Filled. Gee. B. WillSOn, Of the Sixth ward, nes- itively declines the nomination for com- men council. i THE BUSSIAN JEW. Ills I'KOGKrSS IN LANCASTER. Ue Tattes Te Peddling K-iniirkHb:c ClIS toms of the StrD;er Their Ma Di lution uuil ISuMucs. Most of our readers are well aware that about a year age there was a very larv;e immigration of Russian Jewa into this country They had lied from the tumble persecutions te which thry were subjected by the ignorant and bigoted adherents of the Greek church, who charged them, without tne slightest evidence, of being the authors of all the crimes with which that unhappy country has for years been afflicted. These iminigiants arrived iu New Yerk aud Philadelphia iu the most pitiable condition ragged, friendless and penuiless. They were kindly received by their Hebrew brethren, who orgauized relief committees, supplied their imtuedt ate wants, aud took effective measures te distribute thm among ether towns aud cities, and te impress upon them the duty and necessity of their becoming self supporting. In pursuauce of these ineas tires a colony of- about thirty or festy of them were sent te Lancaster and for almost a year they have been liviug in our midst without attracting any marked attention, except iu the immediate neigh borhood iu which they reaide. Where They Live. Nearly all of them are men, aud they are new quartered iu three or four small houses ou Middle street near Recklaud. They are hardy looking, rather untidy iu appearance, and are coarsely but warmly clad. They canie here without capital, without the slightest acquaintance with the mauners and customs of our people, without a knowledge of the English, and 0'ily a very imperfect knowledge of the German language. The local Hebrew re lief committee furnished the most needy of them with a little money and with a small :upply of goods, aud almost every man of them became a peddler. They have net attempted. te de any business in Lancaster, but every Monday merninrrthey may be seen leaving the city, iu almost every direction, with immense packs strapped upon their eacks, heavy enough, one would think, te bear them te tha earth. These packs contain a most won derful variety of cheap merchaudisc, aud each of the peddlers is a veritable Sam'l of Posen." They trudge through the country from farm house t farm heuse, expose their wared te the admir ing gaze of our country cousins and rarely iail te make a sale et seme sort whether it be pins, needles, tapes, combs, brushes, thiiuhles, cutlery, gloves, hose, beets, shoes, calicoes, muslins, jew elry, underwear, coats, pants, stationery, glass-ware, tin-ware or something else among the thousand and one notions with which their packs are laden . They seldom rettirn te the city befere Friday, unless they uave been lucky aud sold .out their stock before that time. They frequently travel by rail, getting off at the way sta tions along the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads, and thcuce striking out into the ceuutry. Ou leaving home they never take with thorn a cent mere thau will p;y their way from Lancaster te the station at which they propose te leave the cars. The ticket agents never itave ecca sieu te make change for thorn ; they al ways lay down exactly the piice of the ticket, and no mere. They depend en their prospective sales te see tticin safe home again, and they generally ceme back with well filled wallets. Tlielr ltollgieu Obsorvaiicea. On their return te Lancaster en Friday eveniug atsundewji, the Israelitish Sab bath commences -" the eveaiug and the morning is the seventh day," and in ac cuidauee with the law, as given from the holy mountain, they rest from their labors and worship the Ged of Abraham. They de net attend the Jewish synagogue, but have a seivice of their own, partly iu llebiew and partly iu their native tongue. There service is much raore " orthodox " than that of our Lancaster Israelites, with whom they have neither religious uer. social affiliations. On Suuday they don't have much te de outdoors. Our Sunday laws prevent them from openly plyiug their avocations ou that day ; but it is said they utilize the day in buying goods, and making prepara tions for tlieir Meuday's jaunts te the country, which sometimes extend far be yond the county limits occasionally as far as the coal regions of bchuylkill, Carben and Luzerne counties. .Establishing Wholesale Ileuse. Se successful have these industrious peddlers been iu selling their wares that it became necessary for them te nave a wholesale storehouse from which they. could rcpluuish their packs. Accordingly, some months age one was opened by Weiuer & Brenner, in Middle street, and did quite a thriving business. Weiuer, however, thought he could de better in Steelteu, Dauphin county, and se he sold out, and Brenner went te peddling. Weiu er was succeeded in business here by an other Russian Jew named K. Suleman, who is still in business. Some time after wards there was another wholesale estab lishiuent epeneN next deer te Peters' gro cery stere by M. LuiieandL. B. Imiuer mau. These houses supply the ped dlers with all or nearly all the goods they sell. They are packed from top te bottom with all soils of notions aud some staples, most of which ceme from New Yerk and Philadelphia auctions. Scarcely a day passes that the express wagons de net drive up te the unpretentious-looking stores en Middle street, and unload boxes, bales and packages of goods, te keen tin the supply which is constantly being drained by the peddlers. Secial Custom?. Their Gentile neighbors sny they are orderly and well behaved ; sober, indus trious and frugal : albeit rather untidv iu matters of dress ; they keep themselves te themselves and meddle net in ether people's affairs. Their manner of prepar ing their meats befere cooking Las led seme of their inquisitive neighbors te sup pose that they were careless as te its qual ity ; but this is uet se. Net only de thev reject perk and all ether meats forbidden by the Mosaic law, but se particular are they iu the selection aud preparation of their beef and ether clean meats, that they have appointed ene of their own number te slaughter the animals.se that the slightest taint of unclcanness may be avoided. And even after their meat has been pro nounced " kosher," that is, clean and wholesome, they are careful te have every drop of bleed removed from it befere cooking it. Te this end it is carefully salted and laid for a time en a clean beard or wrapped in a cloth that the bleed may be drained from it, aud it is then soaked in clean water, that the last drops of the forbidden fluid may be eliminated. This practice, which is in vogue among all orthodox Jews, of whatever nationality, has given rise te a belief among Geutiles who have witnessed it, that the Russian Jews are careless as te the quality of their foedfbut nothing could be further from the truth ; no geed Israelite will touch taiuted meat, and even that which has been officially declared " kosher," is considered unclean if it be net eaten within three days. Owing te a want of knowledge of our laws, there have been a few trivial viola tions of them which have been brought te the attention of the authorities ; and in a very few instances they have had quarrels among themselves, which have been carried as far as an alderman's court, where they have all been amicably ad justed. Having been subject te oppression and nersenutinn sill thnir liens, a irnnA manw of them are illiterate and bigoted in their religious views, and they bear about the same relation te the educated aud refined Hebrews iu our midst, ait the far down Irish who have been degraded, starved aud oppressed for centuri.'s by their British landlords, bear te the educated and refined Irish who have sought aud found homes iu America. It may take seme years te raise these peer immigrants te the stand -aril of full-fledged, high toned American freeman, but eveu new their Geutile ni'ighbers speak well of them and say the neighborhood has greatly impreved, both in maimers and morals, since the Russian Jews arrived ami took the places formerly occupied by " Aun-riean citizens of Afri can descent.'.' .XKIUIIIHIKHUUII NKiTS. '"l iii'rit the County Line. licadiug has .'. fourteen hundred peuud hog. Ci'iiusel have appeared befere court at Reading te argue that the county bridges should be declared free. Tiie court 're served its decision. Jehu Zinu, aged 55 yeais, one of the wealthiest aud best knew u uieu iu Leba non county, died suddenly Sunday at his residence, about four miles south of Leba non. The Reading beard of health has brought suit against two clergymen of that city for neglecting te conform te tbe act of the Legislature couveruiug the sol emnizing of marriage. There was a slight lire at ther Carlisle Indian school Friday eveniug. A student lamp in the room of oue et the teachers exploded. Shelden Jacksen ene of the Indian boys, had his face aud hands burned iu his efforts te extinguish lhe flames. A stage ceac'.i w is upset yesterday by the streug current while crossing the Schuylkill river eight miles below Ruadinc aud was carried sevural miles down the stream. The occupants, nine iu number, were rescued, some et them iu an ex hausted condition. While melancholy, .James S. Ivuause, of New Hanover, Montgomery county, attempted te commit suicide by hanging himself iu his baru. His hired man named Grimly, feuud him iu time te save his life. He app linted assignees two years age aud ever since he has been worried. Elmer She!!, ajeung man residing at Steelten, is demented upeu religious mat tcis. On Saturday night dmitig a spell of iusanity he imagined lie was an angel aud could fly, and for that purpesu leaped from a second story window. His sudden bump en the ground broke his left ankle just below the knee. Norris Hodgsen, a prominent citizen and a mau of splendid physique, but de meuted, is ranging through the weeds aud hills of lower Chester county evading arrest. Twe constables attempted te cap ture him a few days age. Hodgsen, who streugly objected te being placed iu au asylum, sought rofuge iu a house, and getting behind a piano drew a huge knife and bid the officers "te come ou ifthcy wanted their hearts cut out." The officers were afraid te advance, and the madman chased them with the kuife iu his hand. The efficeis only escaped with their lives by miles of hard running. THE JUIN5TKKL3. The Arcli Streti Company's llere. Apnearauce Last evening ene of the best minstrel troupes we have had for seme time ap peared iu the opera hoube before a small audience. Although tliu party is uet as as large as many it is quite strong, and is composed of members of the Arch street opere house company with a few additions. A party of men with with wealth .started a ininstiel troupe at this house early in the spring. Aiter bciug open for several mouths business became bad aud the back ers closedthe house without paying sal aries. Billv Courtright, D. II. Hawins, Jehnsen & Powers and some vocalists com promised with the backers, and after se curing what they could of their salaries, started ler San Francisce te join Emersen. The ether members of the show refused te compromise and brought suit. They then organized thir, party, adding Lew Sim Sim me is and Charley Reyuelds, aud took the read. Fifti'Ci m::n were seen iu the first part last evening with Simmons and Harry Armstrong ou the ends. Their songs were geed, but the jokes ancient. The features of this p.;rt were the singiug of a streug quartette and the excellent music of Henry Waunainaeher's orchestra ; Charlie Reynolds opened the first part with an exhibition of his very funny tricks, aud Carrell aud Kear Kear ney followed in very clever acreeatic songs aud dances. Tw sketches were very geed and se was Luw Simmons m his specialties. Haley, Baieue aud Riuehart played upon instruments of all kinds, giv iug wonderful imitations. Their act was the best of the cveuiug. Siindiiy school Union Meeting. A union meeting of the Sunday school worker, called by the ministerial associ asseci associ tien, met last evening iu lhe rooms of Y. M. C. A., and the following schools were represented : St. Jehn's Lutheran, St Paul's Reform ed, Second Evangelical, Moravian, Union Bethel, Presbyterian. Olivet Baptist. After careful consideration the meeting organized by the choice of Mr. Charles Deuues for president, and Mr. M. Frayue, secretary. Rev. S. Stall, from ministe rial association, stated the object for which the meeting had beeu called, after which it was resolved te establish a weekly union meeting for the study of the lessen. The time and place could net be determined satisfactorily, and it being desirable te secure a full attendance of teachers, it was referred te a cemmittee who will report at next meeting. A pre liminary meeting for the study of the lessen wi'I be held en Friday next, ICth, iu the Y. M. C. A., rooms at 7:"A) p. m , the time for study net te exceed ene hour, which rule is te be strictly observed. Mr. Frayue, pastor, of the Olivet Baptist church, will lead the meeting. Teachers arc expected te briug their Bibles. Char&ed with Adultery. Wm. Bosten, colored, made cemnlaint this morning before Alderman McConeray, charging his wife, Harriet Bosten, with adultery witli a number of men. Mrs. Bosten was arrested and committed for a a hearing. She was very irate when arrested, and premised te uiakn things lively for William when the hearing comes off te morrow. Jeseph Hinder made a similar complaint last evening against his wife, Sarah Hin der, and she was committed for a hearing befere Alderman McCouemy, en Thurs day. A Runaway. Thi3 meruing about 9 o'clock Mr. Brim mer, the pretzel baker, North Queen street, left his herse and wagon standing in front of Fisher's saloon, corner of North Prince and Fiederick streets, while he went iuside te attend te business. The herse took fright and ran with the wagon te which he was attached, up Prince te James, along James te Mulberry, and down Mulberry te West King street, where he was captured. He ran nearly a mile, but ucitherinjured himself nor the wagon, and maLagcd te steer clear of a number of ether teams during his run. Death of a Venerable Irishman. Charles Gallacher, a well known son of the Emerald Isle, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Thes. Smith, in Eden township, en Sunday morning, at the geed old age of 80. He was well known ever the county, and for four years had lived in Columbia, where his wife died a year age, after which he moved te Mr. Smith's, where he has lived since. f -4
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