II \ 11 ..74 II A' 1 01 k j 2 , Si ~ r.A v. l 1-4 1 J. W. YOCUI!, Editor. VOLUME XLI; NUMBER 27.1 Co U.Y.TY .F.INANCES. _ TRIIASVIRILICS ACCOVNT. INT :q. THOMAS, Treasurer of Lancaster VV in-account \ll ithsaid Co un of Lancaster: ilisc&lancou Resceipts ISIS. Tan. IS, Rec'd from j D Matthews, JP Elizabeth tp, sale of °strays S. 6SO " IS, Calvin Cooper, .TP, Lampe. ter, fine " 22 Lancaster Cemetery loan to countY. 600 00 Feb. 9,,Directors of the-Poor. 10an.., 20 00 " 0, First National Bank Laricas• ter, loan 30 clays 10,000 00 liar. 2, Farmers' National Bank, loan 3 mo 15,000 00 " 3, Inland Insurance & Deposit Company, loan 2mo 10,000 00 " 3, Bair t. Shenk, loan 3mo 10,000 00 15, 9I W Slokom, Sadsbury, loan 800 00 " 22, Reed, - Henderson & Co, loan 2 rno 2,000 00 25, Bair & Shenk, loan 2 mo 10,000 00 " LI, .1 . 51 Zimmerruan, Caernar von, loan SOO 00 " 27, A 1) Kreider, B Lamp'r, loan 1,000 00 " AIL Joy twp, Share of bridge Elorst's mill 377 18 29, Jacob Manic, E empf'd, loan 1,000 00 " E Lutz. El He m pflel cl, loan 600'00 .1 C & H I:ready, ex.'rs, loan— 15,000 00 J Keridig, E Lamp'tr, loan 1600 00 " 29, A Weaver, B Lampeter, loan 1,000 00 " 2U, 3 Stark., \V Earl, loan 105 00 20..1 K Landis E Lamp'tr, loan 1,000 00 " 20, 3' 01 Landis, IL' Hemp f'd, loan 400 00 " 31, P ltls,er. Elizabeth, loan 400 00 31, C Risser. Elizabeth, loan 8 0 0 00 Apr. I, Bair & Shenk. city, loan 2mo 6,000 00 1. Barbara Lan dis, E Lampeter, loan 1, J K Brubaker, Manor, 10an... 1, S E Kurtz, Manheint,loan.... I, A Longenecker,-Penu, loan.. " 1,.1 K Brubaker, Manor. I, 21 K. ne'stet% Manor, loan " 1. B B Kantlm an, E Hernp, loan " 1, 21. 111 Griller, dues and fury fond 1, J Weaver, W Lam peter, loan " 1, H Hostetter. U Leacock. loan • 1, J Metzler, W Earl, loan " I, J Brubaker, Warwick. luau.. 1, .1 B Wissler, Clay, loan 1, F I:Tarnish, E Izletn of, loan 1, J lf Rohrer. E 1 aro p'tr, loan • I, B B Kau inn an, E amp. loan 1, A 21 Hershey, Manor, 10an... 1, G Geyer, Warwick. loan " 1, 'l' Deollnger. E flemot, loan " 1, E Kreider, W Lamoeter,loan 1, I; Charles, Manor, loan " I, J Den li user, Paradise, loan.. " 1,.3 K Brubaker. Manor, 10an... " 1, D Coln er, E Hem pit eld, loan " I, .T S Huber. Providence, loan. " 1, 1' Longenecker, Penn, 10an... ..I, G n Geyer, Warwlek, loan " 1, A B Mickinan. War wlr, loan " 1, is K t andts, E Lamo'ter, loan 2, G forting, city, loan E Jacobs, Salisbury. loan " 2, C Gast, Treasurer Mechanics Library Association, 10an... 2, C Frankfort, W Earl, loan " 2, G Schlott, city, loan 2, le I? Barr, city. loan • • 1, .T L Herr, Lunar t wp, " 5, J Kurtz, Caernarvon, 10an.... 5, .1 Denli tiger sr, Paradise,loan " 5, Eapho twp, share of bridge at Corst2s mill " 5, E Cncal len share of bridge at Winter's ............... • 6, C Zook. city, loan " 6, M. portion, illy, loan • 13. A N Cassel, guard, loan May 3,J L•mdis, i !unrest front Man or two, :tee% ISIS nor Church. loan Aug. 2, IL Lehman, subscription to " 1, E 1) White. treas'r W Ban bridgnaL Miller A3"Nolt.'s Mill " 2, E D White, Caernarvon twp, sale of estrays " 11, W L Bear, Prot h'y awarded Auditors Report , vs. B Mishler Oct. 1. Jos. Zug and j 21 Sweeney for old Midge at Manheim Nov. 1, 13 1) Minter, Manbeim boro' sale of stray in Penn twp " 29, 21 11 Greider, C Q S Fines and costs, Corn. vs. E. Rolf . man " C Q S Fines and Costs. Cont. vs. Marquart Dec. 21, 21 21 Grader, fines and jury fond Otte-qa/L tij77ll IaXCS , ./a p ilary 1 DISTRICTS. C l t S a t . l l - t S y: ' . I 9197 466 67 17S 1,097 18 alb 00 1,4,1 21 993 97 ',371 91 296 1,.,7 4, 94 1,762 00 1,267 11) 00 00 Adams ... Bart. reek noel: Caernal.Vol3.... Coleraine Columbia Conesto,oll — 1)011 - xtlrar Drumore... ...... Ephrata Earl Earl East Elizabeth Eliz:lbetbt' l l... Eden Fulton llempll eI cl 1'... La minder E.... Ctly,—tSbirk'. Ward , ' Leacoel ivp Manor.. Providence..... Ranh o to. bury ...... SI ra‘haig t wp St rin•ba rt.: bor. \Vara•actc S4JOO 75 172 51 1,01 SI:: 6:: 51.9 73 (1. 111 2,3111 713 I,ll'l :a 816 25 511; 337 43 111 77 ENE t; St° 12111 ECM CCOUNT. To Intlnno , i n Trea , nrc ,ser A u(11101'. ret.ot JettOtt 4 10512 90 To outkinictioc luxe!, pct . Auditor's repot • sly, ISOII •lc It,essolcut. of couuty t:: tor 19t 9 117,314 37 c1,c4.1c,,••.,ic n-hes.situ 111. Or military t:x - 5,3:M 00 Tu aegregntc o:cessineut, or dog tax 1,11 , 1 Tt)surplt, , "1 state tux niter paying qui,t.i Commonwpa 17,848 56 excess tar,: r,ceicet.l for '6B awl NAL 1;256 it '1•o aggrt.... I- am% of miscellaneous 134,074. 16 To in( ci e-t. t,c•eli'ed oh aecomu, of elepo,it To allila:111 "1:11110.1ill items . By 0 muunt of cum mienion eis orders pan! '212,810 45 By a mount of 17ourt, orders pant 20,321 10 By amount. of road coders paid 022 33 By amount of exouorM;ono and com mloomns allowed eolieetois. amt 0, Uonstulde's return orders paid B. amount of Com nusoloners order, military fund 273 00 By 41110011 f Onter of Court, reCO6l.ll - refunded 730 00 By amount of CO der of Court, iavor of :7 IrGlnnes,servieesns water bailiff 16 S 9 By nta`t. of Auditor:, bill fur auditing, se, 01 1.50 4 , By awl' tof Count,: 5 n peel ut end ent's order, Tenehers'lll'Al e 200 00 By amount , of Unpaid It cuts paid 26 02 By amount ouistantl Jog, taxes, Jou to y 1, 1670 27,0'1. 30 By nIOOOIIL of Treasurer's s.tlaty 3,000 00 thaallee /11 T1 . 07t,t1:3 - 31,247 SO (It)MYIISSI4:NEUS - STA'2'F,7IE'ST THE following is a slate:nen t oft he Comm Is sloneis orders. drawn on W.M. THOMAS., Treasurer of Lancaster county. tor the year 1869 Assessors' pav Erect Inc; bridges Repairing: llrldaes Quarter sessions Court Court liouse Coroner Commislonters' °dice Elections Election Constables Election Assessors Military Assessors Fuel Gas ~.Tury Comanssentett. postage Etsiera Slate i'ealtriiLlary Prlntintt and stationety Public °dices Poor Plison Vagrants City Lock-up Loans paid Inert st Post mutinies Itoad dantaces Penna. Z•nt,lt L 111141114: tiONpi 'NMI; rrfuudrd Janitor's pay.. Mtscellaneous ...14.7CSSOrd' Pay Assessors' 11111 s for taldnt: assess, hunt. for IRll$ " ' $ 4 179 - V) David Giove, Azo;essor of E. Donegal twit., for :Mewling' special appeal... 300 3 or TliotriP•ort, lis , es..or of Marietta - - - bor :or P.l.wer , d t &appeal 12 00 W. IL Spent. Ass.vssor, Ephrata twp., on It ccou at of taking' a...sessment for 1870 JOsiltlil Potts. 4th Ward. Ott RC& t of taking4.ssehtiment for 1810.- W W. Lt. Ss rine, Amessor, bUt Ward. on steel, of taking assessment for 1870... al 00 J. R. Garvin, Asse....or, 7th Ward. nn acol, of taking I thscLument. for 1570.. C. Fratley. As,essor, Sth Ward. on aces, or taking st,sessonent for 1870— F. U. Gantz. A.sseet4or, \lt. Joy two. on acct of taking assessment for 1870. Erecting Bridges. Moseley Iron Bridge Co., m full for bridge at Horst 's mill S 210 00 , : ..r. • , . /. ; • -r %1'4"","'!". z• • • : •••(- - r • „ • . •r 1 . • • • • ~;.; t :"- COUNTY FINANCES. Toseplt Barnhart, in full for roofing wing walls of bridge at norst's mill 13 16 E. iiieSiellen, in ftill for bridge across - Conestoga, itt•PrinteiPpaper•mill...,., 1,600 00 G. Swilkey, in falt , for , 9ontract; for -.bridge across Conoy : creels .. . . (9 E: Melffellen, in - foil for contract Tor bridge acres Chiquesalunga creek. near. Forry's 2,969 00 Elias E.d r ielst, in full for masonry for bridge near Afanheim 278 69 E. Burkholder. in fall for tinishing • -wingwalls othridgenearßarkhold er's mill - - • - 100 00 Swilkey. for - extrtrwork to bridge across Conoy creek, as per recom mendation of Inspectors and appro val by Court 300 00 A. Breneman, on account of masonry of bridge at Urofr s store 300 00 A. Breneman, on account of masonry of bridge at Rupp's mill 300 00 3500 E McMellen, in full for roofing bridge at Itushong's Mill S 310 00 E Me Nfellen, in full ferrepair'g bridge at Bushong,s Mill 035 70 Endo] ph Herr, for repairs to bridge at Wabank _0.71 H W Haraish's executor, for lumber for hridge repairs at Wabank 125 42 E MeNfellen. on account of replacing, .900 E at Eden 000 00 McMellen, on account of replacing bridge at Hunsecker's Mill 400 00 400 00 700 00 90000 1,400 00 1,787 03 1,000 00 800 00 Quarter Sessions Court. Win. A Atlee, esq., late 'District At torney's fees $ 137 00 - Geo. Brubaker, esq., District Attor ney's fees 1,460 00 J F Frey, esq., Sheriff's fees 1,430 20 3 31 Greitler. esq., Clerk's fees 1,647 03 Mrs. R.'retchinar, for cleaning Court House S S 00 Henry Wagner and others, for labor at putting in new furnace 60 00 Wm. Fisher, fir lime 30.80 Henry Gast. for spittoons 9 00 J O Snyder, for extra Work clone 51 00 Chas. SChwebel, for sand for putting up, furnace 9 75 Henry Waters,:for carpentry work done 15 2.5 J D Skiles, for sundries :1 33 F W Coonly. for bricas 18 00 .7 Deaner ,t Co., for bill for work 5 00 J C Snyder, for sundry items 17 70 hi Glazier, for work done 7 70 I Reynolds Q. Sons, for furnaces 909 00 Wm. Pool, for window glass cs, 10 Henry Shenk, for repairing clock :1 50 .7 Rotharmel, for brushes 2.5 45 Henry Wagner, for labor ti OCI Miles t Auxer, for tin work and ma terials 500 90 Henry Fisher, for 1 dozen brooms 0 00 Brismati dc Bundle, for carpentry at dome 71 50 Wm. Pool, for painting Court house dome 100 00 Win. Pool, on account of painting Court House 2,550 00 Geo. M Steinman 5 Co„ OnnecOlint of material for painting Court house 2,221 93 E McMellen, on account of scaffold ing at. the Court House 200 ID Jacob Gable, for work and sundry items 31 50 L Leaman, for re-laying pavement... 25 25 Diller ci.: Groff, for sundries 81 17 Joseph Gotschall, for labor in laying pavement 43 75 John Brocic ci: Co., for plastering 42 75 George D Sprech er, for sundries • 551 Wm.Diller, for work done as per bill 40 77 S n,ll Hiestand, for lumber for scaf folding 352 17 300 00 0 00 1,000 00 7xooo 1,000 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 EiE3 1 07 66 2.30 00 100 00 5.204 00 35Ml 887 GO EMEI MEI EICI Coroner. George Leonard and Robert Dysart esq's., and Deputies, for holding In quests on the bodies of 51 persons found dead In Lancaster County... 03.4 63 COMMISTIOnere Office. Sam'l Slokom,esq.,in full, for salary and mileage as Commls'r for 1863... 230 30 C. R. Nissly, esq.. In full, for salary and mileage as Comm ts'r for 1368... 331 30 John Strohm, Jr., in full, for salary and mileage as Cornmis`r for 1808... 244 70 J.H.Sh irlr, in full, for sal'y as Cleric 1,000 00 J. Landis esq., " " Solicitor 250 00 C. IT. Dlihsly, esq., on account o [salary as Commissioner SOO 00 John Strohm, Jr., on account of sal'y as Commissioner - 650 00 Jacob C. Kready, on account of salary as Commissioner _560 00 ME EEO :El ED NOM 870. 1569. 31111 'ry MEI 13333 23,-, so CM 7'77 SC 81U 01 Election Officers triet for holding Municipal election 61 56 Election Officers' general bill for holding Spring Elections $ 1.016 57 Election Officers' 26th Election ELM BEI trict for holding Municipal .F...lect'n 20 33 J, E. Carpenter, for preparing and Clerkingl , 4)r Consolidating Ist Elec tion District 10 50 Win. Riddle, for clerking for Return Judges 10 00 E. c”rpeti ter, for clerking and pre paring papers for Return Judges... 32 00 Election ()dicers' hills, for holding General Election 1,008 S 5 E. Aliment•, esn. for Writing Affidav it..., for Election 1 50 105 00 E9M 11013 EMI 1,013 36. 102 Oi 1,161 01 1 125 1 @EI ME ZEES MEM Constables' bills for advertising and holding Twp.. Elections in Spring 11.9 Zi Constables' bills for advertising and holding Twp. Elections in Fall =7 75 !MI Election Assessors. Satre/ Book, late Assessor of East Donegal twp.. for takint , extra as sessment for General El ection 1888 15 75 John Bailsman, Assessor East Earl two., for taking extra assessment General Election ISIiS _l5 00 Buehler, Assessor Clay town ship, for taking extra assessment for Presidential Election in 1800 5 00 Peter Johns, Assessor East Lampeter twp., for taking extra assessment for General Election 18 1 18.................1.5 00 Benjamin Sel frit, Assessor Breck noel: township, for taking extra assessment for Presidential Elec tion for 1800 8 70 Assessors' bills for taking liegistry of votes 2,505 OS 24,81 S GI MEI 0-10 12 SS 09 MEM Military A.s.essors. Abse.sp.on; bills fornsses.,l3lg 1,1 I Itia 11 Baumgardner for coal for Court llouse 11,30133 MEI Lau east er Gas Co P Boyd, evi., for pay and mileage $ 2.5 S fr 2 win. A Morton, esq., for pay and mileage John H. Bldric, I'oN:ler:dug IMED roAl«ge. .1 Cochran and H W Hager, for en velopes, stamps, &c Etstern State Penitentiary. For Buppoit of convicts $ 1,500 dS St-12,11.0 07 Printing and Stationery. F. L. Baker, printing S 20 00 2. 11. Sheatrey, stationery 11 75 J. 1.2. Barr 6: Cl), stationery 43 62 Pearsol ktz Geist, printing 2W 50 Wylie On driest. prin tin•• 1,070 00 italleil & Cochran. printing 27 75 Jr. G. Smith 4: Co, printing 321 80 Jno. M. Binaninger, printing 70 00 J. A. Hiestand & Co, printing 4W 20 W. K. Grier, printing 35 03 W. B. Wiley, painting 10 00 Job 0 Baer's Sons, printing 105 20 A. 1%1. Itainho. priutin•' 30 75 'While &Cochran, stationery 10 68 'J. W. Yocum 6: Co, printing • 150 00 ,Henry White, stationery 4 00 I.T. M. Westhaelrer. stationery 7 63 John Johns, Revenue Stamps 16 65 4,432 00 14,271 15 2,977 83 4,674 24 7,596 81 638 6.9 4,165 30 3,131 33 4011 2,657 05 216 73 64 , 2 50 174 96 523 01 25 78 1.500 48 2 657 45 501_0 MlOO 00 40,1X10 110 634 49 306 92 106,100 00 8,503 39 370 110 2,937 52 510 55 341 - 5214 00 5,537 48 Public Qllices. George Wirtilt, for book. Wilding, Sze 149 93 Chun. P. linto.s, for book blddtug se 305 85 Singerly, for copies, registry, du plleatoh. lid ieglNtry bt w 17 37 Barites s YudrSul for 1 direct0ry.........1 CO row•. C. Gust, esq., Treasurer of Board of Duecturr 01 the Poor. In full for es timate fur support of poor, fur 18e9....$ V.lOO 00 8212.810 42 Prison. C. Lefever, e , q., Treasurer of 13oard of PrihUß itIMPCCLOrIi, ill full for estl- mate for support of Prison for 106'4. 040,000 00 Vagrants. 3fnyor's and Constables lees in Vag ra. t CUISch 8 031 49 • --.--- City Lock -Up. John Henry and H. Cbeexruau. keep era, for tarnishing meals to prison- • 018 coot - Wed in $ 306 ft 2 EMI GO 00 Loam Paid. Loans paid to Individuals and banks 8106,100 40 Interne. Interest p'd to individuals & banks.. $ 8.503 35 5(300 40 00 Post ilfortcms. Post mortem eximainations held on the bodies or thirty-seven persons found dead in LIILLICHSLer county 3 310 00 2 00 $1,432 00 Bead Damages. John S. Miller. Rapho imp 10 00 John She:it, West Ilernpilekl 40 (10 Repairing 13ridg0 $ 2,377 83 S 9,674 23 Cozol House $ 7,5D6 SI $ 1.165 30 Etcettons ithth 3,181 3? Election Clonstables S 496 00 S 2.657 95 8 %6 7; MEE] S 174 9$ Jnry Commissioners 3 2,657 55 C 0 MAT MBIA , PA., S RDAY :, , --.-• 0:03W:Xti r ,,c47.E.Y.,4-1. - VC-ES. , ',:.-'-..,....',,,,'- --...:-....:,—;.„.,..-...„..--...,--.:,:-.. DanlelMast,Caericitivonv ' • • 12 50 Marylki liarge,`Colutilbirt"bor • • - ' ' 1,200 00 Barnard Campbell; - Proviclence twp... - 10 00 John 'Kreider, East Lampeter Mvp 10 00 William Rochow, Columbia bor 220.00 Leonard Smith, Columbia bur 100 00 Wm. and Adam Black. Strasburg tp. 45 00 Samuel Heise, Columbia bor - 402 03 Jacob F. Beck. Providence, twp 100 00 Henry Eberlin',Mount Joy bor 2, 00 Isaac Gibble, Mount Joy twp 12.5 00 John Heldieb, Manic twp 25 00 Jacob Zook. East Lampeter twp 300 00 Jacob Ebersole, Raph 0 twp 00 00 Phoebe Ashton, Little Britain 40 00 Samuel Dorsey, Fulton twp 145 00 . Martin Greenleaf 10 01) J. F. Gest, Salisbury ' 20 00 Joseph :51111er, Salisbury twp 5 00 Jas. Shaw's estate. Sadsbury twp 20 00 Michael Gormley's est., Mt. Joy bor.. 25 00 Cooper Stubbs, Fulton Mc') 15 00 58.271 15 PC,L7L'a Slate Lunatic Hospital. Jno. A. Weir, Treasurer Fawcett State Lunatic Hosp'l, for sundry patients 510 3i , Ta.ics lkfuncletl. Clinton Hltnes; Salisbury twp 69 30 James A. Ewing. collector, Slartic tp 2 02 Isaac Busbong, col.,Hp.Leacock two 3 51 Henry Musselman, Marietta 5S 10 Wm. S. Shirk, col„ city 9 10 F. S. Albright. col., city 17 51 George H. (.11s12; col., E. Hempdeld tp 1 20 David Landis, West Lampeter twp.... 10 20 R. H. 3: C. li-Stubbs, Fulton twp 2 00 Edwin Stubbs. late col. of Fulton tp. 30 Si Peter Riser, col., Clay twp 100 00 Janitor; - • J. C. Snyder. In full for 1 year's ser vices ns janitor 8520 00 Mi.scellan CMGS. S. Slokom, for Jurors' chairs $ 36 00 C. F. Enerman, in full for care and winding clelck 50 00 David Flpinger, for shoveling snow... 5 00 Pen n'a It. IL. for freight on chairs.... ' lOs D. S. & S. S Bursk, for sundries 1 81 J. Landis, esq., for services in Coin'th vs. E Shober & jury Commission'rs ' 75 CO J. IL Shirk, for team hire on business 5 2.5 3. IL Shirk, for distrib'ng assessm'ts 25 00 H. L. & E. ,T, Zahm, for clock for Court Room 75 00 Eckert Myers, for 1 dozen brooms 5 00 Jno. F. Long, M Klepper and A. 9f. Herr. for inspecting bridge at Print er's Paper Mill 14 00 J. C. Snyder, for notifying Bridge In spectors 5 50 J. 11. Shirk, for extra clerkug in ad justing valnation 2.3 00 Henry Fisher, for one dozen brooms. 6 00 Henry Glazier, for hauling old iron from Court Ronse 2 50 Henry Wayne, for 134 days work 300 John Strohm Jr.. ior expenses to Harrisburg on olllclal business 20 00 Jesse Landis. esq. for expenses to Harrisburg on official business 23 00 Samuel McAllister, for copying tax duplicates 11 19 Win. Winters, " " 2 91 R. F. Swentzel, " " 4 00 Jno. Sprecher, for boarding jurors.... 20 00 G. L. H. Grammar, for copying tax duplicates 10 51 J N. S. Will. " 10 45 J.Landis. esq.. for professional serv ices in holding appeals 23 00 Wm. Demuth, for copying tax dupli cates 15 2.5 George B. Mowrey," - 6 77 A. C 'toms, " " 22 52 John Sprecher, for boarding jurors... 20 00 J. C. Snyder, for distributing tally pa pers 25 03 S. H. Shirk, fur correcting assess ments. 20 00 J. F. Frey, conveying prisoners. am... 61 SO Cath. Kretschmair, fur cleaning Court Rouse 10 00 M. J. Shirk & others, copying tax du plicates 31 03 Henry Wayne, fur 1 day shoveling snow 2 00 \V. Leaman, in full for auditing pub lic accounts, for 1869 121 30 H. Rathvon. Treasurer in full for do nation to Chfldrens Home , 100 00 - J. It. Fitzgerald, copying duplicates 2 48 Wm. Diller, mending bridge fixtures 27 22 Henry Hitch, sr. ' for repairs 2 GO J. C. Kreruly. for expenses to Harris burg on ollicial business 13 CO. J. W. Johnson, city solictor for Road and Bridge fund of Lancaster Co, due city 2,412 60 Henry \Vaguer, for taking in c0a1..... 2 bib E. McMellen, for making specifica tions for bridges 20 00 Henry Glazier, for hanlitp , 30 W. B. Wiley,.for qualifying commis sioners 1 53 John Strohm, Jr., for expenses for road and bridge views 12 75 J. Landis, esq.,forjury fees in Coneth , • vs.:Kano Mishfor 4.00 Win. J. cooper, for boarding jurors... 10 00 J. Landis, esq. for professional servi ces as per hill 177 07 Catharine Kretschinar, for cleaning Court House 10 00 Samuel Hess. for sand 5 00 J. H. Hi tner & Bro., freight on furnaces 13 00 J. F. Frey, esq., for conveying prison ers from Penitentiary, serving at tachments, &c 469 G 5 T. C. Snyder, for distributing registry duplicates 25 00 C. H. Shirk and others, for copying registry duplicates 50 00 Jon. Sprecher, for boarding jurors..... 10 00 J. F. Ricksecker, for water rent 40 00 D. A. Shitfer, for carpentering 2 50 H. F. Swentzel, for copying registry duplicates 30 19 Peter Lutz, for conveying Ida Mc- Laughlin to HOuse of Refuge 13.50 J. Landis, esti,. for Supreme Court costs in Coin'tli vs. Isaac \fishier.— 13 59 Catharine Kretschmar, for cleaning Court House 16 0,0 L. Ellmaker, for copying registry duplicates IC 39 E. G. Book, for copying registry du plicates II 89 G. M. Steinman & Co., for tape hoe... 1 25 A, C. Hyus, for copying registry du plicates 38 22 C. 11. Shirk and others, for copying registry duplicates 82 -10 Wm, Demuth, for copying registry duplicates 22 57 William Kdeezel, for hauling.. ....... ... 3 00 Henry Wagner. for work done 3 00 M. C. Snyder, for copying registry du plicates 16 Os J. H. Shirk, for distributing registry duplicates 23 00 J. Landis, esq., for professional servi ces in case ul Printers' Paper Mi 11... 100 00 A. Bushong for white washiug bridge 8 00 E. McMellen, whitewashing bilge, putting up. notice boards. &c.. 01 bridge at Printers' Paper Mill 76 .50 Geo. Brubaker, esq., for professional services in case of Printers' Paper Mill WO 00 0.11. Nissly, fur expenses at sale of bailee .1 2 J. H. Baler, for I dozen brooms ...... ... Allen S. Ruby, for arresting Charles Clinger, a liorsegthief . 20 00 J. Landis, esq., Jury tee In Coin. vs. ... Rryder -1 00 J. H. Shirk, for ice 4 25 Of. C. Snyder, for copying Regtht.ty Duplicates...... 11 GI Lancaster county Prison, tor ea, pet 17 00 IL Illickenuerfer, fur copying, Regis try Duplicates 22 10 Henry Wogoner, lon labor done ...... ... 10 (0) John F. We. nix. for putting up tight niogrods . 10' 00 Mrs. Leber, iorcleausiug, Court House Ii so D. Clark, for haulm. , 1 00 isani'l H. Reynolds. in bridge ease at Printers' Paper Mill 10.1 00 S Grissinger, lor 2 election boxes 1 00 F. 31cOLilen, making 150 election boles 73 00 Mathias Myers, fur 11thneWit,/lang bridges 54 30 J. C. Snyder, for distributing tally papers2.s 00 3. F. Ft e , :i. bar 1 dozen blooms 6 00 H. K. Pierce, lor 4 election boxes 2 isl P. S. Baker, for conveying John Rat ter to House Being° 13 75 A. C. lb-us, fur :•ooyiug Registry lists 15 OU NV in. Aug. A. Dee. esq., tor Profess!, mid services in Supreme Court 100 00 J. IL (hider. 0. 11 1, tor recording tam. h.lection Returns 101 00 P. S. Baker, tor Conveying Loreoza Floyd to House of Relogc 13 73 Henry Wagner, fur labor done 18 00 thus. Sell webel, air sand delivered... 26 10 .1 . It Miner & lire , for freight on flag stones 21 2.3 G Seiler a: :3011b, tor lumber 40 62 C it Moyer, for sprinkling streets 15 75 Simon Oininicii, for gathering mate als ri fur bridge near Sillier &Noll's Mill . 19 .1 C Snyder, for distributing assess ments 15 GO PS Baker, for con rey'g Emma Ham ilton to House of tteluge 13 71 3 Landis, esq., for professional servi ces in Supretne Could 2 . 00 00 G H. Hartman, for learn of 1ine......... 4 00 (.4 :Whitey, fur Bridge inspectors's fees 'paid 600 Reading & Columbia it R, tor freight on Winner 10 00 Wm. Fisher, kir Rine be Davis Hitch, for dressing tools 5 II) Fred'k IC Bear, for work at bridge at Miller &Nott's 111111 if.' 00 ..IF Rielcsecher, for table for Court House 12 00 Jacob Hartman, for Ice • - 27 30 Sohn Beller, for brooms 2 75 Slung Evans, for collat., and interment of pamper.. .5 09 Henry-Wegner, for shovelling-snow 2 t.O Henry Forney, for sawing b'dgelnizi ber 2 00 " M Zahm, for interpreting lu Court... 23 09 J L litesseulcopi for taking Wesley ' Hair's to house of Refuge 13 75 . J Gone:ball, for shovellingstiow... ...... 8 75 . „.1.1 li .Nissley, fur notifying Bridge In spectors 4 50 MEE EZEI $ Wi Lh.) S 8,5'27 48 C. li. NISSLEY, SIIcOHIS. in.. JACuB C. KREADY, Commlslonors of Lam:BBl.er County. Attest: J 011:: it. 6ittitX, Clerk. AUDITORS` REPORT. We, - the undersigned, Auditors of Lancaster cchuf.T. do certify that we have carefully eS atutned the above account of Wm. Thomas, Treasurer of the said county. and compared his vouchers with tile same, and dud there Is "NO. ENTERTAINMENT SO CREAP, AS BEADING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING}." COUNTY PUT 4 NOES.,:: ..,.. - ------ a balance in his bands this 3d day of January: 1870. of thirty-one thousand, two hundred and forty seven dollars and eighty-six - cents, (S ll , - 247 See which amount he has turned over tothe present Treasurer, and Produced his receipt for the same. We have also examined the account of Chris.' t la n Oast, Treasurer of the Poor and }rouge of Employment, of Lancaster county. and find a balance in his hands of one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and stxty-eight cents. - We have also exam 1 nett the account of Chris tian Lefever, Treasurer of the Board of Prlsou Inspectors, and found a balance in his favorof five hundred and seventy-one dollars and thir ty cents, (e 57130). The present indebtedness of the County is one hundred and fifty-seven thousand, five hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty.' five cents, (e157,525:13). The Auditms met in the Orphans' Court Boom on Monday, Me third. day of Jane urn 1075, anti entered upon their duties.— They are pleased to state that the late County Treasurer, William Thomas, charged himself in 1365 with 817591, and in 1869 with 0640 12, interest an money of the County loaned out by him during its official term. thus adding to the Treasury receipts 01;11606, and showing an example that would have been as creditable for his predecessors`to have initia ted, as it will be for his successors to imitate. The tax-payers of the County will respect and appreciate hint accordingly, as one among many. His conduct conclusively-proves that a faithful and upright officer can as readily make money for the County out of the County money as he can for himself, a theory which heretofore has been practically denied. They canuot resist the conclusion that 'the County Prison is managed in en expensive ,v.i e manner ,.i f t for p t , h o e p e s r o 1 e o n, r b e e n a e n fi d t e ol o u t l o t e m le'.; ., e t e h p o e u r . , , sands of dollies might be happily saved; Tile charges Sur maintenance of convicts. prisoners on trial and vagrants are entirely tocebigb; It is not, expected, 1101' Is It right, that the Prison should yield enormous profits Lonny one. The officers Should be duly compensated. but not enriched by it few years service at the cost of the people. Instead of it being a source of 1 great expenditure, it should be one of income it compatible with the rights of the inmates. Nor should the emoluments be such as to ex cite the cupidity of unscrupulous men and make every year's election a disgusting seram• hie for its control. - /..'althfut and competent men can as rem fly be found as those of an other class, and tf the appointment of the Inspectors was, given to our Court. the Prison would no longer present itself as a mere po litical .alaclune to be managed for private thrift- ley our Prison rules and regulations it Is duet:Led that each convict shall be fed as follows: One pound of rye or wheat bread daily; one pint, of coffee, in the morning; half a pound of beef made into soup, and four pota toes it noon ; mash in the evening, and half it gallon of molasses per month, for which the Keeper receives 25, 28 and 30 cents per head Mull - , according to the whole number of pris oners at any cne time. Anv housekeeper can make the calculation and find that 15 cents a head, or less, offeis sufficient compensation. Not ten years ago the rations cost but 18 cis. and those who know, do assert, that the Keep er made several thousand dollars a year, and trivia are those who now will undertake to furnish such rations at IS or 16 cents. At pres ent rates, tee Keeper mutt accumnlatemoney on his own account very rapidly, not less than Seo a day clear or all expense. From December Ist, ISIS, to November 30, 1869, inclusive, he fed 45,111 dos. , at a cost of 013.217 95 to the County. Ills rates being 30 cents it day for the first Sour months, IS cents for the next seven months and. 25 cents for the last month; affording him an average of 2.'S cents a day, or nearly twice as much as I lie rations cost. At an average profit of 14 cents he would nett Mats 97%, which, with a salary of 5700, his house rent tree, gar den and other privileges, would afford a com pensation Mr in excess of what it, should be, especially es as it is direct it om. the pockets of his fellow earl,. ns, :tint is double the salaries of our Judges, and 12500 more than that of the le overnor. In connection with thie we cannot avoid no tieing the super serviceable Mane in Vagrants dal I. sent, to prison and entertained et the ex pease of the County. They are arrested and discharged, re-:wrested and committed on the same day, and by some revolving or rotatory process known to the Ma', are re-arrested, re committed nod discharged, "both curly and often," during the %% inter, making the Prison it Universal Motel for the accomodation of all who, through idleness or crime, commend themeelves . to,some kind.heartedoincial, who, through love - of the Fee 818, generously sends the:a Mier: as often as t hey come, boneStlY thiti„eie„e• the County fifty cents tor commit ment and thirty cents for arrest in each case. As the number is legion With the hopes of an inerease, the expense is considerable and Should be abated. The - Inmates of 1869 tieing one-third more than that of 186 Sand I nereasieg the number of days Mr ratio: es from 115.t1e", to etetel. The Auditors suggested, last year. as - ameans of economy, and the best preventive of laver itistn, that the printing, bridge , building, and other important work should be given to the lowest bidder ou public notice as is.common with the best managed corporations, but that suggestion was disregarded by our Commis - ' -eta:ear...who preeeeleeareeteeerelbee-01 ,1 e4." 01 s-r" I Tile printing, book and Job wort, Arc giVon out Witlieut any evidence or bids having been invited, consequently we now can realize 110 saving or reduction of price. tm with the painting of the Court house, which was let out at ,273 a clay—the County to ereM a sea fold. Sonic of the hest workmen of responsi bility haveassured tile Auditors that tf notice had been given, they would gladly have un dertaken it at 52 50 per day without a scaffold by which there would have been a saving er from 01000 to 01550. This is deemed undeniable, from the lira that the meenfinic who obtained the contract, had previously worked at the Poor House for 8'.1.25 a, day and others had worked there for e 2 a day, mid less. The work replacing, and moat t•lng the bridges at Hun seeker's, Eden and Point-town was contracted furprivotely, without notice, at $5 a day for um Contractor mad $3 a day lot lits hands, while others as competent and responsible have stated they could and would have undertaken it for less. This is a very different policy from that pursued at the Poorhouse, wherea bridge nerosS the Conestoga, 219 feet long. 13 feet wide anti feel high was built at a Cost of ic2,157.50 01' which 3e375 were expended for stone and masonry. It, is a model es to cost and con struction, strength and durability, in contrast with some of the bridges built at tile County's expense, but it was ;lone under the inspection of the Directors and their officers, who adver tised for proposals, rind consulted the Interests of the tax-payer, by coil traCti»g' With the lowest and best bidders. It is therelore respect' Sully recOMmentiert, that in future, for all re pairing as building of bridges and other-, important, work, proposals he Invited, and COntraets made according 10 the suggestions in t be Auditors' report 0 1 last year. They deem it else important. that when pro posals for work on specifications are invited. the-se specifications ehould be recorded ha it boolt. specially apprOprloted for that purpose, before the bids shall be opened or the contract made, and this should he provided for by Act of A•ecinely. The cost, of the improvideuce In repairing and building, Se„ might readily be assert aimed and reduced to tigures, but it would be of no :teed. The law attaches 110 responsibility to an Agent or Officer of the county, honestly es:- eruising discretionary powers in making con tt acts, and although th,y may be convinced of an extravagant expenditure of the public fonds, the Auditors have no power to charge the Comiaissionese e and eau only refer to sug gest nie the necesehy of reformby legislative enactment. It le of late °eel= mice, that an or •rt was made to make them personally lia ble for an over-allowance in the erection of Binicley's Bridge, bur the Court dismissed the rule, wn ei the Couinils•ioners intheir happy control of the County funds, ge net ously re m• o - ded their ill 1 . ,- COUllea with $lOO each, und Broad ranirllar with that Intellectual net-work Of :ale law, have deceired that steel was then tient to co. The Auditors from their examinations into the :Maim of the County ae presented to thent, are ;Lilly Of t he belt. f. t eat there is more lime spent be the Comm tssioners In their ~trice. thou is ahem artily riece,sm y. The 1111/31ateS will show - , 111,1, hOlll Iwo to ili red, or four d.tys a iivek are charged by each Oetnntissioner, when often 1 heim-mirss trimsacted tilts limited to the meeting of sue, two or three orders, and (ter...chins ily when :11,111 1)011T11 has assetri hied, the Clerk ha s made thesientUcant entry, e the', hai ng no lit:-'hies , . adjourned." The most important time for oilier duties may he • the 111 , 4 Wc..1.: 01 A ieguler term of Court, or e hale they ale !whittle appeals; but this fre quent visiting the Miter. and returning home two er three Limes it Week. 15 certainly not neceSsary One t.r lUm days attentlence In a Wi•eli: would Inc the roost part he ample. If tray would publicl3' announce. met make It generally known, to they will alter,' their °nice on the Monday and Tuesday of each week and no other, as will, the custom in termer titneS, the people would regulate thennefvee accordingly. The pay and mitenge of the pres ent. Boa td for a single day is 015.40, and dues not• well ben 1 I:mem fags unites the public bus- Mess actually reqUircei It. Tna office is 1101,8 host to I.C. used Mei ely for daily pity and mileage, and a plea,ruit, ride to Chid from Lancaster, ;it it cosi, el 53 a day arid ten cents a mile, The Auditor, believe, that the several ac- COilii Is Wlltull ILA y are It illltred to sane and milted .11 , a:1d he pe•pared Mid Made up to the - list of Deeetithr, Iminsive of , i itch year, and seine toed to the leimini , edoners and other Board , tor tee:anima toe, ilum to be Bled in the . etothonetary's inlice, :Mete tlsed as open far I-speieniti 10 :di tax payers for thirty days, ;atm - w hien to be rend red to the Auditors thr final settlement, tied all Interested may have en opportunity of eXIIIIIIIIIII2 and 11111111; ex cepl lons thereto if neeesoiry, as hells and creditors/new do Loan administration account. At present, no one sees or knows anything about ettlier.accmint, until they are finally acted on by the Amine,' s and published When it, is too late for exception of tiny kind. In our report of last year, we charged ttiO then Coen le Commissioners with 142.. n, which . they had illegally appropriated to two tire companies, one in Columbia and one In Mari. east. The report was confirmed by the Court, and appeal lei I from. Nothing further has been tine, and as We do not know WllO beside the Commisooners have tile power to prosecute trie claim, we respectfully refer it to the atten-% Bon of the Court. The Commissioners claim, under the :let of MI, that they are entitled to mileage If at the cruse of men<lily they go to their respective homes and return retain next day to the Corn mis.sioners' orrice, fu the performance of their °Metal duties. The Auditors are of opinion • that the law contemplates mid embraces only one charge of mileage where the public duties require the attendance of the COlOnlinsionera for consecutive days; and under this view, to have this question legally and Mildly deter mined fin Justice to the Commissioners on 000 side and the County on the other, mid for the gutilence of future Boards of Auditors, they Charge as overpaid to— Samuel blokom,one hundred and fifteen dol lars and sixty cents. $2.957 52 8 307 81 moßNma, 1 1- E73RU_A_RY 12, 1 ....?s;:'o49 - UNTY. • EINANCES. -!;v1 John Strohm, ninety-six dollars. - J. C. Kready, seventy-one dollars" . In the account of C. H. I , llssley, the charge 18 for constructive mileage, or. mileage not mita, ally travelled—the Commissioner remnlning in the city of Lancaster during the meeting of the Board, under an alleged custom claims that he is entitled to this mileage as if actually travelled. This the Auditors think thadmiss able, and charge him with one hundred and seventy-three dollars its overpaid. In witness whereof a - e have hereunto set our. hands this 21st day of January, 1870. SA.MU EL SUOMI, 'GEORGE W. MEHAFFEY, GEORGE W. feb 2 4t 12 County Auditors. ,pletry. TME LAST MILESTONE. E==!lM Sixty years through shine and shadow— Sixty years, my gentle wife, You and I have walked together, Down the rugged road of life. From the hills of Spring we started. And through all the Summer laud, A. id the fruitful Autumn country, We have Journeyed hand in hand. We have borne the heat and burden Toiling painfully and slow; We have gathered in our harvest, . _With rejoicing,jong.ngo. Leave the uplands for our children, They are strong to sow and reap. Through the quiet Winter lowlands Our level way we keep. 'Tis a dreary country, darling, You and I are passing through ; But the road lies straight before us, And the miles are short and few; No more dangers to' encounter— No more hills to climb, true friend, Nothing now but simple walking, Till we reach our journey's end, We have had our time of gladness; 'Twos a proud and happy day, All I the proudest of our journey, When we felt that we could say, Of the children God had given, Looking fondly on the ten, "Lovely women are our daughters— Our sons are noble men !" We have bad our time of sorrow— Our tbne of anxious fears. When we could not see the milestones Through the blindness of our tears. In the sunny Summer country, Far behind us, little May • • And Willie, too, grew weary, And we left them on the way: Are yon looking backward, mother That you stumble in the snow? -,'...Latastillypur.gaide and staff, dear Lean yonr„Weight upon me, so! Our road is growing narrow ; And, what Ls it, wife, you say? Yes! I know our eyes are dim, dear, But we have not lost the way. Cheer then, cheer thee: faithful-hearted; Just a little way bhfore, Lies the great Eternal Cits Of the King that we adore. I can see the shining spires; And the King, the King, my dear, We have served him long and humble ; He will bless us, do not fear. Ah! the snow falls fast amt. heavy How you shiver with the cold. Let Me wrap your mantle closer, And my arm around you fold. We are weak, and faint, and weary ; And the sun low inthe west ; We have reached the gates, my darling Let us tarry here and rest. Wisrtlllineono gentling. . 1= "Paul engaged.' "Yes. lie went with Miss Harhind to the opera last evening, and this morning he told ma lie was engaged." And then, looking over to where Floy Percy sat in the Pleasant window, engag ed upon a bit of delicate embroidery, she exclaimed : "Why, Floy, how pale you have grown !" And Mrs. Forbes went over to the side of the beautiful young girl. "Come let me prescribe for you," she said. "What say you to a journey to Carlton, to see sister Ella ?" "Would you .like to go Floy ?" And Percy looked tenderly at her dough- The young girl's lips quivered, and there was a look of mute entreaty in her gentle blue eyes. "Yes untratna," she said. "Then you, shalt go. Yea eau take the evening express and reach Ella's before it is very late." "By-by, then Ploy I hope yon will have a pleasant journey." And Mrs. Forbes arose to go. Laying aside her work, Ploy flitted out of the room and up to the chamber ; and then, burying her fac• in the cushion of an easy-chair, she sobbed pitiously to her self. "Oh Paul I" she nmaned. "And I have loved you so ! I cannot believe that you are false I How can I bear this." As Mrs. Forbes descended the steps ofthe Percey mansion, she said the one word "lIome." to the coachman ; and then co ining the waiting carriage, she gave vent to her thoughts : "Foolish girl I" she muttered, half aloud, and clenching her jeweled hands as she spoke. "But I have disposed of her. No girl usurps my place us mistress of Paul Ellerslie's mansion, so long as I can prevent it." ! no"! Too much do I value my position to lose it thus. And Paul's note—let the read it once more. What answer can I make to it.?" Drawing from . her bi")ok d'fulded note, ,he opened it and I:eati 31.1sLrEnCY—ORAL FLOY : -- 11 was Wit) many regret's. that I was detained from keeping uiy appointment With ,you last evening; but when you know that the eve n ier ! w as ,:pent'hy the aide of a dying friend, I think that, you will forgive me. If so give me the pleasure of your com pany to the opera this evening. . As ever, your PAUL. This note, which would have explained all never wait feeu. by Ploy ,Perey ;- for, womanlike, Paul's crafty oft aunt, Mrs. Forbes. had quickly seen the Jove that had sprung up in their youog•hearts,-and•in her own base .mind, she had resolved to estrange the two. _ . _ . With a low laugh. she returned the ill fated note, to her pocket. She had already told ,one, deliberate falsehood ; and when the carriage drew. up before Paul's Ellers lie's elegant- home, she was ready to tell another. ' "Yee nephew ; I saw Miss Percy," Mrs. Forbes replied to Paul's inquiry : She re4d4.1.1; stote,,.aticii,givitig it. liack,,to. me, she said : "Give it td-Mr. Ellerslie,pleasc; and say that I cannot comply with his re quest, as I leave for Carlton this evening." Grasping the little note in his hand, lie turned and strode away. "Cruel, heartless girl!" he muttered. "1-locv could I have been so blind ?" And yet his' love for Flow Percy was deeply rooted in his heart; and try as, he might, lie could not crush io out. -. All day long, he wandered silently and aim lessly over his great house. his heart con vulsed with passion; and all the white, his plotting aunt was soliloquizing glee fully over the success of her plans. The .red September sun was slowly sinking bebind the distant hill, when Paul Ellerslie ordered his great black horse to be brought out, and, mounting, he rode at a gallop down the road. The spirited steed snuffed the pure evening air with wide distended nostrils, and arched his proud, glossy neck, as he felt the yielding turf rush past beneath his feet, and his dazed rider, half unconscious of his speed, sat in his saddle, repeating over and over in his mind the words : " False false I Al I Ploy, I little dreamed of this I" Gradually the shades of evening fell around, and soon the twilight had deepen. ed into darkness ; and still the horse flew on in'his mad race, his rider enwrapt in his own sad musings, paying no heed to his thoughts. But soon his speed slack• ened ; and, white with foam, and fatigued by his long continued efforts, the steed came down to a slow walk. Suddenly, with a wild, unearthly shriek, a broad glare streamed upon the road around the horseman, and a rumbling, rushing sound filled the air. A. comment of indecision, a dreadful shock, and—nothing more.. As the train rushed past, the signal for brakes came short and quick; and in an other moment, the train stood motionless upon the track, and the passengers floe .- ed forth to ascertain the cause of the sud den halt. " A man on horseback on the track. We were corning around the curve, and when I. saw him, it was too late; the en gine struck him, and threw him off." It was the engineer that spoke, and all crowded around the young tuar as he lay upon the earth, a few ,feet from his dead steed. There was a slight wouud upou the temple, and a little stream of blood trickled down across his pale face, made paler by the contrast. A physician—a stern faced, yet kindly hearted old man—preSsed for ward and knelt upon the ground beside the senseless body of the young man, and laid his hand upon his heart. "lie is not dead, only stunned," he - ""l:7SeSlid - onVlneci him ?" The neat instant, Ploy Percy came up; and recognized the pallid features of her lover. she fell upon her knees beside him, forgettine: every thing, save that she loved him. " He is a dear friend—a brother," she said, in answer to the physician's look of inquiry. "He must be carried back to B immediately. Will some one be kind enough to get a carriage for me ?" A vehicle was soon brought, and Paul was laid carefully upon the cushions ; and putting a bank note into the hauda of the driver, with: the injunction to make all possible speed, she took her place beside him. Tenderly she staunched the flow of blood, and hound up the wound; and soon with a slight convulsive movement, his brown eyes opened, and their gaze fell upon Ploy. " Ploy, Ploy," he murmured, "nothing has separated us. It was all a dream ; and it seemed so real. You forget, Mr. Ellerslie r and it seemed as if Floy had suddenly awaken ed from some short, blissful dream. "Do not try to deceive me. Yon arc betroth ed to another." " No, Floy, I am betrothed to none but you. Who has told the false story ?" " Paul, you are not trying to deceive me ?" And the maiden', blue eyes were turned reproachfully upon her lover. "Did you not go to the opera last evening with Miss Harland ?" As I live !" he cried, "I did not. Who has deceived you ?" • " 0 Paul ! can it be that your aunt spike falsely ? She said this morning that you were engaged to Miss Harland last evening." '• The false, false creature !" he cried, and the maiden saw that he spoke the truth by the clear, honest lignt of his brown eyes. Wait! Did you receive this ?" And he thrust the little note into her hands. The maiden took the note; and as she read, her face flushed, and a glad light shone in her eyes. • " She told me you had read it !" he cried, when he had finished. " Tell me that she deceived me—that you have for- given tue !" "0, Paul! I have nothing to forgive. It is month to know that you still love It Was Learing midnight when Mrs. Forbes Wll4 suwmuned to the drawing room; and as she opened the door, she beheld Paul Ellerslie and his betrothed, arm-in -arm, standing before her. Struck dumb with amazement, she stood rooted to the floor.. . " Mrs. Forbes," Paul spoke calmly " an accident has frustrated all your nicely laid pltins. Everything has been explained, and you are foiled. Florence Percy will become my wife•within a month." Without a word, the abashed woman turned and swept from the room : and ere the dawn, she had left the house, never to return.—.AT. Y. Sunday Ifercury. $2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in, Advance. 870. rhe'Cliarms 'or Married Lire. If 4 'l be Adult; ehniiti r eider , not the •bite your feet lie upon,brit.the onc beside you, closer yet, were seatell a sweet-faced girl, with a pretty little - foot lying upon the hearth, a bit of lace running round the swelling throat, the hairparted to a charm over a forehead fare as any of your dreams; and if • you could reach an arm around that chair-back without fear of giving offense, suffer your fingers 'to play-idly with those curls that 'escape' down the neck, and if you could clasp with your hand those little white taper fingers of hers which lie so temptingly within reach,- and so talk softly and low in the presence of the blaze, while the hours slip -without knowledge and the winter winds whistle' uncared for; or, if; in short, you were no bachel r, but the husband of some sweet image, would it net be far more pleasant than a cold, single night sitting, counting the sticks; reckoning the length of the blaze and the height of the falling snow? Surely imagination would be stronger and purer if it could have the playful' fancies of dawning womanhood to delight it. All toil would be torn front mind-labor if but another heart grew into his present soul,. quickening it, charmitg it, cheering it, bidding tt ever God speed. Her face would make a:halo rich as a rainbow, a stop of all such noisome things as we lonely souls call trouble. Her smiles would illumine the blackest of crowded cares and .he darkness that now seats you despo ndeut in your solitary chair for days together, weaving bitter fancies, dreaming their bitter dreams, would grow light and thin and spread and float away, chased by that beloved smile. Your friend, poor fellow, dies—never mind; that g:utle clasp uf her fingers, as she steals behind you, telling you not to weep, is worth tee friends. Your sister, sweet one, is dead—buried. The worms arc busy with her fairness. How it makes y ou think earth nothing but a spot to dig giaves upon. It is more; she says she will be a sister, and the waving curls, as she leans upon your shoulder, touch your cheek, and your wet eyes turn to meet those other eyes—God has sent His angel ! surely ! Your m..ther—alas she is gone ! Is there any bitterness to a youth alone and friendless, like this? But you are not homeless, yeti are not alone—she is there, her tears' softening yours,•her grief killing yours ; and you live again to assuage that kind sorrow of hers.—Then these children—rosy, fair-haired ; no, they do not ditturh you with their prattle now —they are yours. Toss away there, on the green sward; never mind the hya cinth, the snowdrops, the violets, if so 'be any are there; the'perfnme of the health ful lips is worth all the flowers in the world.` No need 'th•gather -wild banquets to love and cherish; flowers, tree, gun all are dead things ; things livelier hold' your soul. And she, the mother, sweetest and fairest of all, watching, tending, ca ressing and loving, till your liwn heart grows pained with tenderest jealousy, and devours itself with loving. You have no need of a cold lecture to teach thankfulness your heart is full of it. No need now, as once, of bursting-blossoms, of trees tukiug leaf and greenness, turning,thought kind ly and thankfully; forever beside you there is fruit, for which eye, heart and soul are full of unknown, unspoken—be cause of unSpeakable—thank-offerings Mishit is Everything. We have all heard the story of the man Who slept above the baker's oven fur tirentY" years. then changed his lodgings, but had to go back to the oven before he could sleep. A case illustrating the same principle has recently come under our notice. A city man, accustomed to lodge in one of the noisiest streets, visited a country friend. Too much quiet de stroyed his rest at night. His friend felt for his distress, and said he would try and relieve it. Accordingly, he went to a neighbor's and procured a bass-drum, which be beat under the fellow's bedroom window, and made his boy run a squeak lug wheelbarimw up and down on the porch, while his wife played on the pia no, and the servant girl pounded on the door with the tongs. In this manner the sufferer was enabled to get two or three hours of' quiet, refreshing sleep. thmgh it was heavy un the family. Bachelors and nirts A chronick old bachelor iz invariably or• the neuter gender. They are like dried apples on a string —want. a good soaking before they will do to use. I suppose there iz some of them who have a good excuse for their nuterness; many of them are tem stingy to inalry. This iz one ov the best excuses -1.,k110 ov. fur a stingy man ain't fit tow havutenice woman Some old bachelors git fter a flirt. and can't travel so fast . az she doz, and then concludes awl the female group ale hard tew ketch. and good for nothing when they are ketchcd. 'cVbett a flirt really falls in lure she iz az powerless az a mown daizy. The best way to keteh,a flirt iz tew travel the other way from which they are going, or sit down on the ground and whistle some lively tune till the flirt comes round. A majority of flirts net married finally, for they have a great quantity of the most dainty tibits ov woman's natur. and ahruz have shrewdness to back up their. sweet ness. Flirts don't deal in poetry and water grewel ; they have got tow hay brains, or else somebody would trade them out or their capital at the lust sweep. An old bachelor will brag about hiz freedom to yu, biz relief from anxiety. I hiz independence. This iz a dead-beat past resurrection, for everybody knows their ain't a more anxious dupe than he iz. I pity him, I do. Jost BILLINGS. Eli EIVII6LE NUiiißß;§:tja: 4 .Journalisitic Titue ng•ea,AMlSAtP, In ‘i - ieptbriibo . ?, - Iss4,ltit.' n aAmer, :A retie, Way lost at sea. Among, the pass enger; were many ,prominent leitizene off I lsZew 'York, anti the news of the dreadful shipwreck carried poignant sorrow to hun dreds of households. Early In October, :when the steamer had been overdue at the port. of ..Netv York, on her return voyage from Liverpool,vague apprehensions of dis 'aster began to. prevail; and, as day after day passed without tidings the.inissing "vessel, fill - the From day to day the feeling of dread became intensi 'tied, and the excitement hourly-lt d:named. iFinally,lato on tile nig,lit of. the' , loth" iirOc toberat rumor suddenly spread tAin'ilPthe city to the effect that the ArctiVlrddrnetu . ally been lost4.that there had been fear :Sul loss of humatilives ; that risalitary snr ivivor had returned, and that this survivor had brought authenticjntelligence of the disaster. - Ti: is report reached the ear of the.assist aut who was then in charge of the elt-Y-de partment of the Times; but it reached him at an advanced hour of the nicht, when all but himself had finished their labors and had returned to their homes. Sending re porters oat in ail directions. with strict Charge to spare no pains in sifting - the ru mors of the night, he strove to gather an ihentic intelligence, but the effort was fa :tile. The reporters returned with news that no trace of the survivor's movements Could be found. A paragraph was accord inglywritten, announcing, guarded iphrase, thaernmors'of the total loss of the 'Arctic had been current during the night, but that nothing of a definite character was This annotmeenient placed in a :prominent part of the Ti)7VIS, under a dis played heading, was all that it wat,:, poSsi ble to say. Discomfited, discouraged and !apprehensive, the head of the city depart :ment then departed for his home. But the adventtires and the excitements of the night were not destined to be so Speedily finished. The perturbed edi tor,tu vely feeling that there Was something met unrevcaled, mused While dosing in a hor s e-car, at three o'clock in the •morning "and his strung nerves Made hint sen s itive. Scarcely had the car gone a half mile front tits starting-point, when a stranger,burried 7 y coming down aside street, jumped upon :the rear platform, evidently in au excited state, and began a conversation with the conductor in the hurried and -incoherent manner of a man who land stlmultaneously beard startling news and had indulged in bouvivality. The disjointed sentences }which fell from the lips el this man fur ' Uished a clue to the watchful editor in the 'furthest corner - of the car, whose - hearing was as painfully neutwas his professional 'prida was seriously wounded—for.defeat in the pursuit of news sits heavily.upon the soul of a newspaper man. The words "Arctic'"—"only man who had got in"— Burns"--" St. Nicholas Hotel"—" Herald office"—" all night"—" tired out"—" bottle ;wino"-conveyed distinct ide s. The words harmed themselves into this shape in the blind of the weary watcher in the corner: " A man by the minute of Burns has escaped from the wreck of the Arctic : he is at the St. Nicholas [lntel; he has pushed on to ''ff.ards New York as fast us possible after landing; ho'has gravitated to The Herald Ince, knowing that The Herald pays well !Tor exclusive news; The Herald has got Wei story ; , and t4ere is a trick to keep it tray from alrtl'ai'onie7Ps'paliCers":" - "Out 6r- !le car dashed The Times man; down 3riind way he tore ; aeross 1110 park, and up to the printing room of The Times he rush ed. There he found the foreman placidly putting on his coat, ill preparation for de parture. '• Slop the press !" was the first order uttered. " Why ?" inquired the fore man.q"Becauso The Ileralci has got hold of a survivor of the Arctic, and is trying one of its old games; but we'll beat her ! A bell tinkled ; a message went down the speaking tube which led from the compos ing room to the cellar; the great press stop ped. A IN 01;li tuan in the press-room was call ed up, and these words passed: "South, you know Tho herald office; they've got hold of a story about the Arctic, which belongs to all the press and the mean to keep it and cheat us out of AL I want a copy of it. I want you to got it in any way you con; will you ao-it," " How do you know they've got it?" The circumstances were recited. '• All right," said South ;.".I:ll.getit.pro vided you don't ask me any questions." The promise was given. "South" depart ed, to return a few minutes afterwards with the information that The II erald office was all alight (the hour was four o'clock in the morning) ; that the press-room was fast locked, and that all the carriers and news. buys bad been excluded. "What shalt I do?" asked "South." "Get the first copy of The Herald that comes otT the press," was the order instant ly given. "Buy it, beg it, steal it, anything so long as you get it ; and to-morrow you shall have fifty dollars for your trouble," "Enough said," observed "South." Twenty to inotes later he appeared in the office of the Ttatcs (then at the corner cif Beekman and NIISS:111 streets' with a copy of the Herald, containing .Ir. George If. Burns's narrative of the loss of the Arctic entire, printed is double-leaded type. Meon,ehile, the whole three of Times coal - po , -,:torN had been routed out of their beds, by messengers sent in urgent haste; each man stood at his "case," "stick" in hand, and when "South" returned waving the next morning's Herald triumphantly over his head a mighty hurrah, went up which might have been heard for several blocks. The Herald "copy" was cut up into four line "takes ;" in an hour the whole story was in type; mid the people of the Herald uncoucious that a copy of that journal had been adroitly abstracted. with held all their city circulation until nine o'clock in the morning, sending off only the mail copies containing the long expected ro lation of the dreadful disaster, I3y eight o'clock in the morning the Mars was pro curable at all the news stands in the city, and it=. subscribers had received the news an boor before. Edition atter edition wag coned for, and its Hoe press ran with out intermission from seven o'clock ir. the rho: ning until tWo o'clock M. to sup ply the continual demand. Nor was this all, for on the following day the Timor gave twelve columns of state ments of passengers who bad escaped by bouts from the sinking steamer,"and one column of editorial comment upon the dis aster. Mr. Raymond, entered fully into the spirit of the °cession, volunteered, his services as a repot ter, and ',for one day ac tually put himself under the orders of the city editor who has the matter in charge. It is needless to add that. Mr. Raymond's report was the best of all. On the following pay-day "South" received his gift from the proprietors of the Tilnes,and the city editors salary was increased rit.tho rate of five dol lars a week, as a reward for tho energy he had displayed. . • A. 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