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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."