LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 3. 1881. Fiancastrr I-nidftsrnrrr. THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 3, 1881. Sall-Triumiliig. II is mighty unsafe te make a public appearance as an apostle without having a strong anchorage of faith ; otherwise the wind, blowing where it listeth, will drive the unmoored teacher into .strange places and bring him up all standing where he will find it difficult te explain his presence ; which lias been suggested te us afresh by the painful experience of Mr. Smith, the editor of the Philadel phia l'rcss. who also essays the illumi nation of the people as a Jiepublican orator. The ambition of Mr. Smith is te conduct an independent journal ; and sa the Prct is sometimes independent. Hut Mr. Smith's ambition also is te stand as a representative Republi can statesman, in the pursuit of some delusive pliantem of hope; and se the J'i-csi is sometimes Republican. And, as it is Mr. Smith's ambition te be strong with the people and the Re publicans of all shades, it is manifest that lie has essayed a difficult task, and has exposed himself te winds which na turally drive him hither and thither ever the ocean of politics, and leave him great temptation te slip his safe moor ings. A man who can slip away from his aucheiage in a storm, and get safely into his new pett, is a skillfull naviga tor. Mr. Smith is encountering ugly weather in his present expedition. The sky looked peaceful enough though when he .started out, and the Republican wind had such a strong set in one direction that the littte black cloud, no bigger than your hand a Wolfe that appear ed en the hoiien, did net seem of enough account te disturb the new set of the iV.SN sails. The cloud is bigger new. The active Wolfe is going through the state like a dose of caster oil, and through editor and orator Smith with like smoothness and effect. Quoting the Vy.n-s against the I'm,-, isveiy effective orateiy. L present its opinion of Uaily against its opinion of Hails when they arc diverse, is effectually te clip its claws. The only fad tli.it interferrd between the two opinions being the fact that 1) lily was nominated as the Repub lican candidate, the J'nx is at once con verted into a machine organ, that sees things differently as it is ordered te see them. It is an old experience that Mr. Smith is enjoying. Sail-ttimming is a high ait. Mr. Ruchanan used te say that eveiy geed navigator was a geed sail tiinimcr; and se he is no doubt. Rut peli'icil sai!-ti burning cannot 1)3 in dulged i.i loe obviously. It is danger ous w:uk. If it is bunglingly done people laugh at it: a'ld even when the weik is skillful, the atlisl gets credit for it at the cost of a repute for bold, strai'-ihtferwaid na Ration. Virtue In a Lemen. The Philadelphia m d, speaking i c c rieusly and sadly, as though it knows, recemmend.s fellows who get tliunk wlnyi they don't want, just because they have an impulse te get diuuk which they ean't icsist, te conclude that their liver is out of elder and te try the juice el hair a lemon befeie going te bed and or the etlu i half when they get up ; giving them hope that thus they will waideff the liiaiiidoalliver-inspiiod im pulse te drink themselves drunk. It is only te tl al peculiar kind of drunk ard who taken his spues at intervals of months that this suggestion is made. Tii.-ie is, as we all knew, a fii'iny cieatuie of tills kind, who is as .sober sis any judc ought te be. for a long while, but who then suddenlv gees ener getically te weik te get :is lull sis a lick and sis drunk as a lord. lie enjoys it generally sill by himself smd stalls into it all of his own motion. It is sm indi vidu i! enterpiis ; entirely and si solitary performance all through. lie seems te be winking out some law of his lving without exercising siuy volition of Ins own. The c"r7 says that the attack is pivceded by a " dull, ineit condition " of the mind sind bdy, which physicians sty b due te a torpid liver. It that be se smd a lemon wilt change the condition, all wives of suli periodical ms-.niaes will rejoice te knew it smd will al once tin dsrtsike te keep si lemon icady for their lord's ti-sp against the time of his inert ness. Seiieush the Jleertl suggestion is weith noting, and if the lemon won't weik, inajba an electric batteiy would bring the answer. We don't knew any thing ab mt it, but en general principles it ought te be si goad ceirective of inert ness ; said se ought si geed cowhide te be; but neither is as easily adminis tered ei sis ple.is.mt te tsike sis si lemon. Try the lemon first without a stick in it. A Weak Vessel. The impression is gsithering daily strength that Aithur leans strongly en Grant smd Conkling. His reticence has gene a geed way te sustain a suspicion that he is self-icliant smd independent ; but it seems mere likely that this man ner jis only a cloak te resil wcsikness. Arthur's whole title te nublic distinc tion ie.sls upon bis success as a politician when acting under superior direction. If he has any tiile te the charsicter of a statesman ei a leader of the first class, it has jet te be demonstrated. It is net se likely that there is real go'.d in his composition as it is that be is of base mctsil ; for it is net metsil of the latter kind that could have hi en put te the subservient uses that hsive bi.cn madevf him. It is hard for a man who hsis lived under the belief of his infeiierity te ether men, whose slave lie has been, te lift himself sill at once ttit te their level in his own estima tion ; and it is evident enough that Arthur has net iersuaded himself jet that he is a "biger man than old Grant;"' a significant illusltatien of which is found in the fact that he the ether day escorted Grant te the Wash ington railroad depot, an honor which a president never did before te smother. The fire committee have presented their preposition for the reorganization of the fue department, and it will receive tne caret in cousiueraueii ei uie people, wnese teiK'e.ieiis, uueiiy i-iucsseii, w e will be ready te publish if communi cated te us. Tnu Democratic tickets for the com ing election have been forwarded te 'lie committeemen and te ether prominent Democrats of the different districts. They should have been received by this time. If net found, upon inquiry, te have reached their destination, appli cation should he made at once te the Ix Ix telliei:nci: office, where authorized p3rsens will be furnished with them. Cii.vmMVN Bef.Ktrr, of the Democratic state committee talks in a spirit of gratifi cation about the success of his tour aireng the wards for the purpose of inspiiing in dividual zeal. He is confident that Neble will be elected by 20,000 majority. Tin: bondsmen of Mr. Baldwin, the Newark defaulter, it is said arc net liable, because their bend was given fei a limited time and net lencwcd, although the time had expired. That, however, is a small piece of neglect by the diiccteis, compar ed with the csuelesMiess that allowed Mr. Baldwin te get si way with all the piepcity of the bank " except the building, the safe and tluce postage stamps. "' It is mighty ititeicsting te Confeileiale bend buyci s te be told by the Pall Mall Gazelle that " thcic is no tiuth whatever in the statement that thcic is a large amount of money in the bank of England which was deposited te the cicdit of the Confederate government and is available for the payment of Confederate bends. Wc believe it does net held a single penny, and doubt whether thcie is any such money in any bank in this ceunt: j . The whole steiy is a giess fabrication, smd fit ting pi educt ef.i speculation that has no substantial foundation." Oi n ceidial congiatul.it'ens go out te the Reading Nan, which has just com pleted the lh.st year and sihalf of it.s eueei, which hap been a most ei editable one. The News is a sturdy bantling, and has fully merited the substantial success that has rewarded its entiy into the lreld of Reading journalism. Asa newspaper it has been hilly abie.ist with the demands ofthe time; it- editorial diieeti n has been maikcd by ability, judgment and en en tcipiNe, and as an exponent of Demen atic principles it has came te be regarded :is si power in that Cibialtar of the ancient faith. Tisi:vsri:v gossip has it that the advent of Judge Ferger will .seen be followed by si general cleaning out or the disieputablc ling that has fastened and fattened en that department for tire last few vcais. It is said that . number of high subordinate" will lese their heads or be tiansfeucd te ether field, of usefulness. These Illinois cause some disquietude among the eillceis whose names have been associated with alleged ticasuiy rings. 'Iheyaie beginning te get theii political inllucuee together te resist the expected impiiiyaud its le gitimate results. They proved tee strong for Secictaiy Wiudem and expect te beat any lcfeim which m.iy be Secietaiy Felgei. iiuugiiia'eil by PulRSsONAL.. Biii:r H.vnii: is said te die-, i.i tlic lhiglish stjle ami te leek bke.i Biiten "te the manuci bein." Ms. Bvure:, Ki.v, whose f..:hi wis shot by General Sickle ., has gene en the Mage. Senater Rnvn mk, who i, new in Wash ington, is writing si magazine paper en the political sispect of Mormeiiism. The late IJaien Jvviks Rene i mi n in" cuued lesse- en the Bourse in October amounting te .si 0,000, 000, surd his anxiety is .said te have caused tlu bu: sting of an aneurism. " lam the left haudedest man von ever saw," vviete G vnriu.n in 1S79 te a friend. A distant kinsman of hi, Selueais Gar field, editor of the Ktntud.iin. . ahe left-handed. Lady Fit vmm.' Lvki.v.n Bmsim., the youngest daughter of the I'ail of Abing don and a relation of Su William II:u II:u ceurt, has "tjetu evei" and cnteicd a Catholic sistcihoed. Mrs. Fi:v, en eloping from Unienville.O., left a note kindly advising her husband te get a divot ce i.umidi.vtcly and many a certain fiugal and industrious widow of the neighborhood, who would as she e-pie-sed it, "be geed te the seven small Fry." Professer Dvvin Di rv-, of Wofteid college, sit Spartanburg, Seuth Caielina, died j ester day at the age el ninety eai s. He was one of the best known cdueateis in the Seuth, ami held the chaii or ancient languages in tiie college te the day of his death. Miss McLi:.s ue of ie.il names iu lies novel, " Cape Ced Felks, " reminds the Indianapolis Timet, that the wife of Henry Ward Beechcr many ycais age did a sim ilar thing. Mr. Beechcr was then pastor of a church at Liwience'mrg, Ind. After he had moved Mis. Bcecher published a story the characters of which vvcie ical Lawrei'ccburg people. Dr. Bun.tvmix FuvmvM.v Bum:, i gieat grandson of Benjamin Franklin, and for neatly sixty j'cars an officer of the United States navy, died yesterday me: n ing in Brooklyn alter an illness of two weeks. He was born iu Mouticelle, Va., en Febiuaiy 7, 1S01. His grandmother was Benjamin Franklin's only dangSitei, Susa, who married Richaid Bjchc, a Philadelphia merchant, alt&ward post master general. Teapictty jeung giil Sidmv Smith once said : ' De you ever reflect hew yen pass yeui life '.' If jeu live te be seventy-two, which I hope j ou may, your life is spent iu the following manner : An hour a day is three jcais ; this males twenty-seven jesus sleeping, nine jcais dressing, nine jcais at table, si jcars playing with children, nine ycais draw ing, walking and visiting, six j-cars shop ping and thice years quaireling." DlfgtiH'ed Deadheads. There is much dissatisfaction among the Pennsylvania clerks lit the departments at Washington because the Republican state cential committee ret uses te give them a free ride te ana Jreni home. They succeeded in obtaining a leave of from ten te twelve days en the pic text of requiring time te register, ami new many of them are te be found leafing about the city, sweariiig they won't go home unless their farc is para ueur ways, LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The council of the Choctaw Natien was engaged iu debating the bill te allow the construction of a railroad through the In dian Ter r itery. A telegram from Wilmington, Delaware, srys that "all cflbits te discover pleuro pleure pleuro pneueonia among the cattle of New Cas tle county have failed."' A novel feature of the Lord Mayer's precession in Londen, en the 9th in.st., will be the banner of the United States es corted by a guaid of honor The boiler of a saw mill near Gistville, Ohie, bin st last Monday, killing one man, mortally injuring three ethers, and seri ously injuring five. William II. Gurney, a prominent lawjer of Buffalo, committed suicide jester day morning bj' jumping into the Niagaia river. lie naa ucen ur rer a long time. It is repeited fiem Oshkosh, Wiscon sin, that Lake Winnebago is rising con cen tinuallj', causing a less te business esti mated at $3,000 per daj Bridget Murray and Themas Maleue, badlj- binned at a fire in a bearding hense at Lewell, Mass., en Tuesday night, died yesterday. The New Yerk pieducc exchange jc-. teiday lcselved in favor of the election of a building at a cost net exceeding $2,000, 000. The i eductien iu the Star reute postal service during October amounted te a total, since Postmaster General James took the eflice. of $1,575,000 per annum. The beaid of Aldermen of Jersej Citj,eu Tuesday night, passed aueidinaucc autho rizing the Standard oil company te lay its pipes tlueugh that city. A signal station is te be established en the volcano of Kilauca, in the Sandwich Is lands m connection with the weather ser vice of the United States. Riifus M. McPherson, a young man of icsi:cc tabic connections, shot himself dead in a hotel at Atlanta ycstei day morning, because he had been disinherited by his grandfather. Dr. Sparks, coleicd, convicted of chloro forming an old man named Pepe and as saulting his daughter, was j-csterday sen tenced at Lumpkin. Uceigi.r, te be hanged en the 18th hist. A baseball convention, te feim a new league, was in scciet session jesteiday iu Cincinnati. Representatives were piescnt from New Yeik, Bosten, Philadelphia. St. Leuis, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn. Frederick Frelinglruj'scn, son of ex ex Senater Fielinghuyseii, was yesterday ap pointed iccciver of the defunct Mechanics' national bank of Ncwaik. Seveial of the dirccteis have epiesscd the belief that the depositors will lese 25 per cent, or mere. Laige amounts of Confederate bends were purchased iu Augusta, Gceigia, yes tcid.ij', at the price of$10 te$ll per $1000. A New Yeik firm adveitiscs in a Chicago paper for Confederate bends offering $2.50 per thousand for ncm $1000 te $1,000,000 of these bends "maturing in 1S05." The state fair of the colored peep'c of North Carolina, known ns "North C.ne L'la Industrial fail,' was feimally opened in Raleigh jcsteidaj' by Governer Jar via. Addiesses were made by the governor, the mayor of Ralcislr and the state com missioners of Agiicultuie. It is the third annual fair of the cleicd people of Neith Caielina. STATE ITEMS. The ihneiy block, at Bradford, was badly damaged by liie at an eaily hour ycsteiday meiniug. A time-year old daughter of Jehn Dun klebcrger, of Willianispest, choked te death recently while eating pep coin. The Colebieok iien furnaces at Lebanon weie lighted en Tuesday evening. The owner is Rebctt II. Celeman, nephew of the late It.-Dawsen Celeman. The Hair isburg conference t.l'lhe Luth eran synod, iu session at Stcclten, yester day, adopted resolution., strongly de nouncing speculative life insurance. Theie is a small pox se.ne in Wilkes banc, the teacher in the Third school district being down with the discaLC and many et her schelais having been ex posed. A number of Reading liquor dcaleis have decided te "Boycott" the law and elder business men, who have inaugurated war en the Sunday liquor tiafiic hitherto extensively curried en in tLat city. Philadelphia's hotels aie filled with guests Transient visitors arc crowding out the lcgular boarders and many of the leading hestehics have decided net te re ceive any pcimanents while the rush con tinue:. Ames W. Knight, a transcribing c cik in tlru office of the lcceidcr of deeds, and leimcily a cleric in the Philadelphia ic ceiver et taxes' office under Receiver Rebetts, was ancsted ycsteiday for the I.uceny a year age ef$S5, taes en prep crty, and for forgery. The clothing stoic of M. Knell, in Wilkcsbarre, has been seized by the sher iff, en attachments by New Yeik and Philadelphia creditors. The stock will be sold and the proceeds will be paid into court te await the ;eltlcineiit of :i contest between the attaching credite; and S. L. Knell, lb. st judgment creditor. Gcrhart Bcchtel, of Washington town ship, Beiks county, died some time age. I lis will was tiled in the legistei's office en Monday. It ejntaiiied this lcmarkablc prevision : "That I further disinherit and piehihit from participation it, the distribu tion of my estate such of my male de scendauts as persist in wearing mous taches." Piebably all theiutciested male descendants will be h.iiiless ei the upper lip hereafter. .Miller Dciii.inilliiKl'retCLtliiii. The Wisconsin Millei.s' Association, iu session at Milwaukee, yesterday, adopted resolutions asking a rigid inspection of wheat, " as a vast quantity or that com modity is coming in from the Northwest, which, while it leeks fair and giades Ne. 2 and even Ne. 1, is badly rejuicd by rain and is damp and tough and totally unfit for Heur. " The Association tele graphed te the Milleis' Association of Minneapolis suggesting that they shut down their mills" until the piice of wheat shall be at a figuie te compete with the maikets of the world." All the mills in Milwaukee have shut down fi. liutlget or Fatalities. Maiy and Careline- Withers, siged re spectively 0 and 8 years, were binned te death by a boufire which they had lighted en their father's farm, near Jeiliet, Illi nois, e.nly yesterday morning. Mary Mui'phy, aged CO years, was killed by a tiaiu yesterday morning, while picking coal en the railroad track, at Chicago. Mary McAvoy, wife of Captain McAvoy, of the tug Sarah, of Philadelphia, was drowned yesterday morning bv falling off the tug, at New Bums wick, New Jersey. Themas Allen was mn ever and killed by a railroad train while drurrk, at Water town, New Yerk, en Tuesday night. Minnesota's Ilebr. In the Minnesota Heusd of ReprcsenU tives yesterday the Senate bill for the ad justment of the old bended debt was passed yeas 77, nays 29 with an amen dment providing that the rate of inteicst shall iret exceed 5 per cent, instead of be ing 5 per cent, absolutely. This will per mit the Governer te issue bends at a lower rate if he finds they can be market ed. The bill gees back te the Senate for eencurience. At the election in Minnesota next Tuesday the people will vote upon a preposition te set aside the publie lands te establish a sinking fund for the redemp tion of the state bends. 1 Tbe Juice of a Lemen. Philadelphia Kecerd. That purely physical causes have mere te de with intemperance than any innate or acquired moral perversity is coming te be very generally admitted by theso who have made a study of the subject. The power of tbe human will, vigorously and persistently put forth, especially when aid ed by thiDivine grace, frequently avails te reform the diunkaid, and the instances of such reformation are te6 numerous te al low room for further question en this point. Such cases, however, aie these iu which the abuse of intoxicating liquors i iu a measure voluntary, and therefore subject te control en the part of him who has fallen under the influence of this vice. Lvcu wheic drunkenness has become habitual, if it is merely a habit it may be broken off, no matter hew stieng the depraved appa appa tite has become. This is only saying that in all lapses irem morality moral forces within or without the man may be effee tivcly employed te bring lour back te virtue from indulgence in any vice what ever, unless thcic aie physical conditions in the case that lcquue a resort te some thing else. Where drunkenness is a disease, sis it ccitainly is in many cases, it is as difficult te reform from it as it would be te reform from indigestion, rheumatism or any ether malady. In instances of or the kind sup posed simply moral appliances are net; sufficient te effect sine and peinrauent results. Wirat may be called the period peried period icaeor, rather, intermittent drunkard comes urder this description. He does net drink habitually and legulaily, but spasmodically, as it were. lie wmII go for mouths without liquor and appai entry without desiring it, until all of a sudden he enters upon a protracted and desperate debauch. When this is ever with he re mains entirely sober for another period of greater or less dotatien, and then yields again. This kind of diunkaid, if he may be correctly called such, is net led away by dissolute companions. He is net tempted fiem without. His first drink is usually taken alone, and when the spell of his long abstinence is once bieken he throws off all restraint and plunges into tire wildest excess. He is for all practical in tents and purposes beside himself. The sudden and imperious access of this stiange craving for alcoholic stimulants mystifies many people, and very few pic tend te be able te cempichcnd it. The dullmcit condition that almost universally precedes .such attacks is a fact that needs te be noted in this connection. This con dition is said by the physician te be owing te an inactive or torpid liver, and were it promptly corrected the overmastering dc siic for liquor which supeivcues would pass away without being yielded te. Te these who aie afilictcd in the way de scribed, and who will recognize in what is here said an attempted portrayal of their sad experience, a corrective is recommend ed which will be found effective in a gieat many cases, and which has the merit of being exceedingly simple. It is taking the juice of half a lemon the last thing at night before ictiiiiig and the first thirrg en rising in the meiniug. It can de no harm tetiy this prescription. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. IVlie Did It? Mi. sis .. J-lniTOits : In your issue of last evening m a communication en lite mat tci.s, signed P. S. Geedman, the following occurs : " i he editor et the IvrEi.MGr.x ci:nl says that members el my own com pany have been charged with incendiarism en substantial evidence Who ehaigcd them'.' Who furnished the evidence" Was it net the members of the company fSlrifilcil who leiretcd the case, who leigcd link by link the chain that could bind them, and when they had gene as far as was possible the police authorities in stead of completing by their inditleiesice allowed it te die out." This I have te say is net true. Mr. Geedman's father win one of the pnties who gave infoimatien te the police which it was hoped would lead te the appiehen appiehen sien and conviction of the mecndiaiies who tiled the buildings iu the southern pirt of the city in the spring surd summer el 18i9, but when the pelic: in pursuit efputics pointed out by Mr. Geedman, sr., and ethers, had muls the arrests of seven or eight, the witnesses placed upon the stand, who befeic'the hearing seemed te knew agie.it deal, knew nothing at all of a character necessary te fasten the crimes upon these charged. Mr. Good Geed man himself did net wish te go en the stand and did net. The pnties vvcie hcaid befeic Alderman McConemy, all the wit nesses that wci e supposed te be cognizant of facts nccess try te bind the patties ever te court wcre .subpemaed. When placid en the stand under oath their memories became blanks. These wtie had before been reported as knowing all about the incendiarism of these ehaigcd, knew noth ing at all. It was reported at the time th.it in some cases intimidation had been leseitcd te, but whether or net memeiy was a blank. The police were net negli gent. One of the parties ai rested en tint oc casion who had paitly turaed state's evi dence, and who wanted te obtain the premise of being allowed te go fiee, could getlie such piemisc and is te this dry a fiigitivc. Mr. Geedman further says, "that the president of the Sun, but a mouth age, by a fearless and prompt action en his pait, seemed the resignation of its bad cle ment, etc.." I lear that Mr. Geedman decs net knew what he is talking about, or has made up his mind te state things ver j- recklessly. The facts of that ca"-e aie these : Cel. S. II. Price h?d been for a long time annoyed by. the eigics of the Sun house ; had complained I believe te the eflrccis of that company, but his complaints were un heedid. Mr. Price then came te the sta tion house and asked for police te suppress the disorderly conduct iu the engine house and was furnished with live or six efiiccis te make arrests of the paitics im plicated. Four or five ancsts weie made, and vvcie te have a heating before the mayor. Before the hearing came off the president ofthe Sun company and I think Mr. Price agitCil that if these men aircst cd would lesign and pay costs of suits they would agtee te diep any proceedings against them, and lcqueptcd the mayor se te de. New this i.; the sum total ofthe "feailecs and prompt action" of the pres ident of the Sun. Mr. Geedman, jr., can hear something of the water having been thrown ever the weed in the Sun engine fiic-bex at the re cent liie en ListG,iant street, Oct. 21 last, by inquiring of the engineer of that com cem piny, and cm judge accordingly hew far the "had element" has been lcmeved from the Sun. Peurn. An Kxcellent Portrait. Thcic is new en exhibition in the win dow of II. Z. Rhoads & Bie.'s jewelry stoic, Wist King stieet, an admirable crayon peitiait of the late Gee. W. Masen, formerly au apprentice in the Ixinr.i.i r.ENCcn office and. later a member of the JYc?i Eta repoiteiial staff. The picture wis executed by Charles Brimmer and re llect.s e.U'at credit en the aitiht. (Sene IVct. Gee. W. Bonzhelf, fermeily in the em ploy of the Siuger sewing machine peo ple of this city, left Lancaster yesterday for Indiauapeli", te accept a position in the firm of Nerdykc, Nerman, & Ce , founders', efthntcitv. Geei rc iindei stands the "biz." and his many friend., in this citv wish him "ecil fortune in his new home. CITY COUNCILS. LOTS IIP .NEW LEGISLATION. Tlie Fire 1Ipii.1i tiucut Coiieiiiltee 1'eperlf Lean fur an lucreaeed Vutr.Suii- lly The Heard :f Health The l'ellce force. A stated meeting of select and com mon councils was held in City hall last evening. Select Ceuucll. The following named members we:e piesent : Messr.s. Barr, Deerr, Franklin, Judith, G. W. Zeiher, Philip Zechcr and tvans, picsnlent. The minutes of last meeting were iead and approved. The report of the city tieasurcr and re ceiver of taxes for the month of October was read, from which it appeared that the receipts for the month were $2,219.36 ; payments $12,27C.;9 ; bsilaucc in treasuiy 30.715.82. The reports of the finance committee, stieet committee and water committee were read. Mr. G. W. Zechcr picscutcd the follow ing report from the committee en the ro ot gauizatien of the fire department, together with the accompanying cemmu ideatiens from the Washington, Empire, American and Union fire companies, com prising a statement of the action of these companies with rezard te the lease of their apparatus and houses as previously pub lished m these columns : 'Id the lliiwimble S'lcct anil Common Conn Cenn cili Gi:mi.i:mi.x In pursuance of a resolu tion adopted by your honorable bodies, in sti acting the committee en reorganization of the lire department te officially com municate te the tliffercnt companies, we beg leave te report that we have obeyed your instruction, with two exceptions. The Humane and Shilllcr companies had ahcady taken action in the matter and passid a resolution net te rent engrue, house or any of their prepery te the city. The lcplies of the Washington, Union American and Empire companies arc hciewith submitted te councils. We have no official notice from the Humane, Sun, Shilller or Friendship companies, and in view of the fact that the companies bavcagieed te go eat of service e:r the 1st day of February, we would recommend that the committee be authorized te report a complete organization of the fiie depart meut under the call system te councils for their approval as seen as possible. We recommend that the work be com pleted as seen as possible. Wc can rent sufficient houses and apparatus te put the department in geed working condition by Januaiy 1, 1S82. The time is here ; it should be done and the tttrpayas demand it. In lefercace te the liie alarm tele graph your committee hope te be able te pieeeed under the instiuctien of councils at their last meeting as seen as we knew the locations ofthe different companies. Respectfully submitted by the commit tee. Attest : llKKinurr Joiixs-iex, Cleik. Mr. G. W. Zechcr piescntcd the follow ing eidinanee for the reorganization of the (he department, which was read and refened te the committee en the reorgan ization et the fire department : An Ordinance te lleemmii-e the Fue Dcpitit- incut and Jlcgultittn' thr tame : lie it euiaincil by the Select and Common Councils et tlie illy of L'liiciiter, tli.it liein una after the lh-t day et .lunuaiy, iSSl, the Kire Dep.titn.cnt shall consist of one Cltiet UiiKincer, lenr steam liie engines, four liose liese rans anil one hook ami luililcrtiuck, vihiuli shall he located in such pait orpaitset the cltj hctcaltvr rifsignatitl. bio. J. h.ich company shall consist of one eiifjlneui, one ilimrel cngine.enu Oliver of HOsc-e.nt.Jiie leiciieinami loiiriiesciucii.wiio sh til held tlu-lr positions as leiifj as they con cen ilui't tlieni-elvcs pieperly ami obey tin laws anil eiijin.tuiLs ei Ihcci'y.undlhcii'siipi'iieid in the di'.'iitineiit. Sic. J. The pieuerty el each company shall eensi-t el aim Nti;uiii liie engine, aim he"-e cait the itijiiNite quantity of Iio-e anil tlnce hei-c-, with .til miner acccsseiies for ell'-ctlv e -ei v ice. Skc. i it slull bu the duty el the thief Kn Kiniei te attend at all hie". Mipenntciiil ami iliiecl. the operations of all the companies; he -nail li ivc lull control et all the men ami app u.itus, isMic and euleiecsuih eideis :us iu liu judgment maybe best calculated ler the pictectleu et piepc ty and extinguishment el liies; toenleiceail 1 iv.s et Councils govem gevem i'ltucFuu Dcp.iitiucnt: he shall revolt uu miallv te Councils a'l tires eeeuriing m the city, the eiiin tlieivet if possible, together with the amount et piepeity dcstrejcil, and the amount et insurance if any ; aKe a lull statement et theiojiUltien et the depaitment at the end et eieii year- He '-hall also lenert pieniptly te tlie committee en Jnc Ilepnt- muiiL any ineiuuer ei me ecpariincnt who mav luu tlisebevcil his orders or -violated auyet the laws or i ulcr. governing the dcpait- liunc; no slum nave control ana supervision et the biie Alaun Telegraph, and shall devote his whole time iu the intcii et tlie tleput luent. bur. Ti. It Niiall be the ilutj of the le: email, Mliviieei hWcemp m sh tlfbe in active ser t. ice, te t iKe cli.uge el all apparatus belonging IheiciO, iliiect tlie operation of the same, sub ject te the oideis et his superiors; pie-eive order and dcceium among the iiiembcis el his company ; he -hail attend te having tlie appa-i.itu-, housed ou returning from liies: lie shall hue tlie he-c uuslieil, dned and aired, and again placed iu i cidiuess ler immediate use; he shall al-e Kccparcieid or,and report te the Chief llngiucer l lie absence et any member et In-, company liein lliet-, together with any deiclictien et duty or violation of any et the I tile-, and lobulatien-ot tlie depaitment. fcec. !. Theengineei of eailisteain liiecngine shall accompany his engine te alt lues and ul.mns and di-cliaige the duties apcilaiuing te liw position as in ij be dhccte-l by the lore man el hi- company or Ills superior etlicir; lie shall Keep ids engine iu ceinp let elder and le liair. icady ler scivlce at all time-; he shall ha e it tested at lea-t once in each me itli, anil sli ill have chaise el his company in tlie ab sence et the loieiiaii. fete. 7. The dtivcis tli ill have tlie cue and management of. and propel 1 gioeui their hoi ses, keep their le-peetive engine lieusi -j, stables, b.tinesa, etc, m a iieatnnd clean con dition, li.-.M' charge and cueef the app trains when net in aetu il -eivicc an 1 lepeit tethe Chic! Kngituer any lnjmy it may hue sus tained, lie -hall keep tlie engine heu-" heated liming the piepcr season, and -ha 1 ledge in the engine house at night time. slc. 3. It shall be the duty of all h--,enicu te attend ptemptly each and every call or al.mii el Hie, assist in taking the apparatus te anil locating tlie same, assist in washing and reel ing he-e, and perform such ether duties ns in.iv be piescibed by the teicman or ether su su su peiiorelheer. sue. D. Each and every eihccr'tnd member of tlie department shall lespend piemptiy te every call eralann c t the, and any neglect or lelusil shall "iibjeft the member or members te dismissal line or ether penalty, a maybe prescribed by the liiicsuud regulations el the depaitment. btr. 10. The -a'ancs te be paid liie several elheeis and empleyes el the depat ti.ici.l shall be as lotions : Chief Engineer $000 per annum. Foremen, each 100 " Engineers, each 110 " Drivers :!n " llcscminand l.addeimen. CO ste. 11. The propel ty et the hook and ladder company shall consist et one geed truck', the lequlsite number et laddeis and hooks, and shall lie located in one et the engine houses. The employees et this romp my shall consist et one duv u ei truck, one leici.ian and lour ladileniiKii. .Sec. 12. Ne InteT.citim; Irtuoiief any kind shall be ullev.cd iu any engine heiuc or ether building belonging te the depaitmen', or at anv liies or ulaim". mill anj member who -hall become intoxicated shall be subject te ilnniiss'd. .-K.1J. I'lic-everal cllicersand members of the Fue Dej aitnicnr shall be ex. officio member- et til.; police terci: at liies andal.uim. and sbdl etch take and subscribe beleir the .M.ij or a similar oath el eflice prcsciibel ler legular policemen. M. 14. Tlie' onm.ittccen The Depaitment sh ill (ill all vacant ics occurring in the depart ment, and in e t-e el absence, -ickue&s, re re meval or death et the Chief h-ngmeer, the loiemtuet engine Ne. 1 shall tempeiarily till thepo-itien uulil Councils shall till the place perm mently, ui.d he shall be obeyed and re spectcd the same a, it he weie the permanent head et thcdcpittnient. Sec. 11. Councils -hall ilect the Chict Engi neer in joint convention, and he shillseivc ler the term of tlnce yeais, and before n-siim-ing the duties et his eflice lie -hall take and subscribe, beleie the Majer of the city, an ii ilh of eltiec piescrilKMl lorethcrcitj elhceis. Councils shall have lull power te remove him tiomelliccatany lime ler misdemeanor, neg ligence, iniftliii'iiiy ei any othcretTciise ; pie viding, both bi.iuehe tot Council aiec te de se byii tnethiid Vele et e ich body, and the Committee et Mrc Department slitll have pew er te-iispend him at .my lime for viola viola lien ei laws and enlin nice, until the fiist meetiiig of Councils, when actie i shdl be taken in hiscis.-. S.c. 1. Tersens te be eligible te memoer memeer fadip in the depaitment mtist be t.cnty-ene j ears of age and npwauls, citizens of the United States, and residents et the city ler at least one year immediately preceding their application and et geed moral diameter : and no person sltall be i ejected or subject te re moval en account et any politic il, religious or ether sentiment entertained by him, pie viding that no member of tbe department shall take any active part in politic-, or tliat such sentiment doe- net iuterfeie with the efficient di-rliarire el hi- duties. bw. 1". All ordinance- in an manner incen-si-teut with the pte i-ion- citlns uidiuaiue aie heieby repealed. Mr. Zecher presented a petition of eitr zens asking for the appointment of wateh meu at the railroad cre-sings of the Penn sylvania railroad attire llarrisbuig cross ing, the Lemen and Water, the Pr.uce and Walnut, and the Plum street ciessing. The petition was leferred te the major with instructions te confer with the Penu-j'lva-nia rail lead company. Mr. Zechcr ale presented a petition of citizens of the Sixth waid asking for the laj ing of laiger water mains in that -eetien efthecitj-. The petition was referred te the water committee. The repeit of the street commissioner was read, containing a statement of work dene bj- him during the past month, to gether with the cost of the same. Mr. Zecher, from the committee en the reorganization et the lire department, re poi ted back the above ordinance with an affirmative lccommendatieu. The ordinance for increasing the capacity of the city water weiks passed at last meet ing by CJtnmen council was taken up and read thiee times aud passed unanimously. A supplement te an ordinance establish ing a beard of health was read three times and adopted by the following vote : Yeas Messis. B.nr, Franklin, Judith, G. W. Zecher, Philip Zecher 3. Nays Messis. Deerr aud Evans 2. The oidmai'ce for the better eigauiza tien of the police feiee was taken up and read three times. Mr. C4. V. Zecher made a speech in favor of its passage, saying it had no polit ical significance, and that the mayor, who was held responsible for the conduct ei the police feice, ought net te be compelled te appoint upon the force constables', who may be inefficient as pelici men. He in stanced .seveial cases in which the waid constables had absolutely refused te cel leet taxes from some of their constituents because by doing se tlrcy would lese their votes. They hail also declined te make ai rests of cci tain offenders for the same reason, lie thought the mayor eimlrt te have the power te appoint and dismiss policemen, and then he could be prepeily held responsible for their conduct. Mr. Franklin agiecd with Mr. Zecher that the proposed change was net a peliti cal one, but he did net sce that the pie pio pie pesed change would nrakc the police force mere efficient or cencct the evils com plained of. On an average the elected constables were about as geed as tlie ap pointed policeman. If the veteis of any et the wards elected inefficient efiiccis it was their own fault. Mr. Zechcr responded that some of the constables sought an election net with a view of doing their dutj' as constables, but because they were mere sure el thaw ing their salaries as policemen. It is well known that most, if net all of them, lcfuse te serve notice of ejectment en tenants, or te perform ether disagreeable duties, for fear that it would make them unpopular in their respective wards. The yeas and nays being called en the adoption, the ordinance resulted as fel lows : Yeas Messrs. Judith, f. W. Zecher and Philip Zecher 15. Nays Messrs. Hair, Decir, Fiaiiklin and Evans, president 4. ?e the ordinance was lest. Adjourned. Common Council. Iii the common branch the following named mcmbcis wcre present : Messis. Albert, Harnch, Heek, ISievvn, Cor men', Cox, Davis, Dilieudci Her, I In her, Jehnsen, Lichty, McMullen. Middle ten, Oatcrmaycr, Keith, Shieder, Shubnjcr, Smeych, White, Yaekly, f.eveigoed, pies ident. Alter the call of the tell and lcadingand appieval of minutes, Mr. Hhuluij'er el'.eicd a petition signul by A. W. IJussel and Geerge Shulmyer asking the passage by councils of a resolution signifying the assent aud consent of the city el L hums ter te an order or decree of the ceuit el quai ter sessions se far setting aside or modifying the appieval of the diaft or plan filed of record of said court by the civil engineer el the city as said plan designates a stieet or pait of a stieet te be laid out between Xeith Pi i nee and Neith Water streets r-nd called in the plan New street, being pait of an etca sionefXcw stieet new established, and te vacate the street se designated. The petitieucis lcpicbeul that the opening of the proposed street would niin valuable prepcity owned by them at the extreme end of Neith Piincc stieet, while it would never be of any publie advantage. The petition was lcfencd te the street com mittee. Mr. White piescntcd a petition for a new lamp at the African school house, south of East, Htravvberiy stieet. It was signed by Jeseph Samson, chaiiiiiau of the school beaid c uumittee en night schools, and lepicscntcd that the proposal lamp is necessary for the comfort and pro tection of the night school pupils. Mr. White mevid that the petition be leferred te the lamp committee with iusti notions te have the lamp put up feithwith. Mr. Smeych was net sure whether the lamp ought te be put up at the city's ex pense, as he was under the iinprcsden that the alley where it is proposed te place it is a private one. Mr. White thereupon modified his motion se that the committee be instructed teciectthe lamp as peti tioned for, provided the alley is net a pii vatc one. The motion wa agteed te. Select council sti tick out the pioviseand instiucted the lamp committee te go ahead and put up the lamp. Common council eenciuie.il. Mr. 13mnes called up common council ordinance Ne. (!, being the ordinance te obtain the assent of the electors of the city te an incioise of the bended indebtedness for iinpievemeiits at the water weiks. It was oil end by Dr. Davis at the last meet ing. It v.as iead a second and third time, adopted .-eetien by section, aud ou final passage all the members picsctit voted for it except Mr. Hubcr. Select council also adopted it. The text el the measure is as iollews : An h dtii'inr, fur the purjiesc of eUninhn the tsicnt of thr elector nj thr City of Lrinantrr te the increase of the indeblcdncn of inul ei! for the impreiehicnt of the Water M'erf i rind the layui'j of new tUit'ributiwj mains : Section 1. Re it ordained bv Select ami Com mon Councils etthe Citj- e"l 1. mciter. tint ter Ihe pm pose el Inct.- t-dng the rapacity or in n jut weiks ij' pulling up an additional pump and l.ting additional distiibiiting m tini, the Illdebtediii--) et the-Citj' of 1. tue-n ter be incietscl in the sum el -ixty -( veil thousand ilella: , (i1 ',). SIC. 2. That lei Hit piuper of obtaining the acnt et tlie rlcctei sol s d I e.tj' ter -ucli m m cieaseef indehtc mes-j, an election sh ill m held at the place-) and brtweun tlie houisei holding the municipal elections m vjhi cltj' en tlie thud Tueiil ty of I'ebru irj Mi. Ske.:: Tint tluiinj-e, of the s ti I cltj-shall give thiltj' d tys' notice, bj- weekly .tdvei tue mcuts In t I.i Lancaster lUmnuirr. I-.rmt-ei.ii maud -V i l'.m, el the time and plaeeset holding such election ; and such s tid notice shall also out. mi such nutters as maj lie re rinucd bj-.tn act pts-ed th"-.Nlh day et Apiil, 1S7I. Mr. Jehnsen ca'Icd up for second read ing common council erd usance Ne. 7. This was the bill etleied by Mr. McMullen at the last meeting "for the better regulation of the police feice, " providing th.it the ferce shall cjnsist of nineteen man, "te be appointed by the mayor, with the concur rence of select council, from among the whole body of the citizens," thus making it discretionary with him as te whcthei the elected constables should ceustit ite a part of his force or net. The ordinance was iead a second time and third reading was piecccding with when Mr. Barnes rose for infoimatieu as te the purpose of tlri3 bill. It was his opinion that the constables new en the force are the liest police officers we have. Mr. enicjch leplicd that it vva. an evideut fact that a constable very often hesitates te arrest xn eUcnder because he leais such an act might injure his pre--pects of le-eleetien. If the policemen i e ccive their appointment from the mayor, such con-ideiatien- would have no weight vvrlh them, and they would be mete dis posed te perform their duties without fear favor or affection. Dr. Davis coincided with Mr. Smeych' points in favor of the bill. Mr. H.irnes called for the jeas and nays ou the Iii st section of the bill and it was adopted by an almost strict party vote. Dr. Davis and Mr. Shreder, however, .sid ing with the Democrats in the affirmative, while Mr. Huber, Democrat, voted iu the negative. The vote was as fellows : Yeas Messi.s. Albert, lloes, rewn, Davis, Jehnsen, I.iehty. O-termajer. Keith Shreder, Shulmjer, Smeych, Yaekly, Lev Lev Lev eigoed. president 1... Nays Mcs-i-. Urines, Certncny, Ce, Diffenderfter, Fisher, Huber. Middlcteri, White S. Section 2 of the ordinance was adopted wUheut opposition, and en final passage the bill was pas-cd by the. suae vote as above published, except that Mr. McMul len, who was net piesent when the feuuer ballet was taken, made his appearance in the meantime, and voted in favor of the bill, the vote tints standing ajcslt, nees 3. In select council the ordinance was de feated by a part j- vote as repotted in the proceedings of that body. Mr. Lichty called up common council ordinance Ne. S elfercd by Mr. Franklin at the last meeting, being the supplement te an erdinance establishing a beard of health and regulations for the government of the same. It was iead a .second and thiid times, and unanimously adopted, ajes, 22 ; nees, none. Select council also adopted the eidinanee unanimously. It is as fellows : A Supplement te an irdinanie elatltihinti u Hoai d of Health and Jinit'ationtjer the ie ii iiuient 01 thr same .- Rett enie'ed by the -elect and eoui'iieu councils et the citj- et I. me.i-t-r, and it it heiebj- enacted bj- authet ity el tlie s inn. shtie I. Th it iu addition te the require ments under the act et (Jeneial As-emblv t the Coimnenwc ilthel 1 nn-j Ivainti, entitle il "An Act Relating le Registration of Rirths and Marnage-. by Rouid-et lie tit 11 itlierevet established by law iu the cities el this Cem limn wealth." it is hereby erd lineil th it w hen anj' per-e'i -hall uie iu the cil j- el Lancaster it hall be lliuttutj et the phsieiaii he attend ed din iu-; Ids ei her 1 i-t illne-u, urel the eoi eei eoi ener w lieu the ci-e comes under bis jute-die tien, te make a luithful :"tuni et the anient theexplratii'ii el ceij- llirm months te the -ecieturj et the iteaid et Health, in imiuuei and terui .(--is pie!ded in the -aid net et As seinbly in caseet liiaiuages.itid births, setting lerth in said letuin. as l.u a-the -ami can be tiseeitaint d, liie n.inie, i'.e, set toler, nation alilj", d iteand ciu-'eet d it It etthe dete.is.d pel son. .Sli.'J. Anj-peisO'i uhesl'.iil neglect te ebc til pie Minns et the lii-t, section el thi-. oiili eiili uai.ee -hall terlcit ami p tv tiiesuni et ten itel bus, ler e.tcli and eerj elTeii-e, te tin: -cere turj' of the Reaid et ileillb. v. Iiieli sum shall bw icceveied and be ter the u-i s prr-cribcd in tl.e.ietestablf liinga Reanl et lliallli lei the ity et I. ineaster. Mr. Lichty called up for second leading common council eidinanee Ne. '., eUeicil by Mi McMullen, at the last meeting, for the collection of delinquent t.rcs. Mr. Eaiucs e'l'cied .sundry amendments te the measuic designed te place the matter of collection in the hands of the finance committee. These amendments were agreed te and ir.ceipuratcd into the ordinance, which in cjn-cqecnce lies evr for final passage until thu net morning. Mr. McMullen, who had net b.ien pies ent when the list of committees had been called at the opening of the session, new presented the lepeit of the stieet commit tee. The. lepeit icpiesjnted the necessitj of new gutters en East Frederick, West New, West Change and West lving sheets; also a cr.jssin.; .it New stieet en the west side of Neiin Queen. " While, how ever, " the repeit gees -m, "the commit tee aie unanimous a, te the neecshitj' el these gultUH, it will be impossible te build them un'ess councils will supply the nce issaiy fund-,. The appioptiatien for new weikis new eMiaustul within about i'00 while the new AVatcr stieet sewer new in procVeS of cotistiuulieu will leipiim the sum of SSI f le complete i', se that theie will lu a deficiency (!00 en completion of the we. k new in piegess. Te build the guttcis abt.ve uicutiei.it! vu, Ncv street ."500 feet, Walnut strei t 'it) feet, West Orange stieet e00 feet. West lving stieet 500 feet, and Fiedeilek stieet 20 feet, a total el "201)0 feet, will t optic net lcs than $300. Your committee, therefore, recom mend that the said sui.i of 300 be taken liein the contingent fund and appropriated te the stieet fund fe. the building ofthe guttcis above numerated." The committee slat fut titer tint they arc unable te fellow the iiistitictietis of councils at the last muting with leg.ud te m ching ever a water course i milling eastwardly fiem Nelh Queen stieet tlueugh the prepcity of Jehn P. Wolf as far as Christian stictt, until tin: money fei the weik, the cost of which is cstiina teil at $320, is provided by councils. Mr. McMullen ollcred aie-o'utieu trans ferring the sum of $30') fi eui the contin gent fund te the .stieet fund, te be applied te the construction of guttcis en West King, West Orange, West Walnut, New and Fredciiek sticets, as iccoeiu. ended in lepert of street committee of this date. The resolution was adopted. Silrct council concurred. Street Commissioner Ti en else's repeit of the amount of weik done ou the street ; during October showed Adjourned. a cost of $339.-10. Family Feuds. Fer borne time past there have been tin friendly relations existing between the Stokes and Krcidcr families of Wed Lii peter, and these at length have resulted iu lawsuits, llcuiy Ki cider has made complaint against Jeseph Stokes and bis son David, charging them with malicious mischief and sttrjty of the peace. Jeseph Stokes mikc- complaint against Henry ICicidcr for malicious mischief. The par tics will have a heaimg before Alderman Samson en Wednesday evening next. Henry Krcidcr also mikes complaint against Jeseph Uajtii for assault ami bat tery. This case will be Iiu.tnl by AMei iiia.ii Samcen en Saturday. . Illl.tst I'llnti'OIlC.i. Theie was te have been a grand e. iea-t and social gathering of the coleied people in Detwilcr's weeds, net. Mount Jey to te day, but at the last moment, almost, notice was given that th'j all.iir had been iiideli irately postponed, owing te the sicklies of Rev. Davis, of the Mount Jey colored M. ". chinch, who had charge et the festival. S i'ij Unity or forty colored people of this city a -emblcd in the Pennsylvania rail lead Ioet thin rooming for the purpose of ireing te Mount Jey and participating in the fe-ti.'itic-J, ami '.yen net a httle di-ap-pduted when they ieirned tint the alr'air had fallen through. Quite a number of them, who had made arrangements for a day's sport, concluded te go te Mount Je, anyhow ei rexst or no ex toast. false Alarm. While city ceunci's were in session last night, thcre was a false alarm of hrc, and some of the companies ran their ma chines into Centre square, bat councils went light en with their biisine&s, ai d the eidinanee leerganizing the fir.. Jepirt ui ':.t pissed first reading. V-:aorreuH Court. Ceiat will tnjet te-morrow morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose of hearing the application of Sam'l H.MilIer,chargcd with killing Wm. (.Jensemer, who will ask te be discharged en a writ of habeas corpus. -f
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