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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 1880.
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MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 27, 1880.
About Sheeting Husbands.
Seme one, in the editorial columns of
the Philadelphia 77i.?,is wicked enough
in this Christmas season te hope that
some one may sheet William Sprague te
give his wife the divorce she seeks with
out public scandal. It must be the
Christmas dinner which has disordered
this commentator's judgment and
temper with his stomach. Everybody
knows a bit of indigestion sends an un
due quantity of bleed te the head, and
se it comes that naturally the most
amiable people get a murderous impulse
and de and say the most bloody things
under the excitement that comes from
the deranged circulation. "We certainly
fail te see any geed reason why William
Sprague should be shot because his wife
has sued hiinjfer a divorce, charging him
with grievously sinning with a score or
se of women, and he proposes te deny
and resist. It is clear te us that it one
of this pair must be shot te save the
scandal of the exposure of the sins of
both, or cither, it should be the madam.
We thought we were disposed te go as
far as the farthest in paying homage te
women and in saving the precious crea
tures from the rough things of life. We
bi'lieve in giving them the best of every
thing and in putting ourselves te no end
of inconvenience en their account. But,
really, there are some occasions en which
we object te being shot for their sins,
and we candidly think that Mr. Sprague
has reached a climax in his relations te
Mrs. Sprague, in which lie is excusable
in leaving her te stand alone, and cer
tainly is net called upon te offer himself
as a sacrifice te her either for her sake
or the public's. We quite fail te com
prehend the idea of the Timer, that, be
cause the trial of the divorce suit
between these people; will furnish
a noisome dish of scandal te the
public, therefore Mr. Sprague should
submit te hi divorced or shot. Our
comprehension, we admit, is often
net first -class; if it was, doubtless we
would see wisdom in many things we
have te read and Hud very foolish. But
why en earth can anybody tell us
should a man let hisgoed name be taken
away by confessing te the scandalous al
legations of a woman which he declares
are false even if she is wife; and this
te save the public sensibilities ?
If the public does net wish te be
shocked let the public avoid reading
tin revelations ; and if the state thinks
that harm is done te the public by per
mitting it te have an opportunity of
reading such matters, let the state de
clare and enact that the trials shall be
secret. But de net lei us be se silly as te j
provide a method by which a divorce !
may lie sought- and the only method
and then call for theslioeting of the lin.s
band who resists the suit.
Mr. Sprague is right te resist his wife's
demand, if he denies her allegations; and
lie would net be a man worthy of respect
if he did net. It is a husband's duty te
cherish and protect his wife in every
way while she lives with him. But
when she leaves him, and lives lewdly,
and falsely charges him with lewdness,
she forfeits all right, te expect from him
consideration or merry. If Mr-;. Sprague
is guilty, as charged, she ought te lie
killed. If the law was in accord here
with public sentiment,. she would be. We
are willing te say further that if Mr.
Sprague is guilty, as 'she charges, he
ought te meet a like fate. And if Sena Sena
eor Conkling is guilty, as he alleges and
the public believe, he ought te be boiled
alive. We think we represent public
sentiment
ments.
in assigning these puuish-
C'oleiicl McCIiirc's Discoveries
Mr. McClure comes back from his
Southern trip very much impressed by
the fact that the S'-ntiment of the- while
population is se much mere tolerant of
the negre there than here, and that he is
se much better elf there in every way.
It is strange indeed that here, where a
political party has, as a chief part of its
capital, its pretended devotion te the in
terest of the negre and denunciation of
the Southern people as his oppressor, the
fact is that many of the avenues of labor
are closed te him while there all are
open. This is net a new discovery that
Colonel McClure makes, and it should
net be a surprise te him, or any one, for
it lias often been told. Probably it will
be told many times mere liefere it is
actually realized, for it takes very
long te instruct a people against
their preconceptions and prejudices ;
nothing could mere clearly prove
this than this proof we new have that.
Cel. McClure and nearly all his readers
are really surprised te hear what every
person well iniermc'1 aiieul the Ninth
has known te be a fact for many years.
Cel. McClure has great expectations of
theSeuth,aud they are well justified ; but
in considering the probable rapidity of
the growth of its cotton manufacturing
interests he naturally becomes somewhat
tee enthusiastic. He believes that ten
years will sec the chief seat of this man-
factuic in the Seuth, where the staple
grows and the water power ex
ists, and the climate is mild
and the soil fertile. Wc had a like
conception ten years age after a trip
through Georgia and the Carolinas. Many
mills have since liecn built there, but
still the Northern mills are able te com
pete with them. There are ether ele
ments te be considered in the cost of
manufacture beside the transportation
of the raw material and the cheapness of
power; and the North has te offset the
Seuth 's advantages, a greater abundance
of skilled labor and nearness te a market
for the manufactured products. The
last especially controls the situation
new. As long as the market of the
goods made is in the North, obviously it
does net matter greatly whether the cot
ton or the cotton goods are trans
ported North. If it costs mere
te press the cotton for long
transportation, and injures somewhat the
fibre, it also costs mere te insure and
carry the mere valuable and bulky man
ufactured article. And, outside the ques
tion of transportation cost, there is a
great advantage te a manufacturer in
being near ids market, te keep
posted en its variations and take
advantage of them, and te make speedy
riPliwrv : se that the erewth of cettdn
manufacture in the Seuth will keep
pace with the growth in population and
capital, but is net likely te greatly out
strip it. The Northern manufacturers will
net move their mills down there. Ten
years age Mr. Sprague was taken with
the idea which Cel. McClure new ad
vanftPH. and lteusrht a exeat water
power at Columbia, S. C. .Noth
ing was done, however, as pro
bably reflection showed the fact that
at present the Seuth is net in condition
te compete with the North in the North
ern market. But her growth in manu
facturing industry, if it is net te be se
rapid as Cel. McClure declares, will yet
be certain and great.
Considerable sport is being made
of the clergy of Montreal because after
their fierce denunciation of Sara Bern
hardt and their severe censorship of the
plays she plays her audience was im
mense, and her ovation enthusiastic.
They are blamed with extensively ad
vertising and largely contributing te the
success of an exhibition which they had
held up te public reprobation as immor
al. And yet it is difficult te see what
ether course the reverend clergy could
take if they believe as they pretend te
about this woman and her works. If
preachers are net te condemn what they
believe te be great public vices then are
their lips te be sealed en the very ques
tions with which preachers ought te have
the most te de. There is a kind of
preaching about public offenses that is
demoralizing, but te call public atten
tion te public evils in a seemly way is
the duty of the clergy and the press,
even though by se doing they may ad
vertise them, as both are often blamed
for doing. In such cases the fault lies
net with the censers of public morals,
but with a depraved public appetite which
is whetted te indulgence in vicieiisuess by
public notice of it. If there be carrion
in the Held the birds that de net like it
have a right te be warned of the polluted
atmosphere; for these who will fly into
it, as seen as there is notice of its where
abouts, neither the press nor the pulpit is
responsible. We say this generally and
net with reference te the case of the
Montreal clergy, for when an attack
upon any form of public amusement is
misguided a;sd inordinate the result will
silwavs be a disastrous public rebuke of
the assailant; but t,e refrain from at
tacking a public wrong lest notice of il
may direct patronage te it is the height
of f -Hy as it is of cowardice.
MINOR TOPICS.
TiiursiiEs sang and violets bloomed in
! "Mcrrie England," last Saturday.
Aftek the fierce ecclesiastical denuncia
tion of Bernhardt her appearance in Mont
real was the occasion of a magnificent
ovation. The elite thronged her audi
ence. She was encored, bouquet ted,
cheered, and had a $:,"00 house. Sin: I
will net prosecute the preaeltei s.
Mis. Lucas, the Indian farm instructor
at Prince Albert, Northwest territory,
reports that his mission is a success.
There sire between four and five handled
Indians under his charge and thee. he
rcpeils, arc making geed pregieis in ag
ricultural pursuits. About two thousand
bushels of wheat were raised this jear.
The Indians are acquiring herds of cattle,
building houses and are generally taking
kindly te new departures fiem their old
mode of life.
Tin: recent billiard match between Slos Sles Slos
sen and Viguaux seems te give a reason
able ground for the general complaint
of experts that no American can play a
winning game in Paris. Viguaux wen
through a reversal by the referee of his
own decision. Vignaux made an attempt
te count anil failed and the re fire se de
cided. As Slossen was about te play the
Frenchman seized his arm, argued the
matter, and, backed by the cheers of the
crowd in attendance, was allowed te have
his own way. Slossen was obliged te sub
mit and lest, the score standing Viguaux
'.OOP, Slossen 2,t)Gl.
Whh.e our experts and imports in for
eign bottoms arc of nearly nine times as
great value this year as in 1850, the experts
and imports in American bottoms sire net
much mere Ihin half as treat litis year as in
1830. With an enormously great increase
of our products- and an increase of our
population from thirty te fifty millions in
the last twenty years, the tonnage of
American vessels engaged in the foreign
trade has fallen off from two and a third
million tens in 1800 te one and a third
million tens in the present year. In yet
another aspect the change is still mere
striking. In 1800 of $702,000,000 of ex ex
eorts and imports at our ports sixty-six
per cent, was borne in our own vessels. In
1S80 of the far greater value of $1,500,000,
sibeut double that of twenty years ssge,
only seventeen per cent, was carried under
our Hag. In 18G0 foreigners had only thirty-three
per cent, of our vast foreign com
merce ; in 1880 they possessed eighty-two
per cent.
PERSONAI..
Rev. Jenx McCleskev, I). I)., presi
dent of Mount St. Mary's college, at Em
mcttsburg, Maryland, died there last Fri
day evening.
A venerable politician. James Madisen
Tauleten, censcl-gcncral at Melbourne,
Australia, under President Picrc.;, has died
from want and exposure at Washington.
Miss Florence Ciiidestek, who has
talked and read before the teachers' in
stitute session here, is net a Miss at all.
She was married some ten days since te
a gentleman of Sunbury, Mr. W. J. Wol Wel Wol
vcrten, a teacher in the high school there,
and, will take up her abode in that place
next week.
It is proposed te inter the remains of
Geerge Eliet in Westminster Abbey,
but some of her friends question the pro
priety of such a step, as it might give rise
te a disagreeable controversy en account
of the opinions held by the dead writer en
religious subjects, t say nothing of the
social aspects of her connection with Mr.
Lewes.
Lord CeLMKGFORD, the fourth husband
and widower of Lady Waldegrave, has
just erected a monument te her, the last
words of the inscription en which run.
" Fer where your treasure is, there must
your heart he also ;" and, as the lady left
her last husband an income of a hundred
thousand a year, the wits are busy with
the epitaph.
Clement C. Moekk, who wrote the pop
ular poem, " 'Twas the Night Before
Christinas," was a distinguished scholar
and a professor of Oriental and Greek liter
ature, had printed Hebrew and Greek lex
icons as well as a volume of poems, but
his name will go down te future genera
tions as the author of this sprightly bit of
rhyme and his reputation rests en it.
Old Ilaunh Everett of Fert Valley Ga.,
died last week aged 103. Miss Grace Dag
gett, of New Haven, died at 02. A. II.
McGewcu of Freenville, O., by being
thrown from his buggy, at 95. Mary
Studly of Bremen Me., at 10G. Jeshua
Sheres of Wysaukiag, P., just after he
celebrated his centennial birthday with
great eclat, and Benjamin Brewufield, at
Uniontown, Pa., aged 102. Mrs. Baird of
Trey, Wis., was 108 years of age when she
died en Tuesday. Her mother died at the
age of 102, and her sister lived te sec 10.1.
LOSS TO 1'IiNNSVLVAXlA F.lllMEKS.
Suspension of tSie Farmer' I'nrtilUins Com
pany of l'hlladelphlsi.
A failure, which will fall heavily upjn
many farmers throughout the state, is
that of the Farmers' Fertilizing company
of Philadelphia. The liahilitiee are
placed sit $137,000, and the assets at $140,-
UOU. The company originated in. ion,
when several wealthy farmers get a notion
into their heads that they could manufac
ture fertilizers and dispose of them at
cheaper rates than ether companies could.
The plan was te sell the stock in smail
quantities te farmers, the stockholders te
have the privilege of purchasing at cost. In
ether words,it was a sortef co-operative eon
corn. The company started in 1872 with a
capital of $30,000, having paid $20,000 for
a manufactory. The financial crash of the
following year crippled them, and owing
te a reduction in the price of fertilizers,
they were obliged te extend their works
greatly in order te manufacture in large
quantities and compete with ether manu
facturers. This cost $30,000. Since then
the company has been struggling along
with hut very indifferent success, until
new the suspension isanneunccd. Thirty
thousand dollars arc due directors for
money advanced the concern, and the rest
is due te hanks and brokers and private
individuals, mostly farmers, for leans
varying from $1,00!) te $:;,000. In the as
sets the factory is valued at $50,000.
He i)il Net IJie.
Mr. William Carney, of Erie, was under
the hallucination that he would die at 2
:i. in., Friday. He says he had a vision
en Sunday last in which he was told of his
apareaching decease. He took te his bed,
although apparently healthy, and contin
ued sinking and growing feebler as the
time drew nigh. Friday morning he made
his will and was prepared for death by
Bishop Mullen, the Catholic prelate of
this diocese. His house was tilled with
people watching the result.
But, alas ! the death prophecy turned out.
te be sv lizzie. Much disappeiument was
manifested at the failure of the miracle,
which his fricnds'nltrihuted te the ofii efii ofii
cieUMiess of Judge Galbraith and Dr.
Brand. They believe that the will of Ged
would have been carried out but for the
cunning of the lawyer and the physicians.
The judge persuaded Carney V brother te
turn back the hands of the clock two hours
and the doctor administered an opiate at.
midnight which obscured mundane matters
from the would-be corpse for" six hours.
Carney denounces the fraud practised upon
hi:u as infamous.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The National Guard will go te the inaug
uration. Latin has secured the fire trans
portation. Heutzdaie, Cicarlieid county, is scourged
with scarlet lever, eighteen children hav
ing died there from it in a single day.
Sixty houses have been destroyed by
Heeds sit Limasel, Cyprus. Eight persons
were killed, and damage te the amount of
i'70,000 was done.
1,000,000 gallons of water escaped from
the East en reservoir through :i Vale hole
one feet in diameter. Whither il went no
one knows.
The attempt, has been made again in
Mifilin county te domesticate wild turkeys
with the result that when the wild fowl
came of age they coaxed the barnyard poul
try te the weeds.
The people of Leck Haven are very
anxious te have si town clock, and the
Journal proposes te raise uuc-ihiid of the
cost of one by popular subscription pro
vided the county will raise one-third and
the city the oilier third.
The commissioners of Allegheny county
have given notice that application will be
made te the Legislature for an act te in
demnify the county in the amounts paid
for properly destroyed in the riots of
1877, Allegheny has settled the claims
upon her for these lrsses, and will new
deal directly with the Legislature.
STATE ITEMS. .
An unusually long list, of Christmas
casualties and crimes will be found en our
first page te-day.
It was a uicrrv Christmas all ever the
country. The people had sleighing, seat
ing, feasting and going te church in every
section.
A Milwaukee saloon keeper named Sew
ard struck a rowdy named Jim O'Denucll
with a keg mallet and fatally wounded
him. Seward claims that O' Denncll gres.-ly
insulted his wife.
Jehn Hittson, one of the wealthiest and
best known cattle men of the West, was
killed at East l'ijeu, Cal., near Deer Trail,
his home, by being thrown from -a car
riage by a runaway team.
In Charlottesville, Ara., a negre named
Jenes, preferring death te further incar
ceration, burned his bed te ashes and him
self te death in his prison cell, by saturat
ing them with coal oil before he put the
match te his clothes.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OUST TO MUST.
Funeral or tne Late II. It. McNcal.
On Friday afternoon all that was mortal
of the late II. B. McNeal, wlsese death en
Tuesday night has been previously noticed,
was consigned te its last resting place.
The funeral services were held at his late
residence, Ne. BW Shippen street, anil
were conducted by Rev. J. Y. Mitchell,
D. I).. of the Presbyterian church, and
Rev. I). A. L. Lavcrty, of the Union
Bethel. Considering the very unfavorable
state of the weather, and the heavy snow
storm prevailing at the time set for the
funeral, the attendance of friends and
relatives was large. Ee-shah-ko-nee tribe
of the Improved Order of Red Men, of
which deceased had long been a promi
nent member, attended in a body, and
there were representatives of ether organ
izations with which Mr. McNeal had din
ing his life been identified. The inter
ment took place at Lancaster cemetery.
A Many-Cornered Traet or Land.
A. W. Snader, csn., of New Helland.
has surveyed a tract of weed land, en the
Welsh mountains, belonging te Win. Boyd
Jacobs of Philadelphia, containing 800
acres, which has 100 corner stones or ether
marks for comers along its borders, ahd
57 different angles en its outline.
TOBACCO.
The New Yerk
Market Last Week Trade
Notes.
U. S. Tobacco Journal.
The leaf market has never been charac
terized by any activity during Christmas
and New Year weeks, and the week about
te close has been no exception. Sales of
any significance have net been reported,
and even of the few small immediate
supply transactions, very little has been
heard. The late extensive failures in the
trade have also tended te make our mar
ket dull.
These who have bought '80 Connecticut
and New Yerk state are seemingly in high
glee ever their bargains. They claim that
in the 'SO Pennsylvania, Ohie and Wiscon
sin there is se little geed stock that manu
facturers will be compelled te fall back
upon their stock viz., the '80 Connecti
cut and New Yerk state. Te some extent
they arc justified in making this claim ;
but we fear that all the better grades of
the Ohie. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
will be offered under the name of '80 Con
necticut ami New Yerk state ; and as all
the crops airzreiratc nearly 273,000 cases,
and as the "chances for expert during the
next year arc very slim, we can but repeat
that te pay high prices for new crops, es
pecially the '80 Pennsylvania, will be an
extra-hazardous investment.
The transactions of the week may be
summarized as fellows :
Pennsylvania Crep '79 : 230 cases ;
wrappers, UTi te 45 cents ; running me
dium, 10 cents ; fine, 19 cents ; tillers, 7
te S cents.
Cenucct'ciit Crep '70 : 350 cases ; most
ly medium wrappers at 27 te U3 cents ;
23 cases extra line wrappers at 40 cents.
Ohie Crep '79 : 83 cases running 10
cents.
State and Wisconsin Crep '79. Ne
sales reported.
Havana Market and prices unchanged.
Sales about 730 hales.
Cans' ltepert. .
Sales of seed leaf tobacco, reported by
J. S. Gans's Sen & Ce., tobacco brokers,
Nes. 81 and 8(5 Wall street. New Yerk,
for the week ending Decemltcr 27. 1880 :
With the approaching holidays business
has as usual slackened elf; "JOO cases 1879,
Pennsylvania fillers, 7c; asserted, 1220c:
wrappers, 18(h40c; e50 cases 1879, New
England scceuds and wrappers, ll(;35c.;
Housatenie p. t.; IJ00 cases 1879, Ohie,
S(12c.; 100 cases sundries, 9$i)12c; total,
1,050 ease:-.
Va'iitte Veins in Tobacco .
' T. S. A." i" American Cultivator.
Among the many evils which atllict the
tobacco crop, white veins are the most se
rious and damaging. A veiny leaf makes
an unsightly wrapper, causing the cigar
maker te reject it even if satisfactory in
ether respects. A leaf that cures with
white veins is generally defective in ether
respects. It is often thick, lcathes-y and
greasy, burning badly. In short, for a
cigar leaf it is worthless and every tobacco
grower should be careful te avoid produc
ing such an article.
What produces white veins is a question
often asked, but -seldom, I think correctly
answered. Having investigated this sub
ject carefully for many years, I have come
te the following conclusion : White veins
are net the result of any peculiar condi
tions in the curing process. There arc
many persons who suppose that a dry cure
will produce white veins, and this was
probably the basis of the opinion, held by
many packers, that the 1880 crop would
he veiny, from the fact that we have had
a comparatively dry season for curing it.
Rut the 1S80 crop has fewer white veins
than any that has been raised in the valley
for many years. There arc growers who
never have white veins in their crops, no
matter what the curing season is, while
neighboring cultivators will often and as
a rule have veiny crops, although cured
under similar conditions with the mere
fortunate growers.
White veins are caused by an imperfect
growth of the plant and an immature leaf.
The causes of these imperfections are
many. A lack of proper fertilizers is the
starting point of sill these evils. Late
setting, high topping and careless cultiva
tion will almost certainly result in white
veins, or in fact any ene of the above
named causes will be likely te produce
this unfavorable result. The growers
should use fertilizers that contain all the
elements of plant feed required by the to
bacco crop, combined in the right propor
tions ami in such forms that they can be
readily taken up by the plants. Set plants
early, s;iy net 1 iter than the middle of
June, cultivate carefully, top low, keep
the suckers off and allow the crop te get
ripe before cutting. White veins will
then be things of the past.
The reasons why the 1880 crop is gener
ally se free from white veins are that it
has had a mere intelligent cultivation
than these of former years, and agaisi the
season has been si remarkably fine ene for
growing tobacco. In short, most of the
crop was well ripened.
Trade- Nete.
While during October only one New
Yerk city internal revenue district, showed
a falling elf in receipts from cigars ( a fall
ing elf of $2,115. 15) as compared with Sep
tember, both districts show a decrease for
last month sis compared with October of
$20,1 15.24, but compared with November,
1S79, an increase of $40,908.15.
The cigar manufacturers of Chicago arc
coming out strongly for a reduction of the
cigar tax te $3.
Sccdings have greatly improved all ever
the Vuclta Abajo, Cuba, under the bene
ficent influence of the kite rains. Accord
ing te the several private reports which
have been sent us, the Havana leaf is se
abundant and its quality se superior, that
wc must go some eight or ten years back
te find another crop comparable te this.
SUOOTINU; AT COATESVILLE.
A Lancaster County -Man's Little l'istel
On Friday Downing Wright, who re
sides at Kinzcr's Station and is employed
as a rcpairsniaii en the Pennsylvania rail
road, paid a visit te Ceatesvillc. While
there he met Philip Higgins, a carpet
weaver who resides in that town, and the
two began drinking. They went te the
saloon of Samuel Fernwalt and while there
Wright asked tiic crowd up te take
a drink. The drinks amounted te 03
cents and Wright said he had but 50 cents
in change. He had a $10 bill, and he told
the saloon keeper that he would pay the
remaining 15 cents at some future time.
Fernwalt said that would he all right and
Wright and Higgins stalled down street.
While walking along Higgins turned and
said te Wright. " If you don't pay for these
drinks I will have you arrested." Hardly
had the words left his mouth before
Wright pulled a revolver and fired it at
him. The ball struck Higgins en tin fore fere
hcad above the right eye It passed
around the head, between the skull and
the skin, te the back part, where it was
taken out. His injuries are net at all
serious, siltheugh lie might easily have
been killed. Wright was arrested and
wsis taken te the "West Chester jail, where
he is new confined. He is said te be a
quarrelsome man when drunk.
Narrow Escape of a ISrakeman.
Jehu Martin of Harrisburg si brake
man en the Philadelphia division, made a
narrow escape from serious injury. Be
tween Lancaster and Columbia, while
about te jump from one box car te another.
he slipped and fell. He would have been
precipitated muter the moving train, but
with great presence of mind he caught
held of one of the brake chains as he
went down aud thereby saved himself.
X-MAS 1880.
GENERAL HOLIUAY CELEBRATION.
Uce.l Weather ami Suit Timet.
Teasilng, AVershlplns, Sleighing and Sport Spert
lug. It was si. quiet and a happy Christmas
all around, and its observance was gener
ally happy and prolonged. Our streets
were brilliant and merry en Friday night.
I he stores were kept open until a very
late hour te accommodate shoppers,
and the hotels, billiard-rooms and saloons
were thronged. People were busy at home
fixing up for the great holiday of the mor
row and the children, " nestled all snugly
iu bed," were dreaming of St. Nick's com
ing anil the joys of the next morning.
Merry maskers paraded the town with
musical instruments and gave impromptu
consorts in public places.
1 here was quite a brisk snew-lall the
night before Christmas and these who
woke early next morning were net disap
pointed te find it continue. The feathery
flakes made Christmas all the merrier,
and if the storm had the effect of keeping
people iii-doers and at home, where they
best, belong en Christmas, it was all the
better ferit. The sleighing was geed, and
ncariy every team m town was m service.
The observance of the day, however, was
most general at the fireside where, after all,
its best celebration is te be found. Never
was its domestic keeping se universal as
en Saturday, and there were few homes in
Lancaster that had net their Christmas
feast, their interchange of gifts and char
acteristic Christmas celebration. The oc
casion was signalized by many family re
unions, and net a few Laucastcrians, out
of town the greater part of the year, were
seen here en Saturday. Even the inmates
of the public institutions were net allowed
te be unmindful of the day, and at the
children's home, the jail ami the peer
house, these who dwell therein were made
happy by gifts or feasting.
In the city many of the churches had re
ligious observance of the day and the Sunday-schools
marked it with special cele
brations. The saloons and hotels had free
lunches and there was some little drunk
enness and brawling. There were danc
ing seciables and ether public opportuni
ties Jbr a geed time. But, as noticed, the
chief local celebration of the day was its
private observance in thousands of homes
made happy by its ad von t and rejoicing in
its significance. The main features of the
public celebrations will be found below
noticed iu detail.
THE CUUKCUKS.
St. Mary's Catholic.
The services at St. Mary's church en
Christmas morning always have a peculiar
and special interest, as well from the ex
cellent character of the music as from the
solemnity of the services which is material
ly enhanced by the early hour at which
fliey take place, recalling te the mind of
the" devout worshiper aud te thsit of the
spectator that ''early in the morning
Christ was born." People irrespective of
creed think nothing of leaving their warm
cesy beds hours before their customary time
of rising upon this occasion for the purpose
of attending the early mass sit St. Mary's,
and in the great throng that bctwccsi the
hours of four and live en Christmas morn
ing ciewded into the church, there was a
pretty general mixture of Catholic and
Protestant of all conditions and degree, te
whom the sweet and inspiring strains of
the " Adcste," calling the faithful te wor
ship of the new-born King, have through
long custom become as part and parcel of
Christmas dsiy itself.
The church was gay in its holiday attire ;
myriads of candles burned upon the altars,
which were also profusely adorned with
flowers. Promptly at five o'clock the ser
vices began with the strangely sweet
prelude of the " Adeste Fideles," played
by Miss Lizzie Strobel upon the great
organ, aud a few moments later, the clear
soprano voice of Miss Delia Deyle rolled
out the opening sole of the hymn, which
in every part was rendered in ad
mirable style, the voices of
the well-trained choir blending har
moniously net less isi the ducts and tries
than in the full chorus where special
power is called for. Father Hickcy was
the celebrant of the mass, and Gcncrali's
fine composition, upon which the choir
had for a long time been in constant prac
tice, was given under the direction of Mr.
Wm. B. Altiek, choir leader, in the most
thorough style. It is useless and perhaps
impracticable te particularize the
many line parts iu which this mass
abounds. Suffice it te say they were
rendered in uniformly excellent style, the the
sole parts being sung respectively by
Misses Delia Deyle and Delia Harberger
(soprano), Edith Johnsten (contralto),
Mr, Win. B. Altiek (tenor), and Messrs.
lleiiglicy and Jeseph Altiek (bass). Te
these ladies and gentlemen was due in
large measure the successful execution of
the mass, the recent addition of the c n n
tralte and bass voices having materially
improved this really excellent choir.
The choruses were all full,, round and
harmonious. A feature of the
music also was the rendition of
Lambillotte's Christmas hymn, in which
the voices of Misses Harberger and John John
seon and of ?Jr. Wm. B. Altiek were
heard te advantage,and Mr. F.-id Weber's
cornet accompaniments gsive added effect.
The organ accompaniments of Miss Stro
bel were, as they always are, thoroughly
artistic. After the mass a very large
number of the congregation partook of
communion.
High mass was again celebrated at 10:'J(),
Rev. Pater Ignatius of St. Jeseph's hospi
tal being the celebrant and the music
being the same as at the earlier service,
with the addition of the benediction per
formed at the conclusion of the niat-s.
The congregation was large.
St. Antheny's
The church is very prettily decorated.
Above the sanctuary, in letters of evergreen,
are suspended the words, "Gleria iu Ex
celsis Dee," and above the tabernacle was
the word " Jesus," surmounted by a
cress and heart, composed of gas-jets.
The walls and window frames are also
handsomely decked with evergreen. On
Christmas morning masses were said at 5,
C, 7, 8, 9 and 10 o'clock, Fathers Kaul and
Christ officiating. Vespers at 3 p. m. On
Sunday hhcre were the usual Christmas
services.
St. Jeseph's Hospital.
The Christmas services at St. Jeseph's
hospital were of an unusual character, a
midnight mass being celebrated just sis
Christmas came in. The hospital chapel
was veiy handsomely decorated, festoons
of evergreen adorning the altar and bou
quets and wreaths of flowers below. The
front of the main altar was draped in
tapestry, and the altar itself, as well as the
side altar.--, were ablaze with candles.
Pater Ignatius was celebrant of the mass,
assisted by a number of ether priests.
the service throughout was very impress
ive. FlrRt Keiermcd.
The usual six o'clock morning service
was held in this church, where a congre
gation asscmbled.that crowded the fleer
and galleries. The decorations were very
handsome, being similar te these of last
year, and including the usual heavy fes
toons from the centre of the ceiling "te the
corners of the galleries, the latter also
being hung with ropes of evergreen. The
pulpit and reading desk were set off with
flowers and greens ; the side pillars and
arch were twined with greens ; from the
centre of the arch depended a large star ;
there was no inscription, but the ernamen
tatien, which had been under the direction
of Mr. H. Stain m, was en the whele effec
tive. The music was as usual very fine,
comprising the "Adcste Fideles," Lam
billotte's Hymn, and the Gleria from
Mozart's Twelfth Mass, with full organ
and orchestral accompaniment. The choir
is full and strong, Miss Alice Troyer's se
prane, Miss Mary Seucr's contralto. Mr.
II. Stamm's tenor and Mr. L. A.'Prez
iugcr'sbass being heard te special advan
tage, hut the chorus voices also showing
the effects of leader Stamm's efficient
training. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Peters,
conducted the services, which iucluded
iuu aucuuui. in me eirui ei (jurist as re
lated in St. Luke's gospel, which was al
ternately read and sung by the pastor and
the choir. There was cougregatienal
singing aud the service terminated with
the doxology aud benediction.
St. Luke's Reformed,
At St. Luke's Reformed church, corner
of Orange street and Marietta avenue, a
Sunday school celebration was held at 10
o'clock en Christmas morning. The room
was very prettily decorated with festoons
of evergreen ; and in the arched space
above the pulpit was the inscription,
"Praise the Lord," and en the wall ever
it were the words, "Glory te Ged in the
Highest ;" the pulpit was ornamented
with greens and flowers, and in the corner
te the right steed a Christmas trce prettily
decked and illuminated with candles. The
exercises consisted of scripture reading
and Christmas hymns anil" carols by the
pupils of the Sundsiy school, and appropri
ate addresses by Rev. E. V. Gcrhart,
D. D., and Rev. Theodere Appcl, D. D.
At the conclusion there wsis a distribution
of gifts te the Sunday school children,
each of whom received a package of
candy and an orange. The occasion was
a successful and joyous one. Last even
ing the pastor, Rev. W. F. Lichliter,
preached a timely sermon.
St. l'aul's Kerermed.
The Sunday-school anniversary of St.
Paul's Reformed was held en Christmas
evening and was largely attended. The
pregramme consisted of choir musical se
lections, readings and recitatiens.all which
were well rendered. Then followed a dis
tribution of gifts te the school. On Sun
day morning and evening the usual Clnist
mas services were had, conducted by the
pastor Rev. Dr. Shumakcr.
Trinity Lutheran.
Trinity church was, as has been custom
ary en the Jhristmas anniversary, very
prettily decorated. A large and handsome
arch of evergreen spanned the pulpit and
in the centre of the arch was a brilliant
star and cress composed el gas-jets. The
pillars of the gallery were trimmed in
evergreen wreaths and the communion
table, the font and pulpit were brilliantly
adorned with beautiful flowers. At the
morning service addresses were made by
Rev. Reed, of Christ church, and Rev.
Houpt. of Grace church. The music by the
choir, consisting of anthems aud Christ
mas hymns, was well rendered. During the
day the bells of old Trinity were rung at
stated intervals, aud a number of Christ
mas tunes played upon them. On Sunday
morning the communion of the Lord's
Supper was administered by the pastor,
Rev. Dr. Greenwalil, te si very large num
ber of communicants. In the afternoon
there was a union meeting of the three
Sunday-schools connected with the church.
It was largely attended and the exercises
of unusual interest the music, including
soles, duets, quartets and elieruses, by
Rev. Reed's singing class and by the
schools, being finely rendered. On Sundsiy
evening the usual services were conducted
by the pastor.
drace Lutheran.
Grace church is decorated with :i large
and beautiful arch smd evergreen sprung
above the altar, en cither side of which sire
large Christmas trees, en which are hung
various Christmas emblems, crucifixes,
stars, anchors, cresses, hearts, fce., &c.
The walls smd window frames are decor
ated with tied greens, and the altar and
pulpit with flowers. There were no ser
vices at Grace church en Saturday, the
congregation and Sunday schools having
united iu the celebration at the parent,
church Trinity. On Sunday morning the
full Christmas service was conducted by
the pastor Rev. Houpt, who preached si
sermon appropriate te the occasion and
administered the communion te :i large
number. In the afternoon there were the
usual Sunday school exercises. Ne ser
vices iu the evening owing te the incle
mency of the weather.
Zion Lutheran.
On Christmas morning service com
menced at 10:15, and a sermon relative te
the birth of Christ was preached by the
pastor, Rev. F. P. Mayser, Christmas
anthems aud hymns by the choir were well
sung. There was no service in the after after after
'lioen, but in the evening there was a de
lightful entertainment by the Sundsiy
school children. Speeches, dialogues, re
citations and songs were some of the fea
tures. A principal part of the entertain
ment consisted of a number of questions
put te the pastor relative te the birth of
Christ, and which were of course :m
svvcrcd and explained by Mr. Mayser, At
the close of the festival Mr. Henry
Gcrhart, superintendent of the Sunday
school, en bchalfef the teachers, presented
Rev. Mayser with a beautiful geld-headed
cane. The reverend gentleman made a
becoming response, thanking the donors
for their kind remembrance of him. On
Sunday there weie the regular services
morning and evening. It may be well te
state here, that while Zion has heretofore
made Christmas presents te the children
none were made this year it being agreed
among them thsit all money intended for
that purpose should be appropriated te.
wards purchasing an organ for the Sunday-school.
St. Stephen's Lutheran.
The regular Christmas service was con
ducted en Christmas morning at 10 o'clock
by the pastor Rev. Mcistcr. In the after
noon there was no service. In the evening
the Sunday-school festival took place, con
sisting of vocal and instrumental music,
recitations, addresses, dialogues, fcc, by
pupils. The church was adorned with
two large Christmas trees and festoons of
evergreen handsomely displayed. On Sun
dsiy morning the usual services were con
ducted by the pastor. In the afternoon
the picscutsitieu of gifts te the Sunday
school children was made, and in the even
ing the regular services with a sermon by
the pastor.
St. Jehn's Lutheran.
There were no Christmas ceremonies at
St. Jehn's Lutheran en Saturday or yes
terday ; but te-night there will be an in
teresting festival consisting of responsive
exercises, interspersed .with singing, after
which there will be a distribution of gifts
among the pupils. This will be followed
by reports of the secretary and treasurer
of the Sunday school, and the presentation
of a beautiful tableau entiMcd the
" Changed Cress." The pastor, Rev. Syl
vanus Stall, will deliver an address. The
only floral decorations of the church, yes
terday, were a beautiful lyre and flower
baskets en the pulpit.
Iluku Street Methodist.
The church was very prettily decorated,
a prominent feature being the quotation
"This Dayis Bern a Saviemy'thc letters be
ing of evergreen and hungen wires iu front
of the pulpit. In the morning at G o'clock
there was a well-attended prayer meeting,
and in the evening there was a Sunday
school entertainment which was very
largely attended. The services embraced
Vincent's Christmas pregrainme,the music
being well rendered. The entertain
ment closed with a presentation of gifts te
the children, one of whom was dressed up
grotesquely te represent Santa Claus and
te present the gifts, among thcia being
several very pretty flower and fruit baskets.
The Meravians.
On Saturday evening there was a chil
dren's love feast held and en Sunday
morning preaching by Rev. Dr. Dubbs, of
iranklin and Marshall college. Tbe
ornamentation of the church consisted or
pretty wreaths and cresses ou and about
)he altar,
St. James Church.
St. James church was decorated with
masses of greens placed iu rear of the
altar and at intervals along the walls and
:i large Christmas tree near the organ.
The Christinas services of the church were
conducted by Dr. Knight, the rector, the
music, the pregramme of which was
printed in Friday's Intelligencer, bo be
exquisitcly rendered by the surpliced
choir under the leadership of Prof. Carl
Matz. The remarkably fine soprano voice
of Master Themas McEvey was worthy of
especial notice.
St. Jehn's Free Episcopal.
St. Jehn's church was never mere beau
tifully decorated than at present, the ever
greens and flowers beinir in profusion and
very artisticatly arranged. On Christmas
morning at 10:30 the full Christmas service,
iucluding communion, was ceuductedby
the pastor, Rev. T. B. Barker. The sing
ing by the choir conducted by W. O. Mar
shall, was finely rendered. On the com
munion table was placed a pair of beauti
ful bronze vsises filled with the finest flow
ers, presented by Mrs.Wiloy,ef Hardwicke.
They are of exquisite workmanship and
design, and are handsomely engraved with
the following inscriptien: "St. Jehn's
Church, Christmas, 1880." The gift is a
valuable ene and highly appreciated by
the people of the church. On Sunday the
iu viirisimas services were repeated, a
sermon being preached by the pastor.
In the aftcrqoen there were the usual Sun
day school exercises and in the evening a
sermon by the pastor. Te-night will be
held the Sundsiy school festival in the
body or the church, at Vhich will take
place the presentation of gifts te the chil
dren. l'rctbyterlan Mission,
scholars of the Presbyterian
The
memorial
parents,
out in
te join iu
Christmas
mission school with their
teachers and officers, were
force en Friday eveuiug
wishing each ether si " Merry
sunt nappy JNew xcar !"
The chapel mid it is si beautiful charel
had been decorated with greens, banners,
and ether trimmings, until the eldest
friends of the school would hardly have
known the room. On the csist and west
walls hung banners "Merry Christmas,"
" Happy New Year" dressed with ever
greens, while en the south wall, near the
centre of the room, hung si life-size por
trait of Rev. Gee. Robinson, the founder
of the school. Te the left of the pulpit
was a very large and handsome tree, dec
orated with toys, lights, &c., and ou the
platform occupied by the pulpit was a long;
table stacked with oranges, candies anil
ether gifts fin- the children.
In the evening pregramme there wcre
siddresses by Dr. Mitchell and Rev.
Hume ; prayer by D. II. Bartholemew ;
presentation of ifts by the superin
tendent, H. C. Moere, and music under
eendsict of Miss Alice Kline, the organist
the music deserves special commendation
ansl presentation of the annual gift teeach
scholar, which has for several years past
been given by an old friend of the school.
This year it was a handkerchief and three
handsome "autotypes" sis special prizes
te the best scholar (these will be awarded
the first Sunday of the year). The super
intendent, Mr. Moere, also presented a
handsome l.iblc te each scholar who had
net missed a session of the school during
the yeas, smd wsis himself the recipient of
a very handsome bouquet, the gift of one
of his scholars. The evening was very
pleasant and much enjoyed by the large
audience iu attendance.
The New Jerusalem.
At the Temple of the New Church en
Christmas afternoon there were interest
ing services, the pregrrmme being as fol fel
lows : Reading of the Werd and prayer by
Dr. S. S. Raihven ; "Christmas Service,"
an anthem ; "Christmas Voices," recita
tion by Barbara Grezinger ; superinten
dent's address; music, "The Christmas
Tree;" distributionef gifts, "Ssmta Claus;"
si recitation by Emma Falck;4'SantaCIans,"
a song by Carl Rcngier : music, "Prince of
Glory; benediction by Dr. Rathven. Ou
Sunday Dr. Rathven read a discourse, the
theme of which was the work of the Lord,
His manner of doing it en earth, and hew
1 Tc resisted and overcame the temptation.
Salem Church of ed.
There were no special decorations iu this
church. Ou Saturday afternoon the Sun
day school children wcre presented with
gifts. The "Derwart street mission"
connected with Salem church had a dis
tribution of gifts te the children in the
morning, ami an interesting Sunday-school
exhibition in the evening. The "Bethany
Mission," Reaver street, had a similar ex
hibition and distribution of gifts at 2
o'clock p. m. The children or the "Anti
och .Mission," Fcsigleysville, were presented
with gifts en Saturday afternoon.
Iiechlaud Sunday-Scheel.
Notwithstanding the inclement state of
the weather the Rockland street school
room was filled with little ones smd their
friends. The room presented a very pretty
appearance -the walls being handsomely
decorated with evergreen wreaths, cresses,
hearts, anchors, stars, mottoes and flags of
all nations. At 2 o'clock the exercises
commenced by the school singing ' O for
a thousand tongues te sing," followed by
reading of scripture, prayer aud an ad
dress by the superintendent. Recitations,
songs and scripture quotations by the lit
tle folks then followed. The Ten Com
mandments were repeated in unison, and
then came the distribution of the gifts
which kind hearts and willing hands had
provided, after which the children re
peated the Lord's Prayer and sang
"Praise Ged from whom all blessings
flew,' and thus ended the exercises of
Rockland's fourth Christmas day.
Sunday Scheel Celebration.
The children of St. James Sunday
school and mission will held their Christ
mas celebration te-morrow afternoon, at
o'clock, iu the church.
flic animal festival of the Presbyterian
Sabbath school will be held te-morrow
(Tuesday) evening, in lecture room of the
church, commencing at 7 o'clock. The
exercises will consist of singing, reading
presentation of rcwsivds. A merry and
happy occasion is anticipated and a gener
al attendance of the congregation desired.
At the Alimheuie.
On Christmas Day the inmates of the
almshouse anil hospital were treated te a
poultry dinner and Christmas cakes.
Thirty-nine tramps who Iixlgcd there were
also remembered and generously enter
tained. On Sunday the services in the
chapel were largely attended, an able .ser
mon being preached by Rev. Sweuk.
Presentations.
On Christmas morning Jehn S. Kendig,
foreman of the carpenters en this section
of the Pennsylvania railroad, was presented
by the employees under Ids charge with si
tine " Lancaster" watch with heavy silver
double case, appropriately engraved.
Our neighbor ever the way, Gee. A.
Mnrshall,"iv:i3 presented by the folks at
home with :i magnificent geld watch and a
diamond pin.
On Friday afternoon, Mr. A. B. Ham
bright, teacher of the Eden school, Man
hcim township, was presented by his
pupils with an elegant geld pen and hold
er. At a later hour Santa Clans appeared
and rewarded the generous pupils with
pickagcs of Christmas cheer.
At the early mass at St. Mary's, the
choir leader, Mr. Win. B. Altiek, was
agreeably surprised by being presented
with a handsome geld-mounted baton, the
gift of his uncle, Mr. Jeseph Altiek, former
leader. It was a neat compliment te the
indefatigable leader whose efforts have