m: Lancaster fnteUtenfe b THURSDAY BVXNINO, MAY , W81. Hard te Tell. It is really getting te be difficult for a stranger te it te tell tbat he is reading a Republican' newspaper. But a few months since its politics rare obvious enough ; it had then no aim in the world but te elect Garfield and no, de light se great as te expatiate, aften tM deed was done, upon the virtue of' the Republican party and the great gleryit was te continue te shed upon the coun try. The Republican press is net se unani mous new. Its tunes are discordant. The organs de' ue. blewLsweetly-ind in unison. They arc net alone occupied in denouncing' the Democracy. In truth we get but a small share of their atten tien, and come in for mere ha'pence 'than kicks, ani, mere smiles than frowns. The house -it divided againatj itself, and Uwpwarring factions evenloek te trio common' ekesuy for aid and comferU TheXewfrk ZVt&une, which has been conspicuous of . 4- late years for the exceeding blackness of its Republicanism and the extremity of ite phobia against a.nytMp&Jtanperath;, reads new almost like a Xferaecratic sheet in the expression of its disgust at the conduct of the Republican senatorial bosses, whom it charges with attempting te usurp a power that does net belong te them in refusing, te go en with the public business until the president nomi nates the men te office whom they want te have nominated. Are we sorry that Garfield was elected ? asks the Tribune; and it thinks net ; but nevertheless recognizes the fact that while " six months age the Republican party was wild with jey'' be- cause Garfield was elected, it is net thus joyous te-day. It refuses te believe that it is because it has changed its mind and repents of what it did, but finds that the difficulty is tbat " some men, who could net be elected themselves, think that the president belongs te tltcm as part of their live stock," because they turned in at the last moment and secured his elec tion. The whole story is the old one ; the Republican dogs having secured the bone new fight among themselves for its mar row; and these who don't knew them as of one party would never recognize the fact in their present demeanor. That ether metropolitan newspaper, the New Yerk Times, is mere free and con spicuous a great deal than the Tribune in its assaults upon Republicans. Really the party politicians can get no justice done them save at Democratic hands. Stand ing between the factions with unpreju. diced minds, we can discern readily eneugli that one is as geed as the ether, and that there is no principle at all in a fight which is simply in its issue te determine which set of leaders shall walk the plank. We recognize the energy with which the Garfield-Blaine combination are seeking te bury the Conkling-Grant men, and we cannot get up any violent indignation ever the strenuous efforts at self-preservation which the proposed victims are making, ven though in the effort they obstruct the public business for two months and fall under the condemnation of their party organs of the Blaine-Garfield type, as " usurpers '" and " senatorial bosses." There is no doubt at all that it is a sim ple question of "bosses," and though we object te the country being made te pay the expense of the struggle, our fairness won't let us demand that the senatorial victims selected for the presidential jug gernaut shall deliver themselves up te it. We are willing te pay our quota of the cost te secure fair play and te see the fun ; and whenever we get a chance we will lie disposed te help up the under deg in the fight. It is quite comfortable te feel that we arc out of it and bound te profit by it, whoever wins. We can read the remarks of our Republican contera peraries with great complacency and en joyment, new that they are directed te wards exposing and denouncing the sins of one another. We fraukly confess that we never found them se interesting be fore, nor se truthful and full of inform, atien. They are speaking new from the in side en subjects with which they are fa miliar and about which they have a great deal te tell. But really for the benefit of strangers they ought te label themselves and put up in big type at the head of their editorial columns, " This is a Republican organ." Here are two local organs of the party in our town daily firing away at one another as though they really were political ene mies. Ne one could possibly tell 'from the way they talk that they were mem bers of one political family. They are edifying te the public in that they tell it a great deal that is bad but very true about each ether, and hew they sell their editorial opinions and generally are cor rupt and hypocritical te the last degree ; but they are net lovely examples of family'unity. Wiiex the preposition came up in the Senate at Harrisburg, yesterday, te fund ten millions of the state debt at four per cent, the Democrats, headed by Craig and Gorden, and aided by Kauffman, Everhart and Lee, favored a reduction of the rate te three and a half, and car ried the amendment by a majority of one. Cooper " made a violent speech against the Democrats, charging them with a determination te embarrass the state authorities and step the wheels of government. He was sorry te see that some of the Republicans were weak and foolish enough te vote with the Demo crats, enabling the latter te carry out their purpose te prevent the state ad ministration from carrying out its finan cial measures." Newmyer and Norris endorsed these remarks, and a tool in the chair as president pre tern, even wanted te deny Mr. Gorden the right te call yeas and says, make motions or de anything else in the exercise of his con , stitutienal and parliamentary rights, The violence and spirit of bull-dozing exhibited by the senatorial roosters could net have been mere intense had they, had their arrangements completed te steal for their Iparty campaign fund the ($50,000 annual interest which the IJemecrara ana iteiermera were trying 1 te save tbe state, 5 .ii Tnk fran&naw rjrtha rntEln-aml ahrm lf theBebli4anpar!,inaidijg about acu wnerjmutueiriaeneaai opponents, The freedom with which the Xew Era, Examiner and Inquirer new tell about the prostitution of politics in this county, the debasement and bribery of editors and politicians, the infamous char acter of their, meetings and meeting houses, ana ether details, is. indeel refreshing. If half they tell 'is the truth they must be a precious let of scoundrels who control the Republican politics of this county, and it is notable that the erdv'defeh&'Baaie.ita the accusations IbaetfrjacK and .forth consists of cbufa- ter charges, a sort of plea of confession. Fer this cutting of eachr ether's threats and picking of the people's pockets the Republican party in Lancaster county has its being. Hew much longer shall the vile thing cumber the ground ? Duller and mere difficult reading than Dawes's very muddy speech in the Senate yesterday it would be hard te find. What led him te such a pitiful exhibition of imbecility is net inexplicable, in view of his late performances ; but why the associated press agents at Washing ton and Philadelphia should have given it general circulation is something that I nobody can find out, and which every body will wonder at except newspaper editors, te whom the incapacity of the associated press agents te knew what is news is no longer a novelty. We daily leek fe them te furnish the press with the multiplication table and " Beautiful Snow." Ex-Ceuxtx Receubeu Martix should net need te have his attention again directed te the fact that he has nnt. Mit.irfilv (lisfVhnrfirpfl thn rlntipq nf Ins iats efliee. Without his signature and certincate of correctness some hiehlv important public records are defective His neglect te thus complete them is inexcusable and may net only be incen venient te the public-; but expensive te him and his bondsmen if continued in. If he does net right the matter seen somebody will be after him with a sharp stick. MINOR TOPICS. Get vaccinated. Thing;! are getting frightfully mixed when " Mr. Warfei's" paper " becomes " Mr. Scnseuig'a paper." Ox dit that another classical drama is iu preparation, in which two "bar maids" will figure instead of one, and the scene will be laid en the "comer" of another alley than that of the Examiner's " Mul Mul Mul hoelies in council." These things arc "mighty interestin' " reading for the family. Mn. Gakfield and Mr GarSeld'n sen ators have their respectable backs respect ively up at Gerham. J. A. G. declares it would be an eutrage en him and an out rage en decency te elect Gerham clerk of the Senate, after his newspaper attacks en the administration, and Hawley declares that he will net vote for him. Wunx Dersey called en. the postmaster general with his attorney, Beb Ingersoll, he found James had a lawyer, tee, by the name of MacVcagh, who hjils from Penn sylvania. During the conference -Mr. James gave his attention te ether matters. MacVeagh took Dersey and Ingersoll in hand, amused himself with them for a few minutes, and then shut them off with the information that until the pending in vestigation was ever Dersey could net get the special attention he desired. Dersey was much crestfallen at the miscarriage of his overawing scheme, and he and his dis tinguished counsel left the department without having had a word, except of greeting, from the only man they had call ed te sec. Over in Chester county, as in this county, the Democrats can elect one com missioner. It has been the custom te nominate two candidates. The result is that they cut and slash at each ether, en gender bad feeling and party demoraliza tion, by each trying te run the ether low and elect himself. In 1875 the commis sioners ran 400 below the ticket and in 1878 one of them was 2,000 below. The Chester County Democrat sensibly calls for one nomination and says : " If we nemi nate two, the nomination fails te settle anything. It becomes mere bitter and personal thau ever, and the whole cara paicru is burdened with a bitter fight be tween the two candidates. This is wrong. It is the right and the duty of the conven tion te settle the matter ; that is what conventions are for te raake the ticket te be voted for." The Democrat is exactly right, and our wonder is that such sensible men as the Chester county Democrats should have se long " goue wrong." PERSONA! General B. F. Butler having announced that he "feels like a boy again," the Bos Bes Bos eon Herald is wicked enough te suggest that he probably means the "old boy." Bradlaugh will again enter the Heuse of Commens and demand that hc.be sworn if the bill for the amendment of the par liamentary oath act is considerably de layed. The queen of the Belgians and her daughter, Princess Stephanie, who is te be married en the 10th instant te Prince Rudelph, crown prince of Austria, are en route te Vienna, Uarltle's niece ;senus te tne press a copy of Carlyle's instructions, dated I860, solemnly forbidding the publication of his reminiscences without the strictest cdit ting. She add that she never ' understood that he had revoked these instructions by oral declaration, as Mr. Frende alleges. Dr. Gee. P. Hates, president of Wash ington and Jeffersen college will give $50 te knew who turned off the gas while he and (is wife were holding a reception in the college building. It he puts the money where it will de the most geed he can find out cheaper than that from the sepbe- mores.. Of what little stuff great men are made after all. The causes which led te the resignation of Prof. Chas. J. STiLLEfrem the university sprang from a reprimand he once gave the son of a trustee, and ever since that time the beard has been " down 0Q bim d ,ate, Ws fen become se ' LANCASTER DAILY 1MELLIGENCEK, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1881. unpleasant that he thought it best te resign. Bernhardt sailed for Havre yesterday. Her dress was of brown cloth, utterly bare of ornamentation or trimming, ever which she were a tight-fitting cloak of ligttt cloth Her hat was of white straw of the style known as the " poke," modestly trimmed with green and blue plaid ribbon. Her stateroom was like an immense flower garden, se numerous were the gifts of flowers. When the late James T. Fields was a clerk in a bookstore, bis employer sent him one day with a printed volume te the great Dr. Ceanning, an errand peculiarly wel come te him because of the fame of the divine whom he would be se glad te see. The doctor appeared in the entry of his house, when the young man trembling ad dressed him, ' Sir, I have been sent te beg your permission te have this book, dedi cated te you." " Take it away, boy," was the only reply. The 81,000 damages suits against Beecueu by the Western Maryland agri cultural society, which holds its annual fairs at Cumberland, Maryland, in which a summons was served upon him while traveling through Maryland yesterday, arose out of the failure te deliver the an nual address at its October fair. As was widely published, for some cause Mr, Beechcr failed te ceme te time. There was great disappointment among the throng of visitors at the fair, and the society was accused of having made its announcement without authority as a " caid te draw." The Rockland Courier is of the sage opinion that if there was a fence, en one side of it a million ten freight train tear ing down a steep grade at a mile a minute, and en the ether side a beautiful garden with fountains squirting cologne, luxur ious scats aud beautiful girls te feed a man with ice cream, and it cost a few thousand dollars te stay en the outside and get smashed by a train, and net a cent te leaf about in the garden, you would see the latter place crowded with happy, con tented people, and one lone, solitary and dyspeptic man standing en the outside, which is the wrong side. That man is Wendell Phillips. "Gen. Geerge B. McClellax, iu accept ing membership in the Jeffersonian asso ciation says : 'I firmly beheve that the welfare of the country depends upon the future success of the Democratic party, and that in order te deserve and obtain success the party must fall back upon, and rigidly adhere te, the principles se closely associated with the honored name of Jef Jef fereon, and se well set forth in your com munication te the Shrewsbury Jeffersen association. I knew no better plan te ac cemplish the end in view than that you have adopted, and I sincerely hope tbat .under your influence similar associations may spring up throughout the length and breadth of the land." LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. ' Jim" Scovel was convicted of false pretense in Camden yesterday. Dr. Jehn Ruth, the celebrated rifle-shot has died at Oakland, California. By the flight of the prima denna and the tenor of the French opera company iu New Yerk, 1G0 singers are left without means. A fishing beat containing two men was run down by a canal beat, in tow of a steamer, hear Xewburg, N. Y. J. D. Millspaugh, aged 70, was drowned, but the ether man named Kidd, was rescued. Baseball ; Detroit Buffalo, 4 ; Detroit, 3. New Yerk Atlantic, 7; Metropolitan, 2. New Haven Yale, 10 ; New Yerk, 4. Providence Bosten, 4 ; Buffalo, 0. Cam bridge Harvard, 14 ; Amherst, 11. Weel worth and Graham, of New Yerk, will for the next four years fill the gov ernments orders for the two cent postal cards at 50 cents for 1000 and one cent cards at 55 47-100. The deadlock in the police beard of Trey, New Yerk, continues, 150 ballets having been taken without effect. The beard yesterday adjourned for a week, leaving- the city without policemen, and the rowdy element is getting dangerous. . The Asbury Park, N. J., police have been discharged for lack of funds and the citizens are supporting watchman. In Au burn, N.Y., the chief of police has resigned and ether trouble is feared en account of a Scipio Africanus being put en the ferce. A duel has taken place at Vcsinet be tween Signer Malate, an Italian, and 31. Pens, a Frenchman, both celebrated fenc ing masters, arising from a quarrel in a fencing school. Signer Malate was wound ed in his hand and wrist. In Harrisonburg, Va., in the United States court, in session the old land suit of Bickel, Simple and Altemers, trustees, plaintiffs, against Charles L. Hayucs, Themas Kincaide's wife and ethers, de fendants, is being tried. The title te 102,- UUU acres, lying in the counties of Bath and Allegheny, is involved in the issue. There are 500 venders of sawdust in New Yerk with a capital of $200,000 invested and an annual business of ever $2,000,000 in supplying sawdust te sprinkle floors, pack bottles and deaden wall. Four de cades age mills were glad te have the saw dust carted away ; twenty-five years age it was worth only fifty cents a lead. With a single exception the hotel licenses in the town of Monteemery, N. Y., expired en the 30th of April and the new beard has refused te renew the same. This has resulted in the closing of all the hotels with the exception of the one whose license still holds geed. In the villages of Montgomery and Maiden the proprietors refuse te accommodate either man or beasts, and have chained up their pump handles. The New Yerk. Central has put en a " parlor car " for cattle. It carries twenty cattle in two rows of stalls, built at an acute angle with the sides of the car, with an aisle between the rows. The cattle lie down, and are fed and watered en the journey by a system of water and grain pipes leading te galvanized iron troughs supplied from outside the car. The heads of all the cattle turn toward the side of the car, and the fleer has a pitch toward the centre, where it is drained through an iron grating in the centre. Important If True. In Damascus Lillie Tyler was cured by faith, and Ella Ludwig, el Canaan town ship, Wayne county, who had incurable white swelling, heard of it and, believing that ber cure could be effected by the same means, she procured of Miss Tyler the address of the woman in Connecticut who had officiated in Miss Tyler's case and received an answer appointing the day and hour when Miss Etta's friends should engage in prayer for her restora tion te health. Sunday, April 24th, was the time appointed, and en that day her friends gathered around her bedside and prayers were offered. Within an hour Miss Ludwig noticed a great change in her condition, and she is new se fully recov ered as te be able te walk. She has has net, until this time, in many years walked a step, and her recovery is at least wonderful. W1M Wdtm Ways, s The Stockton cane of desparadees have left Durange for geed, and it is thought- nave left the state of Coierada te avoid arrests en requisition from the governor of New Mexico. In the Lincoln, Neb. jail Willian Bcn uey, alias " Billy the Kid" pleasantly ap proached one of his keepers, named Bell, suddenly jumped at him with the swift ness of a wildcat hitting him en the head and fracturing his skull. He then snatched Bell's pistol and shot him in the breast. Bell ran down the steps and fell at the feet a corpse. The Kid' kicked open the deer, procured a hatchet and knocked off bis shackles. He also broke open tbe deer of the armory and took possession of sev- eral guns and pistols. Beb Alinger, hear ing the shot, left his supper and ran toward the jail. When entering a small gate leading through the jail fence, the Kid, who was up stairs, shot him with a gun leaded with buckshot, killing him in stantly. The town of Lincoln seemed ter ror stricken, and nobody thought of op posing the Kid. He stele a horse and rede off, armed with four revolvers and a Win chester rifle, after killing the owner of the horse and his companion. He is new gun ning for Gov. Wallace, who ha signed his death warrant the very day he escaped. Legislative Proceeding. In the state Senate yesterday the bill ex- tending the time for street railways te complete their branches was considered en final passage, but postponed en a constitu tional objection. A bill was introduced, by permission, for the formation of rapid transit companies. The vote defeating the Senate bill regulating the transporta tion of petroleum was reconsidered, aud the bill was then postponed for the pre sent. The Heuse bill for a ten million four per cent, lean was censidered en sec ond reading, and an amendment making the rate of interest 3 percent, was agreed te, 19 te 18. After much confusion the bill was then postponed for the present. The Heuse bill making the recorder's office a salaried ene at $10,000 a year was read a first time. In the Heuse, the usuai attempt te have the delinquent tax bill taken up. was de feated in the usual mode. The Heuse bill establishing a state beard of health was considered, amended and read a second time G6 te 58. In evening session, tbe sup plemental militia bill and the bill giving prierty te mechanics' liens passed second reading. The Heuse then adjourned for want of a quorum. ' STATE ITEMS. The railroad committee of Philadelphia councils insists upon crossing gates and a reduction of the of the speed of trains in running through streets. The Knights Templar will have a big time in Scranton. The parade comes off en Thursday, June 2, and the installation that afternoon. "Since the death of Judge Packer," says the AUentewn Item, "the value of his estate has increased $3,500,000." It seems te be in the hands of worthy sons of a noble sire. Mrs. Keck, an aged widow, went te a pump at Gilbcrtsville, Bucks county, te draw water. The fleer beards ever the well being very old and worn, she broke through and fell down the well. She was drawn out badly hurt. Ran en", smashed up and Broke Down. A freight train en the Texas Pacific rail read broke through a bridge, near Dallas, killing the engineer and fireman and injur injur twe ethers. At another wreck, near Katula en the same read, three men were reported killed. Twe mcu were killed and seven ethers severely injured by the fall of a frame hotel, which was being enlarged, in Littleton, New Hampshire. The train that ran off the track at Eagle Bridge, New Yerk, last Monday night, it new turns out, was purposely thrown off by the misplacement of a switch. Much damage has been done, but no person was injured. Twe men recently discharged by the company are suspected of the crime. An attempt was made ou Tuesday even ing te wreck the 5 :30 train from New Yerk for Leng Branch, by removing the switch belt near Hazlet station. A Big Out ret. The record of Furnace Ne. 1 of the Phoenix iron company for the week endiug April 23, 1881, is unprecedented in the an nals of anthracite furnaces of the same size. The product of the furnace for the week sums up 456 tens 2 cwt.3 qrs. 11 lbs. Ne. 2 and Grey Ferge iron about equal proportions. The ores used were 70 per cent. Pennsylvania, mined, in fact, but a very few miles from Phccnixville ; 10 per cent: New Jersey, 10 per cent. Staten Island, and 10 per cent. Spanish, making an average mixture of 50 per cent ores. Three-fourth anthracite and one-fourth bituminous coke was used, in all 2,475 pounds of 1 1-10 tens per ten of iron made. Limestone, 983 pounds or 44.100 per ten of iron made. Set Fire te HerseH. In Shenandoah, Pa., Bridget Delaney was a widow, aged 50, and grief stickeu. One of her four sons was killed in the mines recently and immediately thereafter another died with a fever. She had two younger sous left, but their combined earnings were scarcely sufficient even te scantily support themselves. Increasing troubles unbalanced her mind and while the two boys were at work in the mines, she saturated her clothing from head te leet with coal oil, lighted it with a mateu and when the boys came home they found only her charred corpse. Totally Destroyed. The British sleep of war, Deterel, which was blown up in the Straits of Magellan en the 26th ult., was totally destroyed and sunk. The explosion occurred in the forward magazine at 10 o'clock in the morning. It is supposed the boiler burst and exploded the magazine. The victims of the explosion number 8 officers and 135 men killed. Three officers aud 14 ethers were saved. m i By All Mean.. Philadelphia Tltuc3. Perhaps another dinner would vindicate Dersey. It is se long since the last one that he must be hungry again. In the Sapreme Court. The following is the Lancaster county list heard in the supreme court yesterday : Harnish vs. Herr. Argument resumed. D. G. Eshleman in reply concluded. Hershey et al. vs. Genn. W. B. Given for plaintiffs in error. H. M. North for defendants in error. Welchans vs. Cem'th. J. Hay Brown for plaintiff in error. Charles I. Landis and D. G. Eshleman for defendant in er ror. W. Augustus Atlee in reply. Brubaker's appeal. H. C. Brubaker for appellant. S. P. Eby for appellees. A. J. Eberly in reply. Leng's appeal. D. G. Eshleman for ap pellant. P. D. Baker for appellee. The following attorneys have been ad mitted te practice in the supreme court : J. W. B. Bailsman, Charles I. Landis, S. W. Shadle, Geerge A. Lane, William D. Weaver, Lancaster. Immediately after the formal opening of pne court, if. Carrell .Brewster, esq., r.tat ing that he was interested in the appeal of ivraeer, et al.. Yerk county, asKed per mission te make a motion in that case. Permission being accordingly given, Mr. Brewster, after semejfurther explanatory remarks, said his motion was te refer cer tain important information and affidavits recently come te light back te the auditor, thus taking back with them the whole case. H. M. North, esq., from Columbia, in behalf of the appellees, opposed the mo tion at some length. The court took the paper and reserved its decision. tddt m EJGENjCE.: rr i ? 'JEXSA?AltafBRAK. T fc- ": -I. jm. .- r r . -a . . - - 7i . . .. Inclnalna; Ylrm FraaMlns; "Rider Oae of the Largest Faaerals Ever Seen la AdarastewB. The death of Rev. Jacob Adams, the venerable Evangelical preacher, and his hura en Tuesday in the borough 'of Adamstown, have already been noticed in these 'columns. " Frem the Reading Eagle's account the funeral must have been a very impeing affair and the largest of its kind ever known in the northwest ern part of Lancaster county. The minis ters of the Evangelical church in attend ance were : C. P. Lehr, L. E. Knerr, C. S. Haman, J. C. Umberger, A. H. StirkJ T. Krecker, J. M. Sayler, S. Neitz, G. Hess, L. Sayler, A. W. Warfel, A. M. Sampel, J.-iieuman, L. Wieand, S-S. Chubb, S. Speckt, C.' H. Baiter, W. A. Leepold, F..P. Ltfbr, 8. C." Breyfegel, S. T. Leepold, J. G. Sands, W. K. Wieand. Services were held en Monday evening at the late residence of the deceased ; the pall bearers were all from tbe clergy and the remaims, enclosed in a beautiful wal nut casket with silver mountings, were placed ' in the Evangelical church at Adamstown, which the deceased helped te build 35 years age, and in which he se long had preached. Revs. Lehr, Sayler, Knerr and Krecker preached funeral ser mons. The deceased was a son of William and Rachel Adams, and was born July 9, 1815, in Adamstown. In 1841 he was joined in matrimony with Lydia Bewman, a daugh ter of the late Samuel Bewman, merchant, deceased, and lived with her 15 years, when she died. In 1858 he was married the second time te Anna Christman, of Reading, who new survives him. He had six children with the first and four chil dren with the second wife six sons and four daughters. Four sons and one daughter died before him, two sons and three daughters survive him (and one brother and enet, sister." ', About '40 years age he joined the Evan gelical association. In 1847, he was li censed as a minister by the East. Pennsyl vania conference of the Evangelical asso ciation of North America, and sent te the Pinegrevc circuit, where he remained for two years. In 1849-50 he traveled en the Lebanon circuit, in 1851-52 en the Wem- elsderf circuit, aud in 1852, by his request, was left without an appointment. Iu 1854 he was sent en the Lancaster circuit, in 1855 en the Reading, iu 1856 en the Leba non, iu 1857 again ou the Lancaster, in 1858 was appointed agent for tbe Evangel ical church en North iwhth street. Head ing ; in 1859 he was again en the Womcls Wemcls Womcls derf circuit, and in 1860-61 again en the Pinegrove, in 1862 en the Milferd, in 1863- 64 en the Schuylkill, m 1865-66 en the Lykens, in 1867-G9 en the Lehigh, in 1870 72 stationed at isetblcbem, in 1873-74 in Adamstown, iu 1875-77 at Catasauqua, in 1878-79 again in Lancaster, in 1880 at Freidensburg, aud last in 1881, at Emaus, where he died after delivering his sixth sermon. Jacob Adams was a self made and in many respects a remarkable man. With out the advantages of an early, education i -1 1 r - ?: s-.i-.s.. uu nuiAuu iui uiaujr ycara uu uu Miuurs farm and in his blacksmith shop, and was, like his father, an expert in manufactur ing the widely-known. "Adams's edge tool," but afterward became one of the most able, eloquent and successful minis ters of the .hvangchcal conference. He was of..- mere than ordinary muscular strength, tall, of fine physique and commanding presence His voice, as powerful as his body, was strong his heart, as large and warm toward his fellowmen as ever beat in a human breast. He was both feared and respected, dreaded and loved at the same time. He had few equals te restore order out of- chaos aud tumult. He was without fear and eeuld never be swerved from what he believed te lie in the path of his duty, though an army of fees were confronting him. The cause of religion never had a mero faith ful aud earnest servant werkincr in its be half, and numerous are these in Adams town and among his circle of old acquaint ances who mourn his less and wish they could once mera hear that powerful voice and natural eloquence of Jacob Adams, who has ' geno te that beurne whence no traveler returns." He was aged 65 years, 9 mouths and 20 days. NEIUUBOKUUUU NEWS. Near anil Acress the County Lines. Fifteen men are sinking a shaft for sil ver at Indiantown Gap, Lebanon county, under clairvoyant direction. The wiremen of the new telegraph line (the Mutual Union) have reached Oxford and passed out eastward. Five reasons have been filed with the Harrisburg court for a new trial of Henry Kumbercer, one of the men connected of the Troutman murder. West Nottingham, Chester county, has get ever the tobacco-raising- fever, but Highland will go in stronger than ever next year. The Phoenix iron company is, working full handed in its Sadsbury township mines, and has leased new and rieh hema tite lauds in East Pikeland Chester counties. The Cecil county fair will beheld en .Oc tober 4, 5, 6 aud 7, instead of at the time previously announced, which would have interfered with .the Harford fair. The pre miums are numerous and larger than last year. Memerial services will be held in St. JamesM. E. church Cedar ville. Chester cennty, en Sunday next, en the death of Abram Strunk, who fell a victim te small pox last winter. Rev. James A. Cooper, of the Fulton M. E. circuit, this county will assist in the services. Miss Lizzie Davene, who was reported badly injured by being shot out of a cata pult wPh the Barnum show in Wilkes barre, arrived in Reading with the com pany,. She was scverly .hurt, but expects te be en duty in a" few days. She was' in jured during the concert after the .main show. Emanuel Best brought suit te compel the Connecticut life insurance company te pay an insurance of $5,000 en the life of Geerge Malin, deceased, of Chester ceun ty. The company proved tbat the deceased had net answered truly- all the questions wnicn naa-eeen asicea mm at tne time tbe insurance was effected, and gained the verdict. A let of colored women walking along the river shore at a point between Steel Steel ten and Deck's furnace found the dead body of an infant which had been left ex posed te the sun by the receding of the water. The infant was probably three months old at the time of its death and had been in the water for two or three weeks. Decomposition had set in. Unusual interest attached te the elec tion of public school superintendents all ever the state this year. In Chester county JacJ w. Harvey was re-elected by a large majority. West Chester establish ed a borough superintendency and selected Miss Sarah W. Starkweather.un&nimeusly. at a 91,300 salary. In Lackawanna Miss H. Evelyn Brooks was re-elected ever two male competitors. Tbe plumbage works, of M. Reilly, lo cated of Wm. Leng's tract, in Lengswainp township, abent one mile from Mertz town, Berks cennty, has been destroyed by fire. The two-story frame structure was entirely consumed, together with the machinery, the less amounting te about $12,000, insurance $4,000. During tbe past two weeks tbe works were closed, there was no fire in the building,and it was fired by an incendiary. .'TheFreashy.' The Friendship steamer has been re- paired and tested, and works " better than I ever, ;? f-- .. fr$&i ' -w-----------E-g- gimtwmw 51 i T . iiua jmr citt vuailW.K . !-, r- jar 1 1 Tbe Lamp Cemaalttee'i Kevecaaaendatiias w AdeptedDefeat or the Ordinance Increasing- tne Fire Appropri ation PetlUeaa for Street Werk, and Varloes Other Matters. SELECT COUNCIL. Present Messrs. Barr, Berger, Deerr, Franklin, Judith, G. W. Zecher, Philip, Zecher and Evans president. The minutes of last stated meeting were read and approved. Finances: - I- I. i ' Mr. G.W. Zecher presented the monthly report of the city treasurer.and receiver efj taxes, from .-which -it (appeared that the! balaaee in-the 'treasury onVtfce first of April was $34,0J439..J Thai treasurer stated that he could net make a full re port of the condition of the several appro priations, because he had net had an op portunity of examining the reports of his predecessor in office, , y . Mr. G. W. Zecher presented an abstract of the minutes of the finance committee for the past month, which was read. Mr. Zecher also presented a number of bills handed hint by Dr. Brown, secretary efthe beard or health, for books, paper, envelopes, &c, for the use of the' beard. On motion the bills were referred te the city solicitor for the opinion as te whether couneils should pay them. Mr. Berger, from the water cesamittce, presented a report containing an abstract of the minutes of said commlttee for the pass month, which was read. The City and the Gas Company. Mr. Barr presented a report from the lamp committee together with a communi cation from a committee of the Lancaster gaslight and fuel company. The lamp committee report in favor of deducting $450, . from f thp gasF bmjanys ; bill of $1,515.86 feri 'the''' t quarter y ending January 1, 1881, and a deduction of $150 from the bill for the quarter ending April 1, 1881,- because, of, the gas company's failure te light the city in accordance with the contract. The committee from the gas company, en the ether hand, state there is no contract between the city and the gas light and fuel company. When the present company bought out the old gas company a contract was pending, bnt never com pleted. The new company, however, felt in honor bound te continue te light the city at the bid made by it, though it was ruinously low and made in the face of a strong competition with the old company, and with a knowledge tbat the company would lese heavily at the tow price pro posed. As te the complaint that many of the lamps were net lit during the win ter, the committee state thatsome of thenl were purposely put out by unauthorized persons after they had been lit, and ethers were freaer owing te the unprecedentedly cold winter. The company bad spent much money and used all diligence in keeping the lamps in order. Many lamps were allowed te burn in bread daylight through the negligence of the city police officers te put them out, thus entailing ad- ditienar less pn the company. Besides, the city has been lighted by the new company at much less ex pense and much mero completely than ever before. The old company only lit the lamps en certain nights, and extin guished them at midnight) while they new burn every.mgnt and all night, and a comparison of bills will show the expense is net as heavy as formerly, in consider atien of all these things tbe gas company thinks the advantages enjoyed by the city are a fair offset the late imperfections in lighting, of which exaggerated complaints were made, and which were unaveidable during the unprecedentedly severe win ter. Mr. Zecher moved that the deductions made by the lamp committee from the gas bills be approved. The motion was unanimously agreed te. Common council concurred. The Annual Appropriations. Mr. Zecher presented an ordinance ap propriating the city money te the several departments, of the city government for the MMninff veai. TThn ifatma limraiWifa 1K1 800 and are thesame as these contained in the estimated expenditures presented te councils at last meeting Rep. The or dinance was read, referred te the finance committee, and by the committee reported back te council affirmatively. Petitions. Mr. Franklin presented a petition of citizens for a gutter en the south side of West King street, from the residence of the late Mayer Pyfer te the residence of r red Quade. Referred te street commit tee. Mr. Deerr presented a petition of citi zens for a three feet sewer en North Water street te carry off tbe. water tbat new, in times of heavy rains, damages the property of tbe petitioners, and ethers. Mr. Berger presented a petition for a gntter en the north side of Lew street, between Rockland and Duke streets. Alse a petition for a sewer from Knapp's brew ery en Lecust'street te Nerth'' street the petitioners agreeing te pay $375 of the cost. Mr. P. Zecher presented a petition from H. S. Kilheffer for a change of grade at Mary and James street, as the present grade prevents the water from flowing off properly. These several petitions were, under the rules, referred te the proper committees. Adjourned. ' COMMON COUNCIL. The following naraed'T members were present : Messrs. Albert, Cormeny, Cox, Diffenderffer, Everts, Fisher, Franklin, Hays, Huber, Jehnsen, Leibley, Lichty, McMulIen, Middleton, Osterinayer, Reith, Shulmyer, Smeycb. Stene. Tacklv. Lever- geed, president. The minutes of the last stated and special meetimzs. were read and approved after which the following petitions were read and referred te thestreet committee : Petition. - By .Mr. Johsen: Fer. a f crossing en North Duke street .betweenrChestnut and Walnut. " By Mr. Franklin : Fer,a sewer en Char Char eotte street 'from West Orange te Grant streets r t ' f C t. By-Mr. Lichty : Fer a' sewer en West Chestnut street from Market te Water. The signers of this petition offer te con tribute in the amount of $175-towards the expense of the work, and a majority of the members of the school beard join in recommending the construction of the sewer asked for, en the ground that it would be beneficial te the public schools at tbe corner of Chestnut and Prince streets. By Mr. Franklin: Fer the grading and guttering of Marien street west of Nevin. By Mr. Reith : Fer a crossing at Water and Grants street, and a sidewalk en Graut street from Water-te Market. By Mr. Ostermayer: Fer the opening of Christatn street north te Clay street. Mr. McMulIen presented a petition from residents of the neighborhood recitine at length that upon two former occasions councils have ordered the grading and guttering of Marien street east from Ann, but nothing has ever .been done ; that the street is in such' a bad 'condition tbat the constable of the ward is seri ously contemplating returning it te court as a nuisance, in which event the city would certainly be mulcted in costs. The petitioners allege that they pay their taxes the same as residents of mere favored lo calities, and complain tbat the neglect of this very necessary work is unjust te them. They ask for the removal of the small building en the northeast corner of Ann and Marien streets, in order te equalize street be graded, guttered and put in geed tne width .of tbe street, and tbat Marien a r & U-A." J-JSTK- 5 IT V" a fcg-2- t GISLArRfcenditfcinr the distance of at least two W : i i-aanar-k Oil Mr MnMnllnn's motion this 1 - TJ61 ---,-, -y .. ......- itiUQVwattrcferredte tbe city solicitor. MMf AraAaM, nraf.n1 .;iV.n f, the ""fVM llgOUKU UVMtlVU V w reraeeaftjsra street lamp en Seuth Uuera street, which is located about five feet from the comer of Hazel. The petition requests th.it the lamp be moved te tbe corner. Ou motion of Mr. Smeycb the lamp committee was gfvefi Beirer ,te act. Street Committee's JKepert. Mr. McMulIen presehtodthe . TCpert of the street committee recemmjvuding work te be done as fellows : Gutters en north side efWest Strawberry street from Arch alley te Water street; crossing en North (ueen street between James and t reder ick : iriittCTStwrManer ktreeT ; repairs te gutter oneast tide of SeutnuPrince street from Uoncstegn street te Lecher s tannery; the vacation e.f Frederick street between Mulberry street and Concord Wley is favor ably recommended. All ether petitions re ferred te the committee at the Ap.nl meet ing were laid ever. Mr. Smeych's motion te adept the .rec ommendatiens of the committee was car ried. Mr. Jehnsen voted no, takinjr excep tien te the preposition te vacate Frederick street, select council concurred. Fire Matters. Mr. Cox presented the report of the committee in fire ensine and hose, com panies, i;ivin a detailed account of their visit of inspuctjiju 6a, Monday last. The committee i ecQinmcud the speedy repair of the -plugs1 iif front of the Friendship and Washington houses, and the placing of a plug in front of the Humane house. They report the houses and apparatus of all the companies in first rate condition with the exception of the hese; the Sun company alone, the committee declare,, has geed hose. The report strongly urged the pas- eijtf. the pending ordinaucu,te. increase aripual appropriation, te the (Ire earn . ies: ' After the report had beeu read Mr. Mc MulIen said that he had been requested by representatives; ;of the Union company te deny .the fire committee's impeachment of the condition of their hose, which, the Union men .say, is net iu need of repairs. Mr. McMulIen also mentioned an incjdent that came under his own observation last Monday when the committee went out in specting. II; noticed that the hose was laid in such a position that1 wagons re peatedly pasted ever it ; and tbat sort of thing he did net think wan geed for hose. Mr. Vex p:escnted also the fiuaiicial re' ports of the Sun, Union, Friendship, AracriciH, Shifiler and Empire companies, which went read: They all show their expenditures te'excecd the amount of the present annual appropriation. Mr. Cox' submitted also' a mass of peti tions R?giied by leading business men in every quarter of the city, urging councils te pass the ordinance providing for in creased appropriation te the lire compa nies. The City Health. The report of Mr. Frankliu's special committee te which were referred at the April meeting several ordinances. looking te the adoption of measures for the better protection of the healtn of the city was called for. Mr.' Franklin stated, that owing te the absence of Dr. Davis, a mem ber of the committee, he was iinable te report upon the matter referred, net hav ing been able te tive the necessary atten tion te the subject. He asked the indul gence of council, and said his committee would be ready te report at the next meet ing. Chier Engineer Ferd-fey'n Resignation. Mr. McMulIen presented the resignation of Wm. J. Fordney, chief engineer of the fire department, owing te the fact that he will be ab-eut from the city during the remainder of the term for which he Was elected. On motion of Mr. Smcych the resigna tion was accepted. Select Council con curred. The Fire Ordinance Defeated. Mr. Cox called up for second reading the ordinance introduced by him at the April meeting, providing for the increase of the appropriation te the fire companies frem $400 te $800 each per annum, which had been .referred te the committee en tire engine and hose companies, and uew re ported with an affirmative recommenda tion. , The ordinance was read, aud then ,Mr. Cox .called for a third reading of the bill. Mr. McMulIen said he deemed a fire de partment a very necessary adjunct te the safety and well-being of a city. He thought, tee, that a fire department ought te be made as efficient as possible, and he knew that this city had a geed depart ment. At the same time he was of tbe opinion that the city was net in a position te afford this largely increased appropria tion, and he should oppose the erdinance en that ground. Sir. Franklin said he did net understand tbat this proposed increase of the appro priation would exceed the financial skill of the cemmittee en finance. He thought that by the exercise of a little tact the committee might be able te meet this, de mand made upon' its resources. This mat ter is one supported by tbe best citizens of Lancaster, as the names appended te the petitions presented by the chairman of the fire committee very fully attest. There is no questieu that if the companies were given mere money their efficiency would be materially increased ; this pro ject is no fancied and ill-considered scheme, but is one that has received the earnest attention and cordial support of our most responsible citizens .and practi cal firemen. A paid fire department has been urged in eme quarters, and this preposition te increase the appropriation is an attempt at a compromise between a paid aud a volunteer 'department one which Mr. Franklin felt confident would bring satisfactory results and he hoped that council would agree te give it a trial for a year at least. Mr. McMulIen replied that the only way the finance committee was able te meet "additional demands upon its resources " was by, increasing the taxes. If you pile up the approp'riatiens yen will have te pile up the taxes te pay them. It had been necessary te raise the tax rate this year from seven te nine mills, and the feeling is very prevalent amen;r our citizens that this rate must, come down. If councils new proceed te increase appropriations it would be impossible te bring the tax rate down te the old rate. Mr. Mc31ullen as serted that his appreciation of our Are de partment was quite as high as that of the gentleman who bad just spoken, but he thought there were ether ways of adding te its efficiency than by passing this ordi nance te increase the appropriations. The motion te proceed te a third read ing of the bill was lest, and the matter was thereupon dropped. New Onttnsatca. Twe ordinances introduced by Mr. 31c Mullen, the first te repeal the first section of the erdinance of April 3, 1827. confining the sale of fish in the city of Lancaster, te Vine street between Seuth Queen and Duke, and the second te provide against injuries te the roadway in the streets from defective or careless filling of excavations awginit m tne same, were reierred re spectively te the market and street com mittees, and council then adjourned. River Hrettarea Leve Feasts. The River Brethren Dunkards will held a love feast at David Welgemuth's near Nissley's mill. Mt. Jey twp., June 8 and 0. The old Brethren will held one at Green Tree meeting house, about a mile from Milten Greve, same township, June 10 and 11. Cbeap. Four shares of Reading & railroad stock sold at auction in phia yesterday at $1 a share. Columbia Philadel- S ?i
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