.'IOb.1. jJ,, isiti-rafiiin 2Li LANCUSTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1881. V i Lancaster -gntefegencgc. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 2, 1881. Spurious Civil Service Reform. It is very hard te believe that Mr. Hayes is actuated by any high considera tions of sincere1 civil 'service reform in his recent appointments for "Sew Yerk state, wherein he displaces Mr. Conk Cenk ling's friends of acknowledged fitness and supplies their places with Mr. Conkling's enemies of conspicuous unfitness. This, however, has been Mr. Hayes's conception of civil service reform all along, and these fresh illus trations of it only attract attention be cause they are furnished en the eve of a new administration, the extent of whose sympathy with Mr. Hayes's political ideas is a matter of curious concern te their party. If Mr. Hayes is acting at Garfield's instance in thus attempting te break down Ceukling's influence, it ferciwdes .stormy weather. If he is dis posed, as is mere probable, te get off his hands the embarrassment of judging between contending factions in Xew Yerk, by allowing Hayes and Evartste fill, te their liking, all the vacancies pos sibly occurring before his coming, it is illustrative of his moral cowardice, but Mr Cenkliug will find it out and the weather will be none the less stormy. In any event Hayes shows his utter inappreciatien of real civil service re form by making it consist in the pun ishment of political enemies, which is even a lower view of il than the reward of political friends. The Hayes " ma chine " is scarcely preferable in public opinion te the Conkling " machine," when it is operated en the same princi ple, for the same purposes aud in behalf of even unwerthier men. The successors who arc appointed te District Attorney "Woodferd and Marshal Payn arc ac knowledged by Mr. Cenkliug's oppo nents te be men who are unfit for the places te which the are named, and tiiey have no recommendation except their extreme opposition te Conkling. Tiiat is quite as little of a claim te offi cial recognition as te be a henchman of Mr. Conkling; and that is why Mr. Hayes's four years of ollicc-heMing have only served te bring him into greater contempt than the means by which he get the power ie fill offices. Tun cause of some recent disastrous fires is readily found in the location of the ends of joists loe near the heat flues a dangerous blunder that is quite com mon with builders and architects. In deed there seems te be a painful ignor ance among this class of mechanics about the proper location and arrange ment of healing apparatus, and often, these who are required te set heaters find the plans and even the advanced construction of the building totally in adequate te the accommodation of the heati'ig apparatus, or dangerous te the safely of the structure. Either a new branch of knowledge needs te he added te the training of architects, or practical directors of heating arrangements should be consulted in the first stages of build ings that are te be thoroughly heated without a destructive conflagration. The Democratic general meetings will be lieiil this evening in the several wards te put into nomination persons from among whom will be selected en .Satur day evening the parly nominees for school directors, teuncilinen and ward officers. The candidates are net restrict ed te the list named this evening. Seme will doubtless withdraw and ethers will be added : all the Mime, it is' important that enough anil such quality of men should lw? nanifd as will enable the party te pick out a geed ticket in each ward. Men net fit for the places te be filled should net be named ; men who are cer tain te withdraw it is net worth while te bother with ; men loe anxious for public position especially the eliices of school director aud council it is well te be warv of. Mn. Themas May Pkiuck, of Phila delphia, excellent gentleman, sterling Democrat and honest man that he is. is one of the parly there who has failed te recognize the irresistible drift of political events. He was chairman of the Demo cratic executive committee of the Twcn-ty-eighili ward, and violently opposed a motion offered te endorse Jehn Hunter ; when twenty-three out of twenty-four members of the cemniiltee voted for it, lie ruled it out of elder, refused te put an appeal from his d.-t-.slen.and adjourn ed the meeting- Xatuiallj. the tail couldn't wag the deg, ;:d the meeting found a new chairman with less difficulty than the chairman will have te find a cemniiltee or a constituency. If Mr. William V.Mefirath has taken the resolution credited te him by the morning papers, te decline the nomina tion of part of the Philadelphia De mocracy for receiver of taxes, he has done a wise tiling, a popular tiling inid a patriotic thing. Fer he has thus secured the gratitude of his party anil of the honest people of Philadelphia by making possible th triumph of their present common cause, happily, in the interest of municipal reform. The Democrats of Luzerne county, like sensible people, have reneminated Eckley B. Coxe, for slate senator, and like a sensible man and patriotic citizen, he will accept tiie pressing and unani mous call upon him te take a seat, which he only declined u- l.ikc ",y mason of considerations which abundantly proved liiseiaineutiSL'ifcss for it. There eiiglij; te be no reasonable ri"ubt efhis election ; ' we presume there is net. Thk groundhog sees his shadow. Fer many years it has eeen the duly of the Intelliuexcku te record thissagacieu.s animals observations and its pleasure te point out the faithful verification of his prognostications. He was before Yenner or even Baers almanac : and, whatever ether prephet'may prophesy ,lhc vaticina vaticina teon will be futile against the ground hog's judgment, or superfluous if in ac cordance with it. Alas! peer Iloeten! The Chester county Republicans laid him under the table yesterday. MINOS TOPICS. Feil rheumatism bathe frequently, cat fruit aud farinaceous feed, apples three iimcs a day: Yeu will jet ever it. Gakfield is net obliged te shove! snow from his sidewalk at Menter. The office seekers keep a beaten path op mi during the heaviest snow storms. Yr ye wiuldy-cliuUkc sccz hys aliaiMe inn ye sunnc Six vekes el wyntcrre shall have begunnc. VI ye wuddy-chukke hya fcliadde doc nette see Sis wekes et gprynge-likc weather thiiyr shall be. Tnn number of miles of railroad built in the United States during the past year amounts te 7,500. This a larger number than wwc ever constructed before in this or any ether country. These railroad buildings have been carried en in all the states except Mississippi, but the larger portion have been in the far West. The new tracks laid in Dakota hax'c been 090 miles ; in Texas, 039 miles ; in Ohie, 523 miles ; in 2scw Mexico, 519 miles : in Iowa, 545 miles ; in Colerado, 401 miles ; in Ne braska, 333 miles ; in Illinois. "40 miles ; in Kansas, 1)40 miles. Tue boy who put the bad penny into the mission box because the heathen would never knew it has learned or two .since he has grown up : awful cold .'" queried Smith, as Jenes en the ear the ether dav, a thing "Isn't it he met "Terri- ble, terrible." "Any of your water-pipes freeze up?" "Worse than that." "Hew?" " Had three barrels of apples frozen as hard as stones. I'll lese every one of theni." "Oh, no, you won't. Just head eni'up and send 'em te some charitable in stitution, and no one will knew but what they froze while en route. It's a golden opportunity you should net neglect." Tun Philadelphia Eceniny Teleyraph says that "for a fortnight the General Assembly has been engaged daily in voting for a senator of the United States ; the Democrats having been voting for a sena tor te represent the intelligence, wealth and dignity of Pennsylvania in t!ie federal Senate ; a bare majority, of the Republi cans have been voting te elect a stMiater te represent the personal and political inter ests of the Camcrens, father and son, in the Senate ; and the remainder of the Re publicans, an imposing aud most respect able minority, have been voting in opposi tion te the insolent rule of the caucus and the still mere insolent demands of the (Man Cameren. uxncii tiie s:;ew. Under Uu: snow lie sweet tilings out efslght, Couching liku birds beneath adnwny brcv.t ; They c! lister 'neath the coverlet warm and white And bidetlie winter-time in hopeful rest. There iii e the hyacinth, h.-ridin;; ivory tins I'eiiilednud ready lern hint of sun ; Ami heeded violets, with dim. trnxmtit lips. Asleep and dreaming fairy dreams each one There lurk a myriad quick and linked root. Coiled ler a spring when the ripe time is near ; The brave eliryMinthcinunrs pale vellew hoot. And daffodil, the vswsiiurd or the rear ; The nodding snowdiep and the columbine ; The har.iy crocus, prompt te hear a call ; l'ciisnt; wisuirui, anil unci; woedoiiie ; And valley lilies, sweetest el them all. All iitidiMimycil, although (he drills are deep. All Niirc of spring and strong el eheer ihey lie; And we, who see but mivs, we smile and keep The sell-same courage in the by-and-by. Ahl the same drifts shroud ether previous things riowerlike faces, pallid new and chill, Feet laid te rest alter longjetirneyiago. And lair and folded haud- forever still. All undismayed, in deep and hushed repose. Waiting a sweeti;r. lurther snriiiL'. they lie: And we, whose yearning eyes r-ee but the snows, Shall we net trust, like then'., the by-and by: The Iiiileiieii'latt. SrsAif Coemimu. v Ilr.rr.nnixe te the statement that Gar field had efleied te give a cabinet office te one of three Pennsylvanians named by Den Cameren, the Xew Era says : "New, it is aboultinie that the Republicans of Pennsylvania should knew that these and all similar statements, evidently cmauat ing from the same quarters, arc absolutely without fettiulatiuii. We make this state ment upon unquestioned authority : and if its accuracy is called in question by Senater Cameren, or any one authorized te speak for him, the proof will be forth cemingnt the proper time. The gentle man from whom we derive this informa tion thoroughly understands the situation, has been and is new in closer confidential relations with General Garfield Lhan any ether man in Pennsylvania a gentleman whose weid is taken by all who ki.ew him and which, in this matter, is corroborated by evj'- nee the exhibition of which would resolve any doubt skepticism could cre ate." The Em no doubt refers te Whr.r ten Barker of Philadelphia. PERSONAL,. Senater Voer.nnns lectures in Harris- burg te-night. The will of the late ii. A. Setiieux leavcs all the testator's property, includ ing land in Xew Yerk, te lfts sister, Mrs, Cowan. Ex-Governer 11. k. Scott, who shot and killed Warren Drury at "Napeleon, Ohie, in December last, has been indicted for murder in the second degree. News from Samae reports the death of Kimr Milaetea en Xeverbcr 8th. The country is in a state of anarchy except in the neutral tcrtitery governed by the con suls of the United States. Germany and Great Britain. During a concert given at Little Falls, A. Y., Remexyi, the violinist who gave such an excellent performance in this city recently, stepped play ins te rebuke a late comer who walked through the audience with squeaking beets. The governor lias reappointed C. L, Ehrnfeld state librarian and the following trustees of the state lunatic hospital at Harrisburg : Jens L. Atlee, Lancaster, Traill Green, Northampton, and W. W. Jennings and C. L. Bailey, Harrisburg. The inaugural ball will be the most elab orate in the history of the country. Ne "emnlimentary tickets will bs issued cx- u. Gakfield and his family, enpt te v .. bcn invitC(1 t0 lake 'eneral iiAXCOCK !.. - n r n-u . , ,. ,- . e "field will pai t in the reception. Maybe . pay for Hancock's ticket. Unless William V. McGkatu has changed hir, miad since yesterday, which is net believed te be at all probable, he will decline the nomination of the "regular" Democratic convention for re ceiver of taxes in Philadelphia, yielding te the popular demand for Hunter aud a Dem ocratic mayor. . Mr. Tenntsex is delighted beyond mea sure at the success of his new play, " The Cup." He is very sensitive te censure or praise. He has writteu te Miss Ellen Terry a charming letter about the play, and she is going te have it framed. The laureate is se near sighted that he writes and reads with the greatest diffi culty. In Milwaukee next week in the Ply mouth Congregational church. Miss Ella C. Kiktlaxd and Ch.ykles Wiegasd, of Maxwell, N. Y., members of the Lilipu tian Opera Beufl'e company, that has traveled ever the country for several years past, will be married. The little couple aic each 4 feet 5 inches in height, and are 21 years of aire. After the marriage thev will I reside in New Yerk city. Mr. Wiegand is understood te possess considerable wealth Allabcxdy, one of the troupe of Xautch giri dancers, has died in New Yerk. She was fourteen years and six months old, and the wife of the eldest man in the troupe, a gray-bearded man who plays in the theatre en a queer instrument while the girls dance. Allabuudy was a lovely, gentle creature. She never danced here, for she was ill when she came with a sort of typhe-malarial fever that weakened her. She was in a fair way te recover, when a violent muscular exertion affected her heart and she died very suddenly. The body was buried in a Lutheran cemetery with no religious ceremonies. One of the best dancers, named Beeria, is seiieusly ill with pneumonia. COLONEL VOTTISK'S F.1TK. Ti:i co of His Murderers New in Jail at Ailiuipierqtie. The worst apprehensions concerning Colonel Charles Petter, step-son of ex ex ex Govcrner Van Zandt. of Newport, R. I., arc justified by the dispatches received en Monday from St. Leuis te the eirect that New Mexican detectives had ascertained that the missing man was murdered and robbed by three Mexicans. Colonel Petter was a member of one of the most distinguished families of Rhede Island, and he leaves an estima ble wife, three lovely children and an elegant home in Newport. He was very fend el yachting and ether out-deer sports, and seemed te be at home wher ever thera was a prospect of danger. He went West last summer, and while net being obliged te work, he accepted a posi tion under Colonel Emmens, of the United States geological survey. When in the mining regions he wrote a number of very interesting letters for the Providence Journal. The last letter received 'by his wife was dated October 14. In this letter he stated that he would leave for home in a short time. His grief-stricken parents have left nothing undone that would tend te ferret out his whereabouts and te solve the painful mystery. While they had grave apprehensions for his safety, they never were willing te believe that he was dead. Colonel Petter, who was about thirty years of age, studied at Brown "university. no was a member of Governer Van Zandt's personal stafi during his three terms as governor. He was a young man of mere than ordinary ability, and was respected by all friends acquaintances. The Murderers Lynched. A despatch te the Weirs from Albuquer que, N. M., of the 31st ult., says : "A few days since ShcrifTArlige effected the arrest of Escalcre Pcra at Islctta, N. 51., en the charge of having murdered Cel. Chas. Petter, of the United States geological survey, who left Alburquerque en Oct. 14, last, for the new placer mining camp, since which time he has net been heard of. Pera confesses having been a witness j"pf the crime, although net a participant, and says Colonel Petter was waylaid in a canon near S.in Antonie, and, after a desperate resistance, was killed, the body robbed and buried. Sheriff Arlige, accompanied by Pcra, went te search the spot, and returning this evening brought the body of the murdered man. lie also captured Licquel Barrca and a Mexican known as California Jee, who were accessories. D.illnant Panta Panta lcen Sicra, another, was hanged by the Vigilantes at Barnalille recently for horse stewing. Pcra, Barrca and California Jee were taken from the jail last night by a band of masked men and hanged en the perch of the building. Net a word was spoken, and it was scared 3' fifteen minutes from the time the band approached the jail uiitil the three men were disposed of. Sheriff Ariige is en the track of Leiber, the principal in the e-rimc, and expects te effect his capture today. Cel. Petter had been collecting statistics for the census bureau. 3 -.O-f 3IEN;1.N1I TlliXliS. Hew Many Uselul Articles II:;v Obtained Their Names. The Londen Glehc in a recent issue says: Everybody knows the tram. Hew few. however, arc aware that the street rail roads are se named from the inventor, Outram. Originally they were called the Out ram way. Then the first syllable of the name was emitted and the present form adopted. In France, Belgium, Hol Hel land and Germany the term "tram' has been imported with the thing, although the Germans sometimes name it Pferdcci seubalui (a-horsc-en an-iron-read). Then again, there is Macadam., who has given his name te a special kind et read 4p)jcing. A read is said te be " macadamized,' and a poitieu of it is "a bit of macadam." Car riages of all sorts arc named after men. Nobody can walk a hundred yards in the crowded thoroughfares of Londen without hearing " Hansom !" hailed. Hansom does net answer. He has long since crossed the Styx in the ferryboat, and his patent safety cab endures as a memento of him who was our first Londen gondolier. Originally we find that people talked of riding in a "patent safety." It was quite improper at that time for a lady te hail, or, at least ride in, "a patent safety." Afterwards the vehicle was called a "Hansom safety," and finally the man became the thing. A "Hansom" is new as much an institution of Londen as a gondola is of Venice. A 'Brougham" and a "Victeria" are vehi cles of everyday use, the one named after the versatile chancellor, the ether after our sovereign lady. In "Phaeton" we have a mere illustrious name than that of a lord chancellor or even a queen ; for was Phaeton a son of Phcobns-Appello aud Clymenc one of the Occanidesf Again, se presiac and modern a mode of conveyance as a railway train ordinarily has a "Pull man" attached te it. In aiticlcs of apparel the same process is observable. If it rains one puts en a "Mackintosh," and perhaps wears one's "Wellingtens" or one's "Bluchers." If one gees te a ball or party, or te an opera or theatre, one wears a 'Gibus." When the "Gibus " was first invented it was called the crushed opera hat ; but in pro cess of time the name of the maker super seded the description of the hat, as it did in the case of the "' Hansom." It must have been a proud day for the Ficnch hatter when he first experienced the pleasure of hearing his invention spoken of as himself. In certain kinds of drinks a """ (or a woman) stands for a thing. "f- , --irn of asking for a bottle of Nobody 1...... -TAasksfer "Meet." Meet's champagne, i- -Ji,irer. Se he asks for " Cliciuet " 01: " x.-"arei- or "Perrier Jeuet," or "Mumm," or "Peinmcry.'.' or "Hcidsicck." Other wines are named after the place or district, or country whence they come (or arc sup-- pescd te come) ; but wiln champagne tne man's trademark is the man. In the same way " Bass " and " AIlsep " and ' Guin ness " are always spoken of without description. JEFFEKSONIAX OEMOCBACV. Tildcn en Jeffersen Democratic Associations Importance of societies Devoted te tlie Maintenance of JefTersen- lan lrincipies Letter te the Association at Yerk. Yerk Daily. New Yeuk, Jan. 27, 1SS1. Hex. Cuauxcey F. Black : My Dear Sir : I have received your let ter notifying me of my unanimous elec tion as the first honorary member of the Jeffersen Democratic association of Yerk. I accept the distinction thus conferred in order te testify my approval aud com mendatien et the objects of your associa tion. Themas Jeffersen has a title te the es teem and gratitude of theAmerican people even greater than that which he derived fiem being the author of the Declaration of Independence, and from being the au thor of the statute of religious freedom by the state of Virginia. During all the bloody conflicts of the American Revolution, and the civil strug gles out of which our system of govern ment emerged, aud the controversies through which was impressed upon it the character of a government "by the people, for the people," he was the apostle of human freedom, and the greatest leader of that beneficent philosophy which was em bodied in our institutions. At a time when powerful tendencies are at w erk te subvert the original character of our government te break down the limitation of power established by the constitution te centralize the action and influence of official authorities te create a governing class, using the machinery of government as a corrupt balance of power in the elections, and then shaping legisla tion and administration in the interests of the few against the many the precept and example of such a man as Mr. Jeffer Jeffer eon cannot be tee often invoked. The formation of societies which can act as centres of discussion, and as agen cies for the propagation of the pure prin ciples of the fathers of the republic, is a measure capable of great service te the people and te mankind. With assurances of sympathy and es teem te the members of your associa tion, and te yourself, I have the honor te be, - Your fellow citizen, Samcel J. Tildex. A 'OU' W1FK LED A STIC AY. The Unhappy Itesult of Taking t Kurupcau lour jvioue. Samuel Sendhcim, of the firm of Sond Send heim Brethers, cotton brokers, at Ne. 101 Pearl street, New Yerk, was married about a year age te a young and beautiful widow with one child. He bought a hand some residence at Yonkers furnished it elegantly, kept fine horses and carriages, dressed his wife handsomely, and lived in geed style. They went much in society, te 'balls, parlies, the opera and the watering places. Mr. Sond Send heim was considered a fend and devoted husband. His ample means supplied even the most extravagant testes of his wife. When she dcsiicd te take a European tour a few months age he gave his con sent. Although it was impossible for him te go himself, en account of business en gagements, he supplied ample means, and Mrs. Sendhcim went alone. She returned from Europe en the 7th of January. On her return he presented her with a hand some bracelet worth $800. He escorted her whenever business permitted, and they seemed te be living happily. About a week age Mr. Sendhcim, en re turning home from business, found te his amazement a letter from his wife inform ing him that she had gene away. She had made no complaint. Her every wish and whim had been gratified. Only the day borens she left she had asked for $1,000 and get it. Mr. Sendhcim, en question ing the coachman, learned that Mrs. Sond Send heiin had been in the habit of receiving a strange man as a visitor during her hus band's absence in the city. Cleser inquiry developed the fact that messages had passed between Mrs. Sondheim aud the stranger. Then Mr. Sondheim traced his wife te a hotel where the stranger had been livieg. The mysterious stranger had left the hotel. Ne one knew where he had had gene. It was learned that he was a passenger en the steamer with Mrs. Sond heim. en her return heme: On tlie night of his wife's disappearance Mr. Sondheim had an engagement te go with her te a family dinner party, which was broken up by her disappearance Fat Hi m Oat. West Chester Kepublican, Hep. Is it net cheeky for Geerge C. Gerham te come into Pennsylvania, arrogate te himself the right te meddle in the sena torial light, and then go te Washington and in a most abusive tirade exhaust the vocabulary of vitivpcrativc words in a most bittcrJnenunciatien of Mr. Grew and -his adherents '.' He further takes occasion te tell General Garlield what is his duty, and that he must have nothing te de with the independent Republicans of Pennsylvania. New the point we want te make is, that in the first place it is impudent and inse lent for him te interfere in the matters of our state, and secondly, it comes with a very bad grace for a man te undertake te discipline ethers who himself deserted the Republican party and went bodily ever te the Democrats at a most critical time in the history of the party, lie had better stay in his own bailiwick and give Penn sylvania a wide berth. . - The Carlisle Trninin Scheel. The. January number of the Eadle Kca ttili Teh, published at the Indian training school at Carlisle, says : "Jehn Gun, a Penca boy, is one of the best carpenters at the school. He has made some small stands as specimens of his work, one of which the Penca agent teek home with him. " Seme evidences of improvement and careful work in the shops are very appar ent Dan Tucker can forge any piece of iron required en a wagon Hendersen can put up a geed wheel, and Charlie Rawboo Rawbeo Rawboe dlc is premising well. In the harness shop a geed deal of work shows improvement. On a set of superior pony harness the traces were stitched by tlmee different boys, but the work was se nearly alike that it was impossible te distinguish any difference in quality." ' m Tlie Lawyers Wishes. In the Heuse at Harrisburg yesterday petitions were presented from lawyers of the counties et Montgomery, liucks, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Clinten, Berks, Schuylkill. Wayne, Warren, Mercer, Philadelphia, Lancaster and Lebanon for the passage of an act te permanently held the scssens of the supreme court in Phila delphia. Petitions were presented from members of the bar of Clearfield, Juniata, Clarien and Bedford counties te have the supreme court meet permanently at Har risburg, and one from Jeffersen county law yers asking that'some point be, selected for the meetings of the teart without disignat ing their choice. An Appeal for Keach. Philadelphia CIienieic-IIeraM. Help ! Help 1 Police ! Murder! British geld has debauched the Congress of the United States, and the Clyde is aueut te lick up the Delaware. The obelisk steamer has been admitted te an American register -act of Ceisrcss. .when Mr -Jehn Reach would havfi'-becji. Slad tSiiliild one just like'it for 25; or 50 per cent v mere. Think of the' red-halided injustice tp" our ship building interests ! ClsarlyneW. the elcau thing weuiabe an, stctr for tlie.-ielicf,ef Jehn Reach. . Jt petilduhclp -being time-- Congress te threw something in bis "way. ' ALL ABOUT A PKNNT. A Chnrch lu'sbei Knocked Down- by an In- lariated Uaseana. At the early mass in St. Paul's Reman Catholic church, at Warren and Hicks streets, Brooklyn, en Sunday morning. Father Fransioli told his congregation that for some time there had been a de cline in the amount of money received at the collections, and that it had been de cided te have two collections at each mass one for pew rents at which no pennies would be received, and one for the gen eral needs of the church, when pennies would be accepted. At the 0J o'clock mass, Mrs. Carrie Dal ten, the wife of Geerge F. Dalten, of 222 Degraw stiect, Brooklyn, attended in her pew. Jehn F. Murtha, one of the ushers, took up the collection, as usual, and when he reached Mrs. Dalten she dropped a penny into the box. Sha was net informed of the new rule, and had no ether change convenient. Much te her surprise, Mr. Martha picked out the penny and handed it back te her, saying that they did net receive pennies at that collection. Mrs. Dalten was much confused by the incident. The return of the penny had been made in the presence of her acquain tances. When she returned te her home she told her husband all about it. He be came very angry and kicking off his slip pers and pulling oil his beets, he said that he was going te mass. He stepped off with an air of business that made his wife al most wish that she had net said anything about it, and her head fairly reeled as she thought of her six-feet husband meeting the medium sized usher. Mr. Dalten went te the 11 o'clock mass and took a scat directly behind Mr. Mur tha. AVhen the time came for taking up the collection Mr. Murtha quitted his seat. Se did Mr. Dalten. Mr. Murtha wcut te the vestible aud Mr. Dalten, followed. The latter said : "Your name is Murtha, is it net?" " Yes," said the usher. " Have you been talking te any woman in church this morning '.'' asked Mr. Dal Dal eon. "Yes." "Did you insult any woman this morn ing?" demanded Mr. Dalten, in a firmer tone Mr. Murtha hesitated, looked down at the iloer, and seemed te be reflecting, when Mr. Dalten, thinking he had waited long enough for an answer, struck Mr. Muitha in the right eye. Anether blew brought bleed te Mr. Murtha's nesa and upset him. He quickly regained his feet, and after stepping a moment te regret that he did net have a club with him, started off Mr. Dalten returned te his pew and sat down as quietly as though nothing had happened. When the col lection box was passed by a substitute he looked as though he did net sec it. Mr. Murtha, in the meantime, had get his special policeman's badge aud return ed. He marched into church, showed his badge te Mr. Dalten, placed him under arrest, and conducted him out of the church. At Warren and Clinten streets, Mr. Murtha turned his prisoner ever te Policeman Gilligan and then went te But ler street station aud made a complaint el assault and battery. Mr. Dalten was re leased en his own rccegnancc by Justice Ferry, before whom he appeared yester day morning. He plead guilty, and when asked what was the cause of the row he said : "This man insulted my wife, and se I knocked him down and rapped him en the nose." Justice Ferry said that the offence was aggravated by the fact that the trouble occurred in the church, and he accordingly fiued Mr. Dalten $2"i, with the alternative 'of going te Raymond street jail for twenty-five days. Mr. Dalten paid the fine cheerfully and went away. liTII-KIJK.-K'S HI.-5TOKY. A Splendid church Itm-iiC'l. The Beth-Eden Baptist church, burned in Philadelphia en Monday morning, was one of the most beautiful church edifices in America. Its architect was E. T. Pot Pet ter, son of Bishop Petter, of New Yerk, who designed many handsome buildings' such as Lehigh university, the Church of the Heavenly Rest, and, above all, the Old Dutch Church at Schenectady. It was erect ed at a cost of $175,Q0O,cxclusivc of the laud, which cost $37,500. It was built by the people, of whom Rev. Dr. J. Whcat'en Smith had been the pastor for seventeen years. They "entered the new edifice en April 30, 1870. He remained their pastor for ten years, when, from consideration of health, he retired from active service, but was immediately elected by the church pastor emeritus. One of his last services for his people was te aid in the extinction of-all their remaining indebtedness. The church edifice had been paid for. but $30,000 remained as a ground rent, togeth er with a floating indebtedness of $2,001. This was all subscribed en the first Sunday of June last and has all been paid except $7,000, which is accounted geed. The name of the church, "Beth Eden," occurs but once in the Bible and means "house of pleasantness." Although there are many churches which cost mere money te build and net a few that are, perhaps, mere commodious, people who have traveled say it was a rare piece of fine church architecture. There was net an ounce of paint anywhere. All the interior finishing was done in weeds of natural color. The baptistry wis'ef mar ble and the pulpit platform of variegated marble, set in black walnut. The organ ist was net in sight. There was no blower or ether attendant, there being a water press ure motive power. Last Sunday night,hew- evcr the water froze art unusual instance of that clement disappointing its favorite denomination. Ne one doubts, however, that the pipes arc thawed out new. The' church had three gables and the inscrip tions en the first related te the Father, these en the second te the Sen, and these en the third te the Hely Spirit. All the, tracery aud carving upon the church steed for something. Se attentive, in fact was, the architect te the fanciful that he over looked some practical matters here and there and it is a standing joke that the entrances te the cellar were made se small that a wheelbarrow te move coal could net be introduced from without and one had te be constructed inside. Aberdeen granite was used for building purposes for the first time in Philadelphia in its con struction. It was also the first intreduc tien in a completed building of that beau tiful greenstene which has since become somewhat common. The organ was of the finest make, costing$7,500, and was very ingeniously arranged. Tliel'crlls or Coasting. The favorite coasting ground this, win ter in New Yerk is the Seventh avenue hilli in College Point. At the feet of the hill is a wharf fronting Flushing Bay. On Monday evening a sleigh, upon which were seated Charles Barngcrt and his two daughters, and, three ether young wemcu, "started down the" hill with such speed that before it could be stepped it ran eff-the" wharf and plunged into the bay, carrying its riders with it. The ice at this point being thin, the party broke through and sank out of sight. There was help at hand and the drowning coasters were rescued. It is feared that two et the young women will die of the effects of the cold, and exposure One of the Mis-es Barngcrt ..was terribly cut about the body with floating -ice. Shortly after this accident another sleigh, carrying several, young, men and boy, ran off into the lay at the same place. These coasters were also rescued after almost perishing. """ ADKIFT OJf LAKE MICHIGAN. SuITeTings el Passengers and Crew of the St Alban Twenty-tour Hours in leu .Fields in Open Keats. A special dispatch frera'Milwaukee says: The propeller St. Alban, of the Northern Trausit line,left Milwaukee for Loidiugteu yesterday merniug, with a 'cargo of J,S0O barrels of Heur, consigned te different par ties in the East, five passengers, of whom four were women, and a crew of twenty men. She was commanded by Cap tain Edward Casey, of Ogdensburg, N.J 1. When tlie vessel reached a point twenty miles northeast of this pert and fifteen miles out from the west shore of the lake, she suddenly sprung a leak aft, aud began te take water rapidly. The pumps were set te work, but tlie water gained se rapidly that the captain saw that his vessel must go down, and ordered the lifeboats te be put in readi ness. Twe lifeboats and two yawls were lowered and placed in charge respectively of the captain, first mate, second mate aud the engineer. The steward then filled them with blankets, pro pre visions and life preservers and the twenty seven persons left the sinking propeller at 12 p. in., yesterday, with the hope of sav ing their lives by rowing te the shore. When they started their hope . seemed. likely te be realized, but they had net pro ceeded far when they encountered a field of floating ice, which the nertheastern wind had driven along the whole line of western shore, and which suddenly closed in around them as the breeze freshened, se that nothing but huge cakes of ice could be seen in any direction. The four beats kept well together, and their crews worked as men never worked before. The crew took turns in standing in the bow of the leading beat aud cutting a passage through the ice with axes, which they were fortunate enough te have taken from the sinking vessel, while the oarsmen forced the beats through the narrow channel that had been thus opened by the choppers. The passengers aud these of the crew that were net engaged at the ears and at the axes, though wrapped in blankets, shivered ud became be numbed by the cutting wind that pierced their clothing, and were seen d.enehcd by the water that washed into the beats. This buffeting of waves and breaking of the ica was kept up throughout the whole of yesterday and the long dismal night. Occasionally a stripj of clear water a few reds in length, would fill them with joy as they kept their eyes fastened upon the white signal lights that shone from the 31ilwaukee house. At IV this morning it be li" :ht- te 'an snow, and then they could net sea mere than ten reds in front of the beats. The weather was intensely cold, the thermom eter ranging at zero and thcwatcr froze te everything it touched. The sufferings of the passcngersandcrcw were terrible, ami when rescued this morning in the ica in the bay in front of the city the most of them were se badly frozen that they had ie be carried te the shore. The feet and limbs of all of them were frozen, and that any of them lived is considered miraculous. Scvcral of them will dii lese their limbs." The Si propeller of 450 tens, was , and ethers will . Alban was a built in Cleve- land fifteen tycars age', and completely re built in Pert, Huren'-last -year. The total less en vessel f aud cargo, will aggregate 8(50,000. The beats were in the ice twenty four hours. LATBSl'.NEWSBTMAIL. The Heuse committee on.cemmcrco .voted$15,QP0Xer the improvement of the Misqueiianna-Dciew iiavre ue lirace. In Chicago Assistant United States M shal Stilwell seized te small illicit dis Mar stil- Icrics 611 Seuth Side, and captured live men who were operating them. The Pacific railway bill passed the Do minion Heuse el Commens, at Ottawa yesterday, after a third reading, by a vote of 12S te -19. ' A large silk warehouse at Hamburg was burned yesterday. The premises were in sured for 1,500,000 marks, most in English insurance companies. Three children of Rev. Maiming Hu liter, colored, in Sumter county, S. C, were burned te death en Sunday night, cause d by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The father was away preaching and tlie mother was absent.. The'' Central fc Seuth American telo tele graph'cbmpany, filedarticles of incorper- tien in Albany, N. x ., yesterday : capital, $5,000,000. The lines are te.run from .New" Yerk te Texas, thence te Mexice: thence te Seuth America. A writer in the Londen Truth says :.." I( am told by a friend of mine, who has just returned lrem America, that a torpedo beat is being new built en the Hudsen river, at a cost of $100,000, for certain Fe nians resident 111 America." In the Senate finance committee yester day, at the instance of Senater Wallace, who urged immediate action, the bill for the extension and improvement of the Philadelphia mint was taken up and refer red te him as a sub-committee. He will report it back with a favorable recommen dation at'the rcgtflav mcctfngef th6 com mittee next Tuesday,' 7' A mysterious fire ..broke., out &LY 01. Mary's German Catholic church steeple Cleveland. The flames were "first 'discev-- crcd curling around the clock uial. The; tower was burned se much that the spire fell in and part of it crushed through the reef. Three of the chime bells dropped, upon the organ- underncath'ahd demolish ed it. The tlrewas cbhfihcd'te the, steeple. Less, $10,000 ; insured. STATE ITEMS. On the day following Surveyor Geed rich's death, 3Ir. Nathan F..Elsbee, of Tewanda, appeared "at Harrisburg" as au applicant for the vacant place in the custom house. The contest for the United States scna scna tership continues te drag its slew length along. The only chringethat eccurrejT,. :ycstcrday was t&at!'6Mepresentative Mc- Nulty from Wallace te Wolfe:; 'Three lady students of Allegheny collego, Mcadville, were suspended for refusing te remain in Bearding hall, whereupon the senior class, compescii et young men, re fused te attend recitations. The tax levy for Allegheny county for this year has been fixed by the county commissioners, the same as last yeSr. Fer Pittsburgh and Allegheny 'cities three mills, three and three-fourth mills for townships and boroughs, the three;fourths of a mill being for county peer,.tax." This levy is based upon the same 'valuation as last year's, a little under $200;p00,'000. Tim memhnrs of t.lin i!CerMit:ir"vnnimif.- tee of the PcnnsylvaniaStatejGrarige"ar- ,-iirwl it lliiteilnlrtliii . tncfmfit. -A., n .i i. j iiiiiit.iiiitj.jutiiViuiftj. ail' iu- formal meeting was held at;.theSt; Cloud hotel, but no business ;JSas transacted en account of the non-.arrivaief the secretary. Jn Pennsylvania there is a me'mbership.ef 30,000, with thirty county granges and COO suberdin.itBjransres -tliera beinsr one in" nearly every township. Thirty-three Buildings Burned.-,,-Plymouth, Washington ceuitty"'"N" C. was almost entirely dcstroyeuL!by$m"e.'; Monday night, the freight yfArekesewCi the steamer Chowan audencisfeSijB.tSeinfj, AI. A nnl.. I. ......m. Inf.- ..In .. .1 . .. .W " r lTl A ! 4t iiiu uni J1UU2K33 iuiit-i)auiiiuj;t'"Aiivsiuv, originated from a kerostnieexnlesidirFour hundred bales of.cd&weiSzlkffieil'fho, less foots upjr)400.y,Ttytiiree' tsiiiiiii.- -l,iv ur;euujvu aiueii " vi were the ceiu-tf ltemei'ciiixe 'Episcopal church, audt'wentr-ffirc'.st61'i25p:bales, of cotton, bcsides" qlwiftitics of shingles, Iumber,tctc-wicre-7alse. destroyed, The. losses- on.steiesj.and. -goods- wereheayy. Oulyjtwb'ef-tne parties burned, out.-; held' jtnjirauKuice.i;, i. KES1ST MONOPOLY. The Mutual Union Teierapn Company. A charter has been granted by the Pennsylvania state department te the 3Iu tual Union telegraph company, who will de business in Pennsylvania, Massachu setts, Rhede Island, Connecticut, New Yerk. New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and District of Columbia. The capital stock is $50,000 and the par value of shares $50 each. The subscribers te the stock are Charles F. Peck, District of Columbia ; Silas W. Pettit, of Philadel phia : Nicholas Thompson, Montgomery ; Ludwig S. Filbert. Philadelphia ; Jehu Ledyard Hedges, District of Columbia. Thecenipany is a New Yerk concern aud is said te have ample means te make it successful. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. (ir.iite of Pupils. The following is the grade by classes of the pupils in attendance at the boys' sec ondary school, North Mulberry street, for tlie'hipnth ending January 31, 1881,the first column of figures indicating the con duct eftlje pupils, and the second column tlfo'pregrcss'in the several branches of study: A CLASS. e e 3i Davclcr liee iJunilaker D.... Eberly Willie.... Hetrick .1 elm Wiant II Gres-man 11 SU-.-etz I. Chambers .1 Adams W K llitm-r Abiu Krciiler Clias.... Zoe I; Harry ureir.1 u Xaunmn Win Appln Harry.... Martin Win l.onitunecker C. Ilull'H C llenttel l llartnum i" t;.... Shiuillc I-'i-.uilr... Liclitytt 11 Cehe Herbert... Carr Michael Kress A Leu-r Chas....... llcitslnrK-i:..?.. Keyor Calvin.... Lutz Fred Krnst Win Derwurt L K.... Uarpei O I Kitiier.l W Miucwcll Win.... Kirkpatriek Win Bltner A W Mills Harry. stormteltz w L. Zeek S K Musser Win Kehrcr Heward, lluekiits Hairy.. 90 95 95 93 90 90 90 93 S3 S3 S3 83 n CLASS. 90 93 90 90 ill 90 9." 90 90 t 100 ill 'X 9J 90 85 90 90 93 90 9.i Martin Jehn WeidlerM B I.eyilen Chas.... Hartiuau Chas.. HetctterlI Kautl"iiian;Ed w. . Sell William Rcilly Hubert... 90 '.III 100 90 90 90 95 90 Ct. 071 90 S3 Si Carman J M Lecher C 15 MuvH'liimn Win Lecher W U Hoever W .1 Annvhke Clrna.. . Frank; ilne Bewers II I LeippelI'S Facglcy CIku AS3. 7t 40 ST. 35 in 70 7li 41 t:s , us , 'X 100 9.". :se 71 7.1 SO SS SO 72 .V, Sclutuni Win .... 8" tioeilhart The3.. Naumaii Chas... 51 )CL. slmlt:'. H i: Hartley M Kryiler (1 1' Kautz Wm I'ewei' Hunter.. Jehnsen Frank.. Wulker Win Clever II 1 Wi.lb Aihuii Fritz Sam Ileettner Albert l'urkins Frank.. Uast E 11 se Kuhns Jno Miller W C Hambright. Gee. Ilcitshu.W It.... Weaver l K Godfrey J II .... S u nilnker Wm . IJeettner Ed Shaub Harry.... Miner S Leippt; M L iteyer .1 115 90 se s: 50 '. y.- . 51 STi 1M IO Jj IM 7" Si) IM !M TTi ST lit) ion W iXi VO 'JO 88 KS 78 .r.7 72 0 88 4:t 82 57 SO 41 73 SO 80 43 61 32 611 42 80 IS SO 35 77 Ce CO ' 53 rt) 68 iitli 59, K CLASS- Hartley Harry.. Flick Christ Ileas Sam Welehens Will... Key Will Kirk Alfred...:. Kckert Frcil Hit ncr Alfred... Cibsen Lateu... Engreir Jehu... Leiifj Willie .Ijerlaeh Jacob... Gerreclit II Hucker Uen Adams A..: HeitshuHcrb.... ZeeherSam Pentz Itanium... Trey or I'M Finger Adam Adams Leuis Martin Heward. Kwpiier IM I'inkerteii Herb. Ditfunilcrler J... ISrinsei Klnier.. 90 82 81 79 .91 ,78 S3 77 82 7rt 70 7K 76 65 S7 61 8.-1 51 87 SI 8S "51 S3 49 95 IS Jeirries Milten. ,S4 44 3U 37 37 31 33 32 27 'i7 26 21 23 FewlerrJa...:.."89 Mcl'hersen II... 57 Walker Ed 76 Fraliev Ilenrv... 56 JlcEver Mr:'. .-. . .97 65 IlKchinger.C .. . .!r Itcese Ward-. 94 McCartney C... 8C Yeckcrllvii 72 Ueiinensnyiler C'60 Laverty .Italpll.. 41 Smith Frank, sick. r CLASS. DavHli Will GO Hull Wcnrtcll.... 69 47 47 46 45 43 41 39 31 33 34 27 Weaver Maurice 51 N'auiiian Will... Ml llarr Walter 51 Lecher Dare... GundakcrWili.. 79 !'liekeni!erl'6rC 79 Fisher Jno. 83 McGiiire Henry. 71 Hammend C 89 Malenu CIium 53 I'cnawit. Will, sick The Yenc Star Association. A meeting of the members of the Yerk bar te the number of thirty was held in the grand jury room at the court house en Monday evening toerganizc a bar associa tion. A'ffcfa statement byD. Ki Trim mer, esq., of the object of the meeting, James Latimcr- esq., was called te the chair, and D.K.-Jfrimmcr was selected as sccrctarjv 'Onmotieu of Cel. Levi Maish, a 1 erk bar association was formed, and a committee appointed, consisting of Hen. 'Jehn Gibben -asTchairmaii, ,D.B. Bailey, Wjn.HayJjJhn, Black'ferd an J Frank Geisc"'. ;esqs, te report a ,'consfitntien and b-liuvSj'aritl te. make their "r?p6ft"at the next; meeting, which, was' appointed' for Saturday; evening;'1 'tlie J5th of 'February. The m ccting thWadjeiirned. Anether Surprise. Party. Last Thnrday evening a sleighing party consisting of forty couples assembled at the Washington house, Strasburg, and went te the residence of Mr. Isaac Fritz, a short distance south of that-village, filler's orchestra accompanied the f 'party ."and dancing Wasttlrctlcading am'rtsemcrit of the evening. Afterpending-ja.felkaaTs in a pleasant manner and'partaking of it rich repast the paafaseifMQabJch'uar rc . turned te their, libmcs Special; praise is awarded; te . the .committee ; of r arrange ments, Messrs'- Aldus- F.v HetshFrank licamanV .Aaren Weaver and Frank K. Lanxlis. ' 1 . ' Beading Democrat. . Inthe Refngcicntti'c,, convention last cvenin'Hchry A;TysenV the present incumbent,, was reneminated for mayor, anu CeI. Jehn . Arthur, who has held the position for a number of years, was reneminated for city treasurer. urer. Fer city controller the candidates were : Jeseph IIensnm,vJ. G.'Yeurig "and Jehn K." How Hew den. ,Twe ballqts-wcre taken, the second . f Hew and Mlefffti Kecevered. The" horse and sleigh belonging te Isaac Pewl.and which, while in .charge of 3Ir. Bushongef this city,?en.-8unday, get away'frenrliim-in "Lititz during an upset, lias bccHheard'ef. It was picked up in Drumerd.Cchtre, mercJ than twenty miles a-.vay frbmthe place of the accident. Mr. BushoiigandrMrPewl went te Drumere this meriiing -te -bring: the team home. Xeithcr'iherse nor sleigh, it is said, is niuch'injurcd. I'reL ISuehrle for State Superintendent Henry 5. Kckert, csq.,.prC8idcnt of the Heading school beard, 'is reported as say ing that Pref.-'R.'fKi'.Bnehrle, tlie present city superfntenyentef 'the public schools of Lancaster; liar'aie-'uesrfc'- te" -return te neadihg,;arid.tlianewill:be urged for the liositibn.eC sta&'ranerintcndent of public .instrUchrm3herild--Hbr J- P- Wickcr- '.shamlrctire.- - r, 3 1 . -2 -Jf Sale erKeal'Etate. Ilenrv .Shhbert: auctioneer and real catetc,5gcntr sold at publiesale last even- l- .. .1. .f .Ha11 .l.n.lnn 4A 61. A ....A.... t..tM of the estate e&MicIiael Malene, deceased, a two-story brick dwelling and let of "round sitoated'en the northeast corner of Orange:arid Shippcn streets, Ne. 301 te Mortiiner'.'Malenc for,$6,800. s " " . Chester County en tlie Senatemhlp. In Wcst.C'hcster the Republican county committee met yesterday. A resolution ,was eneredrinstructing for Colonel F. C. t loe ten as.a.-coinpreniiso candidate for .senator. A substitute was offered "com mending our belting senator and rcpres scutativesr inlstickimr te Grew." Beth were laid en tlie table." . . 81 94 85 76 S3 IV, S7 63 82 6) SI AS 67 m 87 55 76 51 72 51 72 -51 8.; 52 79 52 lcnmuiiiiiiiji; iiuiiiiiiuueii oijieusum ey a vote bf47,te"14cast forYeiihg,an"d 2 for Hewckk.JA"Lki- i J. C " I I "S -
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