LANCASTER DAILY JMLLLIGENCEU WBDKtaDAf, DECEMBER 14. 18&1.
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Lancaster intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 14, 1861.
Laber at the Prison.
In accordance with the resolution
adopted by four members of the prison
beard of inspectors two of the beard
leaving the room when the motion was
put, .scaled proposals have been invited
" for prison labor, in the Lancaster
county prison, in the manufacture of
cigars, for one year from January 0,1 SS2,
te be received up te December HI, at 12
o'clock in., and te be opened January 2,
18S2, at 11 o'clock a.m. Contractor te
furnish tobacco, foreman, S:c, and pay
per thousand. Fifteen te twenty-five
men te be employed. Factory has first
class accommodations and new makes
100,090 iwr month." The members of
the beard who voted for this measure
were Mcssi.s. Heffincicr, Miller, Wolfe
and Kutter ; these who are understood
te Imj against it are Messrs. Carter and
Ilugcn. Of these Welfe and Mil
lcr go out this year, te be
replaced by Weaver and Bilzer,
elected at the last election. It is rumored
that an effort is being made te commit
the new members, or one of them at
least, against the contract plan, and if
either of them can be secured te act
with Messrs. Hagen and Carter it is con
fidently expected te arrange it se that no
proposal offered will be accepted and the
propose new me;isure will miscarry.
An even division of the beard would
block its operation.
Fer a long time there has been loud
and well-founded complaint against the
management, of the manufacturing de
partment at our county prison. While
at .Sing .Sing this branch of Xew Yerk's
great penitentiary is a source of profit,
and in our neighboring county of Berks,
en a scale commensurate with our
local operations, the manufacturing is
carried en with considerable gain, the
convict labor at our jail shows very peer
results. It is very hard te see why able
bodied convicts, kept at the small ex
pense for beard and clothes upon which
prisoners subsist should net only maintain
themselves, pay the cost of confinement
and earn enough te be appropriated te
the subsistence of their families, who in
many cases are punished far mure se
verely than themselves by their incarcer
ation. We believe a model system of
prison labor, and oue that is entirely
practicable if honestly administered,
would be te se regulate a prisoner's in
dustry that he would lirsl earn the ac
tual cost of his maintenance by the
county, and then earn sufficient surplus
te relieve his family from want or the
community from keeping it while its head
was supported in idleness. Everybody
knows hew far short of this the employ
ment of convict labor in the Lancaster
jail has fallen. On the whole we doubt
if it can show any actual profit. There
is a species of jugglery with figures, in
which a certain class of expenditures
and the. less in valueif raw material en
hand are net counted, by which certain
branches of prison labor arc made te
appear profitable, and by this device, no
doubt, the last grand jury was hood
winked into reporting that the cigar
manufacturing department paid. We
expressed our distrust of their cal
culation then. We still cherish
it, and the resolution of a majority of the
beard te change the mode of operations
confirms our opinion. The public re
member, tee, what scandal has been oc
casioned by the wasteful, if net fraudu
lent, purchases of leaf tobacco for this
department, bought at unduly high
prices in the pursuance of a policy of
favoritism and kept en hand te ret and
become worthless. Allegations are
made, tee, of the product sold in like
manner te the county's disadvantage,
and it is very certain that the present
system has neither been satisfac
tory nor profitable te the county
at least. Se long as the management
can buy the raw material and sell the
product as it has bought and sold in the
past, and se long as the Republican party
in this county continues te elect inspec
tors net above suspicion nor proof te
temptation, there will be little reason te
expect reform.
The new departure resolved upon by
the beard is at least entitled te a fair
trial. The new inspectors cannot refuse
te give it that without exposing them
selves te the suspicion of acting in cer
tain interests whose control of the public
institutions the people want te get rid of.
We have our own idea that things will
never be much better under the present
plan of prison control, but any experi
ment that premises te correct some of
the abuses which it has engendered
should be given a chance.
A Hopeful Delegation.
The encouragement felt in certain
quarters of the Kepublican party by the
avowed tendencies of the new adminis
tration arc signified by the advance upon
Washington of the defeated Republican
candidates iu the late state elections of
Mississippi. The head of the delegation,
wc are told, " proposes te explain te the
president the hostile condition of affairs
iu Mississippi, hew the late election was
conducted and nine ballet-boxes lest and
the manner in which the bull-dozing was
carried en. He claims that the Repub
lican fusion ticket was elected last fall
by thirty-five thousand majority and the
entire fusion ticket will be sworn in en
January 1. The stale house will be de
manded of the Bourbons and be refused ;
a call will be made upon the Bourbon
militia, which will fail te respond. The
president will then be appealed te te
recognize the legally-elected govern
ment," and of. course it is expected he
will heed the call and " Belknap and all
of us " will once mere be happy at the
prospective restoration of the old re
gime in the Seuth and at Washington.
This is quite a pregramme for the holi
days :
There has been no complaint of the
late elections in Mississippi save that at
one poll a let of ruffian negrees, incited
by Radical desperado politicians, shot
down white Democrats iu cold bleed.
There has been no dispute of the fair and
peaceable election of the Democratic
stale ticket. Rut here come a let of
carpet-bag adventurers and nealawag
pelitiekius, gravely intent en getting the '
president of the United States te help
them overthrew the state government of
the people and set up another one te be
upheld by federal bayonets" as in the
days of Grant and the carpet-baggers !
It shows that in Mississippi at least it
has net been forgotten what Arthur
said at the dinner te Dersey. Hepe
springs eternal in the breast of the carpet-bagger.
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Collapsing.
The graveyard insurance companies of
the state are in a fair way of tumbling
ever at the blast of the ram's horns from
theolficeef the slate's law officer. The
proceedings of the attorney general
againsthe State Capital have shown
what has been long suspected, of it and
of its kind, that the revenues from its
dupes were absorbed by its officers, and
that the whole rotten concern must seen
collapse. The company at Hanover,
which has been cutting a wide swath
and has made many thousands of dol
lars, mest of its gains being pocketed by
a ring of operators, like Capt. Smith's
coon came down before being shot at,
and confessed its willingness te dissolve
forthwith, without further exposure;
and as its dissolution was the aim of
the officials it had te be agreed
te. The Slate Capital, however,
and ether companies are likely te
make enough resistance te have the
whole scheme of graveyard insurance
fully exposed and effectively scotched.
Since the exposure some time age of the
prevalence of the murderous design te
hasten the deatli of aged and infirm per
sons, se that the insurer should speedily
get the profits of his speculation in hu
man life, that branch of the business has
b'jen generally abandoned. Fer the past
six months the business of these cempa
nies has been chielly te turn out iielicies
without limit te their mimlxT, reaping
their harvest of gains in the fees paid,
and in the speculation of officials and
agents in selling these policies te gullible
people who fancy them worth their face
value at thedeathsef the insured, which
in most cases appear te be imminent.
The truth is it i3 never expected te pay
them. The number of policies written
is se vast, and the assessments upon them
would be se numereus.that it would cost
mere te keen one of them up, even if is
sued and taken in geed faith, than te
winter a white elephant, and it would he
mere useless in the end. The companies
and agents aim simply te write and sell
their policies; in nine-tenths of the spec
ulative companies they are worth noth
ing, and the only money ever seen or
realized, is in the fees originally secured
by secretaries, directors and agents.
Lancaster county has net suffered as
heavily as some of its neighbors, but
there have been a geed many of these
policies hawked around the streets of this
city and traded for in the northwestern
part of the county, where some of the
men engaged in it have only added dis
repute te a disreputable business.
Rkv. Mk. Themas, iu preaching before
the Baptist ministers the ether day, said
that "preachers of the gospel have a high
er mission te fulfil! than te advertise such
men as Ingersoll, Darwin and Huxley."
Sri:.Ki:u Kkii-'ku is said te he " abeve
all loyal te his paity, " and as tic spells
Republican " S-t-a-1-w-a-r-t " the Dem
ocrats, Independent Republicans and Hon Hen
A. Ilerr Smith may knew what te ex
pect. Tun daily edition of the lyjnrit of
JJer.s, new called the Herald, issued by
Buckwaltcr fc Dampman, iu Reading, is a
sprightly, ncw.sy and a typographically
neat paper. It proposes te strike out for
itself and become a necessity te the town
folks. Its politics are changed from
straight-out Democratic te Independent iu
all things Tlie change is brought about
by the introduction of A. C. Ruckwaltcr,
formerly superintendent of the Kayle, into
the firm.
Tn kiuc is a man battering at the doers
of Congress who claims admission as
territorial dolt gate from Alaska, and has
a hat full of papers showing thatatauelcc
lien held by him and his friends up there
in Hie ice fields he get 500 out of e25
voles cast. He is described as " a stout
man of medium hight, plainly dressed
aud with a red beard bushy and thick
enough te withstand wintry weather,
even en the Seal Islands." The seals and
snow banks arc clamoring for representa
tion. Tin: Virginia Rcadjuster members of
the Legislature have unanimously agreed
upon Riddlcbcrgcr for United States sena
tor and that settles it. He who could net
be undo sergcaat-at-arms gets a front
scat. A bill will be introduced iu the Vir
ginia Legislature in a few days, providing
for the removal of the political disabilities
of quite a niimber of persons who were
engaged iu dueling during recent can
vasses, among them Riddlcbcrgcr, Con
gressman Gcerge D. Wise. W. C. Elam.
editor Whin ; Colonel Themas Smith, of
Farquicr ; General AV. II. Payne ami J.
B. Wallers.
Ox the call of .states for new legislation
yesterday, some 750 bills were introduced
and as many mere will have te wait until
Friday te be reached. Tlicu Pennsylvania
will be among the first called. Ex-Spcakcr
Randall will auswer with his ' per cent.
refunding measure, Hen. A. Herr Smith
will ask for 75,000 for government build
ings for Lancaster, and Civil Service Re
former Russcl Errctt coma te the front
with the most remarkable preposition te
prev ide that each senator, representative
aud delegate in Congress shall annually
select oue youth te be appointed as a cadet
te the West Point military academy, Micro
te be educated for Uie civil scrvice of the
government. Aftci' graduating the stu
dent te be appointed te an office either in
one of the Washington departments or iu
a custom house or posteffice in a city of
00,000 population or ever. He is required
te bind himself te sorve the government
for five years, and is only te be removed
for cause. .
Mn. Merrill's tariff commission scheme
contemplates a commission te report by
1883, and carry the matter ever until after
the next presidential electieu. The prop prep
osition which Senators Garland and Beck
support is that the commission shall consist
of three senators, thrce members of the
Heuse and three experts te go te work at
once and make a report te the present
Congress. In support of this it is urged
that the tariff is the concern of Congress
and net of the president ; that the reform
of acknowledged abuses in revenue laws
ought net te be put off year after year ;
that thcic arc no such difficulties iu the
'subject as should prevent it from an ex
amination by a congressional committee,
assisted by experts, at once ; that this is
the long session of Congress, when se im
portant a question cau be fully explored
and freely debated without difficulty, aud
that Congress cannot shirk the question or
hand it ever te an outside commission
without a clear failure in its duty. The
whole qucstieu aud every feature of the
present war tariff have been carefully and
thoroughly studied by a number of gentle
men in Congress aud by ethers out of it.
Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Cox, Mr.
Kalloch, Mr. Kelley, and a number of
ethers in the Heuse have made it a thor
ough study. Mr. Garland, Mr. Merrill and
half a dezcu ethers arc masters of the
question in all its details iu the Senate,
and for many reasons the present seems te
be a favorable time te digest and settle
this question.
PERSONAL.
Te day is Wiiittieii's 75th birthday,
and he says in these days the poetical
uiachiiiuds likely te be out of order, and
the " .sound of the grinding is low."
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes will go te Europe
seen and the philanthropic Puleston,
M. P., will entertain them before they go
te the south of France.
Senater Biiewn, of Georgia, was twenty
years of age before he learned te read ;
was elected te a judgeship at thirty-three;
became governor at thirty seven, and is
new at sixty-eight a United Slates sena
tor. Miss Cai.usta C. Kinnk, of Oswego, N.
Y., claims te be the eldest lady school
teacher in the state. She is new in her
eightieth year, aud commenced her voca
tion in Worcester, Otsego county, at the
age of sixteen.
CiAMBi:tta is an advocate of celibacy,
and has few friends among women, lie
has just takeu as his private secretary M.
Spuller, a bachelor, and these two gentle
men reside together. Caster and Pollux
like, in the same splendid palace, from
which the fair sex is as ruthlessly
as from the cell of St. Kevin.
Bishop Howk's fiftieth anniversary of
his introduction into clerical orders occurs
en January 18th, and in accordance with
the resolution of the late annual conven
tion of the central diocese this event will
be celebrated iu Reading, with appropriate
services, the presentation te the bishop of
a handsome pastoral staff aud a dinner.
Bishop Clark, of Rhede Island, has ac
cepted an invitation te preach the sermon
and Bishop Stevens, of Philadelphia, will
be the celebrant of the holy commun
ion. When Conki.ixe was in Congress, " he
was speaking oue day and turned several
times te Judge Tiiuismax. The great
Ohioan became a little nettled. "When
the senator turns about and addresses me
as he has half a dozen times, docs he cx cx
lcet mc te respond ?" he asked. Senater
Conkling responded : " When I speak te
the law 1 turn te the senator as the Mus
sulman turns toward Mecca. I leek te him
as 1 would leek te the common law of
England, the world's most copious volume
of human jurisprudence."
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The purchase was yesterday completed
of 2,800 acres of land en Sicily island,
Catahoula parish, La., where the first
Russian colony in America will be located.
Of the A. W. Sprague estate new in the
hands of Z. Chaffee, tins tee and assignee,
the total liabilities are $8,913,872 ; the
assets $0,242,431.
.Tames Walker and Themas Begy were
killed and three ethers wounded by the
falling of a shelf of cement in the Esmer
alda nunc, near licadwoed, D. T.
A black bear caught stealing sheep and
hogs near Blaustewn, N. J., has been shot.
It is said that several bears have been .seen
in the vicinity within a few days, aud an
organized bear hunt is talked of.
Themas Walsh, aged 40, went te bed at
his home iu Metuclicn, N. J., with his pipe
iu his mouth, lie was teund next morn
iug his body being burned te a crisp. His
wile and children were away from home.
A young brakeman named Geerge
Coats who was seriously injured by fall
ing off a freight car, died in Lacresse, Wis.
Just before his death he told his attend
ants that he was the son of J. P. Ceals,
(he thread manufacturer.
The storage tauk belonging te the Stan
dard oil company, corner of Sixty-third
street and Prairie avenue, Chicago, sprung
a leak yesterday, and before it could be
stepped a less of oil eccurcd amounting in
value te $12,000.
Randelph Dcsbre, the New Jersey sol
dier who lest his arms by the premature
explosion et a cannon at the lorktewn
centennial, has returned home in excellent
spirits. Au effort will be made te have a
pension granted te him by the Legislature.
The Grand Army pests of Delaware held
an open camp-fire at Wilmington last
evening, at which 1,000 people were pies
cnt. The occasion was a wclcorne te
Commander-in-Chief General Gcerge S
Merrill, of Massachusetts, en his first
official visit te the Delaware pests.
A machine shop belong te the New
Brunswick & Canada railroad at St. An
drews, N. B., caught fire from the sparks
of an engine and was destroyed, with the
engine house, blacksmith shop, five loco
motives, machinery, tools, etc. The less
is$G0,000; insurance, $11,000. Fifty men
arc thrown out of employment.
The rcmaius of another monster were
found iu a marl pit at Marlborough, Men
mouth county, N. J., last week. About
fifty vertebral sectieus have been iccovcr iccevcr
cd, together with several teeth, and a sec sec
lien of a jaw bone about ene feet in length.
The total length of the saurian is esti
mated te have been about thirty-six feet.
On the 1st of February the fiftccn-ycar
state lean of live aud six per cent, bends
issued in 1867 will mature and will be re
deemed with the proceeds of a new lean
authorized by an act of the late General
Assembly. Proposals are new invited for
the purchase of the new bends at 3, 3 and
1 per cent.
A let of Canadians have been employed
in working Wells, Farge & Ce's silver
mines in Mexico. It is claimed that men
attempting te lcave the npnes have been
arrested and detained, and that a party
who recently left in a body was surrounded
aud forced back, several being shot, some
fatally. The Dominion government will
sec about it.
Kough Voyages.
All steamers coming hither from Europe
iu the past two or three weeks have had
rough weather, and of a half score just
reaching New Yerk stories of great perils
are told. The Malta, which came te Bos Bes Bos
eon yesterday, nineteen days out from
Liverpool, reports a series of terrific paW
and heavy squalls. On November 27 she
shipped a sea which swept the vessel fore
and aft, and dashed two men against the
bulwarks, killing them instantly. The
boatswain, J. Hcrren, was thrown te the
deck and had a leg broken, and was other
wise severely injured. The vessel had
two beats, stanchions aud rails steve iu,
and sustained ether damage.
DOMESTIC TBAOKDIEs.
Stories or Leve, Crime and Shame.
Mary Teppler, a young girl, came from
Baden four months age. She arrived in
Erie the day her brother hung himself.
Being left alone, in a strange land, she
banked her savings, $150, and hired out.
Twe young ruffians, named Lindcrmau
and Kautz, conspired te rob her. Lindcr
mau professed levj and asked her hand.
She consented te wed him, and, cajoled
by Liudcrman, she drew out her money
aud went with him te Cleveland. There
both the rulfians barbarously ill-used her,
and having get ail her money they took
ner te New ieik and literally sold her te
the keeper of a house of ill-fame.
The town of Fayette, Iowa, was thrown
into a state of intense excitement en Sat
urday night by the assassination of a
young man named Jehn Hoywoed, a
peaceable aud inoffensive citizen, by a
man named Behncr. The two men were
rivals for the baud of a young lady Miss
Resa Schultz iu whose arms Hcywoed
expired. He was shot at 11 p. in., while
returning home. Behuer was pursued and
captured with the aid of a pack of hounds.
There is strong talk of lynching the mur
derer. In Celdwatcr,Mich., at 1 o'clock yester
day morning, iu a house of ill fame kept
by her, Mrs. Nettie Wheeler was culcrtaiu
iug some company with vulgar songs,
sung by herself and her giiis. Her hus
band called her into the kitchen and re
meiistratcd against the further singing of
such songs. She replied that she would
net sing them if he did net wish it. He
thou immediately shot her through the
breast, when she ran into the parlor and
fell dead. The murderer then fired three
bullets iute his own body, which resulted
fatally at once. Jealousy Is the supposed
cause of the murder
STATE ITEM3.
Shenandoah votes 500 te 2S0 for new
water works, and the old company will
contest it iu the courts.
Frank J. Schick, 55 years old, market
clerk of Seuth Bethlehem, has committed
suicide by hanging, while temporarily in
sane. Search is being made along the Lehigh
cuual for the body of a tramp, who is
supposed te have committed suicide near
Glenden.
Rev. McBride, of MeKecspeit, during
his sermon Sunday night, get his eyc en a
member of the congregation very com
fortably sleeping in ene of the pews.
"Wake that man up," shouted the
preacher, "I've get something I want te
tell him."
The ninth animal session of the state
grauge of the Patrons of Husbandry
opened yesterday at Williamsport. Over
200 delegates were present. 100 "ranges,
represented by 150 delegates, are- rcpic
scntcd in the Maryland grange new meet
ing in Baltimore.
Mark Wallcy, an Englishman, aged 20,
was found dead at Missimcr's lime kiln,
near Reading, having been suffocated
while asleep. The deceased and his two
companions Edward Tayler and Swift
Willers had but recently arrived in this
country from England.
" A mysterious woman iu black" ap
jwarcd en the doorsteps of the Garniau
household en Pennsylvania avenue, llar
risburg, ami when Mrs. Garman answered
her summons, the strange visitor thrust
a lhrce-moulhs-e!d baby boy into her arms,
jumped into au omnibus in waiting, was
driven te the depot where she took a Iato
train, since which nothing is known of
her. She is described as young and pretty.
tJIUTUAKY.-
DeatliffM fietetl Persons.
Miss Mary Burroughs Murray, aged 95 ;
Mrs. Rachel Mahern, aged 101 ; Jehn
Fleu, an 1812 soldier, aged 95, have died
lately in Philadelphia.
Charles Tewnscnd Celt, president of the
First national bank of Buffalo, and ene of
the most progressive men m western New
Yerk, died a few days age of heart disease
at the age ei sixey-twe.
Ex-Judge Daniel P. Ingram has died in
New Yerk, aged 81. He held the offices
at various times of alderman, uidge of
the court of common picas, and judge of
the supreme court.
Majer General Jehn Henry Martiudak',
military governor of Washington from
1802 te 1801, was attorney general of the
stale of New Yerk in 1800 07, has died at
iNice, rrance.
Samuel W. -Jehnsen, aged 11, of the
firm of Garner & Ce., Hudsen and Werth
streets, aud Abraham S. Underbill, aged
75, president of the United States lire in
surance company. 115 Broadway, have
died lately in iNew i erk.
Klccrlmi in Yankec-Laml.
In I lest en Dr. Samuel A. Green, the
Kenublicaii and Citrens' miminen I'm-
mayor, is elected by 582 majority ever Pal
mer. ucinecraE. nenjamin naie, intic-
pcudent, was elected mayor et Newbury Newbury
pert, Mass., by 300 majority ever Rebert
Couch, the Citizens' candidate. The city
voted "no license." At Lewell. Gcoie
Runnels, Republican and anti- license, was
elected mayor. Elijah li. bteddard was
elected mayor of Worcester, Mass., by
1,050 te 1,471 for Calvin L.IIart.sheni, who
was run although he declined the nomina
tion. The city voted in favor of license
3,401 te 3,105. Party lines were ignored,
save iii electing members of the common
council, which stands fifteen Republicans
and nine Democrats.
A Terrible jrnll.
Jehn (?i-TLiirl:tll rrf!liiiliin-ii I..w.L-.iwiii-
eounty.whileonhis way home from Dalten
wiiii ma wiiu, ice into a ticcp ravine en tne
Delaware, Lackawanna &, Western track
and was instantly killed. Mrs. Crandall
foil with her husband, but escaped un
hurt. She struggled for an hour te get
away from the dead body and procure as
sistance. She was faint and frightened
when she made her way te a farm house
near te the track. The people who gath
ered at the scene were se sickened by the
sight of the mangled corpse that it was
nearly midnight before they took ceurage
te remove it.
Cured by l'rayei.
Mrs. Bloyd, wife of the Oil.City minis
ter, who miraenleusly arose from a sick
bed, while prayers were -being offered in
church for her recovery, en being asked
she felt when the time of her sudden re
covery arrived, said she felt as if there
was a fioed of water rolling through her
body and when it was ever disease and
paiu were geno. She had been lying at
the point of death for a long time.lnid
physicians pronounced her case hopeless,
when, as a last resort, her husband request
ed the united nravcrs of his cen.irnmiinii
for her recovery, with the result stated,
Mrs. Bloyd rising from her bed, dressing
herself and walking iute the church durin"
.1 : a
iiie services.
Tray Ter Pennsylvania.
The association organized te celebrate
tue in ccutennial of the landing of Penu
asks all the ministers or all congregations
of religious bodies within the bounds of
our Commonwealth, te make such refer
ence, in their sermons or addresses, en
Sunday, January 1, 1882, te the event, as
te them may seem meet and proper, with
view te the perpetuation of civil and rcliir
ions liberty within the boundaries of
.Pennsylvania.
A Coel Reception.
X. T, Tribune.
Mr. Frelinghuysen, who succeds Mr.
Blaine, is an eminently respectable politi
cian and a deveted member of the third
term wing of the Republican party in the
days when there was such a wing. His
appointment will be highly agreeable te
Grant men and Conkling men and it can
hardly be very displeasing te anybody.
LOCAL IOTELLUiENCE.
TEMPERANCE.
UONITKKKXUE Ol THE J1IKTUOU1STS.
Kpsayn ami Aililresfes llelitcred and Kc.-ii-lutleus
l'aeil.
The Wcs; Philadelphia conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church was held
in the Duke street church, this city, yes
terday afternoon and last evening.
The following named clergymen were
present : Rev. Henry "Wheeler, Columbia,
president ; Rev. J. W. Geigcr, Chester
county, and Rev. C. Rhoads, Mount Jey,
acting secretaries ; Rev. W. C. Robinson,
Lancaster ; Rev. I). C. Babcock, Rev. J.
Bailey, Bird-in-llatid ; Rev. S. E. Yerkes,
Atglcn.Rev. A. I. CeIIutn, Lancaster ; Rev.
R.A.McIIvaine, Lancaster ; Rcv.C.Rheads,
Mount Jey ; Rev. II. G. Appenzcllcr,
Lancaster ; Rev. J. S. J. McConnell, pre
siding elder of Seuth Philadelphia dis
trict ; Rev. M. Frayue, pastor of Second
Baptist church, Lancaster. There were
also present a number of gentlemen and
ladies of the city and vicinity interested in
the tciuncrauce cause.
The convention was opened at 2 o'clock,
p. in., with devotional exercises, after
which an address of welcome was made by
Ucv. W. C. Robinson, of the Duke street
church.
lien. James Black, being introduced,
delivered au address en ' The Methodist
preachers' relation te the temperance re
form as indicated by the book of discipline."
The address was delivered in Mr. Black's
forcible and impassioned style, lie quoted
frequently from the book of discipline te
show that the Methodist preacher must
net be merely a passive temperance man,
but an active, energetic inveterate feo te
the liquor traffic iu all its phases. He
showed from staltstics that nearly
all the pauperism aud crime iu
civilix.ed countries arc caused by
intoxicating liqueis, ami that a vast pro
portion of the labor aud products of the
world are absorbed by direct or iudircct
taxation made necessary by the accursed
traffic, lie looked upon the manufacture
anduse of intoxicating liquors as the
greatest blot upon our civilization, and
added that at a recent meeting of believ
ers iu the doctrines of Confucius, the ques
tion of sending missionaries te the United
States, te endeavor te bring about a re
form of the abuses resulting from the use
of intoxicating beverages, was seriously
discussed, and he had seen it staled iu the
newspapers that the idolaters of Iudia did
net object te en;- sending missionaries .e
their country, but did object te our scud
ing with every missionary a cask of rum.
Rev. J. W. Geigcr followed 31 r. Black,
endorsing all he had said, and adding that
it was au important matter that Christian
laymen should assist Christian ministers
in their efforts te overthrew the dynasty
of alcohol and wage unrelenting war
against it.
Rev. 3Ir. Babcock aud Rev. 3Ir. Frayuc
followed in brief speeches, the last named
gentleman recounting several instances te
show the terrible prevalence of iutempcr
ance iu Lancaster. He advised that
church fellowship should be denied these
who indulged in alcoholic beverages.
Presiding Elder J. S. J. McConnell
closed the debate in a brief speech, fully
endorsing the views of the ether speakers
ami recommending the formation of tern
pcrance conferences irrespective of the
bounds of the district conferences, lie
would make Philadelphia, Lancaster,
Reading, Allcntewn and ether important
cities the centres of these temperance con
ferences.
Rev. S. Kirkpatrick, who was set down
en the pregramme for an essay en " The
best form of organization of temperance
societies in the Jlethedist Episcopal
church and their most effective methods
of labor under our book of discipline, "
was unavoidably absent, but the matter
was informally discussed by James Black,
esq., and Revs. Wheeler and Robinson.
Tuesday J-Jccniiuj. After devotional ex
ercises President Wheeler read an able
address en " Temperance and Methodism
historically considered."
He was followed iu au address by licv.
D. C. Babcock, after which there were
some committee reports presented of no
general interest
The following resolutions were present
ed and unanimously adopted.
llcselced, That this temperance confer
ence cengiatulatc the president aud offi
cers of the Philadelphia Conference Tem
perance society of the 31. E. church, en
the expressed determination te held simi
lar conferences en the vital subject of
temperance ; and having the opportunity
te participate iu this first public meeting
held under the auspices of this church
movement, de express the judgment that
temperance cllbi'4, under the guidance and
support of church authority, is calculated
te be of great value in educating religious
ami public s-i'iitunent ler the legal sup
prcssien of the drink shops which are the
chief source and support et the pernicious
drink habits and the intemperance which
fellows, and is se detrimental te ail relig
ious, educational and industrial efforts for
the public welfare, the sustcntatien of our
common schools and the perpetuity et
free institutions.
Wiii:ui:as, The sentiment of the public
en the temperance question manifestly is
m favor el au cflert ler the amendment et
our state constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors for drink uses, and the state con
vention te be held at llarrisburg, January
19th and 20th, 1882, will be a meeting of
great moment for the preparatory steps
ler necessary organization te properly pre
sent and prosecute this movement before
the people and future Legislature ; there-
lore,
Jieselccd, That we urge all pastors and
church officers te sce that delegations arc
appointed aud secured te attend this con
vention. llcselctd. That we respectfully request
the pastors el the Philadelphia conference
te preach at least one sermon before the
annual conference meets en the principles
of the temperance- movement, aud their re
quirements, personal ami political, as held
aud enjoined by the discipline of the 31. E.
church.
The convention closed with devotional
exercises.
.Slight riri-M.
Yesterday aftcnoen between three and
four o'clock, there was au alarm of lire
caused by volumes of smeke which issued
from the residence of Henry Schmidt, en
Maner street. As none of 3Ir. Schmidt's
family were at home at the time, neigh
bors breke into the house te see what
was the matter. They found that a quan
tity of kindling weed had been placed in
the even of the coek-stovo te dry, and
that a brisk iire iu the grate of the stove
had ignited it. A few buckets of water
sufficed te put out the iire before the ar
rival of the fireman. The less is but slight.
At an early hour this morning a small
frame shed en the rear of the let belong
ing te 3Irs. Swilkey, corner of Woodward
and Christian streets, was set en fire and
burned down. A few chickens pciished
in the fiaincs. The less is slight, and
covered by insurance
Real Estate Sales.
Henry Shubert,auctionecr,seld at public
sale en the premises, December 13th, a
farm of 70 acres belonging te the estate of
H. R. Trout, deceased, situated two miles
from Lancaster city, en the Ephrata pike,
in Manhcim township, te Isaac Esbcnshade
for $226,10 per acres
Henry Shubcrt also sold at public sale
last evening, at the;Grape hotel, the pro
perty belonging te the estate of H. R.
Trout, deceased, situated en the south side
of West Orange street, Ne. 220, te Abra
ham Hirsh for $5,000.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUK KEUULAK COKRESl'OXlftcrvcK
The Shawnee rolling mill strikers have
concluded te go te work again. ()u ac
count of the repairs, it is net known if the
mill will start up before Christmas. 3Ir.
Jacob McClain, who was discharged en
account of the strike, says he had nothing
te de with it.
The Excelsior elocution class Jiatl no les les
eon at the meeting at Miss Nannie Brock Breck
iiis's last evenitur. About 8 o'clock the
gentlemen rose te go te the opera house ;
some of the ladies would net stand it uu
less they went along. The gentlemen were
satisfied, and the whole club attended in a
body. After the performance they ad
jeurued te Prof. Warren's oyster Niloen
and had a " spread." The club meets
next at 3Ir. Hiram Wilseu.
Scott Snyder's funeral yesterday after
noon was very largely attended. A repre
sentation from the Vigilant fire company
were present and 3Icssrs. H. Pfahler, S.
Blctz, E. Carter aud J. Sclneeder, of the
Coderus camp club, acted as pall bearers.
This club presented a handseme fieral pil
low. In the ccntre were the letters "C.
C, C." 1 1 was placed en a tabic at the
head of the coffin and a white dove, look
ing down upon the face of the dead, was
in the middle, of the pillow.
The library "committee began their work
this morning. They intend visiting every
citizcu personally aud asking them te
subscribe. A large number will no doubt
avail themselves of the opportunity, aud
the price of subscription has been reduced
from $2 per year te $1. They arc having a
new edition of 500 copies of catalogues
printed ami that number of a circular let
ter, which are te be distributed te our citi
zens, 122 new books, including the latest
publication, are expected te arrive te day,
and with these the library will amount te
two or thrce thousand books.
The following new books were received
this morning by the library committee ter
the Sheck library : 10 vels. Gcerge Elijt's
works, 2 vels Carlyle's French Revolution,
1 vels. Carlyle's Essays, Brown's Life of
Garfield, Ainc, 3Iadcliuc, Aunt Serena,
Beautiful Wretch, Under the Greenwood
Tree, Pair of Blue Kyes, Desperate Reme
dies, The Hand of Ethclbcrthcr, 14 vels.
Hnglish of New Letters, Cape Ced Pelks,
Henrietta Temple, 3 vels. Taiue's English
Literature, Trumpet 3Iajer, S vels. Chas.
Rcade's works, 2 vels. Hudsen's Life aud
Character of Shakspcaie, 2 vels. History
of Our Times, Lethair and Traueird.
The library new has the whole et Carlyle's
works. New books will be added from
time te time.
masenic Election.
At the meeting of Corinthian R. A.
Chapter, Ne. 224, held last evening the
following officers were elected for the en
suing year : 31. E. II. P. Klias B. Ilerr;
king, J. W. Yocum ; scribe, Dr. W. G.
Tayler; treasurer, Chas. II. Pfahler;
secretary, A. J. Kaufiman ; representative
te the Grand Chapter, Jue. A. Slade;
trustees, 3Iilten Wikc, A. Jcssel and .las.
Pcrrettct.
i:er;m;;ii Ilrlcf?,.
Trinity Reformed church being repaired;
Wm. Smcdlcy's right hand. middle finger
badly tern while making packing rings at
Supplcc works. Telegraph operator
Prank 3IcCanlcy convalescing, but will
net go en duty for a mouth. Canal
emptied te-day. Participants in Presby
terian cantata meet at3Ir. Jehn Pcndrich'e
te-morrow evening. Lillic llinten had a
geed performance, aud miserable house
last night ; Wittig, the bill pester, is
blamed with net doing justice te her
" paper ; " Frent street had only one stand
of the "Leah" bills, and "Patience"
covered one of 3Iiss Ilinten's opera house
beards, andhersmall bills were net well
managed. Railroader Able will have te
lese two fingers and a thumb.
1'iistscript.
R. tfc C. pay car here this morning ; P.
R R. comes tomorrow. Streng wind
raising white caps en the river. II. K.
Caswell, the picture agent, is again work
ing Columbia. L. W. Richards will spend
the holidays with his parents iu St.Leuis.
Squire Yeung discharged two drunks and
seat two te Lancaster for live and twenty
days respectively ; yestculay he scut thrce
(hunks for thirty days each. " Dad"
Zeiger's sulky broke down turning ,the
corner at Wagner's hotel. St. Jehn's Lu
thcral festival begins in Odd Fellows'
hall next Thuisday, 15th. A leak in the
Shawnee furnace boilers will cause a step
page until the latter part of next week.
Shawnee rolling mill closed again yester
day, and no one knows when it will re
sume. 3Ir. 3Ieses wachctihcimcr's mother
died in Philadelphia last evening.
scmuei. ueusi: i;ui:m;i.
Tim IIhimIseiiir .Structure at AilaniiUinii
Destroyed ly Fire.
Between 12 aud 1 o'clock yesterday
morning lire was discovered en the first
fleer of the beautiful and commodious
school building located iu the borough of
Adamstewii. Jeremiah 31illcr, who re
sides in the upper part of town, says he
first saw the llames, which gained rapid
headway. An alarm was quickly raised
which reused the whole village. Unfortu
nately the pump en the premises was out
of order, there being no water iu the well ;
consequently the " Little Giant" chemi
cal hand engine was net brought out, as it
could be of no hervice without water.
The citizens were unable te rescue any
thing from the llames, and the building
was destroyed with all its contents, includ
ing splendid school fnrniturc,eullinc maps,
etc. The walls alone are left standing. It
is thought that they arcsstill solid, and this
will be of considerable service when a new
structure is raised. The less is $3,000 ;
insurance, $1,S00, which is in the North
ern mutual insurance company, of Lan
caster county. ' The heard of school di
rectors will make au effort te rebuild as
seen as possible. The fire is thought te
have originated from the large furnace
built iu the cellar a short time age. The
heaters were then removed as they did net
furnish sulficicnnt heat. The structure
was of brick, two stories in height and is
said te have been one of the finest school
buildings in the county, outside of
the city of Lancaster. It was built four
years age, and contained all the modern
improvements. Its dimensions are about
55x70 feet. It was the only school iu the
place, and was divided into thrce depart
ments high school, secondary and pri
mary containing in all 130 pupils.
Frank L. 3Iurphy, Iato of F. and M. cel
lege, was principal, .Miss Klla Stamm first
assistant, and Franklin Weeds teacher of
the primary school. The building w::s
erected at a cost of about $',,500.
raying Tell.
Wm. Rescnfcld, te save two cents tell,
drove rapidly through the first tell-gate
en the Lancaster & 3Iauheim turnpike.
He was arrested yesterday, taken bcfoie
Alderman Samson, and paid $0.05 penalty
and costs. Next, time he n.isses through
the gate he will step and hand ever the
tuppence.
I'lremcn'n Union.
Last evening there was te have been a
mccting'ef the Firemen's union at the Em
pire hall. A few delegates met, and
waited until after 8 o'clock, and as there
was no quorum they adjourned without
transacting any business.
Tannery SeIU.
Tli n.lmuiiim fminnnr nf (MfMIltMlfc ff.ir-
bcr, at Lititz, was sold yesterday te Wm.
Evans, coal mcrchant,ef the same plac .
IN COURT.
THE SANUEUS MOKDKK V,.K IlKt.TS
TtMUY.
l-.viilencn el' ilie Coiiiiuenu t!ili'.s WUiicmsc-'.
Tuesday Afternoon. In tiie case of
GY.m'th vs. Jacob Shickley, charged with
assault and battery, the jury rendered a
vcidictef net guilty, with defendant te
pay two-thirds of the costs aud the prose prese
cutrix, Rachel Jenes, te pay one-third.
3Iartin I lacker was indicted for fernie.i
tieu and bastardy with Suaii Balmcr, of
Nelfsville. She testified that he was the
father, and he denied it. The jury ren
dered a verdict of guilt v of fbi nitration
only. Sentenced te pay $20 line and costs.
1'er want of cacs court adjourned at 3'
oeleck, until 9 this morning.
This morning when court met the case
of Heward Saii-krs. of this city, charged
with the minder of Mary Seymour en the
night of October 5, was attached. The
priseucr, upon hiug arraigned plead net
guilty.
After some tunc a jury was selected,
consisting el the following named gentle
men : Barten Witman. fanner. Cariiai Cariiai
ven : Peter 3laurer. farmer, Manhcim
township ; Jacob E. Rauck. farmer, Lan
caster township ; Gcerge dl. Richard?,
bookseller, Columbia ; Henry Nissley,
miller, Wet Denegal ; Gee.-ge Maurer,
farmer, Providence ; 15. .1. Brown, paintci,
0th ward, city ; Michael Gress, shoe
maker, Upper Leaceek ; B. Lintuer lie,
auctioneer, Lancaster township ; Benja
min 31. Ilerr. farmer, West Lampeter ;
L. L. Ivrcidcr. merchant, K.ist Lampeter ;
David 31ct:'.!cr, farmer, Ceimy.
After the jury had bran sworn thctli.s
tiict attorney opened tin; ease for the
commonwealth, stating in a brief way
what they intended te pievs-.
The lust, witness called was Adclaidu
iSobitibeu, who, upon being sworn, testi
lied te the following : I hvu in Jehn street
where I lived iu October, -itli 3Irs. Sey
uieur. On this night I was sick in the
room. Sanders came te the window ami
askcil 3Irs. Seymour tint,' times te open
it ; she told him tdie could net, as I was
sick and might catch cold ; he asked her
three times te open the d.-; she finally
opened the deer and he rushed iu ; he
threw her down and :;:itd that Philip
Rogers said that he had been with her and
he was going te have it ; he was with her
for about an hour ; Mrs. Svymeur begged
him te let her go as her breath
was near geie ; I begged him also
te Icavu her go or I would scream.
As sick as 1 was I did go te the window
aud scream ; Mrs. Seymour screamed ami
struggled te get away from Sandeis. As
she screamed Philip Rogers ran out. of the
back deer ; Mrs. Seymour at List go!, up
aud tried te mil out of th" front, deer but
Sanders pushed her out of the back deer;
she climbed '.he fence iuthu backyard and
ran out the neighbor's gate ; I last saw
her and S.ndcrs standing aside of our
window in front of the house ; when San
ders threw the woman down she fell very
heavily te the lltejr ; I was very sick at.
this time and could net give her any aid ;
the whole time 3Irs. Seymour attempted
te push Sanders oil ; he held her hands.
Jllrx. ICoIiIiikeii's Cms l''.v.m, nation.
yt . I lived iu the house with 3Irs. Sey
mour and her thrce little children ; no one
else lived there ; I am married anil had been
living with Mrs. Seymour three mouths ; I
took no laudanum en this night; I did
take medicine which I get from Dr. King ;
I had taken three powders when thist-c
currcd ; there was no light in the fnint
room, but there was iu the kitchen ; it
was moonlight en this night ; Philip Rog
ers came in alter Mrs. Seymour camu
home ; 1 saw him walk tlueugh the room,
Edward Rogers was net there upon l.hi
evening ; (he shutters were open when
Sanders came along the street ; he lives
near that house en Jehn street ; when
Sanders first came iu he and the woman
had no conversation ; he threw her down
immediately ; she did net invite him in,
nor tell him te take the middle room ;
none of this affair took place in the
middle room ; 1 was near the deer
lying en ihc lounge when Sanders
came in ; I had net been asleep en
this night ; I was net, ;.', the coroner's in
quest held iu the com i. heiisu ; I was un
able le be there ; it. was a!-ml 1 1 o'clock
when Sanders first came in , I did net see
3Irs.Soymeur climb the fence ; aftcrall was was
ever 3Iis. Seymour and Sanders stei.xl in
front of tin; house for two minutes ; they
were net in conversation ; she was mean
ug.
A ;ieKhlir4 Tc.stliuuiiy.
31 rs. Amelia Pickcl, sworn : I live i'i
Jehn street and am the wife of Nathaniel
Pickcl. On the night of the alleged mur
der, about 11 o'clock, I hcaid a great noie
such as screaming : I also heard ::
knock, and ihnii 3Irs. Sojmeiir screamed,
which sounded smothered ; I heard a man
say, "You're bad, ain't you ".' Don't scream
se loud." I get up, opened the shutter
and looked out. When about le shut the
shutter I heard 31 is. Scviueur say, "Oh,
3Irs. Pickcl, let me in." I said, " 31 y
Ged, what's the matter, .Mary?" When
I looked out before that I had seen San
tiers and the woman standing in front of
3Irs. Pentz's house, next deer te us ; he
was standing like agaiust her and they
were facing each ether ; I unlocked the
deer wide enough te allow 31 rs. Seymeui
te ceme in ; Ed. Sanders was behind
her trying te get in"; I told him
net te ceme in, I was net dressed ;
he said he did net care a damn, it was all
right, anil he then pni-hcd the deer ejkmi
and came iu ; I asked 3Irs. Seymour what
was the matter ; Sanders said she was
drunk ; I asked 3Irs. Seymour if she had
been drinking ; she said no ; throwing hes
arms out, pointing towards Sanders she
said: "Oh, you done it Sanders;" he
said : " This is what you get for courting
young men ;" I told him te go for the
doctor ; he said : "What docs she want
with a doctor, 1 gave her all she wanted,
&e. " I told him I wanted te hear nothing
of that, te go for a doctor; he left
and came back in two minutes ; lie said hw
had net been for a doctor ; he then called
my husband and laughing said: "Twe
quarts of beer, I am a s ; "
when my bus a:id came down stairs San
ders sahl the. woman was drunk ; the for
mer told him te go for a doctor ; Sanders
went away and iu 15 minutes relumed
saying he had been up te Kiellbr's ; I asked
3Irs. Seymour if he had hurt her ; she said
he had knocked her down, get the itppcr
hand of her and she added : "Oh if I could
only tell you mere;" She was
then dying aud was struggling
very hard ; she could hardly talk ;
I told my husband I thought she was dy
ing ; he said he would go for a doctor, as
Sanders, who wa- in the street, refused te
go ; Saudi rs then said he would go along
and they started oil" together ; 3Irs. Sey
mour died befer- Dr. King arrived ; when
Mrs. Seymour first came te thchouse she
was foaming at the mouth and nesa ; her
sack and pettiest were tern and her hair
was hanging down ; her nose was bleed
ing ; she threw up bleed and froth iu a
chamber; I did net. smell liquor in it.
I don't knew if Mrs. Seymour was
drunk en that night ; I never saw Sanders
or auy ether young men except Philip
Rogers around the house of Mrs. Sey
mour. The Huliitl' Testimony.
Nathaniel Pickcl, the husband or the
last witness, was called and corroborated
liis wife in regaid te the conversation,
actions, fce, of the woman and Sanders
at his house ; witness coaxed Sanders for
a long time te go for a doctor and be
finally started himself, but Sanders went
along te Dr. King's ; S.indcrs also went
along te the station house te lcave word
for the coroner ; at the station house San
ders said he had given the woman tee
much et what she wauled aud guessed he
had killed her ; at the corner of Lime and
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