LANCASTEKSDAILI lxNXELLlGEJSCEK, FKIDAY, MAY 6, 1881. I "?- m jUncusier $nHb$mt&. FRIDAY BVBNIltO, MAY 0, !. Tfce President's Crane. The president's prompt acceptance of the fight which Conkling has offered him seems te bOaken sb a call of Re publican politicians te declare " under i.st. i.: 1).nn;.n 'J and the larerft I wuf1rrslrrirr7r:TScetfs assurance that a certain measure majority 01 mem ihcuud w uauw w;uv Dresident's music. Even the Philadel phia jpbieliry,? beea-nccepted a a c6rfdig:onef th!16"5 takes dectaea greuna en tub siue ui ixar field, though with a mildness of Ian guage which shows tbatj t regrets te part company with Its old love. It says with truth that the fight has been tnrfpf ntvm tfin' nrfifiiil Anfc hir ttahlrlfnc. and that be OTuld net de otherwise than take up the gage of battle se offensively and persistently offered him. This will be the ordinary view taken of the matter and Garfield .will be held in increased estima tion f r fre.'exhjbiidn of spirit-wTuchvhe hasspwn: Bqpbjbtyft is Blaine whb inspires him; but Tiewever prompted be has clearly done what he should have done, in withdrawing the nominations of the friends of Senater vCenk"iing ' in New Yerk upon that senator's avowal of his determination te oppose the con firmation of the one nominated man who was net his friend, because of that fact and net because of his unfitness. The New' Yerk Times considers that Garfield has belittled himself by with drawing these nominations of men fit for the places, only because they were Conkling's friends. It considers that the president of the United States cannot worthily recall a nomination once made te the Senate for any ether reason than subsequently discovered unfitness for the office. And the New Yerk Sun violently maintains the same view. But there is , mere speciousness in it than substance. If presidents were in the habit of nominating men only for the reason of their fitness, the conclu sion would be sound. But this is net the habit of presidents. Political con siderations control their nominations. Ne president would send te the Senate the name of one net of Lis party ; and should such a one be nominated he would be speedily withdrawn when the mistake was discovered. The Times would net think of reproaching Gar field for withdrawing a Democrat who was fit, just because he was a Democrat. On the contrary it would bitterly assail him if he did net de it. Hew then is it mere degrading te the president that he withdraws the name of a Republican who assails his administration, and who is the adherent of a senator who arrogates te himself the prerogatives.) f the presi dent and seeks te forbid him te appoint fit men of his own party te office because they are net his personal friends ? It is the supremest sort of nonsense te say that the president may net properly withdraw nominations of men te office made because they were the friends of Senater Conkling, after that senator has avowed his purpose te strike down the president's friends, and has thus clearly forfeited all claim te consideration at Ills hands. Bleed en the Moen. In the cut-threat game of the Republi can national politicians, it must be ad mitted that Mr. Garfield has made a point ever Conkling. When in Congress the president was a tlicereticalstatesmau of easy virtue, which often get him into trouble, but as a dispenser or controller of patronage he was net conspicuous. In the executive chair, with Blaine as chief adviser and the dcus ex-machina of his administration, his feelings lightly turn te thoughts of power and te the con tinued domination of his party for him self and his friends. He was satisfied te concede something te the stalwarts, but he could net forget that they were in a minority at Chi cago and that that minority stub bornly resisted his nomination. He was willing te let them have the small end of the leaf, but when it came te the distri bution of patronage in the Empire state of politics he was net willing that his own and Blaine's friends should be " left," and se he gave Conk ling the bitter dose of an intense opponent in the custom house. Under the compromise terms of the Republican caucus agreement te break the dead lock this appointment was a "centested'' nomination and would have gene ovcrie next winter for consideration, while the nominations of Conkling's friends, net opposed of course by either of the New Yerk senators, would have been disposed of at once and no doubt confirmed. Here is where Conkling seemed te have his opponents in a split stick. Mr. Blaine, fertile in his resources, has point ed out te his chief an escape from his emergency in the prompt withdrawal of the names of Conkling's friends which he had sent in te the Senate, and they are accordingly tied up with Robertsen. They have, however, this advantage, that they are in and stay in pending the controversy ever them. Frem this po sition they cannot well be dislodged, though the action of the president will none the less intensify the bitterness of feeling which the machinations of Blaine and the arrogant domination of Cenk ling have precipitated upon their party. All reports agree that this new move has great significance and means a hand-te-hand conflict in the Republican party. Under Hayes this could net well ensue, for Blaine was nearly as hostile te him as Conkling ; but new" Blaine is closely identified with the administra tion. Its fight is his fight, and he is equipped with the power- of its patron age. He Is a hard hitter and has old grudges te pay against Conkling ; he has friends te reward and fees te pun ish ; he feels that he has no future if Conkling wins, for the latter has twice been willing te sacrifice .himself te beat Blaine. Ix Mr. Gdwen's published report of his recent speech at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, he calls Mr. Thes. W. Powell " A person," net a " white livered scoundrel," as in the speech, and in a feet-note he says he probably ewes his audience an apology for the strong language originally used. ( After Geren'a speech jPel. Thes, Ail M lipema 'Weafrmfi tpt hadiut Mmdlf eute te rifle of; effif cialwuriisyg He c$aialy du. net put himself beyenfl legal reajpbnsibilitj,' and there is one statement inbjpspeech new republished and circulated which Scott cannot afford te let go unanswered or unchallenged. Mr. Gewen said that en one occasion ne letc town wun .air B ut'1 would be allowed te pass the Philadel- pbiaceuncils., JTte-says .Gewen, " he ijttefl fbeLieleet ripncjl of the jeity of PhuaolpJaiftWnrptly.thefriext Tliurs day in my absence and defeated the bill with .money." 7 ' f t Surely one-half the world does net knew what feels the pthers are. Here is a man wne signs nimseii x . -a-iiauiui, and writes te the Yerk Daily, objecting te the hiring of the new opera house there, with its splendid accommodations, for the high school commencement, be cause tfe theatre ascljpolef vice) and I f'T9 nejaing or uiejr commencement in 'ibe theatre would familiarize them with the place and tempt them te frequent it during the performance of the play play aceors."' ' MINOR TOPICS. EASTgBX people are disputing about the proper pronuciatien of Mount Desert. The tcudency among old visitors is said te be toward placing the accent en the first syl lable of tlie distinctive word. Valuable information from a bachelor : May is one of the unlucky months for mar riages. The ether unlucky months arc January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, No vember and December. Tub becrctary of the Massachusetts Heuse of Representatives has received from a farmer five stalks of rhubarb four feet long with a note saying : "When rhu barb is four feet long it is time te close the Henso. I have found this se every time." Seme time age Jehn P. Clifferd, of Yonkers, N. Y., becarae eugaged te Miss Ellen McKilvey, of Paterson, N. J. Miss MeKilvey afterward, began te loose her sight, and about six months age she be came totally blind. On Monday they were married by the Rev. Father Hens, in the church of St. Boniface. Mrs. Clifferd's parents announced te the bridegroom that they did net-intend te let their daughter leave their house, as they loved her tee well te part with her. Mr. Clifferd had fitted up a home for her in Yonkers, and had made everything comfortable for her reception. He argued with the old people, but they would net listen te him. Se he appealed te court and the judge sai d that a husband's claim is regarded first in law, and as Mrs. Clifferd said that, while she loved her father and mother dearly, her duty and her fondest leve called her te go with her husband, he awarded the custody of the yeuug woman te the bridegroom. The old people thereupon kissed their daughter and son-in-law, and all went away apparently contented. j PERSONAL. VicTen Huge is suffering from a severe cold. His friends are uneasy regarding his condition. Mr. W. D. Howells is traveling in the mining regions of the West, te bring some mining characters into his next novel. Trouble is alleged between Mary An An dereon' and her step-father, because he invests her money in his own name. Attorney General MacVeagh is reported te have told Dersey that no citizen could wish for a better vindication than that which a grand jury could give. Randolte Strickland, representative in Congress from the Sixth district of Michigan in 1888-70, has died, aged fifty eight. Jeseph Cook has decided te remain abroad for another year, and will finally return te this country by the way of India and Japan. He is new in Londen prepar ing for another series of lectures there. It having been rumored for several days that Mr. Schurz had jefucd the Vil lard combination and was te be offered the presidency of the Northern Pacific, a reporter asked him if it was true. Mr. Schurz replied that he would bee the rep resentative of the press this evening en the subject. It is again announced that the result of a personal canvass of the Senate is " full of encouragement" te Stanley Mat thews. If it be true, as stated, that a majority has been secured for the twice suspended nominee for the vacancy en the supreme bench, the fact can only be attri buted te the open and discreditable efforts of the candidate in his own behalf. Dr. Charles McGill, who died in Chesterfield county, Va., yesterday, iu his 75th year, was a native of Maryland, where he was well connected. He was arrested near Hagerstown in 1802 by Cel. Kinly, of the Federal army, as a Southern sympathizer and hurried oft te Fert Mc Hcnry, in that state, where he remained a short time, and was then transferred te Fert Warren. After remaining in prison about a year he was released and returned te his home at Hagerstown. When Lee's army invaded Maryland he established a hospital until the Confederate forces were forced te fall back into Virginia, where he returned with General Lee. Deceased was a presidential elector en the Van Burcn ticket and was also - major general of Maryland militia before the war. rOINTS FOB PUDDLERS. Tfce Reading Strikers' Bfiumt IVerk at the Old Figure. The puddlers of the steel mill of the Reading iron works resumed work again yesterday morning, after being idle about a month,. caused by a .strike among them for advance in' wages from $3,50 te $4.50 per ten. A a meeting of the puddlers and helpers the proper committee reported that Superintendent West had asked them the lowest figure at which they would go back te work, and they gave $4 a ten as the amount at-whicn tbeyweuld resume. SuperintenderrtWcst'wremised te lay their conclusions before the company. The com pany made an offer te them at a meeting of thepuddlets et $3.50 per ten, the old figure, if they would go back te work, with, it is understood, a premise of an ad vance in the future. Ail the furnaces, eight double ones and one single, it is ex pected will be at work 'te-day. and the rolling mill will start up next week, the sheet mill hayingresumed. Twe hundred I men are at work. ' GABIXKLD'S STBOKS. V ; and Wlthrws me NoralBaUeBS etBiiiniMU. Mr. Conkling's beasts and threats drew from the president a rejoinder in the shape of the withdrawal of the nominations of all of Mr. Conkling's friends for prominent state offices except Mr. Craig as postmas ter at Albany, whose name Mr. Conkling rushed through Wednesday.The withdraw-, als are of Mir." Woodferd, Mr. Payn, Mr. Tenney, Mr. Macdengfal and Mr. Tyler. Mr. Conkling had intended te seek their confirmation yesterday, when he could have proceeded without dis tinction against Mr. Robertsen. The World's correspondent at Washington says : The attack has already rallied an organization in support of it which insures net only Mr. Robertsen's confirmation but also that of such anti Conkling nomina tions as may be substituted for the with drawals and net the least important effect of the attack has been the creation for the president of a general feeling of respect and admiration which the pacifying course hitherto employed did net command. He has been raised in the estimation of his friends, of whom it is surprising hew many there, aic, te a leader's plane, with every one anxious te fellow mm. ine withdrawals reached the Senate yesterday at about 1 o'clock.- Executive business had been in progress about an hour, having been ordered immediately after the reading of the journal. During that time Mr. Phelps had been confirmed as minister te Austria, several less" impor tant confirmations had been made, and Mr. Farley and Mr. Miller had been speaking upon the Chinese immigration treaty. The commercial treaty was net reported until later. The proceedings had become dull. Mr. Arthur bad been contemplating the ceiling for a half hour, thinking perhaps of the pleasant social chat with which the president put him off when he. called at the White Heuse this morning en serious business connected with the need of har mony in New Yerk. Mr. Conkling was readiug a letter when the clerk arrived with the executive communication. Mr. Arthur opened it and after the usual sig nals had passed between him and Mr. Conkling, the latter became mere atten tive te his letter and the communication was passed forward te be read. Frem what can be learned it appears that the faces of the senators were an expression of aston ishment, mixed in varying quanties with elation, disgust, alarm and perplexity. Tbeu it resolved en the Democratic side into a gaping grin and among the Repub licans into shecpishness. The color left Conkling's face, but he held te his letter and did net leek up. Piatt hung his head, Legan Blmt his jaws tight and looked straight ahead at nothing. Hear smiled, and being caught at it, blushed and grew watery in the eyes ; and General Arthur picked an envelope . te pieces en his lap. Net a sound was made by any one, and the communication took the usual reference. Such communications are always in dupli cate. It is customary te send one copy te the secretary's room immediately upon its receipt, but that custom was net observed yesterday, and it was nearly au hour after the withdrawals bad been presented before it became known that they were outside the chamber. Even then Mr. Arthur was net te be thanked, for at no time during the day were the withdrawals sent out. The news of the withdrawals of course spread rapidly, and te-night little else is talked of. Everywhere the action of the president is commended. The anti-stalwart senators are in high feather. They have canvassed the Senate, and Mr. Hale is authority for the statement that forty-five voters have been premised for Mr. Robert Robert eon. The aggregate vote en that nomination will uet exceed sixty, unless there should be unexpected returns of senators te the city. There were fifty-three here yester day, and Mr. Edmunds returned te-night. Davis David is also here, although he has net attended the Senate since early in the deadlock. The opposi tion te Robertsen will consist, ac cording te te night's estimates, surely of Conkling, Den Cameren, Mitchell, Jenes, of Nevada ; Ransom, Farley and David Davis, and perhaps also of Legan, Cam Cam eeon, of Wisconsin : Piatt, of New Yerk, and Mauene. Legan is said te have been thoroughly frightened at the withdrawals, seeing in them deprivation of his own patronage, which is his sustenance, in case of opposition te the administration. Cam Cam eeon, of Wisconsin, is also subject te such considerations. Piatt has been given te understand, se it is said, that unless he wishes te have his freind Elmer, nomi nated for Brady's place iu the posteffice department, withdrawn he must keep en his geed behavior. Mahenc is in the worst plight of all. He has been coddled by the stalwarts, and te them he ewes the chairmanship of the agricultural com mittee, and the mighty patronage of a clerkship connected therewith which he gave te Gerhams brother-in-law and a fol lower who is said te share the clerk's sal ary. That will be the extent et his pa tronage if he should staud by the stalwarts. On the ether hand, should be side with the administration he will get nominations but the Democrats will oppose them, and with the aid of the deserted and enraged stalwarts can reject them. The adminis tration could give him a few petty offices which de net require confirmation, but at the risk of Democratic diseleasure, and that the president canuet afford te in cur. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Times says : The Democrats arc chuckling in great glee ever the bloody prospect. They con sider that, terminate as the light may, it will bring geed te them and theirs. If the president Meers Conkling the latter will unquestionably carry his grievance into New Yerk, whero the Republicans are already loe.soly held together. The result would insui e a Democratic victory in the next campaign If Conkling heats the president the division iu New Yerk they consider just as certain. Altogether the Democrats are delighted ever the new phase of affairs and are prepared for the most part te sit by and cry Sic-cm." There are seme of them, however, who will take active part in whatever row is in progress. Mr. Conkling has made frinnds en the Democratic side lately. Hew many it is impossible te tell until a test is made. The president's friends are highly pleasd at his exhibition of back-bone. They de clare that he will grind Conkling te pow der before this fight is ever. There is a lively prospect ahead. That is generally conceded. A Democratic senator has received a let ter from Governer Seymour, urging in strong terms the confirmation of Mr. Rob Reb Rob eitsen, whom he declares te be eminently nttea ter tne emce ana whose confirmation he believes would result in breaking the tyrannical machine rule in the state. tierhatu toeFnll for Utterance. Gee.C. Gerham, says of the withdrawals in his -Washington Republican: "The re markable action of the president yester day in withdrawing all the New Yerk nominations except that of collector of customs of New Yerk is cither the first step towards a recast of all the appoint ments from that state or it is the open an neuncement of an unrelenting war upon the two senators, the vice president, the state organization and the main body of the Re publican party of the great Empire state. It is tee serious a matter te be discussed without further information. As a large number of senators visited the president yesterday after the adjournment of the senate in the interest of harmony we forbear any comments until the result can be ascertained. The situation is a grave one and can only be relieved by the president himself. All Republicans desire te see a safe deliverance of the party from' XI the present peril. The president has Wen urged te withdraw the nomination of Reb-; ertsen by many of "the wisest and most moderate of the senators. If this fails it will remain for the caucus te agree either en the rejection or the postponement of the nomination. Confirmation cannot be agreed en.' The administration can pre vail only by a coalition between Demo cratic senators and a portion of the Repub Means. The country will net believe that any great public exigency exists requiring se unnatural an alliance." LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. A big strike is probable at Montreal. Baseball: At Bosten Providence, Bosten, 2. 4; The trial of Herr Johann Most has been postponed. Mooney's tannery, at Montreal, was burned yesterday. Less, $75,000. The New Yerk chamber of commerce held its one hundred and thirteenth annual meeting yesterday. William Wise shot and killed Cliarles Wilsen just south of St. Jeseph, Me., en Wednesday night. Tipsey Jane, the well-known trotting mare, the property of Conever Jenes, died from bleed poisoning at Piatt's Bridge, WTlie great train of Russian convicts for Siberia is te start from -Moscow en the 10th. The number is about 12,200, most of them political prisoners. Afire'rn the furniture factory of Hugh MuCrum, corner of North Fifth and Third streets, Brooklyn, occasioned damage te the extent of $10,000. The woolen mills at St. Croix. Hants county. Neva Scotia, were burned, with the machinery and all their contents. The less is $16,000, only one-eighth insured. Eldridge G. Fairfield, a prominent Rhede Island business man, committed suicide en Wednesday while temporarily insane. A shad weighing 8J pounds was caught at Saybrook, Conn., this week. A "75 pound codfish was en exhibition iu a Bos Bes Bos eon fish market Wednesday. - Mrs. Francis Kcegan, of Nanticeke, was found dead in bed. Her husband has left the country. It is thought that he beat her severly, from the effects of which she died. A woman jumped into the Schuylkill from analceve of the Girardavcnue bridge near its western end, about the same point whence Peter E. Abel took bis sui cidal leap iu 1878, and she was drowned. A man who stelo a ride from New Yerk te Baltimore in a box freight car, subsis ted during the trip of four days upon apples, which he stele from a barrel in the car. He will enjoy a change of diet for a short time in a Baltimore jail. In Bethlehem N. H., twenty men were at work in a building when it fell. Charles Abbet was instantly killed; Charles E. Stoddard received internal in juries and cannot live ; Merris Cheney was cut in the head and had his ribs fractured, his injuries being dangerous. There was a double marriage in a circus side show at Galveston. The giant wed ded the fat-woman, and the living skeleton became the husband of the Circassian girl. In celebration of the happy event a banquet was given in the tent te employees of the circus. There is a crematory in Seuth Bosten, in the form of a lime kiln. Tramps crawl into it because it is warm, go comfortably te sleep, are overcome by gas, and finally are burned te a crisp when the fire is freshened in the morning. Sixteen lives have thus been lest within a few year. In West Point, Texas, an educated man, of geed address, named Gibsen, has been convicted of the theft of $75 and sen tenced te tbe penitentiary for eight years. In defense of himself he made a speech which electrified the bench and bar. He claims that he was once editor of the Glebe-Democrat. Captain Theresen, of the Norwegian bark Betsy and Arneld, picked up in very exhausted condition Monday, April 18, en Grand Banks, four men belonging te a French fishing schooner. They missed their vessel in a fog and had been drift ing about two days before they were res cued. The Boscobel, the largest water craft ever built in Chicago, was successfully launched in the river yesterday. She is a steam tug of 150 feet keel, 1G5 feet ever all, 24 feet beam, 13J feet depth of held and lias a custom house tonnage of 450 tens. She was built for the Great Pesht Pesht ige lumber company at a cost of $50,000. and is larger than any of the Wclland canal schooners. A skull, believed te be the missing head of the body of Sirs. Lizzie Lewell, has been found in Lewistewu, Me., near the Switzerland read. A headless skeleton, identified as that of Mrs. Lewell, was found near the same spot seven years age and her husband, James Lewell, was con victed of murdering her. He is new in the state prison for the crime. A reward for the discovery of the bead was offered at the trial. Cornelius Eingsland, aged fifty-eight descended into the basement of his house. Ne. 125 Charles street, New Yerk, and shot himself through the breast with a musket. He was separated from his wife, and lived with a woman who kept a fancy store in the house. Eiugsland kept a fish stand for years in old Clinten market. He was partially paralyzed and had often threatened and attempted te commit sui cide in different ways. STATE ITEMS. Francis Fogerty, aged 13 years, fell under a freight train in Easten and was killed. Mrs. Maggie Ress, of Pittsburgh, disap peared en April 10 and her body has just been febnd in the Ohie river. Harrington Fitzgerald, editor of the Philadelphia Daily Sun, was married en Wednesday evening te Miss Mary D. Wills, daughter of Morgan R. Wills, pro prietor of the Norristown Herald. While playing with some little compan ions, a three year old daughter of J. S. Brice, of Titusville, fell into a cellar con taining about fourteen inches of water and was drowned. Alexander Scott, residing en Cliften street, above Seymour, Philadelphia, com mitted suicide by taking laudanum. Ne cause could be assigned for the act. and :. :n i : i! j i xt. 1 ib mm va luvesngaieu uj iud uuruuer. A weed pulp paper mill has been put in operation at Leck Haven, which utilizes the slabs and edgings of the lumber mills. A heavy paper is manufactured, suitable for flour sacks, which is turned out at the rate or a car lead a day. A great mass meeting will be held in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, te-morrow evening te denounce the conduct of members of the Legislature, especially these elected from Philadelphia who have worked acrainst the nassacrn of the second delinquent tax bill. Among the speakers will be Representatives Charles S. Wolfe. of Union, and Edward Law, of Philadel phia. Last fall Alfred Tinker and Jeseph Heany upset en the lake near Erie. Heany is said te have sunk, and his body never was recovered. Tinker, being a geed actor, formerly of the Philadelphia Wheat ley dramatic association, get up an enter tainment for his alleged drowned com panien's mother. The public liberally re sponded, but Tinker has decamped with the proceeds. It is stated that both men were seen in Philadelphia last week. Ajijitta Bat; t Ball. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, ep. , There is'ae pbiwsephical reason why a preposition te fund a block of public debt at a low rata of interest sheald aet upon the average legislator In pretty much the same way that a red rag does upon a bull. This is the effect, however, that such pro pre positions seem te have. The Republicans at the last session of Congress, it will be remembered, furiously opposed the .preposition te fund at 3 per cent., basing their opposition en the theories that it was revolutionary and wicked, and that, if adopted, the Democrats would get the credit for it; and the late Mr. Hayes promptly vetoed the bill, when it finally did pass, for the same illogical reasons. Yesterday an attempt ' te nx a low refunding rate was made in the Har- risburg senate, and with the result of pre cipitating a mrieus row. The heuse bill new before the senate nominates 4 per cent., but some senators thought that the debt could be just as easily refunded at 3 per cent as, Indeed, there .is every reason te believe it could and advocated that rate. Exactly why the 3J per cent, preposition should hava been provocative of violent language and ether misbehavior it is rather difficult te understand. The substantial fact is, however, that the Har 'risburg senate yesterday succeeded in making an indecent exhibition of itself. m Hangings In Tepect. Writs in the cases of four murderers under sentence of death have been placed in the hands of the governor, who will seen issue warrants for their hanging. The names of the condemned men are Albert Gecrzcn, of Philadelphia, convicted of poisoning his wife ; Emanuel Ettinger, Jonathan Meyer and Israel Erb, convicted of the murder of an aged couple named Kintzeler in Snyder county, in December, 1877. The confession of May Hartley, the mistress of one of the murderers, was published a few days after the crime was discovered. The old couple lived alene in the weeds, and were thought te have a large, sum of meuey. The condemned men, accompanied by May Hartley, went te the heuse and tried te kill the occu pants by throwing a bottle of chloroform through one of the windows. Failing in this an entrance was forced and the old people brutally butchered. . Proceeding In the Legislature. Ill the state Senate yesterday, the bill re ducing the tell collected by boom compa nies for legs came up as the special order, and was defeated. The ten million re funding bill was made the order for next Wednesday afternoon. The Heuso bill providing for a deg tax was reported fav orably, and the Heuse bill pensioning Mexican veterans was read at length. Ad journed. In the Heuse Mr. Seudcr led the usual fight against the consideration of the de linquent tax bill with success. The Heuso bill appropriating $125,000 for the state geological survey passed second reading. The "bill for the organization of a state beard of health was lest in the evening ses sion for want of the required constitutional majority. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. m LITTLE LOCALS. Here and There and Everywhere. Fourth of July occurs en Monday this year. Five Mondays iu this month and the last one is Decoration day. There will be total eclipses of the moon en the 11th and 27th of June which will be visible here. The twelfth annual reunion of the Ninth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry, veteran volunteers, will be held at Mc chanicsburg Thursday and Friday, June 2 and 3. The Duke of Sutherland and party visit ed Harrisburg yesterday and the Indian school at Carlisle. A member of Harmony hemeing club of Philadelphia yesterday morning at 6:45 re leased ene hundred carrier pigeons from the Philadelphia & Reading depot, Har risburg. The birds all get off in a very short time after being released. The same gentleman will release birds at Lewistown, Crcssen, Pittsburgh and Fert Wayne, Ind. In the Suprems Court. The following Lancaster county cases were argued yesterday : Ferree et al. vs. Themas. P. D. Baker for plaintiff in error ; H. M. North for de fendant in error. Burkhelder vs. Markley. W. W. Brown for plaintiff in error ; 8. P. Eby and J. L. Steinmetz for defendant in error. Harberger's appeal. H. M. North for appellant ; J. L. Steinmetz for appellee. Eby vs. Hoopes. H. M. North for plain tiff in error ; W. M. Hayes and M. Brosius for defendant in error. M'Ceit's appeal. M. Brosius for appel lant ; Geerge Nauman for appellee ; II. M. North in reply. City of Lancaster vs. Kissinger. C. I. Laud is for plaintiff in error ; Charlcs.Den ues for defendant in error. A special te the Intelligencer from Harrisburg states that in the supreme court te-day the argument was concluded in the case of the city of Lancaster against Kissinger. The case of the Commonwealth insurance company was argued ; andLant's appeal was dismissed, the appellants net appearing nor furnishing a paper-book. Bank Organised. The New Helland national bank was fully organized by the election of the fol lowing named officers : President Cornelius F. Reland. Cashier James Diller. Directors Cornelius F. Reland, Dr. Isaac N. Winters, Henry Worst, Jasen K. Eaby, Reland H. Brubaker, Edw. C. Dil ler, A. W. Snader, Gee. K. Reed and W. W. Kinzer. Nearly the full amount of the capital stock was paid in yesterday, and the new bank will be in operation within a very few weeks. There is quite a demaud for the stock, the par value of which is $100, and offers of $105 have been made for it. Serious Charges. Rebert Curran was before the mayor this morning charged with drunken and disorderly conduct, and. was committed te the county prison for 15 days. Before being taken te jail he was also arraigned before Alderman Barr te answer com plaints of malicious mischief, larceny and indecent assault and battery preferred by Themas R. Law. The complaint charges that, while drunk, Curran tore up some vest patterns belonging te Law, poured paint upon them, stele some vest linings, and attempted undue liberties with Mrs. Law. He will have a hearing of these complaints when his present imprisonment expires. m A Geed Send-en. The Freshman class of Franklin and Marshall college, te show tbeir high es teem for their classmate, Mr. J. E.Biesecker, inarched te the train this morning in a body te see him off. As the, train moved out of the depot a hearty cheer arose from the class. The gentleman was compelled te leave college en account of ill health. Notary Public. Geerge Byred, of Elizabethtown, has been commissioned as a notary public te serve for three years dating from the 28th inst. The Dentists. The Harris dental association which met in this city yesterday adjourned te meet at Ephrata Mountain Springs en Thursday, the 4th day of August next. Sflr BOAJJfc. r i ? r '1 It f tf Ml adfferxNG OT lUBCTOK. y y Th Tmu Vfxad A'-Kew Leaa Ordc Teachers' Salaries-City SeperiateBdeafk Repert Visiting .Committees The Building Committee CeBapll- lBCBted. A meeting of the beard of directors of Lancaster city school district was held in common council chamber last evening. The following named members were. present : Messrs. Baker, Breneman, Coch ran, Eberman, Erisman, Evans, Haas, Harris, D. Hartman, J. I. Hartman, Jack Jack eon, Johnsten, Levergood, Marshall, Mc Comsey, McConemy, Morten, Oblender, Reimensnyder, Richards. Samson, Schnaid Schwebcl, Slaymaker, Smeycb, Spurrier; wusen, u. zecner,. . W. Zecber, Warfel, president. Mr. Baker.frem.the superintending com cem com mittce.rcported that when tkoeard elect ed Miss Lizzie Carpenter te 'hef present situation, it failed te fix her salary. He moved that it be made $39.50 cents per month. The motion was agreed te. Bills Paid. Mr. Evans from the finance committee presented the following bills, which, having been examined and approved by the cera- mitteee, were ordered te be paid : Daniel Gemperling, repairing spouts, &c, $1.25 ; R. 31, Merrow for labor, painting walls, &c, $357.82 ; Philip Myers, nuking fences &c, $0.25 ; Louisa Constine, labor, $10 ; Stener, Shreiner & Ce., merchandise, $78.36 ; Jeseph Samson, brushes, $19.75 ; Flinn & Willson, merchandise $37.50 ; Frederick Brimmer, coach hire $4. The Tax Rate. Mr. Evaus also presented the following resolutions, fixing the tax rate : Resolved, That for the year commencing with the first day of June, 1881, the rate of taxation for school purposes, in the Lancaster city school district, shall be as sessed three mills en the real and personal estate of the district, and en all ether sub-, jeets of .taxation at the rate fixedby law ;-' and mat te an persons wne snail pay tueir taxes, en or before the first day of August in said year, an abatement of 3 per cent, shall be allowed ; and after that date, until the first day of September following ; the full amount will be required ; and te all taxes remaining unpaid at that time' 5 per cent, shall be added. Mr. Baker asked why it was proposed te reduce the abatement from 5 te 3 per cent. Mr. Evans replied that money was mere plenty, than formerly, interest lower, and that similar reductions had been made by the county commissioners and by school beards in ether parts of the state. The resolution was adopted. A. New IiOaa. Mr. Evans also presented the following resolution for the creation of a ten thou sand dollar lean te pay the indebtedness contracted in the erection of school beuses. Resolved, That for the purpose of pay ing the indebtness contracted by order of this beard for the erection of the Lemen and James street school houses, registered bends of the beard te the amount of ten thousand dollars shall be issued in denom inations of $500. The said bends shall be dated June 1st 1881, and brar interest at, the rate of four per cent per "annum, pay able quarterly, en the first days of Septem ber, December, March and June, in each and every year while they remain unpaid. And shall be payable en the first day of June A. D. 1891, but may be redeemed at the option of the beard at any time after the first day of June A. D. 1882. Each bend shall be signed by the president, secretary and treasurer, and the corporate seal of the beard attached thereto. Sec. 2. An annual tax of one sixteenth of ene per cent, en all subjects of taxation for school purposes, is hereby levied te pay the principal and above lean, collectible ether school taxes. interest of the and payable as The resolution was unanimously agreed te. A Judicial Repert. Mr. Wilsen, from the judiciary ceni- xnittee, submitted the following written report : Te the Honorable the Scheel Beard of Lancas ter City : Gentlemen : The question referred te the judiciary committee is as fellows :' Can the school beard increase the salary of a teacher during the term for which he has been elected ? This question your committee, after careful examination, answer in the affirm ative. The relation between a beard of school directors and a teacher is simply a contract relation. The teacher agrees te perform certain services and the beard agrees te pay him a certain salary. By the consent of both parties the contract may be modified or ' even totally re scinded. If during the course of the term additional duties are imposed upon the teacher it may be proper that his compen sation should be increased, and if for any reason the beard should deem it proper te increase a teacher s salary your committee de net see anything in, the constitution or the statutes of the commonwealth which will forbid such an act. The constitution of Pennsylvania; in ar ticle 2, section 8, provides that" no mem ber of the General Assembly shall during the term for which be may have been elect ed receive any increase of salary or mile age under any law passed during such term. It also provides in article 3d, sec tion 11, that no bill shall be passed giving any extra compensation te anyi public offi cer, servant, agent, employee or contractor after services have been rendered or con tract made. ' ' ' It is obvious that neither of these sec tions applies te the ease in hand. A teacher is net a public officer, servant or employee in the same sense intended by the consti tution, and if he were the restriction is only that no bill shall be passed by the Legislature increasing his compensation after services rendered or contracts made. Of course, it would be manifestly im proper te increase a teacher's' compensa tion during the term for which he has been elected nnless wis dnties had also been increased after his contract was made. Respectfully submitted, W. A. Wilsen, Alexandeii Harbis, Tnee. B. Cochran. The Jiew Befcoel Houses. - . Mr. Slaymaker, from the building com mittee, reported that the committee were satisfied the new buildings both en Lemen and James streets,, required additional water closets. The committee would alsd like te be instructed as te whether wooden or iron fences should be placed arennd the school grounds. Unmotien, these matters were left te the discretion of the committee. CitySuperluteadent's Repert. The following report of the city super intendent was 'read : T the Beard of Scheel Director : Gentlemen : The city superintendent presents the following Tepert of the public schools for April : The whole number of pupils enrolled was 2,952, the average num ber in attendance was 3,455, and the aver age percentage was 84. The number of visits made by the visiting committee, as re ported by the teachers, was 7 ; al) by J. M. Westhaeffer ; by directors, 67, as fol fel lows : J. M. Westshaener, 18 ; H. R. Breneman, 7 : L. Richards. 14 : J. W. Jacksen, 3; J. I. Hartman, 7 ; D. G. Ba. ker, 1; H. E. Slavmaker. 6: Rer. C- Reimensnyder, 1 ; Dr. J. Levergood, 2 ; C. F. Eberman, 1 ; F. W. Haas, 4; C. Zecber, 3 ; by the city superintendent 118. An examination of the statistical table will show that the attendance in the 'James street schools, in regard te both numbers and regularity, was most excel lent. I The change of time, from 9 te 8$ a. m.,J iur upexuug wiu wuwiu wv v THE .v ; -Muaberiy said Vine streets, I am happy te The teach- VAfVfcrf- tli-if net apepaaves before the time of clcs 'tagVaemX&ave no doubt that the same will shortly be reported from the remain ing schools. The time for the holding of the teachers' examinations has almost arrived, and, un less the beard prefers .some ether time, they will be lteld'as folfews : For'seceud-ary-aod prindpaFprimary grades,-MaySl; fer.assistants in the primary grades, 3Iay 28, and for applicants net heretofore em ployed in our schools, June 4. Te reduce the labor and the excitement incident te the examinations and the clos ing exercises. I would recommend that the final examination of the graduating" classes in the high schools take place at least two weeks previous te the close of the term. If I.am net misinformed there are eight soheiajBhtpsln Franklii aaJr3fershall col lege' which belong te eur school district. Te these the beaid of common school di rectors have the power of appointment ; such appointees are toJe selected, hew- ever, from these who nave attended, or are graduates of our boys' high school. These scholarships have been in existence from the time of the union of Franklin college of Lancaster, with Marshall col lege of Mt-rcersburg, and were set apart at the wise suggestion Qf Thes. II . Bur Bur rewes, Dr. Jehn L. Atlec and ether members rf the beard of directors at that time, as a recognition of the interest of the city in the institution known as Franklin college, which was, in a degree,, the fore runner of the present bevs' liinh school. This method of bringing about a union an organic connection between the pub lic schools and the colleges marks the wis dom and foresight 'of these who devised the arrangement, and thus practically pro pre vented a chasm between these two com plementary classes of literary institutions. It new remains for the beard te show that it is disposed te make the most of this op portunity t lavpr tbe cause of higher ed ucation by.s co'nsikulfiigtcXeenrse of study, that 'pupils whb 'desire te de se may prepare for cellege in the shortest possible time, iid by establishing a competitive examination 11 r these putsuing such a course in elder te decide, annually, te whom te award the honorary fro scholarships.- 4lhis would afford the stimulus necessary te make such a course popular and give delinitcucss of pnrpose te a greater number of pupils of the boys' high school. Respectfully submitted, R. K. BuEnntE. M.itlstlcal Repert. 8kkc, werar most aamiraeiy. rs freei tin of thn aphenia W 2 S 3 3 2" 3 Sd f : i est va in 128 113 131 11C 119 101 115 102 132 118 48 45 54 49 211 176 165 128 142 109 102 i:l 147 122 135 109 145 115 138 113 131 105 9G 70 ,STi 2S 40 IS! 123 '12:1 101 58 47 9 57 60 45 2952 2451 3 ? rnoeLS. T - - 2 J. P. Mci;tikcyV MtsaS. H. Bmulc'.l's WiH. CcrufgeO'l's Tt.S. GatcV Misicirj;i:i IIiiikU'II's ' Clara II. Hiiber's " A. V. UrnlMkcrVi Miss K. Powers ' E. I.. Uewney'M Cliarles Mate's ' P. J. Johnsten's " fSf. E. Zuerclifr's " Mary DeiiRherty's.... " Einily Miyd.nn " Ella Carpenter's " L. C. Marshall's " M..I. Itriiniug's ' Kutn Iliickiiu's " M. K. blutil's " h. II. Clarksnu'e " I. IC Unlr's. " A.:M. EtterN....i MrtiK" " M. M. Mu-5el man's.. " Alice Marshall Daudilri.lgu It. CuuzziiiV. 91 94 92 81 91 t VI 94 91 S2 ! 77 81 83 85 78 82 84 76 SO 85 78 St 81 83 75 "SI Totals and Averages. Vimtlng Commit President Warfel announced the ap pointment or the following visiting com mittees for the ensuing three months : Northeast Division William A. Mor Mer Mor eon, chaiiman ; Daniel Smcych aud J. M. Westhaeffer. Seutbcast- Division Dr. M. L. Herr, chairman ; Peter McConemy and Wm. B. Wiley. Southwest Division Dr. J. Levergood, chairman ;, Charles Schwcbel and E. G. Snyder. . $ i J Northwest Division A'. K. Spurrier, chairman ; Geerge W. Zecber and Jeseph Samson. impliinentary. Dr. Levergood offered the following res olution which was adopted : Wiiekeas, In veiw of the completion of the school buildiugs en James and Lemen streets, and as a recognition of the services of the committee who superin tended the erection of the same, there fore Resolved, That the thanks of this beard be, and they arc hereby, tendered te the special building committee, viz : H. E. Slayniitker, Christian Zecber, Jehn I. Hartman, R. A. Evans, Wm McGbmscy, Luther Richards and Thes. B. Cochran.fer the able and efficient manner with which they discharged the duties pertaining te their appointment, duties te the perform ance or which they brought net only geed judgment. but untiriBg cnergy-and; zeal. ' Hr-.Erisman, from the book committee, stated that owing te the division of the German and English school, that part of it removed te Duke street and taught by Miss Buudeil is left without a German English dictionary. He moved that the committee be instructed te purchase for the school a copy of Whitney's dictionary. The motion-was agreed te, and the beard adjourned. fl , Ulrtlulay Sararlae. Theeiglidetb birthday anniversary of "Auntie Liz.ie "' Zcll was celebrated at her home iu Little Britain, township en May 2, 1881. On the occasion forty-nine persons were present 11 children, 2 grand children, 1 son-in-law, 1 daughter in-law, 1 sister-in law, 10 nieces and 6 nephews. A sumptuous feast was partaken of by all present, after which.- devotional exertises were engaged iu. An address was made by Rev. A. Michael,' former "paster-et; the liittle ISritam church, followed by Itev. J. A. Cooper, pastor of the, Fulton circuit. Prayer was offered by Rev. JosephtGreff, and there was singing by the. choir, of select hymns " We Have; a Werk. te De ere the Sun Qecs. Down ".and Bringing in the Sheaves." .Tkobaeien ;Ws a joyens one and will uet seen be forgotten. It inspired one of "the guests te the following : Auntie Lizzie Zell you have done well. Te be snrprised, there's none would tell, And jfirtn.wcrt given with,god cheer Freiniitl her children Very dear. Since i4urpri."cs thev are all the go, Beth young and octogenarians, tee. Let union and true friendship grew. Frem all etir hearts forever new. Let music in irue love be Rung. Vrem all our lips and every toegue ; Till niiels tune their harps above Te II im who died for all in love. Let prayer be offered ttTgtxxt laltU Te Ilhu who mustenrsalvatlpn make. If we would live with film above, Anil ln Ills everlasting loVe. Installation. The installation of the Rev. A. E. Dahl mann, furuerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., as pas tor of St. -J !m's German Reformed church of this city, corner of Orange and Mulberry streets, will take place Sunday evening, May 8, services beginning 7:13, p. in. The Revs. F. W. Bcrlemann and G. H. Schccr, both of Philadelphia, will be present te conduct the installation services. Lane Snaupers. Last evening Charles Eckert received 400 pounds of' live snappers from Balti more. They wcie packed .in barrels, I which were opened during the evening and the exhibition of turtles drew a large viwmu,
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