LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, JANUARY 7.1882.
Eanrasfct Inteiltaencet
SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 7, iBE2
Begus Bail.
Postmaster General James was ad
vised before he left office, by the special
counsel of the department, Mr. Geerge
Bliss, of New Yerk, that it was net
within his power te reject any bid offered
for a mail contract by a man who was
known te him te be in the habit of put
ting in fraudulent bids backed by bogus
bail ; and it was suggested te him that
he should lay the matter before Congress
and ask for the passage of a law permit
ting the postmaster general te refuse te
receive bids made by men who had in
any previous bidding put in bogus
bail. That the postmaster general
should net be compelled te re
ceive us geed bids which he
knows te le bad gees without
saying ; but it is net easy te under
stand hew any postmaster general,
however cautious by nature, should con
ceive himself te be se trammeled, nor
hew any intelligent lawyer should be
able te advise him that he was thu3 pow
erless te protect the government from
spoliation. By the showing which is
made by Mr. .lames and Mr. Bliss, it
appears that the present law,intelligently
administered, is sufficient for the emer
gency. The complaint is that it is im
possible te examine into the sufficiency
of the bail offered by the thousands of
contractors in the brief time elapsing
between the opening of the bids in Jan
nary and the execution of the contracts
for work that is te commence in July.
That is true ; and the theory of the law
is thai no such examination is necessary,
as the responsibility of the bail is at
tested by postmasters en the papers ac
companying the bids. This attestation
is net conclusive en the department.
The postmaster general when he doubts
may resolve his doubts and act upon the
knowledge lie acquires. It can hardly
lie held that he is obliged te enter into a
contract with one who eilers bogus bail.
And it i: net easy te understand hew he
should be under any greater obligation
te award .1 contract te such a party. Al
though the mail contracts are many
thousand in number, it cannot be that
all the bidders, or even any very great
number of them, are of the class who are
in the habit of offering bogus bail. A
vigilant postmaster general should have
no trouble in fixing his eye upon the bids
of such men, nor will lie requre a great
deal of time te develop their worthless werthless
uess. if it is possible that the law still
requires him te accept their bids when
this is fully demonstrated then it certain
ly shenM he amended ; but we find it
hardly credible that any intelligent
intcpretntien of law will se embarrass
the proper administration of the postal
service.
Extra-Judicial Recommendations.
We have been leth te help our esteemed
local Republican contemporaries ' place
judicial dignity in a false light" by coun
tenancing their suggestion that any
judge of this court had said or done any
thing which could excuse their statement
that there were " decisions of the court "
in which the -'court says the county
should pay for '' :i certain class of blanks
used in the derk of quarter sessions
office, which the veriest ignoramus at
the bar knows it is net the duty of the
county te furnish and hence net the right
of the commissioners te pay for. We
need net step te argue that the county is
net liable tepav the bill which Mr. Urban
get one of the commissioners Bushong
te approve because Judge Livingston
told him he could ' make no mistake "
in doing se, and te which he get the
ether's ( 'eble'.s approval en condition
that Bushong approved a job in which
he was mere interested. While it is plain
te everybody who knows anything about
the matter that the Barnes-Urban bill
was as. much of an "impudent grab " as
that the McMellen and Edgerlev
hills, aggregating $2,700. were jobs
set up en the county, it is net
necessary te consider whether they were
valid claims or net in order te deter
mine the manifest impropriety of the
judges of iur court passing upon this
matter before it came before them judic
ially. If these claims were net valid and
the county was net liable te pay them it
is plain that for the judges or any
body else te recommend their payment
was grossly improper. If they were
valid, and the commissioners had re
fused their payment ,it is te be presumed
the claimants would have sued the cenn
ty for them and the case would have
come up for trial before Judge Living
btoner Patterson, who had incapacitated
themselves te sit in the adjudication of
them by having previously appended te
two of the bills, their recommendation
that the parties should be "very liberal
ly compensated,' and in the ether case
by Judge Livingston's advice te the
commissioners and the new clerk of the
quarter sessions as te what the county
ought te pay.
Of course these bills are paid, and un
less the auditors surcharge the commis
sioners with them, they will net get be
fore the court. But had the commis
sioners resisted their payment they
would have get into court, and does
anybody pretend that Judge Livingston
or Patterson would be lit te sit upon the
case of a claimant whose services they
had already certified " should be very
liberally compensated ?"' And yet with
what propriety can they thus in
capacitate themselves for the duties te
perform which they ate elected?
If it becomes known that persons who
have or pretend te have claims against
the county can have them passed upon
in advance by the judges of the court,
why should net ether litigants have the
same advantage !
Judge Livingston makes a very grave
mistake if he supposes that when his fel
low-citizens, recently voted him into an
other term as judge they intended that
he should decide between the county and
claimants upon it, or any ether such
matters except when they came before
him in due form of law, and after a
proper hearing.
Judge Patterson had before shown that
his recommendations te the county com
missioners as te what bills they should pay
arc .Vei'Jjf tiutii Weilhles. Willi hiscen-iin
sent, if net by his direction, the bills for
printing his paper-books in the Stein-man-Hensel
disbarment case the one
which the court took and the one which
it kicked out were paid for out of the
county treasury, which was no mere lia
ble for them than for his butcher or his
tailor bill. Until that money is refunded
he would de well te reserve his recom
mendations. He is net a wise man who aspires te
fill a place for which he is net fitted. If
men could only realize their strength
and weakness this would be a very
comfortable world in which every one
would 20 contentedly te his place, know
ing that it was the very best he could de
for himself. If Speaker Keifer, for in
stance, had known himself, he would
net have aspired te the speakership, but
have remained content te occupy the
place en the fleer of Congress which he
could fill with credit. He will net be
happy as speaker, because the Lord did
net give him a speaker'sgilts, which are
of a very peculiar and unusual cliarac
ter. Mr. Keifer is net as gay in heart as
he once was, but he is a geed deal gayer
than he will be before the winter is ever.
At present he does net realize that lie is
net a model speaker. lie thinks the fel
lows that are cursing him are all wrong ;
but there are tee many te be altogether
wrong. They are numerous enough te
make public opinion.
In forecasting the outcome of the
movements for and against Pattison's
nomination for governor in Philadelphia
the Lahjei- says :
It is feared by the mere conservative
Democrats that the fight in Philadelphia
will lead te au excitement such us was
witnessed at the Ilarrisburg couventien of
1880, when the feeling became se bitter
that firearms were drawn at the doers of
the opera house in the interest of particu
lar candidates and party issues.
The Philadelphia Democrats may as
well understand that the state De
mocracy want no mere of that and will
have no mere of it even if a, state con
vention has te.be held without I'iiiladel
phia. Tin: city of Beading, makes an annual
appropriation of $2,.i00 te the beard of
health.
Seme of these days the groundhog will
come peeping out, see his .shallow and the
ice man may yet be happy.
Tin-: ice men would de much better new-a-days
te be saving up their stock than
hauling it around and leaving it where the
kitchen maid is apt, te pick it. up and put
it en the range te keep for a warm day.
Tin: lAtxiv.Jiecerd is strongly and sen
sibly urging the erection of a new rail
road station there, aud that it has hopes
for it it plainly avows in the expression of
editorial confidence thai, 'steadily the
rights of humanity gain the ascendency of
the mandates of kiugs "
Tuk Mauheiin Sentinel starts in tln.2r.th
volume (new series) with the new year, an
fresh and happy as a bridegroom. It is
one of the eldest, steadies' and best of our
local contemporaries and "Mesey's1'
shadow seems te lengthen as the Sentiae V
days begin te .strengthen.
Tin: Reuove Recerd ha. entered upon its
eleventh veluinc,and emphasizes its assert
ed prosperity by appearing in a new suit
of type and addiug te its jobbing depart
ment au elegant assortment of job type. It.
is no "organ;" isiudepdeueut in all things;
well edited and devotes much space te
leeal news.
St ihntes, like Lancaster is cursed
with cold school houses. The Republican
says " ver.y like an ice house " and adds :
" The experience of teachers is that fur
naces iu the cellar are a fraud. Everyschoel-
j room should have its separate stove, and
the every day experience of teachers ar.5
that a school boy can care for a stove,
while it takes the capacity of a m ichinist
te care for a furnace. The janitor of the
Fourteenth ward school is a weauu."
In one of bis steady Hew of cuiitribu cuiitribu
tiens te our rural contemporaries the
learned Dr. C. A. Greene communicates
te its realtors, among some facts of greater
or less interest, the well worn statement
that Washington died en Dec. II (.old
style), 1 79!, " iu the last minute of the
last hour of the last day, of thu second
week of the last month, of the last year
of the last century." Net bv 'JG days.
It takes 1800 full years te make eighteen
centuries, and the last century was net
completed until the eud of Dec. 1800.
The Philadelphia Times said te the
North American in plain words the ether
day that it cannot " command a share of
the present sheriff's advertising without
paying from forty te sixty per cent, of the
price charged thereof te Deputy Sheriff
Jehn L Hill, and the same is true of the
mercantile appraisers' list." " In reply
te the Time'' the venerable daily indulged
iu some glittering generalities about the
' infamous abuse," which the Times
heaps upon its contemporaries, and ad
mits that "in exceptional cases public
officers manage te divert a portion of the
funds which are the rightful charge of the
newspapers." What the North American
needs te tell is whether or net its publica
tien of the sheriffs aud mercantile ap
praisers' list are among these "exceptional
cases."
Seme Idea of the way county officials
guard the public interests may be gath -ered
from Dr. Urban's frauk avowal that
the county solicitor advised his clitnt,
Commissioner Bushong, that the county
might as well pay Urban's bill as hundreds
of ethers which it paid and for which, pre
sumably, he knows it is net liable. Fur
ther : that if this Urban bill was net paid,
then he would object te paying certain
ether bills for which, presumably, he
knows it is net liable. Aud then when
the obdurate Bushong finally was per
suaded by Solicitor Fulton and Judge
Livingston that the county ought te pay a
bill of $211.50, for which it was net liable,
wuv wvuvu0 .. wuv, nuts null uucil
supposed te be solid for the bill, would net
pay it until Bushong assented te the Mc
Mellen bill. And thus the two jobs were
put through together !
The Philadelphia Eceninq Bulletin has !
probably as hard a check as uy journal
the state and that is saying a geed
deal while the Harrisburg Telegraph con
tinues te be published. The Bulletin, iu
referring te .the contest for the seat in
Congress from Utah, says that as Cannen,
who get nine-tenths of the votes, is held
te be ineligible, " the seat, under such
circumstances, surely ought te be given te
the only ether man who obtained any
votes, no matter hew small the number of
them was. The reason why the Demo
crats want the case sent back te the peo
ple is that Campbell is a Republican, and
the Mermen voters will be sure te return a
Democrat." There is no principle of law
or equity upon which a seat ought te be
given te a man who is the cheica of only
one-tenth of the people against the oppe
sitien ei nine-tenths. A new election is
the proper settlement of this question, and
instead of this being suggested as a Dem
ocratic measure the Bulletin' one-sided
preposition springs entirely from the fact
that euly by a gouge can Congress seat
the representative of one-tenth of the peo
ple of I'tah.
PERSONAL.
Rev. E. B. Chamberlain, the pastor ei
the East Spriugfield church, Erie county,
aged about 03, dropped dead the ether
day en his way te the posteffice.
Scner Romkre has refused the position
et Mexican minister te Washington, but
it is said he will come te the United States
en private business.
Mr. Jehn Waxamakek last night gave
his fourth auuual dinner te the employees
of his Grand Depot, at Thirteenth and
Market streets. Philadelphia.
Colonel Lwi.wt, having received the
unanimous vote of the Democratic caucus
of the Legislature of Mississippi, will be
re-elected I . S. senator of that state.
Friends of Controller Pattison, who
are urgiug him for the Democratic guber
natorial nomination, claim that he will
have thirty-five of the delegation te the
state convention from Philadelphia.
The president yesterday nominated
Samtel C. Parks, of .New Mexico, te be
associate justice for Wyoming, and Josei-ii
Belt., of New Yerk, te be associate justice
for New Mexico.
The judges of the superior court of New
Yerk yesterday recognized the appoint
ment of W. II. Aiixerx, by the governor,
te succeed Judge Speir, as valid, aud as
signed Mr. Arnoux te sit at the present
general term of the court.
It is understood that ex-Senater Saiusent
has been selected for secretary of the in
terior, hut will net he nominated until
after the senatorial election in Iowa Sev
eral of the Eastern seuaters express the
belief that "William E. Chandler will
succeed Judge Hunt as .secretary of the
navy.
The Venango Spectator tries te pass this
off as a joke : " The Philadelphia Recerd
thinks that General Beaver is tee much of
a temperance man te make an available
candidate for a large portion of the Repub
lican parly. But the Recerd forgets that
it is natural for a beaver te take te
water."
Lyman I). Giliw.ht, deputy attorney
general of Pennsylvania, haviug resigned
yesterday, Reijert Snoderass, of Harris
burg, was appointed his successor. Mr.
Snodgrass is protheuotary of the middle
district supreme court, but the late re
districting of the state has greatly reduced
his fees iu that position, and has many
warm friends at the Lancaster bar will be
glad te hear of his tit appointment, te his
new office.
Mr. Jehn M. I'nelal'i:, a locomotive
engineer en the Baltimore !c Potomac
railroad, has tcceived from R. B.
Hayes a geld watch and chain, valued at
$501), uihI also a letter from Mr. and Mrs.
Hayse, asking him te accept the present
as a token of their gratitude- and a mem
ento of his coolness, exhibited en March 5,
1881, when Mr. and Mrs. Hayes aud fami
ly aud several ether passengers en a
special train ou the Baltimore & Potomac
railroad, met with an accident at Severn
station, about fifteen miles south of Balti
more, colliding with a train going south.
A SJit FOll GCITKAU'S BODY.
An Oiler of Sl.OOO, Wliieli I lie I'rlgonci I'rlgenci
Thinks Onlit te be Marie $2,000.
Mr Scevillc has received a bona fide
preposition from a medical gentleman for
the body of Charles J. Guiteau. The gen
tleman ( whose name Mr. Sceville declines
te make public at present ) has offered te
pay down immediately $1,000, the amount
of the purchase money, en condition that
he shall have the body of the prisoner as
seen as the exactions of the law have been
met, te dispose of absolutely as he shall
. ee fit. He also agrees te take his chances
of waiting one month or twenty years for
the consummation of the bargain en Gui
teau's part. This somewhat liberal propo prepo prope
istion was submitted te Guiteau te-day
and seemed te impress him quite favor
ably. After reflecting a moment he sug
gested : "I think I ought te bring mere
than that. Perhaps some ether fellow
will offer $2,000 ; then I can pay my debts,
and if I get a new trial that m'serable
Corkhill can't bring en a let of fellows
just te swear hew mucli I ewe them."
Tlie only persons admitted te the pris
oner's cell yesterday, were J. W. Guiteau
(his brother) and a friend who accompa
nied him. The brothers held a long con
ference in the effort te arrange the order
of ties arguments te be made before the
jury. Guiteau net only insists upon speak
ing in his own behalf, but in making the
closing argument for the defense. He can
net, he says, at this late stage jeopardize
his case by allowing Mr. Sceville te have
the last say. Mr. Sceville is perfectly
willing te let Guiteau make a speech, but
wants him te make it first, se that he
(Mr. Sceville), can comment upon it (if
desirable) te the jury. Guiteau was busily
engaged when his brother called in the
preparation of his argument and had al
ready covered four pages of foolscap.
Mere Star Reuters Arrested.
It is ascertained that the government in
tends te proceed against the star route
conspirators by informatiens, which will
be filed in the pelice court, Judge Cox
having ruled that they should be filed in
that court aud net in the supreme court.
There arc thirty charges against six de
fendants. Samuel N. Ileyt, Jehn N. Min
nix. W. S. Barringer, J. W. Donahue and
E.J. Sweet, star route contractors aud
sureties en alleged fraudulent bends, were
arrested in Washington and held for au
examination.
Ami li! -Nuiiie win lie Heaver.
New Era.
The number of names that have been
suggested en the Republican side as proper
or prominent candidates for the governor
ship of this state is perfectly bewildering.
This haG been done mainly through the
efforts and partiality of their immediate
friends. It will de very well as a harmless
sort or pastime, but when hard pan is
reached, all these gentlemen will be sent
te the rear with scant ceremony, and the
bosses will try their old game of foisting
their own man upon the people.
Killed by a 1'atieni.
Dr. E. A. Adams, assistant medical su
perintendent of the Michigan insane
asylum at Kalamazoo, was fatally stabbed
yesterday by a patient in one of the wards
while making his rounds. The patient,
who was supposed te be harmless, used as
his weapon a large pocket knife recently
lest by one of the attendants I
TO-DAY'S NEWS.
THE DISTINGUISHED OEAD.
Accidents and Incidents of Current Lire.
Geerge W. Brooks, U. S. district judge
for Eastern North Carolina, died yester
day. The New Yerk Women Suffrage state
convention will meet in Utica en the 10th
of February.
Edward Green, a retired mine boss, at
Ashley, Pennsylvania, was gored te death
yesterday, while feeding a vicious cow.
Alenzo Harper was arrested yesterday
at Sufferns, New Yerk, for dealing in
counterfeit coin.
The furniture store of Jehn A. Baldwin,
in Williamsburg, New Yerk, was destroy
ed by fire vesterdav morning. Less, $40
000. Mitchell Brown was burned te death at
Shermen, Michigan, ou Thursday night,
while trying te remove horses from a
burning barn.
The total corn crop of Illinois during
1879 was 174,290,000 bushels, or 70 per
cent of the crop of 1830, and ealv half that
011879.
A large sale of barley took place yester
day injBuffale. 155,000 bushels of "'bright
Canada" were sold in one let, f.-r which a
check for 83,501 was giveu.
Au engineer and fireman were killed by
the collision of two railroad trains, near
Oveiteu station, Tennessee, en Thursday
night.
The store of L. D. Newell cc Sen, iu
Providence, Rhede Island, was robbed of
1,500 worth of silk goods en Tluusday
night.
Deacon James Spencer, 70 years of age,
hanged himself in his own barn at Mans
field, Connecticut, yesterday morning. It
is believed he was insane.
It is reported from Campes, Souera, that
ou the 23d ulh., rouegade Apacbes attack
ed the Gaville wine, sixty miles from that
place, killed five men and captured a girl.
Stephen Caldwell, father of the presi
dent of Yassar college, and also of one el
the receivers of the Reading railroad, died
en Thursday, in Ncwburypert, Massa
chusetts, aged 75 years.
James If. Hildcbraud, a jeweler, of Mer
cer, Penna , is reported te have disappear
ed several days age with $1000 worth of
goods, leaving debts te firms in Chicago,
New Yerk, Pittsburg and Itnffale, te the
amount of $15,000.
Homicide Statistic-..
There are new twenty-one persons in
the New Yerk Tombs inviting trial for
homicide.
Executions for murder took place yes
terday as fellows : Martin Kinkevvski, con
victed of the murder of Mina Muller, in
Jersey City. Jeseph Abbett, for tiic mur
der of a fellow convict in the Elraira ref
ormatory, at Elmira. Michael Katoesky
aud Charles Ellis ( the latter colored ), at
St. Leuis. Jehn A. Phelns. for the uinr-
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der and robbery of his employer, at Mar
shall, lexas. lercuce Achillc aud Sterl
ing Ben, both colored, for murder and
robbery, at Fraukiin, Louisiana.
Iiimiiiu Criminal.
Rev. E. B. Hepkins, of St. Jehusbiiry,
Vermont, recently convicted of larceny
aud forgery, in connection with his insur
ance business, has been sent te an insane
asylum.
The physicians of the .slate hospital at
Peughkcepsic report that Scnccr. V. Ilol Ilel Ilol
leway, the defaulting bank teller, is very
insane and apparently growing werse every
day. Circumstances coming te light iii
duce the belief that he has been inane for
mere than a year.
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The L.Ue or .Tames Biicliauuii.
lMiiludelpliia Press.
Te the Editor of the Psem ; The following
has appeared in the columns of your
paper :
"Editor Hcnsel, of the Intelligence!-,
is writing a history of President Buchan
an's life."
I presume it was obtained from a para
graph of greater length, te which my at
tention was called, ina lather "fresh"
Baltimore contemporary. The connection
in which I there saw the statement made
was sufficient iu itself te contradict it.
But as it may be given credibility
as well as currency by your pub
lication, my failure te contradict it
might lead te misapprehension. I am net
writing a life of cx-Prcsidcnt Buchanan,
aud there is no foundation for the report
le that effect. As most well-informed poi
sons knew, the preparation of Air. Bu
chanan's biography has been committed,
by these authorized te have it written, te
Hen. Geerge Ticknor Curtis, and T have
reason te believe that net only is it nearly
finished and ready for publication, but
that it has been done iu a scholarly and
acceptable manner. W. L Hr.NsEL.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. C, 1S82.
Cornplanter .Moving en OU t)lty.
Venango Spectator.
Jonathan Pierce, a Cornplanter Indian
and a descendant of the great chief, lays
claim te some three hundred acres of
ground, apen a portion of which Oil City
is located. His claim dates back te 1791,
at which time the commonwealth granted
the land in question te Chief Cornplanter.
Inl819adeed was made by Ceruplauter,
for this land, te William Ceauelly andWil
liam Kiunear. It is new alleged by Pierce,
who is the present chief of his tribe, that
this deed was invalid, for the reason that
it was signed by Cornplanter personally,
his wife net joining in the conveyance. It
is further alleged that the land was given
te Cornplanter in trust for his tribe, and
that he had no right te sell it. This, of
course, is a question for the court. Pierce
aud his Iudiaus talk of moving down te
Oil City, whero they will set up about a
hundred wigwams and wait for the present
claimants te bring a suit ei" ejectment,
when the rights and wrongs of the case
will be judicially decided. Meanwhile it
will be safe te wazcr that the white
brethren will held the fort.
Tlie Speech Ortli O-.ilit te .AI:ilttf
lMiiludelpliia l-rea.".
There is just one way iu which Mr. Orth
could effectually rebuke the speaker, carry
the approving judgment of the country,
aud prove that he had himself been wrong
ed. He should have risen iu his place and
said : " Mr. Speaker, ye'? have assigned
me, among ether places, te the chairman
ship of the committee en Civil Service
Reform. That designation, I am painfully
conscious, is a burlesque ou the cause and
a travesty en all public professions.
Neither by my record nor by my convic
tions have I any fitness for the place. I
have never shown any regard for this re
form, and have net new any faith in its
principles or any devotion te its objects.
All my training, practices and beliefs lead
me te deride and oppose it. If you have
any respect for Civil Service Reform you
could net honestly assign me te this posi pesi posi
tien, and if I have any respect for myself
I could net deciutly accept it. It places
both of us in a falsi attitude, and I beg,
therefore, te relieve you from a blunder
and te spare myself from a wrong by ask
ing te be excused."
Schooner Captain Mnrdercu.
Captain Caspar Smith, of the schooner
Shelldrakc, of Havre de Grace, was found
dead iu his.cabinatji wharf in the Canten
district of Baltinlejci&yestcrday, with his
skull crashed hpfPhe cabin deer was
fastencdafadhedeck of the vessel was
covered Villi 'untredden snow, showing
that no one had been en beard for several
days. Richard Moere, a sailor employed
by Smith, has been arrested at Havre le
Grace for the murder.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
RECEIVING TOBACCO.
DecLlnff and Dissatisfaction Seme or the
Prices Fain.
Although some of the Lancaster tobacco
buyers have been receiving from the
farmers for a week or mere past, there was
no general delivery until te-day when
several of the warehouses received from
50.000 te 150.000 lbs each. Among the
heavy receivers were Teller Bres., Frank
Pentlarge, L. Gershel &: B:e., Rosenwald
Ledermau, Heffman, Newberger, Skilcs&
Frey, and Dan Mayer.
The bulk of the receipts came iu wagons,
aud the tedious preces of unloading an d
weighing was continued at some of the
warehouses from daybreak till neon.
At Gershcl's warehouse ou Water
street two car leads were delivered by rail
from Quarryville, and, perhaps, some
ethers received by rail.
There were some disputes between buyers
aud sellers during the delivery, and in a
few instances, where neither party would
yield, the femer took his tobacco home. In
one or two ether instances it is reported
that the contracts were annulled before
the tobacco was brought in, the buyers
paying a bonus te be released from accept
ing it.
At several of the warehouses there was
a geed deal of " decking," the farmers in
most instances submitting te the squeeze,
rather than take their tobacco home
Seme of them were decked as much as $20
or 10 per ten ! The decking was for sev
eral alleged reasons, the most frequent
being white vein or insufficient length of
wrapper.
As far as we have been able te ascertain,
the bulk of the leaf thus far delivered is of
geed quality, though several lets that
came under our uotice were of very light
color, and sumo of them were affected with
white vein.
Following aie some of the prices paid
I for tobacco deliveied te day and within a
icw eays past :
Isaac Wengcr, of Oregon, te L Bamber
ger, 21 acres, at :", 10 and ." ; Samuel Mc
Comsey, Fulton, te same 1,200 pounds at
21, 8 and :'. : B. S. King, of AVest Earl,
te Kerbs fc Spicss, 1,900 pounds, at
23, 10 and 5; A. B. Greff, West
Earl, te same, 900 pound, at 25, 10 and '.) ;
Jehn Kessler, Salisbury, te Skiles Sr
Frcy, his crop, at 25, 10, 5 aud : ; Martin
Melliugcr, Pequca, te Newberger, his crop
at :!0, 15, 10 and 5 ; Reeser, of Eliz-
bcth, te Ledermau, 25, 12, 8 aud : ;
Henry Reeser, Elizabeth, te same, 2(5, 12
and ',", ; J. B. Kern, East Hempfield, te
same, 29, 12, C and ; D. Kern, Elizabeth,
te same, HO, 1:5, U aud 3 ; Mr. Turney, of
Salisbury, te Resen.stein, 23, 15 and ; D.
M. Steltzfus, of Salisbury, te Newberger,
2S, 15 and : ; Samuel Miller, Strasburg,
te Schuberth, 23, It, 8 and 3 ; Jehn lluber,
of Elizabeth, 9,000 stocks from H asres,
at 25 cents for wrappers 21 inches long,
10 cents ler under that length, 10 cents for
seconds, anil 3 cents for fillers, the crop
realizing $745.35 ; Clayten Bellinger,
West Earl, te Pentlarge, "3 acres at 25', 10
and 3.
The above are net a tithe of the deliver
ies made, but they are a fair sample of the
prices paid by the buyers named as well
as buyers net mentioned in the above list.
UI!Ic!l-s fiiih-.lK'.l.
Last evening D. D. S. C, A. M. Al
bright, installed the following officers of
Empire council, Ne. 120, Jr. O. V. A. M. :
C. J. W. Leenard.
V. C Harry Leber.
IJ. S. E. N. Winewer.
F.S. W. A. McGlinn.
Tresis.--.!. R. Trissler.
A. It. S. Diller Reger-
( Jen. Fred Rey.
War. Harry Biggs.
I. S. A.M. Albright.
O. S. J. P. Winewer.
At a meeting of Geerge II. Themas
pest, Ne. 81, G. A. R., held last evening,
the following officers wcic installed for the
ensuing mini :
Cem. James Swcger.
Sr. V. Cem. M. N. Stark.
Jr. V. Cem. M. V. IJ. Keller.
Adj. H. C. Wcidler.
). M Jas. A. Nimlew.
O. of D. Wm. Rechm.
O. efG. P. Scnscnderfer.
Chap. Benj. Henry.
S. M. Miles Fite.
(J. M. S. D. M. Keessperts.
After the installation the officer of the
day was presented with an elegant sweid
inscribed, "This will net kill." The hilt
is elaborately ornamented and the blade is
weed !
skcuki: YOUIC WA'lKi:.
The Tufiitj-iurli Main te be Mini e!i Tit
morrow. The 20-inch water main en Orange
street, through which the gt cater part of
the city is supplied with water, is broken
net far from the reservoir. It will be nec
essary te shut the water oil' from that main
te make the necessary repairs. This will
be done te-morrow morning at ! o'clock,
and it will take all day te make the re
pairs. Meantime, the superintendent in
forms us, a partial supply of water will be
furnished through the 12-inch main in
East King street and the 8 inch main in
Orange street. Persons living iu the
higher portions of the city will save trouble
by securing a supply te last them ever
Sunday, before 7 o'clock Sunday morning.
All water users arc requested te use water
sparingly until the Oranire street main
shall have been repaired. The leak was
discovered en Tuesday morning but the
superintendent thought best te d.ifer the
repair until Sunday, se as net te interfere
with the factories, machine .'hops and
ethers wh require a constant, supply' te
carry en their business.
The Icy raveaients.
On account of the drizzling raiu et yis
ttnday afternoon the pavements were veiy
slippery and it was with great dfiiculty that
pedestrians could get along even iu the
middle of the street.
This forenoon Mr. C. H.-Lefevre, fell en
the pavement in front of Zaum's jewlcry
store, cutting an ugly gash en the side of
his head.
A bill pester with a bucket of paste in
each hand fell en the pavement in front of
Judge Patterson's residence, spilliug the
paste all around, but net injuring himself.
The small boy and his little sister aie
net sorry that the pavements arc slippery,
for wheievcr there is the least bit of a hill
there arc thuy gathered together in large
numbers te the great, danger of pedes
trians.
A Ooeil 'Mm?.
Venttmlay Jehn Spanglcr, of the Fulton
Opera Heuse saloon, was 39 years of age
and he celebrated the event by giving a
set-out te his friends in the evening. Be
tween 9 and 10 o'clock a large number sat
down te the tables, which were leaded
with geed things. Among these present
were a number of members of the Lancas
ter Liederkian;-, who enlivened the occa
sion by songs. Speeches, were made by
Captain Schuh, the nqwl.T elected presi
dent of the Licflerkranzy Mr:-8pangler and
ethers. All his guests had a geed time'
Grave Fears roc Dr. McGowan.
Alt.. Jey Star.
Grave fears are entertained that Dr. I).
J. McGowan, of Mount Jey, may have
perished iu the horrid catastrophe of the
Ring theatre, in Vienna, as he was in that
city at the timc.and all efforts te hear from
him since the fire have been fruitless.
The IJrickervllle Caxe.
The Rrickerville case is yet ou trial.
Simen P. Eby, esq., spoke yesterday and
J.-L. Steintnetz, esq., this morning. The
case will go te the jury late this afternoon
or this evening.
THOSE BIG BILLS.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM?
HOW IJUSIIONU WAS CONVINCKU.
Judge Livingston Tells Him Us Wilt Muke
no Mistake.
The readers of the Intelligence!: have
seen that in the case of McMellen's de
mand for 81S00, which was paid, aud
Edgerley's claim for $900, Judges
Livingston and Patterson united iu ap
pending te these bills their recommenda
tions that the parties be - very liberally
compensated." . As te the manner in
which the Barnes-Urban bill, for blanks
which the county is net liable for, came
te be paid the following interviews
with Dr. Urban and his deputy will very
plainly show that it was supported by
the recommendation of Judge Livingston
for its payment by the ceuuty.
Dr. Urban' Stnteinent.
Dr. B. F. W. Urban, late clerk of quar
ter sessions, says that some time age he
conceived the idea of presenting te the
county a bill for a portion of the blanks
which he had procured for the use of his
oftiee during his term, and for seme that
he had ordered belere his term began, but
which were rendered useless by a change
in the rules of court in accordance with
a change in the law. He mentioned the
matter te his deputy, Geerge W. Eaby,
who subsequently informed him
that he had made out a list of all the
blanks used in thu office, aud sub
mitted it te Judge Livingston te have him
mark ou it the blanks which the county
ought te pay for. Mr. Urban concluded
te avail himself of this and when it was
returned and Mr. Barnes had made out
for him a bill of the blanks furnished te
him he presented it le the commissioners
te be paid by the county. He presented
it en the last Wednesday iu December and
Ceblo was satisfied te pay it. Bushong,
however, was net favorable te it and
Urban took him te County Solicitor Ful
ton, who said the county was net liable for
it, but the commissioners might as well
pay it,as a hundred ethers which they had
paid, and if it was net paid he would ob
ject te the payment by the ceuuty for the
blanks used in the district attorney's
office, for which Mr. Urban says the
county has been paying for years. Bush
ong was net yet satisfied aud Urban took
him te Judge Livingston. Dr. Urban
says he was especially- anxious that that
part of the bill should net be stricken
out which was for blanks ordered and pro
cured for him before he took his seat and
many of which were rendered useless as
before related. These items were the fol
lowing :
187?.
Nev. 1 1.
Nev. IS.
it ..
' iii)'.
Ker.V.11 Kuliu Jleii-e petition..
"$-sli. I.e., tve stiles. .f 7 in
1 , -03 Tavern de ivn
1.70J Tavern ami Kitting IIeiim.:
bends 15 mi
:,00()siibii;nus, -.-iiiL"'. 'X-sli . . is ou
."OCOruiiMl hills nt ciet... It jll
'.0 wli. sti. llk., order anil re
port of viewer. -vacati' 4 .Vi
li;t ilo-enen r, (ie
1 ('!.
"" I'M " .. Ou
I'rjj. b.icl:s et orders is
lei nil. .-Ii. Iilk, viewer' re
lrts r. oe
'hd $&: 7."
AH of these weie ordered before Dr.
t rban was clerk of the sessions.
lie says Judge Livingston told Bushong
t hat i- could male no mistake, in jxtiiity
these items, and that it was proper for the
county te pay thu whole bill. Seme $18
paid for fancy tavern licenses were te he
stricken out. Dr. Urban says Judge Liv
ingston did net. say the county was liable
for the bill, but he recommended the com
missioners te pay it, and its items arc
such as Judge Livingston marked ou
Eaby's paper as these blanks which the
county ought le pay for.
I litis teititicd with Judge Livingston sre sre sre
ommendatien, Urban secured Btisheng's
I !.:
assent le pay the bill, but by that time
Ceblo had backed out and would net
agree te pay it unless Bushong would
agree te pay McMellen's $1,800 bill, and
then it war. agreed that they would pay
both bills, and it was done en Friday
afternoon.
Mr. Urban says he knows of no "judi
cial decisions " as te the liability ei' the
oeunty for these blanks. He understands
that Judge Livingston thinks the county
ought te pay for such as remain in the
office ns records after they are filled out.
What Kaby JCneus.
Gee. W. Eaby, late deputy under
Urban and new clerk himself, says that
sometime age he made out a list of all the
blanks used in his office, took it te Judge
Livingston and had him mark en it what
the county ought te pay for. He showed
that list te Urbau and he may have used
it te explain te the commissioners what
Judge Livingston thought they ought te
pay for. He declined te show thn repre
sentative of the Intellieencei: that list
as Judge Livingston had marked it until
he had consulted the judge, who was out
of town when this interview wis had and
has net yet returned.
''Links LNeil iu the OIUi-c-..
Up.m inquiry at the prothenotary's of
fice, we learned that blank narrs and ether
papers sold there for the accommodation
of lawyers, or kept for the prothenotary's
convenience, which become part of the
public records when filled up, are net
printed at the expense of the county. In
the register's and clerk of orphan's court,
the sheriff's and treasurer's offices, many
blanks are used, but the county docs net
pay for them. Hundreds of deeds, mort
gages and judgments, are recorded lu the
recorder's aud prothenotary's office every
year, but we could net find any trace of
blanks for these being furnished or paid
for by the county.
The Kdccrlcy IM1I.
It is understood that the new heard of
commissioners has agreed te pay C7.i of
Capt. Edgerley's bill. In behalf of this
bill it is claimed that the services for
which it was rendered required the extra
services of Scott P. Lytic for four months
iu the office, and the rearranging of the
papers required l,.i00 files, white these of
the prothenotary's office took 2,000.
i-ipt. Jv.igctiey called upon us te-day te
say that he employed an extra clerk about
four months in doing it ; that he did net
present hia bill at all te the outgoing
commissioners, but proposed te the new
beard that they should examine hia work
and see for themselves what was a fair
compensation for it. Mr. HiJdcbrand
thought about ijUOO, and the ethers agreed
en $G7."i, which he has been paid. He
used l,."i00 tiles which he understands the
county bought from Jehn II. Barnes, pat
entee, at cents apiece ; the prothenotary
used 2,000 el the same kind. The files in
the.rcgister'.s office arc labelled with sten
cils and in the prothenotary's with a pen.
Capt. ."Uc.uellcn Interviewed.
Capt. McMellcu met a representative of
the lNTELLif.nNcr.it iu a very genial and
agreeable mannerthis morning and politely
intimated that it was unintentionally
doing him injustice in this matter. He
declares that he had net directly or indi
rectly giveu any improper consideration te
Bu.sheiig or Ceble te get their approval of
his bill of $1,800 ; when he found Bush
ong itching te get the Barnes-Urban bill
paid he advised Ceblo te stiffen up a little
en that, se as te gt Bushong's assent te
his bill. The captaiu admits that Snyder
the ''extra clerk" did net come into his
office until March and Miller of the regu
lar force left in June, but he says that the
old regular force had been mere than the
business of the office required.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUlt KKGL'LAK HOKKLSi'OMlOCK fc.
Leng before 9 o'clock last evening our
streets were deserted by pedestrians, as it
was unsafe te be out, the pavemeuts and
sidewalks being se slippery that ene ceu'd
uet walk. Hundreds received sovere falls.
As a party of young ladies were passing
in front of the Spy office, one of them
slipped and fell the ethers following and
sittiug ungracefully en the pavement aud
gutter. The lady who fell first severely
sprained her right anitle and was taken
into Brugh's drug tore te have it attend
ed te. The youngsters took possession of
Locust street, from Second te Frent, and
enjoyed themselves by sliding. A number
of young men had a snowball tight, one
party standing at the Odd Fellows' hall
and the ether at Detwiler's bank. One
of them received a black eye and this stop step
ped the fun.
I.ttlle Lecal.
The river is still full of slush ice.
Mr. Samuel Filbert is confined te hi
heuse en account of sicknsss.
Four tramps rested in the lockup last
uight,put thore by Officer Uedeuhauscr.
The report that G. A. R. pest did tut
" run" " The Colonel" when it apppared
here, and that said pest received se much
for the use of their name, is false.
Hyde and Rehmatfs specialty treupj
next Tuesday evening and 1. McAuley,
for the G. A. R. next Thursday ovening.
The band has been engaged for -' Uncle
Dan'l."
At a iceeiit election for trustees fertm
Odd Fellows' hall association the follow
ing gentlemen were elected : 31. S. Shu
man, II. Wilsen, R. .1. 31. Little, Jehn W.
Stcacy, P. Fraley, Jehn IS. liachraan and
J. II. 3Icycis. Their organization as a
beard will be held iu the near fuimu.
3Ir. Win. 15, Given visited Philadelphia
en some business for the HI rary committee,
and while there secured three new sub -scrihers,
making a total of HIS. One hun
dred and twenty new books will arrive for
it next Monday.
Cel Wm. G. Case, of Denver, t'el., was
iu Columbia this morning.
Mr. R. Berruughs left for his old home
iu Maryland, intending te remain a few
weeks visiting the scenes of his childhood.
Te-night the "week of prayer" closes
after a succcfsful run.
The snow is thawing and Frent, street is
one mass of mud.
.Miss MaUie Giveu returns te school iu
Philadelphia en Monday.
A little boy while coasting down Walmil
street, this morning, fell olVef his sled and
sprained or broke his hack. lie was taken
home.
Officer Struck took a man and woman te
jail this morning, each receiving 550 days
for being drunk.
The usual .spot iu the liver near the iron
span of the bridge is clear of ice, and when
it freezes ever, skating at that point will
be excellent.
Water in the resciveir is very low, and
the main water pipe ou Third street
burst this morning.
An overcoat was hibt in the opera holism
during the performance of "The Colonel J
en Wednesday evening.
i.fS Kronen.
Ji farmer at market this morning had
his leg broken between thu ankle and
knee He was crossing the street when he
slipped and fell, and before he could aiise
a country wagon ran ever his leg. The ..
nearest doctor was summoned anil the
injured member set. He was taken t
his home near Washington borough.
On Ills Way K.i-1.
Mr. II. (J. Gable, agent for Uiddcll Ai
Cramer, of AVilliamspert, is in town and
will remain until 3Ienday. when he leaves
for Wilmington, Del , where he opens a
branch effice. lie spent last summer iu
town aud became quite a favorite.
Ait Kmiity Nimiii.
A number of young folks met last even
ing at the residence of 3Iiss Klia Miller, of
Washington borough, for the purpose of
organizing a social club. After much talk
they adjourned te the dining room, where
an oyster supper had been prepared. After
their appetites v.cic .satisfied the society
was formed and named the " 31. T. Secial
Club," te meet wcci.ly at the rcsidciice of
the different-mcniht:rs. It will he strictly
temperate in everything.
Mriki.-eii ; Kailreuil.
The A unstrung Hi ethers, of Philadel
phia, are contractors, and arc constructing
a portion of tin: new read above this city
for the Pennsylvania company. Hcicte
fore they have been paying every two
weeks and this was pay day. This morn
ing the workmen learned that they would
net he paid until the lSlh. and they all
struck te the mind er of about one hun
dred. They were standing around the
passenger depot all day, and dwlare th-y
will net work until paid.
A Kail Crowd.
Jehn Witmer, Jehn Wagner and Ilemy
Pepper were before Alderman Spurrier
last evening, and, after a hearing, Witmer
was committed for " and the ethers for
10 days for diunkcn and disorderly con
duct. On complaint ei Officer Killiniter,
who made the arrest, Pepper was commit! oil
te jail te answer at court for resisting
an officer ; and Wagner, en complaint of
his wife, wa.s held te bail te answer for
malicious mischief and surety of the peace.
A critic lit.
Henry Wolf, a tcain.tcr in the employ
of A. B G rubli, c-i., of Mount Hepe
Furnace, was hauling a lead of cinders,
and while getting off this saddle initie
slipped and fell, when both wheels or the
wageu passed ever him, hi uiniug the left
side of his chest, dislocating his shoulder
aud fracturing the bone of hi: arm below
the should"!' joint. He is in a critical con
dition. Mielly ll::iid Sold.
(ten. Simen Cameren has purcliasjd
Shclly's island in the Susquehanna river,
near the Yerk county shore about ten
miles abeve Marietta. The island contains
about 200 acres of fine farming land and
the price paid was about $2.".O0O. Thu
island adjoins Cel Duffy's.
The t'oer IlirertOM.
The peer directors met this metning at
im nlinslwiiKc Tlinri. ivnn ntit : full limnl.
as several members wen: unaveidedly ab
sent. Xe important business was trans
acted and the election of superintendent
was deferred.
Case Di-enlnmil.
William and Jennie Haighl were te have
had a hearing befeiu Alderman Barr this
morning ou the charge of conspiracy and
the former for surety of the pcacs.
Charles II. Engcl, the prosecutor, failed t)
appear, and the case was dismissed.
C'ciwiceliin uilli t.aiua-tci".
The telephone line from the resilience el
Ceiin Cameren above liiickcrvi'.ls te Lan
caster is new a ccitainty. 3Ir. Cainereti
has a force of men at work cutting poles.
The Corener's Hill.
The ceuuty commissioners have decided
that hereafter all coroner's bills must he
presented en 3Ienday te lay ever until th
next .Monday, when the beard mcetf.
S.inervlB r Aunelnlei!. y?
This morning Henry Shanb was ap
pointed by the court, a supervisor of Dru Dru Dru
moie township, te fill the vacancy cauce I
by the death of Je-epli Greff.
Correction.
It was Jehu F. Pur.tz, and reL C'ejrge,
as inceirectly stated, who gave the party
te his friends a few evening'; age.