rsasteswarcraCKSSesrs: mmttHBeatBJUttaiPfrinf-jrm LA NCASlEfc DAILY INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY MAY 3 1:, -x? Lancaster Jntelltgencct TrnaniT WCTJINQ. MAY 3, 1883, Tlml te Halt. m,,. mii n transfer the proceeds of tavern liceDses in the counties te the county treasuries, wbicn finds favor in tbe legislature, is a- Reed measure, but this should De a aumcieuu u""""""' state revenues for the present. The preposition te likewise give the counties the tax en moneys at interest will de te held ever for a season, lest it be found that tbe state is surrendering a larger revpnnn ihan it can snare. If the Leg islature does net check its liberality in the way of gifts of the public funds te ether than necessary ob jects of expenditure it will have need of the tax en moneys at interest. It is true that a great many grants of money are made which ought net te be made, such as these given te private in stitutions of all kinds, ffhe state gives a great deal of money ler charitable and beneficent purposes, but does net spend it in the right way. There are peer houses and hospitals in every county which are established te relieve the dis tress of these in ill condition in body and purse. These should be made, one would think, ample in their resources te discharge the duty which the state ewes its people of these classes. Whatever money it lias te spend for charitable in stitutiens and hospital, seemingly should be expended in making these established by the state worthy of the purpose of their creation. Yet there are private hospitals and institutions of charity established in all quarters which appeal te the stale for aid and -get it because of the worthiness of their object. Doubtless they are very geed institutions. Doubtless, tee, they are created because of the ins-ulficieiicy el the county peer-houses and hospitals. But why should these be insufficient? Would net the enjoyment of the menev which the state gives te private inslitu iiniiH enable its public institutions te de the work they are created for and make the ethers unnecessary ? Or does the slate concede that private management of beneficent institutions ia better than public management? A state beard of public charities is in existence which isgiveD supervision ever all charitable institutions, public and private. The very small sum of six thousand dollars, we believe, is all that, is given for the support of this supsi vis ing beard, although the institutions it oversees, hundred in number, enjoy hun dreds of thousands of dollars of the state's money. There is certainly some seme Ihing wrong in the way the treasury is depleted by grants te private institutions e! money for objects which aie supposed te be cared for by our public institu tions; but if this costly and haphazard way of dispensing charity is te be con tinued the state will need ail its reven ues ; for all the counties that de net have private hospitals conducted at pub lie expense will want them. We will call for one at Lancaster, for instance, which is entitled te a luxury of this kimb if any county is, because of its largei it" tarn te the revenues of the state. If the Legislature will pause in its work of lavish expenditure for local a;.d private institutions, te consider the pol icy, or lack of policy, upon which it makes these grants, it cannot fail te conclude that it is net spending this, money In a proper way. It is well known that these many grants aie made, notwithstanding each one by the constitution requires a two thirds vote for its adoption, because the friends of each measure combine te carry through the whole batch. The process is known as leg-rolling. The Philadelphia mem bers say te the Pittsburgh meir.b'rs, "tickle me and I'll tickle you ; feci my lambs and we will feed yours" ; and with this heavy nucleus of votes enough mere are gathered in the outlying counties by similar processes, te make the passage sure of each bill. It is done in the name of humaui'.j ; but nevertheless wrongly done. The state's charity should be equally dis pensed te all its people through its own institutions; and such as are privately established should be remitted for their support te the charitable impulse that created them. The Legislature will probably have an opportunity te recon sider its action. The bills that have been presented te it are generally with out the approval endorsed upon them of the state beard of public charitie.-', which the law requires te be given, but which has net been solicited lest it should be refused, and thus damage the chances of the measure. If the attorney general ad vises the governor that this approval of the beard of charities is essential under the law, we presume the governor will veto tbe bill ; and the generous Legislature may then consider whether it has net been dispensing charity en an altogether wrong principle, and whether private institutions of any kind should get the taxpayers' money te perform that duty which our public institutions aie created te discharge and should be made efficient te execute. Mk. Charles S. Wolfe has been prancing the corridors of the Harrisburg hotels, denouncing the Democratic state administration because, he is teperted as saying, the work of the Independent Republicans " has net received decent recognition from a man who without them never could be governor," by which, he further explains, he means that the governor should have naked " the advice and co operation of the men who set the reform move ment en feet.'.' Mr. Wolfe is net very specific in his complaint, bn' even taking him at his own word, it is net well founded. During thu cam paign he and his colleagues were anxious te proclaim and te have it understood everywhere that they were doing nothing for the Democrats, and that their hatred. te the Democracy was as implacable as their opposition te it would be enduring. They accepted no responsibility for 1'at- tisen'a election, and separated themselves ; quite as distinctly from the Democrats as from the Regular Republicans If it was patronage the Independents wanted which Mr. Wolfe mildly disclaims they nave had their share of it. The govern- or made a Republican his private secre tary, and appointed another recorder in Philadelphia; his successor and ap pointee in the controller's office made the general secretary of the Independent Republican state committee nts chiei auditor, and the governor's secretary of state made the western secretary of the. same committee his deputy. As te "ad- vice ana ce-upeijtuuu, ukbuvciuui net specially sought that from any set of politicians. He has depended largely en his own judgment and submitted te pep ular approval or condemnation of his acts. If the counsel of the Independents has net been invited, neither has that of his own party leaders ; Senators Stewart and Lee have, it is generally understood, had quite as open deer te the executive chamber as Senators Wallace and Coxe, and if Mr. Wolfe will offer his " advice and co operation' it will no doubt be politely received and given due consid eration. If he waits for a special invi tation he will keep en waiting and growl ing. By the breaking of a car wheel en a coal oil train, en the Lehigh & Susque hanna railroad in this state, yesterday morning, the explosion of eight tanks of oil was caused, a great fire ensued and greater dangers were only averted by the prompt arrrival and strenuous efforts of firemen and their machinery. Prem all accounts the damage and the danger were tenfold these occasioned by the re ported bursting of an oil pipe line at Leavittsburg, Ohie, some weeks age if, indeed, any such accident ec curred at all, which is disputed. That incident was eagerly seized upon by the newspapers opposed te free pipe lines as an argument against them. It was notably paraded in the editorial columns of the Examiner and JVcie Era, of this city, te demonstrate the force of their opposition te free pipe lines. Xew that the much stronger arguments against carrying oil by railroad are se widely illustrated by a well-verified ec currence, near home, win they in the light of this blazing railroad accident admit that the safer way te transport oil is in underground pipes ? - The Heuse having agreed te divert a million dollars of liquor license tax from an overflowing state treasury into the county treasuries may well pause and consider before it votes te reduce the state revenues any further. But since the sinking fund shows an immense sur plus constantly en hand why net legis late te tak3 from it and put into the general fund? It seems that there is a steady Hew of money, from' fixed and unfailing sources, into the sinking fund ; thattherearene bends redeemable and that beyond the constitutional redemp tien of state leans there is a great sur" plus of money which might for a time, at least, be turned into the general fund and theburthen of taxation be lightened. Many years age the fares of " llex and Cox " was very popular. The author e it is new a charity patient in phia asylum. a Philadel. Te what base uses may we come at Inst ! A great grandson of Jehn Quiucy Adams and a son of August Belmont, fxeshrnen at Harvard, ambitious te serve as sures en a theatre stage in Bosten, were igno igne igno minieusly ruled out for tmdersize. A sm.viit Philadelpliian iu rummaging ever the elrt ledgers of the treasury de pirtmcnt has discovered that Washing ten's account with the government was nsver closed and that there is an unsettled balance against G. W.'of 101,339. This is tee bad. Tiioreu such honors arc invariably be stowed upon the governor of Massachu setts f.r ojjicie, the Harvard college tiustees are much averse te giving Butler the de gree et LL. D. at the approaching com mcticcment. They might compromise en D, D., as the " semi lunar fardels" have come te have very doubtful meaning Sir.Xb multiply that the Republican. at Harrisburg want te prevent any appor tionment by proposing only an outragceir. partisan gerrymander ; and as these indi cations strengthen se de the assurances that the governor will insist, by extra session if necessaiy, that the coustitutieual mandate for an apportionment shall be obeyed Jehn H. Landis, who will dream for Blaine until the long halt comes, has made a canvass of the presidential preferences of tin? Heuse with this result : Blaine, 43 ; Edmunds, 21 ; Lincoln, 3 ; Grant, 2 ; Sherman, 1 ; W. D. Kelly, 1 ; Blaine or Edmunds, 1 ; Blaiue or Lincoln, 1 ; Har rison or Edmunds, 1 ; undecided, 10 ; absent, 4. Tin: selection by President Aithur of the familiar hut significant names " Bos Bes Bos eon," "Chicago" aud " Atlanta :" for the new raeu of-war is a sensible reaction against Mich nomenclature as the "Mesh alu," the "Naumkeag," the "Sbokekuii," the "Squande," the "Umpqua" aud the "Waxsay." Besides thu president grid fully houeicd thiee gicat sections of the country. n ml; s'jitcns an asperities lias pass ed into a proverb, and a striking illustra tien of it wUlessur at Niagara Falls ou May 23, when the survivor of the Twenty eighth regiment, New Yerk volunteer , will meet and entertain as their guesta tin; survivors of the Fifth Regiment of Vir ginia volunteers. Tha List meeting f these orgauizttiens was lats in the after neon of August 9, 1860, in the bloody con flict at Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Mns. Hakhiet BuEcnER Stewe, ea hrr way home from Flerida, expresses the opinion that the Seuth will in the next ten years make rapid progress iu all internal developments looking te the gradual build ing up of places new lyiug idle for want of energy and capital. A better class of im migrants will seen seek the fertile fields of the Seuth, and it is only a question of time before it will he swarming with manufactures and industrial pursuits equal te Manchester and Lyens. There are some signs of a healthy re aetien in popular sentiment in Kentucky in the case of "Phil" Thompson, who has been indicted for tbe cowardly murder of Walter B. Davis. A sentiment ia growing that the act was awafirinatien, The witness from whom Thompson learned the story of his wife's dishonor and bis own shame is reported te have had rea sons in her own experience for wishing te involve the Davis and Thompson families in tieuble, and as the suspicion grows that Thompson made a mistake the feeling strengthens that men prone te such mis takes should net run at large. The Philadelphia Recerd, almost alone among our contemporaries, emphasizes the point originally made by the Iktelligen CF.n that theso who demanded the Legisla ture should refuse a seat te Dukes ought, in consistency, te demand the exclusion of Thompson, the Kentucky homicide, from CeDgrcss. The Recerd says truly that "Thempsuu cannot plead self defense as Dukes -Jiil, for Davis when killed was running away. If net in danger of being killed, Dukes was in danger of great bodily haim." And yet we have the first news paper te see that advocated " a wreneh of parliamentary law " iu the Dukes case which new proposes te apply the principle te Thompson's. Tun Philadelphia Ledger thinks it a carious case of " moral strabismus " that of James Carey, the informer, who be bo be lenged te a murderous secret society, plotted with his fellow members te com mit murder, and then, when in danger, betrayed them, but whose Sabbatarian scruples prevented him from attending meetings of the society en -Suuday ! And yet such cases as this are net all rare in criminal annals. lias the Ledger never heard of the brutal Philadelphia murderer who killed the child victim of his lust, but who refused te take advantage of an ap peal te the supreme court, because te de se he would have had te Bvear it was net takcu for delay and, he said, " I never took a falsa oath and won't new, net even te save myself from the gallows." And hanged he was. FEATUBES OF TE STATE PRESS. The West Chester Republican does net care where the atate convention meats', se it names a geed .ticket. In the opinion of the Alteena Tribune the payment of meagre salaries te national, state or local officers is mistaken economy. Our exchanges agice that the saddest day in the sanctum is that ou which the alleged funny papeis of Londen are re ceived. The Reading Xcm is three years old. It is a bouncing youngster. As a Democratic diily, alive and clean uowspaper, well edited and well printed, it fills the bill. The Eusteu Express new gives it away that pasteboard, muslin and rubber paint were the iugicdieuts of last winter's inb ber shoe:.. The pjople tf the counties bjlew 100,000 pepnlatiju also want a salary bill for comity officers, if their newspapers can be believed . The Harrisburg Independent bemoans the red: less wiste of geed American money e:i ieicign opera singers aud stroll ing playei.--. The Pitthbiugh Lender points out, that cigarm.tkers, alone among workmen, arc gelling an advance of wages because the ta.. wns icduccd. Tim PiifiielhhU fhe Stalwart .schemers undid ..land lii.it as Lint that in their con spiracy te defeat the apportionment they aie reckoning without their host. The Wiikesbane Union Leader points out that tbe scrutiny by the Heuse of ap propriations is a change incident te or ccn s Lquent upon the Democratic victory of lint fall, and which a Democratic victory alone could have hi ought. Reviewing this presidential field the Philadelphia Ecening Jfetrs observes that the gicat demand of each of the great par ties is for a ciuididat.5 who will win, and unfettunatcly for them fully oue hundred per cent, of the would be candidates are net of that p irtieular description. The Pittsburgh Pest sounds the alarm against a preposition te secure a legisla tive declaration that the piovisieus of the act of April 29, 1874, apply te companies formed te furnish the public with natural gas. If such a declaration be obtained, then a claim is te be sprung upon the owners of natural gas aud upon the maun faetureis who wish te use- it, that the tirst eenipiny formed have a monopoly or exclusive right te supply this gas. PERSONAIi Hr.Kiu L.vneuriiEnr., of Londen Truth, is almost a lotetallcr. lie raicly drinks anything but tea and milk. Mk James Fisk,. of Brattleboro, Vt., father ei" a notorious son, became violently insane List week. Hen. Reijkut C. Winthkep, of Massa chusetts, will color upon the seveuty-fifth year of his age en the 12th inst. Mn. Geoiiee Bancroft, the histeiiar, is ie his eighty-third year. He loves roses. He loves also te ride horseback. He sits erect and enjoys the motion of the thor oughbred. Baren ReTiicniT,n's Parisian gallery of pictures is worth $10,000,000 ; that or the Due d'Aunialc, 15,000,000 ; Sir Richard Wallace, 8,000,000 ; M. Seeretair, 2,000 000, and Mme. Cessin, 1,000,000. TiiceriiiLUs Fenn's remains were burie-l in Harrisburg yesterday. The pill bearcre were A. Boyd Hamilton, Henry Gilbert, Hamilton Alricks, Jeshua W. .tones, Jacob II. Sailer and Dr. Wni. 11. Egle. SrEAKKR Faunce is away from his pest of duty, for the first time this session. ITe left yesterday neon for Philadelphia te take home a little daughter who is seri ously ill. Unde Jake Ziegler, in the speaker's absence, occupies the chair. Secretary Diller Lutiter, of the sfate beard of charities, does net intend te re.siqn at the inr.tauce of Mr.Garrett, of the Committee of One Hundred. He says that he expects te pursue the even tenor of his way until the farm runs out in December. 1884. ' Ex-Rear Admtkat. Nichelson's grand father was lieutenant under Paul Jenes in the action between the Ben Hemme RieJiard and the Seranis. aud was also the first commander of "old Ironsides. " The family has been in the naval service ever since the foundation of the government. Mr. Tii.uen has sent his check for 200 te Mrs. Miuklcham, the last surviving grandchild of Themas Jeffersen, whose need of such aid has recently been made public. She was a child of twelve living at Monticolle when her illustrious grand father died. She steed by his bedside and after he had ceased te be able te speak received the last loving pressure of the 1 nana which penned tbe Declaration of American Independence. LABOB'S STRIKE. AUTaXCED WAGES DKKAIfDKD. iron Worker mad Ceal Miser Ofgar makers and Stoae Catteii Blieekmaker Displaced ty Machinery. According te a telegram from Mil waukee, many shoemakers are idle in that city in consequence of the introduction of machinery. "In one establishment, where ever twenty men were but lately em ployed, there are but half a dozen work ing " at present. The change, which has gradually come about, is said te be "taken philosophically " by the men, wne are looking for ether work. One man who left his situation last night said " he had worked a whole week and earned only $4.90." The coal miners of the Belleville, Ills., district struck yesterday for higher wages. They have been receiving from IA te 2 cents per bushel. They new demand 2 V cents, which the operators refuse te give. It is understood that similar action will be taken in all the districts of the state. A few of the cigar manufacturers of St. Leuis, Me., are paying a slight advance, bnt the majority of the men are working at the old prices. The striking cigar makers of Philip Rufe, in Reading, have returned te work, their demands having been granted. Nearly all the ether em pleyers have voluntarily advanced wages. AH but two of the cigar manufacturers of Buffalo have grautcd the increase asked by their empleyes. The union stene cutters aud plasterers of St. Leuis struck yesterday for $4 per day, an increase of 50 cents, About 500 stone cutters and GOO plasterers are out. The bricklayers of the same city will to day demand an increase of 50 cents per day, which, it is understood, Uie bosses will refuse. The oenferenco committees of the iron manufacturers and Amalgamated assecia tien, te settle the rate et wages for the ensuing year, will meet again in Pittsburgh te-day. The general belief is that there will be no agreement, and that a strike is inevitable. A telegram from Chattauoega says the trouble in the Daily Times office will be ended today, a sufficient number of uen union compositors having been secured. AL&RU AIIONG IAJMUKKMUNT Spruce xrees Rapidly Dying Frem Seme. Mysterious Cauee. Reports from the lumber regions of Aroostook, Me., show that spruce trees are dying at a rapid rate. Last winter operations were begun en a part of a township where it was expected that 700, 000 feet would be cut, but only 75,000 feet of sound spruce could be found. Exami nation showed that the spruce in the rest of tbe township was in the same condition. There is a township that Fish river waters that is wall timbered, and there is a fine chance for lumber operations. On this tract it is estimated that 5,000,000 feet of sound spmce lumber is standiug, but at the rate the trees are dying in five years there will net ba 1,000,000. Se far as can be ascertained there are no worms at work en-the spruce, and the cause of its decay is a mystery. The tops of the dead spruce trees have a reddish color and leek as though they had been scorched by fire. There are a number of townships in which it is estimated that threo fourths of the spruce trees are dead. The Jess te the owners of the land will be very heavy from this cause. One gentlemau suggests that the trees are dying from old a;e. sews sorts. Mlseetluny Frem the iiie'n'.n; A1:UI The city council of Danville, Illinois, having fixed the yearly rate of saloon li censes at G00, all the saloon keepers in tlmtcity yesterday refused te pay the licenseand closed their places. A large number of citizens sigued a call for a pub lic meeting te urge that the license late be raised te 1,000, whereupon the saloon keepers yielded and agreed te pav the G00. A tow beat was te have left Helena, Ar kansas, last cveuing, for St. L:mis with three barges laden with 1,000,000 feet of ash lumber from the Helena mills. The timber will be distributed by rail through out the Northwest, aud similar shipmeuts will fellow ence a month during the sum mer. Fifty colored emigrants from Kentucky passed through St. Leuis en Tuesday en their way te Kansas. They said they were the advance guard of a number who ex pected te settle near Topeka, and that there will be a large immigration of colored people from Kentucky in the fall. The supreme court of Rhede Island has ratified the settlement by the heirs of the will of Geerge F. Wilseu, who left 100, 000 te Brown university and 30,000 te Dartmouth college. Tfie ratification as sures theses sums te the institutions named. Mere Indiau depredations arc reported in New Mexico, and several companies of soldiers nave been sent in pursuit of the offenders. A telegram from Sau Fraucicce reports the failure of Dir-kcy Brethers, "the largest ship builders ou the coast, for 100,000." Tite Truck uf Crime. Iu New Orleans, en Tuesday uiht, Jehn U'O'auaaan challenged Ins brother in law, Michael Nealan, te a pistol duel. They met en the street and tired at fifteen paces. ncaien was weunucci ana oetu men were arrested. Henry Guidry, of Opeleuas, Louisiana, was waylaid and assassinated en Monday morning while returning with his family from a neighbor's heuse. He was riddled with buckshot. The assassin is unknown. W. B. Scaright, mayor of Vincennes, Indiana, committed suicide yesterday by sheeting himself. Die had been mayor for six years, but was defeated at a re elec tion ou Tuesday." Jim " Weeds and " Ben " Fletcher, who were sentenced te hanged at Natchez, Mississippi, te day, have had their sentences commuted te imprisonment for life. Henry Forham was hanged yesterday in Helena, Mentana. He bequeathed his betly te the surgeons". T. M. Fulton entered a saloon in Chicago and, while drunk, began a con cen con versatien with a lounger named Filker. Believing that Filker was cmDleved in the saloon, Fulton cave him 1,800 worth of jeweiry ie uke care ei temporarily, seen after which Filker and the valuables dis appeared. On Monday in Baltimore,"while Anna Travcrs was going from the heuse of her sister te her own home, three blocks distant, she was assaulted by two colored men, who felled her with a stone and then cut her threat and robbed her of a few dollars It is thought her injuries will prove fatal. A difficulty occurred en Saturday betweeu Isaiah Cain, a premi uent farmer, and Ames Bailey, colored, at Summit, Mississippi, when Cain was struck en tue heart and se badly injured that he died en Monday. On Tuesday night fifty armed men took Bailey from the eucwu fuaau auu uaugeu mm near tne scene et tbe murder. J. B. Eglerwas shot dead by Foster S. Wines in aquarrcl at Greenville, Ohie, yesterday morning. Merse Against ltlcycle The Bosten laca for 2,000 at Casine, between Lerey, champion horseback rider, and Prince aud Woedsido, bicycle cham piens, which was broken off by Lerey dis locating his shoulder, wa3 resumed yester day. Lerey had his arm strapped te his side, and was assisted in mounting. The bicyclers had gained a lead of nine miles and three laps en him, and he at ence be gan te cut their lead dewu. Prince pre ferred te open the race against Lerey and when he started it was evident that bis two days of hard work had made him stitt and sere. Lerey gained lap after lay en Prince, who was riding at a pace much slower than that of the opening, and be fore evening Lerey had overcome the odds against him and was leading. At the close thescere steed : Lerey, lGi miles ; Bicy cles, 448, of which 211 steed te Prince's credit, and 2,17 te Woedsido'e. Prince says he will de better. Four thousand people witnessed the racing, which was very ex citing. Western Weather. The North Texas reporter for the na tional agricultural bureau, in his report for May 1. says : " Our season, and planting this year are about twenty days late, notwithstanding which prospects are geed. The recent rains have given new life and planters are cheerful and hopeful." The statis tical agent of the department of agri culture for the state of Dclaware reports that the peach trees were net damaged by the black frosts of April 35th and 29th ; that the trees are healthy and new in general bloom, though net se full as last year by 20 per cent. A telegram from Melena, Mentana, reports that " a heavy fall of snow is interfering with the pro pre aress of building the Northern Pacific railroad." A telegram from Bismarck, Dakota, says that seeding is finished en the Missouri slepe, aud that the wheat en Mr. R. B. Hayes' farm is thrce inches high. A l'retty MIlllnerM Death. Iu San Francisce, a death, involved in much mystery, has just been discovered. Lettie Huusinger, a pretty milliner of 20 years of age, suffering from neuralgia, visited the office of Seth Cook, brother of the late millionaire Daniel Cook, for what purpose is unknown. While there chat ting with Cook, she took up a bottle of patent neuralgia pills, and, saying, " Oh, these will euro my neuralgia," swallowed a number of them. After breakfasting with Cook she complained of feeling ill and died that evening. The medical man called in failed te report the case, as did also the coroner. A coffin was ordered, but before the funeral took place the at tention of the police authorities was called te the case. The coroner's jury reported that she had died of pleurisy. This is thought strange, and the matter is under investigation. Lesses by Fire. The Union hotel, two dwellings and barns, and two large stores were burned at New Milferd, Pennsylvania, yesterday. Less, 40,000. The building occupied by Jehn D Steckor as a furniture factory, and by Greeu & Helland as a corn mill, in Atlanta, Georgia, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Less, 25,000. Hattie Thornten, tiie twelve-year old girl who, while living with her parents at the Hetel Glendeu, in Bosten, set fire te the building five different times, was ar rested yesterday. It is said she does net seem te realize the gravity of her offence, and "is evidently laboring under a mania caused by her absorbing interest in a patent fire escape which was exhibited at the hotel soma time age." l'elitlcal I'elnts. The Groenback state committee met yesterday iu Harrisburg, and resolved te held a state convention in Williamsport en the 30th of August next. T. S. Heath, resigned the chairmanship of the commit tee, aud T. P. Ryndcr, of Alteena, was cheseu his successor. A vote of censure was passed upon William Heward, candi date for licutcuaut governor last fall, en account of a letter writteu by him criticiz ing the action of Mr. Thes. A. Aimstreng, the gubernatorial candidate. The city election iu St. Paul, Miun , held ou Tuesday, resulted iu the choice of the whole Democratic ticket. The princi pal Democratic nominees had been in dorsed by the Republican convention. Havana Kiclted. Highway robbcries and murders, usually by negrees, are daily occurrences in Havana. The rabble of the city are said te be aimed with knives and revolvers, yet no step is taken te disarm them. The murderous society of Nauiges, formerly cenliued te negrees, is new iccruited from the white criminal classes. The pelice re cently caught a meeting of twenty whiter, evidently swearing in a new member. The machinery used in swearing in Nanige.s, with altar and coffin, wcie found, ltlpe Old Age. Nancy Timbrecks, colored, died jester day iu Easten, Washington county, New Yerk, at the alleged age of 10G years. It is said " she was born in the year of Bur Bur Bur goyne's surrender, and boreupon her back the scars from whippings she received when a slave." The death is announced at Halifax of R. M. Cutter, exraember of the Legislative council of Neva Scotia. He was 99 years of age. ree Ireland. Cardinal McCIeskey, in New Yerk, yes terday received Mr. Alexander Sullivan, president of the Irish National League of America. There were prcfccut Archbishop Cerrigan, Very Rev. Isaac T. Heckcr, Father Farrelly and Mr. C. A. Hardy, of Philadelphia. It is said the cardinal and the ether gontlemau present " warmly endorsed the proceedings of the Philadel phia convention." WAStllKGTUN N1UVS. OUlclal Visitors te the Naval Academy. The president yesterday selected the following beard of visitors te the naval academy for this year : Eldridge G. Lap ham, U. S. Senate, New Yerk ; Jehnsen N. Camden, U. S. Senate, West Virginia ; Alfred C. Harmer, Heuso of Represeuta tives. Pennsylvania ; Themas Updcgraff, Heuso of Representatives, Iowa ; Reger Q. Mills, Heuso of Representatives, Texas ; Rear Admiral Jehn C. Hewell, Majer Gcneral lrviu McDowell, Edw. V. Kinsley, West Point, New Yerk ; Rev. Jehn W. Dinsmore, Bloomington, Illinois; General Ansen G. McCook, New Yeik ; Prof. Geergo La man Riehe, Philadelphia ; Dr. Samuel Abbet Green, Bosten. Secre tary Chandler has requested General Mc Dewell te visit the academy with Rear Admiral Hewell and Mr. Kingslcy be tween the 20th inst. and the meeting of the beard of visitors en June 1, " for the purpese of informally inquiring, first, whether the standard of scholarship adopted is tee high, and second, whether the discipline during the past year has been tee severe." These questions will be specially called te the attention of the beard. Vice Admiral Rowau having asked te be relieved from tha duties of suporin superin tendenf of the naval observatory, Secre tary Chandler, yesterday, appointed Commedore R. W. Shufeldt te that pesi tien. Admiral Rowau will continue te serve as chairman of the lightheuse beaid. Commedore Shufeldt will, en the Gth inst., become a rear admiral, te take the place of Rear Admiral E. R. Calhoun, retired. The president yesterday appointed Wil liam S. Weeds te be IT. S. district judce for Indiana, in place of Walter G. Gresham, appointed postmaster general. Mr. Weed is new chief justice of the uiprcme court of Indiana, te which he was elected two years age. He is 50 years of age. The president has selected " Bosten," "Atlanta " and " Chicago " as the names for the three new steel crnisers te ba built for the navy. Ladv IIarceurt, the American wife of the English home minister who has an only son of whom she is dovetcdly fend, received the ether day while at dinner, her husband being absent, a large official -loeftne envelepe addressed in a clerkly hand, and marked in the corner " imme diate. ' She opened it, auu leunu a square piece of blanket with a note in a feminine handwriting, saying that the blanket had been cut from the bed of a man sick unto death with confluent smallpox. CITI COUNCILS. l'BOCKSDINGS IN BOTH ltKANUHKS. Monthly Repert of tbe City Treasarer. 1 Action ou the rarcnase of the lluinsne Hese Heuse. A btatcd meeting of select and common councils was held in their respective chambers last evening at 7:C0 o'clock. SELECT COUNCIL. Present Messrs. Baker, Baldwin, Dil ler, Evans, Wise, Wolf, Zecher. and Berger, president. The monthly report of the city treasurer and receiver of taxes was presented and read. It shows a balance in the city treasury en the 1st inst. amounting te 3,673.68.-5 J The monthly report of the finance com mittee was presented by Mr. Evans and read. It states that the committee had audited the city treasurer's accounts and' found them correct. A1m. that G. W. Zecher had been appointed te make out the city duplicate ; that the mayor was requested te call in 15,000 of city bends for the sinking fund. Mr. Zecher presented the monthly re port of the water committee, which was read. A communication from Mayer Mac Mac Mac Genigle was read, announcing the resig nation of Henry Elias, policeman of the Seventh ward, and the appointment in bis stead of Augustus Steinwandel, and ask ing the approval of his action by cenncil. Council unauimeusly approved the ap. peintment. The following petitions were read and referred : Te repair Lime aud Lew, and Freyberg streets ; te lay crossings at Christian and North, aud Christian and Duke streets; te grading uuke street south et Ureen. Ordinances l'usseil. Ordiance Ne. 1, providing for a clerk te the committee en fire cngine and hose com panies, prescribing his duties and fixing his salary at 100 per year was read a second and third time and passed unani mously. Ordinance Ne. 2, appropriating the public moneys for city purposes, for the ensuing year, was read a second and third time and the several items of the appro priation were adopted seriatim unani mously. Tfie ordinance as passed finally hi as fellows : An ordinance nppreprlatltif; the public monuyaet the City of Lancaster te the sev eral departments thercet ler the liscal year commencing en the 1st day et June. 1SS! : Suction 1. ISe it ordained by the Scicetand Common Councils et the City of .Lancaster, that fhe sum or $!3.90() he und the same U especially appropriated le tin- .several objects hereinafter named . Te pay inlerest en leans including thueinkius lund $ .tJ.GlO 00 I'lincipal en leans required by law.. 12,000 Ce State tax en leans 2,875 00 Street duiiues 10,000 00 Kepahsel streets 8,000 Oj tiruding, RiUterinictiiHl liutetdami.- lR)I streets 0,500 00 Waterweiks f;eiiei:il i,5(!0 00 I.aylnp water pipes .1,100 0! Salaries v.use Ge l'elicunud turnkey 11,010 (h ijiKiiimxciiy u.oeo oe Lamps and pests 750 PO Deficiencies in livtlitiiiff. l,S.",e, aid II re department, f2,250, te .lune, i y 1 , 1 uO t Fire department general 5,501) Oil Apparatus and leal estate for tire department i;,fKX) 01 Salaries I engineers, drivers. Ac., of lire depailuicnt 7,525 CO Detieieneies in tire department sala ries te June, 1S; I.OCOIO Abatement ter prompt payment ei city tax 2,;".0 CO Ditte water rents 1,750 00 Percentage ler collection et arrear ages et city tax 500 00 Contingencies !),U50 00 Total $h;jj03 00 Tim 1'tireliaie et the llnuiane Hene Heuse. A communication from the owners, of tin: Unmane hese heuse te the commit tce ou tite engine and hose was read, wheicin they offer te sell te the city the Humane I1020 heuse for 5,200. Mr. Evans stated that at a meeting of the committee en fire engine and hose, held fast evening, a maj'erity of the com mittee were in favor of pmehasing the property at the price named. Mr. Baker theueht the price reason a bio and moved that the committee be instruct ed te enter into negotiations with the llumane owners for the purchase of the property at the price named. President Berger stated that the prop erty pest originally about 0,000. The question being taken en Mr. Baker's motion it was adopted unanimously. Mr. Wolf stated that at the same meet iugefthe fiie committee at which the preposition of the llumaue owners was favorably received, au ofler made by the Shifllcr the company te sell their property te the city for 3,700 was also favorably received. IIe asked Mr. Evans why he bad net teperted the same te councils. Mr. Evans replied that the cemmittee had a written communication from the owners of the Ilumane, and only a verbal statement from a representative of the Shinier. Besides he understood that tbe Shilller property had only cost 1,300, and he was unwilling that the city should he swindled by paying double price for it. Mi . Wolf didn't knew whether the price was a fair one or net, but he held that as it had been favorable received by a major ity of the committee it was the duty of the chairman of the cemmittee (Mr. Evans) te iepert the facts te councils. Without taking further action councils adjourned. COMMON COUNOU.. Common council was called te order by President lTnrst, the following members being prcSent : . Adams, Albright, Bare, Beard, Bolenius, Cormeny, Demutu, Dinkleberg, Eberman, Evarts, Praim, Fritsch, Hartley, Henry, Huber, Kcndig, MeKillips, McLaughlin, Powell, Iiiddle, Sebum, Skeen, Spaeth, Stormfeltz, Hurst, president. The minutes of the last stated meeting wei e read and approved. Mr. I'elcnius presented a petition ask ing that, en account of the dangerous con dition of ila:'.el street by reason of water pouring down Water street, tbe sewer be extended en Hazel street se as te connect with that en Water. Referred te street cemmittee. Mr. Beard presented a petition asking for a sewer te be constructed between ilarket and Water streets. Referred te street committee. Petition by Mr. Kendig for grading and guttering North Charlette strret, between Lemen and .lamea streets. Referred te street committee. Petition by Mr. Adams that the neith side of Locust street be guttered . Refer red ie i.lrect committee. nil.-eollaiiceus Matters. Mr. Riddle, of the cemmittee ou tole graph and telephene peles, reported that, although they had gained seme informa tion, they desired te be continued. Agreed te. Mr. Heard iutn.duced a resolution that the water committee ba authorized te re move the weigh scales from rear of post pest office te the water works. Adopted Select council neti concurred. The eulinancc providing that a clerk be provided for the committee en fire engine and ho;e beuses was pissed yeas, 25 ; nay.s, 0. The varielic report'; of committees were then read. The ordinance appropriating the public monc-ysef the city te the various depart, ments was adopted yeas, 25 ; nays, 0. Select council concurred. The resolution presented by Mr. Demuth that the mayor be instructed te draw his wanant en the city treasurer in favor et the fire companies for the balance of the appropriation due them en August 1, 1831, as per report of city solicitor, after senn desultpry discussion, was referred te the finance committee. A communication from Messrs. Bitnsr & Zeek, in reference te the purchase by the city of the Humane hose house was read. Common council concurred iu the antieu of seleciceuucil. Adjourned. TUE AMJSIMCAX MECHANICS. Clese of the State Ceuucll'd Son.ileu. The statCMUucil O. U. A. 31. met at 2V o'clock eerday afternoon, State Ceuu" cilecSendcrling. presiding. The first-business of public inteicst was the passing of a resolution allowing all councils of the order te wear their regalia in case any desire te participate iu the ceremonies of 'Decoration Day in any part of the state. A resolution was offered and unanimously adopted extending the thanks of the state council te Edw. S. ameltz, of this city, for tha able mauueriu which he furnished the reports of the proceedings of the session ; also a vote of thanks te the Ix TEliLiGEXCER, Examiner and Ktw Era, for the eeurtsej showed tbe state members through their columns. Statistics ei the Order. Frem the report of state council ofh'cers we obtained the following figures :. Fer the year ending June SO, 1SS2 number of councils in Pennsylvania, 157 ; number uf members initiated during tbe year, 1,050 ; total membership te date, 20,325 ; amount et money teceived by subordinate councils during the year, S9,972.43 ; amount paid out by subordinate ceuucils for benefits and relief, 50,-lS5.M ; moneys in treasuries Of subordinate councils, S22i.708.G4; re ceipts of widews'and orphans' fund during the year, S2.48G.07 ; number of widows : deceased brothers, 570 ; numberef orphans, 985 ; amount of relief paid te widow" dur ing the year, $1,057.04; total amount iu widows' and orphans' fuud, 50,085.S0. The Werk or the Order. By request of the ttate council Natien.: Secretary James N. Cally, of Philadelphia, exemplified the unwritten work et the order" for the benefit of the members and representatives. Considerable ether bus iness of a private nature was transacted, and the session adjeurnrd at 5 o'clock by singing and prayer. This session was ene of great importance, a great deal of business having been trans acted which was beneficial te tbe order in general. The best of feeling and cutire harmony prevailed during all et the meet ings ; aud from the expressions of many the prospects of the advancement and progress of the order never looked brighter than at this time. The visitors expressed themselves very much pleased with Lan caster and the hospitality of its people. NKlCHHOKHOOU NIC W.I. i;venlrt Nraraiisl Anecs the County I.Iui'h. Harry C.issclinan, of Alteena, is eti5y4 years of age and weighs 115 pounds. A factory in Yerk turns out 1 500 eljjar boxes a day. There aie ttveial eases of smallpev in Harrisburg. A charter has bi-."u planted te the lleil lleil maudale creamiry association, of Ieha non county. Capital, (5,000. Land has been purchased in Pheiii ville upon which a needle factory will be built. Patrick Grant, of West Curator, aged 50 years, wasstiuck by a ruuaway hei.se ou Tuesday and almost instantly killed. At Harrisburg, Themas Mazeurak was yesterday struck by a train. His head received an ugly ga-"h, while his aim was broken and his body otherwise injmed. He died a few hours later. Wednesday morning Margaret Shaw, a highly-respected lady, aged 83, residing at the home of her sons, Francis and AVil Ham Shaw, at Shaw's bridge, West Brad ford township, Chester county, committed suicide by banging. The Philadelphia, Is'iisiistpwu vt Pin nixviile railroad company commenced this week te dig away Custer's island in the Schuylkill at Royersford. The island contains about twelve acres aud was pur chased by the company iu eider te secure dirt for necessary lilling near that place. Twe ti action engines became unman ageable in the streets in West Chcbter yesterday, and sailed around tbe town in the most promiscuous tiiauner imaginable. Among the things te feel the gayety of the playful iron colts weie a tree and a livery stable. They finally ran into a ditch and get into mud up te their axles and stepped. HIKUICAI. SOCIETY. Town nd Ceuidv Doctors In Aliuuldy Sesulen. At the regular monthly meeting of th. Lancaster city and county medical secietj yesterday there were in attendance D. Livingston, of Meuntville, president, Atlec, Albright, Compten, Carpenter, Feicman, Hcrr, A. J., Musscr, Reed, Reland, Steh man, Shirk and Welcbaus, city ; Craig, Cottrell, Columbia ; Lightner, JlcCaa, Ephrata ; Uewpber, Ziugler, Mount Jey ; Brobst, Roebuck, Sheuk, Lititz ; Ring wait, Shenk, Rohrerstown ; Black, Stras burg ; Deaver, Buck ; Herr. Millersville : Kehler, New Helland ; Musscr, Lampeter; Miller, Uird iu Hand ; Rightcr, Philadel phia ; Smith, Iuterceur.se ; TraWrl. Reamstown ; Wiseman, Baiubridge ; Mc Creary, Lancaster township ; Wentz, New Provideuce ; Charles, Lincoln ; Diiulap Manheim ; Mowery, Conestoga Ceutre ; Bryson, Marticvillc : Shaeffer, Farmer.--, ville. Dr. Welchans, fiem the cemmittee en Materia Medica aud Therapeutics, pre sented a report embodying all what is -ie-a in that branch of the profession. Dr. II. A. Mowery, of Maiictt , v.ai elected a member of the society. A number of interesting cases in pra tice were reported and discussed. The attention of the society was c tiled te tbe fact that there are two biltapendir. before the Legislature in which the m"d. cal profession Invj a dee p interest. J.tj regulates the distribution of subjecVs fin dissection, and the ether te prevent thr sale of adulterated drug. Tliese bills mc the approval of the society, and a reselu tien was passed urging the membci.s if the Legislature from this county tu ghe the bills their support. The cemmittee en the practice of m -li cine will report at next meeting. The subject for discusssien at the no it meeting will be "Treatment of Nacal ( a tarrh," and Dr. F. M. Musscr wa up pointed te prepare a paper en that Mild'ct. Adjourned. A Weman's liorrlliie Jieaili. Harriiliiirg Patriot. As the day express cast, which leaves this city at 4:25, reached Duck's furnace en the Pennsylvania railroad jc-terdaj evening, n woman was seen busily en gaged in picking something from the tracks. The engineer blew bis whistle expecting the woman te get out of the way. She did net bted and beftiu-the locomotive could ba stepped she had been struck and hurled into the air. When picked up she was still alive, but died shortly afterwaids. Her body was put ou the cars ami takcu te Middletewu, placed in the tool house of the supervisor of the division. She was badly cut .up, but the principal injury mid that ene from which she se foeii died was a cash above the right eye. Ne one knew her at that place and hei .uime could net ba ascertained up te midi ight. She is middle aged, small, rather geed looking and has dark hr.ir. It is believed she is from the neigh b.i heed efSteeltnn. Uelng te Europe. Charles F. Eager, of the firm of Uagcr Brethers, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Mathietand Mrs. Hager, will sail from New Yerk for Eurepe en Saturday in the steamer Brittania. They left Lancastci this morning. Mr. linger will be absent three or four months, but the ladies will remain longer.
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