LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 1882.
ILatieastet Intelligencer.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 11, 1882.
A Judicial Complication.
The governor seems te have made a
mistake in undertaking te fill the office
of associate law judge for the Dauphin
and Lebanon district, that office appar
ently being full and the real vacancy be
ing in the place of president judge. The
16th section of the schedule te the con cen con
stituteonas is pointed out by a Press
correspondent only promotes te the
place of president judge the eldest judge
in commission in the same court
when the retiring president judge
was in commission at the adop
tion of the constitution. Se when
Judge Pearson went off the bench en
which he sat when the constitution was
adopted, his associate, Judge Hendersen,
became president judge of the district.
But when Judge Hendersen resigned
rather than subject his family te a dis
agreeable and malarieus residence in
Harrisburg, the associate judge does net
seem te have been promoted te his place,
since Judge Hendersen was net one of
the president judges at the adoption of
the constitution. Consequently Mr.
McPherson's appointment as associate
law judge is void and the governor needs
te start afresh.
There is some embariassmcnl in his
way. Probably he wants Simoiiten te
be president judge. lie can appoint him
If Siinonten resigns his associate judge
ship. Hut if he does this iic must take
his chance of rcnominatien and election
next year, as the governor's commission
expires en the first Monday of next Jan
uary. Siinonten will think twice be
fore he does anything se rush. lie
does net want any further negotia
tion with the Lebanon Republicans
who gave him se much trouble last fall.
If he should resign his office both of the
judgeships would be open te be filled at
the next election ; and Lebanon would
have te be given one of the nominations.
The governor had a very hard cheek in
deed when lie appointed a second Dau
phin man te the bench just after the
great row that Lebanon Republicans
made ever their perpetual exclusion
from the bench. Probably there would
be a great deal of music next
fall when this second dose came
up for deglutition in the Lebanon
convention. It is Lebanon's jealous
watchfulness that has caught the gev
erner violating the law in his appoint- j
ment, and it is Lebanon's howl which i
rises up te make him afraid. I . the. recent investigations before a
It will net de at all te have any doubt ! Senate committee of the allegations that
existing as te the right of the Dauphin I work had been done en the Sherman ics
judges te fill the places they occupy. I f idence and paid for out of the contingent
Siinonten acts as president judge and is j fund of the treasury Custodian Pitney said
net, and MrPhercnn as associa'e law 1 he was prepared te m-ove it. and ah-.e te
judge while he
their acts arc
of the highest
question raised
is net, then iiecissari!
invalid; and it is
importance thai Un
as te their titles be
promptly settled. Lately the proceed
ings of an Illinois court curried en
through several years have been declared
te be void by reason of the uucenstitu-
tienality of the tribunal
We want te
take no such risks with tiie acts of the
Dauphin court. As the law
seems te
read, Judge Siinonten does no! take
Judge Hendersen's place, and Judge
McPherson is net a judge. It is a pity
that Judge Hendersen's family could
net persuade themselves te endure Har
risburg, since this complication has
arisen. Of course we fully sympathize
with their feelings of horror -it the
thought of a prolonged residence in the
town. It is mere than mortal spirit
should be called te endure unless in pun
ishment. The City Election.
We can have no personal quarrel with
ex-Mayer Stauffer. Seme years age
when he was a candidate for re-elf-ctien.
in pursuance of a public duty and in a
review of his conduct as an official, we
made charges against him which he
deemed sufficient te require him te vi.
dicate his integrity in a ceuit of justice.
He naule his oath that he had b.-eii libfl
ed and denied us a chance te produc preduc produc
eur proofs at a preliminary hearing be
fore the election, except se lar as his e; n
answers en cress-examination crimi
nated him. He was elected by a lam
majority, aud obviously his duty te
these who seemed te confide in him
was te make geed what In had
sworn te and te prove in a
court of justice that the Intelligkx
cek had libeled him. He did net de
this because he knew 1 hat he could net
de it. We had told the exact truth and
were prepared te sustain every line of it.
Wilfully or under a misapprehension he
had sworn te diat was net true. He
was discreet, if net valorous, in secur
ing an abandonment of his suit without
our knowledge of it.
The circumstance was net forgotten
by these who had trusted him. He
had two years mere of official experi
ence. He did nothing le redeem his
reputation which had been se badly bat
tered by his failure te vindicate himself.
On the ether hand lie pursued a
course which could only result in
financial less and embarrassment te
the city. He never interposed his
official influence against the reckless
extravagance and overdrawing of appro
priations, which every year left us with
a floating debt te be funded into perma
nent leans, and increase the interest
bearing obligations of the city without
leaving any permanent improvements te
show for the burden added te the mu
nicipality. The natural result was that
the people voted him out. and thai after
two years of a new and better policy
they endorsed his successor with an
almost unprecedented popular majority.
It is in view of these facts that Mr.
Stauffer's candidacy is ill-advised, and
his election, were such a thing possible,
would be a step backward, a return te
mi '.management and te reckless extra va
yiiw., where prudence and geed judge
.v.trjt in ;zpenditurc3 ought te prevail.
;vj.l: who want the public affairs ad
f.'.bvistrwl en biinlriw.H principles will
Unty M: w:titlvs btanch of the city
ZtrttftftutWtl in Hit; handn which new di-t'-vXtt.
Attil Ittiui thfe determination they
will fifit. ! ?wTVd by i-senal appeals
Ittjt pf MiUi thit-at I
In some boroughs it has been the cus
tom te treat the several wards as consti
tuting one election district and allow
voters who remove from one te the ether
within sixty days te vote, en the ground
that they have net changed their resi
dence or removed from ouedistricttethe
ether. There can l)e no doubt that this
is an infraction of the election law of
this state as laid down in the new
constitHtien. The main purpose of
that clause was te prevent repeating
from one ward te another in the
towns and cities. Any voter changing
his residence within sixty days of the
election lese3 his vote. It is net the in
tention of the law te disqualify any
voter, but these who disqualify them
selves must lese their franchises te se
cure a proper protection of the purity of
elections.
Wi: print en our fourth page te day
one of Oscar Wilde's poems, wiitteu and
published before he came te this country.
It shows his peculiar style, and skill as
a versifier, and certainly merits lair rank
villi modern English poetry.
A iuumamextaiiv return shows that
thcin were 17,311 peisens evicted in Ire
laud in 18S1, or whom 10,002 were rc-ad
inittcd as tenants and caretakers. There
wcre granted 1,721 ejectment deeives for
the non-payment of rent, representing
arrears of rent amounting t $17,000.
As this is the year of the triennial as
lessmcnt, an assessor and two assistant
lsscsers are te be elected at the ensuing
spring elections in the boroughs and town
ships te appraise real estate for three yeaiv,
aud men of fairness and geed judgment
should be selected generally for i ids im
portant position.
( )L'ii esteemed Republican contemporaries
betray some anxiety lest the Lvrnr.j.ic.r.x
CF.n's views regarding the impropriety of
corruptly using money al elections have
(indeigeue some change. We renew our
I assurances that we deprecate this abuse as
much as ever and are just as ready t strike
hands with any organized effort te step it. j
All the same we may ha allowed te ask !
our esteemed cout-jinperarie
n
t!KV illVti
changed their views concerning a paid fire
dcpaitmcnt, as we find them supporting a
candidate for mayor whose friends an: urg
ing in his behalf that if elected he will
urge a icpeal of the tire ordinance and an
abandonment of the paid system . Or docs
i the Examiner suspect, that all thus;: ante
olectieu premises are only evidence-, of
what it calls a "a faciliry for lying V"
; prove that Secretary Shi rmaii und Mis.
Sherman knew that this work
was
paid for. Senater Hale sprang te his feet.
and with some show of indignation asked
I "Hew dare you charge that Mrs. Sherman
knew this?" Pitney replied : '' Because
I received notes from her asking m-j te
send men te de certain work en different
! occasions, ami 1 have the notes he.
u new.
He then produced certain notes alleged
te have been written
uv Airs. t;is.rtna:i,
ij:.
i requesting thai workmen be
sent te I no
secretary's residence.
Pitnej added tint
he had received notes of the same kind
from Scci clary Sherman, and a!.-., pso pse
duccd them. Mr. Pitney then entered
into the details with regard te this work,
and maintained that he could prove by
the books and records of the treasury that
the work was paid for out of the contin
gent fund.
PEBbQMaij.
William AttMSTitoxe, the new commis
sioner of railroad.;, will enter upon the
discharge of his duties te-day.'
Jehn Wn.ex. one of the actoiseftl.o
Madisen Square thealte iu Xew Yerk. I
uicu ycsieniay morning.
.Mr. McaI.yxi.s gives emphatic ihnial te
the report that he induced President
Roberts, of the P. R. R., te make Gen.
Wistar get efl'the Refeim council ticket.
Philadelphia
Bishop Sti:vexs has received a massive
silver nitcher and salver f:em his clergy,
in commemoration of the twentieth anni
VLisaiy of his consecration te the episco
pate of Pcuusylvania. The gift be irs the
inscription, " In token of their afl'vcliou afl'vclieu
ate regard and their earnest appicciatiuii
of his years of faithful labor in his high
office."
Rev. Dr. J. Fry, pastor of Trimiy Lu
theran church, Reading, will deliver his
lecture "Five Days in Switzerland," iu
this city en Monday evening ne.x'. The
lecture is under the auspices and fertile
benefit of tlie Yeung Felks' literary aswei
at.ien of Trinity church, Lancaster. Or.
Fry was given an enthusiastic reception
en his recent visit te Alientewu, and hi?
lecture hcic will be a treat te thtne who
hear it.
Rev. .1. Ridley, late pastor of Salem
church, has been confined te his house the
past week tlnnugli sickness and is unable
te preach his farewell soi-iien to-m.rrew
night, having resigned the pastorate two
weeks age. As seen as he gains sufficient
strength he will remove te Iowa. He has
the prayers and sympathy of the church
here that a change of climate iu his new
field of labor will be the means of restor
ing his former health.
An Aged Weman's Sail Death.
An old woman named Margaret Farmer,
a widow, liviug with her son-in-law,
Geerge Dunn, of Pcekskill, X. Y., some
time during the storm en Thursday night
arose from her bed, and, iu her night
clothes, with only a shawl thrown about
her. shoulders, wandered away from the
house. She reached the Hudsen River
railroad, and while, it is supposed, she was
crossing the drawbridge some distance
above the depot, she was struck by the
locemotivo of a passing train and instantly
killed. Her body was' found about day-1
who examined the body said that about
every bone in it was broken. She was net
of very sound mind, insanity being heredi
tary iu her family.
All lvxpleslve Left fur Italians.
In Xew Yerk, at the inquest into the
cause of the explosion en the garbage
dump at Ninety-ninth street, between
Second and Third avenues, en January 27,
which killed Benjamin Burns and injured
several ether persons, some witnesses tes
tified that en the day of the explosion an
ashman brought a lead of refuse and
warned tli9 children net te touch it, as lie
:aiil there was enough iu it te kill a dozen
people, and te leave it for the Italians.
THE TWO CANDIDATES.
A KKi'UBLlCAX OllGAX'S VIEWS.
What tlie Examiner Said About StaefTer.
Frem the Lancaster Kxaminer, March 5, 1830.
As our readers are aware, the name of
Jeseph Samson has been before the Senate
for supervisor of census for this district,
and there were doubts as te his confirma
tion. Our congressman, Mr. Smith, te be
prepared fcr the emergency of his rejec
tion, came te Lancaster, and it is reported
after a conference with Mr. Warfel's edi edi
ter aud a few ethers of like dark wayB, re
turned with the written application of a
chronic office-holder, te present te the
presidcut for the appointment. It was te
see Senators Cameren and Wallace, te
have Samseu confirmed, rather than take
the chance of having the president send in
the name of a man who was enca made a
caudidate for office, and elected, because
of his facility for lying, but se overdid
the lying business that he was defeated
for re-election. It was t.i avert that ca
tastrophe that they went te Washington
New you knew all about the visit te
Washington and we hope it is satisfactory
te all cencc:ncd.
Exumiriei-en illaclieulglc.
1'ieni the Lancaster Examiner and Express,
Auk- K, iw.
We express but the .sentiment of all
light-minded, considerate, tax-paying cit
izens, of both parties, when wa extend te
Mayer MacGenigle thanks for having
called the attention of councils and the
public in general te the illegal and ex
travagant, acts of the street committee or
rather the ring which has been running it
and the tool called the street commission
er. We hope the mayor will net step at
"protesting" and calling the attention of
council", te their extravagance and illegal
proceedings, hut will, if necessary, pro
ceed by injunction te lcstraiu them, and
also held the ringleaders individually lia
ble when they shall run the city in debt,
ft is notorious that there has been in this
department at least nncKr.ESSxrcss and
i:ctkavagaxci: ii- net ceititui'TiON, and
se far as we are concerned WE SHALL
SUSTAIN THE MAYOR iu his efforts te
rl'tllllkill "!! illCnttMlinn r nil Awnai4-. n1.n
i '""r " ""- .wiui-, tit tin fvciin, IU IUU
I lerms ei law, am: we nope lie will net
hesitate wnen occasion requires te call the
attention of councils and the public te the
shortcomings of these in authority.
r.i.Aj.M..
' Set Accustomed te Mat. siuuiislilji.
i New Yerk Times, Kup.
j Until Mr. Blaine became secretary of
, state he had never, during his long public
me, attempteu te meddie witn statesman-.-.hip.
His opinion as te the best way of
" capturing"' a convention or of distribut
ing eflices was always of value, but no
man ever dreamed of asking what were
Jh Blaine's views concerning these mat
ters with which statesmen concern them
selves lie had, it is true, associated his
name with the celebrated "Mulligan
doctrine f that no mau has a riirht te
; publish lctteis compromising Mr. Blaine
nd he has complained that the Dress
and "ether persons" in Washington have
been guilty of violating the Mulligan
doctrine, but in point of fact that doctrine
was net of national importance, and
never secured the enthusiastic approval of
American people, when enforced by a
sun stroke.
On tne Kly;e ! n ;:-.
Mary (.Icinuiur Vine-.
.lames G. Blaine is once meie .swim
ming in his native ether, close te the
edges of a row. AH who knew him knew
that it was meiely a matter of time his
attainment of a grievance. The first
stake lobe driven iu his coming cam
paign was an open issue with the president
and his new administration. Before he
lelt tiie state department he knew one of
two ends must be gained. Either he
must entail upon the Arthur administra
tien "a policy" that would rebound te
the glory of Blaine through the coining
presidential struggle, or he must reas
sume the role of "the plumed kuight "and
fight the administration.
' I thought I had things fixed se thav
i would stay," he declared, hemic he vacated
! the state department : but when he found
j that, upon further investigation, thepresi-
i tienr. procceecn te "uunx" tliem de
j eidedly from the Blaine standard of arro arre
i gance and ambition, with his high per
senal stakes iu peril, what remained for
the cx-prcmier te de but te call in his
friends for consultation aud te burst into
the newspapers'.'
Il is very horrifying te read iu the elab
orate and evidently prc-prepared para
graphs, three newspaper columns long,
which Mr. Blaine gave in respense te the
question of his interviewer " (?) that
Chili will new swallow Peru, and England
own and grew richer en them both, te the
etciual less of the United States ; but it is
also amusing as illustrating the keenness
of Mr. Blaine's thrifty mind and the alert
ness of his dominant commercial instinct,
the very minute and accurate knowedge
he displays iu his statements concerning
the exact numbar et tens and the exact
number of dollars te be lest te the United
States (". e., te its speculators and corpor
ations, in the les3 of the nitrate-of-soda dc-
I posits aud the guano island of Peru.
! There, are two sides te this tale, as thcre
j are te all absorbing stories, and the people,
at least, will leek at both sides fairly and
squarely as fast as they can sift out the
actual facts from all plausible self-colored
fiction. The shadows en Mr. Blaine's side
aic these which in his annals must for
ever reappear, the shadow of tee much
"smartness" r.ud of tee much self.
Storm, Fleuil And Shipwreck.
Floods iu the Navasota and Brazes
rivers, in Texas, have caused a less of cat
tle, but arc new subsiding.
The Mississippi river at Helena, Ark., is
only eight inches below the high-water
mark of 1807 and is still rising. It is
feared that the levees will net much longer
stand the pressure.
The reef of the Intercolenial railwav car
I shed at St. Jehn, New Brunswick, was
! crushed in yesterday by the weight of
snow upon it aud nine cars were deniol deniel
1 ished. The less is 75,000.
The steamship City of Limerick, of the
Centaur line, which sailed from Xew Yerk
for Louden ojthe 8th of January, has net
eeen heard et since, and it is tcared that
she is lest.
The British barque, Chimborazo, from
Mobile from an English pert, with lumber,
went ashore near Charlette harbor. Fler
ida, en Thursday aud has ten feet of water
; j,cr j,0j,j.
The bodies of two men were seen float
ing ou the ice at Pert Colburne, Ontario,
en Thursdry evening. Search was made
for them yesterday morning, but they had
floated out into the lake. They are sup
posed te be bodies et sailors lest last fall.
A snow storm equal te that of Sunday
last raged yesterday iu Xew Brunswick,
again stepping travel en the railroad. Ten
inches of snow foil at Concord, Xew
Hampshire, en Thursday nieht and yester
day morning, making a total of 70 inches
te date. The amount which has fallen in
teat section during the first ten days of
the present month is greater than in any
whole" month of February during tins last
tweuty years.
SMALLPOX.
ITS DREADFUL RAVAGES.
THE TKAIL. OF BLOODY CRIME.
Calamines .In an Parts et the World.
There are seven cases of smallpox in
Adams, Mass.
Twe infants, children of taileis in tene
ment houses in Xew Yerk, died yesterday
from smallpox. In both houses clothing
prepared for delivery was seized by the
health officers and held for a thorough
disinfectien. One of the houses contained
no fewer than COO pairs of pantaloons.
Ten new cases were reported yesterday iu
Xew Yerk.
Garrett Bennett, of Point Pleasant, X.
J., purchased a let of second-hand school
books in Xew Yerk a few weeks age.
Fenr members of his family are new sick
of smallpox, and a child of Walter Bruce,
of the same village, is dying of the disease.
The contagion is attributed te the school
books, and, as they have been used by a
number of children, much uueasiness pre
vails. Fire and Suffocation.
N. L. Birge & Sen's underwear factory
at Bristel, Connecticut, was burned ves ves
terday. Less, 825,000.
The fire commissioners of Bosten yes
terday, ordered fire escapes placed en every
workshop or manufactory in which fifty
or mere persons are employed above the
second-story.
The house of Jehn Merelaud, i: Hunt
ingdon township, Ontario, was burned en
Thursday night, and his wife, step daugh
ter and three children perished, while two
men named Rambaugh andllulF, stepping
with the family, were seriously if net
fatally burned.
At Brown's mills, Irendale, III., six men
undertook te repair some fallen smoke
stacks, when they became senseless fi eni
gas, and they were taken out nearly suf
fecuted. Dan Fitzgerald died seen after
being removed. William Ruunells died
yesterday morning, and two ethers are net
expected te live.
Themas Sehefield's carpet yarn mill in
Manayunk suffered $50,000 less from fire
last night.
A fire broke out last night in the base
ment of Dee & Hunnewell's furniture
manufactory at Washington and Avery
streets, Bosten. The cellar was filled
with mahogany, ebony and ether valuable
lumber, which was ruined. The fire
burned through te the next fleer above
the wareroeras which were filled with
furniture of a very valuable character.
All the property en this fleer, including a
large quantity of furniture coverings and
trimmings, was destroyed. The ether
floors of the building were filled with fur
niture in construction, which was only
slightly damaged by smoke. The insur
ance en stock is $75,000.
Accident and Crime
Colonel Clendenin was killed near He
lena, Mentana, en Thursday, by the caving
in of a silver mine.
Geerge Lilly, aged :)5 years, seaman of
the Gloucester schooner, Geerge M. Stet
son, died recently iu Liverpool, Xeva Sco
tia, from injuries caused by a heavy sea
which struck the vessel en her last trip.
In Chicago, yesterday afternoon, Gee.
Robinson, driver of an ice wagon, shot
and mortally wounded Mary Bacen, a
servant girl, and then committed suicide.
The cause of the tragedy was the girl's re
fusal te marry him
Kate Miles, a colored girl of 14 years,
drowned herself near Columbia, Seuth
Carolina, yesterday afternoon, because
her mother had given her a severe beating.
A lady named Phelps was robbed of
$600 in cash and jewclry by hotel thieves
at the Palmer house, iu Chicago, en
Thursday night.
A. M. Sotelde, one of the victims of the
sheeting afiray in the National Republican
effice at Washington, was in a dying con
dition last night. Barten continues te
improve.
Jesse Barber was hanged yesterday at
the Wiunsbore jail, S. C, for the murder
of Mack Perry, his stepfather,, en the 1st
of August last. On the scaffold Barber
claimed that his pistol went off accidental-
iy-
At Scrauten yesterday, while Sheriff
btevens aud Deputies Finch and Carmau
were ejecting Davby Melviu from premises
occupied by him they were attacked by
Melvin'and his wife, armed with revolvers.
Finch was fatally wounded by Melviu ;
Carman was knocked senseless by Mrs.
Melvin. and Melvin was shot in three
places. The desperate couple were finally
arrested.
"Jack" Brush and "his gang" of
forgers were arrested iu Chicago en Wed
nesday aud held en Thursday iu $5,000 bail
each for forgery aud $8,000 each for con
spiracy. They remain iu jail. It appears
that they had selected as their victims
about twenty business firms and all the
principal banks of Chicago, and had ob
tamed and lithographed firm checks for
the purpose of forging them.
D. W. Vandcrhetf, first bookkeeper of
the First Xatienal bank, of St. Paul,
Minnesota, was arrested last night for em
bezzlement. The amount is estimated at
from $20,000 te $30,000. He had been
speculating in wheat. C. Mundinger, as
sistant manager in the retail department
of B. Lewenstein & Brether's dry jjoeds
stere at AlemphiH, was arrested yesterday
en the charge of embezzling $6,000 from
the firm. He was released in $5,000 bail.
Jehn E. Brodhead, chief clerk iu the
quartermaster's department of the mili
tary division of the Pacific, at San Fran Fran
ciseo, has been arrested for raising a check
for $4.50 te $4,000.50, which wa3 paid at
the sub-treasury. Brodhead confessed his
guilt and said he had previously stolen
$2,200. He was arrested yesterday in
default of $10,000 bail. He speculated in
mining stocks.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Died of His Injuries.
Wm. Serene, who was se severely
crushed while coupling cars at Columbia
several nays age, died at the county hos
pital between 3 and 4 o'clock this morn
ing. Corener Shiffbr empaneled the fol
lowing uamed jurors te held an inquest :
Christ. A. Gast, Jehn H. High, Chas. M.
Strine, Win. H. Delchler, Samuel S. Mar
tin and W. L. Sutten. The jury, after
viewing the body adjourned, te meet
again Monday evening, te take testimony
of witnesses of the accident. Serene.
while in the hospital, received the most"
carciui attention both from the officials
and a relative from Xew Yerk. His body
was te-day sent te his New Yerk friends
at the expense of the Pennsylvania rail read
company.
The Charity Concert.
The concert for the benefit of the soup fund
at the court house en Tuesday evening
appeals te the sympathetic and substan
tial patronage of charitably disposed peo
ple. The cause in which it is given is a
worthy one, money is needed te keep it
going, and besides these laudable con
siderations is the fact that a first-class en en
tertainment is assured all who attend, as
the Woodward vocalists are among the
best of Lancaster's talent, and their sing
ing never fails te please. The quartet
consists of Miss Alice Troyer, soprano ;
Miss Mary Sener, contralto; Mr. Chas.
B. Mowery, tenor, and Mr. A. W. Wood
ward, basso. Tickets can be procured at
a number of stores throughout the city,
from the policemen, or at the maver's
office.
JR. O. V. A. M.
Empire Council's Anniversary Bauqaet.
It was Empire Council, Xe. 120, Jr. O.
U. A. M., which, en Thursday evening,
Feb. 9, celebrated its tenth anniversary by
having a grand banquet. The members
and ladies te the number of about ene
hundred met in the third story of Roberts'
hall, where they were entertained by a
band of music. Dancing was indulged in
until 9:30 p. m., when they formed in
couples and, with Chairman J. P. Win
ewer taking the lead, proceeding te the
lower room, where there were two large
tables extending the length of the room,
which were crowded with all that could be
wished for.
The, following was the bill of fare :
Oysters, turkey, chicken, ham, ice cream,
large and small cakes, coffee, gelatine, fcc.
When all had assembled around the
tables, the chairman, in a neat speech,
welcomed the ladies aud members, hoping
that they would enjoy themselves aud
spend a pleasant evening. While all were
partaking of the bountiful repast they
were entertained by the band.
After all had satisfied the inner mau.
Bre. P. C, H. Biggs entertained the audi
ence with an address en the motto of the
order : "Virtue, Liberty and Patriotism."
He was followed by Bre. P. C. A. M.
Albright with an address en the motto of
the senior order : "IIeuestv; Industry and
Sobriety."
Music by the band.
Remarks in general were then made by
Xatienal Representative J. P. Winewer
and Bres. P. C's. II. Leenard. J. P. Giv
lcr, Chas. Reese, F. S. Milley, W. II.
Wehr, Chas. Bonasch, E. X. Winewer, S.
S. Cress and Bres. Haughraau, Rogers
and ethers.
Music by the band.
After singing "My Country, 'tis of
Thee " by all present, the anniversary ex
ercises closed.
.Much credit is due te Messrs. E. M.
Dauce it Ce. for the haudseme manner in
which they prepared the bauquet.
The committee of arrangements were .1.
P Winewer, Ames Albright, Jacob Giv
Ier, E. X. Winewer, Harry Biggs and Wm.
McGlinn.
Till-: DKAMA.
Mr Jehn A. Stevens iu ' 1 iiUoeitd.''
There was a pretty fair audience at the
opera house last night when air. Jehn A.
Stevens reappeared in his play of " Un
known," a melodrama in five acts, which
is a rather cleverly constructed piece of
the playwright's art, abounding iu some
thrilling situations, well-turned dramatic
periods, a vein of romance with the usual
accompaniment et improbability and in
consistency in the development of the
plot. The whele is imbued with an inter
est that is continuous aud cumulative and
that terminates only before the final drop
of the eurtaiu, when the imbecile here,
clothed in his right mind, turns te de
nounce the schemiug villains of the play,
the range of whose capacity ler crime
liuhtly holds human life when it
stands in the way of their purposes, aud
whose manifold sins and wickedness arc
in the cud exposed, ence mere demon
strating in amplified form the old, old tale
of the way or the transgressor. Mr.
Stevens's peifermancc was satisfying te
the general observer and possessed indeed
much of the artistic merit that commends
itself te the mero critical judgment. The
role which he impersonates is a difficult
ene te judiciously compass. The transi
tion which the tcx- requires him frequently
te make from the imbecile maunderings of
the lunatic te the aroused anger of a keener
sense is generally accomplished with
an avoidance of the shoals aud quick
sands te whieh his lines tempt him,
and the impersonation throughout
was pervaded by an evenness and bal
anced judgment that bespeke a quick ap
prehension of the requirements of true
histrionic art. That Mr. Stevens favor-
: ably impressed his audience was witnessed
by numerous calls belore the curtain. His
support was from fair te middling, speci
ally worthy of mention being Mr. Bailey's
Jack Stilt, a breezy and perfectly natural
impersonation, whilst Miss Lettio Church
in the role of Dcxsie JfirrybriyTtt was alto-
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ctiiur Minimi:; uuu iiituicaiiu. xuuj
ether members et the cast ranged around
respectable mediocrity.
eaiTUAKV.
I.ci Etuun'iunn, of MecliHidRdliurg.
The above named gentleman, brother of
A.J. and C S. KaulVman, esqs., of Col
umbia, and member of the insurance firm
of Kautl'mau & Brown, Harrisburg, died
at his residence in Mcckanicsburg yester
day morning. Me. Kauft'man was net iu
geed health all winter, but had been con
fined te his heiwi only two weeks previous
te his death, whieh was caused by typhoid
fever. He had been in a critical condition
since Wednesday. Levi Kautl'mau, esq.,
was bem in Washington beicugh, Lancas
ter county, iu 1S33. When eleven years
old he went le Klizabethtewn te learn the
drug business. In 1854 he opened a drug
store at Mechanicsburg, aud afterwards,
with his father, engaged iu tha hardware
business. Beth businesses were conducted
until 1S02. In that year he was appointed
collector of internal revenue for the Yerk,
Cumberland and Perry district by Presi
dent Lincoln. He was cashier from the
close of the war until 1872, at different
times, of the Mechanicsburg (new First
national) and the Second national banks
of Mechanicsburg. In 18C7 he became in
terested iu the publication of tins Slate
Guard, but that venture failed. In 1872
he began the insurance business, in which
he continued until the day of his death.
IIe was highly esteemed iu business cir
cles. He leaves a wife, two sons and a
daughter. His funeral will take place
from his late residence next Tuesday at
11 a. m.
UISIUM' HOWE'S Al'l'OIMTMKNTS.
lliL-l:il Visitation te be Made in the Central
lliecese or Pennsylvania.
Right Rev. M. A. DeWeIfe Howe, of
Reading, bishop of the central diocese of
Pennsylvania, will make the following
visitations te the different parishes of the
diocese in this county :
.March 12th, third Sunday in Lent, u in.,
St. Jehn's parish, Marietta
March 12th, third Sunday iu Lent, p. m.,
St. Paul's parish, Columbia.
March 20th, fifth Sunday in Lent, a. m.,
St. James' parish, Lancaster.
March 20th, fifth Suuday in Lent, p. in.,
St. Jehn's parish, Lancaster.
May 7th, fourth Sunday after Easter, a.
in., St. Paul's parish, Manhcim.
May 7th, fourth Sunday after Easter, p.
ru., Hepe parish, Mount Hepe.
i'iOvtiiliii it Kallreait Arciilent.
An accident was prevented about 7
o'clock Thursday evening by the timely
discovery of a reek weighing ever a ten,
which had broken loose and rolled down
an embankment te the track of the Wil
mington & Northern railroad, near
Birdsboro, just before the arrival of a
well-filled passenger train. The mau who
thus averted the disaster ran ever a quar
ter of a mile through the snow. The rock
was removed by traiti hands aud passen
gers. Sew Industries Chartered.
Charters were issued by the state de
partment at Harrisburg, en Thursday, te
the American manufacturing company,
which proposes te manufacture fruit
driers at Wayucsbore, Franklin county,
with a capital of 33,000 ; and te the Leba
non stone works, with a capital of 40,-000.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR KEGULAK COKKEHf )NlKNCK
At the meeting of councils last evening
all the members were present except
Messrs. Hardman and Smith. The finance
committee reported as fellows :
RECEIPTS.
ISalance en hand par lx?t repeit
Annual marke' rout-'
Transient "
Receipts of auditorium
Kent Irein piano
Stere rents
Hershey, collector, lsTS
neckiu-4. ' lSsO
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A) i.
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CO 00
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1S$1 US 31
T-i T.U.-.9 14
EXrESDITTRE-S.
Orders paid since last report ?1,C3j S7
ISalance en hand $1,773 27
The property committee made no for
mal report, but stated that a new oil cloth
cover and lock had been purchased for the
piano as per instructions.
The read committee made no written
report, but the chairman stated that net
much had been dene by the committee last
month.
3Ir. Wann, of the fire committee, re
ported " there have been no fires or even
alarms of fire since our last rccular meet
ing, therefore there has been no necessity
for calling out the fire depaitmeut for
the past month. The Vigilant company
have received their new steamer and after
a somewhat partial trial, her working
capacity proved satisfactety. The com
pany, however, claim that everything has
net been done according te contract, con
sequently the engine has net yet baea ac
cepted ; consequently the engine has net
been tested by our chief, nor will it be
until the builders fulfill their part of their
contract. Inconsequence of the removal of
our chief te the city of Philadelphia,
council will be called upon at an earlyday
te accept his resignation."
The gas and water committee made no
formal report, but in reference te the new
contract for lighting the borough they re
ported progress. Mr. Guiles suggested
that in soliciting bids they should
stipulate te have them burn all night. The
sanitary and policecommittcc reported the
town in geed condition. The heavy snow
that fell lately iu most cases has been
cleaned from the pavements promptly. In
some cases the gutters are net eleaued as
yet and should be looked after. They also
report a number of street crossings as net
having been eleaued, and they should be
attended te at once. They called the at
tention of council te the heavy bearding
bill for tramps that appears this mouth.
The committee thought it was altogether
wrong, as giving such persons tee geed
usage has a tendency of drawing them te
our town. They recemmeded the abol
ishment of giving meals te tramps alto
gether, aud if this does net seem best that
only a limited number per week be given.
The question as regards Lancaster city
having all costs of commitment of tramps,
meals for same, etc., paid for by the
county and net by the city, is by right of
a special act that such bills be paid by the
county.
The duplicates were next discussed aud
the collector of duplicates of 1SS0 was
ordered te close his duplicates at next
meeting.
On the subject of feedmg tramps, Mr.
Pfahler offered the following : " Resolved,
that the sanitary committee be instructed
te confer with the solicitor in regard te
the feeding of tramps, and if there is no
law requiring the borough te furnish meals
te persons committed te the lockup, then
the sanitary committee shall order the
high constable te furnish no mere meals."
Bills amounting te $71 1.47 were ordered
te be paid.
Council then adjourned.
Ilorensb Budget.
The festival of the E. K. Lutheran
church, held at Rev. Wm. P. Evans's, net
ted about $35.
Deaporate Tramps Arresleil.
Special Dispatch te tl:e IxTr.LLiet:;eK.i.
CeLrxini.v, Feb. 11. At eleven e i lock
this morning Officers Rodcnhniifer and
Fisher rcscived word from Dr. Cot Cet
trell that they should immediately
coma te his furnace, the Denegal,
and arrest a number of tramps who
weic diunk and lighting in a fearful
maimer. The ellicers went up, and, after
a hard fought struggle succeeded in arrest
ing four. Several of the tramps wcre
knocked down xvitii a hilly before they
would permit the handcuffs te be placed
en their wrist. They were taken te Col
umbia in wagons. Six out of the ten suc
ceeded in escaping by jumping en a
freight train.
lit ii.:; I.UCA1.X.
.tlestly Cemleitsuit Frem Our County i.
changca. Rev C. X. Spalding, of St Jehn's Fi co
church, this city, will preach in Mai ietla
te-morrow.
The Xew Helland Clarien thinks that
if the jail is net big enough for both Burk
holder and Compten the inspectors ought
te build an annex. The Inquirer thinks that
if the bleed hound was dispensed with
room might be found for the doctor.
Percy Sutten, a Xew Helland printer,
measures 4 feet Ik inches, in his stocking
leer, and weighs SO pounds. He takes the
cake.
Whip and rebe thieves are operating
down around Xaw Helland. Dv. W. S.
lundt, has had a fiue wolf rebj and whip
stolen ; Aren Leng's wolf skin, and Ru
fits Bair's buffalo robe was also stelen.
Mr.JehnRebman, auctionecr.seld at the
Styer house, Xew Helland, en Tuesday
afternoenat public sale, for Messrs. A. It.
& n. C. Ivurtz, nine head of Ohie horses,
' and 4 years old, at an average pi ice of
$197.50. The highest price for a single
animal was $270.50.
Xew Helland is delighted at. a letter
published in the Reading Eayle from Mr.
Jehn Keller, of this city, inquiring what
the Reading beard of trade can de
towards building a railroad between Xew
Helland and Reading. " Mr. Keller says
that he intends building a railroad from
Lancaster te Xew Helland a distance
of thirteen miles."
As Mr. Wm. Mcntzer was driving in
Xew Helland he found himself ou fire,
.jumped out and determinedly battled with
the element by throwing snow en the affect
ed parts. Large holes were burned in his
coat, vest and breeches, and had he gene
much farther befere the discovery, he
would no doubt have been very severely,
if net fatally burned. Mr. M. thinks his
clothes wcre set ou fire by a boy with a
cigar in his mouth jumping en his sleigh
for a ride.
Heuse Again. j
Maj.B. F. Brcneman, who dining the j
past yeai has been making a tour of I
Europe, and who arrived in Xew Yerk,
Wednesday last, icae.hed his home in this
city, last evening. He leeks remarkably
well, and is receiving te day tiie cengratu
latiens of his many friends. He says he !
had a very pleasant tour, albeit the return
trip across the Atlantic en the steamer
Arizona was a very rough one.
STAUFFKR'S LIEUTENANTS.
Ciivc U Mack Our Old Cnmiiiantli-r."
Frem County Statement. 1S31.
I'aid A. K. Spin ricr, cases miird and
disposed of. S'-Vdi) im
Paid J. K. Harr, esq.. eaf9 heard mid
disposed of ,:;l! '-
m
Committed.
Henry Davis, who stelo a wrapper
from Alderman Barr's office ou the 25th
of January, had a hearing before Alderman
Spurrier this morning, and iu default of
bail was committed te answer at court.
IN THE NORTH BAST.
SEWS KltOMTUK IlKMPFIKLDS.
I.udicreaa Termination te a .iipiioieil Ilurse
Stealing.
LandUville Correspondence.
Sometime since a rumor reached us that
a horse and sleigh had been stolen from in
front of the Ceutreville school house.
East Hempfield township, where a
temperance meeting under the au
spices of the Union Temperance society
of Landisville was in progress. On
investigation the supposed serious affair
turns up a ludicrous side, showing a
rather unfortunate termination of an ex
ploit in which a yeuDg bleed of Landis
ville figured. The victim had hired the
team from Israel Reet, for an afternoon's
sleigh ride, agreeing te return it at supper
time. At the appointed time the owner
was net at home, and the young
mau knowing this, with the team took a
young lady te te tha temperance meeting
a few miles away. In the meantime Mr.
Reet came home and discovered the ab
sence of his team. He judged of its where
abouts and with a neighbor went after it.
IIe took the bells from the horse, stelo
away quietly and in order te make it as
inconvenient for the young man as pos
sible, put his herse in his neighbor's
stable. Of course the young man thought
that the team was stolen, and that night
went in pursuit of the supposed thief. He
sent off telegrams and went te Columbia
aud ether places and it was only the next
morning when he discovered hew humil
iating his penalty was. We didn't hear
what hecame of the lady, but everybody
who heard of the affair says : "It served
him right."
On Thursday night at the home of the
bride's father, East Hempficld,Miss Annie
Amand was married te Jehn Shelty, a
Western man, before a large company of
guests. Rev. J. P. Moere, of Millersville,
tied the knot.
Mr. Isaac O. Xissley, of llumniclstewu
new teaching school at Marietta, has pur
chased the Middletown Pre$3 from J. R.
Hetter. He will take charge of it in the
spring.
Ground has been broken for the erection
of the woolen mill. It is te he built ou
the corner of East Denegal and Jacob
streets.
Tobacco is being slowly sold ; J E.
Cassel, three acre let, te Bach &Sen, Lan
disville, at 11 cents.
Anether ball was given at Exchange
hall en Thursday night.
' A sleigh runner passed ever the feet of
a lad named Brandt, bruising it badly.
COL'KT.
Tlie License Taken Up This Mernlni;.
Court met at ten o'clock this morning
for the purpose of hearing the new licenses.
The following taverns were taken up and
disposed of as below :
Jeseph Dcsch, Columbia, new stand,
continued.
Samuel Leg, Masteii-euville, Raphe
t ewnship, new stand, granted.
Lazarus Wolf, Fairville, East Earl
township, continued.
The applications for eating house licenses
were disposed of as fellows :
Isaac Reissingcr, Marietta, granted.
Jacob Mowhew, Woodward street, city,
net gtanted.
Henry Wcrtz, Washington borough,
"ranted.
Jacob Adams, Third
granted.
Jehn Click, Maner
granted.
ward, city, net
township, net
Wm. Roehm, Ninth ward,
tinned until April.
citj, eon-
Opinion Delivered.
Opinions were deliveicd in thef'ol.'e.ving
cases :
Raphe township read exceptions te re
port of viewers. Sustained and report set
aside.
Jehn A. Arneld's estate exception te
I auditor's report, dismissed and iepi.it con
tinued.
In the case of David J. Heur A: Ce. vs
Harnish fc Bre, judgment was taken by
consent in favor of the plaintiffs for
S-105.02.
A I'lueUy Mini.
Marleil.t Timet.
Martin Trayer farm hand in the employ
of Martin Reb re r, living en Cyrus S.
Herr's farm, in East Deuegal township,
was sent te Marietta with a six mule team
aud a lead of weed. As he was crossing
the railroad track at Musscr & Miller's
the neon passenger train west was ap
proaching, and he did net sec it until the
lead mules were en the track. He dexter
eusly get tbem off en te the south
traek, and in the confusen the team get
tangled up, and the saddle mule i'ell
down with Trayer under it. IIe finally
get the team straightened out. and carne
en te Marietta, and while telling the
circumstances te one of our citizens It
complained of his lower jaw being loose,
and he was induced te allow Dr. Reich te
examined it. The doctor found that it
was broken, and after setting and band
aging it, Trayer proceeded back te Mr.
Rehier's in charge of the team as if noth
ing had happened.
Fast Freight.
Tina morning a train of twenty-live cars
leadod with livestock came east ever the
Mount Jey branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, making the distance from Har
risburg te Lancaster in ene hour and fif
teen minutes. Heretofore, all stock
trains have been i un by the way of Col
umbia, and the time by that route, be
tween Harrisburg and Lancaster has been
two hours. Tha cars under thu arrange
ment arc provided with air-brakes and
make about the same time as passenger
trains.
Sale of Ileal Estate.
.Mis. Elizabeth Madisan has sold at
private sale a double ouc-stery brick
dwelling house fronting eit West King
street 28 feet aud let extending in depth
te Grant street te Couard Mats for $2,301)
cash.
Alse a one-story frame dwelling heu.se,
Xe. 0 Der wart street, fronting en Derwart
street 23 feet, and let extending in depth
103 feet te Mrs. Mary Lmis.i Zchcr for
$900 cash.
Sermon te Flremeu.
The members of the Shifiler fire com
pany will attend in a body the service in
the Presbyterian mission chapel te-morrow
evening, when the pastor, Rev. Hume,
will deliver a discourse special te the oc
casion. This mission was organized in the
house of the Shiftier thirteen years age
and the members feel considerably proud
in its growth and usefulness.
Hetter I.ate than .evcr.
A commission for Andrew Lcibley a-
sealer of weights and measures fr the
county of Lancaster has arrived at the
office of the county register." It was signed
iy Governer Heyt June 9, 1S81, te run for
three years, commencing June 11. 1879. It
will of coutse expire June 11, 1882.
' If he seen it must be done ler.
I wonder what it was begun ler."
CentrUiutlun-i te Meup Heuse.
Since last report the following contribu
tions have be.:i. handed te themavorfer
I the benefit of the soup house :
, C. GcrlitzKi. 10 leaves of bread at 5
l cents. 50 ccnt-j ; C. Becttncr, 42 leaves of
! bread at 5 cents, 82.10 ; C. Widmvei, 20
quarts el beans at 12 cents, $2.40. Xe
money contributions have been received
during the past week.
Uctsined Letter.
A letter addressed te Mrs. Linn Lcfever,
Greff's store, Lancaster county Pa, is
detained for want of a postage stamp.