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J. W. FISHER.
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.
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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.