LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER THUBSDAY MARCH 2 1882.
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ILancastrt fntellfgencer.
THURSDAY EVEN'O, MABCH 2,-1882.
The City Government.
Last evening's meeting of city council
was one of the most important of the
fiscal year ; it is a peculiarity of our sys
tem of city government that the respon
sibilities of our councilmen are weightiest
near the close of their terms and after
their successors have been elected. Our
fiscal year is se disarranged that one
council makes the estimates, the appro
priations and the tax levy", and another
spends the money. A large portion df
the revenues raised and appropriated is
only paid into the city treasury near the
close of the fiscal year. These and many
ether ill-jointed features of our munic
ipal system will never be regulated until
the time net far distant we tiust
when our people of all parties' will see
the wisdom and necessity of uniting te
secure a non-partisan, business-like ad- i
ministration of city affairs in every
branch of the local government.
The taxpayers will net be especially
gratified at the levy of another nine mil1
city tax. When this rate was laid last
year it was claimed, and with indisput
able truthfulness, that the addition of
the two mills was due entirely te the
floating debt incurred by an extravagant
and reckless street committee. That ex
planation fully explained. It was ex
pected, however, that when this special
necessityliad been provided for the rate,
would be lowered, especially as the re
funding of the city debt had reduced the
necessary expenditures for interest some
$4,000 and as out of last year's current
appropriations some permanent improve
ments were made, the like of which are
net projected for next year. The esti
mates for the coming j'ear net being
submitted as yet we can net of course
fairly juilge as te the propriety of the
heavy tax rate ; and anything except
general criticism must be suspended
until we have the details of hew the
money raised by a nine mill tax
is expected te be spant. It is of course
a presumption in favor of the propriety
of the rate that all the members of both
branches of council, controlled by differ
ent parties, assented te it. Upen exam
ination we find that of the money raised
generally by the city ta the smaller pro
portion gees te the current expenses of
the city. Five mills are required te pay
the interest and principal en leans, the
state tax, and te make the annual
reduction of fhe city debt required
by law ; out of this the tax
payers have the satisfaction of- knowing
that their permanent indebtedness
will be actually
$15,000 next year,
of last year only
actually devoted te
decreased
about
Of the city tax
two mills were
current municipal
expenses, and the same amount would
probably meet next year's expenses ex
cept for some special wants that have te
be met. One of these, we understand,
is S7,350, damages assessed for the open
ing of streets, fixed by judgments new
recorded against the city, ever which
councils have no control. There is a de
ficiency of some $2,500 in the lamp de
partment occasioned by the fact that the
appropriation for last year was based en
an estimate of SIS per lamp, but when
the contract came te be given out it
could net be let at less than S2.'. The
water and street departments have slight
deficiencies, but besides the street dam
ages the principal item which the extra
two mill tax has te provide for will be
the cost of the new fire department,
which includes at the outset the purchase
of fourteen horses, harness and ether ap
paratus. City Treasurer McCemsey also
tells us that the appropriations of lasL
year were actually in increase of receipts,
the finance committee having consider
ably under-estimated the abatements and
exonerations.
The report et the water superintend
ent, printed In full en our first page, is
worth careful study. It is a compre
hensive statement of the yearly opera
tions in his department. It shows that
with the reservoirs -filled te the top all
the water renters cannot be properly sup
plied ; therefore better facilities arc
needed. The repairs at the eastern
erveir have steed the test of time
les
and use. The low stages of water in
creek have increased the demand
the
for
steam service, and the enormous aud
ever-increasing consumption of water by
our people has increased the total cost
of the water works operations.
It is satisfactory te learn that
the average cost of pumping by
water power last year was only
$1.81 per million gallons, though
the same service under Supt. Kitch last
year cost $3.57 and under Supt. Hal.
bach, the jcar before, $3.78. It seems
tee, that notwithstanding the increased
cost of coal the wjiter pumped by steam
power last j'ear cost only $7.53 per mil.
lien gallons, while the year before it
averaged $7.74 and under Halbach it
was $8.69. These economies reflect
credit en the administration of the past
year. A steady increase in the receipts
from water rents is another satisfactory
feature of the report.
Experiments with water meters have
shown, what most of the tar-payers have
long believed, that according te the ad
vantages they enjoy the private con
sumers pay mere than their share of
water tax and the manufacturers less.
The necessity for greater security from
accident te our present single source of
water supply cannot be tee urgently
pressed upon public attention.
Governer Cernell, of Xew Yerk,
is as ready as the president te show the
warmth of his feeling for Conkling. In
fact his manifestation of it has been ac
celerated by the president's. He has re
. moved the present efficient state super
intendent of prisons, who happens te be
a Democrat but net a politician, and put
into his place a stalwart of stalwarts,
that Isaac V. Baker, whom Whitelaw
Reid in his famous dispatch te Garfield,
called a "bad let," and whose unfitness
is generally conceded. His appointment
te a place in which he will abuse his in
fluence for factional ends Is a vicious
blew at the Half -Breeds, but net mere
Ticieua than the H. B.'s aimed at their
opposing faction when they openly
worked for and elected a Democratic
state senator against one of Conkling's
friends nominated te succeed Wagner.
Gov. Heyt has se emphatically denied
a previous report circulated by the Phil
adelphia Press that he would call a
special session of the Legislature that its
revival of the rumor will net gain much
credence. Its alleged Ilarrisburg cor
respondent declares such te be his inten
tien, and attributes it te the fear of the
Republican leaders that the Philadelphia
Reformers may send a delegation te the
next Legislature, which will give the
state an apportionment net se advantage
ous te the Republican as the present
and prospective legislative and congres
sional gerrymanders. " A session of the
present Legislature will enable the man
agers te redistrict the state in a manner
that will remove all possibility of a
"Democratic succession, and thus elimi
nate what many well-informed peli
ticians pronounce a dangerous element
0f discord from
the approaching can
vass." Anil a pretext for such a session
is te be found in the proposed consider
ation of a popular new tax bill that
is te be completed by the revenue com
mission about the middle of this month,
and which will propose a reduction of
something like SI ,000,000 in the annual
tax levies. The story breaks down from
its own weight. Gov. Heyt is net alto
gether a feel. lie knows no such pre
text would deceive the people. The call
of a. special legislative session would
arouse a storm of indignation before
which he and his party would go down
together. It would introduce " a dan
gereus element of discord " into the ap
proaching canvass that would speedily
work Republican ruin. There will be no
special session of the Legislature.
Tin-: ten gentlemen in the Philadel
phia select council who, en state and
national issues are Democrats, have
wisely united' with one Republican
and three Independent Republicans in
the selection of a Republican for presi
dent of the select branch. Their choice
is net made because he is a Republican,
but because they have confidence that if
elected he will take the chair unpledged,
except te advance the best interests of
the community, and his election will
show that they are opposed te the plac
ing or displacing of officials for party
motives. This is the proper position for
the Democrats te assume, and they de
well te show their sincerity in it, by net
seeking te elect one of their own party,
however worthy, te the presidency. The
address which they aud their Reform as
sociates have put forth says what is true
of all city governments : " Xe partv
question can come properly before ceun-
cils. The measures which we are called
upon te consider are these exclusively
of finance, of taxation, of economy and
the administration of local government
for the benefit of the masses of the people.
The proper time lists come when all geed
citizens should cast aside the trammels
of party dictation and unite upon the
best measures te lighten the burden of
taxation and te apply the sums assessed
upon property te the best uses.'' Of
course, McMullin and the Ring Repub
licans will set up a candidate for them
selves, the most pliable that they have
any hopes of electing It is as satisfac
tory te sea Mcllullin in the right com
pany as it is natural that the Democrats
should prove te be the majority of these
who will make reform triumphant.
REruBMCAX State Chairman Cooper
picks out Senater Wolverton for the
Democrats te nominate for governor.
This will net help Wolvcrteu's chances.
"There seems te be a demand upon
somebody te chronicle in verse the charge
of the gallant three Hundred and si upon
the federal offices that are turned out by
the lottery of assassination.
Tue scheme for an elevated lailway in
Philadelphia is effectually scotched for
the present by a unauimeus negative re re
pert by the council committee en railroads.
Meantime the reports of the street rail
ways te the state show that their profits
like their rates of fare are undiminished.
The Fiee Masens of Philadelphia and
ether paits of Pennsylvania there is some
outlying territory will have a grand pa.
radc and ether festivities in celebration of
the scsqiii-ccntennial, or one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the organization
of the R. W. Grand Ledge of Pennsylva
nia", en the 24 th of June.
New Yerk U net apt te makemuch
headway in securing the removal of the
Philadelphia miut se long as the reports,
like that of last month, show that its coin
age during the past month, amounting te
$5,081,870.50, was very nearly two-thirds
of the total production, thus leaving but
one third te be distributed between tlnee
ether mints.
The New Jersey Heuse has followed the
Senate in overriding Governer Ludlow's
veto of the bill empowering the New Jer
sey Central railroad te increase iU capital
stock and the Gould and P. R. R. combi
nation will be able by means of the watered
stock te keep control. New Jersey always
was considerably corporation-ridden, and
in the strife of the corporation combina
tions te get the better of cacli ether the
eM ring has shown that it still encircles
the Legislature.
Tun Examiner displays some spirit and
some spunk in its dolcnse of the " 306."
It says truly that the Half-breeds always
call upon the "Heavy Brigade" when
the fighting is te be done ; and as its
editor was along with Cameren when he
made his Western trip in 1880, he knows
whereof he speaks when he says that but
for the Salwarts Garfield would net have
been elected. The Examiner editor could
probably tell his readers something about
the treaty of Menter when, as one of the
Stalwarts puts it, " the Republican candi
date would have signed his name te a sheet
of blank paper."
That our literary and critical readers
may have a chance te contrast the earlier
and later production of Tennyson, of
which his own act has. invited a compari
son, we print together his two battle
poems for which he fennd subjects at
Balaklava. Despite- the almost universally
kind reception of the " Charge of the I
Heavy Brigade," -we will be greatly mis-
taken if it erer becomes such a favorite as
the earlier poem has been. The graver,
slower metre is rendered necessary, of
course, by the subject, but it is much
against the chances of the Heavy Brigade
getting into the " school readers and the
declamation books.
G. M. Reedek retires from the Easteu
Express, of which he has been editor and
publisher for the past eleven years, and
the paper passes into the hands of J. J.
Cepe, W. H. Bixlcr, Davis Bredhead, and
T. F. Emmens, comprising the " Express
publishing company." Mr. Reeder's with
drawal from, a sphere he has se ably filled
is a less te journalism. His cxporicuce
and editorial talent have made a geed
newspaper of the Express, and it is te be
hoped that the new management will be
able te maintain it at its present high
staudard of excellence as a family and
local journal. An entirely new dress of
type, a new and faster.press te enable the
agents te serve town subscribers earlier,
some alterations aud improvements in the
"make-up," and an avowed purpose of
maintaining the indopendent aud fearless
tDne and reliability as a uewsbearer
that in the past have contributed se
largely te the success of the paper, are
some of the grounds upon which the new
publishers confidently leek for the sup
port of an appreciative public in their en
terprise. PERSONAL-.
Rev. T.K. Beecher has been nominated
ler mayor efElmira by the Grccubackers
of that city.
Mrs. Scevim.e, Guiteau's sister, has
sent a bitter pretest te the Senate against
Cenklimr's confirmation. She affirms that
he is lesponsible for the crime which re
sulted in President Garfield's death and
which will prebabiy bring her brother te
the gallows. Under such circumstances,
Mrs. Scevillo thinks it would be an out
rage en the country te elevate Conkling
te a seat .en the supreme bench.
Senater Jehn A. Loe vx, of Illinois, is
regarded as desiring that after the next
senatorial election his colleague shall be
either Senater David,. Davis or Commis
sioner Raum, with either of whom he
would net have te divide the federal pa
tronage of the state. But some of his
Republican enemies are considering the
practicability of a union with the Deme
crats te elect Lyman Trumbull, of Chicago
or Gen. Jehn M. Palmer of Springfield.
A sumptuous complimentary dinner
given at Welcker's last uight by ex ex
Senater Mitchell te Mr. S'argext, of Cal
ifornia, our new minister te Berlin, was
attended by ucaily seventy guests, in
cluding Speaker Keifer, Justice Field, of
tnc supreme cenrt, Sectary KirkwoeJ,
Postmaster General Howe,Senatois Miller,
Farley, Jenes, of Nevada, Grevcr, Slater,
Fair; Sherman, Hill, of Colorada, Dawes,
Morgan aud Ferry ; Representatives His
cock, Knett, Hazelteu, Page, McKinlcy,
LcFevre, Orth, Hubbell, Pound, Butter
worth, Belferd, Cassidy, Geerge and
Strait.
Sir Themas V. Coeruu thinks that in
dications point te the nomination of Gen.
Beaver for governor, aud William Henry
Rawle or A. M. Brown, of Allegheny, for
the supreme court. He thinks that the
Wolfe element will run a separate ticket,
rcgardless of what the regulr convention
may de, but that its strength and influence
is waning. " The Wolfe party will net
have the support of the committee of one
hundred, or of the Continental Repub
licans, and many of Wolfe's strongest; ad
herents are recognizing the felly or his
exertions." The field marshal thinks that
Senater Wolverton stands the best chauce
of receiving the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
Concerning the Garfield memorial ser
vice, it is new said that Sherman's Senate
committee had arranged the pregramme
for two orations, one by Geerge F. Hear,
senator from Massachusetts, representing
the Republicans of the North, and ene by
Jenx Randelph Tucker, of Virginia,
representing the ex-Confederates of the
Seuth. This arrangement had gene se far
in the huppositieu that the Heuso commit
tee would concur that Hear aud Tucker
both prepared their speeches. Hear has
since delivered his speech at Worcester,
Massachusatrs, but it is net known what
disposition Tucker has made or proposes
te make of his address. When the ques
tion came up before the joint meeting of
the two committees, Orth said he was op
posed te appointing auy man in Congress,
but wanted some man of national reputa
tion outside, aud when the vote was taken
he carried his point by the selection of
Blaine.
.NEWS M1SCKLT.AXY.
lie u g of All Sert Frem All Juartcrs.
The. Austrian ferce from Foca lest 200
men en Saturday last in an unsuccessful
attempt te force a passage of the Drina.
In the circuit court at Chicago, Judge
Tuley has decided that deposits in the
hands of private baukcrs are taxable.
Twenty-oue cases of smallpox and four
deaths were reported iu Richmond, Vir
ginia, last week.
David Warren, ou his way West, had
his pocket-book nicked of $1,100 while
changing cars at Salamanca, New Yerk,
yesterday.
Superintendent Maxwell, of the Cinciu
uati chamber of commerce, reports that
the number of hogs packed in that city
during the winter season, closed en Tues
day night, was 284,878, being 137,517
less tUan during the wintct season a year
age.
The assessed value of real estate for
taxatieu iu St. Leuis for the present year
is officially stated at $1C2,177,G10 ; per
sonal property, $30,414,030 : total $192,
592,340. This is an increase ever last year
en real estate of $22,180,140 ; ou personal
property of $2,947,870.
Utica, N. Y., celebrated her semi-cen-tennial
last evening by a large gathering
at the City opera house. Addresses were
made by ex-Senater Kernan, Wm. J.
Bacen, Ellis H. Roberts, General James
McQuade, Rev. Dr. I. S. Hartley, Walter
B.Camp, of Sackctt's Harber, and ethers.
At the commencement of the Maryland
University Scheel of Medicine yesterday,
in the Academy of Music, Baltimore, seventy-six
young gentlemen received diplo
mas of doctor of medicine. At the com
mencement of the College of Physicians
and surgeons, at the same place, in tbe
evening, ene hundred and fifty-two stu
dents received thesame degree.
The work of transferring tbe furniture
and archives of the state of Louisiana te
the new station house at Baten Rouge
having been completed, Governer Mc
Enery, his private secretary, Halsey,
State Treasurer Burke and Assistant Sec
retary of State Arroyo left New Orleans j
yesterday morning for tbe new seat of
government.
FLOOD AND ST0BM.
FIRES AND OTHER CALAMITIES.
MEMPHIS
MAX'S TEKKIBLK MIS
TAKE. Severe
Leiaei Sustained by
Population.
thn running
The signal service bureau reports that
yesterday the rivers fell 2 inches at Caire,
5 inches at St. Leuis, 3 iuches at New Or
leans, 5 feet at Cincinnati, CG inches at
Louisville, and rose 1 inch at Memphis, 1
inch at Vicksburg, 4 feet at Nashville and
Chattanooga, 3 feet as Augusta, and 2
feet at Davenport.
A telegram from St. Leuis reports that
mere than one-half of Mississippi
county, iu Southern Missouri is inundated
and the formers in the flooded districts
have lest nearly all their live stock, many
families are living in the second stories of
their houses, and many ethers have been
taken away in their beats te higher ground
aud are being provided for at the public
expense. Much suffering exists through
out the submerged district.
Advices from Little Reck report that
three miles et the track of the Iren Moun
tain railroad have beeu swept away. A
despatch from Vicksburg reports a break
in thcCouceidialcveo and the less of two
lives. Other breaks are reported in the
Clay, Wade, Bagget aud Clark levecs,
which will increase the area of the flooded
region. It is said that a number of people
have bcu:i drowned at Riverton aud ether
points.
Storm la Texas.
A severe cyclene struck Valley Mills,
Texas,ou Monday night, almost completely
ilftstrevini? the town, enlv one business
house being left standing. Brinkman's
Hetel, a two-story building, was carried
seme distance and hurled into a confused
heap. Ten persons were iu the hotel at
the time of the accident, all of whom were
injured, but none seriously. There was
no less of life, but the damage te property
will amount te $20,000. Accounts from
Hempstead, Bryan and ether places show
that trees, fences aud tolegraph peles were
levelled, and dwellings and churches dam
aged and demolished. Around Navasota
the storm did material damage uprooting
trees, blowing down fenccsand some houses
and demolishing two large gin houses near
the town. A tree fell en the house of a
freedman named Sandy Williams, near
Andersen, killing a child and cripplirtg an
old woman. .
Lesses at Sea.
A collier ha3 been wrecked oft' Yar
mouth. Twenty-three persons were
dmwucd.
The steamer Helvetia, at Bosten yester
day, from Antwerp, encountered immense
masses of field ice and ieebergs en the
banks of Newfoundland. On the 23d ult.,
in latitude 47, longitude 47, she was com
pletely surrounded by ice aud had te turn
back 80 miles in a southeast direction te
get clear.
The yacht Eva, from Norfolk for Jack
sonville, was capsized in a squall oft"
Charleston bay. Ne lives were lest.
The three-masted schooner, Hannah M.
Lellis, of Wilmington." Delaware, with
lumber from Savannah, for New Yerk,
went ashore fifteen miles north of Chinco
teague station. Her crew were saved.
Ilallread Disasters.
By a railroad accident near Davenport,
Iowa, ene man was killed and five freight
cars and one engine were wrecked.
Jehn Small, in attempting te" beard a
freight car at Glendale. Minn., en Tuesday
fell under the cars. His body threw the
train off the track and six cars were
plunged into a ditch. He did net die
from his injuries until yesterday morning.
By au accident at Opheim, a station en
the Chicago, Burlingteu & Quincy rail
road, a fireman was killed, and four
freight cars and a locomotive were badly
damaged.
Daiuage by Fire.
Ruyter & Sen's tannery and several ad
joining buildings iu Greeubuah, near Al
bauy, were burned yesterday morning.
Less, $30,000.
A fire in Waterville, Maine, destroyed
part of the Waterville bank block, causing
a less of nearly $20,000.
A lire ou 1 uesday evening destroyed
Garlaud's trunk factory at St. Paul,
Minn., causing a less of $15,000 ou stock
aud $3,000 en building, which were fully
insured.
A Terrlble JUIUaka.
Iu Memphis, Tenn., at ene o'clock Dr.
II. L. Wilferd, was awakened by his wife,
who had heard seme ene trying te epcu
the back deer. Shortly afterwards a
shadow appeared at the side of the win
dow. The doctor fired at the object,
thinking it a burglar en the outside, but
it proved te be a yeuug colored uurse who
slept iu the room. She had gene into the
yaid aud returned again. The bullet from
the pistol passed through her body, and
she will die.
rail or Wall.
The unfinished wall of au apartment
heuse being built in One-huudred-and-Twenty-eighth
street, New Yerk, was
weakened by rain aud fell yesterday,
crushing iu the adjoining house, occupied
by Mr. Jarvis, a real cstate dealer, his
wife aud daughter, and a servant, all- of
whom escaped serious injury, except Miss
Jarvis, who was probably fatally hurt.
The pecuniary less is about $4,000.
Tlie KeiiiHel a Mether's Nejlect.
In Peoria, III., a fonr-ycar-eld child,
belonging te a family named Thrush, was
buincd te death en Monday night. It was
left in the heuse with ether children while
the mother visited a neighbor. During
her absence the child crept up te the steve
fiem which its clothes caught fire.
OBITUAKT.
Mere or Less Distinguished Dead.
Theodere Kuliak, the distinguished Ger
man pianist and composer, is dead.
Hen . Jehn S. Newman, an old and pi om em
inent citizen of Indiana, died suddenly
yesterday morning at Inniauapelis. He
was for many years president of the Iu
diana Central railroad.
Henry B. Hinuershitz, eue of the most
popular men in Reading, died yesterday
afternoon at about half-past three, from
paralysis of the heart, after an illness of a
little ever a day. He was aged 38, had
served in the Union army during the civil
war aud at the time of his death was pro
prietor of the Madisen house.
The will of Charles Albert Read, lately
deceased, of Newton, Mass., gives $30,000
te the treasurer of the United States, te
be applied te the reduction of the war
debt. Te the attending physician of the
testator $5,000 is given en a condition ex
pressed as fellows : "That my head is
severed from my body, as I have a great
horror of being buried alive."
Dr. Themas P. James, a well-known
botanist, died recently in Cambridge,
Mass,, aged 70 years. He was born at
Radner, near Philadelphia. Thirty years
age he was a wholesale druggist. He was
secretary at that time of the Horticultural
society and a member of the Philosophical
and ether societies of Philadelphia. He
was also a member of the Philadelphia
Union League during the war.
The funeral services of the late Bishop
Lynch were held yesterday at the Cathed
ral chapel, Charleston, S. C, two arch
bishops, six bishops and about twenty
priests being present. Archbishop Car
rigan, of New Yerk, presided at the
chanting of Lauds and Matins, and Arch-
bishop Gibbens was celebrant at the solemn
requiem mass which followed. The church
was densely crowded. Ne funeral sermon
was preached. Prominent citizens with
out distinction of creed attended the fu
neral. Suicide la the Garret.
Ezra Smith, a wealthy farmer. rcsiJiuc
near Woodsboro, Frederick county, Md.,
committed suicide by banging himself te a
rafter in the garret of his house. He was
sixty-two years old.
.
THE NIHILISfs.
A Weman Condemned te Death.
Just before the Nihilist prisoners were
sentenced, KlyetotsscknikefT struck Mer Mer
kuleff, who testified against several ofthe
ethers, in the hope of escaping sentence of
death, en his ear, saying, ' Take that
from your fellow prisoners." These of
the Nihilist prisoners who were sentenced
te be hanged are as fellows : The woman
Lebedcva, and Michaeleff, Kaledkewitch,.
Tregenia, Baraniakeff, Hanoff, Klyetot Klyetet Klyetot
schnikeft, Isnieff, Emiliananeff, Merkul Merkul
eff, all of whom weie convicted of com
plicity iu the assassination of the Czar.
The rest of the prisoners were sentenced te
indefinite terms of penal servitude except
Lustig, whose term is four years. It is re
ported that the sentences of death will be
commuted te penal servitude.
What are lie Cemln; te?
lMii!iuleliht.l Times.
Only a few weeks age a judge of tbe
supreme cenrt had te be bribed by an an
nuity te perform a plaiu duty. Since
that military chieftains highiu command
have conspired with conspicuous civil
functionaries te affect changes in the army
rosier which would enable relatives en
one hand and favorites en -the ether te
plunge their hands deeper into the bowl
Upen the heels of this shameless prostitu
tion of privilege the Senate the ether day
voted te give a man of enormous wealth
and fabulous inceme the opportunity te
feed his cupidity by delving into the pub
lic vaults and fatten ou the plunder.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OASGKKOUS WALLS.
Out) Falls Down and Obstruct tha Railroad
Tr.ilus Delayed.
Last evening about G o'clock" seme 20 or
30 fee.t of the stone wall, just east of the
Duke street bridge, fell down with a terri
ble crash, obstructing both tracks of the
Pennsylvania railroad and detainingpas
sengcr trains from eue te two hours. The
wall was about twenty feet high, was
built within a few feet of the railroad
track, in the deep cut at the point named,
and formed the foundation of the Blicken Blicken
dcrfer ireu foundry which was destroyed
by fire seme two years age. Fer seme
time past it presented a very dangerous
appearance, aud seme time age a small
part of it fell, obstructing the track for a
short time. Last evening the remainder
went down with a crash as above stated.
Had a traiu of cars been passing when it
fell a terrible wreck would have resulted.
When -the limited express passed the
point at a high rate of speed yesterday
afternoon, the wall shook perceptibly, and
small pieces of stene and -mortar were
thrown down by the vibration. Had the
wall fallen then, there is no telling hew
mauv lives might have been lest. The
trains detained by the accident were the
Harrisburg accommed itien, eastand west,
the Dillcrvillc local, aud the Columbia ac
commodation, The wreckers were at
ence set te work and succeeded in cleaning
"the north track by 71 o'clock last evening,
aud the south ene between two and three
this morning.
Anether Miuky Wall.
The south wall of Gable's small, brick
warehouse along the line of the Pennsjl
vania railroad, just west of North Queeu
street, is also in a dangerous condition
and ought te be taken down. It is badly
cracked aud terribly out of plumb, being
almost "as crooked as a deg's hind leg."
Te nil appcarance it is liable te be shaken
down at any time by a passing train.
TllK .llKDICAL SOC1KTY.
it-, monthly Meeting. A Geed 'Attendance
ler u Wet Day.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Lancaster medical eciety yesteiday Vice
President Bolenius was in the chair iu the
absence of the president.
There were present Drs. Allen, Black
wood, Bolenius, Carpenter, Compten,
Elder, A. J. Heriv Reland, Shirk, Stch
man, Urban and Welchans, of this city ;
Drs. Craig and Linewcavcr, of Columbia ;
Drs.-B. F. nerr, Millersville ; Lightner,
Ephrata ; F.M.Musser.Witmer. ; Wiseman,
Bainbridge ; Treichler, Elizabethtewn ;
A . H. Smith, Paradise
The health reports showed diphtheria,
whooping cough and malarial diseases
prevailing in the county.
The subject selected for discussion at
this meeting was " Dysraonerhcea." The
discussion was opened by the reading of
an excellent paper en this subject by Dr.
Shirk. A number of members partici
pated in the discussion.
Communications were received from the
Chester county medical society en the
subject of registration, and from the Lu Lu Lu
zorne county medical society en the sub
ject of compuleory vacciuatien. Beth
were filed
The subject adopted for discussion next
meeting was "strangulated hernia."
Yesterday, for the first time, the society
had a stenographer present te report the
discussions verbatim, find from his report
the publication committee will select such
matter as is of permanent value te be
printed in the journal of the society.
ISUKGLAKS ABOUT.
Upcraliug West et Lancaster.
When the family of Jacob Bausman,
residing en the Columbia pike, west of
this city, arese from their beds Wednes
day morning they found that burglars had
broken into the back kitchen, during
Tuesday night, and stolen about a dozen
common knives and forks, three home
made linen table covers and a let of eat
ables. The report that a large quantity of
silverware was stelen and carried off in a
hand eart is unfounded. The thieves left
behind them two heavy clubs, which they
probably intended te make bloody use of
had they been discovered.
On the same night thieves visited the
premises of Mr. Elliett, who lives en the
farm adjoining Mr. Bausman's, and, break
ing into the smokehouse, stele the meat of
a hog, which was curing therein. The
keeper of the tell-gato en the turnpike
near by says he saw three suspicious look
ing men strolling up the pike about ten
o'clock Tuesday night. Frem the tracks
around the houses of Mr. Bausman and
Mr. Elliett it appears there were three
mcu enganed iu the burglaries above
named, and it is supposed they may have
been the men seen by the gate keeper.
He Was Tliere.
The name of Councilman Ostcrmayer,
of the Ninth ward, was inadvertently
emitted from the list of the members of
the committee en the reorganizttien of
the fire department present at the meet
ing of which the proceedings were pub
lished in our columns last evening. Mr.
Ostcrmayer was there, and signed the
contract with the Union fire company,
along with his colleagues of the commit
tee. Government Balldlng for Laneatter.
In the federal Heuso of Representatives
yesterday, the committee en public buiid
ingi and grounds reported favorably a bill
appropriating $75,000 for a public build
ing at Lancaster.
CITY G0TERMENT.
TUE MARCH JXKETINU OK COUNCILS.
Annual Reports or the Departments
Other Important ltnslne.-is Trans
acted The Tax Kate Fix
ed at Xme 91111s.
and
A stated meeting of city ceunc
held last evening.
Select Council.
Present Messrs. Barr, Berger,
Franklin, Judith, -G. W. Zecber,
Is was
Deerr,
Philip
Zecuer and Evans, president.
The reading et the minutes of last meet
ing was dispensed with.
Finance, Water and Law.
Mr. G. W. Zecher presented au abstract
of the minutes of the finance committee for
the past month, which was read ; also the
monthly report of the city treasurer and
receiver of taxes, from which it appeared
that last month's receipts into the city
treasury were $1,153.14 ; payments,
$4,841.02 ; and the balauce in treasury en
the 1st of March, $18,003.35.
Mr. Berger presented an abstract of the
minutes of the water committee for the
past month. The committce" name
Thursday, the 20th of April, as day of ap
peal from water taxes, aud authorize the
chairman te advertise for proposals for
laying 230 feet of pipe en Lime street
above James.
The aunual repeit of the city solicitor
was presented aud icad. It contains a
statement of the disposition of several suits
in court te which the city was a party.
The amount collected en liens during the
year was $372.40.
Kepert et the Lamp Committee.
Mr. Barr presented the annual report of
the lamp committee, detailing at length
the operations of that department during
the past year. It shows that there are
five hundred and eight street lamps in the
city, the location of all of which is given
in au appendix te the report. During the
yearseven lamps were put up as fellows :
At the corner of Concord and Grant, at
'the Park house en the New Helland turn
pike, in the centre of the new roihead
bridge en bhippan street, at tnc coiereu
school heuse near Strawberry street, en
Beaver street near Conestoga mills, ou
New street near Market aud ou Mai ion
between Charlette and Mary.
The lamps are all lit with gasoline, and
the committee rccite at length the circum
stances which led te the adoption of this
method, the gas company having refused
te comply witli the tprras of the city ordi
nance governing the'niattcr, aud their bid
being se much higher than the rates in
former years, that it was resolved rather
thau yield te what the committee and
councils considered extortion te resort te
the expedient of lighting with oil. The
committce also relate the 1 eductiens
made upon the bills of the gas ceaipauy
last winter, when there was such a great
public clamor about the inferiority of the
light furnished. The total reductions
made upon the gas bills for the quaiter.s
ending respectively January 1, 1881, and
April 1, 1831, ameunted te $600. The
committee repeit that of the $9,300 appro
priated for lighting the pity all has been
snent but $227.17. which will of course
cause a large deficiency, as the appropria
tion is designed te run until the 1st of
July, thc-time when the contract for light
ing is made. The committee explain
this by pointing out that when the appro appre appro
priatien was made the amount provided
was based en the rate paid for lighting
the preceding year, $18 per pest, while
the cost the present year is $23 per pest for
gasoline ; gas, the committee allege, would
have cost the city $10 a pest ou the terms
of the gas company's bid. This committee
state that the sum of $1,619.28 is lying
idle of a fund that has been for some year.
accumulating as an appropriation for
"lamps and pests;" therc is no need of
this money for the 'object stated, and Iho
committce recommend the transfer of this
sum $1,019.23 from the appropriation for
"lamps and pests," where it is net wanted,
te the fund for " lighting city, '' where it
is. This will pay the bills up te the first
of April, but the committee state there
will still be a deficiency of about $3,100 te
see the committee through te the first of
July, and recommend the immediate adep
tien of measures te supply the necessary
funds.
Warm l'CC
The report concludes with a
oinmcuuaueu vi tuu uiuuiuu "ui, auu
..: f- 1 i ...:.. , .,.- ..
tuinKS councils sue.iki. iuku immueiaiu
steps for securing the introduction of this
illuminator for lighting the city. It points
out its great superiority ever all ether
methods, and thinks thac en the score of
economy as well as in the interest of prog
ress practicable measures should be adopt
ed in this direction. The committee sug
gest that an unused ninety-horse power
engine new at the water works,
could supply the power for operating the
light, while, if feasible, the old boilers at
the water works might be used in thesame
service. The wires could be strung en the
city telephone poles, making the cost for
that item very small. Some cemmunica
tiens from the Maxim Electric Light and
Power company, ellering terms for light
ing the city, are transmitted as part of the
report, from which it appears that the
cost of a forty-light plant would be about
as fellows :
Generating idiichlnes,
Forty lamps, per $W.
.. 'A400
Tlrree milei et Xe. 1 wire..
The cost of maintaining the plant may
be approximate"! from the carefully kept
record of the expeuses of a forty-light
plant that has been in successful operation
for several months.
Interest en investment In plunt, per
hour. ........ .
Caibens consumed, per hour TO
Power absorbed In machines pi-r henr.. .33
Depreciation, attcndMice, etc., per hour .'Hi
$1.42
300) hours at $1.42; cost et plant for one
year (10 hours per cluy) S.!Ku
Mr. G. W. Zecher presented a resolution,
which was adopted, transferring an unex
pended balance $1,619.28 of former ap
propriatiens for lamps and pests, te the
appropriation for lighting the city. Com
mon council concurred.
The Streets.
A report was presented by the street
cemmittee of work dene by them durinir
the past two months. Te the report was
appended r. detailed statement of work
done, aud cost of same, by the street com
mittee from March 1st. te December 1st
1881. The report was received and con
sidcrcd as read.
The Tax Kate Fixed.
Mr. G. W. Zecher presented a resolution
fixing the rate of taxation for the ensuing
year, at nine mills en the dollar live
mills thereof te pay interest, principal,
and state tax en leans, and lour mills
thereof for city purposes. The resolution
was adopted, and common council con
curred. The Markets.
Mr. Barr presented the annual report of
the clerk of the market committee. As the
ordinance providing for a fish market in
Vine street, east of Seuth Queen, has been
repealed, the clerk suggests that the stalls
in the northern part or the Central m ir
ket be fitted up for that purpose.
Wants te Establish Stevo Works.
A brief message from the mayor was
presented, enclosing a commuuicatieii
from Stephen V. Wright, of Spring City,
Pa., who states that a company has been
organized at that place for the purpose of
starting a stove foundry, te bolecato.i
wherever the be3t inducements are offer
ed : and asks what inducements the citi
zens of Lancaster will offer te have it
located here. The matter was referred te
the special committee en steel works.
Common council concurred.
Tn Fire Department.
Hr. Zecher presented the following ra-
pert for the committce ou reorganization
of fire department.
Te the Honorable Select untl Common Ceuncils:
Gestlejiex The committee appointed
by your honorable bodies te reorganize
the fire department respectfully begs leave
te report : That we have entered into a
lease with the Union steam fire engine
company, Ne. 1, for the engine heuse and
apparatus as instructed by joint resolution
of councils ;and have also agreed with the
Washington steam fire engine company
for a lease of their property and apparatus
the lease for which is new being exe
cuted We are in hopes of arriving at
terms with the Shiftier and American
companies. Should your committee fail te
secure the ether companies necessary te
completc the department we would ask
authority te purchase apparatus else
where. The opiuieu among seme of the
firemen seems te be that the present coun
cils will drop the whole question where it
is, and the old system again predominate ;
but your committce can assure them that
wc propose te organize the new depart
ment as rapidly as possible.
With rcfereuce te the Empire hook aud
ladder company your cemmittee are of the
opinion that itis unnecessary te purchasa
their property, knowing that we can get
aleug for some time te ceme by placing a
ladder truck in ene of the engine houses
as contemplated in the ordinance crcatiug
the call department. By a resolution of
the Empire hook .and ladder company,
they compelled the contractor ereetiug the
telegraph fiie alarm te cut the wires con
necting the alarm with their bell. Fer
this action, (although the contractor did
it ou his ewu responsibility) your com
mittee consider the company deserve severe
censure from councils aud our citizens ; as
they were the first company te advocate
the tire alarm telegraph and ask the city
te use their bell. Your committce were
therefore quite surprised when officially
notified of their action. Fer this conduct
we think they will be ashamed some day.
Iu view of the action of this company re
fusing the use of their bell te the city
unless we purchase the house, we would
ask councils te grant us the authority te
purchase a bell of 2,000 pounds weight
and erect a skeleton tower in the station
house yard, unles's we can make terms
with the Empire cenfpany.
Respectfully submitted by the com cem cem
mitteo. The report was read and the recommen
dations of the committce adopted. Com
mon council concurred.
The cemmittee also presented mles and
regulations for the government of the department,-
which are printed in full en our
first page.
The rules were read and adopted. In
common council read.
Anether Transfer.
On motion of G. W. Zecher it w:v " lic
svlccd, That the sum of $348.03, au un
expended balance of a water lean of 1879,
be transferred te the appropriation for
water works general for the present fiscal
year." Cemmpn council concurred.
On motion council adjourned te meet
Friday, M.arch 10, 1832, for the purpose of
receiving the estimates of the finance com
mittee for the fiscal year ending May 31,
ie, anu sucu ether business as may
come before councils.
CUMMU.N' COU-NC1L.
The following named members wens pre
sent :
Messis. Albert, Barnes, Brown. Cor Cer
meny, Cox, Davis, DiflenderfTer, Everts,
Fisher, Franklin, Hays, Hubcr, Jehnsen,
McMulIen, Middleton, Ostcrmayer, Rcith,
Shulmycr, Smeych, Stone, White, Yack
ly, Levergood, president.
Want Water.
The minutes of the previous meeting
haviugbecu read and approved, Mr. Shnl
myer presented the petition of recide'nts
of Frederick street between Lime and
Shippcu, asking that wafer mains he laid
for the pnrrose of supplying them with
water. On motion of Dr. Davis it was re
fcrrcd te the water committee with in
structions te investigate aud report te
councils en the advisability aud necessity
of the work asked for. Select council
concurred.
Street Comr.iUtue'u Kepert.
Mr. McMulIen presented the repei t of ,
tha street committee detailing tlie
operations et that department for
t, ..l ,.oe.. tlm mr.t- imnnrtnnf ifnm nf
. VtiU JUO. JIAUj bill. MJ3V HUjJUl.tlUb ItVIM &
j which
was the paving of JNertb uueen
street, between Orange and the depot,
with Belgian blocks, while much addi
tienal work has been performed which re
ceives especial mentieu from the commit
tce. The appropriations te this depart
ment of the city government have been
exhausted, and there remain unpaid bills
te the amount of $G0O. Te keep tbe
streets in a creuitable condition until the
beginning of the next fiscal year tlie
committce state that $1,000 additional
will be required, and attention is directed
te the urgent necessity of an increased an
nual appropriation for the operatieca of
the street department.
Engineer Hewell's Kepert.
The report of the new chief engineer of
the fire department centaius nothing of
especial public import ether than a record
of the number of fires and of false alarms
that have occurred during the month of
February. Engineer Hewell state's that a
considerable quantity of the hese owned
by the city has been repaired by the con
tractors fnrnishing the same, and state:,
that the cityhose,ameuntiug in all te 4.800
feet, is in geed serviceable condition. The
engineer recommends the erection of two
new fire plugs at the waterworks, te guard
against the danger of the fire there, states
that the preparations for the new depart
ment, including the building of the new
hose carts and construction of the electric
alarm are well advanced, and that it is
anticipated the new system will be in jun
ning order by the first of April.
Rhetoric and Steal Balls.
Mr. McMulIen presented a letter from
Mr. C. Lewis, the gentleman who is anxious
te establish a rolling mill in this city for
the manufacture et steel rails. It is a
document, in which the writer covers a
geed deal of ground in expatiating upon
the boundless resources of the grand old
Keystone commonwealth for supporting
an enterprise of this kind, and deploring
the tendency of the sturdy sons of the
state te siek ether field for the employ
ment of energies that ought rather te be
expended at home. Mr. Lewis evidently
thinks that Pennsylvania in general and
Lancaster in particular is tbe spot abeve
all ethers for the establishment of his pro
jected enterprise. The communication
was read, but councils remained thought
fully silent as the clerk finished his wrcstle
with the eloquent peroration of Mr. Lewis'
communication.
Unfortunate Contractor.
Mr. McMulIen presented a petition from
.Messrs. Schwebcl & Dietz, contractors for
the new sewer en Water street who stated
that they had lest fully $350 in building
the same, owing te the unforeseen abun
dance of rock. They asked the kind coo ceo coe
sideration of councils in view of the cir
cumstances recounted, which Chairman
McMulIen stated te be strictly true, and
he further added that the contractors had
made a very geed job in building the
sewer. There is an ordinance of councils
w'u'ch specifically prohibits any additional
appropriation in just eucIi cases as mention
ed in this appeal, and council consequently
declined te indemnify tbe contractors for
the less sustained by their unfortunate
venture.
Paying the Firemen.
Papers received from select council were
acted upon as reported in the proceedings
of that body, and a resolution offered by
Mr. Cox requesting the finance committee
te pass the balance of appropriation due
the fire companies, less fines imposed by
the chief engineer of the fire department.
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