LANCASTER DALLY INTELLIGENT TUESDAY, NOYEMBEll 29 1881. ILaucastct intelligences. TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 29, 1881. Obstructing tbc Streets. Tin: claim of telegraph companies te obstruct the public highways with their poles can only 1)9 maintained upon the ground of necessity. Certainly these ways were never intended for such use. Every highway is owned by the owners or the adjacent properties, subject te the use of the community for necessary pur poses of public benefit. It is a very de batable question whether telegraph pales, which certainly obstruct the high ways for their ordinary use, are neces sary public conveniences. If there was no ether way of erecting a telegraph line except en poles, it mighebe plausibly maintained that the public benefit de manded submission te their inconve niences. But they are only used because they afford the cheapest way of building a line. The wires might be buried and put out of every one's way. But surely if these poles are authorized they ought te be used with the least pos sible obstruction of the legitimate use of an avenue. Otherwise they are a nuisance, and it would seem may certainly be abated as such. The attempt of the American Rapid-Transit Telegraph company te put up, en narrow sidewalks, poles twenty inches in diam eter, can find no justification whatever. Even the ten-inch pole is an obstruction that we cannot be :isked decently te sub mit te, when iron poles of half the di ameter, or less, could be substituted. In Philadelphia these iron pelcsare required by the authorities. Aud why net here ? The Street which is being used by the company is for most of its length but a fourteen feet wide alley, and, in the squares near the town centre, is se much used as te be of inadequate size when its whole width is unobstructed. Yet it has here already a line of poles and this new line of immense masts cannot patiently be submitted te. It is a surprising thing that citi zens have been se quiet under the ag gravating impositions of telegraph conr cenr panics with their poles ; and it is really astounding that the city councils should have se little regard for the interest and rights of citizens as te want te impose this fresh nuisance upon them. The right of councils te authorize such use of the streets is denied and will probably be tested in the courts. But when there is se general an expression of public sen timent as new exists against the incum brance of the streets with the new set of poles, it would seem that there should be no necessity for an appeal te the courts for protection. The sentiment of the people ought te be se coercive of the street committee and of councils as te cause them te rescind their action. The conductor telegraph companies is net such as te recommend them te public favor or te put people into a humor te grant them favors thai are net lega'Iy theirs. Our steady experience lias been that new companies arc started as com peting lines with sole intent te levy blackmail en the sell out te it te the projectors, prise may have a old company and at a great profit The present enter enter mere honest purpose, but it is net heralded with any stronger protestations of its continued independ ence than have accompanied the many ether projects that have been engulphed in the belly of the Western Union. With this anaconda we have no sympa thy, and we are quite ready te see com petitors spring up against it. But we may reasonably object te paying the cost of the game of plunder between the new and the old. It is a profitable game and the parties arc able te pay for the privileges of transit which they seek. Let thein buy the right te put their poles en private property, just s:s railroads buy their right of way. Or if the law will permit the use of the high ways by order of city councils and ether authorities ever them, which we greatly doubt, it should at least in decency be paid for at its value te corporations such as this new one, which has already been shown te have been bled by its projectors te the amount of half its capital half being appropriated for building the line and the ether half te the pockets of the enterprising corperators. They are te have the dance and we te pay the piper. Mit. Edw. MuPiiEitsex is understood te be far above pecuniary want, and he has had all the fame that attaches te the office of clerk of the Heuse. But here we find him at Washington begging for this clerkship against the needy col cel col ered man and brother, Itainey, of .Seuth Carolina, an ex-congressman, and one of the decentest of his race. Itainey had this nomination last session when it was an empty honor, and naturally his peo ple want it for him new when there is' corn en the cob. The negrees give the Republicans whatever majority fhey have in nearly every Northern state and most of their entire vote in the Seuth. Campaign orators like Mcl'hcrsen an: fend of singing praises te tliem before the elections, but are always ready te crowd them away from the meal tub when the rations are handed out. But McPherson's little finger had mere weight under Garfield's administration than his loins have with Arthur's. He is remembered chiefly for his extreme hostility te Stalwartism andas the auth or of the Pennsylvania resolution of 18S1, which he interpreted as an implication of the Stalwarts in responsibility for Garfield's murder. These events are tee recent te Ixj forgotten and the adminis tratien is net likely te lend McPheisen any special aid in his aspirations. Tjik policemen report that in all 112 lamps were unlightcd last week, the highest number Ge en the night of Thanksgiving. The lamp lighters, we knew, have a pretty hard time of it, but in this matter of a great public conve nience and necessity the city must de mand from its contractors full and faithful services. Fer every lamp net lighted, and for every night of failure, the lamp committee of councils should deduct a pre rata share of the pay, and if the necessary reform is net effected severer penalties must be invoked. Let there 1 light. Somebody, evidently net a Daniel come te judgment, essays in the Ex aminer te defend District Attorney Davis against the responsibility for three slips in his office last week which had been pointed out in these columns. In all the cases the defense is the same, that " learned and able" private counsel were employed, and therefore, the Ex aminer concludes, in one case our ' crit icism must be of no avail," and in the ethers the private counsel " must share in equal measure the condemnation of the Lntellieenxer." This defense sounds very much as if District Attor ney Davis had written it. Nobody else could have such dense ignorance of his duties as te consider that he can unload the responsibility for a neglect of them upon private counsel, because he " has hundreds of indictments te prepare and study." With private counsel's rela tions te criminal prosecutions neither the public nor the Intelligencer has anything te de. Until the district attorney is excluded fiem them lie has their direction and control and no assumption nor neglect of duty by the private counsel can excuse the failure of the district attorney te see that indictments are properly drawn. That he did net surrender this duty into the bauds of private counsel, in at least one of the cases, is admitted by the Ex (Mii.icr, when it says that vine of thebills sent in the private counsel " knew .could net be sustained." The district attorney sent it hi all the same, and drew his fees, we warrant, in this and in all the ether slip shed iudictments,fer which the public rightly holds him responsible. Since his apologist has made such a mess of this explanation, we will net ask it te tell hew many of the indictments sent te the grand jury last week for cases tria ble in quarter .sessions, were defectively drawn in eyer and terminer te incease the district attorney's fees. The editor of the New Era explains that when he proposed as a rule for the Republican party in this county the ex clusion from the primaries of such as did net vole the state ticket at the pre ceding election and yet is " agin the enforcement " editorially he only pro posed this as a compromise between con flicting elements of the party and net because believed in it or subscribed te it! " "Tii net tlin grapes of Canaan tliat rupay. Hut tlin high t.iith that lailcil net by the way." Tin: teh'graph poles must net go up or must come down. Mr. Edwaud McPiii:kex finds " the nigger in the woerlpilo " a lien in his path, and it won't stir. Ne, Mr. Arthur will net give uine-tentlis of his appointments te Blaine men net quite nine-tenths. Tin: inalienable light of the eiti.cn te have an unobstructed sidewalk must and shall be picserved en Christian street and elscwheic. 0:;i: ttukcy at least has its life insured until after the holidays the bird that is te be shot at 100 yar.ls distanc3 by Ce. C of Columbia. Wi: continually assert through these columns that the true functions of gov ernment arc extremely limited." Exam iner. Glad te hear it. Yeu're preaching sound Democratic doctrine and arc en the highway te a correct political faith. All Democratic factional feeling in Bosten has been quieted down and every clement of the party falls into liuc for Palmer for mayor. He is a Butler man and quite a racket is expected ever the coming municipal election. The city is clese. Ix explanation of his toleration of Gui teau's demonstration Judge Cox makes the elucidation that the judge iu a crimi nal court has no warrant of law for re straining a prisoner en trial for his life from making any demonstrations he might cheese te make, except they amounted te actual violence te these about him. He recalls a murderer tried before Judge Lud low in New Yerk city, who bellowed like a wounded bull through every day of the trial. Judge Ludlow did net think he had a right either te muzzle or expel him, and he was allowed te contintte his outrageous conduct until the trial was concluded. Ix the iutercst of discriminating ra tions of public amusements who go se oc casionally te the drama that they want te get the worth of their money, we go out bide the usual department of amusement notices, te remark that Wallack's com pany of players, which will present "Lon "Len "Lon den Assurance" te the Lancaster public at the opera heuse en Thursday evening, for the benefit of the Lancaster benevolent society, presents the best array of tho the atiicat talent which has appeared here for a long time. TJicre are a half dozen names in the cast which belong te people of established reputation and unques tioned ability in their respective lines. The play is a standard genteel comedy, and the merits of the entertainment, as well as its benevolent object, entitle it te popular patienagc. PERSONAL. A correspondent who pic tends te knew says that cabinet places have been eflcicd Fisn, Boutwell, Howe aud Fuelino Fueline iiuvsen all solid Grant men. Boutwell prefers te take a judgeship. Geluwin Smith, who was rejected as an honorary member of St. Geerge's so ciety, of Terente, Ont., has turned the ether check and iuclesed a check for $100 as a donation te the charitable fund. Den Caklos, Duke of Madrid, who still lingers in England, has taken un his resi. dence for the winter at a fashienable hotel in the west end of Londen, and grumbles loudly at the gloomy climate and dull ex istence of Londen. His wife will net join him just yet. The state department has sent a letter of reprimand te Messrs. Huulbut and KiLrATniCK, our ministers te Peru and Chili, ami they will probably be recalled. en account of their bumptiousness in tak ing up the quarrel between these coun tries. It is said in Richmond, Virginia, that Riddlebergeu has already received un conditional pledges from a majority of the Keadjusters that they will support his election as senator of the United States. Mahene is for Riddleberger, and his Re publican allies find themselves badly left On Thanksgiving Day the people at St. Jehn's Epicepal church, m Washington, decorated President Abthcr's pew very elaborately, expecting him te come there te worship and be worshiped. Bat, in stead the president went te a church be longing te the colored people and did his thanksgiving in a plain way among a plain people. Rev. Dr. Gage, of Hartferd, Conn., has shown that he is net afraid te en counter the powers of darkness or grapple with the thief in the night. The ether night he seized a burglar who was groping around his library, pistol in hand, and wrestled him out the front steps into the sidewalk. The plucky preacher stayed en top until the police ironed his game. The Baltimore admirers of Jehn W. Daniel, of Virginia, have purchased a very handsome cane te be presented te him. It is of purest ebony, with a geld head, in the shape of an eagle's head, the eyes being diamonds of fine quality. The cane bears the inscription : "Presented te Majer Jehn W. Daniel champion of Vir ginia's honor by the Daniel club of Bal timore, 1881. " Rev. P. S. Hensen, D. D.. pastor of Memerial Baptist church, Bread and Master streets, Philadelphia, has decided te accept the call from the First Baptist church, of Chicago, which he recently de clined. This change of mind was brought about by the persuasive eloquence of a committee of Chicagoans who visited Dr. Hensen en Wednesday and again urged him te accept the call. New Hensen's members make renewed appeals te him te stay with them. Anna Dickinsen has sued Fanny Dav enport for maltreating her play, " An American Girl," and claims the recovery of the manuscript, of nightly royalties and damages, because Mrs. Price Fanny that was failed te de justice te the play and cut it te such au extent that nothing but the toilettes and their occupants were left, te the great damage of the literary reputation of the aforesaid Miss Dickin Dickin eon. Iu reply te the accusations Miss Fanny retorts that the play was dull and tiresome as it came from the fair author ess aud that she had only introduced the "gags" and left out the intellectuality in the hope of making it go ; but, in spite even cf the gorgeous array in which the heroine was clad, the play failed and was at length consigned te a melancholy oblivion. LATEST NJfiWS BY MAIL. Kosciusko, Miss., burned out. Wesley Furnham, Trenten, N. J., drunk, drowned in canal. James P. Helland, implicated in murder of Burgess Jenes in 1879, lynched by a mob at Dardenel, Arkansas. By the caving in of a stone quarry near Rondout. Edward Kearney and Michael Gillen killed, and two ethers seriously in jured. Au Ottawa grocer's cat has attained local notoriety by catching two rats at once one with its teeth and oue with its claws. Grcenbury Camien, a farmer, near Odessa, Del., while returning from his church Sunday was thrown from his wagon and fatally injured. The Legislature of Kentucky met yester day. Williams C. Owens, of Scott county, was nominated by the Democrats for speaker of the Heuse. Jehn Spingart fatally injured in a roll ing mill, in Trenten, by the falling of a blast pipe which was being put iu the cupola of the building. Mary Jaue Powers, 11 years of age, died in Morristown, New Jersey, from burns received by her clothes catching fire from burning leaves. $1,500,000 in cash will be necessary te enable the Pacific National bank, Bosten, te resume business. In addition te this the capital stock of $1,000,000 must be sacrificed. The Bank of Prince Edward's Island, at Charlottestewn, suspended ; capita!, $120 000 ; circulation, $200,000 ; cashier made $300,000 unauthorized advancements ; ex pects te come out all right. American rubber company's factory, East Cambridge, Mass., destroyed by fire last night, with valuable machinery, and a large stock of goods. Less, $300,000 ; COO persons, three-fourths of thera women out of work. Charles Kukuk, well dressed, 00 years of age, committed suicide by sheeting in Lincoln park, Cincinnati. A geld watch and $30 were found upon him, with a note requesting that M. B. Kukuk, of Hoboken, New Jersey, be notified of his death. Chas. Culver Cady, of Pine Bluff, Ark., partially demented, strayed away from home and in his absence became heir te $20,000, His brother used every evertien te find him and recently discovered him in in Walcott, New Yerk. STATE ITEMS. The Phila lelphia carpet manufacturer and weavers have agreed upon a scale of prices te take effect December 9 and con cen tinue until June 9, 1882. A platform in the new Bessemer steel works at Harrisburg gave way en Sunday night, injuring four men, ene of them, named Miller, perhaps fatally. The unknown young man killed ea Sun day night by a fire engine running into a street car has been identified as Owen Burns, of G31 Girard avenue, Philadelphia. Dr. Benjamin Becker, aged 84, at ene time the leading homeeopathic physician of Pottsville, has died at the county alms house, where he has been for scveral years, deranged. A beautiful young woman named Fler ence Williams, from Binghamton, N. Y., who went toEasten a short time since and entered a house of ill-fame, has become a raving maniac. The governor has reprieved Meyer and Erb, two of the Snyder county murderers, sentenced te be hanged en December lGth, te allow the beard of pardons te act upon their cases. Last night a less of about $51G,000 was occasioned at E. T. Dillen's liquor saloon, 111 Seuth Eighth street, Philadelphia, and te persons occupying the ether floors of the building, by the bartender endeavor ing te fill a lighted lamp with gasoline Judge Pearson has issued an order making it mandatory en the mutual in surance companies against whom writs of quo warrante have been asked, te file, their answer by December 8th. This was dene at the request of the attorney general, iu order that no delay may be oc casioned en December 15th, the time set for argument. Judge Hall, whom Cessna defeated for ronemination, turned in and helped te beat Cessna's election. Last week, after the adjournment of the last term of court ever which Judge Hall will preside, the friends or Mr. Cessna jrathercd in the square at Somerset aud burned Judge Hall in effigy. Snch are the amenities of politics in the southern tier. The Tep" Crep or Cotten, The new "top crop" of cotton, which had been stimulated by the warm fall weather, in Seuth Carolina, was blighted everywhere by last Friday's frost. The same frost, extending te the Gulf, did much damage te the sugar cane in Louisi ana. A 'longshoreman named Jehnsen was frozen te death in a skiff at New Or leans, and a Mexican Lepez was found trezen te death in tbe street at San An An An toneo, Texas. The temperature fell te ten degrees below zero at Grand Falls, New Brunswick, yesterday morning. Unloading en Garfield's Administration. Examiner, Stalwart. It is new gradually leaking out that be fore "General Garfield was shot the star route investigation Jbusinew had been overdone. Nevel Falplt Scenes. In Woodstown, N. J., en Tuesday, Rev. E. Dalias Stager, pastor of the Baptist church and for several years pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, of Camden, fell in his pulpit while preaching the last half of ( bis sermon, expiring fifteen min utes after the fall. In Memphis, en Sunday, a large strange bulldog, pure white, bounded into Mount Olive church (colored), breke for the pulpit, seized the visiting preacher and dragged him from the platform, The deg only let go when his brains had been beaten out. The congregation think the devil sent the deg. Iu Avery chapel (colored), at tbc same time, some heavy brothers broke down a bench and created a panic. The church is built en stilts, ever a bayou. The congregation leaped from the window te the bayou carrying sash and all. Many were badly hurt, one wemau fatallv. Great Galea. About forty persons who were injured iu the late English gale are being treated iu the Londen hospitals. It is feared that some of the cases will prove fatal. Fifty barges were sunk in the Thames. Exten sive goods are reported in tbe upper Thames valley. LOCAL INTELLICiENCE. TOBACCO. The Crep of '81 "The Ileni Crep Ever Grewn " Whlte-Telned Trasu "Pre paring te Keceive the New Crep New Warehouses Erected Estimated l'urchases of Mew Leaf. The disinterested inquirer after truth experiences a little difficulty sometimes in finding it, especially if his search be made ameug people concerned in the growth, packing or manufacture of leaf tobacco. Farmers who have sold their last year's crop.are apt te say it is geed aud clean, but much of it short and they get geed prices for it. These who have net yet sold say they have the best crop ever grewu ; free from holes, white-vein or ether imperfec tions, of admirable color aud quality, and becoming better every day. Buyers who invested largely early in the season, say the crop is excellent ; better than they expected when they bought it, and they would duplicate their pur chases if they could but they can not, as they have already secured the cream of the crop. Dealers who declined te enter the race for choice pickiugs early in the season, pronounce the crop a bad oue net only short of leaf, but disastrous ly affected with white vein. The heavy buyers, they say, are sick pf their pur chases, and will leso heavily en them. Of ceurse, all these different statements can not be true, and as we de net care te go te "the bottom of a well" in search of truth, we will be content te adept the ether adage, that "truth lies between ex tremes." A poitien el the crop is, per. haps, the best ever grown, and anetheMing.'' portion whitc-vciued trash ; the bulk of it, however, being about as geed as usual, en au average, but the total weight being a geed deal less than last year, notwithstanding the increased acreage. Geed or bad, there never was before, in the history of the Laucastcr county to bacco trade, such extensive preparations made te rcccive and pack it as arc new being made in this city. Iu additen te the large number of warehouses heretofore used for the purpose, a dozen very large new ones have been erected during the past summer, aud all of them will be completed befere New Year's day. Dur ing a stroll through the northern part of the city yesterday we took in Jehn R, Bitner's new warchouse, North Queeu above Chestnut street ; Teller & Bre.'s new warehouse, North Prince street, near Walnut, adjoining the warehouse hereto fore used by the firm ; Baumgard ncr's three new warehouses, en Lemen near Prince, adjoining the two for merly erected by that enterprising firm ; C. A. Bitner's three new warehouses en the let at the corner of Harrisburg avenue and Mulberry street, near by the three warehouses erected by Mr. Bitner some years age ; en the oppo site side of Mulberry street, clese- te Har risburg avenue, is the fine new double warchouse of Falk & Bre. and A. S. Rosenbaum, and en Charlette street above James the warehouse of Jehn De Haven which is being enlarged te almost four times its former capacity. These are all new structures, and in the same neigh borhood are a number of ethers erected seme years age. Teller Brethers' new building is se nearly completed that the firm a few days age removed into it the tobacco they had stored in the old Frankc warehouse opposite. It is a substantial brick structure live stories high, and capable of stor ing safely 4,000 cases of tobacco. It is floored with yellow pine, lighted by gas, boated by steam, is supplied with a Wcl chans elevator, and contains every conven ience pertaining te a first-class packing house. The basement story will lie used as a receiving room for baled leaf, the first fleer above as an asserting aud packing room and the three upper stories for cased leaf. The above brief description of Messrs. Teller's warehouse will serve for the ether new ones, some of which are of less and seme of greater storage capacity, but all built en substantially the same plan. AU of the warehouses above named will be occupied by the 1st of January ensuing. As a matter of interest we give the names of the occupants and the loca tion and capacity of the warehouses. Harry C. Moero will occupy J. R, Bit ner's new warehouse, North Queen above uncstnut, capacity 2,500 cases. Teller Bres, occupy their new and old warehouses, North Prince below Walnut, capacity 4,uuu anu a.uue cases respective Messrs. Ncubergcr, Fatman & Ce., and Kerb3 & Spicss have taken Baumgardncr's three new warehouses en Lemen near Prince street, capacity from 3 500 te 5.500 caseseacu. Mr: A. Celin has taken C. A. Bituer's new warehouse en Mulberry near Harris burg avenue, capacity 1,500 cases ; Jeseph Ledcrman has taken the largest one en Harrisburg avenue, capacity 3,000 ; aud William Hestetter the adjoining ene as a grain warehouse. The joint warehouses of Falk & Bre. and A, S. Ressenbaum are four-stories and an attic in height, and are new being put under reef. Each of these will have a capacity of 3,500 cases or mere. Mr. De Haven, will occupy his own en larged warchouse en Charlette street, ca pacity 3,000 cases. The abeve list of new buildings grouped together iu one section of the city, will de 10 snow tne wenuertui growth of the to bacco interest of Lancaster, without ad verting te the scores of old warehouses with which the city is dotted, or the new ones in ether parts of the city and in all sections of the county. Buyers of the New Crep. It is impossible te tell what proportion of the new crop has already been pur chased. Rumer has it that Dan. Mayer, for Kerbs & Spiess, has secured 3,500 cases ; Teller Bres, are net far behind with 3,000 cases; Frank Pentlarge, for Levin, evor 2,000 ; Rosenbaum 2,000 ; Ledcrman 1,500 cases ; Skilcs & Frey, R. II. Brubaker. M. Neuberger, Basch & Fisher, Fatman & Ce., Resenfield and a lew ethers 1,000 cases each, and ethers from 50 te 500 cases each. many Old Tobacco. M. Heffman, jr., of Marietta, is re reported te have sold te Messrs. Rosen Resen shjne; and Oppenheimer his packing of 1,100 case. Stauffer & Sens, of Salunga and Lititz, are reported te have sold some 200 te 3000 cases, name of purchaser net given. lOCAL SCIENTIS1S. The IJnnasans la Mentnly Meeting. The Linnaean society met en Saturday, President J. S. Stahr in the chair, and Dr. M. L Davis secretary. The meeting was well attended, and much interest was manifested. After the usual prelimina ries, tbe following donations were an neunced : Museum : A specimen of eats from Hun Hun tingeonshire, England, selected from a growing spot in a field. A specimen of Black -Tartary eats, from the stables of the O'Donevans, Ireland, grown with vetches te support them, and cut and fed green. Specimens of tares or vetches, Huntingdenshire, England, cut aud fed green. Twe specimens of heather, from the same locality, all of which were col lected and presented by Mrs. P. E. Gib Gib eons. Library : Contagious diseases of Ani mals, one vel. 391 pp. octave, illustrated from department of agriculture. Circular of Information, Bureau of Education, 79 pp. octave, from department of the in interior. Twe pamphlets en Discipline of Schools, and Education of Crime, from the same. Nes. 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, vel. 20, Official Patent Office Gazette, from the same. Lancaster Farmer for November, 1881. The Sugar-Bcct for November, 1881. Four book catalogues, foreign and domestic. Historical : A $20 bankbill en the Marietta and Susquehauna trading com pany, date January 5th, 1818 ; a $1 bill en the Egg Harber bank, date Oct. 1, 18G1 ; a $2 bill en the Marine bank of Baltimore, date April 25th, 18G1 ; a $2 bill en the Union bank of Reading, date Dec. 1st, 18G0; a $3 bill en the Bank of New Jersey, date May 1st, 1835 ; a $2 bill ou the Farmers' and Merchants' bauk of Middlctewn Point, New Jersey, date May 1st, 1850. AH of which woie donated by Mr. Wm. II. Bulles. Three envelopes containing 51 scraps of biography and history collected by the curators. DEFERRED UCSINESS. The iesolutieu ettered by Dr. Davis at the July meeting, was considered and adopted, and Dr. Davis, President Stahr and C. A. lleinitsh were appointed the committee thereon, with power te appoint sub committeemen, cither from members or friends of the society. The ebject of this resolution is te take cognizance of such moral aud matciial support as may ceme within the experience aud observa tion of the committees for advaucing tbe interest and efficiency of the society, and te report its progress from time te time at its meetings. Dr. Davis offered the following, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the society held day aud evening meetings alternately : the evening meet ings te be en the last Friday evening of each alternate month at 7 o'clock p. in., and that the secretary shall notify the members el the time and place of meet- Mr. Rathveu called the attention of the society te the fact that the February meeting iu 1882 would be the twentieth anniversary of the society. Mr. II. M. Hcrr, of Millersville, was proposed as au active member of the society. Mrs. Gibbens gave some interesting de tails of the mode and manner of conduct ing society meetings in England. After some informal discussion the so ciety adjourned te meet iu annual meeting en Friday evening, December 30th, 1881. DKWIOKE ITEMS. Regular Down Country Correspondence. At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Sarah Penny, Mr. J. Themas Wil Wil eon, of Baltimore county, Md., was mar ried te Miss Addie Penny en Thanksgiv ing evening. The bride was dressed in white and wero a crown of erange blos soms. The ceromeuy was performed by Rev. Jehn Galbrcatb, the happy pair being attended by Misses Eva and Lena Pagan, nieces of the bride, as maids of honor. There were present a large number of guests who did full and appreciative honor te the clegaut supper provided for the oc casion. The newly-married received con gratulatiens from their many friends as sembled, and from some of them mere substantial remembrances in the way of many fine presents, comprising these known as "useful, beautiful aud orna mental." Notable among the pres ents te the bride was a beautiful geld watch from the groom. A very pleasant evening was spent socially and the bride and groom left next morning for their home in Baltimere county, followed by a countless number of metaphorical, and no doubt some literal " old shoes." An entertaining feature of the evening of the marriage was a calathumpian serenade, lead by Miss Bell Sides, knocking music out of a frying pan with a big spoon, and she did it well, tee. Mr. Jeseph F. Wicks and Miss Bertie Phillips were married en Thanksgiving evening, also, at the home of the bride's bretber-in-law, Mr. Wm. II. Pennington, by the Rev. Mr. Cooper. Mr. Pennington is a geed fellow and all went " merry as a marriage bell," under his hospitable reef. At the Fairfield Jyeeum en Friday even ing, J. W. VanArsdale was elected presi dent ; Wm. II. Gricst, vice president ; Ruthie Stubbs, secretary ; Julia Brown, assistant secretary ; David Weidley, treas urer; and James G. McSparran, critic. Debate en the resolution, "That war is never justifiable," was conducted en the affirmative by J. W. VanArsdale and David Weidicy, and ou the negative by J. G. McSparran aud Dr. Glackcn, the latter side coming from the fray victoiieus, ac cording te the judges. Mr. David Weid ley with his banjo rendered "Up a Bal loon " with fine effect. The question for debate this week is "Resolved, That our government is mere autocratic than demo - cratic." The lyceum was never mere prosperous or its members mere happy. In Edward Wicks's tobacco house,, in a let of tobacco grown by Themas Murphy, is a stock from which a sucker has grown te such length that it is in bloom, laughing at the frost outside. If you can beat it, speak out. We propeso being ahead in te bacce matters. The Thanksgiving dinner at Chestnut Level was a success. Thanks te the caterering of the mothers and daughters of the congregation. KIKE. Three Large Cornfedder Stacks Burned. Between two aud three o'clock this morning three cornfedder, stacks en the farm of Jeremiah Ilcrr, residing en the new read between tbe Willow Street turn pike and the Old Factory read, iu West Lampeter township, a short distance south of this city, were set ou fire and burned. The stacks contained the fodder from feitv acres of land and the less is estimated at $500. The fire was discovered by a Rus sian peddler, who slept last night at Mr. nerr's house. The family fought the flames until the arrival of neighbors, by whose united efforts the fire was prevented from spreading te the new barn built by 3Ir. Hcrr a year age. The stacks were, no doubt set en fire by an incendiary. Frankford's condition. Jehu Frank ford, who was '"shot while attempting te escape from jail yesterday, is doing well today. The most serious injury is te one of his eyes which was struck by a shot grain. He may probably lese the sight of it. The statement in our account of Frank ford's attempted escape, yesterday, that Charles Gibsen is a fugitive from justice, was a mistake. He was recaptured when he get away the last time, and is still in our jail. He was among the large party who attempted te escape recently. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUR KEGULAK COUBESFONUENCE. Peer market. Eggs 30(33 cents per dozen. The Excelsior elocution club will meet this evening at Miss Fauny Hanauer's. The Yigics are waiting patiently for the arrival of their new steamer. It is ex pectcd ou the 15th of December. Mr. Wm. Shuman, of Philadelphia, is visiting relations in town. The Citizens' band will move into their new room, in Bank alley, te-morrow eve ning. "It is cheaper te move than te pay rent." Several new connections will seen be made te the Columbia telephone ex change. The canal will be kept open until Yen nor predicts warm weather, as the canal managers will then kuew it is time te step navigation. "It is reported " that J. G. Blaitie will speak in Marietta ene evening this week. If it is true Columbia will be well repre sented by its Republicans. Eugiue463, which was "raised" en the Pert Deposit railroad yesterday, was sent te Philadelphia last eveuing for an ever hauling. The members of the Presbyterian Sun day school met iu their lecture room last evening, and began preparing for a can tata that will be performed ou Christmas night. The E. E. Lutheran Sunday school has accepted the cantata of "Fairy Grethe," and as seen as the characters arc given out practice will immediately begiu. They will held it iu the opera house the Friday after Christmas. "Led Astray" premises te be ene of the best plays played here this season. All the metropolitan papers speak of it in the highest terms, aud say that the com pany throughout-is the mostcemploto and strongest ene ever theic. The Citizsns' baud will give them a lively serenade A horse attached te a buggy, and be longing te a gcntleman iu Silver Springs, while standing en Locust street, became scared and ran oil". At the corner et Third and Chestnut streets in turning, he ran into a fence, breaking the shafts aud the top. The harness was completely de stroyed. The herse after being caught was returned te the owner, who rode horseback home. The estimate of the damage is about lifty-livc dollars. A half wittcd man had a lit this morn ing at market. He fell te the pavement and yelled in a fearful manner. His fin gers were badly cut by his tearing at the pavement. After it was ever he arose and went his way as though nothing had happened him. He is accustomed te these spells aud should net be allowed te go free, as when uudcr their influence he is ex tremely dangerous. Mr. Dave Celeman has new en exhibi tion a let of minerals, geld and silver quartz, and ether specimens gathered from the West. Mr. A. V. Rogers brought them along home from his trip iu New Mexico. Many ether articles he brought along, but as he considers them very unique specimens, but privately they can be seen. Ann illashed. Mr. Fcrd Rissinger, a brake man en the C. D. local, while coupling cars at Mid Mid dlceown yesterday about noeti, had his left arm caught and mashed at the elbow. He was brought here en a freight train aud Dr. Craig dressed the wound. Unless the arteries in the arm are injured ampu tation will be unnecessary. Mr. Rissinger has only been en the railroad for two weeks. About a year age he returned from the regular army, having served in that service nearly two years. IIe i;a paiutcr by trade and unmarried, was also a charter member of Company C aud served three months as a volunteer during the strike of 1877. His friends deeply sympathize with his afilictien. Tramps Alieut. Tramps are agaiu becoming obnoxious around Columbia. Large crowds pass through here daily, and as is the usual case, most of them are very rough and in sulting. Last night twenty-one of these gentry alighted from a freight train at the cut, walked through town begging at nearly every house, and at the tunnel bearded a west bound Height train. Offi cer Brady is greatly missed. Tramps were afraid of him and kept their distance. But new everything i changed. We de net meau te reflect for inefficiency ou the present railroad detectives, as they have net yet had the experience, but by perseverance they will, no doubt, be as geed as Brady. We hope se. One tramp called at a house of ene of our citizens last evening, and upon being banded sorae bread and meat, insulted the giver aud threw the eatables en the ground, saying "that such stuff was only fit for hogs." He then took his departure. Tramp Catcher Kccch will also have te keep his eyes open or he will leso his laurels. Our Soldier Beys. Ce. C's drill last evening was mere largely attended than any ether niuht since their return from Yorktown. Twenty members were present. The men can hardly be blamed for net attendiug mere regularly, as the room is uncomfortably cold, it being impossible te make fire in the heater iu the cellar, as that portion of tbe building mere than half the time is filled with water. The defect has been ordered te be fixed, but nothing has been done. Hence the few at the drills. After drill a business meeting was held, and Messrs. S. K. Fendcrsmith, 31. Smith aud James A. Slade were appointed a com mittee te erect a gymnasium, the mem hers te pay for it. The company will have a turkey sheeting match en Saturday afternoon, the turkey te be placed in a brick mound and uethiug but his head te remain uncovered. At a hundred yards the men arc te sheet at this object, the turkey te be given te the one who hits it. OBITUARY. Heath of Ilcnry . Kauflman. Henry S. Kauffman, the well-known hotel aud bearding-house keeper, died of dropsy, at his residence, corner of North Queen and Lemen streets, yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock, aged about G8 years. Mr. Kauffman was born in East Hemp, field township ; learned the tailoring trade at Rohrcrstewn and followed it for some years ; then engaged in dreving and sub sequently became proprietor of the hotel en the Harrisburg turupike above Rehrcrs town ; then removed te Lancaster aud kept i he Black Herso hotel for several years ; leaving it, he and Jeseph Crcmer took the Glete hotel ; selling out his in terest te Mr. Cremcr, he opened a board beard ing house at the Exchange hotel building, East King street, removing from it a year age and continuing the business at North Queen and Lemen streets. Sir. Kauffman was a very pleasant gentleman ; a fine type of the old-fashioned landlord ; had a genial smile, au extended hand and a warm wel come for everybody. He was educated in the old Mcnnonite faith. He leaves a wife ( nee Miss Peiffcr ) aud six children te mourn his death. Engel'4 llalght. C. II. Engel and Ida V. Baight, of Col umbia, parties te the late Philadelphia scandal, were in the courts of that city yesterday, -having returned from their trip westward. She swere she had signed the complaint against him ignorantly and the case of adultery against him was aban doned. He was held te answer his wife's complaint of desertion and assault and battery, and there is talk of prosecuting the Baight girl for perjury. Up te S105. J. B. Leng, broker, sold yesterday at private sale 10 shares Lancaster County national bank stock at $105 per share. OBSTRUCTING CHRISTIAN STREET- EKECT1AG GIGANTIC POLES. TELKGKAI'H Crowding Out Vehicles anil retle.irinu.. Property Owners Resist Invasion. Workmen for the Rapid telegraph com pany, the new alleged rival of the West ern Uuieu. were busy- yesterday arranging for the erection of poles en Christian street, leading from the liue of the com pany in the upper part of the city down town, for the location of a central office en East King street. Like the poles previ ously erected en the streets and alleys in the northern and eastern sections of the city by this eunipitiy, these laid en Chris tian street were of enormous si.e, about IS or 20 inches in diameter. There is already a line of poles en Christian street, carrying a number of telegraph aud telephene wiics and interfering greatly with the right of way for vehicles iu this nanew but busy thoieughfare. The sticet, especially from Walnut te East King, is much traveled by wagons and ether vehicles aud by pedestrians hurryieg te and from the station, the stables anil workshops en its line, and between the station aud court house. The hide walks are very narrow and the street is in such a condition that iu bad weather it is very disagreeable te have te take te the middle of it. Except when the walking is geed there is net room new for two persons te pass en the pavement. Le ! when the diggers of the holes for the poles came te sink their im plements, they dug at points 50 yards apatt, marked en the very pavement aud seen had .excavations made nearly as wide as a well aud deep enough te bury a mule. Te plant a gigantic pole iu this, would bj te simply obstruct the sidewalk aud make it almost impissable if net ut terly useless. The property holders na turally bcc.ime excited at the peremptory occupation of their premises and protected a 'aiust it. J.imcs Emington was iu charge of the cemp.tuy's work ami his employee said they had their authority from the street committee, acting under direction of councils ; and that the street commit- tcumeu had shown them where te dig, and they were going te put the poles right there. One property owner said plaiuly that if they put up a pole at the place marked en his pavement, he would prompt Iy cut it down. A number of the aggrieved carried their cases te the mayor, who promptly pronounced tbe proceeding an outrage, aud that the invasion of private rights aud the obstruction of the streets should net biisubmittcd te. He had under stood, it was claimed, that all this was being done under au alleged authority from councils ; he did net think suuh au thority could extend te the grant of ligbt.s te obstruct nidewalks and tin vel through the streets, aud he agreed with prupeity holders who were dutcrr.iinc.l te resist the planting of the poles in their sidewalks or te remove thorn if their erection was per sisted in, though, as the contractors were acting under authority of councils, the police could net iutoifcre with them. Chairman of the Street Committee Mo Me Mullen, in au interview with the telegraph men this morning, pointed; out the ob jectionable size el the peles. The repre sentatives of the company declared that they waut te keep ou geed terms with our citizens and premised -di.ive all the poles down te ten iuche.". in thickness above the ground. Mr. McMulIcu was satisfied with this. Meantime it was disceveied by the re picscutativesef Dr. .I.M. Feltz's,dee"d, es tate that a pole was te be planted in the pavement en the west side of the Union hotel, belonging te this estate, if net with iu the line of the property ; Fred Brimmer found that the entrance te the street would be tee much ubstiucted for a lead of hay te get into his livery stable ; Mr. Jehn B. Warfcl discovered that a hele had been dug right ever his sewer whete it runs out into the street, and au objectionable abyss yawned en Majer Hewell's Chris tian btrcct sidewalk. The property owners had these holes filled up, ordered the tele graph men te quit work and set their own hands te keep the holes closed. The operatives moved down street a little wiy and started te put up etic of the brr poles just behind Jehn A Snyder's let iu ' near his back entrance. All the abeve .lamed property owners are determined te resist invasion of their rights, aud are in consultation with counsel devising what they are going te de about ir. By 2 o'clock this afternoon ;i large ciewd of persons bad gathered iu Chris tian street, between the railroad and Orange, te see what was going en. The pole en the rear of Snyder's is up, full sizr, aud is partly ever the property line. Sny der threatens te cut it down. The project te erect one en Majer Hewell's pavement, is abandoned, and a pole has goue up en Marien street, just oil' Christian, close be side Dr. McCaila's stable, and narrowing ing the street seme 18 inches. Contractor Gill aud his superintendent have tried te get permission of S. II. Reynolds, esq., te set ene inside the Hue of his stable piep crty, aud hoped te get through the alley that way, but he declines te give it The construction corps arc trying te find places for poles which were te have been planted aside of Mr. Warfcl's and the Feltz properties, and they say that if they cannot get sites en private property they will set them en the street as directed by the street committee and commissioner. The citizens universally protect against the obstruction, and threaten te resort te an injunction te prevent it. Much fault is found with councils for granting the right te traverse a street se much traveled as Christian. Then; will be mere fun when the i-qii.tie between Oiange am! East King is entered. The latest advices from the scat of war, 3 p. in., are that that the pole raisers have failed te arrange amicably with the pio pie perty holders, for the right toebstiuct their sidewalks, and will put up the poles where they please, aud "Maud any light" made against them, defending themselves behind the alleged authority given them by councils te "come down Chestnut street." sr.wKit cavki m. Tlirei: Men Hurt by Fa'liug Earth. About 11 o'clock this morning several cartloads of earth caved iu from the banks of the new sewer being built at the corner of Chestnut and Water sticcts, partly burying Henry Jehns, Henry Hildebrand and Christian Hcrr, who were working in the trench. Jehns was quite seriously in jured, and after being dug out was taken in a coach te his bearding house en '"caver street. He resides'in Laud is Valley when at home. Henry Ilildcbiaud was badly jammed and bruised by the earth falling upon h'm, but he resumed work, being determined te find hU hat, which was buried beneath the earth. Christian Herr was struck en the head by a stetie, but net very seriously hurt. A large rock, weighing several hundred pounds, fell from the top of the bank and came very near crushing the men in the trench, which at this point is about sixteen feet deep. rell from a ScalTeld. Yesterday Henry Demmcl, while work ing en a Bcaflbld nearthe reef of the new five-story warehouse of Falk and Rosen baum, North Mulberry street, fell from a scaffold six feet above the upper story, but . alighting across the joists he saved him- - self from going through into the cellar, and escaped without serious injury. Ilied in tlie Hitmen. Last evening Charles Schwebel's driv ing horse was taken suddenly ill with colic and died in the harness, en Seuth Lime street, while being taken te the stable.
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