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SLancastcc Intelligencer.
THUE3DAY EVENING, OCT. 20, 1881.
The Water Supply of the Fnture.
"What are we all going te de some of
these days in the near future for water ?
"We are troubled net only by a scarcity
of water, but by its impurity. In these
times of drought our streams run low
and wells give out; farmers vliaul their
water in barrels and mayors of cities pro
claim te their people the need of econo
my. This trouble about quantity will
net affect us every year as it does this
year, because wc will net always have
such dry seasons ; but as population in-
creases and manufacturing industries
grew, there will yearly be a greater de
mand for water, and sometime in the
future we can easily foresee that even in
seasons that are net unusually dry we
will cry forniere water, and call in vain,
unless we have some ether resource than
our running streams, which are them
selves decreasing in volume with the
destruction of the timber that serves
te precipitate the moisture from the
clouds, and causes the genial ram ;
at least se the scientist say, and give
geed reason for their opinion, which is
in accordance with our own observa
tion. The mayor of our own town prophesies
that in ten years w will use every drop
of water that the Conestoga carries ; and
even new the city of New Yerk, which
has borne te it daily through a costly
aqueduct ninety-five niillionsref gallons,
all that it can get out of the great stretch
of country that it drains many miles
away, is calling for mere ; which it can
not get without building a new aque
duct and finding new sources of supply.
They talk of utilizing the salt water
that flews by their decks for ether than
drinking purposes ; which seems a very
obvious and easy resource, until it comes
te be considered that it would involve
another set of pipes all through the city,
and expensive pumping ; and that the
salt water would net be of much use if
they had it, for it cannot be used for
steam purposes and is objectionable even
for putting out fires, since the salt would
add fuel te the. flames.
The impurity of the water grows with
its scarcity and the increasing sluggish
ness of the streams ; and it conies tee
from the sewage systems of our towns,
which pour all their filth into the streams
01 -wash it down into the crevices of the
rocks where Hew the waters that form
our wells and springs. It is no longer
safe te drink well water or spring water,
even at many miles distance from a city ;
and the hydrant water can only be taken
down in calmness in the ignorance that
is bliss ; if we were wiser we would die
athirst.
And what are we going te de about it ?
Hew are we going te secure pure water
and enough of it V There is no great
trouble about it. The clouds pour forth
rain abundantly, and if we but saved
what they give us, we would have their
pure distilled water in any quantity.
Our forefathers, before they were smart
enough te conceive reservoirs and water
closets, built cisterns and drank rain
water. Might it net be well for us te
abate a little of our greater cunning and
go back te the simple idea of catching
and saving pure water when it is sent te
us, instead of waiting till it washes
away the impurities of the earth and we
can pump up into reservoirs the little of
it that we find in our rivers 1J .Sometimes
we find that wc are net se smart after all
as we thought we were : and this ex
perience is getting te ba a very common
one with us. We have se many fine
modern inventions that cause us te think
contemptuously of our stupid ancestors ;
and congratulate ourselves that we live
in such a wonderful age of improvement.
"We are making se many discoveries in
medicine ; but nevertheless people die as
fast as ever and two new diseases spring
up for every old one that is strangled ;
and ws have net learned even te
help a mau with a bullet in him.
Steam conies, and hurries men along
te their graves ; and here is our
latest put. the electric light, burning
down our houses and striking dead our
people. Yet in all the long list of pre
sumable improvements, certainly none
are se absurd as that series which has
reduced us te a scanty supply of impure
drinking water. If we must continue
our present sewage system contaminat
ing the waters of the earth, then we
must abandon our reservoirs and even
our wells as the sources of our supply of
drinking water. Fer fire and business
purposes It will doubtless be cheaper te
provide the needed water by using that
Of livers as long as they last, though in
towns that have the ups and downs of
Lancaster it would seem te be quite
practicable te construct great reservoirs
in the lowest places, and te feed
them through pipes that lead ulti
mately up te the reef tops ; and from
these cisterns pump the water back
again. Maybe when the ten years of
grace are passed that our mayor gives us
before the Conestoga runs dry, we may
have te contemplate some scheme of
this kind. But meanwhile let us each
be wise enough te secure pure drinking
water by building a capacious cistern
in yard or cellar ; and if we
put a tank under the reef we
may snap our fingers at proclamations
about the scarcity of water, and be
secure against the danger of having our
het water boilers blown up by a stoppage
in the flew from the city mains Jrem any
of the many causes that provoke that
calamity and the washer-women. With
our own cistern and tank, if we make
them big enough, we can be happy,
healthy and clean, and laugh a water
fame te scorn.
Resolved, " That in Orange Neble,
this day nominated for state treasurer en
the platform adopted by this convention,
we present a candidate entitled te the con
fidence of the people ; onewhe,if elected,
will keep the public money safely, make
known his places of deposit, held his
books and papsrs open te inspection, and
preserve the commonwealth from any
repetition of the systematic embezzle
ments of interest and ether spoliations
which marked the long and scandalous
career of the Republican treasury ring ;
who will neither s.ek nor take any cmel-
uraents of the office ether than the law
ful salary, and who will exert ill his in
fluence te prevent, expose and punish
the plundering system of purchasing
state supplies which has long prevailed
in Harrisburg te the shame of the com
monwealth." WtlUamspert Resolution.
The person who owned that Philadel
phia factory, the destruction of which
by fire, through criminal negligence en
his part, recently cost the less of many
precious lives has new an opportunity te
reflect upon the soundness of the opin
ion which led him te the declaration
that "fire escapes were'nt necessary
anyhow." Mill-owner Harvey has been
put under 510,000 bail, awaiting the ac
tion of the grand jury en his case.
Ox Saturday, it is predicted, we may
expect te hear of Cabinet nominations.
Bosten journals are becoming aesthetic.
One of them says that Byren swam across
the II espent.
Gcnekai. Br.VNDEi: appears te have
been in command of the arraugements for
celebrating the Yorktewu centennial.
Indiana Republicans say that soft
soap will no longer carry that state. Just
as if it hadn't been understood all along
that it was hard cash tiiat did the work a
year age.
Bexkvemcnti.y disposed people need
only te read the statement of the commit
tee in charge of the Michigan relief fund,
printed elsewhere, te knew that the time
has net yet arrived for them te relax their
philanthropic efforts in behalf of the un
fortunate peeple of that devastated dis
trict. "And the greatest el these is
Charity. "
Tin: Harrisburg Independent, a thorough
exponent of its title, puts the case thus
tersely and truly : " Monopoly opposes
Neble after his record in the Legislature,
and it remains te he seen whether the
voter three weeks hence will shake hands
with monopoly and wish it Ged-spccd or
put the seal of condemnation upon it."
Neither Lord Cornwallis, whose sur
render at Yorktewu a century age, is
new being se extensively celebrated by
the American peeple en the very spot
where it occurred, uer Lord North, who
was prime minister of England during
eleven years, including the whole period
of the Itcvohitienaiy war, has te-day
any descendant of his uame in the male
line.
Mayek Kine, of Philadelphia, wants
the Rev. Dr. Harper te understand that
there is no " power behind the throne of
his administration." And people who
have observed tnc course of events politi
cal in that city since his assumption of
executive p.iwcr will cheerfully concede
the truth of his assertion. Mr. King is
unquestionably mayor of Philadelphia,
and the political traders and hucksters
arc net likely te forget it.
It seems te be a scrub race between
Congressman Claik, of Missouri, and his
wife, as te who shall be first te secure a
full ventilation of all the. pitiful details of
the domestic infelicities that have
ended in a separation and prospective di
vorce. One of these days perhaps con-gres.-ienal
widowers and ethers in the pub
lic service will learn te leek clsowhcre
than in the government dcpailincnt for
some one te seethe and comfort
their declining years. But perhaps it would
be juster te revcrss the preposition and
put the department girls en their guard
against the matrimonial advances of fes
tive functionaries like Chrisliancy and
Clark.
PERSONAL.
James F. Wilsen seems te have the
inside track for the Iowa scnater.ship,
Secretary Kirkwood being considered en
tirely out of the race.
Ciiakles Daijwin has iuherilcd a large
fertune from his late brother, Erasmus
A. Darwin. It amounts te nearly a mil
lion dollars.
Miss Antoinette Steui.ine, the well
known contralto, and Miss Henrietta
Beebe, the soprano, both distinguished
themselves at the recent meeting in Lon Len Lon
eon in honor of the late president.
Charles Van Bentuuysen, one of the
most distinguished citizens of Albany, and
head of the house of Charles Van Benthuy
sen & Sen, died ycstciday morning in the
St. James hotel, in New Yerk, after an ill
ness of but a few hours.
Eugene Sciiuyleii has signed a consu
lar convention between the United States
and Scrvia. It will he ratified within
three months, wheu both it and the Scrvo Scrve
Amcrican lieaty of commerce will he rati
fied. M.uiiE Van Zandt, the young prima
denna, is called " Miguen " in Paris, en
account of her triumph in Themas's opera
of that name. The little lady has been
highly successful in Cepenbagcu, and will
seen reappear in Paris at the Opera
Cemique, singing Dinerali in Meyerbeer's
" Lc Parden dc Pleermel."
Guace Greenwood (Mrs. Lippincott),
accompanied by her daughter, who is
studying for the stage, is still abroad.
Her old friends in this country will regret
te learn that she is, quite au invalid, suff
ering severely and frequently from at
tacks of acute bronchitis. The moist
atmosphere of Eugland agrees with her,
but she is anxious te return home, and
will probably de se this month.
Hancock and Bayard were the favorites
with the great assembage at Yorktown
yesterday. The former passing from the
pavilion te the canopy of the president in
the open space surrounding the corner,
stone, was instantly receguized, and for
ten minutes there was a mingling of the
stentorian lungs of the North and the
"robel yell " of the Seuth. The general,
hading his little grandson, blushed like a
girl, took off his hat aud passed en with
bowed head.
Archie HcenES.a well-known minstrel,
died iu Buffalo, N. Y., recently from heart
disease, in destitute circumstances. Years
age he was famous comedian, and wen
his success in spite of great difficulties.
Never able te read, he had te learn the
parts assigned him iu sketches, by having
them read ever 3 him by his wife. As
an " end " mau he had few equals, and
his songs, were always sung in a rich Irish
brogue. At ene time he was receiving a
salary of $100 a week from Sir. Heeley '
who, however, was finally compelled te
dispense with his services an account of
his dissipated habits and fondness for
drink. His wife, who had been his best
friend, was compelled te leave him, and
for a time it looked as if he would fill a
pauper's grave. About two years age,
owing te the influence of " Senater "
Beb Hart, Archie reformed, and be
came a total abstainer. He played several
engagements in Brooklyn and New Yerk
last winter, and the indications were that
he would regain his reputation as a com
median. The approaching marriage of Mile.
Grew daughter of the French president,
and M. Daniel Wilsen has caused a great
deal of disappointment in Parisian society.
The ladies cannot bring themselves te for
give bride and bridegroom for keeping the
engagement se secret, and especially for
determining te cheat them out of the
pleasant emotion inseparable from a great
public wedding. The ceremony, civil and
religious will be celebrated at the Elysee
en Saturday. The mayor of the arroudis arreudis
scmeut will attend early in the day te bind
the happy pair with legal fetters, and the
cure of the Madeleine will shortly after
tighten the union by religious shackles.
The bride being a Catholic and the bride
groom a Protestant a departure from the
usual ceremonial will be necessary. They
will simply plight their troth before the
euro and be pronounced mau and wife,
after which mass will be celebrated with
out any pomp or display. The bride is
thirty-five, hut leeks much younger. She
is net pretty, but is intelligent and viva
cious. Ilcr complexion is dark, her figuie
slender. She is very musical. The bride
groom is of English extraction, about
forty-five years of age.
STATE ITEMS.
Jehn J. Quick, a prominent citizen of
Milferd, Pa., fell dead in that town yester
day morning of heart disease.
Michabl Walsh was killed yesterday at
Bewman's Station, near Easten, by falling
down a steep embankment, en which he
was at work.
During an altercation at Allentewu yes
terday Jeseph Kenig struck Andrew
Kemey with a piece of iron, inflicting fatal
injuries.
Drs. J. Schcffer and N. Sweet, of Brad
ford, and Dr. G. B. N. Cox, of Tarpert,
have been arrested for felonious homicide
iu having caused the death of Mrs. Jehn
Fertman, of Tarpert, by malpratice.
The Grand Ledge of the Ancient Order
of Geed Fellows of Pennsylvania was held
at Nerristiwn yesterday. Fifteen ledger.
were represented. The next session will
be held in this city in April, 1S32.
The Presbyterian synod of Harrisburg
will held its final meeting at Cleveland
this evening, and will be opened with a
sermon by Rev. J. A. Crawford, D. D., of
Charnbcrsburg.
'"Founder's Day " at Lafayette college
will be celebrated October 20. Rev. Henry
C. McCook, will deliver the annua! ad
dress. The athletic contests will he held
in the afternoon.
The annual convention of the Yeung
Men's Christian association, of Eastern
Pennsylvania, will meet a Easten te-day.
There wjll be ene hundred witnesses in
attendance and the sessions will continue
until Sunday.
Thejury in the case of Henry Ruinbcr
gcr. en trial at Harrisburg for the murder
of Daniel Troutman, yesterday returned a
verdict of guilty of murder iu the first
degree. Frauk Rumberger, his alieged
accomplice, is new en trial. This is the
second trial for thc-se defendants.
Mrs. Jehn Steckcr, aged eighty-three
years, residing at Levi Meyer's hotel, in
Williams township, Northampton county,
attempted te turn down the wick of a
blazing coal oil lamp in the kitchen. The
lamp was het. and she threw it. down. It
.exploded, and the burning oil ignited her
clothing, and burned her arms and side in
a frightful manner. It is net believed the
old lady can survive.
The authorities of the Methodist church
at Washington refused the use of the build
ing te the Kuights Templar cemmandery
en the occasion of the funeral service of
Mr. Stephen C. Brothcrteu, a member of
the church and of the cemmandery, and a
universally respected citizen. A serious
irruption in the congregation in conse
quence is almost inevitable. The Presby
terian church opened its doers te the
Knights and the services of the order were
conducted there in an impressive manner.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. .
The grand total of contributions te
the Michigan fire relief fund is new 107,
072.29. The report of the less of the steamer
Thiugvalla, with a large number of emi
grants en beard, is false.
I. Jenes, who was te have been hanged
te morrow at Star City, Ark., has had his
sentence commuted te twenty-ene years
imprisonment.
The annual session of the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as
sembled in Baltimore yesterday. A large
number of delegates were present.
Four children of Alenza Pettor, of Mer
cer Bettem, West Virginia, died a few
days age from the effects of a vermifuge
bought by their father at a country store.
The heavy black drapery which had
shrouded the government buildings in
Washington since the death of President
Garfield, were all removed yesterday after
noon. At the Channing memorial church dedi
cation yesterday at Newport, R. I., the
dedicatory hymn sung was the production
or W. II. Furncss, of Philedelphia. The
edifice cost $130,000, all voluntarily .sub
scribed. The secretary of the navy has received
information that the steamer Redgcrs is
at present about forty miles south of
Wrangell Land and 120 miles southwest
of Herald island.
News has been received from Mecca
that the two hestile factions have settled
their differences by a battle, in which sev
eral were killed and wounded en both
sides. The battalions of troops and
several batteries have been ordered te
Mecca.
In the action of Joaquin Miller against
Mclvce Rankin, which involves the title te
the play known as " 49," application was
granted yesterday by the supreme court
in New Yerk te continue the temporary
injunction restraining the defendant from
producing the play.
At the session of the National Prohibi
tion Alliance yesterday at New Yerk the
committee en the principles for alliance
recommended that the right of suffrage be
granted te women in order that effective
prohibition lows might be passed by legis
lators elected by female votes. The report
was adopted.
The coroner's jury at Albien, N. Y., in
the case of Nellie Wright, the young girl
whose body was found in the Eric canal
about the 1st iust., has rendered a verdict
that her death was caused by strychnine,
self-administered and while suffering great
mental distress. Thejury believe that the
body was placed in the cqAal by Frederick
E. Hepkins, the betrayer of the girl.
Hepkins gave bail in $2,500 te appear at
the next term of court.
The fifth annual meeting of the Ameri
can Humane association commenced yes-'
terday afternoon at Bosten. Ne one of
700 designs for cattle cars that have been
presented has se complied with the re
quirements thereof that the prize of $500
voted for the association cau be awarded
te its inventor. Mr. Henry Bergh stated
that the thirty-six states and territories
arc new united in the Humane League. A
telegram was sent te the mayor of Louis
ville, Ky., urging him te step the deg
fight announced te occur there.
YORKTOWN.
Celebrating Hie Centennial of CernwallU'd
Surrender.
Yesterday being the 100th anniversary
of the surrender of Cornwallis, was the
principal day of the celebration at York Yerk
town. The exercises at the grand stand
consisted of prayer by Bishop Harris ; ad
dresses ey President Arthur, M. Max Out
rcy, the Marquis de Rochambeau, and
Bar jn Steuben ; an oration by Hen. Rebert
C. Winthrop, the rcidins of a Centennial
poem by James Barren Hepe, of Virginia,
and the singing of a Centennial Ode, the
Star Spangled Banner.ctc. After the cere
monies there was a public reception in La
fayette hall. During the exercises au
order was read by Secretary Blaine, direct
ing, in recognition of the friendly feeling
between Great Britain and the UnitPd
States, that at the close of the .commem
orative ceremonies the British flag "shall
be saluted by the forces of the army and
navy of the United States new at York Yerk
town." The centennial anniversary of the sur
render of Cornwallis at Yorktown, was
celebrated yesteiday in Charleston,
Seuth Carolina. At sunrise a salute of
13 guns was fired by the Yeomanry Artil
lery, and at neon St. Mary's cemetery,
wTicre the two daughters of Admiral De
Grassc arc buried, was thrown open te the
public and visited by thousands of persons.
The tomb of De Grasse's daughters was
surrounded by a canopy of messes and
flowers, and covered with wreaths aud
garlands.
WHAT IS SKEDED.
The illiclilgau Sun'crers Still Subjccls ler
l'lutiiiitlireplc Aid.
Since the devastating fires in Michigan
large quantities of clothing have been sent
te the people, se much se that they new
have all needed. Mr. E. U. Carleteu,
mayor of Pert Huren, and chairman of the
relief committee, makes the following ap
peal for something besides clothing :
" Te the People of the United Stales : "Wc
aie glad te announce that wc have all the
clothing we need. Badding, underwear,
previsions, grass and clever seed, tinware,
tablewear and money are imperatively
needed. Donations have been generous
aud timely, but the needs arc vast. The
generosity of the American peeple has in
spired the sufferers in the burned region
with new hope, and, their first needs be
ing supplied, they are industriously en
gaged in building new homes.
"Te the Mayers of the cities of the United
States : We will have fifteen thousand
people te house and feed during the ap
proaching winter. Grateful for the dona
tions already made, I am compelled te ask
you te continue in your several cities this
great work of charity. I can only renew
the assurances that contributions received
will be faithfully used, aud I am confident
that this appeal for aid will net be in
vain. "
tiOTII II ANUS ULOWX OFF.
i'iiliiiiil Accident at Hie YerlUnwn Celebra
tion. At neon yesterday Governer Ludlow and
staff of New Jersey rode up te the New
Jersey camp at Yorktown, and were le
ceived by an artillery salute by the Cam
den company. One of the guns had be
eiine se much hcated that the gunner was
unable te keep his hand ever the priming
hole. He removed it just as Private Dis
borough (or Disbrew) of Trenten, who
was attached te the battery, was ramming
the charge. As the guuncr lifted his
baud, the gun was prematurely discharged
and both of Private Disborough's hands
were blown oil" above the wrist. The gov
ernor and stall" were net a yard from the
gun when it was fired and narrowly es
caped. The private reeled and was caught
by Cant. Mallen, of New Yerk, who was
standing by. The wounded mau was
carried te his tent in a state of coma, in
which he remained for nearly two hours,
when ha c.ama te. The surgeons have
some hepns or his recovery.
The C'larii Scan:l:il.
The. domestic troubles of General Jehn
B. Clark, member of Congress from Mis
souri, are the general subject of discussion
in Washiugten. The case excites much
interest, inasmuch as it possesses many of
the sensational points of the famous
Christiancy case. Mis. Clark is out in an
evening newspaper with her side of the
story and pronounces the story that she
was one at night with ether men a tissue
of falsehoods. Mrs. Clark says that at
her father's hotel at Atlantic City last
summer the general came in one night in
toxicated and hit her in the face, knocked
her down and kicked her, aud since then
he has treated her iu a similar manner.
He was insanely jealous. Beth parties
arc te rush into court with their grivanccs
iu a divorce case, which will probably
rival the Christ iancy scandal.
uis laiti-.rui wire.
A package of bends was recently recci
ved at. the U. S. Treasury for redemption,
from which every number had been cutout
They came from Chicago. The treasury of ef of
ficers were puzzled te knew what particul ir
species of villauy had been perpetrated e
attempted, which could have given rise te
such a mysterious procedure. The expla
nation came- by letter te-day. The owner
of the bends was in New Yerk and wrote
te his wife in Chicago, asking her te send
him the numbers of his bends and send the
bends themselves te the treasury. The
faithful creature cemplyed literally by cut
ting out the numbers from both bends
and coupons.
I.orses Uy tlie Alleutewn Theatre t'Ir
By the recent destruction of the Allen
town Academy of Music, in addition te the
losses sustained by the proprietor and by
neighboring establishments, amounting
probably te between $8,000 and $10,000,
the Kiralfy "Around the World" com
pany suffer heavily. The company's less
is estimated at $3000 and the less of the
individual performers at $2,000. Mr. E.
A. Lecke, better known ai "Yankee
Lecke," was burned out completely. Mr.
W. F. Cliften aud Jeseph F. Bricn were
the heaviest individual losers, their less
being about $500 each. Miss Merri, Mr.
Hawkins and ethers lest everything they
had. The company has disbanded.
Fatal Deg Fight In Kentucky.
The fisht between Pilet. flir "Ven- Vnri-
deg, and Crib, the Louisville deg, took
place en Garris's farm, six miles from
Louisville. The fight commenced at half
past nine. Pilet killed Crib in 1 hour and
23 minutes. Twe hundred nconle mm
present, including a number from New
Yerk. Frank Stephenson, of New Yerk,
was judge for Pilet, and Jehn McDermott
for Crib. W. E.' Harding, of New Yerk,
as referee. The stakes were $1,000 each
side. The betting was very heavy.
Mexicans ami Indians.
There was a fight between 3Iexicans and
Indians as Villa de Bonaventura, Mexico,
en September 23th, in which the Mexicans
were defeated, and one of them was
wounded. The Indian less is unknown.
The Indians included a remnant of Vic
tory's baud led hv Victorie's hrntlisr antl
they have four captives whose ages range
from 7 te 1G years, nearly all from New
Mexico.
IREIAND.
Placarding tne Manifesto "Ne Kent " the
Watchword.
The Land League mailed copies of its
manifesto and placards containing only the
words "Ne rent," te every Land League
branch. One hundred and ten cases have
been entered for a hearing in the land
court, which opens today.
The League manifesto reminds the peo pee pee
peo that their ancestors, though without
leaders, abolished the payineut of tithes,
and that it is as lawful te refuse te pay rents
as it is te receive them. Against the pas
sive resistance of the entire population
military power has no weapens.and it is no
mere possible te evict than te imprisien
ilje whole nation. The funds of the league
will be poured out unstintedly for the evict
ed and exiled. Our brethren in America
may be relied upon te contribute as many
millieus as they have already contributed
thousands. One mere heroic effort wilt
destroy the cursed system of landlerdism.
The Freeman's Journal, commenting en
the manifesto of the league, says : We
foresee dire confusion and ruin te individ
uals, and possible strife and bloodshed.
However opinions may differ as te the
propriety aud legality of the advice ten
dered te the peeple by the imprisoned
leaders of the league, there can be no dif
ference as te the eloquence and ability iu
which the case of the league is stated.
The Irith Times says : We de net believe
that tenants will fellow the counsel net te
pay rents. We bclicve that a better and wiser
spirit is springing up. There is shown in
many districts an extreme desire te termi
nate the fruitless controversy. We have
no proof yet that the land act will net be
carried out otherwise than in the most
honest way.
A Popular Irish Landlord.
Lougwerth Daini3, who recently inher
ited estates in West Mcath county, de
ducted euc-fiffch of the rent of his tenants
and premised te reside upon the estates
himself aud te consider a further reduc
tion. The tenantry paid their rents read
ily and cheered the landlord.
TKLEUKAl'Il CONTROVERSY.
The Menial Union vs. Western Union.
The Mutual Union telegraph company
furnish for publication a letter sent te the
officers of the Western Union telegraph
company, dated New Yerk. October 19.
The letter states that the Mutual Union
officers have in their possession $230 in
United States notes, which sum was paid
by Western Union officers and directors te
a clerk in the employment of the con
tractors building the lines of the Mutual
Union telegraph company, te induce him
te steal from his employers for the benefit
of the Western Union telegraph company,
certain decumeuts aud extracts from doc
uments, which it was hoped might be
used te the injury of the Mutual Union
telegraph company. They also have a p
original letter of ene of the directors of the
Western Union telegraph company, direct
ing the payment of the money te the
clerk, and requesting that ene of the
documents thus te be obtained from
him should be delivered te the general
manager of the Western Union telegraph
company ; also, the receipt for the paper
delivered, which receipt discloses upon its
face a knowledge of the source from
which the paper was obtained ; also, a
memorandum in the handwriting of an
officer of the Western Union telegraph
company certifying certain additional in
formation which the clerk was expected
te precuie ; also, an autograph letter by a
director offering te provide the clerk with
a situation at a salary of $1,000 per an
num in the event of his losing his present
situation.
The letter closes by sarcastically ap
pealing te the Western Union te cease
tampering with their employees and offer
ing te return the $230 if application is
made.
Over an KmtiuuKnient.
Five cars of a passenger train ou the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad,
were thrown from the track at Pcwaukce,
Wisconsin, at 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, by a broken rail. The smoking car
filled with emigrants, and ene passenger
coach went down an embankment nearly
20 feet and into Lake Pewaukce, where it
about 3 feet in depth. Fifty persons wure
were injured, three severely.
Western Floods.
The floods in the West continued yes
terday. At Dubuque the water was mere
than 20 feet abeve low water mark, the
railway tracks en the river front were
submerged, and the levee was almost
covered. Four miles below Warsaw, Illi
nois the levce lias broken, and much dam dam
age is expected. The water was several
inches higher than during the spring and
autumn floods.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COUIiT Of QUARTER SHSnlONS.
Proceedings et the Adjourned Term.
Wednesday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Cyrus
Ritter, perjury. In this case it was al
leged that the defendant swere te au un
truth, when a witness iu a certain civil suit
between Frank Felgar and Jehn Badorf, at
a heariug before Alderman A. F. Don Den
nelly. After hearing the evidence the court
said that the perjury, as alleged, had net
been made out and they instructed the
jury te find a verdict net guilty. This
was a misdemeanor anil it would be ler
the jury te say who should pay the ce&ts.
They put the costs ou Jehu Badet f, the
prosecutor. The costs were ever $100, se
it was a very expensive suit for Badorf
Rep.1
Thursday Morning The jury in the case
of Jehn B. Slough, charged with assault
and battery, retired yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock. They were out all night and
this meruing at half past nine they came
in. Their verdict was euc of net gnilty,
with the defendant te pay nine tenths and
the prosecutor, G. M. Zahtn, te pay one
tenth of the costs.
A. B. Petter, who was convicted of two
charges of false pretense, was sentenced
te live months imprisonment. In another
case of the same kind against Petter, a
verdict of net guilty was taken, the eflense
having been committed in Pittsburgh.
The jurors were all discharged, there
being no mere cases ready for trial this
week, and court adjourned te Saturday
morning.
Aii!e llloasems
We were shown this morning a large
bouquet of apple blossoms antl small
apples plucked by Jehn A. Shebcr from a
tree growing at Slackwater. ncays the
tree blossomed in the spring aud bore a
crop of apples'iu due season and is again
covered with blossoms.
An apple tree in the orchard of D. B.
Landis, en the Lampeter and Strasburg
read is also full of blossoms and young
fruit.
We have heard of several pear trees in
this city that arc in full bloom at the pre
sent time. The dry het summer, followed
by the recent warm rains, will probably
account ler second ciopel blossoms.
The New Police Ordinance.
The police committee of city councils
met last evening and voted te report te
that body with au affirmative recommen
dation the ordinance introduced at the last
stated meeting providing for the better
regulation of thc-pelice force. It is de
signed te allow the mayor te appoint his
officers from the whole body of the citi
zens, thus removing the constraint upon
him by existing enactments which require
him te appoint the nine ward constables
as part of his force. If the new bill is
adopted the mayor can use his discretion
in regard te appointing the constables.
clouds in euk national sky.
Senior Oration delivered In College Chapel
by Henry G. Aprenzeller, or
Sundertewu, Pa.
Americans, like Englishmen, are apt te
beast of the excellence of their govern
ment, r.ud many, like them, are unable te
sav wherein its superiority lies. Unac
quainted with the principles of free gev
ernment they cannot give a reason for
their faith, neither de they see when dau
gcrs threaten the pcace and safety of their
country. Every man who has the exalted
privilege of casting a ballet must kuew
net euly the strong, but also the weak
points of his government, in order te vote
intelligently and for her best interests. It
is only in this waj that he can be truly
loyal.
He who sees the evils that endanger the
welfare of the land of his birth and docs
net oppose them by word and deed, but
ieraains silent until the s.erms of war
burst forth, is net a loyal man. Loyalty
consists mere in warding off evils than in
heroic devotion in the hour when they are
at hand. Au ounce of prevention is al
ways worth mere thau a pound el cure.
The great Pacificator displayed as much,
if net mere, patriotism, when by his tin
tiring zeal and wonderful eloquence, he
averted civil war, than did these, who a
decade later, lest their lives upeu the field
of battle.
Standing iu the " City of magnificent
distances ' and casting a vigilant eye
ever " this lovely land et" ours," ene can
not help but sen that there are clouds in
our national sky, which, if net stayed,
will endanger the safety of our free insti
tutions. Seme of these clouds at present
are small net much larger than a man's
hand and none have as yet a warlike ap
pearance. But as clouds iu the natural
sky arc easily drawn te each ether, and as
their danger is proportionate te their num
ber and character, se the evils that threaten
our national existence, small and seeming
ly unimportant iu themselves, arc patent
for our destruction as a people in propor
tion te their number and character. Aud
it shows a weak, net te say unpatriotic
spirit te close our eyes en them, and con
sole ourselves with tlie vain and delusive
hope that these clouds will pass away
without our interference.
Leeking toward the East, a rather
threatening cloud meets our eye in the
immense number of foreigners who come
te our shores annually. They come from
the wilds of Siberia aud the vine-clad
hills of sunny France ; from the land of
Erin and the borders of the ulack Sea ;
while the proud Chinaman seeks the hos
pitable shores of the Pacific. America
proudly and justly bears the rcpu
tatieu of being au asylum for the
oppressed of all nations. Here in
her extensive plains and fcrtile valleys :
in her inexhaustible mines and rich agri
cultural districts, in these flourishing
towns aud cities, and en her neble rivers,
there is room and employment for all.
The danger in this emigration is that,
with many geed men who seek their
homes with us, wc get much of the filth
and scum of ether lauds. Iu five
years they can be naturalized and raised
te the dignity of citizenship. They retain
most, if net all, of their principles, many
of which are hostile te our form of govern
ment. They are net Americanized in he
short a time. Many cau neither read nor
write and thus become an easy prey for
the demagogue. A higher standard for
citizenship and a longer residence iu the
country should be required ; but if this
wcre insufficient they should net be natur
alized at all While it would be injudicious
te close our ports te emigrants, te deprive
them of the use of the ballet would insure
safety te the republic.
America truly is "the land of the five
aud the home of the brave," but wc trust
she never will be the home of the Com
munist of France, the Socialist of Ger
many, or the Nihilist of Russia. Fer such
wc have no room.
Again, in the far West among the Recky
Mountains where dwell the se called
" Latter Day Saints," .there rises a cloud
that is fraught with evil and that sooner
or later will bring trouble te the United
States government. Already the Mor
mons are assuming a defiant attitude
towards the Jaws of the country, aud are
making secret preparations te resist their
enforcement. The hirelings of this church
are seeking te forward her interests iu
various parts of tiie union aud te our
shame be it said that here iu our own
state there are organizations that arc
in sympathy with the hierarchy
of Uttb. Te say that the Mermen
church is confined te a single
tenitcry: that it is weak numeri
cally ; that it is net spreading rapidly te
and taking possession of ether territories,
shows an ignorance of which no voter
should be guilty. The Mornieu Bible is
printed net only in English, but iu Welsh,
Polynesian, Italian, Danish, French and
German. They held the balanea of power
in Idaho and Arizona ; and menace Cola Cela Cola
rade, New Mexico, Wyoming and Mentana.
They have their missionaries in different
parts of the world, and during the last
summer ever 2,000 Mermen " converts"'
left the pert of Liverpool for Salt Lake
City. These belong mostly te the peer
aud ignorant classes, and are morn attach
ed te the " Bishops" and " Apostles" of
the church than te the government under
which they propose te live.
The United States cau no longer be in
different te this foul spot en her fair rec
ord. Utah is clamoring for admission into
the Union. This gained, she will enact
statutes te advance the cause of the -Mereon
church. Te say that these " Saint si'
are an industrious people ; that they
have made the barren soil of Utah te blos
som like the rose, does net excuse their
crimes and immoralities, nor vindicate the
n:eastrcus doctrine of " plurality of
wives." Says a recent writer : " Theie
are but two alternatives before the Amer
ican peeple ; a new rebellion, or the intro
duction of Christian schools aud Christian
churches." Let the latter course be chosen
because it is the safer and better way te
settle this vexed question.
Again, the cloud of internal discussion,
having its origin iu party strife, greed for
office and the growing doubt and irrever
ence of the times is assuming a threaten
ing aspect. Already the low murmur of
distant thunder is heard and its nimbic
form is casting a gloom ever the nation.
The aspiration for office is a characteris
tic of the American. He must have it at
any cost. His time, money and talents
are employed te obtain it. If he cannot
get it honestly he will dishonestly. His
success depends upon the success of his
party ; and with an office in view he lie
comes vcrypatiietic during a campaign,
and when his party is successful he leeks
for his hire. Many arc necessarily disap
pointed, and consequently wronged as
they imagine, swear vengeance. With ail
our brag and bluster we de net have a
civil service reform worthy the name. The
spoils system has already killed three
presidents and no power of prescience can
foretell what will be its crimes in the
future. The people must demand a chanT.
1 he ballet must be held sacred. It, and
net the bullet, must determine the destiny
of our country. The ballet iu the hands
of the ignorant and malicious will de mere
mischief than the torch of the incendiary
among the towers of the capital. The
buyer and seller of votes should be
ceverely punished and should forfeit the
rights of freemen. Frem the ruins of the
ancient empires of Greece and Reme ;
from lands borne down by the iron-heel of
the opprosser, where the contest for liberty
is new going en ; from households de
stroyed by the shadow of despotism com
pelling its inmates te separate and seek
personal freedom in foreign lands, come the
solemn notes of warning against tamper
ing with the ballet. Shall wc net learn
from their experience? Shall we commit
their crimes and escape their fate ? Will
net the same causes produce the same re
suits here as elsewhere ?
Remove the causes and the evils we se
much lament will no longer exist. There
are conditions of society necessary te ren
der the commission of great crimes possi
ble. The influence of Nihilism in Russia
made the murder of tl Czar possible ; the
socialism of Germany makes the. frequcut
assaults upon the file et the Emperor pos
sible ; the bitter animosity of political fac
tions ; the greed for eflice and a share of
the spoils ; the desecration of the Sabbath;
the iudiflercuce te religion and the infidel
ity that Ingcrsell is propegating all com
bine te make such au assassin as Guitcati
and te render his attempt upon the life of
the president possible. Let the responsi
bility be placed where it belongs. Guiteau
is hut a representative of a large class of
irreligious, half-crazed, disappointed office
seekers. Wc may raise our hands iu hor
ror ; wc may call en the gods for vengeance
upon the wretch who fired the fatal bul
let ; the clergy may reprove and rebuke ;
grave senators may legislate and sober
judges mete out the penalties of the
law ; Philippics may be hurled against
fraud and assassination ; eulegisms
may be showered upon the unfortunate
and innocent victim : political and eccle
siastical bodies may pass resolutions of
sympathy antl denunciation, but unless
the causes that produce such fearful results
are removed ; unless the ax is laid
te the root of this great tree
of sin, all efforts -te lessen crime
and immorality will be ineffectual and wu
must prepare ourselves te hear at any time
the report of the assassin's pistol or of the
glyecriue bomb.
There is such a thing, as tee much lib
erty, and free institutions when thy degen
erate into lawlessness, de mere harm than
geed. Wc believe in free speech, but the
mouth of the blasphemer must be stepped ;
the detainer of character as pure as the
snows of heaven must be silenced. We
believe iu a free press, but it must be cm cm
pleyed for the best interests of the govern
ment and the welfare of society, net te
slander and te revile- public aud private
men. We bclicve in an open Bible and
froedon of religious thought and worship,
but we de net allow this privilege te be
abut-cd and hideous aud revolting ciitnes
he committed in the name of religion.
While we see the danger of foreign im
migration and recognize the defiant atti
tude of Moriuenism, and with hama
admit the growing unbelief and irrever
ence of our people and the animosities of
our political parties, we are net without
hope. We believe in the stability of our
government. Its vast and complicated ma
chinery moves en without any friction,
even though the chief executive be dead.
Wise legislation will ward off the danger
of immigration, and a wise and faithful
carrying out of the policy inaugurated by
our Iato lamented president will eventual
ly cause the growth of Mej monism te be
checked and the hateful abomination seen
te be among the things that wcre but are
no mere. Fer a remedy of our social and
political evils we leek te the intilligcnt
and upright citizen. who have the welfare
of the nation at heart, and if they combine
will work out " the great problem of our
national life and secure us a perpetuity as
long as the stars shall last."
YOisll'S .11 UK IU; li TRIAL.
Cy!c In Ce:irt for Minetiii mily Slytrn
Opposite Jlluriettii.
Jehn Ceylo, the young ferryman, who
isiiet and killed Emily Myers, ou tlie eOth
of .May last, in Yerk county, opposite .Ma
rietta, wa'i taken into court at Yerk yes
terday for trial. Judge Wiekes ou the
bench. Nine jurors were obtained when
the panel was exhausted, and a special
venire issued. The names of ten jurors
sworn up te the time of adjournment yes
terday afternoon, r.ie as follews:
Win. II. Ncff, farmer, Yerk tewnshqi ;
W. J. McClclIan, coach maker, Warring
ten township ; Peter Heies, farmer,
Menaghau township ; JehnKrafft. gentle
man, Conowage township ; Jehn Shcllcn
bcrgcr,gtntlcman, Springgardcn t jwnship;
Wm. A. M;tzcl,iacrchanr, 1st Ward, Yerk
borough ; Jehn Fulte.-. tanner, ilepcwel!
township ; Fredeiick Gn-imau, gentleman,
4th Ward. Yerk boron:;!. ; Win. P. Mim
dis, farmer, 'Lewer Windser township.
The court auueuucrd te these jureis al
ready cmpannclcd, that they would net ba
allowed te separate ; that they should net
allow any one te approach them about the
matter, and that arrangements for their
accommodation had bt.-eu made at the
Central hotel.
The prisoner appears te have borne hi.i
confinement exceedingly well, and lias rn
tiwly recovered from tlie effects of his
seU-inflieted wound:;.
The parents of the piisener appear bi
court at the s-ide of their son.
The counsel iu the case are F. I). Zie
ler, district attorney, and Gee. W. McKI McKI
rey, esq., representing the commonwealth.
The defence is represented by H. I.. Fisher
and W. t. Chapman, csqs.
Tin-: juii.i.ti: uKNsuainu hemiciiik.
A New Complaint Made llcurliig en Satur
day Mext Oenseiiier's Piuierril.
In response te a telegram, J. L. Stein
melz, esq., who has been employed as spe
cial counsel for the commenv.-calth in the
case against Samuel II. .Miller who shot
Wm. Gcnscmer en Saturday last, at Union
Station, visited that place yesterday and
examined several mateii.il witnesses. Levi
Gensemcr, the father of the deceased,
made a new complaint changing him with
murder. The former complaint made by
Adam Ludwig, en Sunday morning before
the death of Gcnscmer, charging Miller
with felonious assault atd battery, will no
doubt be abandoned, and the accused will
be prosecuted en the later and mere ser
ious charge of murder. The preliminary
hearing has been fiKed for Saturday next
at 10 o'clock, before Sq-ure J. C. Garman.
at Union Station.
The funeral of Mr. Gcnscmer took place
yesterday and was attended by an immense
concourse of people The luucral cere
monies were very impressive. The inter
ment; was at Union Station.
The FiiirvlIIe 1'nstelUce.
A large number of the citizens of Fair
villc complain of their iiad mail facilities.
By the present arrangement they receive
the Reading p.ipcr.i at 7 o'clock in the
evening by stage from Reading, whilis the
Lancaster papers de net arrive until 8 or 0
o'clock. They want a route established
between Ephrata and Fairvi '!, se that
they will receive the papers of their own
county at an early hour in the evening.
Wm. Redger.", the postmaster at Fair
ville, is opposed te thi.s arrangement, anil
the citizeus complain that they are com
pelled te submit te these disadvantages,
because he refuses te sign his name te the
many strong petitions which have been
.sent te Washington in favor of the new
route.
C,i-e IJi.tn.Used.
' Prof." Gee. Rete, charged with felo
niously entering the house of A. L.
Krcider. East King street, a few days aze.
had a hearing before Alderman Samson
last evening and was dismissed. It ap
peared that Rete was under the influence
of liquor when he entered the premises,
and he declared he had no intention of
committing a felony. Tim prosecutor de
clined te press the case en condition that
Rote would hereafter keep himself away
from the premises.
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New Street Lamps.
The town ofFairville has been improved
by the erection of a number of new street
lamps. The felrjwing citizens have put
up new lamps in front of tli3:r places of
business : Lazaru Wolff. Samuel Wech
Icr, Abner Cline, Ames Cii le and Wm.
Cliue.
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