LANCASTER. DAILY INTLLL1GENCER WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 4. L8b2 Mf? Hancastet fnteltiawet. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAW. 4, 1862. " Very Liberally Compensated." The suspicious circumstances under which Commissioners Ceble and Bushong were secured te draw warrants for the payment of some $3,500 of bills te county officers were, in themselves, enough te create the belief that ,there was some thing rotten in them. With the sheriff, te whom the county owed a large amount of fees, and who in turn was responsible for payment te the county of the jury fees collected by the prothenotary, there should have been a settlement; and in the absence of it and the collection by the sheriff of all his account without the payment of his liabilities, the new beard should proceed straightway te settle the balance due from the sheriff and collect it without further delay. The payment of the bills for blanks, ordered without authority by the clerk of quarter sessions and many of them useless, was unprece dented and unwarranted. A majority of the commissioners in refusing te pay it were right, and Bushong's change of heart was a tee sudden conversion te pass unsuspected of improper influences being exercised te work it. But the largest and most outrageous bill of the prothenotary was such a raid upon the county treasury as demands investigation. It does net appear any where that the work for which it pur ports te lie rendered was ever done by any authority except the " order of court," se frequently referred te in the bill rendered by McMellen, and it was upon the recommendations of Judges Livingston and Patterson that he should be " very liberally compensated " that McMellen chiefly relied, and behind this the commissioners fortify themselves in defense of their action. It is needless for us te point out that the judges have no authority te appropriate the money of the county. That is the busi ness of the commissioners, and any interference with their business by the judges is as much of an impropriety and impertinence as it would be for the com cem com misiener, te undertake te held court and try cases. Beyond these orders of pub lication, which the law authorizes them te mak'e, and ether mailers affecting the conduct of the court itself, and the mere certificate of services rendered by its offic ials, the judges have no power te make directions for the payment of money out of the county treasury, and their recom mendations for the payment of ether bills ought te have no mere authority with the commissioners than these of ether individuals. Manifestly they could, with entire propriety certify that they ordered the necessary work of re-arranging the papers- in the prothenotary "s office and that it had been well done, but when they append te McMellen's demand for S1,S00 their recommendation that lie should be " very liberally compensated," they are very naturally understood te approve the payment of that amount or a mere liberal compensation. The services rendered, if proper te be paid at all by the county, were net worth $1,800, nor anything like it. The prothenotary recites the work done and that it engaged the services of two clerks. Auybedy familiar with the pro pre pro teonotary "s office knows that for only a portion of the last year of his term did Prothenotary McMellen htveeac mere occasional clerk in his office than the regular force which is retained by his successor, who will give his own time and clerical.) ability te the office, which McMellen did net. In fact $400 or $500 would be ample compensation for the work done, even had it been ordered and prosecuted in such a way and with such an understanding en the part of the com missioners as made .them liable te pay for it. As it was, the amount of the bill and the circumstances of its payment were such as te smack of a disgraceful and disreputable job, " put up " en the county by McMellen and securing the approval of Ceble and Bushong by such agencies as- operate "after office hours." An Unfit Man. It may be that ex-Senater Sargent and his record arc of the kind of men and records that the federal administration likes "te see rewarded." He has the reputation of being one of the " best workers " in the organization, Stalwart in his faith, and without scruples in his practice. It is therefore assumed that he will be made secretary of the interior, though the best papers of his party pro pre test against his appointment and desig nate his special unfitness for this place. It is a position in which, according te the integrity and ability of its incum bent, or his lack of these qualities, the thieves may have little or unlimited power te prey upon -the government. In the dealings of this department with the public lands and Indians there aie wide opportunities for fraud and, per force, at the same time te exercise polit ical control. Sargent is of the kind who will net interfere with tiie thieves if he can handle their political influence. His record is stained by his having-secured the passage of the Desert Land act, which placed a premium en laud grab bing in California, and under which a San Francisce paper says, " William B. Carr and Jehn B. Haggin, intimate po litical associates of Mr. Sargent, ab sorbed mere than 50,000 acres of produc tive land in Kern county, before the victimized people awoke te the legalized fraud." " Twenty-five of Mr. Sargent's retainers in the mint and custom house, had put their, names down for 8,400 acne. Many ether dependents of Sar gent and Carr took up land and after ward turned it ever te the monopolists." " 340 entries had been made in the in terest of J. B. Haggin alone, and he had acquired nearly 200,00 acres, com prising some of the most fertile and val uable lands in the state; yet en a large part of it he paid taxes en a valuation t 25 cent an acre. The land seized by Ulr. Sargent and his associates, instead of Muz dwjrt tracts, enjoy as much rain-fall rb any ether part of thestate." This wholesale prc-fcrnpUen of lands, and in Heme casts the seizure of lands already settlwl ujKifi, Jed of course, te many disputed titles and claims new be fore the interior department for .adjudi cation; It is, of course, greatly te the advantage of Sargent's allies te get him into the place. Bat it is doubtful whether the administration will make the strain upon popular toleration which his ap pointment would involve. These Big Bills. With regard te the " big bills " paid by Commissioners Bushong and Ceble, under such suspicious circumstances, and after the resoluien of the beard te close the business of their term, we are informed by Jehn H.Barnes, job printer, that he had no interest whatever in the bill presented and ' did net get five cents " from the warrant drawn in his name ; that for all blanks furnished te Clerk Urban he bad been paid already or held him, and net the county responsible, akl that only his name was used in the transaction by which Urban get his $211.50 for blanks furnished for his own use, by his own order, and the like of which the county officers and net the county ought te pay for. It was an im pudent grab, and the two commissioners who voted for it helped te perpetrate a fraud upon the county, In regard te the fees due te the county we are informed that Bess McMellen is settling te-day and that the Intelli gencer's expose of the .commissioners' doings has been pfemptly followed by the payment of the long delinquent jury fees into the county treasury. Statements differ as te the time when Urban and McMellen get their warrants. All agree that it was after " Ceble, Bushong and Montgomery met and concluded the business of their term, and by agreement finally closed the office se far as they were entrusted with its administration." As te the services rendered by the prothenotary for the $1,800 secured by McMellen at the suggestion of Judges Livingston and Patterson that he should be " very liberally compensated "it seems that they have been accomplished entirely in the past year, by the extra help in that office of J. Kahler Snyder only, off and en, and that lie and McMel len are the beneficiaries of the very lib eral compensation which the commis sioners first refused te approve and which was afterwards approved by Ceble and Bushong. Se te speak, McMellen is a " very liber ally compensated" young man. Tnmin is a growing suspicion that the people who set out te "answer Iugersell" are advertising Iugersell and themselves. Mr. Patttsen, of Philadelphia, may be considered te be fairly in the" field for the Democratic nomination of governor, and his friends have secured the temporary or ganization of the conventions te elect dele gates. Thk Titusville Morning Herald notices the end of the World, its late contem porary, in nearly two columns of obituary about the livest editorial matter aud the largest quantity of it ever seen in the survivor. Mn. Samuel Josephs, of Philadelphia, has done a geed thing in prosecuting the notorious Kebert Lister Smith for shoot sheet ing him in the feet en the way home from the last Democratic state convention. It is all the mere commendable because it had been charged that Smith knew tee much for Josephs te deal with him se vig oreusly. TnK Suubury Democrat thinks the ticket " te sweep the state" is : Gov., Hen. S. P. Wolverton, of Sunbury ; Lieut. Gov. , Hen. Rebert E. Pattison,of Philadel phia ; Supreme Judge, Hen. Wm. J Baer, of Somerset ; Secretary of Internal Affairs, J. Simpsen Africa, of Hunting don. Seme of the energy new devoted te getting up tickets will come very handy about election time. When the bill for printing Judge Pat terson's paper book in the Stcinman-Heu-sel disbarment case was presented te the county commissioners by whom it had no mere right te be paid than a judge's butcher bill it was ordered te be paid, un der a mistaken idea, the commissioners have told us, that they were liable for it. The amount of it, te our best information, has never been refunded. This was a case of something mere than a "very liberal" compensation. Last spring certain attaches of the legation, from France, Spain and Brazil, took a young lady of excellent family at a fashionable party in Washington te an upper room in the heuse and plied her with champagne until she was drunk, Fer this offense the young men were ex pelled from the Metropolitan club, com posed of the elite of West End society i they were reported te Secretary Blaine, who made the matter the subject of di plematic correspondence and requested the recall of the offenders, which was made, New they have come back and Washington Becicty is deliberating what te de with thein. " Deliberating ! " Fuuny Wash ingten society. Thk fashion of New Year calls and lavish entertainments has well-nigh run itself te death in New Yerk, and en Mon day it was noticed that the usual compli ments of the season were paid almost en tirely by gentlemen sending their, card?, which were received in baskets at the frontdeor. The postmen delivered great numbers of small envelopes containing cards. Private dwellings all ever the city burst out into a flowering of baskets. A stroll down any of the brownstone blocks showed that New Year's calls bad fallen in disrepute. Twe houses out of every three had a basket en the deer-bell or at tached te the knobs. There were baskets at Mr. William H. Vanderbilt's and Mrs. A. T. Stewart's, and a fancy vase steed in the vestibule of Mrs. Aster's residence. In many instances every heuse in a block had a basket out. The baskets were of all shapes and sizes, some with lids and some without. Most of them were tied with bright bine ribbons, though ether colors were net wanting. When tied with black ribbons, as was done in many instances, it was plain why the family did net receive. Mrs. Mary Dedd, a Bloemficld (N. J.) widow, was killed by falling down stairs. Her neck was broken. f. TRAGIC- 1 -r- GRIME AND CALAMITY. MOBUIBI.E CRIMES CONFKrBED. Tne Outrages and Murders at Aanlaert, Ky. The Culprits Arrested. Advices from Ashland, Ky., state that arrests have been made of persons believed te be the murderers of Miss Themas and the Gibbens children. The arrests were brought about by the confession of one of the parties implicated. All of them live in Ashland, and two of the number are married men. They are in Catlettsburg jail. The men arrested are William Neal, Ellis Craft and Geerge Ellis all white. Geerge Ellis says Craft aud Neal awaken ed him en the night of the murder, and urged him te go with them te Gibbens' house. He went reluctantly. They en tered by a window, and Neal and Craft outraged the two girls. Emma Themas recognized Neal, and said she would tell her mother. Rebert, the boy, was then about togive the alarm, wnen Craft struck him en the head with an axe, killing him instantly. Craft then told Fanny that her time te die had come, and, amid the pit eous cries of the child for mercy, he struck her en the head and killed her instantly. Neal then killed Emma Themas in the same way. Craft and Neal at first denied Ellis' story, but Neal confessed and both he and Ellis waived examination. Craft will have a hearing en Thursday. Ellis aud Neal are married. Craft is single. They were all present when the Gibbens residence was burned, and one of them drove the hearse at the funeral and another was a pall-bearer. Crowds have been gathering all day at Catlettsburg and threats of lynching are common. A TKXAS TKAGKDV. Three Murderers aud a Deputy Shcrifl- Killed in a l'rlsen Escape. In Graham, Texas, Deputy Sheriffs Mur fee and Melten took Peter, Nicholas and D. McDonald, the murderers of Martin, at Belknap, from their steel cell te give them breakfast. The McDonalds as saulted the guards and took away their pistols, aud shot Deputy Sheriff Melten through the hand and shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Murfee. They then fled. A great; crowd of armed citizens pursued. One of the prisoners held Melten in such a position that the citizens feared te fire lest they should kill Melten. Presently a geed marksman aimed and shot one of the McDonalds, who held Melteu, through the head, killing him instantly. The two ether McDonalds made a desperate resistance, firing rapidly and wounding two citizens. In a few seconds, however, both fell dead, riddled with bullets, making four men killed and three wounded, one of the hit being au old man named Weed, shot in the thigh, and a waiter named Jee, who had a leg shattered. 1IEATU FOLLOWS DEATH. A Wire Dies et Sheclt and lha Husband by a Suicidal Act. On the afternoon of December 23, Jehn Bre ivn, a well-to-de livery stable keeper, who lived at Ne. 229 Gcrmau street Phila delphia, left his place of business, Ne. 227 German street, aud drove te Point Breeze trotting park. Au hour or se later he was found lying unconscious in oue of the park stables, with an empty laudanum bottle in his hand. A physician was sum moned, but as Brown had swallowed two ounces of the drug he could net be brought back te consciousness and was removed te his home. When his wife who had suffered from heart discase for many years, was informed of his attempted suicide she swooned and died shortly after. When Brewu regained his senses en the following day he inquired for his wife and was told that she was sleeping. Three days after this he was told of bis wife's death aud it distressed him greatly. On December 28 his wife was buried and he atteuded her funeral, going out of the house for the first time after taking the poison. Since the fune ral he has been very melancholy aud often told his acquaintances that he was tired of life. He attended te business as usual aud yesterday morning bought a large quantity of hay and ether feed. In the afternoon he drove te Penrose ferry bridge, en the Schuylkill, and jumped into the river. The body was' recovered uet long after and was brought te the city by the undertakers. The deceased was fifty years of age and leaves three grown children. The shock occasioned by her mother and father's sudden deaths left the youngest daughter in a critical condition from nervous prostration last night. I'erhaps Fatal Accident. Henry Mackinson. 20 years of age, re siding at 140 West Dauphin street, Phila delphia, is new lying in the Episcopal hos pital in a critical condition, suffeiing from a gunshot wound in the head, accidentally inflicted by himself en Saturday evening. He had been using his revolver in celebrat ing New Year's eve, aud returning home pointed the pistol te his head in a spirit of iuu, saying , mis is hew they commit suicide," net believing it te be leaded. The revolver was discharged, and a bullet pierced his skull, aud is believed te be ledged in the brain. Recent Fatalities. Themas Williams, a miner, working at Legan colliery, ucar Central ia, was struck by a fall of slate and died from internal hemerdtage shortly after ward. Archibald Bennett, of Crauberry, N.'J., aged 30, while riding across the railroad track at New Brunswick, was thrown from his herse, which had been fright ened, and, falling en his head, had his skull crashed en the rail aud was instant ly killed. W. E. Graham, who killed, robbed and burned Philip Egley at Venango, Ells-. wertn county, ivansas, was hanged by a mob in front of the court heuse en Mon day night. W. C. Rese would have met the same late, but was taken from jail and secured by the sheriff during the ex citcment. Lesses by Fire. A iire at Wei land Pert, Out., burned eighteen buildings occupied as stores and dwellings. Less, $15,000. The west side of the public souare at Greenville, Texas, with the exception of Lasateurs building, was entirely burned. Less, $50,000. A fire at Salt Lake, Utah, in Market row consumed four butchers' and grocers' stands with their stocks. Less estimated at $10,000. Insane Over Kellglen. A protracted religious argument, en the omnipresence of the Hely Ghost, between William Ress and his wif nf V.ria lie culminated in the insanity of both, and out ier pence lntcnerence it would have ended in a deadly solution of the problem. The (inflation wan arirned with xrnrrls fl.- and afterward with axes. The couple were arrested ana are new cenhned in the asylum. Tne New Jersey Heuse Democratic. Ex Mayer Fiedler ( Dem, ) was elected te the Assembly ever Jehn Bair ( Rep. ) in the Eicrhth district. Newark. N. .T tn succeed C. B. Bruemmer, deceased. Mr. Fiedler's majority is 588. This gives the Democrats a maierifcvnf twn int. hn Accam. bly. the Heuse standing 31 Democrats te 29 Republicans. The recent city exposures are understood te have influenced the result.- Mr. Fiedler is annennpjui aa candidate for speaker of the Assembly. He has retired from the mayor's office. $: jjevelepmenta Dnriste 1881 The Hew neiea, c The principal features of the year's work in oil circles are the discovery of the Allegheny field, the decline in the Bradford field, and the failures of numerous wild cat vctures. On the first of January, 1881, there were 823 rigs up and wells drilling. Of this number 755 were confined te the Bradford field. At that 'time the opera tiens in the northern district were eon fined principally te the Bingham lands and the MoedySract, which each month added hundreds of large producing wells se the completed list. A comparison of the weik en these two prolific tracts between Jan uary 1, 1881, and the same date of 1882, will be of interest. Such a comparison is made by the following table of rigs and wells drilling January 1, 1881, and January 1, 1882 : MoedyTract CO 7 Bingham Lands 124 04 Total 184 71 On the first of January, 1881, en these two tracts there were 184 rigs up. and wells drilling. On the first of the present mouth there were 71, or 113 fewer than a year age, a decrease of ever five-eighths. A comparison of the vaiieas districts in the northern field for the same time, of rigs and wells drilliug Jan. 1, 1881, and Jan. 1, 1882, will be of interest te oil men : 1881. 1882. Tuna Valley 5 14 East & West Branches 185 149 Kendall Creek GO 26 Fester Broek 56 27 Summit, Marien & Rixford. . 31 23 Cele Creek 116 58 Tram Hellew 63 10 Oil Valley 59 16 Kansas Branch 8 2 Indian Cieck 51 19 Mccks Creek 3 7 Four Mile 65 28 Kiuzua 31 12 Total.... .739 391 The above table shows a decrease during the year of 348, The only districts in which an increase is noticed are theso of Tuna Valley and Meeks Creek, two unim portant divisions of the field, where only moderate wells are struck. The greatest decline is found in Cele Creek, Kendall Creek, Fester Broek, Tram Hellew, In dian Creek and Four Mile, which have de clined inure than half in the last twelve months. But the Bradford field did net reach its height in oporatiens until March, when there were 821 rigs up and wells drilling in the northern field. As com pared with that mouth the operations en January 1st exhibited a decline of 430, or mero than half during the last nine months of the year. The hopes of better paices for oil during the first tuice months of 1881, caused in creased work in the Bradfeid field, which reached its highest point ea the last day of March. Frem that date each successive mouth showed a steady decrease until the present operations are smaller than in any month since January, 1878, when there were 326 rigs up aud wells drilling in the Bradford field. Between these two dates, January, 1878 and December, 1881, is the period of Bradford's rise and fall a per iod of four years. Following is a table showing the devel opments for the past four years : .jy. daily Ory Ycara. Wells eemp. l'red. Heles. 1878 2,938 40,424 329 1879 2,800 67,266 140 1880 4,193 105,070 136 1881 3,852 71,420 170 Total- 13,833 775 Only 318 fewer wells were completed in 18S1 than in the previous year, but the aggregate daily production of the new wells falls considerably below that of 1880. Lest it should be misundeistoed we would state that the i igurvs given under the head of " aggregate daily production" is the production of the new wells as given in the monthly oil report for each month in the year. The lowest price for oil in 1881 was en July 20th, when 71 Js was reached, and the highest ijsl.Oli en September 21st. PERSONAL. T. F. BenciEns, cx-prcsidenl of the .old Transvaal Republic, is dead. Sarah Bernhardt is te leecive .'J20''- 000 for her engagements at St. Peters buig. The death is announced at Londen of William Harrison AissweiiTiT, the well- known writer of fiction, aged 70. A gentleman " had it from excellent au therity ' that cx-benater Sargent, of Cali fernia, is te succeed secretary Ivirkwoed JenxC. New, of Indianapolis, is willing te accept the Russian mission, and his friends believe it will be tendered mm. The president has accepted the resigna tion of J. Stanley Brown as his private Knnrerarr. and the tt;sitien will lmibablv be formally tendered te F. J. Piiillips, of mew ierK. Senater David Davis is ill with a severe sero threat, the result of a cold con tracted at the president s New Year re ception. His physician has advised him te remain indoors for several days. Seme years age Brigham Yeung built a fine, large, modern heuse at Salt Lake, Utah. It has recently been richly fur nished, aud President Tayler is te oc cupy it. He and the " Twclve Apostles " received in it en New Year's day. On the ove of the close of the Atlanta exposition the president, treasurer and director ccncral united in presenting te the secretary, Mr. Jeun W. Rickman, of Philadelphia, a handsome watch, bearing en one side of the case Mr. Rickman's monogram aud en the ether a beautifully engraved fac simile, of the exposition buildings. HOUSEHOLD KKCIl'ES. Suggestions Ter the Kitchen. Pure olive oil will sapenify by combina tion with spirits of hartshern. This it is well te knew, aud may .some time be of convenience. In fattening fowls for market the less time consumed the better. Liberal and regular feeding, with plenty of pure water, are important considerations. In fattening swine a small quantity of weed ashes, two or three times weekly, is re commended. The following errors in butter-making every scnsible dairy woman will admit te be true : General uucleaniincss ; impurity iu the air of the butter-room ; tee much acid iu the cream ; tee much buttermilk in a decomposed state net carefully work ed out ; tee much friction iu churning aud working the butter : bad salt aud tee much of it; foul milking stables ; inipure water. Breems wet with boiling soap suds ouce or twice a week will become very pliable and tough and will net cut the carpet in sweeping, and will last much longer ; also a handful of salt sprinkled ever the carpet before sweeping will carry the dust along with it aud cause the carpet te leek wight ana clean. A. very dusty carpet may be cleaned by dipping the broom in cold water, shaking off all the drops and sweeping a yard or se at a time, then wash the broom and repeat until the room is swept. A very cheap aud geed sauce can be made by simply sweetening a bowl of rich cream and spicing it with nutmeg, cinna mon or vanilla. A still richer sauce is made by mixing two parts of sugar with one of butter ; mix them te a froth, spice as above, and add a little wine or brandy if liked, hut a spoonful of sharp vinegar will de as well. Anether kind is made by thoroughly mixing a little flour with the A TEAK IH OIL. buttwaadiugar and then peer en boiling water till it ia of tke censisteswy dKthim cream' adding, tke wine .or vinegary ani spicing te taste. i ; ' ffi 9 s& t- ? - - n sb'w ' , 8 ' Tlinelyf Columbia Herald.? The Intelligencer of Friday last con tained an article en the Philadelphia De mecracy in which ueitner friend or roe were spared. The, fight in that city seems te ee i or ana against rattiseu ier govern or. We duepe that the next state con vention will have decent representatives from the city, and the Beb Lister Smiths, the Killackys, the Gallaghers, the Buikcs and ethers of that ilk will be relegated te the rear. The country Democrats are about tiied of doing geed work and then have the party sold out by the purchasable scoundrels in Philadelphia, Forbearance has ceased te be a virtue, aud it is time that netice be served upon the Philadel phia Democrats that none but geed men will be received iu the conventions of the party. LOCAL IOTELLlttfiNCE. KRAMER ON INGERSOLL. AM A CLKRGV31AN ON KRAMER. A Case or Clerical False Pretense. A clergyman who attended the lecture of Rev. Gee. R. Kramer in the court house last evening, which was te have been an answer te Beb Ingersoll, furnishes us with the following report of and critique upon the performance, which, we believe, fairly represents the general view of the discourse entertained by these who heard it : Rev. Mr. Kramer last evening at the court-house, was net greeted with a large audience He is uet as pleasing and mag netic as demanded te make a popular lee-' tuier. And the trick he played upon the commissioners aud people will net increase his popularity and influence here. He ad vertised ostensibly te defend theBible aud Cbristiauity against the attacks and ab surdities et Iugersell.. That he pre tended te de at the outset in his lecture, but the closing thiid of it showed that the leading purpose was te propagate his own peculiar views en the Second Advent doc trine and the final annihilation of the wicked. Wc would net suggest au objection te him or any ether man for advocating his own special views en religious subjects at the proper place and at the right time. But we de pretest against any such decep tion as Mr. Kramer perpetrated last even ing. He drew the people te the court house, and secured the place under the guise of lecturing en Iugcrsellism, but really preached, among ether doctrines rejected by the majority of Christians, the doctrine of annihilation of the wicked, aud asserted with emphatic boldness in the face of his audience that the doctrine of the eternal punishment of the ungodly was net in the Bible. Aud it became a ques tion which was the worst, Ingorsellism outside or Kramcrism inside the church. If Mr. Kramer had come and honorably attempted, like Rev. Dr. Guard, te defend the Bible, and dissected Iugcrsell'ri trick ery in tubstitutiug rhetoric, oratory, fake statements, notions, feri acts, and the like, and left his own ism te himself aud theso who accept it we would net object ; but when he appears iu disguise te attack the faith of Christians at lame, aud the Bible at a vitai point, he disgusts instead of pleases and edifies. We listened te him with some degree of interest and edifica tien until he threw off the disguise, and appeared, as it seems he really is, as the earnest advocate of a peculiar belief. If the title te his Iccture had been such as net te mislead and deceive, but honest, and iu agreement with his true design, we would have nothing te say, but wc de object te such trickery in any man, private or public, saint or smuer. J. V. L. The meeting. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. J. Ridley, pastor of Salem church, after which there was music by Salem choir. The lecturer was then introduced te the audicucc by Mr. Ridley. Mr. Kramer is a raau apparently 55 or 0(3 years, of medium height and wears his beard cropped a geed deal after the style of cx-Prcsiileut Grant. He is graceful in gesture, speaks nuentlv, and advanced streug arguments, but none of tbcm es pecially new or striking, in support of the Divine origin of the scriptures. AVhilc combating Ingerseil s heresies, he ac knewledged him te be a man of great learning aud ability, and net te be des pised, or underrated ; but te be met in the field of argument, where bis sophistries and heresies may be overthrown by a rea senable and logical interpretation of the scriptures. The lecturer does net believe in the eternal torment of the wicked, but rather in their annihilation. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." m DEI'UTIKS CORONER. Danny Shiner's List of Appointees. The coroner has appointed the following deputies coroner for the several districts in the county. He reserves for himself a circuit composed of this city, Manhcim aud Lancaster townships. Rohrcrstewn iu East ncmpficld and Millcrsvillc in Maner. The deputies will receive regular printed commissions, and will have te give bends: Adamstewu borough and Brecknock township Daniel B. Shiner. Bart Wm. S. Free. Caernarvon Jehn Z. Hertzlcr. Clay Henry H. Bingaman. Cocalico W. B. B. Flickinger. Columbia and Washington borough, MountviHe in E. Hemplicld and west te Chiques creek J. P. Frank. Ceney Jehn F. Galbraith. Concstega B. F. Ifoekcy. Denegal E., and Marietta James A. Armstrong (colored). Drumore Henry StauQcr. Earl G. C. Mcntzer. Earl East Samuel B. Feltz. Earl West E. H. Burkheldcr. Elizabeth Jehn D. Matthews. Ephrata C. W. Myers. Eden and Celcrain Jehu Werdcu. Fulton Wakcman Wesley. Lampeter East Leban Ranck. Lampeter West Geerge Schall. Leacock J. C. Warfel. Maner A. R. Witmer. Martic Jacob P. Hcrr. Manhcim borough and Pcun township H. C. Gipple. Mt. Jey township Jehn Lindcmuth. Pequea B. F. Greff. Providence Themas J. Armstrong. Paradise J. M. Eaby. Raphe and Mt. Jey borough Tobias II. Hershey. Salisbury Samuel J. Hendersen. Sadsbury Wm. P. Brinten. Warwick A. B. Rcidcnbacb. All these who have been appointed have given bends te the coroner. The districts for which no appointments have been made will be filled in a few days. V The coroner can always be found at his residence, Ne. 242 East Orange street, or word can be left with Dr. Compten en North Duke street. The petition of James A. Armstrong, of Marietta, was numerously signed by citi zens of that town. He is the only colored man en the list It should be remembered that Dr. Compten is the coroner's tmrsician. Bad Break. There is a bad break in the large water pipe at the extreme end of East Orange street, right outside the reservoir. It was discovered last evening, and Superintend ent Kitch will repair it, which may prob ably necessitate the taming off of the water en that main. ,THE TOBACCO M&RKBT. fcS . . TT-T r - r SKEW LEAF AND HAVANA. y 3 a r fl FertM ifV Saturtf a.vA UetKuiMr U. S. Tobacco Journal The last week of the year brought ue changes iute the market, and with almost solemn silence, an eventful year in the leaf tobacco closes its career. It it hardly reasonable teexpect a great change during the first few weeks of the new year ; the great corps of traveling salesmen will spread itself ever the country the begin ning of next week, and upon their success aud reports the leaf market is dependent. The extent of their orders aud contracts for cigars regulates tne leaf market, and as long as their success in the new year is net demonstrated the market will remain stagnant. The auspices under which they enter the new year are, as a whole, ex ceedingly favorable, and therefore we may expect a revival of business in the leaf market during the latter part of the month. The sales of the week were : Pennsylvania Crep '80 : 200 cajes ; most wrappers, 30 te 45 cents. Connecticut Crep '80 : 75 cases ; wrap pers, 36 cents. Ohie Crep '80 : 120 cases ; medium runuing, 9 cents.-. Wisconsin Crep '80 : 50 cases ; run ning Havana seed, 17$ cents. Havana The great conflagration has thrown the market into a state of utter confusion. On Wednesday two larce transactions in '79 stock numbering some 650 bales, were made at an advauce of 7 cents. Since then no transactions worth speaking of have been reported. Sellers as well as buyers are waiting for the clearing away of the ruins te reach some certainty regarding the extent of the real losses. Se much is certain that even under the most favorable circumstances which might show a saving of 3,000 or 4,000 bales of the tobacco, the market will, when the spirit of enterprise new asleep iu the trade makes its appearance in the new year, go up quite extensively. Seme Startling News. Alse liem the Journal. Dan Magn, the packer of leaf for Kerbs & Spiess at Laucaster, Pa., is iu town. He'll pay a dollar for every white vein that anybody is able te pick out in the 3,000 cases '81 Pcunsylvauia he bought. UAVEKLV'S MINSTRELS. A Goetl Deuse nntl Geed show. Last evening Haverly's New Mastodon Minstrels made their second appearance before a Lancaster audience, which was one of the largest of the season, the heuse being packed in every part. The troupe has seen many change since it was here the last time, but it is probably stronger new than ever. The first part showed about thirty people, ten of whom were end men aud eight vocalists,eccnpying the front row. The music aud singing were very fine and among the songs rcudcred were " The Man O' War's Man" by 11. M. 3Ier.se. "Kerry Dance'' by Fred Mal colm, "Over the Billows" by .Toe. Gar laud and "My Leve's a Rever " by Edwin narley. Messrs Malcolm and Harley re ceived thunders of applause for their ren dition of "When I See Thee," from "The Mascette." The songs of the end men were funny and se were most of their jokes although some of them did net make then first hit last evening by any means. E.M. Hall and Billy McAllister occupied the cxtrome end chairs. They arc capital per formers aud were well seconded by Alf Lawten and Lew Spanccr. The finale te the fust part was an act copied from that of the Deckstaders and entitled the "Mas todon Mail Carriers." Harry Robinson opencd the second part with his burlesque trapeze performance, an act which he has given for years but which seems te be funnier every time. His make-up made a great hit, E. M. Hall, the banjoist, was warmly welcomed. He has appeared here often and is a favorite. He sang several funny songs and played a number of pieces en the banjo in his wonderfully artistic style. All". Lawten and the Cummins Brethers appeared in "The Cern Cob Family," a somewhat an cient act which they made geed. The specialty entitled the "Dandy Barber Cadets " served te introduce au immense song and dance team, who, besides dancing in Rne style, gave a geed drill aiid made several quick changes of costume. The singing of the quintet was se geed they received sever al cnceics, and the horn sextet were net allowed te go away until they had played several airs. "My Mether-in-law" brought Billy McAllister and Alf Lawten out again and the audience was amused by them for a time. The whole performance concluded with clog-dancing by the jockey club team, which is composed of thirteen young men. They introduced dancing of all kinds and it was all very geed. They danced in pairs, by threes aud fours and al most every ether number up te thirteen. Charles Queen gave his famous pedestal clog, turning a somersault from the pedes tal, and again alighting en it. lie is a re markably line daucer,and, as well as all of the ethers, received loud applause. The whole show was geed and the peo ple were pleased with it far mero than they have been with seme of Haverly's ether attractions. Grade el l'uplls. The following is the class standing of pupils in attendance at the boys' high school for the month of December : 3 "3 6 c n k 3 2 Z r KITST CLAM. Clm-. Carpenter 03 D. II. Scnficnlg Si .1 11 Uerliurt 9S Curl ItEabv W) C II Obreiter ! E G Eichlielu 7i N J Blnekwoed 9 Wm li Keck 77 GceM Derwart 90 Kebt M Ailunis 7t AVmC Tyler. 88 Win II Kirk 7. Wm I, Gable 87 Harry It Smith 5 JasIIMunsen 87 I) S Smith ?i Harry A Shenk S6 SB Slayinakcr 53 SECOSD CLASS. Gee W Cooper 0."i A K Alhriuhl bl Fred S l'yler 95 Menree B niisli..:.. j Edit Garvin 92 S C WUtnt r,i Ine II ilurtmiiu 9-2 Clias C Ilerr i ClmsJ Zeclier S2 Walter G lter 58 Wm II Anxcr 7rt .las 1'ranglcy TA C 5 Stennieltz 7S WBHellingir 55 Wm G Baker 77 II 1J Shearer 5i ChabB Brady 77 Sidney Evans l E 31 Stene 74 Abr.imL. Miles 51 Win H 1'ctcrs li T W iiucssciett 50 Jehn A Charles 70 I.auc II htirk K Leicester Leng 67 THIRD CLASS. Ed 31 Ilartuian 9C I D Keseusteiu 7S Gee E Zellcrs 91 Clias WilellInger....74 Jas L Stewart 90 Jehn II Kre.iger 7;; Clias G Strickler SI Jehn W Bltncr m Chas D Kreidcr 83 Edw C Bursk m Harry X Mills 83 Harry C Mercer 01 Jehn L Cehe 82 Chas P 3Iyc-- GO Chri-tJ Urban 81 Jehn C Sample UO Heward G Snyder 79 Chas. G. Dillcr ....15 FOURTH CLASS. Sherman Edgcrle"y..91 Edw D Sprcclicr. (50 JehnN Hetriek 84 Harry Buckius B Win M Maxwell 82 Heward Rohrer. c;i Sam'lGechenaucr....75 G ZKheads 59 'A Wayne Bitncr 71 Gee L Harpel 57 Wm J Eecrly 71 THuniphrevillc .W Wm L Stermlcltz 73 Gee L Cramer. 55 How'd Gressman.... 72 Lemuel E Der wait... 5 1 WmH Mnsser 71 Herman L Wiant 51 D K Gundaker 70 W B Kirkpatrick 5J Abram Bitncr..., 69 Jacob K GreJT. .r2 Wm K Adams CO Harry L Zeek 52 Martin L Kcam GO Raising a Itow. Last evening Jehn Wagner.accempanicd ed by Henry Pepper and Jehn "Witmcr.call cd at the residence of his wife Mrs. Wag ner, from whom he is separated, aud rais ed Cain by kicking iu the deer, breaking the windows and threatiug the woman. Ceraplant was made an 1 Wagner and his companions were arrested. Witmer was released en bail but the etliui. weie lock ed up for a hearing before Aidciman Spurrier. NEW WATCH FACl'ORY. air. K. F. liewuian's .Enterprise. All of our Lancaster readers are, of fc course, awaie that Mr. . F. Bewman is the owner of a very well-appointed jewelry store, Ne. 108 East King street, aud does a very large retail business ; but all of them de net knew that his retail trade constitutes a geed deal less than one half of his business ; and still fewer of them, most likely, are aware of the' fact that he is engaged in the manufacture of watches, and has in his employ some of the most skillful mechanicians and de signers of watches iu the country meu who have held leading positieus in the most famous watch manufactories both in England and America. A representative of the Intelligencer called upon Mr. Bewman yesterday and was shown through his establishment from the basement up. The storeroom contains mauy hundred watches from all the best makers, both foreign and domestic, many of the movements being elegantly cased iu geld or silver, aud many of them ready for casing te order, or for sale te ether dealers. Au immense tire and burglar proof safe is packed full of movements, cases, chains, jewels, aud irther varieties of fine goods, while the shelves are as full as they well can be of clocks of all shapes, styles and prices, while several smaller safes are stored with watchmakers' tools, machinery and materials, in which he deals largely. But it is the watch factory, aud net the manfacturcd goods, we set out te talk about. This occupies the second story of the building, the maehincry being run by a '1 horse power engine in the basement, which, besides doing the factory work as signed it, also heats the building, aud the adjacent store-room of Miss Keinstcin. In the beginning of September 187!) Mr. Bewman determined te com mence the manufacture of watches net clieap ones, te come iu competition with the- ordinary Swiss or American r watches but a first-class watch, at least equal te, and, if possible, better than the celebrated makes of Frodsham or Jurgeu Jurgeu seu. With this object iu view he went quietly but energetically te work aud se cured the assistance, as abeve stated, of the best mechanical skill te he had. First the machinery and tools for making the tools were made ; thcu the tool.-, aud ma chiucry for making the several parts of the watch were made ; and thcu the busi ness of making the Bewman watch began. Thrce of these watches have been finished aud one of them was shown te us yesterday. It is a beautiful piece of workmanship, elegantly cased in geld. It is full-jeweled, obtaining 21 ru bies, a greater number, we believe, than iu any ether make of watch. It is a stem winder and stem-setter ; 'in accurately ad justed in all its parts, te heat, cold,is celd,is cold,is cbreuism aud position, and, by means of an improvement of Mr. Bewman's, the "regulator" used in ether watches (of which Mark Twain writes se humoieusly) is dispensed with. Te Sir. AVin. N. Tedd is due the credit for the mauufaetuie of this line piece of workmanship, He is ceitaiu ly a mechanical genius, and oue of the few meu able te make a watch from beginning te cud. Mr. Tedd made the lir.-t model watch for the Lancaster watch factory, and was for eleven "years employed in the model room of the Elgin works. He is the inventor of a number of valuable im provements in watches, and is in charge of this branch of Mr. Bewman's business, in which his assistant is Mr. A. Flick, for merly of Waynesboro, IV. When the first Bewman watch win finished and shown te eminent New Yerk and Philadelphia expcits, it was pronounced "the best watch in America," and te prove that thic ex perts meant what they said, au order was at ence given for twenty-five of them, with a premiso te take moie as fast as they could he made. About fifty of these movements are already well en te completion, and about two huudicd and fifty mero iu a less advanced stage. It must be remembered that everything about the watch (except the easy) is man ufactured ou Mr. Bewman's premises. The rubies are imported iu the rough slate and with dclicate machinery made for the purpose they are ground and drilled down te the proper shape and size for jewels. Mauy of the tools and much of the ma chinery aie inventions of Mr. Bewman or his skilful superintendent, aud seme of them, te our amateur eyes, seemed very intricate, delicate and wonderful. Oue of them is a gauge, se dclicatelv constructed that it will accurately measure the twen tieth pirt of the diameter of a human hair. We were given an oppeitunity of inspecting, under a powerful glass, tin several li'icr parts of the watch. Many of tilde t.'iy parts are hidden from view when the watch is cased ; hut all of them arc accurately cut and pulUhud as highly as it is pessible for gems, or geld, r steel te be polished. Mr. Bewman is certainly entitled te great credit for his enterprise and heavy outlay in establishing a second watch fac tory iu Lancaster, aud is te he congratu lated en the success which has ci owned his efforts iu the production of a watch that has been pronounced by able and impar tial judges te be second te none iu the world. LIUSINKSa CUA.NOL. rsciv S'artner at the Fsigte llenliii;j Werk. Thy new year brings a changu iu the extensive and prosperous business of the Eagle spoke and bending works of this city, r Mr. Philip Lebzelter, long the sole propri etor of the concern, has taken into part nership Messrs. Charles E. Downey and Jehn W. Lcbzelter, and the linn will here after be known as Philip Lcbzelter & Ce. The new partners are both young men and entirely familiar with the business in which they have been thus signally promoted. Mr. Downey has for several ycais held the position of book-keeper and had a general supervision ever the attains of tlm estab lishment, where his quick intelligence, business tact and thorough acqiiaiiitance with all the details of the trade, consti tuted him an invaluable factor iu theestab theestab lishmeut, and his accommodating dispo sition aud agreeable mauucis making him very popular with its patrons, lie is a young gentleman of undoubted energy aud ability, aud last year represented. his waid in the common council, being one of the youngest if net the very youngest man who ever occupied a scat en the lloer of that body. He declined a reelection ami has since been devoting himself exclu exclu sively.te business with the geed effects above reported. The ether new partner. Mr. Jehn W. Lebzelter, is a nephew of the head of the firm, fully conversant with all the mechanical points of the !iuincs where he has long been employed. Theio is no doubt that the change isenu certain te be te the mutual interest of all con cerned. Mr. Lebzelter is te be congrat ulated upon securing such entirely com petent associates in the management of his flourishing business, the young gentle men upon the deserved promotion which the new year brings them, and the patrons of the Eagle works upon this ad ditional strengthening of au old and al ways reliable house. Cuttlnc lee. The cold weather continues ihe mek cury heinj 10 degrees above jvw thv . morning. It it leperte.i thii lVrrev the ice man. out i tiwm the Oew-revi te-day tluee tuehefvv inAvten ,irrd e- celleut ii;U'..v tiie jyrtd And ,V of small iivva i it HU t'hfeVev. V wind remain ,M id t-Mj;' sun shine tnirM tfce veMV .'i -day failed te wA V t'tftx vw- j I sit t
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