LANCASTERDAIL1 1KTELUGENCEK, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1881.
iUnrastct Intelligencer
TUESDAY EVENING, APBIL 6, 1881.
Municipal Beform.
Philadelphia is, for the first time in
many years, about te trythe experi
ment of a non-partisan municipal gov gev
eminent, in the executive branch ; and
with its influence and that of the ad
vanced reform sentiment reaching effec
tively into the councils, there will be a
fair chance in all the departments
for municipal reform te have a
trial. Mayora, elected outside of
the regular party organizations and
upon ether issues than these which
concern national parties, Philadelphia
and ether great cities of the country
have had before. But in no instance
which occurs te us wag the issue se dis
tinctly that of municipal reform as in
that campaign out of which Mr. King's
election te the mayoralty was the tri
umphant result. Mr. Kinc is a Demo
crat, without evasion or turning, and he
ewes his election mainly te the Demo
cratic voters of Philadelphia, but he has
no right under the circumstances of his
election and the oblisatiens of his
pledges te be a whit of a Democratic
any mere than a Republican mayor
nor either for the matter of that. He
gives evidence that, he proposes te meet
these obligations, by retaining all of
Mayer Stokley's police who are worthy
of retention en grounds of official fitness,
making their tenure of office, however,
dependent upon rigid abstention from
that prostitution of their office in politi
cal service, which lias generally been
characteristic of partisan police forces
in large citiesnetably se of Mayer
Stokley's.
A non-partisan police force must nec
essarily be an initial step in municipal
reform, since net only will fitter men be
selected for this service, but unfit men
will be dismissed without regard te po
litical considerations, and the time and
ability of policemen can be exclusively
given te their duties, instead of being di
verted from them te the manipulation
of primaries and the black-jacking of
these who differ from them in their
viewa of state and national politics.
Moreover, a large police force, in the in
terest of an existing administration, is a
powerful factor te defeat the will of the
people after they had made up their
mind te change it.
Mayer-elect King in his inaugural has
a geed word for ether needed reforms
in city government and throughout he
declares for a non-partisan administra
tion of it, by henert business men en
honest business principles. lie has the
courage and the character te impress
these things upon the city government
of Philadelphia and if he succeeds he
can be mayor as long as he wants the
office.
But of much mere account than te
him or te Philadelphia will be the results
of this experiment te the cause of geed
municipal government ever the country.
The awful growth of corporate indebt
edness, the demoralization of the various
departments, their waste of money and
neglect of duty, and the dissoluteness of
the police system generally, have made
the people of the cities tax-payers and
renters have a common interest earn
est in their demands for reform, and the
example of Philadelphia for geed or evil
is sure te be wide reaching.
Aud if this plan is te succeed in cities
why net apply it te townships and coun
ties ? The bane of our political system
is this remanding of local issues te
national parties. Lines which run paral
lel should cress at right angles. The
government of the country from Wash
ington down, instead of from the ward
and township up, isfatalte political hon
esty and purity of civil administration.
What is needed is such independence
and fairness as will induce the people
of every community te elect their local
officers and settle their local differences
en local issues alone. Questions of na
tional political or financial policy should
have no mere te de with the choice of
mayors, school directors, councilmen,
justices and supervisors than questions
of religion. Everytime any concession
is made te them in the choice of local
officials the citizen sacrifices some of his
self-respect, much of the common geed
and deals a blew at the integrity of our
institutions.
The amusement season of the ap
proaching summer will be eventful for
the efforts of the rival circus managers
te surpass each ether in the popularity
and dazzling splendor of their attrac
tions. Already they are parading their
cavalcades through the streets of the
leading cities aud sending word of their
comings te the rural population. But
Barnum's seven giants and twenty ele
phants, Coup's Zulus and Forepaugh's
$10,000-prize most beautiful woman, are
nothing compared with the moral and
political circus which is in store for the
people of Lancaster county at the ap
proaching Republican primary elections.
In the corresponding canvass et three
years age the trained politicians were
taken by surprise and the amateurs
were led en by a very .few of the regulars
te a victory almost unexpected te them
selves. Sinde then the situation has
changed with the completeness of a kleid kleid kleid
oscepic view. The old rings are all
broken up and new ones formed in a
manner that astonishes the veteran pol
itician. Ancient enemies repose en the
besom of each ether and partnerships
once deemed impossible te sunder are
snapped apart like iron en a frosty morn
ing. McMellen linking his forces with
the Examiner party and Sensenig and
the New Era iu full fellowship ; Jno
M. Stehman seeking vindication ; Slo Sle Slo
kem in search of a partnership, limited,
with Geist, Sensenig and Jehnsen in the
general business of reform and bridged
building; Eshleman looking for an
office wherever it is te be had, and Fred.
Smith pausing en the eve of
battle, are some of the features of the
coming show. The progress of events
thus far has only been the marshalling
of the novelties and the forming of the
animals into the precession. When the
ring ierfermauee begins the fun will
only be seen. Soen the pesters will an
nounce the pregramme and the managers
Will let the band play.
The new Democratic city executive
committee, of Philadelphia, organized
last evening, refusing te receive McMul
lin and putting a reform Democrat in his
place, rejecting Jehn Slevin of un
savory reputation, and excluding a re
presentative of Sam Jeseph's gan-r. This
was all done well. But we suspect that
one Charles P. Burke, admitted te mem
ship, had better also have been let slide.
Gee. McGowan's candidate for chair
man was beaten and Gee. Bull elected.
A very geed beginning for the Philadel
phia Democracy.
Bevoltjttexs de net go backward
and if the dawn of municipal reform in
Philadelphia is contemporaneous with
the re-organization of the Democratic
party there we have double cause for con
gratulation. m
Is the firm of Sensenig, Geist & John Jehn John
eongeneral dealers in reform te be en
larged by the admission of Slokem as a
special partner V
f MINOR TOPICS.
The Democratic candidate for mayor,
Wm. Means, was elected by 1,200 majority
in Cincinnati yesterday. Deacon Smith's
paper was " fur 'im."
The steamer Austrian, from Glasgow,
shipped oue hundred and twenty-three
young men and women of the farming
class at Galway Bay as emigrants for the
United States. Preparations for emigra
tion are being uiade throughout the coun
try. Tueiie is no place in the world under
any government where se immense a
rcvenue is paid as at the custom house
in Xew Yerk. A million of dollars in geld
coin is net infrequently received in a sin
gle dav. and the avcraore for two thirds of
the secular days of the year exceeds $300,
000. These enormous duties are paid en
imported articles that arc consumed by
SO, 000, 000 of American people.
Oct of 13,000 federal offices hi Mary
land, Republicans of color held only 30,
and out or $900,000 salary they only get
$30,000. Te a delegation of this race
complaining of these things, Garfield said:
''I de net concur with any principle that
excludes a man from public service because
he is of one color or the ether. 1 de net
think the fact that a man is black entitles
him te an office, or that a man should be
placed in office because he is white. His
qualifications for an office are, of course,
the primary ground en which action ought
te be had, and in se far as I can prevent
the exclusion of people from their proper
share of the functions of the government
because of color I shall be very glad te
de se."
Tuc Philadelphia Ecening Telegraph, Jse
highly commended in the Senate by
Mitchell as a Democratic paper speaks
of Mahoue as " a rebel brigadier, sitting
ea the Republican beuches of the Senate
of the United States, and resting in the
besom of a Republican president upon a
pillow of flowers plucked from the govern
ment conservatory, with the arms of the
Ceuklings and Hears about him, and from
that point of vantage boastfully proclaims
his prowess as a rebel who battled for four
years te destroy the Union which the Re
publicans saved with the most precious
blecd ever shed boasting, tee, of his ef
fort te induce his fellow rebels te repudi
ate at the present hour the dcle of Vir
ginia, chiefly aud honestly due te North
cin loyal creditors."
Mr.. Clark, of Philadelphia, wants hiui
arif written dewu an ass en the records of
the Pennsylvania Legislature. He yester
djy introduced into the Heuse a preamble
aud resolution lauding Mahone and eulo
gizing Cameren, and had read as part of
his remarks the speech of Senater Came Came
eon, lately read in the Senate. Mr. Wicst
moved te amend by adding after Mahone,
Mr. Clark's name. Net agree ! te. Mr.
Bierly moved te attach " rebel brigadier
and rcpudiater " te Mahone's name. The
amendment was net received. Mr. Rud
diinau opposed ths whole thing as sensa
tional, and moved te commit 1 lie matter
te the committee en federal relations. Mr.
Brown, of Erie, said that when Mahone
turned his back en the country and fought
against the Union, he ought te be de
nounced, and he did net believe the reso
lutions expressed the sentiment of the
people of the state. Mr. Clark then with
drew the resolution but net until after he
was written down an ass.
PERSONAL..
A "Carlvle lectureship" is te be
founded at Edenburg university en soiue
such subject as history or German litera
ture as a memeral of the late writer.
It is reliably reported that if Gen. Long Leng
street is recalled te take the Georgia
marshalship, cx-Pestraaster General May
nard, of Tennessee, will succeed him as
minister te Turkey.
Disuaelt has prepared his memoirs,
which he means te entrust te his former
secretary, Lord Rowton, net te be pub
lished until ten years after his death, when
the pungent criticisms made en his con
temporaries will strike less keenly en their
descendants.
Prince Carelath has obtained a decree
of divorce against his eloping wife, nee
Countess Hcrtzfeld. Count Herbert
Bismarck's marriage with the divorced
lady will seen take place. The count
new appears te be reconciled with Ins
father.
Hen. IIiester Clpier, ex-reprcscuta-tive
from the Reading district .of Pennsyl
vania, has ion ted the celebrated Tayler
mausien, en Eighteenth and New Yerk
avenue, Washington, known widely as the
" Haunted Heuse," and will fit it up in
old time style, such as it appeared in when
first occupied, in 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Cly
mcr will return after their return from
Europe in the fall.
Mr. Herace D. Gast, formerly of this
city, has received the Republican nomina
tion for city treasurer of Pueblo, Col Col
orado. If the place was net sueh a Dem
ocratic stronghold we would have the
pleasure before long of congratulating
our friend upon his election te an im-
nertant trust As it is. Mr.' Gast's nmn.
inatien is a high compliment, and an in-
dicatien of his popularity in his new Wcs- I
tern home.
In Pougbkeepsie, N. Y., yesterday Miss
Lelia L. Merse, youngest daughter of
the late Professer Merse, and Mr. Fbakz
RranfEL, the eminent pianist, were mar-
ried. The bride were white silk and
satin, enriched with embroidery, beads
aud pearls. There was suspended ever
the bridal party a large bough', out
from a Marechal Neil rose tree, heavily
laden with buds. The presents were
numerous and of rare beauty, net the
least of which was a check for a large
sum from Miss Merse's old friend, Samuel
J. Tilden. After a collation Mr. and Mrs.
Rummcl started for Washington, where
the German Ambassador will seen give a
reception in their honor. They will sail
in the steamship Main for their new home
in England.
Jenx W. Maceay, the benauza king,
one of the richest men in the world, is a
slender, tallish, well-knit man of forty
seven, with a clean, well-marked face
showing decision and frankness. His hair
and moustache are brown, tinged with
gray. His cye is keen and penetrating,
his skin is ruddy, wholesome, vascular,
tanned with Nevada sunshine and steamed
in the Turkish bath temperature of the
lower level of the Comstock lode. He is
all muscle and nerve and snows temper
ate and careful habits. When he walks it
is with the sure, ngile tread of the leopard
or the lynx, like one who might spring at
any moment. He speaks with .a half
stammer, which at first impresses one as
being the slowness of a man who deliber
ates while he speaks. The miners come
up and speak te him aud call him "Jehn"
and there is between them a sense of com
mand blended with comradeship which ap
pears odd te metropolitan eyes.
TUOttE WHO KILL.
Sema Hcrleuk Family Affairs.
Patrick Shcaran, a railroad empleye,
was murdered at Geld Creek, Arkansas.
His divorced wife, Mrs. Mayer, has been
arrested en suspicion.
James H. Schcffer, aged 38 years, com
mitted suicide in the Continental hotel, in
Buffalo. He disappeared en Wednesday,
after it had been discovered that he bad
embezzled $9,000 belonging te his' father
ia-law. and forged netes and checks for
mere than $4,000 He leaves a wife and
three children.
Mrs. Ann Schaal,a geed-looking widow,
was found dead in her house iu Chicago,
with a bullet wound in her breast. She
had threatened te commit suicide through
jealousy, but Edward Heclau, with whom
she was intimate, has been arrested en
suspicion for murder.
Jehn Douehue was arrested iu Paterson,
New Jersey, en suspicion of having killed
his lather. The latter was drunk en Sat
urday night, aud, according te the state
ment of his wife and son, fell en the stove
sustaining injuries of which he died. It
appears, however, that the father and son
quarreled, and that the old man, before
he died, told a physicirn and atoeliccman
that "his wife aud son bad rebed him of
his property, aud were trying te kill him."
Old man Richard Welch, living at Der
by, Perry county, Iud., saw his son,
"Ment," watching him as he was entering
the house of his paramour, and he shot
five times at his son, missing him. On
Sunday, "Met.t" and his mother, who had
been consulting a lawyer about proceeding
against the old man, met him en the read,
when he drew a revolver aud Baid, "One
of them must die." ' "Ment." at once also
drew his pistol aud fired three shots, one
piercing his father's brain, another his
heart, aud the thud his abdomen. The
son and mother then coolly walked off,
leaving the old man lying in the read.
WHOLESALE CALAMITIES ABROAD.
Ttr Tnensaml Clilimincn Murdered In Void
IIIoeU Millions of .Property Destroyed.
A war of races has broken out in the val
ley of Caucte, Panama, where mere than
two thousand Chinamen have been bar
barously murdered by the negrees and
chelas. On one plantation six huudred in in
eifensivc ineu were murdered in cold bleed.
All the cane fields, sugar houses, ma
chinery, etc., have been turned and de
stroyed, and property te the value of
millions has been wrecked by these assas
sins. All the foreigners have fled from
the valley, which is one of the
most fertile and productive in
Peru. Seme of them have been killed.
Fuil particulars are net yet at hand, as
the work of murder and plunder is still
going en. It is feared the adjacent valley
ei uinnciia will suiier next. The Chil
ian rcfu&c te send troops te quell the (lis
tnrbanccs. Mr. Henry Swayue is a heavy
loser. A number of women and children
sought refuge en beard a couple of vessels
which were at anchor at Cerre Agul, and
Mr. Swaync has chartered the steamer
He and sent her te that pert te
baing the refugees te Callae. It
is feared similar scenes will be
enacted throughout Peru. Even if the
Chilians leave Lima foreigners will cer
tainly have te fight for their lives and put
down the canaille, who are already boast
ing of what they intend doing as seen as
the Chilian troops lcave. All plund
erers caught are soundly flogged, and un
der this system the states are safer than
they were a few weeks age.
A list of fifty property owners has been
issued by the Chilians, from each of whom
they demand a war contribution in the
shape; of 20,000 hard dollars. Thus a
sum of one million will be raised, which is
the quota for the first month. The
Chilian government has determined te
collect a million a mentli for the expenses
of the army.
The fifty gentlemen named have held a
meeting at which some of them resolved
net te -pay. As the penalty for non-payment
is the destruction of property worth,
three times the amount of the quota, few
of them will fail te comply with the con
tribution. The houses of these who have
net paid by the 18th will be destroyed, it
is said, en that day.
3,000 KILLED OK INJURED.
An Kartbqimke en the Island of Scie That
Mestreyed Many Villages.
The earthquake at Scie was
also felt at Tseme and the num
ber of persons who were killed
and injured is estimated at three thou
sand. The shock was also felt at Caraste,
Eubala and at Tinas. At Syria one house
fell.
The island of Scie belongs te Turkey
and lies off the west coast of Asia Miner,
four miles west of Cape Blance. It is one
of the richest and most beautiful islands
of the Levant. Previous te 1822 this
island wa3 the best governed and most
prosperous in the Grecian archipelago,
and had thriving silk manufactories
and considerable trade with Constan
tinople, Syria and Egypt, but in the above
year some of its inhabitants having
joined the Samiaus in their revolt)
nearly all the population, comprising from
120,030 te 130,000 persons, were massacred
or sew into slavery, and the buildings and
plantations destroyed. By the end of
August of that year the former Christian
population of 104,000 was reduced te 2,000
and since then, although there have been
ether efforts te dispute the supremacy of
the Turks, the crescent has still remained
in the ascendent. Scie, or Kostre, the
capital, is near middle of the last coast,
'aad in 1875 bad population of 14,500.
PhiladelDhia's new maver " leeks for
ward te the early introduction of the
electric light as a substitute for gas in the
illumination of the streets," and urges
that Belgian blocks be uniformly preferred
te cobble steues for street paving.
CHAKGE8 AGAINST A. 3IAXOB.
AfldftTlts or Bribery Presented ATerleus te
Taking tne Oath.
The administering of the oath te Mayer
Rewe in Reading yesterday was accom
panied with unusual scenes. Previous te
the swearing iu affidavits were presented
chargingthe mayor-elect with having pro
cured his election by unlawful means.
The affidavits charge that shortly before
the late municipal election, in which Wil-iiam-G.
Rewe was the Republican candi
date for mayor, parties met him at his
place of business and arranged for certain
considerations te carry their divisions for
him. James C. Malston, the Democratic
colored constable for the Tenth ward,
swears that he premised te carry the ward
for a keg of beer and the order for the beer
was given him. Terreuce Shannen and
several Democrats anxious te sell out
Mayer Tyson were with him. Anether
man swears he was paid one dollar te vote
for Rewe, the offer beim-Jmade by the mayor
elect himself. There "were several mere
affidavits, all of which charged Rewe with
bribery. The affidavits weie presented te
councils by Geerge Rader, Demecratice
select councilman from Rewe's ward. The
charges were read te Rewo before enter
ing the joint convention. They made no
impression en him, however, for a few
minutes later he asked that the oath be
administered aud he took it in the presence
of 'a great crowd, who had come te see
what he would de about the affidavits.
The next point against Rewe by the Dem
ocrats was objection te his bends, which
amounted te nothing, however. The con
vention adjourned with considerable bad
feeling between the two parties. Seme
Democrats say that they will yet bring
Rewo te the dust by entering a criminal
prosecution against him. Select council
elected William H. Ecllcy president aud
Jehn H. Keppleman clerk, and common
council James K. Getz president and Geerge
II. Felix clerk.
STATE ITEMS.
The town council of Easten re-elected
E. E. Hemingway president, and D. W.
Ncvin town clerk,
W- F. Jerdan was yesterday inaugu
rated mayor of the growing city of Brad
ford, the metropolis of the " new oil
dorado."
James Henry, colored, of Philadelphia,
was struck upon the head with a brick
and had his skull fractured by Braxten
Ellisen, during a quarrel en Sunday night
at Twelfth and Pearl street.
Commissioner Sainl Garrett, of Schuyl
kill, lately eminent for prosecuting em
bezzling commissioners has been arrested
for failing te account for three $100 bends
which he issued,
Erie's Vaudeville variety theatre has
' blinked" and a number of the artists
are mourning the sudden departure of the
proprietor, C. II. McDonald, owing them
various amounts ranging from 25 te $00
apiece for salary.
Mrs. Sarah Redgers,ajed 57 years, went
into Murray's restaurant, Pottsville, Sat
urday night, drank two glasses of ale, and
en being offered a third glass was seized
with vomiting, fell back iu- her chair,
gasped several times, and died. Apoplexy.
Mr. II. E. Packer says that he will give
$25,000 toward a $50,000 opera house in
Mauch Chunk. Mr. Lafayette Lentz says
he will give $3,125. General Lilly says
he will give $5,000 toward an opera house
if a room in it can be devoted te a library
and reading-room. ' Hen. Jehn Leisenring
says that he is in favor of an opera house
te be built by ceuucil with the consent of
tke citizens. The vetcis of the town, at
an election held for the purpose, decided
by ballet whether the borough council
shall build a public hall and market
house.
Iu the organization of the Pottsville
borough council yesterday objection was
made te the sweating in of Ephraim Phil
lips, a member-elect,, en the ground of a
violation of the election laws and convic
tion of a misdemeanor. It was agued by
the friends of Phillips that a pardon by
the governor had removed the disqualifi
cation, but this was denied by his oppo
nents. A motion te admit Phillips was
carried by a vote of 15 te C, and he was
sworn in. T. A. Reilly was re-elected
president of council, and the following
officials were also re-elected : B. Bryson
McCool, borough solicitor ; A. B.Cechran,
borough surveyor ; Geerge Dewalt, super super
viter ; Edwin C. Ruch, tax cellcctar. The
following officers were also sworn in :
Jeseph Derr, chief burccss ; Stephen
Kedgers, high censtable ; a. M. Mortimer,
treasurer, and F. M. Bertram. J. E. Proth Preth Proth
eree and B. F. Olewinc. auditors.
LATE3T NEWS BY MAIL.
Stockholders of the Hoosac Tunnel &
Saratoga, Mohawk & Lake Erie and
Utica & Syracuse railroad companies yes
terday voted in favor of the proposed con
solidation with the Bosten Hoosac Tunnel
& Western railroad company.
Violent squalls prevailed Saturday and
Sunday in tLe vicinity of Londen. Manv
small beats filled with holiday pleasure
seekers were capsized. Of the beats hired
at Hammersmith en Saturday, eight have
failed te return. It is thought that six
teen lives were lest. Four bodies have
already been washed ashore. There are
many inquiries at Chiswick and Hammer
smith for the missing.
Mrs. Louisa Sargent, of Santa Rita,
Cal., started alone en horseback te visit a
neighbor. The horse was found sometime
afterward grazing by the roadside, "and
upon search being made, the body of Mrs.
Sargent was found buried near a shep
herd's camp. She had evidently been out
raged ana murdered. Her head was crush
ed in. A Mexican shepherd was arrested
en suspicion and is in danger of being
lynched.
Maj. C. Maurice Smith fell from a buggy
in Pert Royal, Va., and broke his neck.
He was once en the Press and en the Rich
mond Whig. Before that he had been
United States district attorney at Salt
Lake City, Utah. He became conspicu
ous in the prosecutieu of the murderers e'f
the famous Lee massacre ' case, which he
pressed with such vigor that he was sev
eral times threatened by assassins. He
also prosecuted Brigham Yeung before
the United States district court for some
trifling offense, during the investigation of
which Judge Sinclair, of this state, who
presided, commanded the apestle te un
cover his head in court, which he declined
te de, and was only compelled upon
threats of imprisonment.
Coel.Headed 1'eople.
Just before the beginning of the second
act of " Felicia," in the Union Square
theatre, New Yerk, en Saturday night,
the sudden appearance of smoke and a crv
of fire caused a panic among the audience,
and a general rush for the street. Tire
ushers threw open the doers, and the
building was cleared in a few minutes,
many of the audience losing opera glasses
and articles of apparel, but none, se far as
known, sufl'eriair serious injury in the
crush. The fire started in a closet iu the
basement, and was extinguished with lit
tle damage.
Removals.
Eugene Bauer removed from the Excel
sior saloon yesterday and took possession
of the saloon recently occupied by Fred
crick Weehrle, en East King street. Jehn
Scheenbergcr, formerly at the Tremont
house, has taken Mr. Bauer's old place,
and Mr. Weehrle has gene te the Tremont.
Dr. C. .A. Greene has removed his
. v wiuuiuiuuu mums huuj itgiia I
Queen street, te Ne. 14G East King street. I
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BART ITEMS.
OUR GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
The first of April has passed and some
of the terrors of poverty -have lest their
weight for at least a time, and net a few
of Bart's citizens are no doubt relieved.
Mr. Abner Armstrong fell from a lead
of " moving " a few days age and was
somewhat seriously injured, but at pres
ent is slowly improving.
Arthur Themas, of Green Tree, the
ceachmaker, has left Bart for a certainty
this time,aud gene across thn river te Yerk
county. Many are the hearts that are
sad since Arthur has left the township and
no doubt some disappointed ones are look
ing with longing eyes te the westward.
The work en Martin & Fritz's tobacco
warehouse gees steadily en,' but has been
somewhat retarded this week by thorough
weather. The frame work is ready ler
raising, and in a few days the site of the
burnt store will be covered with a mere
imposing building.
Jehn E. Draucker started with his to
bacco te Lancaster en Satnrday with quite
a wagon train ; he leaded light leads and it
required eight two-horse teams te takp his
crop.
The sales of tobacco for the last week
were net very large and some net fully
ascertained. Martin &Fritz purchased of
Geerge Pogsen, acres at 13 aud 3;
Jacob Leech. 2 acres at 12, 0 and 3. Diller
&Rntteref J. G. Myers, J acre at 6 and 3;
Shirk bought of Jehn Draucker, 8 acres at
17, G and 3 ; Jacob Hartman, 3 acres at
1G, 6 and 3; Rebert Rea 2 acres ; Isaae
Gilland, sold for 15, 5 and 3 ; Martin
Picket, 15, 6 and 3; William Bently, 14,
G and 3 ; Jehn Cain, sr., 8, 5 and 2.
OBITUARY.
Ucutit of Rev. Charles Frederick William
Heppe.
Rev. Charles Frederick William Heppe,
former pastor of JJiea Lutheran church,
this city, died at his residence in Roches
ter, N. Y at neon en Monday, April 4,
aged 57 years. . Mr. Heppe was born in
the city of Hannever, Germany, in 1824,
aud in that city studied both law and
medicine. About the year 1851 he emi
grated te America, and seen after com cem com
menccd the study of theology, graduating
at Gettysburg in 1855. His first pastoral
call was te serve a German Lutheran
church in Baltimore, and while in that
city he married Miss Margaret Bruning, a
daughter of Rev. Bruning, and sister of
Miss Bruning, the school teacher, of
this city. - On leaving Baltimore be
served ' congregations in Orwigsburg
and Pottsville, Schuylkill county, and
in 18G5 received and accepted a call from
Zion Lutheran church, iu this eitv, which
he served faithfully for a period of ten
years, when he received and accepted a
call from the German Lutheran church at
Rochester, N. Y., where he has been
preaching for the past six years. Rev.
Heppe was regarded as a flne scholar, a
sound theologian, a cogent reasener and a
brilliant speaker. He was a man of great
force of eharacter and of advanced and lib
eral ideas. Net long after he located in
Rechestcr, he was chosen as president of
the miuisterium of New Yerk, and was
ackuewled as one of the leading divines
among German Lutherans. He leaves a
wife and seven children te mourn the less
of a kind and loving husband and father.
Three ether of his children died while be
was stationed in this city, and their re
mains are interred in Zion cemetery. Rev.
Heppe's funeral will take place en Thurs
day, iu Rochester, aud will be attended by I
iicnry uecrr and wile, and perhaps ether
friends from Lancaster. The vessff of
Zion Lutheran church, of this city, en
hearing of the death of their former pas
ter, held a meeting last evening and
adopted a series of resolutions of condo
lence, which will be found in another
part of this paper.
Deatu of Mrs. Antheny Lechlcr.
Catherine Lechler, wife of Antheny
Lechlcr, died at the residence of her hus
band en Seuth Lime street this morning at
9 o'clock. She had been suffering for some
time from dropsy and was thought te be
better this morning. She was suddenly
taken worse, however, and at the hour
above named she breathed her last. Mrs.
Lechler s maiden name was McLaughlin
and at the time of her death she was 65
years of age. sha was the mother of five
children all of whom are -grown. Mrs.
Samuel II. Pice and Mrs. A. D. Gyger are
her daughters.
.
A Celd WaTe.
Winter continues te linger in the lap of
Spring. The mercury this morning fell
below 20. Water standing in vessels in
exposed places last night was covered this
morning with ice an inch in thickness.
Seme of the store windows are painted by
Jack Frest as nicely as they were in Jan
uary. The wheel houses at the water
works are clogged with frost and ice giving
the building a decidedly wintry appear
ance. A brisk northwester makes the
windows rattle. Overcoats, furs, and
mufflers are again in demand. Early veg
etable have been "nipped in the bud?'
The coal business is active and ice-men are
down in the mouth, and people generally.
arc loeKing anxiously lertue "slowly rising
temperature," premised by Gen. Hazen,
the unsuccessful successor of Old Proba
bilities. A Surprise rarty.
Yesterday August Nutte and family re
moved into their new home, North Prince
street, between Lemen and James. In the
evening they were surprised by the appear
ance of a party of their friends, number
ing twenty-five couples or mere, each of
whom carried a basket stored with deli
cacies of all kinds, and, "without leave or
license," took possession of the house,
laid a banquet, "fit te set before a king,"
and after the geed things Had been liber
ally sampled, passed the evening in music
and dancing. About a dozen members of
the Mamnercher dropped in during the
evening and shared in the festivities, which
were greatly enjoyed by all present.
Cornets Presented.
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. D. N.
Martin, J. C. Gast and Gee. Fraim, mem
bers of the City band, in behalf of a num
ber of liberal contributors presented their
leader, Daniel Clcmmens, and Geerge A.
Martin each with a silver E fiat cernef.
The instruments were manufactured by
C. G. Conn, of Elkhart, Ind., and were
obtained through the agency of Alex. 31c
Killips, of this city. ' Mr. Clemmens's in
strument is geld finished while the ether
is plain silver. The presentation speech
was made by D. N. Martin in his best
style. The instruments are en exhibition
in Rhoads & Bre3. window and attract
much attention.
first of April Bnslness.
The financial and legal business of the
county which culminates at this season
was by no means all finished up en the
"first." Since April 1, fully as many
judgments, mortgages and deeds have
been left at the court-house for record as
were handed in en that day. 349 judg
ments were left for record en Friday, but
the number te this time runs up te ever
700. In addition te the 157 deeds entered
op the first ever 160 mere have been re
corded and the mortgages have increased
trem e te ld and the returns are net all
in yet.
Cylinder Head Blown Oat.
This morning the cylinder head of the
engine drawing Uarrisburg express east
blew out a short distance east of -Eliza-bethtewn.
The train was delaved for an
ueiUl
hour
or mere.
THE FOLXnCAI. OUTLOOK.
Kenewed Activity l Republican Circles.
The politicians who are arranging for
tke Republican primaries in May were
very active yesterday, and the spirit
which pervaded the best workers told
very plainly that the first of April busi
ness once being disposed of there is te be
no let-up in the het contest that
will grew in intensity from new until
the day of political settlement. It is very
certain thas the new and startling combi
nations, en either side, of these who have
hitherto been at daggers' points which we
have outlined, are forming and will abide
te.the end. The spectacle of Levi Sen
senig and B. Frank Eshleman en the side
of Brether Geist is especialy harrowing
te- Commedore Hiestand and he has
tried te ridicule, coax and threaten
the old Bull Ring leader into a dissolution
of the unholy alliance. The virtuous
New Bra party chuckle at their acquisition
and are especially pleased at EsMeman's
contribution te the capital stock of the
new firm, since, as chairman of the county
committee, he can control and assign
the printing of the tally sheets
ptc, and see te it that enlv
paper with private water marks is
used se that no frauds-can be perpetuated
by the ether side. This was Chair
man J. W. Jehnsen's little game of three
years age, and it is ene of value. Esto
nian's chief stake in the game is Gee. W.
Eaby for clerk of quarter sessions with
various chances at his own political future.
Eshleman and Sensenig are net the only
ones of the old BulL Ring who want te
haunt the "Reform" bomb proof these
days.
The Eberlysare safe in the fold ; it is
claimed that Ben Wissler, Fred Smith and
Jack Wcisc want te get there and that
even Squire Slokem is resting en the top
rail of the fence, te see where his pos
sessions lie.
Anew element is introduced into the
canvass for sheriff by the candidacy of
Cel. David Miles. His announcement
leeks as though it had some purpose ether
than his own success. He cannot win. He
has been register. He m3y hurt some
body but it is hard te see whom me3t.
Certainly net High. High's strength is
solid and the mere candidates are run the
mere the opposition te him will be di
vided.
The prothenotary contest remains the.
centre of the battle. The vote between
Fridy and Skiles will be the test of the
strength of the factions. Each has a
strong personal following, but the factions
will divide en them, as factions, mere dis
tinctly than any ether office.
Dr. Compten was getting in his work
among the farmers yesterday. Umblc
stock has been rising, and he is rated as
the second or third candidate. Wissler
will be en ene of the slates, and either
Compten or Umble ou the ether. Either
side would be glad te take Wissler, both
claim him. Jehnsen prefers Compten and
cash. But if the New Era paity can secure
the dusty miller they will consider their
ticket complete.
Fer clerk of orphans court Rceser and
Spurrier divide the leadership of the race.
Alderman Spurrier was ranging en Bar
bary Coast for the first time yesterday. It
may -be set down that Spurrier will be ou
the Examiner slate. Dr. Gatchell runs
Seurbeer and Jehn R. Smith is stumping
for himself, n. g. Reeser is expected
te swing in the east end for the New Era
party.
Jehu D. Clinten is the most formidable
opposition that Eaby has for clerk of
quarter sessions. Settley's change from
candidacy for prothenotary te quurter
sessions clerk may or may net help Fridy.
It is fatal te Scttley.
The New Era people will support inter
alia Jehn Leng for prison inspector, Jehn
Evans for peer director and Danny Shiffer
for coroner. Give the old man a chance.
They want te take Summy for commis
sioner. Se de the ether side. Beth
are anxiens ; neither is quite willing.
The Examiner folks can't get away from
Slokem. Then where does Sam Myers
come in? Slokem, Summy, Busheng'and
Myers will furnish two of the commis
sioners. Just hew the slates will be made
up is a little uncertain. There is nobody
te dispute Bnsheng's vote from Fiddler's
Green te Cuurchtewn.
Steve Grissinger will be en the Exami
ner's slate for county treasurer and the
ether side are dubious between 'Squire
Greider and Jehn J. Geed (farmer). They
are and no mistake. There i3 a big vote
in Pequea, Conestoga and Martic.
Fer prison keeper Fred Smith can have
a place for Al. en cither slate. Fer both
sides knew that he' is a " stayer." He
may defer Ins choice. The ether side will
be driven te Jack Hess or Burklielder, If
the virtuous firm of Sensenig, Jehnsen &
Geist light en Jno. J. Geed they will net
want Hess. Contrary the reverse.
SALISBURY
ITEMS.
Frem an Occasional East
dent.
End Correspen-
Flittings are the order of the day. J.
.D. Ammens has moved te the Swan hotel
Chester county. I. D. Worst, has gene te
Cedar Lane, East Earl, associating him
self with W. H. Swcigart in the lumber
business. One of Wersts' teams was upset
by a stone, and -the goods and eatables
landed in, eighteeu inches of mud and
water. All was righted and Martin Diem
found the missing bed.
Worst & Shertz have twelve men pack
ing tobacco in Isaac Coffroth's warehouse,
and have 300 cases packed of fine goods.
Sema growers have planted seed already.
The backward spring retards farming
operations. Grass and wheat leek the
worse for cold weather,
Office hunters are fishing new along the
Pequea, but we think they have net the
kind of hooks necessary and only catch
tadpoles or catfish.
James Fisher was bitten by a snake
some four or five years age, and, though
he had the wound cured, it has broken
afresh, causing him extreme pain in six or
seven places. He a prominent business
man.
Death et a Pair of Horses.
A West Chester paper f last evening
says : On Saturday a man from Lancaster
drove a pair of fine match horses te Coates
ville, where he stepped, took dinner and
fed his horses. After a short time he drove
en toward Philadelphia and when near
Glenlejh, opposite Geerge W. Jacob's
buildings in West Wniteland tewnsliin
one of the horses dropped dead in the
read. The man procured a single set of
harness and while en his way back te
Downingtown the ether horse dropped dead
in the shafts when near the Belvidere
store. The horses were hi-jlr-priced ani
mals and were valued at $500. The cause
of tbe horses' death is unknown. They did
net show signs of hard driving.
Tobacco in Cheater Ceanty.
The Kennett Square Adtanee says :
"Kennett witnessed a new activity last
week. Every day wagon leads of tobacco
passed through our streets in the direction
of Levy's warehouse, in the old foundry.
Seme of these teams came long distances ;
some of them, we noticed, as far away as
Bart, Lancaster county, and any number
from the upper end of Delaware."
Sale of Herse.
Samuel Hess Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale, April 4. 1881, at the Merrimac
Heuse, Lancaster, Pa., for Geerge Gress
man. 18 head or Canada horses, at an
average of $178.24. The highest sold at
$531 for the pair.
Mayer's Court.
This morning the mayor gave one drunk
201ays and two ethers 5 days each. One
paid his costs and was discharged.
TOBACCO.
Te State of the Lent Trade.
The past week has net been quite as
lively a one as a few of these that preceded
it, and yet a great deal of tobacco has been
bought aud large quantities delivered at
the city and country warehouses. There
is a trreat difference of opinfen te what
the prices will be for the half of the crop
yet unsold. The dealers are unanimous,
we believe, that prices must come down
for two substantial reasons : First, be
cause a great proportion of the unsold
crop is flea-bitten or injured by white
vein ; and second, because the dealers
have already been pretty well supplied
white fully half of the crop remains un
sold. On the ether hand the farmers who
still held their crops say that prices will be
maintained if they de net advance :
First, because many farmers were com
pelled te sell for less than their to
bacco was worth, te raise meney
te meet their 1st of April engagements ;
and second, because most of these who
still held their crops aud have weathered
the 1st of April are able te held- ou te them
until there is no mere active demand. As
te white vein aud flea bite, while they
acknowledge the existence of these draw
back, they say the buyers have greatly
exaggerated the extent of the evil, and
they held te day as geed tobacco as was
ever grown in the ceuuty. They profess
te believe, tee, that there never has been
and ler many years te coma will net be a
superabundance of geed seed-leaf, and as
long as there is a demand for it, Lancaster
0 mnty tobacco, being the best, will have
tiie call.
Our Washington borough correspondent
under date of April 4th, writes as fellows-:
" There is nothing doing in the tobacco
business in this section at-present ; buyers
arc scarce and farmers de net feel like sac
rificing their crops. With the 1st of April
past, I think that buyers of the weed
will find the farmers less disposed te be
" beat" than they were a week age. The
Era in reporting that William Ortman
of this place raised 3,800 pounds of tobac
co per acre, has made quite an error which
can very easily be shown. If tobacco is
planted 25 inches apart en the row, and
the rows 5 feet apa:t, there can be but
4,680 plants en ene acre of ground, and
17,000 plants as the Era stated would
show no less than 33-5 acres of ground, or
an average weight of net mere ihan 2,400
pounds per acre ; the error is in estimat
ing 5,500 plants fcr oue acre, which, when
plauted as above stated, will require mere
than an acre, or as has been suggested ene
of these acres " measured with a fox and
the tail thrown in ;" se the next time
you hear of 2.800 pounds of tobacco from
one acre of ground, you will knew the
kind of acre.
We understand that ex-Assembly man J.
L.Shunian has been engaged te purchase to
bacco for Messrs Beusel & Ce. If the above
proves te be true, we must compliment the
firm in procuring the services of ene who
is fO well qualified for the position ; raised
iu a district that has always been noted
for the size and quality of its tobacco, and
having had "te de" with it from his boy
hood it would be absurd te think that his
ability te jud;e the weed would net rank
ameug the best."
Our New Providence correspondent
sends us the following list of leaf tobacco
delivered te Jehn Hildcbrand en the 2d
inst.: J. M. Miller, 1 acres, 10 round ;
Jessie Isburn, 2 acres, 12, 4 and 3 ;
Jeseph Shaub, 1 acres, 12, 5 aud 3 ; Rudy
Shaub, 1 acre, 17, 5 and 3 ; Ephriam Shaub
1 acre, 15, 5 and 3 ; Benjamin Rewe, 4
acres, 12, 5 aud 3 ; Ephriam Bleacher, 1
acre, 17, G, 5 aud 3 ; Mrs. Snyder. acre,
15 and 3 ; Jeseph Miller, $ acre, 13, 4 and
2 : Jehn Bartoi 1 acre, 1G, 5 and 3 ;
Jehn Rewe, jr., 1 acre, 8, 4, and 3 ; Jehn
Rewe, sr., 2 acres, 12, 5 and 3 ; Peter Sny
der, acre, 8, 4 and 3 ; Lefcvre & Mower,
-acre, 10, 4 and 2 ; Isaae Erb, G acres, 1G,
4 and 2 ; Jehn Sceles, 1 acre, 10 and 3 ;
David Hiiss, J acre, 12, 4 and 2 ;
William Weutz, 3 acres, 17, 5 and 3 ;
Emery Null, $ acre, 15, 5 and 3; Isaac
Null, of Martic. crop at 10 cents through,
Elam Bleacher, 1 acre, 15, 5 and 2 : Heaps
& Armstrong, 3$ acres 7 round, Mrs.
Heaps, acre, 15, 3 and 3 ;
Our correspondent also notes that Mr.
Hildebrand refused te receive the crop of
Henry Swiucheait because he thought, it
did net pan out according te sample, and
that Buuzl & Dormitzer refused te reccive
the crop of J. F. Andrews for the same
alleged reason.
The following lets among many ethers
have been delivered in this city within a
day or two past : Parker Simpsen, of Mar
tic, te Mr. Falmau at 15, 5 and 3 ; Jeseph
Lawreuce,t&ist Hempiield, te same at 15,
5 and 3 ; H. R. C.issd, of R tphe, tejsame
at 24, 10 and 3; W. S. Gable, of War
wick, te Sellers at 18, GandS; Emil Shirk
of Warwick, te same at 15, G and 3 ; Sam
uel B. Swalley, te same, at 15, 6 and 3 ;
David McPhcrsen, of Chester county, te
C. G. Herr, at 13, 7, and 3.
Elwood Eager, of Leaman Place, sold 1
acre te Becker Bres., for 15$, 5 and 3 ;
Robt. Eager sold 2 acres te same parties at
same prices.
FIRE.
Gce.W. Ureira'sUndertakins Establishment
Burned Out.
Last evening between 8 and 9 o'clock the
one-story frame building iu East Vine
street near Christian, occupied by Gee.
W. Brown as an undertaking establish
ment, was discovered te be en fire and in
less than an hour was, together with its
contents a mass et ruins.
The buiUimr belonged te theSwedcn theSwedcn
bergian or New Chinch congregation of
this city, and was built and for many years
used as a place of worship, but for several
years past has been used as an undertak
ing and cabinet manufactory, first by
Henry Swcntzel and afterwards by Mr.
Brown. There was no insurance en the
buildiug, which was worth perhaps net
mere than $300 or $400.
The contents of the building, which be
longed te Mr. Brown, consisted of nearly
one hundred coffins, of all sizes and styles,
finished and unfinished, wooden and me
tallic ; a full set of undertaker's tools.
nearly one hundred camp steels, a great
variety of patterns, two preservers, ene of
which cost $85 ; breast-pans, ornamental
pedestals covered with black cloth, palls,
llewcr-stands, trestles, undertaker's hard
ware, including coffin-handles, plates,
screws, &c.T lumber, veneers, paints, var
nishes, fcc, &a. Mr. Brown estimates
the less of stock at net less than $1,600,
en which he has an insurance of $700 in
the Universal insurance company of Phila
delphia, of which 3Ir. Charles E. Wentz is
local agent. He had no insurance en his
fixtures, valued at $50.
Mr. Brown saved his books and papers,
but almost lest his life in doing se, as the
heavy portico in front of the building fell
with a crash within a few inches of him
while he was attempting te force open the
window of the efficein which the books
and papers were kept.
It is net known positively hew the fire
originated. Mr Btewn says he believes it
commenced in the northwest corner of the
front room near the window, and supposes
it was set en fire, as there was nothing iu
that part of the room liable te take fire
from spontaneous combustion. The par
titions of the building bein'r of pine beards
and the greater part of the contents being
of seasoned lumber, thefire spread rapidly
and burned furiously, se that only a very
few articles were saved.
The firemen were promptly en the
ground and prevented the flames from
spreading te adjoining buildings.
the lire ping in Christian street be
tween King and Vine was broken iu some
way while, the fire was burning, and the
water from one of the mains had te be
shut off for s, time. A new plug will be
put in as seen as possible.