LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2.1881. ILancastcr fnfeiUaencer. FRIDAY KVKNINO, DEC. 2, 1881. Inharmonious Tariff Mem. The tariff convention in New Yerk does net seem te Lave made very much impression. Like most tariff agitation the prime movers in it were each bent en securing the greatest advantages for his own special interest; and, while the country at large is committed te the doctrine of moderate protection for home industries until they can fairly sustain themselves, there has been such leg-rolling, extortion and patchwork about our tariff legislation as te create a wide-spread dissatisfaction with and opposition te the whole scheme. It seems te be the law of trade te try and sell for the most and buy for the least, and every manufacturer spells Protec tion ' with a big 1 ' only when it covers his own shop. He likes the prin ciple when it puts money into his own pocket, and dislikes it when it takes the money out. It is human nature. Neither of the political parties is harmonious within itself en this question and new that a peculiarly and exclu sively tariff convention has met and parted, we hear grumbling that Kelly's free whisky and free tobacco plank was net adopted, that popular sympathy in New Yerk was net with the convention and that Jehn Reach's marine subsidy scheme was discountenanced. The truth is the tariff is inseparably bound up with ether questions of revenue and taxation and cannot be considered regardless of them. The present internal revenue and tariff systems produce an enormous sur plus and constitute an oppressive taxa tion. It will require well considered and temperate legislation te adjust them te each et her and te the wants of the country. One of the odd features of its discussion is that extreme free traders and out and-out tariff men unite in cry ing " down with the internal revenue sj stein.' A Ridiculous Prosecution. Chief Justice Benjamin Franklin Ttewe, ex-shcriff, auctioneer and alder man, continues te dispense with justice for the benefit of J. Kahler Snyder, and his partners in the blackmailing busi ness whoever they may develop te be. This morning they had before them a candy man from Millersville who sometimes gives his neighbors a salve for cancer, and they pay him or net for it as they see fit. He makes no parade of his business nor pretensions te prac tice medicine or surgery, and at his hear ing tills morning we are assured there was net a scintilla of evidence produced tosus tesus tain the charge that in the terms of the law lie lias received or accepted for his service:? " any fee or reward directly or indirectly ' since the passage of the law. All the same he was turned ever te the quarter sessions in the hope of making $e0 for Kahler Snyder and costs for the dis trict attorney out of his case. Under Chief Justice Howe's construc tion of the law a man who advises his neighbor en the street te go home and take a gargle for his threat, or put court plaster en his cut finger, is liable te prose cution for unlawfully practicing medi cine and surgery! One nf the finest gems of Geerge Eliet's v it and wisdom is this : " The raw bacon which clumsy Melly spares from her own scanty store, that she may carry it te iier neighbor's child te ' step the fits,' may be a piteous' inetlicacieus remedy ; but the generous stirring of neighborly kindness that prompted the deed lias a lieneficenl radiation that is net lest." Ben Howe and Kahl Snyder would knock that sentin.ent " higher than a kite " by promptly prosecuting " clumsy Melly " for practicing medicine and sur gery against the law, which they have elected themselves te administer. Tiik Xar Em errs in its statement that " all of President Buchanan's offi cial and personal correspondence, in the original manuscripts, which was placed for safe keeping in Merrell's warehouse, in New Yerk city, recently destroyed by fire, has just been recovered from the ruins intact and without any marks in dicating the fiery ordeal te which it has been subjected." The correspondence of the ex-nresident, in the hands of his biographer, Geerge Ticknor Ctutis, had been placed in the Merrell wareIieuse,but it was removed therefrem " intact " four days before the fire, by which Mr. Curtis lest all his own personal effects. By this lucky escape in part Mr. Curtis has been enabled te push forward his labors en Buchanan biography with sat isfactory speed and its early publication is anticipated. The friends of our late distinguished fellow-citizen have every reason te believe that the work will be satisfactory te them and the public, and that it will vindicate the truth of history tm m Guiteau took along stride yesterday in the way of dispelling popular suspi cion of his insanity, when looking, at Judge Perter very intently and in view of his demeanor toward him en the wit ness stand, he said: " Oh you need net leek se fierce at me; you can't scare me. Just make your statement in a slew, genial way, and we will get along bet ter." Guiteau is net a model of polite manners and he would net likely be a better man in Perter's place, but he told the truth squarely in his advice te law yers generally as te hew te examine wit nesses. The "fierce" leek seldom ac complishes much for tiie attorney who puts it en; the " slew genial way " gen erally gets out all the truth he wants. m Tiik multiplication of commercial ex changes in New Yerk is for the purpose of providing facilities for speculative ventures in a class of commodities that, as a rule, have heretofore been bought and sold en the solid and safe basis of supply and demand." Gambling in stocks which have no value except as feet-balls for brokers, has been disas treus te the business and morals of the country. Grain, oil, whisky and cotton have for years been the objects of the same illegitimate class of speculation; and it is with real alarm for real danger that the public contemplates the institu tion of " puts" and "calls" en all the necessities of life, investing even death with new terrors by prospective " cor ners" in coffins. Unduly Excited. The Harrisburg Telegraph will never get ever the grievous less inflicted upon the bearding houses of that city in the new districting of the state by the su preme court judges, se as te consolidate nearly all the business in Philadelphia at the less te Harrisburg and Pittsburgh of the genial presence of a dozen or mere lawyers for an average of several weeks during the season of spring lamb, cham pagne and draw poker. Te the people of the state it makes very little matter where the court meets ; they are will ing te let the judges and the lawyers settle it te suit themselves, and they seem te have done it ; and te these of the judges who travel en free railroad passes, issued in contravention of the constitution they swore te support, it would net seem te matter where they went nor hew often they had te move. But the Telegraph sees in the new order signs of the decay of the commonwealth and abuses the judges who made it like pickpockets. Nene of the steals which have disgraced Harrisburg, nor the par don of the bribers, nor any .shame that has ever fallen upon the state has awak ened the Telegraph te such bitter resent ment as the removal of nearly all the supreme court business te a lessmephitic atmosphere than that of the state cap ital, polluted by the Legislature in win ter and by the failure of the river te carry off its sewer filth iu the summer. Pkeuauly nothing severer lias leen said of the new administration than the current report that " a petition is in cir culation requesting the president te ap point General O. E. Babcock superin tendent of public buildings and grounds, the place formerly occupied by Colonel Rockwell."' Like most public men Ar thur has cause te pray te be delivered from his friends. Next Brady will be asking for the postmaster generalship and Dersey aspire te be attorney gen eral. Receiv.eu Huxtek and Controller Pattison have begun te lay before Phil adelphia councils the evidence of the stealing in the tax offices and that which has been se far produced justifies what has been premised. Ex-Receiver Smith asks for an investigation, and he would have get it without asking. Itisel quite as much importance te the public as te him te have it disclosed whether he profited from the operations of his wicked partners, or was truly geed and blind in both eyes. Uxci.e Jenx Ccssxv had belter sub side. He has baicly enough of life left te devote it all te repentance. Tiiei:k are enough Pennsylvania pil grims in Washington hunting office for all te be left. If it se happens some of them will have te come home by turnpike. Gunkkai.i.y the sheriff has te hunt his man, but the Kansas banker, who is in the hands aud at the tender nicicy of a mob et lyncheis, would gladly see!: the seclusion that the sheriff grants. ""Jehn Cussx will contest." We thought he did contest at the November election. Well, well, he wasn't satisfied te be beaten only 13. He will come out of court with about 130 against him. State TuEASUKEit-KLEfT llvn.v tuins up at Washington as a visiting statesman from Pennsylvania. As McPlicrsen legged for him in the campaign Hke as net he is for anybody te heat McPherson. The trouble at Milleisvillc, lcpeifeit yesteiday en what seemed te be reliable information, is new reported cm just as geed autheiity te have been far less ser ious than was alleged. We take pleasure in giving the ether sile a heariug, aud no one can rejoice niore than the Intki.ij Intki.ij Intki.ij or.xeEii that rational modes of discipline there aic bringing faculty ami students te a geed understanding and pleasant, rela tions. Yeiik built a beautiful opera house, in which the skill of Durangthe architect, of Smith the scene painter, of Scattagglia and Cestigiuni the decorative aitists. weie lavished, and new when the enterprise stands completed a thing of beauty, the benifying discovery is made that the peo ple ever thore de net care for public amusements auyhew, and theatre compa nies are forced te face empty benches every time. The Dispatch calls for some prac tical dramatic manager te take the helm, and gives its opinion that the beard of dircoters don't knew anything about run ning a thcatic. According te the Philadelphia Inquirer, " the contest for speaker has narrowed down te General Keifcr, of Ohie, and Frank Hiscock, of New Yerk, with the odds iu favor of Keifer. Heed, of Maine, and Kassen, of Iowa, have some following, but have ue serious chauces of winning." But then the Inquirer is generally a week behind the news. The situation is simpli fied for Pennsylvania by the appearance of Frank Iloetcn as a third candidate for clerk from this state, aud if Cameren needs mere te crowd McPherson out he can easily summon some leservesiutn the field. As the Pennsylvania delegation is apparently conceded te held the key te the situation a careful canvass has been made, with the following result : Fer His cock, certain, Harmer, Ward, Campbell, Errett and Bayne. The latter, in case Hiscock becomes speaker, te have the chairmanship of the committee en rail roads. Fer Hiscock, lukewarm, Sam Barr, O'Neill, Jadwin and Herr Smith. Uncertain, Bingham, Kclley, Godschalk, Scranteu and Fisher. The latter has a liking for Keifer. Fer Reed, of Maine, Shallenberger. Fer Kassen, Miller, Walker and Watsen. The Sun gives quite a budget of infor mation te a correspondent who appeals te it " te discountenance the use of the snob bish, vulgar, lying appendage of Esquire te our names. Alse help te rub out Mister, and that ether bit of snebbery: Pig-ville-upon-Hudsen, ' ' Briktown-upen-Hudson,' and the like." The Fun explains that Esquire is " derived from the French evayer, which means a shield bearer, .a gentleman of the lowest rank carrying the escutcheon of the knight or noble te whom he happens te be attached. New, it is true that in a country where there is no lowest rank of gentlemen, and where everybody is equal te everybody else, there is no real sense in addressing any eue as a shield bearer ; yet the custom comes down te us from England, and if people cheese te adhere te it, we cannot see that it destroys their morals or under mines their religion. Mister is an abbre viation of the Latin, magister, master, and in England it is applied regularly te per sons in an inferior social condition. Any mechanic or workingman, who is there looked down upon by the mere gorgeous and fortunate portion of mankind every man in England leeks down en somebody and leeks up te somebody is addressed as ' Mister ; ' while a gentleman who has no specific title is addressed as ' Esquire.' Iu this country there is no such distinc tion between the two ; yet if snobbish people prefer te set it up, we cannot see that they de any serious damage. " The Philadelphia Press is a little late publishing a suggestion from R. II. Chase, that when Garfield in his illness wrote ' itrangulalus pre republica," he did net mean "slaughtered for the republic," as has been claimed iu seme quarters, but in tended te give the phrase its proper mean ing "tormented" or " tortured." Already in the Tribune Jehn Hay had discussed the same question aud intelligently pointed eat that Rockwell's translation was very bad. " The Latin strangulare, in its lit eral sense, applies exclusively te death by choking or suffocation. It is derived, with out change or meaning, from the corres ponding Greek verb, which comes in turn from the noun slraggla, a halter. Se geed a Latinist as the president would scarcely have chosen a word of such narrow and inappropriate meaning, when the better werd'af cfruft, te describe death by wound ing, must have been ready te his hand. But there there is a metaphorical meaning of strangulatus whicli is used iu the poets and in writers of pest classical prose, es pecially writers upon law, which was pro bably in General Garfield's mind, as he lay chained te his bed in that long mid summer agony. The word in that sense means tortured or tormented. There is authority for such use of it in Ovid, Sen eca and Juvenal. All the evidence we have indicates that en the 17th day of July the president's own hepe of lccevcry, as as well as that of his at teudauts. was still strong." PERSONAL. U. S. Judge W.M. Bi'Ti.nn, lemaius ill at West Chester, and his ceuit is at a staud still. Mile. Res.v Bexiielm: is residing at her charming villa at Nice, where she is greatly admired and courted. If Wiiittakek don't get justice he " will go into the British army." Has he consulted the British ai my? James B. Beck was unanimously 10 nominated for United States senator by the Democratic caucus of the Kentucky Legis lature last night. Congressman S. S. Cey, who has le ccntly returned from a tour of Europe and the Hely Land, was serenaded by his friends in New Yerk last night. Mr. Ilnxnv E. Jouxstex, wife aud son, of Wheatland, near this city, sailed fiem New Yerk en Wednesday, in the Cunard steamship Gallia, and will spend the winter in the Fouth of France. Miss Annie Louise Cahy was robbed of two diamond ear-rings and two similar ly precious finger-rings at Cleveland the ether day, but the thief was caught and the jewels recovered. The youngest revivalists new in the field are Ben and Letta Joyce, twins, aged fourteen years. They are said te exhort and siug with great feeling, and aic meeting with wonderful success in southern Missouri. The Marquis of I.enxi: and thoPiin thePiin ccss Lerisr. made their first appearance together since the marquis' ariival in Eng land, at the ceremonies attending the opening of an exhibition of smeke-prc-ventiug apparatus and smokeless fuel, at the Seuth Kensington museum. Gov. Chittenden, of Missouri, employs convict labor in his household, a number of men and women being detailed from the penitentiary for that service. The governor had a silver wedding a few days age and two et the leleus very nearly suc ceeded in cscapiug with the gifts. Li-tiiek L. Helden, of the Bosten Journal, retires from journalism after an active career of nearly 30 years, and w ith an acquaintance iu dramatic and musical circles net excelled by any American journalist. He participated in 23 balloon ascensions in different states, including the lccent ascension of Prof. King in Min nesota, and had written letters descriptive of various famous localities. Under his sevcie sufferings and anxiety, owing te the weuud in his feet from Rebert Smith Lister's pistol two months age, Samuel Josephs has lest all of his former rotundity. His confinement te the house makes him fretful, retarding conva lescence, and it is net known hew seen lie will be able te get out of doeis again. He has net yet beeu able te read his famous Timea'' letters from abroad. The manner of Jr.itE McKihuin's death at St. Jeseph was as fellows : He was walking in the corridor of his hotel with Cel. A. C. Dawes, te whom he remarked that he had net slept the night before and that he would have te sit down. He sat down heavily, his head falling en his chest. He was carried te his room, and without uttering a word died in a few minutes. President B. A. Hinsdale, of Hiram, authorizes the statcraeut that he has been appointed by Mrs. Garfield the editor of General Garfield's works, with instructions te collect, edit and carry them through the press as speedily as is consistent with com pleteness and thoroughness. He has ac cepted the trust, and shall immediately set about preparing the material. This com mission covers the speeches, addresses and published papers of General Garfield, but has nothing te de with the life. Murder Mysteries. Twe small heys were searching for bones in a pile of rubbish, consisting of dirt and brick, in the upper section of Reading. In digging they, unearthed an arm, te which skin and sinews still ad hered. The discovery created quite an excitement in the community where it was found. An examination developed the fact that the arm was that of a woman, and it is te be investigated by the police authorities. Fifteen years age two peddlers disap peared in a mysterious manner in the vi cinity of the Kintzlcr murder, committed four years age, in Snyder county, and new Jeseph Meyer has been arrested for complicity in tbe murder of one of the piddlcrs. Meyer is also charged with having pursued Detective Lyen a short time since with a view of sheeting him, as a punishment ter arresting the Kintz lcr murdsrers. Kallruail Accidents. Near Raiitan a broken axle wrecked a train en the New Jersey Central yester day ; and a laud slide at Reigelsville, en P. R. R., blocked travel for five hours with forty tens of earth and rock. SOT MUCH "MCSIC." JJttle Friction at die State Nermal. Eds. Lntelligencek : In your article of te-day, entitled "Mere Music at Mil lersville," some things are stated as facts which are net facts, and an erroneous im pression is conveyed by the general tone of the aiticle. Dr. Brooks did net, as was stated, refuse Mr. White all informa tion as te why he was asked te Jeave the school. Dr. Brooks distinctly informed him that it was en account of his continual absence from class, and his connection with mischief. Very little excitement prevailed at the time. The majority of the students, always in sympathy with a fellow student in trouble, and believing Mr. White te be in some measure falsely accused, informed the faculty of this, and drew up a respectful petition, asking that Mr. White be given a further trial, and pledging themselves for his geed con duct in the future. The petitien was gotten up in the utmost geed will en all sides, and was immediately taken up and considered iu the most respectful manner by the faculty, and net by the "chief" of the institution. Ne such answer was given as that " it could net he considered for want of time. " It is still under con sideration, and his friends have every reason te expect that it will have a favor able termination te themselves. The writer of the article evidently wished te convey the impression that the faculty aud students of the school are still arrayed in hostile opposition. We, as a student , ask you te say that never was a better feeling manifested between the students and the authorities, than at present. One ok the Students. Millcisviile, Dec. 1. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The public debt statement for Novem ber shows a decrease of 7,249,120. Black bears arc unusually plentiful iu the Catskill region. Connection between the Texas Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, in Texas, was effected yesterday. Heavy rains impeding travel and the cigarmakcrs' strike have caused a large falling off of revenue collections in Mil waukee. The output of coal from the Neva Sco tia miues te November 23 was 150,000 tens, or 23,000 tens mere thau for the full year of 1880. The house of Mclvin Smith, at Montreal was robbed of several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry and watches en Wednes day night. Judge Teurgee and seme Philadelphia capitalists have started upon a feel's er rand into '"Our Continent" publishing company with 30,000 capital. Bids are being received for the construc tion of the grain elevator at Canten. It will have a capacity of eue million bushels, and a pier is also te be built 100 by 430 feet in size. King's tailor shop, Cressloy's dry goods store, Kerr's drug stere and the Canada business college, all in Leater's block, Hamilton, Out., wcrd damaged by fire yesterday. Less, 23,000 ; insurance $23, 000. The excess of experts ever irapeits dur ing the twelve months ending October 31, 1881, was 217,887,338. The excess of imports of geld aud silver coin aud bull ion dining the same period was $09,931, 138. At the Alexandria park races the ether day a betting man kuewn as "Heppy," because he is lame, attempted te leave the grounds without payiug these who had made wagers with him. He was mobbed and nearly killed, his carriage burned and his horses stampeded. On Thanksgiving clay seme men who were engaged in hunting, about two miles west of Watkius, N. Y., suddenly came upon Jehn Brcitmirc, an insane man, nearly naked and frozen. He had been lest from home for a week and his feet and hands will have te be amputated te save his life. Yesterday was Flerida day at the At lauta Exposition grounds. Gov. Blox Blex hain, accompanied by all the State officers, was in attendance, and the Flerida build ing was ferinaliy opened te the public with appropriate corcmenies. Postmaster Gen eral James, accompanied by Assistant Postmaster General Elmer aud party, was piescut, and left at night for Wash ington. LAW AHU LYNCHERS. Murder, .Suicide anil Itetrlbutieu. Dr. Jeseph A. Beggs, bookkeeper and chemist at the Alice furnace, Irenton, Ohie, was cruelly murdered en Wcdncs day night about 8 o'clock a short distauce above tbe city. The murderers used a shotgun, leaded with buckshot and slugs. Jehn Wagner aud Bill Seek have been ar rested as the murderers. Wagner con fessed firing two shots at Beggs, but says it was iu self-'icfcnsc. Beggs boie a high character. About three o'clock yesterday morning a party of masked men, numbering 73 or 100, took from the jail at Oxford, Gran ville county, N. C, Jehn Brodie and Shad rack Hester, colored, charged with the murder of T. M. Lynch, and hanged them in a grove of trces near the spot where the murder was committed. Te get at the prisoners the jailer was taken from his home and forced te open the doers, when the guards were disarmed and shut up in the guard house. It was believed iu Hunucwell, Kansas, yesterday that Danferd, the broken bank president, would probably be lynched be fore this morning. A committee appoint ed by the unfortunate depositors te go te Wichita and investigate the value of the collaterals "abstracted" from Dan ford's Caldwell bank, has returned te Huunewcll and reported that net mere than 20 cents en the dollar can be paid. The mob having Danferd in charge was en the lookout yesterday for the arrival of militia te protect the prisoners m mi STATE ITEMS. Preventive is cheaper than cure ; se Al legheny will borrow 611,000 te build a pest house next te a cemetery. Levi Strasscr, alias Jehn Snyder, a horse thief in the Norristown jail for three years, has utterly lest his speech, but his eyes are geed enough ter mm te feast en the pictures with which his cell walls are adorned, the most prominent among which, is an illustration cut from the Ivliee uazelte, or a band of tram robbers, masked, "going through" a sleeping car. A Terrible Explosion. The boiler in the Yazoo oil works, at Yazoo City, Miss., exploded at eleven o'clock yesterday morning with terrific force, tearing away the boiler-heuso aud the end of the main building. Seven col ored men were wounded, fenr of them fatally. The boiler, which was an old one feity inches in diameter and thirty feet Ien?, with five Hues, was blown across the street, under a heues opposite, tearing away the supports of the house. m Obituary. Among distinguished parsons lately de ceased are Tracy R. Edsen, founder of the American Bank Nete company, patentee of the greenback green ; Solemon Lin coln, banker and statesman, of Hingham, Mass., aud Richard Barten Hexall, lead ing flour merchant of Richmond. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. The First Week of the Meveinber Terns. BEFORE JUDGE PATTEKSOX. Emanuel Ned and Ames Neff, executers of Henry Neff, dee'd, vs. Benjamin D. Meyer, summons in trespass. Beth par ties own mills situated in Strasburg and Lampeter townships. The plaintifls al lege that defendant by raising his mill dam floods their land and damages it. The title of Henry Neff was offered in evidence. It showed that he held it under a sale issued out of orphans' court by the guardian of Maria Ann Brackbill, who was a legatee under Christian Brackbill's will. The defense objected te this, con tending that that portion of the property occupied by Neff was net covered by that order, and he therefore had no legal title. The court would net admit the evidence and plaintiffs suffered a uen suit. Iu the case of Jacob Gable, administra tor of Jacob Gable, dee'd., vs. Gideon W. Arneld, summons in debt, a verdict was taken iu favor of the defendant. BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON. Henry W. Diffenbaugh and Emma M. Diffenbaugh, his wife, te the use of said Emma M. Diffenbaugh, vs. Herman Mil ler. This was an action brought te recover the price of 120 sheep hides bought by the defendant. The testimony for the plain tiff showed that he made a contract with defendant te furnish him hides for six months, payment te be made at the end of three months for what had been deliv ered te that time. The defense was that payment was net te be made until the end of the contract, and the suit was prema turely brought. The jury found for the defense. The Jurers Discharged, Ne meie cases wcre ready for tiial aud the jurors were discharged at 10 o'clock this morning. Court adjourned te 10 o'clock te-morrow morning. Grade or Pupil. The following is the general grade by classes of the pupils iu attendance at the boys' high school for the month of No vember. The second column shows the number of different kinds of leaves, each representing its own distinct species of plant or tice presented by the boys in their herbals during the month as a part of the practical ,weik of the season in the study of betauy : F1KST CLASS. Clias Carpenter. C II Obreiter.... Harry AShcnk.. J 11 Gerhart.... Gee M Derwart. Sit SlavmaUer.. D S Smith Carl JtKnhy Jas II MmiMiii... .88 50 ..as se .95 80 .111 50 .". 52 .00 60 .89 50 .87 200 .79 CI Win I. Gable... Wm II Keck ... E G KIchheltz.. Wm II Kirk.... WmC Pyfer.... N J Blackwood Robt 51 Adams. Herry It Ssinith. ..SC C3 ,..SG 50 ..85 114 ..85 50 ..85 11C I.. 84 54 ..81 4l ..SO 50 8ECOSD CLASS. Win tt Peters....!)? Gee W Cooper.... 95 Kd It Garvin 91 Jno II Hurtman.'JO WiuG Baker ....89 Fred S Tyler.... 87 Leicester I.eiur..StS C S Stermlcltz..SB C lias J Zec!ier....85 50,Chasll Brady.. ..re GOiE M Stene 80 50 S C Wiant. 80 72 A K Albrhrht....7'J 50 WBHellinger....7fl 3J Chas C Herr 74 52 H B Shearer 72 0 Abramli. Miles. .70 Jas Pranglcy 00 Walter Gletcw..68 Sidney Evans.... Gt T W bne3serett...CTi Hicst'd Hartmantil 50 83 Win II Auxer....8.1 Jehn A Charles. .SI Menree Jt Hir-,h..8I Isaac II Stirk....81 170 53 TUIRD CLASS. EdM Harlnian..93 Chas D Krcider ..88 Harry X Mills.... 8S 102. Jehn II Krcasrer. 59 ID Kesenstein. fil Christ J Urban.. Gee E Zcllcrs....87 Chas G Strickler..M) 77 Chas I) Myers... Jehn W BUncr Edw C Bursk...85 Heward (J SnvdciSI Jehn LCohe.... Jehn C Sample. Chas WJIelliiigcrKl Jas ti Stewart ...SI Harry C Mercer. jS7iCba9.G. Oilier. recr.Ta class. SanriGechcnancrOI Hcunaii I, Wiant Win J Eberly.... Wm II Musser..., Jehn X lli-trick.89 Slier EdjrcrIey....S8 Abram l;itncr...,.K' Wm L Sterinteltz82 Harry Buckius..7C Win M Maxwell. .75 Harry L Zeek....73 Ilew'd Gressman72 A Wayne liltncr. I.cm E Derwart. Win K Adams.. WB Kirkpatrick. Jacob U Grelt.... D K Gundaker. Edw D Sprecher. Gee I. Cramer.... G . Uheads Martini. Ream.. 72 Heward Kehrer. ..72 TUiimphrcvllle. UK DRAMA. AVallack'u Company In " Londen Assur ance." A fine audience was present at Fulton opera heuse last night te witness the rep resentation by Wallack's theatre company of Beucicault'a comedy of " Londen As surance." The hall was net crowded, how ever, as it should have been when the merits of the troupe and the worthy ob ject of their appcarance here are consid ered. Perhaps the local management committed a mistake iu putting their prices a peg tee high, but that has no thing te de with the performance, which was distinguished by uncommon evenness and real excellence throughout. Se ad mirable a combination of talent has never been surpassed upon the stage of this city ; each member of the company is a fin ished actor, se that what is said of any ene may with almost equal pro priety be said of any ether, and a mere reproduction of the cast, if that were nec essary, would furnish a complete index te the character of the performance. The names have already been published in these columns, thus obviating the necessity of any word of ours each carries its own comment with it, each holds undisputed place ou the roster of the metropolitan drama. It was a capital entertainment iu all respects, and the most captious criti cism would be put te the test in the effort te pick a flaw in the representation, sev erally or in its entirety. PIKE .MATTERS. Cex'a Commlitce Hearing Appeal. It will be remembered that recently Chief Euginccr Arneld, of the Arc depart ment, imposed fines of $10 en the Shinier company for refusing te lend their hose,and $25 each en the Friendship and American companies for indulging in a water fight en Plum street, en Sunday, August 21. These penalties were subsequently con firmed by action of councils. Last evening Chairman Cox, of the cemmittee en fire engines and hose companies, gathered his cemmittee about him in select council chamber, for the purpose of hearing the ap peal of the companies named from the im positions of the chief. There was a large crowd of firemen in and about the cham ber during the deliberations. Alderman Barr and Assessor Haines plead the cause of the American in eloquent phrase, while that of tbeir oppeneuts in the water fight, the Friendship, found champions in Messrs. Thes. B. Cochran. Geerge S. Landis, Lewis Haldy and James Burns. Chief Engineer Arneld being called upon ex pressed the opinion that the Amir'can people wcre lesponsible for beginning the light, whereupon the cemmittee decided te sustaiu the actieu of the chief with regard te that company, aud te let up en the Friendship te the extent of $10, making their fine $15. Messrs. P. 8. Geedman and Wm. Andersen spoke in extenuation of the course of their company (the Shi filer) iu refusing te lend hose te the Hu mane. The conclusion reached by the committee after weighing the words of the gentlemen named was that $5 fine, instead of the $10 imposed by the chief, would be a sufficient measure of punishment for its offence, and they will se recommend te councils. Sale of lteal Estate. Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold last evening at the Fountain Inn hotel, a two story brick dwelling belonging t) Mrs Maiia Reckafickl, situated en the north east side of East Strawberry street, near Seuth Queen, te Jacob V. Trees, for $1,430. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUR REGULAR COKRESl'ONlJKNCK. 'Levering's book store closes te-morrow evening. The large rock at the " cut " has at last been removed and the appearance is quite changed. The young man who raised a disturb ance at Levering's bookstore and who was te be arrested, hearing of that fact, has skipped the town and will net return until the fuss blows ever. A ball was held in the Vigilant room last evening. It was very largely at tended and everything passed off smoothly- Jehn Seuders, employed at the Shaw nee furnaces, while helping te carry some heavy planks yesterday afternoon, stumbled and fell, the plank falling upon one of his feet, badly mashing that mem ber. He was carried home, being uuable te walk. Mr. Ike Skimp, well known in Colum bia, and who is a slater by trade, died en Wednesday morning at his home near Celd Cabin, Yerk county, from old age. He will he buried this afternoon at the abeve place. His death was very sudden, for it has only been a few days age since he was in Columbia. The election for the Columbia ledge, Ne. 28G F. & A. M., was held in the ledge room last evening, resulting in the follow ing re-election : W. M., Thce. L. Urban ; S. W., J, W. Yocum;J. R. W., A. G. Guiles ; Treasurer, J. A. Meyers ; Secre tary. A. J. Ivauffmau. After the meeting the members adjourned te partake of a bountiful repast, at the Franklin house, this being the date of their annual reunion. The party broke up at a late hour, having fully satisfied their appetites. II McLaughlin, the " lest " raiheader, has turned up. It appears that at Lcamau Place he went into the signal station for something, aud while he was in there an east-bound train passed. At the same time his own moved westward, but as the east train was going very rapidly, it was impossible for him te get te his own train. He bearded the next westward fi eight ami reached Columbia nearly as seen as his own did. An Old Tune. A great many peeple ask, " why does net the Columbia orchestra play &ome new tunes when they are engaged at the opera house.' These very same people aie ig norant of the fact that music is a difficult thing te thoroughly understand. It can not be learned in a day. The Columbia orchestra is a new organization, net yet being in existence a year, and because they are net able te compete with Keffcr and Tayler, of Lancaster, they arc cen sured. They are young fellows, and if our citizens de net discourage them at the beginning, they will seen be ene of the leading orchestras in this part of Pennsyl vania. Let them alone, even if their tunes become se familiar that a boy of ten years cau whistle them. Gtcnt things are net done or made in a day. Saw a Spook. A farmer from Yerk county remained in Columbia all day yesterday looking at the sights. In the evening he was going up Chestnut street, he saw something, he could net name it. It came floating to wards him noiselessly. When it was within ten yards of him he took te his heels and flew. Bushing into a grocery stere en Walnut street, he sank nearly un un un concieus te the fleer. Water was given him, and he finally recovered sulBcicntly te tell what he saw : "A man floating in the air with a lantern en each feet." It was the most dreadful sight he ever saw. A party was at once raised, and a search instituted. They found th" mysteiieus thing. It was a man riding a bicycle, with a small lantern fastened at the front wheel. The farmer had never seen eue of the machines befere, hence his se;ii I'ut the huuting party was badly sold. Uleckadiut; the Streets. The railroad officials object te our com cem nieut en blockading railroad crossings. Oue of them states his views iu this way : " A train of one hundred cars will cover the track between the east and west yards. Bridge, Walnut, Locust, Union, Perry and Mill streets would then be blocked. By taking twenty-five of the one hundred cars and shifting them te their proper places will require the hands of the whole crew, the remainder would he left without men'. Hew then would it be possible te cut the train?' Our answer is that by having a man at each cross cress ing te cut the trains or cut them be be be eoeo they begin shifting, though a gicat deal of time would be lest te the railroad company, Columbia citizens will net lese se much of their time. We wcre asked why men could net cress ever under the train aud ladies walk around it. A man crossing under the train is liable te be killed, and in crossing ever they are liable te be arrested. Brady arrested two men for doing this some time age. Ladies are net acquainted with the ways of the rail road and would endanger their lives by walking en it. KnllretMl Accident. Mr. Samuel Blackson, a brakemnn ou the P. It. II., while engaged in " d top ping" cars in the west yard, had his left feet mashed. He was standing ou the bumper, and the car coming back struck another car which was standing en a sid ing tee near the junction of the tracks, witli such feres as te threw Blackson off and under the cars. He attempted te save himself from his dangerous position, and succeeded in saving.his life but net his feet, which was amputated at the ankle by Dr. Craig. II ICE at a ruisi.u: svnoei.. lVlnrlpals' Prompt Proceedings l'reient 1'anlc. Owing te a defective flue the wainscot ing surreundicg the register in W. II. Levcrgoed's male secondary school, en Chestnut street, took fire tc-day about 11a. m., in the portion of the building oc cupied by Miss Hantcb, who promptly and quietly dismissed her fcchoel and notified Mr. Levcrgoed, who procured an axe and cut away the wainscet'ng, giving him a chance, with the assistance of the boys, te extinguish the fiie with water. The property committee, Messrs. Slaymakcr Cochran and Hartmau, were notified, and they reported at once, closely followed by Messrs. Richards and McCemsey. Ou their arrival they ordered the janitor te clear the room se that the school opened at 2 o'clock as usual. The necessary repairs, which are trifling, will be made at once. The building is fully insured in the Dela ware Mutual. During the excitement Miss Palmer's scboehadjoinhig, was kept in perfect order and the recitations were held as though nethiug had happened. Had this fire happened an hour later or during the night, it would have been impossible te save the building. Toe much praise can not be given Mr. Levcrgoed for the service he performed in extinguishing the flames, nor te Uie ether teachers whose presence of mind and prompt proceedings prevented wuat might have proved a panic among tlieif minile their pnpi's. A Sharp Gunner. A young Yerk county lawyer went gunning the ether day after having pur chased a number of shells for a breech loader. He did net knew much about shells and thought that the lead was in them when bought. He shot all day but hit nothing, as the cap only exploded and he did net knew what was wrong until he returned home. Telephone Connection. Te day the watch factory was connected with the telephone exchange. ASOtQEK ATTEMPT Iu UREAK JAIL. Jehn Llpplacett aail Abe Huzzard's KdowI KdewI edc of aa Iren-Clad Cell. The officials at the prison this morning discovered that two mero desperate men had made an attempt te break jail, and by te-morrow morning no doubt both of them would have succeeded at least in getting out of their cell, if net ever the wall. The names of tbe men who made the at tempt are Jehn Lippincott and Abe Buzzard, two long terni prisoners. They occupied cell Ne. 30 en the ground fleer en .the east side of the prison, which is among these which were iron-clad re cently by Jeseph Huber. This morning it was discovered that a waste pipe was clogged up aud a plumber was sent for. An examination was made and it was but a short time befere it was ascertained that ditt had been thrown into the water closet of cell 31, thus filling np the pipe se that water could net pass through. As seen as this was learned the officials thought that something was wrong, and Under keepcrs Murr and Mcntzer proceeded te examine the cell, te satisfy themselves. They found that the prisoners bad suc ceeded in getting through two plates of iron. This cell has a deuble thickness of iron en this end. The inside plates are about two feet long and eighteen inches wide, and are fastened with belts. When the under keepers wcre in the cell they noticed a let of stuff en the fleer, which looked much like iron filings, and were then certain that the iron had been tampered with. They found that the prisoners had drilled tbe heads entirely off the belts holding en the inside iron. This they then removed and came te the next layer of iron, through which they bored holes until they were able te cut out a piece large enough te al low a man te pass through. They then began working en the wall and tere out the stones and plastering, a part of which they threw into the water closets and tied up in an old rag which was under the bed. The men . wcre werkiug en this for some time and in order 'te deceive the keepers they made small wooden plugs, which they in serted in the holes of the inside plate (chilled iron) where the belts had been. These plugs had whitewash put en the ends se that they se closely resembled the iron belts that it was almost impossi ble te detect them. In cell Ne. 30, which is next te 31 en the south side. Ike Buz zard and .Toe are confined. During the examination of the cell it was found that Lippincott and Abe Buzzard had drilled the heads from several belts en that side of the cell, it being their intention no doubt when they did break out te take Ike and .Toe with them. All of these men are employed as cigar makers and the only tools found in the cells were these used in that business. Oue knife had been filled up like a saw. It is net known with what instrument they drilled off the heads of the belts, but they probably used a piece of iron of some kind aud have been at work for seme time. Lippincott is a resident of this city. His crime was larceny ; he was sentenced te 10 j cars imprisonment aud had but a ceuple of yearsXa-save. Abe Buzzard is a member of ihe notorious family of that name, and he was sentenced te thirteen years after having been convicted of nu nu mcieus larcenies. Ike Buzzard's sentence is 10 years and Jee's is 4. They are also in for larceny and burglary. All of these men have spent considerable time in pris on. They are well known as ingenious cracksmen and like Jehn Frankford are hard te held. The prison officials ceitaiuly deserve creuit for preventing these men from escaping. Within the past year a number -m of prisoners have been detected in at tempts te get away, but none have been successful in that time. These cells arc net safe, it seems, as they can be cut through, aud the work is generally dene with tools used by the prisoners in their work, as men with a little bit of ingenuity arc able te change them se they cau use them te make their escape. A TORY HARD CASE. A Man Taken te aiarMnd te be Tiled. Samuel Ward, a resident of this city, who rcceutly moved heie from Harford county, Md., who is charged with larceny in that county, and who was before Judge Patterson en a writ of habeas corpus en Wednesday, was taken before Judge Liv ingston for a final hearing yesterday. A true bill was recently found against him by the grand jury and process was issued for his arrest. Sherill Wm. E. Whiteferd came for him yesterday. He did net deny that he was the person described in the requisition fiem the governor of Maryland, and he was given into tbe hands of the sheriff. The accused tells a straightforward story, which shows that the case in a hard one. He says that the beg which he is charged with stealing came astray te his home in Darlington ; he failed te find an owner and killed it with his own ; the owner afterward pieved that the hog be longed te him and Ward paid him for it. He was indicted for larceny just the same. Ward is a carter and is an industrious man, working hard every day te support his family. His wife is new lying very ill with typhoid lever, and charitably dis posed peeple will de well te hunt this case up andce if they can de anything te re lieeo what scorns te be a very hard meas ure of fertunn. Hans' There was a scare at Wm. Leeb's, North Queen street, this morning. Mr. Leeb V has a very pretty improved Smith & Wes Wes eon levelvcr which he keeps in his sleep ing room. Miss Lew lie, who attends le the chamber work, was attracted by the pretty toy and while admiring it, it went off "bang," just as though it had been the "bulldozer" with which Guiteau shot Garfield. Miss Lewlie very properly swooned. The repeit of the pistol brought te the room ether members of the family, who seeing the prostrate form of the young woman naturally supposed she had shot heiself. A doctor was hurriedly sent for aud was seen en hand, but before he had an opportunity te prebe for the ball the young lady recovered and explained mat ters, greatly te the relief of all concerned. A Breakdown. Abraham Beck, driver of a wagon be longing te the Bird-in-IIand steam mills, met with a mishap by running his wagon against the rail of the Millersville railroad in front of the mayor's office, and wreck ing one of the axles. The unfortunate driver was scared almost into fits when the " fat" reporter of one of our esteemed contemporaries pulled out his note book, asked him who he was, where he came from, who owned the team, hew the wagon happened te break down, and a dozen ether questions such as impertinent reporters are went te a.k. The driver mistook the reporter for a bailiff and ex pected at the very least te be leckpd up for obstructing the street. BAD BOYS. Stealing Hags and Selling Them te Their Owner. Wm. Brady and Lewis Coalman, white boys, and Jehn Jenes, colored, were ar rested aud held for a hearing befere Alder man Spurrier for stealing seme bags full of rags belonging te Wm. Hanncke, and selling them te Mrs. Hanneke during her husband's absence. It appears that Mr. J, Hauncke left the bags standing in front ' of a customer's deer, while he went into the house in search of "mere goods." When he came out the bags were gene ; and when he get home he learned his wife had bought them frcm the boys named.
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