- irrTT?rrfi' )l-'aTrTriT'ir:l'aTfJ-T?rmifnVniMJiTr ,11 I l LANCASTER BAILY DTELLiaENCER WEDNESDAY APRIL 11 iS3. ....ft-.," TT itancaster intelligent;. WEDNESDAY BVBNINO.APB11' . 1883 A Rude Reformer. A remarkable letter is puuicu w , Mr Philip C. Garrett te Speaker Faunce. Mr. Garrett is of the Commit tee of One Hundred and lately received an appointment from Governer Pattison upon the beard of public charities, being cenDrmed, after some hesitation, by the Senate. Mr. Garrett, having get. through with the election work of the last campaign, and being, perhaps, in net the most beatific state of mind ever the results of his labors therein, brought te the accomplishment of his duties as member of the beard of public charities a mind savagely ilisnnsed te UDroet things : of course far Hi a nnhiip benefit. r . V w ".. .Sir. trill- rett being of the One Hundred can have !.: .!. : t.nf. for the mibllC no aspiraueu umu ,.. .! benefit l.-.t- n..illr no ft UlitLlCl Ul . . - i,. -knnITTiinlrlll tllft I Of MM.awA tmr nT I.IIM 111 CIUUUUwui ..- . ...-t ' -fhh method of reaching his beneficent aim is open te question. Quite possibly the beard of which he finds himself a member is net as efficient :.s it might be ; few beards are. Possibly a beard of public charities composed of Mr. Garrett alone would de the work a great deal better. We are hardly permitted te think, from the tone of Mr. Garrett's letter te Speaker Fauncc, that he at least has any doubt that if Garrett had imperial control the fame of Pennsylvania's charities would seen shine the world ever with burning bril liancy. , , . Mr. Garrett assures the bpeaker that just as seen as he received his appoint ment te the beard he " set te work te leain its ins and outs ;" which was a very proper thing te de. And he "seen satisfied himself that the general agent and secretary was tee old and incompetent, and should be n- ,i..,i hv a veungcr and mere systematic and vigorous man ,.erninlv it was very creditable ;" and te Mr. Garrett's quicknessef apprehension that he se seen discovered what his associates de net seem yet te have learned ; for he did net succeed in removing the genera a?ent aud secretary ; although he tried te de it in an indirect way by moving that he be required te live at Harris burg, " knowing that Dr. Luther had said that he would resign if this were done.'' We greatly fear that Mr. Garrett, in thus beating about the bush te indirect ly remove an officer whom he believed te be incompetent, has cast a serious reflec tion upon the One Hundred, for which that immaculate body of straight forward hew-to-the-linereferiners should discipline him. But then it seems that Mr. Garrett's second discovery was that some of the members of the beard " were inattentive te their duties," and that he " caused a resolution te be passed looking te their resignation and removal." In view of Mr. Garrett's boldness in taking these bulls by the horns and advancing by the shortest cut te the reform he desired, perchance his fellows or the One Hun dred will forgive him for his sidelong movement towards the removal of the secretary. ' With an incompetent general agent and inattentive members the natural expectation would be that the through going Garrett would be greatly dissatis fied with the results of the labors of the beard. But it is net se ; which is all the mere surprising since he declares that the Legislature has crippled the beard in its work by cutting down its originally tee small appropriation. Despite these serious drawbacks te its usefulness Mr. Garrett declares " that this beard has done and is doing an amount of geed that many of your members little imagine." If this be se, the Legislature will probably take its time te consider whether an agency which has accomplished such an unimagined amount of geed is one te be rudely interfered with. It is well known that the work of the beard of directors, whatever its value, is that of its veteran general agent and secretary, Dr. I filler Luther, of our neighboring city el' Read ing, a gentleman old in years, it is true, but therefore ripe in experience and certainly possessing a degrees of bodily and mental vigor which shows none of the impairing signs of age. Excepting a slight deafness, Dr. Luther is in the perfect possession of all his faculties, and is as fully competent, te the discharge of his duties as ever. It may be that another man could de them better ; yet if it be true that results of great and little imagined value have come from Dr. Luther's conduct of the work of the beard of public eharities, it would seem that abetter general agent would be found with difficulty. Mr. Garrett may be such a man, out we doubt it. He may be superior te Dr. Luther in energy and action ; but we find geed reason in his letter te distrust his geed sense, his tact and his polite ness. Mr. Garrett does net show any aptitude at reaching properly his aim. He should net have addressed his in dictment of the beard te the speaker of the Heuse. The governor of the state was the proper party te listen te his complaint. The conspicuous bad taste exhibited by Mr. Garrett in his publication is net atoned for by the conspicuous value of its recommendations. His own words contradict his words of denunciation of the secretary and the members ; and the recommendation he makes that tiie sec retary be compelled te reside in Harris burg and be there as much as possible dur ing the session of the Legislature, seems te be silly, in view of the duty of ;he secretary or general agent of the beard te visit all the prisons and asylums in the state as often as possible. Surely he is thus doing mere geed than in dancing attendance en the Legislature, or in sit ting in his office in the capitol. Mr. Garrett may be the Solen in judg ment which he seems te think himself, and may be right in assuring the Legis lature that it could net " de a mere im statesmanlike thing than either te abol ish the beard or refuse them the trifling appropriation asked for of $S,000 per annum ;" but the next time he seeks te impress the Legislature with bis states manship and wisdom, he had better sit down and determine what lie wants te say ; and then hire a geed scribe te write it out for bim,se that he may show a fair degree of consistency, at least, if he can not exhibit a great deal of sense. A Salutary Ventilation. Nothing is mere praiseworthy than a sincere effort te enforce the laws, cspe cially these relating te social order ; and even when the motive of these seeKiug this end is a selflsh one, the public may be benefited by the accomplishment of their purpose. Seme of the local hotel keepers and owners of property enjoying tavern licenses have associated them selves te suppress offenses against the liquor laws and te prevent persons from getting licenses who have net the accom modations for entertaining travelers which the law contemplates in granting tavern licenses. They simply re assert what the public have conspicuously geed reason te believe is true, in the declara- .,, fw .. fl-.rmnt violations wuu wui.w um .iw ........ the letter and spirit of the existing laws in this city, first, in the sale of liquors by persons without any license ; secondly, in the sale of spirit uous liquors and foreign wines at places licensed only te sell malt liquors and do mestic wines, and thirdly in the grant ing of hotel licenses te persons who have net the accommodations for entertaining travelers and who make no pretense of doing it. In turn the parties who feel themselves comprehended in these com plaints allege that some of the hotel pro prietors notoriously violate the liquor law in selling te miners and selling en Sunday, and in case of specific prosecu tions or obstructions te the grant of licenses a war of retaliation is threat ened, which will greatly reduce the number of licensed taverns. Where such results are anticipated from a dis position en both sides te simply invoke ttie enforcement of the existing laws it is te be doubted whether the stone threw ing will begin. But a ventilation of the whole subject, en the practical side of il, just in advance of the April term for granting licenses, and the influence of bJthfiides te the contreveisy jealously watching each ether, cannot fail te be salutary. It is pleasant te observe that the re publican members of the Legislature are warm in their denunciations of un fair apportionment. We sincerely trust they will succeed in preventing any such from being made, and we lencw Hie warning often given in these column", te peliticisl friends in power that no perina nent gced can come te the Pennsylvania Democracy from any attempt te take mere or give less than the demand of their last state platform for an ' honest, just and true apportionment." 1 1 is sat factory, tee, that 1ies and Landis and ether Republican leaders are opposed te cerrvmanders. because in that there is premise of getting a new apportionment of some kind, for none proposed or te be conceived of can be as unfair and dis honest as the existing one. It will net de, however, for Republicans, as they did in the Heuse yesterdaynn estimating the relative rights, of representation, te compare one county with another, re gardless of the constitutional direc tion that cities containing a population equal te a ratio shall elect separately its proportion of the representatives allotted te the county in which it is located. Thus it happens that Harrisburg will only get one member and Reading t we, and the total- representation of Berks with six members will be somewhat larger than three for Dauphin county ; but -outside the cities, made separate districts by the constitution, there will be little difference in the ratio of representa tien. In view of the fact that sonic el the scalers of weights and measures de net seem te have heard the news, the governor will send out notifications that the net abolishing their office has become a law, aud informing them that if they persist in collecting fees and performing the func tions of the offices that they will bu liable te prosecution. Why net, at one fell sweep, remove the whole of them '.' Mi:. Philip C. Gaiuiet, the new mem ber of the beard of charities, informs the legislature that the present old and iiit'.om iiit'.em petent agent and general secretary of the beard, Dr. Dillcr Luiher, should be suc ceeded by a younger, mere systematic aud vigorous man ; and that the inatte.ntivc and useless members of the beard should make way for better men. A Pauis correspondent says " the expression, 'Paris fashions,' is a fraud, a delusion aud a snare. The modem P.ivi sau, male and female, has ceased te be a model dresser in any sense of the wert). The milliners aud medistes of the ether great capitals still, of course, keep up the traditional phrase, ' Paris fashions' but it is simply a fiction. The Paris belle re ceives from beyond the frontier net only the raw material for her costume, but the idea of its construction aud the get up of her nppearancs. As for the masculine portion of geed society, I heard the ether day a yeuug fellow exclaim, ' I don't caie a bit about looking like a feel, provided they take me for au Englishman." ' In view of Henry Ward Beeckcr's pre sence in this city aud lecture in the opera heuse this evening, it is interesting te note that at the meeting of the congrega tional union in Brooklyn last evening a resolution was offered regretting his with drawal from it and requesting his return. Dr. Hcnsen opposed it and Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher thought the resolution was unnecessary, until his brother ex pressed seme intention of coming bad;, nothing should be done. It was passed, nevertheless, without any opposing vote. In her husband's absenca Mrs. Beecher informed a reporter that Mr. Beecher had withdrawn from the association in the interests of harmony, believing himself te be the only obstacle te unity in the body, but it appeared that be was incorrect in his supposition. She could net tell what he would de, but believed the news of the resolutions would be a surprise te him. King Kalakatja's standing army num bers forty-nine soldiers, drummers and all. A MAD MAN. A KBL.L1ST ITIKKU IN A KAGK. Killing ills Wire Tnreugn a Boer A Futile Attempt te Kucapo-Ue Will Ilave te Answer Fer XVUe Murder. Mis. Rebecca Bruggy, S3 years of age, who was shot in the right b: cast by her husband, Franklin M. Bruggy, at their residence, Ne. 343 West Forty-third street, New Yerk, died yesterday at Roos Reos Roes velt hospital, where she was removed in an ambulance immediately after the shoot sheet ing. Brugsy was arrested and locked up in the 47th street station heuse. The prisoner who was a widower at the time, married the deceased less than a year age. She was ihen a Miss Reed, and was considered by her friends and acquaintances a woman of beauty and attractive manner. Since their marriage the husband has acted very strangely and becarae abnormally jealous el his wife, se much se that he constantly upbraided for fancied)deralictiens. A great deal of the husband's hallucinations in this regard are ascribed te asomewhat tee free indulgence- in stimulants, aud when he was arrested aud brought te the station heuse for sheeting hi? wife he showed evident signs of having drunk heavily. It seems that Brusgy came home, found his wife in bed aud abused her first there for aad then quarrelled with her en ether scores. She tried te pacify him without avail. He picked up his revolver, which was lying en the mautelpicce, and pointed it at her. Mrs. Bruggy jumped from the bed and ran from the room, shutting the deer between her and her maniac husband. He fired through the deer and the ball entered her right breast, inflicting a deathly wound. The neise of the shoot sheet ing aud the screams of Mrs. Bruggy alarmed the neighborhood. Jeseph Reed, a brother of the injured woman, who was ia an adjoining apartment, came as quickly as possible te the assistance of his sister. The policeman en pe'st in the neighbor hoc J was called in and he arrested Bruggy. An ambulance was summoned and the dying woman taken te the Roosevelt hospital. The revolver, of the Smith & Wessen pattern, carrying a thirty-eight calabrc cartridge, waB found en the lloer, with one chamber empty and one of the cartridges nicked, as if the trigger had been pulled twice, but had missed fire. T11K AITOKTIONMENT. Wliy Some Discrepancies lurlst. In the Legislature yesterday the IIou&e bill dividing the state iute senatorial and legislative districts was attacked by Mr. Niles (Republican), as being unconstitu tional in at least six particulars, and ns being unfair. He cited the case (among ethers) of Northumberland county, which, with .13,000 people, was given threo Demo cratic representatives just as many as Re publican Danphiu with 70,000. Berks was given six members, when there was a de ficiency of nearly 0,000 votes te entitle her te se many. Allegheny City, which had S0,000 population, was entitled te three members aud get but two. The Second district of Philadelphia, with 23,000, was entitled !. but ene member, but had becu attached te a few of the precincts of the Twenty sixth ward in order te get another member, while the Seventh ward, which was Republican with 31.0S7, was given but one. Te turn up the scnatorialsituatien,ho said that the bill, instead of giving twenty seven Republicans aad twonty-three Dcmeera's (as the Democrats alleged), would result in Twenty-five Republicans te twcnty-live Democrats, with the strong probabilities that the Democrats would obtain the additional senators. Messis. Ammennan, McNamara and Furth replied at length, defending the Democratic apportionment as eminently fair and just, and pointing te the existing apportionment as utterly disgraceful. The Democrats held that Philadelphia was entitled te 39 members of the Heuse, and bed actually allowed 24 of these te the Re publicans and asked but 15 for themselves. The incongruities of the. last apportion ment, as made by the Republicans, were dwelt upon at length. Mr Ammcrman, en behalf of the Democ rats, explained as te Daupuiu, that Har risbuig was entitled te one member and the rest of the county te two. It was true that Berks had beeu ailewed six, but of these two belong te the city of Reading. As te Northumberland, there were four different returns of the population under the census, viz.: 53,000, 5S.000, 07,000 and 70,000. mm: l'AimiKKS. Crep JCenurtK et the Agrlcnlturul Depart ment. The department of agriculture reports the condition of the winter grain crop en the 1st of April ever its entire breadth. In Michigan aud ether northern territory, wiieat was still covered with snow. Iu the Ohie Valley winter protection had beeu partial for a terra, lecalty varying fiem three te ten weeks, after which less from freezing was quite general. The avcrage depreciation is greater iu the upper part el" the Ohie Valley and in Kansas than elsewhere. East of the Alle ghenics the condition is geed ia the north ern belt, declining slightly in lower lati tudes. It is net up te the average in any part of the Seuth. The average for the crop is 80. Last April it wat 104 ; iu 1831, 85. The most observing reporters have examined the roots, and in. many cares found them healthy, while the plants are brown, Thore is geed reaseu for believing that the real condition of wheat is, thcrcfore, less unpromising than it seems. The averages of condition in the states of large production are : New Yerk, 101 ; Pennsylvania, 05 ; Ohie, 70 ; Kentucky, 80 ; Iudiaua, 75 ; Michigan, 93 ; Illinois, SO ; Missouri, 83 ; Kansas'. 70 ; California, 02. The acreage of wiuter wheat varies litllj from last year's breadth. The returns indicate an incrcase of oue per cent. Illi nois returns two per cent, increase ; Ohie, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri oue per ceut. decrease ; California teu per cent, increase A slight decrease appears in the gulf states. The returns of the quantity of seed used per acre indicate a tendency te thiu seed ing. Ten years age about six pecks per aero were used ; new less than iive and a half in the winter wheat region The in creasing use of the drill admits of this economy. The acreage el winter rye is 99 per cent, of last j ear's breadth. Avorage condition, 91 lire.sliaei for I'rctildent. N. "i . mhiiY. Washington Correspondent. Arthur is net a candidate for the nomi nation in 183 1. Blaine is a standing as pinv.it for Hint impossible distinction. Legan feels sure of the prize. Edmunds waits for the honor te come te Vermont. Sherman is a! ways hopeful that his pre ferment is near at hacd. Conkling is out of politics. (4 font is laid ou the shelf, and the third tcim is buried out of sight. There is no presidential timber iu Rebert Lincoln, who inherits the characteristics of his mother and none of the striking qualities of his father. Allisen is a trim mer who will be completely overshadowed when James S. Wilsen takes his seat as senator next December. They were both stained iu the Credit Mebilier "jobbery. But of these and ether candidates who have been proposed, no ene inspires confi dence in the ability te achieve success. This is the strong point with Gresham's friends, who insist that the infusion of new bleed is indispensable te save the life fcf the party, and that he, above all ethers, has the elements of real ferce and of popu larity te make a vigorous campaign. And it is alleged he would be acceptable te the Cenkliug and Blaiue factions in preference te any ether candidate yet suggested for the nomination, PERSONAL.. Seth Green's present illness is the first of his life. Senatek Sherman, who has returned te Washington from Ohie, said te a re porter : " I am net a candidate, never have been and could net accept the guber. naterial nomination under any circum stances. It is out of .the question." L. Jeseph Shere, esq., of Littlestown, Adams county, a prominent Democrat and president of the Littlestown bank, was in Lancaster yesterday visiting friends. He stepped at Ranter's Grape hotel and left for his home this morning. Senater Legan, it is stated, is the latest Stalwart who has bcen aggrieved by President Arthur and has joined the ether leaders of the party in giving the executive the benefit of his absence from the White Heuse. They are huffed at Bill Chan dler's influence there. r" Dn. McCesu, of the college of New Jersey, has been asked te deliver the lec tures of the Lyman Beecher course before the Yale theological students, in place of the Rey. Henry M. Sterrs, who has been obliged te give up his engagement owing te ill health. Skedet,eff once told an Irish lady that he was iu sympathy neither with English Constitutionalism nor American Democ racy, but " he admired the quiet daring of the Americans, and loved in them their reverence for women, lie thought the old American lady a mere agreeable being te contemplate than the young." Hayes has written a letter expressing his regret at his inability t) be present at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, te be held next month." Letters have been received from .Generals Grant, Han cock and Scliurz expressing a purpose te be present. Admiral Perter, who was in invited te respond for the navy at the banquet, has declined en account of bad health. General Sherman has premised te be present, and.will respond for the army. ANTneNY Troi.lepe, for many years of his life, wrote from five in the morning until nine, when his day's work was done and he was ready for amusement. At this time, whether at home or in society, he invariably said geed night and wen!; te bed at 9 e clock. After he became a gen oral diner-out, naturally this was encroach cd upon, but still the novelist made his day's work come in between the early cup of eoffee and the ordinary breakfast hour. Dnicea In Uulontewn. Dukes is in Uniontown and the popular indignation has cooled down sufficiently te allow him te .walk along the streets without being molested. lie has remained with his mother in the country until he deemed it safe te venture forth, fle came en horseback and put up at his old room at the Jennings house. In the afternoon lie went up about the court hense and talked with his counsel and with his polit ical adviser, Prothenotary T. B. Searight, after which he went back te his room. In this trip he had te pass along he greater length of the town and it was curious te note hew he- was regarded. Most people seemed te shudder and turn away from the sight of him. Nothing is known of his intentions. The wife and daughters of the hotel proprietor are worried sick ever his presence. A Wise J.OKislature. rniliKlclnliia Recerd. In nearly a huudrcd days that have been consumed by the Legislature of Pennsyl vania twelve bills only have been passed and five of them beeu veteed by the gev erner. This record is highly creditable te the Legislature In passing se few bills and in sustaining the well-considered vetoes of the governor the Legislature gives proof of geed sense aud discrimination. Iu less thau the same space of time many a former Legislature has passed huudreds ofcrude laws for inflicting all kinds ei iniquities and jobs en the people of the ee in in nnwcalth. I.ate SUOtYH. The Quebec Central railroad will he re opened for traffic te-day the snow and ice having been at last removed fiem its track. A snow storm prevailed yesterday through out the Northwestern states, six inches falling at Duluth and three inches at St. Paul. At Minneapolis street car travel was suspended for "the first time this winter," and the railroad trains were be hind time. The reef of the roller skat ing rink was crushed in by the weight of snow. NEIGHBORHOOD NKlVS. Events Near and Acress the County Lines. Charles Fell & Sens of Kirk's Mills. Lancaster county, will impreve and en- large their canning establishment in order te admit of the transaction of busU ucss en a larger scale. Jeseph Hastings, of Colerain, brought a lead of live hogs te Oxford, te ship te market, aud three of them were suffocated while en the read. The congregation of Little Britain Pres byterian church, raised $200 last Sunday te forward the completion of a new chapel it is erecting and has under its charge near Pleasant Greve. Jehn Mast is living at Drysville, Berks county, a hale, hearty man, in the 97th year of his age," his mind as clear as ever. A Reading railroad conductor named Buchtcr had his left leg cut off while shifting cars. He was taken te his home at Lebanon. Sephia Wartman, a girl of nineteen summers, attempted te end her life at the residence of her sister, Ne. 531 Owen street, Philadelphia, by sheeting herself. She charges her betrayal upon Jehn Hitchcock, jr., in whose father's family she lived for ten years and who turned her off when they discovered the relations between her and the young man. Mrs. Charles Cellins, of Spruce Greve, Lancaster county, has about completed a handsome memorial quilt, the patches composed of about a dozen pieces each, tastefully arranged in the form of a fold ing fan. The pieces are silk and satin, the contributions of relatives and fronds, some of which are parts of dresses worn nearly two centuries age, and uetwith standing the lapse of half a dozen genera tions they rival in beauty of design and texture of fabric the most skillful haudi work of the present day. Mrs. Cellins takes quite a delight iu making elaberate quilts, having completed several of them, eue of which contained several thousand pieces. lir. lleyd's Funeral. The funeral of Dr. J. O. Boyd took place at St. Mary's church this morning at 9 o'clock and was very largely attended . The remains, in a very handsome burial casket, and covered with beautiful cut flowers, were placed en a catafalque in front of the offer where they were expesed te the view of hundreds of sorrowing friends. Solemn requiem mass was cele brated by Rev. Dr. JlcCullagh, who also delivered the eulegium. At the close of the services the remains were taken te St. Mary's cemetery for interment. Drs. M. L. Herr. S. T. Davis, S. B. Foreman and II. E. Westhaeffer were the pall bearers. Driving Accident. Hjnry Smith, veterinary surgeon, while driving with a friend this morning met with quite a scrieuf accident. The horse they were driving became scared at the steam escaping from the wastepipe at one of the cotton factories in Seuth Prince street and attempted te run off. On be ing steppod he commenced kicking, kicked iu the dasher and struck Dr. Smith en the shin, inflicting a severe wound, but break. ing no bones. He was taken for treatment I te Dr. TJrban's drag store, and thenee te ' his home. PEESBYTERY. SEMI ANNUAL SESSION IN LGBANOX. Election et Delegates te General Synod Temperance Memerial Death el Prominent Presbyterians jritiy Noticed. The presbytery of Westminster met in Christ's Church, Lebanon, Monday even ing, May 9, at 7 j o'clock. TheBervices opened with a sermon by the moderator, Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, D. D., who was as. sisted in the devotional exercises by Revs. Hume and Gay lord. After the sermon the presbytery was constituted, and Rev. R. L. Clark was elected moderator and Rev. J. C. Heme and Elder W. B. Paxson tem porary clerks. After hearing the report of the committee of arrangements, presby terv adieurned until Tuesdav mernincr. Tuesday Morning Session. V5 Presbytery met at 9 o'clock and spent the first half hour ia devotional exercises. Mr. Jehn Muier.a candidate for the gospel ministry, was examined in arts and sciences. The moderator announced the committees en sessienal records, and standing com mittees of presbytery. The following persons were elected commissioners te the next general assembly : Ministers : Rev. Jas. Y. Mitchell, D.D., Rev. W. L. Ledwith, principals ; Rev. H. E. Niles, D. D., Rev. S. A. Martin, alter nates. Elders : J. A. C. Gailey, W. R. Gal breath, principals ; Judge Valentine Trout, ' Jehn N. Legan, alternates. It was announced that the name of Christ chapel had been changed te that of Christ church. The eldeia reported the payment of their pastor's salaries, and a very general health ful financial condition of the churches. The free conversation en the state of religion in the churches showed large ac cessions te the different ehurehes and Sabbath schools ; and a greater liberality towards the beards of the church than ever before. Revs. Dr. Mitchell, Gamble and Elder Patterson were appointed a committee en the Stewartstown church. Revs. Drs. Stewart, Niles and Elder Legan were appointed a committee te draft resolutions en the death of Elder David E. Small. Revs. H. E- Niles, D. D., and G. Yf. Eby and Elder D. H. Bartholemew, wc appointed a committee en the death ei' Rpv. Dr. Bewer, of Lincoln university. The overture from the syucd of Penn sylvania, making the synod a delegated body, was answered in the affirmative. Mr. Herace Breck invited presbytery te an excursion te Cornwall, he having pro vided for all a special car. The invitation wa3 accepted, and the time for the excur sien fixed for Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Three candidates presented themselves for examinations preparatory te licensure ; Messrs. Jehu A. Muir, Robt. P. Boyd and Lewis F. Brown. (Mr.Brewn is a member of the Lancaster Presbyterian church.) The written trial parts were referred te the following committees ; Latin Exegis, Rev. W. B. Browne ; Critical Exercise, Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, D. D.; Popular Lac -ture, Rev. G. W. Ely. Tenipentuue Memerial. The oral examination en theology was sustained, after which the examinations were suspended, te take up the order of the day, viz : After a discussion of the question, " Hew cau the church best pro mote the cause of temperance," the fol lowing paper was adopted : t " Te (he Honorable the Senate umKlevse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: "The presbytery of Westminster re spectfully represent that the temperance reform has been declared by a distinguish ed English statesman the foundation of all reforms ' that the great majority of the best Christians and philanthropists iu the world are deeply interested in the progress, believing that the fate of nations and the welfare of humanity are directly connected with it ; therefore, we join with the thousands of our fellow citizens in this state and earnestly pray your honorable bodies te submit te the electors the pro posed amendment te the constitution pre hibiting the manufacture, sale, or keeping for sale of any intoxicating liquors te be used as a beverage, "Resolved, That two copies of the abeve be prepared and signed by the moderator aud stated clerk aud be forwarded, ene te each branch of our Legislature, with the request that they be read before the re spective bodies." Jn Memery of Mr. Small. The cemmittee en resolution teuchiug the death of Elder Small, reported the fol lowing : " Since our last meeting of presbytery, David E. Small, au elder in the church of Yerk, has been called from his work te his reward. Presbytery gratefully records its sense of obligation te Ged for His gift of such a man te the church. Endowed as he was with powers of mind and heart and having by his enterprise, and honest enterprise, acquired a' large portion of this world's substance, he consecrated them all, without reserve, te the cause and ser vice of his Divine Master. His benefac tions were princely, his labors for Christ were ceaseless and untiring, and his death has made a vacancy, in his own church, in the Presbyterian aud in the church at large, which it seems must remain for the present unsupplied. Presbytery records its great sorrow for the less which it has sustained in the death of this beloved elder, .and it extends its sympathies te his deeply afflicted family, te his bereaved pastor, and te the church in which he was se valued an officer. Dr. Bewer's Deatb. The committee en resolutions in relation te the death of Prof. E. R. Bewers, D. D., reported the following : "The presbytery of Wcstminster.having learned of the recent death of Rev. E. R. Bewer, D. D., professor in Lincoln uni versity, desire te express their profound and painful sense of the great less sus tained by that institution, by the presby tery of Chester and by the whole church in this death. We also extend te the faculty and students of that institution, our sympathy in view of the sad boreavc ment they have sustained. Especially de we extend such exnrcssien te the afflicted 'family of our brother, commending them te the covenant care and gracious support et the Ged of all consolation." Evening Meeting. Presbytery took a recess until 7 o'clock p.m. In the ovening a popular meeting was held in the interests of foreign mis sions. Dr. Niles presided and conducted devotional services, and addresses were made by Revs. Ledwith and Gaylerd, after which a paper was adopted, calling for increased interest aud liberality for the cause en the part of all the churches. The candidates for licensure were ex amined in church history, church govern ment and the remaining parts of trial, which being sustained, they were licensed te preach the Gospel. Presbytery then-adjourned te meet at 9 o'cleok Wednesday morning. Ten Thousand Dollars Damage. Wm. F. Knier has entered suit againsw Nathaniel Grabill for the recovery of r, t.it m .. - $10,000 for injuries inflicted upon him by Grabill, who en the 29th- of November, 1831, near Petersburg, this county, shot Knier, destroying the sight of one eye and otherwise crippling and disfiguring bim. It will be remembered by many of our readers that the plaintiff and defendant were at the time of sheeting hunting muskrats, and Grabill mistook Knier, who was making his way through some linel-act 4V... m iMMaWnf frA et. him Ilia I-.u-.utc, nu a uiueuiu Bin. euvru uu., ... life being for a long time despaired of. TUB I.IQDOR BUSlNiUiS llew the Hetel Keepers Will Regulate it. The hotel property owners and keepers ef-Iicensed taverns had another meeting at the Stevens house last evening, the out come of which was the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions : "WnEREAS, Believing that a strict en forcement of the laws governing the sale of spirituous, malt and ether liquors, and the exercise of proper discretion iu the grantingef licenses for hotels and eating houses or restaurants will advance the public morals and be in accordance with the sentiments of the people of Lancaster, we, the hotel keepers and owners of hotel property in this city, de pledge ourselves te make every effort in our power te ac complish these objects. And for that pur pose be it "Jteselced, That we organize for the purpese of carrying out the following objects, viz : 1. Te secure a strict enforce ment of the laws governing the sale of intoxicating liquors. 2. Te oppose in the f Jture the granting of hotel licenses except te persons who have the proper facilities and can comply with the requirements of the law. e Te secure a proper observance of the law by persons licensed te kesp eating houses or restaurants. "Resolved, Tint te secure the forego ing objects we form a permanent organiza tion te ba composed of hotel owners and hetel keepers, and that a committee of five be appointed te draft a cede of rules or laws te govern this association. "Resolved, That as it is necessary te act at once we employ Messrs. Samuel II. Reynolds, B. Frank Eskleiuau and J. Hay Brown as our attorneys and legal ad visers." " Resolved, That each member after sub scribing te the sa resolutions be assessed such sum as may be agreed upon in the rules and regulations te defray present ex penses." "Resolved, That when we adjourn it is te meet at the call of the cemmittee en rules te effect 'a permanent organiza tion." Adjourned. m AN INFANT AHANDDNED And Left Under a Hedge Fonef, Wliete It Is Found. Last evening when the Harrisburg ac commodation east stepped at Dillerville, a woman wearing a red dress and carrying a small bundle was seen te get off. She talked down along the railroad track, turned iute the lane which runs across te the Harrisburg turnpike A little girl, residing in the village, watched her and saw her place the small bundle under Shreiner's hedge fence, which runs along ene side of the lane. The child thought nothing.ef the matter, however, and her suspicions were net' aroused as it was net known what the bundle contained. Just before dark a lady ' named McEvey was walking through the laue When she heard an infant crying at about the plae where the woman was h: ju te step. She in formed Jehn Reach and Patrick Conly of the fact aud they visited the pla?e and found the bundle which contained a male child about three weeks old, which w;3 alive aud in geed health. It had en a long white muslin dress aud flannel unrier clothing. It was taken te tbe residence of Daniel Breunan, iu Dillerville, where it new is. Mr. Brcnnan this morning ledged informa tion of the affair with tbe mayor and the district attorney, but there is no clue as yet te the mysterious woman. It is thought by many that she came from Columbia or Marietta and after Jispesing of the child, walked te the city where she again took a train for home. The child is apparently in geed health, although it passed a rest less night. THE EASTERN MARKET. Meeting ad Organization el Directors. tlin Heard et The beard of directors of the Eastern market held a me3ting yesterday and or ganized by electing Martin Kreider presi dent, Gee. Iv. Reed treasurer, aud A. A. Herr secretary. A building cemmittee was appointed te consist, besides the president, of the fel lowing gentlemen : J. Fred Hener, llebert J. Housten, James B. Fuy aud William E Lant. They will ask for plans aud specifications, with estimate of cost, aud exhibit them te the beard for their ap proval. The buildiug is te ha 90 by 190 feet, with a basement ou Church street. The title adopted by the company is the " Eastern Market Company." James B. Frey, Jehn T. MaeGenigle and Gee. K. Reed were appointed a cemmittee te prepare constitution and by-laws. It was decided te call in the lirst install ment of stock en April 20th and if net paid in 10 days a psnalty of 5 . jr cent will be added. If it. is net paid in ISO days the directors may forfeit it. The meeting adjourned te meet at the call of the president. Valuable Cattle 1'ulituued. Rudelph Gravbill, a farmer, about tnre miles from Annville, Lebanon county, has quite a number of valuable cows and ether thoreughbrrJ cattle. Within twenty four hours Mr. Gray bill le;t six valuable cows, a thoreughbicd bull, a colt aud a calf. Upen investigation Paris green was discovered te have beau mixed with their fecd. The cattle evidently died in great agony. They were considerably swollen after death. Seme were opened and found te have been poisoned. There is no doubt that seme malicious person intentionally mixed the poison with the feed. The less falls vcryeavily en the farmer. A thorough investigation is beiug made. The Circus. Forepaugh's bill pesters yesterday billed the town for the circus. They covered every one thousand feet of beards, and did net finish until after dark last evening. A large number of beards were reserved by Mr. Yecker for opera heuse shows. To day the men went ever the country roule. reule. and are lithographing tbe city. This morning nine raen belonging te the ex cursion department of the show arrived, and are stepping at the City hotel. The press agent is also in town. Ito-epenlng or the Tennis Club. Te-morrow afternoon the lawn tennis club, of this city, will be re-opened for the season of 1883. The grounds are in very geed condition, and there is every prospect of a geed season for tennis playing. In a few weeks the club will join the national lawn tennis association, which will insure a number of match games in this city between our own club and ether clubs of the association. Correction. It was Prof. A. R. Byerly, of the Mil lersville state normal school and net Prof. R. K. Buehr'e, the efficient and popular Lancaster city superintendent, who was voted for by two of the trustees of the Millersviile state normal school for the succession te Dr. Brooks. Coffee Sociable. The Cheral society of Christ Lutheran church will held a coffee sociable in the church en tomorrow evening ; select readings, music and refreshments will be .. . . ""....I.. -the order of the evening. An enjoyable time may be anticipated. Sale of Horses. Samuel ness & Sen, auctioneers, sold at public sale en Tuesday, at Mechanics burg, Lancaster county, for Jacob 8. Feltz, 1G head of Ohie horses at an average price of $202 per head. Be Get. The mayor had one lonely vagrant this morning and he was allowed te rnn with out making any rash premises. THE ARCTICS. TUE VEOPLE, CUSTOMS AND eLIJlATK Archdeacon KlrkbjM Lecture en 111 Mis sionary Weilc Iu the Arctic Re gions Various recullarltles el tli i'oeplo. Yen. Archdeacon Kirkby lectured last evening in Fulton ep2ra heuse te a fair sized and select audience en his " Twenty seven years Missionary "Service ia the Arctic Regions," An abstract of the lect ure is given below : After a few introductory remarks the archdeacon entered en a description of the peculiarities of St. Rupert's laud. His voyage te there 27 years age, bad been full of interest ami incident. The ship bad been surrounded with ice se tightly that it could net move au inch for mouths. Seme of the diversions of the sailors and himself during this imprisonment had been playing football en the ice and kill ing bears. He, however, had left the latter amusement te be enjoyed wholly by the saileis. When they were free from the ice packs and were able te sail further north the archdeacon had ebserved queer little things bobbing up at a distaucv, which proved en nearer approach te be Esquimaux iu their kyacks, or beats, which are irem twelve te fifteen feet in length and are pre pel led by the eceupnnt.s with double bladed paddle.". The vessel was soeu. sin rounded by troupes of these poeplo saying, iu their own language, that they were desirous te trade. They wanted iron ; it. was their great need. They exchanged walrus tusks aud fexskins for knives, scis sors and pieccs of iron hoep3 ; but they no cepted anything else. When the women received these articles they licked them vigorously te show their pleasure and thanks. As an instance of their readiness te exchange am thing for the trinkets the white people gave them, the arch deacon related that the ship surgeon offered twelve needles te one woman in exchange for her little child a year or se old. The efferwas promptly accepted, and the doc tor found himself ene imbered with a veri table " white elephant," which he was glad te return te the mother. Speaking of the babies, the lecturer mentioned that they are always carried upon the backs of their mothers in fur sacks. Refcrring te the agricultural resources of the country along Lake Winnepeg, the speaker said that much grain was raised, and 1 Tge herds of cattle owned, and the country contains about 260,000 Indians. The Selkirk settlement, which was the most important one there, was the Ih.st opencdite the traffic of the pcojle in the upper part of the United States, and the speaker gave this account of it : A Sioux Indian killed and scalped ene of the Crce nation aud es cap:d. The Cree's friends followed the trail of the Sioux until they found the r Htlemcnt of white people in the country far south of them. Articles were ex changed aud a trallic began which has grown into a tr;wle of no small proportions. Rev. Kirkby heie fa id a geed word for the Indians. They ate noble hearted aud generous, an:! when treated honorably will return with like treatment. When the Sioux and the Chippewas had their great struggle they sent messengers te in form the people up in tbe laud wheie Archdeacon Kirkby lived that they would de them no harm, because they had ever Seated them with kindness. In speaking of the avidity with which thn natives re ceive the doctrines of Christianity and their desire te conform te its practices, the speaker said that whenever he get te tbe church iu which he preaehed no matter hew het or cold it may have been, the building was always cnMMed. At Fert Simpsen he spent twelve yean, then he went farther north te the Great Bear lake, where he felt as if he was ou classic ground, for there Sir Jehn Franklin and Dr. Richardson had stepped for a time iu their ill-fated explorations, aud he saw thore the sun dial wiiii 'i Sir Jehn had ercctcd. Then he went up into the Mackenzie river i gien, and later en get within the Aietii: circle, which fact was el pi'cuii.tr interest te mm, since he was the tiiet man who had entered theie iu the capacity of a missionary. The levurend gentleman then gave seme account of the seemingly erratic movements of the sun, which for months never ret, ai d irem which circum stance he was encn puzzled te Knew whether he took day for night or night for day. Here was where he met the Esqui maux. Of these people the archdeacon said they are generally rather good geed looking and of fine physique, and the men invariably wear a profusion of whiskers. The jeung women aie handsome, the old hideous. The lecturer then speke of the Arctic explorations, and gave seme reason why, in his opinion, they have net been as successful as they might be. He thought that if instead of using large sledges ladea with 1,000 pounds of baggage they had ttkeu small ones weigh ing net mere than 100 pjuiuls and hail used snow shoes, the journey they per formed could have Ljen made easier, in fiherter time and without much suffexiug. He did net deem it practicable te reach the uei th pole by means of :erial naviga tion, and, in fact, had no great faith in the existence of an open polar sea himself. The tempcrature of the air where he was ranged from 10 te 00 degrees below zero in the winter and from te te 90 degrees above in the summer, during which time about the greatet treuble they had te contend with were thn mosquites, while another great incen venience was the extreme isolation of the country, during his stay in which he get Ictleis twice a year and newspapers and books ence a car ; that is, if they were no where delayed. Once he sent te England for a suit of clothes and they were four years en the way. Referring te the mis sionary work iu these regions, the speaker said the church sent the first missienaiy there in 1822. There are four dioceses and about l,C0O baptised Indians. Te I'reacti thin ICvenlng. Archdeacon Kirkby will preach en the subject of missions, in St. Jehn's free church, thiB evening. THK KT.KCTKiC L1QUT. .rropealtions Made te the Lamp Coiiiinlttce Last Night, The lamp committee met last evening and organized by electing Harry A. Diller chairman and David Dcen clerk. The agent of the Fuller electric liht company was before the committee and gave them seme information in regard te the C03t of his light. He says that he would put up ene hundred lights and fix everything iu geed running order for $13,000. After that it would cost about $3,000 .a year, but both these figures he claims are high and if there would le any change they would be lower. The city of Dayton, Ohie, which has a population of 30,000, started with GO lights and has increased the num ber te 9G, and the city is well lighted and the citizens are delighted. The company, will put up lights in the cities of Harrisburg and Reading and even tbc little old fashioned town of Lebanon will likely adept the light. All the members of the committee were present except one, and they were very favorably impressed with the agent's pro pre positions. Other members of councils, who have bcen spoken te ou the subject think the preposition a fine one, and they believe that the city will have te have electric light ultimately. $14,000 is the annual appropriation for the miserable lights which new ornament the pests of the town, and last year $2,000 mere than the appropriation was expended,
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