latlyr Abralpm. INDEPENDENT AND PROGRESSIVE LANCASTER CITY, PA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1889. No FOREST.ALLLNOI—The Republican U. S. Senators held a caucas on Friday last, and resolved by aver" large majority not to'confirm any move of A. J.'s tionii nattarceir.CCPltThinMancieS, and then only when it is absolutely necessary. This upsets several nice little " arrangements. 1, 6 / VENTILATION"-" HANGERS ()If !” The paragon of purity, who does the dirty work of the chief of the Thugs, talks about "I/angers On, and " Ven t ion. P' Every body knows the man he was County Treasurer—made a bargain with a widow lady, and violated it, of course—did other queer things—was a " Hanger On" about the State Capitol"—hotel, often last winter, yeneraity at night, itc., &e. Well, " ventilate!" That's what we are doing now. The self-impnrtant,egostistical great man—great in body, but small in princi ple—wanted to go to Congress last fall, and was repudiated—spewed up—as too big a dose ! Yes, " VENTILATIC." A RIP VAN WINKLE! "It is also to be taken into account that this law of 1868 reduced the pay of all the employees of the two Houses, and will, if left alone, work a saving of many thousands to the State. In stead of being abused, as the Republican members of the Legislature have been, for ad hering to this law, they deserve much credit for its passage, originally, and for their pres ent persistence in its en forceme nt."—Pittstm rg Gazette. Has the editor of the 17azene been asleep? Does he not know that the House at Har risburg, will not let the law of IH;S alone? Does he not know that it has appointed twenty-seven additional olhcers, in defiance of the law? For further information we refer him to an editorial in the Pittsburg Commercial of Saturday last. Wake up, man! THE CAMPAIGN OF 1869. A meeting of the Republican State Com mittee has been called by Hon. G. A. Grow, the Chairman, to be held at Harris burg on the 4th of February, next Thurs day, for the purpose of fixing the time and place for the holding of the next State Convention, to nominate candidates for Governor and Judges of the Supreme Court. That Governor Geary will be nominated for re-election there seems to be but little doubt, and the nomination of Judge Wil liams, who was cheated out of his election in 1867, by Copperhaad frauds in Phila delphia, chiefly, is equally certain. Yet the holding of the Convention at an early day seems to be a necessity for other rea sons. An early opening of the campaign will enable the Republicans everywhere to get rid of the plunderers at Harrisburg, and- the nomination of good and honest men to represent them in the next Legis lature. THE PASTER AND FOLDER DIIIDDLE.— The muddle of the Paster and Felder "hum bug" at Harrisburg, still agitates some portion of the sensational press. The whole thing is a farce, and is so regarded by respectable men of all parties at Harrisburg. We have been promised a full and complete " history" of the whole affair, and shall publish it as soon as received. In the meantime the public would do well not to be misled by the old, but well nigh exploded, cry of "stop thief."—Lancas ter Examiner. Jack is evidently trying to get " our fellers" out of a scrape by raising a horse laugh. It won't do Jack. Pronouncing the facts and figures presented a "hum bug" and " a farce," will not wipe out the stubborn truth that "our fellers" have openly and squarely identified themselves with the Treasury plunderers, and no meaningless threat of a forthcoming "his tory," or any thing of that sort,can make any thing out of the " pasting and folding muddle," than simply getting money out of the State Treasury by fraud, quite as notorious as the mileage grab of Andy Armstrong, or the Illy us haul at Fiddler's Green. And who do you mean, Jack, by "respectable men of all parties at Harris burg;?" Do you mean the Senators, who voted against the robbery scheme, or do you merely mean "your fellers" in the House, who voted for it? Always state what you mean in full, Jack. ki4.llllo4ol: , nzliPiA:4 A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, writing from Harrisburg, refer ring to the election of State Treasurer, Says : " Three Republican Senators—Messrs. Mor row B. Lowry, of Erie ; E. Billingfelt and Gen. Fisher, of Lancaster—refused to vote for the nominee of the caucus. They made no public expression of opinion, and gave no public reasons for their course, but it is understood that they were guided by a stern sense of pro priety in refusing, at the behest of a certain well-known politician of this State, to displace from office the present State Treasurer, who has ably fulfilled his duties. The bold and independent course taken by these three Sen ators has excited much favorable comment." DZIROCRNTS BOVORT k 1591. D. The Columbia Herald, (Cop.) begins to find out that even democratic Members of the Legislature can be bribed : " Where were Beard, Breen, Brobst, Creitz, Fogel, Kase, Nelson, Neil, Playford, Place and Stout, Democratic members of the House, when the vote was taken upon the passage of the first section of the bill extending the term of the Receiver of Taxes ? Is it possible that they have played us false—for a considera tion? Is it possible that they have sold their party and their honor for a bribe? We hope that it is not so, but appearances are against them. Let us have light." That's right neighbor—keep a sharp eye on "your fellers," for they are very hungry, and cold, and demoralized, and peed close watching. ; ' :)Sf Witb tts Apse*** y repress*, : or *livid a 1 treastitipßilaiisee 4 WOO piqtirs. of the t4lste wit v '`' otitis* in dentinti4tion, aF 414:,pasting and fat* swin which the torruptionists of the Ho f Representatives have determined to ry out. As they are trying to rob the Treasury by an open disregard of law, and in defiance of an honest Republican Senate and Governor, the party cannot, and will not be held responsible for the outrage in question. From our Republi can exchanges we extract the following: "It is *4 as an excuse for the swindle that no man outside of the Legislate has an igiewll6.46o,lkausheir—ef away,' Stiqut, Rauch & idea, f e ilanasi ArYl' thing vita n to the snbject, ants _ At m , ber of documents small or grant, they (littered to give abutaat security to do the whole work in the Hon to; $5,000 or 87,000 for the House and tenate. - To defend the Majority of the tionse.lbessfere, upon the ground at the magnitude of the work, is a contemptible subterfuge."—Lonctvter Express. "The members of the Legislature perhaps think that they can do as they please in re gard to squandering the money paid by Ake tax-payers. They can, too, while their terms last ; but when those who vote in favor of such measures go 'horne, - they po to they."— Lewisburg Chronicle. "This wail a most remarkable hid on the part of these gelato:wan, Bauch & Cochran, why it is loomu til#at tide work last year, in the house atone, cost $37;000. - Gentlemen of the Legislature ! be careful as to what kind of a record you make for yourselves. Drive slow. Be warned t"—Beetterd Coo nig Preis. "Notwithlteanding the fact that all over this broad commonwealth, the people, irre spective of party, raise their voices in favor of retrenchment and reform, the House last night again passed a resolution authorizing the appointment of twenty-seven additional officers."—Harrisburq cor. of Lane. Examiner. The Lower House at Harrisburg has made haste to pass a resolution to appoint an addi tional corps of employees or officers, twenty seven in number. * * The members were elected upon a distinctly understood,platform of economy and retrenchment. If they do not intend, or cannot carry out the implied pledge of their acceptance of office, they had better resign."—Philadelphia Press. "Fifty-one hangers-on now to be provided for at Harrisburg ! In the name of Republi canism we protest against such proceedings. We implore Republicans to remember their pledges. If we cannot have right done for the sake of right, and because it is right, let us have it done because it is good policy,"— Bedford Inquirer. "Is the Legislature become an institution mainly to supply bummers and political barnacle with an easy and comfortable sub sistences ? * * In the name of decency and fairness and honesty, we ask the members to conduct this session on principles of economy, and turn out these big, brawny paste-stickers for such as are willing to do the work at rea sonable rates."—Chambersbury Repository. " If it is meant by this action on the part of the Legislature to turn the pasting and fold ing department into an asylum for superan nuated and disabled lobbyists, by all means let us know it. Charity should not be dis guised• under fictitious names."—Pittsburg Dispatch. "The swindle about the pesters and folders will enter into the merits of the next election, and these four gentlemen (members from Lancaster county) will have an account to settle before they are much older."—Co/um bin Spy. •' The pasting and &Ming job is one of the most palpable cases of official disregard of the public interest that we have ever witnessed, and we are glad to see that four-fifths of the Republican papers throughout the whole State are entering solemn protests against the ac tion of their members on said question.' Beaver Argus. . "Considerable indignation exists among the advocates of eoonomy at the passage of the resolution increasing the number of House employees. The corruptioniste are perfectly desperate."—Phi/a. Evening Bulletin. "Our Legislators, with an eye to re-elec tion, must provide for needy friends, regard less of the interests of the tax-payer. But this pasting and folding corruption must stop."— Kittanning Free Press. "It won't do, gentlemen. The tax-payers are too sharp to be bamboozled as easily as you think. It is well known that Messrs. Rauch & Cochran proffered to do the pasting and folding for $5,000, and give security for its faithful performance, and a saving of thirty or forty thousand dollars is of some consequence."—Monongahela City Republican. "The members of the Legislature should bear in mind that the people demand econo my, and if the present members fail to meet the expectation of their constituents, they will stand but a poor chance of returning to the State Capital."—/naiana Messenger. "This reckless expenditure of the public money is simply dishonest. If Republican members have neither the good of the State nor their party at heart, they may take part in such extravagance while they have the opportunity, but, we are greatly mistaken if they do not find themselves at home as soon as possible, covered with odium theologicam,' at least with the ' odium' iegietato Ebensburg Alleghenian. "The House decided to create twenty-seven new officers. When the very liberal gentle men composing this body come to face their constituents at the next nominating conven tions, they had better be prepared with good reasons for what most folks will consider little better than petit larceny."—So merset Whig. "The members of the Legislature at Har risburg affect to close their eyes to the indig nation expressed by the Republican journals of the State at their extravagance, and say only a few disappointed Republicans talk re form to them. Nearly every prominent, re spectable Republican paper in the State has denounced, in good, round terms, the pasting and folding swindle."—llttsbuty Commercial. "In electing Grant to the Presidency the Republicans had retrenchment and reform distinctly in view ; and all in authority who depart from this line must prepare to take back seats. * * We must make yearlings of those who furnished this additional num ber (27) of pigs with teats."--Grsensburg herald. "What is wanted to reform these unscrupu lous Legislators, is stiff, moral, unyielding back-bone on the part of the men who sag they ace for the people."— Washington Re porter. "This multiplication of the number , of offi cers of the Legislature is also permitted in the face of a pro_position from private parties to do for sevenlhousand the services allotted to these supernumeraries for which they will be paid about fifty thousand dollars. The scheme of robbing the Treasury was rushed through by a vote of l 2 to 29."—Scranton Republican. "It is time for members to stop doing "dirty work" at Harrisburg. We will not permit the Republican party to be sacrificed by corrupt Members without exposing them. The only way to keep a party up to its duty is for the independent press of that party to denounce such conduct at onee."—Minere Journal. " We regret to see that the present Legisla ture is disposed to brave public sentiment, by reckless extravagance. * * We should like to see the yeas and nays, and know to whom in voting against the reso lution increasing the number ot plinteri and folders, simply did his duty to hI party, mal l has expressed the wisher of timitipshple tit Blair nounty.!'—iiiair o The Roues, net lath!! riag the economical proposition*, la • it, haveA ventured to thereinto the 1$ angers-on about the capitol. The e • ." atic mem bers, with shretid fotOdiet;the Re publicans to sbnuldiVillimlo64W delythen of this iniquity , and wrong. -WAIL such evi- .t of prostitution, is 4tAny t or that virtue and integrity are as of trivial importance in Legit' at ve lea."— Indiana Register. " Foiled in the attempt to it a the law the House hae taken areal lib 'disregard it, and has assumed the iireatittannd that it I can, in defloncn.of laws iliFlPr4ilhot hundred I miters and folders, or as MlNky in! they please. * Now let the pelpiejlidstkiiiWeen,the Senate anti the Muse. —lresrvnattir Village Record. "Gentlemen of the Legislature, Ws reform must be made. Timi public, Imre ass - never on the Legislature as i 1 It now, and She member who proves fa‘thleetitti .14is eoeivoloioal de mand of the Itepubfload arty OA be re membered In hts future political alterations." —Lebanon Courier. "In oar State Legislature We see sotne'Re publican memberaropenly repudiate all at tempts to enforce economy t public expendi tures. The peopleare marking the.unraithful and consigning them to their political graves." —Lehigh Regider. "It is no agreeable duty to find fault with the actions of our own party members of the Legislature, but in this instance (appoint ment of additidnal posters and folders) silence on the part of the honest public press would be making itself simply a party to the gross outrage upon the tax-paying community.' — Norristown Herald. We might give many more extracts of the same sort. But, the above are quite sufficient to show that the Republican Press of the State is squarely on the side of the people, and against the corruption ists, bummers and treasury robbers, who, strange to say, appears to have controlling influence in the Lower House. One question for "Jolly Jack", to an swer. Are the above extracts from "res pectable', or mere "sensational" papers? As the organs of the State Treasury plunderers have ventured to deny that the pasting and folding for the two Houses at Harrisburg can be done for the amount of our offer-67,000, we will state the.figures upon which our offer was based !. Documents to fold and put in wrappers,, each day, average : For House of Representatives 4,500 For Senate, say 1,1600 To do this work, we would have em ployed : Eight men, at $3 per day $24.0 One foreman, at $4 per day ~ 4.00 —0 During the session, say 90 working days, amounting to $2,520.00. Leaving the handsome " margin' , of 44,480.00 for the benefit of the contractors. And to prove that the above figures are entirely safe, we need only add, what rao .respect able printer or book-binder will deny that they are much higher, than was ever paid by any printer in the country for the same amount of work. During the late cam paign we folded, packed and addressed, over ten thousand copies of FATHER ABRAHAM, once every week. To do this work each time, we employed four - ivy's -- and three men about eight hours. There are just four papers claiming to be Republican who are reckless enough to uphold and defend the notorious Treasury robbers, who figure at liartiobarg In the capacity of Representatives. One of these, the Inquirer of this city, makes some very daring assertions, to which we refer in another column. To answer the sore headed editor more fay we give the official figures of Vie cost of pasting and folding from 1861 to 1868, inclusive, ter the House of Representatives : 1661, 8 449.55 1862, 80 1863, 05 mot, 1 50 1865 • _ '''''' •••••• ....... 49-411° 1806, 140/0.00 1867,***** 0 1868,....., eeeee !371111V0 During the sessions of 1881 and MI, Mr. E. IL Rauch was Clerk of the /WIT, and as such, disbursed the 'hove swan Then the rasters and Milers were appoint ed by the Clerk, and their pay dud. the appropriation bill. Now they are put ou " the slate by 41 *Wu*, 4114 sum expended for this item, by Mr. Bauch, (which was much too high) was $6,449.55 in 1861, and $6,605.80 in 1862. But, that he spent more money then the work was worth, was the fault of the members, who virtually forced some halfa dozen needless pasters and folders upon him, and the ap propriation bill which fixed their pay. We mention this fact to show up the en tire falsity of the plunderer's organ of this city, as it clearly proves that Bauch & Cochran, are not only able to do the work as proposed, but make ftilly one hundred per cent. profit, and yet pay more liberal wages than ever was paid any employees of the paper referred to. Tix FACTS AND FIGtRES! la s, ''' 4itv.l—• ,!-- we i : -.. • r , AT r 7' , tliv ~.I . '- 4 - eVe t ' . 4 .ve to wit. So far, we 1 te, paper in all Pennsylva- 8, I pluck to take that side e ,try-robbing and plund- In in question. We refer aside Inquirer. prom its leading cef . lay last, we extract the thine in office Mr. Feltz, the present incum bent,, until the twitter half been decided by the literalism acted wisely in i Court*, went through Many curious changes they did upon this question during the past week, and finally resulted in red to say. The question is are o lk 6 ,ewhat in the dark. the defeat of the measure. Id lfr ottioinifit glat body On Friday last, it happened that : three Re- Milt bated hi the lhatter, iblican Senators were necessarily absent rum a7r4slaig, tinritTlTe`m — oc * " . " — rais, taking t i1110 "7 14 4 net be done for __..., epecifla ' hat Rauch & advantage Of thittraineinnatesee, left the Son- Cochran had not the:4l g e idea that they ate Chamber in a body, and no quorum could could do it for that stun when they made the ,be gathered together. To be effective, the bid. They havelleth Usti forfeirta ' hangers on' about the State Capitol and know full bill, tt Was well known, must pass last week, , : well that OM seldom . that Then are held to and great efforts were made to secure a trio, their contraets talking pablio litork ?* * One ' rum for Saturday's emission. Telegraws Wine 'things ..1w talbat y well settled—that • despatched and messages sent after the absent any judgmentein Abeiensiates based upon t h e assusegi illiatteltevarer in question w o uld Republicans, but Saturday morning came and have carristlestaithearisiter in 'good kith, still no quartile. The Democrats accomplish without askiag.visetl a i kligi on si compoustaion, ed their purpose, and the new Receiver step does not agree Wile enfant well known facts red into his office yesterday. The question of in the history of the two men that will be pro- ' ' .bahly venelittOltt the donne of the investi- ' the legality of the election is frt litigation in gation." the Philadelphia Courts at the present time, For want Ot better 14ame we must, for and doubtless justice will eventually be one, honor this Organ of the 'Thugs and I meted out. Treasury robbera,,,witika brief reply : . In the'Senate to-day a large number of bills The "great defeated," who grinds the were read in place, among the number one by tor Walla ce, organ of the robber* aforesaid, just accord- , Sena tti prervent and punish the . publication of ohscepeadvertisements and the ing to the winding up he receives from sale of noxious medicines. These advertise time to time, knows that the work in meats have become a, source of revenue to question con be done for the amount : some newspaper men, who permit anything specified. There is no occasion for inul- , to appear in their papers that brings in the tiplying words on this point, as we offered , "dimes," without regard to the morals or ample security for a faithful performance sensibilities of their readers. It is high time of the duty on our part. The organ's as- some steps were taken to restrict or prohibit altogether their publication, as no good can section, therefore, that we would have ; ensue, and much harm may result. asked for additional compensation is slap- : I have not had any opportunity to examine ly contemptible and oowardly. • the provisions of the Registry Bill introduced The people will not fail to understand some days ago by Senator Taylor, of Beaver the jesuitical sophistry of' the organ grin- ' county. It is said to contain all the good der of the public plunderers. And the . features of last year's act, and is in many re editor, it seems, "knows something of the spects an improvement. All who have seen parties that made the bid." Well, then, . it exp soon b ress e , the o m rte se d ly f e r s om in tithsefavo Comm i ttee favor, but will and suppose you just pitch in, and tell all you placed before LP the public, when they can know about them—politically, personally ' judge of it for themselves. or what you please. Don't 'insinuate, for Mr. Beck's resolution, introduced last week, that's cowardly, but, talk right out, like a requiring a report setting forth the names of man. If necessary to help your cause, the employees of the Senate and House of Re take a wide range. And to help you along presentative' of lasts/es/An, together with the —to put you on the track—we will state I pay they received, elicited a warm and that the senior editor of FATHER AURA- I lengthy ih 0 nanßdetwreausefihnanaelnlyt and referlrieed. HAM, Mr. E. 11. Rauch, was clerk of the t. foorme Co m mittee of which Mr. Billingfelt is Chairman. House of Representatives during the ses- That gentleman is known as one of the strong sions of 1940-'6l, and until near the close est advocates of Reform, and there is no doubt of the session of 1862, when he relinquish- I that this subject will be fully ventilated. ed the position and proceeded to the south I Let it come. The people want to be en side of the Potomac as a line officer of lightened. Infantry' Now, if the chief of Thug- The 'matter of the contested election be tween Win. L. Hirst, (Democrat,) and Judge be gory, his organ grinder. or any one of his J. .i. _. Clarke Hare, (Republican,) has wound lick-spittle', knows anything that can in J up very satisfactorily to the friends of the lat the least tend to question his integrity as ter gentleman. At a meeting of the joint an officer, then please state it. Committee appointed to receive testimony The junior editor of FATHER AURA- and report thereon, held last week, Mr. San- RAM, Mr. Thos. B. Cochran, pursued his son, the Chairman, read a letter from Mr. business as a reporter for five sessions, in the employ of George Bergner, Esq., and he, too, is ready for the " ventilation." It is just because we were engaged about the Capitol at Harrisburg, and know all about the pasting and folding, that we offered to do the work for one-fourth the amount which the corruptionists have determined to steal from of the Treasury. Yes, we are ready for the ventilation, thorough and complete on all sides. One word more. During the sessions of 1860 and 1861, when Mr. Rauch was Clerk of the House, pasting and folding 6,000 1628.00 was simply labor, at p 3 a day, and the men were employed or appointed by the clerk, and although the sum then expend ed for this work was larger than it should have been,owing to the large number that were almost forced upon him by mem bers—in all fifteen—which was about twice as many as were needed—the ex penses did not exceed 8(1500. The clerk than repeatedly suggested the contract system as most economical and in every respect satisfactory. But, hurry up the ventilation. We warn the proprietor of the State Capitol Hotel to open his windows and doors. But, lock the bar and put the key in your pocket ! Let us have the ventilation! THE CITY OF BEANE& The Republicans of the city of Reading have nominated a ticket, which ought to be, and, if but an ordinary effort be made, will be triumphantly elected next month. The nominee for Mayor, lion. J. Pringle Jones, formerly President Judge of the Courts of Berke county, is unquestion ably one of the fittest men that could possibly have been selected, sad if chosen, will reflect much honor upon the third city in the State. Col. William P. Walter, the candidate for Treasurer, is also a gen tleman of very superior business quell& oedema, and well deserves the position on accoUnt of , his ihithfhl services in the d. - The several ward nominations are lase excellent, said ealcOtte4 to pad full vets. . If every Republican will do bie duty l there will be a clean Republican victoty—attuyer, Treasurer, Auditor, Coulleall siad all. A lENOW SOVIRKii Eprroß. The proprietor of the Crawford Journai must be a paster and folder. In an ably written leader on the all-important subject of paiaa, 1p sticks his readers as follows : di*" Sh. *lumbers (of the ,Legislature) have go pompstage, and, in runny instances, for the doioillients--" BA, that's enough: He knows as much as any new member already. An ex-post master of Harrisburg, even says "that's true to the very letter!" Hirst, the contestant, stating that, discover ing a miscount of' sixty votes in the Fifteenth ward, which should have been given to the credit of Mr. Hare, he desired to withdraw from the contest, and recommended that the election of the sitting Judge be affirmed. On consultation, the committee unanimously agreed to so report. The reports were pre sented to each House, and agreed to. Gov. Geary, who has been confined to his room for some days,is gradually convalescing, and expects to be at his department to-morrow or the day following. Senator Lowlry, who had a slight stroke of apoplexy, is' rapidly recovering, and will be in his seat in a few days. But few of the twenty-seven additional offi cers appointed by by act of the House last week, can be prevailed upon to take their places. They are not satisfied iu regard to their pay ; and no wonder, for, in accordance with the prevailing custom here, several have already called on the State Treasurer for an "ad vance," but he has promptly (and very pro: perly, too,) refused to grant it until the legali ty of their appointment is satisfactorily ascertained. The members, too, are in a dilemma. They held acaucus this evening for the purpose, it is said, of "considering over the matter," and it possible retrace, in part, their steps by reducing the number of addi tional officers below twenty-seven. They find they have merited the indignation of their outraged constituents, and it it were not too late many Weald gladly recfinsider 'their late action. The meeting lasted but a short time, and there was an evident desire on the part of some to "Sinai," but lt, Woe ftnitlly determined upon to abide by what they had already done. Both your &rioters declare that they will vote sgaistft the geseral appro priation bill, should an effort be made to pro vide therein for their pay. Senator Fisher, who has charge of it, does not heartily enpport youi city charter bill, and it may fail to pass—at all events, there will be no haste in pasting ft. He repcirted it this morning from iis JudiolatlVO‘anadtte% and it is now in the hands of the State printer: tour citizens will shortly have a ohm* to examine it, section by section. If., Senator Fisher can be satisfied flint they ere really alla}allie to have it passed, of course, be will endeavor to carry out. their *lobes. But at the present Ouse he is "cartakab , Ammo, to hurrying it through. The same Senator had. pasle4 a bill through okfloriate changing the' city charter so as to allow a oosatyollicer to held keeez in City Cowils and the Beh,ool, Board. It awaits the action of the other branch. An act authorizing the Columbia Water Company to borrow money passed the Senate to-day. Nothing of interest has transpired. in the House. Its session to-day was devoted to the consideration of the private calendar, on which are,the titles of one hundred and seven bills, of which number, the following, already passed the Senate, eases up for action in the House, and were disposed of as stood t • "An art to extend the provisions of the second section' of 'an 'lel, indeed' "'An act relative to the appointment of an additional notary public is the county of Lammater, sad authorising an acting justice of the peace to hold said appointment,' the township of Warwick, in the county of Lancaster." Pasmial finally. "An act authorizing the Governor to ap point additional notaries public in the city of Philadelphia, and in the counties of Lancas ter, Erie and Somerset." 011jected' to by Mr. Hopkins, and laid over for one week. Z. liAßßianuna, Jan. 27th, 1869 MBRISRfiI. EDITORS : The course pursued your paper in exposing the useless extrava gance of the peoples' money in the pasting and fol4lpg depastummt on Shs.Hosse, bar led to the introduction of several radical reforma tory measures. This morning, Gen. White, of Indiana, introduced the,Sollowitig reesdit tion, which passed the Sen ate without a die sentimbyoice : RAMO, That the Corrunittep sat Retrench. ment and Reform be nsidnre - hereby instrup* ed to examine and inquire late Alte manner of conducting the business of the several depart. ments of the State Government, with a view to ascertain if the expenses of Idzniaistrationl cannot be reduced, sad report to the Senate- by bill 6r otherwise. This will be the most important work of the session, as the result trill she*: The oath mittee is composod of Messrs Billingfelt, (chairman) Errett, Davis, White and Miller. STITE NEWS. CENTER COUNTY.--A child of Darii t i Shuey, of Harris twp.,*: . eighteen months old, was burned to death last week, by its clothing taking fire accidentally 4. cow, at Bellefonte, last week, yiekled nine pounds of butter and milk enough for several flunilies Prices at Bellefonte— potatoes, $1.25; eggs, 25(ii 30e; butter, 45c; live chickens, each, 400“.10c; live turkeys; A DA3ts CouNTY.--Fred. Douglas lec tured in the Gettysburg Agricultural Hall on :Monday evening A hotel company, chartered by the Legislature, has just been organized to erect a hotel at Lithea Springs, :320 feet by 44 feet, with a wing l. 1() by 44 feet; three stories hih, with French roof, and to be built of brown sandstone, found on the ground. CI rLs'rEn Cot • N Tr. --An eagle was shot on Sunday, in East Pikeland, which meas ured seven feet three inches across the wing ......:% house belonging to the estate of Jesse Evanson, deceased, in Kennett township, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Loss $lOOO On nuts day morning of last week, the stable of John White, of East Fallowtield, was de stroyed by fire A mad dog passed through icewtown on Tuesday of last week, and bit a number of dogs Chicken thieves operating in various parts of title county. CUMBERLAND COUNTY.—Mr. David Low, his wife and Miss Cornmen, whilst driving homeward, in North Middleton township, on Sunday the 17th, met with a break down and runaway, and Mrs. Low was severely injured...,..()n the 17th ult., Mrs. Leeds fell on the icy pavement, in Carlisle, and dislocated her hip, and Mrs. Carey W. Ahl, a few days before by a similar accident broke her arm The Good Templars of Carlisle, will hold their sth anniversary in Rheem's Hall, on next Monday evening, Feb. Ist Prices at Carlisle—Butter, 30c; eggs, 25c; lard, 16c. LUZERNE COUNTY.—Matthew Far land's dwelling, in Scranton, was des troyed by fire on Monday morning of last week Richard Turner, aged sixteen years, fell from a car at, the head of plane .No. 2, D..& If. R. 8., and was injured fatally i causing death in a few days The wife of Daniel Taye was instantly killed, on Wednesday afternoon of last week, whilst on her return from Dunmore, walking on the railroad track with her little daughter. She attempted to step to one side to get out of the way of an ap proaching train, when she slipped and fell, and the entire train passed over her, literally tearing her to pieces. PERKS COUNTY.—Lewis Lynch, form erly telegraph operator at Lyons Station, was arrested at Carlisle recently, on a charge of embezzlement, and delivered over to officer Lyon, of Berks county.... Dr. E. Ifottenstein has been elected President of the County Medical Society, and Dr. W. Murray Weidman, Secretary A man named Burns, from New York, a few evenings back, purchased some papers in Strickland'S Book Store, Reading, and left his pocket-book lay on 'the counter, and after he had left, enquiry was made but no one claimed it. in a few minutes after a man came in and claimed it, when it was given to• him. The contents of the pocket-book was OM, and Mr. Burns offers $2 DO the detection of the swindler who called and obtained it under pretense of being the ownier. CRAWFORD CausTY.—Leacif's Tan nery, Greenville, was eitered by burglars and several hundred ollars' worth of leather carried off 11rs. Asa, Lilrhfield, of Beaver township, had her leg broken by sitall as she was entering her house few days ago A church in the vicinity of Conneautville was entered on Saturday night, 16th inst., and th wine ,prepared for communion was heavi l y drugged with a powerful emetic. The wine was used and the effect produced upon the commu nicants can be imagined. •The perpetra tor of the dirty trick; hs St. Bridgeps Academy, at Titusville, was destroyed by Ore ou the 14th inst. Loss $lO,OOO On 'Sunday evening before last the store of S. C. Stratton & Ca.. in Linesville, was Austesad4....... .41.164 keys, and upwards' oc OR taken from the safe. FRANKLIN COUNTY.—The leading den tists of Franklin and adjoining counti*. having entered into an organization, aux". iliary to the stete Dental Society, last October, held an interest meeting on the 10th inst.,, at ciminl4o- On Thursday morning last, AndrewDalrym ple, Footiaastor-at-litsonsoo-Ifigio r fifer•. parts unknown, Alefak'e l lfaving.he gave a letter to be delivered to a gentle Man who was on his bond for the faithful perform ance of his duties. He had told his wif& that he was going to Chambersburg4 and would return in the evening. His bonds man had read the letter, and learned from its contents that he was in for about $5OO. The defaulter stated that he was sorry there was such a deficiency, but said that he did not see any relief except in his pay ing the money. The whole traru3aetion is &WO the coolest piece of rascality we
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