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LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 1882.
jLancaste? I-tttelKgencei.
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 13, 1882.
Get tlie Wrong Pig by tlie Ear.
It has been just about seven years
since a Republican official in this city,
goaded en by a newspaper of his party,
indiscreetly brought a libel suit against
the Intelligences freui the conse
quences of which he was glad te escape
by preventing us from establishing be
fore a jury the truth of our accusations
against him. Seme five years later the
editors of this journal were again haled
before a civil tribunal te answer for
having indulged in criticism upon the
failure of the court te take cognizance
of an imposition practiced upon
it by officials who liad betray
ed its confidence. In this case, as
well as in the ether, the Ixtkm.igkn'
ckii's course was vindicated This jour
nal has neither sought nor shunned le"jal
responsibility for its criticism upon pub
lic officials. Jthas net courted the no
toriety of libel suits; neither has it been
swerved one inch from what it be
lieves te be its duty te the public
by any threats of such prosecutions
from these whom it criticises in pur
suance of its obligation te the public. It
endeavors at all times te perferin its
duty in accordance with the dictates of
its publishers" consciences, and with a
careful regard for the lights and privi
leges of newspaper- as guaranteed or
limited by the lav. of the land. Mere
than tittle it does net ask. and te less
than these it will net be limited by any
considerations conflict itiiv with its pub
lic duty.
It is vastly of mere concern te the 1n-
tei.lieen'ckk and every ether respect
able newspaper te de justice te itself by
publishing the truth and correcting any
errors into which it may fall, than te
avoid libel suits or dodge their conse
quences. When therefore, the Inthi.i.i
eenc'EU is accused of misrepresent
ing anybody it diligently sets itself te
inquire into the proof of the accusation
and publishes its results regardless of
whether libel suits are brought or net.
and equally regardless of whether, if
brought, they are prosecuted or aban
doned. Last Thursday there appeared in the
local columns of this paper a communi
cation from a reliable and disinterested
gentleman of this city, the purport of
which war; that a prison inspector had
bought pigs for the piisen at two dollars
a head mere than he had been authm
ized te pay for them, and three dollars a
head mere than he himself had sold like-pig.-,
for ; and the inference in which wa.-,
that he had sold four of his own pi-jfs
and two bought from some one else te
the county at three dollars mere than :i
fair market price, making a profit for
himself of eighteen dollars. Fer the
publication of this communication the
lNTi:i.i.iiKN'i;it has been violently as
sailed in the Esuiuiatr,s editorial col cel
umnsby some one who has obtained
permission te use that dumping ground
for a 'shameless libel. " ''evidently
the product of partisan recklessness and
personal hatred," "a base and malicious
attack," all leading the writer te the
melancholy reflection that civilization
may be a failure and that the newspaper
Exuuiint.1- included perhaps is about
"te become a curse instead of a blessing
t 3 society."
We de net knew whether .Mr. Calvin
Carter has sued the Iniei.i.tckxii:;: for
libel or net. We de net care. We pro
pose te say nothing mere or les-
if he has net or will net de .-e
than we would say if he has done se .u
proposes te de se. In justice te en:
selves as well as te Mr. Carter, vehae
inquired carefully as te the truth of t la
facts and inferences of our correspond
ent, which were publi.hed neither ma
lieieusU nor negligently by him or 1
us, but in geed faith, for proper public
information and after diligent inquiry.
This investigation, the result of which
is elsewhere given, has convinced us that
Mr. Kauffman was mistaken
in suppes
ing that the shouts
een at the orison !
were the shoals he saw and left, at Car
ters, and the inference that Carter
had sold his pigs te the prison was un
fair te Mr. Carter and unwarranted by
the real facts of tin: case ; nor is then
any reason te believe that Mr. Carter
personally profited in the purchase b
him from ether parties of pigs for the
prison.
In making this correction we desire te
de Mr. Carter even and exact justice;
but we neither impugn the geed faith of
our correspondent, who based his infer
ence en Mr. Kauffmaif.s statement nor
en Mr. Kauffman, though they were
obviously mistaken. Thai mistake it
was easy te make in view of the remark
ble resemblance between the prison pigs
and Carter's pigs ; and iu view of Car
ter's statements te Kauffman that the
pigs iu his pen he had " for the prison."
The investigation has net shown why
Mr. Carter paid $7 for pigs for the prison
that are no better than these which he
sold te a neighbor for $4 : nor why In
exceeded his authority and paid S' a j
head mere than the resolution of the '
beard directed.
Beyond this, Mr. Carter's private char-
acter or his official conduct or any mat
ter referring te his or any ether inspec
tor's relations te the prison management .
is net involved in this pig discussion.
They remain just as proper subjects for
inquiry as they were before this state
ment was made necessary by the infer
ence of a correspondent which the facts
will net sustain. And the Intelligent
cek is under no greater nor less obliga
tion te discuss them.
Beaver's Agricultural college threat- j
ens te get him into trouble. The Chester
county " farmers " are disposed te make
political capital against him by charging
that the money paid by the state for the
support of that institution is wasted ;
the American, of Philadelphia, makes
the graver charge that but for his per
sonal and political influence the
concern would have collapsed and
tlie state saved its money long age, and
that an .investigation of this fraud has
ljeen stifled and is te ba further sup
pressed out of regard for Beaver's wel
fare. AH this is a very lively introduc intreduc introduc
lien Ij Beavers campaign. If he has
been concerned for years in getting $30,
000 out of the state treasury te be wasted
en a bogus college, of whose trustees he
is president, it is no wonder Quay feels
uncertain about his strength as a candidate.
When the Intelligence!! is in search
of instruction in the ethics of journal
ism it will net be apt te take its lessens
from the peculiar people who occasion
ally stumble into and abuse privi
leges in the office of the Examiner.
The tirade which some one net en its
staff procured insertion for en Saturday,
is net the first occasion that the inno
cence and geniality of its editor have
been taken advantage of by guilty and
malevolent people, who rob tlie. public
treasury, make bogus tax receipts, sit as
tell-gatherers for blackmailers and
whisky rings, forge naturalization
papers, tinker returns ami stuff
ballet boxes. And it mint have
been while the geed men who con
duct that journal slept the ether day
that some evil one who had admittance
te the back office, perpetrated this
" shameless libel " which we find dump
ed into the editorial columns of the 7iV
uiiuHtr :
The Democratic cliuirmau is getting
ready te de some ballet-box stuffing ami
cheating en a grand scale.
"We need net say that this item, refer
ring te Mr. Jes. K. liegert, chairman of
the Democratic state committee, is " ma
liciously and shamelessly false, evidently
the product of partisan recklessness and
personal hatred :"' " one of the most
shameless and inexcusable libels en
reoeid. Can party or personal malice
go further ? What man in the cemmu
nity is safe from base and malicious
attacks en his character if such conduct
as this en the part of the public press is
te be tolerated J"
The exact figures of the increase of
the bended city debt under Mayer
StaufferV. administration are shown by
tht! following statement :
lr-71. Tnl:il city tiui.lc.l delii...
MUUtll Illllli
Net funded ,l,:bt
lila Total city liunlci debt...
Mifkin;; tuiiit
Net funded ili.-lit..
N-t limited lebt In lsTI
. S-
,1."W (G
at i,'m:, m
...Wiifii-i e.
. . . '.I'.t.iVs 00
.t.".t;3,iv: w
. :vxi, y."i r-e
lneiv.e,e nt nut tiinded debt in 1 3 r-i
etMauller'-i inlinlut-dratinii.. .Sltt'J.VSK OS
Besides this there wa.i at the end of
stauffer's administration a flouting debt
of nearlj r:;0,0e(), incurred bv criminal
carelessness, recklessness and violation
of law, swelling the actual increase of
the city's liabilities under his adminis
tration te about 3200,000.
Tiii; following statement emers four
year.-, of Mayer MacCeniglc.V. adminis
tration :
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Te'ill oily Minded .telii
jiiiUin;; Inn. I ....
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net itiildc.l ilebt. ..
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:!oe se
en our first page tn.uay will be found
a complete lesume of the cm rent news of
the day, a pie&s el local matter lequiring
a change in eiu usual style of make-up.
Tin. mails aie hcighted with missives
et adolescent affection. To-menow is St.
Valentine's day and the weary letter man
is net likely te forget it, cither.
Tin: committees liave prepared cneu,
business te keep the Heuse running for
ten years, and they have only fairlv get te
work. Full many a bill is horn te blush
unseen and waste its sweetness en the cal
endar.
i
! Tut: sub committee of the Heuse coin
mi! lee en territories have agreed te re
j pert te the full committee en Tuesday
j m-xt in l;tve of the preposition te admit
j as a. statu allot that portion of Dakota
j I ing south of the forty sixth parallel of
I latitude, the northern portion te ceu.-vtitute
i as new the teiritery et Dakota.
Till". (','. keeper, in an article en the
,;ilc ';''ormeus iictaicatieus, describes the
prevailing metlieil et bookkeeping as
deserving but little better title than the
'common gateway te fraud." As some
kind of check upon the cash book the
editor advises vouchers fin every entry en
both sides of the book.
Ii i.- said that Professer bawi.i Swiit,
who discovered three of last year's comets,
thereby wiiiuing ct.000, first caught
& m " oeiesimi Miauyers Hern the
ruui in a ciuur nun in lieeuaster. It is
the cxpresed opinion of a solemn ceuteni
perary that he could net have found a
mere appropriate place from which te
make cidcrcal observations.
Ik they Mieeeedin getting Haiti -an ft out
of the collector's office in Philadelphia, and
send him oil" en a foreign mission, it will
make an opening for the blonde field mar
shal of the Republican feices in this state.
i And they de say this is the talk among
! our congressman, and that Chairmsm
' j Cooper strokes his tawny inane in fend
anticipation ei tne geed time coming.
HISIIOP VALKNTINI..
Hull Uislten Valentine, wIiems dity tlili H.
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Aml .. thc .,,, eiiarM'
Ami ether btnl are tliy pailslilencis :
Theu marricst every year
The lyric lark, ami the grave whispering dove.
The sravrew, that neglects Ills lite ler love, '
Tlie household bird with the red stemacher:
Theu makM thc blackbird speed as een
As doth the eldliuch or the halcyon ;
The htivbmid cock leeks ent, and straight Is
sped,
And liH'cls liN wile, which bring her leather
bed;
This day mere cheerfully than ever shine,
l'tds day, whirli might inllaiiie thssi'lr.eld at.
entitle..
Jehn Demic.
The lamentable tragedy iu Washington
en Thursday night is well calculated te
excite both horror and disgust at what
seems te be an attempt te revive the bloody
arbitration of thc pistol iu affairs of per
sonal concern. Fer a long time it has been
but a rare thing te hear of persons at
tempting te redress wrongs received or
supposed te have been received from the
press by thc method just illustrated in thc
Barton-Seteldo affair. There was a time,
happily gene by in most sections of the
country, when a bludgeon or a revolver
was supposed te be the best as well as the
tot argument te address te a journalist "
who had overstepped the bounds of de
cency and decorum. But at the present
day, when the courts of justice and the
laws of libel offer ample means of satisfac
tion, an attempt te forcibly redress such a
grievance mast be regarded as in the
highest degree, absurd as well as criminal.
Bciltu. Sun.
t'EBbONAi.
The Rev. Dr. Hall, of Brooklyn, has
published a collect te be used in praying
for Guitcau.
James Fkeeman Clauke is seventy
two years old, but he is the most industri
ous mau in intellectual effort in Bosten.
Jehn E. Owens has been engaged by
the Madisen Square theatre, New Yerk,
.is a member of the company for five years.
ReiiEKT Bennek, of the New Yerk
Leibjer, is a remarkably well-preserved
man of sixty, ami would readily $ ass for a
dozen years younger.
Leenard Grevcr has written a melo
drama entitled " The City," containing
comic parts for Mr. and Mrs. Nat Geed
win.
Sir IIenuv Panics the New Seuth Wales,
minister, who is en a mission te this coun
try, paid a visit te Yassar college en Sat
urday. Mr. IIkaly lectured en the Irish ques
tion te an audience of 1,500 persons in
Worcester, Massachusetts, last night. He
will sail from New Yerk for home this
week.
As the curtain rose for the second act in
" Hamlet," iu a packed theatre at Atlan
ta, last Thursday, the cry of fire was
raised. Edwin Beem, who was playing,
stepped te the front and persuaded the
people te sit still.
At a special meeting of the beard of
overseers, of the Harvard university en
Saturday' the beard concurred in the elec
tion by the president and fellows of
Olivkii Wendell Helmes, as professor
of law and of Ephriam Hmcrten, Ph. D.,
as Winn professor of ecclesiastical history.
The ninety-first birthday of Peteu
( 'oer-Eit was celebrated en Satuiday by a
dinner te a select party of gontlemen
friends at his residence, in Lexington
avenue, New Yerk. Alexander II.
Stephens, of Georgia, eelebrated his 70th
birthday en the same duy.
Rev. Geouee C. Milne, who is making
a sensation by his apostasy in Chicago, is
a lluffy and fluent Englishman who came
from Londen, with credentials te Mr.
Beecher, some years age. He get into a
much-mortgaged suburban Congrega
tional church in Brooklyn, and split it
with eminent success en the scarcely theo
logical question of his views en the moral
character of Mr. Beecher.
UIJAVKtt AND UlS COLLEGE.
Why Tliey Will net be Iiivestliruted.
Philadelphia American.
The scandalous misappropriation of the
state fund ( thirty thousand dollars a
year ), in its continued payment te the se.
called " college " in Centre county, begins
te attract some attention en the part of
the press. It should, however, be explic
itly understood by anyone who is inclined
te demand a reform '.t this abuse,
that there arc serious complications
and difficulties in the way. A
real " investigation " into the
subject would disclose, of course, the
simple fact that the money continues te be
paid ever, and that the " college "
amounts te nothing. This is the fact, and
the only way te dispose of it is te ignore
or conceal it. But the committee of the
Legislature, raised upon the motion of the
" college '" people last winter, headed by
their attorney, a resident of their county,
and constituted according tetheir sugges
tions by the speakers of the two houses
of the Legislature, will, if it investigate at
all, report nothing material te the main
I issue. It is tee much te expect from it a
! Hlain antl can(iitl statement of the case.
jjeyeuu mis, uewcvci. unite la tue peliti
cal interest et Ocueral Heaver, which is
involved in the matter. He, being new
an aspirant for the governorship, is
unfortunately, also president of the beard
of trustees of the " college." It
is his patsenal and political influence
which has again and again saved the con
cern from complete collapse, and retained
for it the continued payment of the state
fund. A year age, a resolution passed the
Heuse at Harrisburg, by a large majority,
te discontinue the payment ; but when it
reached the Senate General Beaver had
just been presented as a candidate for
I nited States senator. It could net
therefore, be considered without involving
his political interests, and se it was laid
aside, until, under the necessity of some
action, the committee of investigation was
proposed by the " college " itself. This
situation recurs. General Beaver is tee
all intents and purposes, the "college."
Te expose its worth lessness would be te
interfere with his governorship canvass.
Ne such exposure, therefore, need new be
anticipated, and the fund will continue
te be misappropriated, as heretofore,
under the protection of personal and
political influence which prevcuts any re
form of the abuse.
Till: SCOUKCE OF reRX-AU-PKINCE.
Hundreds Head of Smallpox and Hundred
Mure SICK or tbe Ilseae.
Minister Langsteu addressed the state
department, under date of Pert-au-Prince,
January 24, that he reported te the
national beard of health the prevalence of
smallpox, in alarming form, in the city
of Pert-au-Prince. He states that since
November l.5,last the disease spread stead
ily until it had reached en thc 7th instant
the character of an alarming epidemic, and
se far, instead of there being improvement,
the disease is working frightful ravages
in the community. It is new, he states,
an epidemic of the very worst character,
Hundreds of people have died already,
and hundreds are new sick of the disease
Minister Laugsten writes further :
''This disorder, as it prevails here, is of
the very worst character, confluent gen
erally, and in some cases hemorrhagic.
Vaccination and rcvaccinatien in several
thousands of cares have seemed" te work
as might naturally be supposed, special
service proving, it is believed, complete
protection, perhaps, against the disorder.
Business of a local character is being
greatly disturbed by this sickness, and
since certain foreign ports, as that of
Kingsten, are establishing quarantine
against this pert, Pert de Paix, Genaives,
St. Marie, Pctit-Goave, and Cape Hayticn,
where the disease also prevails, gen
eral business must sooner or later be
affected thereby. Se far, however, there
has been up te this time no prevalence of
this disease in the shipping or harbor of
this pert. A single case of tnis disease
occurred en the steamship Andes, of the
Atlas line, sailing between this pert and
New Yerk, via Kingsten, en December
29, 1881, which was duly reported te the
health authorities of our government.
Within the past ten days the medical jury
of this city has been reorganized, by the
government and Dr. J. It. Ferris, our vice
consul general, has been named its presi
dent. It is expected that such reorganiza
tion will result in efficient and prompt
action in behalf of the community by such
Deay and it is Hoped tbat the ravages of
the disorder prevailing here threugn the
S "
THE LANCASTER MAYORALTY.
Au Independent View of Its Issues.
Philadelphia Times.
Mayer MacGenigle, of Lancaster, has
served two terms with a blameless record,
and a public letter signed by nearly one
thousand of the voters of thc city again
calls him into the field in disregard of his
knawn desire te retire from thc responsi
ble and rather thankless position.
Among the signers are a number of prom
inent citizens who regard honest munici
pal administration as mere important than
party, and there Is every reason te believe
that Mayer MacGenigle will be again
elected by a decided majority. He was
first elected ever Mayer Staull'er by only
53, but his administration was se accept
able that he was re elected two years age
by 817.
While Mayer MacGenigle is a Deme
crat, his strength before the people is
mainly iu the fact that he is mayor for the
city of Lautaster and net mayor for thc
Democratic party ; aud the persistence of
thc Republican leaders in struggling te
get the municipality back into the
clutches of a partisan mayor, with the
profligacy that ever attends partisan ad
ministration, is likely te defeat them
badly new as it has defeated them in the
last two mayoralty contests. They can't
or won't learu that cities are created for
some greater aud nobler purpose that te
be plundered by partisan profligates, and
the only method of bringing them te their
senses is te defeat them, as tlie people of
Bosten, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago aud St. Leuis
have defeated the leadeis of the dominant
political party.
The several Republicans who promptly
declined the nomination of their party for
mayor te make a contest against Mayer
MacGenigle, exhibited both prudence and
intelligent judgment, aud Ex-Mayer
Stau tier, who finally accepted the candi
dacy, should have been content with the
defeat he suffered from Mayer MacGenigle
four years age. New Mayer MacGenigle
has proved by four years of trial that he
can govern Lancaster quite as well as
Mayer Stau tier did aud reduce the city
debt from ycr te yeai, while Mayer
Stauficr's administration increased the
city debt nearly fifty per cent, in four
yeais. The people are new awfully given
te the study of figures, especially iu
municipal affairs, and when one mayor
swells the debt nearly fifty per cent, and
another reduces the debt, the general in
clinatien of all honest tax-payers is te vele
for honest and economical government,
and net bother about the politics of can
didates. They will de se in Philadelphia
en Tuesdav week aud clean boss rule out
of both branches of councils, and they
will pretty certainly de it iu Lancaster by
the election of Mayer MacGenigle.
A Geixl -Deal-of-a-Fnel Voting T:l.in.
Cincinnati Commercial.
A young exquisite, the seu of a cele
brated rope maker, is exciting much geed
natural laughter by his exceeding dainti
ness and lavish display. He has lately at
tained his majority and is anxious
evidently te dispense thc large income he
finds at his command. He has forty coats,
au umbrella for each shade of dress, and
canes and scarf-pins innumerable. He
said he had te get a brougham because he
has te go te his lawyer's se often and he
has, besides, a two-wheeler aud a Russian
sleigh with horses te match. He
has flowers sent te his rooms twice u
day and when he walks with a yeuug lady
he always buys her a most expensive beu
quet, there being no ether at this time of
tlie year. He spent $1,500 m fitting up
two rooms iu his mother's house. He
wears three marvelous rings upon his hand
a cat's-oye set in hammered geld, a red
cat's-eye with two diamonds, and a sap
phire set with two diamonds. His shirt
buttons are two pearls set in diamonds and
also a cat's-eye set in the same precious
stones, nc has five dozen pairs of silk
hose, with his monogram upon them, and
be has a cane in which is concealed
a colegno fountain.
A "Lucky escape.
Twe masked robbers were lying in wait
for a lumber merchant at Russiaville, Ind.,
en a day when he was known te be carry
ing a large sum et money from his mill te
his residence. A clerk came along first,
and they mistook him for their intended
victim. When they discovered the blun
der, ene wished te rifle the yeuug man's
pockets, but the ether insisted that it was
foolish te waste time en him. Tbe high
wayraen quarrelled ever the question,
and when they came te blows the clerk
escaped, with his employer's wallet safe
in his pocket, it having been intrusted te
him because thc owner was tee ill te go
out.
LOCAL iNTELLllifiNCE.
SKIiMOX TO T'HK MHIFFI-EK.
The Firemen in the I'reabyterlan Chanel.
The members of ttie Shinier fire com
pany turned out iu large numbers last
evening te attend service in the Presby
terian mission chapel. The house was
well filled and an eloquent discourse was
delivered by the pastor Rev. Hume, from
the words "Am I my brother's keeper ?"
The reverend gentleman showed most
conclusively that we were all by word aud
deed, by the law, by morals and the Bible,
te a certain extent the exemplar and
therefore thc keeper of our brother ; he
spoke of the results which flew from
little things. The shaking of a twig mav
and often does cause the destructive ava
lanche. The kind word or the little acts
of geed will aud love often bring large
returns in better and mere manly fellow
ship, and acts which arc often most un
thought of produce great results; the grant
ing of their hall for the organization of
this mission as one had done great geed
and would continue te de se te
this section of our city long after
theso who festered and defended it
had gene te their long homes. He com
plimented the Shiftier en the uniform
kindness and help given te the chapel
and hoped it might ever continue, and
closed with a most cordial invitation te
make this a welcome and pleasant home.
The music was exceptionally geed, and
Miss Alice Kline deserves great credit for
the perfection te which she has brought
the scholars who form her choir.
Corener's Inquest.
This morning the coroner's jury empan
eled a few days age in the case of Wm.
Serena, who died in the county hospital
from injuries received at Columbia,met in
the orphans' court room. Several railroad
men were examined and it was sbewn by
them that Serena was injured while-coupling,
by being squeezed between the en
gine and a freight car, he having allowed
them te come together with sufficient
force as te break the bullnese, after which
several ether cars were run against this
one. Sufficient space was net left te pro
tect his body when the cars came together
and he was squeezed. The jury found
that he came te his death from injuries
received while performing his duties, but
en account of his own negligence. Ne
blame was attached te the ether employees
of the train.
STKASBCRG.
Uuurterly Convention of Geed Templar.
The 80th quarterly convention of the I.
O. of G. T. was held en Saturday, Feb
ruary 11th, in Temperance hall, Strasburg,
Pa., and the Geed Templars dedicated
their new hall te the cause of temperance.
The afternoon session was called te order
at 1 :30 o'clock and opened with music aud
prayer. Then followed recitations, original
poems, music by Carter Brethers, ad
dresses, dedication of hall and tive
minute speeches by members. The com
mittee en arrangements filled their position
with credit. The committee en entertain
ment provided ample accommodations for
all. The committee en reception filled
the position accorded them te the best of
their ability, arm did justice te the position.
1 he ledge extended a cordial invitation te
all Geed Templars and delegates, and
many participated iu the exercises. The
closing ode, " After Prayer," (air 'Auld
LaugSyuue"), was rendered, after which
the audience dispersed highly pleased with
the way they had been entertained.
Borough News.
Reek & Carey's Famous Eight gave a
grand performance in Massasseit hall en
Saturday evening. The hearers did net
seem te appreciate the performance.
Whether it was due te the performers' in
ability te entertain or the audience's dull
ness of comprehension is a question.
These visiting Strasburg, should pay
their respects te Gee. L. Seymour, aud
see the wonderful picce of art produced
by him, ' A Bust of Himself." It shows
wenlertul dexterity and skill.
FI1CE.
Tobacco Factory lturued.
Yc.-tcrday morning about 8 o'clock a
building en West German street, belong
ing te Jacob Rethermcl and occupied by
J. A. Albright & Ce., as a manufactory
for smukiug tobacco, was discovered te be
en lire, aud was seen, togethcr with its
contents, destroyed. The first story of the
building was of stone and the upper part
of frame, and through the eeutre of it
ran a partition dividing it into two com
partments. The fire was discovered iu the
western part occupied by Albright ii Ce.
It is believed te have been fired by au
iucendiary, as the fire iu the stove had
heen carefully extinguished ou Saturday
afternoon. Among the ruins after the fire
was found a broken bottle which, it is
supposed, contained coal oil or ether com
bustible lluid used by the iucendiary te
burn the building. Mr. Rethermcl suc
ceeded in getting out of his part of the
building a lathe and a few ether articles.
He holds a policy of insurance en the
building of $2.10, iu the Franklin insurance
company, of which Mr. II. S. Gara is
agent. This will perhaps cover his les3,
as the building was net worth much. Al
bright & Ce. lese about iiOO pounds of
manufactured tobacco and 700 pounds of
leaf, besides their tools their total less
being about $400, en which they have an
insurance of ,j22,i in the Hamburg-Magdeburg
company, with Rife & Kaufman
agents.
In Frem the West.
Mr. Albert Stiffel, au old LsTEi.i.iaEX
cei: boy, but for nearly five years past in
the far West, aud at present ou the en
gineer corps of the Oregon Short Line,
railroad, arrived in Lancaster Saturday
night, en a visit te his home. Mr. Stiffel
gives physical manifestation that the wild
Western air agrees with him thoroughly,
witnessed by his sunburned checks and
stout proportions. The read in whose con
struction Mr. Stiffel is engaged will extend
from Granger, Wy. T., te Baker City,
Oregon, thence probably te the sea-coast.
It is being built by the Union Pacific com
pany as au opposition Hue te the Central
Pacific, and is designed te secure the coast
trade. Mr. Stiflel will remain East about
a week. His homeward journey kept him
twenty days ou the read, detention being
occasioned by the snow blockades and
ether advene circumstances.
List of Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postellicc for the
week ending February 1"J, 1S8"3 :
Ladies1 List. Miss Lizzie Acker, Mrs.
Emma E Brcncman.MissMaybell P. Davie,
Miss Mary Ebeilcy, Mrs. L. E. Jehnsen,
Miss L. A. Kiel, Miss Lizzie Miller, Miss
Ella Reek, Miss Sady Temas, Mrs. Sarah
Weaver, Miss flattie Yeuug, Miss Ehniia
Zeek.
Gents' List. Jehn Ashbaugh (2), Dr.
G. Bewldcu, Themas Buskin, Ancelo
Cribar, H. B. Campbell, H. B. Childs &
Ce., Ewd. Dillen, Tem Halpman, Wm.
Herrington, Irhan llccht (for.), Daniel F.
Hoever, Jehn W. Koentz. Rev. E. P. Lit
Little, Harry Mathers,. James McGrady,
Giovanni Mazzei, Aud. M. Miller, Wm.
RadclifT, Frauklin Rcsh, II. L. Schnider,
Jehn Sterracs, Mr. SIciubergcr, C. P.
Watters.
" Patience."
That thc popularity of Gilbert .V Sulli
van's delicious opera is net ou the wane
here was evidenced by the large audience
assembled at Fulton opera house Saturday
night te witness its production by tue
German Church Choir company, being the
fourth representation of the picce this sea
son, and the second by the German party.
The performance was admirable. All
the geed words that thc previous presen
tation of the German treupe evoked might
be repeated, as the cast was unchanged,
and they acted aud sang with a spirit that
left little te be desiicd, miner defects de
fects being lest sight of in the general
merit of the representation.
Sule it tlie atlll pert Hetel Frxncrly.
Allan A. Hen- & Ce., real estate agents,
effected en Saturday, the 11th inst., an
exchange of the Millpuit hotel property,
incluc'iiig about 40 acres of land, in West
Lampeter township, belonging te Jehn F.
Echtcrnach and valued at $12,000, ler the
two-story brick dwelling, Ne. tU3 East
Orange street, belonging te Jacob S.
Smith, valued at 35,000 ; the balance te be
paid in cash by Mr. Smith ou April 1,
next, when title and possession of the re
spective premises will be given.
llrulsers I'assed Through.
Paddy Ryan, tlie noted pugilist ac
companied by Johnny Reche and a number
of well known speits, passed east through
this city en Day Express Saturday after
noon. They were en their way from the
scene of the prize light. Paddy had but
ene mark en him, and that was a small cut
en the lip.
Taken te I'liiladelplila.
Themas W. Wilsen, the young painter
who was struck by fast line while working
en a bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad
company a few weeks age. was removed te
his home iu Philadelphia yesterday from
the county hospital. He has a leg and an
arm broken and is getting along very well.
STAUFFElfS "LIEUTENANTS.
Ulv L's Hack (lur Old Commander.
Frem County-Statement, 1SS1.
1'aldA. K. Spin rier, caics neard and
disposed of. ii,
510 03
raid .1. K. Hair, esij.. cases heard and
disposed nt". 1,'M 25
Malicious Mischief.
Last night about half-past uiue o'clock
.some one, threw a snowball through the
front window of the residence of Jehn
Recs, adjoining the Merrimac house, North
Prince street.breaking three panes of glass
and cutting the window curtain. The
snow ball was afterwards found en Mr.
Rees's bed. It was a "soaker," almost as
hard as a stone.
Sheriff Sales.
The sheriff has posted up bills for the
sale of nine properties en March 4th.
CARTER'S SH0ATS
SIX FROM TEN LEAVE FOUR.
TWO PIUS, K.ICH VTITIJ A ULAC1C si'OT.
The Peculiar cut- .llarn-.Near the PIs's Tail
Which Deceived Mr. KatiUinan.
In its issue of Saturday, under the head
of "A Shameless Libel," the Examiner
contained the following editorial :
" The IxTKi.LieENCF.it of Thursday even
ing published a statement containing
charges against Mr. Calvin Carter, a mem
ber of the beard of prison iuspecters,
seriously damaging te his character as au
officer and a man. The charges impressed
us as being false when they first came
under our notice, bat we concluded te say
nothing before investigating them. Hav
ing done this we are new prepared te say
that the statements impugning Mr. Car
ter's integrity are maliciously aud shame
lessly false, evidently the product
of partisan recklessness ami personal
hatred. In substance they amounted
te this : That Mr. Carter being au
thorized te purchase some shoats for the
nse of the prison, forwarded six, for which
seven dollars each was charged, though he
had been instructed net te give mere than
five dollars apiece. That four of these
were part of a let he owned, ten in num
ber, thc ether six being, sold about the
same time te a farmer near the Gap, by
the name of Christian Kautl'mau for four
dollars each. The four lcmaining shoats
of the let, recruited by two ethers,
' which must have cost him less than four
dollars each," were sold te the county at
seven dollars apiece. ' Hera it will be
observed that the stern guardian of prison
discipline made an aggregate profit en
the shoats of upward of eighteen dollar.;,
twelve of which he made at thc expense
of the county.'
"This is the substance of the charges.
New the facts are as fellows : Mr. Carter
had a let of ten shoats. Six of these he
sold te Mr. Kauffman at four dollars apiece.
The remaining four he ev?us yet ; never
sold them ami never thought of calling
them, as he needs thcrti for his own use.
He purchased for the use of the prison,
from David G. Steacy, of Rait, :.ix hheats
at seven dollars each, which were duly
forwarded, and for which Mr. Steacy has
net yet been paid, although the prison
treasurer, Mr. Miller, is ready te de se
when called upon. As te his being in
structed te pay but five dollars each for
these, the fact is that ene of the inspectors
said te him, ' they ought te be get for
five dollars apiece,' but he thought theso
worth the money asked, and is able te
prove that a farmer iu the vicinity wanted
te take them afterward at the same price.
Mr. Carter had no interest in this pur
chase save te buy the shoals at a fail
price, nor has he ever sold a shoat te I he
prison, directly or indirectly.
" New we ask every fair-minded man iu
the community if tiiis is net one of
the most shameless and inexcusable
libels en record ? Can party or personal
malice go further .' What man in the
country is safe from such base and malic
ions attacks en his character if such con
duct as this ou the part of the public press
is te be tolerated '? Te what is the boasted
'freedom of the press' leading us, if
men of irreproachable character arc thus
te be maligned and lied about".' Is civiliza
tion a failure, or is the newspaper te b3 b3
ceme a curse instead of a blessing te
society .'
" The cheerful promptness with which
the Kew Era copied this malicious libel,
without expressing a doubt of its correct
ness, is very suggestive. Was it a set-up
job en thc part of our esteemed contem
poraries, or was the EriCs prompt publi
cation of the article only a natural result
of its fondness for defamation?"
And in thelecal columns of the E.ctnihti
en the same day appeared the following
article headed "Libel Suit."
"Calvin Carter this aftcniueu brought
suit against tlje I.vrrxiaeF.NCF.n for libel."
The Fuels et the Case.
The above statements refer, no doubt,
te au article published iu thelecal columns
of the Ix rr.i.t.ic.F.NCF.u ou Thursday even
ing, which was prefaced with thc.-e
words :
" The following communication is ftem
a reliable gentleman in this city and the
facts he vouches for are common talk in
political circles."
Up te the time of the present writing no
writ, summons, nor warrant has been
served at this office or ou anybody connect
ed with it te justify the impression that Mr.
Carter or anybody else had '"Hiied the In
tf.lmgencek for libel."
Iu accordance with thc invariable policy
of the IxTEi.MUEXCEK te print the truth,
te de justice te everybody of whom it ha3
any occasion te speak, aud te repair any
wrong which it may unwittingly have
done any person, we print an explanation
of the facts upon which the publication
which the Examiner alleges te have been
a libel "maliciously and shamelessly false"
was made.
On Jan. 11, according te the minutes of
the beard of prison inspectors, " Calvin
Carter was authorized te buy six .shoats at
a price net exceeding five dollars each."
Seme time after that, hi the latter part
of January, two men brought six shoats te
the prison which they said had been order
ed by Calvin Carter, a member of the
beard ei inspectors, liie clerk aud a
prison employce who received and unload unlead
ed them, observed that they would weigh
about 40 or 50 pounds apiece and estimated
$4 as the outside price for them. Seme
time last week a bill for them iu the name
of D. G. Steacy was sent te thc prison
by Mr. Carter, the pigs being charged
for at $7 apiece. It was freely mentioned
around town that Mr. Carter, having been
authorized te buy pigs at $5 apiece for the
prison, paid $7 for them.
On last Monday morning Mr. Christian
Kauffman, a farmer living near the
Gap, quite as truthful as the Ex
aminer, aud quite as " irreproach
able " as Mr. Carter, en hi s way te this
city te serve as a juryman, fell iu with
Mr. Carter, who took occasion te express
his disapprobation of Prison Keeper Burk Burk Burk
helder's official course. A gentleman
who overheard this incidentally remarked
te Kauffman that Carter had bought
shoats for the prison at seven dollars a
head, after thc resolution of thc beard had
instructed him net te pay ever five dollars.
Mr. Kauffman answered that that was
very high, as he had himself bought shoats
of Carter at four dollars apiece, picked
from a let itfiich Carter said he had for the
prison, and it looked as if the prison had
been overcharged. The circumstance
coming te the ears of Prison Keeper Burk
holder, he invited Mr. Kauffman te ceme
out te the prison and leek at the shoats de
livered there, te compare them with these
bought from Carter ; and en the way out
was discussed thc probability that they
might be of the same let. Kauffman said
that he thought he could tell this from his
identification of one of them a sote pifj,
with a small llacl: spot near its
tail. Upen examination of the prison pigs
Mr. Kauffman sa'.d they were no better
than his; that prison pen fare for two
weeks might have made them a little
heavier, but that they were net a bit bet
ter pigs, nor worth mere, and finding
among them one and only one sew pij
with a small black -tpet near tlie tail, and
another which he identified, he declared it
as his firm opinion that four of the pigs at
the prison were the four which he had left
at Cartel's pen.
These facts came te the notice of the
IxTF.Li.ieENCF.n several times. Ou Thurs
day a communication relating te them was
furnished te this office by a gentleman
who has no iuterest whatever iu politico
who does net knew aud likely had iuivsr
before heard of Mr. Carter, and who iu
frequent contributions te this journal we
had always found te be veracious, careful
and reliable. His communication stated
these facts.
It appears that at the last meeting of
the beard of inspectors a resolution
was passed instructing ene of its members
(a gentleman who lives net very far
from Christiana) te purchase for prison
use six shoats, the price net te exceed five
dollars each. The shoats arrived and with
them the bill, which latter showed that
they had been bought for seven dollars
each . The gentleman who had made the
purchase explained this apparent diserep
aucy by dwelling en the alleged fact that
shoats at this season of the year are very
scarce.
And new comes the strangest part .-.f
the story. Christian Kauffman, a farmer
and premincut member of the Amish
church at the Gap, bought from the smu
inspector, at the very time the latter was
supposed te be negotiating for the pur pur
chase of shoats, six of the ten shoats bj
longing te the inspector at the astenishiu.;
figure of four dollars each.
And the same communication contained
these inferences :
The four remaining shoats, recruited bv
two ethers which must have cost him
less than four dollars each (else he
would net have sold at that figure
te Kaullmau), he disposed of te the county
at the rate of seven dollars apiece. Hcie
it will be observed the stern guardian of
prison discipline made an aggregate profit
en the shoats of upwards of eighteen dol
lars, twelve of which he made at the ex
pense of the county. In view of facts like
this it. might be well te suggest te the
prison keeper that reform, like charily,
should begin at home, and if the sugges
tieu may be pardoned it might be advisable
te make "shoats " ineligible as prison in
specters.
I'neu the publication iu thc Examine
of the article quoted at the beginning of
this present writing, the iNTEi.i.ianx.-KK
set ou feet further inquuics te detcrmiuu
the truth or falsity of the alleged libelous
charge.
Mr. Kuuti'iiMii' Opinion.
A visit te and interview with Mr. Kaulf
man obtained from him a confirmation of
the above se far as it relates te him. He
repeats that upon a view of Mr. Carter's
pen and the ten hogs iu it some weeks age
Mr. Carter told him he laid them for the
prison, but he would let him have six, as
li3 knew where he could get mere for the
piisen : that Mr. Carter reserved one son
marked with a black spot near her tail :
that Kauffman picked out thc next best
six, paying Carter $24 for them, and left
the ether four there ; that KaufTinan visit
ed the prison, saw the six pigs ordered
thcre by Carter, pronounced thern little if
any better than his, identified one pesi
tivcly and believed thiee of thc ethers te
be the pigs he had seen antl left at Carter's
pen.
Air. Carter' Stateineui.
Mr. Carter, upon being visited at his
home, most cordially received the repre
sentative of the lNTni.Mcr.xcEn ; Laid that
the Examiner article was correct ; that he
had never sold any of his pigs te the
prison ; the pigs bought for the prison
were bought from D. G. Steacy ami were
of better kind if net better ize than tho-se
sold te Kaiifiuiaii ; and Mr. Carter said he
had never sold anj thing te the prison for
himself and never bought anything from it
for himself at co-it except a few cigars,
some beets, a dozen brooms and ;; basket,
the whole net. worth ever $10. Finally
he took the Intellieenceic representative
te his pig pen and there, sure eueugh,
were four shoats, tue of them about the
size of Mr. Kaulfmau's smallest and ten
almost as big as his best, ene of thc lattei
it toie piy, with it small black spot near its
tail. These Mr. Carter said were the.
balance of the let from which Knuffman
had picked his six. He had bought them
all for his own use.
The Intem.ic.knceu representative wa .
convinced that the pigs left by Kaufl'uiaii
iu Carter's pen were still there, and that
the pig with the black spot in the prison
pen was net the pig with the black spot
in Carter's pen ; that this coincidence of
two pigs in these Ieis aud only two
thus marked had deceivetl Mr. Kaufl'mau
into the opinion that Cacr had sold his
pigs te the prison ; and that our eerres
pendent's inference te this ejfeet was unjust
te Me. Carter and unfair te him. That it
was neither recklessly nor maliciously
made by him we knew very well.
A view of the pigs iu the prison has
shown us that they are about the same
size as Mr. Kaulfman's aud Mr. Carter's.
They averaged about fifty pounds when
brought te the prison ; and in the neigh
borheod of the Gap ami Christiana shoats
of that size are selling at from $3.50 te
$4. One of the pigs at the prison is a sew
with a small black spot near its tail.
Whether the Intelligencer's publica
tion of this alleged libel was malicious or
negligent is a question which probably
could only be decided te everybody's satis
faction by a legal investigation. The Ex
aminer says it was. Its allegation is of
course e.c parte. Our denial might be held
te be of the same character. At any rate
it is a matter of opinion with which this
present recital of facts has nothing te de.
The naked facts are presented as we have
taken pains te get them injustice te the
Intei.licexcei: and its correspondent as
well as te Mr. Carter.
Fingers Injured.
Albeit Brownawell, a brakemaii en
extra eng'uie Ne. 302, of thc P. R. R.,
while coupling cars at the freight depot,
this city, had two fingers badly crushed.
Dr. Aticc amputated one of them.
Ankle fractured.
Last eveuing Emanuel Parmer, residing
at Ne. 03 Locust street, slipped en the ice
and falling, broke the banes of his left
ankel. Dr. Westhaeffer was called in and
reduced the dislocation.
Improvements.
Thc old saloon building en North
Queen street, known as Soheenberger's
is new being tern down by Jeseph Dersh
who recently purchased the property.
He will erect a new three story building.
Net Sold.
The family resideuce of Geerge Spur
rier, advertised for sale by public vendue
en Saturday evening was withdrawn by
the auctioneer, Henry Shubcrt, after it
had been bid up te $4,(100.