t'WMMJXJM-U- ""," Eaurastn iUrlftgenrrr. SATUBDAY EVENING, OCT, '32,1881. Bessemer Kails. The most profitable.. industry iivjHie United States for the past few years has been the manufacture of ilessemer steel, and it will probably be for a few years te come, as the causes are very obvious which make it se. The Pennsylvania steel company, located near our neigh boring town of Harrisburg, held its an nual meeting the ether day in Philadel phia, and discovered te its delighted stockholders its possession of ever three million dollars of undivided profits. Its dividends are at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum, the managers con sidering that the company cannot de better with the profits than te reinvest them in increasing their facilities for the manufacture of the profitable material, which they cannot make fast enough te satify the demand. There are twelve of these Uessemer companies in operation in our country that we knew of, and at least one new one building at .Scrunten, in this state. They are all as full of busi ness and profits as they can stick, and all are energetically engaged in increas ing their capacity for production. Last year they made nine hundred thousand tens of rails ; this year expecting te make a million and a-quarter, and next year a million auda-half, and yet they cannot supply the American railway demand. This year a quarter of a million tens of English steel rails will be imported, al though they pay a duty of twiity-cight dollars a ten. That duty is a heavy tax levied upon our railroads, which does net renfer a just advantage upon the Bessemer steel manufacturers and whose sole public utility is the amount secured te the Ircisury. The serious question for ( 'engress te consider is whether the duty obtained upon a quarter of a million of tens of rails justifies it in requiring the railroads te par twenty-eight dollars a ten en a million and a quarter of tens. Fer they pay te the home manu fa hirer a duty equal te that which they pay the government. Jlessemer steel in this country, we arc reliably ad vised, is produced as cheaply as in Europe, owing te the superior charaeter of the American plant and the greater skill of its operators. If this is se, it is obvious that our manufacturers realize a profit en their rails equal te the sum of the duty, the ocean freight, and the English manufacturer. profit. And under these circumstances it is net sur prising that they are doing their best te make hay while se het a sun shines. What is surprising is that Congress is intent that this great tax shall be put upon the country : for the business of the nation has finaijy te hear the railroad's burthen. And it may be this fact which causes another surprising thing te ap pear: whicii is that the railroad com panies themselves are se patient under this heavy imposition, and are seaicely f mud the ehisc getting tee het for him :.l heard te grumble. Fer this txtraerdi j home, se he quietly skippad across the nary geed nature there may be a better upj.tr Delaware and down through Neith Noith Neith reasen. Hew much would be stricken era Jersey, taking refuge in the density of ou i lie vaiuu ei me assets et our ran-, read companies it they were compelled . i 10 put iiewn llie aniuaisemciit ! their! steel rails te thirty dollars instead of .sixty? Yet thirty dollars is all they would be worth if Congress should take off the duty. And thirty dollars is all that they will bring some day seen, whether the duty is en or off. Fer it will net be very long before the railroad building mania will subside and the steel mil companies, with their enor mous platit and capacity for producing millions of tens of rails, will net find a demand for their product. Then their present close union will perish in the selfish grasping of each for orders, as such unions always de dissolve under . such circumstances, aud prices will tome j down te about cost. ' Then will be the time te build rail- reues, and wise men will keep their j hands off investments in new enterprise:, until then. Congress may hasten tire day of cheap rails by its action : but if is bound te come anyway, and the great railroads that have paid big prices for their steel and like te tee the price of rails kept np te check the building of opposition lines, will find that they can only postpone the evil day, and they will be prudent in laying up a geed surplus themselves against the time when they will need te make a big entry in the account of profit and less for depreciated rails. Kl-0VKD, " That in tlic administra tion of the government f Pennsylvania, the Republican party has encouraged, practiced and, shielded ."puliatien of the state trcaxurg and misuse of the public funds, briber' of legislators, undue favor te corporations and'monejiolies, an unnec essarily high rate of interest en the state leans, a shameless prostitution of the jmr jmr deninrj petver, a system of rhelesah icaste and peculation in the ordinary exptndi tnrcs of the government, and an harassing and plundering ceercisc f municipal franchises and abuse of hn'nl trust.-.." Williamsport Platform. Uun contemporary, the Erie Eru,i,,g i Herald, might just as well have told the whole truth about the matter when it set te producing figures in its attempt te demonstrate "Mr. Neble's unpopularity at home, as a conspicuous evidence of whfch it points te the fact that Short,' j the Democratic candidate for Congress, ! had 400 majority in Erie city, while I Zsebles majority was only ine. The J fc raid could net have been in ignorance of the circumstances that led te this ap parent falling effrjf our candidate for state treasurer when he was the Herald's candidate for assemblyman a year age : and the case will be seen net te bear such a damaging aspect with regard te . Mr. Neble's standing among his neigh bors when we leek a little further. In the first place, the great parties arc se evenly divided in Erie that contests are always very close,Mr. Neble's immediate predecessor having been a. Republican. Next, Mr. Alfred Slieit is such a liberal Democrat that, sustained by his brilliant leeislativc record, he w.xs enabled te m- cure many Republican vote.-, and in ad- ditien he commanded the formal ei - dersement and practical suppeil at the .nr il... r :,.,. 1. 1. -..a i .. tr,.. ... .. ,.-.-... .,.,,. l'.j, .1 r,uvj,j; minority in Erie among thowerkingmen. Mr. Neble, en the ether hand, ran ou the single, track of a regular Democratic nomination.. The Herald should held iCself above misrepresenting and distort ing facts -in" its present unaccountable' hostility te a gentleman whom it was supporting se warmly a year age. ' r Genkkaj. Lesgstreet is mentioned in Washington as likely te be nominated for secretary of war or of the navy. A little less rain in the west and a little mere in the East would about suit the preseu condition of things ni'eteorelogi. cal. A portion of these "Western floods would ha gladly welcomed here. Sweden has net yet grauted full relig ious liberty te its people. Its law em powers the church council of any parish te forbid the preaching by auy ether min istcr thau these or the State Church. The Evangelical Alliance ought te scud a deputation te this Lutherau country. "Frem the tee path te the White Heuse " is the subject of a late cartoon in Puck in which the new president of the United States and then collector of the pert of New Yerk is represented in a state of tiausit from the latter establish ment propelled by the energizing effect of Mr. R. B. Hayes' Ne. '.) brogan. The met is a neat one. Tin: Ohie man again forces te the front a-i a conspicuous public figure. He was in Washington the ether day, and had $17, 000 in bends converted into geld which he mggeu along home with linn m a carpet bag, and could net be convinced of the equal substantiality of gilt edge paper with the hhiny geld eagles. This is faulty but net wholly unnatural after all. Tin: thrilling news that for weeks past has been burdening the cable concerning her majesty's subjects in unruly Ireland is tempered te-day by a telegram informing an excited public en this side or the At lantic that "the queen has accepted a copy of a book entitled 'Frem the Leg Cabin te the Whits Heuse.' '" This is tee. tee touching. Tm.ceal-dealcrs have get up a combina tion te ias? the pi ice of coal by means of a panic evei the prospect of an unusually severe winter. The appear te have bribed Yen nor te predict an open season, by way I of frightening people into laying in an extra at ck of fuel. The Philadelphia Bulletin j seeks te calm the apprehensions of a fright- ' cued public. Even Ycmier, it says, may be light sometimes en a general guess, and the winter will net necessarily be an Aictic one because he predicts unusual i mildness of temperature. Mi:. Gne'.v has becu um down at, hist The long-loot pjlitical pilgrim in the wilderness was found the ether night re"-- i iVieied at au obscure hotel in New Yerk eiry. Ne doubt the late leader of the ; Independent Republicans in Pennsylvania thu great eitv en the ether sM en the ether side of the Hudsen. But the Susquehanna statesman wilt have te lese hunseli aif.-en. or his late followers in this state will be upon him. The AVelfe wi'l be at his deer before he knows it. Fly. Gahtsha, implores the Philadelphia Telegraph, cx-Giew.jigan, as you value your secret service, te "the "machine, " fly again te. the unknown. Win::, Dr. Bacen took hisfiiend Mr. it. B. Hayes out carriage -riding the ether Sunday, thereby incurring a visitation of Connecticut's blue laws en his ministerial head, he fei tuuately took with him also a "sick child.' and this will probably be uvgui'ti iiutiui .-s :uv;meii, as mere is a prevision in the statutes, permitting the sinful practice of driving en Sunday when in the interest of mercy and ncces- eessity, and the divine is said te claim that the drive was takeu for the benefit ! of his young friend's health. The matter :s evidently making ;i wholesome stir iu the Nutmeg state, and if it leads te the amendment of a statute which is se un reasonably rigid that it is violated iu thou sand of instances by geed men and women every Sunday in the ordinary course of buman conduct. Dr. Bacen will have been a pioneer in the path of rational Christian freedom. Dn.Tiie.MA explained te the Beck River conference, which recently feuud him i-'uilty of heicsy, his views en the dis puted points of his doctrine. "I held," he said in substance, " te the inspiration and authority of the Scriptures, hut I de net. accept the ' verbal ' theory of inspira tion, nor de I claim that parts of all the .sixty-six books of the Bible arc of equal authority, inspiration, or value, or that all parts of the Old Testament arc critically infallible. I held ie the doctrine of a vica rious atonement ; but I held it in that form that is called moral or paternal ; or, in ether words, I held te the gevcrmental view with the )cual idea left out." All sin, he thought, would be punished : but he did net believe iu a material hell lire or in the terrible ideas of future torment that I 1....I .!,... r. .1 . ir , .. u'ul ;-"'"'- "ewu ""'" msi. "e eencved ei iiju jiccueiu ui seuis aucr cicatii, aud cjuhl neither affirm nor deny endless pun ishment for any soul. PEBbONAL.. King KAlakaua has taken a fancy te croquet, nd will carry a set home. Sauaii BEKXii.vnnr was hissed at Amiens and stepping te the footlights remarked : " I am net accustomed te play te geese." II. J. Ramsuell, the new register of wills at Washington, and the clever jour nalist, is confined te his home with diph theria. The Prince or Wales has secured a place i:i history by designing a new plaid in green, red and white, and his wife and daughters, proud of the achievement, wear suit:; made of the plaid. Judge Cjiaklk F. Samehd, of the su su paiier court, died at his residence Ne. 22 West Firty-sccend street, New Yerk, yes. lei day afternoon, after a long and painful illness. Mr-. GAiu-iELuhas written te Ce1. Reck- Wl,u -'xlt;Sh'"ga wish that an account of thc ,jfe a1"1 an appropriate collection of u,e "l01"''y cmains, el her late liusbsnd bhall he puhliKhed. and the labor of love - - Y LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES SATURDAY, will probably be carried forward with all expediency. Mr. EmvAitu A. Eheemax, the historian, gave at the Lewell institute, en Meuday evening, the. first of a course of six leo-'tures-'uperi'the history eT the English pce pie. His hearers beheld a man of medium height with clear, steady eyes, intellec tual forehead and a soft, full beard. Senater David Davis hopes, it is re ported, that the day is net far distant when he can retire from public life and de vote himseir -te his private business, which grows mere important and pressing every jcar. The senator, it is also said, feels in himself indications of failing health. The death of Mrs. Davis was a grievous blew fiem which her husbaud has never recovered. His Bloomington home is new in charge of Jlr. Pierpont, a niece of Mrs. Davis, and a yeuug lady who wr.s brought up in the Davis family. i STATE ITEMS. Jehn Gy umber, famed as " the sleeping Huugariau," died yesterday at the Lehigh county almshouse. Themas Ward was killed, his brother Jehn was fatally injured, and two ether men received severe injuries by a fall of top coal at the Mahaney city colliery yes terday morning. Messrs. Hampton L. Carsen and Charles M. Krumbhaar have formerly accepted the nomination of the Philadelphia citizens' committee ofeno hundred as candidates for city commissioners. The teasers, fillers in and mixers at all the glass factories at Pittsburgh have given notice that unless they receive an advauce of 13 per cent, they will strike. The man faeturers say they will net give the ad vance. Thursday afternoon O. A. Betes, au engineer en the Erie & Pittsburg railroad, while his train was lyiug at Westford, alighted from his engine te knock down some chestnuts. He threw a club into the tree with such force that he broke his arm below the elbow. There is great excitement iu Muuut Pleasant, Westmoreland county, ever the arrest of Frank Newill and David Hoff Heff man, sons et respectable fanners, upon the charge of brutally beating Jehu Calloway, a wealthy farmer, aud outraging his niece, Miss Naucy Newell, besides robbing them of $3,500 in ceiu, last night, at the home stead of Galloway, near Mount Pleasant. Williatn Mitchell, aged seven years, seu of Elisha B. Mitchell, of Harrisburg, was playing circus last Saturday with a party of boys, and during the sport parfernieti the feat of standing en his head a long time. On regaining his feet he !ell ever ill and was taken home. That evening he was attacked with brain fever, and, al though everything was done for him, he died this morning. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The " Natiencl Congress of the Revolu tionary pary of America " (Socialistic) met yesterday in Chicago, " te make war upon capitol as the common enemy. " Justus Schwab is one of the members. Ilanlau is in training for his coining race with Ress, and says "he never felt better iu his life. " Ress objects te having the race at St. Leuis and the place has net been finally determined upon. The Dutch steamer Keuig der Wedor Weder laudp.u, from Batavia for Amsterdam, broke her shaft and foundered in latitude T south, longitude (51-east. Six of her beats, containing 17e persons, are miss ing. While E. P. Ferry aud wife were out riding en horseback near Park City, Utah, en Thursday, Mrs. Ferry's horse fell and rolled upon her, crushing her se badly that she died seen after. Mr. Ferry is a brother of Senater Ferry, of Michigan. It is reported from the interior of British Columbia that net one-fourth of the crops there will be saved, the wheat and barley " beingfrezen as trey stand. " The season has been the most inclement known since the settlement of the country by the whites. The body of President Garfield was to day icmeved from the public receiving vault, in Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, te the fiucst private vault in the grounds, thcre te remain until the completion of the crypt where it will permanently re pose. In the United States court at Sau An An An tonie, Texas, ou Thursday night, Albert smith was convicted et robbing the Lack berry mail coach was sentenced te the penitentiary for 99 years. The trial of his accomplice was te have begun yester day. A fire at Lynchburg, Virginia, last night, destroyed the stoic of Lucado ec Uqurllart and a number of ether building, the Norfolk it Western railroad depot, a number of freight cars, some of them leaded with tobacco, and part of the trcs trcs tle work of the Richmond it Allegheny railroad. The less is estimated at $150, 000. It is supposed the lire was started by an incendiary. i THK CLAKK CASK. A Statement by Mrs. Clark Ke;rttlii the Trouble Gcucral Jehn B. Clark, M. C. from Mis souri, who has made such serious charges against his wife, after having, it is alleged, hired a detective or policeman te fellow her, has net been heard from since thc pub lication of the scandal. Mrs. Clark, whom nearly everybody believes te be a much-abused woman, makes public in thc Washington Republican the following : "I have seen but one or the malicious false hoods that have been published in the various papers against me. I de net feel myself strong enough te cone with them. but I will try iu a clear, terse and God Ged fearing way te state the truth. Ever since my married life I have becu deeply devote d aud intensely in love with my husband. I have tried in every way te please him, and was under the impression that I was doing se. My husband has. six children, two boys and four girls : three of them at the Georgetown convent, and one, a young lady, was my constant companion. We frequently had differences about the children, and I was exceedingly unhappy because my husband always took sides with them ajrainst me. He is a peer man, deeply iu debt iu his district, aud it was our aim te get our heads above water, an aim which I never lest sight of ; but the general's family were naturally extravagant and much of mv trouble arose en that account. I was tee saving te suit thc childrcu,aud their father tee iudulgeut te be en my side, anil this made much unhappincss. Still I served my husbaud as a slave might. I obeyed him in every particular, and never went out without him, except en errands te market and lately te auction, but even te these place he frequently accemmnicd me aud always wasinvitcd te de se, because I never was happier than when at his side. In all our married life I have never been out at night without him, and never re ceived any gentlemen at my house or met them out. This is true, as I hepe for re ward hereafter. Later I will make a further statement, and if my husband, who seems te be in bad hands, docs net exonerate me I will prove my innocence. Mrs. Jehn. B. Clakk." United States Senate. The U. S. Senate reassembled yesterday and was called te order by President pre tempore Davis. Mr. Sherman's resolution calling for thc Meline report in regard te the custodian of the treasury was adopted. air. iucL'iiersun presented a memorial of the Democratic members of the New fork Legislature, alleging corruption in the election of Senators Miller and Lap ham. It was referred te the committee en privileges and elections. After an execu tive session the Senate adjourned. Murtiera and Murderers. D. T. Leve was killed yesterday morn ing at Greensville, Mississippi, by a man named Lanier. A short time age, just after Lanier's marriage, Leve published au aspersion en Mrs. Lanier's character, and ver since her husband had been pursuing Leve with homicidal intent. Lanier is iu jail. Jacob Glemm, a restaurant keeper, w;is stabbed te death iu Norfolk, Virginia en Thursday night by S. S. Sanferd, a 3Iisseurian. Sanferd had made some re marks leileeting ou Southern women, which Glemm resented ; hence the mur der. The jury in the case of Frank Ilumbcr ger. ou trial at Harrisburg for the murder of Troutman, returned a verdict last even ing of murder in the first degree. The trial of Kinkewski, at Jersey City, for the murder of Nina Muller, in May last icsulted last evening iu a verdict of mur der in the fust degree. The crime was one or unusual atrocity. When the verdict was announced the prisoner uttered a loud cry and fell senseless te the fleer. When he recovered he was removed te his cell. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TUB OPEKA. i'.mtna Abbutt In Lancaster. The crowd that surged around the inner entrance of Fulton opera house last even ing resembled iu many respects that fre quently seen at the circus tout, only that the eagerness displayed by all was tempered by geed manners. It is a long time indeed since such a scene has been witnessed at our opera house, aud the explanation lies in the fact that the great 'body of the people, who had secured scats iu advance, of course, used their pleasure as te the se lection of the time for coming,6e that from a quarter before eight until eight o'clock there was a perfect crush areuud the deer, aud the ticket-taker had his hands full iu endeavoring te bring e:dcr out of chaos aud successfully discharge the task of ad mitting the well-dressed mob, eeihprisiug the most fashionable and highly cultured of our citizens. ' It was certainly a royal reception Lan caster accorded te her faverite prima denna, Emma Abbett,and by the time the curtain rose the scene within the opera house was oue of dazzling beauty and ani mation. The rich dressing of the ladies was au especially noticeable feature, and has net been surpassed at any similar en tertainment witnessed here. 'The uncom mon character of the parformance had te de with this, the fair sex evidently deter mining te signify their appreciation of the treat in the most pre neuueed maimer. The bell rang promptly, aud while yet much con fusion reigned throughout the hall owing te the continued arrivals, the curtain rose. Much of the effect of the initial scene was marred by this cause, a constant hum of varied sounds prevailing ever the audicucc. te say nothing of the discencertment occa sioned by being ficqucntly obliged te rise te admit the passage of tardy arrivals. The opera was " Faust." Mr. Castle sang the title rele iu the manner that has given him name and fame en the lyric stage. Castle's voice is a poem. Its tex ture is soft, flexible aud sound te the core; in sweetness of tone it iitirs tin- imagina tion with thoughts of the music of the spheres : iu range, coaipass,xvelume, it is grand. As au actor he prevdd his mettle iu the rendition of the trying rele he ivas called upon te perferin, and made geed his claim as one of the few male actors that America new has en the lyric stage. Mr. Couly saug jrepJd&tvphcleis. Jle L; no stranger te the people et" Lancaster, and the ciuali- tics of his WDiiderful bass, preemineutly the bc;t Hint has ever been heard here, arc tej well known te need cveu passing reference. Thorough cultivation has rounded out the pcrfeub proportions el" a native .talent that has placed his veice iu liue with thc world's great basses. His acting or the part was masterly, aud his make-up in entire keeping with the qual ity of his work. Mr. Stoddard, who sang Valentine, is the possessor or a fine, rich baritone that answered every requirement of the score, and he acts well, tee, while Miss Maurel performed her part of Sicbel in excellent form, and used her liue veice te advantage. But thc name that led all the rest was that of 3Iiss Abbett. Since her hist ap pearance here, this git ted lady has im proved vastly. Her veice seems te gaiu with maturity.aud succeeding days develop undiscovered beauties, and new sources of pleasure. Thcre is nothing te be gained in au attempt at aualysis of thc qualities of a voice that has long passed te the front rank of the world's lyric stars and beyond the domain of ordinary criticism, such as a rcpeit within the narrow limits of a hasty resume must necessarily be. But her last night's performance can net fairly be dismissed without special notice of thc surprising gaiu manifested by Miss Abbett iu her acting. Naturally endowed with thc physical attributes calculated te inspire a correct idea of Goethe's heroine, her Marguerite was net even a photograph, but mere a living embodiment of the poet's own creation. The personality of the actress was completely transformed into that et the poet's conception, and the man ner iu which she succeeded iu enveloping herself in thc part was a triumph of con" su inmate art. Miss Abbett received a perfect ovation from thc audience, and when finally she did make her anncarancc before the curtain there was an outburst of prolonged clapping te which the artist bowed and smiled recognition in her own inimitable way. A word as te the afternoon performance. The matinee, though euly modestly at tended, was none the less a thoroughly pleasing entertainment. Balfc's " Bohe mian Girl" is rich iu pretty tuues that catch the car and find pcrmaucufc place in the memory, aud they were all charmiiigly rendered. Miss Rescwald displayed, a line soprano iu the rendition or the part ef'IW';u:, aud is full or the animal snirits and vivacity necessary te a proper execu tien ei uie- reic, wuust .uiss Jiaurcl sau" aud acted the part or the Gypsy Queen in thorough style. Siguer Fabriui wen the unstinted admiration et the audience as Imtldeus, His voice is a tenor or ex- cellcun quality, and is full of Whether iu the softer passages or thc mere stirring strains, as in his concluding sole, it answered every exaction of the score! The part of the Count was very acceptably rendered by a flue baritone veice which was incorrectly cast en the bill as that et Mr. Conly, while Mr. Olmi found ample scepe for his splendid bass in the part of JJealsJioef. The choruses were full aud of even balaucc at both performances, and the orchestration all that .could be desired. premisc. Tlie High Scheel 1'uplK Thc pupils of the boys' and girls' high school, accompanied by teachers, turned out in great force this morning, aud made an excursion te Chickics and adjacent points en the Susquehanna. They went by rail, will spend the day iu gathering botanical aud mincralegical specimens. and return this evening. The Snarp Shooters On Meuday next thc old members of the Sharp-shooters and Rifle club, will have a day of festivity at What Glen Park Thc forenoon will be devoted te rifle prac tice, and the afternoon te general picnic sports, there will be no tickets sold and only these holding special invitations will j ec admitted te the grounds. I O0IOBER 22. 1881. KEFOKMED church synods. Tbe Svned of the United states t Danville Tne Poteiunc Synod ut AVavnee- Durgr, Fraukliu County, rii. Danville, Pa., Oct. 1Q, 4881. Thursday Afternoon' Ses'tien. Synod opened with singing and prayer by Rev. J. O. Jehnsen. The roll was called and a quorum found present. Rev. D. M Wolf, of West Susquehauna elassis, ap peared and took his seat. The consideration of the items in the report of the committee en overtures were continued. The two mes important items iu this report was the report of the beard or the Theological seminary and the beard of publication, both of which were apprepri aieiy reicrrea. The report was finally adopted as a whole. The committee ou religious services made their report, which was adopted. A committee was appointed te collect 25 cents from each member of synod for the purpose of defraying the current ex penses of the session. The follewiug committee was appointed te make a suitable report and minute en death of Dr. Fuhn, late stated clerk or synod viz : Themas C. Perter, I). D., D. E. Klupp, D. D., Rev. J. Kehin, Elder Jonas Dctwiler and AV. K. Gresh. The hour of adjournment having arrived, synod closed with prayer by Rev. E. V. Gerhard. D. D. In the evening the church was crowded te its utmost capacity, te listen te a very able sermon by Rev. E. V. Gerhart, I). D., ei tue tneoiegical seminary at Lancaster. Danville, Pa., Oct. 21, 1831. Friday Morning Session : Synod opened by singing the 118 psalm, and prayer by Rev. T. C. Perter. D. D. The presence of the following advisory members : Revs. T. S. Jehnsen. D. D. of Lebanon ; P. S. Kehler and Geerge P. Dechart, of East Susquehanna Classis, who were welcomed te seats in the synod. 1). Jehnsen at this point submitted the report of the beard of fecign missions, and in a low well chosen remarks called attention te the importance of the Japan ese mission aud the necessity of having in preparation another young man as au as sistant te our present missionary, in the eveut of whose inability or death there Would be no one te take his place. At this J-ta:e of the proceedings it was moved that ttie time aud place for holding the next annual meeting of synod be fixed, which resulted in the unanimous choice of Bellcfente, ou the third Wednesday iu Oc tober, 1882, at 7 p. in., was fixed as the time for meeting. A communication was read asking privilege te come into the bounds of this synod te collect money (or the pur pose of feuudiug a college at Forreston, HI., which was referred te a special com mittee, consisting of Revs. Jeshua Dcrr, J. E. Gractl'and Elder J.J. Nissley. The report of the committee en minutes of general assembly was considered. The hour of adjournment having ar rived, synod was closed with prayer by Rev. J. Kehm. Thu Potomac hyneil. Waysesboiie, Pa., Oct. 20. 1831. Thursday Afternoon Session. Svued opened witu devotional exercises conduct ed by Rev. Wm. Goedrich. The report of the superintendent of missions was completed and referred te. the committee en missions. The report or the treasurer of the trio synedic record of missions, was next read aud hauded te the chairman of the same committee. The next hour was taken up in inquiry into the status of the mis sions under care of thc synedical beard, as well as the policy of thc same beard in carrying forward the work. The superin tendent made a number of explanations. There arc forty-iive missions under its cave, most el" whicii are growing. Thc policy of the record is reported as me of greater economy than that which marked the work of missions in the same field for merly. Later, the report of the treasurer, Elder Lewis II. Stciner, was read and referred te the committee en finance. The committee en Sunday schools then read their report which was commented ou te seme extent, and then recommitted. Adjourned. W.vvxinone, Pa., Oc. 21. 1881. Last evening Trinity Reformed church was tilled with a large audience, which listened te addresses ou the subject of mis sions by Revs. Jehn Titzle, Thee. Appel, D. D., William Rupp, Gee. Adams and several ethers. The speakers were atten tively listened te, aud great interest was manifested in the subject discussed by both the clergy and the congregation. Before the close of thc meeting a large. collection was made for the cause of missions. Friday Morning Session. This morning synod was called te order by thc President", Rev. Brown in thc chair, at ! a. in.; reli gious service conducted by Rev. Gee. Glessucr, D. D. The nature of the busi ness during the morning session was of a routinejordcr. The several staudiug com mittees read their reports, which w re re ceived, taken up item by item, adopted, laid en the table or referred te the proper committees. The report or the committee en minutes or synod was still bciu; read wheu thc time for adjournment arrived. lhe attendance en the meeting of synod is large it is composed of seven classis. Thcre arc however, no members present from the classis of California and Oregon. The IIarrlburr Conference. The next meeting of the Harrisburg conference or the synod or East Pennsyl vania will be held in St. Jehn's Lutheran church at Steelton, commencing en 31on 31en day evening, October "list, Rev. J. W. r mkbiner preaching the opening sermon. Tuesday forenoon will be occupied by ilevorienal exercises, the organization of conferenco and an essay by Rev. Geerge Henry, ef.Millcrsburg, en "Hew te Or ganize and sustain a catechetical class," followed by a general discussion. Tuesday afternoon conference business will be succeeded by an essay en " Specu lative Lire Insurance," read by Rev. J. A. Wirt, et'Lykcus, and discussed by the con ference. Tuesday evening will be given te Suuday school work, a short sermon by Rev. J. V. Eckert, of Lancaster, en " What Ad vantages dues a church derive from a well conducted Sunday school?" being followed by short addresses, that te teachers being delivered by Rev. L. M. Heilraan, aud that te scholars by Rev. .1. 11. Lecser, of Hum Hum mclstewn. Wednesday forenoon will be devoted te business ; Wednesday afternoon te a visit te the Pennsylvania steel works; conference closing en Wednesday evening with a ser mon by Rev. A. II. Studebakcr. 1'resbylerians at Wllkesbarre. The synod or Philadelphia reassembled in Wllkesbarre yesterday morning '.) o'clock, in the First Presbyterian church. lhe moderator, Uev. Dr. Mitchell, an nounced the standing committees. An overture from the presbytery of Lackawanna, remonstrating against" the action of thc General Assembly in changing the synods, aud asking the synod of Phila" dclphia te use all proper efforts te prevent the dissolving of the synod, was read, and then referred te the proper committee te report. Rev. Dr. Stewart, chairman of the pci maucni committee en home missions, made a Ions report upon the operations of the beard during the past year, iu which it was stated that 47,740 had been contribu ted te the work, of which the presbytery of Chester contributed 28G3 ; Lackawauna, $5413 ; Lehigh, $2801 ; Philadelphia, $18, 979; Philadelphia Central, $8927; Phila delphia North $5544 Westminster. $32, 213. Of the total amount, $10,730 were contributed te the beard, the balance be- ing expeuded by the churches of thissyued in independent home -.missionary opera tions. - -"'. The committee concluded as fellows : . Resolved, 'That the synod, in view ofthe .luuicijnv iiiij ami imperative needs ei our work among the Mormons, Indians aud ether exeptienal classes in our western territory, call attention te the woman's ex ecutive committee et the home mission of the Presbyterian church, and urge upon the women of our churches hearty co operation therewith. "Resolved, That the synod rejoice in the increased efforts of our Sunday-school iu this work, and renews its urgency upon the sessions of all our churches te adept such plans as will present the cause te the attention of our children and yeut.i at least once a year." l he resolutions were adopted. An overture from . the synod of Pitt burgh iu reference te fixing the basis of representation te the newsyced te meet next year, was read and referred te the appropriate committee. Rev. Dr. S. W. Dana, chairman of the committee or foreign missions, read the annual report, from which it appears that the synod contributed during the year 817,724, an average for the whole synod of about $DG for each communicant. In con clusion thc committee recommend that the first weekly meeting of each month be devoted te prayer for the conversion of the world. Rev. W. P. Neble, chairman of the committee ou education, made a report, iu which was stated that the whole number of candidates for the ministry aided by the beard during the year was 431, causing au expenditure of $41,518, and average of a little ever 9G cents per week for each stu -deut. The report also states that the cry is uet se much for money as for men. There are r,12 fewer ministers than churches There had been an increase duriug the year 209 churches and euly 49 ministers. There are withiu the bounds or thc synod 301 churches, of which only 194 contributed te the beard. The nuin ber of communicants is 32,032, and thc entire contributions amounted te $10,204, of which $5301 was received by the beard of education. The committee, iu ouc!u euc!u ouc!u sien, presented resolutions urging the duty of earnest prayer for meie laborers. Rev. Dr. Radclilfe, chairman of the com mittee en bills and overtures reported against any actieu being taken en the overtures from the presbytery of Lacka wanna, asking the synod te resist the ac tion of the General Assembly, which wipes out the Philadelphia synod. Rev. Dr. S C. Legau submitted a minority re port, signed by two recommending the synod te overture the General Assembly te rescind their actieu. I'eth reports, after considerable discussion, were placed ou the docket. . Reports of the financial status of numer ous ether committees were read and Rev. Wm. Y. Brown read a report aud ad dressed the synod upon the subject of Sunday-schools. This eveniujr was devoted te a confer cenfer confer ference en " Thc Hely Sprit." in which Rev. Dr. Wm. P. Breed, of Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. II. E. Nilcs and Rev. Dr. Jas. P.. t Dunn participated. COUKT. Current Ilusmeas. it., Transacted. This morning court met at 10 o'clock at which hour the judgment docket was called Twenty-one judgments were entered for the usual reasons, sorae current busiuess was transacted and several cases te be argued were continued. Amanita Tayler and Mary Tayler, color ed, who were committed iu default of bail te answer at court thc charge of surety or thc peace, came into court this morning and gave bail for their appearance at court. Jehn Shindel, guardian of his grand daughter, Mary May, who it was alleged failed te pay ever te her all money in his hands, belonging te her, was discharged this morning. The court said that after a careful examination they were satisfied that there was no fraud nor wilful neglect en the part of Mr. Suiudel, but there was gross neglect iu his net having been prop erly informed in regard te his duties. The case or Charles Weeds, or this city wue was cuargca with desertion, was dis- charccd, with county for office costs. This case had been continued from last court, j .um ib nas auewu liiii since iuat time tue defendant had tried te provide for his wife who ret used te hve with hira or have him near her. She failed te put in an appear ance this morning. Alice Jenes, alias Tayler, was hi ought into court te be sent tothcheusenf rcfimc. Her mother testified that thc girl, who is -IT ...... A..1.1 ,.. . - -i. , fi ' eis,7i in -. iflmfi !,nS ? f de ;T,tl ,w JS?wTrr?f P"-,0.11 SS. m t i her places with private S?1 a spt.ng hfe She had in,, tf t0 !?.bc"er- d.tl, w,tnCSS t t ! 0i. ""l"1-whether f" ,'s SMSS T.C 1W" . Si W could net .end he S ft Si ofhcersy,Vnst tu VOIl lZnlS lfn,T.i,0r flf :irplcateu had been made when she first went avfay from irfe,1 '"IS i?0!';. ,, . , r , , . ." ,uu ",,ucul'1 - l . la L?.f.Cl:a;?t-ir.t 'Vtmhl " nsc " ". "- MJ 1 Ull.tUCll'UIrt. i.- V : i ""l"'?.r' ,s anuucii a ;r.T- i- :'..;' '".. '' " '"-" .-uiiuii in ,;.. !-. i eca 1 1 co township. OKITUAKY. Death eLJacuIi Ilartniiin. Jacob Hartman died at his residence, Ne. I'M North Prince street, about one o'clock this morning, of consumption of thc stem- aeii. aucr an illness et some duration. Mr. SllltS. Ile was a SOn Ot the l.itn .Inlm Hartman; learned thc ceach-smithing business, and for seme vcars car ried it ou in a frame buildiug where the Pennsylvania railroad depot new stands. He next engaged in the mar keting business, running a market car be tween this city and Baltimore. Quitting this trade he engaged in the ica business and for the past thirty years, or mere, car ried it en extensively, and only relinquished it iu April, 1SS0, when impaired health prevented him from continuing it. Mr. iiartman at me time of his death was a widower, in the (54th year of his age. He has one son, and ene adopted seu living and several grandchildren. His brothers. Jehn Hartman, ice dealer, aud Daniel ttarimaii.i-aiiread cugmeer.are well-known citizens. Mr. Hartman was an active bus iness man, and by his own industry and tact accumulated quite a handsonfe for tune. He was a kind-hearted, pleasant companion and will be missed by a large circle of acquaintances. His funeral will take place -en Tuesday next. Corener's Inqnett. Wm. Rech'm, deputy coroner, in the ab sence of Corener Mishler, empaneled a jury this morning te held an inquest en the remains of Mcshach Reckafield, whose sudden death we noticed yesterdjy. Fol Fel Fol eowiug arc the jurors : James Franciscus. Charles Biggs, Samuel Harman. Jehn Franciscus, C. B. Ilepting, J. W. Wil hcim. After hearing evidence the jury returned a verdict that said Mcshach Reckafield came te his death from ape- I'wajt. Sale or I tea I Kstale. Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub lic sale Oct:, 21, at the Leepard hotel, a double ene story frame dwelling belong ing te the estate of Stephen Gertheiseti, situated en Shippen street, between Chest nut and Walnut stress, te Goerjrc White side for $1,020. .! riartman was well kuewu te almost every I handsome and th- firm who did lhe work body in Lancaster, having been b-jrii and ' deserve gieat en .lit. lived all his hfe in thweity, and been for The ' Washv " bevs will leek very welt many years engaged in active business nnr. ..,, :.;,. ,;,. .'. i....i,".;,.v .. i ., Kii:i:.ur:x-s aiKKTtsus. Action Ilel;itlvi te the l'rennted Lease QfL j Fire Iluiises auit ilpimratu. ' .At the monthly meeting el the Friend ship fire eempauy, held last cveuing, tfee subject of renting their house and appara tus was acted u pen The secretary read :t cemmunicaiuni ueiu the cuairmau et the special the committee of councils, asking; for term.- for the renting of their house, and apparatus. Daniel Trewitz. jr.. moved that "the secretary be insti acted te notify the com mittee that the. Friendship house is at preitciit occupied and is net for rent ; that their apparatus is net for sale or rent, and that when they are will advertise the same and the tei m asked." Geerge Neibeck amended Mr. Trewitz's motion by dropping the word " rent " iir the latter elau.se. The amendment was. adopted, and Mr. Trewitz's motion as. amended was unanimously cairied. A motion was made te abide by the de cision of the Fireman's Union, but befere it was put a len-jthy discussion was had as te thc vi.L.ti.m of the rules governing the department of the city, and the opinion of? he u.tuip.iny was "that if anj' inle was vi tated by a member et the com pany, the member doing it was te be promptly expelled ; that this trying time every member should try and obey 'rather than disobey all the laws governing the department, by keeping within their dis trict and obeying the mandates of the chief. Meeting "I !U V.ihiii;;tiii. N. I . At a meeting of "the Washington lire; company. Ne. 1. held in their hall last evening te consider the subject of tenting their apparatus and engine house te the city. After a free aud quiet di-eussieu, a. resolution was adopted appointing Jehn I. Hartnian, Jeseph Samson. C. F. Eburmaii. .1. F. Sener, Cenrad Gast, Dana Graham, anil Henry lliickenderfer (the officers and trustees of the company), a committce with power te cooler with the committce of city councils en the reorganization of the fire deput incut, with full power te act ou the subject of leasing the heuw and apparatus te the city. COI.y.llill.V LliTTKU. Ce. C is expected home te niglt. Special autumn services to-meirow evening in the-P.. E. Lutheran c'liireb, with a se.isenab'.e .sermon by Paster Evans and aprnpri.tte tleral ami cereal decoration. The following an; engagements at t he opera house for November : Ud, " One Handled W.ves " combination; 11th, .1. I). Mishler. manager, attraction net. jet. anneunced: 'Orb. Hyeis Sisters ; 11th, Georgia mmstrel.t ; 17th, My G.'iv.Idinc, J. D. Mishler, manager ; 21th, M iskley it Fill : 'Still, G rover it Rial's " Humpty Damply." i The quarterly meeting of Mt. Ziea A. M. E. chinch will take place en Suuda, Oct. l'J. Leve feabt at 1 a m. Revs. Herbert, Davis, Purnel! and Melten will be there and will assist. Many of our Columbians were at Lan caster last evening te attend the I'-nnia. Abbett entertainment. Master Burner aud Miss IJessie ICauif man gave a pai ty te their friends at the residence of their father, en Second street, last night. The young ladies and gentle men had a splendid time, and will net seen forget thi Kindness of their he-,t aud hestesi. The box .hut for Helen Petter's Pleiades is rapidly filling up. The pro ceeds of the eufcrtai'miicnt arc for the. benefit of Pest US, G. A. II. The com pany consists of Helen Petter. Dannie Louise Hart, priiii.i denna, Leepold Leeh tenberg, violinist, Addie Barrett, cornet soloist, J. Williams, Macy and Annie Ring Grccu, pianists. The G. A. It. proniKe if they are encouraged te bring Ferd's opera troupe here. Mr. L. W. May's death has been reput ed all ever Raphe, East aud Wet Hcmp lield townships. We are happy te say the report is net. true. Some of thu l '" of the Lancaster hiii school came up te day te play bal! e i the Columbia high school grounds. Mr. Gee. Ureneman left town jeieiday m accept a position in .e service of the i . B. ! at Philadelphia. Miss Fanny Pierce, v.l: has been vK't ing in Dauphin, nt rived home yesterday. Mis. M. Aueibaeh returned home In u: Lancaster today attcr an ataencu fiem home of about a week. THK WASIIV." Thrir He.-. Cairlae, sunt Trip. lli. IV: ilrrliK ' '""n! time past the hoee carriage of . the Washington lire ceinpanv Ne. 4 ha b.eat thehep of Norbeck A: Mi lev. wliere it Uas UcCH repailltl.d ahll lL(, ,.;,. It was ,inisllCf, scvcra, ,,.IVS :iI:,, ,,;,, I been en exhibition .since then? Te day it. I was taken te the hose home whe.e it can bc tM.ioMew. On Monday it will he shipped te Frederic! ;, Md. The p.,.ti.:g wasllonebyMr. Kugene Norbeck. who has 1IC uire',, at csw!k.nt Kl,utum :i it CTjtcr ! The wheels and muai, V ,, I a,e pain'e i 1 anch casmine, with brum edgc.1 with eiau. mineia iines el gilt and line-lint.- et" lilac, air! ornamental striping of old BeM .IIMi klII,;-s V4.!ujw.. fhc faces of tin- s.pekcs are worked bpekes are worked up m geM, imcci:. I er:uigcand asnhaltuui, high lighted with ! Naples yellow. The cylinder heads :nea i medium blue, with scrolls. stiipe. ribbons ! mid letters el sre'il and contracting colors. I the scroll suricuiid the portrait of Wash iiigteii which is :'. very geed one. and I was painted by Mr. Norbeck and the j ribbons contain t he letter:; " V.';.:-Iiii:teu, 1. instituted IN'.II. lhe carriage i veri will wear a new gray overcoat with lini hat and blue shirt. They will leave th: city en Tuesday and will take ." or (iL. iu chiding a large number of old members. The ;yi.. .1Iurler-Tr::l. Fifteen witnesses were examined it; the Ceylo inuider-trial at Yerk, yesteiday. The pistol with which Emily Myers was killed, the heart of the victim pre.servul iu alcohol and showing the wound received were efleied iu evideueu by the common wealth. The defense began yesteiday afternoon, aud as there arc ever Unity wit. n esses will continue into next week. Tin line of defense adopted is insanity, and evidence was offered for the purpose of showing that Ceylo was weak-minded from youth, ami by misfertuiieaiid indulg ing in unnatural vices became insane and irresponsible for his crime. The prisoner has able counsel. lltlii.y Kebueri-'. Several robberies and attempts te rob have been reported te us as having oc curred en the New Helland pike. Night before last a cmntryman was driving along the pike, and wheu he readied a point near the crossing made by tinj ny.v liu of the Pennsylvania railroad, he was stepped by several men who caught his horse, lie cut the liersc with his whip, and managed te get away. One or the men attempt d te catch thc countryman who dealt him a heavy blew with a leadr d whip which sent him sprawling fl tfl0 ground. Last night a man was rob".- near thc same" point by unknown i0IS ivrltsk 1rktfTktf. .It, I .,.i. a. t i ....... uunuvj;!, mil UOL 06 H1UC1I 01 Vhlp tr. Agnetr. Dr. I). Hayes Agnew, th ., ,. surgeon who attended ' -,J'","gu!3!u'ii during his last iilne- r,S'dent Garfield dclphia this r- -fS ramc np Tnwi Phila Haiifl and r tnXl Ktefl Jfc B-nMn-the pur- af0r ;cr te -NeTV' IIa!luI for the v--,f.f per? Prfer,,n,u an operation en luc Tifc of Dr. 1 undt, of that place. . Illl'lllllll li t l ' . I 111. lllll llll, id T.A y
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