LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8,1881.
Eattcastci Intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, DBC. 8, H
Paying the 'Dei.
It leeks queer enough te see Jehn
Sherman introducing into the Senate a
resolution for the refunding of the na
tional debt at 3 per cent, when he was
the financial head, and front of a na
tional administration which vetoed the
Democratic measure te that effect.
Under his successor it has been shown
that the bends could be refunded at 3
per cent, without the profligate payment
of premiums te syndicates' and brokers
that Sherman used te Indulge in ;
and the rapidity with which the 3 per
cents., redeemable at the government'
option, went off, proved conclusively
that the Democratic bill for. refunding
was an entirely practicable measure
which would have worked all the econ
omy that was claimed for it. It is certain
that a 3 per cent, bend with a fixed time
te run, would sell mere readily -and t
larger premium than a 3 per cent.'bend
redemable in a year or thereafter at
the government's pleasure. The im
mense surplus revenues of the gov
ernment and the rapid redaction of
the public debt by the 'same -generation
which has already paid half of it, and
which was subject te all the drain and
burden of the war period, have suggest
ed in all financial quarters the propriety
of relieving the burdens of the people
and contracting the receipts from taxa
tion. There is no occasion te increase
the expenditures of the government nor
te waste the moneys en subsidies and
ether profligate purposes, as we fear the
present majority in Congress is dis
posed te de. A steady reduction of the
debt can easily be effected with! a
hundred millions less of taxes than the
people new suffer, and anything mere
than a gradual extinction of the national
debt the people de net ask. But te se
cure stability in our finances and te
make any new lean most acceptable te
the public the bends issued should have
a fixed time of maturity. It is readily
calculable at what rate the moneys new
diverted into the sinking fund will
provide ler the payment of the public
debt and the series of leans could easily
be adjusted te fall due just when the
government is prepared te pay them.
The president calculates that at the pre
sent rate we can pay the whole national
debt in ten years, which would pile the
burden of all the billions of cost of the
war en the single generation which saw
it created. There is no need te pay the
debt within fifty years certainly net in
shorter time than thirty, and a series of
bends in thirty numbers running frcm
one te thirty years respectively, at three
per cent, interest, could be sold at an
average of above par. Of course, a por
tion of the debt can net be refunded un
til due, but the lean can be authorized
new and issued when needed. It ought
net te take any very elaborate states
manship te devise a plan of funding the
debt at the lowest practicable rate of in
terestjwhich will yet be fixed in its terms
and subject our financial system te no dis
turbance, such as ensues from the fund
ing of the debt one year, and its refund
ing the very next.
The Buchanan Biography.
When the unfinished, if net the never
begun, work of writing the biography of
the late President Buchanan was com
mitted te Geerge Ticknor Curtis there
were misgivings that his - lack of ac
quaintance with his subject, if net his
lack of sympathy with the political
opinions and purposes of Mr. Buchanan,
would render bis satisfactory execution
of the work impossible and the book dis
appointing te these interested in it. Mr.
Curtis had perfermedbis duty as the biog
rapher of Webster in a commendable
manner, and it could net be dis
covered that his treatment of 4bat
subject conflicted with a proper
appreciation of Mr. Buchanan's private
character and public services. But Mr.
Curtis was naturally closer te the New
England school of statesmen than te
that te which Mr. Buchanan belonged,
and it was feared his associations and
the tendency of his mind would either
incline him te a tee narrow view of Mr.
Buchanan's political purposes or force
him te treat his biography as a "case"
undertaken by an advocate for the vin
dication, of his client, rather than a
work of simple justice te be performed
in a bread, judicial manner. As the time
draws near for the publication of Curtis'
biography of Buchanan there are mani
fest signs that it will be eminently sat
isfactory te the friends of the distin
guished dead and of far greater interest
te the public than had been anticipated.
Mr. Curtis found at his hand a vast and
valuable collection of interesting docu
mentary information, with which he has
amply fortified every statement made or
position assumed with reference te Mr.
Buchanan's attitude toward the seces
sion movement, and he is confident
that he will be able te en
tirely reverse popular opinion upon
that subject, summoning the most highly
approved Republican witnesses te the
support of his claims. It is net un
likely that the Buchanan biography will
appear at a -favorable time for candid
judgment of its. merits,'atid that the re
markable and often provoking 'delays
which have attended its preparation
may, after all, turn eat te have been
most favorable te its unbiased considera
tion and wider reading.
The Mermen candidate for delegate
te Congress from Utah get nine-tenths
of the votes, but the governor issued the
certificate te the, man who get one-tenth
because he considered the Mermen net
"a citizen rUie;Unite4 (:" He
went behind fl Teterns andtUe'clerk of
the Heuse went behind his certificate
and put en the roll the name
of the member who was elected;
and new, it is threatened, the. Heuse
will go behind the roll which went be
hind the certificate which went behini 4
the returns and put en the roll 'the man
who wan net elected, butwheisacRlzen.
There seems te have been something
radically wrong in all these departures,
beginning with the governor's irregu
larity in giving a certilcate te' a man
whom his very certificate showed had
net received a tenth of the votes. Mani
festly a man who is net a citizen should
net sit in Congress ; neither should a
man who was net elected. The right
thing would be for Congress te notify
Utah that until it sends en a citizen who
was chosen delegate by a lawful ma
jority of its voters its seat will be vacant.
Simultaneously with the accession
of the Republicans te power in Congress
the lobby reappears at "Washington in
force. The places that lately knew net
the assailants of the treasury are new
thronged with strikers. Biggest and
most brazen is Jehn Reach's Pacific
mail steamship subsidy, which comes up
hopeful and smiling.
TmcRE is a suspicion afloat that before
we begin te overhaul Chili we had better
take an inventory of our men-of-war. The
Chilian navy is a fighter.
The Washington beaux have a chance
te show the cosmopolitan tastes of this
country. There is a graceful group of
young ladies among the diplomatic fam
ilies. The Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese,
Chilian, Haycien and Hawaiian ministers
all have unmarried daughters.
Tub Philadelphia Evening TelegrapJi
detects mere anti-Mermen aggressiveness
in the message than hostility te the star
routers, and of is the opinion that Brady,
Dersey & Ce. felt no cold chills creep
down their backs when they read that
portion of the message, which ought te
have made them feel the halter draw.
The Baltimore Gazette, after a long
series of journalistic vicissitudes, marked
by spasms of enterprisers about te be c in
verted Inte an independent daily news
paper called the Times, owned and run
by W. B. nazleten, who says he will
back the venture with capital, brains and
honest purpose. These qualities ought
te make anything a success.
A height youth, undergoing examina
tion a few days since for admission te one
of the departments, found himself con
fronted with the question : ' ' What is the
distance trem the earth te the sun ? Net
having the exact number of miles with
him, he wrote in reply : "I am uuable te
state accurately, but don't belie vp the sun
is near enough te interfere with a proper
performance of my duties if I get this
clerkship." He get it.
It has long been suspected that the New
Yerk merchants hurry iug te and fro be
tween their suburban homes and their
business places, were net subject te such
influences as best fitted them te resist the
temptations of their daily calling or te
repent ever their misdeeds. Hence it has
been conceived that a "Christian" car be
attached te moving trains en the New
Yerk, New Haven & Hartferd railroad.
The preposition is te set apart a car where
passengers can listen te Scripture reading
and prayers during their journeys te and
from the great metropolis. It might be
well te fit up the "directors car' " en the
great trunk lines with such appliances ;
and te haul the Philadelphia street rail
way bosses ever their own Hues about six
teen hours a day in a " Christian car."
Encouraged no doubt by the clectieu
of Edward McPhcrsen te the Heuse clerk
ship Guiteau says : " The president of the
United States would never had been .shot
if it had net been for the political situation
as it existed last May and Juuc ; and I say
I have a right as a matter of law, through
my own counsel, te ask your honor that
General Grant, Senators Conkling and
Piatt, and President Arthur, and these
kind of men who were se down upon Gar
field that they would net speak te him en
the street, and would net go near the
White Heuse, shall be put upon the stand.
I have the right te show ray personal rela
tions te these gentlemen ; that I was en
friendly terms with them ; that I was cor
dially received by them ; and that I
was well dressed and well fed at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. I want te show my person
al relations te these men." All this reads
very much like the resolution which Mc
Pherson had passed in the last Pennsylva
nia Republican state convention.
PERSONAL.
In drawing desks in the Heuse Hen. A.
Hehh Smith had te take a back seat.
Dr. Samuel H. Green has accepted the
Republican nomination for mayor of Bos Bes Bos
eon. Jeffersen Davis arrived in New Yerk
yesterday from Europe, and left in the
evening for Louisville.
' Geerge H. Bekek is mentioned as the
probable successor of the late General
Kilpatrick, minister te Chili.
Miss Genevieve Ward intends te play
in French in St. Leuis and in New Orleans,
in both of which cities is a large resident
French population.
Yoshida ErreNARi, the Japanese minis
ter at Washington, has been recalled te
Tokie, te take office in the home admin
istration. It is believed he will be as
signed a high position in the department
of finance.
"Mrs. Langtry's Oscar Wilde," be
ing present at the debnt of the Jersey
Lily en the amateur stage, were "a ker
chief of sunflower hue thrust with cun
ning carelessness" into his white waist
coat. Aaren K. Dckkel has formally an
nounced bis desire and intention te suc
ceed himself as secretary of internal
affairs. It leeks as if he would have a
geed deal of opposition, Lucius Redgers,
being also entered for the race.
Majer William Arthur, the only
brother or the president, arrived in Chi
cago yesterday morning from Mentana en
his way te New Yerk, he having received
an appointment en General Hancock's
staff.
Walt Whitman praises Emersen as the
"truest most moral, sweetest literary
man en' record unselled by pecuniary or
any ether wrap ever teaching the law
within ever loyally out dropping his own
self only his own poetic and devout soul."
Jehn Brooks, a veteran ship and steam
boat captain, and a life-long personal
friend of the late Commedore Vanderbilt,
died yesterday in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
aatl 96 Team. Ha nesaessad enniifarahlA
wealth, and was a liberal contributor te'
religions and charitable institutions.
(i ' : -" m
Te the KMeaa With a Balloon.
It has been found impossible, owing te
the continuance of the heavy sea, te res
cue the asen en Calf Reck, who had occn eccn
pied the lighthouse which was recently
washed away. It is new proposed te drop
a rope te then frost a signal balloon and
then establish communication by means
of life-rafts.
VINDICATING BUCHANAN.
A Kay of light from tae Workshop el
Biographer Curtis.
The New Yerk Sun contains the follow
ing letter :
In the correspondence published by
Mr. Horatio King in the December num
ber of the Century, it appears that in No
vember, 1860, he called the attention of
President Buchanan te the secession ten
dencies of the Constitution, a paper pub
lished at that time in Washington and
popularly supposed te be Mr. Buchanan's
organ. Fer this supposition I de net
knew that there was any lounuatten, ex
cepting that the paper enjoyed some of
the advertising patronage of the govern
ment. It might be inferred from Mr.
King's letters te his correspondent that be
spoke te the president repeatedly about
this paper and that the president did no
thing. Mr. King does net appear te have
known that the president rebuked this
editor for his course in regard te seces
sion. I have in my possession, en Presi
dent Buchanan's files, a copy of his letter
te the editor of the Constitution, written
after that paper had taken ground against
the president en the subject of secession :
r PrJ vufcfi 1
"Washington, Dec. 23, 1800. My
Dear Sir : I have read with deep mertifi
catien your editorial this morning, in
which you take open ground against my
message en the right of secession. I have
defended you as long as I can against
numerous complaints. Yeu have a per
fect right te be in favor of secession, and
for this I have no just reason te complain.
The difficulty is tnat the Constitution is
considered my organ, and its articles sub
ject me te the charge of insincerity and
double-dealing. I am deeply sorry te say
that I must in some authentic form declare
that the Constitution is net the organ of
the administration. Your friend, very
respectfully,
".James Buchanan.
" William M. Browne, Esq."
In the multiplicity of matters of the
gravest aencern which, in the month of
November, 1800, denundedtheprcsident's
attention of which, as well as of all his
conduct down te the 4tb of March,' 1801.
I expect ere long te give te the public a
full account he may have net done every
thing that his anxious friends desired, be
fore his annual message of December 3,
1800, te relieve tueir minds of the appre
hensien that his administration was suffer
ing injury from this newspaper and ethei
similar signs that it harbored secessionists
among its officers or the objects of its
patronage. But I take it upon me te affirm,
after the most thorough study of Mr.
Buchanan's course and a full examination
of the very abundant materials contained
in his private papers, that from the time
of Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, Mr. Buch
anan never did an important act which
any patriot or any friend of his would
new wish that he had net done, or re
frained from doing an important act that
any patriot or friend of his would, upon
close consideration of the facts, say that
he ought te have performed.
There is net a mere remarkable in
stance in all history of the misconception
and misrepresentation with which a great
public man may be pursued than this case
of Mr. Buchanan. It is somewhat encour
aging that the revelations recently made
by the surviving members el his dinner,
Messrs. Black, Helt, Thompson and King,
have tended te show the people of this
country hew mistaken many of them
have been in regard te him. But it must
be remembered that General Dix and Mr.
Stanten are no longer living. Frem them,
aud from Mr. Helt, will come in due
time the most indubitable poefs, put en
record immediately after the c'ese of his
administration and when facts were recent,
that their authority is net te be used te
disparage any part of his conduct, his
firmness, his fidelity te tbe constitution
and Union, the wisdom of his measures,
and the prepriety of his acts. The time
has come when Mr. Buchanan himself,
when the truth as it is, should have a
hearing ; and although I de net mean, in
writing his life and times, te constitute
mysclt his special eulogist, i intend that
lie and his cause shall be " read aright te
the unsatisfied."
Georee Tickneu CritTis.
New Yerk, Nev. 22, 1881.
romantic veunu women.
Taking Pulverized Glass for UUappeIntinent
in L.exe.
Miss Ada Carpenter, of Newport Centre,
Yt., who has recently suffered disappoint
ment in love, has during the past few
days appeared melancholy and despondent
and caused her friends no little anxiety.
They thought, however, that time was the
best physician for heart-sickness and would
before long restore the young woman te a
healthy mental condition. They were,
therefore, net at all prepared for the tragic
announcement made last night that she
had taken pulverized glass with suicidal
intent. As seen a3 this fact came te the
knewledge of her relatives a doctor was
summoned. He -pronounced the case
hopeless and the unhappy young woman
is hourly expected te die. '
Krem Wealth te Insanity.
In Jersey City an insane woman was ar
rested in the Central depot, having come
in the cars from Easten, Pa. Her name
was Annie Thompson, formerly a resident
of Montclair, N. J., where her family were
at one time wealthy people. By unsuc
cessful speculations her father became im
poverished, and his reverses se preyed
upon his mind that he died. The metner
and two daughters came te New Yerk,
and ene get occupation as a book agent.
About six months age she began te show
signs of mental aberration, and about
three months later mysteriously disappear
ed. The next thing heard of her was
that she had attempted suicide by jump
ing into the rapids above Niag
ara Falls. The men who saw her prepar
ing for the fatal pluuge forcibly restrained
her. She was sent back te New Yerk,
and since then her whereabouts were un
known until her present arrest. She was
sent te the county jail, se that she might
be properly examined by the county phy
sician. All efforts te find her friends have
been unavailing.
STATE ITEMS.
Charles Lewis. Late residence, Cham
bersburg. Jumped en a moving freight
train. Usual verdict.
Hen. William L. Scott has just pre
sented $3,000 te St. Paul's Episcopal
church of Erie, for the purchase of an
organ te supply the place of one-destroyed
by fire last aummer.
The firm of Washington Butcher's
Sens, Philadelphia, which failed some
time age, has been revived, and will con
tinue in their old lice of business. They
have effected a settlement with their
creditors en a basis of forty cents en the
dollar.
Burglars entered the grain house of Mr.
J. H. Swope, at Jonestown, and operated
en the safe by drilling three holes into the
deer and filling them with powder, but
they were net exploded, and the contents
of the safe remained undisturbed. It is
supposed the robbers used a truck car te
ride from Lebanon- te Jonestown or at
least part of the way, for Tuesday morn
ing an abandoned car was found en the
railroad, partly en the track, near
iieumandaie, and almost caused an acci
dent. The electric lighting of Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, may be pronounced a fair
success as a beginning. The only diffi
culty about the voltaic arc system of light
ing is, mat tne ngnt is tee mucii concen
trated, andjhat the number of lamps
erected for a given space is generally tee
small' te give brilliant illumination, if they
are shaded by glebes te reduce the daz-
zling brilliancy of the light and make it
tolerable te the eye.
Automatic Trala Service.
Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad
have inspected Mr. E. J. Beyten's auto
matic station indicator at West Chester
with a view te having the new invention
in use en the Pennsylvania passenger
trains. The indicator consists of a glas3
frame about two and a half feet long and
eighteen inches wide, wnich is te hang at
both ends of the car, and reveals by an auto
matic apparatus, controlled by the engineer,
the name of each station as the train ap
proaches it. The case contains a dixninu dixninu
tive pair of bellows and an endless pan
orama of names printed en woven cloth.
The roll in spun off by the action of air
through the rubber tubes connecting the
air brakes under the cars, and is exceed
ingly ingenious in its construction. The
indicator was operated by Mr. Beyten in
the presence of Superintendent Leckard
during the progress of the train from Phila
delphia te West Chester. The .inventor
said that he would put the rubber tubes
msiue tne nose et ine regulating air
brake, and se de away with any delay in
uncoupling cars, if the Wcstinghouse
people would allow hin te de se.
LOCAL INTELLlliENCE.
TUB DHAMA.
A Wild, Farclal Conceit at the Opera Heuse.
One of the most thoroughly mirth-provoking
performances that has been wit
nessed in Fulton opera house in a long
while was that presented there last even
ing, when a company, fresh and funny,
from the Madisen Square theatre, New
Yerk, presented the new alleged comedy
entitled " The Professer," before a bril
liant audience that quite crowded the house
and that was kept in an almost con
stant state of cxplosive merriment during
the four acts that comprise the piece,
with only here and there a momentary
intermission te make way for a gleam of
pathos with which the author has succeed
ed in touching up this astonishing produc
tion. They call it a comedy, but mere
liberal license was never asked nor taken
in the wildest flight of farcical conceit, se
far at least as rcgaids the disor
ganized arrangement of the inci
dents, their ludicrous character through
out, and the utter impossibility
of the existence" of the chief actors
in them. The piece was written te make
laughter, and iu that design the author has
scored a pronounced success. The Profes Profes
eor, a preposterous person, is the centre of
a preposterous circle around whom revolve
a number of preposterous young maidens
and men who perform the most preposter
ous actions, with corresponding prepos
terous results. The Professer makes love te'
the maidens severally and seperately
in the most preposterous fashion, consider
ing that he has reached the age of forty
one years, " though he might just as well
make it thirty-nine," and the action lies
mainlyMn the adventures thus encountered
by tbe'verdaut Remee. Withal there is a
vein of romance and of human interest
pervading the whole, in the story of Daisy
Breicn, and the perfermaccD actually ar
rives at a dramatic climax, when one of
these preposterous personages transforms
himself into a 'detective, badge and all,
and lays the strong hand of the law en the
heavy villain, who has been smuggled into
the piece, iu order that it mny net be
without the proper moral effect of illus
trating the reward of virtue, aud the
stern retribution that we are taught te be
lieve is bound te overtake crime.
The cast is capital. Mr. Lacy plays the
title role and gives a unique characteriza
tion ; his acting is marked by an artistic
finish and a cleverncsss of execution that
serve te develop iu a marked degree the
singular humor of the part. Miss Meraut
is a vivacious young weraau with a re re
raarkable laugh the top note of which
never failed te evoke a rear from the audi
ence, and her entire performance was of
the funniest sort imaginable. The ether
ladies and gentlemen of the cast answered
all the requirements of their respec
tive paits in the most satisfactory
style. But the one who fixed
herseli firm in the affections of the au
dience was Miss Belle Jacksen, who in the
part of Daisy Brown, interesting and in
genueus, contributed such an admirable
foil te the senseless performances of the
ether people, and whose sweet face, child
ish veice and simple manner swept be
times ever the audience at the termination
of some period of uproarious mirth like a
breath of the fresh and fragrant flowers of
her native weeds.
The general mounting and the scenic
ell'ects throughout the performance were
exceptionally fine, while the songs inter
jected by the male quartet at several
points were nicely rendered and generously
applauded.
NKIGUUORUOOD NEWS.
Near and Acress the County Line.
The big pole Rapid telegraph company
is new running its lines through Yerk.
Thieves went through the till of B.
Eshlcman's store in Harrisburg aud took
all the cash en the premises.
A single order recently given by the
Pennsylvania railroad is for 3,100 freight
ears.
Harrisburg had a brilliant wedding yes
terday Harry L. Gress and Miss Laura
German.
Milten Eshenauer, son of Christian W.
Eshcnauer, of Londonderry township,
Dauphin county, was k'lled en a railroad
at Sedalia, Me., and his remains will be
brought home.
A charter has been issued te the Wcimcr
machine works company, of Lebanon, for
the manufacture of iron and steel, with a
capital of $120,000. The incorporators
are P. L. Weimer, L. E. Wcimer, Asaph
A. Wcimcr and T. E. Ireland, of Lebanon,
and Jehn Berkcnbinc, of Philadelphia. A
branch office of the company will be lo
cated in Philadelphia.
Died November 12. 1831, Elizabeth
Yedcr, of Spruce Hill township, Juniata'
county, aged 56 years, 10 months and 12
days. The sick among friends and neigh
bors ever found in her a faithful helper, a
sympathizing friend. The familiar name,
" Betsy," was a household word, and the
love of the little ones was always given
unreservedly te her wherever her kind
face was found.
There are a great many muskrats in the
embankment along the Schuylkill canal,
in Berks county. They de a great deal of
damage, and frequently cause leaks in the
canal. The canal company give 12 cents
for each muskrat tail as a premium for
catching the animals, and the Hides are
worth from 17 te 20 cents each. At Mo Me Mo
necacy a number of persons are engaged
in catching the animals with steel traps,
and some 400 have already been secured
this season. At Laurel Hill the lock ten
der caught 75 muskrats in ene night. The
tails are given te the canal bosses', and the
bides are sold te dealers in furs.
Off the Track.
Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning
as engine 1044 Was shifting cars from the
north track te a siding en the south.
Conductor Barefoot, who was in charge of
the train, neglected td turn the switch,
and the engine ran off the track, breaking
the pilot and doing some ether small dam
age. It took ever an hour te Get the en
gine ou the track again. The Harrisburg
express was delayed ever half an hour.
A Lstter for film.
If there is a boy in this city named Mor Mer
ris Mclinsky he can get a letter for him by
calling en Chief of Police Deichler, who
received it from Ohie yesterday. The
boy is 17 years of age and is believed te be
here.
CITY LEGISLATURE.
MEETING OF SKLECT AND COMMON
COUNCILS.
Net Much Business Transacted A Peaceful
Assemblage of ear Municipal Selens
Twe Huvr Fire Ordinances Pre
sented The street Appro
priation Exhausted.
A stated meeting of select and common
councils was held last evening.
Select CeuncU.
The following named members were
present ; Messrs. Barr, Berger, Deerr,
Franklin, Judith, G. W. Zecher, Philip
Zecher and Evans, president.
The report of the city treasurer and re
ceiver of taxes for the month past was
read, from which it appeared that the re
ceipts for the past month were $33,947.09 ;
payments, $7,593. 16 ; balance in treasury
31,373.93,
G. W. Zecher presented the monthly
report of the finance committee, showing
the amount of unpaid city taxes iu the
several wards of the city for the year 1881,
showing $y, 760.23 en real estate, $2,446.54
en tenants, and $1,339.69 en single meu ;
total $12,506.46.
The monthly report of the water com
mittee was read. The committee recem
mend that $200 be taken from the contin
gent fund and applied te the water appro
priation for the purpose of laying 250 feet
of water pipe en North Lime street north
of James. The committee also invite
councils te meet the committee at the
mayor's office at 2 o'clock en Friday
afternoon and proceed thence te the city
water works for the purpose of inspecting
the new boiler house and boilers recently
erected and put into use. On motion
both the above prove prepositions of the
committee were agreed te. Common
council concurred.
A petition praying councils te repair
Rockland street from Vine street, south
te the city limits, or compel the turnpike
company, which charges tell en said street,
te put it in such condition as will make it
sate te drive through, was read, and re
ferred te the street committee te inquire
into the matter.
A petition for permission te lay a rail
road siding en North Charlette street
from Scbuberth's tobacco warehouse, near
James street, northward te the Pennsylva
nia railroad, was read and referred te the
street committee.
Common Council.
The following named members were
present :
Messrs. Albert, Barnes, Brown, Cor Cer
meny, Cox, Davis, Diffenderfier, Everts,
Fisher, Frauklin, Hays, Ruber, Jehnsen,
Leibley, Lichty, McMullen, Middleton,
Ostermayer, Keith, Shreder, Shulmyer,
Smeych, Stene, White, Levcrgoed, presi
dent. As seen as the minutes had been read,
Mr. Barnes offered an ordinance te reor
ganize the fire department. It is the same
measure, with a few verbal changes, de
vised by the special committee en reorgan
ization, that passed select council at the
recent special meeting, hut which failed
in the common branch for lack of a consti
tutional majority.
Mr. Cox then presented an ordinance
with a similar title and object, except
that it proposes te reorganize the depart
ment en the volunteer basis. The ordin
ance was read before the Firemen's Union
en Tuesday evening, and a very fair idea
of its scope and character is gathered from
the communication of Mr. Cox te councils
printed in full in last Saturday's Intel
I.IOENCEU.
Beth ordinances werejreferred te a special
committee consisting of Messrs. Shul
myer, Fisher and DiffeudcrfTer,whe retired
for the purposes of examining them, and
after a protracted absence returned a re
port recommending the adoption of the
eidinauce offered by Mr. Barnes.
While common council was acting upon
the business sent ever from select' council
the latter adjourned, se that the grave and
reverend members of that body didn't get
a whack at the proceedings in the contem
porary branch.
Mr. McMullen presented the report of
tne street committee, which showed that
the appropriation for grading, macadam
izing, guttering, &c, is exhausted
within $38.52, and that the contract for
the construction of a five-feet sewer en
Water and Chestnut streets, which was
made upon the credit of said apprepria
tien, has net yet been completed, and will
require for its completion the further sum
of S650 ; also, that the appropriation for
repairs of streets is exhausted, and that
work has bien dore in excess of said ap
propriation te the amount of $405 ; also,
that there is due te the regulators the
sum of $92. All work en the streets
has new been suspended, and the
report gees en te state that such
work as was done after the appro
priation was exhausted consisted of filling
up in front of new gutters iu places where
the recent plan and survey of the city
required such gutters te be laid higher
than the present bed of the street. This
filling up was absolutely necessary te pro pre
vent tue gutters newly laid from being
destroyed and tern up by wagons driven
ever and against them.
The reading of this report was followed
by Mr. McMullen presenting a rcsolutiien
transferring the sum of $1,147 from the
contingent fund te the street fund for the
purposes shown in this report te be neces
sary. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. McMullen presented a communica
tion from Mayer MacGenigle, in which
that functionary informs councils that hu
had written te Mr. Prevest, Pennsylvania
railroad superintendent, urging upon him
the great need of placing watchmen at
certain crossings in the streets of Lancas
ter, and reciting some of ihe mere serious
accidents that have occurred for the want
of them, but Mr. Prevest had net answer
ed his letter nor paid the slightest atten
tion te it.
Dr. Davis expressed the opinion that the
proper thing for the city te de would be te
press the suits it., has instituted against
the railroad company, and which have
been permitted te lie dormant.
Mr. Cox presented a clipping from the
Intelligencer of last Friday, in which
the action of the committee en fire engine
and hose companies with regard te the
fines against the Shiftier, Friendship and
American companies, is reported, and said
he wanted it te go upon the record as the
action of the committee in the cases
stated. The president was dubious about
allowing the article te be read, because it
had no signature te it, and he thought it
would be setting a rather bad precedent
te have reports presented te and accepted
by councils, in the shape of newspaper
clippings. Mr. Cox retorted that he could
put as many signatures te the clipping as
the president wanted ; the aeeeunt, as
printed in the Intelligencer, is entirely
correct, except, he modestly added, that
he didn't like the expression Cox's com
mittee, " which occurred in one of the
headlines of the article in question.
After the clipping had been read, and
the report of the committee en the Barnes
and Cox ordinances had been received as
above reported, council adjourned.
SueaK Thieves About.
On several nights darings the past
two weeks, a suspicious character has
been prowling about the back yards of
residents of the neighborhood of Middle
and Seuth Queen streets. His object is
no doubt chickens or clothing en the wash
lines. Last night he was discovered by a
lady, who was taking down her wash, con cen
cealed in a corner of her yard, but en her
alarm he jumped the fence and made his
escape. It would be well te keep a special
watch for him, particularly with a shot
gun.
COLUMBIA NBWSv,
OUR REGULAR CORRESPOXUJCNCK.
The Presbyterians'will held their Christ
mas cantata en the Friday before Christ
mas. The Columbians who attended the " Pio Pie Pio
fesser" in Lancaster last evening ex
pressed themselves as being highly de
lighted. The G. A. R. should bring it te
Columbia.
A small row beat was caught at the
bridge this morning and held iu the outlet.
The owner has net called for it as yet.
A water pipe burst en Frent street yes
terday and half filled a cellar with water.
Important school beard meetiag to
night. Celd, wind and ice last night.
Christmas draws nearer. Streets in geed
condition and a number of pavements
being repaired. Bridge piers finished.
Game in season. Slim market. Shep
windows leek handsome. Ten tramps ar
rested yesterday. Squire Frank is out of
town. Officer Struck new works for Squire
Grier.
The SIcGlbeays.
'I he McGibeny family played iu the
opera house last evening te a large and
select audience. The school children
turned out en masse te see the per
formance of the young musicians. The
performance was complete and gave uni
versal satisfaction, as was proven by the
frequent bursts of applause. They play
in Lancaster this evening, and we would
advise our ueighbersif they wish te spend
a pleasant evening, te go see the little
ones.
Narrow Escape.
A traveling agent wishing te cress the
Susquehanna river last evening, hired a
beat. About 7 o'clock he started aud when
about the middle of the river he get
mixed and did net knew which way he
was going, as the night was very dark.
He saw a light and thought it was the
Wrightsville furnace. It proved te be the
Susquehanna rolling mill and the man had
all he 'could de te pull into shore, as the
wind was blowing the beat directly to
wards the dam. It was a narrow escape
from drowning.
G. A. It. Election.
At an election of officers of G. A. R.
pest 118 en Tuesday evening, the fellow
ing gcutlemen were elected : Pest Cem
mander, J. W. locum ; Senior ice Com
mander, C. A. Becker : Junier Vice Com
mander, Jno. L. Becker ; Quartermaster,
Jas. L. Pinkerton ; Officer of the Day,
Simen C. Camp : Officer of the Guard,
Edw. Caswell ; Surgeon, Dr. F. Hinkle ;
Chaplain, Rev. H. Wheeler ; Delegates te
the Department Encampment at Wilkes
barre. W. Hayes Grier, II. Mullen and J.
W. Yocum. Alternates, Washington L
Hershey aud Cyrus Biuner ; The pest is
in geed financial standing, and is one of
the strongest m the state, and is steadily
ou the increase.
Our Scheel Superintendent.
Considerable complaint is made about the
schools in our neighboring town, especially
the smaller ones. They say the rooms in
cold weather are se cold that they are un
pleasant te sit in, and that in summer they
are se poorly ventilated that they are
nearly suffocating. We would advise such
persons te visit the Columbia schools,
which, since Prof. JJ. G. Ames has been
superintendent here, reached a high de
grce of perfection. The professor cau
always be found around the schools, aud
if approached upon the subject nearest his
heart the Columbia public schools be
will gladly tell you hew he has worked and
pushed the school directors te have this
and that done, ,and hew after con
siderable labor he succeeded, since the
opening of 1831, a number of necessary
additions have been made. A new school
house for the colored children, which was
undoubtedly necessary, as their old one
was in a very peer condition ; fire escapes
in the Cherry htrect building ; repairs en
the institution, and everything conceivable
te the comfort of the school children. The
professor, aided by the present efficient
school beard has done all this, and our
citizens- cau feel proud of their public
schools, as no better can be found outside
of our large cities When contagious dis
eases were prevalent the professor ad
vised the school beard te close the schools,
and when the smallpox scare was here all
children had te be vaccinated or were net
allowed te go te school.
Little Locals.
' Deves " dissolved. Mr. aud Mrs. D.
Myers visiting Mrs. II. Beeth, Locust
street. sbawnee lurnace stepped ler an
hour yesterday te have flues cleaned.
Ceal Dealer Filbert repairing railroad sid
ing. Library committee ordering new
books. " Beccaccio " treupe passed
through from Reading te Yerk. S. S.
Detwiler has bought 160 acre farm at
Shank's Ferry, Yerk county. By
the breaking of denick tackling
at Shawnee furnace five men thrown
into a pit and severely hurt ; an
other had index finger of left hand cut
off while leading car wheels. Railroad
wreckers off te Washington te raise the
wrecked cars. Shawuce rolling mill
stepped ; some dissatisfaction of em
ployees. On Sunday Rev. F. P. Blayser
will preach iu St. Paul's German Lutheran
church, after which the congregation will
attend the corner-stone layiug of the new
St. Jehn's Lutheran church, Locust and
6th.
ANOT1IBK SUDDEN DEATB.
Verdict by the Corener's Juries.
Ellen Nash, a colored girl aged about 18
years and residing in Jehn street, died
suddenly yesterday morning abent two
o'clock. She had been suffering from
heart disease for some time and had been
attended by Dr. Westbaeffer, but net
lately. She went te bed apparently as
well as usual, but died suddenly at the
hour above stated. Corener Mishler's
jury returned a verdict of death from heart
disease.
The coroner, with a jury, yesterday af
ternoon visited the residence of Henry
Snyder, West Clay street, whose wife was
found dead in bed as related in the Intel
ligencer yesterday. After viewing the
remains and taking testimony, the jury
rendered a verdict of death from heart dis
ease. Dr. Compten" was the physician
attending the coroner in both the abeve
cases.
Dr. II. E. Muhlenberg, who attended
Mrs. Snyder for two months, and who was
net summoned before the coroner's jury,
says the woman did net die of heart dis
ease, but was subject tp convulsions,
caused by organic female trouble. The
doctor saw her the day before she died.
The report that her husband had disap
pears is incorrect. He is in town, and is
collecting money te bury her.
Deputy Corener Wm. Rheem, at the
request of the coroner, yesterday empan
eled a jury and visited the late residence
of " Aunt Pelly Williams," colored whose
death was announced yesterday. After
viewing the body and bearing the testi
mony of Herace Reynolds, a erandsen of
the deceased, and Dr. L. A. Warren, the
attending physician, from which it ap
peared that the old lady was taken sick
two weeks age and had careful attend
ance, the deputy coroner dismissed his
jury, saying there was no occasion te
make the inquest.
The Lancaster Bicycle Clan.
At a meetiug of the Lancaster bicycle
club, last evening, a permanent organiza
tion was effected. The officers consist of
H. ClayBrubaker president ; C. B. Long Leng
enecker, vice president ; W. Frank .Gor .Ger
recht, secretary and treasurer; Walter
Beardman captain. The club numbers
twelve.
THE MAN WITH CHEEK.
WHY NOT ENTER MIM AT TOE NEXT
STATE FaIR ?
tte Will Take the rirst frlze.
L. M. DcMett is the name of an indi
vidual who for a month past has been
beating hotel keepers, saloon men and
ethers in this city. He is a book agent by
occupation, and several years age sold a
large edition of Shakspcare in this city.
At that time he stepped at the Stevens
house, which was managed by Wilsen &
Sen. He left town e wine them abent $110
for beard. On Friday, Nevemher 1st, of
this year, DeMett again landed in this ,
city as ageat fer a tbes entitled " A His
tory of.Reae.'JJe wet at once te the
Stevens house,but Mr. Hiestand knew him
and.refuscd te keep him. He then went ever
te the Cooper house, and secured beard of
Mr. Tripp'.e by telling him that he paid his
beard every week. At the end of the
first week Mr. Tripple gave him his bill ;
he said that was all right, he would pay it
when he received a check which he ex
pected iu a few days. The check never
came, of course, and Mr. Tripple wrete
te the firm which DeMett claimed he
represented ; he received "no answer and
at the end of the third week he turned De De
eott out, as he found 'that he was ene
of the rawest' of dead-beats. The man
next turned up at the City hotel, where he
bearded for 10 days. When asked for the
money for his beard he showed Mr.
Power, the proprietor, a telegram alleged
te have been sent from hie firm, stating
that they would send him money The
day for the arrival of the dust passed
and DeMett, who had net been
working but had been drinking
whenever anyone would buy him a dram,
was unceremoniously " fired " from the
hotel. "While bearding at the City hotel
DeMett told the down-town men that he
was stepping at the Cadwell house. In
quiry was made there concerning him, but
Mr. Barnett knew himaet. After this
"3Ir." DeMett , stepped- two nights
at the Serrel Herse hotel, but paid
nothing for it. On Monday night, as
stated in the Intelligencer, he stepped
at the Cres3 Keys hotel, where he also at
tempted te beat the proprietor ; he was
unsuccessful, however, as he was obliged
te pay the bill en Tuesday. On that day
he borrowed small sums of money from
different parties by telling them ' fairy
tales." Yesterday he came into the In
telligencer office and complained el
an article that had appeared iu
this paper injuring his character ; he
told a number of lies and stated that he
get into the Ciess Keys hotel en Monday
evening because he was drunk and did net
desire te go te his own hotel, the Stevens
house, where he was a boarder. As seen
as he left the office wc learned by tele
phone that he had net been at Stevens
house, as they would net keep him, know
ing him te be a beat of the worst
kind. After leaving this office he visited
several hotels, at .all of which he owed
bills, and told the men there that he had
" given the Lntelliglncer h 1 " and it
would have te retract. He bragged that
he could stay in this city for three months
without being disturbed, as he was sharp
and knew hew te work the people.
The Man's Description.
DeMett is between 40 and 60 years of
age, and has a moustache and beard, which
is tinged with gray; he will probably
weigh about 180. lle wean a suit of
black with a coat which be buttons nearly
te the top of his vest; The clothing leeks
rather shiny in front, and en the rear is
sometimes iu wrinkles as though it had
been slept in. He is a geed talker, and
can tell plenty of stories in geed
style. He has a very pompous air
about him and claims te be au intimate
friend et all persons (who. have had the
misfortune te bay books of him. He has
mere real "gall" thau auv man who has
appeared here yet, and although he has
been " fired" from every hotel iu this city
he has the cheek te go back te them and
call for drinks, even!geiug se far as te ask
for credit.
He has no raeucy and since last Satur
day has been hanging en by tbe eyelids.
He has beaten every ene who has had
anything te de with him, and that is the
way he has managed te exist. A few
days age he asked the chief of police te
send him home free of charge. If he re
mains in this city long he will find that
there are laws te lock up hotel beats and
tramps aud he will net need a ticket home
for a few months.
Besides the persons mentioned abeve he
ewes a score of people in this city, includ
ing saloeu keepers, restaurant men and
ethers, from whom .he has procured
drinks and victuals, or borrowed money.
ZlON'a MEW OKOAN.
The Largest and Most Iteaetlrullnstiujurnt
la the City.
Mr. C. F. Durner, of Quakertewu,
Bucks county, Pa., has built for Zieu
Lutheran church, this city, a very large
and beautiful organ larger than, that of
any ether church ia Lancaster and he
aud his son have been engaged for seme
weeks past in putting it into position.
The work is rapidly approaching comple
tion and the organ will be solemnly dedi
cated next Sunday week.
The case of the instrument is of solid
walnut and rosewood, eC beautiful design,
and highly ernasteBted-wJth vcavmg. It
is 21 feet in height, 18 feet in width and
11 feet iu depth. The front of the case is
divided into three large panels, the centre
one being the largest. la these peaels are
set the front, pipes all af taeaU being
speaking pipes, and richly ornamented in u
colors and gilt, the ornamentation being '
se arranged as te give a perspective te the
two outer panels, which appear te recede
at their outer edges and form, apparently
with th centre panel, i three skies of au
octagon. The optical illu8len"is"very com
plete and the effect very pretty, when the
spectator stands some distance from the
Instrument.
Within this pretty case are placed no
less than 1,364 pipes. , In the great organ
are the following l stepsj : Opeadisfasen,
octave bourdon, gamba, duldamt, melo mele
dia, flute d'ameur, twelfth, fifteenth,
mixture and trumpet. In thaasrell organ
are the violin, principal, quintadena, salic salic
ienal, fngara, stepped diapason, flute
harmonic, tiautiaa, oboe aad-bauoeo, and
tremolo. In the pedal organ are tha
double open diapason, bourdon and violon
cello. The mechanical 'Steps coasittref a
swell te the ureat organ, swell te 'pedal,
great organ te pedal, pedal check aud the
blewers,8ignal.
There are two banks of keyboards of 61
notes each, a pedal keyboard of 2? notes,
three composition pedals, and a balance
feet swell.
Mr. Durner has recently made an Im
provement in the construction of bis
organs, whereby the wind pressure is
taken from the valves, aad'ta keys are as
easily and delicately manipulated a these
of a piano.
Mr. Durner kindly furnished the rep
resentative Of the INTELLIGENCER With
some music from the grand instrument,
and showed that be is no less, skillful iu
manipulating the keys than he is in the
construction and adjustment of the multi
tudinous parts of which tbe'ergitn'ls' com
posed. Tbe cost of the organ is between 93,000
and $4,000, and the vestry and members of
Zion church deserve commeadatiea for
their zeal and liberality in providing for
the worshipers se fine and costly aa in .
strament. Doubtless the dedicatory ser-
vices will be of unusual interest std attract
immense congregations.
m
Death of a Landlord.
s;i-q Waiter. landlord nf the Waahiiit'
ten inn, Quarry ville, and .well known in
the lower end as a hotel keeper, died en
Tuesday, after a lingering illness from
consumption, and was buried te day,