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VOLUME XLI; NUMBER 27.1
Co U.Y.TY .F.INANCES.
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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: ' .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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870.
1569.
31111 'ry
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13333
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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
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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
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1,013 36.
102 Oi
1,161 01 1
125 1
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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
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Military A.s.essors.
Abse.sp.on; bills fornsses.,l3lg 1,1 I Itia
11 Baumgardner for coal for Court
llouse
11,30133
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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
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City Lock -Up.
John Henry and H. Cbeexruau. keep
era, for tarnishing meals to prison- •
018 coot - Wed in $ 306 ft 2
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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;
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S 174 9$
Jnry Commissioners
3 2,657 55
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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
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$ 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.,:: ..,..
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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. Boston merchant wishes somebody to
manufacture check books perforated like
sheets of postage stamps, that the checks
may be rosily separated.