LANCASTER DAILY INTELL1GENCEU SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 188L
Eancastn Intclltetntet. I
SA.TUBDAY EVENING, DEC. 10, 1881;
Bearer for Governer.
There is nothing surprising in the
news which the Times prints as coming
from Washington that the Stalwarts
from Pennsylvania have bad a caucus
and agreed te push General Bearer as
their candidate for governor. This de
termination en their part has been un
derstood in well-informed political cir
cles for some time. Mr. Quay's nomina
tion of Grew and Senater Cooper's
nomination of himself have net been
sufficient te divert them from the direc
tion in which they had set out te travel
a long time age When Grew pulled off
the track for' United States senator te
, let Beaver en he was no doubt premised
the governorship, and his weak yielding
te the Cameren pregramme lest him the
respect of his Independent friends.
Quay has made a feint of carrying out
that bargain, but of course he Knew that
his associates would never assent te it,
especially as Grew's withdrawal did
net ensue in Beaver's election
and as his nomination would
leave the obligations entered into
with Beaver still unpaid. It was.
bargained that Beaver should be gover
nor for leading the Pennsylvanians for
Grant at Chicago, just as Frank Eshle
man was made district attorney in this
county, for betraying his constituents in
the Cincinnati convention in 1876, and
helping te beat Blaine. The Cameren
party have net se far forgotten the cun
ning which has made their policy suc
cessful in this state as te fail te reward
these who serve their cause or betray
their enemies. There never has been
any ether idea generally approved in
their council than Beaver's nomination.
They knew that Grew is utterly useless
and entirely harmless, despised alike by
both factions and neither wanted nor
feared by cither. Cooper loe, with a
revolt in his county of some 1,500, is
easily disposed of. He has no following
that can successfully press his nomina
tion, and he is a time-server, who has te
abide by the decision of the Lochiel par
lor caucus. If importunate he will be
easily satisfied with the nomination for
lieutenant-governor.
The Ring Republicans have done as
well as they could probably in their se
lection. Beaver will bring te their aid
in getting his nomination as many votes
which they could net otherwise secure,as
anybody they could have agreed upon.
They have net taken him because he
is a one-legged soldier, a fair lawj'er,
and a man of geed social repute, but they
expected these things te get them
some votes for him in the nomination
which they could net have obtained for
such a mau of their natural preference
as Cooper. They expect Beaver te be
submissive te their future plans ; and
there is nothing in his character or rec
erd which threatens them with dis
appointment in this ceuGdcnce.
His candidacy en the part of the Cam Cam
eeon faction then being agreed upon and
his nomination well assured, it only re
mains te consider the probable attitude
of the se-called Independents in his party
toward his nomination and election. The
Continental hotel conference committee
must be either for or against him. It
really matters little which. If they are
for him their support is of no conse
quence ; if against him he will be nom
inated anyhow, and they have given in
their adherence in advance. But that
wing of the party which opposed Baily
has all the same reasons te oppose Bea
ver. As a contemporary remarks, he is
put forward " as the chosen candidate
of the Stalwarts, te be dominated by
Stalwart agents and methods and for the
purpose of maintaining Stalwart nomi
nation in Pennsylvania," and this move
ment has behind it the support of the
administration, whose purposes are
much further developed new than
a few months age, when the
belting Republicans in this state
took up the gauntlet and met the issue
forced upon them. New the president
is said te be in full sympathy with the
success of Stalwartism and its represen
tatives in Pennsylvania, and every act
of his administration has shown this te
be true from the McKeesport postmas pestmas
tership te the disposal of the Pennsylva
nia members in the speakership contest.
If the "Wolfe Republicans will assent te
this they will belie their position in the
late canvass. Net only they but the
leaders in the Continental hotel confer
ence refused te support Beaver when he
was offered as the choice of a majority of
his party caucus for United States senator
They challenged him- only because he
was the selection of Cameren and his
ring. He is that and only that new ;
and they took in his stead a man of no
greater fitness or strength only because
he appeared te have the Cameren cellar
less tightly riveted upon his neck.
Per some reason or ether the Y. M.
C. A., of this city, has net received the
hearty sympathy of our citizens nor the
support which is needed te keep it out
of debt, even with the liberal terms upon
which it bought the property it occupies.
Either its plan and purposes or its man
agement have se far alienated the interest
of the public that the necessary financial
aid is net forthcoming te maintain its
free reading room and keep open its
large and useful library. It will net be
denied that there is urgent occasion for
some such an institution in this city.
The failuie of the present scheme does
net argue against the necessity for a
better one. It is the duty of the
management te invite free conference
en the subject with all citizens
who are interested in maintaining ssme
central agency for the work among
young men, which the mission of the
churches does net quite cover, or which
they can most efficiently de by co-operation
with each ether and with all citizens,
who are willing te work for the public
geed. In the Y.M.C.A.and Mechanics' li
braries are the nuclei of a fine public libra
ry and fiee reading room, and the union
of these and the endowment and pat
ronage of it by liberal-minded and liberal
handed citizens would be an institution,
the establishment of which geed associa
tions and many ether citizens might be
brought te consider In a liberal and
philanthropic spirit.
H!2S2S
Inauirer is at it kiam with karamer and
tongs against Revenue Collector Themas
A. Wiley, whom it charges with under
taking te dictate "appointments te
some of the court house officials who
take their places in January next." At
his manner of conducting the campaign
the amiable editor of our esteemed con
temporary declares that even railroad
passengers are " thoroughly disgusted."
But maybe the disgust is mere intense
around the Inauirer office than elsewhere
because it was understood heretofore
that Bess Griest had already bossed the
job which he blames Bess Wiley for new
undertaking te boss.
Ox Tuesday the Heuse will witness
the flood of legislative projects which
usually pours upon it when the gate is
lifted by the first call of states for the
introduction of bills and resolutions in a
new session of Congress. When the
New Zealander shall sketch the ruins of
the national capitol from the debris of
the Washington monument the anti
quarian will, find nothing funnier than
some of the curious and crude legisla
tion which will yet be suggested in this
rapidly closing year of grace.
en
Wiiek Arthur was made vice presi
dent Beaver could have been made vice
president. Gratitude is net absent in
the composition of Stalwartism, and
there is a page in the history of the Chi
cago convention, en which may be read
an explanation of Arthur's preference
for Beaver as his party's candidate for
governor in the state, in which te be a
Republican nominee the-aspirant must
" see Cameren."
The Democratic politicians of Phil
adelphia are said te be very mucli ex
ercised about the next nomination of the
party in this state for governor. It
would be mere te their credit and their
party's geed if they were chiefly exer
cised about electing the nominee. What
the party needs is mere votes and fewer
candidates.
, -
The Columbia Spy says that the
president's vigorous denunciation of all
parsons who may be found changeable
with violations of the postal law " suits
us exactly." Is the Spy such an offender
that the striped suit fits it ?
Tub Sun, which started out as a geed
friend of the administration, lias te hedge
at the signs of Sargent in the cabinet.
The Committee of One Hundred in
Philadelphia threatens te become a com
mittee of One Hundred Theusaud at the
next municipal election.
People who watch with zest the
tilts et lawyers in the courts,
and often wonder at the hard
words they use te each ethcr,will see, from
an account we print of the compliments
passing between Judge Livingston, of
Lancaster, and Judge Clayten, of Media,
that the amenities of the bar extend even
te the bench.
Tue Daily Intelligencer again pre
sents its readers with a Saturday supple
ment, containing fourteen columns the
size of the regular edition, and, besides
considerable original and local matter of
special interest, a very charming account
of a visit te the Hely Laud by S. S. Cox,
than whom none of our public men is
mere versatile in his erudition or of keener
observation. As the Christmas time ap
proaches this -sketch of the land ever
which the star of Bethlehem shone gains
special interest, and our readers will fol fel
low with attention their fellow couutry ceuutry
mau in and about the place where the
Child Redeemer lay in the manger.
Russia, never free from seme sort of re
ligieus, political or social revolution brew
ing, has trouble ever the forced deposi
tion of Metropolitan Michael, the head of
the orthodox church in Scrvia. He ap
peals te the Hely Governing Synod of
Russia, which has a geed deal of feeling
against the Servian churchmen. In Rus
sia the anti-Jewish troubles are far from
being settled. "Te America!" is the
watchwera spreading among the Russian
Jews. Hundreds of them have already
left for America, aud tens of thousands
are ready te go. The Russian anti-Jewish
journals try their best te bring odium
upon the Jews by spreading reports about
tie Kahal, a kind of Jewish inquisition,
and use persecution, plunder and misrep
resentation te hurry their exodus te
America.
TnEnE was a convention in New Yerk
the ether day of what one of the newspa
pers called " a scere of the wild-eyed ad
herents of the institute of Heredity,"
though a great many very sensible people
find a great deal of valuable study in this
science of heredity. At this convocation
seme queer things were said by seme
of the queer men and women who helped
te constitute it. One of the eloquent doc
tresses classified women under four heads,
namely : theso who can and make geed
wives and mothers, and who form SO par
cent, of the race ; these who make geed
wives but net geed mothers, and who are
25 per cent, of all ; the30 who are geed
mothers but net geed wives, 20 per cent.,
and the remaining 25 per cent, who are
neither geed wives nor geed mothers. In
the fourth class are the dressmakers,
school teachers and ethers, and Mrs. Dr.
Chase thanked Ged fervently for the old
maids. They are, she said, the thinkers ;
educate them, and they become the best
members of society. They are thinkers,
logicians and writers. According te Buckle
one man in 30,000 is the proportion of men
marrying women old enough te be their
grandmothers.
We lake pleasure in reprinting and com
manding the very sensible view which the
Philadelphia Press entertains of the ques
tion of the Utah congressional delegate.
It accords with what the Intelligencer
has said upon the subject, and it is only
illiberal and bigoted partisans who will
make a party issue out of this question.
Certainly if Cannen, the delegate-elect, is
an unnaturalized foreign-born citizen, and,
therefore, ineligible te Congress, he should
net be given the seat te which he seems te
have been unquestionably elected. Just
as certainly the man who get only a tenth
of the votes should net be seated, Gentile
though he be. The Democrats will be as
foolish te try an keep an ineligible man ia j
became he is a Mermen as the Republi
cans wilt be tetryaad seat a ssan sever
elected, simply because he is net a Mor Mer Mer
eon. We de net see what his faith has
te de with either contestant. Certainly
it will net be very edifying te have a man
turned out, because he acknowledges sev
eral wives, by the votes of some men who
keep quite as many in secret. Ner does
it lie with Republicans te raise a hullaba
loo about the representation of Mormons
by a Mermen, when under twenty years
efRennblican administration the "twin
zelic " has flourished as never before, and
for years De!egate Heeper, a staunch
Mermen, sat unchallenged in Republican
congresses.
" Abmeub, or What are Yeu Going
te De About It ?" is the title of a very
lately published political novel written
by C. n. Andersen, of Hunting
don, Pa. The scope and purpose
of the work are illustrated by the
highly original frontispiece of the book,
which represents the national capitol, with
the statue of liberty en its summit ex
changed for a golden calf, presumably, a
huge anaconda composed of a train of
passenger cars labeled "Monopoly"
wrapped about the dome, a net-work of
telegraph wires in the grounds surround
ing the building, and hosts of people in
the foreground bowing down and wor
shiping. The aim of the book is te
satirize the political evils of the day and
te arouse the indignation of its readers
against the growing and alarming
dangers of bossism, corporation abuse?,
political corruption, stock-gambling
and social demoralization ensuing
from the mercenary view of marriage. In
the elaboration of this comprehensive pur
pose in a book of seme 275 pages the
author introduces quite a number of char
acters whom he locates in the scene of his
story and whose relations form its ground
work, the central idea of the book being
te group them around a plot which will
depend upon some facts of undisguised ver
ity in our state and national political his
tory. One of these characters is intended
for Den Cameren and certain matters e
reproach te the Cameren family are dis
tributed around indiscriminately and with
out consistency te a number of the per
sonages who figure in "Amour,"
the object being te revive the
Winnebago business, the secretary
of war scandal, and a dozen or mere ether
incidents of our political history under the
semblance of fiction. Quay and Mackey,
Jehn Scott and Sam Barr, Ferney, Mc Mc
Clure and Curtin, Hartranft and ethers,
are introduced in very thin disguise and
the characters ad incidents treated in
this manner gain no force nor picturcsque
ncss from their embodiment in an attempt
at uovel-writing. It will easily be seen
that they are net geed subjects for ro
mance. Fer realism the story is quite up
te "Ten Nights in a Barroom," or works
of that kind, and all sorts of unwarrant
able liberties are taken with the unities.
As might be inferred from the tremendous
reach whiclrthc author essays he passes
with great rapidity from one te another of
the abuses whbh he aims te score, and the
incidents aud the characters have te be
pitchferked about pretty lively te get them
all in, including a slice at legislative cor
ruption, Melly Maguireism in politics, the
Cenkling-Sprague scandal, and a heap of
ether things. But they are all crowded
between the lids of "Armour."
PBBbONALt.
An occasional and esteemed contributor,
"May Merrow," will confer a favor by
sending address te this office.
Fresh cut flowers have been kept upon
the grave of Geerge Eliet ever since she
was laid in it.
It was Dr.CnANNiNa who said " when I
am mad I weigh a ten." But a great
many people since him have felt just as
heavy.
At the Atlanta expositieu,bofore the close,
the wives of Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia,
aud of ex-Ger. Brown, will cngage in an
old fashioned spinning match. t
Aunt Susan Pettibone, of Manchester,
Mass., recently sent President Arthur a
box of butternut candy and received net
only a cordial letter of thanks for the
grateful addition te his Thanksgiving din
ner, but a request from Senater Edmunds,
with whom Arthur generously divided it,
that he be supplied with the same sort
from the same source.
The new doorkeeper of the Heuse, Mr.
Brownlow, et Tennessee, has commenced
te "bounce" the old employees right and
left. Most, if net all, of the new appoint
ments made by him are of Southern men,
which is exciting the indignation of North
ern aud Western patriots, who are for the
old flag and an appropriation.
The Rev. Dr. William C. Gray, ed
itor of the Interior, the Presbyterian
organ in Chicago, and his wife Anna, have
celebrated their silver wedding. Their
home in Oak Park, well known for its
hospitality, was filled with friends, most
of whom brought with them silver tokens
of their esteem. In response te a con
gratulatory poem the doctor announced
that his only regret was that he could net
go ever the twenty-five years again.
When Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mackay
were staying at a hotel at the Hague net
long age, the landlord asked Mr. Mackay's
servant if his master was net a king in his
own country. He was assured that kings
and queens were net known in America,
but was net te be convinced. Exulting
ever his wealthy truest, he next day sent
te one of the city journals an account of
the arrival at his hotel of " the King
and Queen of the Bonanza Mountains of
California."
Rev. William Herbert Smyth, of
Pert Austin, Michigan, a home mission
ary, whose circuit emDraces part of the
burnt district, forcibly illustrates the des
titution which still exists there. Writing
of the case of a woman te whom he gave
$5, he adds : " In a moment she fell en her
knees, and held up the bill in her hand,
saying : ' O, Ged, this is tee geed of you ;'
then begged me te take half the amount
and give it te a peer neighbor a mile away,
but fortunately I had a $5 for her, tee."
Paul H. Hayse, of Georgia, the finest
poetic genius of the Seuth since the death
of Sidney Lanier, was wealthy befere the
war, but new is very peer, and ted ill te
work. His residence is little mere than a
hut, standing alone in a clump of scrub
oak en a sandy knell, twenty, miles from
Atlanta. The commonest necessities of
life are all that he can procure ; but he
gees en rhyming, in a room papered with
pictures cut from illustrated newspapers,
and en a desk made out of an old work
bench left en the premises by a carpenter.
On December 5, fifty years age, Daniel
Webster obtained a place as page in the
Senate for Isaac Bassett, who has been
for many years the esteemed doorkeeper
of that body and never disturbed by the
changes of polities. All this President
David Davis gracefully recalled en Capt.
Bassett's semi-centennial and said: "Surely
no higher tribute could be paid te bis
fidelity and te bis integrity tbam that be
has been se long and se satisfactorily id -tified
with the history of the Senate. I
am sure the sentiment of all sides is cor
dially expressed when I wish him health
and happiness in the name of the Senate
of the United States."
Senater Frelinghuysen's daughter.
Mrs. Jehn Davis, who wfll de the honors
for the White Heuse when the executive
services of a hostess are required, will be
accorded that position by virtue of her
husband's official position as private sec
retary te the president. It is understood
that the president has decided te appoint
Mr. Davis te this place. Mr. Davis is a
nephew of Bancroft Davis, whe.is likely te
be first assistant secretary of state, while
it is understood that Mrs. Davis's father,
Senater Frelinghuysen, will next week
be appointed secretary of state. Mrs.
Davis is in every way competent te fulfill
the difficult duties which are required. It
is quite likely that President Lrtbur's
sister and his children may visit mm mucu
of the time during the winter.
W. J. Florence, the famous comedian,
is willing te abandon the stage for diplo
macy, that is, if he can get a geed appoint
ment with prospects of a steady rise.
Leeking back te the times when Irving,
Beeth, Barrett, McCullough and Teele,
eveiy one of them, acted with him in sub
ordinate parts, when he was the leading
attraction, he realizes that he is getting
old and cannot stand knocking about
longer. Besides he says ; " Ne member of
the dramatic profession has as yet held a
position from this government, and I have
thought that it would be a graceful honor
te the profession if I would be fortunate
enough te succeed in securing an appoint
ment ; it would break the ice and open
tbe way for ether actors in the future," te
a calling for which "the Hen. Bard well
Slete " thinks actors have special aptitude.
The idea that diplomats must play a part
i? net altogether engiual witu a lorence.
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STATE ITEMS.
A boiler in the Keystone rolling mill at
Pittsburgh burst last evening, demolishing
the boiler house, killing Jehn Quinn and
injuring ten ethers.
A delegation from Wilkesbarre. headed
by Senater Cameren, saw the president
yesterday, " by appointment, in reference
te state matters."
Bernhard H. Ifcustmauu. a prominent
merchant of Philadelphia, died yesterday
morning of a chronic affection of the
stomach. His partner, Jacob Kaufmann,
died only a few days nge and was buried
yesterday morning.
Dr. Charles Hepburn having resigned
the position of medical attendant at the
Carlisle Indian training school, Dr. Thes.
Stuart, jr., lias been selected te fill the
position. The Carlisle Mirror says : " Ne
better selection could have been made, and
we are satisfied he will give satisfaction te
all concerned."
Hen, Jehn Cessna will net contest the
election of Hen. W. J. Baer as president
judge of the Bedford and Somerset dis
trict. Mr. Cessna is represented as declar
ing that he has net any time since his elec
tion entertained any idea of making a con
test, and that he has at all times discoun
tenanced any such proceeding.
President Frank S. Bend, of the Reading
railroad, has issued a pamphlet, replying
te aud refuting certain charges made
against him in the affairs of the Reading
and Texas & Pacific railways, the Dau
phin & Susquehanna coal cempauy and
ether companies, at a recent meeting in
Londen, bv Franklin B. Gewen aud Thes.
Cave, M. P.
Much interest is being manifested among
Democratic politicians of Philadelphia,
relative te the next nomination by that
party for governor. Conventions for the
election of senatorial and representative
delegates are te be held next month. The
name of City Controller Pattison is men
tioned as being one of the most prominent
candidates from that city.
K1I.L.KI) I5V A BURU1.AU
A Crect'i-viituii Shet AVliile Chaslutf nn In
truder. In Philadelphia, last night, Bernard
McMahon, who kept a grocery store at
Eighth aud Wharten streets, was shot
aud almost instantly killed by a burglar
shortly after 8 o'clock. Having closed
his stere he was sitting in the dining
room reading te his sisters, when a noise
was heard up stairs. One of his sisters
went up wheu she found some ene en the
outside trying te upeu the back second
story window. She ran down and inform
ed her brother. The burglar jumped
down and ran into the street and was pur
sued by McMahon for seme distance.
The thief then drew a rcveler and fired
just as McMahon turned, he receiving the
ball in the back and it passed through the
iutcstines. He fell and expired almost
iustantly. McMahon was iu the habit of
stating that he had money in the heuse
and that doubtless led te the attempted
robbery aud murder. A young man nam
ed Nymyer was arrested en suspicion of
being the mnnicrcr,and a man named Barr,
residing in the rear of 720 Elm street, at
whose heuse it is suspected a gang of
burglars stepped, was also arrested. Other
arrests will probably be made.
The "Harriet Lane."
The once celebrated steam lcvcuuc cutter,
Harriet Lane, new a Bosten bark called
Elliett Richie, is in the pert of Philadel
phia awaiting charter. This vessel carried
the Prince of Wales from Washington te
Mount Vernen, en the Potomac, the grave
of Ucorge Washington. At the outbreak
of the war she was turned ever te the navy
department and participated iu several en
gagements en the coast ; took part in the
battle of Hattcras and also at the bom
bardment of the forts en the Mississippi
below New Orleans, serving in the latter
engagements as flagship for Commedore
Perter's division iu Admiral Farragnt's
fleet. On the Texas coast she was engaged
in a light wherein bleed ran from her
scuppers Iike water. Commander Wain
wright and nearly all her crew were killed
and the Confederates captured her.
Cel. J. XV. Ferney' Funeral.
The funeral is te take place en Meuday
at one o'clock, from Colonel Ferney's late
residence, Ne. CIS Seuth Washington
square, and proceed te the family vault at
West Laurel Hill. Rev. T. T. Everett,
pastor of St. Stephen's Methodist Episco
pal church, Germantown, and Rev. E. L.
Mageen, D D., pastor of the Bread Street
Jiaptut church, arc te conduct the funeral
services at the house which will begin at
12 m., sharp. By the special desire of
Mrs. Ferney and the family, the coffin will
be berne by General Winfield Scott Han
cock, General D. E. Sickles, Cengressmau
William D. Kelley, ex-Congressman E. B.
Hart, ex-Speaker Samuel J. Randall, ex ex
Governer Andrew G. Curtin, A. K. Mc
Clure, Geerge W. Childs, Daniel Dough
erty and Lewis C. Cassidy.
Urusse.1 and Left te Irie.
Four persons, suppes3d negrees, in
Ansonia Conn., en Wednesday drugged
and assaulted Mary Dewling, aged forty,
and left her te die half a mile from the
scene of their brntality. The woman was
found laying en the frozen ground entirely
naked, save a tern skirt, which was lashed
around her, and a stocking, which was
drawn ever one feet. Her hair was tossed
in confusion about her head and neck and
matted with bleed and grass, while her
entire body, from head te feet, was cut
and badly bruised. Her face wasswelen
se that her eyes were literati buried, while
the bleed that covered her was frozen
hard. On all sides were remnants of
tern clothing. The grass and weeds look
ed as though crushed with a heavy farm
roller. She will net live. Ne one has
been arrested.
IHK YWrxA '
I DISASTER.
Four Hundred Bodies Already Recerered.
The lower house of the Austrian Reich
strath adjourned its sittings at the sugges
tion of the president, after several sympa
thetic speeches. Hepe was expressed that
an ample fund would be raised for the re
lief of the sufferers by tbe fire at the Ring
theatre. The official report states that of
the 157 bodies taken te the hespi.als, 96
are these of men, and 41 these of women,
and 20 are se badly burned that their sex
is indistinguishable. It appears that five
water tops above the stage, which might
have been of material assistance in check
ing the fire at the outbreak, were net used
in consequence of thefpanic which ensued.
The fourth gallery has net been explored.
It is believed that net a single person es
caped from that gallery, and that very few
escaped from the third gallery. Business
en the Bourse was suspended during the
morning.
Reseaches show that the upper gallery
must have fallen into the pit, where the
only remains found are small fragments of
bone. Beyond a doubt 900 gallery tickets
had been issued. 'One hundred holders of
these are known te have jumped from
the windows. Competent judges fear
that the less of life will be found te be
fully 700. Nothing has been beard of the
members of tbe orchestra. The subscrip
tion raised en the Bourse new amounts te
23,000. All the newspapers have opened
subscription lists. The emperor has given
a large sum. An official of the theatre
states that it was absolutely impossible te
lower the iron curtain, owing te the
frightful rapidity with which the flames
spread.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Au explosion has occurred in the Ceck-
erell colliery, Brussels, causing the death
of 66 persons.
At Bristolville, Ohie, M. D. Phelps shot
and killed his son William it is said with
out provocation.
Large deposits of excellent coal have
been discovered along Greeu river, in
Washington territory.
Twe men weie suffcated en Thursday
night en an oyster and shell limekiln en
Cooper's crceek, Camden.
A clerk who stele $51,000 from Evans &
Riddle at Montreal, a few years age, and
fled te Seuth America, has returned the
money voluntarily.
Essclbern & Ce., wholesale milliners, of
Cincinnati, made an assignment yesterday.
The firm is one of the largest of its kind
in the country. Ne statement of its con
dition is made.
Authoritative information has been re
ceived at Aberdeen that the body of the
late Earl of Crawford aud Balcarres has
been emf-arked en beard an Italian yacht
named Speranza, which has sailed for
r Ierence. 1 he solicitor of the present
carl has started for Italy.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT.
Proceedings In the Common l'leas.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
The suit of Margaret Butz and her hue
baud, Jehn Butz, vs. the county of Lau
caster, issue te ascertain the amount of
damages sustained by the planum s m
consequence of tlie laying out and pre
posed opening of ISerth riankhn street,
was attached en Friday. After ceuusel
had opened the case, tbe jury viewed the
ground. On their return te court a num
ber of wituesses were called and testified
that plaintiff would be damaged te the
amount of from 8000 te 31.000. The de
fense called a number of witnesses who
testified that the damage would net
amount te mere than 900. I he jury
found in favor of the plaiutiff for $"200.
BEFORE JUDGE l'ATTERSON.
In the suit between Edw. K. Seibcrt, et
al. s. Rev. M. Fernsler, et al., action of
ejectment, the examination of the second
witness was net concluded at neon te-day.
Court adjourned te 2 o'clock en Meuday
afternoon.
Bend Apprered.
The official bends of Jehn II. High,
sheriff-elect, in the sura of $25,000 and
and Sam Matt Fridy in the sum of $20,-
000 were presented and approved by the
court.
COLLEQE HILL.
The Societies JClccc Anniversary Oruters.
At the election for the anniversary pro pre
gramme of the Diagnethiau literary se
ciety this meruiug, the following gentle
men were elected te fill poaitieus :
Anniversary Oration, A. I. Shirk,
Lancaster, Pa. ; Eulogist, II. S.
Bembcrger, Boonesboro, Md.; Orators,
O. R. Snyder, Delmont, Pa. ;.V. J. Jehu Johu Jehu
sen, Laucaster, Pa. ; R. P. Cobb, Lancas
ter, Pa. ; C. R. Ferncr,Jcnner Cress Reads,
Pa. ; Salutateiiau, C. W. Crcmer, Chani Chani
bersburg, Pa
The result of the election in the Gectheau
society was as fellows : Gecthean orator,
W. II. Rauch, Perry, Pa.; Peet, W. E.
Hey, Mifflinsburg, Pa.; First Orator, H.
G. Appeuzeller, Soudertewn, Pa.; Eulogist,
J. A. llereld, Youngstown, Ohie ; Second
Orator, D. A. Seuders, Reading, Pa.;
Third Orator, W. L. Hofflieins, Yerk, Pa.;
Salutatorian, E. F. Stetz, Broadbcad Breadbcad
ville, Pa.
College Student for December is just off
the press, aud is another sprightly number
cf this well-managed college paper. Prof.
Ncvin has a translation, " rendered line
for line," of Theecritus, Idyl XIII, flylas;
there is a valuable article en " Preparation
te Enter College ; " and the usual varied
miscellany, editorial, local and personal
intelligence. The part of the Student de
voted te special contributions is printed in
new and clear type, giving additional typo
graphical beauty te the publication.
'An Engine without an tsngtneer.
This mbming shifting engine 711, while
standing in the Pennsylvania xailread
yards at Philadelphia, from seme unex
plained cause started off at full speed,
during the temporary absence of the en
gineer and fireman, and ran out the read
for about ten miles, with one car attached
te it. Luckily the" small pump which
supplies the boiler with water; continued
te work incessantly and filled the boiler se
full of cold water from the tank that the
steam pressure was rapidly reduced and
the engine came suddenly te a stand-still
se suddenly, indeed, that the car at
tached jumped the track and was thrown
into the ditch alongside the railroad. No
body hurt.
Temperance Conference.
The West Philadelphia district confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
will be held iu the Duke street, M. E.
church, Lancaster, en Tuesday next, the
13th inst., at 2 o'clock p. m. There will
be an address of welcome by Rev. W. C.
Robinson and a response by Rev. W. M.
Ridgeway. James Black, esq., will fe'-
low with an essay, and there will be ad
dresses by Rev. J. W. Geiger Rer. T.
Kirkpatrick .and Rev. S. H. Gehrett. In
the eveing there will be addresses by Rev.
II. Wheeler and Rev. D. C. Babcock, fel
lowed by reports, resolutions &c. Minis
ters of all denominations are invited and
expected te co-operate.
Sale of Uuwa.
Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, sold at
public sale Dee. 8, at the public house of
Levi R. Rhoad, at Bird-in Hand, this
county, for Harry C. Lintner, 27 head of
cows at an average price of 953.80 per
head. The highest one sold brought $100.
NEW BOILBRS.
IXSFECTIXG THX WAXUt MTOKKS.
Tfcey are la First Kate Condition, bat or li -
tnmcient Capacity a peccaes made
and Kefresbments Served.
As has been previously announced,select
and common councils, at the request of the
water committee, paid an efficiar visit te
the water works yesterday afternoon.
They were accompanied by Superintendent
Kitch, Messrs. Harberger, the designers of
tne new boilers, Mr. Best, who made
and set them up, Mr. Dinkleberger, the
architect of tbe new boiler house, and sev
eral ether gentlemen, including reporters
of the Lancaster newspapers.
ine party, numbering about thirty hve,
met at the mayor's office at 2 o'clock and
were taken in omnibuses te the weVks.
Stepping at the city reservoirs they thor
oughly inspected them and found them in
first-rate condition, the east basin, which
in former years was se leaky and gave
se much trouble, being perfectly tight
ever since its repair by Superintendent
Kitch. It was full almost te the brim,
containing 13 feet G inches of water. The
west basin contained 15 feet C inches.
Arrived at the water works en the Con Cen Con
estega they were thoroughly inspected in
all their parts, and found te be in as geed
condition as it is possible te have them.
The new boiler house and boilers received
a special share of attention, and their
workings were explained te these mem
bers of council and ethers who were un
familiar with them. The premises were
very tidy and well kept, aud the officials
in charge received many encomiums ou
this score from the visitors.
The inspection ended, the guests were
invited te partake of a lunch provided at
expense of the mayor, superintendent aud
builders. After the wants of the inner
man had been attended te there was a
feast of reason and a flew of soul. Speeches
were demanded and City Treasurer Me
Comsey was the first called upeu.
3Ir. McCemsey said he regretted that
some one mera familiar with the
workings of the water department
had net been called en. He would, how
ever, express his satisfaction with the
general appsarauce and condition of the
works, and especially with the new im
provement just completed the new boil
ers and boiler house. He regarded it as
eue of the most cemplete jobs of the kind
he had ever examined, and that it reflected
great credit net only ou these under whose
supervision it had beeu done, but all
ethers connected with it. He thought the
work a step in the right direction, aud the
money it cost had .teen well spent, and
that the city had received full value for
the money expended. 1 he improvements,
however, de net meet all the demands.
Te supply the steadily and rapidly inj
creasing demand of our growing city, u
will be necessary te increase the pumping
power and the addition of new aud larger
mains. 1 he speaker was m a position te
knew there were well-grounded complaints
of citizens, because of net getting a suffi
cient supply of water, lhe diilicuUy in
keeping up with the demand is due te our
present system, established ever forty
years age, wheu the population of the city
was small and the demand for water liir-
ited. In view of the vast expense it would
require te erect new works, mere in the
accordance with the growth et our city, it
has been thought best te adnerc te the
old and gradually improve them. 3tr.
McCemsey believed that city councils had
new dene all they were authorized.te de
with the limited means at their command.
and yet, owing te the rapid extension of
the city and the numerous connections
constantly being made, they are insula
cient te supply the demand unless further
improvements arc made. An important
question will have te be met and settled
in the near future, and he thought it
proper at this time te call public attention
te the fact. One of two things should be
done : The capacity for supply should, if
possible, be made equal te the demand,
or the city should ecase te contract
for that which it is uuable te
supply. Te fully meet the demand
and thereby promote the growth
and prosperity of our city, as well a the
health and comfort of our citizens, will
necessitate an expenditure far beyond the
annual appropriation. A permanent lean
will therofero have te be made for this
purpose. Owing te the previsions of the
fundamental law of the state, such a lean
can be authorized new only by a vote of
the people. Y ith this view the councils
have passed an ordinance? te be submitted
te a vote of the people at the ensuing muni
cipal elections, and Mr. McComsey hoped
aud believed that if the pcople are fully
informed and familiar with the real situa
tion there will be no difficulty in .securing
t'leir nppieval.
Dr. Lovergood, president of common
council, was next called en, and spoke
at seme length, fully endorsing all that
Mr. McCemsey had said, aud emphasized
tUe necessity of greater capacity iu the
works.
Geerge W. Zecher, of the water com
mittee, followed in the same line of argu
ment, pointing out especially the necessity
of laying larger mains in these parts of the
city that de net new rccoive an adequate
supply.
After passing a verr pleasant afternoon,
the guests returned) the city, arriving
about sundown.
During their visit te the water works,
aud after the inspection of them, a meet
ing of the water committee was organized,
aud the new boiler home was formally re
ceived from the contractor. The new
boilers were also teccived, and ene half
the purchase money was ordered te be paid
the contractor, the ether half te be paid
iu sixty days, if the boilers work satisfac
torily for sixty days.
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Annual liar Association Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Lancaster
Bar association will be held in the or
phans' court room en next Monday at 2
p. m. Officers are te be elected. The
officers of the association for the past year
were : President, H. M. North ; Vice
President, D. G. Eshleman ; Treasurer, S.
H. Reynolds ; Secretary, W. A. Wilsen ;
Censers, H. B. Swarr, D. G. Baker, M.
Brosius, H. C. Brubaker, W. U. Hensel.
There is seme talk of a bar dinner during
the helidavs. At the June meeting a com-
mittee was appointed te report en this
subject, consisting of D. G. Eshleman,
W. A. Atlee, A. J. Kauffraan.eJ. L. Stein-
metz and W. U. Hensel.
The Jfree Reading Beem.
There was a meeting last evening of the
beard of managers of the Y. 31. C. A. li
brary and free reading room, and a long
discussion ever the constant increase of
debt en the building, by the accumulation
of interest, and tbe meagre support re
ceived for the library and the general
work of the association. After an earnest
consideration of the wants, the resources
and the prospects of the institution, it
was decided te recommend te the annual
meeting of the association, in January
next, the advisability of permanently clos
ing the library and reading room en or
about the 1st of March, 1882, unless re
lief is obtained in the meantime.
Street Collision.
As Frank Sellers was driving C. Rine
Baer' s horse in a phaeton at the corner of
Duke and Lemen streets today about
12:30 p. m., a drunken countryman col
lided his vehicle with Sellers's, upset the
phaeton and threw out the driver. Sel
lers held bravely en te the horse, which
dragged him and the overturned vehicle
along Lemen street, tearing away a couple
of tree boxes, breaking a shaft aud ripping
off the top of the wagon. But he was
kept from getting away and neither horse
nor driver was much hurt.
TERR1BUB ACCIDENT.
A MAN'S COAX CAtJUHT IX COGS
ABA Wearer's Meek. Broken Sad Death
4 of an Katlmable Yeung- Man.
An accident which resulted in the in
stantaneeus death of Jehn Eshleman ec
curred en the fourth fleer of Jehn M.
Brandt & Ce.'s steam flouring mill. Mar
ket street, Mount Jey. Shortly after 5
o'clock last evening the young man went
te the npper fleer. The grist in some
spouting at the belt had clogged and its
free passage was retarded, mtuastick
about a yard in length in his hand he
steeped te right the werking-et the appa
ratus. While in the act ais tight waist
coat which he had en was caath In tbe
cog wheels and he seen beeaaie its victim.
lhe machinery was jarred, and bis
fellow-workmen who were in ether
parts of the mill below inatedi
ately rushed te that part of the
mill, where they found him dead, with his
neck and cellar bones brekea. Every
thread of clothing had been tern from his
npper extremities. Ne eae was present te
see the circumstances of his sad death.
There are several theories advanced, but
no one can tell with any degree of certainty
hew it bappeued, except that it was a ac
cident. Mr. Eshlemau was an unmarried man,
aged about 24 years, of excellent charac
ter, industrious ana economical. As such
he was well known throagheut the borough
and vicinity, and his sudden death awakecs
general sorrow, and sympathy for the
family in their distress. He was a son
of Martin Fshlnman, te whose residence,
en West Denegal street, his remains were
taken en Friday evening.
About 6 o'clock Deputy Corener L.
D. Gallagher, with jurors J. M. llip
ple, U. P. Plummer, H. II Nisaley. J.
F. Pyle, J. B. Dennis and William Man
niug, viewed tlie corpse at the scene of
the accident. They heard the evidence iu
the eflbe of the mill aud from it rendered
the following verdict : " That Jehn Esh
leman while attending te his duties in the
mill of Jehn M. Brandt & Ce., was caught
in the gearing of said mill and instantly
killed, bis death being accidental and net
otherwise."
Mount Jey and Vicinity New.
Diphtheria prevails te an alarming ex
tent in the vicinitv of Spriugville.
A bright little boy, aged 11 years, son
of Benjamin Greff, died of dipththeria.
lie was buried last Friday.
A petition from our citizens te the
Pennsylvania railroad company for a
watchman at the Main street crossing, has
been handed in. Since the fatal accideut
two weaks age, the air is rife with acci
dents that " might have been." Dr. Jehn
J. Newpher made a narrow escape at the
crossing at West Slain street the ether
night. ',
Bernard Eidleman has been the faithful
watchman at the Landisville railroad
crossing for many years. He enjoys a
joke as well as any ene, and is fend of per
petrating them. He was taken in nicely
en Wednesday evening. A trainman ou
the Dillerville local brought with him a
dead rabbit, set it along the railroad and
called Bernard's attention te it. He went
te the watch house, and with his gun shot
the dead rabbit. The" man has bat one
arm, but he illustrated if the joke was at
his expense that he knows hew te handle
firearms.
A protracted meeting is new being held
iu the Bethel church at Laadisyille.
The lyceum, which meets' every Friday
evening, is well atteuded. Last week they
gave a special pregramme.
Levi ljuch. a dealer in leaf tobacco, has
rented Dr. GrefTs warehouse.
Frank Ganty, colored, of Mt. Jey, was
thrown against a wagon and had one of
his ribs broken.
THE Ol'ERA.
3labn Company iu Det cacti.)."
There was only a fair turnout at Fulton
opera heuse last evening, when Malm's
company produced, for the first time iu
this city. Ven Suppe's comic opera of
"Beccaccio." Frem au artistic point of
view, the execution of this notable work of
the genial composer was altogether meri
torious. Careful and judicious training was
evidenced ia the rendition of all the num
bers that call for an harmonious blending
of the several parts, and seldom has a
mere evenly balanced or perfectly
proportioned chorus been heard here.
The musie of " Beccaccio" is, however,
deficient in the tuneful melodies that might
be looked for from the author of theso
delightful waltzes that are linked with the
name of the German composer, and of the
lively and sparkling airs in "Fatiaitxa"
that gave him a still wider popularity.
Net that this mere recent production of
his versatile conceit lacks ia-tiie vigor aud
the dash that are characteristic of his
ether work ; indeed there are a glow and
an energy about parts of the score that de
net suffer by comparison witkttbe best be
has written ; but the music as a whoie,
with here and there au exception, is
net after the style that you would want te
"catch ou" te, nor burn with au ardent
desire te retain in mind long enough te in
dulge the uatieual propensity of whistling
after getting outside the opera house. The
cooper's cherup, the march that our bands
and orchestras and the small boy's shrill
whistle have rendered familiar, are notable
exceptions in this respect ; then, tee, tkere
is at the: end of the second act aMehcieaa
passage between Beccaccio n& -Fiamttta,
full of the fervor of love and marked by
exquisite delicacy of feeling ; and perhaps
a few ether numbers that may be included
under the same category. But the general
tenor of the scere is-ccccntric, though here
in it harmonizes with the character the
composition is designed te represent,
and may be said te .fairly reflect the
singularly gretesque humor of the libretto.
There are evidences of the master genius
of the author in many phases of the instru
mentation, and the whoie bears, the im
press of scholarly treatment that does net
fail te commend itself te the critical analy
sis of educated .musical sense. Howbeit,
the audience' didn't1 eleetrlry.' The feast
was net what they expected, aud the ele
ment of disappointment was mingled
with the surprise with which they lis
tened. Only once during the entire per
formance did they wake themselves up te
the point of an encore, though there were
many portions that deserved the distinc
tion. Miss Flera Barry gave a very ac
ceptable rendition of tbe title jrnle, her
voice being full, rich, and combining,
singular sweetness with volume and
power, while in action she was full of vim
and animation. r Miss Rente Relgriard, as
Fiamttta, wen great favor with bar hearers
by the delicacy and accuracy of her vocal
ization. She met all the requirements
of the scere iu capital style, and her sweet
face and natural modesty of manner
further enhanced her impersonation ; she
is evidently new te operatic roles, but has
a bright future before her. Mr. Ellis
Rysc's finetbass was heard with effect
throughout the performance,- and the
chorus, as before mentioned, was faultless.
We are pleased te be able te anneunce
the return of the troupe en Tuesday even
ing next, when Audran's lively and in
spiiiting compesitioo, " The Mascot," will
be sung. This is ene of the pronounced
successes of recent comic opera, en which
our pcople have already had occasion te
Sais their favorable judgment. With
lahn's tine company, and the excellent
orchestration that was wanting in the
former instance, it is safe te predict that
the "Mascot" will yet-further advance iu
the geed graces of Audran's admirers.
Ulastrated
St. Jehn's Lutheran cbarek was filled
last Sunday evening, when the pastor began
a course of sermons illustrated by large
pulpit paintings. The second sermon of
the course will be delivered te-morrow
evening.
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