SMOMaafaa tenVlVf -T'l, ilanrastcr Intelligence:. SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 8, 1881. A Bewildered Fleck. It is amusing te observe Hie open mouthed bewilderment of the people who have been fixing things te gel possession of the Heading corporation, and who have been se suddenly dropped in the mud by the pricking which a few words from Judge McKennan inflicted en their balloon, handsomely inflated though it was by the McCalmeut support. Mr. Jehn C. Bullitt often gets heavily into fancy speculations and has sometimes been mired, or stuck in Jersey sands, which is as bad ; but we are sure he was never se suddenly and completely halted as he has been in this eventiul move ment. The elegantly appointed train of which he was the conductor, has been brought up se sharply by the McKennan patent brake as te make tilings rat tle in the cars and upset all the occupants. They have net yet get their wits together sufficiently te distinctly understand what has struck them. When they de come te thoroughly comprehend the logic of the situation they will understand that the director of the Reading railroad trains is Judge Mc Kennan, and that the engineer at pres ent put in charge by him and likely te be kept there is Mr. Gewen. When Mr. Bullitt and Mr. Peale and the ether ad visers of the outs who would like te get in, become blesse J with an ordinary de gree of sagacity they will fold their tents like the Arab and quietly steal away,until such time as thy can approach their de sired prey without encountering it under the protection of the law administered by such an unapprecative observer of their virtues and merits as they find the present United States circuit judge te be. We can point, them te no speedy hope of relief unless they have influence enough with Ilayes te get McKennan put en the United States supreme bench ; in which case they will probably also be able te put a man in his place who will reverse Mc Kennan's estimate of them and their wise and disinterested devotion te the interests of Reading. The pleasant gentlemen who have se sadly come te grief have our sympathy, because it is very disagreeable te lese your game and have everybody laughing at j'eu besides. It is intensely disgust ing te be seen makiitg what you evident ly consider a herculean movement that is going te tear things, and then te have it conspicuously observed that the tiling is net te be given a chance te go off. Of our Philadelphia cotemperaries the Recerd is in decidedly the worst plight, se elaborate have been its efforts te prove te the world what a very beneficent thing the removal of Mr. Gewen would be and hew worthless he has made the stock which has been steadily going up all the time it has been crying it down. The liccei il has been caught by the Mc Kennan blast publishing whole col umns of figures and things te affect that election en Monday that has new disap peared ; but the columns of figures still pour out and go sadly te waste. There are very many unhappy people en that side of the Heading fence, be cause there have been se many who ac cepted the opinion that the Reading stock was uuduly high in which they are no doubt right and who went further and acted en their opinion by selling it at the high prices, when they did net have it. They have created a demand for the stock which keeps the price up; for the owners, having well founded faith in its future value, are net anxious te sell it. And new these people who have sold what they de net have find themselves compelled te furnish the deferred stock, which they have declared valueless, along with the stock they have sold, te which it is appended as a privilege ; and ene that has a market value, which is bound te be increased by the demand for it that must come from the ' shorts." These gentlemen think it infamous in Mr. Gewen te mercilessly catch them in such a trap as this ; but they fail te reflect en the propriety of their own effort te make money by depressing Reading shares with short sales. It is net surprising that they should be angry ; but they are in such a peculiarly delicate position in regard te throwing stones, that one would think that they would refrain from the amusement. The Fair Way. Mr. James G. Fair has received the nomination of the Democrats of the Xevada Legislature for the United States senatership, and undoubtedly has ob tained it because of his money and prob ably by its use. That, of course, is net the way in which it should have been secured; but it is net clear that it is any worse than the way in which sena sena terships are secured in our own part of the country. Mr. Rebert Mackey frankly declared the principle upon which Penn sylvania Republican politics were ad ministered by himself and his associates with the distinguished success that always attended them. There were but two things considered in their opera tiens ; first, what the point they d0ired te make was worth ; second, what it would cost ; it being an accepted axiom that anything could be had if enough was paid for it. Mr. Fair securps his senatership because he is ready te pay the price; and any equally ambitious Republican in Penn sylvania can get the seat of Sena Sena eor Wallace if he is ready with the estimated cost. Mr. Oli ver, with a few mere years of success ful business life and abstention from pol itics, might be in condition te purchase the place ; but his available means are at present tee small te enable him te secure the office in this way ; and he cannot get a strong enough held en it in any ether. He will hardly go te meet Fair. The members of the bar began at the right end and disposed in the-right order of the things they Avcre invited te meet and consider te-day. All that they could de, or should de, as individual;:, they could as easily de without a meeting as with it, and se long as no individual member of the bar, aggrieved or seek ing the vindication of his profession, moved in matters of common fame nothing could be fitly done in regard te $hem save through a permanent nssechv. tien. Steps have been taken te organize a law association, which, when finally organized, will no doubt promptly and squarely meet everything that comes within its scope. MINOR TOPICS. Coleued Baptist associations iu the West are beginning te take steps for the support of missions in Africa. " When I die," said a married man, "I want te go where there is no snow te shovel." And his wife said she presumed he would. LtrniERAXS iu Germany are proposing te celebrate, en a magnificent scale, the four hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's birth, November 10, 1883. This subject for discussion before the Philadelphia conference of Baptist minis ters next Monday Vill be, " The rhetori cal element in preaching, with special re gard te its effect en the personality of the preacher." It will be opened by Revs. P. L. Jenes and N. B. Randall. Tiieue are nine Methodist bodies in Great Britain, with a total of 4.087 minis ters. The Wcsleyans have 403,520 mem bers ; the Primitives, 182,691 ; the Free Methodists, 79,477 ; the New Connection, ists, 28,830; the Bible Christians, 21,292; the Lish Wcsleyans, 25, 180 ; the Relerm Union, 7,728. PnoFKSsen Nerm of Fex, In the na tional Baptist, concludes an article en pro gressive theology in this way : " Te deny that there is a progressive theology in the progressive unveiling of Nature and his tory is, in effect, te deny the presence of Ged in Nature and history. It is the blankest materialism ; a denial of crea tion ; a denial of Providence ; a denial of the very being of Ged !" Bisuer iliir.zoe, upon his return te Switzerland from his visit te America, said that from what he had observed of Amer ican culture and religion, he had come te the conclusion that all the signs were ex tant that the Episcopal communion had a magnificent future before it, and might hopefully expect te develop iu the ceurse of time into the national church of America. A pastek at Grundy Centre, Iowa, was very sick, and, believing that he was near death, confessed that he had net long be -fore been en a most deplorable spree iu Chicago. He did net die, however, aud his wife net only deserted him, but re ported him te the church. His people are mere charitable, aud will probably let him off with a reprimand, as his penitence acorns genuine. That was a wise admonition given by a New Yerk clergyman te a baud of enthu siastic reformers who have set out te break up corporate monopoly in genera! and railway monopoly in particnlar. A3 a feet-note te his letter, this gentleman, who seems te possess mera worldly wisdom than most of his purely professional brethren, suggestively added: "Don't tag en all the reforms." Gekehal GAnFiELD, the president elect, in a speech delivered in the Heuse of Representatives, in June, 1874, said : "The divorce between church and state ought te be absolute. It ought te be se absolute that no church property any where, iu any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation ; for, if you exempt the property of any church organization, te that extent you impese a church tax upon the whole com munity." The Christiaii at Werk has been asking postal-card opinions from various clergy men as te whether miracles are new te be looked for. The general opinion is that miracles have ceased, though Dr. A. J. Gorden, of Bosten, with a few ethcis less certainly, holds that the premise of signs following these that believe was for the church of all time. Dr. Heward Cresby says: " Miracles for 70 yearn In timu of Moses and Jeshua. " Miracles for 70 years In time or Elijah and Elisha. " Miracles for 70 years In time of Chris! anil apostle. " Ne ethers. " Miracles " Are marks ami evidences " or a new Dispensation." Cm x amen in San Francisce buy their wives of importers, paying from $300 te $1,500, according te physical quality. Net much value is placed en mental ac quirements, and the wife may be idiotic, if also pretty, without depreciation. Chin Qui was brought ever by a dealer aud sold for the highest price te a prosper presper mia merchant. She did net speak for five days, and he did net mind her silence, for she was beautiful ; but at the end of that time she began te break the crockery and furniture, and he was forced te send her back. She was sold successively te four Chinamen in six months, and in each case her lunacy took a destructive form, her fourth exploit being the utter destruction of a cigar factory. The importer has re. ceived $6,000 from the four husbands, and refuses te return the money. PKESONAL. The Nevada Democrats have nominated James G. Fair for the Senate. Mrs. Sprague's governess gives her a certificate of "unquestionable propriety." Lord Beaconsfield is seventy-five years old. Dem Pedre has translated into Brazil ian several of Whittier's poems. Hiscock and Burrows are new dark horses te succeed Randall as speaker of the Heuse. Sewell, Robeson and Halsey is the order of the New Jersey senatorial race at pres ent. Bareness ALPnexsE de Rothschild is reported te be the owner of the finest cellar of pearls in existence It is priceless. Lillie Hinten, the clever little leadiug lady at Weed's Museum, Philadelphia, has just been offered an engagement in a lead ing New Yerk theatre for next season. . General Nathan GeFF,the new secretary j of the navy, is, strange te say, net an j Ohie man. He however was born near i the Ohie line. Mark Twain lives in a house of oriental architecture ; ha two little girls and a boy baby ; plenty of money ; aud his age is 49 something. The death is announced of Arneld Rcge, Ph,D., the German writer, philose- LAScaSTEU DAilA pher, and liberal politician, and distin guished as the "Father of the German Revolution." His age was seventy-nine. Rev. William Jenes, for twenty years a minister of the Church of Ged, having been appointed for 18S1 te the Phiadelphia charge, has united with the First Baptist church of Harrisburg with a view of en tering the Baptist ministry. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph thinks that "if General Garfield would like te make a genuine sensation and take an immense stride forward in the solution of a national problem, he can de se by favorably considering and acting upon the somewhat startling suggestion of the Washington gossips, and give Blakcde K. Bnccc a place in the cabinet. Bishop Scott, senior bishop of the M. . church, is completely broken down in health. One side is useless, aud the ethor sympathetic. A few days since, in at tempting te turn round, using his para lyzed limb as a pivot, he fell te the fleer. His mind retains its usual vigor, and he only waits the time of his release in pa tient aud joyous expectancy. William A. Wheeler expects te marry Mrs. Woedwoith before retiring from the vice presidency. She is the widow of the eminent surgeon who lest his life during the yellow fever visitations two ycais age, and appears te be very fend of the sad and lonely man whose hard let she proposes te share aud enliven. The incoming vice president is also a widower. By special invitation Saua Bekniiaiidt went te the Thatcher & Ry man's minstrels burlcsnue of her Oamille, under the naine of " Sarah Heartburn," in Philadelphia yesterday. She .shrieked with laughter all through the performance, but thought the introduction of a burlesque en her son was in bad taste ; just as some people think the original son is in had taste, you knew. B.ienssT.iERXE Bjoussen, the famous Norwegian poet, who is new en his first visit te America, will wed Mrs. Ole Bull, widow of the famous violinist. Mrs. Bull is the daughter of Mr. Thern, a wealthy man of Madisen, Wis. She is young and beautiful aud highly gifted in music ami art. Ole Bull and Bjoruseu were fast friends. Mrs. Bull returned te America en the same steamer with Bjoru Bjeru Bjoru fien a few weeks age and is new at home in Madisen. Last Sabbath Rev. J. O. CuiTcnLOW preached his third annual sermon at the First Baptist church, Gormautewn. Fi nancially, the church has been greatly blessed. They have been able te repair the audience room at large expense, te raise money sufficient te repair aud reno vate the Sunday school room, te pay off a large floating debt, te increase the pastor's salary one-fourth, te mero than double the aggregate total of missions. Spiritually, the growth has been in proportion. They have received about 140 -members in that time. A Case of Conscience. Fer the ISTELLIOEXCKK. When the Examiner man was writing supposititious letters te himself from pub lic officials who consider themselves over paid he emitted te include among them ene like this : Te the Treasurer of the United Stales; Moved by my conscience and a sense of ntness of things, enclosed find my check ler 8l8,uJU, te be covered into the federal treasury. This is part of the proceeds of my term or ornce as naval officer of the pert of Philadelphia, te which I gave lit tle of my time, and which, at most, is a useless office. Yours truly, Jens A. HlESTAND. Lancaster, Pa., Xmas, 1880. STATB ITEMS. The Coiry postefficc has been "cracked" and $7,000 stolen. The Blooming Greve park club house, near Lackawaxcn, Penn., was burned en Thursday night. It was rebuilt last spring. The editorial department of the Clinten Democrat is new, and has been since Mr. Whaley's illness, under the control of n. L. Dicffenbaugh, esq., who will continue in that position until the office shall be sold. The body of Jeseph Snyder, lynched at Santcc's Mill, Northampton county, for murdering the Gegles en the night of .January l, has been stolen lrem the grave. Ne effort will be made te discovered the body snatchcrs. The Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets passenger railway company, Philadelphia, have filed a bill in equity asking for an in junction te restrain the Hertlic personal transportation company from using their tracks for the conveyance of passenger for hire. Sixty thousand dollars is the sum al ready spent by the father of Charley Ress in the effort te find his abducted child. There is no probability that he ever will find him. It is almost certain that the child was murdered by his abductors, in order te escape detection. Jehn Bender, a well-knewn ship car penter, was buried yesterday from his residence. Ne. 219 Allen street, Philadel phia. He was born at Bridgcten, N. J., in 1791 and built a great number of ves sels at his shipyard at Cooper's Point, sev eral of which were purchased by the gov ernment and used in transporting troops during the war. Jlr. Bender retired from business twenty years age. The action of the Pittsburgh grand jury in ignoring bills against certain em em peoyes of the Pennsylvania railroad con nected with the dreadful casualty at Twenty-eighth street, in which upwards of thirty lives were sacrificed, has excited universal surprise. Twe of the parties confessed te a violation of rules, and that somebody blundered is tee palpable te be debated, and that it was net thought snf ciently important te be thoroughly inves tigated is monstrous. The new verb, "te Henkelize," in Phila- delphia, means te return te a street rail way company the mass of snow that it has heaped up at the sides of the streets. It takes its name from an enterprising busi ness man en Arch street who wen the belt a few days age, in a shevelling match with one of the railway companies. The ex ample set by the original Hcnkcl seems te have appealed rapidly te the intelligent sympathies of ether citizens, and the rail- way companies are new being Hcnkclized in a very lively manner. CIlfJBCU MUSIC. Sankcy's Views About It. ' Mr. Sankey, at the clergyman's conven tion in San Francisce, said of the church music that the choir should be at the same end of the church where the minister is, cither behind him or beside him. The choir and minister arc net independent performers the one te preach and the ether te sing. They unite in lead ing the worship of the congregation, and ought te be iu harmony with each ether. And in order te have har mony, the singers ought te be Christians. Hew can a man praise Ged acceptably when there is no love for Ged in his heart? A great deal of the proverbial troubles with church choirs grows out of the fact liViELLlGESCER SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1881. that the singers net Christians. Mr. Saukey does net object te quartet choirs, but he would have a large chorus choir around the quartet, te join it in certain parts. He liked soles and special pieces by the trained singers, yet he would have only one or two such pieces during any one service, and would have at least two hymns in which the whole congregation could join. He says that the minister should join in the singing, and net be fumbling ever his notes as if he had nothing te de with praising Ged. The minister should net only sing him self, but urge all te sing. Cheirs ought te behave like ladies and gentlemen. Tbcy have no business te be whispering, or llirtiiiir. or reading newspapers, while the minister is preaching. They ought te sing distinctly se that the congrega tion can understand the words. The church is net an opera, te gratify a taste for artistic music. It should fur nish the music that will plcase and edify the majority of the worshipers, and net merely a cultured and fastidious few. The children should be brought te the church and accustomed te take part in the singing. Ministers ought te pray for a special blessing en the siuging. It is a means of grace as well as the Scripture reading and sermon. And, finally, the hymns and the sermon ought te be in har mony with each ethor. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Anether verv cold wave is advancing from the Northwest. It reached Chicago yesterday and the temperature iu that city loll below zero last night. A flre iu Havana totally destroyed the large cigar manufactory (La Exception) of Jeseph E. Gencr. Of the persons who slept in the building, eleven arc missing. The superintendent of the census yester day sent te the secretary of the interior, for transmission te Congress, a communi cation asking an additional appropriation of $50,000 for the completion of the census work and the publication of its results. In Stanford, Ky., Alexander Kiliian, a constable, was shot three times by a young desperado, named J. W. Geock, while at tempting te step an alFrayat King's moun tain. Kiliian is supposed te he merta lly wounded. Geock escaped. A delegation of Otee Indians arrived in Washington en Thursday night and had a short conference with Sncretary Schurz yesterday regarding their proposed trans fer from Nebraska te the Indian Territory. There will be ether conferences en the subject. A mail train en the Newport & Pas sumpsic railroad, in Vermont, was thrown from the track naar Newport, yesterday morning, by a broken rail. Twenty per sons were injured, aud an old lady named Cushing was killed. Of the injured, seven are seriously hurt. The mossage of Governer Phelps scntte the Missouri legislature reports the affairs of the state in a very prosperous condition and says its population has increased at the rate of $30,000 annually for the last four years. The expenditures for education last year were 81,145,381. Twe boilers in the vitrel department of E. IJalbach & Sens' smelting works, at Newark, New Jersey, exploded yesterday, causing damage te the amount of $30,000 and killing four men Jehn Mutz, engi neer : Jehn Schlee. Geerge O. German and Jehn Quiun. AH were married men and leave families. Tflre persons were in jured, but net latally. The sudden withdrawal of Frye from the contest for the U. S. senatership against Hale, in Maine, is construed in Washington as an indication that Blaine is te be Garfield's secretary of state Blaine's resignation, when nominated for secretary of state, will leave the ether senatership open te Fryc. Hale was unanimously nominated by the Republi an caucus last evening. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE city treasury. Election of Win. S. Shirk te Fill the OOtce Durlug Mr. Welchans'a Suspension. Pursuant te the resolution adopted at the regular meeting of city councils last Wednesday evening, an adjourned meeting was held last night for the purpose of taking further action in the matter of the suspension of City Treasurer Wclchans. In the select branch Messrs. Barr, Eberly, Franklin, Judith, Sales, Zecher and Evans, president, were present, and en the ether side of the chamber the following named members appeared : Messrs. Albert. Barnes, Bergcr, Brown, Cerraeny, Cox, Davis, Downey, Hartley. llershcy, John John Jehn eon, Keclcr, Lichty, McMulIen, Osterraay er. Sing, Smeych, Sprecher, Springer, White, Yackly and Lcvorgeod, president. As seen as an organization had been ef fected iu the common branch, Mr. Barnes, from the finance committee, offered the following resolution : ' 'Resolved, That the suspension of Edward Welchans, as city treasurer, be continued until further action of councils, and that the select and common councils new enter into joint convention for the purpose of appointing a city treasurer te held during the said suspension." The resolution passed without a dissent ing voice, and en Dr. Davis's motion the vote was reconsidered, and the yeas and nays being called it was unanimously adopted. In select council this action was concurred in. and then Messrs. Franklin and Zecher, from that branch, appeared in common council chamber and announced that select council was ready te go into joint convention for the purpose indicated in the Barnes resolution. The two bodies at ence convened in common ceuneil chamber, President Evans, of select, occupying the chair, and all the members whose names arc above printed answering te the call of the roll by the rcspective clerks. Mr. Evans stated the object of the meeting, where upon Mr. Barnes nominated William S. Shirk for appointment te the office of treas urer during the suspension of Mr. Wcl chans. There being no further nominations the roll was called and all the members pres ent 29 in number voting for Mr. Shirk, he was declared appointed. There being no further business before the convention an adjournment was had, the two bodies reassembled separately in their respective chambers, and in select council the following resolution offered by Mr. Franklin was unanimously adopted. " Resolved, That when councils adjourn they adjourn te meet te-morrow Saturday evening, January 8th 1881, at 7 o'clock te approve the bend of Wm. S. Shirk ap pointed city treasurer and receiver of taxes during the suspension of Edward Welch ans from that office" Common council concurred and both bodies then adjourned. Tarnpifce Officers. At the annual meeting of the Lancaster. Elizabcthtewn and Middletown turnpike read company, held at Mount Jey, the fol lowing officers and directors were elected te serve the ensuing year : President Hen. H. G. Leng. Sec. and Treas. Jacob M. Leng. Directors Cel. Jas. Yeung, Wm. P. Brinten, A. J. Steinman, Jehn Leng, Jehn Bear, Samuel Brubaker, Mr. Reist, Henry Mayer, James Lynch, Henry Heffman, J. M. Leng, H. G. Leng. Larceny of Tobacco. On Thursday night thieves broke into the tebacce shed of Martin Shenk, of Lan caster township, and stele from the cellar about 500 pounds of leaf tobacco belong beleng ing te Jehn Moere, who raised the crop " en the shares " en Mr, Shenk's farm. A SHOCKING DEATH. THE PERILS OF COAST1XCJ. Charlie Lebzelter Knns Under a Street Car and is Iiutantly Killed. Philip Lebzelter, the well-known pro prietor of tha extensive weed works aud turning shops, en North Queen street, this city, received a telegram about 11 a. m. te day, that his son Charles, who redded in Reading with his mother, had aicu this morning, while Air. L. was arranging te take the train for Reading this afternoon further particulars of the sad event came te the Intelligencer in this dispatch by associated press : . Reading, Pa., Jan. 8. Charles Lebzel ter, aged 11 years, residing at 27 Seuth 11th street, while coasting en the hillside read near the residence of Congressman Clymer, about 9 o'clock this morning, ran under the hoofs of the rear herse of the Pcrkiemen avenue street car, Ne. 3. The front wheel of the car passed ever the boy's head and his brains were scattered ever the track. He died instantly. It will he remembered that some years age Mr. Lebzelter and his wife separated by divorce; and that the custody of the elder son, Willie, was decreed by the court te the father, who resides in this city ; aud of the younger, Charlie, te the mother, who lives in Reading. The boy killed was a bright little fellow and his father and brother here were fondly attached te him. The hill where he met his death is a dangerous ene for coasting, and the sad occurrence is full of mournful warning. Mr. Lebzelter went te Reading this after. neon. THcl BAH MEETING. A LAW ASSOCIATION IN PROSPECT. Tint Committee e! Five en Org&uizaflan. All Uihtir Matters Temporarily Deferred. There was a very large attendance at the meeting of the members of the Lancas ter bar held in the large court room this morning, in response te the call of asmall cr meeting List Saturday, "te consider a communication addressed te the Lancas tcr law association by the Philadelphia law association, te consider a communi cation addressed by J. M. W. Geist te the members of the Lancaster bar, te consider the organization of a Law as sociation, and such ethor matters as may be brought before the meeting." The following gentlemen were present at the first roll call, or arrived subsequent ly and participated in the meeting : Rebert M. Agnew, J.B. Amwake, D. G. Baker, J. W. B. Bausman, W. F. Beyer, James Black, Owen P. Bricker, M. Brosi us, J. Hay Brown, W. W. Brown, Gee. Brubaker, II. C. Brubaker, J. M. Burke, E. Champncys, T. B. Cochran. J. A. Ceyle, B. F. Davis. T.J. Davis, J. W. Denlinger. C. Deuues, A. J. Eberly, S. P. Eby, L. Ell maker, N. Ell maker, D. G. Eshleman, R. J. Evans, E. Franklin, W. M. Frank lin, J. II. Fry, H. R. Fulton, J. B. Geed. Alex Harris, A. S. Hershev, W. U. Hcnsel. J. A. Hiestand, T. B. Helahan, A. F. Hostetter. J. W. Jehnsen, A. J. Kaufman, C. B. Kaufman, G. C. Kennedy, C. R. Kline, G. M. Kline. B. C. Kready, W. Leaman. D. Leche, N. Lightner, R. H. Leng, E. K. Martin, D. McMulIen, B. F. Montgomery. A. O. Newpher, E. D. North, H. 31. North. S. n. Price, S. II. Reynolds, R. B. Risk, W. II. Reland, S. M. Seucr, S. W. Shadle. A. F. Shenck, A. Slaymaker, E. G. Smith, C. N. Sproul, J. L. Steinmctz. H. B. Swarr, J. W. F. Swift, Zuriel Swepc, W. D. Weaver, W. R. Wilsen, A Slaymaker. esq., was called te the chair; and W. U. Hc.nscl te act as secre tary. 3Ir. Henscl read the call for the meet ing and note was taken of the gentlemen present. After s-eine discussion, as te the best or der of taking up the subjects te be con sidered, it was resolved, by a vote of 52 ayes, 10 nays and 8 net voting, that it was the sense of these present that the mem bers of the Lancaster bar shall organize a bar association. On motion of Mr. Brosius it was then resolved "that a committee of five, of which the chairman of this meeting shall be chairman, shall be appointed, te report te an adjourned meeting of this the body, a constitution and by-laws for the governing of the association." Under this resolution the chair appoint ed D. G. Eshleman, S. II. Reynolds, J. Hay Brown, 31. Brosius and A. Slay maker, chairman. It was resolved that action npen all ether matters iucluded iu the call for the present meeting be deferred until after the permanent organization of the bar associa tion. The meeting then adjourned te meet in the court room en Saturday, Jan. 22, at 2 p. m. Til K DRAMA. ' Our German senator" nt the Opera Heuse. A large au.iieiicc greeted the reappear ance at the opera house last evening of the faveiite comedian 3Ir. Gus Williams in his somewhat hilarious play " Our Ger man Senater." The performance aud the performers did net vary much from the previous productions of the piece in this city, though the few new features that have been added constitute a material im provement. The introduction of a telephone in the second act af fords the opportunity for a number of grotesque situations and amusing dia logue. While this play of "Our German Senater" canuet be said te pessescs any real intrinsic merit, and indeed presents several features that might be toned down considerably te bring it within the range of absolutely pure comedy, it is put en the stage in a spirit of rollicking fun that is contagious and con tinued rears of laughter and applause were evoked from the audience by the comical sayings and doings of Jl Adelph Dinkel, re tired Western brewcrand German senator elect, and the people who beset him en his unwilling political career. 3Ir. Williams is an actor of a geed order of ability, and the rele he fills in this picce is one just suited te his varied round of accomplish ments. In appearance, voice, gesture and action, he is the slew-going, blunt, impas sive Dutchman, and he carries out the character in capital style. During the second act he " brought down the house" in a couple of comic songs and a recitation, the business in which he earned his early reputation. Mr. Williams's support was uniformly geed, notably excellent, and worthy of special mention being the characters of firs. Dinkel as rendered by 3Iiss Dera Stuart, Louise Granville (" Saratoga Leu") by Miss Arlington, and Judge Spruce by 3Ir. Hudsen Listen ; the re mainder of the cast kept up the standard te a satisfactory elevation. A scarcity of house bills, always an annoyance in a dramatic entertainment, was the occasion of some complaint among last evening's audience. Mayer's Court. The mayor this morning had before him ten customers, five of whom were vagrants and were discharged, and the ethers, drunken and disorderly conduct, were committed for terms ranging from 15 te 40 days. Visiting Scheel!. In the neighborhood of Marietta the schools are taking advantage of the snow and are visiting each ether in sleighs, THE CPCBCH OF GOP. As Seen In Lancaster ky a Sojenia?r Our City at Christmas. 'O. F. A." in Bosten Transcript. In none of my former letters from this place (Lancaster) have I spoken of the sect of the Winebrennerians, who have several churches here and are rather numerous iam this part of Pennsylvania. The sect was founded in 1830 by Rev. Jehn Winebrenner, a clergyman of Har risburg, in the German Reformed denemi nation. Believing in the efficacy of re vivals, which that church does net en courage, he withdrew from that body and established a new sect, calling it, with ex clusive bigotry, the ' Church of Ged," a name which it still retains as its official designation, though commonly called Winebrennerian, after its founder. Bap tism, feet-washing and the Lord's Supper are the three ordinances of the churcb,but the first is net considered a necessity preceding membership. Feet-washing is, however, pronounced binding upon all Christians, its defenders, in common with the Dunkards and. 3Iennenites, basing their belief upon the injunction giveu in the thirteenth chapter of St. Jehn. The Lord's supper is frequently celebrated, and always in the evening. In their ap proval of experience meetings, anxious meetings and camp meetings, the Wine brenncrians resemble the Methodists mero than any ether body. As a denomination, they have always set themselves firmly against slavery and the making and sell ing of liquor. The sect has recently cele brated its semi-centennial, but I have seen no late statistics as te its numbers. Its members are net usually of the cultured or fashienable class, but it is a steady going, earnest denomination, and no doubt does its full share of the world's work, and probably the attainment of the vir tues is as sedulously sought after within its borders as in Christian bodies or mere profession. "We: wliat.iloweseo? each a space Ot soine tew yards belere his tuce ; Dees that the whele wide plan explain ?" Like the 3Iethedists, the Winebronner Winebrenner ians celcbrate the departure of the old year by watch meetings, but have an ad ditional feature of the exercises the cer emony of feet-washing; aud en Fri day evening last, at the Bethel church, a building whose excessive plainness amounts te positive usliness, I attended an observance of this character. After a sermon of some merit as well as length, the minister invited these persons who wished te participate iu the ceremony te come forwards, and accordingly a num ber of men came out from the audience and seated themselves en benches in ene corner in front, while several women did the same in the opposite corner. Small tubs of water, presumably warm, as it was zero weather, were then brought in, and two church members, a man and a woman, then prepared te perform the humble ceremony. Removing his coat aud putting en a long apron, the man then washed in succession the fcet of the men before him, giving each a resounding kiss en the cheek before washing his feet, an action probably intended te express a sense of human love and brothcrheod.and, se interpreted, perhaps a fitting part of the service, while in the woman's corner a similar ceremony was performed. At the close of this part of the observ ance the minister made seme remarks of an explanatory character, and then ended by inviting any ethers present who desired te de se te participate iu the ceremony, an invitation which the women appeared mere readily te accept than the men, for while numbers of the former went forward, net ene of the men could be induced te de se, being doubtless afflicted with the natural sbarae-facedness of their sex. The ceremony, se singular te one unused te its performance, was ended at length, and I went away, edified after a fashion, aud pondering much en the various be liefs and ceremonies by which each body of believers asserts its particular individu ality, and wondering if these jarring creeds will ever make ene music. Perplexed with rival claims, what wonder that some souls prefer te stand outside of recognized pales of belief, misunderstood by some, but say ing in their secret hearts with the thought ful "Scholar Gipsy," " it fertincsmy soul te knew That, though i perish. Truth is se; That, howsee'er I stray and range; WhateVr I de. Theu dost net change. I steadier atue when I recall That, it I slip, thou dost net fall." With even mere than its usual enthusi asm, Lancaster this year entered into the observance of the Christmas season. Scarcely had the city recovered from the excitement and fatigues of the election be fore it began te prepare for the holidays. During the week before Christmas it did really seem as if Birnam weed had ence mere come te Dunsinaue. 3Ienument square was filled with evergreen trees brought there for sale, and crossing the square was like following a winding path through a small and spicily fragrant for est, while en every hand mcu were often te be seen literally as trees walking. On Christmas Eve the noisy, fantastic bells nickels went their merry rounds, and many a housekeeper grew tired of answering their demands for Christmas cakes. At numerous private houses the Christmas displays were elaborate iu the extreme, whole rooms being devoted te that pur pose, ingenious mechanical contrivances being added te the ether attractions, after the German fashion. The number of holiday cards sold this year in this city must have been very large, one bookseller disposing entirely of a stock of five thousand, and ether dealers selling in much the same proportion. The sending of Christmas cards is a pretty custom, but se general new as te be seme what burdensome te the sender, while the receiver is but tee apt te value the cards by the num bcr received rather than as" se many ex pressions of geed-will. New that a spirit of rivalry has entered into the matter and people have come te comparing notes as te which ene has received the largest num ber, the real sentiment that was ence the life of the custom seems te have disap peared. Prof. Barnwell Last Night. The art entertainment by Prof. Barn well last evening, at the court house, was a grand affair. Everybody seemed te be delighted. The architectural and water views, the statuary aud the interior views of noted buildings were given with a re ality little short of the marvelous. The entire evening was ene full of interest and instruction for all who were present. The objects exhibited are thrown into such fine relief that one almost feels him self among them. As these views have all been taken from what has seemed the best point of view te the several artists who made the photographs, the observer thus gains an advantage which is net al ways enjoyed in seeing the building or the objects itself even when standing be fore it. The calcium light used is strong and steady and admirably adapted te such exhibition, and the pictures being photo graphs are, of course, mere truthful than paintings could be made. They must be seen te be appreciated. The court house could net accommodate these who 'would desire te attend these exhibitions if our people knew precisely what they are. To night the grand pregramme of India will be given. The Markets. The household market this morning was well supplied with almost all kinds of seasonable marketing. Butter especially was abundant, and, although holders asked as high as 35 cents per pound when market opened, they quickly tumbled te 30 cents, and, before the close of the market, were anxious te sell for 25. There was but little change iu the price of ether articles. OCK POSTOFFICE. tireat increase la tbe Postal Business. We are indebted te Postmaster 3Iarsball for tbe following statistics showing the business of the Lancaster posteffico for the past year, compared with the business of the same effice during the year 1870, and also the year 1879. The figures are of in terest as showing the wonderful increase in the business of the postal service : nccEirrs. 1SS0. 1870. Frem sale of Stamps, 4c . .J7,7SI 43 ?1S,4K9 62 BexKcnts 462 50 3TO0O " Pupcr, Postage and Unpaid Letters 554 93 Frem s:de of Waste Papef. 1 25 130 " Pe-ittnasters 107 05 27 37 $if,3iH SS $1(,422 27 XrEX3E3. 1SS 1370. S2.H00 0O 2,800 00 4.406 14 Salary of Postmaster $ 2.550 Ort Clerns...., 3,5ft) 00 4,tSS SOOlO 990 00 1,013 00 Curriers " Keute Agents , Mail Messenger... Kent. Light and Fuel hepeiring Street Letter Bexes Contingent Expenses Spoiled Envelopes returned 1,335 75 75S7S 107 63 15 75 J 23 JliSIB C8 4.IS5 9H 34 43 3140 $ll.Si3 93 Balance evertxpenscs H,83 9" UISBCRSEXKXTS. Transterrcd te Meney Or der account $ 5e5 00 Deposited at U. S. Treasury Pidkidelphla 7,235 SS Paid te l'cun'a Kuilread Company 7,05 07 $ 1,400 00 2,735 93 I 1.835 95 $ 4,135 W LETTZK CA!t!UEI PSrAKmEST. 1330. 1S70 Ceslstcrc'l Letters Dcliv- Mail Letters Mall Postal Cards delivered Lecal Letters delivered Lecal Postal Card " Newspapers, Ac, " Total number pieces dcliv- B 17x74. Letters cedec ted Postal Cards collected Newspapers, Ac, 2,028 575. IU5 346,457 lhi.750 3S,lt7 23,035 3G.717 3S0.671 123,523 1,179.7.13 177.230 70,214 21,03! 4''3,03S IOrt.873 11,652 Teial number pieces cel- 1,531 I1S.530 1371. 313 19 l,4i 919 KEG1STRT DEr-AKTMBXT. 180. Registered Packages, 1st class, despatched 3.13C Registered Puckngestd and 4tll class, despatched (519 Free Kpgfstcre i packages... 133 Foreign r Registered packages ler city delivery- 3,23) Registered packages in transit 5,':s 13.llfl 2.711 MOSEY ORDER DErARTMEJlT. 1SS0. 1370. Bulnnce en hand Iec. 31, 1379................. ..-....$ 39(151 $ 9(1 6i 0,035 Uakuestiu orders i-- sued 67,973 13 41,250 55 Demestic orders' fee 715 05 31125 49 British orders issued 711 07 " " fees s 75 5 Canadian " issued 06 95 ' leci 1 1 151 German ' issued 1,03.V " ' lees 40 00 33 Swiss " issued 910 Se " Ices 22 75 Transferred postage te the Meney Order account AS Oil 5,625 01) $73,463 16 $47,227 49 PATMEST&. IbSO. 1870. I'emestie orders paid f7,73S 61 $44,142 34 British " " as 84 Canadian " " 199 00 German " " 9i 01 Swiss " " 2M9 Repaid " " 593 45 27 5 Paid by order of Depart ment 392 73 234 97 Deposited at Philadelphia. X il ... ..... 1itjOS Oil 2iMO (X Cash halance en hand 16127 240 63 $73.465 16 $47,227 49 JIleCELLAJIEOUS ITEMS. Number ei unclaimed letters and pos tal cards bent te the dead iettter Number of timnailablcJcttcis sent te 1.645 dead letter efllce 134 Number et letters returned te writers. 1,700 Numlier pounds of newspapers and periodicals outside et 1-ancastcr county 151,437 Postage paid en kuiuc $3,025 74 A comparison with the business for the year 187!) shows an increase in the receipts of the office of $696.33. In the carriers' department 143.52? mero pieces were delivered, and 46,833 mero pieces collected titan the previous year. In the registry department the number of packages registered has increased from 2,463 iu in 1879, te 4.055. Registered mat tcr for city delivery has increased 673. Registered packages passing through the office, of which a record is kept, have in creased 1,317. In the money order department 463 mere orders have been issued ; the amount of cash received showing an increase ever 1879 of 88,700.88. The amount of orders cashed shows a decrease of $1,171.69. An Old Scboe Director. Ail. Sanderson in Shippcnsburg Chronicle. The incutieu of the name of Christian Zecher, brings te mind the fact that that gentleman is the eldest in years and ex perience of any school director in Penn sylvania. Think of it ! A man 85 years of age, vigilant, intelligent anil vigorous in the discharge of his duties, iu summer and winter, in sunshine and storm, in sea son and out of season. Such a man is Christian Zecher. There is hardly an en terprise in his native city of which he is net an active promoter and advocate. He is far beyond tiic Psalmist's age, but few men who have completed their fifty years are mere alive or ;ith!ctic. There is nothing !' .senility about Christian Zecher. Would that this land were peo pled with just such men. Ged bless the old ma'i, and miy he be spared for many years te tli3 gejd people of Lancaster. A lll Newspaper. We have been shown by Jacob Uuu daker, auctioneer, the New Year's edition of the Recky Mountain 2fews published at Denver, Colerado, and which was sent te Mr. Gundakcr by his son Charles who lives in that far-off Western city. The News contains twenty-four pages of read ing matter, nix columns te a page ene hun dred and forty four columns in all, each column nearly as long as these of the daily Intki.mgescek. It contains very full in formation regarding all the local indus tries and enterprises of Denver and vicini ty, and shows that the newspaper men of the Recky Mountains are at least abreast with their ine.st successful rivals in the East. A clilent at the Watch Factory. Thi forenoon Geerge Wisncr, who is employed at the watcli factory, met with an accident. He was at the elevator with his facu turned upwards looking at the re pairs which arc being made, when a beard slipped fietn above and struck him en the no-sc. He was taken te his home at Ne. 415 West Chestnut street, where Dr. Lewin attended mm and upon examination of bis injuries found the nose bone badly splint ered and took therefrem four pieces. The member w;is much bruised and painfully in jured, but the doctor fixed it up right and the man s nose is in as geed condition as could be expected after such an experience. Going te Alaska. Frank Galbraitb, of Bainbridge, will spend Hern three te five years in Alaska He gees there as a signal officer and col lector for the Smithsonian institute, Washington. D. C. With him betakes all the Instruments necessary for his duties. c;ninste Chester Ceatity. Thern,!- Ii. Brown has sold his house 131 E,M; Washington street, West Ches ter, te Sephu A. 3Ioere. of Christiana Lancaster comity, who will move into it in the spring. Ilartz'a Opinion. At the opera beuse in Harrisburg Law Law ten, tbe cemediau, asked llartz his idea of the scarcest thing in the world. "Geed beuses for shows is Lancaster."
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