LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, JANUARY 6,1882. fiancastcr ImtclICaencei:. FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 6, 1882. Perter's Vindication. At lust General Fitz Jehn Perter luis justice done him even by hisacciii Fer nearlj' a score of years lie has !)- resting under a stigma which he ha-i been vainly and ceaselessly seeking te remove, until new the full vindication is accorded him which the simple facts have always demanded. This result is net produced by new evidence se much as by an unprejudiced consideration of the old. Grant was vainly appealed te during the eight years of his presidency te revise his judgment of General Por Per ter's guilt, but stubbornly refused. lie says new that he was deceived by an in accurate map of the field. But he knew then that Perter claimed it te be inac curate and lift had then the power te secure the accurate map which lias since been made by the United States engineers. General Grant frankly admits that he has been controlled te some extent by pre judice, and in view of the facts it is easy te see that prejudice alone is responsible for his failure long since te appreciate Perter's case according te the truth. The same influence moved the succeed ing presidents, and even se late as last winter controlled Congress. A bill for I h -relief of General Perter was introduced by :i member who was se stupid sis te be ready te compromise with the prejudice against I'ertcr, and te accept for him less than the fullest measure of repara tion which could be made by the nation te an officer unjustly condemned. X one will deny that,under the light which new shines and convinces Perter's most prejudiced judges, he is entitled te be re stored te Ids full rank in the army and te receive full pay for the years of his dismissal. The congressman who had charge of the relief bill last winter was weak enough, if we recollect aright, te abate something of this demand, and drop both salary and rank te secure some less substantial acknowledgment of the belief of Congress in Perter's in in nec&nci. He vainly appealed te ignor ant and prejudiced minds. The most of the congressmen were willing te take their impression of the case at second hand, and te held Perter condemned under tiie judgment of Grant and his ether prejudiced judges. Since then General Perter seems te have appealed directly te these judges te reconsider his case under the light of the testimony which secured for him se complete a vindication at the hands of theSchefield beard of inquiry, and he has appealed successfully. Generals Grant and Terry de themselves great credit by their pre sent fiank confession of error, although their confession strongly illustrates the bad influence which prejudice has in framing human action. Changed Its Mind. Our esteemed contemporary, the Ex Uiuiiur, which en Wednesday sympa thized with tht: " Intki.i.iekxckij., in its strictures en the midnight raid of the county commissioners en the county treasury," en Thursday realized that "party needs oft drive u desperate editor te doubtful, u; at least exaggerated state ments," and therefore woke up its re porter ami sent him out te hunt a state ment in the cases referred te from " the parties concerned" in making a defense for these who get the money. Unhappily for (he Exieiuuer, even their state menls corroborate in the main the 1 TKM.micyi 'Kit's account, of the affair, and show plainly that after McMellcn " was informed by the commissioners that they had closed their business," he getsl,S00 from them for re-arranging the papers in his office, for which he only employed one extra dork part of the ear, and during the latter half of that jear he discharged one of the clerks whom he had previously had in service ; the only ma terial thing denied in our information is our statement, te McMel leu's credit, that he had dually paid ever te the county the jury fees which he had collected and had there tofore failed te pa ever. ('apt. McMel len 5s statement " that SI ,800 was net tee much te charge for the work ; he should have had $.00 mere, and could have, got ten it from the commissioners,'' is just, such a statement as it might have been expected an Exautiiur reporter could get from Capt. McMellcn. It is intend ed no doubt te make the people of the county feel thankful that he did net take and that the commissioners did net give 2,300 when they were at it ! When the Exauihv r says that this journal has ever assumed " that one be ine a county official, Republican in poli tics, must, necessarily be a fraud and cheat," it says what it knows is net true. But if the Examiner can point te any instance when it united with honest journals in exposing the frauds and cheats whom its party has put into office in this county it may earn for itself a credit te public cenlidence which no one has ever suspected it enjoyed. As te the defense which the Examiner makes for the Urban-Barnes bill that it was for " court records " which " the court says the county slreuld pay for," it is invited elsewhere te inspect the items of the bill and designate in what judicial opinion the court has held the county liable for these ", for of course the Ex a.itim r does net intend te" place judicial dignity in a false light " nor te reflect upon any judge's integrity nor "bring down upon him an editorial sneer for the purpose of bringing him into con tempt" by intimating that these "judicial decisions" or sayings were P2ddled through the court-house corridors, . as it "sneeringly" and "contemptuously" intimates when it sneaks of .the court usurping the func tions of the county solicitor and instruct ing the county commissioners in their legal duties. Anether Big IH1K" If anything were ueeded.te show the impropriety of paying the McMellenbill, for work never ordered by the county commissioners and which was never given out by proposals and bidders, the additional argument is furnished by the fact that another county official, the late register, Edward Kdgerley, fellows the I precedent of the illustrious McMellen, and modestly asks $900 for overhauling and rearranging papers, which, though every one was handled, nobody took the trouble te count, and the number of which the register " estimates " at hundred thousand. It may be tha. .i,0., T.i0rim. .lnincrtiiiqptim'irietu i r i i i Di, Mm i-1 ill vr-ir' work, for which he asks the lull eai s . wages of an extra clerk never employed, i it never occurred te him te count the papers, and it may be that if McMellen had known Edgerley would ask 900 for overhauling 100,000 papers, he would, by the simple rule of three, have asked and "could have gotten" S1O,S0ii for his extra work in the prothenotary's office. He should by all means have ' leave te amend "' if the Edgerley bill is paid. Like McMellen, the register pleads that the work was done by " order of court," and he presents the recommenda tion of the two judges that he b - " very liberally compensated," accompanied with their statement that this work", which Edgerley says he did, was done "by the county commissioners," what ever the judges mean by that. At least one of the commissioners has an neunced from his seat te the counsel ap pearing for this Edgerley bill that he pro poses te be the commissiener.and te be a judge for himself of what bills are proper te be paid by; the county, and that the recommendation of the judges shall receive the same respectful con sideration from him as the recommenda tions of ether individuals and no mere, in regard te the payment of bills ever which the judges have no control. A NO new Register Edgerley nuns up as a te be "very liberally compensated young man." Ik Mr. Speaker Iveifer will lake the fleer and tell Mr. Representative Orth why he could net appoint him te the head of the committee en foreign relations he will edifv Orth and delight the country. Aktku a desperate struggle the Phila delphia councils jebbcis have been again beaten, and yesterday the bend of Henry B. Tcncr, as collector of delinquent taxes, was approved after a vain en'ei t te take advantage of the time allowed by the court in its maudannis order te select, council te de this thing. A statement issued from the tieasury department .lauuary '5, shows that the total quantity of petroleum exported during November, 1881. was 4(5,080,031 gallons, the value of which was $4,309,993. Fer November, 1880, the total expert was 22,784,339 gallons aud the value $2,031,002. The total for eleven months of 1SS1 was 407,299,847 gallons, the value of which was $44, 115,073. Wi: print the salient features of Supt. Higbec's annual report, as it deals with the general aspects of the miucaiienal system of the state. A notable feature of the report is the vigorous manner in which it sets forth the expansive ideas which have animated the establishment of the normal .schools, and its very positive views that the function of ther.c schools is professional rather 1 1ia.ii academic work. Maiik hew plain a tile shall r.cl down the pretense made by and for MeMtllen through the Examiner local columns Thursday that the special services fn which he claims that he merited, and could have get $2,300 and did get $1, S00 from the county required tvv extia clerks, for a year presumably. A Kprciiic statement elsewhere shows that, the time in which the prothenotary's nffiee cm cm pleyed five clerks in the past year was le.ss than thice months and a.half. while the regular ferce, prim te that was four clerks ; aud, including Mr Pi My hiumdf, who is an able clerk, t'uer.; are four there new engaged h: the regular office work. It will net be pretended that the records of the icgister'.s office are in .sit?h control of the judges that they can make orders for their lc-arraugcineut -i for the purchase of supplies in .such a manner as te make the county liable for the cost. The judges are no doubt well quaiilied te make excellent recommendations touching the arrangement or re-arrangimn-ui of the county records, and their view:, heuld have weight with the county officials. But in such cases the order for i he work should come from the commissioner' effice if the pay for it is expected te come from there ; aud when any such work is te be done, of anything like the pretended magnitude of that clone by McMelhat and Edgerley, the commissioner:; should invite proposals for it, or at least .should lis the price for it in advance. Fer judges te erder work of this kiud te be done, for the officials te go ahead and de it, fix their own price and then procure the approval of the judges and their recommumatiens for "very liberal compensation, " is a usur pation of the functions of the commission ers and an imposition upon the county, which is impertinent and demoralizing. Itis much mere calculated te place "judi cial dignity in a false light" than anything the Jijcammer can say in deiViiF.e of the job and jobbers. TIUCKIlU.r. TALK. Legs et the Schooner Alnxm lln-d -l.'annl-eiilimn or the Miniiei.s. The fishing schooner Cera Lee has ar rived at Pigeon Cove bringing a small open beat and five of the crew of the schooner Almen Bird, of Rockland, Me., from Wind Wind eor, N. S., for Alexandria, Va., with a cargo of plaster, who were picked en the eastern part of Jeffrey's Bank, forty miles east northeast of Cape Ann. The vessel shipped a sea during a storm en Sunday night which smashed in the hatches, and, filling the held, sunk her. The crew, consisting of eight men, took te the beat, two of them were dead when picked up, and one has died since. The five survivors are badlv frozen and exhausted. They were improperly clad. They had no water aud have been en scant allowance of feed since Sunday. The names of the dead men were Charles Chaplcss, Herace Small and a man called Patrick. The survivors arc Captain Pack ard, Wm. Harriman, Allen Small, A. I). Hendersen and Frank Hamilton. They tell a terrible story of suffering from cold. and Jack et water, lac second mate died last in the beat aud the crew, maddeucd with thirst, opened his veins and drank the bleed, then threw the body overboard. The captain and one man are ?e badly frozen that they may net recover. The survi vere are rceeiviug every attention. PITZ-JOHN PORTER. tiEK. OliAmT'S FBaNK LKTlKK. Carelul Review of ttie Testlmoey Con vinces Him Tbat He Maa Dene a Gallant anil Efficient Officer Injustice. Ni:w Yerk. Dee. 22, 1881. The Presi- dent Dear Sir: At the request of Fitz- Jehn Perter I have recently reviewed his aud fte testi fuJrnished before the ScUefield court 0f inquiry, held in 1879, r"ving te thia subject three full days of careful reading and consideration, and much thought in the intervening time, The J,", these nineteen years I have been doing a gallant and efficient soldier a very great injustice in thought and sometimes in speech. I feel it incumbent upon me new te de whatever lies in my power te remove from him and his family the staiu upon his geed name. I feel this the mere incumbent upon me than I should if I had been a corps com mander only, or occupying any ether com mand in tiie army than the one which I did ; but as general I had it possibly in my power te have obtained for him the hearing which he only get at a later day, and as president I certainly had the power te have ordered that hearing. In justifi cation for my injustice te Gon.Perter I can only state that shprtly after the war closed his defeuse was brought te my at tention, but I read it in connection with a sketch of the field where his offenses were said te have been committed, which I new sec, siuce perfect maps have been made by tiie engineer department of the whole field, were totally incorrect as showing the position of the two armies. T have read it in connection with state ments made en the ether side against Gen eral Perter, and, I am afraid, possibly with some little prejudice in the case, although General Perter was a man whom I person ally knew and liked befere ; but I get the impression with many ethers, that there was a half-hearted support of General Pepe in his campaigns, aud that General Perter, while possibly net mero guilty than ethers, happened te be placed in a position where he could be made responsible for his indif ference, and that the punishment was net a severe one for such au offense. I am new convinced that he rendered faithful, effic ient aud intelligent service, and the fact that he was retained in cemmaud of a corps for months after his offenses were said te have been committed is iu his favor. What I would ask in General Perter's behalf from you is that if you can possibly give the time that you give the subject the same study and thought that T have given it," and then act as your judgment dictate!. But feeling that you will net have the time for such an investigation (for it would take several days' time) I would ask that the whole matter be laid befere the attorney gGueral for his exami nation and opinion. Hoping that you will be able te de this much for au officer who has suffered for nineteen years a punishment that never should be intlictcd upon any but the most guilty, I am very truly yours, U. S. GllANT. PERSONAL. Minister Moiitek gave a complimentary dinner in Paris yesterday te M. Gampetta and his colleagues. Most of the French cabinet officers auc many government employees were present. Ilnxiiv S. McCemu's will left his pro perty te his wife and four children in equal parts. Victer DuPeut, of Wilming ton, aud General Wilthal, of New Orleans, are advisory trustees for the children. Mis. McComb is the sole executrix. A. II. Biski., lately law elerk of the posteffice department, died yesterday at Xerwalk, Connecticut. Samuel B. Gardixek, "the tenth here ditary proprietor" of Gardiner's Island died at Easthampton, Leng Island, yester day morning, in the 07th year of his age. Daren Ve:; Sciii.eezeh, the German minister at. Washington, who is te be transferred te the Vatican, sailed from New Yerk yesterday for Europe Jehn" Phelps PrTNAir, judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts, died in Bosten en Wednesday night. He had been en the supreme bench twenty-three years. Jv.ir- Gouden Bennett's new iron steam yatch Pelynia, built at Newburgb, New Yerk, was launched yesterday. She is24G feet long, 20 wide and 18 deep, and is intended for ocean tralel, The S.unerset county bar gave a compli cempli mentary supper te Judge William 1 1. Ham. and the retiiing associate judges ea Monday night. Among the distin gtiiahed guests iu attendance were Judge Bear, Judge J. S. Black and Colonel Jehn P Linten of Johnstown. Although Cess na's friends burned Hall iu effigy the ex judge has somewhat the better of it. The Times schedule has it that the Stal wart Pennsylvania train will be ready te start at an early day, under the immediate cue of Conductor Cameren, with Haht Haht Haht i:NKTonbeard ticketed for the Mexican mission, Anrurii G. Olmsted, of Petter county, for collector of the Philadelphia pert, and Wm. Henry Rawi.e, of Phila delphia, for supreme judsre. A N 1 A1 A LS l-'KOK EN TO IIKATI1. AnimalH Kpceiitly Imported by Mr. Fere liiuii niicciimu te tne void. Sevcial thousand dollars' worth of wild animals recently bought of Hagcnbcck, the great animal dealer of Hamburg, Ger many, for Forepaugh's menagerie, arrived in New Yerk by the steamship Mesel en Tuesday. Twe white camels, a quagga and a s.ible antelope were lest during the voyage, but live elephants, eight double humped brown camels, one white camel, one white llama, a zebra, white yak, an ant-bear, a mountain antelope, twenty small monkeys, a baboon live feet four inches high, an ostrich, an emu, a hornbill aud fifteen large snakes, iucluding three boa constrictors, each measuring ever twenty feet in length, making in all a car go of seventy-eight valuable specimens, arrived safely, due of the elephants is nine feet high and was once the property of the late King Victer Emanuel of Italy. ner uispositien was se ugly, however, that she was sold te Hagenbeck, who eii the same account could net fund any one willing te buy her until Adam Forepaugh, Jr., visited Europe last summer. The next North German Lloyd from Europe will bring Mr. Forepaugh ten elephants, eight giraffes, a hippopotamus seven feet long and five feet high, and a large saddle back tapir. The animals that ariivedeu the Mesel were placed en a special train of tnc l'enusyivama railroad en Wednesday and arrived at the winter quarters of the Forepaugh show, Richmond and Lehigh avenues, ou Wednesday night. The se vere cold experienced during the journey killed two et the most valuable camels, several monkeys aud half a dozen of the largest snakes. SIXTV WAYS. leatli Hints I he Leur Fa$l of all Insane Weman. Miss Chloc Ann Violet, who began a fast sixty days age in Alexandria, Ya., under the insaue delusion that Ged had commanded her te commit suicide by fast ing, has died. Alsheugh she claimed te have begun fasting about sixty days age, she was net all that time without nourish ment. Several times a small portion of milk was introduced without discovery into the water she drank, and lately meat extracts have been given as medicine. There seems te be no doubt, however, that she was without feed for forty-three con- I secutive days. HE IS MAD. AS ATTACli. ON SPEAKEK KEIlfEK BY KKPBBSKMTATIV'Ci OKTH. Xhe Indiana Statesman Makes l'ubllc His DlftsatUfaclIen With Ills Committee Appointments. Washington Dispatch te the Tress. A most curious scene was enacted iu the Heuse this morning, one which bids fair te make the future an unquenchable enmity between two men who, te-day; oc cupy most prominent positions in the halls of legislation. It has already been stated many times that much dissatisfaction had been found with the arrangement of com mittees by Speaker Keifer. Among the dissatisfied members no one has mere keenly felt the manner iu which his claims have been ignored thau Mr. Orth, of Indiana. An old mem ber of the Heuse, he 'had long held a prominent position iu its deliberations, and te be given two unimportant positions and au insignificant chairmanship was rather mere than he could stand. Before the congressmen had get away for the holidays there were rumors that Mr Orth would yet give the speaker a piece of his mind upon the subject of his appointments but it was believed a recess would cool het bleed and settle many complaints. There was, consequently, some surprise when Mr.Orth arese.after the reading of the journal te day, te a question of privilege, but there was an immediate certainty of what was in the wind. A hush cama ever the whole Heuse, for it was a little uncer tain hew this rebellion against the liat of the speaker would terminate. All eyes turned toward Orth. He .steed well in front, near Duunell's desk, and held in his hand a few pages of manu script. There was a pallor about his face and a tremor about his baud which be tokened suppressed excitement as he s.iid : " Mr. Spehker, I rise te a question of privilege and I desire te give notice that atau early date I shall move te change the method of appointing committees new pursued by this Heuse." The speaker's face and neck Hushed pain fully, and he sank back into his seat with a nervous grasp of the gavel, whose handle tapped feiutly en the marble bofero him, as if it would involuntarily call the gentle man te order. Raising his manuscript Mr. Orth read : " Yeu have appointed me, sir, ou three, committees the second place en foreign affairs, the second place en rules, aud the chairmanship of the committee en civil service. Just thou a veice from the Democratic side yelled, " Louder '. We can't hear him." Advancing te the front of the speaker's desk, Mr. Orth again read the above words, when a voice from the Republican side cried : " New, we can't hear you here." Visibly embarrassed, Mr. Orth went up into the clerk's desk and again began te read his speech. It then occur red te him that he was net lacing the speaker, and he turned te him with em barrassment. Having agaiu been rocog recog roceg nized, he turned te the Heuse and read the paper, which was a pretest against the injustice done his constituents by the fail ure of the speaker te appoint hiin upon some mero important committee. He closed with a request that he be excused from serving en the committee ou rules, which was at euce granted, the speaker stating that while he allowed the gentle man's charges of injustice te go unchal lenged, it must net be inferred that he ac quiesced in them. Mr. Spriugcr then gave notice that he should also at au early day move te make a change in the method of appointing the committees and the matter was allowed te drop. While it it: generally conceded that .Mr. Orth has been unjustly treated in the mat ter of appointments, cveu his most inti mate friends de net claim that he has helped matters any by his course of the morning. There arc a number of men who have bceu as unjustly treated as Mr. Orth, but any attempt te show wounded feelings iu the Heuse meets with se little sympathy, that martyrdom, however ap parent, does net pay. Speaker Iveifer said te-day that had he been upon the fleer he would have replied te Mr. Orth, and would have told him plainly why he was net placed at the head of the committee en foreign relations. PANIC ST1HJCK. Teriiule Scene in a Church lliein ;i I initial Many Persons injured. In Quincy, III., during the luueral ser vices of the Rev. Simen Kuhleheukeflter, at th'e Salem Evangelical church, a fright ful panic occurred. In the rush for the street some forty persons were injured, six ladies seriously. The church is one of the largest in the city, and was filled by the friends of the deceased. All the seats were filled, and all the standing room in the aisles and about the doers was occu pied. It is said that a seat in the gallery broke down, and the people in the vicinity thought the gallery was giving way aud the rush cemmcuced. Women, men and children poured out of the doers leading from the main fleer and galleries; into the hall leading te the street, all cubits te step them being fruitless. The pseplc were fran'ic and would listen te nothing. The scene that followed was indescribable The shrieks of the women, combined with the shouts of the men, who seemed te be frightened out of their senses, worn tear ful. In a few minutes the doorway was blocked up, and, during the greater por tion of this time, half-a-dozen women were lying en the steps under the feet of the terror-stricken crowd. A few men who had recovered fietn their fright worked heroically te rescue the unfortu nate women, and succeeded in extricating them from their perilous position. As fast as taken out; they were removed te houses in the vicinity and cared for. It was found that several were seriously and probably fatally injured. Mrs. Spilker, a married lady, aged about forty-live years, received internal injuries', from which it is believed she will die ; Maggie Meyer, a young lady, was bruised in the face by beet heels, and injured in ternally ; Mary Mcycs, Mary Ann Better, Miunie Bundy and Miss Dickhur, all young women, were seriously injured. Mrs. JMleman, au elderly Iauy, Mr. and Miss Lehman and Miss Wiseman were also seriously injured. Rev. Dr. Hellcnback was caught, in the crowd and had a rib broken. Many who had been knocked down and received only slight injuries were taken home as seen as rescued, aud their names could net be ascertained. Theip was no cause whatever for the panic. After the excitement which lasted ler half an hour, had subsided the funeral ceremonies were resumed. FATAL CAKEI.1CS.SNF.SS. Using u l'euner Mapa?ine ler n Target. Ill Oskaloosa, Iowa., a terrific explo sion of 500 kegs of powder, the property of the American powder company, occur red. It was caused by three heys, Jehn Phillips, son of the mayor, Gerald Joyce and Jehn Stedman, who" used the side of a powder magazine, a wooden structure, as a target for rifle practice. They were instantly killed, and their bodies frightfully mangled and burned, were hurled from fifty te two huudrcd yards away. Nearly all the plate glass in the business quarter were broken by the concussion, and many houses in the south ern part of the city were badly damaged. The losses will aggregate net lca than 30,000. Many persons were injured by falling glass and debris. The nheek e. the explosion was felt at. Menree, ea the Keokuk & Des Meims railroad, a dis tance of thirty miles. LOCAL JMmiQENCE. "OLD LANCASTER." VISITED BY AN OLD LANCASTRIAN. Extracts Frem Alt. Sanderson's Letter in bis Sblppcnsburg chronicle. Old Lancaster ! Ne longer an oldfashiou eldfashiou oldfashieu ed town of one storied houses with gable peaked reefs, but a city of wealth, pros perity and beauty. Like the fabled Briareus, it has stretched its hundred arms out in every direction. Verily, the magi cian hath waved his wand, aud presto, change, a new order of things sprung up. Rows of palatial mansions, with pretty front yards and ether surroundings, en every street aud in all quarters of the city. Street railways, huge stores, business places and manufactories. Fine churches, colleges, seminaries, schools, hospitals, and ether public buildings. North Queen and East King streets, with their Belgian block pavements and tow ering stores, will rival any similar thoroughfares in the country. Centre Square, with its unique soldiers' monument no haudsemer one anywhere, is an attract ive spot te all visitors and strangers. It i3 doubtful whether there can be a prettier sight at night than Lancaster's hilly streets lighted up by miles of gas lights, and the bright inviting stores helping te threw their flood of light upon the scene. This has all been accomplished within the past twcuty-live years. There is nothing old fegyisli about the town, except the inhabitants who still retain aud dispense the hospitality for which Lancaster long since became noted. Au historic town, full of Continental aud Revolutionary reminescenccs. Once, in the days of Themas McKeau aud Simen Sny der, the capital of Pennsylvania. The old lauil-marks are nearly all gene, but iu their stead handsome, substantial, en during monuments te the thrift, sagacity, enterprise and prosperity of the present generation of Lancasterians. Generous, hospitable, progressive old Lancaster, none of her sons, whether " native and te the manner born" or adopted, who de net dwell with pride upon her past history, ami rejoice in her present prosperous, happy aud enviable condition. - - - At the Intem.ieenceu, our alma mater we met Messrs. A. J. Steininan aud W. I'. Ilenscl, the proprietors and editors. Mr. Steinmau was full of business, but there was a cordial greeting netwithstaud ing. With Mr. Ilenscl a pleasant talk en political and personal matters. The In TKi.i.ir.KNCKi: has always been a power in the state, and under the present able and vigorous management its reputation is kept up te the high est standard. We also exchanged greet ings with Messrs. J. M. Johnsten, Herbert Johnsten and Harry Hensel, of the rcpor rcper rcpor terial force ; our old friend and partner, Morten, the business manager, and his assistant, Clark : William B. and James B. Striue, the first named for mere than quarter of a century the efticitnt foreman ; Gciter, a fellow-compositor in old state printing days of Bratteu and Knabb, and the racy, interesting war correspondent, " Ajax," of the Intelt.ic.cscei: ; Carsen, the liead of the job department and one of the best job printers in the country, and Garvin, the pressman. We arc always " at home" among the IxTr.M.ir.n:;.' T.n boys." THE DKAMA. I.ast Night's Phiyatthe Opera Heuse. Perhaps it is its similarity of theme and identity of purpose with the latest produc tion of Mr. Gilbert's humorous conceit that gives te Mr. Buruand's comedy of "The Colonel " the warmed-up flavor that such a large proportion of last night's goodly audience at the opera house de tected te a greater or less degree iu the performance by Mr. Eric Baylcy's com pany. The funny Londen editor, when he started out te make game of the false astheticism that, has unbalanced such a cousidcrable portion of fashionable society across the Atlantic, and upon this side of it toe.failed te bring te his work that faculty of original design which is such a marked characteristic of his mero acute confrere. Frem the musty records of the old English drama he fished out a disused play, dressed it up in transcendental dialogue i with the necessary adjuncts of sun flowers and water lilies, and sent, it i out te the world as a .atirical bur bur Iesque of a prevailing popular felly. It ! is unnecessary te institute a comparison te show wherein his performance pales in the light of the superior genius of the author of "Patience," and yet people who have witnessed both could net help inentally making the contrast even while laughing their merriest ever the ludicrous situations which last night's play uudeubtcdty exhib its. Burnand is grotesquely funny where Gilbert is subtly satirical, and net infre quently does the contrast become still mero sharply defined when iu the mind's oye of the observant spectator the coarse conceit of the English joker is reflected upon the background of the Scotchman's refined humor. At the same time there is no denying the characters in "The Colonel" arc quite skillfully drawn, the dialogue, though for the most part "only idle chat ter," is of the transcendental kind which our fleshly poet pronounces se potent with the devotees of true high art, and which surely served te amuse the commonplace type who made up last night's audience. The action is slew, lacking visibly in dra matic effect, save in one two instances where it is made te trench somewhat closely upon the Auguslin Daly style of busincr.n, ami wnere tee is netauie something ei a similarity te a recent production of that clever dramatist and poet, Mr. Sims. Mr. Baylcy's company include.'; a num ber of very competent players, but he him self carried off the greater poitien of the honors of the evening. As f'el. Weott Weott Woett Kooll W. Woedd, ( . 8. Ciiailri, he gave an altogether refreshing impersonation, anil was about as commenplaco a person, of the earth caithy, as the most material dis position would care te sec. The eflhand, frank, clever gentleman from the outset, with u keen apprehension of the difficul ties environing his old-time friend, the brusque maimer in which ha sets about relieving him is at euce characteristic and effective. His little catch phrase, "Why, ccrt'nly," did net obtrude itself offensively upon the audience, but en the contrary invariably came with se much naturalness that it constituted quite a point in the dialogue, and made a hit. The support was all that could have been reasonably desired, notably worthy of praise being Mr. C. P. Floeksten, whose Lambert btrcykc, the apostle n :ustiicticism, was an altogether clever characterization ; Leslie Edmunds, as Basil Ueoigiene, also au :csthete and only less of a humbug than his monumental uncle, was a very funny person, and Mr. T. E. Webber, an Richard Forrester, a victim of mother-in-law, gave a very fair representation of the neDtilar eoncentien of that character. Of the ladies, Miss Maria Davis was' massive and intensely utter, Miss Mindha lt.iyiuy nus vury vLuuiuai in uie reiu ei Olire, and there was a spriKhtliness about Miss Theresc Waldcn's Ifellie and Miss Rachel Sanger's Mrs.Blylhe, both of whom were anything but .'esthetic, that wen for them plenty of favor with the audience. I'olice Cases. The mayor had before him this morning six customers, three of whom, arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct, were committed te the jail for ten days each. The ethers were unfortunates who could find no better place te ledge than a bunk in the lock-up. They were dischargrd. Jehn Drachtar, James Barnes, and Jehn Rrimmer charged with assault and battery en Qeccgc Smith, were arraigned before Aide: man Barr last night and were dischaged, the "complainant failing te ap pear against them. MORE "BIG BILLS-" ANOTHER " IMPUDENT GRAB." REGISTER EnOEKLEVS LITTLE BILL. The Judges Recommend That He Toe be ery Liberally compensated. Befere the new beard of county com missioners ex-Register Edward Edgerley, who has just gene out of office, presents a bill for ij900 for rearranging the papers of his office. A statement accompanies the bill in which Mr. Edgerley sets forth that the bill is presented for asserting, re-ar-rauging, filingand labeling all the papers iu his effice in accordance with the enbr or the court. And te give an idea of the work dene he says the bends, wills and in ventories filed from 1729 te 1S82 have been thus rearranged, "estimated te aggregate 100,000." Many of them had been filed improperly, and every paper was over hauled, properly folded and arranged the accounts from 1730, the wills from 1730, the bends from 1720 te 1821, when the bend book were adopted ; 1,500 files being necessary in the work. Ne account is given of what these files cost the register, but the following is pended te the bill : ap- "This work has been done by the county commissioners. We recommended that the new file should be adopted' and put in the register's office. The work stated iu the above bill has been dene iu a most satisfactory and acceptable manner, aud the arraugemeut is complete. Cap tain Edgerly should be very liberally com pensated. "J. B. Livingston, " I). W. Patterson, " Judges." - The bill was laid ever by the commis sioners ler the present, Mr. Ilildebrant remarkimr te Mr. Edgerley's counsel, who presented it and urged its payment, that the recommendation of the judges that a bill should be paid would net be sufficient fe.t him te induce him te apniove it with out an examination into its merits. ITEMIZED. The Vrbaii-IIarnes Hill. In au attempted defense of the payment of $211 .50 by County Commissioners Ceblo and Bushong te Jehn II. Barnes, for the late Clerk of Quarter Sessions Urban for blanks ordered for his office, the Examiner says the bill "was for such blanks as are used in the office and left there as court rec ords, and which the court says the county should pay for," and the JSTeie Era has al ready said : "The bill for printiug was for blanks for the quarter sessions office, and en whieh the clerk had already advanced money, aud for which, under the decisions of the court, the county was liable.'" New in order that the public may knew just what these blanks were and se that our esteemed contemporaries may cite "the decisions of the ceurt'' in which the "court says the ceuuty should pay for them,'' we append a copy of the bill. We invite our contemporaries te cempaie its items with the court "decisions" and te point out when and where and hew the court has said the county should pay for petition, bend and ether blanks : 1378. Nev. 1J. i'orStMKutliigJIeiiM) petition?, Ji-M,J. c, iwe sines 1,200 Tavern de I.7UO Tavern nnd Eating Heuse 7 50 !- 00 I.". 01 i:: oe 11 .'.0 1 50 5 CO .i IPO uemis :!,u0: MiupfEuas, 2 side-", 'i-nli.. .J.000 ruled bills of cost! 50 wli. sh. bits, order and re port et viewers vacate 10J .lo-epcn J'10 , ", I'rjj. lmctv-3 ei orders I0U wh. sh. blka., viewer-, ie ie perisj. .......... . Nev. IS. "!''. Dec. IS7i. .Ian. ? 10J lern, and bust, bends. $1.50 100 desertion bends, fl.50 loe surety et peucu bend-, I0O wh. sli. bits., te vacate and layout :'oe notices te viewers 2S'Uft jury lists 5C0 viewers' notices :U)0 supervisors' bends :.03 constable-,' bends ::0J auditors' certificates 300 war ran ts Jury lists lOO.Mihpiuiiae 150J-sli. hi k-., con.'n costs ... 100 " bail-plece 'M " mugistr' costs.. -"0 " 2 sides, con.'!, return Jsets Jury lists 10.1 wh. nil. b!k.. reud erdeis.. . 100 'S-sh. blks., rules ."OJ Jj-sh. prison curtif.... liacaiinr blanks loe yA sli. blks., certli'. te trcas.. . Jury list ri -m1i. blka.Jury viewers 50 " desertion heinl-i . :: te 1 50 5 OJ .1 01 a 50 .J 75 2 CO 2 50 2 50 2 50 1 75 1 75 Feb. : Jlur. 1-'. April '.".i. May5. June 25. Atuj. 7. " !'. Si-pt. '.I. Nev. -(!. :'. l&O. Jan. 1. ' 20. Feb. .i. ' 10. 2 75 2 75 5 00 4 50 .150 4 OJ a 00 6 0O i: oe 2 oe 1 75 1 50 2 50 7 00 .100 1 00 2 50 2 50 1 75 2 re 2 50 :: 5e April 2-1. 100 costs, 2 sides. Slav . lixi'i-sli. " viewers' notices 2 sides...., July 21. (let. i:t. Nev. I. " 15. 1SS1. Jan. 15. 1005-sll. de , I00J"ili. blks., viewe.-g' orders. 50 sets labels for etlice , Jury list Treasurer'.-, certificates loeji-ah. blks , bast uiIh subpnsnas 2 sides, tavern jiw Ji-sh. March tf. 100 -sh. uns 1 50 50 1 50 i; r 1 75 2 75 2 50 2 75 100 de. petitions 100 J-sh. blks.,viewers notices. 500subpeuas, 2. -ides I( 0 4 s,h. blk-,., viewers' notices. 100 " asides, lOOJi-sli. ' rules ter testi mony .lOOJsh. blks.. bills et co-d .... r.Iav 27. Auif.it;. Sept. I. l"ld .$211 50 .McMelli-n's .Extra Clerk Uire. Iii defeuse of the propriety of McMel -len's bill for $1,800 " extra services," per formed by " order of the cenrt " and net by direction of the commissioners, for which no proposals were ever asked nor contracts made, and which two of the com missioners did net pay until after they had informed McMellcn that the business of their effice was closed, thc.Krrt2''ir in its local column en Thursday says . The Intelligencer further says, iu trying te show that the charge for this ser vice was extortionate, that the service was all performed by one mere clerk than the present incumbent retains, and there it must knew it is wrong, for everybody who gees into the prothenotary's office knows that when the work of arranuint' the papers was begun in January, 1881. there were five clerks in the office, all of whom remained until the end of June. The clerks were Messrs. Krcider, Slaymaker, Edwards, Miller and Snvder. At the end of June, Mr. Miller entered the revenue office, and for the rest of the year, says Captain McMellen, only two clerks would have been retained had this work net been iu progress. The facts are that for a long time before January 1, 1881, and for some months after that, the regular ferca of clerks in the prothenotary's office, engaged in its regu lar work aud without any reference te this extra work "by order of court," con sisted of Messrs. ICreider, Slaymaker, Ed wards aud Miller. J. Kahler Snyder left the Grape hotel bar ou March if J, and from then en until the end of the year was irregularly employed iu the prothono prethono protheno tary's office, having ample leisure iu that pciied te devote considerable time te the scheme of blackmailing.the medical practitioners aud bringing suits against dead men in which he has been engaged engaged Te be exact then, if Snyder left his former pla-e of employment ou March 19, aud .Mr. Miller left the prothenotary's eflic in the latter part of June, the exact time that one extra clerk was cmpleyediiu the ' prothenotary's office was less than three Vud for this McMef- len should be 'very liberally cempen sated" with $1,800! rKNNSTL.VANI.. Fltl'IT UUOWEK5. Tvrenty-Tliird Aunual .Meeting. This meeting will be held in the state capitol building ou Wednesday and Thurs day, Jau IS and 19. 11. M. Eugle, of Mari etta is one of the vice presidents of the as sociation, E. B. Engle recording secretary, W. P. Brinten, of Christiana, correspond ing secretary ; C. Ililler, of this ceuuty is chairman of the general fruit committee and L, S. Reist a member of it. S. S.Rath S.Rath ven heads the committee ou entomology, J. G. Engle is en the committce "en ercharding, E. B. Engle en the committee en arrangements and reception, and P. C.' Ililler and W. P. Brinten en the commit tee en floriculture and arboriculture. Following are the essays and addresses te be delivered : " Annual Address," by the president. " The Management of an Orchard.'" by J. II. Funk, Boyertown, Pa. "The Pleasures of Horticulture," by Calvin Cooper, Biid-iu-Hand, Pa. "Raising Seeding Fruits," by H. M. Engle, Marietta, l'a. " Seme Practical Peluts in Peach Cul ture," by E. Satterthwait, Jenkintown, Pa. " Ou.- Winged Frie-'ds, Th, Birds," by S . P. Eby, Lancaster, Pa. " Raspberry Culture, Dr. James (.'alder, Harrisburg, Pa. " Lilies and ether Bulbs Hew te Grew Them," by Thus. Median, Germantown, Pa. " Should Fruit Growers Euceurage Bee Keeping .'" by Riphacl Shorty, Gettys burg, Pa. " Horticultural Fertilizers What are Best and Cheapest, and Hew Applied," Jehn I. Carter, West Greve, Pa. " Fruits and Vegetables Their Cul ture," by J. C. Hcpier, Reading, Pa. Several ether addresses are expected. The following additional subjects have been proposed for discussion, and mem bers are requested te prepare or suggest ether topics and hand them iu during the meeting : Are low branched I ices preferable te theso trained high :' Is pear culture as proiilable as apple culture ? Should barbed wire supersede live hedge for fsucing. O Ulcers luslulied. The following officers of Lancaster Co Ce de Ne. 108. 11. I. (II. F.) Pa., were in stalled by Grand Chief Washington. Wm. II. Bcittel, assisted by P. K. W Bunting, in Grand A nay ball, .. Gee. E. hift even- in; Ex.W. II. L. Simen. C. W. A. J. Snyder. C. J. Daniel Brown. C. F. James B. Myrr. II. 31. M. W. Bair. W. of I). Ed. Frankfeid. W. of JS". T. Hnnnagaii. The following were installed en Mon day as officers of Conestoga council, Ne. 8., O. U. A. 31., for the ensuing term e! six months : C Edw. S. Smeltz. V. C. Adam .1. Attxer. It. S. I. E. Leng. A. R. S. Jehn W. Rudy. F. S. AVm. II. Powell. E. W. Harry. Cen. Jac. Weitzel. I. S. H. W. Rudv. 0. S. W. Nauman. J. P. C Jac. Chillas. Trustee for eighteen uiemh:; Kdw. . Smeltz. The following were installed by 1). l. Ames Albright as officers of Conestoga' council, Ne. 21, Jr. O. I'. A. 31. for the cusuiug term : 0. Gee. B. iSie'.vn. V. C. Emlen Feriier. R. S. W. H. -Miller, jr. A. R. S. Samuel Nixdeif. F. S. Edw. S Smeltz Trcas. .Ine. C. Spaeth. W. Henry Wagner. Cen. Jacob Heuser. 1. S. Samuel Majer. O. S. James Deen. Trustee Jac Heiiscr. Keturim-d 3'i-nl'iu-. The missionary meeting in St. 1 'aid's Reformed church last evening was well at tended 1)3- the people and pastors of tha Reformed church in this city, Rev. Dr. J. O. 31illcr, president of the synedic beard, presided, and the following mem hers of the beard made addresses: Revs. Dr. Thee.Appel, mission; superintendent, Jehn () Jehnsen, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and C. L". Ileilman, of Eik Lick, Pa. The executive council of the beard concluded its labors te-day, which include the super vision of mission work in Iowa, North Car olina, Oregon, California, Kansas and Nebraska. The committees en the centennial cele bration of F. and 31. college, the alumni professorship aud the finance committee of the trustees have been holding sessions te-day at which only business of private interest was transacted. Indian Musicians. The Indian boys and girls at the Carlisle training school are net only rapidly acquir ing a knowledge of the English language and the mechanical arts of the " white man," but they also show great aptitude in the study of both vocal and instrument al music. Their comet band of twelve instruments is equal te any of our country bands that have had no mero practice; than they. 3Iany of the boys and girls have fine voices and aie learning rapidly under the training of accomplished teach ers. A letter received from Carlisle states that Capt. Pratt, who has ciiarge of the school, has some thought of bringing a number of the boys and girls te Lancaster and give a public cut- ltainment. A troupe of real live Indians, well educated and thoroughly civilized, will be something that the' eldest inhabitant of Lancaster has never witnessed and would no doubt be immensely attractive. Ashes and Mitvdiisi. New is the time te hlrew ashes or saw dust en the slippery pavements. The law requires all snow and ice te be removed from the sidewalks within five heim; after the snowfall ceases, if it can bu done ; and if it cannot be removed the bidcwalks are te be strewn with ashes. It has often - been our province te call attention te this prevision of the city ordinances, he that we might save the legs or necks of ether people ; but this paragraph is written in our own behalf, because of a heavy and painful fall we iiad ou a slippery foot feet walk near Centre square, where, we are informed, several ether luifertunafes met with similar accidents this morning. If, after this notice, we get another tumble., somebody ehe will suffer. Surprise l'arly. The friends of Jehn KV.utz, coach trim mcr, celebrated his birthday last evening by giving him a surprise party, ouefeaturo of which was a bounteous supper, and another the presentation of a beautiful ring te 3Ir. Kautz, en behalf of his friends, 3Ir. War rie Jehnsen making the speech. Dan Clemmcns and his little (laughter, 3Iinnie, furnished excellent music te enliven the oc casion. The Week or I'rayer. Te-morrow's pregramme in connection with the week of prayer eb-.ervance is as 4s fellows : 3 p. m. Second church of the Evangelical association Leader, Rev. J. B. Shumakcr, D. D. Subject: "Prayer for Christian mission, the outpouring of the Hely Spirit and the conversion of the world." Daniel vii. i::. 14, 18 ; Acts, i.t 4-8 ;. Jeremiah xxxi., :vj-34.- months and ahalf,
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