LANCASTER DAILY INTEJJJGfcNCEE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 1882.
iUn.vaster I-ntrlitgencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 2, 1882.
Fire Escapes,
la view of the disastrous fire iii New
Yerk the ether day and the thrilling
scenes and horrible fatalities resulting
from the lack of exterior fire escapes, we
reprint the law of 1S79 te which the
Intellicexceu has previously called
attention en the subject of fire escapes
upon manufactories, hotels and ether
public buildings in Pennsylvania. "We
believe its previsions are net generally
known and certainly they are net gen
erally observed. This may be, in part,
owing te popular ignorance of such a
law, for as we have often pointed out
the people of this state have no way of
finding out a new law and often go en
violating it unconsciously for years. The
neglect te obey or enforce this statute
is also partly due te the seeurilyJ
fell, by operatives and employers in
places about which they are accustomed
te work ; and in part, no doubt, it is
owing te the division of responsibility
which tlie law admits in carrying it out.
It will be Keen that it is left te " owners,
superintendents or managers,'" without
specifying which in particular, though
obviously, as " permanent lire escapes''
are lobe ' affixed te every such build
ing," it is the duty of the property
owners te see that they are put up.
There are a large number of buildings
in this city te which thislaw applies. With
the exception of Heme of the cotton fac
tories we lu-lieve none are provided with
lire escape.-). The printing ellices, seldom
occupied at night, the hotels, some cigar
manufactories, warehouses, and numer
ous ether buildings are notably within
its ivtiiiremunts. .Strictly speaking the
city school directors are the persons here,
te enforce it, though it would be no great
stretch of authority for the new chief
engineer te assume the duties which the
law imposes upon the "lire mat shal."
As the.Mi escapes have te be examined
and tested b.-fere the law is complied
with, it would be well for the parties who
are compelled te put them up te confer
and co-operate as te the most substantial
and economical way of doing it. In the
face of the explicit directions of the law
and tlie danger which besets us, it is net
right thai compliance with the statute
be neglected any longer.
In recognition of a prevailing popular
sentiment favorable te the retention of
the present efficient executive, .Mr. Gee.
W. Zecher withdraws his name from
candidacy for the Democratic nomina
tion for mayor, in which it had bei n
placed by the partiality of his friends.
Mr. echer's declination leaves the way
lc.u for the unanimous reiiominalien of
Mr. MacGenigle, a condition alike grat
ifying te that gentleman and the part;
and creditable te Mr. Zecher. This
without any disparagement of the killer'.-;
qualifications for the efliee.
1 1 is career in council iias given
.him thorough acquaintance with
our municipal affairs, and a quick ap
prehension of the city's needs. Mis
course in that body has been distinguish
ed by a conscientious purpose te render
acceptable service te the people of Lan
caster, and hisjudgment has been equal
with the honesty and integritj
that have signalized his action.
At the same lime Mayer Mac
Gonigle's administration of the ex
ecutive branch of the city government
has been se entirely unexceptionable te
the best classes or our citizens without
Matches brooms and like supplies
are new bought by the state at higher
prices in large quantities than they can
be purchased for at retail in Lancaster
grocery stores. But when members part
their hairwith three dollar brushes, wipe
en two dollar towels, after a shave out of
a four dollar mug, they can net be ex
pected te buy matches at the market
price.
Lancaster, audiences might possibly
with propriety exercise a little mere dis
crimination in the use of the encore at
concerts. At present it is resorted te
chiefly te double the pregramme and get
twice as much as is set down for the
money. Maybe the singers like it and
allow for it.
Tin: debt statement issued yesterday
shows a decrease of eighty-eight million in
the last seven mouths.
Tin: public debt statement for the month
of January shows that the national debt
is still being paid oil' with great rapidity,
the decrease in January amounting te
nearly thirteen million dollars.
Tin: judiciary committee of the. Virginia
Heuse of Delegates reported adversely
upon a preposition looking te tlu aboli
tion of the whippiug.pest. This commit
tee is composed of the best legal talent of
iiju irg:ina j-iCgisiaturc. its chairman is
a leading Rcadjnstcr.and a majority of the
members belong te tlie same party. While
the question of abolishing the whipping whipping
eost was net made a clearly delined issue
in the last campaign it was generally
understood that the most prominent Rc
adjustcr? would use their influence in se
curing a repeal of the lew. The ltepubli
cans, both white and colored, in both
brandies of the Assembly will strenuously
advocate the repeal and insist upon the
Hcadjiisters co-operating with them.
A riiinii .NiCATiON- from the enmmis
sioner or pensions in reply te a lLmsa res
olution calling for information as te what
amount of appropriation would be re
quired annually te pay pensions during
the next twcnty.five year.;, based en the
following conditions, estimates tint if all
the claims for pensions arising from the
war of the rebellion shall be adjudicated
within, the .seven years' period te.i initiating
June 510, 1888, and if at the end of that
period the survivors of the war with Mex
ico and their widows shall then be pen
sioned at $8 per mouth, the amounts
which will be requiicd for the twenty-live
years Jmdiug with 11)0(5 is 81,:il7,9."51,.ri93,
of which 1,201,229,977 are rebellion
claims tiled prier te June 30, 1SS0 ; 31,
."S00,000 rebellion claims filed after June 30,
1830, and .-,1,921.014 Mexican war claims.
equipage dashed through the sleepy old
streets of Petersburg te the cry of ' Here
they come ! There they go !" She sensi
bly says nothing, but tna only world for
which she cares has turned its back en
her.
EXHIBITING UBIXEAU'S l!OiV.
The lmeuuts grew gradually less
fr.-.n (52.000.000 te 23,000,000.
iiinuitlly
PERSONAL..
Mis. f.vniAKix:: Branch, the eldest
p.'i-.seii in Bosten, died, aged 111 years.
Seven daughters of the newly-elected
Gov. Lewitv, of Mississippi, were piescnl
at the rec.Mit inauguration lull. Five are
married and two are yet single.
HeuAi:: W. T.uiei:, the mining million
aire and ex-iieuteuasit governor of Col Col
orado, is reported te be weith $.",0i)0,000.
In isr, be was a stonecutter at Augusta,
Maine.
Senater l)Aift Davis gives it. out that
he is going te improve the grounds around
the Lincoln monument at Oakbiidgc, III.
Tim wetk will be done at his own ex
panse. Madame Gerstkr's baby is named
Linda, from Donizetti's opera of "Linda
di C'haiiieuni," became she sang the grand
A I'lan te l'ay Oil" Debts and Ulvc Kcilef te
tlie insane.
Mr. Sceville was asked if it was true
that lie had accepted, ou behalf of Gui
teau's relatives, the preposition from a
firm in Philadelphia te refrigerate and ex
hibit Guiteau's body and leplied at first
evasively. "Yeu can say that Guiteau's
body is net yet for sale. There is a mo
tion for a new trial pending and after that
there will probably be an appeal te the
court iu general term te be prosecuted."
"Te be sure, you de net think the time
has arrived te enter into any contracts of
such a nature, but is it true, as alleged,
that you leek upon such a preposition
with some favor :'"
" I have no right te dispose of Guiteau's
body," replied Mr. Sceville. "It is for
his sister and brother te determine what
shall be done with it. Sj far as I am con
cerned personally I see no reason why such
an arraugement should net be made. Of
course his family would net consent te any
arrangement or any disposition of the
body with a view te deriving any pecuniary
aid from it. If they should consent te
the Philadelphia preposition it would be
upon tlie conditions that a uostmertcm
examination of the brain should first be
made, te determine beyond doubt the dis
puted question whether or net he has any
disease of the braiu ; then the firm that
proposes te exhibit the body would be re
quired te give positive assurance te the
relatives tnat no indignities shall be
offered the remains. Tlie proccedsef such
exhibition would be used by the
family, first, in paying off Guiteau's
debts, and the remainder, if any,
would be devoted, under the con
trel of tiustecs, te the amelioration of
the condition of the insane or te the ad
vancement of the ant i capital punishment
theory. It would probably be next te im
possible," continued Mr. Sceville, "te
bury the remains and protect them from
body-snatchers. They would have far
mere incentive te steal his remains than
these of A. T. Stewart and could de se
with much less difficulty. Nothing but
cremation or sinking them in the ocean
would prove effective against this class of
speculator, and if they can be made te
subserve some worthy philanthropy it
seems te mu far better te dispose of them
in this way."
Mr. Seeville says he has received a few
responses te his published .appeal and
some small contributions. It is the gen
cral opinion, however, that he will aban
den the case if his motion is denied by
Judge Cox en Pi iday.
District Attorney Cerkhil! declined te
say te-night whether the government
would take possession of Guiteau's body,
as he intended te speak about it en Friday.
Lawyers outside the case say that the
government will have authority ever the
body. The matter of its disposition
has net been considered by the
authorities, but the supposition is that
the body will be delivered te the family if
they request it, as it is net customary in
civilized countries te pursue a man after
he is dead or iu any way mistreat the
body. Mr. Charles Heed, who assisted
in the defense of Guitcau, says the propo prepo
sition publicly te exhibit his' body is mon
strous and an outrage upon common de
cency. He says that such a thing would
net be allowed ; that the person seeking
te make the exhibition would be liable te
te arrest and punishment as a public nui
sauce.
I. R., Jonathan W. Ayden, D. ; 28, Jehn
M. Evans, D. ; 29, Jehn T. Bailey. I. R.,
Themas C. Else, D. ; 30, Jes. F. Ker
baugh. I. R. ; 31. Capt. Jehn Tayler, I
R., "William Tillyer, D.
I'HASErs Of CRIME.
Aim the KccerJ or Calamity.
Near Lancaster, S. C, the dead body of
Themas Backins, a prominent young man
was found in the nit of a ireld mine.
His threat had been cut and his pockets
rifled. 2se clue te the identity of his
murderers has yet been obtained.
A fire at Oxford, a village sixteen miles
west of Iowa City,, yesterday, destroyed
the Central hotel aud Dinwiddie house,
and the Douglass building, occupied by
James Hannen, grocer. Iusurauce nn nn
kuewii. A fire at 05 and 07 Uufen street, Bosten,
en Tuesday night, caused a less of about
12,000 te C. D. Cobb & Bre., wholesale
grocers, and 8,000 te Cochran, McLean
in Ce., dealers iu mirrors and plate glass ;
insured.
J. Lawrence, alias Jehn C. White, aged
45 years, has been arrested in St. Jehn,
Xew Brunswick, for bigamy. It is alleged
that he has a wife and seycu children at
Fex Creek, New Brunswick, and a wife
and three children at Salmen River, Neva
ecutia. aim mat nc uesertcu tlie nrst wile
seven years age.
Malignant small-pox has appeared in
Brunswick county, Virginia, and several
persons have died of it. The churches aud
schools have been closed. The disease was
at first, supposed te be chicken-pox.
Twenty-three new cases of small-pox were
reported iu Pittsburg and ten in Allegheny
City yesterday.
The firemen continued pouring water en
the ruins of the old World building in New
Yerk yesterday. Ne bodies are yet in
sight, and the mass isstilt tee much heated
te allow of a search being made. Ne ad
ditional names have yet been rcceided at
the police office. Rebert Bewie, the print
er who was injured, is recovering.
CITY COUNCILS.
THE FEBRUARY 91KKTING.
Me;age from the Mayer Kcpert of Heard
et Health Election of Chief Ensineer
et Fire Department-.
KX-SKCKCTAKY HLAIXE.
TWO FAMILIES AT WAR.
Four I'eiseiM Mortally Wounded It, a k'lj-.lit
en a riiiiiiutien.
The particulars of a horrible stabbing
aud sheeting affray, which occurred en
the Lanier plantation, near Danville, Va.,
have just been learned. The King aud
Slate families, who reside within a short
distance of each ether, have been enemies
for months past. Frequent bickerings oc
curred between them, and the affray was
the result of a dispute between "Old Mether
Slate," as the head of the Slate family is
called, and Mrs. King. The latter first at
tacked Mrs. Slate with her teeth, biting
her savagely en the face and cars. Mrs.
Slate called for her son Geerge, aud as he
approached the scene Mrs. King drew a
knife and plunged it into the breast of
Mrs. Slate, mortally wounding her. Geerge
Slate attacked Mrs. King and stabbed her
several times. Her screams attracted the
attention of her son, Themas King, who
came te her assistance, and who was
.stabbed eight times by Geerge Slate He
then drew a pistol and shot Slate. The
whole party will die.
THE i-EESECUTED JEWS.
His
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regard te party, and the call upon him te air of Linda at her first trial before the
continue in the magisterial harness j jury oMhe Vienna conservatory of mush-
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imperative and sincere, that Mr echer's
withdrawal constitutes another striking
tribute te a worthy functionary, and Mr.
MacGenglcs unanimous ivnoniinatien
new assured will be but a fore-runner
of a renewed endorsement at the polls by
voters of all .shades of political scnti
mriit.
Tin-: canvass for chief engineer of the
new lire department was conducted se
quietly. and. si far as we knew, se de
ct'iitly and free from party or personal
feeling, that probably the name of the
fleet chief will occasion no mere genera!
public stirprisi' than the choice of an
ether person, lie is a young man of
considerable experience as a fireman,
and with a great deal of enthusiasm. lie
ewes his election, doubtless, te the eili-
ciencx which he displayed while acting
as chief at tlie Inquirer lire, and he has
:i geed chance te work out a successful
administration. His office, and in fact
the entire new system, are an experi
ment. and in working it out heis enti
tled te general co operation and hearty
help. The stimulus which this will :sf
ford him te apply himself te make his
incumbency creditable te himself and
beneficial te the city, will net be lest en
Mr. Hewell. His father, as the head of
the Empire company for many years,
has promptly acceded with his official
influence te the change that the muni
cipal authorities have deemed it wise te
make in our lire department ; and in the
responsibility aud honor imposed upon
his son, we knew he will recognize and
appreciate ;i compliment te his company
and himself.
AVe have shown, and the figures have
net been gainsaid, that the last beard of
ceuiv commissioners reduced tlie
bended debt about $40,000, besides pay
ing ever $20,1)00 of floating indebtedness
left, as a legacy by their predecessors.
In order te de this they levied a tax of
three mills one year and of two-and-a-half
mills iu each of the ether two year.
Allowing that they were enabled te
make this reduction of the debt in part
by the extra halt mill levy in one year,
it must be remembered that in the year
1879-80-S1 the county was subjected te
the special expenses of rebuilding the
burned barn at the almshouse, re-indexing
the records, and unusual repairs at
the prison and court house. These
amounted te at least $25,000. Hence it
is manifest that a levy of two-and-a-half
mills county tax will meet all the ordi
nary expenses of the county and raise a
surplus of $15,000 at least. New, as the
present beard cannot pay ever $7,150 of
the county debt at the end of this year,
it is incumbent in thein te show cause
for the extra half mill levy and the
$45,000 which it will bring into th"
county Ueasury.
and received the lir.st prize in siugiug,
The will of tiie late Edwin W. Stoijc.u Steijc.u Stoijc.u
ten was offered for probate iu the New
Yerk sunegatc's cemt yesterday. The
bulk of his piepcity gees te his widow.
Thcie are a few miner bequests, such as
:!,000 te his coachman.
Lkeimm: Vex Rank i-:, the German his
torian, who celebrated his eighty-seventh
birthday a few days age, is still a strong
and active man. in full vigor of mind and
body. UN third and feurfh volumes of
universal history have just been Ipub-
lished.
Of nil the cabinet ladies Mrs. Brkw-n:i:
has the most popular manner: she has
extreme ability and great dignity. Her
children are all called Brewster, although
their name is leally DesLamles, her first
husband being Des Landes, a brother et
General Beauregard's last wife.
Master Jehn T. Reynolds, of Hopkiu Hepkiu Hopkiu
ten, It. 1., wen a prize of thirty dollars in
the competition for raising the largest
crop of corn upon one-eighth of an acre
of ground last summer. He produced
895 A pounds, or at the rate of 103 bushels
of shelled corn upon one acie.
Ex-Ticasurcr Simnner. who is new
eighty years of age, perfected his famous
autograph when he was a young man,
working at harness making in Herkimer,
N. Y. He practiced writing it hour after
hour, and his old partner said a year or
trte age that he had seen as much as two
hundred sheets of foolscap covered with
the attempts.
The Most Rev. Jehn McIIat.i:, I). D.,
j archbishop of Tuam, is dead. He was
! born in e91 in the county Maye, became
lecturer and professor at Maynooth, was
appointed coadjutor bishop of Killala, and
succeeded te the archbishopric of Taum en
the death of Dr. Kelly. He was the old eld
est priest in Christendom, and in O'Con O'Cen
nell's day took an active pait in l.atieual
affairs, being called by the Liberator the
" Lien of the fold of Judah."
Mrs. BrnxETT is the literary lien of
Washington. She has a pretty little house
where she receives Tuesdays and Tuesday
pvcuiugs. She has a coterie in her own
particular den upstairs. She leeks very
pretty standing in the centre of her cozy,
lew-ceiled drawing-room, a weed fire
blazing en the hearth, and herself in a
pretty piuk gown, receiving with natural
grace and cordiality that is very captivating.
The most auomaleus social pesiti -never
occupied by any woman in Washinton is
Mrs. Mahone's. An excellent, kindly,
provincial woman, with her vision limit
ed te the people and things of carlv
Explanation of llie Garble-. 1 Text of UU
Dispatches.
The following letter was sent te the
agent of the New Yerk assseiated press :
Te the agent of the New Yerk associated
pi ess, Washington, D. O. :
1 deem it due te justice te make a brief
hlatement, which I ask te trausmit te the
papers of your association te-night.
Ou .Monday morning last, January 30, I
addressed the following note te the presi
dent of the United States :
My Dear Mr. President.
As Mr. 1 rehngliuyscn has made allusion
te the proposed Congress of American na
tiens in a despatch which he has made
public, and as the scope and design of
that Congress :.re greatly misunderstood
and misrepresented both at home and iu
Europe, I respectfully ask that you will
direct the publication of the original invi
tation. I have the original draft myself,
but of course I de net feel at liberty te use
it without your permission. If you de
net wish te order its formal official publi
cation, will you kindly grant me leave te
use the copy at my discretion :'
Very sincerely?
James G. Blaine.
It: the aftcruoeu of the same day the
president sent ins private secretary te my
residence with the verbal message that he
s iw no objection te granting my request,
but that he had referred my note te the
secietary of state. Yesterday I received a
message from the chief clerk of the state
department that Mr. Freyliughuyseu
would publish the dispatch when called
for by Congress. This morning I wrote a
note te Senater Wiudem, chairman of for
eign relations, asking that he. would in in in
troduce a resolution calling for the cor
respondence. Wheu the New Yerk papers
arrived I found the document, though
with many errors, published in the New
Yerk Herald. I understand it has been
published in one paper in each of several
large cities. The dispatch was obtained
surreptitiously, from whom or by whom
I de net knew. It was no doubt hastened
te partial publication iu order te deprive
it of the wider advantages of the assecia
ted press, which 1 was anxious te secure
for it, in order that the misrepresentations
concerning the invitation te the peace
congress might be definitely corrected.
Very respectfully,
James G. Blaink.
Tlie Creat Cille:; Speak Intlieir Uelisilf.
A large meeting was held at Chickeriug
hall, New Yerk, last night, te express
sympathy with the persecuted Israelites
of Russia. Mayer Grace presided. Among
these present were Hamilton Fish, ex ex
Mayer Ely, Rebert Benner and Edward
Pierrepont. Appropriate resolutions were
passed.
The meeting called by the lord mayor of
Louden at the instance of distinguished
citizens te pretest against the outrages
committed upon the Jews in Russia was
held at the Mausien hall. The hall was
crowded. Among the eminent persons
present were the Archbishop of Canter
bury, Cardinal Maiming, the Earl of
Shaftsbury, Sir Alexander .T. Gait, Canen
Fairer and Mr. Merley. Several members
of the Rothchild family and all the lead
ing Israelites of the city attended the
meeting. Mr. Alfred Tennyson was net
present, but a letter fiem him was read, iu
which he said that he was dismayed at the
madness of the hatred evinced against the
Jews, and that if the unspeakable barbar
ities being committed were net universally
denounced it was only because they are se
alien te the spirit of the age as te be
almost incredible.
LOCAL iNTELUtiENCE.
MR. 7.UUIIKR NOT A CAMIIHATI
CAKIM HATES INDORSED.
Action or the Reform Committee.
The Philadelphia committee of oue
hundred yesterday indorsed forty-seven
candidates for councils, ten for select and
thirty-seven for the common branch,
of the total number of which twenty-five
were Democrats and twenty-two Republi
cans. The following is the list, together
with tlie wards they represent, the politics
of each, whether Republican, Independent
jiepueucau or democrat, eemg indicated
by letters at the end of each name :
Fer Select Council 2, Jehn Themas, I.
D. ; 0, Philip Mitten, D. ; 8, A. Hallar
Gress, D. ;9, Eugene Townsend. D. ; 11
Edward Matthews, D. ; 13, J. P. Weel'
vcrten. I. R. ; 15, Cel. Chas. H. Banes,
D. ; 28, Wm. B. Smith, I. R. ; a0, Jehn
W. Durham. I. R. ; 31, James Whitaker,
I. R. :
Lulling uitli Ills Fellow-Citi.-.eiis in En-riei-i-iMg
Mayer MaeUenlgle.
Te the Drmevrary of Lancaster City :
At the solicitation of my fellow citizens,
I was persuaded te allow my name te be
used as a candidate for the position el
mayor at the approaching primary dec
tien ; since which time I have become
convinced that a majeiity of my own party
are desirous of continuing the present cf
cient aud worthy occupant for another
term And wishing te join with them in
making his nomination harmonious and
unauimeus, I therefore cheerfully with
draw my naiiie as a candidate for the
office of mayor; thanking my many
friends of both political parties for their
warm support and encouragement given
me in my canvass.
Gee. W. V.VAur.n.
Other Declinations.
Jacob Ilerzeg, Sixth ward, declines te
be a candidate for city executive commit
teeman. Samuel Leutz, Fifth ward, declines te
be a Democratic candidate for constable.
Capt. G. M.Franklin absolutely declines
being a candidate for re election te select
council in the Fourth ward ou the Re
publican ticket.
William Leaman, esq. (Rep.), drclincs
being a candidate for select council from
the Fiist ward.
select Council.
Present Messrs. Barr, Bituer, Bergcr,
Deer, Franklin, Judith, G. W. Zecher,
Philip Zecher and Evans, president.
i no minutes or last meeting were read
and approved.
The report of the city treasurer and re
ceiver of taxes for the past month was
presented and read. It shows the receipts
during the past mouth te have beeu 3,
390.90 ; the payments $7,998.57 ; balance
in treasury, February 1st, $22,291.23.
-Mr. keener presented the monthly re
port of the finance committee, containing
an abstract fem the minutes of the com
mittee for the past month.
Mr. Berger presented the monthly re
port of the water committee, which was
read.
Mr. G. W. Zecher presented the follow
ing message from the mayor, announcing
the suspension of Constables Flick and
Merringcr :
Te the Honorable the Select Council of the City
of Lancaster :
Gentlemen: Jan. 24, I suspended Aud.
J. Flick, policeman of the 9th ward, for
twenty days, for bringing second suits
against J. Murray, J. Kelly aud ethers
alter they hatl been heard aud disposed of
by nu: upon the charge of disorderly con
duet. By this proceeding he caused costs
te the amount of $100 or mere, which must
be paid out of the taxes upon the property
of t he people of the city aud county.
( n the same day I suspended Jeuu Mer
ringcr, of the 7th ward, for drunkenness.
I appointed Adam Ditteu, of the 9th
ward, and Aug. Stciuwandel, of the 7th,
te till the temporary vacaucies. I resnect-
fully ask your concurrence iu the suspen
sions and appointments. Yours,
J. no. T. MacGenigi.e, Mayer.
On motion; the action of the mayor was
approved.
Mr. G. AV. Zecher presented a report
from the committee en the reorganization
of the lire department, the substance of
which has heretofore been published. The
report was accompanied by a communica
tion from the Emnire honk and l.-ubW
company, offering te sell their real estate
te the city for $0,000, and in case the city
makes the purchase te piesent tlie truck
and bcl! te the city.
On motion of G." W. Zecher the cemmu
nicatien was laid ever for the present
that the city solicitor may have time te
report upon the law regarding property
belonging te the volunteer fire depart
ment. The first annual report of the beard of
health was presented. After reciting the
ther laws and ordinances regulating the
appointment of the beard, conferring
upon it certaiu powers and enjoining cer
tain duties, the report proceeds te give au
abstract of its business for a part of the
year just closed. The whole number of
of marriages reported te the beard was
ii'il, of which number 319 wero white aud
8 colored. The eldest person married was
aged 75 years, and the youngest 1C years.
Lutheran clergymen performed 12(1 of the
marriages : Reformed, 95 ; Catholic, 30 ;
Methodist, 21 ; Episcopal, 8 ; Presbyte
rian, 8 ; Baptist, (5 ; Church of Ged, 12 ;
Evangelical Association, 1 ; Moravian, I ;
Congregational, 1 ; Aldermen, 12. The
whole number of births rciiertcd was 514
males, 248 : females, 2CG ; white, 50G ;
colored, 8. The number of deaths is net
given. 1 he report concludes as follews:
Oi Nuisances.
Eighty-two complaints were entered at
the secretary's office during the year. In
a few instances there was found te be no
just cause for complaint. The great ma
jority of the cases, however, called for the
remedial powers of the beard, and it is
gratifying te say that our directions for
abatement in these cases were promptly
complied with by the offending parties.
The secretary's record hIiews the locality
and special character of cverv nuisance se
reported and abated.
The authority and powers conferred en
the beard of health by ordinance would
seem te be ample for all purposes ; but
the test of experience has already shown
that in some respects they are net of the
wisest practical character. That prevision
ei tlie tlurd section which makes it the
MacGenigle, with regard te the'establish
ment et steel works in this city, published
in these columns a few days since, which
was read.
A communication from J. Sch'eich ask
ing councils te refund te him $500 and
interest, which his father had paid te the
city treasurer bncause of a tax collector
who failed te pay ever te the treasurer
that much of the tax ha had collected.
Sehleich senior had been bondsman for said
collector. The communication sets forth
the numerous services reudtrcd the state
and city ey lue writer, and enumerates
many reforms which he suggested te the
constitutional convention when that body
was in session, and which were engrafted
into the fundamental law of the stale.
rrem the moment the people of this state
adopted my reforms te thcrr constitution,"
says Mr. Sehleich, " from that moment the
money paid by my father te this city, for
which we received nothing, from" that,
moment, I say, does net that money rii;ht.
fully belong te us?" The writer modestly
abstains from saying "whether I have
dene anything of value te the people of
this city te make select council uuanimeus
ou the water or te get common council te
pass the call system ordinance within a
year past that the members of councils
themselves knew." Mr. Sehleich reminds
councils that when ex.City Treasurer
Herr, who did nothing for the city,
lest nearly $2,000 "of the city's
money iu the broken Inland bank,
he was let off by councils without paying
it. Since Mr. Sehleich became near-sigiitcd
and since no Uas done very valuable ser
vice for the people of tlie city and the
state, he wants te knew whether tlie
twenty-five thousand people of the city
uen.ei- iiueiu ie ie.se me money than tie.
It would, he says, only increase the tax a.
cent, or a lev cents yearly within the
next thirty years en a man who owns a
house worth a thousand dollars in this
city a cent or a few cents en each $1,000
valuation. Why, he vainly asks, should I
have te beg councils ler this money ?
The communication was laid ou the.
table.
Messrs. McMuIlen and White were ap
pointed a committee te wait upon select
council and inform the grave am reverend
signeurs that common council was ready
te go into joint convention for the purpesj
of electing a chief engineer of the fire de-
aiid Middleteu, of common
McMuLVu
ceunccl S.
KOK KOKDNEV.
Messrs. Barnes. Cox and White, of
common council 3.
KOK JACOBS.
Messrs. Beas, Franklin and Hubcr 3.
There being no choice, the names of
Messrs. Waters, Fordney aud Jacobs were
dropped, and a third ballet was taken,
which resulted as fellows :
vei: cncEN.
Messrs. Gee. W. Zecher and Philip
Zecher, of select council : Albert, Barnes,
Jehnsen, Ostcrmaycr and Stene, et com
men council 7.
ret: aunei.h.
Messre. lnirger and Judith, ei sj'eei
council ; Beas. Everts, Reith, Smeyeh
and Yaekly, of common council 7.
FOIt HOWELL.
Messis. Barr, Bituer, Deerr aud Evans,
of select council ; Brown. Cox, Fisher,
Franklin, Hays, Hubcr. Lciblcv, Lichtv,
McMuIlen, .Middleteu, White ami Lever
geed, of common council 10.
Mr. Hewell Iiavin:; received a majority
of all the votes cast was declared duly
elected chief engineer el" the liie depart
ment, and ou motion of Mr. Cox his "ekv
tien was made unanimous.
On motion of Mr. Gee. W. Zecher th.
convention then adjourned.
Common ceuucil theu reassembled and
proceeded te the transaction of the busi
ness communicated from the select
branch as reported in the proceedings ei
that body.
.Air. Cox effeied the following reselu
tien :
' Iieselced, That the finance committee
he instructed te approve the bills of the
various fire companies for the amounts of
the appropriation due them."
The resolution passed common council,
but the select branch declined te take
action.
Adjourned.
TIIK NEW KNCINKKR.
partment under the previsions of tlie or
dinance establishing the call system, ap
proved Dec. 27, 1881, and while waiting
for a similar communication from tiin select
branch Mr. Ostcrmaycr rose te inquire
what had become of the lamp ou .Market
street, beyond Clay, a petition for which
he had presented several months age,
which had been referred te tlie lamp com
mittee and which was the I:it nvcr heard
of it.
Mr. White, of the lamp committee,
stated that the petition had beu duly con
sidered by the committee, who visitud and
viewed the premises and decided the lamp
net necessary.
Mr. Ostcrmaycr, retorted that iu his
opinion the people of that section were as
much entitled te light a.-; these of any
ether; they pay their taxes, and the
lamp would be a positive benefit; te the
neighborhood.
Mr. Barnes thereupon moved that the
lamp be erected as petitioned for, which
motion was opposed by Mr. Franklin, who
said the lamp committee, whose special
province it is te leek after affair:; of this
kind, had examined the premises and de
clared the lamp unnee ssary ; why then
should councils, who knew nothing about
the matter, override the decision of its
committee, merely for the sake of gratify
ing ene member et councils? The motion
te put up the lamp was voted down by a
large majority.
At this juncture, Messrs. Goe. V.
Zecher and Barr appeared and announced i
the readiness of select council te go int,
joint convention te elect a chief engineer. I
Thereupon the selectmen were escorted j
into common council chamber and assem j
bled in
What Is Kciiiilrct! of lllm.
The following previsions of the enli
nance indicate the duties of the new chief
engineer under the new ordinance.
Section 4. It shall be the duty id" tl.e
chief engineer te atteud at all fires, super
intend aud direct the operations of all the
companies ; he shall have full control of
all the men and apparatus, issue and en
force such orders as in his judgement may
be bast calculated for the protection of
property and extinguishment of fires ;
te enforce all laws of councils gov
erning the lire department ; hu
shall report annually te coun
cils all fires occurring in the city, the
origin thereof if possible, together with
the amount of property destroyed, and the
amount of insurance if any : also a full
statement of the condition of the depart
ment at the end of each year. He shall
also report promptly te the committee en
fire department any member of the de
partment who may have disobeyed his
orders or violated any of the Iawa or rules
governing the department ; he shall have
control and supervision of the fiie alarm
telegraph ; and shall devote his whele
time iu the interest of the department.
Sec. 15. Councils shall elect the chief
engineer in joint convention, and he shall
serve for the term of three years, and be
fore assuming the duties of his office he
shall take and subscribe, before the mayor
of the city, an oath of oflice prescribed
for ether city officers. Councils shall have
full power te remove him from office nt
any time for misdemeanor, ncgligciice, in
efficiency, or any ether offense ; providing,
both branches of council agree te de se by
a majority of the elected members of each
body and the committee of lire department
shall have power te suspend him at any
time for violation of laws and ordinances,
until the first meeting of councils, when
action shall be taken iu his case.
TIIK " KKU.OUU " CONCUR'!'
lulnt CoiiM-nlieii
for the purpose above" indicated.
i uu uii:i-ks ei select nutt common cenn-
dutyoftheceustaoles, pe hce officers ami ject of the meeting, whereupon Mr. Gee.
Ah It Came Oil' WUhuut Kellegg.
Late yesterday afternoon the Kellogg
concert company, under direction of Mr.
J. B. Pend, reached this city from Wil
mington, Del., via Philadelphia : and iust
ens acted as secretaries et the convention, as tlie newspapers wi-re neing te press the
and President Evans, of select, took the local manager, Mr. I-'Iias Barr, learned
chair. that Miss Kellogg, the card of the ecca-
The rolls were called, aud all the nieni- sien and the star of the company, would
bers of select and common councils, whose net be here, being detained by .sickness iu
names arc recorded in the proceedings of Philadelphia. The news gieatly dis
these bodies responded. tin bed Mr. Ban- and created no
ine presuiing emccr announced the ou- "ine excitement iinoulieiit the city
life, she is ignored by the Southern and
Democratic clement. The wisdom or the
felly of Secial ostracism bears haidly en
her. Xe doubt she longs for the times
that wcr.", ivhcn they were the magnates
el an iiil.ii d town, when the Maheue
Fer Common Council 1, Charles Law
rence, It., Charles D. James, D., Otte
Wolff, D. ; 2, Chas. F. Isemiuger, D. ;
5, William Conway, D. : 7, Gen. Isaac J.
Wistar, D. ; 8, William II. Lex, It. ; 9,
Chas. Roberts. I. R. : 11. J. Christian
Miller, D. ; 13, Jeseph L. Jenes, I. R. ;
14, Jehn Smethurst, I. R. ; 15, Wra. B.
Irvine, R., Uselma C Smith. I. R Thes.
Walter, I. R. ; 1C. Henry Clay, R. ; 17,
Francis Redgers, D. , 18, Henry Jehnsen,
I. R.. Edw, Willig. D. ; 19, Jeseph Grim,
D.. H. II. Wisler, I. R. ; 20. Jacob Grim,
I. R., Samuel R. Marshall, D. ; 22, Chas.
W. Henry, R., Samuel K. Felten, D. ; 24
Jehn T. Strickland, D., J. Dallas Hall, R.
James C. Shed wick, D., Jehn L. Grim,
D., Reger Mayues, D. : 20, James Alcorn,
A Diuuken Slelghlns Party and lis ratal
Termination.
A two horse sleigh, containing Heward
Rambo, Geerge Smith and eight ladies
from Birdsboro, approached Reading at a
high rate of speed about eight o'clock
last evening and striking Jeseph Fegley,
aged fifty-five, threw him under the run
ner, caught his neck and dragged him for
forty yaids before the sleigh could be
stepped. He was taken te a hotel and
expired iu a few moments. The slciirhiii"-
party drove rinht en, however, until they
reached Drever's hotel, where they ran
into a team. They were arrested, the men
being locked up aud the women taken te
the house of some friends. The coroner
will held an inquest ever Fegley's body.
The cause of the accident was liquor, as
Rambo was intoxicated and could net
manage the team.
elivui. i.-umujissieiicr te am me ueard ei
liealtb by endeavoring te ascertain every
nuisance which may exist iu any portion
of the city and te report the same te the
secretary of the beard, docs net work
effectively. The reason is obvious it
crops out of our vicious elective system.
It is idle te rely upon the police for a fear
less, impartial and intelligent performance
of this duty. It should be committed te
some lit person te be appointed by the
court of common pleas simultaneously with
the yearly creation of the beard of lin.iltli
by said court, giving such officer general
supervision eer the sanitary con
dition of the city, requiring him
te investigate every complaint of
nuisance, and te report the result te the
beard iu writing for their action said
officer co receive a moderate salary te be
fixed by councils. In this connection we
respectfully suggest an increase of the
salary of the secretary. Tlie time spent
and the services rendered bv him would
net be overpaid by thrice the amount of
th-j small pittance new fixed by ordinance.
We may, tee, with great propriety, ask an
annual appropriation for the use of the
beard te meet these exigencies which call
for an immediate expenditure of money.
In conclusion, wc commend te councils
the following extract from the circular of
the state beard of health of New Yerk :
'Vaccination is a public duty for the
protection of the whole community, as
well as of each individual family ; aud it
is se necessary te secure its protection iu
an places and ler all classes of people,
that none have a right te neglect it for
themselves, their families, the public
scltoels, or the community."
Respectfully submitted.
I. X. Ligiitxeii, President.
C. II. Bnewx, Secretary.
Annexed in a short financial statemei. t
of expenses for the year 1881 :
Salary et secretary $ :,: w
Blanks (ter-abatement, nuisances, etc.). 19 95
' ( murriases.birtlisand deaths) 21 27
Ccrtilicate of appointment bv court.... :t 50
Postal card notices te delinquents 50
J. estiiC....... ..........,..... .. 50
JJlunk books unit stitienerv 5 53
Fine HerseB.
Moses Moses, of Baltimeie. stenncd off
the train at Leaman Place a week age for
the purpose of buying, iu Lancaster
county, a drove of the finest heises that
could be found. Securing the services of
Isaac Diller, of Leaman Place, the two
started out and in three days bought a
drove said te b-j the best ever collected to
gether in that neighborhood. One pair
which were models of strength, style and
beauty,cest nearly six hundred dollars.
Me Will be Somewhere.
Jehn Falck wants it understood that he
is no candidate for common council in the
Third ward en the Rnpublican ticket, but
he will try te get there as a delegate te
the convention, which will nemin.-itp :
mayor tomorrow evenimr. i
$109 23
A letter from Christopher Lewis.-Phila-delphia,
te Mayer MacGenigle, heretofore
published, was read.
Mr. Gee. W. Zecher and Mr. Barr were
appointed a committee te uetify common
council that select council was ready te
meet them iu joint convention te elect a
chief of the fire department.
Select council then adjourned te common
council chamber. -participated iu the elec
tion of a chief engineer, and en returning
te their own chamber adjourned.
Common Council.
The following named members were
present :
Messrs. Albert, Barnes, Bees, Brown,
Cox, Diffenderffer, Everts, Fisher, Frank
lin, Hays, Huber, Jehnsen, Leibley,
Lichty, McMuIlen, Middlcten, Ostermayer,
Reith, dmeych, Stene, White, Yacklcy,
Levcrgoed, president.
The journal of the previous meeting
was read and approved.
Mr. Bees presented a petition for the
erection of a lamp en Poplar street, be
tween Laurel alley and Leve Lane, and
one at the corner of Poplar street and
Leve Lane. Referred te the lamp committee.
Mr. Jehnsen presented the cemmunica-
W. Zecher nominated Chas. G. Green for
the position of chief engineer, in a speech
cordially recommending the qualifications
of that gentleman for the duties of the
office In the ceurse of his remarks he
also took occasion te advert te the entire
absence of anything like political or party
feeling in the action of the special commit
tee ou the reorganization of the lire de
partment : considerations of that kir.d had
net becu permitted te influence the course
of the committee. They had been a unit
in all they did, and a resolution had passed
the committee at the last meeting that if
either party called a caucus for the pur
pose of putting in nomination a candidate
for this position of chief engineer they
would lofuse te go into it ; they wanted
te see an engineer elected en his merits
alone.
Mr. Cox nominated Jacob R. Waters.
Mr. Smeych nominated Frederick Ar
neld.
3Ir. McMuIlen nominated Harry X.
Hewell in a handsome complimentary
speech, wherein he called attention te the
valuable services rendered by that gentle
man at the late Inquirer fire, the most
disasti-Diis in the history of the city. Mr.
Hewell had there displayed in a marked
degree his ample qualifications for the
pest.
Mr. Cox nominated Peter B. Fordney.
Mr. Hubcr nominated Lee Jacobs.
Mr. Jehnsen nominated Jacob ller.eg.
There being no further nominations, Mr.
Gee. W. Zecher moved that they close and
that the lowest candidate be dropped
after each successive ballet. The motion
was agreed te.
The secretaries then called the i-e!'s,aud
the members voted as fellows :
FOR GREEN.
Messrs. Gee. W. Zecher and Philip
Zecher of select council : Ostermaver.
Stene and Levcrgoed, of common council
j.
FOR WATERS.
Messrs. Barr, Bitner and Deerr, of select
council ; Hays of common council 1
FOR ARNOLD.
Messrs. Bergcr and Judith, of select
council : Everts, Reith, Smeych and Yack-
ley, ei common council h.
for irewEi.r..
Mr. Evans, of select council ; Messrs.
Brown, Fisher, Leibley, Lichty, McMuIlen
and Middlcten, of-common council 7.
FOR FORDNEY.
Messrs. Barnes, Cox and White, of com
men council 3.
for .i.vreiis.
Messrs. Albert, Bees, Franklin and
Hubcr, of common council 4.
FOR I1EKZOU.
Mr. Johusen, of common council 1.
There being no choice, the name of Mr.
Ilerzeg was dropped, and a second ballet
taken, which resulted as fellows :
FOR GBEEN.
Messrs. Gee. W. Zecher and Philip
Zecher, of select council ; Messrs. Albert,
Jehnsen, Ostermayer, Stene and Lever Lever
geed, of common council 7.
FOR WATERS.
Messrs. Barr and Bitner, of select cenn
cil ; Leibly, of common council 3.
FOR ARNOLD.
Messrs. Berger and Judith, of select
council : Everts, Reith, Smeych and Yack
ley, of common council 0.
FOR IIOWEM..
.Messrs. Evans aud Deerr, of select
tien from Christopher Lewis te Mayer i council : Brown, Fisher, Hays, Lichty,
IIiu best beuse id' the season had
been sold ler the ceuceit, nearly
every scat in the lower part of the hall
having been reserved at $1 apicc, and a
.special train from Columbia having been
arranged te bring down and take back
about fifty tickct-heldcr.s from that town.
After considerable paslejiug aud various
prepositions had been canvassed, Mr.
I 'end decided te go en and give a concert,
aud after it was ever let people judge for
themselves whether they had received the
worth of their money; if net, agreeing
that they could get back their money.
Meanwhile a very considerable itumbei
get wind of the disappointment, called en
Mr. Ii:n rand had their money promptly
refunded, wh.Ie ethers kept their tickets
te sec what arrangements would be maile
and stayed at home.
At. a little after eight there was a geed
thictj-feurths house in the lower hall, ami
Mr. Pend, from the stage, an neu need Miss
Kellogg'.? complete exhaustion after 80
engagements filled without a break, her
expectation of coming te Lancaster up te
11 a. m , and her utter inability te d se.
He premised the audience an cxeclh-nt
concert and announced that these who
were satisfied with it could surrender then
tickets as they left the hall net having
been taken as the audience entered while
these who were net could have their money
refunded by presenting them at Mr. Barr's
before 2 p. m. today. The audience ap
plaudcd Mr. Pend. The people viewed
the matter differently ; some did net go te
the hall, and of course, they took their
money ; ethers were well satisfied and
gave nt their tickets willingly ; ethers
were half dissatisfied and gave them up
because they were ashamed te keep them ;
ethers who had bought two or thrce paid
for part and kept part te reclaim a per
centage ; some of the folks who had
diiveu a long distance or paid fare from
Columbia thought tuey were no mere
than getting even for their disappointment
by claiming their money ; while ethers
still, who get the worth of their money,
but thought it a geed chance te keep their
cake and cat it tee, took advantage of the
situation te hear the music and get back
their dollar. Ou the whole Mr. Barr in
forms us that $100 was refunded upon the
call or the ticket-holders.
Tlie Concert.
Viewed upenit3 intrinsic merit the concert
must be declared a fine artistic treat ; and
mingled with the disappointment felt
throughout the cultured audience assem
bled in being deprived of the expected
privilege of hearing "America's greatest,"
war, a feeling of real gratification at
being present and serving te con
tribute te the tiiumph achieved by
the little lady who was substitute.! iu
place of the American diva. Miss
Emma S. Howe, a chick of a child almost,
barely eighteen years old, at present sing
ing iu Plymouth church choir, Brooklyn,
and with no ether than local reputation,
was impressed into the arduous service of
taking Miss Kellogg's place. The previ
ous excellent numbers en the pregramme
had put the audience in geed humor, and
when Miss Howe, modestly yet richly ar
rayed in a handsome white silk, and
with a garland of flowers grace
fully arranged at her left shoulder, made
her appearance before the footlights there,
was no question about the genuineness and
cordiality of her reception. There was no
great scmblence of nervousness outwardly,
but the young lady's keen apprehension of