Father Abraham. (Reading, Pa.) 1864-1873, January 15, 1869, Image 2
laqer INDEPENDENT AND PROGRESSIVE LANCASTER CITY, PA =I 'FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1869 FATHER ABRAHAM! EVERY 1301)17 READS IT! Make up your Clubs! TERMS Or SIIISCRIPTION 1 copy, one year 5 oopies, (each name loblreq±e(l,l 10 copies. 16 copies, l 6 20 eoples, And 0.10 for each additional subscriber. Pon (tune, Ix PACKAGE: 4 . 5 0 0 PleF (to one address,) 10 sopiee, eoples, " VO3 so pica, And $l.OO for each additional subscriner R'All subscriptions must invariably be paid in advance. ADDITIONAL INDUCEMENTS! dubbing With Periodicalat For 83.75 we will send FATHER ARRA- N/ad and Godey's Lady's Book, (the subscrip tion price of which is $3) for one year. For 92.75 we will send FATHER ABRA HAM and Peterson's Ladies' National Maga thte, (the subscription price of which is $2.50) for one year. .For 82.50 we will send FATHER AnnnA- Mks! and Arthur's home Magazine, (the sub scription price of Which is $2) for one year. 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The Litelliyncer of Tuesday last week, does injustice to General Fisher, one of the Senators from this county, in saying that had he seconded Mr. Billingfelt's motion, the proposition of Messrs. Ranch it Cochran, to contract for the pasting and folding for the Legislature would have been accepted, and this would have saved thousands of dollars to the State. The fact is that Mr. Billingfelt's amendment was ruled out of order by the Speaker, on the ground that the existing law•passed iu 1505, and referred to in our last issue, pro vides for the election of a limited num ber of pasters and folders. The intelli genccr also unjustly accuses Gen. Fisher of buncumb in regard to some half a dozen copies of Purdon's Digest. The fact is that Mr. Fisher's amendment, if adopted, would' have saved just 26 copies of the Digest, at $lO each, $260, and twen ty-six copies of the Manual at $2 each, $52., in all $320.00. The accusation of theintelligeaccr, therefore, is entirely un called for. AN OUTRAGEOUS CHARGE. The Scranton Republican has the bold ness to insinuate that money is used in pro curing legislation and offices at llarris burg. Were it necessary we could easily disprove this assertion, by gentlemen from this very town--men who were never known to lie, or do any other dishonest act. As for our own Representatives they are above suspicion. They, or some of them, may be poor, but they are honest, and everybody knows it. They can't be bought. When they come to vote for Senator, for Treasurer, or upon any sub ject of public importance, they only con shier merit, and vote conscientiously, con sistently and honestly, as they understand it, and as they are instructed by their friends, who wouldn't deceive them for all the world. OUR 1111IRESS ON STATE In caucus, Senators Billingfelt and Fish er we farevorable to the nomination of that faithAdpublic servant, Gen. W. W. Irwin, as the State Treasurer. The repeseritatives from this County, Messrs. Sammy, Peters, Gatchell and Hopkins, were against Irwin and for Mackey. In joint convention, on Wednesday last, Senator Billingfelt did not vote. Mr. Fisher voted for Morrow B. Lowry, of Erie. Our Representatives voted for Mr. Mackey. HON. HANNIBAL NAHLDI. The nomination of Hon. liannibal Ilam lin for United States Senator Iran Maine, by the Republican Legislature of that State, will give general satisfaction to his hosts of friends in the "Old Guard." Mr. 11. is one of the men who deserves all the honors that a grateful people can confer. We hope to be able to announce his tri umphant election. sir The Lehigh Register, having passed into the hands of Messrs. Mill & Iredell, has just made its appearance in a beautiful new dress. It is now one of the leading Republican institutions of the State. Long may it ware, &c. REPORT OF TdE AUDITOR DERMAL. This document is one of particular in terest to every tax-payer in the State.— It contains nearly two hundred pages, and was prepared with cut), idur;thkc care and acoracy. The total public doh', on the Ist of Ili - cember last, being the close of the fiscal year, amounted to $33,2H1,910,1:% The total mount of stocks hclo't hy the Com monwealth, in sundry incorporated corn panius, On the same date. amounted to F 10,754,321. 6 -2, which, if vonveried into cash and used towards the further liqui dation of the State dell. as. re( oramended by the tlowrrior, will reduce the debt to 5t'22,1i32,41.2-1.51,—0n1y a little over halfas much ag it Was when the State ad ministration passed into the hands of the Republican party. 1.1,0 T.OO . 13.00 19.00 22 00 The receipts at the State Treasury, during the year, from all sources, includ ing balance on hand at the eommence ment of the fiscal year, of $.1.061,836.49, amounted to the sum of $9,918,918.01. The principal items of revenue were a follows : 46.50 12.00 11.50 20.00 Tax on corporation stocks 'F!'1,064 068.08 " persbnal property 277,337.66 " loans 3:4,407.49 " net earnings or income... 422,803.74 " gross receipts 384,161.96 " tonnage 307,337.78 " on coal 192,433.80 " on bank stocks 216,933.76 Commutation of tonnage tax :;60,000.00 Collateral inheritance tax 274,615.97 Tavern licenses 279,532.72 Retailers' licenses 335,219.03 Foreign Insurance Agencies 220,392.76 Penna. lt. It. Co. bond redeemed 100,000.00 The expenditures during the year amounted to e5,864;9410,61, leaving a bal ance in the Treasury of $1,05:3,957.37. The principal i tents of expendi t tires were : Expenses of Government $845,,39.89 Military, per acts of assembly 122,418.138 Pensions and gratuities 28,984.84 Charitable institutions 772,066 20 Common Schools 343,866.99 Loans redeemed 1,430,263.64 interest on loans 1,979,690.64 Public buildings and grounds -13,903.42 Rouses of Refuge 50,500.00 Penitentiaries 76,895.00 Miscellaneous and other items. 1,224,718. 84 59,918,918.01 Among the expenses of the Government we trod the following items : SENATE—Pay and mileage.. Clerk's Department Other Officers Postage Stationery Contingent expenses "Investigating" Committees—. Witness fees contested election. Committee and Clerk, 5ame...... Sergt. at Arms, fees, same..... . Pages and women Distributing documents, index ing, &c 1,052.35 Purd. Digest and Ziegler's Man'! 430.00 Chaplain 300.00 Librarian and Assistants. :3,537.50 " Marshals" of Rotunda 1,465.55 Engineers, Firemen (and 'Paper- T wisters') in basement 2,488.20 Coal and wood 752,00 Case for Library 1,316.00 Work and material 1,516.00 Carpenter work 221.15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— Pay, mileage and stationery (IN. CLAMING $82,80 EXTRA TO ANDY ARMSTRONG, NOT YET REFUNDED) 5107,308.80 Clerk, Assistants and Tran scribers 12,542.70 Se'►rgte. at arms, Doorkeepers and Messengers 27,291.90 rasters and Folders (INCLUD ING $7OO, PD. MR. ILLYUS FOR lIIS SERVICES AT FIDD LER'S GREEN . ) 37.723.10 Postage..... 19,350.04 Contingent expenses and pages. 6,298.00 Packing and distributing doc'ts. 500.00 Women 630.00 Postmaster and Assistant 1,923.00 Chaplain 300.00 John A. Smull, forwarding doc- uments 1,300.00 Purden's Digest and Leg. Man'l 1,270.00 Stationery 7,265.04 John A. timull, revising b00k.... 300.00 W. L. Cooper, "Librarian" 1,000.00 Marshal of Rotunda, No. 3 804.10 Fireman and 2 assistants 2,121.00 W. L. Cooper, for service, (about DumING nucleus) . 270.00 Comp'ngJournal and indexing.. 336.50 Coal and ice 980.88 Work and material 1,9'21.30 Carpet, wood, merchandise and work 1,377.52 Expenses of committee 272.03 PUBLIC PBINTI xci— Meyers and Gingerly, to June 30, 1880 63,709.81 John Youngman, superintendl.. 1,000.00 Geo. Bergne_,r Leg. Record 32,745.00 Paper mill, Lancaster, for paper. 6,126.06 John A. Hiestand, for paper 17,425.00 Paper for military history and re port 18,025.00 The DurAsermaNTS—Sala ries of Governor, Secretary, Clerks, Stationary and contin gent... 32,553.26 Auditor General's do 21,189.61 Treasurer's do 11,090.06 Surveyor General's do 24,370.50 J lIDI CIAR Sr—Supreme JUdt. es, Supreme Court, Courts or Common Pleas, Associates, special Courts, Ite 260,879.52 Attorney General's Department /3,939.05 Miscellaneous 1,298.86 Penn's Agricultural Society 2,000 00 SCHOOL sunaurerramwrs REPORT. The annual report of the State Superin tendent of Common Schools ? Col. J. P. Wickersham, for the year ending June 1, 1868, has just been published. From it we extract the following interns of impor tance: Total expenditures for the year $4,617,006 Balance on band 287,666 Debt of Districts 757,541 The value of the school property of the State is over ten millions of dollars. This is an interesting fact, not before reported. APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOB 1870. For common schools, including those of Philadelphia • $600,000 For Normal schools, to be appropri ated on the same condition as those imposed by appropriation act of '6B 15,000 For salaries of county superintendents 65,000 For expenses of the principals of State Normal schools, incurred in at tending the annual examinations of said schools 250 For Normal selool of Third district.... 3,000 For Normal school of Sixth district... 5,000 For Lincoln University 2,500 " The Legislature," says the report, "did a noble act last year in increasing the general State appropriation from $355,000 to $500,000. 'An addition of only another $lOO,OOO is asked for this year." GIENEEAL W. W. IRWIN. This gentlemen, the present able and deservedly popular State Treasurer, has just published his annual report, which contains much valuable information. We regret that we cannot well find space to publish it. We will refer to a few items and suggestions contained in the doeu- , ment. The receipts for the fiscal year. exclu-• sive of loanp. alnount, , a to 4:;,070.671.95, boin_ an increas of t1!1,795.66 over tho• proceeding year. The payments, exelttr. wive of loans, amounted t0:.'...:4,357,117.19, being on increase of $70:22.00. The amount of balance in the Treasury at.the dose of the year, was $1,012.925.36, from which deduct which is pledged for the redemption of over due loans, leaving an available balance of $5:25,765.58. The amount of state debt due in July, IS7O, is $1,642,128.29; the receipts in ex cess of expenditures, last year. was *522,- 32.6.42. There is an increase in the ap propriation to schools, for the corningyear, amounting to $150,000.00 and for the erection of the Northern Hospital for the insane, 5150,000.00. These figures show the necessity of the strictest economy, and a deduction instead of increase of State bounties. After fully and ably dis cussing the subject of State Finances, the Treasurer says in conclusion: "It is for you, as the representatives of the people, tq enact the policy that will best ac cord with their interests or wishes. if our ob ligations are to be paid as they become due, IT CAN ONLY BE DONE BY ECONOMY IN OUR EXPENDITURES, or bit the IMPOSITION OF MORE TAXES. Whichever of these will best suit the people you represent it would be best to adopt." I fere we have another leading State of ficial squarely on the side with GRANT and G'EARY, in favor of Retrenchment, Reform and Honesty in public affairs. Although General - Irwin has been over. slam:died by the " Ring„” the people will honor him the more for his frank and manly statement of their financial atlitirs. That he was over-slaughed by a Legisla ture made up, in part, of men nottriousl) . bought, paid for, and owned by set of pol iticians, jobbers, gamblers, brokers and middle men, can have no other effect than to raise him still higher iu the estimation of all honest men. $30,547.40 10,312.40 15,973.80 13,125.73 3,905.25 1,000.00 3,620.25 9,483.86 3,265.00 6,349.92 Thy lines are. being distinctly drawn be t)ween the friends of Retrenchment and Reform on one side, and of public plun derers and political camp followers on the other. Among those who lead off on the right side of this question are It R A",NT,GEA icy and Inwfx. The leaders among the plunderers need not be named—everybody knows them. It will be for the people to determine which of the two shall prevail in future. 2,109.00 BAD NEWS FROM HARRISBURG I lecerding to our Harrisburg corres pondent it would seem that notwith standing all that has been said about the wholesale extravagance and most barefaced system of peculation which characterized the House of Representa tives last year, the same outrageous sys tem, as far as the house is concerned, has already been consummated, by the pas sage of a joint resolution to appoint twenty seven additional "Fasters and Folders," at an expense of not less than $OOO each, making an extra grab into the people's treasury of not less than sixteen thousand two hundred dollars! These twenty-seven additional Fasten and Folders and the twelve previously appointed by virtue of the law of 1868—ten at a salary of $6OO each and two at $BOO each, making $7,600, which added to the $16,200 extra grab, foots up a total of $23,800, for doing the work which we offered to do, under heavy bond, for $5,000, and make money even at that. Thus have our Representatives de liberately, recklessly and defiantly decided to $1 quander, by this item alone, the sum of SIB,BOOI And for this public outrage Messrs. J. C. Gatchell, W. W. Hopkins, Jacob G. Peters and Aaron H. Summy, elected and solemnly sworn to represent the interests of the people of Pennsylva nia in general, and of Lancaster County in particular, all voted an emphatic AYE ! On this we make no comment, preferring to leave them in the hands of their out , raged and betrayed constituents! We coubt whether the resolution will pass the Senate, without the aid of the Democrats. We notice with pleasure that the Governor, in his message, calls the atten tion of the j o egislature to the importance of the passage of a registry law. There should be no postponement of this subject —no shrinking of responsibility by our Legistaturs— for the evil of illegal vot ing is growing to an alarming extent. The Governor well remarks: "Every proper facility for the naturalisa tion of citirans of foreign birth should be af forded ; but the legislature, in its combined wisdom, can surely enact some mode to pre vent the possibility of a single vote being cast upon•spurioes naturalisation papers, &within' fully secure the purity of the elective.fran chine." We again call the attention of our rea ders to the " short, sharp and decisive" paragraph in the Governor's message on the above subject. It will be well for our Legislators to keep it before them. The people are in uo humor to be deceived in this matter, and they will not be : " Retrenchment is emphatically demanded by the people, in the legislative expenditures, as well as in every other branch of the govern ment. Their eyes are open to investigate every transaction, and by their ballots ars ready to strike down those who will not take 4grective ao• lion in favor of positive and radical reform. The money paid Into the Treasury is the property of the people, every one of whom Us a just right to hold his representative to a strict accountability for every dollar that may be appropriated or expended." A ItEGISTET LAW. :1';oWt1:+lab):ruoi;1001 ------- Igkii --- We have little to report from Congresp this yveek. The wheels of Is&latiKt move slowly, and the opinion semis to he very generally entertained that but little else than the passage of Appropriation bills*** done before the 4th of March, whin,*~, ' 'w President and a new Con gt ..'• ;... ome into power. i, ~., - ate' was mainly engaged in dis ,, 0 , tt claim of Slue :Murphy. of Ala *Alin, f,:. • property destroyed duriu.g the w ;,,,!,,:,„ t,yonelusion bad been arrived at. loners would like to have . . , . ~.•,,, • , •1 uncle I.:4am's Treasnry. . Appropriation bills for the West Point Military. Academy. the Army, &e., were discussed, and the first named was passed. A petition was presented ' by Mr. Pessenden in the Senate, signed by a large number of Episcopal clergy men, for the passage of 11, law to prevent • the transportation of Petroleum in pas : server vessels. This grew out of the ter- rible accident on the Ohio river a fi , w weeks nem, when one of the most distill gurihed clergymen of that denomination lost his life. • On Monday last thereseemed to be more disposition to go to work. A large num ber of bills and memorials were offered and referred. The Sue Murphy relief bill was debated until afte,r 3 o'clock, when the Senate adjourned. In the House, bills and resolutions were read and referred. A bill was passed repealing the Tenure of Office law, under the operation of the pre vious question, by a large majority, the Cops. voting for the repeal. It is thought the Senate will be slow in passing the bill, but, as it is the wish of Gen. Grant that it should pass, it will no doubt, go through at so lute an hour as to prevent A. J. from doing mischief. Some discussion was had on the Naval appropriation bill, and the llouse adjourned. On Tuesday. the time of the Senate was chiefly occupied in considering the Miss Murphy claim. She is said to be a loyal woman, and wants pay for property taken by our troops in Alabama. Her father, it is said, was not so loyal, therefore the claim is presented in her name--a dodge that would do credit toa Yankee. In the !louse, Gen. lintler made a long speech ill support of his financial views. A groat deal of other business wits transacted. Among others a resolution was passed to give the use of a part of the Capitol building for an inaugural ion hall. LETTER FROM RARRISBUir. St4lllailiy 0)110lifUel e S thi: S cl lte— Fi s he r ('I Billinofelt—Bills Muer b ms e Joint Resoluetion l to repot lost year Ertrarayatire a nil Vorruption—lirospeet of its defeat in the Senote nr by the vein Honest and Independent Governor. IIABRISBURG Jan. 12, 1K69. DEA ft FATHER ABR Aft A3f :--The Speaker of the Senate was particulurly fortunate in the appointment of the Stand lug Committees for the present session, The Lancaster Senators are appointed as follows: Gen. Fisher, Chairman on Judi ciary Local and on Pensions and Gratui ties, and member of committee on Military affairs. Mr. Billingfelt is Chairman on Retrenchment and Reform, and on Roads and Bridges, and member of committees on Election Districts, Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures, and of Private Claims and Damages. The ( %airmen of the other committees are as follows: Mr. Lowry on Federal Re lations; Connell on Finance; White on Judiciary General; Kerr on Accounts: Stinson on Estates and Escheats; Graham on Corporations; Osterhaut on Banks; Robinson on Canals and Inland Nay.; Coleman on Railroads; Stutzman on Elec tion Districts; Brown (Mercer' on Educa tion; Stutzman on Agriculture and Do mestic Manufactures; Taylor on Military, Jackson on Compare Bills; Kerr on Vice and Immorality; Henszey on Private Claims and Damages; Olmstead on Li brary; Errett on Printing; Coleman on Public Buildings; and Brown on New Counties. For thus constituting the several com mittees, Speaker Worthington deserves much credit. Judging from my own knowledge of Senators personally, I have no hesitation in saying that in almost every case, the right man has been select ed for the right place. For instance, no one will question the peculiar fitness of Lowry for Chairmanship on Federal Re lations. Mr. Coleman, ou Railroads, will give the brokers and jobbers, about these Halls, considerable difficulty in "setting up" their "bleeders" and " pinchers." There isn't money enough in all Pennsyl vania to bribe J.Dawson Coleman. Brown is an excellent man on Education, and so is Errett on Printing. The constituents of Mr. Biilingfelt will bail with much sat isfaction his appointment to the Chair manship on Retrenchment and Reform— s most responsible position, and with such Senators as Errett, White, Miller and Davis as the remainder of the com mittee, some very wholesome reformatory measures may be looked for. The two latter namedgentlemen are Democrats— Miller from the York district and Davis from Berks. Mr. M. is a new man, and, as yet, but little known. Mr. D. is a fair man, of considerable ability, and will go as far as. any Democrat can be expected to go, in legislating for the good of the people. The Standing Committees or the House have not yet been announced. Mr. Fisher presented a petition of citi izens, of Provident* township, for a change in their road laws, which was re ferred. Also, a resolution instructing the committee on Library to examine bound volumes of certain papers, includ ing the Lancaster Express - , belong to J. E. Barr & Co., embracing a hi sto ry of the entire war, and to report by bill or otherwise. Also, bills to transfer part of Moses M. Brubaker's faun from Lebanon to Lancaster county; to incorporate the Lancaster county Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company; to change the time for holding elections for municipal officers in the Commonwealth, and a sup plement to the act .dividing the city of Lancaster into nine wards. Mr. Billing felt introduced a bill authorizing the Cornwall R. R. Co. to extend the time for the eommencement of the work, allow ing the building of a branch to Lancas ter, &c. In the House, only one important item of business has been transacted, and, I regret to say, that it was the passage of a resolution to repeat the last year's extmv apace and oorruptaon, by appointing,over and above the needs of the House, twenty seven additional Pesters and Folders, and thus delibertelytaidita' $16,200 fro State Treasury, to lit distributest ,ro among them. The Joint resol oflbredbyMr. Strang,of Tiogn,fre a dierent course was expected. Th inihmetts measure will pass the Sena I do not believe. But, even if it d it is confidently expected that the Govt r will veto the act. STATE NEWS. DAUPHIN COUNTY—The Pennsylvania Stool works on the hill are now in full operation. , . . Rev. Dr. Tyng will lec ture at Harrisburg on the 213th inst Augustus F. Armstrong, :for six years a clerk in the Surveyor General's office, died at Harrisburg last week. . . The Schuyl kill and Susquehanna District Convention bf frond Templer, will be held on the 24th of February next at Middletown. . .W. W. Hays, Esq, the new Mayor of Har risburg entered upon the duties of his of lice on Monday. MONTGOMERY CO UNT Y. — . Mrs. Mar tha G. liuddleson, of Norristown, died week before last in the 92d year of her age A muss was kicked up in a drinking saloon at Conshohocken recent ly, resulting in the shooting of one man in the shoulder, inflicting a dangerous wound. . . . The new Stony Creek Rail road Company will elect officers on the 18th inst. BUCKS Cot;iiTY.—Gleanings from the Democrat: On Tuesday before last, Jacob Roath, a German, residing at Bethlehem, was arrested by detective Wtn. Y. Lyon, of Reading, and taken to Doylestown, where he was committed, on the charge of having received a horse, wagon and buffalo robe, belonging to Tobias Wor mad, at Riegelsville, where they were sto len last Septemper, and were finally traced to the possession of Roath. . . . A Jenteddler named Sellers, residing at Fort Washington, recently committed sui cide by drowning himself in the Perkio ming creek. • . A German named Kim sey, residing at Fitzwartertown, procured several casks of lager beer to be used on hog killing day. lle pertook freely of the beer, proceeded to a room up stairs and committed suicide by shooting himself.. . A party of three lads, on Tuesday of last week were enjoying themselves in skating upon the surface of the Delaware and Ra ritan feeder, opposite Centre Bridge, and on approaching the edge of the ice their weight broke it in. The older boy. Chs. Meginnes, was the first to fall into the water ; and his younger brother hurried to his help, accompanied by their other companion, when they fell in. Both the Meginnes' boys were speedily carried under the ice by the cur rent—the other one managing to keel, his hold on the ice, and thus hold his head above the surface of the water until he was rescued from his perilous sit uaiton.— The lifeless bodies of the two Maginnes' brothers were taken out about ten min utes afterwards. The fatal occurrence cre ated a startling sensation in the neighbor hood. They were both boys of unusual intelligence, sons of James Meginnes.— Charles, the elder, was about eleven years of age, and his younger brother near nine years old. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.— A. ffiend less wandering woman, during a very cold night, recently gave birth to a child in an open shed, at Levers brick yard, on the road leading from Bethlehem to Easton, and near the former place. When the woman was found the child was dead.. . Samuel R. Rutter, of Mauch Chunk, was appointed paymaster of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Rail Road. . . The late dis aster near Bethlehem, on the North Penn sylvania Railroad,costs the company from ten to twelve thousand dollars. . . Lackawack, whilst shifting cars on the Lehigh and Susquehanna R. R. at Walnut Port,met with an accident, result ing in the loss of a leg. LEHIGH COUNTY,—The Lehigh Slate Co. have declared a dividend of three per cent. . . The passenger travel on the Le high Valley Railroad is unusually large this season. . . Barnum lectured on mo ney getting last Tuesday evening in the Court House. . . Seth Bernard, a tin smith, while at work roofing a house at Allentown, fell to the ground and broke several ribs. BERMS COUNTY.—The Republicans have now two excellent newspapers—the Berks and Schuylkill Journa,/, English, and the Repuldikaner von Berle s, a very neatly printed and well conducted Ger man. A good and respectable repubin daily is also needed in Reading. . . Five per cent dividend declared by the Reading Gas Company. . . The Reading Adler en tered upon its 73d year on Jan. 1. . . . The Reading Eagle tells its readers what ouht to be done with a fellow who bites off anothero one's ear. . . There are now about twelve thousand inhabitants in the town of Fleetwood, on the line of the East Pennsylvania Railroad, eleven miles east from Reading. . . A lot of clothing valued at $450 was stolen at Roehrocks ville fsom a pedler wagon, belonging to Messrs. flerzlield & Riverton, of Reading. . . Mr. John D. Buck has just been elected Chief of the Fire Department of Read ing. No better man could have been elec ted for the responsible loosition. . . There are fifteen hundred children belonging to the several German Reformed Sunday Schools of Reading. . . The Reading City Lock-up is crowded every night by tram pers and inebriates. . . Goods and mo neys were donated last week to the Wo meladorf Orphan's Assylum, to the value of $428. . . IDfilefra of the County A gri cultural Society will be elected on the 2nd of next month. . . A new masonic L in Reading is talked of—three existingjil ready. . . The Reading Eagle says, " Re ligion has never made more progress in the city than this winter," and then goes on to warn the people against numerous thieving stragglersi attempted burglary at the residence of Charles B erle in Penn street ; William S. Smith gloriously drunk and before the Mayor ; Charles Noblenesk ditto ; twenty-three lodgers and bummers in the station-house on Saturday night; fourteen ditto on Sunday night, &c. &c. CHESTER COUNTY.- The proposed Pickering Valley Railroad will doubtless be constructed, as the Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Comp. offer to take three fifths of all the stock. . . J. W. Martin, of Coatesville % had his pocket picked at West Philadelphia, a few days ago, becoming minus 11100. . . James Wier, aged 10, on Tuesday of last week, stabbed John Thomas, aged 14, with a pocket knife, kill ing him instantly. They were both em ployed in the Patterson Mills, near Ches ter, and had a quarrel during the day, and after the mill was stopped Wier wai ted on his victim and murdered him. He is now in prison at Media. . . The Village Record says night prowlers are getting to be very numerous throughout Cheater County. An attempt was made to rob the house of Abraham Hickman, in East Goshen, one night last week. Same night the barn of Worrell Garret was visited, same township ; meat stealers visited the premisis of Isaac Meredith, same neigh borhood, but they did not like the crack of his gun, and left in a hurry. . . The dwelling of Joseph 11. Osborne, in West town was entered last Friday night and $2BO stolen. . . An attempt was made on Friday night to rob the flour and feed store of Marshall Smith, West Chester... Scarlet fever prevailing in West Chester. MIFFLIN Corrx.ry.—The tannery of George Saylor, of Decatur township, was totally destroyed by fire Turkey stealers doing well in various parts of the county. . . . Two fast young men were arrested last week at Lewistown, for breaking into Mann's store and stealing boots. FRANKLIN COL'!%7TY.—On Wednesday before last, as we learn from the Reposito ry, an aged woman named Nancy Toms, residing on the road from Mercersburg to Itreonnelsburg, was found dead in her bed under suspicious circumstances. She possersed eight acres of land and a log house, and was supposed to have some money. With the old lady lived a girl by the name of Swank. A man by the name of William .Jones, now in jail, implica ted in the robbery of Fallen's store, had been living with this girl, having sent his family out West, for a year or more.— Some time ago the nephew of Nancy Toms died suddenly, and suspicions were ex cited at the time that his death did not re sult from natural causes. An inquest was held, but no thorough investigation made, and there the matter dropped. The old lady was found dead in her bed, one day last week, and it appears that but a few days befl)te her death she had made over all her property to this man Jones, up.m the condition that he would support her during her remaining days. Dying so shortly, and so mysteriously, after this transaction, naturally excited suspicious that she had been put out of the way.— The citizens of Mercersburg brought it to the notice of the DistrietAttorney, who or tiered an inquest, and on Wednesday last sent Drs. ticnseny and Boyle to the place where the body was buried to make a post mortt m examination. The body was disinterred and a Coroner's jury sum moned, while the physicians made a very thorough dissection, bringing away the stomach and its contents fl,r chemical an alysis. We understand there exists evi dence enough to send the matter before the Grand Jury. WAYNE COUNTY.- - A new Division of Sons of Temperance was organized at Honesdale..... J. W. Wells, Esq. has withdrawn from the editorial chair of the Wayne Citizc», which is owned by n company and published under the direc tion of a committee. .. . The Delaware 4V] f udson Canal Company will next week commence the shipment of coal over the Honesdale branch of the N. Y. and Erie branch Rail Road. YORK COUNTY.-- Coal Hien in price F5l per ton in York. . . . Mrs. Metzel, the attendant at most ofthe funerals in York,re ports that in ISSS, she officiated at 140 funerals-109 adults and 31 children.. . Two old ladies fell on the lee last week, and broke an arm each. . . The True Democrat has a long article on the Bible in its local columns. . . Zion's Lutheran Sunday School, at Glen Rock, held its an nual meeting on New Year's day. It is in a flourishing condition. .. . Mr. John Zinn was badly injured while working iu an ore mine, near Hanover. Tile bank caved in on him, and broke on e of his leers, an 1 otherwise injured him. . . . The store of Mr. Mitzel in George street, York, was entered by burglars last Friday night, and some butter stolen. fie could not afford to pay the prices... A fellow"done" a boarding house in York last week.— die was well-dressed and was altogether a love of a looking man. He retired to his room, and got his hands upon one hundred dollars and a gold watch belong ing to a boarder, and decamped. lie travelled on—his good looks. . . . The Court of Quarter Sessions was held in York last week. The business as reported in the Repebliewt was of a trifling char acter ; though the Court sat all week.. . Markets in York—Butter 30 to 40 cents ; Eggs 30 to 35 ; Chickens 40 cts. to $1 per pair ; potatoes $1 to 1.25 per bushel ; Beef, in cuts, 12 to 25 cents per pound ; from wagons $8 to 15 ; Pork from wagons 8 to 12 ; Lard 12 to 20. SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.—There were 381 inmates in the County Almshouse on the Ist of December last. . . . Pottsville water company declared a dividend of 4 per ccnt. ~ . Revivals in the Meth. E. church of Port Carbon. . . . George B. Sessinger, freight Agent on the P. & R. R. R., at Palo Alto, was arrestednnd held to bail on the charge of eznbezikle meat. . . . Total number of arrests made by the police of Schuylkill and Northum berlandCOunties during the year, 560.. . Post No. 43 Cl. A. R. is in a very dour. ishing condition. The present officers are : Post Commander—A. P. Wenrick ; 8. V. Com.—Joel Metz • T. V. Com.--.lsaac Jones. P. AdTtLR. H. Peillips ; P. Qr.--Thomas Humble ; P. Burg.—R. M. Lydian; P. C.—Aaron Yoder ; Sergt. Maj.—Daniel Powell • Q. M. B.—Jos. Morris ; Musician — Ge o. W. Daniels.— Delegates to the Department Conven tion—M. M. L Veils, A. P. Wenrick, T. Humble, David Powell : A ladies' Fair and Fstival in the interest of Post 43, and for the purpose of raising hinds to aid the widows and orphan's of dec'd soldiers and sailors of Ashland, will be held at the Odd Fellows Temple, com mencing on the 22nd of February 1869. A number of the most enterprising and public spirited ladies have already enlisted in this good work, and a splendid and in every way a successful Festival may be expected. SNYDER COUNTY.--A bear weighing 130 pounds was killed on the 26th ult. in Washington township, by Charles Roush, and his father and brother. They suc ceeded in tracing the bear, and then brought him down by means of powder and ball. . . The Snyder County 'reach er's Institute, recently held at Freeburg, was well attended and the exercises were highly interesting.