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.
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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.
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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.