y LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881. Lancaster Intelligencer. THUE8DAY EVENING, FEB. 3, 1881. Ineffective Silence. The Lancaster Examiner .studiously refrains from saying anything conceiv ing the action of the grand jury in ignor ing the indictments preferred against the late clerk of the county prison for de frauding the county in that capacity ; notwithstanding the fact that the evi dence laid before the grand jury, for the commonwealth, as. published by us, makes out the clear case of prima facie guilt which alone was lequired te de mand a true bill from the grand jury ; and notwithstanding, further, that the managing editor of the Exam ine? was a nieinber of the grand jury, and that he was one of the twelve who voted te ignore the indictment, as ap pears fiem the vote new made public. We say that in pieerving this silence, especially after its attention has been called pointedly lv us te this case of great public wieng. the Examiner fails in its duty, and lavs itself open te the suspicion of being controlled by con siderations ether than these of regard for the public interests. It could net properly, in our judgment, fail te ex press an opinion en this appatent perver sion of justice, even though it was net peculiarly in a position te knew all the rights and wrongs of the case, through the presence of one of its editors en the jury ; and theiefeie especially looked te by us and the public te make an expesi tien of the case. We have heretofeie conditionally ex pressed our opinion that the jury's ver dict was net justified by the racts, and we have called upon the Examiner te advise us of anything which may be within the knowledge of its staff which might tend te justify the verdict. We have received nothing from it. Mani festly we may expect nothing. We have a right te conclude that it is its inten tion te bury the affair in oblivion as far as it can de it. We are net se disposed. If we liav all t!ie facta in the en., it .stand as one calling for the severest animadversion upon jurors who, having sworn te de their duty ti the stale, forget it in extending favor te its criminals. The minority of the jury are properly exempted from censure by the publication of the names of the twelve who made up the number just necessary te permit men, seemingly guilty, te escape trial for the present. That they will escape altogether is net te be supposed without suspecting that tins court and diliict attorney will ex tend their .sympathy te this gross assault upon theadniinijtra1 ion of justice. Under the evidence in the possession of the commonwealth, the verdict of one grand jury cannot be justly allowed te paralyze the aim of justice. Public sentiment will net rest content under it. The crit icism of the people will net ba silent under it. It is a vaiu attempt, te defeat the law, but none the less abominable, because it is also contemptible for its weakness. Tin: 1'hiladelphia Etcnimj JVec-?, which displays the Cameren monogram very plainly en the seal of its cellar, is a little late getting into its "special dis patches' iron Washington the tidings that Gaiiield h:d in Heated te Den Cam eren, en tin occasion e! his visit te Men ter, " fiis (leMie te appoint a Pennsyl vania in the cabinet, and requested Sen ater Cameren te mention the names of several persons who would be agreeable te him. The senator requested time for consideration, te which the president elect assented." This pretty story was set afloat several weeks age. Its appear ance was simultaneous with a pilgrim age made eastward by Cameren's fugle man, James S. llutan. It was quietly whispered in the corner te indecisive members of the Legislature, who could plainly st (3 from this that Cameren was te control the patienage of the incoming administration in I'ennsylvanii ; hence people who hoped te have a future would net encourage the Liekeis. It was sup posed te be an inllueutial story : and we de net remember te have seen any denial of it in the TA3I i ly, papers at the timeef its appear ance, nor immediately afterwards. Ou Tueday Mr. Whailen Barker, of Phila delphia, Gai field's intimate friend, was in llarrisburg stiffening up the belteis, and that day the Xcw Era, of this city, said with re'feience te the story that Garfield had been dickering with Cam Cam eeon : New, it is about time that the Republicans of Pennsylvania should knew that these aud all similar statements, evidently emanat ing from the same quartets, are ahselutcly ttithoiitfeundiition. We make this state ment upon unquestioned auMietity ; and if its accuracy is railed in question by Senater Caim-ion, or any one authorized te speak for him, the prejf will be l'oith l'eith l'oith eomingat the pteper time. The gentle man front whom we deiive this informa tion thoroughly uiideistands the situation, Las been aud is new in closer confidential relations with General Gaiiield than any ether man in Pemis lvauia a gcnlletnin vrhe.se wetd is taken by ail who m ew him aud which, in this matter, is corieboiatcd by evidence the exhibition of which would resolve any doubt skepticism could cre ate. The Examiner straightway takes an other tack and denies that the family ever authorized such a report. Beth ends of the poker seem te be het Common' ceuN'cir. voted last night te pay the gas company its bill against the city, less blOO deducted for imperfect service last quai tei , w ! en rverv coun ceun coun cilman,whe has the sens that a council man out te have, knows that the service charged for and erdeied te be paid for was net mere than half i eiidr-i d. If the gas company can light halt the lamps half the contract time and rteme feur-leen-fifttenths of the centiacL piice for such service, it will naturally conclude that for quarter of thei service quarter of in. time, it mav collect almost as much. and may finally resehe te perferin no further part et its contract than te send in its bill. W. M. Franklin, esq., shows his appreciation et the rights of the city against contractors by parad- ing figures te prove that the new gas . L"tt,. ..u. ... .... ......A?, no tlin kl1 rra tulle bills are net as much as the old gas bills might have been under certain circum stances. We should like ie be informed what sort of relevancy this has te the question of paying the present contrac tor full price for half service. Tin: Republican machine in this state is succeeding excellently in biinging the caucus, which is the right aim of its power, into contempt. Te held that a caucus decision can bind the caucus members indefinitely, and that after weeks of vain voting, a disgusted fol lower of the band, and a legislator te beet, cannot demand a fresh consulta tion as a right, but must run with the machine until its leaders are leady te permit the chairman of the caucus te call it together, is se manifestly ridicu lous en its face, that no man with an or dinary shaie of self-respect can accept the doctrine without a sense of deep humiliation. The natural consequence is a growth in the number of ' kickeis" against the machine; and presently its adherents will only number these who are plainly the machine slaves, and who will be marked as distinctly by their steady voting at its bahest, as the prison convict is marked by the stripes of the prison diess. King Caucus, te maintain respect for its power, must show it: which it will never de by unlimited per sistence in ineffective struggling. Tin: city will save $1,000 a ye..'.r by adopting the refunding scheme proposed in council-, te fund $-200,000 of the city debt, new bearing G percent, inteicst at i per cent. The bends can be sold at par and piebably at a premium. PERSONAL. G nriUM is a great admirer of WalUr Savage Lauder. Mrs. Leepold in: I'oriisciiir.e has a new necklace which, although it is only asiugh row of pc.nl i. is valued at $100, 000. Themas Caih.yj.u'u ph.sicia:t icpeits that his condition is one of giadual and increasing debility, with considerable un easiness but no pain. ltcv. Benjamin C. Tayi.eu, the emeii emeii tuspastei of the dcigcr Kcfenn church, of Jersey City Heights, died yesterday, in the eightieth year of his age and the fifty second of his pasteiatc. Itev. Jeseph Castle, D. D., the eldest and best known pi eacher of the Philadel phia ceufcieiicc of the Methodist EpUce pal chuich, has died at his tesidence in Ilcstenvilie, after a sheit illness, in the eighty-first year of his age. Mr. Gladstone's lcsidence in Biewniug sticct has been guarded by policemen night and day recently, in view of a possi ble Fenian attack. Gladstone was fol lowed a distance by thu policemen when he '..cut te the Heuse of Commens jer tciday. Bcv. Edwakd A. Wasiiiil'1'.n, lector of Calvary Piele,tant Episcopal chuich Xew Yeik sixteen eais past, died t,&teida aflcinoen at his icsidencc, Xe. 103 East Twenty-fust sticct, wheie he has been confined telas bed for the past live weeks, lie was in his sixty second je.ir. General IteiiEitT Toombs is icpmtcd te have said in conversation the ether day : "Jeff Davis wrote me for my pietuia te put in his bjek along with some ethcis. I wrote him that I would net be found in such company. I will bet $300 that his book docs net appear by the 1st efApiil, nor while I live.'' ColenelJnaouE KeNAPAitrE and his wife ate new living in Washington and enter tuning ;i great deal. Mi s. B etapartc a j,randdalightei of Daniel Webster is a clever and channing woman. She diestes magnificently, and ,cais beautiful jewels a lai go share of which descended te Iter from the late Elizabeth P.ittcien Bona Bena p.ute. Mrs. Polk, the w idew of the ex-presi-dent, is nearly eighty jcars old. and still retains something of her eaily charms. She is fend of liteiatme, and gieaUy in terested in the history of the day. She lives quietly at Nashville with a favorite niece for companion. She is se highly cs. teemed in Tennessee that through all the financial icissitudcs of the state the in tet esc ou her $10,000 weith of bends has always been promptly paid with no demm . In a volume entitled 'i'ecollectiens of the Ober Ammcnrau Passion Plavs." vub- lisheil in Fiankfert, tficu was a collection of pertiaits of the vatieus acteis in the pet fermance of 185:0, and it was noticed that the peitiait of Judas beie, designedly or accidentally, a temaikabJc lecmblaiuc te Kaiser William. Complaint was nude te the criminal ceuit, and this piece of picteiial resemblance has been adjudged te be another case of "insult te ids ma jesty," and perhaps the most peculiar in stance of all. The offending portrait has been confiscated aud suppicssed. Atchbisep Pcbcell has suffered total paralysis of the left side at his iclieat. St. Mai tin's convent, in Brown county, Ohie. The veneiable pielatu is new almost Itclp-le-s, though his mind has net been at all affected by the affliction. As lie is ever eighty ycats old, his physicians have but little hope of his living much longer, espe cially as he has been much affected by the dealhefhis brother, Father EdwatdPuiccll which took place a few weeks age. Ever since the appointment of Bishop Elder as the coadjutor of the aichieeese Aichbishep Piucell has been practically depased from power. MINOR TOPICS. Tin: Hebrew charity ball in Philadel phia last night was a biilliant success. The dieting, lhc diamonds, the floral uccui.it ions and the supper wcic elegant; and the total receipts were $15,000. Mr. Oi.ivun's chances are impieving hansetnely like the ctab's pi egress. Scidal of Lebanon has gene te Grew ria IIcwitt,and Hillings of Vanange has shaken timer ler ftinras. icai ty icai t lie roses fail. In 1830 Jehn Ferbes was collector of taxes for Vcimilien county, which then included Chicago. Rather than incur the expense and trouble of a journey ever the P1"1'1 ies ie that town he paid Chicago's iax - 's mu '1S own peckcc, Tiii: intioduclien of American sheet cars into Rie dc Janeiro has produced a great change in thu social aud business life of the people There ate two kinds of cats oue for baiefoetul people, e cents, j and oue fop these wli'e ' ' 10 cents. An editor in Georgia uttet.s a solemn httth "applicable in ether states, when it says : " Geld is found in thirty-six coun ties in this state, silver iu three, copper in thiitccn, iron in forty-three, diamonds in twenty-six, and wlti-ky in ail of them ; and the last gets away with all the lest." Walt Wiiitmvn in his ciitiquc of pie vailing poetry says : "The accepted notion of a poet would appear te bs.asoitef male odalisque, singing or piano playing a kind or spiced ideas, second-hand remi niscences, or toying late bouts at enter tainments, in rooms stifling with fashiona fashiena ablc scent. I think I haven't seen a new published, healthv, bracing, simple ly.ie in tcu years. Net long age, thcicwcre verses in each of thtce fteslt monthlies, fiem leading authors, and in everyone the whole cential motif (perfectly seiieits) was the melanchelincss of a mauiageab'j young woman who didn't get a lieh hus band, but a peer one." Till: 1ILAUK SMALLI'OX. A htttleiucut iu Dakota .Sadly Alllctcil Thirty-two Heaths The IJlsease jtii- 1um(1 te lime llcca ISretijjlit Iren. Kussla. Fer seveial weeks the smillpnv has been raging with great fatality in Jeffer Jeffer eon, Union county, Dakota. A stiict quarantine has been enfeiced against the community, and the disease has net spicad beyond the settlement, although it has played sad havoc theie. The settlement consists mostly of French Canadians, and when the disease first broke out they weie unmindful of its contagious diameter. All buiials wcie public and weie mete or less attended by the whole opulatien, as the scttleis aie neaily all of kin. In this way the disease spicad rapidly. The people of Jell'iasen have been ise latcd for neaily a mouth. Ne mails ate received from theie and none ate sent there. The lailtead authetities feibid t tains te step. Elk Point, the county seat .of Union county, and Sioux City have hugely centiibuted te the relief of the suffeiing people, but under the lesti.iiut te which they ate subjected the settlcis have be come restive and thicatcn te bieak the quarantine and visit Sioux City. This ca ca tasttephe was prevented by the city council sending Napeleon Breucllig, who has many i datives there, te Jeffersen. Frem him it is learned that thcic have been ever ninety eases of small-pox in the sett'c nient. Thitty-twe hive died, and only six have rcceveicd se far. At present theie are sixty cases under treatment, and it is believed that many of these will ic cover, as the disease has lest much of its former vitulence. Mr. Breiiellig reports that whole families ha, e been canted away by the disease, and that in many instances the dead have been left unbuiicd for days through fear as te inability te obtain he'p te inter them. At ptcsent Elk Point has two phisiei ins in ehaiire of the infected disttiet : and it is I believed the disease is abating and will be wholly confined within its ptcsent bounds JNe eases have developed in bieux City, though isolated casi's aie reported in sev eral towns in southern Deketa. The dis ease is said te be the black small pox, and is thought te h ive b en cemmumcatcd by a patty of" Russian Meimenite iinmi gt ants who passed through en their wa. e Yuikten, Dakota, seveial weeks age. STATS ITEMS. Maitha Elliett, who leee.iliy died "pauper" in Pitlsbuigh, was wei'.h tot-. 000. A petition iccemmcuding the election of Jehn Welsh as LniLed States senator lias been circulated in Philadelphia and num erously signed by business men. The steam yacht Curie, owned by Jehn Watineugh, of Philadelphia, buiVt hci boiler at Baltimeie yctei day. Pour men v.eiekilicd, oncef thctu celmed. The low grade division coal mini is of tiic Allegheny Val'cy i lihead, nunibeiing 1,000 who have been en a stiike for an in ciease of ten cents a ten en settened coal and tix cents en unscreened, have gene in. the operators cen:-edi:ig the advance. Mai tin V. Grafliu. of Ilauisbuig, a biakeman en a shifter in the Peniis;,h.nia railroad yrtids at the asylum ciessin, JVil from the bumper of a fieight car beneath the wheels and was pushed along the hack for about twenty-live feel. His ctics at tracted the attention of the ciew and he was tescued. Several of his libs v.vic bieken, his body was badly hmbed and his leg crushed. Samuel Hainey, a jeung man lh Ing in the neigbboiheod, lias been auestcd charged with the mystciieus and biutal killing of Mis3 Ebria Bdlenbender. the geuug girl who last November was found outraged and mutdeted in a lonely p.itt of a weed near Tajleisburg, Momoe county, though light may seen em c. The critne was attributed te hamps, and they v.eie sought for, but without avail. A man who aftcrwaids said his name was William B. Bcirman. a ciirar-maker by occupation, was found Ijing in the snow, insensible, apparently front dtink in Philadelphia. In his pocket wete found a $1,000 bend 8100 in .silver and $30 in geld. When Ben man came te hunsalf, he was at first wild ever his supposed le-s of cash, but when handel the bend and money by Lieutenant Selirciber was over-jeyed. He said it would be a geed temperance lessen The Republican senatetial convention of Luzei no nominated Themas J. Edwaids, of Eckley, for st ite senator in the Tvcn-ty-fiist distiict. He was nominated en the sixth ballet. Edwaids is a mine be-s. A j ear age he was tent as a delegate te the Republican stale eonentien and was instiuctcd for Blaiue. lie .subse quently joined the Cameion side and voted with the machine He is little known outside of his own ncighbei heed, which joins that of his Demectatic compet itor, Eckley B. Cox. en a Ti:ai:nsj. ti:ai:. I'iVnal the Sarrnmente Iliicr Jik1u1r-i1 in Vcmcrilay. The iloed in the Saciamente liver cul minated jesterday morning at Saciamente, the waters being within a feet and a half of the top of the levees of that city. The levce below the town broke and the cenn try was evei flowed. The town of Wash ington, Yole county, opposite Sieramcnte, is inundated. The damage in both ca-es teaches an enormous sum. The entiie Sac Sac iameneo valley pi events the appearance of an inland sea. Numberless houses have been swept away, but feitunately the less of life, se far as lcpeited, is vety small. Tlie hills, high gie'ind and levees in the evcilliwcd distiict aie cevcicu lin live sieck, anu tncic is a gieat demand for beats te save the cattle, sheep, fcc, lemaining, as a gieat number have eecn drowned. It is raining in the Siena Ncvadas from Plumas te Calaieras counties aud thcic is an immense deposit of snow. If the lain should extend high up tlie mountains another flood it ptob pteb ablc. Should it come en top of the al ready immense body of water in the Sae i ameute and San Joaquin valleys there is no telling wheie the inundation would end ordeshuetfen of prepet ty step, as the water cevcis places that were never e.cr flowed before. Important if Tru. Uii t thliurs Ttlcsraph Corrependent. Tlin vminrrer n.iinerAii tpIieti tlin TJu publican party was trembling in the bal- i, ice a few yen s age, contributed a bun dled and fifty thousand dollars tewaids defraying the expenses of a piesidcntial campaign. He has centiibuted inanv thousands since te buy caps and lantei ns, j provide music and speakeis. LATESI' NEWS BY MAIL. An avalanche near Weed River, Idaho, buried four men in tkrir cabin while get ting their supper. The town of Scooba, ou the Mobile & w' luiuuiiu, was JJ.ll LIT UIJUUU Uj mu i yesteuiay. Less, i-tJOjOUU; insurance, $7,300. The Bay State pi hit works, insolvent, at Fall River, Mass., were sold at auction yestctday for $32,300, te Weaver Osberne, of that city. Haitian has leturned te Putney, having done geed work at Southampton. The Thames is entiielv clear of ice. Lavceck is doing geed work at Southwick. ' It is impossible for any vessels te enter Newport harbor en account of the ice, and the Newpeit and Providence beats will discontinue their trips for the present. Jacob Loucks, 80 yeaisef age, wandcied fiem his home in Napanee, Ontatie, ou t l uesday night, and was found frozen te death yesterday. A stage coach was stepped by two masked highwaymen near Boerne, Texas, en Tuesd ty night, and the mail bags wete robbed of valuable packages. The dtiver's w atch was also taken. As the afternoon fieight train from Cape May en the West Jersey railroad was ticating Wcstville en Tuesday an axle en the rear ttuck of a car bieku and wrecked the ttain. Four cars were smash ed and the station platfetm was luluced tesplintcts. Fortunately all the bial.e men escaped unhurt. The Grand Jury. New I.ia. A gtcat iujuslice has been done te the members of the late grand juiy who weie in taver ei uniting a. into inn en tlie evt- uence piesenteu, ami an aostractel which fi'n. .m.i.i.. i.,.,i ;.. it.:.. ... i ka.fa Mllll ISI I'll III Milk II IIII11 1 r Lillllllli which the outrage was censuiumated, witli the following lesult. Thei e eie ljC.TCO(!lrr I . s SIllHI'll- ll'llllimm fr,-,t . ,. ...............,.- ship ; Moses bpangler. Last Larl ; bamucl Snyder, Paradbe ; S E. WiMici' .Marietta;: andl-rankM lreut (clcn:), Bait (10), voted for finding a true bill en the evi- ' denes before them Tim following (13) jirtetl te ignere the bill: Washington ' Bunting, lelcsaiu; LcviII. Bear, E.ul; j.:ii wetuuy, iiapne x'lCiieriCK iieim- ier, city; .ienn iiarsii, uelumma ; Javid M. Mayer, Manheiiu township : Jehn B. seel. flattie; GeeigeG. Wor Jehn Wade, Lcaceck ; oaiiseury: i-. iraineid tlliit:isen. city; Jehn Wolf, Raphe ; Ames B. Zcll, M. D., Litile Biitain. Short el Ce.il. The people of Marysville, Peiry county, eight miles above llanisburg, aie haul pi eased fin eneiuh coal te deep their iiies geini"-. It has been the custom with many of the families of the town te combine clubs of four or five, and elder enough coal diicct from the mines te be sufficient fei their use dining the winter. The re maining people of tlie town weie supplied by the local dealers. The plan mentioned was puisiicd this ear as usual, and they eideied what has always befetc been a sufficient amount. The unusually scveie weather however necessitated a gieater consumption of fuel than inpievietisjea: shot t time their bins wete empty. The deileisat once made application at the mines for mere coal, but thus far have been able te get vet y little. Many of the sidings aie blocked with snow, there is a ... IJ r Vlll .(41 IliUI iii; HI II1U 1 ,- heavy height b.isiness en all the laiheads theie has been much dei.iv in getting the supply se much needed. A ceni dealer of Marysville. says that at the present time all the families' in town could net together show meie than half a ten of coal. JnSc'ile Uiiilrr Singular Circumstances. Twe women ptetending te hail from De tieit, visited Ann Atber and stepped at a hotel. Dining the evening they were v-siled by a student in the pharmacy de part meat of the State univeisity, and all thtce leiuaiued in the parlor till quite late playing ends. Toward midnight high weids wete Itcaid between the parties, and one v.ennn giving her name as V. II. Lcighten, charged the stuilcnt, -whose name is Hatty A. Fait banks, of Petrolia, Out., with being her husband, and with being tee proud te acknowledge it. Fair banks put his hand into his pocket as if te diaw a pistol, when the woman fled front the loom. A moment later a shot was heard, and the attaches of the hotel tun ning in. found Faitbanks lying en the fleer shot in tlse head. He died in a few moment-. At an inquest held the fact of a picdctcrmhifd suicide seemed te be estab lished, as a letter was found in his pocket aedicsscu te a lawyer et Ann llaiber, ask ing him te lequest persons named living in 1'cheiia te bicak the news te his father. The woman Lcighten refused te say any thing, except that the deceased was her husb.it'd. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ICecirliiif Scheel UlrecterJ. Fellow ing is a list of the school ditccters whose teims will expitc and whose suc cessors pie te be chosen at the ensuing election : Democrats Henry E. Slaymaker, Dr. uenr-, L-ai neuter, Alexander Harris, Wm. A. Moiten, Jes. Schmid and Elim G. Snvder. Republicans -Robet t A. Evans, Wm. B. Wiley, Luther Richaids. Daniel G. Baker, Clinics Schwcbel and Thes. B. Cechian. Nearly all the above aie c tndid.iles for rcnoininatien. The Celd Wave Tlie cold wave continues. The mercury which was from ." te 9 below zero yester day nieining remained far below theftccz ing point all day, and dining last night fell again te 4 and 8 below zero, accerditi'' ie tne location ewhc thermometer, les terday and te-day the sun shone brightly from meining till night without making the slightest impicssien en the heavy bed of snow with which the earth is coveted. I. ilt tlin License. batutday next will be positively the last d.ij en which the licenses granted at. tlie January tei in of com t te hotels and eat ing houses can be lifted. Quite a number of thu persons licensed have failed te lift their licenses, and will lese them if net lifted within the two days. Call ou the clcik of quarter sessions iu the court hevse. Nw Patent. A pa! eat lias been granted te Isaac Sresiei-. of this city, for a letter file, tli3 ob ject el the invention being te held docu ments firmly together no matter hew many papcis may be put into or taken out ei the fih'. mis patent was seemed thieugh William R. Gerharl, solicitor of patents. Anether Deuhie' Z.eaf. Daniel Hill, of Maner street, has left another double tobacco leaf at our office. Be h leaves aie from the same stem. J. . e. 1. Visitation. Selah ledge Xe. G23 I. O. O. F., of Man heim, will pay a visit te Lmcaster ledge Ne. C7, of thh.city, this evening. ,.......,.... ... ...., j,... . .l.In , oeiiuiuon anu, prayed tn.it .ur. Uiell lie at piepci-th.it the public should knew just i . notified te abate said nuisance. Be Be leow that jury steed. We have gene te I ftr,ed te stieet committee, some trouble te -isceitain the vote bv i U-. AI.Mnii..i, .,. .,e,i i....m.. . twcntj-iwe incmuus acting en Hie gtand l department efsticcts from Aptil te Janu inquct ; of these, Jacob Baclimau (fine- ary with an itemized statement of the cost man), fehasbuig ; Carpenter Bender, Larl; j f the stmc, the total amount beiii" G, G, G, SamiicILbeisoleLenoy; D B. Harnish, j )5:J.30. The commissioner lecemmcnds J.ast Localtce; Israel II. Jehns, upper I t.h.it iim r..n,v;,.,r-f.,7.-i. .l... .. .,. :m. some time age the supply tan out. In ewnci!, ille iea,,y and dcsiieus te lay their Jse emergency the lecil dealers -ivcic te- pavements the gutteis sheuhl be made as soiled te but they had made previsions caiiy :,s t!l0 P10:,0l. bL.;iS0!! 0.)eil ,. it only for tneir tegular customers and m a -. ,,.i, ,..,.i:..t ..,.....,- i CITY COUNCILS. ONLY en: r.nA'fjH i MGIIT. Si:ssLO:,' 1AsT The Gas Ceia;i:iiij-s Vis '"ill Appre-ieil The Street CoiiimisMeiiL-r's Kepert The Water Question Again New Sliippcu tre-t Iturige runtliDjr the Debt. Last evening was the time appointed for holding a stated meeting of select and com mon councils. In select council Messrs. Batr, Deeir, Fiankliu, Judith,Zecher and Evans were in attendance, but no quorum was piesent at airy one time, and of course no busine.-s was transacted in that branch. Cumiue'i Council. Iu common council the attendance was unwontedly large, cciy member, with a single exception, being pescnt, as fellows : Messts. Albeit, Baines, Beaid. Eoos.Bor Eeos.Bor Eoes.Bor gcr, Btewn, Cetmeny. Cox, Davis, Bow Bew tiey, Franklin, Haitley, Hays. Jehnsen, Keeler, Lichty, McMuIlen, Ostermaj er, Sing, Sniejch, Spieeher, Spiinger, Sto'tm Ste'tm feltz, White, Yackly, and Levergood, presi dent. Tlie Streets). Mr. Cox lueSented a petition for a sewer en Chuich stteet, te extend fiem the Lien btewety te Duke sticct, a discancj of 130 fiet, or fiem the south side of Chuich j sheet uci ess Chinch tineugh Washington t Duke, a distance of 200 feet Refeitcd te the stieet committee. I A petition presented by Mr. Iveclcr, and j signed by himself, jcpicsentcd that West Limen sheet, iu the neighborhood of itielt s warehouse, lecently desheyed by ' u.. nn.i ,.- ,i..,;m;.. is m a verv Pad i .. . . ' I li I.I - W . . p utef Sticct Commissioner Tiev.itz, set- i ting fetth in detail .: n '-. . , ., uiu wciiuicr permits ami me necessary an- juiatiim made Guttcis en "both sides of Concstega sheet, between Seuth Queen and Ptin'cc sheets t;utVcr en St. Jeseph street, fiem Sttaw- betiy sticct te St. Jeseph's church. Gutter en Maner sticct, between West ' Kinir stieet and T.-iimd n!!. ailcy. Gutter en High sheet, between Stiaw- ' bcnvsf.iii anil f.-nurl .it ten. i College avenue graded fiem the Hariis- , iiimr t.e tlm Miiioi-.vUie ?,..;i-f i Gutter en North Pi ince stieet, bt,tveeu i FiedciickandCIay sticcts. Tii.it peitimi el West Lemen sheet, bc 1 tween Neith (Jucen and Mulbciry sticets, has for some time ben in a wretched cou ceu I ditien, and various petitions, lmmcieusly signed, have been bcfeie your lcsneetive bodies, puiying for its repair, and the mat- tcr was in cveiy instance icferied te the stieet committee. This stteet should be lepaitcd as seen as practicable. Gutter en North Mary sheet, between Lemen aud Walnut sheets. Gutter tin west side of Chailette sheet, between Lemen and James streets. Te this matter your commissioner would also call your paitieular attention, for thu lca lca sen that that pait of the city has been It will be necestary te lay four new ci o.s e.s ings at Neith Queen and James sheets. kv gutters ate tcquircd en Neith Lime strict, between James and Fied ciick stieets. It will be t'cccts uy te build a sewer , Seuth Ptiitcc sheet. ou near the furnace ; also one en Chuich heet Lem tne Liien biewi-iy te Rockland sheet, and from thence, d -n said Rockland stteet te con nect wit fie sewer en East Vine sheet. This las mentioned sewer is leally a ne cessity, as the water tunning from the said brewery very often evei flews the stieet aud consequently fills thccell.ii- along its unnatural ceui.-e, tlteicby sub jecting the citizens in the neighboiheod te utmecessaiy injury te property, and dam dam age and inconvenience te themselves. Gutter en West Orange sticct, between Pine street and Maiietta avenue. Gutter i'n south side of AVest King stteet, bctwe'ti Mulbery and Mary streets. The lcpnit was placed en file. Improved IVatcr racilltici. Dr. Le-.eigi.ed. lea. ing he chair, te which lie called Dr. Davis, piesentcd the following lesolutien : Wiinnn.s, In icw of tlie fact tint as eidinance Ne. 0, passed at the last stated meeting of common ceuucil. pr viding for a vote of tha people at the approaching municipal election te obtain their consent te a tut titer inciease of the city debt iu the amount of $iJ0, 000 for the put pose of improving Hie water facilities and lavinu- new riistiibutieu mains, cannot be cariied into effect at the time contemplated by said eidinance, en account of itstailuie te pass tlie select branch ; therefore, Jic3eJc(d (1), That, select ceune'l coii ceii ctinhig, the water committee is here by authorized and instructed te have i-it-ciLu, as seen as possteie, lour new boilers, of thiity-heisc power i ach, and te make the necessary extension of the boiler house for the accommodation of the same llcselted (2), That the water committee be further inshueted, with the concur rence of select council, te have the main en Orange sticct extended from Lime te Chat lotto stieet, and te have one placed en i-HiKe sheet, extending horn Orange te James stteet, each main te be of twentv- uicli call bi e. Dr. Levergood moved that the lcsolu lcselu lcsolu tiens be considered seriatim, aud moved the adoption of the first, stating that the piesent boilers were in a condition that ic quired instant attention. The same view was held by Messrs. Beard, Brown, Mc Mullcn, Jehnsen and Franklin, and was peisistently opposed by Mr. Kcclcr, who did net see thu necessity for gfting te the expense of patting up a new set of boilers. the resolution was adept' d, Mr. Kcclcr alone voting no. Dr. Levergood i hen nrnvi d the adoption of the second lesohitien. Mr. Beard pointed out tiiat the pro posed measute included the object of com mon council ordinance Ne. 0, which was introduced and parsed this body a month age, and which was designed te obtain the assent of the people te increasing the dcbtel the eiry ler the purpose indicated. If council hid the light te incur this ex pense new it had then, aud eidinance Ne. (5 was net necessary. Tiiete was a long discussion ever the projected teute of the mains, which was participated iu by a number of the mcinbei s, and which was tei initiated by Dr. Lever good, who siid he lecegnized thj point inaec ey tir. ueun, tin- tne nccessaiv inciease of the city indebtedness involved in tiic resolution could net be made with out the consent 01 the people, which lie had evei looked in diaUmg and advocat ing the measure. By n-ianimetis con sent lie withuiew the 1 evolution. 'Hie Lamp Question. The following mcssace was received fiem Maye. MacGenigle, and was lead. Maiek's On ten, Lancaster, l'a., 1'cb. 2, 1SS1. Te t'ie Jfar.01 ab'c the Select and Common Councils elhc City 0 Lancaster . Gk-ntlemi-; On January 22d, last, the finance committee passed a 1 evolution re fening the bill of the Lancaster gaslight and fuel company te councils and " re quested the mayor te furnish a statement iiiii iiiirii - in t r baa-u i I'llilltl Ui lillj .. ..v... v ..v.. .- . .ut, ..J s neatly impiercd. and as the nrencitv of the number of nights the lamps were lit only up te 12 o'clock, midnight." During September last the gas company were engaged in making extensive alter ations at their works, and were net manu facturing gas -sufficient for the supply of the whole city. We haie no accurate data of the number of stieet lamps unlit iu September, the cempanv asking our indulgence for 'i week or ten (lavs, ' the time, it was said, the alterations, &e, at the weiks would lequire ; but it is safe te say that fully ene-th'tid of the stieet lamps weie net lit for mere than one-half of the mouth. October 4th, at lequest of the gas com pany, all the lamp3 were extinguished at midnight, and we continued te put them out at this hour until November 30th. when the company informed us we could allow these that were lighted te bum all night. But it must be lemenibcied that from October 4th te November 30th net meie than one-half of the street lamps wete lit at all. Fiem November 30:h till January 1st, the cturef the quaiter, about one-half of the sticct lamps only wete binning. Frent the first te the middle of January complaints became .se general from all patts of the city that I ordered a nightly lepeit te be made by the policemen of the nine wauls of the city. The fust three nights showed leipcctively that there weie I'll, 157 aud l'Jll lamps unlit out of the w little number of 313. These thicc nights weie no worse than fiem November 30th en te the time the icpeits wete eideied te be m ide, and ought te serve a an equita ble basis of settlement with the company. Very lespectfullv, J-e. T. MicOoxieia:, 31 a or. Mi. McMuIlen briefly explained that when the bill of the gas company for the past quaiter had come bcfeie the ltitanee committee, appievcd by the lamp committee, the finance committee hesitated about adding its approval in view of the fact that the city had been se long deprhed of it.s gas supply, and se the committee dctetmined te icier the bill for final disposition te council'. Mr. Ce v moved that the bill beappimcd as read, which motion was agtecd te with a number of dissenting voices-, though a division was net called for. Mr. Franklin, after the bill had bef n approved, aiese and asked the indulgence of council in a few rcm.uks he piepuscd te make iu justification of the gas com pany. Fiem ligutes which he quoted fiem a slip of paper he held in his hand, he nii nii nii deitoek te demonstrate that the city of Lancaster is, under its agreement with the piesent gas company, obtaining its gas at a vast i eductien upon former tates; th.it wheie the city is new supplied with the illuminating matcti.dat a cost of clS per pest per annum, under the atiangcment in feice piier te the establishment of this company the cot was .$103 per pest per jcar. As Mr. Franklin finished his ic maiksMi. Barnes called biai te eider. Mr. MeMulien said that as council h id heard the cat c of the gas company stated he might be permitted te spcai: a weid en the side of the city. We have an agi ce ment with the gas cempiny te furnish Iiuht at a fixed price, with the understand it.g that the street lamps aie te be lit every night in the year, aud a decent qual ity get" light furnished.. This the gas com pany has failed te de. Suppose it be tine that the city was swindled when the old gas cempiny had a monopoly, we expected te get rid of the imposition, when a competition was iiiheduced ; a-'d as for the statement that tha citjfeimeiiy paid j- .. .-,. .. t- t - ...- .m. ..,.. i nil Kiis ill uiuuiuui crm pel pesi- iiii-iii.i.- ,., -1 ... , il isjiieposieieus. An -ibsti.'cl ei the mnr.i'cs el the water committee was picscn'ed by Mr. Btewn ' and icad. .. MeMullcn picseuted the icpert et'j City Tieasiirer Shirlr, showing iceeipts off S3,00tJ.2l; piyineuts. fl.eSO.'i:); b dance! in treisuiy, ?!,.1Ga.9'.. Shlppcn Strci ! llriile. ' The following cominunieat'en fiem thf- m.r.er, aecempinied by Icttei of .Supeiin- ten. lent Leckaid, was presented and i cad, id draft of thu proposed biidge e limited : MuiiiiSOiricn I..ine.nler, I eh. 'J, is-i. Te tlie Ifennt ul.lr the t-'clftt and Common Coim Ceim etls ettr City ej Lancaster : .'i:N-rr.TMnv Having learned unef.ici ally that the IVnnsylvani.i laihe.id com pany contemplated the renewal of the I'lidgc ever the lailread en Siiippt-n .stteet, I addressed the following letter te Wm. F. Lechatd. cs(., hiipciiutcndciit of the il.tstcin division lY-nnsylvania i.ul mad : " Dt:n Sit : I Iiave been inf'nmed that it is the intention of the i'dmiylvam:; raihead company te lcbuild the Shijipcn sheet biidge, in I his city, at an catly day; that it is te Ikj icbuilt of woetl, and of the same dimetiMens and pattern as the old one new in use. At the solicitation of many of our citizens inteiestcd in the to bacco w.ueheuses iu tlie immediate noi,h nei,h noi,h beihood who give te your company a large trade iu thu movement of their to bacco, and of ether citizens inteiestcd in prepci ty, in the inipievcnicitt of the citv and .he convenience of the people, I would most lcspcctfully ask you that you reconsider yecr intention and give ns a biidge at the crossing lefcned te some thing like the Lime or Duke sticct biidge. It is very important in the fiist place that the biidge be tha full width of the street, with footways, se that pedes trians may be ficc from danger when teams of any descsiptieu aie en the bridge. The biidge v new only 'M feet wide. "'The stteet biing only 50 feet wide from hoitse te house.en either side of the bridge as laid down in the city ehait, the biidge would cost much lus-, than the Lime stieei, biidge, wh'uetht- stteet i fl lect wide. " 'Vf t oft- tt ttiir ?ift ivir tVrtiTi'tOfiik it jiiu ,ij umiij ii.jt iuuiviiiji vs,tikti f atul othc-isfiem the Pcnn iten wetks and from Best's boiler works, make it very im portant that the bridge should be excep tionally strong. "I should be veiy glad if you would con sider the matter favorably. It will be censideicd a recognition of the put of yourself and the-ic with whom you act in th-sc matters of the liberal trade our people thrown into the hands of your company. " Your office here alone last year sold 11S,SG1 tickets te passcngcis. "Very respectfully yeuis." On Frday the 23th ult. Mr. Leckaid, supciintcndcnt of Eastern division P.R. ll and Messis. Phillips and Wilsen, cn ginceis, came te Lmcaster, and in com- pany with incmbeis of councils, iha sticct committee, stteet commissioner, and my self, visited the site of the proposed bridge. Drawings wcic exhibited, one with all the nippeits ttniier the lead and footways, which would lequhethe approaches te the biidge fiem the neith and south te be raised two and one-half feet, se that tiains l mining en the railroad beneath would have sullicient headway. The height from the bed of the l.iiheatl 1 equit rd by tiains is 17 j feet. The ether plan has a girder running neith and south act ess the centie of the biidge about thtce feet in heigh above the level of the bridge, dividing the lead way into two diivcsef 11' feet each Iu addition te tlie roadways thu e will be a footway en each side of ten feet in width. The city eflicials present disappiovcdeCtho plan making necessary the lai-mgsef the approaches, shutting in as it would the pioeeities immediaMy joining the biidge en either side with an embankment of two and a-half feet iu height, 1 tinning out giadually te the present grade of Shipucu stieet at Tobacco avenue 0:1 the south, and te ;hsut sticct en tlie nor. 11. Mr. Leckard has kindly feiwaided a draft of the piopestd biidge for the infer matien of councils accompanied by a letter en the . subject, both of which I heicwith submit. Your attention is directed te the 4th paragraph of the letter in regard te the Duke street biidge. Very rcspectfuliv yours, Jse. T. MacGomele, Mayer. 31 r. I.ut-kariT-4 Letter. lie: Je'd: r. JiacGoniglcJIuyerof Lancaster: Dcai; Sin: Noting your favor of the 11th inst.. in iegard te rebuilding Shippen street biidge, and referring te our conver sation of a few days age eh the same sub ject. I beg te submit for the information and action of your councils a plan of the biidge as we propose te lcncw it. An examination of the same by your eity engineer, or ether competent expert, wilt show it te be fully as. strong if net stronger than the Lime street bridge. If the same is approved by your city councils, and the proper authorities of our company, I will have picpared an agree ment similar te that for the Lime street biidge embodying all the details. I would lcspcctfully ask that when this bridge is completed and accepted that the city accept the Duke street bridge which you are aw are was built about the same time as the Lime street biidge. and should have been accepted at the same time, but it seems it was emitted. As you will observe by the plan the ccuhe gitder will project about three feet abeve the level of the street. I would sug gest the city put a lamp at each cud of this gitder as ;. piotectien and guidance te the travel. In erdcrthat the matter may be matured as promptly as possible, I would be glad te have an caily teply. Yours huly, Wu. F. LeCKAKlt, SSnpt. P. D. Mr. Barnes moved that the plan be ac cepted, which wasagiccd te. lriiiii!iiithe Debt. Mr. McMulIcn wfl'ered the follewitig or dinance, which was read once, referred te the finance committee and repotted back with an alliimative recommendation : An Drilinance Te vml Ive hundud thousand dollar of l.'ir cri tliiuj certijlritlrs imtt bteitnmef thrcity of Lancaster at jQ.tr per centum interest -E'-rievi. lie U ordained bv the Select am I CniiHimn CennciNiif tliuCilvet Lancaster in council- n-i-i'inlili-il. Ui.it ter the purpnse et luuiliiii; at four per cent, interest two hun dred tltmts.ni,- liell.iri et tin- bended inth-lit-eilnc-et tlu'citver Lancitti-r, tlie Muvnr of tlie city is I.eti-hyiitittiiitipil te issui certill-c:it- et iiide!iIu.liu---.(r-:,nl titv tethc amount et titty thousand dell.srs., iu surli lerini us inn new pievittvil let-tlit-i-4siiiiit the saiur; Hiiiil eeitiluutrs tohcei denominations ofeue han dle d dollar-.. Iie hundred dollars and eni; thousand dell irs, rcdeeii.thlc in lawlul money et tin- 1'nited States at the pleasure eT the city aitcreni-yi-ara-ad v. itiiiu tucnty years treiu , tiu-ii.ue uieu-ei, unit ie near lnli-rest.piynlile -ini :ui it ii illy in Mich l.iwlul money, at tlie j.i'oel tour ii-cent, per muitim; also liktiir lihcati s te the amount el lilty tlieui.iutl tiel 1 u tj, the x tine iu at! ti-spects,init p.uahleatthe pleasitie el the city alter li e years, anil with i in twenty i-.ir lieni theil.itu'thi-reef.aiiil te i Le.ir uiteii-ntatletii-pet-tent, ptirunnuui; and ale lilce cert i!i cites te the amount et one luin ilied tlieiisiuil tiell.u-i, i In-b. line in all reipeets oiitpiy.ieieat tlie tliepleasureet tlie city alter ten jtats and uilhiii twenty years from the tl.ite theteet, and t h -it- uiteiest at lour per cunt, per annum, h ml cjitiik-.ites shall net Ik. ii.tlik- te local taxation, the mtei est en the same sh ill lv- made (i.ij.ililt: at the oilier et the Trensuter or the city et L-inc.ister. ami thev sh-ill h iveset luith .intl epresseil upon tlieir fje the ahevist),-eilietl eotidiliens. bn-.ir.Tli.it tin Mayer et thucily is herchy aut!.i!iicd am! empeiw mil tecll and disMisi: et .my et lie ce.titU-atcs et Indehtedness is sued under tUI--, eidinance for lawful money et the 1'niti il btates. at net less than their par value, ami te apply the pr.icucils thereof te the lie, meutef e.-rtilie-.it-.-siit iudulitednessef tli eityet Lane iklerbeai iiij; six per cent, inter est, neu duca-iil i ayalile, hut tin ct-itillcates hi u-by authorized nhall li us. il ler no ether put pose whatsoever, nor the proceeds thereof ; I'retiilul, That nethmui this ordinance shall he const iitd te uutlioii.:e any incinise fit the indebtedness of tlie city et Lancaster. t ------- ----- .-.. ....... tsr nulls en the dollar en all siibieets el tax ate in. An annual t ir el one anil enc-mtar- nti-m lereity puipe-i-i, is lieiel,-dirctcl te he a"srs-t cl aetl leiietl te jt.iy tlie principal and liiieit-sL ou nie aoevc leans, collect nun unit pij able as ether city taxes. Council thcti adjourned. COIKTOI- CU.-.I31KN 1'LKAS. Itjfurc .Jutli;e l.ivliislii. The case of Abraham Lcamau vs. Peter Detshcinicr is stiil en trial down stairs. j Uvidenci was piedueul by the defense te I show th:if. the piepertv belongs te Mrs. Uniting, te whet.i it was given by Themas Baumgaithier. The plaintiffs, en the ether hand, alle'.e that Mis. Hinting has no money in the piei-crty, and that Mr. Baunigaitlncr holds a tneitgage against it. Tlie whole of the meining was taken up by argument of count-id, and the case has net jet gene te the jury. ISeierc .JiiiIi: r.ittcrxen. Frank Ituutingcr. new for the use of Jehn M. Tayler, for the benefit of credit ors of the said Fiank Huntanger vs. Commonwealth fiie insurance company. This isan action brought te lecevcr $1,200 the amount of insurance en the plaintiff's stoic, which was situated in the tewu of Tietuent, Schuylkill county. The plaiu till" was a merchant and kept a .stock of goods, including dry goods, groceries, no tions, etc. On the night of August 17, 1STS. a litis broke out iu thu town and a number el buildings wete destroyed, among them being the store of the plaintiff, together with the whole stock. The less, ucceiditig t' the plaintiffs es timate, amounted te.s.i,."S.-10. Aftcrwaids the estimate w is sent te the defendants, who rcfif-nl te piy the insurance. On this night the plaintiff, after the fire was disceveicd in the back part of the store (it originated ii, another building), unlocked the front deer and took out several buck ets, lie then locked the deer and seen altciw.uds went home te save his house which he heard was hi danger. ' On ciess examination the plaintiff said that lie did net attempt te take the goods out as he did net knew wheie te put them ; he did want te put them in the street he-CiaT-c thev weie njt insured there. On ti ial. The eftiec of the insurance company was in Columbia, this. 001111(3-, and that is -why the tuit is in out ceuit Tin: nucreKs ThPli-Uexiil.i- .Monthly .Meeting Vcsterduy. The monthly meeting of the Lancaster County Medical society was held yestci day iu the Grand Army hail. The following membcis were piesent : Ds.s. AtJec and Albright, Lancaster; Biyson, Maiticvillt ; Bruncr, Columbia; Belcniits and A. J. Ilcrr, Lancaster; Biubakci. Akion ; Blackwood and lompten, Lancaster; Craig, Col Cel li r.ibia ; M. Davis, Millers', ille ; J. H. Davh, Seudcisbnrg ; S. T. Davis and Lhlcr, Lancaster; Hiestand, Mt. Jey; M. L. 1 Icrr, Lancaster ; B. F. I Terr, Millers illc; Kehlcr, Xcw Helland; Kcndig, S ilun '.. : Linea weaver,' Columbia : Living. sten, Metmtville; Lcaman, Lcamau Place ; F. M. Musser, Witnicr ; J. II. Musser, Lampeter; If. I", alusser, Witmcr ; Park, Gap; Xerb-ck, LititiS; I'camsuydcr, IIinkIcti)wn;.Stehmati, Lancaster ; Shaef fer, Faimcrsville; Trabert. Beamstewii ; Tfioiiip,en, Wiiglitsville; Wclchans, Ian e.istcr; Theme, aLt'sterseiivillc ; J. L. Zicgler, Mt. Jey. On account of the absence of Dr. Dea vcr, the picstdent. Dr. Tliompsen was calhd te the chair. Dr. J. Hhcnk, of this city, was elected .1 membci of thes i-iety", and several ethers weie neiniii tted. The u-peifs showed that the people of 1 he county aie pietty healthy at ptcsent, al.h juidi then an: a geed many measles-. r Intcic-itaig pap'ets weie lead by Dr. Brunei-, .'sfehman ai.d S. T. Davi, after which theie was discussion. That wasabeutallthat was transacted of public interest a:d the meeting adjourned rite I. litis S.iiinps. The jielice elliccis import the following lamps unlit Ia.t niuht : First ward, 8; Second. 10 ; Tliitd. 1 ; Fourth. 9 ; Fifth, le ; Sixth, 7 ; Seventh, 0 : Eighth, 2 ; Ninth, 11. Total, 72.
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