LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES T I ESDAY, DECEMBER 6.1881.
lUncastei intelligencer.
TUESDAY EVENING, DSC. 6, UW1.
An Unenviable Peflltfm. ,
The narrow majority which theJBe
publican party has in the lower branch
of Congress makes the iosilien of the
speaker and of the party a very difficult
one tc profit by. Under such circum
sbuices a first-class man was needed in the
speaker's chair te de honor te the posi
tion and himself, and te secure advan
tage te his party from its power. The
Republican party is far from being such
a unit in sentiment as te cause it te be
readily moved in a solid column, and
when it finds itself tied in the Senate,
and with a bare majority in the .Heuse,
it certainly is net in a position te he en
vied. It is far better for the Democratic
party te be in the powerful minority it
holds than te be in a narrow majority.
In the last Congress, though it had a fair
working majority, it often came te grief
through the intractability of its mem
bers, and although 'there is a greater
ductility in the "Republican political
temperament it is net te be expected
that all the Republicans will show them
selves te be well-behaved puppets and
easily moved pawns.
The signs which indicate the Republi
can disruption are se decided that it can
very safely be prophesied. Nothing hut
conciliation and forbearance en the part
of these holding the reins ever it can
maintain its unity ; and of such forbear
ance there is absolutely no indication.
The president and his advisers are of the
class of men who have shown concilia
tion te be no part of their policy.
They believe in moving straight
forward in the pursuit of their
aims, ever the bodies of these who
stand in their way. It is a geed iwlicy
in war, and against avowed enemies,
but net se geed towards these who are
needed as allies. Leaders of parties
that are redundant in strength can afford
te be arrogant, but when they have no
strength te spare it is necessary that
they should be prudent and conciliatory.
The Republican president has identi
fied himself, in the course of the contest
for the speakership, with one wing of the
party, and that the one with which he
has been believed te be in sympathy- He
has gene se far as te invest Senater
Cameren with authority as his represen
tative, by the simple, but eloquent in
junction, "see Cameren." Everyone is
perfectly familiar with Senater Cam Cam
eeon's methods and aims.
When he is made the president's mouth
piece te his party it is a declaration that
there must be absolute submission or
the knife. Intelligent Republicans of
the ether persuasion, of course, recog
nize the situation ; and all who are net
supine enough te deliver themselves te
the Stalwart embrace have no resource
but in open rebellion. Nearly all the
congressmen from Pennsylvania deter
mined submission te be better than
valor. Of course, there is no denying
the humiliation of their position. They
consented te be placed in it with full
knowledge of it. They sacrificed their
independence te retain their claim upon
government patronage. Without this
the ordinary congressman of the party
in power cannot sustain himself. He
feels that he needs this support, te stand
up among his. constituents. There is,
however, an important and growing ele
ment in the Republican party of this state
that will net submit te be kicked. The
idea of Senater Cameren is that he can
always keep it under with the adminis
tration at his back. Probably he can as
long as the contest is within the party
lines. Hut it has already gene boj'end,
and the discontent has been shown te le
se great as te make it impossible te
.stamp it out in the favorite style of
(.J rant-Cameren slactsmanship.
When a Republican newspaper of the
standing of the Philadelphia Telegraph
finds itself impelled te denounce the
president of its party as a trickster who
has again and again descended from his
high office te play the part of a ward poli
tician, may be said with confidence that
there is a fatal lack of harmony and
geed feeling in the party which holds
control of the national power barely" by
the skin of the teeth." The election of
Keifer was caused by the interference of
the president and for no ether reason
than that he was the candidate most
' agreeable te Stalwart Republicanism.
There is no dispute about this fact. The
Telegraph expresses what is universally
recognized when it declares that "the
success of Mr. Keifer is a complete
triumph for the Stalwarts, and was di
rectly accomplished by the efforts of
President Arthur, ex-Senators Conkling
and Piatt, and Senater tCamcren. Te
say that, is simply te say that it was ac
complished by deceit and trickery, and.
in subversion of geed policy and the wel
fare of the Republican party." And the
threat is suggestive with which it says"
that if "Chester A. Arthur, president
by grace of Guileau," will "go back te the
last summer, and recall the immeasur
able indignation they (the people) then
showed against the political faction
whose shattered fortunes he is trying te
rebuild, and their profound distrust of
himself, he may perceive that it will be
better net te arouse again the spirit
which was then evoked."
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If, us a correspondent points out, the
subject of one of the Snyder-Rewe prose,
culiens is a dead mau who had net prac
tised medicine for many years in this
ceuuty and only came into it te die,
there will only be furnished fresh illus
tration of the reckless greed with which
this blackmailing business was set about.
The wonder is that any physician in the
county escaped prosecution, since, ac
cording te the law, as Snyder's alderman
administers it, ever-one is a criminal,
and there is no escape, except by buying
off the prosecutor. .
Questions of economic interest arc
likely te absorb a large share of atten
tion in the proceedings of the new Con
gress. Each of the political parties is
far from being a unit en these, and ex
igence has shown that the result of
varying opinions among individual
members, often distinguished for their
ignorance, is crude and imperfect legis
lation resulting in greater evils than
these sought te be cured.
MINOS TOPICS.
Austria proposes te celebrate with
.-v
eral festivities the approaching centenary
of the abolWen of serfdom by Jeseph TL
Vienna will have a grand gala.
y Suspicious officers of tbn Royal arsenal
in Woolwich, Eng., nemas among the
ceutcnts of a straDge looking package
from America, suspected of Fenian fiend
ishness, encountered the deadly odor of
fresh guano.
Tourists alwajs take pleasure in leek-,
ing at the houses wherein great men
were bera, and hence it is a pity that the
birthplace of the author of " Hudibras "
has been demolished, but after the man
ner of European sharps they can probably
build just as mean looking a structure and
pass it off for the original.
TniNGS are coming te a pretty pass
when the late Cameren organ in this coun
ty approves McPherson's nomination as
clerk and says that Den Cameren's mau
for speaker is .net flt, honest, brave nor an
earnest Republican and that this "will
net be denied." The Examiner is inching
along.
Fkem the outlook at the Phoenix works
a year of activity in iron is anticipated for
lb82. The company has orders' for
10,000 tens of bridge iron, te be completed
by June 1, 1812. It is estimated that there
will be 20,000 miles of railroads built next
year, and no manufacturer of steel rails
will accept orders at present prices.
It having been developed that the Ccn
tralseup house of Philadelphia marked
" exempt " en the tax books as a char
itable institution in scveial years of pecu
lation in the tax receivers1 office paid $G25
into that office, all of which was stolen,
the matter was brought te ex Receiver
Smith's attention and suit threatened. It
was shown that the money went into his
hands by his endorsement en the checks.
The ether day somebody, who said Smith
scut him, returned the money te the soup
house management. Smith indignantly
denies having sent it back. Of course.
uiiuiSTMAS laws upeu euudayuiis year
and, as usual in cases of such concurrence
of holiday and holy day, we presume Mon
day will be kept as the time of festi
val observance. At the same titue we
believe people-generally would much pre
fcr Saturday as the time for Christmas and
let the day of rest and cure fellow rather
than precede the excess of enjoyment and
of feasting. It is much better for all pur
poses te cud the week with a holiday thau
te se begin it. The commercial exchanges
in the lame cities must likely regulate this
matter for the whele country, aud with
them the rule is te take Monday rather
than Saturday. But if practicable for
Lancaster te go it aloue we would vote te
observe Saturday, the 24th, for Christmas.
Tin: popular " Baby Mine," familiar by
frequent late use iu minstrel entertain
ments and parlor baliad-tiuging is net, as
is gcncially supposed, of quite recent com
position and publication. It was written
by Charles Mackay, the popular English
poet and journalist, who wa born away
back in 1812, whose weik en newspapers,
his histories of Londen and the Thames,
his lyiics aud ballads made him one of the
most versatile and popular of light Eng
lish writers from 1810 te 18G0. lie visited
this country and lectured ou "Seng,"
about 1857, aud holds about the same
place iu Englihh literature as Geerge D.
Prentice in America. "Baby Mine" was
Part 1 of " The Sailor's Wife," the whole
of which is printed en our fourth page
te day.
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PERSONAL.
Dan Rick, the "reformed circus clown"
and new temperance lecturer, is lying seri
ously ill in Pittsburgh, threatened with
diphtheria.
Themas J. Baiigbb, a prominent Phila
delphia Democrat, is feared te be in the
last stages of a long continued serious
illness.
Jehn W. EckjiaN, of the Pert Kennedy
iron company, has been elected chairman
of tlie Republican county committee of
Montgomery, te succeed Cel. Jehn W.
Schall.
The New Yeik Times recalls that Cel.
Hoeker, the Republicansergeant-at-arms,
is the author of the happy sentiment : " A
mau is a d d feel wne wouldn't be a Re
publican in Vermont and a Democrat in
New Yerk city."
Nei.t.ie Hazeltine, the famous alleged
St. Leuis belle, was quietly married yes
tciday in Philadelphia te her Freddv
Parameue. They had the affair come off
in Philadelphia because they feared the
St. Leuis papers would make such a
racket ever it. All the same the Philadel
phia papers get such full accounts that
the bride is suspected of giving it away.
Genevieve Ward, the actress, con
tested the right of Messrs. Lester Wal
lack and Theodere Mess te produce " For-gct-Me-Net
" at Wallack's theatre, claim
ing that she had the only right te produce
the play, which she purchased. The de
cision of the New Yerk court is rendered
in favor of the plaintiff, giving her the
title te the play, and a reference is ordered
in regard te her claim for damages.
After several years absence Mr. Henry
James, jr., returns te the United States
with the dress, air and manners of an
Englishman. He is about medium height,
strong but net stout in figure, and appears
forty years of age. His hair and eyes are
dark, his forehead high, and he weais a
full beard close cropped. In England he
has been mistaken for the Prince of Wales.
Mr. Jaincs will spend the winter at Cam
bridge. Mass., where his father aud brother
reside, and he will work at a new novel.
JSxploalen or Nltre Glycerine.
Iu the Bradford oil resien. near Kinzua
Junction, the Rebert's magazine contained
i.jue pounds et the explosive. Twe
shooters went te it for four cans of glycer
ine. They noticed that the cans en top
were smoking and departed in haste, fear
ing an explosion. They made three visits
te the plane within au hour and telegraph
ed te the company that their magazine
was about te explode. About neon the
in agazine was blown up. This is the first
case et combustion in a glycerine magazine
ou record. The men at nearly the distance
of a mile 6aw the explosion and the shock
was terrible. A forest covering nearly
three acres was splintered. The 'earth
trembled as if shaken by an earthquake,
the shock being felt in Bradford. At Kin
zua houses were shaken, windows broken
and ether damage done.
Four Hundred Heads Cut Off.
The Chinese intend te extensively for
tify the western frontier of Kudja when
tl.ey occupy that district next spring and
te transfer 8.000 families from Kashgana
te replace these who emigrated te Russia.
There have been two Mussulman revolts
during the last four months against the
Chinese garrison at Yang Hissar. Twe
hundred Chiuese were massacred. Four
hundred rebels were subsequently be
headed. i
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THBNBW OONQRBSS.
MCKNES AT 1UC OPKH1NG XESTEKDAV.
T!KewpejUcr' tfanamllmtrodactie.
When Congress met yesterday the view
ever the Heuse was very enlivening. Ac
cording te the Timet correspondent, upon
the speaker's table rested four exquisite
floral designs, which only waited for the
formal election of the gentleman who was
te fill the vacant chair te be appreciated.
There was a handsome bouquet upon the
desk of the veteran Judge Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, white Pound, of Wisconsin ; Tem
Yeung, of Ohie ; Pettibone, of Tennessee ;
Dunnell, of Minnesota, and Ryan, of Kan
sas, came in for their share of floral favors.
There was Congressman Springer, with
the inevitable boutonniere, and there was
the youthful Frest, of Miaseurs, following
suit with the lapel decoration. A short
time after the session began the desk of
Charles O'Neill, of Philadelphia, was lit
erally leaded with roses. The pinched and
withered form of Alexander H. Stephens,
in his wheeled chair, was moving uneasily
up and down the space in front of the
clerk's desk. Ou his check bone was a
court plaster patch as big as a silver dol
lar. On his head was his customary slouch
hat, which he always wears during the
session of the Heuse and which he
only removed te take the oath. On his
hands, which are no bigger than a child's,
was a pair of kid gloves, the fingers of
which were at least two inches tee long,
giving a grotesque and hooked appearance
te his hands. Stephens has been dying
for a geed while, but he does net seem te
be auy nearer death than upon his first ap
pearance en the fleer of the Heuse Repre
sentatives after the buret up of the Con
federacy. The keen-eyed Kassou sat iu a central
portion of the Republican side, ilauked by
Robiusen, of Ohie, aud Calkins, of Indi
aha. The rotund Robeson bounced in and
out of his chair into the main aisle, both
of which he appeared te fill with his
robust person at the same time. " Sunset "
Cox, fresh from his European tour, kept
bobbing around, shaking bauds here aud
there among the members and holding
quite a levee ou the Democratic side dur
ing the earlier part of the day's session.
His ucw chin whiskers seemed te set
strangely en him. Hiscock occupied an
extra chair at the extreme rear of the Re
publican side and leaued pensively against
the railing, bearing a decidedly melan
choly leek. Ex-Speaker Randall occu
pied his old seat en the fleer ou the right
of the speaker's desk and looked sedately
through lus.spectccles en the scene around
him. There was an incessant hum of
voices, which was only hushed wheu the
nominations for speaker were made.
Keller's Speech.
Keifer having been declared eleeted.after
several blunders by Clerk Adams, in one
of which he declared Greenbacker Ferd
elected, the new speaker said : " Gentle
men of the Heuse of Representatives, I
thank you with a heart filled with grati
tude for the distinguished honor conferred
en me by an election as your speaker. 1
will assume the powers of this high office
with, I trust, a due share of diffidence and
distrust of ray own ability te meet them
acceptably te you aud te the country. I
believe that you, asabedy and individu
ally, will give me hearty support in the
discharge of all my duties. I premiso te
devote myself faithfully and assiduously
te the work before inc. I invoke your
and the country's charitable judgment
en all my official aets. I will strive te be
just te all, rcgaidlcssef party or section.
Where principle is involved I will be
found te be a Repubiicau, but iu all ether
respects I hope te be able te act free from
party bias. It is a singular fact that, at
this most prosperous time iu our nation's
histeiy, no party in either branch of Con
gress has au absolute majority ever all
ether parties, and it is, therefore, peculiar
ly fortunate that at no ether time since,
and for many years prier te the ascension
of Abraham Lincoln te the executive
chair, have there been se few unsettled
vital questions of a national character
in relation te which party lines
have been closely drawn. The national
prosperity of the people is in advance of
any ether period in the history of ourgov eurgov ourgev
erument. The violence of party spirit has
materially subsided aud in a great measure
because many of the reasons for its exist
ence are geue. While the universal ten
dency of the people is te sustain and con
tinue te build up an unparalleled pros
perity, it should be our highest aim te
permanently promote and net cripple it.
This Congress should be, and I profoundly
nope it will be, marked peculiarly as a
business Congress. It may be true that
additional laws are yet necessary te give
te every citizen complete protection
in the exercise of all political rights.
With evenly balanced party power,
with few grounds for party strife, and
with no impending presidential election
te distract lis from purely legislative du
ties, I venture te'snggest that the present
is an auspicious time te enact laws te
guard against the recurrence of danger te
our institutions aud te insure tranquillity
at perilous times in the futre. Again
thauking you for the honor conferred, and
again invoking your aid and geuereus
judgment I am ready te take the oath
prescribed by law aud the constitution
and feithwith proceed, with my best
ability, guided by a sincere and honest
purpose, te discbarge the duties belonging
te the office with which you have clothed
me.
A Little Flurry.
During the swearing in of the members
there was a little friction when the objec
tions were announced. Mr. Jenes, of Texas,
objected te the administration of the oath
te Jeseph Wheeler, of the Eighth district
of Alabama, and asked that he stand aside
Mr. Randall asked for reasons, and held
the " landing aside " was the member's
voluntary act when any member objected
The streaker held that the chair had
1 the power te designate the order in which
members might be called, and, therefore,
ruled that Mr. Wheeler must stand aside.
Mr. Randall declined te appeal from the
decision, and Mr. Wheeler stepped aside.
The swearing in of members, was then
continued. The next objection was made
'te Mr. Cutts, of Iowa, by Mr. Springer, of
(Illinois. Mr. Van Voorhees. of New
Yerk, objected te Mr. King, of Louisiana,
who leturned the compliment by object
ing in his turn te Mr. Van Voorhees. Mr.
Springer objected te Mr. Wadsworth, of
New Yerk, and Mr. Calkins, of Indiana,
te Mr. Dibble, of North Carolina.
When the state of Mississippi was
called Mr. Moere, of Tennessee, rose, and,
in a dramatic manner, said : "In the in
terest of justice, in the interest of com
mon fairness, iu the interest of geed gov
ernment and the civilization of the nine
teentn century, I respectfully and solemn
ly pretest in the name of the American
people against the administration of the
oath of office te the Hen. J. R. Chalmers,
of the Sixth district of Mississippi, te a
seat in the Forty-seventh Congress of the
United States." Laughter
The state of Tennessee being called, Mr.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, imitating the tone
used by Mr. Moere, said : "In the name
of humanity, in the name of the civiliza
tion of the nineteenth century ; en behalf,
of the American people, who love geed
order and expect te see a postmaster ap
pointed from Tennessee te fulfill the duties
Of his office ; in the memory efc the name
Of Carey Yeung (Mr. Moere's predecessor),
I de most earnestly object te the taking of
the oath by Win. R. Moere, of Tennessee.
I Laughter.
i All the gentlemen objected te were com
pelled te step aside, and after the mem
bers net objected te had been sworn they
were sworn in. The Republican caucus
nominees were then elected officers of the
Heuse, the Pennsylvania kickers net
registering their votes for McPbersen antil
after he had received a majority without
them. Xi
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LATEST NEWS BT KAIL.
A fire at Marietta, Ga., destroyed sev
eral stores, causing a less of $75,000.
California has quarantined against Chi Chi Chi
oage ou account of small-pox.
The Mexican government has contract
ed with Mexican parties for the establish
ment of a mortgage bank.
It is expected that the Spauisb Certes
will adjourn en the 20th instant until
January 18th, 1882.
The less from the burning of Haight's
tannery, near Saratoga Springs, will prob
ably amount te $120,000.
The pigeon match at Hendau, England,
between Dr. Carver and Mr. Stuart Wort Wert
ley, resulted iu a tie, each killing eighty
three birds.
The rly has made sad havoc in the wheat
fields of Southwestern 3Iicbigan. Fully
one-half of the wheat in many fields has
been destroyed within a few weeks.
A Hide aud Leather exchange was or
ganized by the manufacturers of and
dealers in leather and leather goods at
Cincinnati. Officers will be elected en the
third Monday of this month.
$1,000 damages have just been awarded
by a Western court te a man who caught
cold while riding in an emigrant car,
wheu, as he claimed, he was entitled by
his ticket te a seat iu a parlor ear.
On the last settling day the French gov
ernment placed $30,000,000 at the disposal
of the Bank of France, te enable it te
meet all demands without raising its rate
of discount.
The entire manufacturing department
of Cherry, O'Ceuner & Ce., lessees of the
state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., was
burned yesterday. The less ever the in
surance is about $2.10,000. Six of the con
victs escaped.
The New Yerk Express appears consoli
dated with the Mail and under the name of
the Mail and Express. Cyrus W. Field is
the owner of the journal, and it is his
purpose te make it a leading' paper of the
country.
Mrs. Frauccs Guest, aged G5, while ou
her way te church, in Baltimore, was run
ever at North and Monument streets by a
locomotive. Her left limb and arm were
both horribly crushed. She wes taken te
the city hospital, where she died.
Maude Heward, a colored inmate of the
St. Leuis city jail, lit a cigarette in hercell
and threw the lighted match ever her
head. Her dress was ignited and before
the flames could be extinguished she was
se terribly burned that she died.
Yesterday was " Plauters' aud Manu
facturers' day " at the Atlanta exhibition
and the attendance was large. Commis
sioner Loring will speak at the exhibition
te morrow en " The Mutual Relations of
American Industry."
Mrs. Elizabeth Celcmau, convicted of
manslaughter in the third degree in sheet
ing and killing Geerge F. Cotes, an em
ployee of Miner's theatre, New Yerk, has
been seutenced te state prison for four
years by Chief Justice Davis.
The committee appointed te confer with
Colonel Danferd respecting the affairs of
his. banks at Hunuewcll, Kansas, and at
Bcldwell aud Osage City, have accepted
his preposition and left with him te meet
his friends. This will probably settle the
whole matter.
The dead-lock in the silk trade iu Japan
has been removed by the practical sub
mission of the foreign merchants te the
Japanese demands. Five millions of dol
lars' worth of silk held by the Japanese
for six weeks is new en the way te West
ern markets.
All vessels from the United States
beuud te Panama should, if possible, ship
colored crews. Yellow fever is new epi
demic in the colony, and many white sea
men are falling victims te it, but colored
ones de net seem te be affected in the
least. m
In " Secial Circle," Ga., Mrs. Anglin
learned that her husband was at the house
of a Mrs. Jacksen. She took ,a large,
sharp knife and went te Mrs. Jacksen's
house aud stabbed her in the abdomen
four times, killing her. Mrs. Anglin is in
Madisen jail.
Jewels valued at 80,000 have been
stolen from Lord Arthur Hill-Trever's
scat at Brynkinalt, near Chirk, in the
north of Wales. The robbery was effected
while the family was at church. A man
servant of the family was arrested te day
as an accomplice.
The- annual death late of Londeu has
increased, like that of New Yerk. Fer
the weekended November 12, the death
rate increased te 22.4 per 1,000. The
1,G3G deaths included 41 from measles, 49
fiein scarlet fever, 27 from smallpox, 23
from diphtheria, 8 from whooping cough,
3 from typhus fever, 5 from enteric fever
and two from simple cholera.
STATE ITEMS.
Wiiliam Scull, employed at Satters
Brethers' boiler works was killed near
Phcenixville by the Pottstown accommo
dation train. He was unmarried and for
racrly lived at Scranton.
Martin Chait, the old hermit of Cerry,
was struck by a train in Erie and the top
of his head knocked off. His brains wer6
gathered up in a shovel. Chait is reported
te have been very wealthy.
Jehn McKeown, GO years old, residing
at Third aud Jeffersen streets, Philadelphia
was accidentally run ever by the car 29, of
the Fourth and Eighth street line, at
Eighth street and Girard avenue last even
ing anu died seen alter ward from his in
juries.
Rebert Bcnuie, who shot and killed
Themas Brcnnan, while sheeting at an
ether man at Locustdale, en the 4th of
July, and who was found guilty of volun
tary manslaughter, has been sentenced te
six years and six months iu the county
prison of Schuylkill.
The Lehigh coal and navigation com
pany's mine Ne. 9, at Lamferd, near
Mauch Chunk, which caught fire three
months age, is new being opened, the
steam injected into the shafts having ex
tinguished the flames. It is believed the
colliery will be in full operation by the be
ginning of April next.
Yesterday the driver of an odorless ex
cavating cart, Philadelphia, found the de
capitated and partially dismembered re
mains of an iufant, apparently five months
old, among the refuse which he dumped
into a pit en Magazine lane. The lead bad
beeu taken from a well in a court known
as Lembard row, en Lembard street above
Seventh. Nene of the tenants appeared
te Knew anytmng aoeuc ine eady.
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A Plucky Weman.
A desperate struggle took place en an
express train from Chicago last Saturday
afternoon, between Henry W. White, a
stage robber, and United States Marshal
Wilcox, who was taking him te Detroit.
White, who had been apparently reading
a newspaper, suddenly arese and attacked
the officer with his handcuff, the lock of
which he had picked with a toothpick. A
courageous woman, Mrs. Smithson, of
Denver, threw her arms around the
ruffian's neck aud hampered his struggles
until two guards hastened from the
baggagecar and reduced him tesubjee
tien.
Nobody Will Deny It.
Examiner, late 8talwart.
It will net be. denied that Keifer is net
fit for the position ; that he is net an
honest and brave man and an earnest Re
publican, or that he will net fill the pesi
tien efjshairman with credit te himself
'MdMnVrWhts, country. "O '
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Fdattiena tblkadrd iigien.
et iinniiiiiisi ier tneAiMeneny
ZrpSSESSSf.'&SSi
nave lea te a decided advance in oil, and
yesterday. The speculators literally turn
bled ever each ether in their anxiety te
secure some, of the rapidly-appreciating
goeas. The closing price en Saturday was
83 -cents. The opening- price yesterday
morning was 84, from which there was a
rapid advance te 84J, followed by a de
cline te 83. It then recovered te 84, de
clined te 83j.and advanced and -closed
with great excite nient at 86b The sales in
the Oil City, exchange; alone were c 2,000, -415,
and te-day if is expected te run up te
$1 a barrel
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
T. M. C. A.
Annual Election of Officers,,
At a meeting of the Yeung Men's Chris
tian association held last evening, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the 3 ear
1882:
Presideut D. C. Haverstick.
Vice Presidents M. Brosius, J. P. Mc
Caskey, S. L. Levan, P. S. Geedman, S.
D. Bausman.
Recording Secretary D. S. Bursk.
Registering Secretary W. S. Dillcr.
Beard of Managers, . (officers, ex officio
members) Hul'Ii R. Fulton, .H. C.
Moere, J. B.?Goed,iB. F.'W. Urban, Edw.
Bookmyer. Jehn H. Pcarsel. O.'B. Hiller.
Gee. K. Reed II. Batumrardner. A. A.
Hubley, J. M. Davidsen, J. D.' Graham,
B. F. Bausmau, J. II. Metzler, R. K.
Schnadcr, J. It. Fester, E. J. Erisman, J.
E. Weaver, Jehn E. Hubley.
After the election was ever Mr. P. S.
Geedman, in response te an appointment
by the committee en meetings, read a
paper eh '" Our Beys' Werk." At its
conclusion 'Mr. Jehn II. Pearsel raised the
following resolution, seconded by Mr. J.
W. Byrne, which was adopted : " That
we extend the thauks of the association te
Brether Geedman for his very able article
en Beys' Werk ;' that a note of it be
made in the minutes and the paper be
filed with the records of the association ;
That we earnestly request the daily papers
of the city te publish the same for the
benefit of the public."
Election of Maaenlc Officer.
At a stated meeting of Ashara Ledge
Ne. 398, A. Y. M., held at Marietta, Mon
day, December 5, 1881, the following
officers were elected te serve the ensuing
Masonic year :
W. M. C. A. Schaflucr.
S. W. J. R. Windelph.
J. W. J. W. H. Johnsten.
Sec'y. I. S. Geist.
Trcas . Jehn W. Rich.
Trustees E. Keinheld, D. D. Courtney,
F. U. Gantz.
Rep. te Grand Ledge. Jeseph Fisher.
At a stated meeting of Lamberton
ledge Ne. 476, F. and A. M., held last
evening, the following persons were elect
ed and installed, te serve for the ensuing
Masonie year, commencing en St. Jehn's
day. Dec. 27 :
W. M. J. Gust Zeek.
S. W. J. Willis Westlakc.
J. W. Jehn R. Merris.
Treas. Henry E. Slaymaker.
Sec. Henry R. Fahnestock.
Trustee and Rep. te G. L. William A.
Morten.
S. D Charles N. Shullz.
J. D. Harvey N. Hurst.
S. M. C. Levcn R. Rete.
J. M. C. Jehn Ochs.
Pur. Harry B. Cechrau.
Tyler Geerge Lutz.
THE LH,AF.
l.ural Tobacco Market.
Trade continues quiet, and there are
very few sales reported. Mr. Funk has
sold about 200 cases of old tobacco te Mr.
Altschul, ou private terms.
Benjamin Learaan, of Leacock, has sold
his crop of 1881, te Jehn Leaman, at 20
cents through.
Moses Snavely, of Paradise, is reported
te have sold a let of choice leaf at 33 cents
through, but the purchaser's name is net
given.
M. Wcngcr, of Ephrata, sold te Mr.
Zeek 1 J acres at 24 cents through.
Many farmers are busily engaged strip
ping their tobacco, the damp weather we
are having being very favorable for that
work. As far as heard from former re
ports are confirmed ; the leaf is the cleanest
ever stripped in Pennsylvania, but much
of it is short aud some of it is affected
with white vein. The proportion of wrap
pers is en the whole unusually large, aud
the probability is that the present price of
fillers will be materially advanced before
the season closes.
V.lll Grevcr's " Ilumpty Dumpty."
The " Humpty Dumpty" performance
at Fulton epsnv house last evening was
quite a satisfactory affair, and was wit
nessed by an audience of geed numbers.
Whilst there was nothing particularly
new or noteworthy in the pantomime
tricks, they all moved off cleverly enough
and the antics of the clown evoked the
customary amount of laughter. The spe
cialty bill interjected between the first aud
second acts of the pantomime was very
geed, among the features of special
merit being the balancing and juggling
performance of Meus.TJushnell.the singing
and dancjng of Miss Leila Farrell, a young
lady with a pleasing voice, pretty face,
and lithe limb ; Miss Kitty Themas as
sisted Bushncll in bis performances, and
contributed a son? and dance te the per
formance that were well received. The
musical act of Bree and Leenard, aud the
contortions of Ronalde, called out con
siderable applause.
Beleagured ey Uees.
The village of West Fairview, Cumber
land county, has-been afflicted with a
plague of bses. Twe of its citizens keep
some 130 hives, and as bad weather made
ether feed scarce ihe' interesting insects in
vade tbe stores and houses in quest of
sweets. Half a bushel of them swarmed
in ene man's kitchen, of which they re
mained sole 'tenants for a week. In that
hcuseC ;en tbefr'accennt,' all fruit canning
and preserving had te be done at night,
and for many days all the family had te
climb out and in the windows, the bees
laying siege te the doers. In addition te
this whole orchards of fruit and arbors of
grapes were devoured by the bees. Doz
ens of persons weie badly .stung while
passing along the streets, and such a
reign 01 terror was cstablisued tuat re
course has been bad te the courts for pre
vention of its recurrence.
A Light sentence.
Themas Dewlin, the engineer of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, tried at
the last ' term of the criminal court in
Norristewu, for manslaughter, in killing
Miss Rutter, of Bryn Mawr, by striking
her with his locomotive, withdrew his
plea of net guilty and entered a plea of
guilty. At his former trial the jury was
unable te agree. Judge Ress approved of
the action and gave Dewlin the lightest
sentence he could. He was given five
days in prison and directed te pay the costs
of the prosecution.
Sale or Horses.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale, en Monday, Decembers, 1881,
for Geerge Gressman, at the Merrimac
house, Lancaster city, 16 head of Canada
horses at an average price of $303.25 per
head. -
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that is yourself.
Wm. B. Meixell, of Washington bor
ough, spent Sunday at home.
C. H. Reist, of the Merchants' hotel,
Pettsviile, was here ever Saadsy.
Inere are nine drinking beuses in Maa
heim, or ene for every 180 inhabitants.
What town can beat this ?
The band rendered several fins satoetions
in front of the Wasfcingtsn house .en 'Fri
day evening. ;rij - W
' Mrs. Barbara MeMallen sold- her one
and a half story residence te Jcrrie Erb,
en private terms.
11. C. Gibble, auctioneer, sold Peter
Will's two and a-balf story brick residence
situated in sub division, for $800, Jacob
Musselman purchaser.
Prof. Haas, the world-renowned prcstt
digitater, gave an entertainment at the
Washington house ou Saturday evening te
a pretty geed house.
Ed. Howe, of Spotting Hill, fhai an
artery severed': en Saturday eveiinA bV
thrusting his hand through a pane of flasff!
at Brosey's confectionery. The wuneY
uiea preiuseiy and medical aid had te be
summoned.
A uumber of friends gave Mr. Zartman,
of the Centennial- hotel, quite agreeable
surprise en Friday evoking. r
The police were busy en iBatutdaf
uYcuiug gaiuenuK up lue OKlurDCIS
of the peace. The " borough " Ieck-iip
was again fitted up for use. High
Constable Heuser hauled two bundles of
siraw up te de used ler Dcds. Twe men,
iOugut in front of the Summy 'house, but
both parties were tee full te hurt each
ether.
S. G. Summy, the genial landlord of the
Summy house bad workmen engaged
last week in erecting a gas machine ; the'
gas will be introduced this week, and
"Gil" proposes te celebrate the event in
an appropriate manner.
Jacob II. Kline died en Sunday morning,
after a lingering illness of ever five years.
Deceased was ene of our most respected
citizens, and a kind and indulgent father.
His funeral will take place en Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, from his late resi
dence. Seuth Prussian street.
Jeseph W. Numbers died en Saturday
morning of typhoid fever. Deceased was
a prominent local politician, member of
town council, and held several ether local
positions ; he was also a member of the
O. U. A. M. ledge at the time of his
death ; he was an estimable citizcu and
was respected by all who knew him. In
terment en" Tuesday morning-at 10 o'clock
at Manheim Fairview cemetery. 1
The Manheim literary society vr.w re
organized ou Friday evening, November
25. Following are tbe officers elected :
President, J. B. Keylor ; Vine President,
F. M. Newell ; Secretary, Miss Libbie J.
Sellers ; Treasurer, E. II. Mengle ; Critic.
Miss Ida A. Kline; Editor, Harry C.
Stauffer. Following was the pregramme
for last Friday evening : Selection, by
MissSallieA. Stauffer. Referred ques
tions : Has the removal of forests pro
duced an effect upon the climate of our
country? Answered by F. M. Nell.
What is your opinion of the present
style of hats? Answered by Miss Lizzie
Meixell. Declamation, ' by Miss Lsura
J. Falck; debate, "Resolved, That the
press does mere for the education of the
public than the schools," was discussed in
the affirmative by Miss Laura J. Keller
and Bcnj. H. Hershey; negative, Miss
Bella Sharpe and Rev. L. F. Zinkban.
A paper called the Budget, was read by
the editor; after the critic's remarks the
society adjourned, te meet en next Friday
evening at 7 o'clock.
DUUMOllE ITEMS.
Kenrs from Uenrn tbe Ceuutry.
Our tobacco men are busy since the rain
last week strippiug the weed, and they
find it strips very nice as regards quality.
There will be no inconsidcrable amount of
"whitevcin" and some of the farmers
are looking blue about it. There is a great
deal of tobacco yet unsold that will de
serve the attention of buyers when' strip
ping is a little mere advanced. " ,',''
Jas. Pagan, of this township, and Miss
Mary Marklcy, of Yerk, were married en
the first instant. Daniel Hess, of Fulton
township, and Miss Emma Harnish, of
Bald-Friar, Cecil county, Md., were mar
ried last week. The epidemic is spread
ing. About forty of Mr. Harry Wentz's
friends gave him a very pleasant birthday
sui prise last Thursday evening.
Our colored population consecrated
("concentrated " one of them calls it, no
doubt wondering where the similitude is
between "concentrated lye" and their
religious ceremony) a church "just ober
de line," in Maryland, near Grubb's Cor Cer
ner. Sunday.
Mr. Isaac Bradley is working a let of
hands en the Peach Bettem railroad and
will seen have it completed te the river,
where it will intercept the Columbia &
Pert Deposit.
Mr. Win. Brown had one steer killed
and another very badly hurt last week, en
the C. & P. D. K. R. at Fishing Creek.
A Large Surprise Party.
A very large number of the friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Keen; of Eden town
ship, assembled rather unexpectedly te the
surprised parties en Saturday at their resi
dence. Beth were engaged in their usual
employments when about 11 o'clock in the
forenoon the surpriscr's stele upon
them with a long line of conveyances. It
was a real surprise for neither of them bad
learned or heard the least whisper
of the event. About eighty persons
wcre present ou the occasion. .In
the course of about ene and a half
hours tables were set that were burdened
with geed things for the inner man. After
about three hours were Ispeat in eating,
the tables were removed and addresses
were deliveredby Rev. J. V. Eckcrtaad
Rev, D. B: Shuey. Rev. Eckert spoke' en
behalf of the friends, and especially dwelt
upon the happy effects en our social na
ture and culture such occasions must ne
cessarily produce. Rev. Shuey responded
for the surprised parties. He expressed
their warm gratification for the leve and
respect shown, and hoped it would cement
all mere closely and bring us into the
higher Christian relations in Pfe, and pre
pare all for the gathering in the ether
world.
The Quarryville band was also .present
and discoursed te the company their ex
cellent music all afternoon, and made the
occasion doubly interesting by their pres
ence, because they are a genial and re
spectable class of young men and take
pride in their band.
As the evening shades began te fall the
friends began te wend their way home.
The whele thing was successfully projected
and carried through by W. J. frcs?, jr.,
and wife, of Quarryville.
Yerk Itema.
Revivals have commenced in most of
our churches, and there seems ta.be) a
goodly number of converts. " On last Fri
day evening Dr. Robinson, of Harrisburg,
preached a sermon in the Presbyterian
church, and was listened te by a large
congregation. The doctor is a geed speaker
and handled his subject with marked
ability.
The show-windows of the town are
being arrayed in all the finery imaginable,
and indeed present a fine appearance.
The youth meditates for a long, time what
would beet please his sweetheart.
Prof. Boyd is at present in town giving 1
LOCAL
lessens in mnemonics. Mr. Boyd has
somewhat revised the old system, and
new teaskes the revised system with great
success. 4
1 HenrjWard Beacher will lecture in the
ssjwsvSbse en Monday evening, Docetn Decetn
berTnk, upon the subject, "The New
Profession"
PROSECUTING THE DOCTORS.
A rOST'MOKTKM SUBJECT.
Taking lelenilauls Xante
stones.
Frem Tomb-
Alderman B. F. Rewc, at 6 o'clock last
WWiijsjt sal Whssi llnT'i iniliiiiii il case of
Jtr.WHl.'Umii prfseiuted by J.Kahkr
SiydsfefU flhiSu register before No
vember 25. At a previous hearing x?is
triet Attorney Davis asketl for a continu
ance, as he said the commonwealth had net
"gettheriht witnesses" te make it out.
Davis was net present List evening ; '0
ether witnesM'ss were called, but Snyder
asked that defcndant be bound ever,
peufiscl ferjtlie defense asked that tie
case be dismissed, as the prosecution hai
admitted at the 'ast meeting that tbeylnd
net made., out a. case, and no additional
notified icfelu tie Hearing that it had
been agreed in advance between prosecu
tor and alderman te return the case, the
time and trouble of a hearing might
nave been avoided. Defendant was. held
in his own recognizance for $100 ti an
swer at the January sessions.
3 Deputy Prothunetary Edwards says he
ever 10m iir. iiewani, ill's Jiiiiersvuie
confectioner, tbat Tem. Davis wrote
"statements" for persons te file with
their registration. Mr. Edwards says he
told him tbat Alderman B.irr used the best
form that came into the ellicc.
Prosecuting a lle.v.I Alan.
-j-Oaeef ojrrmest erteemedaud reliable
confruMKersj iurmsufs ine loitewiug ;
Among the, names J of tbej prosecuted
non-registered docteis, we n
the name of A. P. G.irber, of Meuutville.
Docs the intelligent prosecutor ever read
tbe newspapers ?i lie is, perhaps, net re
sponsible for net kuewiug that Dr. G arbor
never practised medicine in Lancaster
county, and for seven years net in Penn
sylvania ; and that his residenca during
that period has chiefly been in Flerida.
But, if' be reads the newspaper of the
county, he must be held responsible for net
knowing that Dr. Garber returned from
Flerida last June, died at Reneva, in Au
gust, and was buried in Meuntville a few
days thereafter. All the medicine he could
have practised in the few weeks he resided
in Pennsylvania before his death, must
have beea in his ipwn ease, aud for this
the conscieTtieiia cbatnfieu of law and
order, subjects him te a pest mortem pro
secution. Dr. G. perhaps ought te be lined
one hundred dollars aud costs, for pre
suming te die before this " Irlgbt partic
ticular star" in the moral galaxy of Lau
county could realize hid hard earned and
much coveted prosecution fees.
It i.s said that a rare invoice of mummies
from the tombs of Thebes has just been
received at Rochester, New Yerk. Pei
haps some amongst them may have been
doctors. TLcromaybe "something" in
this case or rather in these "cases," for
the questions of jurisdiction and accounta
bility are mere tritles, aftcrauindividual
is dead. Iu any., event, th.jejfgbt te be
looked iirtO.Jbiit Sejpe of ,thin- might get
into the" museums or our geed old com cem
muuity in violence of law. and te the great
detriment of our revenues, and te the pe
cuniary interests'ef our disinterested im
pecunious citizen. Perhaps it.might be
well tee te scan the tombstones of the
'state. The business oHtlie vcsdens of
jriapfc sngaf and hearhbunfl candy might
ue preiuauiy loeaeu into aiicrwarus.
Since this moral Hercules has commenced
the cleaning of the Augean stables he
fought te make a " clean sweep " of it. It
would be very unsafe just new te preset ibc
fish oil for hog cholera, for fear of being
"tuck up" for it. It might, however, be
geed for the pig. Of, com se, all who are
amenable te law should be obedient te
law, but it seems te us there should be
some discrimination b tween the living
and the dead bctweeu i!te doctor aud the
and tuc uead uetweeu me uocier auu 1110
BX-dSct6r-f-bcteen the diplemaed profes
sional and, tfcej dispenser of gum-drop
ex
Sien
and hoarhenBd candy,
COURT.
Proceeding' tilths Common I'lenH.
BKIOHE JCDrtn LlVIKGSTOS.
The case of the president cl ul. of Old
Columbia public ground company vs. the
FiistM. E. church of Columbia was at
tached eh Monday afternoon! ' The plain
tiff alleges tbat the defendant holds pos
session of a piece of ground situated be
tween Locust and, Cherry, hUeets and Lan
caster avenue and Sixth street in the
borough of Columbia, containing about
eec acre, the light of possctsieu and title,
te which plaintiff avers, us in the OldCol OldCel
umbia public'greund company and net in
defendant. 3 The pniiatitt's. testimeay was
that in 1787 Samuel Wiight, grandfather
of Cel. Samuel Wiigbt, of Columbia, do
nated te the citizens of Columbia a I large
tract of laud. Iu April, 182G the trustees
of the citizens obtained a corporate char
ter farIistwerandertbetitlr tf.thc Old
ColumbiarpttWie greuixl ceaTpaay. In
March, 1824, the Columbia watcrcempany
was incorporated, te wineii jeun u.
Wright, son of Samucl,,fer certain ponsid pensid ponsid
eraiien, transferred a plotef grbuhd '((J
feet square) euwhjph te'e.jiwtrudta reser
voir, but, bis heiis claim, icserving tbe
rint te himself or them, te re-enter and
take po-seasien of "this plot, if ever the
water company .-heuld abandon it 3 a
reservoir, In 1834 this same Jehu L.
Wright soIfWe MuJsbligFoAridcorn MuJsbligFeAridcorn MuJsbligFoAridcern
pany SacreVancTW" perches of "land sur
rounding the leserveir, en which the com
pany built the, Washington institute, new
the high school, but this sale did net in
clude the reservoir ground.--. Iu 18SG, Jehn
L.Wright died and.ia;l 874 tkc water, com
pany, having bnilt't'flb newrieserjelraand.
allowed the old one te be filled in, sold the
sito,te the Firt 3I.E. church of Columbia,
and a chapel ceKtin:''$10,000 hss sfnee
been built thereon and, occupied by the
defendentr. The heirs of Jehn L. Wright,
believing tbat -the--water- company had
abandoned the reservoir plot, re-entered
the same, and in 18.17 transferred the same
te the public ground company, who nor,
under this title, seek te obtain possession
by this claim, of ejectment. In addition te
the documentary, evidence, introduced in
support of this claim the plaintiff submit
ted testimony te sustain the position taken
with regard te thu .tight of the .hair ul'
Jehn L WlighttcTtoakn'cenvsyafiooof the
grounds te plaintiff. a 1
The defense was thatthw gift from Jehn
L. Wright, te the Columbia .water com
pany; through which'thcy held their title,
was absolute and .witheat reservation; that
the present company obtained its title
through the assignee of the old company
and had net abandoned it when it was
sold te defendants.
HEKOKK'JDDOK PATrSKSON'.
The suit of Frederick FIctterer for the
useef.Otilia'Ffctterer vs. 'Mary Brcitcr,!
was attached for trial in the Iqwerceurl
room. This was a scire funis te revive a
judgment for $600 relieved en April 1.
1874. The defense was that the judgment
with interest was paid in full..
Current Cenrt Hen&e llastaeaa..
Lizzie Bestick uas brought a suit for
bicach of premiaefagftinst) Isaac- Ni Reb
n:an. 'The latter. was aircstc'd tluVmorn tluVmern
ing by Sheriff Strine, and fte gave lil in
the sum of $3,000. Jf
Leuis pickel, convicted of dcseilien,
was arrested by the sheriff this morning,
for refusing te pay $10, new due bis wile,
testimony w offered tow. The aldcr
mau said h wis Meing te return it.
Caiinsel saidFlbaltif the dafense h:ul been
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