ILancasfct ntelitgencet. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAT 4, 1881. West Virginia's Debt. Virginia, ex Senater Davis, of West plains te the country why Lis state does net pay the portion "of the ante-bellum debt of the old state which the present state of Virginia assigned te it when the cruel war was ever ; but it is an old tale. The new state thinks that the share as signed it is tee large ; and is quite content under this excuse net te offer te pay anything. One little fact destroys all the value of Senater Davis's vindication of bis state : and that is that there is net much room te complain of the bur then which has been thrown upon them while the repudiated bends are offered for sale at one-fifth of their face, and until lately could have been bought at about one-twelfth of the face. One-third of the whole debt was left te West Virginia te provide for. Senater Davis declares that this was an undue proportion, because, though she took one-third of the territory of the old state, she had within her borders a much smaller proportion of the popula tion and of the internal improvements for which the debt was created. Naturally there was a decided differ ence of opinion between the two sections of old Virginia as te the amount of the debt equitably assessed upon each ; but that does net excuse West Virginia for net providing for the payment of at least such portion of the debt as she thought was her proper share of it. She has net offered te pay a cent. The creditors have been offering for many years te sell their bends for a tenth or less of their face value, and would have been ready probably te accept any decent offer that West Virginia would have made them. It was at any rate'her plain duty te offer them wiiat she thought she owed them ; and if her offer had been refused her senators might then, perhaps, have plausibly excused her for net being will ing te pay mere than her fair share of the old state's debt. As the matter stands she is indefensible. It is a question whether the United States are net equitably bound te protect the creditors of a state that was dissev eredby the act of Congress. The divi sion was accomplished without the as sent of the people of the present state of Virginia who were then in rebellion. Having thus come about, Virginia may be considered te have done a -very fair tiling in taking upon herself two-thirds of the debt. She might have declined te pay any of it en the greuud that the ter ritory had been taken from her by Con gress without her assent. Senater Sherman declared in the debate in the Senate that West Virginia had been admitted as a state en condition that she would pay a portion of the debt of the old state. If Congress could make this condition it ought te be able te see that it is complied with. But we de net see that it can make West Virginia de anything in the matter that she is un willing te de. The United States, having admitted the state te the union en a condition that has net been complied with,- ought perhaps herself te pay the bondholders that her act has injured. Tin-: country is in much doubt just new as te who really is administering the government. Mr. Garfield does net seem te be the man ; nor does Mr. Blaine seem te have a firm held of the helm ; for there is Ccnkliuc snatching at it, and the Senate looking en in doubt as te which fellow should have the innings. A ' committee of safety" has been found necessary te keep the Republican bark from foundering ; and this com mittee has been busily engaged in attempting te persuade Garfield, Hlaine and Conkling te be lovely te one another. Their success has been peer ; but some sort of an armistice seems te have been patched up, by which the public business is te be permitted te be transacted if officers can be found te fill the vacant places, who will net be objected te. That is net accomplishing a great deal; but it is something gained te postpone the evil day of collision. The fact clearly appears that the president does net have a un;in: imeus party support, and that the defec tion is serious enough te challenge liis control of it and of the country. The family is net happy. The New Yerk Sun publishes a table which shows that Brady gave twent)' twent)' feur valuable star routes, en which the compensation was" raised" from :?5.yj53 te $490,3S3, te Miner, Peck and the Dorseys, all of whom really steed for Dersey, and that the sole sureties for these vast contracts involving nearly nan a muuen dollars responsibility were "Clint" Wheeler and S. N. Heyt, " neither of whom is pecuniarily respon sible." Mr. Dersey was the manager of these swindles and of the late Republi can campaign. Mr. Brady was his fac totum. New the Chicago Time prints this letter: Mektek, O., Aug. 23, 1880. My Dear Hlisijeu, : Yours of the 10th inst. received and contents noted. Please say te Brady that 1 hope he will give us all the assistance possible. I think he can help effectively. Please tell me hew the departments generally are doing. As ever yours, J. A. Gakfiemi. Hen. J. A Hubbcll, Washington, D. C. What is the reason that red-haired people are se very peppery ? There Is Speaker Hewit, for instance, who seems te be always quarreling with somebody, even from his speaker's chair, in uhich he would of course restrain himself if there was any restraint in his power. He has net ever-much hair, it is true, nor is it very red; if he had an abundance of real carretty locks probably we .would hear of his sheeting one or two members a day from his seat. Mr. Hewit ought te turn himself into a preacher "or try some ether extraordinary method' of acquiring grace. Evidently the politician's calling does net suit him. An average politician has tee many ether sins te answer for te be able te carry the lead that an unruly temper would put upon him in addition. When the preposition made at a militia banquet in Montreal is carried out, that Canada shall send a regiment te Yorktown te honor the erection of a statue te Lafayette, then truly will there be hope for the dawn of that happy time when the battle flags of all nations shall be furled " in the Parliament of man, the federation of the world." MINOB TOPICS. Tee clearings of the Chicago banks yes terday were $17,900,000, the largest day's clearings in Chicago en record. The Illinois Sunday school association reports that there are 6,316 Sunday schools in the state, with a total membership of 533,300, and 487,470 scholars in regular attendance. Ix protesting against 'the proposal te add Geed Friday te the list of public hol idays, the Albany Law Journal lays down the preposition that a ".'multiplication of holidays is a sure indication of the decad ence of a nation. . The latest and most refreshing Sabbath school incident happened in Maine. The teacher bad grown eloquent in picturing te his little pupils the beauties of heaven, and he finally asked : " What kind of little boys go te heaven ?" A lively little four-year-old boy, with kicking beets, flourished his fist. " Well, you may answer," said the teacher. " Dead ones," the little fellow shouted at the extent of his lungs. "A very intimate friend of Mr. Biady" repeats a story which has been positively denied, te the effect tha with the sanction of General Garfield appeals for campaign funds were made last fall te the star reute contractors. This gentleman says they responded liberally ; that it was with the inouey contributed by thorn that Mr. Dor Der sey deluged the state of Indiana in Octo ber, carrying it for the Republican ticket, and thus securing the election of Mr. Gar field as president. A:" English lady residing in Derby, Conn., who went home te England en a visit net long age, before returning dc cided te make the purchase of something te take back te her friends in Connecticut. She therefore bought a handsome chair, which she brought te New Haven, and presented te the friends in question, who of ceurse, were delighted with the gift. After a time a label was discovered en the chair, and the lurniture was found te have been made in that same town of New Haven. Oi:n vigorous young contemporary, the Wilkcsbarre Unien-Leadei , continues its strides 'in the direction of progressive jour nalism, and comes out in enlarged form, being the second time it has been called upon te increase its dimensions during its brief career of nine toen mouths. There is nothing succeeds like success, and Wilkes barre's newest daily has demonstrated this te its own complete satisfaction and that of the community in which it has thrived se well. Elevated in its totie, wide-awake in the sphere of news-gathering, staunch and aggressive in its Democracy, the Union-Leader knows just where te put the credit for the kindly favor it has received at the hands of the Wilkcsbarre people. rERbONAli. Archbishop Plkcell has been failing rapidly in health and strength for a few days past. He has an iron constitution, however, and may rally. McKicn Rankix and wife, at the special request of Lord Lerno, witnessed the military sports at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada, en Saturday afternoon, and dined with lum in the evening. The resignation of Charles J. Stim,e, emeritus professor of history and English literature at the university of Pennsylva nia, was yesterday received by the beaul of trustees of that institution. Professer Stille was chosen professor of history and English literature in 1800 The late W. H. Bolten, of Memphis, Teun., who died Aug. 1, 1870, left 10. 000 te Stonewall Jacksen's widow and daughter, and they were paid $5,000 March 1, 1872, and $5,000 May 10, 1880. Re cently they brought suit in chancery for the interest accrued upon the amount af ter the expiration of ene year from the death of the testator, and Chancellor McDowell has just awarded them $!, 099.13. General Grvnt was entertained at a dinner in the city of Mexico by the pro moters of the Topelovampo railroad, en Monday night. One hundred and fifty persons were present, among them cabinet officers, senators and deputies, and great friendship was expressed for the guest of the evening. The minister of .foreign affairs gave as a teaRt : ' General Grant, the great, the geed and well-tried friend of Mexico. " T. De Witt Ciiylkii and Mias Frances Lewis were married yesterday at neon by the Rev. Henry J. Morien, D. I)., rector of St. James' Protestant Episcopal church, at the home of the bride's father, 1301 Spruce street Philadelphia. Mr. Cuylcr is a young lawyer, well known at the bar and son of the late Theodere Cuykr. Miss Lewis is the daughter of Jehn T. Lewis, a prominent manufacturer, and is much admired. In consequence of the death of a relative of the bride only a few friends were invited eutside of the imme diate families and no display was m ndc. The bankrupt De Beauplan French opera company, new in New Yerk, is in great excitement ever the discovery that M. Teurxie, the tenor of the company, has eloped with Madame A.uisitr., the so prano and wife of the manager. Mr. Beauplan also disappeared last night, and it was confidently believed by many mem bers of the troupe that the elopement was part of a plan te rob ether singers of their salaries. Several members of the company among whom was the wife of M. Teurnic, visited the police headquarters and sought the aid of the police in searching for the missing singers. It was said that Madam? Ambrc is possessed of a large fortune in her own right. Fir Recerd. A lire yesterday destroyed the Douglass machine works, at Warren, Ohie, causing a less of $60,000, insurance, 6,500. The woolen mill was also destroyed ; less, $4,000 ; insurance, 600 ; also a ware house and ether buildings making a total less of 80,000. Twe hundred and twenty-seven bales of cotton in transit from St. Leuis te the steamship Asdrubal for the continent took fire, and only twenty-seven bales were saved. The less is $8,000 ; insured. LANCASTER PAIUX IJKTELtJGEKCEfc, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1881. A Ha AX OLD GASIK. Ilow atr. Henry Shaw Saw the Elephant. Alteena Tribune. Mr. Henry Shaw, a well known and com paratively wealthy citizen of Newry, sold his farm in Blair county and deposited $3,000 of the purchase money with Gard ner, Merrow & Ce., bankers at Hollidays Hellidays burg, with instructions te purchase him United States bends for the same. On Saturday he went te Hollidaysburg te lift his bends, but they hadu't arrived. On his way back te Newry he stepped for a while te leek at the tents and pictures and listen te the music at the circus which was en exhibition in a field by the roadside. While standing in front of one of the side shows a very genial gentleman, ap parently one of the managers of the affair, engaged him in conversation, pretending te want te buy some horses. It wasn't long until, by the aid of ingeuieus questioning, the genial gentleman knew he was talking with Henry Shaw, of New ry, who had recently sold his farm for a snug sum and who had a bank account with Gardner, Merrow & Ce. Then he invited Henry te come in and leek at the curiosities ; it shouldn't cost him any thing. And se Henry went in. After he had seen what was te be seen two ether gentlemen invited him te a sort of back room attached te the side show aud here they wanted Henry te try his luck at a certain same of chance, which he cannot describe. He demurred en the ground that he hadn't any money. Then it was sug gestcd that ene 6f the ' gentlemen" try for Mr. Shaw aud sec what his luck would he. This he agreed te. The experiment was tried and the result was wonderful. The "gentlemen" held held up their hands in astonishment. Mr. Shaw had drawn $1,000. There was just one little formality. Mr. Shaw must cover the 1,000 with 500. Te make a long story. short Henry was persuaded te go te Ins bankers aud get the money. He went hack te the place, was chloroformed and lest his money. When he came te himself lie was alone His gentlemanly compan ions had tied. Yesterday Mr. Sam'l Shaw aud another gentleman from Newry came te Altoo Altee na, aud after some investigation succeeded in picking up two of the parties who swin died Hcnrv. Thev were arrested and taken before Mayer Heward, where Mr. Shaw iudentified them. After refunding Mr. Shaw's money and paying all costs in the case they were discharged. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.. Fannie J. Blauchctt, aged 2 1 years, has died in New Yerk, from lead poisoning, induced by the use of cosmetics. The New Yerk brass meulders have de manded an advance of fifty cents per day ; they new receive three dollars. If refused, they will strike en Monday evening. In the New Yerk Assembly yesterday the Senate bill making an appropriation of 750,000 for continuing the work en the new eapitel was passed bv a vote of 9fi te 92. An excavating company cleaning the cess peel at the Windser house, Philadel phia, dragged up the skeleton of a man, nearly stripped of flesh. Hew the body get there is the tragic conundrum. The safe at the Oncenta (N. Y.) pest- euice was discovered yesterday morning seventy-live reds trem the posteffico blown open aud robbed of 1200 in stamps, 300 in cash and a registered letter containing a 100 government bend. The schooner Eva, at New Yerk from Virginia, reports that en the outward pass age, April 11, oft Atlantic City, she saw a schooner sunk and sailed down te her, but could find no out:. All hands arc supposed te be lest. A smash up occurred en the Trey & Bosten railroad yesterday morning, near Eagle Bridge, N. Y., by which several passenger coaches were thrown down an embankment. All the trains from the West are delayed. Geerge Brooks and Scott Leve fought a duel at Orlisten, Ohie, and both were wounded. Sheriff Acker and Prosecuting Attorney Buerhans went te the scene of the tragedy te arrest the parties. It is re ported that Leve will net live. Baseball yestcrday : At Bosten Provi dence, 7 ; Bosten 1. At Worcester Wor cester, 10 ; Trey, 5. At New Yerk New Yerk, 11 ; Atlantics, 5. At Princeton Metropolitan, 9 ; Princeton, 1. At Chi cago Chicago, 0 ; Cleveland, 0. The run en the Fiauklin savings bank, of New Yeik, has begun te subside. The crowd of depositors desiring te close their accounts yesterday vas smaller than the day before. The secretary said only about seventy thousand deda'.s was paid eiit yesterday. At Annapolis, Mil., yesterday Cel. G. S. Marsh was feuml guilty of setting fire te his own house in Anne Arundel county two weeks age. The jury were only out fifteen minutes. Colonel Marsh has hither to held a high social position in the coun ceun The thirty-second annual session of the American Medical association began at Richmond, Va., yesterday. The exercises were opened with prajcr by Bishop Keane, of the Catholic church, and an address of welcome was delivered by Governer Helli day. Seme 500 delegates wcre present. The sessions will continue for days. T. B. Davis narrowly escaped death while examining a coal mine in Mineral county, W. Va., from a gun shot fired by some unknown person, whether accident ally or intentionally could net be ascer tained. The bullet struck him in the breast just as he was in the act of facing te the right. It passe:! through an ever coat, a thick undercoat, the vest and un derclothing, and cut a furrow in the flesh just above the right nipple, making a slight wound. state items. Lizzie Dcvene, the catapult actor in Barnums circus, fell upon the netting iu Wilkcsbarre, hurt her spine and may die. A number of Chestnut and Walnut street railway hands, Philadelphia, have been gathered in for beating the bell punch. There is trouble in Philadelphia becaus'c the overcrowded condition of the schools debars hundreds of children from educa tional advantages. Patrick Dougherty was killed by the cats at Wilkesbarre yesterday. A father and his three sons are down with the small pox in that town. At Minge station. Bucks count v. Resa Celeman, a colored servant, aged 40, stepped off the 6 o'clock train, a coal train came dewu aud hurled her te the track. Her feet from thnaukle down was ciuslied te a jelly. A workman, named Scott McMillan, about 25 years old, fell from the root' of the First Lutheran church, Alteena, te the ground, a distance of thirty-three feet. He was picked up insensible aud new lies in" a very precarious condition. In Alteena, Mrs. Rynder, mother of T. P. Rynder, last year's Greenback candi date ter Congress, fell down a flight of stairs at her son's residence and fractured her skull. Being greatly advanced in years the injur j is likely te prove fatal. James Shult. brakeman en an iron train en the Lehigh Valley railroad, while coup ling cars at Allcntewn furnace, was thrown under the wheels of the moving cars. Beth legs and an arm were badly mutilated ..i .ii nn.mi iiiiurcd. no died in St. Luke's hospital, Bethlehem. A committee of Philadelphia councils apprevp3 the preposition or the Brush elec tric light company, of Philadelphia, te light Chestnut street, from river te river. ter euuu ler tne nrst year, the lights, of 2000-candle-power each, te be placed 200 feet apart. mmm eje Th State Legiaiatare. In the Senate yesterday the Heuse bill providing that appeals from assessments may be taken te the courts was reported favorably. The Senate bill extending for five years the time for completing branches of street railways was discussed en third reading, but a constitutional point having been raised against the measure, it was postponed for the present. The Senate bill requiring two years' practical experi ence for druggists' clerks before allow ing them te compound prescriptions was read a third time and postponed. In the Heuse the usual skirmish took place te prevent the delinquent tax bill horn being read a second time, and it proved, as usual, successful. Resolutions of inquiry as te the action of the insur ance companies in connection with the burning of the Danville asylum and the payment of taxes due the state by the Standard oil company were offered, but objected te. The bill transferring the control of the street clean ing in Philadelphia te councils was killed by being indefinitely postponed. Pending consideration of the four mill tax bill the Heuse adjourned until evening. In even, ing session several hills were considered, and the bill allowing school districts te redeem their bends with a new issue at the same or a lower rate of interest, was finally passed. great less of life. A British War Sleep Hlewn Up antl Oicr One Hundred of Uer Crew Lest. The English admiralty has received a telegram from Montevideo stating that the British war sleep Deterel was blown up en the 26th of April at Sandy Point, in the Straits of Magellan. The causs of the ca tastrophe is net known. Lieutenant Stokes remains at the scene of the disas ter te ascertain the cause of the explosion with the assistance of divers. The commander, paymaster, an engineer a caulker, a carpenter and seven seamen were saved. It may be remarked that probably great less of life has attended the disaster. The Deterel registered 1,137 tens and had 900 horse-power engines. The Deterel probably carried a crew of 10 men, of whom it is feared 100 are lest. The I'imcs announces that the officers and crew of the Deterel numbered 156, all of whom perished except 11. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Uraile or Pupils. The following is the grade by classes of the pupils in attendance at the boys sec ondary school, North Mulberry street, for the month ending April .10, 1881, the first column of figures indicating the con duct of the pupils, and the second column the progress iu the several branches of study : A CL vss. ,- . . MM . . . - 1 WS 5 2 m 5. 5 x ' i iii ii .1 . m DiiTCler tJen... (uudaker D... Elierly Willie.. Hctriek.Telm.. Wiant U Gressman Ii... SlUICtZ I. Adams WE.... Bitner A'ein Kreider Clia5-.. t;ren"J U Derwart I. K.. XiimiKin Win.. Martin Wm.... I.enjrenecfcer I Hull II C llartumn F li.. Shlinlle Frank. LichtyU II.... !)() 9.) !H 90 1 IU0 X Ifcl ye M Si Si 90 SS 9.1 85 , '.HI !K1 100 X 90 90 90 DO nurnulU ,..r... IX) ltitner.1 W .k) Maxwell Win... .UK) Kirkpatriek Wm S3 ISitncr A W 9.) Mills Hurry 1(X) Stormteltz W I... K0 Muster Win 90 Itehrcr Heward. SO Riickius Hairy.. iCi Keck llnrrv .W Huinplircrille X. 9J 90 90 100 Si 90 95 95 93 85 100 90 9. 90 90 '. 90 91 100 U. 74 74 80 80 82 87 80 70 73 B CLASS. Martin Jelm WeidlerMIt Ilartinan Cluw.. HeMetterll Kaulunan l-.inr. Sell William. ..100 licit lyUebcrt. 90; .100 .100 . 90 . 80 O CLASS. Olie Ilm-licrt...l00 93 lieilT Frank Ulirisnian Etlw. Leclicr C 11 Frank .Ine F.rnst Wm Bewers II It AimvakeG'lias.. Cair Michael. ...100 93 Lenjr Chat loe 93 Uoedimrt The. . 100 91 Nauiiian Clias... 93 ".HI Kress A 90 93 . 8: . 78 Mnsscliuan Wm 9T 7 Scliuuin Win 9S S3 lteyer Calvin Itf! Sii I.echer WK 92 84: 8 . ".CI 70 Carman .T M Facgley Clia... n class. Wclclicn Will.. 1001 HiultzH A 100 KrvilerC F 90 Fritz Sam SV llcit-.hu W K.... 94 Hainbrighl Cee. S3 liitner h 80 Ilecttner Ed ft) Kuliin .Ine 90 lOippe M Ij 78 Beuttner Albeit 90 lleyer .1 de Kaulz Win 100 WelclmniiC H...100 Glever II 1 100 I'erkins Frank.. 87 Weaver U It 97 Power Hunter.. 9. Sliaun Harry. .100 tiedrrcy J II ... Ititncr Allrcd.. Bitni-r Albert.. Bewnra Albeit.. Kckert Fii-d Frnily Henry.. Cable .lsii5 Gibsen Luten... (ierlncli Jacob... Hartley Harry.. Hurnlsh Elmer.. Adams T.etiin.... 98 T. CLASS. 9.) 90 9"i 90 9.) 90 91 S3 90 .9.) Si Si 90 leirrics Milten.. 100 Kirk Allrcd I.eiiKCImn . 93 Mel'lirtsen II... 91 Kev Will 100 Uviir Willie e Kcesc Ward 8J KcliiiL-nsn viler C 75 Stewart Kue 95 Yccker Ben. 89 F CLASS. .100 .100 I.echer David... Martin Heward. Maleiie Chas Mercer Jehn.... Xaiiiuau Will... I'entz Ueubc'i... Snyder Walter.. Snyder Shelden. Stunner Ilarr 83 Adams A Briuser Klincr. IbMlHWitWiU... ItlicktmdcrtcrC Diirenderlpr J... Davtsh Will.... Fisher J no Cell Will Cundaker Will.. HcitshuIIerb... Hacker Ben..... Ilartinan Milt... Hull William... Kepner Ed 9S .100 . SO . 83 . 9.1 . 80 7S 70 95 CO 80 '. 70 . 3 100 71 Stener Kliner.... . r3 . 89 , 70 . 7i .100 Troyer Ed UiiiscrUcn r.s 90 Weaver Maurice r.l Welliert Frank.. 93 Zcclicr Sum 98 I.ecb's Opening. William Lech's spi iug opening, Ne. 2C North Queen street, last eveuiu;, was a very brilliant affair. The large and finely proportioned store-room is peculiarly adapted te floral ornamentation and the display of goods. The lleral decorations, by Kehror, add another te his many tri umphs. 1 He principal piece is an immense bell of fragrant ilowers hanging up inside the front entrance. It was inade te the order of and presented by Mr. Leeb's em ployees. Thcre are many ether elegant lleral designs, and during last evening ever 300 buttonhole bequcts wcre pre sented te customers. The display of millin ery, laces, silks, satins and ready-made wear for ladies and infants is very flne spring bonnets being of ceurse a leading specialty. Tlie opening will be continued this evening. Ne goods will he sold, bat thcre will be additional floral attractions and a thousand . bouquets will be distrib uted te visitors. The music that enlivened the opening last night will he again in at tendance. The Heuse 1'alntera. The journeymen house painters of this city held a meeting in Retliweiler's hall last evcmugte consider the matter of an increase of their wages. There was a large attendance at the meeting, itichiding a number of boss painter.-! of the city. The following officers wcre elected : Pjcsidcnt, Heiij. Fulincr ; Secretary, J. A. Carpeuler ; Treasurer. Jehn Troyer. It was resolved that en May 15 1.73 per day be demanded, and en August 1 $2 icr day or twenty cents an hour. ' It was also ro re ro selvcd that en Saturday of each wcek nine hours shall constitute a day's work. After this business the meeting adjourned. It is believed that the dillercnce between the men and their employers will be shortly arranged. The Shad Heacen. Gee. Killian and Chas. Foulk brought te-day 133 shad from Columbia, and out of the 133 thcre were only 21 male shad. Tliey averaged 5 pounds apiece and seme pair weigiicii as niucn as ii puuniit. One of the editorial staff of the Intki. Intki. i.ieknceu received, by express, from Mari etta this morning, a splendid pair of ree shad, which convinces him that the fish de get up stream. Of com he nobody would take shad up te Marietta te seud them te Lancaster, and this pair must have been men had te lift them ever the breast of It He get them into the upper waters. t01 ,s I vauguiaoeve the dam even ir the fisher 80 84 70 71 100 81 93 !W 10 GO 73 3ft 9.1 70 9S 80 100 93 GO 70 OJMTBCVTXTE ,,FIBK.- Shirk' Tobacco WwhOM Burned and a Great Quantity of leaf Tobacco t ' 'Destroyed. Between 2 and 8 o'clock this morning the large brick tobacco warehouse belong ing te Jacob K. Shirk, aud situated en North Christian street, was badly dam aged by fire and the contents,consisting of 600 or 700 cases of leaf tobacco were badly damaged by fire, smoke and water. The fire was the work of an incendiary, who appplicd the torch te a small frame s.table belonging te Mrs. Magdalena Hcit shu, and adjoining the ware-house en the se uth. As previously reported, an attempt was made te burn this stable Tuesday night of last week, but the fire was discovered and put out before any damage was dene. Last nijjht between 11 and 12 o'clock another attempt was made, but the lire was again put out. Between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning the torch was applied successfully and the stable was all in flames when discovered. At first the warehouse was thought te be in no danger, and no uneasiness was felt regarding it, as the walls are twenty three inches thick, and the one that faces the burned stable contains no windows. It appears, however, that sparks or embers from the burning stable found an entrance under the caves of the warehouse and the dry pine timbers that support the reef were seen iu flames. The reef beiug of slate and the windows all closed it was some time before anv water could be get upon the flames. In consequence the reef was almost entirely burned off, and then the building was flooded with water. The flic was then seen cot under control and finally extinguished, but huudreds of cases el tobacco en the second and third floors were badly damaged, as was also the baled tobacco en the fiist or basement, fleer, in a portion of which the water this morning was nearly two feet deep. The tobacco be longed te Esberg, Bach man & Ce., tobacco packers, for whom Mr. Shirk had been buying for several years past. The ex tent of the less cannot be accurately stated as yet, but it is covered by the following insurance : Phoenix of New Yerk, $3,000 ; Hamburg-Magdeburg, 5,000 ; Westches ter, N. Y., 2.500 ; Heme. N. Y., 2,500 ; National, llartfeid, Conn., 3,000 ; Springfield. Mass., 5,000 ; Norwich Union, 5,001 ; Hartferd, 5,000 ; Lon Len Lon eon & Lancashire, 5,000; American, 5,000 ; Koyal, 5,000 ; Girard, 1,000 ; Insurance Company of North America, 5,000. Total, 515,000. Messrs. Rife & Kaufman arc the local agents of all the abeve companies except the last named, of which Mr. II. S. Gara is agent. It is believed the insurance will mere than cover the less. Jeseph 11. Shirk, a son of J." K. Shirk, had seven cases of tobacco damaged by water. He had no insurance. Messrs. Esberg, Baclunan & Ce.'s books were saved in a damaged condition, though the olRce was deluged with water. The tools in the packiug and sorting rooms wcre also mero or less injured. Mr. Shirk had the warehouse insured iu the Royal of Liverpool for 5,000 and in the Heme for C00. The less en the building will net exceed 2,000 and may be consid erably less. The building, which is 102 feet long and 32 feet wide, will he re paired as rapidly as possible. The walls and floors are but slightly damaged. Mrs. Hcitshu's stable, which was al most entirely destroyed, was net insured. It was an old frame building of little value and contained nothing valuable. An interesting test of the value of the patent elevator used in Shirk's warehouse was made during the fire ; the heavy rope used in raising and lowering it was burned off near the reef, but the elevator scarcely feir an inch, being kept in place by the spring and rachet arrangement attached te it. The elevator "was built by Mr. A. C. Wclchans. It is said that while Gcerge Staley was ringing the bell of the Washington fire company, some ene called te him te step ringing, and as he did net de se, threw a picce of slate at him, cutting him badly in the face. While the Friendship was in service the steam chest piston red was broken and the machine had te step and will be out of service for a day or two. NKUillBOKIIOOO NEWS. Near and Aoresa the County Lines. The safe in Hener's Paxton mills near Harrishnrg was blown open by burglars early yesterday morning. They get 31.10. Hen. Neal Dew, of Maine, lectured en tempcrance te a large audience in Rising Sun, Md., en Monday evening. An immense catch of herring took place at Bulls' Mountain fishery, Northeast, last week, when about 100.000 fish wcre brought te land atone haul of the seine. Shad and herring are new very plentiful and cheap at the lower Susquehauna fisheries. The latter can be had as low as G5 te 75 cents per hundred from the haulers and shad at 10 te 12. Rev. Jacob Adams, a recently deccased clergyman, of Emails. Berks county, and a native of Adaiifetewn, this county, was bur ied at the latter place yesterday in the presence of a large couceurso of meuncrs. A meeting of the beard of missions of the general synod of the Reformed church in the United states, will he held in the lecture room of the First Reformed church Lancaster, en the evening of the 12th of May te prepare the report for the coming of synod. Acknowledgment is hereby made of a courteous invitation from the Cumberland Valley editorial associatien.of which Capt. Alfred Sanderson, formerly of this city, is president, te accompany an. excursion te Luray caverns, in Virginia. The excursion will leave Harrisburg at 5:39 a. m. en Sat urday, arriving at 11:50 a. in., and return ing leave Luray at 0 p. m., reaching Har risburg at 11:55 p. m. It is a big contract hut the management is in excellent hands. Williams and Roberts, horse thieves, made a despcrate effort te escape from the Norristown jail. They invited Kcpcr Conard into cell Ne. 6, en nrctence that the hosiery frame needed repairing. While Conard was in the cell the thieves made a dash out in the corridor, and threw the cell deer shut, endeavoring te fasten Con ard in the cell. The keeper, however, was tee quick for them, aud the rascals were overhauled as tney were running out a lower deer of the corridor. They had no trouble getting up a great political squabble ever in , Berks ever the election of school superintendents. The present incumbent, S. A. Uacr, was elect ed city superintendent In Reading ever the man new iu, and for the succession the candidates wcre Prof. Daniel E. Schvedler, of Olcy township ; Prof. II. G. Hunter, of Birdshore ; Prof. David S. Keck and Prof. Franklin N. Floed, of the Koysteno nor mal school, Kutztown ; Prof. Geerge I. Hcffner, principal of the Womelsdorf high school ; Prof. D. M. B. Wann, principal of the Amityville seminary ,,Prof. Erastmus L. Herning, principal et the Heading sci entific academy, and Prof. A, M. Grubcr, principal of the Bernville high school. Each candidate was given five minutes te tell the convention what a geed superin tendent he would make, and thou thrce ballets were had. Keck lead from the start with Floed next, but Schecdlcr, Hunter and HcfTner nil withdrew in Keek's favor, anil he 4ieat Floed 154 te 112. In Dauphin county La Ress was re elected by about a two thirds vote. Dirty Street Lamp. Many complaints are inade of the dirty condition of the strcet lamps, the glass in seme of thorn being se covered with dust and smoke that ft Is hard te tell when they T Ti lrl?X;nn tVZS. g should pay mero attention te them. H nil h WBERK KNOWN. HAB HUNOJ Kespeet ta the XeM Lather J. Hard at Ufa CMMMed'ii Heme. The following te an extract from an m. tide contributed te the Yerk county Advo cate, published at Springvale, Maine, where the late Luther J. Hurd, who met his death at the Grape hotel, this city, was born, and where his brother resides. Mr. Hurd was buried there,, the funeral ser mon being preached by Rev. J. II. Slug ridge, from the text Cor. v., 1 : "Fer we knew that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, wq have a building of Ged, a house net made with bauds, cternal in the heavens." It is ap propriate that the peeple here iu Lancas ter, who are somewhat acquainted with the manner of Mr. Uurd's sudden death, should also knew of the respect and es teem that are entertained for his character and his honerablo life, by the inhabitants of the place where he spcut-his childhood, and expressed by the pastor of his church, who was the author of the obituary from which we extract the following : Luther J. Hurd was born in San ford, Maine, February, 1843, being the youngest son of the late D. James nurd. When quite young he went te Bosten and enlisted iu the Massachusetts volun teer militia : was wounded in the arm at Frcdrickburg, Va., causing severe suffer ing aud leaving him in feeble health. He never applied for a pension, saying he would take care of himself if possible, aud let these mere unfertunate than himself have the benefit of pensions. He was a printer, but, unable te de heavy work, bad for the past few years traveled for firms in Bosten, spending his winters at the Seuth. The winters of 1S7G and 1877 he was in California as corres pondent of the Morning Star (Dever, N. 11.) and ether papers ; he was literary iu taste, and wrote scvcal articles en pre gress and reform.' He was in Philadelphia the most of lat winter in the employ of P. Meran & Ce., and was acting as agent for them at Lan caster, Pa., where the sad affair occurred causing his sudden death April 10th. A friend from Bosten went immediately te Lancaster and conveyed his remains te this place where they arrived Wednesday night, April 13th. The funeral services were held in Sanferd at the residence of his brother, D. Frank Hurd, the old home stead of the family. April 14th. By his untimely death a cloud of sad ness and gloom is cast ever the whole com munity, kindred and strangers mourn his tragic death. As pastor of the church the last nine years, I have found in him a brother when making his annual visits te his bay bay bay heed home. He was a member of the Congregational church, an earnest Chris tian worker iu any place ; in the school an efficient helper. Like his father before him, ever at work for the Master, and an able advocate iu the tempcrance cause. In these years of acquaintance with brother Hurd, I have ever found him a Christian gentleman in the true sense of the word. By his amiability and gentleness of dispe sitien he endeared himself te all with whom he associated. This is the veice of the community in which he lived. The family in their deep aillctien have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. CITT SUl'KRINTErxnF.NT Contention of Scluiel Directors Ke-rlcc-tien of Prof. It. K. ltuehrle. Ill response te a call issued by Jehn B. Warfel, president of the beard of school directors of Lancaster city school district, the directors met iu convention in the common council chamber last evening at lh o'clock te elect a city superintendent for the ensuing thrce years. On motion of Jehn I. Hart man Dr. Jehn Lcvcrgoed was called te the chair and C. F. Ebcrman was chosen secretary. The roll of members being called, the following answered te their names : Messrs. Baker, Brcneman, Ebcrman Erisman, Evans, Haas, Harris, Hartman D.. Hartman J. I., Jacksen, Johnsten, Levcrgced, Marshall, McCemscy, Mc- Conomy, Morten, Oblender, Roimensny Reimensny dcr, Rbeads, Richards, Samson, Schwebel, Slayinakcr, Smcych, Spurrier, Wcs thaeffcr,Zcchcr Christian, Warfel, presi dent. The chairman having stated the object of the convention, Mr. Jehn I. Hartman moved that the salary of the city superin tendent be fixed at 1,500 per annum. Mr. Baker called for the reading of the minutes of the last city convention, his object being te acertaiu therefrem whether it would be necessary te re-enact the reso lution establishing the office of city super intendent. Mr. Ebcrman, secretary of the last con vention, replied that the minutes of la. . year's convention wcre net here, but tha, the oflice was created last year with the understanding that if the beard wished te continue the office they should elect a su perintendent at tbe present time as the law provides, and if they wished te dis continue the office they should merely do de clino te elect said officer. Mr. Ebcrman's statement was confirmed by ether members, and Mr. Baker with drew his call. Mr. Hartman's motion te fix the salarv of the superintendent at 1,500 per annum was then unanimously agreed te. Mr. R. K. Buchrle was- nominated for re-ele ctien as city superintendent, and thcre being no ether nominations the roll was called and he was unanimously re elected, receiving 28 votes. On motion the convention adjourned. Lancaster County Nomination!. Tottsdewn Lcilger, The Republican primary elections in Lancaster county te nominate a ticket, take place en Saturday, May 21, the polls opening at 3 p. ra. and closing at 7 o'clock. All the principal county officers are te be chosen, such as prothenotary, register, sheriff, county treasurer, clerk of quarter sessions, clerk of orphans' court, cemmis siener, etc., and there are a number of candidates in the field. What effect the cry of "Heg Ring" and " Bull Ring" will have this ycaj cannot as yet be told, but ene thing will " stick about the feet " after the election, if we are any judges of the matter, and that is that Lancaster city will get nearly all the fat offices, as it always docs. Thcre are candidates for every office in the city one ward alone having seven candidates and as the city Republicans, and probably some that are net Republicans, " peel their issues " and vote solidly for the home fclTuws, the country districts who scatter their fire will be left out in the cold. However, it's none of our business if every man en the ticket is taken from Lancaster city, but it docs leek a little queer when .you leek at the names of the nominees, after the pri maries are ever, te see the residence of nearly everyone given as " City." ItedempterlHt MIMlea. A mission te be conducted by Rev. Fathers Smith and Weigel, of Baltimore, of the order of Redempterist, will com mence en Sunday next,' tbe 8th inst., in Rev. Father Fein's church of St. Peter's at Elizabcthtewn, and St. Mary's at Mid Mid dlctewn, and will continue until Monday the 18th inst. ' St. Peter's church, at Elizabcthtewn, has recently been much improved. Stained glass windows of handsome pattern nave been put in. the interior of the church has been newly painted and frescoed, fine oil paintings of St. Peter and St. Paul have been hung en either side the altar and several ether improvements have been made. Father Fein is an energetic pastor and is rapidly building up his parish. l'HE NEW feCUOOL HOVSK. Ita Occupation for Scheel rnraeeee. The new pnblic school building at the corner of Lime and Lemen streets was partly occupied for school purposes en Monday and will probably be fully occu pied en Friday. The building is a capacious and well ar ranged brick structure two stories high. It was designed by Frank E. Davis, archi tcct, of Baltimore. The exterior of the building is by no means handsome, the large windows, running up under the eaves, giving it a rather uncouth and un finished appearance. It s substantially built; however, and what it laeks in external appearance is mero than niade np by the convenience of its interior arrange ments. The buildiug contains eight school rooms four en the first and four en the second fleer. These rooms are each capable of comfortably seating about CO pupils, antl are furnished with the most approved school furniture. The combined seats and desks are of the pattern known as the Triumph." They are made of hard weed and iron, are net likely te get out efavpnir. They are se arranged in all the rooms that the light from the large windows Calls upon all the pupils from the left aud rear, the direction which all ocu lists say is the best for the pupils eye. The room-; aie heated in cold weather by het air generated by large Mer Mer sheu fiirii.u'cs placed iu the basement, and are ventilated by a large staek with strong draft- placed near the centre of the building ami connected by dues and regis ters with all the rooms, balls and stair ways. Connected with each class room Is a convenient cloak-room. Access te the building is gained by two large double doers, ene en the south and the ether en the north front of the build iug, and between them, running through the centre of the building from north te south, is a c.ip.tcieus hall. Frem this halt spring I we bre.id stairways leading te the second-story. All the class-rooms, cloak rooms, balls and stairways are handsomely wainscoted iu yellow Georgia pine, ami the fioerr and stairs are of the same. The first lloer rooms arc occupied by the primary and the sccoud-tleor by the sec ondary schools. Miss Shirk's and Miss Cliften's lower grade primaries occupy re spectively the southeast and southwest rooms ou the first iloer. Miss Rupley'.s and Mi Helbroek's higher grade prima ries couipeed of mero advanced pupils oc cupy respectively the northeast and north west rooms. Miss fitter's boye secondary t ' rr-A occupies tlie southeast room en the sec- '" end tle-r, and Miss Zug's girls secondary the southwest room. In a few days Mr. Liehty's boys' advanced secondary will oc cupy the northeast room, aud Miss Carpen ter's advanced girls' secondary the north west loom en the .second iloer. The teachers of the rooms already occu pied have displayed commcndable liberal ity and taste in decorating the walls with handsome pictures, and the windows with fresh and fragrant flowers. After awhile, no doubt, the directors will further adorn them with maps, charts, glebes, clocks and ether useful articles. As stated above, the plan of the school house was designed by Frank E. Davis. architect : though his plan was semewhat changed (aud net at all ter the better) by the directors, te save expense. The contract te erect the building was given te Daniel .McLaughlin at the price of $18, 050, exclusive of furniture. Mr. Mc Laughlin bad all the carpenter work dene under his own immediate direction. Fol lowing arc the names of the principal sub contractors : Kchee & McManus exca vated tlic cellars and built the stone foun dation walls. James Kylieand Gee. Tom-lin-en, furnished the building stone, and James Stewart the granite steps and belt of granite separating the masonry from the brick work. I'entz & Bre., furnished the brick, and the brick laying w.is dene by Geerge and Jehn Marien The lumber was furnished by Scncr & Sens. Harry A. Diller furnished the hcavj iron girders abeve the windows, and also the wiie screens for the basement windows. The slate reefing was pur chased at Peach Bettem by Mr. McLaugh lin, and put en by Scncr & Sens. The gas fitting, plumbing, tinning aud heating apparatus, wcre furnished by Flinn & Brcneman The plastering was dene by Lutz & Humphrnyville. The painting paitly by Edwin Book Beok Boek myer and partly by ether painters employed by the day by 3Ia McLaughlin. The hardware was furnished by Gee. 31. Stcimnan & Ce., and the wainscoting, sash, doers, blinds, stairs, trimmings, &c, by Seller's Sens. The desks were furnished by Jehn Baer's Sens, from the manufactory of the Keystone furniture company and the beaters by Flinn & Brcneman. All the mechanics' and contractors who had anything te de with the new building seem te have done their work well. The building committee of the school beard inspected it carefully yesterday and unani mously agreed te take it off the hands of the contractor and pay him -the balance due. In opening and closing the schools the boys enter in and retire from the north entrance and the girls the south. The secondary schools are dismissed first, se that the larger pupils may get out of the way and net interfere with the smaller enej. It is a very pretty sight te see the little people, under command of the teach ers, passing out in single file and, filing rieht or left. a s the case may be, te reach their respective exits. The greatest order and decorum are observed from first te last, and teachers and pupils alike are proud of their new quarters. . ... a BART ITEMS. News Frem (ieorgetewn anil Vicinity. The middle Octoraro Sunday school or ganized en Sunday with CI scholars in at tendance. Milten Heidleback was elected supcrintendaut. The 31. E. school in this village will organize en.Sunday the 8th. Wm. 3IcFr.ddcn is having the entside of his heuse remodeled, by taking oft the old weather-bearding and putting en German siding, extending the reef. etc. D. B. Qutglcy has left our midst, and is employed en the P. R. R. as a carpenter. 3Ir. Quiglcy is an excellent workman, and will be missed by the millcri of this community. Jehn Phcnegar leaves this morning (2d) for Gloucester, N. J., te work at some lighthouses beiug buit by J. B. Bach man, of Columbia. Mechanics will seen be scarce among us and work plenty. Martin & Fritz received en Saturday about 15 tens of tobacco at prices ranging from 6 te 20 for wrappers of first quality. Seconds and tillers at from 2 te 6 cents. Seme lets have been sold in this neigh borhood, but it is almost impossible te discover the prices. Henry Girvin has sold one let at (J round ; Wm McClure, at 0 round. 'Other sales have been made but no particulars can be had, and it j surmised that the prices Were low. A large quanti ty pf the wccil is' yet en hand, and hold ers are becoming anxious te sell. The Shiftier. At a, special meeting of the Shiftier fire company last evening 3Ir. Henry Smeych was elected delegate te the firemen's union, .vice Rccdan A. Fisher withdrawn. The time cnvpleyed by the Shiftier in getting np steam en inspection day was 5 minutes, 33 seconds, net 6.35 as re ported. A meeting of the city fireman's union will be held in the hall et the Sun com pany, en Thursday evening, the 5th, at S o'clock. liucaater Cigar for expert. Yesterday 3fr. Jehn Fendrich of Col umbia, shipped te Baltimore, for exporta tion te Demarara. 25,000 cigars made at his factory from Lancaster county tobacco.
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