LANCASTER DAILY IKTKIJJGENGER TUESDAY, JANUARY 17.1882. Eaucaster ftitrllfgnuxr. TUE3DAY EVENING, JAN. 17, 1882. Tbe County Debt. The -Yen- Era thinks our county finances are "growing decidedly worse,'' and itsajs : "Through bad management a large floating debt ha3 been incurred,for which the county is responsible, and the result is that additional taxation must be laid te meet it. The county commis sioners have just fixed the rate for the present year, and have increased it from twenty-five te thirty cents en every hun dred dollars of valuation. It seems our county commissioners can't run the county en the basis of $210,000, but must have forty odd thousand dollars mere." The last beard or county com missioners was unpopular as a whole ; and in tlir closing days of their term the performances of Ceble and Bushong were se flagrant as te justify and con firm the suspicions which attached te their integrity almost from their official beginning. It is fair te them, however, te suy that the last beard appear from tbe boehs te have reduced the county debt considerably, very much mere than the floating debt left by them, which is net greater than that generally carried ever from year te year, or from one beard te another. According te the bend book in the commissioners' ellice the bended indebtedness of the county Jan. 1, l7s, was $340,7fi'.ft9 ; Jan. 1, 1SS0, it had increased te .;f.-,i7J .70, owing l the large floating deb! left ever by the preceding beard and funded in 1S79; Jan. 1. 1SS1, it was reduced te S:Wi,..".l.".;:i ; and the clerk of the retir ing beard reports the bended debt Jan. 1, ivc', at S:!95,iiOU, with a floating debt of $7,1.70 total, $302,150, an apparent reduction of ever $GO.O(JO during the past year. This would be a most excellent showing, and would in itself reflect credit en the last beard, but, as the ls TKi.i.itJKN'CKi: has shown in its issue of Sept. -'0, the system of book-keeping in the county commissioners' ellice has been a little cloudy, and until the end of the fiscal year, April 1, for the expenses of which the tax levy is made, and up te which lime the interest account runs, it is hard te accurately get at the rial county debt and compare it with that of former years. We are-satisfied, however, that thu last beard did actually reduce the county":; indebted ness some S40.00O, while the beard before them iiad increased it that much. This net result makes it hardly fair te say that our finances grew decidedly worse, and if the present beard will step the many leaks which the last beard let run and even widened, our county finances should steadily grew better and the next three years should show a large decrease of tin; county debt without any increase of the tax rate. We have shown that the Republican majority of the last beard elected by the Xnc Em faction were shamefully profligate, and that some of the leaks through which they poured the county money were opened for the benefit of a prothenotary and register elected also by the. reform faction. If, despite all this, the eeunly debt could be reduced it ought te be reduced still further by an economical ami honest administration, and the alleged floating debt of $7,1-70 incurred in a jear when the bended debt was reduced $G7,"1.7.:U,is no justifi cation of an increased tax levy. On the contrary thi reduction of the debt, in the face of thousands of dollars waste fully expended, shows that either the tax rate could be lowered or that the re duction of the debt ought te proceed with even greater rapidity. Heist By His Own retard. Whitelaw Heid is considerably exer cised ever the publication of a tele graphic letter sent by him from Xew Verk te Washington en March -7, the purpose of which was te bulde.e Gar field into standing firm en Robertsen's confirmation, and in the details of which he indulged in severe personal reflections en Senater Piatt, Postmaster General James and Slate Senater Baker. Forced te admit the genuineness of the letter, lieid still insists that there was a geed deal of ' frozen truth " in it, and his friend Jehn flay comes somewhat te his relief by avowing that the letter was sent te and received by him, and that, though it was read te Garfield, the dead president never saw it nor leek a copy of it ; that Hay has it at home and no one ever saw it, consequently the writer who brought it te light and said Garfield showed it te him is a liar and thief", hav ing obtained it surreptitiously from fh telegraph company. .New it happens that the Tribune has its own private wire te Washington, and as this message was likely transmitted ever this, its search for the culprit should net necessarily have te cover a very wide field; and the Western L'nien company, whose chief owner has also been chief controller of the Tribune, is exculpated. But the significant feature of this affair is the high moral tone which the Tribune assumes in discoursing of the ' thief" who get and published the telegram. It has been only a few years since the Tribune published and made great capital out of what it alleged were cipher telegrams implicating air. Til den's friends in attempts te secure elec toral votes by improper means. These dispatches, if genuine, were stolen or obtained in some equally discreditable manner. Yet the Tribune most loftily applauded its performance, and itsediter is entitled te no consideration when he finds himself heist by his own petard. Thk testimony of the engineer of the train which caused the Spuyten Duyvil terrible accident leaves no room for doubt that the brakeman who started back te warn any approaching train ne glected his duty and that he scarcely left his train. The engineer whose train crashed into the express says he was net mera than two car lengtas ahead of him and that when he saw the signal there were scarcely three car lengths in all be tween the two trains, one of which was standing still and the ether rushing for ward at the rate of from 18 te 20 miles an hour. The brakeman has already stated that l:e had plenty of time fo.re back a half mile. That a man f eidi nary carefulness would take such awful risks as he did, merely for the sake of readily getting en his train again, is in conceivable : some ether influence must have entered into his conduct and that is readily sugcested by the assemblyman who reports that the train meu were drinking with the convivial legislators who were en beard. Sqciiie McMullix will likely get into select councils of Philadelphia again as a spectator of the proceedings. The account which we print of the state agricultural college, in whose manage ment Gen. Beaver is conspicuous, is " mighty intcicstiif readin'.'' Coming thus from geed Republican authority it may be that Quay meant would make Beaver's a hard read te travel. Feil the valuable purposes of a general educational conference, aud te discuss some points of leading interest in our state's common school problems, the school superintendents of eastern coun ties of the state will held a convention in Reading dining three days this week, the first session convening this evening. Lan caster county will be represented by Dr. Brooks and Superintendents Shaub and Buehrle. The proprietorship of the Harrisburg Teleyraph passes into the hands of a pub lishing company with a capital of $30,000. The incorporators arc Charles II Bergner, Themas F. Wilsen, Samuel F. Barr, Frederick U. Bcrgner aud M. W. Mc Alarucy. Mr. Bergner, the present pro prietor, will be the business manager, aud Mr. Wilsen the chief editor. It is the de sign of the new management te make the Teleyraph a journal of commanding influ ence in Pennsylvania, and it is at the place te de it. Wukn the I xtem.ic i:cr.i: recently ex posed sonic- of the "leaks'" which "careful aud efficient management" of the county finances would step, the Xew Em, with out exactly defending the leaks, uudcr took te correct our "facts" and declared, in justification of Clerk Urban's unwarrant able and outrageous bill, that it was paid in accordance with "judicial decisions" of the county's liability for it. We have never been shown these "decisions" by cither of our Republican contemporaries. If found they might step " a leak." A. 15. Fahqiwui:, of Yerk a leading manufacturer, believes in looking after the moral condition aud social impievement of his employees, lie finds occasion te write them a long letter recommending them te "appoint a committee in each department, te act, m conjunction with the foreman of that department, as an advisory or arbi tration beard ; this committee te assist me in fixing the wages of the employees ; te settle any differences that might occur between us ; te take part in managing everything te our mutual interests;" te held regular meetings, te discuss their in terests : te organize savings banks in the works aud te aim te procure and own comfortable homes for themselves. Ter. Philadelphia Democrats hav.; had an old-fashioned shindy at the primaries te elect eelegates te the state convention, with a fair prospect that Sam. Josephs, Mart Killacky aud a geed many of their kind will be shaken out by the deal, with plenty of contests te disturb and disgrace the state convention. If. as is predicted the senatorial delegates should turn out te be Hugh Cellins, W. F. McCully, James Gay Gorden, Henry Donohoe, Themas May Peirce, Richard Vans and Jehn R Read, there is material enough for bar. meny and wise action, if these gentlemen shall conclude te prefer that te a -squabble for the benefit of the Jescphses and Kil lackys. Bemevixe one story might be geed only " until another is told" we have re frained from publishing as true the re ported facts of a legal scandal in Lebanon, the substauce of which is that three well known members of the bar there united in a conspiracy te cheat a deluded woman out of $1, "200, and prostitute 1 their offices as attorney aud abus;d the processes of the criminal law te get the money am! di vide it among themselves. The story as published bore some evidence en its face of having been prepared by interested par ties. But the ehargcls se grave and was published in such responsible quarters that the accused must feel the uaeessityef iclieviug themselves or having public judgment entered against tiicm. The newspapers which printed the story yes terday have no contradiction fiem the accused te-day, and they should realize that there is popular demand for a speedy explanation from them, or damage te their imputations will result from their silence. PERSONAL. Emma Ar.ueTT siugs lame iu one leg. She has been vaccinated. Ail the mem" hers of Mapleson's opera cempany in Phil adclpiua had it done the same way. Mr. Beeciiek has taken back his accu sations involving the morality of the Bioekly n teachers aud school beard. He was threatened with a libel suit. Edith Guay is a variety actre.a who charms her audiences by her shrinking bashfulucs3 aud fragile beauty. Still she fired four shots at a gambler in Council Bluffs. Majer Cathcaut, of Londen, was one of the principal members of Gen. Fremont's expedition, which in 1848 made a winter journey across the plains te California, is dead. Mr. OsrAit Wn.ni: arrived in Philadel phia yesterday, and iu the evening was given a reception at the residence of Mr. Rebert Stewart Davis. Mr. Wilde lee hires te-night, in Horticultural hall. It is reported that cx-Atterncy General Ta ft, of Ohie, is te be made minister te Berlin, tbe pest last filled by Andrew D. White, of Cernell. Mr. Taft last week, had an interview with the president. Somebody is se proud of this as te ad vertise it iu the Philadelphia Ledger : "In this city, en January 14, 1882, the wife of Eewaiu) Fitzgerald, of San Francisce, gave birth te triplets son and two daugh ters." Edwakd Haxlax, the oarsman, arrived at Queenstown and proceeded te Liverpool wbence he will go direct te Londen. He will be entertained at a dinner at the Aquarium en Saturday. He is in perfect health. Wnshi t hi ge: nips predict that one of the jurymen in the Guiteau case Br.ic.nT will stand out for acquittal, en the ground that Guiteau is insane. Bright's father spent several years in the govern ment insane asylum at Washington, ami died there. " Since ex-Senater McDesald, of Indiana married a handsome Washington widow he is getting te be a geed deal of a society man. He aud his wife gave a swell party at Indianapolis the ether evening, which was attended by about twenty-five couples, composed mainly of the leading members of the bar and their wives, including the supreme aud United States judges. Mr. R. D. Barclay, well known in bu. siuess circles connected with the Pennsyl vania railroad company, has been perma nently retained in the service of the com pany, te perform duties assigned by Pres ident Roberts. Mr. Barclay was for nearly twenty years the confidential secretary and trusted friend of the late Colonel Themas A. Scott, and his attorney in fact in many most important operations. Miss Nellie Stanten was an estimable young lady of Taceuy, and moved in the best society iu that quiet suburb. Her friends are greatly shocked te learn that she had been se indiscreet as te elope with a married man William B. Stevenson, the head bookkeeper at Disston's sawwerks at Taceuy who had forsaken his wife and two children for the charms of the younger woman. Stevenson has been em ployed at the Tacony works for about four years, aud during the last two years he has been very intimate with Miss Stanten. They frequently appeared iu public togeth er, aud gave every evidence of cordial friendship aud a most perfect understanding. THE SPUYTEN DUYVIL HORROR MOUOK TI1K I.1KKI.V CAUSK. Kiigincei- Ilurr Tells lluv.' tlie Could nut be Helped. Collision Frauk Burr, engineer of the Tarrytewu train which collided with -the Chicago ex press, made the following statement te Corener Merklc : " I have held the position of locomotive engineer in the employ of the Xew Yerk Central & Hudsen railroad company for ten years I was the engineer of the Tar Tar rytewn special, Ne. GG, coming south, that ran into the Chicago express, Ne. G, below Spuyten Duyvil ou the leth iust. We 'left Tarrytewu at G:40 p. in., which was five minutes behind the regular time because we were waiting ler the Chicago express te pass. It weut by Tarrytewu at 0:35 p. m. We stepped at Spuyteu Duyvil at 7:14, which is about a mile above the Spuyteu Duyvil station, aud according te the time beard we were thirteen minutes behind the Chicago express. After leav ing Spuyten Duyvil we entered the cut going at a speed of eighteen or twenty miles an hour. There were no danger or warning siguals ahead of me aud I passed en te the curve, looking ahead all the time, and I saw a flagman with a red aud white light iu either hand. lie was swiugiug a red light across the down track. At the same time I saw the red light atihe rear of train Ne. G be fore me. WIipu I first saw the red light the flagman giving the signal was net mere than two car lengths ahead of me, aud the train was net mere than thirty five feet distant from him. I immediately put en the airbrakes, reversed the engine, pulled the throttle wide open, blew the whistle aud did all iu my power te come te a step, but failed te de se in time te prevent the accident. I remained at my pest until the train stepped, and assisted in extricating the injured passengers from the smashed cars. The engine smashed through the rear car. Fkaxk Briti;. What Asicitiblyiiiuu Crune Shu'. The statement of Assemblyman Lerey B. Crane would serve te assign a probable cause for the negligence of the brakeman aud directs attention te certain short comings of trainmen which might at any moment be attended with very serious re sults. He said: "There is something T noticed which may have a bearing en the dreadful events of Friday night. I refer te the liberal use of whisky aboard the train, which was net only freely partaken of by passengers, but used by the company's servants also. In fact, I saw trainmen tak ing drinks furnished by passengers, and it is net the first time that I have observed what has apparently grown into custom en Albany trains. The night, as you may remember, was by no means a comfortable one, and it can readily be imagined hew easily a few drinks of whisky might afreet employees who are obliged te move iu the inner and outer temperature of a railroad car. It seems te me that legislation should make it a criminal offense for railroad ser vants te use liquor while en duty, and they appear te use it pretty frequently en the Albany trains." " Did you see any of the men drinking frequently .'" "I saw two or three men drinking liquor, and these men were in the com pany's service, I believe. Of course I de net mean te say that the accident was di rectly due te the use of thu liquor, but. I de say there is no telling hew far the ef fect of the use of stimulants may go or of the disaster it may cause. On this line, it must be confessed, there are special temptations te railroad servants te take liquor, the read being used largely by public men, who sit and chat with the hands, and the result is that these men are liable te forget their duty and te place the public iu a position similar te the one in question." " De you intend te take any action its the matter'.'" " When I return te Albany en Monday I have fully made up my mind te ascertain the views of my fellow-assemblymen and te see if there cannot be some efficient legislative restriction devised by which the frequent drinking by railroad servants can be put a step te. When the collision occurred the passengers in the car in which I was were having a pretty geed time, singing and enjoying themselves gener ally." Notes of Trade. The total experts of domestic bread stuffs from the United States during 1881 were valued at $224,118,509, against $275, 93G.859 in the preceding year. It is said the Pacific bank of Bo3teu will be turned ever te its directors te-morrow, and will be ready te open its doers by the 2-lth inst. A Female Balloonist Killed. At Cynthia, Mexico, en Saturday, Seuo Seue rita Catalina Gougera, a beautiful girl of seveteen, made a balloon ascension without a car and performed en the trap eze. When three-fourths of a mile high the balloon burst and the girl fell te the ground and was instantly killed. A Nobleman Dies in Poverty. Count Franz Thiard de la Ferest, the exiled Hungarian nobleman, has died in abject poverty, at his residence in Eld ridge street, New Yerk, where he had been earning bhj living by practicing as a physician. CRIME AND CALAMITY. THROWN INTO A WELL. LOSSES BY" 11 UK ANU KAIL. 'I lie Last Words Krein the Scaffold. The American Oak leather cempauj's building in Cincinnati, six stories high, and covering an area of 275 by 400 feet, was destroyed by fire this morning. The less is cstimate'd at $175,000. A dispatch from Richmond, Indiana, says that Mrs. Smith, widow of the man whose murdered body was found in a well there, has confessed that she and her sons planned the deed, and that her son Daniel put it into execution. An express train en the Dubuque di vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, was wrecked near Lansing, Iowa, by the breaking of a car wheel. A child was killed aud twenty ether perseus were injured, two fatally. While a freight train ou the Milwaukee fc St. Paul railroad was eressiug the Mis sissippi river bridge, at La Cresse, last Saturday, it was run into by another tiain. One span of the bridge gave way aud five cars, leaded with timber, coal aud iron, fell into the river. Ne one was killed. The damage te property was about $40, 000. One of the window glass mauufacteiies of A. D. & II. Chambers, Pittsburgh, was destroyed by fire last eveniug, occasioning a less of $30,000. The fire was caused by the cupola falling ou the furnace. A number of operatives made a narrow es cape from death. The greatest exert ions were necessary te prevent the lire from be coming an extensive conflagration. It is reported from Souera that in the recent battle between Mexican troops and Indians near the Gauyin river, the tioeps lest live men killed and several wounded, and were compelled te retire. Reinforce ments were sent te the field, it being in tended te starve out the Indians from then stronghold, if possible. SMALLPOX. Its Itavagcs en tlie lucrsuse. Thirty new cases of smallpox and one death have been reported iu Pittsburgh and Allegheny since Saturday night. In'Wilmingten,( .,a few days age a child died of what was supposed te be chicken pox, and its funeral was largely attended. Since then fifty cases of virulent smallpox have developed in the town. The Yirgiuia Heuse of Representatives yesterday passed a joint resolution looking te the establishment in Richmond of a private hospital for the exclusive use of members and attaches of the Legislature who may be attacked by the smallpox. The Senate by a close vote refused te con cur iu the resolution, whereupon one of the members announced that he would offer te-dav a resolution removing the ses sion of the Legislature te Norfolk. r.ei.n kei;i:i:kv. A Wasen of Itedd's Ks.pre.ss Jtebbed The Thieves Arrested. The trunks which were stolen from Dedd's cxpicss wagon iu New Yerk have been recovered, and three persons have been arrested for the robbery. They are Henry Hart, alias Brown, alias Stuttering Jee, Marcus Raymond, both professional thieves, and the hitter's mistress, in whose apartments the greater portion of the con tents of the stolen trunks were found. Three of the trunks belenged te General J. L. Donaldsen, of Baltimore. The de tectives had been watching the woman for some days, and noticed that iu the evenings, elegantly attired iu the stolen jeweh y, she was iu the habit of going te balls. The woman and Raymond con fessed, lie said he had followed the wagon for some distance, noticing that the driver was alone. When the oppor tunity arrived he mounted the box, and, diiviug te his house, secured the trunks aud started the team, letting tliem go where they wanted. " i.AST WOKIJS." A Mimleirr's Warning Frem the ScalVulil. Jesse Williams, colored, convicted of murder, was hanged yesterday at Savan nab, with circumstances apparently copied from certain modes of criminal procedure at Washington. His execution took place at the time fixed by himself, 12:30 p. m. It was private, but about six thousand persons having gathered outside the jail. Williams, at. his own request, was allowed, under a guard of police, te go out and address the crowd from the jail steps. He spoke for ten minutes, warning them against, gambling and drink ing ; and when he was taken back inside the jail and hanged.- Vindictive Crime. Saturday night Fleta, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Colonel L. O. Gillcs pie, living near Ledi, San Joaquin county. Cal., was shot in the neck by Themas Lydeu, and probably fatally wounded. The assassin tired through a window at the girl, lljs body was found the next morning iu a hay stack, where he had com mitted suicide. Lydeu had been employed en the farm by Colonel Gillespie, but was discharged for forcing his attentions upon Miss Gillespie. A PLUCKY PRIKST. Helding ;i Thief at Bay Arrive. Till the Polire In Baltimore yesterday between three and four o'clock Father Dancnhauer, rec ter of St. James' Catholic church, and Brethers Bernardine and Ebcrhardt, while sitting in a room in the pastoral residence, were startled uy hearing the burglar alarm attached te the p:or box in the vestibule of the church ring. Bre. Bernardine ran out and entered the church from the street, and found a young man tampering with the box. He seized him, but the man re sisted. When Father Dancnhauer and Brether Eberhardt came in though the church he breke away from Brether Bcr nardinc, and, running up the gallery steps drew a knife and threatened any one who molested him. Brether Ebcrhardt, who ha 1 provided himself with a pistol, drew the weapon fiem the folds of his cassock aud compelled the mau te drop his knife, ami held him at bay until the arrival of the police. He gave the name of Jehn Will iams, and was committed for court. CONGRESS. APFAIUS OF STATK. Twe mid a-Ualf Millions for a Library. In the United States Seuate yesterday, Mr. Voerhccs reported a bill appropriat ing $1,500,000 te begin the erection of a building for the congressional library and $1,100,000 for the purchase of a site. Mr. Legan introduced a bill granting arrears of pension te the widow of Abraham Lin cold, and asked its consideration. The bill was referred te the pension committee, Mr. Blair, of that committee, stating that it was considering the cas5 of both Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Lincoln. The Heuse census deficiency bill was reported and passed. Mr. Ingalls' resolution de claring agahist the repeal of the pension arrears bill was discussed. The Sherman funding bill was taken up, and then laid ever until te-day. " After a speech by Mr. Cameren, of Pa., en the subject of taxa tion, the Senate went into executive ses sion, and seen after adjourned. In the Heuse 402 additional bills were introduced under the call of states. Ne ether business of importance was done be fore adjournment. The Heuse committee en appropriations agreed yesterday te insert in the first de ficiency bill an item of $25,000, asked by Professer Baird te aid in the propagation of white fish. A. FAST EXPRESS WRECKED. Twe Persons Killed and Many Injured In low. Specials from McGregor, Iowa, say that the St. Leuis and St. Paul express, known as the " Flying Dutchman,'' was wrecked near New Albien. A wheel en the truck of the smekiug car burst ou account of the expanded ieuraal. heated by the rapid running. The smoker turned ever ana rolled down the bank, making two or three revolutions iu its descent, and was stripped of scats and all movable matter. The passengers were tossed about amid the wreck. The sleeper was derailed, aud one end swung areuud and hung by the coupling ever the brink of a bridge. One man, name unknown, was killed, as was also one of four children of Mrs. Jehn Donahue, who was en her way te join her husband. The injured arc J. A. Jenkins, superintendent of" the Dubuque division, head hurt and hands crushed ; J. A. Farrell, of La Cresse, injured internally, probably fa tally ; Conductor W. A. Wolcott. wounded about the head ; a child of Mrs. Jehn Cavanagh, of Wisconsin, head crushed, will die ; the manager of the Rice-Sprague minstrels, injured badly in head and shoulders ; the members of the treupe were mere or Ics bruised : Jehn Hcaley, Mexferd Iowa, badly hurt en head and shoulders, prebabl) fatally : Richardson, traveling man of Hultale, N. Y , cellar bone broken. Physicians are en the ground and the wounded ate being cared (or. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE UOTJRT. IN THK OUAKTKU SK-iSIONS. Monday Afternoon. In the cem'th vs. Jacob Cellins, charged with larceny as bailee, the defense was that the defendant never get any bottles of Kane, aud that the man Witmer, a material witness for the commonwealth, was net worthy of be lief. The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty. Benjamin Butt plead guilty te stealing rags from Jehn A. Shober, and was sen tenced te two months' imprisonment. Samuel Procter, a young colored boy who plead guilty te stealing money from Samuel Herner, of Providence township, was erdricd te be sent te the house of refuge. Scely aud Samuel Jehnsen plead guilty te stealing money from Israel Hauleu, and they weic also sentenced te the house of refuge. Jonas Hey plead guilty te the charge of adultery and was sentenced te six months' imprisonment. Frank Grett plead guilty te stealing a let of lard and perk from Jehn Longe Lenge nccker, of Marietta, and was sentenced te three months' imprisonment. Cem'th vs. Augustus Hirsh. The de fendant was charged with stealing a coat from Al. Fulmer, who keeps a restaurant in Centre square, the particulars of which appeared in the Intelligence!! some days age. The defense was that Hirsh bought the coat from a man en the Col umbia pike. Verdict, "guilty." Sen. tenced te one month in jail. Cem'th vs. Samuel Tayler. The de fendant, who is a colored man, is charged with having resisted Officer Merriuger, who attempted te arrest him en Middle street ou October 5. Tuesday Morning The defense in case of Cem'th vs. Samuel W. Tayler, sisting Officer Merriuger, was that at time the officer took held of him he the did net knew that he was a policeman, blinded by the bleed which flowed being from wounds inflicted in a prier fight, and when told who had charge of him he weut along quietly. The jury lcndered a verdict of net guilty with county for costs. William Jacksen was convicted en two charges of incest, preferred by his step daughters Resaunaaud Ida Jacksen. The parties te the suit resided in Drumere township. The offense was committed in October. Iu two charges of rape brought by the same parties the jury acquitted Jacksen. Sentence deferred. Herman Bihnke pleaded guilty ing laid aud perk from Jehn B. eckcr living near Marietta aud te steal-iieugeu-was seu- tenced te undergo an impiisoument of three and a half months. Counsel for Emanuel Guudaker present ed the certificate of Dr. S. T. Davis that Guudaker was suil'eriiig from an attack of cramp in the stomach. Counsel for the commonwealth resisted the discharge, and the court said they would hear the argu ment en a motion te continue at half past 2 o'clock. Tuesday Afternoon. Or. S.T. Davis, Jhav ing appeared before court aud stated that Guudaker was net in fit, condition te be safely brought into ceuit, his trial was continued until the adjourned term in February. (rand Jury Return. 7 rue Hills II. F. Hall, false pretence ; Heury Fisher. William Marshall, A. S. Miller, Peter Hastleiti, larceny. Ignored Mary, Manning and Lizzie Sladc, larceny ; A. S. Miller, larceny ; Lewis Coulman, receiving stolen goods ; Eliza Brening, cruelty te children ; Christian Hagelgans, carrying concealed deadly weapons and felonious assault and battery ; Frederick Gnelt, burglary ; Herman Bihnke, burglary ; James Liu- t hurst, larceny ; David Baxter, receiving stolen goods. EAST 'EARL. Tim Mews from Boyentt Neiv Helland. Cedar l.-inc Corii'spenarlici1. Seme folks "had their sleighs out for half a day this week, but most of tliem had the fun of pulling them home through the mud. We have had two mere funerals iu our village during the last week one in the Decker family, this making the sixth in this family inside of ninety days, and the ether in the Rutt family, being the third in that family in the same length of time. Quite a number of business changes will take place in this section ou April 1. The health of the neighborhood is new fair. Tt is hoped the weather will assume mere of a winter aspect before long. The Bridgeville M. E. church has been having quite a revival. Many old resi dents have sought peace at the altar, and every night pew ones are taking the place of these who have been blessed. Tobacco men all busy, prcpariug their crop for market. Mr. David Zell, of this place, has plenty of leaves of a very fine quality, measuring ever thirty inche?. This crop was raised en a very thin piece of ground, but Mr. Zell attributes the size and quality te the application of Sharpless ir Carpenter's dissolved bone phosphate. Martin Dei m and Isaac Ceffrath, jr., just ever the line iu Sadsbury, appear te have the boss crops of that section, and Mr. William Frybargcr.ef the same place, has also a fine crop considering the season. They all used the dissolved beue as fertil izer and pronounce it the best article in the market for cither tobacco, corn or wheat. Messrs. Diem and Ceffrath have disposed of their crep3 en private terms. Rumer says that they received 30 cents round, which will nctt them a very nice sum for their crop. Sale of Horses. Samuel Hess & Sen. auctioneers, sold at public sale, January 1G, 1882, at the Mer rimac house, Lancaster, Pa., for Geerge Gressman, IS head of Canada horses, at au average price of $199.48 per head, the highest one sold brought $280. Assignments. The number of assignments of property for the benefit of creditors entered in the county recorder's office for the year just closed was 22. The number made during 1880 was only 12. THE LEAF. LOCAL TOBACCO MAHKtT. Large Ouantlties Delivered Ills Paid. Price The rain and snow aud fej that have prevailed during the past week rendered tuc toeacco moist ami seit ana exactly fitted it for handling. Consequently there was a great deal of it delivered at the city warehouses, just hew much we cannot say, as the farmers de net knew aud the dealers say they de net knew. Frem inquiries among the bankers it appears that a great deal of money was paid out te farmers in payment for tobacco, but net se much as was paid out the week preceding. There was soma dissatisfaction ou the part of dealers with the condition iu which some of their purchases were delivered, and there was some grewliug en the part of the farmers when they were decked for failing te deliver their goods iu ac cordance with their contract, but ou the whole both parties were pretty well satis fied. In our interviews with a number of dealers we learn that the tobacco centiuues te come iu in geed condition, the only complaint being that iu a geed many instances- the wrappars arc net as leug as the contracts call for. Ou the ether hand some of the crops arc very line, aud the farmers realized immense prices ler them. Jehn J. Leng, of Drumore, delivered te Dan Mayer en Monday, the crop cut from 1J acres of ground. The weight was 3,059 pounds, the price paid per peuud being 32 cents through, the value of the crop being $978.88. Mr. Leug has sold te Mr. Mayer, but net yet deliv ered, two acres mere at 25 cents through. Geerge llarnish, of Lampeter, delivered te Frank Pcutlarge two acres of still heavier weight, but net se high a price. the figures being 29 cents for wrappers, S for seconds and 3 for tillers. The weight of the crop was 3,490 pounds and the amount paid for it $859. Mr. llarnish says the patch was only an acre aud a hal f neat measure, aud if aiiy oae doubts it and will send him a rclible survover, he will cheerfully pay the cost of surveying it. Following are some recent deliveries aud the prices paid. M. W. Martin, Earl township, te lle-en. baum, 24, 8, 3. Benjamin Eby, Paradise township, te Rescnbaum, 28, 10, 5. Jacob Keudig, Lcaceck township, te Pentlarge, 19, 10, 3. B. F. Charles, East Hcmptield township te Rosenwald, 25, 10, 4. Jeseph G. Grieder, Hemplield township, te Ledcrman, 24, 10,4. W. R. Jenes, Yerk county, te Keudig. 25, 10, 5, 3. Daniel Scipliug, Coaey te-.tiu-hip. te Lederman, 28, .13, 8. Joel Zeek,' Leacock township, te Brownstein. 28, 14, 8, 3. W. II. Carter, Little Britain township, te Teller & Bre., 18 around. W. 3. Christy, Little Britain tew.iship, te Teller & Bre., 24, 8, 3. Benjamin Montgomery, Couetoga twp., te Kendig, 25, 9, 3. Eliasllertzler, Maner township, te Tel ler & Bre., 22, 13, 8, 3. Samuel Batr, Earl township, te Fischer, 20, 11, 8, 3. Geerge A. Morrison, Maner township, te Brownstein, 25, 10, 5. Jeseph Liggit, Yerk county, te Keudig, .i, 1, Of e. A. II. Trout, Yerk county, te ICemlig, 24 12 5 3. E. E. Woodward, Fulton township te Rosenwald, 23, 8, 3. Gilpin Reynolds, Fulton tevnship, te Rosenwald, 25, 7, 3. Themas Rea, Chester county, te Girhel & Bre., 23, 0, 3. Jehn Ritter, Little Britain township, te Gershel & Bre., 24, 8, 0, 3. Jehn Maule. of Celcraiti township, te , Levy, 20, 12, 9, 3. Jehn Seett. Verk county, te Keudig. 24, 0, 5, 3. Benjamin Heir, Maner township, te Reseushmc, 22, 0, Diller Ranck, East Lampeter township, te Rescnbaum, 20, 13, 5. J. S. Hess, Pcquca township, te Mc Laughlin, lti areuud. W. II. Fisher, te Keudig, 23. 10, 5, 3. J. E. Walteu, te Keudig, 25, 10. 5, 3, A. Jeucs, te Keudig, 25, 10, 5, 8. Following arc th6 prices paid by Skiles, & Frey for the crops of the growers named, delivered at their warehouse during the past few days : Jehn Lapp, of Salisbury, 25, 10, 3 ; A. M. Erb, Pequea, 25, 9, G, 3 ; Geerge Robinson, 26, 10, S ; W. McKnight, 25. 10, 3 ; Jehn Russell, 28, 10, 5, 3 ; R. Ress, 28, 10, 3 ; Jehn Martin, 25, 10, 5, 3 ; Jehn Axe, 27 through ; Geerge Seldom -ridge. 29, 10, 5 ; Moses Sheuk, 30, 20, 8, 4 ; Rebert A. Yarns, 35, 14. 3 : Jehn P. Sweigart, 2C, 10, 5, 3 : Jehn Gibbs, 20, 10, 5, 3 ; G. N. Worst, 25, 12, 3 ; Ames Steltzfus, 25, 12, 3 ; Peter Ash, 27, 10, 5, and 3. Old Tobacco. During the past week there have been sold about 250 cases of old tobacco, of which 200 cases were shipped te New Verk aml50ca?es te California, ou private terms. A t'HOKKll Sr.Wiat. Let it be Opened at Onre. Fer three or four weeks past the cellar of D. M. Moere's Swan hotel, corner of Seuth Queen and Vine streets, has been gradually filling with water, and it was supposed seme ene of the small springs in the neighborhood was the cause of it.. Vesterday afternoon, Jeseph Wacker, the owner of the property, procured the ser vices of the Shiftier steam fire engine te pump the water out and run it iute the Vine street sewer. The hose wi placed into the mouth of the inlet in front of the hotel, and the engine was put in motion. Iu a very short time the inlet filled up and over flowed . The firemen attempted te open it, but it - was found te be se tightly choked up that they could net de se. They then run their line of hose across the street te another inlet and seen suc ceeded iu pumping the cellar compara tively dry. But thjs morning it is again filling up, aud there is no doubt the diffi culty is owing te the choked inlet which prevents the water from the gutters from passing into the sewer antl forces it te soak through the soft earth uutil it finds its way into the cellar. The inlet should be at once opened and thoroughly cleaned, and in the meantime the street committee might give some of the1 ether inlets an overhauling. A .Hire in the nighway. On Saturday evening as Mrs. Jehu Mc Graun aud her daughter were returning te their home ou thc'Mauheimpike, the horse stuck in the mud where the new branch of the Pennsylvania railroad cresses the turnpike. In his endeavors te extricate himself he fell down, breaking thu shafts off and compelling the ladies te walk home. If railroads run at will through people's property does the law allow them te leave the public highways iu such a condition as te endanger people's lives? Gene te Mexico. Herace Gast, formerly of this city, but for four or five years past a resident of Pueblo Colerado, of which city he was a year age elected city treasurer, has re signed his office, and en the 12th of Jan uary started for Hermosilla, state of Son Sen ora, Mexico, te take a position at a geed salary in a railroad office. Frem Pueblo te Tucson he traveled by rail, and then went by stage 600 or 700 miles te his des tination, which we hope he has sifely reached by this time. THK SKW F1KK DEPARTMENT. Applications for Positions Under I lie call System. Last evening the committee en the re organization of the fire department met iu select council chamber for the purpose of receiving applicatieus for membership in the new fire department under the pro posed call system as enacted by councils iu au ordinance passed iu December, aud which it is proposed shall go into effect en the first of February next. It had becu expected that a representative of the Gamewell electric fire alarm cempauy would be present for the purpose of clos ing contract with the city and commencing preparations for the erection of the neces sary wires aud alarm boxes, but for some cause he did net appear, though the chair man announced au expectation of Ma ar rival te-day. All the membcrs of the special eommittee Select Councilman ward. Belew is applications read. were present, except Decrr, of the First priutcd a list of the It will be observed that the aspirants for positions as drivers of engines ami liose carts greatly eutuum bcr the places at the committee's disposal, while of foremen and engineers there ap pear also a superfluity, but the requisite number of hesemen and ladderinen namely, four of the former for each et the four ongiue companies and the same number of the lr.ttcr for the hook and lad der truck are lacking. It should be ic membered, hewever, that, in addition te the list of officials proposed below, thcUnien company, under the terms of agreement by which the city receives that eugiue, free of charge for a year, is te be allowed te mau the machiue for that period. The names proposed by them were net before the eommittee last night aud consequently are net iucluded.herein. The list below comprises also a full list submitted by the Washington company for the several posi tions. The applicatieus were in every in stance accompanied by substantial reeetn mcudatiens of prominent citizens, ami the members of the committee kept record of the applicatieus. They will in all probability award the places at a meeting held later in the present week, after the members of the committee haw had an opportunity of ascertaining the qualifications of the various applicants. With regard te securing mere applications for positions as hesemen further adver tiscment will be made. The application of Adam S. ltheads for the position of chief engineer of the department was also le ceived, but as the appointment is net within the province of the committee, it being provided by ordinance that that efii cer shall be elected by councils, Mr. Rhoads will have te submit his application te the higher body. Here is the list ; where known we have added the wards te which the various applicants belong. Applicants for Engineer : J. W. Ander Ander eon, 4th ward ; Henry T. Yackly, 7th ward ; Harry Shaub, 3d ward ; F. Henry Kilburn. 1st ward ; Jacob Herzeg, Gth ward ; Isaac Kiunear, 3d ward. Applicants for Diiver : Jacob Foust, 3d ward , James Kautz, 5th ward ; Jas. II. Garner, 3d ward ; Edwaid Plitt, 4th ward ; Jehn Sheridan ; Jehn Dugau, 2d ward ; Martin Garne: ; Jehn H.Keller, 7th ward ; M. T. Rese, 9th ward ; Henry Sou Seu ders, Gth ward ; Barney Mulhattcu, Gth ward : H. O. Leachcy, 1st ward ; A Bine hart, 4th ward; S. A. Stepheus ; A. J. Clinucr : II. S. Resh ; Milten B. Bieiuvus derfur ; Jehn Peeples, 4th ward. Applicants for Foreman : Byree .1 Brown (Heek and Ladder), Gth waul: Geeige E. Bair. 3d ward ; Bennett Full mer, 1st ward ; W. C. Arneld (Heek and Ladder), 5th ward ; W. C. Samson. Gtn ward ; Frank Fritsch,8th ward ; Autheuy Bihl, 7th ward ; Charles Frauciscus. 7th watd. Applicants for Hesemen : J. J. Ciui niugham, 9th ward : Jeseph Goedendoil, I 9th ward ; II . R. Gensemer, 9 th ward: i Jehn T. Fetterly, 9th ward : Am ! brose Herkcnreiter, 3th ward. Applicant for Ladderman : H.-ur Reiner. The committee passed a resolution of fered by Dr. Davis, requesting the city so se so liciter te inquire into the law and decih decih decih ionsef the courts in the matter of owner ship of property and apparatus of volun teer tire companies, aud report the sum. at ouce for the information of the eommit eemmit eommit teo. It was stated during the sitting that the decisions iu the cases of Borough of Bethlehem vs. Perseverance tire com pany (3 Weekly Notes) and Humane lire company's appeal, Philadelphia (7 Nor Ner rls), were te the clfect that the ownership of the apparatus of the volunteer lire com panics is iu thu public, and net with the members of the companies. Mr. Pend, secretary of the G.imeweli electric tire alarm company, reached Lan caster te-day, and had an interview with the committee ou the reorganization ei the tire department. It was agreed that the electric apparatus should be placed in the second story of the station house, and that the bell of the Empire hook and lad der company shall remain as the alarm bell, andbe rehuugsj as te increase and improve its tone in striking the alarm. The contract for the erection of the tire alarm will probably be executed and signed by Mr. Pend and the committee this afternoon. TllK I1RA.1I A. Frederick H'urde iu Viruliilut." Fer the first time in many years Sheri dan Knowles' tragedy of " Virginias" was presented in this eity last night at Fulton opera house, befere au audience that would have been larger had the weather been less unpropitious and thu tragedian's reputation -broader. Mr. Warde gave us a robust representation of the title role, possessing in marked degree many of the physical attributes necessary te a con sistent and intelligent conception aud rendition of thu part of the proud anil heroic Reman. He has a shapely figure, commanding stage presence, a musical resonant voice and powers of declamation that steed him in geed stead in the recital of the many stirring passages in which the classic tragedy is prolific. Mr. Ward interpretation is modeled after the traditional ideals, and while it docs net have that consistent and delicate finish, nor the inspiring dignity, with which the actors of the elder school.-, and Ferrest and McCuI leugh of a later day imbued the character, this may be due in large measure te the actor's com paratively recent essay of the role, and there is no denying the vigor which thu part takes en in his hands, nor the gleams of native genius aud histrionic power which light up his impersonation. Of his favor with the audience several calls be fore the curtain were the best testimony. If Mr. Aveling's Apjnus be excluded the support was net worth seriously speaking of. thk cokenkkv umi .Mr. hlilllVir Holds Mis first Imiuet. Corener D. A. Skitter .summoned a jury jury te day composed of the following well known gentlemen : J. S. Strine. J no. P. Geed, S. S. Martin, W. H. Deichler, Gee. II. Miller and T. F. MuElligett. They proceeded te the county almshouse and held an inquest en the body of Jehn Wil Wil eon, who they concluded had died from exposure. He was a man of about 70, from the neighborhood of Kiugsbridge, Celcrain township. He was peer, thiuly clad and accustomed te come te the tramp yard for work and feed, but never had been an inmate of the almshouse. Yester day he complained of being unwell aud was put iute a warm room iu the hospital aud had medical attendance. But he was worn out, and this morning death ended his tramp life. Soup Issued. There were issued from the city soup house this morning 41G rations of soup.
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