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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.
;
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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.
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FACTS AND FIGtRES!
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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