LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1881.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1881.
Seme Geed qaalitles.
President Arthur possesses the qualiG qualiG
catien,which is of primmpertance in an
executive officer, of being able te recog
nize the men who are fit for office ; and he
shows just new a further quality, which
is of equal importance ; namely, the will
te appoint them. It takes a geed deal of
courage te put the best men in office
after their fitness is decided upon ; and
especially in one of. Arthur's associa
tions and companionships. There are a
great mauy men close te him who would
net be creditable te his administration if
put in office. Se far he has shown no
disposition te put them there. 'Yet the
pressure upon him te de se must be
severe. His friend if urphy did net get
the appointment of assistanttreasurer
of New Yerk, of which he was cock
sure. Chauncev Filley has net been put
into the posteffice, of which he tee
was sure, and where he would have
been the friend of its robbers.
Chief Justice Grey is an excellent ap
peintment te the supreme bench, and
puts te shame the selection of Grant for
that great tribunal. If Mr. Arthur
keeps en tilling the offices in this way it
does net matter se much that he him
self is net of the order of men whom he
thus approves for public positions. It is
sa'fe enough te say that a president, ani
mated by a desire te have his appoint,
meats shed lustre upon his adminis
tration, would net have selected Mr.
Arthur as one of its ornaments. But it
is altogether possible that he may give
the country a great deal better civil ad
ministration than a better and mere
illustrious man. If lie knows the men
unfit for place and has the courage te
reject them, he will de a great deal bet
ter than a better man who don't
recognize the wicred people around him
and might lack the nerve and tact te get
rid of them, if he did. Mr. Arthur seems
te have the necessary knowledge, will
and selfishness te take geed care of him
self ; and as his interest and that of the
country run together, the better he does
for it the better he helps himself. His aim
is fame. In his great place it is of mere
value te him than pelf. Of that he has
laid by sufficient store. His natural desire
is te make his administration illustrious
and successful. Se far as knowledge of
men gees, and the ability te dispose of
them properly, he appears te be well
equipped. He could have no mere use
ful talent te advance his purpose ; and
it will be by no means surprising if he
should succeed in giving us a respectable
administration, littla as his previous
record would incline anyone te ex
psct it.
Net Dangerous.
The Vets says that Senater Mitchell
is contemplating showing his teeth en
the posteffice appeintmental Pittsburgh:
he knows nothing about the man ap
pointed, but has sent te Pittsburgh for
information and will act accord
ingly. It would be a very virtu
eus resolution en Mr. Mitchell's
part, but as he has net heretofore
exhibited any inclination te set up for
himself as a senator of independent judg
ment, we may be permitted te doubt
whether his present reported rcstiveness
will culminate in action. It is, no doubt,
Mr. Mitchell's duty as a Pennsylvania
senator te refrain from voting for the
confirmation of any unfit appointment
of the president ; and as the latter seems
te have handed these little matters ever
te Senater Cameren, there is ample rea
son for net taking for granted the fit
ness of the selections made ; and there
is also very sufficient cause for Sen Sen
aeor Mitchell's getting his back up,
if lie has any back, ever the apparent
ignorance of the president that Penn
sylvania has two senators. This infor
mation should be very interesting te
him in the present equal division of
parties in the Senate, and it would seem
that if Senater Mitchell would makeup
his mind te furnish it, by abstaining
from giving his vote te the Pittsburgh
postmaster of Messrs. Cameren and
Magee, the president would be thankful
for the information. Manifestly Senater
Cameren has impressed him with the
belief that Senater Mitchell does net in
fact exist as an independent factor. Mr.
Arthur when he is made acquainted with
the existence of such votes in the
Senate shows his disposition te profit
by the information. He has made
this plain ;n the case of Mahone, te se
cure whose vole he demolished the Re
publican party in Virginia, and that
part of the platform of the national
party which declares in favor of the
payment of public debts. With this ex
ample before him Senater Mitchell
ought te be encouraged te believe that
his vote can be made potential in secur
ing the president's attention te himself
and the Independent Citizen Republicans
of Pennsylvania whom lie has been sup
posed te represent. President Arthur
has, however, shown se much acumen in
weighing men that we fear the Press is
wrong in disputing his judgment that
Mitchell is net a Mahone, or a kicker,
but an amiable gentleman Who can lie
sat down upon with much safety.
The election of Riddleberger as Sena Sena
eor from Virginia is the personal tri
umph of Mahone, who imperiously
rules the successful coalition of Repub
licans and bastard Democrats by virtue
of the force which is lent him through
the president's affiliation ; an association
which is given because of its political
advantage. There is no national coalition
between Virginia's repudiators and
the Republican party, which lias
pronounced against such doctrine. It is
a union unsustained by principle and co
herent only through spoils. It demon
strates the low plane upon which the
president acts. It is safe te say that
when he docs a virtuous thing it is net
because of its virtue, but solely for its
expediency. It is surprising that Re
publican sentiment patiently endures the
debasing alliance with the Virginia Be-
adj usters ; but it takes it calmly for the
geed it brings.
Tin: Jeawiettc people have been found,
and the old history of the.e Pelar cx cx
pelitieri". i. rcjfaN'd. Mete useless
waste of energy and life could hardly be
shown than that expended in these
steadily disastrous and resultless expedi
tions. We hope we will see no mere of
them, and that hereafter the adventurers
who cheese te enter this barren field will
understand that they take their lives in
their hands and that public sympathy
will no longer avail te send after them
expensive government expeditions.
Anether
Hew's that .
third-termer in the cabinet
Fkem
nation.
James te Howe ! Ged save the
Tiik Columbia IlernM nominates Judge
Trunkey for governor. Geed enough ; but
O ! deliver us from the possible less te the
supreme bench of that able and upright
jurist.
The cemmitte of the National Bar asso asse asso
ciatien, charged with devising some plan
for the relief of the supreme court, reached
no conclusion at its recent session in
Washington, but is te meet again in
New Yerk, en the 3d of February.
Genkiial Hawi.ev, of Connecticut, is
net in favor of using his influence te put
young men of spirit and enterprise into
places where they must depend upon the
government for support. He believes that
there are several different ways of making
a living in the various states.
And new it is Governer Cernell whose
political execution has been ordered by the
vengeful " Stalwarts." There is no
longer room for doubt that the New Yerk
"machine" has determined upon some
ether man te represent it at the state capi
tal, ex-Congressman Starin. the million
aire steamboat owner, it is understood,
having been fixed upon as the Arthur Arthur
Cenkliug candidate for governor.
The constitution of Kentucky provides
that a convention can only be called for
its amendment by a majority of all the
voters in the state. Such a vote is practi
cally impossible, and a bill has been intro
duced in the Legislature which provides
that a convention shall be called, if at the
next August election it shall appear that
a majority of the votes east upon the prep
ositien te call a convention are given in
favor of calling it.
PEKbONAl..
It is auneunced, "en excellent author
ity," that Secretaiy Hr.vr is te remain
head of the navy department.
Mr. Longfellow is particulaily fend
et lhackeray s works. "lie was se
great se honest a writer," the ieet says.
Rebert McWaee, the actor, whose
mysterious disappearance is noted after a
protracted tour through the Pacific states
and territories is new iu San Francisce ne
gotiating for the production of a new play.
SrixiVAN, has geno te Egypt for the
winter for the bcuelit of his health, and
will there complete the music for a new
comic opera, which is te be produced
simultaneously in England and America.
Hamilton Diss ten, of Philadelphia,
who bought 1,000,000 acres of Flerida
laud, has sold half his purchase te an
English and Dutch Syndicate, headed by
Sir Edwaid J. Reed, M. P., a jrreat Len-
deu cuginccr.
General Count WAi.OKiisr.K will shortly
be appointed chief of the "eiicral staff,
in place of Field Marshal Count, von
Mellkc. The grcate strategist will net
formally retire, but will retain a cei tain
supreme supervision in connection with all
his numerous pests.
Mr. Heward Remans has been delayed
in the completion of his statue of Ruber!
Fulton, ordered by the State for the sculp
ture gallery in the old Hall of Representa
tives in the capitol at Washington, by the
difficulty of proem ing a suitable niece of
marble. Mr. Roberts however, has re
ceived notice that a piece ordered by him
from Italy has arrived in New Yerk, and
if this, en examination, proves equal te
the requirements of flic ease, the work of
cutting tue statue will be pushed forward
as rapidly as thoroughness of workman
ship will permit.
There is a convulsive social agitation in
Washington just new. The new British
minister, the Hen Lionel Sci; villi-:
West, is reported as a man of family
without ever being a husband, and the
question "Ought we te visit him'.'"' is
the conundrum that is convulsing the
social circles of the capital. Washington
secictj could readily solve the problem if
the bachelor father left his household gods
out of sight, but it is alleged that two of
his children arc te live witli him, and that
makes it impossible for the social censure
te shut their eyes te the existence of
irregular family ties. At last accounts
the vexatious question was undecided.
TUi: I'lCKSIDKNT'S "TUKN-OIU.
.Sonietlilns That is Declared In le
' A Mudfl
of jHii't Alagmliccnce.'
A special despatch from Washington
says : "Ever since the days of ' the father
of his country ' people, particularly the
residents of the capital, have taken a lively
interest in the style of equipage in which
the various presidents of the Pnited
States were accustomed te appear in pub
lic. President Arthur has net been with
out a due share of interest of this kind.
Indeed, for various reasons, there lias
been mere than the usual curiosity te
knew whether his ' turn-out ' would be
shabby or 'loud.' This curiosity may
new be put at rest. President Arthur's
carriage and horses arc in Washington.
The establishment is in every way a rich
and handsome one ; indeed, it is
no exaggeration te say that it
the finest which has ever ap
peared in the streets of the capital. At the
same time, however, all its appointments
are subdued, modest and iu the best of
taste. The carriage, from the New Yerk
Broeme street Brcwstcrs, is a landau of
novel design, painted a dark, mellow
green, relieved with enough picking out in
red te show the outline without being
conspicuous. The trimmings arc of mo
rocco and cloth, the cushions and doers
being faced with heavy lace. The harness
has been made in keeping with the
carriage, and is heavily mounted
with plain silver. The dress blank
ets are of heavy dark green kcr
ly, .and the coachman's lap robe of
gresn English box cloth. These arc all
ornamented with the president's mono
gram. The lap robe for the inside or the
carriage is Labrador otter, beautifully
lined with dark green, and having the
monogram " C. A. A." worked in silk.
The horses, two in number, are magnifi
cent animals mahogany bays with black
points and without a white soetauvwher.;.
They are five years old, sixteen hands
high, have fine flowing manes and tails
and are half brothers. They are matched
almost te a hair, and were raised by the
same man, and have always been driven
together. Their heads and necks arc par
ticularly fine, and though very stylish and
showy, they arc prompt, firm and resolute,
yet very kind and gentle. They can be
driven en an easy rein, without check or
martingal. They were the president's
personal selection, as was also the car
riage, and reflect no little credit upon his
judgment as a horsemen. The entire
' turn-out." is a model of quiet magnifi-conr-e
and geed taste. '
DANGER AND DISASTER,
FIRE AND SHIPWRECK
KEVENUK FRAUlM AMI
BEKV.
HOLM KOU-
Tales of Crimes and Bioedhed.
It is new ascertained that 34 peisens
were killed and 3C injured by the explo
sion yesterday in the coal pitef the Abram
mining company at Bolten, England.
The steamer Hecter, which grounded
en Marquis Key, Flerida, was floated en
Monday night, after being lightened.
The steamer Jehn S. Hepkins was de
stroyed bv fire at Evansville, Indiana.
Less," $40,000.
A fire iu West Bay city, Michigan, de
stroyed the greater portion of the Shep
pard & Alpiu block, including an opera
house and several stores. The ie?s is es
timated at nearly $80,000.
Four cattle thieves were pursued and
shot dead by ranchmen iu 2cw Mexico a
few days age.
Twenty-five deaths from small-pox were
reported in Chicago last week. Thirteen
ni w cases of the disease were reported en
Monday.
Less l the S?rumer ICaih City.
Seventeen of the crew of the steamer
Bath City, from Bristel for New Yerk,
which was spoken by the steamer Mara
then en December 1st, oil St. Jehns, N.
F., have arrived at Liverpool. The bark
William J. Feley picked them up oft' New
foundland. The Bath City sprang a leak
off Newfoundland during heavy weather
and sank. The crew of 27 menincluding
the captain, took te two beats. One of
the beats capsized and four of the occu
pants were drowned. The remaining 23
men were exposed te intcuse cold, from
the effects of which the captain and five
of the crew died. The survivors were
three days and nights in the beats in a
deplorable condition.
An Engine Runaway.
While a freight train was being trans
fci red from one depot te another, in Rich
mond, Virginia, yesterday morning, most
of the train ran off upon a sidiug, "leaving
the engine and several cars upon the main
track. The concussion threw open the
throttle valve of the engine, and the engi
neer having lest control of it, the engine
started off at a terrific speed. The engineer
jumped off, but the fireman and a little
boy remained en the engine, which dashed
along the track through the lower part of
the city and for a distance of three miies
beyond, when it was stepped by the burst
ing of a flue, which liberated the steam.
Twe wagon teams were demolished and
fenr mules killed by the runaway engine,
but the man and boy who remained upon
it escaped injury.
Obituary Nete.
Rebert Raw ley, ene of the convicted
Texas stage robbers, died iu jail at San
Antonie, Texas, en Monday.
Jacob M. Cramer, father of the Jennie
Cramer who was murdered at New Haven
in August last, died yesterday of censump.
tien.
Rev. Father Sax, for many years pastor
of the Etchcmin church in Quebec, which
he had beautifully decorated at his
own expense, died suddenly en Monday
night.
l-'nuitls and Robbery.
Andrew Clark, revenue collector at Al
lauta, reports that since the 1st instant he
has seized ten distilleries, 10,000 gallons of
beer and mash, 200 gallons or low wines,
43 gallons of whiskey aud 50 bushels of
malt, and arrested 11 persons. R. 1 Pat
tcrsen, collector at Memphis, reports that
a revenue- raiding party iu Cerrell and
Hendersen counties, Tennessee, have de
stroyed four distilleries and a large quan
tity of material.
Silenstein's clothing &tore, iu Piainfield,
New Jersey, was robbed of $2500 w.mMi of
goods en Monday night.
State Sensations.
During a family quarrel iu New Castle,
P.i., en Monday evening, William Alexan
der, an old mau, shot his son in the head
and his wife in the arm. He was about te
fire again when the wounded son seized an
empty gun and stiuek his father en the
head with such force as te cause mortal
injuries. Mether and son are in jail.
Themas Mealy, Francis Dornan and
Patrick Kilbiiine were severely burned
and Michael Cavanaugh was badly injured
in the face by a gas explosion in the Otte
colliery, Schuylkill county, en Monday
afternoon.
31Ai:iCIi:i OK NOT MAItlCIKII.
A Brooklyn Merchant Who is Claimed hh
Husband by a Norwalk Lady De
nying; that Hu is Marriett.
Mrs. Anna S. Headley Griffiths, of Xer
walk, Conn., daughter of Judge Carter, of
that place, has begun a suit for limited
uivorce in the Brooklyn city
Themas W. Grilliths, a mere
y court, against
chant of Sixth
avenue, Brooklyn, in which she avers that
.sne was married te the defendant en Jan
uary 12, 18S1, and that subsequently, en
October 24, a child was bem, which has
been named Marie Louise. She alleges
that, at the instance of the defendant, she
kept the marriage a secret and lived apart
from him until about the limn of thn
birth of the child. Since the child's birth
she says that she has offered te live with
the defendant, aud has demanded of him
that he should support the child, but he
has refused. She prays for a limited di
vorce and for the support or herself and
child, aud asks for the custody or the
child.
The defendant denies that he was ever
married te the plaintiff. The latter was a
widow when he met her, her name being
Anna S. Headley. Slie is new about
twenty-live years old, aud her sprightli
ness and gayety when she was visiting iu
Brooklyn about a year age attracted Mr.
Griffiths, although he was then engaged
te marry a young woman living in Hansen
place He spent the summer in Europe,
but he found en his return that Mrs.
Headley claimed te be-his wife, and that-.
the following marriage notice appeared in
a Norwalk paper :
.luiiuary IS, by the lt.:v. Tliemai Kehl, Themas
Uatlcen UiilIlth3,ofl5reokIyn, N. Y., te Anna
V."""5- "augiucr or .i uugc carter, or Nor
walk, Conn.
Seme marked copies of the paper con
taining this notice were sent te the friends
of Mr. Griffiths, and the announcement
led te the breaking of the ensrasrement lm
tween him and the young lady in Hansom
place. Mr. Griffiths caused a contradic
tion of the marriage notice te be printed
in the Norwalk paper in November. Al
though appealed te, it is alleged by rela
tives or Mrs. Headley, he refused te raake
any ackuowedgement of the marriage. lie
denied that any ceremony had been per
formed, or that he had premised te num
the plaintiff. The suit will probably be
ba tried before a referee.
.
Official Population Figures.
The final official figures of the popula
tion of the United States at the tenth cen
sus have j ust been issued and show that
the total population is 50,155.753 ; the
number of males is 25,518,820, and of
females. 24.030,903. The native popula
tion is 43,475,840 and the foreign, 0,079,
013. There are 43,402,970 whites and
C,5S0,793 colored people, 105,405 Chinese,
148 Japanese and CC,407 Indians.
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Seized ter Customs.
Mere thau thirty costly parlor aud sleep
ing cars, belonging te the Pullman Palacs
car com pan, were seized yesterday in
Mentieal by the dominion authorities, te
satisfy a claim of $160,000, alleged te be
owing as customs duties en Canadian cars
rebuilt in the United States and then sent
back te Canada for use. '
THE LOST FOUND.
SEWS
OF, THE
JEANETTE. J
She Was Crashed by lee ia Siberian Waters
Lest June, Captain De Loek and Twe
Beats Crews Heard Frem.
A despatch te Reuter's telegram com
pany from St. Petersburg, says news
reached the government at Yakutsk, East
ern Siberia, that, en the 14th of Septem
ber, three natives of Oulens, near Cape
Barhay, 140 versts north of Cape Bikoff,
discovered a beat containing eleven men,
who stated that they belonged te the Jean
ne tte, aud had undergone terrible suffering.
On hearing the news the district deputy
governor, with a doctor and medicines,
was immediately dispatched te help the
shipwrecked sailors, and was instructed te
bring them te Yakutsk. The governor
'was also instructed te de everything iu his
power te recover the remainder of the
crew, 500 reubles being given them te de
fray the first expenses.
Engineer Melville has telegraphed te
the American legation at St. Petersburg
that the Jeannettc was surrounded anil
crushed by ice en the 23d of June, iu lati
tude 77 north, longitude 157 east. The
crew were separated iu three beats, about
fifty miles from the mouth of the Lena.
They were separated by violent winds and
thick fogs. Beat Ne. 3, commanded by
Engineer Melville, arrived en the 29th et
September at the eastern mouth of the
river Lena, where it was stepped by blocks
of ice near the village of Belencnza, in
habited by idelaters. Beat Ne. 1 reached
the same spot. The occupants of these
state that Huut, Leng and Docter Am
bier, with twelve ethers, lauded at the
northern mouth of the Lena, and that
they are iu a fearful condition, suffering
from frost-bitten limbs. A paity of the
inhabitants of Bellcucux.a started immedi
ately for their assistance. Nothing is
known of beat Ne. 2.
A special supplement of the official
gazette, St. Petersburg, issued this even
ing, auueunccs that all telegrams from
Engineer Melville, of the lest Arctic
steamer Jeanuctte. will be fei warded te
their destinations as promptly as possible,
and that "most energetic measures will be
taken for the discovery of the remainder
or the crew or the Jeannettc, and these
left en the ice near the mouth of the Lena
river.
Engineer Melville forwarded by natives
long despatches te Mr. Bennett, of the
New Yerk Hcnihl. Fer want of funds
they have been forwarded by pest ad
dressed te Gen. Ignatieff. On October 23,
Nindeman and Noras, seamen, who were
in beat Ne. 1, joined their comrades and
stated that Lieut. De Leug, Dr. Ambler,
and twelve ethers had reached the north
ern mouth of the Lena, and were starving.
An expedition was at once sent out te res res
ciie them. The survivors lest everything.
Engineer Melville says money is urgentfy
needed, and should be sent by telegraph
te Yakutsk. He has urgently requested
that 0,000 reubles be transmitted te the
governor of Yakutsk for the return and
care of the shipwrecked men.
Kepert te the Stale Drpettiiient.
The secretary of slate received the fol
lowing telegram from the Charge d' Af
faires of the United States at St. Peters
burg :
" Skcuktaky or Statk, Washington,
D. C Jeannettc crushed in the ice June
11th, latitude 77, longitude 157. Crew
embarked iu three beats, separated by
wind and fog. Number three, with
eleven men, Engineer Melville command
ing, reached mouth or Lena September 19.
Subsequently number one with Captain
Delong, Dr. Ambler and twelve men,
reached Lena in pitiable condition.
Prompt assistance sent. Number two
net heard from. Signed 1,
" IIekkmax, St. Petersburg."
In response te the above the follewiii"
was transmitted : n
" Dkpautmkntek Static, Washington,
Dec. 20, 1SS1, Heffman, Charge St. Peteis
burg. Tender hearty thanks or the presi
dent te all authorities or persons who
have in any way been instrumental in
assisting the unfortunate survivors from
the Jeannettc or furnishing information
te this government.
I Signed FitKLiNuurvsKX,
Secretary of State."
mkitim; HisieiiY.
Aiimhcr VliiiUrntiiiii en-rrjiilenl l'mhaii:ii.
Seme ene writing from Washington te
the Baltimore thin says : " There are pe
riods when it is as useless te attempt te
have justice done some geed men as it is
te expect the exercise of moderation in t!n
adulation of ethers no mero patriotic.
Fortunately the mellowing influences of"
nine aim subsidence ei passion remove
prejudices, and excess or adulation yields
te reason. Men under or overrated iu
time or excitement eventually become
properly considered, confirming the
declaration or Tacitus that posterity
will light presei.t wrongs " Pesteritas
suiini cuique rependit." In this
relation I am pleased te notice your refer
ence te a historic rill developed by Mr.
Gee. Ticknor Curtis, correcting a misrep
resentation regarding Mr. Buchanan,
whom it has been, owing te the times,
easy te traduce with impunity. Mauy who
accepted favors from him living uew mag
nify their loyalty by traducing his patri
otism. I was never a democrat," but from
childhood te old age enjoyed acquaintance
wuu air. uiicnanau, who ever commanded
my respect for his unostentatious leve of
country, and numerous virtues appreciat
ed by all familiar with his life. As aneth
er little rill, allow me te give you for pub
lication one of mauy letters received from
him during the war, all breathing the same
spirit."
' Wiiiiatland, July 24, 18C1,
" My Dear Sir : I Iiayc received your
favor of the 22d instant. I feel the deepest
sympathy for the sufferers in the disas
trous reverse sustained by our troops en
Sunday last, but am net discouraged. The
spirit of our people will meet the emer
gency with firmness and vigor. They will
nj n mu itatuu .iuu in viciery win wipa
uul iuu muiuury ei me ueieat. i some
times feel strongly tempted te leave my
retirement se far as te take- an active
and public part iu assisting te rally the
people of the country in support of our
time-honored and glorious flag, but the
abuse which I received from the Republi
can journals iu consequence or the publi-
uatiuu ui my letter 10 iur. Scaten ad
monishes me te desist. Still my opinions
arc freely expressed en all suitable occa
sions. I feel no apprehensions for Wash
ington, and have great confidence in the
veteran commander. By the blessing of
Ged my health is perfectly restored,
though I regaiu strength but slowly. I
have no news te communicate from this
retired but agreeable place. Please re
member me kindly te - and bo be
lieve me, .sincerely and respectfully, your
fric,!ll James Buchanan.
An Old Minstrel's Keenest.
Havcrly's mastodon minstrels were play
ing in Londen, and wero seftlv simrinrr
one night te a crowded house the chorus
in " Old Kentucky Heme." When the
last notes melted away a strange look
ing figure advanced a Tew steps from
his scat in a dark corner of the
pit, and the auditors were startled
at hearing a veice say earnestly and
distinctly : " Sing the dear old song again
sing it te me. I'm listening hard and
I'm listening low, boys, and every word is
a friend te me home te me everything
Say, will you sing it once mera for me -right
uew aud here ?" It was the figure and
veice of Ben Leland, an old minstrel, who
left this country several years age and
after playing in Australia made his way'
a broken-down old man, te Londen!
Hera he supported himself by playing the
banjo, but generally eked out a miserable
existence. The Mastodons sang the cho
rus again, and the figure sank back in'e its
seat. When the audience dispersed it re
mained motionless, and when an attend
ant came te arouse it he Teuud Ben Leland
dead.
VTashiujitnu Notes.
The Postmaster General has directed
that the Pest-offices throughout the coun
try shall be closed en Monday, the 26th
instant, and Monday, January 2d, as holi
days. A caucus .of tlys Republican Senators
was held yesterday te consider a proposi preposi
tion by a number of Democratic Senators
that Neil Brown, of Tennessee, lately
Reading Clerk of the Heuse, be elected te
a similar position in the Senate, new prac
tically vacant bv the assignment of Chief
Clerk Shober tq be acting Secretary of the
latter body. There was much difference
of opinion as te the advisability of select
ting a Democrat, aud the caucus adjourn
ed without a decision.
An Old Man Murders a Bey.
In Newark, N. J., Eddie Seden, aged
thirteen, was fatally shot by James
Graves, a man sixty-three years old, en
Market street. Seden went out at dark
te light street lamps for his father, who is
a lamplighter. While se engaged he was
shot. The pistol was held se close te his
body that it set fire te his clothing. The
murderer walked rapidly dewu the street,
but was captured immediately. He said
he guessed the hey would net bother him
again, aud offered te plead guilty te mur
der iu the second degree. Graves former
ly lived iu the same house with the Sod Sed
ens, aud was arrested three years age for
threatening the elder Seden' s life.
LOCAL lNTELLliiENCE.
TIIK Ol'KKA.
"latieure"uy the Church Choir Company.
Gilbert & Sullivan's new opera, as ren
dered by the German Church Choir com
pany, is a most delightful production, and
the large aud critical audience who last
night listened te its rendition in Fulton
epe: a house had little clse than unquali
fied praise te bestow at the close of the
performance. There is no need of taking
into the consideration or the question the
Tact that most of the people comprising
this organization are comparatively new
te the stage, for the treupe is quite able te
stand upon its own merits and te challenge
criticism without reservation. There is a
delicacy aud a finish about the perform
ance that argue at once a keen concep
tion of the peculiar humor of the work en
the part of the performers, with the
ability te apply it te their rendition, and
their extreme gravity of demeanor through
out the performance, untinged as ifc is by
the slightest trace of burlesque, renders
the etlect yet mero provekiugly runny.
The fact is thatsuchapieceas " Patience i "
must be handled with much discretion
and a knowledge of the author's
purpose, iu order that its real point
may be made te appear. The ladies
and gentlemen in last night's per
formance made evident their familiarity
with the particular felly at which Gilbert's
satirical arrow is aimed, and seemed im
bued with a quick apprehension of the
motive of the composition which they
acted out in conscientious fidelity te its
true meaning. Mr. DeLange's Bitn Bitn
therne was a capital delineation, full of
grotesque humor, which was enhanced
by the capable manner iu which he per
formed the vocal requirements of the role.
He fairly led in the honors se liberally
distributed "by last night's demonstrative
audience. Mr. Boniface as Grosnner was
altogether satisfactory, acting the part
with consummate grace and skill, and
though apparcntlysutieriug from huskiness
attributable probably te a cold, his songs
were all fairly rendered "the Magnet and
the Churn," being especially well done.
The Pittknce of Miss Stevenson was sweet
simplicity itself, and she grew iu the geed
favor of the audience from the starr. Her
veice is a fine, round mezzo, of adequate
compass and singular sweetness. Space
permits only a passing notice of Mr. Don Den Don
aven's exquisite tenor, who sang the Duhe,
Mr. Cautlman's Colonel, which, vocally
considered, was a masterpiece, and Mrs.
Dew's l.aih) .hue, the latter as clever nn
impersonation iu all respects as ene
would care te see. As te the chorus, it
was strong, well trained and sang with a
precision and correctness delightful te
listen te. "Paticnce" is a pronounced
success with the Lancaster public, one of
these rare compositions in light opera that
may be heard aud heard again without
wearying, ami a general sentiment is voiced
in me wish, mac incie may no an early
repetition hete of this charming production
of the merry and musical English author
and composer.
DOWN COUNTRY NKWS.
I" t'ij-.x aud Cnir-i and a n lined lVar.
Haines Brown & Brether, or Lyles,
Lancaster county, have a Short Hern calf
which weighed 212 pounds when six weeks
old, ami twelve days later it weighed 201
pounds, showing a gain of 1,1 pounds per
day. It was fed only en its mother's
milk. Henry C. Weed, of Little Britain town
ship, recently slaughtered two tine Poland
Chinas and one Chester White, Ter home
use, which weighed 578, 530 and 518
pounds, respectively. Mr. Weeds had two
hogs last year which weighed 040 and 008
pounds.
E. Henry Haines, or Fulton tewnshin.
sends us a Seckel pear which has been
preserved in his silo. It is well preserved
in appearaucc, hut tastes as if it had
been pu-kled iu vinegar. This is doubt
less the stage that ensilage reaches a
condition or suspended fermentation, or
alcoholism, and the question whether such
material is suitable feed for cattle seems
te be a pertinent eue ; at any rate, we
prefer Seckel pears fresh from the trees,
after they become mellow, before their
nectar is thus turned into vinegar.
1. 1st or Unclaimed Letter.
The following is a list of unclaimed let let
ters remaining in the posteffice for the
weekending Dccember 19, 1881 :
Ladies List : Anna Ardcll, Susan Crider,
i'jmma.i. ueyie, Auua Jiby, airs. Susan
Fisher, Kate G. Geed, Mrs. Laura R. Hess,
Mrs, Emma Heir, Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries,
Mrs. Jacob Lechler (for.), EllaMerad,
Mrs. Cath. Myers, Minnie Ottye, Annie
Strack, Estclla Wilmet, KIHe Watsen,
Mollie II. Weir.
Gents List : Winsten T Banks, Mr. and
Mrs. Bewers, Patrick Canny, E. K. Geuis
singer, Emmanuel Heath, J. G. Hernet,
Allied Jenes, H. Jenkins, Jehn H. ICcrch
ncr, Martin Karlter, Jehn M. Lcfcvre, I).
Lacy McGIenan, Jehn McAIastcr, Dan'l J.
O'Brien, Jehn Rete, J. C. Stock, II. W.
Shirk, J. C. Shcnk, D. L. Shcnk, Peter
Snyder, L. II. Sudick, Frederick Strife, E.
A. Thrush, Jacob Wilbcrt.
out Out.
This morning Alderman McConemy sent
three train riders, who were arrested by
Officer Pyle, te jail for 10 davseach. One
man who was very drunk around the
railroad get 20 days.
Kxcurslen Ticked
The Reading railroad company will
sell excursion tickets for the holidays, en
Dcccmbcr21, 25, and 20, geed te 27th, and
en December :il, January 1 and 2, geed
te January 3d.
Had u Stroke.
Mr. Kmauuel Dcitrich, of Rohrcrntew n,
who is well known iu this city anil
throughout the county, had a streke of
apoplexy this morning and is reported
te be ip a critical condition.
MICROSCOPES UfcsT SIGHT.
A Second Kreateg ia Wonderland.
The second complimentary exhibition
was given last evening by the Lancaster
Microscepical society, in the high school
building en West Orange street, te a select
number of the pupils of the boys' depart
ment of said school who had net been
present at the previeus exhibition, and a
number of the teachers employed in the
public schools. An invitation had been
extended by Prof. Buerhle te the various
classes in order below the first iu the girls'
high school,, but nobody in any of these
classes wished te attend. Perhaps the
girls were uet sufficiently awake te the
wonders of nature te appreciate such an
exhibition, or it may be that they were tee
busy with their Christmas preparations te
thiuk of anything besides. At all events
their absence made room for a number et
teachers who were greatly interested and
heartily enjoyed the profitable evening.
The object of the society is te popular
ize the use of the compound microscope,
and te diffuse some knowIcde of the wen
ders of luature, as a means of proraetiug
the study of natural sciences. Judging
from the result of their efforts, this ob
ject is in a fair way of being accomplished
in some small degree at least, for a mere
interested company of pupils and teachers
than these iu attendance last evening it
would be hard te find. The boys espe
cially distinguished themselves as close
observers and showed remarkable indus
try in taking notes of what was exhibited
with a view te writing out Ian account of
what they saw and hew it impressed them,
that being the condition upon which tick
ets had been given them.
There were three changes of objects
upon the instruments, these present, after
making the round of all the microscopes,
passing agaiu iute the study hall et
the school, aud awaiting announce
ment of Professer Buerhle that a
a new series of objects was en exhibition.
The exhibitors and objects shown were as
fellows :
Dr. II. D. Knight, president of the Mi Mi Mi
croseopical society, who makes a specialty
of the teeth and the bony structure of
human beings and the lower animals, ex
hibited the enamel of the human teeth,
showing in a section, ground se thin as te
.be semi-transparent, the prisms conspicu
ous in its structure ; the ivory or dentine
coming up beautifully, under a power of
500 diameters ; the little tubes se small
that the corpuscles of the bleed cannot
pass through them : and the ccmcutum,
or that which covers the root or the teeth
as the enamel its crown.
Mr. . Walter P. King, au enthusiastic
young microscepist, showed the yeast
plant entire, explaining its growth aud de
velopment from plant te plant ; the
double-stained leaf or the common dcuUi.t,
with its bcautirul star forms : the head of
the mesquite, aud the scales (feathers) en
the wing of the butterfly. This last was
a very interesting object under a power of
perhaps sixty diameters. The same scales
were shown by Mr. Lengeneckcr en the
opposite s'ule of the tables under a power
of 500, se that they appeared nearly au
inch in length. Mr. King also showed the
peculiar starch of the potato aud the stem
or the pond lilly.
Mr. J. P. McCaskcy presented first a
very bcautirul field in which the pollen of
the abutileu was the main feature ; then
followed the flower of the dandelion
plucked yesterday, Dee. 20, showing the
flower fully developed, the matured pollen
lying thick upon the coiled head of the
pistil ; then the leaf or a foliage plant of
richest ruby coloring and marvelous sur
face ; then the contrast between tine
woven muslin and the sieve-like beltiug
cloth used in flouring mills, the finest of
which is made euly in I ranee ami is a
very expensive fabric. Tae microscope
brought up the muslin se that it resem
bled heavy coarse knit work, while the
silk belting cloth seemed wire-work, such
that large-sized shot would fall through
the meshes.
Mr. Harry R. Smith exhibited the Heeds
of the common dandelion, showing the
points by which they may work their way
into the soil ; the beautiful cluster cups of
the buttercup, a fungus growth upon the
flower : and the perfect hooks of the com
men burdock, an object of never-failing
interest.
Mr. C. B. Lengeneckcr, draughtsman at
the Lancaster watch factory, aud the
member of the Microscepical society who
has thus far done most work in the mount
ing of objects for permanent usc,exhihitcd
the oil globules iu milk from which butter
aud cheese are obtained ; the scales of the
butterfly's wing, already mentioned, show
ing very clearly their form and marking ;
and a very lively field or vinegar eels,
which attracted much attention.
The fine mieroscepo or Rev. V. !'.
Houpt had the polarizing attachment dur
ing the entire evening, by the aid or which
there were shown, iu the play of changing
colors carbonate of soda, sulphate of
strychnia, sugar crystals and tartaric acid.
Mr. J. M. Davidsen exhibited very beau
tiful crystals of arsenic and the hair of
the caterpillar and human hair iu contrast.
l.'tMf.NSi:
ltlKKr.VS.
'I he Cn-at A met I
mi ltlrd a a ClirUliiiu
I'resem.
Lancaster county is noted for breeding
line turkeys, aud perhaps the finest let
ever brought te this city were received
this morning by Mr. Edward Katitz
(Hecter Kautz, as he is familiarly called),
the depot master of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, this city. The birds re
ceived by Mr. Kautz numbered about s-ixty,
forty of them being purchased by him for
Mr. B. J. McGrann and twenty for Mr.
Jehn Murphy, for presentation te the
friends of these gentlemen. The birds
weighed from 20 te 35 pounds each?
Jugutccn or Mr. Murphy s weighed 505
pounds, a trifle ever aii average of 28
pounds each the heaviest weighing XI
and the lightest 24 pounds. Oae or Mr.
McGrann's let tipped the beam at 35
pounds, and several ethers were nearly
as heavy. These birdj were stored
for a short time in the cellar
of the Globe hotel, whence a num
ber of them were distributed, alive, te Mr.
McGrann's city friends, and the ethers
wero carted oil te Prince street te te
slaughtered, dressed and shipped te friends
of Messrs. McGrann and Murphy in ether
places. Fer several years past it has been
a custom with the gentlemen named fe
commission Mr. Kautz te purchase large
numbers et the finest turkeys te be had in
the county for presentation te their Wends.
Fred Brimmer, the liveryman, also pur
chased eleven large gobblers for Christmas
presents te his employees. They wcre all
bcautirul birds, weighing between IS te 29
pounds.
Sill i! et Market SlamN.
This morning Henry Shubcrt, auctioneer,
sjld for the m irket committee, the stands
iu the central market, for the year com
mencing January 1 1882. The sales or
the stands amounted te $6,755.50, and the
amount paid into the hands of the city
treasurer up te neon te-Uay was 34,403.50.
Heretofore the market stands wcre sold
en the 1st of April, but en recommenda
tion or Mayer MacGotigle they were sold
hist April for nine months only, te that
the market year should commeiice en the
1st or January. By the new arrangement,
the funds arising from this source become
available or a time of the year that money
is most badly needed.
CouiuilsiiIeiier'M llencl Approved.
W. U. Hcnscl, esq., presented in court
this morning thcbend of M. Hildebrant,
county commissioner-elect, in the sum of
85,000, with Jacob R. Leng aud Jacob
Uhrich, of Mount Jey, as sureties. It was
approved and filed.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR COKKESPONDKNCK
Mr. Bert Slade left this morning te4
spend the hellidays with relative! in EI
mirs. Next week Columbia will be agaiu over
run with shows, something being booked
for each evening.
The colored ladies and gentlemen of Tew
Hill iutend holding a ball in the armory
next Wednesday evening. Locals will be
plenty the next morning.
The tramps are giviug Columbia wide
berth, as they arc afraid of our vigilant
officers. Very few can be found at their
old leafing holes.
Mr. Jee Fendrich. of the firm of Hum
mel & 'Fendrien, iron and steam mill,
narrisbnrg, informs us that they are
pushed with orders, and their success is
already conceded.
A COO pound hog will be rallied off en
Saturday evening at P. llitner's saloon ou
Frent street.
Mr. Gee. Sample, who has beeu ill for
some time past, attempted te go down his
cellar, and being still very weak, missed
his step and fell a distance of ten
feet
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He escaped with a badly twisted
R. Heury, of the Xeie Kra, gees for
Herald about the article " Shall the
teachers rule the people,' and sticks up
for the teachers. Of course he sticks up
for them.
Mr. T. Wright, or the Spy force, has
recently drawn a portrait of a lady in Phil
adelphia, and it is new en exhibition iu
Yeung's show window. It is perfect in
likeness and it is quite a compliment te
Mr. Wright that he has secured a piece
of work from the city of Brotherly Leve.
Th Elocution elub held a very pleasant
meeting at II. Wilsen's lat evening.
After the literary part of the pregramme
was lipished these present enjoyed a dance.
The Spy's prediction about the club only
lasting four weeks yet will prove false.
A Yerk county farmer brought a wagon '
lead of poultry te town this morning, aud
as he was shewiug them te a gentleman
ou Third street they get loose in some
manner aud flew around at a lively rate.
All wcre secured but two, aud these were
killed by a deg.
Cress ties are in demand by the Penn
sylvania railroad. The water has uet yet
been left out of the canal, but navigation
has been stepped ; there is ene beat bound
for Middletown that has received permis permis
bien te run the gauntlet, but at its ewu
risk, as clearance papers will net be given
it.
Columbia iudustry is looming forth.
Mr. T. Snyder, saddler, has a large eon
tract for harness te be sent te Akren, O.
This is geed news, but only just, as Mr.
Snyder's work is or a superior quality.
Mr. R. E. HaMemat-, formerly at the
Seuth depot, has beeu promoted and trans
ferred te the general ellices of the II. V.
R. R., a deserved recognition of his faith -ful
attention te his connection with the
company. Columbus ( Ohie ) Times. Mr.
Haldeman is an old Columbian, and was
recently married te Miss Flo. Patteu. We
are glad te hear of his success :fnd are sure
that the confidence in him has uet been
misplaced.
Nene of our public schools will have
a Christmas celebration, except the high
school, and that tnily probably They in
tended te have a Garfield celebration. The
motto that had been printed by order of
Supt. Ames was te be placed in a con
spicuous place, with appropriate ceremo
nies ; but as a frame cannot be secured
suitable for the purpose it is thought that
the matter will most likely rail through.
Dr. Treacy, Y. S., or Lancaster, is daily
attending several stables here, owing te
an outbreak or the epizootic. The doctor
calls it bleed poison of an extreir.ely dan
gerous nature, requiring very careful at
tendance, geed nursing, mere paiticularly
when it locates itself in any of the vital
organs. Animals that are kept at work
ing while thej have this disease, are very
likely te succumb te its attack. In Phila
dclphia and ether large cities great mini -hers
are dying daily from this fatal dis
ease.
The following notice has been issued te
the Pennsylvania railroad despatches :
Iu all eases of accident te employees or in
dividuals, where it is necessary or desira
bio te have them taken te Philadelphia,
this oftice should be at once apprised by
telegraph, aud arrangements will be made
te have the injured person taken from
trains at Powelton avenue station, and
from there te home or te the University
hospital. All these eases of accident
should be moved from Powelton avenue
and net taken through te the Bread street
passenger station. Bv order of
S. .M. Pnr.vesT,S:ip't. Phil'a Div.
ItllMJI.AUV AT I.1T1T.
The Durbar llareliitrd
nii'ht the residence of
Last
Levi 0.
Kemper, Lititz, was visited by burglars,
who gained nu cutrance by breaking open
a window at one end of the building. The
lower rooms of the house aud soma of the
upstairs rooms were ransacked, but se far
as is kne.vn the thieves carried off nothing
but a pair of Mr. Kemper's stockings.
The family heard nothing of the burglar
and knew nothing of their visit until they
get out of their beds this merniug. The
thieves appear te have been after money,
and did uet find it.
The Mtatn Heard f rurdwiin.
The session of the Heard of Pardons
yesterday was very brief. All the murder
eases, five in number, m1 down for a hear
ing were continued until January, ewhug y
te the absence of Lieutenant Governer
Stene, whose daughter is seriously ill.
Paidena were recommended iu thn cases
of I'M waul Smith, of Philadelphia, murder
in the second degree ; Jehn Kchtcrnncht,
or Lancaster, burglaay ; Win. Cannen, of
Philadelphia corruptly influencing an elec
tor, and Samuel Allen, of Cumberland
county, horse stealing.
ArKumeut Court.
The court is still listening te the argu
ment of common pleas cases.
In the ease of Frederick Fry vs. Gcerge
It. Will, rule te show cause why execu
tion should net be set aside and satisfac
tion entered en the judgment, rule dis
charged.
In Court.
YY.M. Hayes, ese., a member of
the
He
for
West Chester bar, is iu court te-day
is interested in a ease which i- down
argument.
Turkey Stelen.
Andreas Perch was arrested this merr.
ing ou complaint of Jehn Martin, wl e
charges him with the larceny of a turkey.
The accused was committed for a hcarirg
before Aldeuuaii ltarr en Saturday next
when it will he ascertained whether or net
Perch lifted from its perch the aforesaid
bird.
I.'ouniiliislena I'ecrited.
The commissions or all the county offi
cers elected in November last were re
ceived at the county recorder's office this
morning, where they will be duly recorded.
The new officers will assume their several
positions en Monday, January 2d. Sam
Matt Fritly, prothenotary elect, took the
official oath this morning.
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hale or Real Estate.
Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub
lie sale yesterday en the premises, the City
hotel, bclenginr te the heirs of J. and T
Reese, dee'd., situated en the west side of
North Queen street near Chestnut te Mrs
Elizabeth Reese, for 821,200.
A Pretty Fresenr.
Lieut. Jehn Rces. the veteran volunteer
has been presented by Corporal The
Wenditz with a very handeme G. A. R
badge.
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