LANCASTER DAILY lNTlvLUGNGft TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1881. Lancaster intelligencer. ' ' " TUESDAY EVENING, APBItt 12, 188L Secretary Windem's Plaa. The idea of offering te the holders of the government bends, presently falling due, the option of leaving their money -with the government at a reduced rate of interest was an excellent one and we can imagine no reasonable, objection te it. It isfair te the borrower and ad vantageous te the lender. It is a very cheap way of making a new lean, saving commissions te agents and avoiding the steals that have dis graced Mr.Shermau's funding operations. It is safe te say that if he was secretary of the treasury new, such a plain and honest way of continuing the govern ment lean would net have been adopted. Mr. Windem's suggestion comes from an honest officer if Tie is a little slew. The preposition te let the money be where it new is, at a reduced interest charge, was se obviously the way out of the embarrassment presented by the ad journment of Congress without passing a refunding bill, that a very prompt and self-reliant officer would have taken lit tle time te decide upon it. The secre tary of the treasury has taken a geed deal and has consulted widely ; which shows at least that he is a prudent effi cer. It seems te us, however, that the consideration he has given the matter should have enabled him te make his preposition still mere simple and easy of execution than it is. We de net see, for instance, the necessity for the direc tion that the bends shall- be remitted te Washington, assigned te the secretary for renewal, it would have been very desirable te avoid the cost, risk and trouble of this arrangement; and a much larger part of the lean would have been likely te have been con tiuued, if the holders had net been re quired le take this action with their bends. A great mauy bondholders are timid, unused te business, and lethargic They would have let their bends lie rather than take the trouble and risk of renewing them ; but when they are re. quired te send them te Washington for payment or continuance, they may con sider tiiat it is just as well for them te get the money new as te wait for it preb ably a year only and get meanwhile but three and a half per cent, interest. It does net seem te be really necessary that the bends remaining out should be stamped in any way with the new.agree uient between the holder and the gov ernment. They would net draw any in terest at all, if they were retained by the holders after they were called in, unless the government was willing te pay in terest, rue called bonus nave never drawn interest after the date fixed for redemption. What then would be the difficulty in the way of the government premising le pay three and a-half per cent, interest upon such called bends as were net presented for redemption, pre vided they were net presented . for pay ment, say, for a year after the call? And a stipulation for a certain period of notice, te be given te the government when the money was wanted, might also have been made ; as well as an agree ment by the government te give a rea sonable notice of ils intention te redeem the bends. These bends, under the secretary's ar rangement, are redeemable at the pleas ure of the government. There is no reason why, if Congress is satisfied with the rate of interest, the government's pleasure may net run until its revenues enable it te pay them off. There would in this casa 03 no need of a new issue of bends. But this arrangement te be fair te the holders should include an agree ment that they should have three months' notice of the government's in tention ; and if the secretary had made this notice a part of his offer it is likely that it would have been of benefit in se curing a continuance of the lean. The unnecessary difficulties and uncertain ties attending the arrangement that is offered will be likely te greatly retard its success. Blaine's 1'urpese. Our Republican friends have very bad luck in getting a president te please them. Hayes was a fearful nightmare te them, and Garfield premises te be equally disagreeable. The Pennsylvania Legislature refuses te endorse him, and the United States Senate the Republi can part of it is supposed te be thirsting for his bleed. Mr. Garfield is in danger of being left entirely without friends, from his tendency te disappoint these he has had and the faculty with which he is made a catspaw of by Blaine. It has been a conundrum why Blaine permitted himself te go upon what has been held te be the shelf of a cabinet place. A theory new started is that he did se te get the power te reward his friends and plunder bis enemies, and he is credited with the intent te betake himself te the safe re tirement of the English mission when these objects have been accomplished and he has thoroughly wound up Garfield's administration and started it in a full run en the read te ruin. As long as Blaine holds Garfield up he can stand the racket with the enemies he raises up against him in such abundance ; but if he should treacherously let go, what a crash of administration china there would be. The purpose attributed te Blaine is sustained by a knowledge of his character and ambition and the no torious dependence and limberness of Garfield makes such use of him quite possible. It is considered that he has given himself ever te Blaine's control ; liis acts in the few weeks of his adminis tration sufficiently show this. That is a conclusive demonstration of his weak ness ; and it weuiu ue ascriDing an un known degree of honor and virtue te Blaine te suspect that he will net use his ready tool for his own purposes and drop him when he sees his advantage in it. The Examiner is greatly rejoiced at some Democratic reverses in Missouri city elections and exults at the over over theow of Bourbenism and prevalence of Mabeueisrn in the air. The Examiner is net quite able, however, te interpret the significance of the late results in Philadelj.lii-, Cincinnati, Chicago and Trenten. While Bess Cameren was boasting en the fleer of the Senate yesterday that the henchmen of the family in his state Legislature had endorsed the posi tion of himself and his fellow senator, that same Legislature was refusing te give an equal endorsement, te Garfield and te request the United States senators from this state te endeavor te have his appointments confirmed without delay. Seme of the anti-Cameren people Jiad in troduced such i resolution,- but- it' was opposed by the Camerenites, and the Democrats who were net willing te en dorse the administration refused te vote en it, se it was defeated by a vote of 78 nays te 52 yeas. The passage of such resolutions is of course inconsequential and ineffective, but whatever satisfaction Cameren had in the resolutions endors ing himself is doubtless' heightened by the defeat of the resolutions endorsing the administration. Mr. Garfield's ad ministration is forty days old. It has a long time te live and learn. MINOR TOPICS. The peanut crop last year amounted te 2,033,000 bushels, valued at $2,150,000, an increase of $100,000 ever the previous year's crop. The milk of our 13JOOO,000 cows, at 12 cents a gallon, is worth $695, 670,000 a year. Tneunu's "Cicsar" has been reprinted by Harper Brethers in cheap form in pur suance of the war new raging between that firm and Charles Scribncr's Sens. When publishers fall out the public gets profits. The Pennsylvania State Medical society, three years age, passed a resolution that no member of any county society should instruct pupils who could net make a show of knowing Latin and Greek. The Phila delphia County Medical society refuses te appoint the examining committee required by the state society. Philadelphia dele gates will therefore be excluded from the annual state convention. It is ever in Trenten, N. J., that the Democratic rooster crew's. The Demo crats yesterday elected a mayor by ever 800 majority. Dr. Cornelius Shepherd, for school superintendent, has about two hundred majority ever William Hancock, Republican. The Democrats for council carry four out of the seven wards, which will make the new council stand twelve Democrats te nine Republicans. The present council stands eleven Republicans te ten Democrats. The rest of the Demo cratic ticket generally was successful. The new editor of the Atlantic, Mr. T. B. Ai.Ditirii, waxes his mustache down te a sharp point and wears colored shirts. In one of the towns of Wyoming Terri tory is a placard in a hotel dining room which announces that a discreet waiter, who was never known te tell the time of day, is employed te carry milk punches and het teddies te ladies' rooms in the evening. The same hotel says that guests, will find a sewing machine, a grand piano a clergyman and all ether modern conve niences. The New Yerk Tribune, founded by Herace Greeley, was forty years old en Sunday last, the paper having I ecu start ed en the 10th of April, 1S41. Eight years previously the first issue of the San ap peared. Iu 1835 Bennett began the pub lication of the Herald. The Times was es tablished in 1850 by Heury J. Raymond. The World, which appeared ten years later, was first published as a religious daily, but a year later, united itself with the Courier and Enquirer. The Graphic, the only illustrated daily paper, was start ed in 1873. The eldest of the New Yerk journals is the Commercial Adtcrtiscr, which was established in the year 1797. The Evening Pest was founded a year later. Tun American, published, weekly at Philadelphia, offers $1,500 in twenty-one prizes, for the best editeriahw essays and poems written by college students or grad uates. The topics are het limited'. The New YetkHerald thus kindly notices it: "APkil adclphia paper, whose name we kindly for bear te mentieu, is about te appeal te the students of our colleges te write editorials, essays and poems for its columns under the hope of a series of prizes. If every stu dent repends the proprietors will have a profit, in the item of waste paper alone, and the editors, essayists and poets of the staff will have a lifelong holiday. There is a cynical spirit abroad which says this is the kind of thing that suits Philadelphia. There is alie an unauthenticatcd rumor that if the plan works the paper iu ques tien will cnange its name te the Daily Sophomore.'''' PERSONAL. Citizens of Petersburg, giving geld-headed canes te Va., purpose Senater Bex Hill and Yoeiuiees. Nathan F. Dixen, five times, a repre sentative iu Congress from Rhede Island, has died at Westerly. Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Sherman and ether ladies premiuent in Washington society have issued an appeal in behalf of the suf ferers at Scie. Governer Leng has appointed ex-United States Attorney General Devens te a seat en the supreme court bench of Massachu setts in place of Justice Seulf resigned. Anna Dickinsen gives premise of breaking her contract with Jehn Stetson and Geerge K. Goodwin te play , Claude Melnotte at- the Chestnut Street opera house this week en Salvini's off-nights. JeiinT. Raymond, the genial Colonel Sellers of " Gilded Age " fame, was mar ried iu Parler C, Continental hotel, Phila delphia, yesterday morning te Mies Court ney IJarpes, daughter of the celebrated actress, Miss Rese Eytinge. Rev. Dr. Cellycr, formerly eT Chicago, but new of aew lerit, penermea tne ceremony. Only a very few intimate friends or Mr. and Mrs. Raymond were present, and the services were- very brief. A wedding party partook of breakfast in the Conti nental and in the afternoon left the city for Washington en their wedding tour. They will be " at home " in New Yerk early in May. Lest His Wire. The wife of Ben. Gilfoil, one of the com edians of Haverly's minstrels, who were here en Saturday night, died in Bosten en Saturday. She was known te the profes sion as Blanche Selwyn and has appeared in this city in her professional capacity. STATE ITEMS. Jeb:.- Geppert, a German brewer- of Pittsburgh, fell through an elevator yes terday and was killed. Jehn Kuefcsy, employed at Milnesville mines, iiear Hazleton, was killed by a fall of coal. Ferest fires are breaking out along the Sharmarngunk mountain. They are prob ably caused by sparks from locomotives en the Erie railroad. The Reading iron company's puddlers have-struck ter an-iucrease from-$rtelco'toM'rr session. If it is a final $4.50 per ten. The mill is shut and 400 men out of work. Rebert Ward, of Lembard street, Phila delphia; a patient with small pox at" the Municipal hospital, in his delirium cut his threat with a small pen-knife, severed an artery and bled te death. A man named Springstead confesses that he drowned a boy named Samuel Asher, at Lackawaxen, en June 12, 1877. The drowning was supposed at the time te have been accidental, but Springstead states that he upset the beat and kept the boy's head under water until he was drowned, and that he did it because he hated the lad's father. The self-confessed murderer is at present confined in the Pa siac county, N. J., jail te await the action of the grand iury en a charge of planning te murder and rob a citizen of Passaic. He had been in the employ of the Passaic postmaster. Judge McKennan will make a formal decree te-day in the case of the Junction railroad suit against the officers of the Pennsylvania railroad company. Frem the bench yesterday he said that he had never seen a case iu which the equities were mere entirely one way than in the present issue. The yard of the Pennsyl vania railroad company betweeu Thirty fourth street and Market street must, he said, be treated as part of the Junction railroad, but its use must net be obstruct ed. There was. perhaps, no intention en the part of the officers of the Pennsylva nia railroad company te treat the court's order with contempt, yet, in law, there was an attempt te evade ,and defeat the decree of the court. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Central California has been shaken by an earthquake. An Arkansas girl refused iu marry her lever unless he performed some heroic deed. He eloped with her mother. A Maine woman has made a contract with a Bosten firm te supply 15,000 dozen pairs of mittens. A passenger train from Sacramento en the Oregon railroad was thrown from a trestle. Geerge Smith, eugineer, and Rogers 'fireman, were killed. Rebert Jehnsen, brakeman, and Benjamin Kuhn, were slightly injured. The circular issued, by the secretary of the treasury relative te maturing United States bends, calls in the outstanding six per cents, en the first day of July, and makes it optional with the holders te have them extended at three and one-half per centum. Einil Lundehimcr, a traveling salesman, for Flasheim, Bres., of Shreveport, La., and president of Louisville ledge, I. O. O. F., Ne. 107, committed suicide at Bald win's hotel, San Francisce, by sheeting. Letters indicated that poverty was the cause of the act. The partly decomposed body of Emery Bassctt was found in Lake Whitney, a body of water from which the water sup ply of Hartferd, Conn., is drawn. He was drowned en December 29 while engaged in harvesting ice, accidentally falling through a thin place. The alleged suicide of Sarah Alice Montgomery, a young woman of 22 years, at the Shelden house, Chicago, is fast drifting into another mystery. There figures in the story a mysterious man called " Tem." The girl's intimates are all reticent. A combustion of oils and ether materi als occurred in the laboratory of the Allen town manufacturing company yesterdey afternoon, demolishing the structure and setting fire te the debris. Tilghman G. Melfrich, a member of the firm, was badly burned and is in a critical condition. The less is 20,000 ; no insurance. Navigation en the Delaware & Hudsen canal has been suspended for the second time this season. A bad land slide oc curred at Hawk's Nest, several large rocks, one weighing many tens, falling into the canal. A large force of workmen is engaged night and day moving the debris. Advices from the grazing regions in the Northwest indicate a smaller less en stock by the stress of the season than the most sanguine expected. The heaviest less has been en cattle brought into the hills from the southwest late in the season. The average less in the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone valleys will hardly be ten per cent. Much of this is chargeable te the Heeds which have swept the low lands along the Missouri and its tributaries. Mr. A. IT. Moere has completed arrange ments with the Pennsylvania railroad for a special ear in which te bring his Moor Meor Moer lield kennel of dogs te the bench show in New Yerk city. . The car is te be fitted up wilk twenty four neat cages, one for each deg. Feed and drink are te-be furnished by the superiutendant of the kennel Capt. It. Jex Blake. The car will be heated te a temperature of 80. The kennel consists of seventeen setters and pointers and seven toy dogs. m a SAD STORY. Hew n Uonstable's Pesse Caused au Inno cent German- Terrible Suffering. A dispatch from -Muscatine, la., gives particulars of the terrible experience of a fugitive from a constable's posse in Geshen township a week age Saturday night. About midnight en 'that night Constable Stafferd and five ethers went te the house of Daniel Fess, a newly-arrived German, te search for stolen goods which Fess was charged with having received. Fess, who does net understand a word . of English, became terrified en the approach of the posse, ' armed with guns', and ran out in the snow barefooted, and cladenly in pants and drawers. He started in the snow across the prairie, and the posse followed firing three shots at the fugitive. He was chased a mile or mere until he reached Cedar river. After run ning along the bank of the river a short instance ne piungea in ana swam across. His pursuers thinking he had been swept under the ice, abandoned the chase and went home. On Monday morning Fess was found clinging te a wire fence igp te his knees in iee and water. He was rescued by a Mr. Hal leek, who summoned medical aid, when it was found that both the sufferer's feet and hands were frozen, and that he was terribly mangled and bruised by the sharp briars and ice through he 'ran and swam. Fess states that when he swam the Cedar river he reached a small tree surrounded by water which concealed him and te this he clung all through the night, eunuay, ana eunaay nigr-t. a warrant has been sworn out against the officers for assault with intent te kill. The citizens of the vicinity are generaly incensed and determined te punish the officers for tlicir inhuman treatment of Fess. The Herse and tbe Gander. Mr. W. T. Blackwell, of Durham, has a stud of fifty horses, and among them is an old spotted fellow that has, been laid by for the geed hc.has done, and te this old horse a gander has taken a wonderful attachment, aud has deserted the fleck of geese that runs in the stable yard and roosts every night with the horse in his I stall. Til A (Mlnlni- nrill olirver flrlif if vine I enters, and if the horse is separated from uiui Dcciua iu ue imserauie. jaeyfES -MfXERTIEWED. What He Thinks Abest tne Action or the Cenrt. President Gewen, of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad company, wlfen spoken te in regard te the decree of the court made en Saturday, said. he would appeal. When it was suggested that that would extend the litigaiien indefinitely, he said : " If the decree is in the form et a prelim inary injunction the appeal could be heard very quickly at Harrisburgby the supreme one it would be difficult te obtain a bear ing en appeal till next January." ".Hew about your position as receiver ? ' was asked. Mr. Gewen " The decree does net af fect the receivership, nor the custody of the property and business of the company by the receivers, and pending receivership the president and managers have but little authority." "When does the receivership terminate? Mr. Gewen "The read cannot well be taken out of the receiver's hands uuless the company is first placed. in geed finan cial condition. When that result is attained I intend te withdraw voluntarily in any event. Indeed, if Messrs McCaiment, Brether & Ce., had net annoyed me with adverse litigation about the finances of the company I believe I would ere this have been ready-te resign and have handed the company ever te its shareholders in ge.d financial condition with the shares :tt or nearly at par, and, expecting such a result te fellow the adoption of ray financial plan for the relief of the company, I had made my' personal arrangements te leave the company during the coming summer. It is a great personal less te me new te re main ; but as the large majority of the shareholders have shown such generous confidence in me I de net intend voluntar ily te abandon their cause until the com pany is placed in geed condition, even if it takes a year or two of my time." The old beard of managers of the Read ing railroad company held a meeting at the Fourth street office. Mr. Gewen, who came te the city en crutches for the first time since meeting with his railroad acci dent, was also present. The present situ ation of the cempauy was fully and freely discussed, and it is stated that the beard agreed net te make any fight should the court of common pleas formally declare the Bend management te be legal. lTcsident Jacksen's Doerkeepor. When Jacksen was president, Jimmy O'Neill, the Irish doorkeeper of the White Heuse, was a marked character. He had his foibles, which often offended the fas tidiousness of the general's nephew and secretary, Majer Donelsen, who caused his dismissal en an avcrage of about once a weak. But en appeal te the higher court, the" verdict was always reversed by the geed nature of the old general. Once, however, Jimmy was guilty of some fla grant offence, and being summoned before the president himself, was thus addressed : " Jimmy, I have borne with you for years, in spite of all complaints; but this gees beyond my powers of endurance." "And de you bclicve this story ?" asked Jimmy. " Certainly," answered the general; "I have just had it from two senators." "Faith," retorted Jimmy, "if I believed 'all that twenty senators say about you, it's little I'd think yen was fit te be president." "Pshaw, Jimmy," con cluded the ganeral, "clear out and go back te your duty, but be mere careful hereafter." Jimmy net only retained his place te the close of Jacksen's presidential term, but accompanied him back te the Hermitage, and was with him te the day of his death. It is said that President Jacksen never drank any anient spirits. This was cor roborated by his negre servant, who said " Massa Jacksen no drink rum, but den he drink his ceflec strong enough te kill de debbil." PENNSYLVANIA'S 1SOSS. His High Appreciation of a Neble l.i-,ris;Li- tnrc. In the federal Senate yesterday Mr. Cameren said that a few days age the senator from Kentucky (Mr. Beck) had taunted him with the fact that the Legis lature of Pennsylvania had refused te sus tain the course which its senators had fol lowed in this chamber. The senator had said te him (Cameren) that he could probably make the Legislature endorse his action. There was no man living who had the power te make the Legis lature of Pennsylvania de anything against its free will. He would net arrogate te himself the power te make it de anything which it did net beheve te be right and proper. The man who undertook te de that would find himself in the position of the shearer who came back shorn. He was personally acquainted with nearly all the members of tne Li egislature, and a better, nobler aud mere patriotic body of men did net exist. That organization had passed a resolution endorsing the action of the Republican senators en this lloer, and be had no doubt that all patriotic legislatures would fellow its example. Mr. Beck agreed that the Pennsylvania Legislature would only de what it thought right, but suggested that it always hap pened te think right that which Senater Cameren thought right. That senator had shown that he had the power te de by tele gram what he (Beck) had thought it would require a personal visit te accom plish. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Funeral of Mrs. lwil,er. The funeral of Mrs. Jane Morten Miller, wile of Philip Miller, of New Providence. who died en Thursday last, took place in that village yesterday and was very largely attended by friends and relatives, a number of whom were from Lancaster. Mrs. Miller, who was in the 74th year of her age, was the mother of Mrs. Mary E. Wilsen, 31. D., of this city, and a cousin of Wm. A. Morten of the Intel ligencer. She was an estimable lady, a life-long member of St. James church, this city, and led a quiet, unobtrusive Christian life. Her funeral sermon was preached by Rev. J. V. Eckcrt of the Re formed church, and the Episcopal burial service was read by Kev. u. i. nhney. The interment took place iu the cemetery attached te the Reformed church. Mrs. Miller leaves a husband, two sons and a daughter. Unclaimed Letters Following is a list of unclaimed letteis remaining in the posteffice at Lancaster for the week ending April 11 : Ladies' List. 3Irs. Lizzie S. Brubakei, Miss Elmira Baker. Miss Anna Bewman, 3Iiss Madlana Beirley, 3Iiss "Bessie Flem ing, 3Iiss 3Iarg. Groue, 3Iiss S. K. Greff, 3Irs. 3Iary Hamands, Miss Effie Jenes, Mrs. E. Jehnsen, Miss Anna Iiauifmau, Mrs. Amanda Lensr. Miss Ebe Martin. Lncinda Pauhles, Jlrs. Viela Parrish, Mis. 3Iary- H. Peters, 3Irs Frank Reed (ler.), Miss E. Shcreds, Miss Mary bmitu, Mrs. Ann Tettle. Gents' List. Harrv F. Binklcy. Rebert Benncrd, A. E. Breneman, Isaac S. Dickel Henry Edwards, J. Eoline, Geerge Gre.cs (for.), K. 31. Haines, Jacob Hartman (for.), Jacob Henrv. Jacob Hertzlef. -Kline Bres., T2. Harry Lord, 3Ir. Mcarr, narry iuecartney, wm. jj. rrice, vm. n. Pegau, 3Ir. Rhederik, Ferdnan Reanec1, Sam'l Reth. Sara'l Renk, Jehn P. Snyder, Jacob Schwartz (for.), Abraham Sweigarr, Y. J. Themas & Ce., Benjamin Uiiner,- Mr. valentine, Jehn Wilsen, Jerathan Wentzel,' Charles A, Wiley, Jehn Zmu mer. a Forglegcar Axins. Th Pp.nn iron cnmiunv trill fn.mrvi-... begin te forge car axles, a new branch of uuaiut - n at uic nuiu. THE COUNTY AUDITORS. They Hare Anether Kally aud Aojeurn hue Die. The county auditors met in the orphans' court room at 8:30 this morning, all the members being ptescnt. 3Ir. Cellins moved te proceed te close the audit. Mr. Musser said he was net ready te proceed. His counsel, S. H. Reynolds, esq., was sick and could net be present. He moved therefore te adjourn until Thursday. The motion Was lest, both Messrs. Cel- I lins and Curran opposing it. L. iv. .Martin, esq., who appeared as counsel for County Treasurer if Greff, asked if the beard of auditors had net completed the audit of the treasurer's books and passed a resolution compli menting that officer en the careful and correct manner in which the accounts had been kept. Messrs. Cellins and Curran said they had done se, aud Mr. Musser said they had net. Mr. Curran asked for the reading of the minutes, aud Mr. Musser, who kept tbe minutes, refused te produce them, saying that all the proceedings of the beard were net recorded en the minutes. Mr. Martin made a speech of some length iu which he defended the county treasurer from the slurs and inunedees that have been cast upon him, and blamed tbe audi tors for their long delay in signing his re port, thus preventing him from sending en te Ilarrisburg his state report. Mr. Musser defended his action, as being for no ether purpose than a careful scrutiny of the accounts, which his oath of office re quired him te make. Mr. Cellins said the accounts had -been carefully audited and there had net been found one iota of irregularity in them. He moved that the treasurer's report be signed that it might forthwith be scut te Harris burg. Mr. Musser opposed the motion aud re fused te put the question. Mr. Cellins requested Mr. Shenek, the clerk, te put the question, which 3Ir. Shenek did, aud Messrs. Cellins &nd Cur ran voted " aye," and 3Ir. Musser loudly yelled " no !" ? Mr. Martin asked if the treasurer's ac count was new finally closed, te which Mr. Cellins answered " yes," and 3Ir. Musser " no.'' Mr. Cellins moved that the clerk be di rected te make out a report endorsing the treasurer s report as correct. Agreed te, .Messrs, t'jtllitic? nnrl P.iiiii rjkiiir t ' and Mr. Musser V.I.U.l tUU WUAtlWt lOULlg mjw Mr. Cellins requested Mr. Musser te sign the county treasurer's slate report, but 3Ir. 3Iusscr wouldn't. Mr. Cellins asked Mr. Musser whether there was any further business before the beard. Mr. Musser said there was, but he did net propose te de anything in the absence of his counsel. Mr. Cellins maintained that there was nothing mere te de ; the county officers' accounts had all been audited and found correct. Mr. Musser said they hadn't. Mr. Cellins repeated that all the accounts had been properly audited. He moved that the clerk be directed te make out the official report of the beard te that effect. Agreed te, 3Ir. Musser voting "no." Mr. Cellins moved that the beard new adjourn sine die. Carried, Mr. Musser voting " aye." After the adjournment Mr. Cellins re quested Mr. Musser te put into the hands of the clerk all the papers in bis possession relating te county affairs. Mr. Musser refused te de se, saying that he would consider the matter and make up his mind what te de after dinner. OBITUARY. Death of Henry Miller. Henry Miller, the well-known hotel keeper, died after a protracted illness en Monday, the 11th inst., at his home in Lampeter Square, in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Miller was a brother of the late Gen. David Miller, a famous railroad man in years gene by, and of Samuel C. Miller, for many years proprietor of the Chestnut Street house. Mr. Miller was born in Lampeter, probably in the house in which he died, and spent almost his entire life in that village. In early life he married a sister of the late Em'l C. Reigart, by whom he had several children, some of whom survive him, but his wife died long since. Mr. Miller kept the hotel in Lampeter for mere than an or dinary life-time and his house was known far aud wide aa one of the vcrjfrbest in the county, ne was most scrupulous inthe observance of all the liquor laws, and en one occasion, having inadvertently neglected te make applica tien for a license in time, he closed up his bar-room and lefused te sell a drop of liquor until in due course he was again licensed. In politics Mr. Miller was a Whig and while that party lasted was elected by it te the office of county register. When the Republican party was organized he attached himself te it, but was never a violent politician. He served for years as justice of the peace and school director of his district, and was for many years past postmaster at Lampeter, holding the office te the time of his death. He was loved and respected by all who knew him, for his genial disposition, his generous im pulses, his strict integrity and his sound judgment. These who knew him best say "a better hearted man never lived." The death of his daughter, 3Irs. Heir, which took place several years age was a great siieck te lum, irem wnicu ne never fully recovered, and it is believed hastened- his end. His funeral will take place te-morrow. The Lancaster Bey Abroad. Very few of our local readers, who often read with interest the accounts of metro politan street Arabs, have any idea what a spirit of adventure and Behemianisra is rife among the small boys of our own city. Every new and then the local reporter runs across a lad at the depot or en the streets, who is about starting upon, or has just returned from, such trip. as that related of one of our gamins, in a charm ing sketch by Mrs. Ncvin, printed en our fourth page te-day. Beys of from 12 te 14 net unfrequently leave this city en freight trains and make their way as far west as Kansas City and back. The ether day we encoun tered one who had been te Texas and back, having left the city without a cent of money and " worked his way " across the country and return. The Shlfller Fair. The beard of lady managers of the Shiftier fair met in the hall of the com pany last evening and organized by elect ing Mrs. Jehn Gibsen temporary chair man. The beard will be composed of twelve ladies who will have the entire 1 control of the bazaar department of the lair aud festival. Sale of Horses. Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at public sale, en Monday, April 11, at the Merrimac house, Lancaster, for Daniel Legan, fifteen head of Western horses at an average of 8178.24 per head ; the high est sold brought 8318. assigned Estate. EliasQirvin and wife, of Paradise, have made an assignment of their estate for the benefit of their creditors, aud have named Jehn Martin, of Bart, as assignee.' G3nrt. Court will meet en Saturday morning next at 10 o'clock, when 'opinions will be delivered in a number of case3 which were heard at the last argument court. REPUBLICAN POLITICS. Making Up tbe Tickets Many Are CaUcd and Seme Will Be Left. The politicians were active yesterday, but the severe tension of first of April business being relaxed and the fine spring weather giving the farmers something te de, the crowd in town was net se large as it has been en several, previous Mondays. Net a great deal of headway was made by anybody and the energy of most of the politicians was exerted te the strengthen ing of the combinations already formed. As we have repeatedly said and the politicians new all admit, the lines are most clearly drawn en sheriff and prothon prethon prothen otary.and te these all ether issaes are te be subordinated. The High-Skiles com bination joins battle with the Kready.Fridy ring. Either side would take Wissler for register and Al. Smith for prison-keeper, te get these influences for the head of its ticket, and the side which get both would have the better of it. The chances are that they will divide. Wissler can net well get away from the Senseuig-Eberly faction, and Jack Weise and Fred Smith will net shake old friends. It may be put down that Wissler " fights mit Geist " and the Examiner crowd go for Al. Smith. As a make-weight in the East End and te t offset Reeser, the Hiestaud party will sup pert tmeie ler register ; and as the next strongest man for prison keeper the Xew Era people will support Burkhelder. Fer the balance of the tickets both sides are ready te receive negotiations, except possibly en the clerkships, en which it is pretty well agreed that Eaby aud Reeser will be en one side and Settley and Spur rier en the ether. Fer county commiss ioner Myers is developing such strength that one side or the ether must take him ; and both want Summy, though neither quite trusts him te go the whole length of its tether ; he will either be en both tickets, or at the last moment will fall between two steels. While the two leading factions are grad ually gravitating toward well defined tickets, the peeple who are left out in the cold and who are acknowledged te be the next most premising candidates are being talked about as parties te a third cembi nation. They say that if the eftwrs are going te profit by co-eporation they may as well indulge in it, and it -must ba ad mitted that they, can shew front for a ticket which could stand the Kft&cfc iu a rough and tumble with the ethers. As things new stand the Era and Exam iner factions are disposed toward tickets very much like these respectively which are appended,and should the leading cadidatcs ether than these whom the combinations are disposed te favor, enter into a combination of their own, it would prob ably stand nearly identical with that marled "Independent ticket." On with the dance ! Independent TlcKct. SnEltlFF. COI,. D. MILES. ritOTHONOTAKV. .M. M. FILES. RXOISTKIt. V. COMPTON. CLSBK OF ORPHAN'S COURT. AMOS M. SOUKBEEU. CLERK OK QUARTElt SESSIONS. T. H. HEU3IIEY. COCKTT TREASURER. M. UKEIDEK. COPSTY COlUf ISSIOXKK. I. BUsHONU, JOHN JOHNSON, Jit. rnisex ujspkcters. POOR DIRECTORS. COROXKR. 1. MISIILEU. AUDITORS. JOS. CLAKKSON. A AJtON DISS1NUEK. Exainlner-Mentzcr Ticket. snERirr. J. C. KUEADY. PROTIIOXOTARV. SAM MATT F1UUY. REGISTER. JOSEPH UMBLE. CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT. (JEOUUE fcl'UUKIEU. CLERK OF QUARTER SESSION. A. SETLKY. COUNT V TREASURER. STEVJSX GIUSSINUEIC. PRISON KEErKIt. G. AL. SMITH. COUNTT COMMISSIONERS. AltKAM SUMMY. SAMUEL SLOKOM. PRISON INSPECTORS. DIRECTORS OT TUE POOR. CORONER. SHUBEUT. 11 AUDITORS. JOSEPH CLAKKSON, AARON DlijSINGEIt. New Era-Sensenlg Ticket. BUERirr. JOHN H. HIGH. PROTHONOTAKY. JOUS D. SKILES. REOISTER. BEXJ. WISSLEK. CLERK OP ORPHANS' COURT. JOS. 11EESEK. CLERK OF QUARTER SESSION. GEO. V. EABY. COUNTV TREASURER. JXO. J. GOOD. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ABUAM SBMJ1Y, S. M. MYEBS. PRISOX INSPECTORS. JOHN LONG, DIRECTORS OP THE POOR. JOHN EVANS, CORONER. A.SUIFEEU. 1). COUNTY AUDITORS. JOS. CLAKKSON, AAKON DISSINGEK. Bids Opened and Contracts Awarded. The water committee of councils last night opened the bids prcvieuslyadvertised for, for special castings, fire hydrants,step valves and pipe, and awarded the contract for furnishing the same te the following bidders : . Special castings A. C. Welchans at 2 j cents per pound. Fire hydrants A. C. Welchans, at $193 per dozen. Step valves E. H Diller, 4, 8, 10 and 12 inch, outside screw, at 81C, $30, 839 and 850, respectively ; and inside screws at $14. $28, 837 and 84G, respectively. Jeseph II. Huber, 0 inch step, 820. Pipe Mellert & Ce., Reading 820.75 per ten of 2,240 pounds. A Weman in tbe Tobacco Business. The West Chester Lecal Netcs says : "A woman from Strasburg, Lancaster county, has taken five acres of land be longing te Jeseph Bailey, near the Red Lien-, this county, which site will plant with tobacco and raise en shares. She is new at the Red Lien making preparations for her summer's work. This woman says she does net fear any competitor in the raising of the weed from either male or female." At the Westminster Fcsbytery. Rev. J. C. Hume and Mr. Hi C. Moere, of the Presbyterian mission, this city, are attending the meeting of the Westminster presbytery in Yerk, as " lookers en in Vienna." Correction. It was net Ira Stanley, of West Lampe ter township, who had his fingers cut off en Friday, but Ira Stencr. By some mis take of the compositor yesterday, the boy was called Stanley. Firemen's Mentinj The delegates te the City Fremcn's Union will meet for annual organization in the hall of the Empire hook and ladder cempauy this evening at 8 o'clock. THE HUUD HOMICIDE. Finney Admitted te SS.000 Bail. The full testimony taken before the cor cer cor ehcr's jury relative te the killing of Luther J. Hurd by Wm. B. Finney will be found en our first page. While the testimony was being taken in the orphans' court roeni.Mr. Finney was in the custody of the sheriff, in the sheriff's office adjoining the object of his friends being te have a heiiiug en a writ of habeas corpus, as seen as the ver dict was rendered, wituaview of having Mr. Finney released en bail ; but as the jury did net make up their verdict until about half-past ten o'clock, aud it being an nounced that the writ would be heard at ten o'clock this morning, Mr. Finney was removed te the Grape hotel, being taken from the sheriff's office through the win dow se as te avoid the throng of specta tors that were iu the corridors. We were in error yesterday in stating that Mr. Finucy had been committed te jail. The commitment was made out by Aldcrman Samson and placed iu the hands of officers, but by advice or with the con sent of the district attorney they sur rendered him te the custody of the sheriff, and left him there until last evening, when officer Lcntz took charge of him and re mained with him at the Grape hotel during the night. Mr.' Finney Admitted te Knit. This morning Mr. Finney was taken be fore Judges Livingston and Patterson, en a writ of habeas corpus, for the purpose of having him released en bail. The testi mony which was taken before the coro ner's jury was read by Themas F. McEl McEl Iigett te the court. After it was read the court stated that from the testimony they found that this case fell within that class for which bail could be given. They had decided te fix the bail at 83,000. Charles 31. Hewell, Luther Richards, Jeseph R. Reyer, who were i)resent,. im mediately became the bail of Finney for his appearance at the next court of quar ter sessions and he was discharged from custody. The Reading Times and Dispatch of yesterday- says 3Ir. Ilurd was a resident of Reading from December last till Febru ary of this year aud while iu that city can vassed for a book entitled "The Light of the World," in which he was quite suc cessful having secured 0110 hundred or mere subscribers. Viewing tlie Keniains. This morning the coffin containing Mr. Hurd's remains was placed in the dinning room, which was thrown open te the public. The body was clothed in black drapery, v4h white shirt front, white col cel lar and white nccktie. The body was viewed by hundreds of our citizens, ami there was universal sympathy expressed for the unfortunate young stranger. Kcmeva! of the Keinalns. At 1:10 this afternoon the remains of Mr. Hurd, coffined in a walnut case, were taken, in Brimmer's hearse, from the Grape hotel te the Pennsylvania railroad depot. Win. Lcaman, J. W. F. Swiftj Luther Richards, C. H. Celvin, C. A. Rit Rit Rit teuhouse and J. W Jacksen acted as car riers. The corpse was followed te the depot by a great crowd of people. The remains wilt be taken direct te Roxbury district, Bosten. Mass., and from thence te Springvalc, Yerk county, Me., where ether members of the family have been buried. We are informed that Mr. Finney pro posed te pay all expenses attending Mr. Hurd's funeral, and that Mr. Jacksen re plied that he would refer his preposition te Mr. Hurd's friends, when he reached them, for their consideration. Mr. Jack Jack eon accompanied the remains te Bosten. tar. jika.iia. " licarls of Oak" lit the Cpera lleuae. Last evening there was an audience of goodly numbers at Fulton opera house, attracted thither by the announcement of the production here by James A. Hcarnc's company of the new play " Hearts of Oak." The theme of the play is net a new one. It hinges upon a marriage prompted by duty and gratitude, at the expense of two loving hearts. Terry Dennisnn, the brawny, bij; heartcd sailor has been a fester-father te Rubyl)arrel,an orphan lad, and te Ghrystal, a girl-waif, whose pitiful condition years prier te the opening of the story had ap pealed te his generous sympathy, and he had taken them te his own home. Under his kind and guardiau care the boy and girl had greu up side by side, and the date of the story finds them iu the bloom of manhood and womanhood. Constant association has bound their hearts closely together and they are devoted sweethearts, unknown, however, te their benefactor and friend, who himself has yielded te the influence of his pretege's charms, aud from a kind protector and guardian has become ChrystaVs devoted slave and lever. Un conscious of the true relations existing between Ruby and Chrystal, he declares his love te the latter and asks her te be come bis wife. It is a terrible struggle between love and duty up ;i thep.irt of the young sweethearts. Te the sailor miller liuby aud Chrystal ewe all the hap piness they have enjoyed in life. Short, sharp and decisive is the conflict within the breasts of the levers. Duty, as they view it, triumphs. Since Terry Dennineiis life has been one of continued sacrifice for the comfort and happiness of his preteges, they will repay the debt they ewe him by the sacrifice el tne love they bear each ether, by renunciation of their own fondest hopes and desires. Chrystal shall marry Terry Dennisen, and liuby shall carry his wounded, bleeding heart off te sea again. The sacrifice is made. The sailor miner weds the girl whose fester-father he had been from infancy, and in his delight and happiness is unconscious of the crush ing blew he has dealt te the hearts Le would have given his life te make happy. Twe years of bliss, for Terry and of secret anguish for his wife and liuby pass away before the scales fall from his eyes and the truth i3 made kuewn te him. Then there is the separation, the husband mak ing financial ruin that has fallen te his fortune the pretext for returning te sea ; but before departing he exacts from Ruby -a premise te protect Chrystal during his absence, and. in the event of his failing te return within live years, te marry her. The compact is made and the broken-hearted husband sails away from the home where he had been se blindly happy. News comes of Terry's death amid the icebergs of the North Pele, and after the live years of waiting Ruby and Chrystal arc married, under the agreement made at the time of Terry's departure. On the very day of the wedding Terry reappears, au old, blind, broken-down man. Recog nition conies, but with it comes the death of Terry, .who, happy in the union of the sweethearts whom years before he had been the innocent cause of separating, finds rest at last at the hour of the fulfil ment of his dearest wish. The treatment of the weSI-weru theme which may be gathered from the above is marked by skill aud uet a little original-it-. There is a. blending of some of the leading ideas pervading the beautiful nar ratives of " Enech Anion," " the Man of Airlie," and "Rip Van Winklen" whilst the dramatist has se wrought that hi) work is distinctive from them all. The situations are cleverly de signed, and many of them pervaded by a naturalness uncommon upon the stage. There is no striving after effects, but the pathos and humor thataltcyiatc in the de velopment of the story are of the genuine sort and ue right straight te the svineathif a of the auditor. The cast was one of real merit, notably excellent being tne acting of Mr. James A. Hearuu and or Miss Katharine Corcoran, in their respective roles of Terry Dennisen and Chrystal, their intcrpretatieu of these characters being
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