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LANCASTEIUUIL? IjNXBLLIGENCEK, MONDAY, APKIL25, 1881.
.Lancaster intelligencer.
MONAT EVENING, AFBL St. 1981.
Mr. tiewea's Great Speech.
Mr. Ge wen, en Saturday evening, held
iu rapt attention an audience which
died the Philadelphia Academy of
Music, talking about the affairs of his
railroad, company. , He brought bis
heaieTSinie'fulisymnathy with himself
and prevedth'at he was an orator of the
very first order. Mr. Gewen . has great
qualities which naturally have-attracted
te him the admiration and sympathy of
all men. He is. as bold brave and honest
auaiasiverliTed. J-IW'e taijewnb one
new en .Qie tbeahft of .the world who
stands forth se pre-eminently esteemed
for courage, truth and honesty, and se
capable of commanding' the minds of
menrby the eloquence ethis tongue'. (HJe
possesses the great advantage as' an ora
tor of speaking from bis heart the con
victions which he profoundly enter
tains ; and of speaking them te men who
knew that he honestly entertains them
and is, inspired by no sinister aim.
That Mr. Gewen always has an audience
which has this sort of confidence in him,
accounts in a large measure for the
warmth with which he is constantly
greeted auditor the, great effect
of what he says. He is a man of
the kind whom men worship and will
blindly fellow. He believes in himself
te a degree rarely paralleled by a man of
equal ability te make ether men see as
he does. His success is net therefore
astonishing, even considering his falla
cies and failures.
In his present contest he has the geed
will of everyone everyone at least out
side the small set of men who are oppos
ing him for a selfish purpose because
every one recognizes that however great
have been Mr. Gewen's errors in the
past management pf the Reading com
pany, in its present exigencies his trans
cendent abilities are just the sort it needs
te resurrect it. There is a general belief
that the opposition te iiim is made up of
these who have a selfish interest in
wrecking the company, and engineered
by lawyers who have been attracted as
the buzzards are drawn te the carcass te
be fed. A dead creature is j ust the ki nd
such men need for their fatness, and a
sick one is the sort they fleck around.
Mr. Gewen spoke with great severity
of these men, but certainly with
none tee great. Every person of decent
instincts must wish that the troubles of
this read should cease and that a speedy
settlement should be had of the legal
difficulties. The fact is ascertained that
the majority of the stockholders sustain
Mr. Gewen ; yet ia face of this the op
posing lawyers undertake te set up as
president a vice president of Mr. Gould's
Texas & Pacific read, through the force
of a technical election by a third of the
stock, which should net in honesty be
taken advantage of aud which cannot in
the long run be of any avail. Mr. Gewen
makes serious charges against the honor
of these lawyers, who charged hini with
trickery in net holding the annual elec
tion in January, when the trickery seems
te have been en the ether side ; for it
seems that the clients, the McCalments,
agreed te this postponement, and that
Mr. Gewen remained in Europe in con
sequence. It seems that the smart law
yers ever en this side have been taking
advantage of the weakness of their cli
ents away across the water and have been
doing pretty much as they pleased.
The conclusion is that they havelxes
of their own te grind, and that the inter
ests of their clients de net wholly guide
them. There seems te be in their
movements the evidence of a strong
hidden hand. The general opinion has
been that Mr. Gewen's financial scheme
is a geed one for the stockholders and
the surprise has been that he found
moneyed men willing te take the' defer
red bends. Yet he says that he was
offered within a week in Londen ten
times as much money as he wanted.
He gets in here a very enjoyable and
pregnant reflection upon bankers' syndi
cates, which are paid fat commissions
for acting as agents in disposing of bends
that sell of themselves. The govern
ment of the United States has employed
these syndicates ; and Mr. Gewen's tes
timony of the ease with which he ber
rowed ten times as much as wanted for
a bankrupt railroad in less that a week
will emphasize the -popular opinion that
Secretary Sherman's syndicates were or
ganized only te filch from the govern
ment for the benefit of the favored ring.
Naturally, Mr. Gewen thinks, he was
net in favor with bankers. Teny Drex
el advised the Londen people
that Mr. Gewen was net much
of a business man ; which proves,
if it is a sound opinion, that it
don't take much capacity te be a banker
which we have often suspected iu con
templating Teny's success for cer
tainly Mr. Gewen's borrowing capacity
shows that he would have been a very
valuable member of a banking syndi
cate. Mr. Gewen is very much disposed te
kick at the Pennsylvania railroad mana
gers whom he seems te have found te
be a set of liars and thieves.
With his experience of their treachery
as he details it, it is net surprising
that he is indisposed te accept President
Roberts's assurance that the company
has taken no band in a movement te se
cure the control of the Reading. Mr.
Gewen firmly believes that its friends
are the little niggers in the woodpile,
and his suspicion is certainly strongly
sustained by the complexion of the men
who are actively at work against what
seems te be the real interest of the Read
ing company, and who have gene te
Tem Scott and Jay Gould's Texas & Pa
cific railroad company te get some sort
of a peer creature- te de duty for the
present as their choice for the Heading's
head.
Th' grand jury has discovered that
under existincr laws it is euite possible
for evil-disposed beards of directors at
the prison and poorhouse te meLTSinT
them corruptly, te plunder the public
and te cover their tracks. There can be
no doubt of the authenticity of this an
nouncement. Moreover, experience has
taught hew liable the dominant party in
this county is te elect te these places
just the men who will take advantage of
their opportunities te abuse them. A
better system1 is required as well as bet
ter men than generally administer that
from which the tax-payers new suffer.
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MINOB TOPICfa.
Tue. Vermont M. E. conference has un
animously agreed- net te marry divorced
parties, except the innoeentone, where the
cause of divorce is adultery.
Beb Ixoebsell says that Providence
erignally made oysters with legs and after
wards took them efif, knowing that the
people of Delaware would starve te death
before they could run te catch anything.
Give the new district attorney his due !
He disposed of his business last week with
commendable dispatch, and of 149 cases
en the list finished up all but 20. Of these
9 were fornication and bastardy cases net
yet ready for trial ; 5 cases returned with
in the week, and went ever under the ten
day rule, and the three cases against the
Tripples and the Finney manslaughter
cases, the importance of which only ne
cessitates a special term iu May.
Rev. Mr. Talmage in his Eabtcr sermon
ou the text "Consider the lilies." with
characteristic exuberance of imagination
and efflorescence of language, exclaims,
'Consider theazaleas, consider the fuchsias,
consider the geraniums, consider the ivy,
consider the hyacinth, consider tbc helio
tropes, consider the oleanders." And he
might, thinks the Washington Republic,
have said, "consider the squash, consider
the gourd, consider the cabbage-bead."
In the hope of overtaking falsehood in
its seven-leagued beets, some one signing
himself "Audever" has sent a letter te
the Hartferd Cem ant denying explicitly
the assertion that the twin brothers
caught in a burglrry at Andover were in
any sense, present or prospective, theolog
ical students. They were members of
Phillips academy, the celebrated prepara
tory school for colleges, aud had net the
remotest connection with the theological
seminary in the same town. Furthermore,
they never professed piety or even a re
ligious belief. Their creed was avowed,
blatant infidelity, and they had already
begun te excite the suspicion of their
teachers and the disapproval of their
schoolmates.
The present season has becu remarkable
for the beauty of the skies and the con
junctions and evolutions e( the stellar
bodies. The New Yerk Sun, which of
course speaks in astronomy with parental
authority, wants it understood that the
parade is net yet dismissed. The planets
that have disappeared from the evening
sky will in a few weeks brighten tlie early
morning hours, aud repeat witu variations
in the cast the performances that proved
se popular when they were starring it in
the west. In tbe meantime these whom
the astrologers have caused te tremble
with the fear that the planets arc playing
a tragedy that means woes te mankind
may calm their minds while they wipe
their glasses against the rising of the cur
tain ler tue second act. I he players in
this celestial drama may be trusted net te
fire any wads into the parquet.
Eliuu Yale, the early patron of the
great college which bears his name, was
an American, but died in Londen and was
buried in the churchyard at Wrexham, in
Neith Wales. Many years age. the origi
nal slab that covered his remains was re
placed by another stone aud has remained
ever since in the possession of a Mr. Edis-
bury of Wrexham. That gentleman has
recently availed of a visit of an American,
Mr. Hugh Hamilton, te transmit the ori
ginal stone, with its quaint inscription, te
the authorities of Yale college. It tells its
story thus :
' Bern in America, in Europe bred.
In Alrica traveled. :in! in Asia veil.
Wlicre long lie lived and thrived ; in Londen
dead.
Much geed, some ill lie did ; se hope nil's -vcn
And that his soul thre' mercy's gene te
Heaven.
Yeu that survive and read this tale, take care
Fer thin most certain exit te prepare.
Where blest in peace, the actions et the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the silent dust."
It is time stern measures were taken
against insurance farming, 'by which
wicked men take heavy speculative risks
en these about te die and even get an in
terest in the death of healthy men that is
net geed for public morals or personal
safety. The recent newspaper excitement
and the bloody crime and bloodier expia
tion in Lebanon seem te have had no ef
fect te step the traffic. It is extending
from Eastern Pennsylvania into ether
states. Recently several aged persons
died in Frederick county, Md., en whose
lives policies for several theusaud dollars
had been issued only a few months previ
ous te death, -and up te this time tbc
amount of insurance obtained by residents
of Frederick county en the lives of persons
ranging in age from 60 te 83 years will
probably aggregate between two and three
millions of dollars. One company has
secured policies te the amount of about
$800,000. A number of agents, arrived in
Reading from Harrisburg, had intended te
' work " the Berks county almshouse,
but when they learned that there were
abfjf t forty-five cases of mall-pox there
they visited the Schuylkill county poor peor poer
houso aud took out policies at the rate of
$50,000 a day en aged and infirm paupers.
Each pauper is premised $2- per month for
each 81,000 insured. Henry Berger, aged
85, was insured for $5,000. He receives,
or is premised, $10 per month. The
policy was at once transferred or assigned
te a coal operator, and he pays all assess
ments and charges, set that when the aged
pauper dies the coal operator draws the
money from the company.
Tire Vitubnrgli Murderers Sentenced.
In Pittsburgh, Cook Hall, who killed
Emma Fester at Maud Chester's bagnio,
and was convicted of murder in the second
degree, was sentenced te twelve years' im
prisonment in the western penitentiary.
He made a speech te the court denying
all knowledge of the crime, and asserting
that up te the fatal night he had enter
tained the kindliest feelings for the mur
dercn woman.
Patrick MeNamee, who killed Thcmas
Haney, who was at McNamee's house was
convicted or muruer in tne secena degree.
He was sentenced te the penetentiary for
some
ex-
tenuating circumstances in his case.
The Eeening Chronicle, of Pottsville,
enters en its seventh volume, one of the
best, most popular and most successful
dailies in the state. Leng life andeoed
fortune te it.
, PERSONAL.
President Gawield will be .one pf the
guests at the marriage of Whitelaw Reid
te Miss Mills, te-morrow.
Mr. Samuel J. Tildex has entered his
pet mastiff at the coming beech show in
New Yerk.
One of the guests of the Sens of St.
Geerge at its annual dinner in Baltimore,
en Saturday, was Prof. N. Cbecch, the
venerable author of "Kathleen Mavour Maveur
neen." Bishop Kavanaugh, of Louisville, Ky.,
though 79 years old, appears te be under
50. There isn't a gray hair en his head
and he is physically and mentally as vig
orous as he ever was.
Attorney General MacVeagh is reported
as declaring that if Mr. W. E. Chandler is
confirmed as solicitor general, be will net
assign him te the trial of any causes for
the gevernmeut, but he will net object te
his performing office work like any ether
clerk.
Since the publication of Cakltle's
reminiscences very little advance has
bceu made in the collection of subscrip
tions for the proposed memorial. These,
before the reminiscences were published,
were largely and freely made, but have
almost entirely stepped since their publi
cation. The first account of the executers of the
will of the late Asa Packer has ju6t been
filed with the register of wills. The net
value of the estate is placed at $6,413,847.
74. The acceuut shows that up te his
death Mr. Packer had expended $110,213.
58 en the Lehigh 'university library
buildiug.
A great friend of Conkling's - in New
Yerk has recently engaged a passage te
Europe. He told Coakllng.ef it and want
ed te knew if he could de anything for
the senator. "There is a favor," said
Conkling, " that I would like te have you
de for me." " What is that ?" eagerly
asked the friend. " Take Garfield with
you," said Conkling snappishly.
William H. Vandeiuult and Samuel
F. Barger are booked for passage en the
White Star steamship Germanic, which
sails from New Yerk for Liverpool, April 30
It is understood that Mr. Vanderbilt will
he absent only about six weeks. The
Wall street community are almost unan
imously of opinion that he is out of the
stock market and say that thousands of
shares of Lake Shere stock that steed in
his name are new the property of the
street.
Blaine has always been careful of his
eatings aud driukings. He gees te mero
dinners than any oue iu Washington, but
he cats less and drinks less than any one.
He confines himself te the oysters, soup,
fish and roast, always avoiding the terra
pin and the ether rich and injurious
dishes. At dinner he takes but a single
glass (rarely two glasses) of champagne,
and never took a glass of whisky or brandy
in is life. Se says his BeswelU who wants
it known that J. B. stands the racket bet
ter thau Conkling or Cameren.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Base ball : At Buffalo. N. Y. Buffalos.
12 ; picked nine. 2. At New Yerk Met
ropelitan, 5 ; Previdence, 4.
Three steamers which arrived at New
Yerk ou Saturday brought 1800 immigrants
The arrivals at Castle Garden for the week
were 18,335.
Dennis E. Murphy, a burglar, was shot
and killed at Buffalo, N. Y., by Geerge
Irish, whose store Murphy had broken
into.
Rev. II. Themas committed suicide en
Friday at Ozark, Ark., by swallowing
laudanum. Grewiug blindness was the
cause.
The Ogden, Utah,
been burned ; less,
vinegar works have
$15,000. A $20,000
business block has burned in Fittsneld,
Mass.,
A ferry beat crossing the Dniester river
has upset, and, according te one version.
sixty-three persons were drowned. An.
ether account says thirty were drowned.
Geerge McDaniels, near Trey, Indiana,
has died from a pistol-shot in the head
nrca ey a man namca Liyncn, during a
quarrel.
The officers of the St. Leuis & San
Francisce railroad have organized the
Rogers & Eureka Springs railway com cem
pany te build a read from Reger te Eureka
Springs, twenty-five miles, as seen as pos
sible.
The house of II. R. Ball, the mayor of
balinas, ual., was burned Friday night.
Mr. Ball was absent at the time of the fire,
and when the flames were subdued the
bodies of Mrs. Ball and two daughters,
Henrietta and Mary, were found in the
ruins.
Wm. Brown went into James Bensen's,
field near Falmouth, Ky., te take out
some mules that were trespassing. Ben Ben
eon appeared and threw rocks at Brown,
who ran. Bensen pursued, still throwing
stones, when Brown drew a revolver and
killed his pursuer. Brown, who is a young
man, was held in $500 te await the action
of the grand jury. Bensen was very old.
Twe Brooklyn policemen yesterday saw
three men en Newtown creek in a beat
leaded with railroad iron, which they had
stolen. The men jumped into the water,
when the officers, securing the beat, pur
sued them. They caught one named Den
nis Campbell, and while trying te get him
into the beat the beat was upset- and the
officers thrown into the water. They
however brought Campbell ashore, and
then arrested Michael Canneran as he was
swimming up te the deck. The third man
was drowned.
STATE ITEMS.
Only 15 candidates for superintendent
of public schools in Berks.
By recent deaths and removals the
Mauch Chunk bar has been reduced from
eighteen te eleven members.
Frank Keller, of the regular army, has
reappeared iu Shamokin after 17 years
mysterious disappearance.
Themas Hardin, - aged 63, fell from his
wagon in Philadelphia, and the wheels
went ever him, crushing out life instantly.
The Wilkesbarre people will offer $1,200
iu prizes for the best drilled militia com
panies, te be competed for triennially in
that beautiful town.
Appraisers have fixed the liability of the
insurance companies te the managers of
Danville asylum recently burned at $206,
116.01. That settles it.
An incendiary fire in Shamokin yester
day caused $100,000 less, burning out
Owen's tobacco store, adjoining business
house of W. K. Kutzner & Ce., Rumber
ger's marble works, the Herald printing
office, and three dwelling houses owned
by C JJakcr and occupied by Baker, Jehn
Lewiffaud Jesse Legan.
At the Middlctewn furnace yesterday
Eli Gibsen a colored filler, went te work
asifsual. At neon his daughter arrived
with her father's dinner. She ascended
te the cupola where he was employed, but
he was net there. Something impelled
horrified te see the body of a man burned
te a crisp, which she supposed te be that
of her father. "She summoned assistance.
The body was taken opt and it proved te
be that of Gibsen. He had in some un
accountable way fallen into the stack and
met a horrible fate.
DKATB OF CASOIEB MZSSEKSMITH.
Tbe man
whose Intrepidity Saved the
Unambersbare Sink 8300,000.
In Chambersburg Geerge R. Messer
smith died suddenly at 5:20 en Saturday,
evening. He was the cashier of the
Chambersburg bank en March 25. 1876,
when the daring forger and confidence
man, Ralph Rollins, otherwise Lewis C.
Clermon, and his accomplice, his brother-in-law,
A. B. Wicks, alias Johmseu, made
their desperate and well-nigh successful
attempt te bind and gag the old gentle
man and plunder tne bank vaults et ever
half a million dollars. Rollins went te
Chambersburg months before the enter
prise was ripe, representing himself as an
ex-Confederate general from New Orleans.
He -was accompanied by a beautiful lady.
Rollins pretended te be an invalid travel
ing for his health. The couple, by their
refined, sociable ways, captivated many
families, including Cashier Messeismitb. s,
and Rollins was a frequent visitor. John John Jehn
eon appeared en the scene the day befere
the attempted robbery. On the evening
of March 25, Rollins and Jehnsen visited
Mr. Messcrsmith's house, Rollins repre
senting that he had $10,000 which he was
about te invest by purchasing the cash
ier's farm and asked te deposit it in the
bank safe for security. The unsuspecting
cashier opened the vault doers and at that
instant Rollins and Jehnsen pinioned him
and attempted te bind and gag him and
thrust him into the vault. Rollins nour
ished a pistol, but neither legue had cour
age enough te silence the old man by vio
lence. He freed himself and called for
help. Rollings seeing that the scheme te
secure nail a million deliarshad tailed en
the very brink of success, snatched up a
$30,000 roll of money and fled, but was
seen overtaken, as was Jehnsen. Dis
guises, weapons, etc., indicating a deep
laid plot, were feuud. -The accused, after
various adventures aud two escapes by
Rollins, get te the penitentiary. Rollins
died there ever a year age aud Jehnsen,
alias Wicks, has just had bis application
for a pardon refused by the pardon beard.
Perhaps he may have better success next
time, new that eue obstacle has been re
moved in the death of Mr. Messersmith.
Deceased was a member of tbe well known
family of his name in this section, and was
a cousin of Dr. Jehn R. Messersmith and
Gcerge Messersmith Kline, esq., of this
city. He bad long been cashier of the
bank and was highly esteemed in all the
Cumberland valley for his many geed
qualities.
Free Advice te Beth Parties.
Philadelphia Times.
If the Republicans of Pennsylvania want
a candidate for governor who can de his
own running and defeat any regulation
machine Democratic candidate by thou
sands, they will nominate Jeseph L.
Caven.
If the Democrats of Pennsylvania want
a candidate for governor who can de his
own running and defeat any regulation
machine Republican candidate by thou
sands, they will nominate Rebert E. Pat Pat
tisen. Feuud Drowned.
Themas Sirraen, a demented farmer,
who lived a few miles east of Georgetown,
Del., was found drowned in Beaver Dam
Branch. He disappeared from his home
after a bard day's work, but whether his
death was suicidal, accidental or from
foul play has net yet been determined.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CIRCUS.
Anether Immense Attendance Saturday
Night.
The tremendous threug present at the
Barnum-Bailey-Hutchinson circus Satur
day afternoon was repeated in tne evening
when the great canvas was densely
crowded ey an eager, excited multitude.
The performance did net vary materially
from the former exhibition. Three rings
were occupied almost continually from
half-past seven until after nine, aud the
spectator could net iieip longing ler three
pairs of eyes in the consciousness that he
might be missing something. It required
a keen vision indeed te take in all the
brilliant performances constantly being
enacted, and it is almost impossible te
point out any distinctive feature of the
varied and lengthy pregramme as present
ing especial merit where there were se
many deserving of the highest praise.
Madame Elise Dockrill, the champion
female bareback rider, was received with
prolonged plaudits for her skillful- and
daring horsemanship, which was
well-nigh rivaled, however, by the
superb riding of the Spanish equestricuue,
Senorita Adelaide Cerdena, which, among
many picturesque features, included that
of her jumping her horse through a flam
ing ring. Of the male riders Frame Mel
ville's wonderful performance emphatic
ally " took the biscuit" in colloquial par
lance, and was the subject of the highest
admiration. The bicycle riding, in which
four persons were seen upon a single
bicycle performing difficult and graceful
movements, was among the neatest exhi
bitions of the evening. Mile. Boshell's
wire walking deserves te be placed in the
catalogue of notable features, as did cer
tainly also the trapeze act of the Davene
family, which has net been surpassed by
any similar performance witnessed here.
The leaping was very fine, especially
Frank Gardner's double somersault
ever the backs of seven elephants,
one of whieh was elevated upon a
pedestal. The juggling, balancing, tumb
ling, wrestling, and in fact the hundreds
of acts that succeeded each ether with
snob rapidity, were all of the highest order
of merit, and maintained a continued ten
sion upon the interest of the thousands of
lookers-en. When at length the final act
had been performed and the huge throng
slowly wended its way towards the deer
the general verdict was that the exhibi
tion had been amply satisfactory aud de
void of the humbnggery that is se fre
quently a component part of the circus
business, and with which upon former oc
casions the name of Barnum has been
mere or less intimately associated. The
great showman in his present . venture
with Messrs. Bailey and Hutchinson is
keeping faith with the public and is reap
ing his reward in the generous patronage
that is being accorded te him. Barnum
en Saturday commenced legal proceedings
against a proprietor and editor of a paper
of Philadelphia, fixing his damages at
$100,000, The paper, in the last issue
stated that "Barnum hires out his name,
bnt owns no interest in the Barnum and
Londen Combination." This Barnum de
clares is false, malicious and injurious.
A Party et Senators.
On Saturday afternoon a special train
arrived in Marietta having en beard Sen
aters Bayard of Delaware, Beck of Ken.
tuckv. Piatt of Connecticut, Piatt of New
Yerk, Pendleton of Ohie and Cameren of
Pennsylvania. They remained at Cel.
Duffy's ever night and there took break
fast yesterday morning. In the forenoon
the party went ever te Denegal and
took dinner with Hen. Simen Cameren.
Senater Bayard took the Day Express r.t
Mount Jey yesterday and went te New
Yerk. Tne ethers returned te Washing,
ten.
Postmaster Appointed.
CI. TU. TTnnflfmaTi if YTinlivillA T,inncfni.
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ceuntv: Albert M. "Lane. Washinertnn
borough, Lancaster county.
TOBACCO MARKET.
AMla Mvury foreoriar
&
Th retort.ei the New Yerk market is
en our euttidpt pages. Dealers in tke crop
of 188 ceatinue rather active hereabouts.
It it said'fnat'ediiklenbld quantities have
been purchased during the past week.
Our own advices are that while a number
of buyers have been riding the county
their purchasers have been comparatively
light. ,It appears that they have been
looking Ter first-class leaf, aud find it
rather scarce. It is believed that- nearly
two thirds of the crop certainly mere
than one-half has been purchased, and as
these earliest in the field took
the best, these who came in later are
compelled te take what they can get or de
without any. It may be remarked, how
ever, in this connection, that some of the
heaviest early buyers are still in the field
competing with the newcomers. This is
because their early purchases turned out
unexpectedly well during the sweating
nrmiu aiwl-'rnnvineed tha bnvers that
- wfc- pe 0r w w m - Zj
they had struck a bonanza in the 1880
crop. There has net been for many years,
a crop of Lancaster county tobacco that
opened se unfavorably as the last one ; it
was undeniably badly bitten by the flea,
and te this defect was added the cry
of " white vein " aud " want of quality."
It was confidently asserted by dealers that
there were net one crop in fifty that
would rauk as first class, and some- went
se far as te offer $50 for a single perfect
leaf. It was confidently predicted that
there would net be 1000 cases of first-class
leaf in the county, and many who
claimed te be well posted asserted that
there would net be 100 ! New, since the
tobacco has been placed en the market,
the greater part of it sold and much of it
packed, it is just as confidently asserted
that there is in tbe crop net less than
10,000 cases of as geed tobacco leaf as ever
grown in the county. There are no mere
complaints of " white vein " and even the
flea bites are becoming invisible ! A
Lancaster correspondent of the New Yerk
Tobacco Journal has created something of
a sensation by dcclariag that tbe holes
made in the leaf by the flea are disappear-
inir. and that after sweating, the leal
shows no signs of the damage done by the
flea. The correspondent says :
"The fact is well-kuewu that this crop
sustained very serious injury from the
perforation of the leaf by the se-called te.
bacce tlea ; but although the harm
wrought by it was net of a fatal character,
it had the effect of causing a deterioration
in the value of the crop. It will therefore
be an agreeable surprise te the one hun
dred and twenty-five te one hundred and
fifty packers of it te learn that nature is
slowly but surely repairing the damage in
flicted by the flea. As they bought the
tobacco with a full knowledge of its im
perfection, the information will be all the
mere pleasant that the holes in the leaf are
gradually contracting, through the action
of heat I j. Of course I de net claim that
holes large enough te permit one te pass
his band through will close up ; but these
the size of a buck shot are actually disap
pearing. The proof of this statement is at
the command of everybody who cares te
obtain it. Let theso who are net already
aware of the fact in question examine
some of the eases of '80 Pennsylvania leaf
which have been packed a sufficient length
of tirne te become well warmed up, and
they will be convinced that ray statement
is in no respect visionary, uui luuiaputauiu
fact."
Perhaps tha most rational way of ac
counting for the improved appearance of
the crop of '80 would he te say that it
was net half as bad as it was declared te
be by the buyers, while it remained in the
hands of the "rowers, and that it is net
quite se geed new as these same buyers
represent it te be. But, nevertheless,
there is very pesitive and reliable evidenca
that the pinholes in the tobacco have te a
large extent disappeared. A plau
sible reason given for this im
proved appearance of the leaves
is that in a majority of cases the insect
did net perforate the leaf, but merely ate
the tender, succulent suface of it, leaving
intact the thin transparent network of
veins which form the body of the leaf.
When held up against the light these
transparent portions of the leaf looked
like holes, but were uet holes ; and when
the tobacco was cased and sweated,
the transparent places were again covered
with the opaque gum that oozed from the
leaves durins the sweating process All
of us have seen grape leaves and leaves of
manv ether plauts rendered entirely trans
parent by insects feeding upon them, and
yet the leaf itself remaining intact in
shape, and only requiring a little mere
body, a little green paint for instance, te
make it perfect. May net the gummy
substance in the sweating tobacco furnish
sufficient eedu te obliterate the flea bites ?
There continues a very lively demand for
1879 Pennsylvania tobacco. A thousand
cases of it could be sold te-day at fair
prices could it be obtained. But it is very
scarce iu our market, and we of only a few
sales m small lets, ranging lrem a te e
cacs.
Packing gees en briskly and will con
tinue for some weeks yet.
Following aic a few recent sales of the
crop of 1830.
Wm. Wcstferd, of Strasbnrg, has sold te
Fatman his crop at 13, 5 and 3 ; Jeseph
Hoverheltzcr.of Earl, apart from his crop
te same, at 13, 6 and 3 ; and two acres
te Skiles fc Frey, amounting te 4,846
pounds for $705.11. Martin Shaub,
of Martic, has sold his crop te
Rosenwald at 20, 6 and 3 ; and
Samuel Wiggins, of Martic, te same at
23, 6 and 3. Martin Rets, of Fulton, te
Sencr, at 19 and ' 6 ; Gcerge Oatman, of
Salisbury, te Mr. Fatman, at 17, 6 and 3.
A. H. Bah-, of Earl, te Mr. Stirk, at 14, 6
and 3.
Gclst ana Griest.
Majer Griest says that the occurrence
of his taking $5 for an advertisement,
which he nevcr inserted in his weakly
paper.
reminds him that in 1868 his ac
cuser, Mr. Geist, then of the Express, took
$50 from thelate W. M Wiley aud put it
in " his jacket pocket " as the price of,
his proposed editorial endorsement or the
Republican county committee's action in
cheesing delegates te the state convention.
" When the struggle came en and the
committee did elect delegates the Express,
instead of doing what its editor had
agreed te de, and was paid for, did the
very opposite. He denounced the com
mittee's action, but lie kept tlie money."
The Inquirer says'this $50 was raised by
" five persons whose names we withheld
for the present, but will pahjish if neces
sary." What Mr. Gelst Says.
In answer te the above charge the edi
tor of the New Era says that in the year in
question Majer Wiley "brought us an article
which he wanted printed as an editorial,
for which he offered te pay liberally. The
offer was respectfully but firmly declined,
bnt we iufermed him that under our rules
we would print it as a communication
without charge. He finally agreed te
have it printed as such, but insisted upon
paying for it, as be 'didn't want anything
done for nothing.' He was referred te
the business effice, and there tbe transac
tion ended, se far as' the editor was con
cerned. We don't believe that 3Iajer
Wiley ever told the story as new related
by this political and moral Wreck. If he
did, he certainly told what was net true."
Mayer's Court.
The mayor bad fourteen cases before
him this morning, six of whom were dis
orderly corner loungers. They were fined
and mulcted in costs and discharged. One
drunken and disorderly person was com
mitted for 30 days, and the rest of the
gang, being unfortunate tramps, were discharged.
THE IjQCAZ,
OCEEDINUS.
f. TaVTlrst Wfailr 6r Quarter
V
Wf
J &mrdau AftimwriZ Charles
lejfer,
resident; lef Mary street, was
l3Seal
Jeseph Sever and a'dtushter or Cb
Keller with threatening te knock off
head of ManrarotBerefon the 4th of March.
There was also a cress action heard, in
which Jeseph Beyer was charged with
threatening the life of Charles F. Keller.
TIlACA fllcnnfACt m-nn. mif rC tlie t-1r)l tit
the use of water from a pump in Keller's
yard. The court directed that the Kel
lers pay the costs in all the cases.
Jacob Feutz, of Conestoga township, was
charged with threatening te de bodily
injury te Samuel McLaugalin. The pros
ecutor testified that was the collector of
school tax of Conestoga tb wnshTp; 'ated pb
December 1st, when he went te defend
ant's house te collect the tax due by him,
the defendant threatannini in kik him
copftaftre
je I
lti"S Pout and sauThc VquH jcrifpkjiim if he
HljJMcajne back.1 pafendanf testified that
when prosecutor came te his house he told
him he could net pay the tax then. Seme
words passed between them, and he or
dered the prosecutor te leave the house,
aud refusing te go he put him out, but
did net made any threats. The court de
cided that the defendant enter into his
own recognizance in the sura, of $100 te
keep the peace and pay the costs of pros
ecution, i j
Constable Appointed.
Andrew Eichholtz was appointed con
stable of Lancaster tewuspip, in place of
Thes. J. Smith, recently elected, but who
declines the office
Kcpert of Grand Inqnest.
The following is the report of the graud
inquest :
Te the Honorable. the?J utiles of the Court et
Quarter Sessions and General Jail Dehvcry
et the Teace of Lancaster county.
The grand inquest of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, empaneled te inquire
into and for the county of Lancaster at.
the April sessions of 1881, respectfully
report :
That they have acted ,upon. all Abe in
dictments submitted te tneni., TMbrfe that
were believed te be properly susceptible of
consolidation were returned te the district
attorney for that purpose and when con
selidated they, with the ethers, wcic re
turned te the court, ninety nine as true
bills, thirty ignored and seven were hand
ed back tbe district attorney because the
witnesses did net answer, though the dis
trict attorney's attention was directed te
the fact, and the names of the parties
were repeatedly called.
We visited the almshouse, hospital, the
home for friendless children and the
county prison. In the almshouse there
are 183 inmates 123 men, 50 women ami
10 children. These all appeared te be
well cared for, the building was clean and
neat and te general management appeared,
te be geed. In the hospital,' for the sick;
and insane, there were 207 ; sick aud in
tirnv39 men, 29wemen and :& children :
and in thai insatuf.dcpartment, j?3 nen and
63 women. These, tee, appeared te be all
well cared,for and m as; oemfortablo con
dition as such unfortunates could be made.
The buildings were also clean and neat,
and the management appcred te be econ
omical and geed. Tbe workhouse arrange
menf for the confinement if -, tramps how
ever did net commend itsel!te our; judg
ment; the facilities for their-escape-are se
obvious that none need remain there if they
are willing te make any effort te get away.
If that branch of the institution is te be
made a success, different and mere
effective regulations will certainly be nec
essary. With regard te the supplies we found
that very few were furnished by contract
with the lowest and best bidder. On the
contrary, there were generally purchased
by committees of the -beard of directors at
such places and from such parties as they
thought proper te patronize. We de net
allege in this connection any improper
dealing by the proper officers ; en the con
trary, their purchases, as far as we inves
tigated them, appear te be quitje favorable
te the county. But we de alletre that that
system, if practiced by corrupt or incom
petent directors, might and probably would
prove a very expensive eue te the taxpay
ers. We think also that sumo account
should be kept pf bow the supplies are dis
tributed andtoVhem each article is given.
This is net done at present except in cases
of money given as out-deer relief. We
think such 'an account would preve a
wholesome check te abuses which, we de
net believe n,ew exist bntwhiclr might un
der less efficient management.
We were greatly annoyed at net find
ing in the institution the cash book, the
only record of moneys paid for the keeping
of inmates and forarticlcsseld. That book,
the steward informed us, was given te the
ceuuty auditors en demand made by them
for the purpose of examing the accounts
and by them lest. We think the losing,
of such an important book by the county
auditors exceedingly reprehensible, and
that every reasonable effort 4 should be
made te find it, and have it .retarded te its
proper place, that future srand juries and
ethers interested may have an opportunity
of examining it.
In tbe Heme for Friendless Children
there are 103 inmates ; 22 girls and 81
boys. We found this institution appar
ently well conducted, everything in geed
condition, and the'children provided with
all necessary comforts. We discovered,
however, that the treasurer, who is the
recipient of considerable sums of money
from tbe county for the use of the. institu
tion, has net been required te file a bend
or give security for its faithful disburse
ment ; and without intending, in the
least, te reflect en the present ! treasurer,
we rccemmend'that sucurity be required
hereafter.
We visited the county prison,- and found
there 149 prisoners, of which number 78
are convicts, 42 arc awaiting trial and 29
are confined for drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct. The prisoners appeared te be
well-cared for and generally in geed con
dition. The management there, however,
in some .respects, is most execrable;
There appears te be a dual gov
ernment, each claiming- te Ae-f ipde--:
pendent et. tne ether tine; inspectors
claim te be the proper managing', power i
but the keeper will net recognize them as
such. He claims that.hc is elected by the
people te perform specific dutle,xegilatcd
by law, and he will net recognize the
inspectors as having authority, ever bim.
Of the merits of this unfortunate disagree
ment we de net feel called uoen te iudsre :
but of its pernicious results we had abund
ant evidence. The 'prison accounts are net
kept as they should be, and there is net
sufficient supervision ver them. And
while we de net allege fraud, we de state
there are ample opportunities there for its
perpetration and, we think, without much
likelihood of detection. We refrain from
going into details as te the manage
ment or rather want of management, but
we unite in the allegation that avery.radi-.
cai ciiange tuere is au ausuiure necessity
te protect tbe interests of the tax-payers.
Oar examination of tEe sdveral public
institutions has demonstrated' te us, what
perhaps ought te be patent te everybody,
that in either onerdisheneet or incompe
tent officials can have plenty of Opportu
nities te practice fraud or waste, each alike
inimical te tbe interests of the' taxpay
ers, and that the only apparent safeguard
for the latter is for them te. select only
such persons te manage the several insti insti
tutient as .have sufficient intelligence te
comprehend the duties they aspire te as
sume, and sufficient integrity, te properly
perform them.
The errand inauest return- thanks te-the
honorable court, the district attorney, the
sheriff, and the officers of .the public in
stitutions, for the' attention shown te us
while in the discharge of our duties.
Respectfully submitted,
Jehn B. Warfel, foreman ; Witmer Hess.
H. Heidler. Jehn Silvius. Wm
SM. Bard, Jehn A. Bausman
!er. Themas Beyer, D. W.
rehd
IftVitai
A?E. B.mies, N. I. Lefever, Jno.
sill. K. Stretig, Samuel Boek,
Ream. Ames Ailes. Christ.
, Bcnj. Wissler. S. D. Grevbill.
Albert Bewmau.
After the report had been read tbe ceuit
briefly addressed the grand inquest en the
result of their work aud then discharged
them with atiinkslf ' '
Court then, adjourned until Monday
merniug at 10 o'clock. ,
Court of Common Fleas.
This morning common pleas court be
gan with .AidjtjoPatfeptffenjttK; bench.
In the c.i-c eT American news company
vs. Elias JJarr and Henry M. Ilerr, part
ners as KIus Barr &-,Ce., judgment was
enteretV:JgaiistlHerrir $90.1 I
The following cases were settled :
Solemon Lecher's use .vs. Isaac Sewers
Mi, trustees, etc.1, of the' German' Re
formed eliurclr of Muddy Creek, &c.
Clayten B. Myers vs. Peter Eckcrt.
The iie of Eli J. Barr, trustee of Hetty
A. Barr jVs.Jelin K. Barr, .defendant- and
UudeHih W.'Shcnk. surviving partner or
Bair & ehenk. garnishees, was referred te
Daniel u. Baker, who will act as referee.
A inettms for a new trial was made in
the case of the commenwealtb vs. the, city
of Lancaster, in which the latter was
charged with maintaining a tiuisauce in
keepin;: a lili market at Vine and Seuth
Queen Mircts.
rienVy Admitted te Mail.
This morning in cenrt W. B. Finney,
who is chained with manslaughter, was
admitted te bail in the sum of $8,00Q, W.
J J Cooper becoming hiStmiratyi'' Eightf
Mr." Finney's friends fully indemnifying
Him in $1,000 each.
THE BKrilllUClXS.
Tlie County Committee Meeting.
About s-ixty districts were represented
at the meeting of the Republican county
committee this morning. Chairman
Eshleman being kept away by sickness.
Andy Katilt'niaii was called te the chair.
Al. Stebcr and Jehn M. Stchman bad a
race te .-co liich would first get in his
resolutions; cuderaiug Judge Liyinnten
and ie'iibii);iKling him for unanimous
renomiuatieu. But Stebcr found that
Stehmaii's were longer and better written
and he allowed them te pass.
Stchimn wanted te have bis account
read, but f. W. Jehnsen thought there
might be item-, iu it that it would net be
desirable te have spread out iu a Demo
cratic newsptpcr, se Jehn Strohm. jr., W.
L. HcrMiey, J. A. Stebcr and J. W. Jehu Johu Jehu
sen wen; ui.wle a committee te audit it.
The committee te revise the rules re
ported no progress, and they were dis
charged without thankf.
When it e.imc te fixing the day for the
primarie Jehn Leng, of Drumerc, Ben.
Hookey oft.' mesteg.i. aud Burd Cassel of
Marietta, urged Tuesday, May 16,
se .-thaU.; tVre need be- nonet pi
the " usual Sunday."', work.) their
preposition was voted down 5 te 5& ;
and a test vote ensutd between Saturday,
May 21, and" Saturday,' 3Iay 28, as a fit
day for the primaries. Jehn McGinnis
opposed the latter because the meeting of
the return judges would then, fall en
Decoration, day. Jehnsen and ,Stebor
thought that was the best reason for
that date, the character of the holiday
might liavj a geed effect. In fact, how
ever, the Mie Era , party,. Skiles, Eaby,
Lew Ifartmaif and ethers had been urging
the 21st. They are satisfied with the
present: situation and want te get the elec
tion oil" as seen as possible. The McMcI-Ien-Mcntzcr
faction are expecting te profit
by delay and their men generally favored
the 2Sth. Tlie vote resulted 28 for the
28th and 34 for the 21st. Se the earlier
date carried and the Sensenig-Geist-Eshle-nian.Martin
party.diew first bleed, .
Nearly every candidate and leading pol
itician is in town te-day and a great deal
of work i being cut out, of which mera
after the " Cuckoo club " has held its
wceklj meeting.
funeral ul Uarry JJeMruian..
Yesterday afternoon the funeral of
Henry V. BpWJuan, whose death occurred
en Friday, toefc place from the residence
of his mother,' en Shippcu street. It was
very largely attcuded by relatives antl
friends of the deceased from the country
and city. The display of fiewers was very
fine. The Empire hook and ladder com
pany, of which the deceased was a mem
ber, sent a beautiful pillow of flowers with
a hook aud l.tdder ; tbc flowers were fur
nished by II. A. Schroyer, and .the design
wait made Gy .the deceased himself and
was used fi ri at the funeral of the late Wm'.
Carpenter, a member eCtbe Empire. Tlie
Lancaster rille club sent a broken column of
prettA'(IJ.ivers,vaud there were many ethers
sent by' friends of the deceased. The Em
pire company attended the funeral in a
body ami went te the burying ground.
The members were dressed, in black, suits
with high hats. The interment was made
at Lengcuceker's Reformed Mcunonite
church, three miles this side of Str.isburg.
The services at the house and graveyard
were conducted by Rev. Bishop Kehr.
Iu his remarks at the house aud in the
church the bishop spoke with consklcrable
freedom and hi a tnanheV that was rather
novel te his hearers. He explained that
the display of flowers net in accordance
with the notions of the Reform Mcnno Mcnne
nitcs was only allowed by the family at
tha Urgent lepicst of many of the friends
of the deceased.
m t
Anetlifr S.-nlleu Death. .
James McCanu is the name of a one
legged man who went te the county alms
house te live some time during November
and. December. Yesterday he seemed te
be in geed health. He ate a hearty supper
and retired s-me time afterwards. About
4 o'clock this morning tbc man, who was
sleeping wihVMuCahn,'ar033 aud ktft'.hira
sleeping; ' At 7 o'cleck: one' of the ' attend
ants went into the room and found the
man dead. Corener Mishler held an in.
.euest. He empaneled a inry consisting
of B. F. Cox, Chas. Heward, Jehn C.
Drummeud. Elijah Hunt, Richard Weeds
?nd Jehn Wilsen. Dr. Belcnius examined
the body .md the jury found that the man
died from congestion, of the ,braip (apo
plectic.) The deceased was about 35 'years
of age, ami he is believed te be a resident
of Marietta, where has a sister.
1'atent Granted.
A patent has been granted te A. F. &
Gee. V. Hawthorn, of this city, for a
compound for painting reefs, fences, &c.
The novelty iu this- invention consists in
the expansion and contraction; f tbe
paint with the material upon whieh it is
applied, thu.s preventing its cracking.
This patent w:is secured through Wm. R.
Gerhart, solicitor of patents.
. A rickaacket.
' While Zach McGinnis was purchasing a
ticket at thereircus wagon en Saturday
evening he felt a hand in his pocket. He
turned-reundqnirkly and caught held of
a man wie was standing beside him and
whose hand it was that was in hisOIcGin
nis's) peck 1 1 The man fetrugclcd te get
loose nn! ancealedv-'-He was Jesk in the
crowd be'bre htt'ceufd be arrestcd.'
WaraaWerk.
Persons who think it is warm should
take a leek at the police efteers, who are
wearing heavy overcoats and maces. The
time is seen coming, however, when they
Will appear in a brand new and much
cooler dress.
Died Frem Leck-Jaw.
Jehn Berne, tbc little son of Christian
Berne, of West Walnut street, who was
run ever by the cars a short .time age and
was seen after taken with lock-jaw, died
en Saturday afternoon.
clerwTH.
Wolfe,
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