LANCASTER DAILY ISTELL1GENTER THURSDAY, JAXTARY 19. 1SS2. fLancastrr J ntrlligrncn:. THURSDAY KVZXXXa. JAi. IS. Plntcra Ue People. We mean exactly what we saj when we declare tlia: tLe annus! exhibit of the Kate's expenditures presents a lire issue In the politics of Pennsylvania, one which the people can readily understand and appreciate and from which any party that takes held of it honestly and vigorously can win great credit for itself and accomplish great geed for the commonwealth. We presume the peo ple of the stale can revive the less of H.W9 or mere stolen from them every year and net perceptibly feel the -ncrease of tax rendered necessary by it. But from state officials who tolerate and encourage this sort of thing pure and honest administration can no mere be expected than a clear stream can be made te run from a. dirty and polluted i,untain. While expenses are incurred, supplies bought, supernumerary officials employed and undue and profligate sala ries paid at Harrisburg te enrich plun derers and te maintain party paupers, wc cannot expect honest legislation or upright discharge of the duties entrust ed te state officials. Every sort of moral and political consider ations unite in the propriety of the policy of no unnecessary official.", no pay for work in excess of that for which the same kind of work can be pro cured te be done in the open market, no purchase of unnecessary supplies and all purchases by bid and contract. Let us see hew these several matters statu! hi the system new in vogue. We make bold te say that in most of the de partments ene-thiul of the subordinate positions could be abated and all the sal aries cut down at least a third, se that these places, instead of being party spoils, would re occupied by competent men, paid for v hat they de and doing wliat they are paid for, instead of being se many free beds in a jwlitical hospital. But iti the Heuse and .Senate this abuse is most conspicuous, and here there is scarcely even a pretense that the offices are established and their number fixed with any ether view than te give the members the largest chance te get their political dependents pensioned upon the state. The Senate lias seven clerks, three sergeauts-at-arms, two messengers, librarian, three doorkeepers, chaplain, two foremen, engineer, three janitors, seven pasters and folders, and ten page- whose salaries for a session amount te $40,175.70. The compensation of the clerks runs from $1,277 te $?.,9-j7.22. wh cli - very fair pay for a whole year of Mich .services as they lender. Jn the Heuse there are eight clerks, live sergeants-at-arnis, four messengers, live deer-keepers, two postmasters 'the Senate has one. chaplain, fireman, seven janitors, eleven pasters and folders and seventeen pages. Their pav aggiegate S03.33G. Fer a ses sion which rarely extends te live months, and which includes about live dais work in a week, clerks get from $1, 300 te $4,000 compensation in either house ; deer-keepers, sergeants-at-arms and messengers fall little below Sl,e0u : janitors and pasters and folders range about the same, and pages get generally mere than $300 per term S3 a day, which is about three times the pay of a laboring man and double the wages of a mechanic, who seldom get paid when they de net work. Of the grand total of nearly 8110,000 legislative" expenses, we believe it is entirely practicable te save one-half, or a great deal mere. Half the men em pleyed could de the work, and entirely lit ones could be had for half the salaries paid. This " pasting aud folding" business is the worst swindle of all. Eighteen men are alleged te be employ ed at it at from SO te $10 per day. What e they de ? Who knows V We will uarantee te have all this work, new costing the state about $17,000, deue for SG,000. We knew of cases iu which pasters and folders, and ether employees tee, paid the member who get them the place half their salary, in ethers that they hired men te de their work for $150 and never went te Harrisburg at all, iu ethers still they were simply car ried en the pay roll without any pretense of doing any work or having it deue. and in ether instances they paid their patron by buying him a handsome gift and pre senting it te him at the close of the ses sion, with great display. " from his lov ing fellow members." As we have shown, the state pays some S0,000 for distribut ingaud shipping public documents. That money would amply" pay this werkand all the pasting and folding that is honestly done at Harrisburg. A clear saving of $17,000 could thus be effected aud iufinite relief given te legislative morals. The number of pages is three fold larger than necessary aud we submit that te pay the sons of members and their friends double the wages that mechanics and laboring men get, for the light work, done is a swindle en the taxpayers. The many thousands of dollars ab sorbed by the departments and clerks as "contingent" is made te cover purchases that the state does net need and which are net honestly bought. We have heard of cases in which contractors, unable te further gorge the departments with their supplies, had te give officials geld -watches for themselves and seal skin sacques for their wives te make out the appropriation. What does Chief Clerk Cochran de with $3,500 contingent and Harry Huhn with $G,G.2? contingent and $2,000 for inci dentals when there seems te have been special warrants drawn for every con ceivable kind of incidental and contin gent expenses ? And Delaney, Huhn, Adams, Chellis, and Smull get between them $14,092.38 for repairs and "furnishing," net te speak of $5, tfU7.5, paid te Gray, the "breqms, buckets, etc., man," $1,545 for plumbing aud gas-fltting, and their grabs in the jihaie of extra pay, " labor, postage and expenses." New it is notorious that this business of refurnishing is going en all the time for the sole benefit of the job jeb )ttm aud robbers. Yeu can go te Har rteburg any time and see the depart ments aud halls well furnished with new cat pets and geed furailureequal te these of any business place or commercial ex- 1 change in the state. Before your back. j is turned ten thousand dollars may be spent ferrefgrnish fog, and nobody taiews I where the old furniture gees ner is any account ever rendered for it. Is it burnt, stolen or exchanged for the new ': We Lave a suspicion that it is salted down in the capitol cellars and brought eat the Beit year and passed eS en the state as new goads, and se with two sets of furniture the business can go en for ten years geed stealing "" at least. In the furnishing of supplies there is boundless room for fraud. A fresh "' official who caught a coal dealer deliver ing 1.200 pounds te the ten some years age premised te make some lively dis closures, but in a few months he suc cumbed te Harrisburg temptations and became as rascally as the rest of them. Democratic officials and legislators have been tried and proved as bad as the ether side. The remedy can only be feand in a complete cleaning out and fumigation of the-' Capitel hill ": offices and the leg islative halls. The people must reuse up en tliis snbject and elect men with brains te see this stealing and courage te fight it If the Democratic party wants te come into power let it pledge itself te cut up these practices by the roots, te cut down the offices and salaries, step the plunder in the furnishing of supplies and the refurnishing et rooms every year at enormous CDSt. If the politicians can take no higher view of it can't they see that $100,000 saved te the state thus in a year would furnish capital te the paitv for a generation ! Mr.. Sceatlle makes a severe criti cism upon the conduct of Arthur in pressing for a conviction of murder against Guiteau although there is a doubt of his sanity and the credit of the country would suffer least it lie was se i fMirw! C- .ntrilla'c irlae ic that 4r. I U. - ..V..w - "" inur tears iuat ii vniuvau is muim iusiuc the Stalwart politicians and newspapers will be popularly held responsible for their malign influence upon his diseased mind : whereas if he is pronounced sane he only will have the responsibility te bear. There is sharpness and probably truth in this supposition; but whether true or net Mr. &ceville does himself credit by boldly holding te accountabil ity for the murder of Garfield the men who wanted him out of the- way and profited by his death, although they did net have the courage te de the work di rectly. It is a matter of great ixratiucatien that the bully Lister of PhiLidelphia is sent te prison for a jear. the only source of regret being that he is ever again te breathe the free air. There are a geed many men :ent te jail who don't deserve te go there, but tliere are a great many mere net tliere who ought te be, and this man is one of the class who ought te be strangled at their birth, if their in vincible propensity te evil could then be known, ne has done deeds which long age ought te have ended his career en the scaffold. Josephs, the man whom he last shot, is net much mere of an erna ment te society, the enlv geed thins we knew of te set down te his ciedit being his prosecution of Lister. Thev belong te the disreputable let of low politicians which se steadily disgrace Philadelphia. If some enterprising manager willbiiug te Lancaster a company that will uive us " Patience" as it ought te be given our people will have a treat they have net yet been vouchsafed. Te hear niue young women tinging " Forty love-sick maidens we ' requires tee great a strain en the imagination of as rebu3t an audience as gathered at Fulton hall last night. Manager Ferd should stick te the score or increase his company. Tin: success of the New Yerk Sun is the great phenomeneuof American journalism. It has advanced te a circulatieu of about 130,000 daily, and in point of popularity aud influence stands te-day at the top of the pile. Independence, enterprise, brev ity and condensation aie some of the fea tures which have made it this marvelous success. People who went te Fulton hall last evening with checks for reserved seats iu many instances feuud them occupied by ethers whom the ushers had put there. Was it the fault of the ushers or of the tieket sellers ? In either case reform is necessary. If people cauuet get the seats which they pay te have reserved for them they will no longer pay extra te have the privilege of being seated in an out-of-the-way place and looking at ethers enjoy their seats at the price of general admissieu. Real estate cannot be assessed at its full value iu Philadelphia if we cau judge from the values attached te some of the best known properties en Chestnut street. The Ledger building is put down ou the assessor's book at $300,000 ; the Press at $160,000 ; the Tunes at $130,000 ; the Con tinental hotel at $000,000 ; the Perter & Ceatcs store at $135,000 ; the Matthew W. Baldwiu estate residence and Bide lets at $220,000 ; S. S. White's estate's building, in which is the Baily, Banks & Riddle jewelry store at $260,000. The Lancaster Fanner, published by Jehn A. Hiestaud and edited by Dr. S. S. Rathven, has entered upon its feiuteenth volume. Dr. Rathven brings te the edi torial department of the Farmer a wealth of useful knowledge in matters of agricul turc, .horticulture and kindred subjects, rarely te be found iu ether periodicals of its class. The doctor is a scientist, but he presents his scientific facts in such a practical shape that the unscientific farmer at once understands and adepts them as common-sense facts. The Farmer is well patronized, but is deserving of a far wider circulation among the tillers of the soil than it has yet attained. We new have the New Era's opinion en the bills paid upon the recommendation of the court te county officers for " work done in their offices " in putting the papers in order, amounting te some $4,300. Our esteemed contemporary thinks this allow ance te its "refermers7' by two ether of its "reformers" was "decidedly cheeky." The Neic Era, we trust has net overlooked the bill paid te Clerk Urban for blanks. It erroneously stated that by "judicial de cisions " the cenuty was held liable far thee. At leas: it has sever proaneec these decisions." and Clerk Urban say? he knew of none, except -Judge living- . sten's nrivate advice te Ike 3ubemr. FE3SONA.L. General H-tycecs was in yesterday and called npen thi Washington 5?cre'"arv of Geerge Mxgee died yesterday in Phiia delphia in the 7ti year of his age. He was sheriff from 155 j te 1S57. was a well well hnewn business t"?t, aud active in the old fixe department and the National Guard. It has been decided that the bronze statute of the late Professer Hxxht shall be erected in the grounds of the Sniithsen- , ian Institution, a short distance north- west from the main building. The 100th anniversary of the birth of j Datei. Weesteb was celebrated yester terday in 2ew Yerk, Washington. Bes: n, Chicago and a number of ether cities and towns, by speeches, receptions, banqaets and ether exercises. The thirteenth anneal meeting of the National beard of trade was held yester day in Washington. The Bosten corn xnercinl association was admitted te mem- bership, and Feedzeicx Fealey was j elected president for the ensuing year. j Themas Dicksex, president of the Dels- j ware & Hudsen canal company, and Ce!. J F. YerxG, general manager of the com pany, and president of its Albany & Susquehanna railroad system, started life together en the Delaware Hudsen canal tewjath forty six years age. .Tn?rv C. KrT.TTTT. esn. last evening ee- 1-1 T7- livered an address in Associat'en hall, Philadelphia, before the Secial Science and Civil Service Reform associations, upon the municipal government of Phila delphia, iu which he advocated one execu tive head and as few subordinate depart ments as possible, with the latter working in harmenv and with reference of each te The bUJ introduced in the Senate b Mr. Blair te grant a pension te Mrs. Gar field proposes te provide a pension of $5,000 per year, from September 10. 1SS1. ' te the wife of the late president. At the meeting of the Senate committee en pen- siens, the bill te graut about $15,000 ar- rears of pension te Mrs. Lincoln was brought up informally and developed a unanimity of sentiment in favor of grant- . ing at least that amount of relief, but i some difference of opinion was manifested . as te the manner in which the relief should I be designated, aud the subject went ever until Saturday, when a bill will undoubt edly be agreed upon. A W03IAN" WITH PLUCK. j shcsafg Her ! - Keai Husband Frem Death in tne Rearing Rappabanueck. CuliiOiiei Letter In the Baltimore Sim. One day last week Mrs. Douglass Yass, a bride of two weeks, by her coolness' and courage saved the life prebablv of her husband aud herself, as well as their team. The rains and snows of the last few days have made many of the river and creek I fords very dangerous crossings. Mr. J Yass and his wife, who was a Miss James, of Fauquier, who reside near Brandj Station, in Culpeper, weie attempting te ! cress the Rappahanueck. at Beverly's ford, 1 iu a two-horse wagon, and when near the middle of the river thev were washed ' 1 by the current form the ford aud down ' the middle et the dangerous stream. Ihe I coupling becoming unfastened, they weie ' ? perilous situation and the gentleman losing his presence of miud, endeavored te leap into the river. As he had en Ins overcoat he would in all probability have been drowned, but the lady caught held of him with ene baud aud with the ether guided the horses te a point near the shore, where the wagon hung up. 1 hen insisting ou bis remaining aud looking after the horses, she leaped into the stream, swam ashore aud went te Mr. Cunningham's, the hearcst house, for assistance, which iu au hour or two was procured, and the half drowned and freen inau aud his team were rescued. A-cl!en!ally Sheeting Himself lu l'resciu-e el His Brlde. Willis Cass, seu of a wealthy citizen of Mansfield, was married 4)11 Christmas day te Mertie Cleveland, a member of another leading Tiega county family. A few days age they went en a visit te the bride's father at Frest Settlement. A chicken was te be killed for dinner. Mr. Cleve land took down his rifle te sheet 0110 aud young Cass asked his father-in-law te let him de the sheeting. He took the gun and went out into the yard. His bride steed at the window looking at him. "Sheet the big one, Will," she shouted te him as the chickens were huddled to gether. Cass laid the gnu down aud tossed a stone among them te scatter them. He then picked up the rifle by the muzzle and drew it toward him. The motion knocked the hammer down en the cap aud the gun was discharged, the ball crashing through (he bridegroom's head, killing him almost instantly, ne was 20 years old. m i I'KOVIISU neAAlIV. Wheu the Burden Is ou the State. The court of appeals of New Yerk state has just decided that the prosecution must establish affirmatively the sauity of a prisoner if it is disputed. They say : The questions upon the trial were t First, were the acts charged committed by the prisoner ? Second, at the time of the commission was he in such couditieu of mind as te be responsible for them ? If an swered in the affirmative the acts consti tuted crime and the conviction was proper. As te each, therefore, the burden was upon the prosecutors, for upeu the exist ence of both the guilt of the prisoner de pended. This result fellows the general rule of evidence which requires him who asserts a fact te prove it. That the first preposition is established is net denied, the legal presumption that every man is sane was sufficient te sustain the ether until repelled, and the charge of the judge criticised in the firs-" oeint made by the appellant, gees no further. If the prisoner gave no evidence the fact steed ; if he gave evidence tending te overthrew it the pros ecution might produce answering testi mony ; but in any event he must satisfy the jury upon the whole evidence that the prisoner was mentally responsible, for the affirmative issue tendered by the indict ment remained with the prosecutor te the end of the trial. Decidedly Cheeky. New Era. In cases like these that turned up recent ly, where certain county officials put in bills and has allowed them large sums for work done in their effics, there was un doubtedly just cause for complaint. It is the duty of county officers te keep the work and papers in their offices in order. They receive pay in the shape of fees from the people who have business there, and for them te ask the county for additional pay is decidedly cheeky, and and the county commissioners are derelict in their duty te the people when they payout the coun ty money en such a flimsy pretext. Sailers eaLnd. Twe sailors,one named Daniel Doughty, the ether unknown, were fatally injured by railroad trains in the Bergen Hill cut, near Jersey City, yesterday afternoon. One of them died a few hours later. BLOWN TO ATOMS. - A TORPEDO SHOOTER'S PATE. WHOLESALE KDRDER lf KENTUCKY. A FARMER lYs His ENTlKE FAMILY TriCCdj- ud Crane Accident uJ JUi&for JUi&fer ruDt Tbe smallpox .Epidemic &nd Other Items et Cmel InrcreM.. .tie Inhaled Toe Slach Chlcvro.'ena Yetti'day reported of nernxff te -u ?rrees below rere in .cw ismnswicK. iv te v-i oeiew rere in Xew Hampshire and zero : A below in nerths-ra New Yerk. A telegram from Canten. Mississippi, rep-orts the highest coed in the Biz Ulacs ailey ever knuwn tnere. it was i still raining in that district yesterday, bat no rain had fallen s?uth of it for te davs. A Ujise Canard. ram from Harrisburg sas. con A tele: cerning the alleged sheeting of a t-erfii.er i ! ,-5'.- near Landis Gar, a few davs are "The whole story is a canard, and has done in justice te the Dean brothers, whose nanirs were mentioned in connection with iu" A Lujetne Ceucjj- UreaVer Cnrnetl One of the largest breakers in Luzerne ' county, employing between three and four ' hundred nien and bevs. ewneu and eiverate.i . ,,,.- . , ' , '.. . hr .1 1 H ir,1 J V ( '.1 -- li!r'la '-.;t night, was totally detieyed by fire. :o :e gethei with abiut two hundred tens of coal in the sehntes. Less. $ 100.000 : partly covered bv insurance. The fire is supposed te have been the work of .n i-.-cendiarv. The Smallpox Kpiileuiie. There were six deaths from smallpox m Richmond, Virginia. iast week. Thus fa: thirteen new cases have been reported tLis week. A meeting of the city council ha been requested ti armure for the proper care of any member et the Legislature who may be stricken with the disease. The seare among the legislators, however, seems te be abating. Xicety-ene new east- of smallpev a 'id twenty-four death were reported in Pitts burgh last week. Five iii-w cases ei ihe disea-e we.e :e ported jeteiday iu Hoboken. ' A TospetlwSlieofer" t.ite. ! Chailes 12. Benidge. aged2S. atoipede- j shooter iu the employ of the Roberts Ter t pede eempanv. w.13 blown te piece., bv a glycol ine explosion neat Belivai. N. Y. Berridge had just shot a well and was re turning te the magazine with two c.111. containing two quarts of glycerine. Iu leaving the wagon he stumbled and lell and was blown te atoms. Beth horses were killed. In Beliar. half a mi! the houses shook and trembled. away Opera Heu-e llmnctl. The opera heu-e in Mankato. Minnesota w.as burned 011 rnedav night. L"vs about ?20,00S. l're.lclier Killed by t!ie rail el a Trt-e. Rev. Seymour L. Phillips, a Methedi-t pieacher, was killed esteulay In the fall of a tree at KUenburg. Clinten count v. X. Y. -hurt in Ilia Aioeuiu-. Adelph A. Cohu, leeently agent el the Alaska ceimneicial company ei Portland. 1 Oregon, committed suicide" cise yesteiday. He was sh 111 .ui 1-raii- ort in his ac counts w ith the eempanv. and gave his 1 note for the amount, but they ictr.-ed te reinstate him as agent. , lioetiti Srr:ipeV i III M.uipes.i count v. California, ester-1 day. Albert Bransen wa- fatallv shot by I his laiuer-in-iaw. r-auimeiis, who tnen 1 committed suicide. In .1 sheeting scrape " at Jonesbeiough, Texas, en Men day evening, a venng man. named elf. I wa's seriously 'wounded, and another, named Upliam, was killed. A New I'u-ien. Iu the Senate of Yirginia, yesteuiay. a resolution passed by the Heuse looking te the joint election of certain state officers was rescinded, and the election is post poned until Tuesday next by a vote et' '2S tell. Nine Readjusters voted with the Democrats. The Heuse subsequently concurred iu the postponement. A Whulesaln Munloier. Xear Lancaster, Kentucky, en Tue-d.iy night, .lames R. Wilmet, a farmer, mur dered his wife, his mother aged Si) years, and his two daughters, aged respectively 15 and It) years and then hauged himself. An axe w.is the weapon used te kill his victims. He attempted te kill his son, aged 20 years, but failed in the attempt. Wilmet had been breeding ever a debt of several hundred dollars which he owed, aud it is believed became insane in conse quence. He was about sixty years et nge and in eoiufei table circumstances. Killcil by 11 lalllni; ltrlili;e. A bridge in progress of eousttuefieii ever Rolling Ferk, en the Lebanon A: Bradferdsville turnpike, eight miles from Lebanon, Ky., by reason of the under mining of a false work by high watci. Six men were en the bridge at the time. Aloysius Hogdeu was instantly killed. Jehn Black had an arm broken and a man named Walliugly was severely cut about the head. James Walker leaped into the water, sixty teet below, and swam eutuu hurt. E. A. Perkins, of Cleveland, man ager of the bridge and iron cemp.iuy, had his shoulder severely wrenched and sat fercd concussion of the brain, causing de lirium. .Teseph Shively had an arm broken. The State Heard et Pardons. In the case of Edward Lytle, of Cum berland, sentenced for nine years for arson, the application for pardon was refused. The application of Daniel Smithson, also in prison for arson, was refused. The ap plications of Henry aud Frank Rumber ger, of Dauphin county ; Jehn A. Neve Hug, of Clearfield county ; Jonathan Meycr, of Suydcr county ; James G. Alli Alli eon, of Iudiaua county, and Frank Small, of Allegheny county, all sentenced te ba hanged, ler commutation of .sentence te life imprisonment, was lcfuscd. Israel Erb, of Snyder county, who was convicted and sentenced te be hanged for the same murder of which Jonathan Meycr was convicted, also applied for for a commutation of sentence. This case was held under advisement in the hope of future revelations, which will clear lv show his innocence or guilt. Wm. Kolle, of Bucks county, sentenced for man slaughter, asked for a pardon, but the beard refused the application. Pardons were granted te Leslie Stewart, of Mont gomery county, convicted of burglary : Jane Dixen, of Indiana county, for receiv ing stolen goods ; Franklin Gougneur, 0f Cambria county, convicted of burglary, aud Mathias McLaughlin, of Beaver county, convicted of arson. Arthur .Campbell, of Philadelphia, convicted of robbery aud sentenced te three years, ap plied for a pardon. The case was held under advisement. The application of Jehn R. Moen, also of Philadelphia, who was convicted of assault and battery te de a grievous harm, was also held under advisement. Mrs. V. Xisholsea. a hhrhly resisted I psay tnat sang atct last nifi: came . lady of Chesterneld ceantv, Ya.. has died -.t;i:I reir scoeraplismng thatena as seaeed te one month s ian. iseamen: and from iahaliac chloroform while :eehin- I :-ev conveniently coal:: Mr. Chas E tl r.ne, making the entire scaler :v f.vc relief from ne"t:ra3tia. ' r 0:V1 brought t: .Lcaster .ast night a and a half months i j company of perhaps twenty singers all Cem th vs. David K Wallace and N.--' cold v. e-siber. teli. and en the strength of Lis father's ten Wallace, larcea v. It was charcea hv Twrrttri KesstteriTeafttsMi Explraiea. ,Tekn Milkr asd Frank Sragly lest their eycfht by the pmsatare explosion of a blsat at Gary's stxrlB. i ear AOrntewn, yesterday afwmoea. and inner is se adly incred otherwise that he is ik-t expected te recover LOCAL JNTCJL(?NCE. TSt lirEKA. -Mr. furd's Ccmp&a In 2'atiear. !r is hard te spM! "Patience," but the atct last nictt came reparation succeeded in crowding Fulton j opera hnse with one of the best audiences I lately assembled there. Te these who had prev.eu'y heari the opera reaaerea in sty.e iat n.gat s penemiance was a rre a.sappe.ntment . comparison with .V . TX y --. eemtiinv -sras alraet unifermb m."r ''iT'ifi-ir-nlv hi" Knr ?i .- -. the i4: :.e Jjjy ame.l deerve m passing ban a word of praise for the heroic mere euertj- he m.iae throughout the per formance te redeem it from the mire of med:.e:i: in which Mr. Ferd's eempan well nigh succeeded in bury in; it. Mis Lncette" PjTkntt .","4-. ' was e te: that has been given here. She ha-a. iVi.y apprehension ei the saint e; r the p.irt. and brings te it rendition an :n-teHigt-nre. a keen sense of it meaning. that are in striking contrast with the p?rfermani.-e of most of the ether members us i-e 4. 'juijt, .hj. a ejce ;ii.iTKeu ii; ils . .i .... ...... j : r- 1 11- tutier ine liice or irerman pani5 quite out uensranie rewman ceara e: aiserent lar lar ef the qaestie-a. Leaving eat Miss Made- t cenies in this neighborhood. He told 3ei2e Lncerte, who sang the title part, the I Martin Buzzard te watch at the house of sweetness, parity : textare, i yieans it was stripped. There wa con-c-teet't.eaal richness ..f tone that is siderable ether tobacco in :he .-'.ei-.- n,e . auu a a" the me.e remarkable in view of her, petite, physica. p.opertions. A graceful and :-h3pe nare. a verj prsttj and win- niuj countenance, and a command of i facial express'ea tnit she uses with ad-m.rr.l-lc- jndmtn: eejr.plete Mus Lucette's qaaLficatien- :Vr an ideal representation of ths i.lage milkmaid of Gilbert's conceit. I The rest of the cerapan "n were of small ac- count. Mr. Ds.nhatn" Bf-if.ri.t was 3 eempYte failure, an efa use against ceed two. He apparently ha net" the i"aim?st a,v-p::e:i of the meaning of the eha;ie:ei. and hi clownish antics last 1 ei-iiirj - ere anything hut edilymg and prising eeauus: irem one 1:1 ' who.'", we i i.ave teen wei: te note such even j 4 Ignnnt. He did net knew his part. exaggerate., am .1 distorted its humor 1 ares-'.v ..i.ii 1 Fit.-v.T4M , but he ha WaU- "ami glaring. y. and sang badly. Ir. .ie:c4i rri'.-rri)i' pretty well. no 01ce. .11. 11 the llA Will.TTC" M.unet and the Chum " weie son a:i: s-ia indeed after he cot 1 thriujh v:;h them. Mr. Raymond sang at i the ( ' .-." part with a big boss voice 1 iL.v. he don't knew hew te use. while half :Le tune he did net kt.ew what te sav nor hew te ae:. Mr. Lvov's P. I: 11: up the wilderness te some extent, ami he sang and acttd the part quite fairly. The en semble 'T.i- ven light : the men sang much better than the women, and censid eiins that there were enlv seven of them who ,ipp.ired :e le using their voices, these w.i no snceial fault te be found with them : bat neit Ler the dragoons nor the rap turous maidens succeeded by their action in conveying the sentiment of their lespec tive par:-. Our young friend Ainweg hxiled well in h.- uniform ei j-ed and yellow and -ang w ith hi- eu-teni.iry gusto. The or er chestr.i .i- er bad. the dressing cheap .unl fei the iiie-t p.ut inappropriate, and the peifermanee as a wlu.le un.itif.ietery and dis.ipjiei'iting. ISlHlOiSICAL, TABl.KAl lllltl.lll i.i-, i-s t l..iura-lcr. IS 4-ir Agi-. On the '.Tth of le.st December it vva just one bandied and eighteen years that the little lCiiiiiant of h.irmle Conestoga Indians weie massacred in cold bleed, by a pitty of liten Rangers, m the Lancas ter jail -iiil. whitluT they had tied for ref uge, l'iie-e Indians, leuiteen in number. I " niestlv old men. women and children, were 1 peaceable-baud, who had never banned j '".l,.1 Thev had for vears livel en the 1 ...f . i.:... ..-!. 1....1 1... ......:..t uuihai? iu nil ie" u, u;ii4 oeceuil- L'.tlliai ly civilized, and weie liequently visited by the missionaries of the Moravian chinch. Their murder was unpievvkeit and a ruth less violation of all law and humanity. The tragic scene is te be depicted iu all its t realistic details in em of the historical I tableaux, te be given bv the Yeung Ladies liuild of the Moravian church, in Fulton eivra house, en the eveniiiir of .laiiuarv'J(. ' In striking contract with this will be the scrim 111 .Bisuergi'i, uic .liei.ui.iii .vpos .vpes .vpos tle te the Indians." preaching by moon light te a eempanv of dusky wairieis around their eamplhv en the banks of the Allegheny, a scene tendered historical by the famous painting of Shussele entitled "The Pevvvi f thi Oespel." The whole euteitainment will be a rich treat te all interested in the customs, manners, cos tumes and liistterie.il events of days gene by, the piogramme embracing, beside the above, the Hunting of Jehn Huss in Mtr. Spinning Scene iu a Moravian Sis teis" house, l'i esent.it ion of Pulaski's Itatiner by Moravian Sisters :it Bethlehem, Cleopatra's Toilet, Power of the Cress, The Reaper's Statuary, Choruses, Arc, by the (btild, besides choice irritations and ether attractions. A'ariiage 1$c1!h it .Mount .toy. Last evening at the residence of the bride's patents in Mount .ley borough, Mr. Haivey F. Shelly, son of M. Jehn B. Shelly the well known ami popular host of the Red Lien hotel, was married te Miss Mary Culp, daughter of Mr. A. B. Culp. The ceremony took place at 8 o'clock and was pcrfeinied in the presence efa goodly company of invited guests by Rev. J. 11. Leck weed, pastor of the Union Bethel Church et (5e.l. Tin: bride, tastefully aud becomingly attired, and looking for all the wei Id pretty us a pic-Lure, was attended by Miss Mary Walten, while Mr. Emanuel Ca3scl acted in the capacity of best man for the groom ; the ushci.s were Mr. Wil fred Checvers and Mr. P. A. Pyle. At the conclusion of the ceremony, a recep tion was held at which the guests were handsomely entertained and the newly wed couple were overwhelmed with con gratulations. Xotable among the many elegant presents was a splendid silver ser vice of sixty-two pieces. The bride and groom left en the west bound train at 11:15 o'clock, and their tour will include Balti more, Washington and ether points south. The i'enllry Shew (llosed. Thti poultry show closed i.ist oveuiug at 10 o'clock, mid te-day there U great bus tle and confusion iu shipping the birds te their owners, or te ether shows at which they are te he exhibited. The bad reads and bad weather which prevailed during a great part of the time deterred a great many people especially country people fi 0111 attending. Still the attendance was geed, and the management beliove that after all premiums aud ether expenses shall have been paid there will be a hand hand semu balance left in the society's treasury. I.ailini' fulr. A fair for the bcuctiL of the Africau Methodist Episcopal chinch will com mence this evening in the church build ing, corner of Strawberry and Seuth Lime streets, and continue for ten days. The church has been handsomely decorated, and the tables are filled with a great va riety of valuable, fancy and useful arti cles.- Twe watches, n shotgun, an over coat, and ether things :no te bu voted for, and there- will be all the ether attractions usually seen at chinch fairs. COURT. TIM Tina eek. T tt Year. TittJcfftLTj AfterKWz Patrick Bams, of this city, plead guilty te assault and 5 battery en J. F. Yeungman and J. M. Sellers, and was sentenced te pay a r.ne of $2 and undergo and imprisonment of four weeks. He also plead guilty te recline OScsr CreAiaer- -who attir3Tvrv3 te -.t-tw- him, and en this charge he received a sea - teace of three and a half months w.th se nne. On a charcc of malieieas mischu-f. prrferred by Mary Ye-man. he was en - that vn the nigh; the 5th of January, of this year, abent TiiO j pounds of leaf tobacco, "which was ea stocks and laths, anc belonged te Isaac D. Means, of Salisbarv township, wa :elcn irem the nam of a man namee. RhA.. T.. .. TrTprv I!".t Tw.- WsTlara --c?.v3 .-. V ..H... ....,-. .,.. .... v. 4.; night. He lay in w..: a ami 12 o'clock he saw thre betRt-en n cemmr irem tiie airecr.ea e: Khoees lv Ti.ev T were carrying a "e: of tobacco which thev took into the cellar of David K. Wallace One of these men was positively identi fied by Bnrrard as bemc David K Wallace : the ethers he d:Ji net roeogo.ze. One of the men seen I :eii me aeusc an.i went farther en. Several the tracks of three mt a in mg from Rhodes bam witat-sse saw :ew lead- a point near Wallace's house. When the tebace was i". J .. .,.. ."i? . - , . , , . leunu in lae n;acer ana l.ientiu.'Si . . all was stripped. One hundred pound, which Means claimed w.vs darker Thar, the ether, and there wa a dinerene: .1 the length. The tobaceii wa net taken from the house then, a the weather v.is,i;v. ana it is yet there. Fer the defense both Wallace w ere cilltVi and they testified that they took 1. ; t 1-., - ,r .. . oacee ieieaciaix 10 .v.eans : a;i tna' in their cellar was raised by them, as :hej a-half vv.it. Other w .: had an acre and uesses proved that :hey had i-ais.i te bacce and several were called te show :h it en the night the two defendants were re: away from home, both defendants. The iurv aeen tls.i In the ease of eent'th vs, .lacb 1" Shirk, charged wvjhad.ilterj w.th H.i;:.ei Shreiner. the jury found a verdict of guilty. Sentenced" te nine month-" m- pnsenment. The bills . Tr',1 Kssem Swain and jury rvturned the fellow ,ng B,i: ElizaK-th Cnlp r.t.d S.v.ah keening h v.i; e : M :r adnlter . Kmm ',1: I! arm.v... 'a: ceuy. Tg'.z-ta. Andrew Kane, selling l..p'.i te miners, with S. P. Cellins 101 00-t . Geerge Brainie. assault and batter . with Abraham White for costs . Martin Gress, violating liquor law. with count 101 costs. TJ.tireJdj, .V"-'.!!..-In the case eem'th vs. Harriet Shreiner. the s.ngle weniau who was charged with ternieat ion with Jacob P. Shirk." who wa- eenvicte i of adultery yesterdav. a verdict of net guilty w.-vs taken, with county ier oe:s. It appeared from the evidence jc-terd.n that the man was the mam c.uUe of the woman's disgrace and slie had been lei away by him. Further than thK she h.i- two very small children which she would b no been compelled te take te ja 1 if -he h.i.l been sent back She has been in Mil :or some time an.l it was theigh tl it she had been sufficiently punished. 1 Cem'th vs. Elizabeth Knlp. Tne .le tenilant resides en .Middle street, .1 tew doers from Duke, this oil v. and aie turned by Officer Stennfeltz. of the l'lurd ward, for keeping a house .f bad tepitte It was shown bv witnesses fei the ivin menwealtli. who tesi.le in the neighbor hood, that men and women of bad eharac terai-e 111 the liabit of vi-iling the deien dant's house together at all bom-ef the day and night, and have been -ecu coming away in the morning. Twe married women admitted having gene te this house 1 for improper purposes with knowledge aud 1 consent of the defendant. The defense was that this hou-e is a- ' quiet and orderly as any 111 the tieighber heed. It is occupied by the defendant, who lives by hetself and is net vi-ited bv persons of impiepcr character. If auv thing out of the way was dne in the ' house by either of the named women who testified defendant knew nothing about it Ihe iurv acquitted the defendant w eiintv for costs. In the case of.). Milten M 'shier charged with violating the primary election laws. a verdict el net guilty was taken ou the gieuiul that there could be no conviction 111 the case. Yerdicts of net guilty were taken in the cases against Wm. Wit tig, ('has. Teith oiser and Wesley Lett. of Columbia borough, charged with violating the ti-h laws. The grand jury returned the following bills : True Hills : Jehn Albeit, mlultciy : .lehii Wagner, malicious mischief. Heard et llcHlth Appointed. The following gentlemen weie reap pointed by the court te constitute the beard of health for the city of Lancaster for the ensuing year: Newton Light ner, C. A. Heiuitsh. Dr. M. L. llerr, Lewis Hahly and James H. Marshall. I.tconse Trnitnfcrr(il. The license of Jehn Smith, hotel keeiKU at Rawlinsville, was traiisfeued te Ames Mc Falls. ItAIMtOAb ACUIIH-tiiTS. Twe Dhvuater Within Twe Heur. Last night there were two railroad acci dents near Ceatcsville. The first was about 10 o'clock. While engine I.2G was backing a shift of cars from the main track te a siding, the ether part of the train, that was left standing en the main track conimencod te mevu and ran into the ether part, striking at " amid ships " bofero it could get out of the way. One car was crushed, the engine wassenunvlial. damaged, and Archibald Suavely, a brake man, was seriously injured. He was brought en te this city, where Dr. Atlee attended hini.and then scut te his home iu Columbia. About midnight a freight train diavvn by engine 75 parted between Coatesvillo and Therndale, owing te the breaking of a ceupliug-pin, Henry Culp, a brakeman, while attempting te ceuple the parted cam, was caught by the head and terribly squeezed and cut by souie pieces of lum ber that extended ever the platforms of the cars. 116 was badly hurt and taken te his home iu Columbia. Mute Agricultural Meritdy TI10 state agricultural society elected officers for the cnauing year as fellows : President, Jehn C. Merris ; corresponding secretary, Elbridge M'Coukey ; recording secretary, D. W. Seilcr ; treasurer. Jehn B. Rutherford ; chemist and geologist, A. L. Kennedy; librarian, William H. Egte; with the customary number of viae presi dents, among whom appears the nanie of S. H. Speucar, of this city. Deuble Tobacco Leuf. The first deuble leaf of the season lias been laid en our table by Capt. .1. 0 Willcox, and was grown en the farm of J. D. Umbe, Caernarvon. It is of very pe culiar shape, the midrib being double for about half the length of tbe leaf, which is thus divided into two equal parts, each of which runs te a point, similar te the point efa single leaf. ASu YET AXOTHSR FIRS. UTll'LLLS HOKSK COt..K FAl'TltKX BAULT lASAiKU. A rr- en m X.l ;st H1 l.w, Ktm VTtr Shertlx befenc 10 e'chvk las: evenr.. -1- W. Lewell's horse cellar mannfacter locAte.1 m Ivas: Orange street between Xer:h Q;iecn and Christian streets, vra iiscevcrei te be en tire, and befeiv in.' 1 fbu were cvtingahed the building and ir contents were damaged te :he cxtcn: et J several thousand dollars. The facterj i- 1 1 largest of the kind hi Vena., lvanis. ice painting nas a irent et ever tiity tee:. .. . 4w.. 4 iiui .4: .t;t-.4hl ;irv 0a stant y employed in making cellars. The f.rst front fleer is dividcsl into three looms, the middle iwr.i Ix'ing used a a cutting room, the ev-t room.- a ; cuing room and the w.v: one a a sales roev. The Are appears te lia originated from a defective flue in the catting room and te have gaine.1 con cranie headway before it wa discovered. there being considerable time hvst before ' a general alarm was raised, anethei argu 1 men: by the way in favor of the tire alarm telegraph As soenas the tire men reached the place thev broke in the doers and windows and deivlcsl the wruOe building with water. The lUnies were seen extinguished, but net bef.-w great damage had been done by both tire and water. The four rl.vus of the building were packed as full of manufactured work and material as it well could be. Mi Lewell estimates the value of the stc-ek " hand at erer $10,000, en which he hv an insurance of $2. OX) in the Fir Insurance of Philadelphia and &1.000 in the Orient, of which Mr. R. F. Shank is agent. The extent of damage te the st,vk is net yet known, but it is thought the insurance will about cover it. The building '. m siired in the Manhenn Mutual for J3.0.V which will much mere than cover the tss The books, and papers were s.-v c.l. Mr. Lewell wa 111 Manher.it at the t.rne of the f.i-c attending te his dntie- .1 assignec of jeerge Menglc. beet and sh.v dealei. whose stes-s. he wa dispening 01 at public sale. The rervirt th.t the lire was tirsi com inunicatcd te some straw lying near the stove thai stands in .1 dc-vrwav between the cutting ami stuffing room appears te lv ine.vrrtvt, as that prt of the building .- much less seriously damaged than some ethers, especially the ceiling, iu the viein ;: of the line, before spoken of. Dating the lire there was some wrans l.'.ig among the lire men, and there might have been another water war hai net the police promptly iuicrfcred te prevent it Daring the progress of the tire Geerge lirub.iker. esq., who lives next thxv. en iertained the Fr.endship pipemen atru rcsidentv. and later in the evening cntr iamed the entire departnier.t-ier at least .-.s many of tlumi a chose te ac ecp: the iuv nation--at the Black ILirse hete As -een .s the u.su:.v;iee eompime eempime shall have a.ijusted Mr. Lewell's less, it . h. intention te resume operations, .vs he has many heavy orders te till. He will evjrsebe obliged te temporarily secuie ether qmrtert until hl own building shv have been icpa ired. MiperliiWiulemV Cenvt-ati4n. In the school convention holding ... Keadiag. Dr. Higbee was made presideti. j and Prof. Shelly, et Yerk, secretary. A number of changes m the law relating i. certificates and diplomas were suggested and fully discussed. Among the sugge-lien-was one that si education commi cemmi commi s'eners lv appeiuted te held office f-. three years, two new ones being appointed jj, everv vear. at a salary et svaw each ese commissioners, together with the principal of each normal school, te ensti lute a Kuril for the cvar.iiualiaii of e.ui.t. dates from normal schools, anil te have power te grant full diplomas. The second lav of the contention was occupied m disvussiug .1 paper presented by Piofcsser Raer. itttttled "Hew shall ve secure greater harmony between the academic instruction of our high schic' and en 1 -t.vte normal schools and the academic watk f our colleges aiul utr.ve: sine ' " Alse, a paper by County Super iittciiiient Shaub. of Lancaster, as te the mode of electing county superintendents their terms of et efhve. duties, etc. m llie It-T I'lttemfiil-. I is evening .1. M Marks, et Line A , Ce , while walking along North ljueeti stieet, above Walnut, en his way home. lell en the icy pavement, breaking two -mall bone-in his ankle. He wa removed le his home en Neitlt Duke stieet. wheie I he was attended bv Drs Welehaus and Al '"'bright. The injury although net venous. is veiy painful Atii'tioiit'er Il.uiiv Sliiitnirt full .ui tlu ilV ,hs lMenij,li: j feutiesqii.ue. bmising ,,IU, ,,f ,; jtfj.s b.vlly. I IlllMll TOW Hull tt S,fl. As Nathan U Hiewnand l'.lwoed Bi.ib son were eleatiiiij; out . trench drain ou the faun of Agnes King they dug out seventeen water and garter snakes fiem si inches te three feet in length. Thev went livclv as in mid summer. Whilst Jeseph Kelly was engaged at work iu the saw mill of The. Smedley he had two lingers of bis tight band cut oil' with a circular saw. Oltlcer AeliilPd. At the tegular stated meeting of iloe.l. win council Xe. It). It. S. K.and S. M Ihe following euicciH weie appointed : I 'apt. of (1. Dr. Jehn if. Meui Marshal Joel S. Eabv. IstK. efT. - Chas. A. Kemlenniitli. 1st Herald II. K. Carsen. Jd Herald- Dr. (1. R. Welch.-. :id Uerald Milten M. Seurbeei. Sentinel Gee. Lul.. Organist Adam Oblcndcr. A former l.anritatrr rterSuiprl1. 1 11 Harrisburg, Tuesday evening, the members and friends of the Church el (led. wei shipping in the All-Werkeis' Bethel, together with the children of the Sabbath school, crowded the house of the pastor, Elder D. A. Lavcrty. former pan ter of Ihn Union Bethel, of this eity, ami leaded the tables with a gouerous donation of things profitable and useful in a family. a Ne .1 puiKe for the pastor and his wife. The Mtttm in riilladIphla. Ferney's Pmjiresn iMiss Lillie Ivshlenian, ene of Pliiladcl. phia's most, beautiful be lien, U seen te be married te a wealthy New Yerk gentle man, Mr. Batch. Sim received the eon gialulatieiiH of her friends during the reception given by her sister, Mrs. Dr. Levis, en Friday evening, nt the palatial iesiileiK'0 of Dr. and Mrs. LcvIh. corner of Sixteenth and Walnut Htreets. Str:iii( AppHltmirn lli Dr. Treacy, V. S., has been attending a hplcutlid draught borne ler the paM two weeks belonging te Dan Legan at Ames Funk's farm. Tim animal has lieeu snf feiing fiem intestinal trouble, ami dining this lime lias evacuated about a gallon of nails, pieces of iron, tin clipping, cinder, stones, bits or weed, Are. 'He l nw np idly recovering. l.rliitiiiui county Tobacco. Mr. Sliindel, of Lancaster, has pur chased the tobacco from ninu acres raised by Wm. Zcller, two acres from Frederick Witmeycr, two acres from Jehn Lithers, live acres from Capt. Jehn Batterf, and two acres from Mr. Parson. This tobacco was all raised near Xewmanstewn. The price paid wai from 13 te 19 cents per pound. Leeks Xaat. Thq Oxford Press has denned a new winter suit this week and leeks quite neat iu it. Itis naturally a little pieud of its new clothes.
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