LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY DECEMBER 3 1880.
Lancaster Intelligence?.
FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 3, 1880.
' BasiHess Mea" ia Politics.
Evidences accumulate that the se-,-iiealled
"business men-" who ranged
themselves in the late canvass as Repub
lican partisans in their business capacity
have committed a serious error. They
took their course avowedly by way of
protection te certain monopolies, which,
upon a fair examination, would become
extremely odious te the people whom
they plunder. Of course these men were
net disinterested. Me3t of them were
net even sincere. They knew very well
that no legitimate business would suffer
in the least from the success of Hancock.
They were Republicans in nine- case3
out of ten, bitter, malignant, thick and
thin Republicans and they simply took
this dishonest method of bolstering the
Republican cause, which before the dis
tinctive business movement seemed en
tirely hopeless.
Mr. Benten, after giving ah analysis
. of the vote en the tariff bill of 1824,
says : " With this sectional aspect, a
tariff for protection also began te assume
a political aspect, being taken under the
cue of the party since discriminated as
"Whig, which drew from Mr. Van Burcn
a sagacious remark, addressed te the
manufacturers themselves, that if they
. suffered their interests te become identi
fied with a political party (anyone), they
would share the fate of that party and
go down with it whenever it sunk." In
this instance certain manufacturers,
claiming te represent the whole class of
interests, have allied themselves, net as
mere citizens, but as " business men, "'
with the Republican party, and having
cast their fortunes with it must leek te
it for that protection te their monopolies
which they insist they cannot live with
out. What their policy is te be, what
demands they will make upon the new
administration, and upon the new Heuse
of Representatives, it is tee early te pre
dict. Rut one thing is clear. The Dem
ocrats have accepted notice that they ex
pect no favors from them, and they
would certainly be mere or less than
Democrats, if they were new in a humor
te extend any.
The Eaten bill, passed by the Senate,
isnoweifthe speaker's table. But for
the attitude of some of the business in
terests concerned, this bill would doubt
less have become a law at the approach
ing session. The leading manufacturers
of the country petitioned for it ; but
most of the petitioners appear te have
changed their tactics at a critical moment
in the canvass, te have made up their
minds te rely exclusively upon the parti
san friendship of the Republicans and te
havedctermii.ed te resist any revision of
the tariff whatever. But inasmuch as
the most progressive portion of the Re
publican party, represented by its most
influential newspapers and some of its
ablest leaders, sire in favor of revenue re re
eormthat is te say, a mere scientific as
well as a fairer adjustment of duties it
is probable time the larger number of
Democratic representatives will join
with these in the next Congress, and for
the present session give the whole sub
ject the go-by. If the Eaten bill, there
fore, shall fail, and if later en a less con
servative method of revision shall pre
vail, the partisan monopolists will have
themselves te thank for the kindling of
that fierce light in which some of the
monstrous wrongs or the tariff laws as
they new stand will be made tee clear
te escape abatement.
Concerning Railroads.
Judge Black's letter te the New Yerk
chamber of commerce en the rights and
duties of railroad corporations will be
read with great interest as a clear expo
sition of the question. Probably most
persons will read with surprise that it is
undisputed law that the railroad corpor
ations arc net the owners of the rail
roads, which really belong te the state,
the companies only being granted the
right te act as the agents of the state in
discharging the duty upon the state te
previde4.be people with means of trans
portation : for performing this public
duty the companies arc permitted te
make a charge, which must be just, rea
sonable, uniform and stable. It is within
the power of the state te regulate the
charge within these bounds.
We say that it will be heard with sur
prised that this is the undoubted legal
situation ; because it is se vastly differ
ent from the actual situation. The peo
ple have ample protection in the law
against all the ills which they se bitterly
complain of suffering at the hands of the
railroads, if that protection was but
practically secured te them. But it is
net ; and se it has come te pass that the
railroad corporations arc net only re
garded as the owners of the railroads,
but as having supreme control te de with
the people who seek te use them as they
see fit; and te de with the reads what
they think proper.
What the people want is a use of the
railroads at reasonable cost and which
shall be extended te all alike. That is
what common sense teaches should be
theirs, and what the. law, the perfection
of reason, says shall be theirs ; further
declaring what a reasonable cost shall
be, and finding it net te exceed such a
chargeas will pay the expense of econom
ical administration and a fair interest en
the capital necessarily used in the enter
prise. This view, it will bs seen, forbids
a railroad corporation te water its stock,
se as te burthen the read te pay an ex
cessive profit te the stockholders ; or te
water its revenues te deplete their profits.
In fact it holds the officers of the corpor
ation te a very strict administration.
Practically, however, we knew they are
free te bleed it for their own benefit and
te bleed the people for the owner's bene
fit, and that they de pretty much as they
please. The trouble lies in getting the
law administered. The corporations are
tee powerful for the people. The new
constitution of Pennsylvania, as Judge
Black shows, provides adequate reme
dies for the wrongs the people suffer.
But a remedy, however effective if used,
is of no mere use than an axe, however
sharp, that is net net used. But evident
ly the people can protect themselves
whenever they resolve te de se.
The Pennsylvania railroad' company,
as well as the Reading & Columbia, need
te provide. better facilities for morning
travel te this city. A train is wanted
from Christiana and stations west of it
te reach this city net later than 8:45 a. m.
Railroad enterprise ought te keep pace
with public necessities.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Irish Land Leaguers in this county
propose te send General Butler, General
Reger A. Pryer, Jere Black and Emery
A. Sterrs te Ireland as counsel for the in
dicted Land Leaguers. .
If Garfield insists en net allowing any
New Yerk banker te become secretary of
the treasury Mr.. Conkling will have te
make his man Levi P. Morten United
States senator if he can.
The Georgia electors, under a state law
deferred their meeting until next? Thurs
day and doubt is expressed if a vote cast
then will count. California had one vote
for Garfield, the ethers for Hancock. In
Indiana the law was strained if net broken
te give Garfield all the votes. In a close
election any our of these events might
have changed the result and given rise te
serious trouble. And all of them call
loudly for reform of our rickctt-y electoral
college system.
Atlanta has organized an international
cotton exposition with Senater Brown at
the head of it. The plau contemplates a
grand international exposition of the ap
pliances and machinery used in the culti
vation, preparation and manufacture of
cotton, together with exhibits of cotton
fibres and fabrics aud whatever else is di
rectly or indirectly connected with or
beneficial te the cotton interests of the
United States. The exposition will be
held in Atlanta during October and No
vember next.
Tun Philadelphia Eccnlng Telegraph,
though it has a weakness for civil service
reformers, says of Secretary of the Interior
Schurz : "It is possible-that under ether
administrations greater frauds were prac
tised upon the Indians, but under no ether
administration than his were greater, mere
inexcusable wrongs ever practised upon
them. We are compelled te believe by
Mr. Schurz'a entire public receid that he
is an honest man, but his many official
blunders compel us also te believe that he
is one of that mast mischievous of all
men one who means te de well, aud docs
net knew the trick of it. Clearly, he was
unfitted te be placed in a position where
he would be forced, in the interests of liu
mm'ty and reform, te combat the old In
dian ring one of the most thoroughly or
ganized aud the most powerful at the
capital ; clearly, as circumstances have
proved, he was no match for them, for,
under his administration, frauds upon the
Indians may have been checked, but cer
tainly they were net suppressed. His
agents were no mere honest than were
these they succeeded, and, all things con
sidered, the condition of the Indians was
in no manner improved by them. It must
be confessed, however it is looked at,
that, as a civil service reformer, with every
opportunity te secure success, Secretary
Schurz has been a gigantic failure, and
his policy a greater failure even than him
self." PERSONAL.
S. B. Tuomsex, a leading lawyer of
New Brunswick, who went te England
last mouth te argue an appeal case for the
city of St. Jehn, has just died of typhoid
fever. He was Canadian counsel before
the fishery commission.
Jens P. Feley, of the New Yerk Her
ald, has taken Mr. Handy's old position
en the Times. Colonel McClurc contem
plates a tour of the Seuth in a few days,
and the readers of his paper may leek for
interesting letters during his brief ab-
B2I1CC.
While the New Yerk and Bosten papers
have been publishing requests for contri
butions te a fund for the eldest living ex
president, a number of gentlemen of
Philadelphia have quietly raised between
themselves the sum $100,000, which will
l)e presented te General U. S. (Jraxt at
au early date.
General Jehn A. McDowell has
brought suifc in Chicago against William
Henry Smith, collector of customs, and
William J. Kulms, for $20)000 damages
for an alleged conspiracy te injure the
general's reputation. It is alleged that
Smith and Kuhns encouraged and sup
ported a suit brought by Annie Cec
against General McDowell, some time age
for betrayal, which was abandoned in con
sequence of the plaintiff confessing that
the charge was a fabrication.
The cress bill for divorce filed by Minis,
tcr CnniSTiANcv against his young wife
in which she is charged with adultery, has
failed. The male Christiancy case has
completely fallen through. It will be re
membered that the charge of adultery was
first only threatened, then vaguely made,
then specifically charged. The witnesses
in the case identified quite another woman
from Mrs. Christiancy as the party in
volved and the cress bill gees te smash.
Mrs. Christiancy will net only gain her
divorce and alimony, but will be able te
demonstrate te the satisfaction of these in
terested that she has been an outrageously
treated wife aud foully slandered lady.
Maktin F. Titper, the poet moralist,
subject of amazement for two generations,
breaks the silence m which a grateful
world beheld him involved, with "A Call
te My Country." and, after expressing
through three verses profound satisfac
tion with its proceedings " ever since Al
fred," he devotes four stanzas te gloomy
forebodings. "Is it Ichabod?" he asks:
"Hast thou departed from the pure char
acters writ en thy brew? Proud and tem
perate, greedy, false-hearted, Be such the
features that pictu re thee new'.' Are net
thy clergy infected with treason? Art
thou in commerce upright as of yore ? Lie
net thy masses deep-drewn'd in unreason?
Deth net thy decadence loom te the fore ?"
That seems te "settle" England's deem.
Surrogate Calvin has rendered his deci
sion in the famous and much-litigated
Fkaxk Leslie will case. The will was
contested by two of Mr. Leslie's sons, who
were disinherited by it, the entire estate
being devised by Mr. Leslie te his widow.
The surrogate sustains the will in every
particular, dismissing all the allegations
of insanity as without foundation. An
attempt was made en Monday te reopen
the case in order te admit certain irrelevant
testimony taken in England by commis
sion, but the surrogate declined te open it
and immediately thereafter gave his deci
sion, which is a document of 175 pages.
Attempts have been made te introduce a
great deal of extraneous matter during the
progress of the litigation.
A Fireman' Suggestion.
Editors Intelligencer : In your re
port of the proceedings of councils last
evening, the following appeared :
William J. Ferdriey, chief engineer of
the fire department, reported that there
were several sections of citv hose in the
hands of the several companies, which had
burst while in use at fires ; and that the
makers of the burst hose had offered te re
place it with new hose. The chief engi
neer recommended the burst hose te be
gathered together, and the manufacturer
notified te replace it.
On motion of Mr. Eberly, the recommen
dations of the chief were approved, and
the committee en fire engines and' hose
companies instructed te carry them out.
Common council concurred.
New, we have two different kinds of
hose in use at this time, and don't yen
think it would be fair if in the reports of
hose bursting, the fire committee or the
chief engineer would name the manufac
turers? At the time the last hose was
bought in this city, there was considerable
feeling manifested by the different fire
companies aud a number of citizens, and
we think it but right that the people
should knew which hese is the best. Let
the fire committee tell us which hose
bursts. Fireman.
Fer the information of our correspond
ent and ethers who may be interested in
the subject of. his communication, we
mention that in the chief engineer's
report te councils, it is distinctly
stated that the burst sections were from
the manufactory of the Cleveland ( O. )
rubber ceApany, and by an unintentional
oversight the fact was emitted from our
report. Editors Intelligencer.
THE WATEB JD.!TlfX.
The Mayer's Suggestion Appruied.
Xeu- Era.
The mayor's message ou the water ques
tien demands the serious consideration of
property owners aud water consumers.
The facts he presents are in the main in
disputable, and his suggestions are all
mere or less practical. It is evident if the
present rate of consumption is te continue
we must have in the near future increased
pumping power and storage capacity, with
a substitution of larger mains for the small
er ones through which several of the outer
wards draw their supply. These improve
ments, desirable as they may be, would in
volve a larger outlay than the city
is at present prepared- te meet. Besides,
any plan for such a thorough recon
struction of our system of water supply
should be very carefully matured and ap
proved by the most competent engineers
before money is spent upon it. In the
meantime, the introduction of water me
ters seems te be the most feasible and eco
nomical plan of meeting the immediate
necessity of doing something. Te prevent
one-third the waste would be equivalent
te an increase of one-third the supply. It
is what many ether cities have been com
pelled te de te circumvent waste aud the
result has been in the main satisfactory.
It would net cost much te intreduce me
ters in representative buildings and locali
ties, by which average results could be as
certained, and if satisfactory they could
then be put into general use. In our judg
ment, the sooner the test is made the.bet
tcr it will be for our future comfort and
safety.
SKNSATIONAI. SCICIOK.
II. n.Sheusc Shuffle Off the Mertul Cell at
Louisville.
The descendants of old Capt. Sheuse,thc
settler of Shousetewn en the Ohie, near
Pittsburgh include or included among
their number, a well-known lawyer, Hay
den II. Shouse, of Hendersen, Ivy. On
Tuesday evening Mr. Shouse ended his
life at the Louisville hotel, Louisville, un
der the following circumstances. On the
evening in question the unfortunate man
was found dead in bed, and en the bureau
was found the following letter addressed
te the hotel clerk, Mr. McHenry :
" Nevemrer 30. Dear Lew : Immedi
ately after the discovery of my death, get
coffin and have me shipped by first train
te Hendersen, aud telegraph my death and
shipment at once te S. B. Vance, 521 Upper
Third street, Ecansvillc, Intl., and tell him
te meet " the corpse" at Hendersen. Be
certain te send me by first possible train
I don't want te ret either here or en route.
Mr. Vance or my wife will pay hotel bill
and all charges. Your prompt attention
will be a favor which I will try te remem
ber. Your friend,
" II. II. Sneusr.."
Mi. Yauee isthe father-in-law of Shouse.
Death was caused by laudanum, and a re
cent spree is assigned as one cause of the
rash act. The deceased was about 34
years of age and a gentleman of attractive
manners. He was a candidate for Congress
in the Seaend district of Kentucky.
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A COLLAR OB VIKK.
A Klii of Iren at White Heat Kiirircled ii
Alan's Neck.
At the American iron works, ou Seuth
Side, Pittsburgh, while Rebert Moere was
at work at his rolls his catcher failed te
seize with his tongs a bar of white-het
iron which had been placed between . the
rolls. The iron twisted itself thrice
around the roll, feiming a "cellar."
The catcher struck the iron, when
there blew off a piece in shape
of a ring with a stem twenty inches long.
Running off at right angles te the circle
the band flew back and fell around Moere's
head, resting en his shoulders. Quick as
thought he grabbed the long stem with
his tongs and the white-het ring with his
hand, and with steady nerve and gentle
movement lifted the fiery thing from his
shoulders, tiis faeffwas badlybnrncd by the
heat emitted from the iron and the flesh
of his hand was cut into the bone. After
wards he put the ring ever his head. It
was but two inches larger in diameter
than his head.
Fer the Chilian llleckadc.
A steamer from Baltimore, ostensibly
a cattle steamer, arrived in Hampton
reads en Sunday for a harbor, and came
te anchor between the flagship Tennessee
and the Kearsarge. On Sunday night the
strange vessel went te sea again, leaving
three of her officers in Norfolk. It is said
the steamer was fitted out in Baltimore
with men and munitions of war te break
the Chilian blockade. She carries a crew
of thirty-three men and one hundred aud
thirty men between decks. It is also said
she has a torpedo corps en beard who are
te operate en the Chilian coast. The
steamer is te put into Pert Royal for coal,
wliere tue men who were left here will
join her.
Captured in Court.
Dan Smith, colored, who attempted te
ravish a young white girl in Giles county,
Tenn., some time age, was sentenced te
twenty-one years in the penitentiary at
Pulaski, for assault with intent te com
mit murder. As seen as the verdict was
found a mob rushed into the court room,
overpowered the sheriff and nesse. seized
Smith and dragged him te the street where
hundreds of people joined the mob which
took him te a bridge and hung him until he
was dead. The mob came from the vicinity
where the crime was committed by Smith.
LATEST MEWS BY MAIL.
President Gonzales, of Mexico, was in
augurated yesterday.
- Geld continues te flew in from Europe,
The Oder brought $1,000,000 in coin.
T. F. Malene's store, at Eau Clair, Wis.,
was burned yesterday. Less, $15,000.
There is a fresh issue of lavs from Vesu
vius, descending te the base of the cone.
Fire destroyed White's Wilment e'eva.
ter at Elderado, Kansas, en Wednesday.
Less, $20,000 ; insured;
O'Brien's tobacco factory at Covington,
Ky., was burned yesterday. Less, $11,500;
insured for $3,200.
A heavy southeast storm prevailed en
the Pacific coast yesterday and there -is
every indication that the wet season in
California has finally begun.
In Terente Mrs. Casey was found in bed
with her two children, who were roasted
te death. She was uninjured, and is held
en a charge of murder.
James Slean, who was in jail at Belle Belle
fentainc, Ohie, under indictment for
sheeting with intent te kill, cut his threat
yesterday morning and will die.
The latest information regarding the fire
at Durham, N. C., en Wednesday morn
ing is that sixteen buildings were destroy
ed and that property te the value of $100,
000 was swept away. The insurance
losses feet up about $30,000.
A fire occurred last night in the base
ment of Ne. 201 Fulton street, New Yerk,
occupied by the Wells tea company, and
before it was extinguished it damaged the
stock $10,000 and the. building $3,000.
Jehn Beyle, a dealer in canvas en the
upper floors, had bis stock 'damaged heav
ily by water. .Michael Lawlcr, a fireman,
was overcome by smoke, but rescued.
STATE ITEMS.
The expenses of the electoral college feet
up a few cents ever $945.
Six hundred and forty-eight vessels ar
rived at Philadelphia during the past
month.
Our exchanges along the P. R. R. com
plain of the Old, which roosts in this city,
as a lewd and unlawful publication.
A commission was yesterday made out
for Henry Green as judge of the supreme
court for twenty one years.
Hayes has appointed M. R. Barr te be
collector of customs for the Erie district,
in the place of the late General Hiram
L. Brown.
Mrs. Dennis PurcclPs idiot boy has been
found at her home in Easten in a state of
filth, neglect and brutality that excites
popular indignation.
Cei. Gebin expects te take the National
Guards te the next inauguration. He es
pecially dotes en the City Grays, of Har
risburg ; Gebin Guards, of Carlisle ; Gi
rardsville and Wrightsville companies.
The treasurer of the United States has
received from Scrautena ccrtificaie of de
posit for two hundred dollars, with the
request that it " be placed te the credit
of the conscience fund.
A charter was issued yesterday te the
Union storage company of Pittsburgh. The
capital stock is $125,000 and the incorpora
tors arc prominent business men of Al
legheny county. The object of the com
pany is te de a general warehouse busi
ness. A dispatch from Allcntewn says : About
eight o'clock last evening the engine house
of F. Winlz & Ce.'s planing mill at Cata
sauqua was discovered te he en fire. By
the efforts of the firemen the flames were
confined te the lumber yard ; all the lum
ber was consumed. The less is $10,000 ;
insured.
Sara.
Sir : I receive your, journal, in which I
find both the unmanly sermon of the Rev.
X and your energetic reply.
I assure you tht I am mere touched by
your impassioned defense than I was
wounded by the insult.
I believe with all my soul that hypocrisy
is the most cowardly of all vices.
I have a child ; I love him. The stones
that they cast at mi as I go along shall net
hit his young head. I will guide him te
the end, because that is my duty.
If when he was born I had strangled
him and thrown him into the gutter, I
should be at peace with society. But que
voule'z-veus? I am se original that I prefer
te be at peace with my conscience and
with Ged.
Sarah Bernhardt.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEiisiii:oi:ueoi nkws.
Kvcnls Acress the County Line.
Wm. Caldcr, jr.. of Harrisburg, is te he
married te Miss Remington, of Ilien, N.
Y., daughter of one of the rifle-makers.
A Bcllefente paper says " it is unofficial
ly announced that Maj. William F. Rey
nolds purposes te erect a splendid stone
residence in this place next summer. If
the major shall determine te de se the re
sidence will certainly be the finest in our
borough, as he excels in whatever he un
dertakes."
While the Havcrly minstrels were drill
ing in the streets of Harrisburg, Fred
Fink tried te drive a two-horse wagon
through their ranks. The performers
caught Fink's horses by the head. Fred,
raised his whig and urged the horses, but
two colored men held en with a firm grip
and kept him back. The sidewalks were
lined with spectators, who new took pait
in the fuss quite a number of white and
colored people taking the part of the col
ored men and a formidable number with
Mr. Fink, insisting that he had the right
of way and should be allowed te pass. A
riot was averted by the retreat of the min
strels. Near Sinking Springs there are very cu
rious works, said te have been made by
Indians. These works consisted of mounds
and marks of graves, walls built without
mortar, and a spring of nice, sparkling
water, partly arched. But the most curi
ous part is a path, or footway, beginning
at the lands of Jacob Krick, and leading
ever a mountain te a read, or lane, that
runs cast and west, where it ends. This
path, it is said, is net traveled by anybody
at present, nor lias it been for a long time.
It is as solid and as clear as a read that is
used regularly. It is said that the Indi
ans used te come that way across the bill
te the place where Mr. Krick new resides,
ler rum. There used te be a tavern about
a quarter of a mile from the village of
Sinking Spring, and, very likely, it also
led te the house or wall lately uncovered
at Peifcr's stone quarries.
Presbyterian "Rotary" Eldership.
Seme interest being awakened in the
question of rotary eldership in the Presby
terian church polity, the statistics arc, as
stated by Rev. Dr. Mitchell at the cengre
gatienal meeting the ether evening, that
of the 140 presbyteries which voted en the
overture establishing the rotary system
where desired by a congregational major
ity, 101 voted affirmatively, 36 negatively,
aud 3 were equally divided.
There are no data by which the number
of congregations which have adopted the
rotary system can I e ascertained.
The Baptist fair.
The Baptist fair will close te-morrow
night, at which time all articles net dis
posed of at private sale will be sold at auc
tien. Last night the voting for the parlor
organ closed and the price was awarded te
Mrs. Geerge P. Rey, the ether contestant
having retired in her favor. This was a
compliment well dcscrvcd,as Mrs. Rey has
been iufatigablc in her endeavors te further
the interests of the church.
WEST E3ID IMPROVEMENT.
A Mew Cottea Mill Completed.
The inception, progress and successful
establishment of new business enterprises
is one of the most agreeable subjects for
local journalism te record. Frem time te
time the Intelligencer has noticed the
course of the erection of the new cotton
mill built by Peters & Shirk, en Pine
street, between West Chestnut and West
Orange, in this city. New that it is fin
nished and in operation, a mere complete
account of the mill, its management aud
equipments, is of timely interest :
Mr. Jacob G. Peters is general manager
of this and the Beaver street mill, both
operated by the same firm and engaged in
the manufacture of yarns sold te the cot
ton mills of Philedelphia, Reading and the
counties of Delaware, Montgomery and
Chester counties. . In the Stevens mill
the organization is as fellows : J.
P. Shirk, clerk ; S. W. Park, superintend
ent card room ; Andrew Shutt, superin
tendent spinning room ; William Cooper,
superintendent warping mills ; Themas
Andersen, engineer, Samuel Campbell,
fireman -4 Daniel Carrigan, night watch
man. The Building.
The main structure is 21G feet long, 45
feet wide, and has a tower in the centre
which is 25 feet in depth and 10 feet in
width. A deep basement is under, the en
tire building, and this is used for storing
cotton. A one-story brick building in the
rear, 50 by 33 feet, divided in three parts,
is used for boiler house, engine room and
machine shop. A two-story brick build
ing, CO by 25 feet, en the southeast corner
of the let, is divided in three parts and is
used for watchman's dwelling, carriage
house and stable; and a one-story brick
building te the north of it, 40 by 20 feet,
is used for storing waste cotton. This has
a frame blacksmith shop, 12 by 20 feet, at
tached te it.
The first fleer is divided into four parts :
The north end, 25 by 45, is used for picker
house, and is fire proof; the south end,
30 by 45, is used for office and packing
room and extra stairway, and the centre
and main part of- the first fleer for card
room. The second fleer is used for spin
ning, warping, spooling, twisting, reeling,
etc.
Who Built it.
The' building stone were furnished by
William Wcstman, Dillerville ; granite
blocks, Jehn Keller ; granite stone for en
gine and tower, McLenahan & Bre , Pert
Deposit ; lime, Henry F. Hartman ; sand,
Charles Schwebel ; lumber, Baumgardner,
Eberman & Ce.; flooring, .Reland & Way,
Pert Deposit ; yellow pine, Gaskill &
Sens, Philadelphia ; brick, Peter Zicgier ;
bricklaying of buildings, Blumcnsteck &
Keller ; sewer and paving, T. G. Bach ;
millwork, Urban & Burger; carpenter
work, Casper Maurer, foreman ; painting,
William Batcraan ; building hardware,
Marshall & Rengicr ; slating, Sprecher &
Pfeiffer ; gas fixtures, Flinn & Brenemau ;
plumbling, Jehn L. Arneld ; heating pipe,
G. Levan & Sens, R. Blickcnderfcr, and
Harberger & McCully ; mason work,
Shultz, Sheep Sr Ce.; weed turning, Philip
Lebzeltcr.
The Machinery.
The engine is a Corliss, 150 horse power,
and was built by Rebert Wethrill & Ce.,
Chester, 3 tubular boilers, and of course
these were built by Jehn Best.; the steam
pipes by Harberger & McCully : the two
pickers were imported from England, and
built by Lord Brethers; the fourty-feur
cards and railways were built by Masen
machine works, Taunton, Mass.; the card
clothing was imported from England by
F. A. Leigh, Bosten, Mass.; the rail
way heads were built by the Whitin
machine works, Whitinsville, 3Iass.; the
draw frames were imported from England ;
the slubbers and speeders were imported
from England and built by Heward &
Bulleck ; the spinning frames, twisters
and warping mills were built by the
Bridesburg manufacturing company ; a
double reel was imported from England,
and the reels "were built by Peters fc
Shirk ; two spoelers were built by Peters
& Shirk from patterns furnished by S. S.
Spencer ; the bobbins were furnished by
Eaten & Ayer, Nashua, New Hampshire ;
the spool heads by by li. Disston x bens,
Philadelphia ; the spool spindles and belts
by the Penn iron works ; the shaft
ing and pulleys by Geerge V. Crcssen,
Philadelphia ; the leather belting by Joel
S. Perkins, Philadelphia; the rubber
belting by Goodyear rubber and belting
company ; the machinery hardware, etc.,
by Kepler & Slaymaker ; the brass work
byH. Belfield & Ce., Philadelphia: ma
chinists and mill tools by M. Walter &
Sen, Philadelphia ; mill supplies by D. T.
Gage, Philadelphia; 'two elevators were
built by A. C Welcbans ; the yarn press
was built by 3Ir. Minnich, Landisville ;
the tin cans were furnished by Joel S. Per
kins ; the scales by Fairbanks.
New Tobacco Warehouses.
At the corner of North Market and
West Lemen, en a part of the grounds oc
cupied by Baumgardncr's coal yards, they
are engaged in building two very large to
bacco warehouses, which are being erected
in the most substantial manner.
Witchcraft.
Before Alderman Barr yesterday after
noon was heard the case Mrs. Florentine
Kinsler, an old German woman, against
Jacob Welfcrsbcrger. The complaint
charged Welfcrsbcrger with having struck
at Mrs. Kinsler with a stick ou
the day of the Republican county
parade. The charge was net made
out and the complaint was dismissed,
whereupon Mrs. Kinsler pitched into Mrs.
Welfersbcrger, who was also present, in the
most ferocious manner, charging her with
being "an old hex," and with having be
witched both her and her husband, the
latter of whom was, by means of her
witchcraft, kept away from his home for
mere than two years. Se violent did the
irate woman become in contemplating her
supposed wrongs, that the alderman was
obliged te clear his office te keep the
peace.
The Thursday Club.
The Thursday club had its first meeting
of the season at the residence of Mr. B. B.
Martin, last evening, where theatrical rep
resentations were given, the two pieces
being the " Lean of a Lever " and " Ani
mal Magnetism," which were very success
fully rendered, all the amateurs doing very
well indeed. In the first, Mr. H. Car
penter, Mr. I. Carpenter, Mr. W.
B. Middleton, Mr. Jehn S. Atlcc. Miss
Julia Kauffman and Miss Shreder ap
peared, and in the last Mr. Willis B. Mns
ser, Walter M. Franklin, esq., Mr. C.
Hager, E. K. Martin, esq., Miss Lulu
Bell and 3Iiss Belle Hager. Criticism is
forbidden us by the privacy of the occasion
and, anyway, where all were se excellent
would be invidious.
Going te Mifflin County.
Lcwlstewn Democrat and Sentinel.
Messrs. Gibboney & Nelsen have sold
their store in Belleville te Isaac Stirk, of
Lancaster city. Mr. Stirk began business
in Belleville about thirty years age, and
has since been engaged in mercantile pur
suits in Philadelphia and Lancaster. The
change will take place en the fir3t of April
next.
CorenerV Verdict.
The verdict of the coroner's jury in the
case of Jehn Seeger, of Celcrain township,
who was killed one day last week, was re
turned te the coroner this morning. The
verdict shows that the man " came te his
death by being run ever accidentally by a
heavy read wagon crushing the thorax."
TUK LEAF.
Monthly Tobacco Repert.
J. S. Gans's Sen & Ce., tobacco brokers.
New Yerk, have issued their monthly cir
cular from which it appears that en the 1st
iust. there was en hand in New Yerk 23,
073 bales of Havana and Yara tobaccos,
and in the inspections warehouses 50,268
hogsheads of domestic tobacco. Transac
tions in Kentucky, Virginia and JIaryland
tobaccos arc reported light. Spcakink of
seed leaf, in which Pennsylvania growers
and dealers are mere particularly inter
ested, the circular .says :
"The feature of the past mouth has
been large transactions in Pennsylvania
tobacco, both for consumption and specu
lation. At last this originally overrated,
and subsequently much-abused crop has
become the favorite. Net only have
nearly all the finer packings been taken
from first hands, but even before the close
of the year we find the stock of this sort,
as well as of nearly all seed leaf tobaccos,
quite reduced ; all this in the face of dull
business, and a very limited expert outlet.
thus showing that net only was the yield
ing quality of last year s crop much over
estimated, as we had (occasion te remark
in our circular of October 1, but our con
sumptien has been greatly in excess of
any heretofore published estimates.
"The batter classes of Ohie crop of 1879
have latterly come greatly into favor with
manufacturers, for binder and cheap
wrapper purposes, whilst Wisconsin is
neglected, and all ether sorts have been
sparingly dealt in."
The total sales for the past month are
set down at 11,300 cases, of which no less
than S.G'OO cases were of Pennsylvania. The
quotations for low lets arc 1012 cents ; for
fair 13.1C ; fine-1822 ; wrappers 1S45;
fillers li(ai. These figures arc higher
than the same grades of New England to
bacco aic quoted at.
The new crop of Pennsylvania is set down
at 110,000 cases ; New Eugkuul 40,000 ;
New Yerk 20,000 ; Ohie 50,000 or mere ;
Wisconsin and Illinois 55,000.
Messrs. Gans's Sen & Ce., in considera
tion of the weekly reports -furnished by
them te the newspapers throughout the
country and the fact that many trade
papers arc extensively circulated, an
nounce that their monthly tobacco reports
will be discontinued, but that they will'be
happy te favor fricuds with full written
reports whenever rcqired, and furnish the
trade in general withall information and
statistics in their possession.
1'
XUIULL1NG RUNAWAY.
A Frightened llorse ou the Railroad Track.
Jehn Foreman and Lewis Townsend
drove a livery horse across the Pennsylva
nia railroad track at Parkesburg last Sat
urday night. The horse shied at some ob
ject, threw both young men out of the
sleigh, and then started down the railroad
en the .south-bound track at a frightful
rate of speed, passing successively without
paying the least attention te them, several
block towers and a western-bound train,
until it arrived at what is known as the
Checker bridge, at the extreme western end
of Ceatcsville. where it was captured by a
man who had'becn apprised el Jits coining,
in perfectly sound condition, and with the
sleigh still " right side up with care" and
damaged te only a slight extent about the
runners. In its progress down the read the
horse had successfully crossed several short
trestle bridges, each of which it cleared by
a single jump as appeared from the marks
in the snow next morning. When it
dashed by a signal tewcrat,P.trkesburg,the
operator there telegraphed te the opsrater
at the tower near Pomeroy, cautioning
him te be en the leek-out for the horse,
and the latter repeated the same te the
operator at the Ceatcsville tower when it
had passed there, but before this time
the signal men had received orders from
headquarters at Philadelphia, te held all
western bound trains at Ceatcsville, among
which was a passenger. Alse te drop the
red light en an eastern-bound freight that
was following the horse en the same track,
cautioning the engineer te run carefully,
while special orders were sent te Jehn
Gay, the section boss at Ceatesvillc, te
proceed up the track in dircctiouef Parkes
burg, and if possible, "intercept the pro
gress of the horse, all of which Gay pro
ceeded te comply with, and icached the
Checker bridge above alluded te just as
the animal was captured by another man.
As seen as this fact was made known, the
blockade 011 the railroad at Ceatesvillc was
raised and traffic resumed. The horse ran
iu all about live miles, and would have
been likely te have met its death had it
proceeded a little further and reached the
high bridge at Ceatesvillc, which it would
have becu impossible for it te cress.
WJMrR IX TUK WKSr.
And linv it Affects Journalism.
The following leading editorial en an
exciting and pathetic subject is taken from
a recent issue of the North Nebraska
Eagle, published at Dakotah City, Neb.,
by Atlec Hart, formerly of the Spy office,
Columbia, this county :
Winter has conic. But you knew that.
We are out of weed. De you knew that '.
Evidently net. Hence this double-leaded
wail. We want weed ! There are two
hundred men in Dakota county who arc
indebted te us at least $2, some much
mere, aud yet we are iu danger of freez
ing hard as bricks. This is net hell it's
tee cold. But we want weed. Meney
would net be refused, neither corn nor
potatoes, but first of all, and right away,
we want some weed. Green weed, dry
weed, soft weed, hard weed, any sort of
weed will de us geed. Something that
will burn is what we arc after, but if yen
have any soggy chunks that you can't use
yourselves, biing or send them te the
patient printer. Don't forget this call
during the next four minutes, but lest you
de, heed it at once and all will be well.
An Apecryiihal Story.
The Harrisburg Telegraph points with
pride te this dubious story :
"In 1856 the Harrisburg Guards at
tended the inauguration of President
Buchanan, taking with them forty-six
muskets and a band of music. Their fine
appearance attracted great attention at
Washington and they were asked
te drill before the president in
front of the White Heuse. Buchan
an leaned very much towards his
favorites, the Lancaster Fenciblcs, and
consequently he very shrewdly did net
pass an opinion during the splendid drill
of the Harrisburg company. At its con
clusion the president turned te Gen. Scott,
who had watched the drill with a great
deal of interest, and said, ' Well, General
Scott, what de you think of the Pennsyl
vania company.' lne eui veteran re
moved his chapcau and advancing te' the
front, said : I think it is the best drilled
company in the United States.' The re
mark was heard by a large number of Har
risburgcrs, who had accompanied the
guards, and the cheering ever it was such
as made Buchanan doubt whether his
Lancaster company amounted te se very
much."
Destitute.
Mrs. Deman, residing en Poplar street,
whose husband was killed en. the railroad
some months age, i3 reported te by suffer
ing for tue necessaries 01 Inc. blia lias a
family of seven children who are sufferin
for feed and clothing some of them having
no shoes. I hey should be looked alter
and provided for by the charitable.
Sale 01 Keal Estate.
Allan A . Hcrr & Ce., real estate and in
surance agents, sold at private tjale a two
story brick dwelling en East Fulton street,
property of Abraham W. Russcl te Peter
Eaby of New Helland. Price $800.
THE PUnLIC SCUOULS.
Meeting or Directors Reports of Commit
tee Sale or Bends City Superin
tendent'. Repert Mght Schools
Opened Vfeltuts Viesent. &c
The beard of directors of Lancaster
school district met last evening, the fol
lowing named members being present :
Messrs. Baker, Brenemau. Cochran,
Eberman, Erismau, Evaus, Haas, Harris,
D. Hartman. J. I. Hartman, Jacksen,
Johnsten, Levergood, Marshall, Mc
Conomy, ObJender, Reimcnsnyder,
Rhoads, Richards, S.imseu. Schmid,
Schwebel, Slaymaker, Smeych, Snyder, ,
Spurrier. Wcsthaeffer. Wilsen, Christian'
Zecher, Gee. W. Zechcr, Warfel, presi
dent. Mr. Baker, from the superintending
committee, reported that Miss Alice Guu
dakcr, principal of one of the Duks street
primaries, desired en account of impaired
health, te relinquish the principalship and
exchange places with her first assistant,
Miss Ella Carpenter, aud that the commit
tee had sanctioned the arrangement until
it shall be otherwise ordered
Mr. Baker also presented The following
report :
Te the Itennl of Directors of the Lancaster Citi;
Scheel District.
Your committee te whom was referred
that point of the repeit of the city super
intendent which recommends the changing
of the old school building into single
rooms, respectfully report :
That at a meeting of your committee
held October 28, 18S0, at which the ciiy
superintendent was present aud presented
a pjan for changing each of the three West
Chestnut street schools into three single
rooms, which met the approval of the com
mittee, but in view of the amount of work
new demanding the attention of the prep,
city committee and the shortness of the
time during institute week te de the Werk,
your committee deemed it it inexpedient
te make the change at present. By the
time the vacation occurs next summer, the
beard will have had ome experience of
the working of the siugle room plan, and
it can then decide intelligently in adapting
the old buildings te that plan.
Respectfully submitted
Daxiki. G. B.ikku;
II. E. Sl.AYM.lKEK,
Lr-riiEi: Riciiakds.
On motion, the report was received and
filed.
Mr. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills which, being
approved by the committee, were ordered
te be paid :
J. P. Wickcrsham fc Ce., for 35 copies
Scheel. Tem 7iul$ 17.2-3; Stener, Shrcincr .V
Ce., hardware and sundries 853.1-1 ; Givler
Bewers & Hurst, carpeting &c., $34.82 ;
Chas H.Barr.hoeksand statieneiy,32O1.10;
Examiner, printing and advertising, $36.57;
Philip Myers, for labor, .$6.50; A. K.
Hetlemier, chairs, S12 ; Urban & Burger,
benches, S12 ; J.IJ. Esbenshade.cebs, $2.50;
Alex McKillips repair f school organ &c,
$5.50 ; Andrew Laudis, cobs, $3.50 ; Lan
caster gaslight and fuel company, gas,
$2.40; 7i!7MYj'pii:itiiigcempanv, binding,
Mr. Evaus also presented the etllcial
bend of Wm. O. Marshall, treasurer of the
beard, which was approved.
A communication of James Black, rela
tive te an ever taxation of his property in
the Second and Sixth wardstwas read, and
it was ordered that an order be drawn en
the treasurer in favor of Mr. Black for the
amount overcharged.
Mr. Evans announced that the $10,000
5 per cent, lean advertised for by the
beard had been awarded te Rccd.McGranu
6 Ce. at 5 per cent, premium, they being
the best bidders.
ity Superintendent'. Repert.
The following report from City Superin
tendent Bnehrle was read :
Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 2, 1S80.
Te the Jleard of Hetoel Directors :
Gextmcmex : I herewith submit te you
the statistical report of the public schools
of the city of Lancaster, for the month of
November. It will be seen that the whole
number of pupils enrolled was 3,312, the
average attendance, 2,030 ; the pcrccntagu
of attendance, 83. The immhcs of visits
made by the visiting committee was 13,
as fellows : J. W. Jacksen, -1 ; C. Schwebel
5 ; and Dr. J. Levergood, 4. Other di
rectors made 02 visits, as follews: J. B.
Warfel, 7 ; J. W. Jacksen," ; T. B. Coch
ran, 2 ; D. Hartman, -1 ; H. R. Brcncman,
4 ; II. E. Slaymaker, 10 ; L. Richards, 9 :
W. McCemscy, 8 ; J. J. Hartman, 3 ; C.
Schwebel, 2, and of seven visits the names
of the visitors were net reported. The
superintendent, iu addition te supplying a
teacher's place for a day and a half made
41 visits te the school:, meeting 61 teach
ers. The meeting of the teachers for pro
fessional instruction were held as usual.
Respectfully submitted.
i. K. Bceiiklr, Supt.
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.1. I'. McCaskcy'd..-. 7'J 71 !l
MissS. II. llnndcM'.s lis JiV y;
W. II. '.uvergoeu's ll 13S! !tf
!t..S. CIutCH' 133 127 Wi
Miss I. V. Hantch'ri -. 43 :a! '.!
" Ucergiu. lliitirieU'd 115 13I1 '.
' Claru I. Jliiucr's 111 i:rt, u:
" A. C. ISrubuker'.s 13.-. 123! '..".
Charles Matz's 'M im; i-e
llisft M. E. Ziicrclmr'-) ll llfi' lit
" K..T. Johnsten".-,- la. 157 K,
M. Zug'H W, 131 SI
" M. M. Mtfescliuaii'M 173 1U7 71
" Mary Iieujrherty'i 172 127 7J
" M.J.l'riiniiis's 151 121 7.)
" L. C. MuidliaU'A 119 123 Kl
" KUa Carpenter's lit; 117
Kate Iluckins'.s 1SS II!) 7.1
" K. .1. Downey' 102f l.M k.5
' A. M. Ktter'ri 152 117 77
" M.K.Stalil's 103 78 75
' L. II. Clarien's v. 3m ks
" U. It. Hair's 55 45 75
Danddriilge IS. Ceuzziiis' fill 50 72
Total and Averages 3312 26S0 83
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Mr. Schwebel thought it desirable that
the boys', night school be at once opened
He knew of a number of pupils whndc
sired te attend.
Mr. Slaymaker moved that the heard
proceed te the election of a teacher for the
heys 'night school.
The motion was agreed te and Mr. R. S.
Gates was unanimously elected.
Mr. Jacksen moved te elect a teacher
for the girh' night school, which was also
agreed te.
Miss Sailie Ilarkins and Miss Ida Hantch
were nominated for the position. Miss
Harkins received 15 votes and Miss Hantch
10 vetcs.Miss Hantch was declared elected.
The secretary was .directed te instruct
the city superintendent te deliver te each
teacher of the public schools a copy of the
rules recently adopted by the beard.
Mr. D. Hartman stated that the city
supeiintcndcnt desired te have a light
for his office. The matter was en motion
referred te the committee en furniture a.nl
apparatus with instructions te act.
On motion of J. I. Hartman' the night
school committee were authorized te cm
ploy assistant teicliers whenever in their
judgment it may be necessary te de se.
Mr. Slaymaker called attention te the
facl that two or three boys had been ar
rested for throwing stones at teachers aud
pupils and otherwise disorderly in front of
the Duke -street schools. The boys were
te have a hearing before a magistrate. The
committee did net wih te press the com
plaints against the boys if their parents
would go bail for their geed behavior.
The night school committee gave notice
that the night schools would be opened en
Monday evening next ; the boys school in
the building corner of Duke and German
streets and the girlb in the building cor
ner of Prince and Chestnut streets. Beys
and girls who cannot attend day school are
earnestly invited te attend. '
Distinguished Visitors.
Messrs. Ancona and Harbster, members
jf g$&S&&:&1,'U,,,.