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TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1880.
Grant's Candidacy;
The Xew Yerk Times has an authorita
tive announcement of the position of
Gen. Grant as a presidential candidate,
from -which it annears that his friends
withdraw him from the condition of a
candidate asking a somewhat unani
mous and enthusiastic nomination te
secure his acceptance, and proceed te
enter him in the regular way as a man
who proposes te get the nomina
tion if he can, and te take it in
any way that he can get it. This
is in strict accordance with the method
by which lie is credited with the Penn
sylvania delegation. His grooms get
these votes for him if they have get
them any way that they could, and never
stepped te consider the propriety of the
means. After this demonstration of the
manner of General Grant's candidacy it is
somewhat surperllueus in his managers te
inform the world through the Times of
the nature and degree of his candidacy.
After Ilarrishurg he could only 1k one
sort of a candidate, and that sort was se
below the high standard of the sort that
his advocates have been painting for us
these many days that unsophisticated
people, who did net realize what sharp
corners politicians can turn when they
mush concluded of course tljat Grant
would be withdrawn as gracefully as
possible, and that we had heard ;the last
serious word in favor of the third term
But this seems te be all a mistake. There
is going te be no withdrawal. Grant's
nomination is te be pressed and the peo
ple are te be taught what is geed for
them. Republicans may squirm ever the
bitter medicine of the third term, but
they will have te take it through a force
pump if they refuse te swallow it easily.
13ut notwithstanding this inclination of
the Grant managers it is very far from
certain that he will be a candidate before
the convention. It is net possible te con
ceal the fact that the Grant boom has re
ceived a severe check. His friends con
fess it in declaringthatthey mean te press
his nomination despite his demonstrated
weakness among the people, his supposed
strength with whom was the great rec
ommendation of his candidacy. The dis
aster which his cause has encountered, in
the enforced change of tactics of its lead
ers, will fellow it, and before the conven
tion meets it will be apparent that the
Grant movement has been struck by a
fatal paralysis.
The Cincinnati Commercial s
a cejrent reason why Mr. Tilden
jests
ra
should
net be chosen te the presidency when it
declares that there is an exhaustless
number of comely maidens who are mad
ly in love with him, and that should he
become president the retinue of adoring
virgins who never told their love will be
as numlierless as the household servants
of Geerge Washington. We de think
that a man who is such a favorite of the
fair ought net te want his condition te
be changed, and certainly should net de
sire te be made still mere an object of
female favor. If the girls can love his
seventy years he is a most fortunate
man. And it would be a cruel
thing all around te make him yet mere
attractive ; cruel te him te give him a
warmer love from mere feminine hearts
when he has se much trouble new with
the exhaustless girls in his retinue : and
cruel te the girls te give te the object of
their already hopeless attachment a yet
diviner flavor. And the people generally
would have cause for apprehension that
the public business would suffer from the
girls' mad love for the president. A man
can't de much when he has such embar
rassments ; and though Mr. Tilden has
been able te carry his seventy years and
the girls right along with him as he has
piled up his millions, yet there must
come a time when the camel's back
will give way ; and the presidency is
mere than the feather's weight te
break it.
The degree of a state legislator is net
very exalted, but yet it is with somewhat
of a shock that we see him asked te give
place te a colored fellow-citizen as jury
man. Possibly the colored man was the
better man in the opinion of the counsel
or who chose him, or possibly he pre
ferred him because he did net have any
use for a geed man ; for attorneys with
bad cases are apt te pick out the stupid
est jurymen they can find. We cannot,
therefore, feel that Representative Lan
dis was absolutely degraded by his color
ed fellow citizen's elevation ever him
but, nevertheless, it must have been
with peculiar sensations that he gave hint
up his chair. Jurymen who are invited
te walk out from the box are apt te de se
with a somewhat sheepish air, as they
realize that they are rejected, and are in
a state of uncertainty as te the cause,
and whether or no it is net some
thing they ought te blush for. Often it
is quite creditable te a juror te be cast
out, and we trust that Representative
Landis had an abiding conviction of his
own merit which enabled him te at once
conclude that an intelligent jury was net
wanted when Ins colored brother was
taken and he was left ; for otherwise he
must have felt that the great state of
Pennsylvania, of which he was a repre
sentative, and the Republicans of Lan
caster county who had chosen him te
legislate for them, had been severely sat
down upon when his chair was given te
that colored man.
Fitz Jehn 1'ertek has a hard time of
it. He get his vindication from an un
just sentence and long-continued asper
sion en his integrity after many j'cars of
earnest effort and at great personal ex
pense. Everybody seemed te agree that
he was an ill-used man, and that scarcely
any recompense could right his
wrongs. But the Republicans in
Congress will net accord him
this compensation and resist the pas
sage of the bill that proposes te restore
his geed name and the rights of which
he has been se long and se unjustly de
prived. It is the old story of Grant net refus
ing anything ; and lest his silence might
be misconstrued into dissent he wants it
known that Barkis is net only " willin' "
but anxious.
By shiftiessness and mismanagement
in our county finances for j'ears and by
reason of rapidly increasing expenditures,
deficiencies have been incurred from
year te year until, te pay interest and
meet the current exjtenses, the
county tax rate has te ,be increased
the commissioners refuse te allow the
assessors te reduce the valuation in ac
cordance with the depression of real es
tate prices. They have raised
nnit a storm about their ears
and lefere they get through with
it there will be some searching
inquires as te hew nearly the valuation
of the real estate of the county has been
fixed at its selling Jprice or above it, as
appears te have been ordered by the' com
missioners in the city.
Duer a tear for Heeten. He has gene.
and gene, he says, te stay. J le semis
word te Green and Lemen and Olmsted
that he does net want te be chairman of
the Republican state committee and that
he will net take the place if he can get it.
I le does net say why. nor that he could get
it if he would take it, but. whatever the
reasons of his high resolve, our sorrow is
poignant that he is determined te have
none of it. Fer take Heeten for all in
all we ne'er shall see his like again.
Geed-bye Heeten !
A "social scandal' in Washington
lias been struggling into print for some
days past. It involves great names ami
is te blast fair reputations, but it makes
haste slowly. Its germination was an
nounced nearly a week age, and its
sprouts have been sheeting through the
soil since Saturday, but like confidence,
it seems te be a plant of slew growth.
The man who stele Hayes's last mes
sage must be out of town or news of
such absorbing interest could net be
withheld from an agonized public.
PERSONAL.
Secretary Thompson, of the navy de
nartment, has been elected president of
the Congressional temperance society in
place of ex-Secretary McCrary, resigned.
Majer Rene having learned of the ap
proval of the sentence of the court-martial
dismissing him from the service, has tele-
e-Kinlicd te Haves askinrr te be allowed te
resign. The orders of the war department
in Rene's case are delayed pending Hayes'
decision.
In San Francisce, yesterday, a large
number of unemployed working men as
sembled upon the sand lets and were ad
dressed by Mayer Kallecii. lie "gave
them te understand that within a few days
Chinatown would be legally declared a
nuisance, and that the work resulting from
such a declaration would give them em
ployment."' He also advised them "te
refrain from any llleual or lmuuicieus ac
tien until they heard from him again."
ueii lxc.KiweLi., el lecture lame, is new
a permanent resident of Washington city.
He has a magnificent residence fronting en
Farragut square, and a law office en New
Yerk avenue. He divides his time be
tween legal practice, rostrum speaking and
political manejuvring. The newspaper
story te the effect that he makes $1400
a week from his lectures en atheistical
subjects is quite correct. It is altogether
impossible te fulfill the engagements he
could secure at a profit running from 6300
te $-"i00 per night.
MINOR TOPICS.
"Fatnacht" Day.
Thk Mai viand Legislatuie is discussing
the repeal of the tobacco inspection law.
The Diitish government announces that
! it will continue the ballet act for another
' year, and repress corrupt practices at clcc
i tiens.
! The Bosten Adrcrihcr, in its review of
i the lumber trade, says while the cut of
j lumber will be larger than last year, from
advices covering a large lumber region, it
will net be up te expectations, and will be
considerably less than was expected early
in the season. The Adccrtiscr thinks the
demand premises te exceed anything that
has been seen for many years.
New Yeisk Times: A near personal and
political friend of cx-Prcsidcnt Grant, who
doubtless knows whereof hc speaks, au
thorizes the following as a correct state
ment of the general's position with refer
ence te the presidency. He says : " Gen
eral Grant is net new nor has he ever been
a candidate for the presidential nomina
tion. But should the Republican conven
tion nominate him in the same manner as
any ether candidate would be nominated,"
he would deem it his duty te the country
and party te accept. Traveling abroad he
was a stranger te the contest new going en
for the presidential nomination, and has
written no letters en the subject te any
person, and all assertions te the contrary
arc without foundation in fact."
A geed deal of attention is being paid
as te where the national Democratic con
vention shall assemble. But two places
are actively striving for the honor at this
time Cincinnati and Washington City,
the chances largely in favor of Cincinnati.
Jehn G. Thompson has said that the West
and the Seuth were united in favor of
Cincinnati. St. Leuis is deemed te defeat,
because the last national convention as
sembled there and the ticket nominated
proved a disastrous one. Chicago cannot
have it because she is te have the Republi
can convention. Indianapolis is tee weak
and insignificant a place, se there is no
ether Western city that can compete with
the Queen Metropolis of Ohie. Mr.
Thompson thinks that if the convention is
held East of the mountains that Washing
ton City would probably be the place, as
it is neutral political ground, has all the
necessary accommodations, and seems te
be the general second choice, net only of
the members of the national committee,
but of the friends of the different candi
dates. A Great catastrophe
Reuter's Constantinople dispatch re
ports that during a fete a barrack three
stories high, near that city, suddenly col
lapsed. Twe hundred soldiers were killed
and 300 wounded. The number of
casualties Pa; prebaby been exaggerated.
Me lias Heard from Chester County.
Colonel F. C. Heeten has written te the
two candidates nominated at Harrisburg,
and te the president of the convention, de
clining te have his name considered in
connection with the chairmauship of the
Republican state committee for 1880,
L1T1TZ TS. MTIZ.
Was the Change an Improvement ?
Fer the Ittelliebscer.
Your correspondent " A. B. ii." seems
te assume that there was some special
" honor " in having "Litiz" changed te
" Lititz." Allew me te doubt that, and
also te doubt whether it is the province of
the postefficc department te change the
names of places. It was said of a certain
emperor that he had net the power te
change the quantity of a syllabic ; by what
right then does a cabinet officer prescribe
hew we shall spoil ? If he can change the
spelling of J.hc names of postefliccs, why
may he net change the names of pestmas
ters as well'.' Doubtless sonic of- them
could be sircatly improved. The depart
ment may say hew a name shall be spelled
in the postal guide, I suppose ; but does
that really change the name especially an
old name like Litiz after it has entered
into the public records, dictionaries, histo
ries, gazetteers, cte? Several such changes
of orthography have been made of late ;
probably some "spelling reformer" has
been smuggled into the posteflicc depart
ment one of Dr. llaldeman's jokes, per
haps. "Chiques"' has been changed te
"Chickies" a "pet name'' for chickens, I
suppose. That was undoubtedly some
of Dr. llaldeman's work, and te him be
the "honor.' A man who can write tung
for tongue can de almost anything.
" Youghiegheny,'" in Westmoreland coun
ty, has been changed te "Yekegany"
" fenctie " spelling wiih a vengeance. New
let the department go en and change
"Uwchland" and "Toughkcnamen," in
our neighboring county of Chester, te
" Yoeklan " and "Tufkenamen," and se
en through the whole list of postefliccs ;
then let them change the counties
"Schuylkill." ferexample, te "Skoelkil ;"
then the names of states, mountains,
rivers, lakes, etc. Here is a grand field
for orthographic enterprise. Perhaps our
geed-natured representative may recognize
it as his mission. Seme of these changes,
actual and suggested, arc in the direction
of simplicity, but is it se in the case of
Lititz ? The word is lengthened, net
shortened, and it is converted into a sort
of mongrel, neither German nor English.
What will be the penalty if an old fogy
like myself continues te write Litiz?
O. Forty.
STATU ITEMS.
Mrs. Zell's case has been argued in the
supreme ceitrt, Mr. Shaplcy for the pris
oner. While liftinga wash boiler from the stove
at her residence, Xe. 101G Weed street,
Philadelphia, the clothing of Mrs. Bridget
Heward took fire and she was burned se
badly that she died from the effects. Her
husband and son were also badly burned
in attempting te extinguish the" flames.
The Cliften Mills, at Heward and Berks
streets, Philadelphia, owned and occupied
by Harpst, Montague & Ce., manufactur
ers of carpet yarns, were totally destroyed
by fire last evening. The less is estimated
at $187,000, of which $193,000 is covered
by insurance. The mills were burned en
January 11th, 1878.
Mrs. Anna Mcllitt, an insane lady aged
about 80 years, who resided with her son
near McConnellsburg, Fulton county, wan
dered from her house, clad only in her
night dress. After considerable search her
bleed-stained feet-prints were discovered
and her lifeless body has been found lying
in the snow some distance from her house,
where she had perished.
Wm. Lehr, aged Cj years, residing with
a son in Bethlehem, en Saturday took three
doses of arsenic, and saved himself from
death by an overdose of paisen. He was
drunk en Friday, and en Saturday morn
ing his son upbraided him for the spectacle
no had made of himself, lie at ancc pro
ceeded te Luckcnbach's drug store and
bought a package of "rat poison."
Rev. Jeb F. Halscy, D. D., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of .Norristown,
at the close of divine service en Sunday
morning, resigned his charge, which he
has new held about twenty-four years.
Three years had elapsed since he had
previously tendered his resignation, which
his kind b ret hern had persuaded him te
withdraw ; but now,admenishcd by age and
increasing infirmities, his purpose was
inflexibly taken te retire.
MOURNFUL. .SLEIGIIIXti.
Tlie Danger!) of Transporting Glycerine.
Heward Hackctt and James Fcency
started from Bradford for Coleville in a
sleigh, carrying one hundred pounds of
nitre-glyccrine. Four miles from Brad
ford the sleigh upset, which caused an ex
plosion of the compound. Fecncy
jumped from the sleigh as it was going
ever. Hackctt was thrown fifty feet from
the scene and instantly killed, his body
being horribly mangled. His right leg
was shattered into a mass of
shapeless ficsh, and his side and shoulders
were shockingly tern. A hole, was tern in
the frozen roadbed twenty feet in length
and fifteen feet in width. In this excava
tion Feeney was found covered with debris,
but still alive. His escape from instant
death is regarded as almost a miracle. At
present the extent of his injuries cannot
be ascertained. The sleigh, was blown
te atoms and both horses were killed.
The house of Charles Scclcy, a one
story and a half frame building, fifty feet
distant, was shaken te pieces by the con
cussion. Mrs. Seelcy was sitting in the
house at the time, but escaped serious in
jury. A large frame dwelling house occu
pied by Henry Dalleff, five reds away, was
also completely wrecked, but did net fall.
Mrs. Dalleff and six children were in the
house at the time, but suffered no further
injury than a terrible shock. The windows,
mirrors and wall ornaments were smashed
te atoms. A bam was also wrecked by the
concussion. Hackctt, the man killed, was
37 years of age and unmarried. His home
is at some point in Eric county, Pa.
Lancaster County Dissatisfied
Special te the Xertli American by telegraph,
Washington, Feb. 9. Congressman
Herr Smith, of the Lancaster district, is
authority for the statement that the lie
publicans of Lancaster county who arc op
posed te the Eshlcman-Camcren rule will
held a mass indignation meeting in a few
days te pretest against and repudiate the
action of the Harrisburg convention. He
says that this movement, which found open
expression first in Chester county, is a re
volt against Senater Cameren, and that
similar action will be taken by the Repub
licans of ether counties. Hen. Butler B.
Strang is in Washington, and docs net
hesitate te declare that he thinks that the
Cameren rule in Pennsylvania is weaken
ing. The 'Woodsman's Axe.
The business boom has struck the lum
ber business, and efforts arc being made
te get out an extraordinary number of legs
for the spring rise in the mountain water
courses. In Clinten, Elk, Petter and
Clearfield counties thousands of loggers
are at work, and hundreds of acres of
choice timber are falling before their re
sounding axes. The lumbermen think
there will be an increased demand for
lumber for building purposes, and it is ex
pected that net less than 300,000,000 feet1
will be sent down in the early spring.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Pat Brennan and Jehn Lloyd were
burned at Eagle Hill colliery by an explo
sion of gas. Brennan 's injuries are seri
ous. Sixty houses have been burned down at
Agct, near Feix, in the department of
Aricge, France, and the sufferers by the
fire are in great distress.
Pentecost Sweet, fireman of the machiue
shop of the Quidncck mills, at Warwick,
R. I., was struck by the arm of a pulley
and was killed, yesterday merniug.
In Charlette, Is. C, en operator in the
Western Union telegraph office committed
suicide by sheeting himself through the
heart. Ne reason is known for tha act.
The First and Second districts of Alba
ny, N.Y , yesterday elected delegates te the
Republican state convention, and adopted
resolutions in favor of nominating Grant
for president.
The receiver of the Ocean national bank
of New Yerk, has secured a verdict for
$3,707 against the executers of Calvin A.
Stevens, one of the stockholders of the
bank who were assessed forty per cent, te
make up the deficiency due depositors.
The boiler in the malt house of the Haw
ley malt company, of Detroit, exploded
yesterday morning, demolishing the en
gine house and damaging the malt house.
Twe men were in the engine room at the
time of the accident, but escaped with
slight injury.
Six lives were lest in the fire at the
Theatre Royal, Dublin. The fire brigade
succeeded in preventing the spread of the
flames te the adieiniug houses. The lord
lieutenant of Ireland was present during
the conflagration. The less by the de
struction of the theatre and contents is es
timated at $200,000.
Alexander H. Smith, president of the
Merchants' exchange of St. Leuis, appoint
ed yesterday one hundred and fifty leading
members of the exchange, representing ali
branches of business, as a committee te
solicit subscriptions for a fund te be ex
pended in purchasing feed and ether sup
plies te be shipped direct te the destitute
people in Ireland. Negotiations are pend
ing with railroads and steamship lines,
which it is believed will result in free
transportation of whatever is purchased by
this committee,
A personal encounter took place in
Richmond, Ya in the rotunda of the
Heuse of Delegates between James A.
Frazicr, a member of the Heuse, and W.
W, Archer, a reporter of the State. The
affair grew out of a publication in the
Roekbridgo Enterprise, in which Frazicr
charges that the State had made the gross
est misstatement and misrepresentations of
every word uttered en the noer. Archer
called Frazicr out into the rotunda ami
asked him whether he referred te him, and
receiving a reply in the affirmative he struck
Frazicr in the face, when a fight ensued.
m m
'ir Let It ba Settled.
Kverclt, Ia., Press.
On Wednesday of last week Judge Pat
terson, of Lancaster, summoned before
him Messrs. Steinnjan and Henscl, of the
Daily Lntklmgexceii, en account of a
criticism of the court in Tuesday's issue
of their paper. The judge declared that
they should be ruled te show cause why
they should net be stricken from the roll
of attorneys. Messrs. Steinman and
Henscl denied the authority of the court te
require them te answer as attorneys for
editorial criticisms, We believe Messrs.
Steinman and Henscl te be right in their
views, and hope they will stand by them
and have this question decided by the
highest authority in the state. It is
everywhere admitted that criticism of
the acts of public officers is one of the
high prerogatives of the press, and one
of the strongest influences te faithful
performance et official duty. Uicic are
hundreds of lawyers who are also editors,
and we believe there arc none mere
courteous te the judiciary in their posi
tion as attorneys ; but as editors and for
acts done out of court, we don't believe
the courts have any power te rcacn or
punish them except in an action for libel
or slander. If the judge of a court can
inflict summary punishment en an editor,
who happens te be also a lawyer, these
lawyers should at once abandon the edi
torial profession, for the worst thing that
can happen a free country is te have its
press muzzled. We hope, in order that
judges and editors may both knew exactly
what their privliges and duties arc, that
this case will net be dropped or comprom
ised, but carried te the supreme ceart
and the disputed point clearly settled.
Yellow Fever.
II. M. S. Atlantic, training ship, for
ordinary seamen, Captain Sterling, arrived
at Glassy bay en Thursday from the West
Indies. She left Barbadoes en the 9th,
and en the 11th a case of yellow fever
occurred en beard, which proved fatal en
the 10th. On the 13th a second case of
fever occurred, but the staff surgeon of
the ship reports that its nature was doubt
ful. The man who died and the man re
ported a doubtful case had visited one of
the low dens in Barbadoes, and there
deubtlcs contracted the disease.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
DIAKOLICAL VILLAINY.
Attempts te Wreck Railroad Trains.
Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock,
as engine 302 was coming east ever the
Pennsylvania railroad, just west of Mount
ville, it ran against an obstruction placed
upon the read and the two front wheels of
the engine were thrown from the track.
The engine was drawing a very heavy
train, and there is a heavy up grade at
that point, se that the train was easily
stepped before any further damage was
done. An examination of the track
showed that pieces of an old beat, cord cord
weed, splicers and ether obstructions had
been wedged in the rails of the south track
and had lifted the wheels of the locomotive
above the rails and thrown it off.
A further examination of the read in
the vicinity showed that similar obstruc
tions had been placed en the north track
some twenty yards away. Had net these
last named obstructions been discovered
and removed a most serious accident
would prebablyhave resulted. There is
a heavy down grade all the way from
Meuntvillc te Columbia, sufficient te carry
the cars along at a high rate of speed
without the use of steam. Had a western
bound passenger train, or even a freight
train, been thrown from the track at this
point, there would beyond doubt have
been a heavy less of property and perhaps
of life.
Twe or three suspicious-looking tramps
were seen in the vicinity for some hours
before the accident, and disappeared ever
the hills immediately afterwards. It is
mere than suspected they were the parties
that obstructed the track.
A Serious Fall.
On Sunday morning as Mrs. Sutcr, wife
of Francis Sutcr, sr., residing en Maner
street, was crossing the street in front of
her residence, she slipped en the ice and
fell, breaking her right arm and otherwise
injuring herself.
A Larce Sale of Canada Horses.
Samuel Hess & Seu, auctiencrs and real
estate agents, sold at public sale yesterday
for Geerge Gressman at Fred. Brimmer's
stable, 39 heads of Canada horses at an
average of $201.25 per head.
MATOB MACOOfclOLE'S BECO-lD.
Seme rotate Frem His Official Career.
Rigid economy and Strict Accountability.
Inaugural Message:
" In times of such widespread depres
sion in industrial relations, nothing could
better indicate our wisdom than a strict
observance of economy in all departments
of city government, te the cud that busi
ness and prosperity may be taxed as
lightly as possible. A rigid accountability
should be required from all persons furnish
ing supplies by the committees of councils
who have the immediate supervision et the
expenditures in their respective depart
ments." Te Kach Ward its Dnc.
" Seme means should be devised by
which the citizens of each of the
wards of the city should receive as nearly
pre rata share of the city's expenditures
en public improvements as circumstances
would admit."
The Least Possible Tax.
" These people arc generally the happiest
who are taxed the least."
Live Within the Municipal Income.
' Let us keep our expenditures within
our income and our city will continue te be
in the future, what it has been in the past,
one of the cheapest, if net the very cheap
est city, in the Union te live in."
l'ause and Reflect.
Vete Message, Jan. 2, 1878.
"The reckless expenditure of the money
of the taxpayers of our city, ever and above
the amount appropriated for the street
purposes, year atter year, should make us
pause and reflect. It imposes upon me, at
least, the city's executive, representing as I
de the interests of the whole people, a calm
consideration whether it is net my duty te
interpose any authority resting in me
against an abuse appalling in its nature
from the very helplessness of the people te
remedy the evil at this time in any ether
manner than through the executive."
Open and Adote Heard.
Second Vete Mcsuagc, Jan. 2, 1878.
"If there be net money enough at any
time let the required amount be obtained
in an honest straight-forward manner, and
let us net attempt te accomplish by indi
rection that which ought te be done, if at
all, fairly and above beard."
Step the Leak,
Special Message, Feb. C, 18M.
" Take a leek at the mode of spending
the appropriations with the earnest desire
te cut up by the root all extravagance and
useless expenditure, I am satisfied that
thousands of dollars may be saved annu
ally in this latter way."
Anether Pretest.
Annual Message, June 5, 1878.
" I respectfully pretest against the ex
penditure of one dollar beyeud the appro
priation unless in case of emergency."
Curbing Undue Expenditures,
Special Message, Aug 7, 1878,
f ' After the experience of the past, it
was hoped that no committee would pledge
the credit of the city for the payment of
bills net provided for beforehand. I am
decidedly of the opinion that committees
have no right te de se ; they have power
only te pledge the city's credit te the ex
tent of the appropriations of which they
arc constituted the disbursing agents, and
cannot incur debt. The functions of the
committees are solely executive and lim
ited te the extent of the appropriations.
The councils assembled in the legislative
capacity Is the only authority which can
pledge the city's credit."
Abolishing Useless Offices.
Special Message, Dec. 4, 1878.
" Your attention in respectfully called
te the ordinance for" the inspection and
sealing of gas metres in the city of Lan
caster. Since the office has been created
there has net been an inspection under
the ordinance. The consumers of gas have
net applied in a single instance for the
inspection contemplated. The gas compa
nies have net such tests made of their
metres before putting them in, as is pro
vided for by the ordinance. Perhaps one
reason for the neglect of the companies is
that there is a total absence of penalty in
the ordinance for its violation. As the law
new stands it is a dead letter, and should
be repealed and the salary of the inspector
saved te the city, or such amendments
made te it as would make it operative."
An economical Administration.
Annual Message, June 14, 1S79.
"An economical administration of the
different departments of the city govern
ment for this year will enable us te return
next year te a rate qf sixty cents en the
ene hundred dollars, but the system lately
practiced of charging the deficiencies of
one year against the receipts of the next
must be abandoned, or, in ether words,
there must be no deficiencies allowed."
Police Discipline.
"It has been my constant effort te make
the police force as efficient as possible,
knowing that the security of our citizens
in their persons and property is greatly
due te these conservators of the peace.
There have been no derelictions of duty
tolerated when brought properly te my no
tice, and I have endeavored by disciplining
members of the force te impress upon all a
wholesome regard ler tfie interest of the
community."
Breakers Ahead.
Special Message. Sept. 3, 1879.
" If it be the pleasure of councils te go
en regardless or the close appoximatien te
the limit of debt allowed us
under the new constitution, regard
less of the known indisposition of
our people te plunge the city further into
debt and thereby increase the taxation,
they will proceed te order work te be done
without taking into account the condition
of the appropriation ; but the further in
crease of our debt is a grave preposition,
involving penalties when carried beyond the
constitutional limit, and should net be de
termined without serious deliberation.
Fer myself I believe that councils have no
right te spend one cent in any department
beyond the appropriation. If they have
what is the use of making one'.' Is it net
intended te indicate the limit which they
themselves have fixed by solemn ordinance
and which, I believe, they cannot virtual
ly undo by the passage of a mere motion
ordering the committee "te have the work
done. " It is en the basis of these appro
priations that our city tax is laid, and that
tax is intended te cover all city expenses
for the year ; but this very proper inccn inccn
tien is defeated the very moment one del
lar is ordered te be spent beyond the ap
propriation in any department. "
Exposing Improper Legislation.
Vete Message.
" A resolution te de certain work by
councils where it conflicts with the statute
law of the state, or the city's ordinances,
is absolutely inoperative."
Let All Things be Done Decently and in
Order.
Special Message te Councils.
" Fer calling the attention of councils
te this serious condition of affairs, I de net
wish te be understood as being opposed te
some of the improvements proposed by
the street committee, but te call a halt
upon proceedings founded in most per
nicious principles and disregard for
law. If the citizens want this work, let
their represtntatives in councils assembled
say se in a proper way."
The Way the Meney Gees.
Lancaster IirrELHOEScEB, Sept. 14, 1870.
"We knew of some shameful expendi
tures. There, for instance is the macada
mizing of the square of James street be
tween Duke and Lime, which is of no pos
sible public utility and of no conceivable
advantage except te the row of houses
which Select Councilman Bering has built
as a speculation en that square. This was
most nhvirmslv an expenditure of tb in.
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pie's money for the advantage of one man. I
and secured by him by virtue of his place I
in the city councils. Nene will defend
this. Lime street is unpaved and ungraded,
and while it is se the macadamizing of this
square of James street is without the
shadow of public advantage."
His Resolute Knerts.
Frem the Lancaster Examiner and Kxiiress
Aug. 13, 1S78,
We express but the sentiment of all
right-minded, considerate, tax-paying citi
zens, of both parties, when we extend te
Mayer MacGonigle thanks for having call
ed the attention of councils and the public
in geneJal te the illegal and extravagant
acts of the street committee or rather the
ring which has been running it and the
tool called the street commissioner. We
hope the mayor will net step at " protest
ing" and calling the attention of councils
te their extravagance and illegal proceed
ings, but will, if necessary, proceed by in
junction te restrain them, and also held
the ringleaders individually liable when
they shall run the city in debt. It is no
torious that there has been in this depart
ment at least recklessness and extrava
gance if net corruption, and se far as
we arc concerned WE SHALL SUSTAIN
THE MAYOR in his efforts te compel an
observance, at all events, of the forms of
law, and we hope he will net hesitate
when occasion requires te call the attention
of councils and the public te the short
comings of these in authority.
Calling a Halt.
Philadelphia Times, Sept. 4, 1879.
" Mayer MacGenigle, of Lancxster, has
been trying te call a halt en the councils
of that city in the matter of municipal
finances. The mayor sees that the coun
cils either won't sec or decline te recog
nize, that a gradually growing debt must
sooner or later lead te trouble, that it must
sometime be paid, and that it isn't by any
means as easy te pay a debt as it is te make
it. If the mayor's advice is listened te
and arrangements made te spend money
no faster than it is collected, Lancaster may
step its financial pyrotechnics in time
te save itself from embarrassment.
Its credit stands high some city bends
which were called out by councils, financial
recklessness having been easily placed re
cently drawing only five per cent but it
cannot hope te retain any such position if
the increase of debt is allowed te go en
regularly from year te year without any
apparently geed reason for it, A number
of the municipal corporations of the state
have get into trouble in this way and some
of them have sought te repudiate their ob
ligations, but have been battled in their
efforts by the courts. With a population
of seme twenty-seven thousand and a
property valuation for taxation of about
twelve and a-half millions, the bended debt
of Lancaster is $394,434, and the tax rate
70 cents en each one hundred dollars of
valuation. It may well he doubled if any
tax-paying citiz.cn cares te have cither the
debt or the tax rate increased, and yet that
i is the inevitable tendency of the policy
against which the mayor se sensibly pro pre
tests and iu which pretest he is mast likely
sustained by a large majority of the citi
zens. It will occur te anybody, with the
history of se many financial disasters still
fresh in the mind, that it is net a geed
time for anybody te go into debt, ami it is
particularly undesirable that any munici
pal corporations should go any further
that way,"
"GOBLINS."
A Merry Party of Them at the Opera Heuse.
Last evening was presented at Fulton
opera house one of the merriest entertain
ments that has been witnessed there dur
ing the present season, and in view of the
reputation of the party, achieved by then
great success at the Arch Street theatre,
Philadelphia, and the delightful character
of the performance, it is te be regretted
that our people did net give them a warmer
welcome ; the size of the audience being
far below the deserts of the entertainment.
Mr. William Gill's " wild farcical conceit"
of " Our Goblins" occupies a sphere that
is secure against the inquisitive examina
tion of critical analysis. It is a conglom
eration of the most fantastic fun, inter
woven with the prettiest tunes, that give
te it just enough of the operatic flavor te
render it palatable te the prevail
ing popular taste for amusements,
which lately has run almost ex
clusively toward comic opera. It bubbles
from beginning te end with the most ef
fervescent humor, and there is net a dull
nor stupid situation. And hew the audi
ence did enjoy the fun ! They were en
rapport with the spirit of the play and the
players from the outset, and the fast
succeeding mets and witticisms were an
swered with bursts of laughter with, fre
quent calls for a repetition of seme pretty
song. The audience clapped their hands
se briskly and laughed themselves into
such a merry humor that they forget all
about the chilly atmosphere of the room
(which it may be observed, in parenthesis
and in the way of a suggestion
te the janitor, has en frequent oc
casion been a source of complaint that
ought te be obviated ; as half the pleasure
of an evening's amusement in-doers or
dinarily lies in the warm room and cheery
surroundings). It may be possible te convey
some idea of the piece by the statement
that the scene is laid in a ruined old
castle en the Rhine which dates back te
1180. A party of four intensely modern
American tourists, two ladies ami two
gentlemen, arc discovered investigating its
antique curiosities, and enjoying a day's
recreation, and tins constitutes a very
pleasing scene, in which there is lets
of pretty music and fun. One of the
party relates a horrifying legend concern
ing the ancient castle, in which a perse
cuted maiden, a cruel stepmamma, a
villainous old baron, and dark and bloody
tragedy, constitute the chief features. One
or the party falls asleep at the con
clusion of the story and the second act
represents the re-enactment of the horrid
events narrated, and which are supposed te
be taking place in the sleeper's dieam.
The combination of the antique with the
very modern in this scene is inexpressibly
ludicrous. The characters were all filled
in admirable style. Mr. Willie Gill, the
author of the piece, who in the opening
scene is Benjamin Franklin Cobb, of Chi
cago, and in his vision finds himself meta
morphosed into L'idoeiee, a returned lean
dcrer, is a comedian sui generis, and the au
dicuce were kept convulsed by his eccen
tricities throughout the evening. His rcc
itatieu of a poem entitled "That Little
Spitz Deg" was capital, and he sings
fairly loe. Mr. Charles II. Drew,
in the triple role of Alfred Comsterk Sil
verman, Franz and Baren Adelph Ven
ScJueartzbrudcr, carried off no small share
of the honors, his line baritone voice cap
tivating the audience. The ladies of the
company, Misses Eliner Deering and
Marie Restellc, were both charming, and
sang and acted in complete harmony with
the spirit of the piece ; they possess geed
voices which wen them repeated encores
en their soles, and they entered with ani
mation into the spirit of fun which reigned
fast and furious. The dues and concerted
pieces, in which the four voices were found
te chord very nicely, were likewise given
with charming effect, and en the whole the
expectations of the audience were mere
than gratified in the performance of the
evening, which
was in every respect at
oneo unique, mirth-provoking, and clean.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Before Judse I.iviugMeu.
The first eases taken up in the afternoon
were these of Charles Gill ys. Andrew
Eichholtz, Henry Erisman and Jehn Mc
Dcvitt. The plaintiif in these cases is a
constable ami resides in Ceatcsville, Ches
ter county. In the year 1877 a gang of
thieves were operating in Chester and Lan
caster counties, and Rebert Black, a Ches
ter county detective, was engaged in work
ing up the case. He came te this city and
made complaint against the parties
before Alderman Spurrier, who made
out a warrant, which was given
by Black te the plaintiff. Seme
time then elapsed and the alderman
also gave warrants te the three defendants,
who were constables in this city, se that
they might be en the lookout for the
thieves, who were operating in both coun
ties. 3IcDevitt arrested two of the gang
in Baldwin, and warrants were served en
the ethers by GUI and by defendants:
in the West Chester jail. The
defendants made the usual re
turns te the alderman and en them the
cases were sent te the November court of
1877. True bills were found, but when
the cases were called it was found that the
prisoners had all been convicted in the
Chester county court and had been sent,
prison for long terms. Verdicts of net
guilty were therefore taken. After the eases
had been disposed of, the Lancxster con
stables in the usual way, proceeded te
draw their costs from this county. Their
bills were paid, and when the plaintiil' dis
covered this he brought suit against thu
defendants, te recover a share, which he
alleged te be due him for work donp.bcfeiv
Alderman Dennelly, of this city. The de
fendants appealed from the alderman's de
cision and the case came into court. After
the evidence of the plaintiff was iu the de
fense asked for a non suit en the grounds
that they had failed te show any connec
tion between the parties, and if the plain
tiff had any claim it was net against the
defendants. The court granted a non sui;
and remarked that if the plaintiff has any
claim it must be against the county, and
was a matter for the commissioners and
solicitor. The amount claimed by Gill was
.$70.
In the case of Clese & Krctz vs. James
P. Knight, judgment was entered in favor
of the plaintiff for $140.8(3.
The case of Geerge M. Steinman A Cn..
vs. Jacob Druckenmiller and Catherine
Druekcnmiller, his wife, summons in eject
ment, was compromised by the parties.
The case of O. P. Brnbaker vs. Samuel
Shadier was settled.
Frank Sehlegclmilich vs. Mary Kekei tr
by her guardian, Jacob Jansen, issue te try
the validity of a paper purporting te be
the last will and testament of Frederick
Eekert, deceased, late of Marietta. Gce
II. Ettla and E. D. Reath, esq., the sub
scribing witnesses, testified that they
signed the will en May 22, 1877, iu the office
of Mr. Reath, who is a justice of the peaceA
iu the presence of the deceased, who said
it was his will. The will was afterwards
read te the jury. By it Frank Schlegcl-milicl-J
the plaintiff, was made executer
of the estate of deceased, and the defend
ant, his daughter, who is the only living
relative of the deceased in this country,
was allowed an annuity of $130. If the
defendant would die without issue thw
principal en which this annuity was paid
should go te the relatives of the deceased
in Baden, Germany. The will was read t
the jury and the plaintiffs then rested.
The defense then called witnesses tosliew
that the wife of the deceased died iu 1800,
leaving an only daughter, who is the de
fendant, and who is a cripple. The amount
left te this daughter is net sufficient t'
support her. Previous te the death of
Eekert he was a very hard drinker, ami
his mind was net sound ; while in this
condition he was influenced by Sehlegcl
milich, who desired the defendant te
marry his son and was angry because she
refused te de se, and threatened te have
revenge .upeu her. A part of
the defense was that the de
ceased was immoral in his conduct,
net only te strange people bnt also to
wards his daughter, the defendant. Pre
vious te his death he said he had done
something wrong at the 'squire's office ; he
had net dene right by his daughter and
wished te de se. At this time, it is al
leged, that he wanted te get up out of beii
and go te the 'squire's office, but Sehlegcl
milich told him net te de se. Since the
death of Eekert the executer has done
nothing for the support of the defendant,,
although the will provides that he shall..
On trial.
Ilefere Judge Patterson.
Elizabeth Mishler,-administratrix of the
estate of Benjamin Mishler, vs. P. W.
Hicstand and Hilairc Zaepfel. This was
an action iu trever and conversion
te recover a large mirror which
was in Mishler's Exchange hotel Centre
square, this city, when it was
purchased by Mr. Iliestaud. This mirror
was claimed by the plaintiff who was net
allowed te remove it by Mr. Zaepfel, the
occupant of the premises, who was acting
under the instructions of Mr. Hicstand.
The defendants admitted that they were
unwilling te give up the mirror when asked
te de se by the plaintiff. The plaintiff
called witnesses te prove hew the glass is
fastened in the wall, they stated that it
was there as ether glasses are. They also
proved that the glass was valued at $100.
Henry Shubert, auctioneer, testified that
he sold the real estate but did net under
stand that the mirror was included in it.
The defense was that the glass was a
necessity te the convenience of the bar
room, as it was fastened te the wall and
the shelving built around it. The prepcrty
was mortgaged at the time the-
glass was put there and
could net therefore be removed with
out the consent of the holder of the mort
gage. The defense also was that after the
death of Benjamin Mishler the executers
were notified by the heirs that the looking
glass was a part of the real estate and
could net be sold, and that en the day of
the sale of the real estate the counsel of
the administratrix told Mr. Hicstand that
the glass was a part of the real estate. On.
trial.
The Iturnt Child.
Jehn Grecn'sbabe, who was se terribly
burned by its clothes taking lire en Satur
day evening, continues in a very critical
condition, and is kept almost coestantlv
under the influence of anaesthetics.
la Town.
The many friends of James K. Alcxauder,
hotel keeper of Quarryville, who has been
ill for seme months past, will be glad te
learn that he is again able te be about.
He was in town te-day the guest of Cyrus.
H. Celviil,
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