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MONDAY EVENING, MABCH 6, 1882.
Onr Composite Nationality.
There were an unusual number of pop
ular gatherings of national interest ever
the country en Saturday, the varied
character of which, and the popular in
terest manifested in them amply illus
trate our composite nationality. The
exiled Russian Jews have found a hospi
table welcome en these Western shores.
In Philadelphia, where a large number
of them are new quartered awaiting set
tlement in favorable localities, a very
large meeting of influential citizens was
held in their behalf. Men of all profes
sions and leading members of widely
differing religious sects were en the
platform together and among the
spokesmen, their voices blending in an
harmonious appeal for practical benev
olence te the immigrants. In Brook
lyn a meeting of the same religious faith
as the new-comers was held, and at it
there were feretellings of a great Jewish
immigration about te set in te America
and the premise that they would be use
f ul husbandmen and exemplary citizens.
Our wide domain offers boundless op
portunity for these who come te till its
soil, and here, rather than among the
ruins of Jerusalem, the Jew may yet
find the union of his .scattered people
and their premised land.
The anniversary of the birth of Rebert
L'inmct, the gallant and ill-fated Irish pa
triot, furnished occasion for an outburst
of Hibernian celebration, and in Bosten,
Brooklyn and New Yerk, the foremost
representatives of this nation, se strong
in our citizenship, held meetings at
which men of distinction spoke and te
which some of the foremost Americans
sent letters of sympathy.
"While these events were ptegiessing
in the East and turning the eyes of its
people toward the ether hide of the At
lantic, en the Pacific slope there was
peptilai holiday te allow a hearing
for the almost unanimous pretest
of the people against further toler
ance of unrestricted Chinese im
migration. In the San Francisce meet
ing, participated in by "leading men in
every department of business, and all the
judges of the United States andbtate
courts,"' " resolutions were adopted urg
ing the .speedy legislation by Congress
pursuant te the terms of the recent tieaty
with China, restricting and controlling
Chinese immigration.'' The contrast
afforded by these demonstrations is in
deed remarkable, and constitutes a curi
ous commentary en the many elements
which are fused into this nationality of
ears and the many problems that have te
be solved before it becomes a horaege"
neens whole.
The Congressional Committee.
Theie comes from "Washington
nothing less than we expected in an em
phatic denial of a story that the Demo
cratic congressmen from this state were
disposed te name Gov. Curtin as the
Pennsylvania represeatative en 'the
Democratic national congressional com
mittee, but that, owing te Den Camer Camer
on's hostility te him, he was abandoned
and Mr. Randall was made the choice of
the delegation. In the first place the rela
tions between Gov. Curtin and Mr. Ran
dall aie se cordial that there was no
loemfoi any such inisundeistanding en
this subject, has been invented by the
new spaper correspondents. Again, Gov.
Curtin has only se lecently acknowl
edged himself and been lecegnized as a
member of the Democratic party, that
he would net allow his name te be used
for a place se prominent in the direction
of the party organization, nor would he
likely be suggested for it. Cameren
would net likely object te any distinc
tion ler him as a Democrat, as for 3 ears
it has been the aim of that clan te drive
him out of the Republican organization,
and weaken his influence in it by mak
ing him avow his complete Democratic
affiliations. But, above all, there is net
a member of the Democratic delegation
from Pennsylvania who would be apt te
recognize Den Cameren's right te dic
tate te him whom it should select as its
representative; and any indication of
preference would very promptly operate
against his choice. It is altogether prob
able, therefore, as reported, that Mr.
Randall, the senior member of the dele
gation, was the unanimous choice of its
members, and he knew nothing about it
until the choice was made. Besides him
the most prominent members of the
committee are Gen. Rosecrans, of Cali
fornia; McLane, of Maryland ; Cobb,
of Indiana; Merse, of Massachusetts;
Singleton, of Mississippi; Flower, of
New Yerk ; and Whittherne, of Ten
nessee. Frem among these the chair
man is te be chosen, and, like as net, it
will be Mr. Randall.
Tin: Commonwealth club, the new
Democratic social organization of Phil
adelphia, opened its house en Saturday
evening with a brilliant g.ithering of
state Democrats, and the occasion was
.likewise made memorable by the presence
of Judge Black and Senater Bayard,
whom the party of the whole country
delights te honor. The Commonwealth
does net assume te usurp the functions
or direct the management of the regular
organization of the party in Philadel
phia, but it will bring together into a
social union and for friendly conference
distinguished and influential members
of the party from all ever the state.
Such an association cannot fail te be
potential for the geed of the party in
Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania. In
its organization we discern the premise
of better things.
Occurring at the same time with the
inaucuratien of the Commonwealth
club the proposed reorganization of the
Philadelphia city committee gives as
surance that the better men of the party
there have at last determined te lay
their hands upon its direction. The
premised agreement of all factions te
unite in the selection of Mr. Randall for
chairman is only less gratifying than
the report that the Democrats of Phila
delphia, "either from choice or necessi
ty, are united in the purpose te dig the
Democracy out of it grave clothes and
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matte it a iiuerai, progressive ana ag
gressive Reform party, se bread in its '
policy that all who desire a regenerated
city and state authority can act with the
Democrats." When the party is planted
en that platform and gives premise of
such practices, the day of the common
wealth's redemption will have dawned.
TnE prospect of much building dur
ing the coming summer is greatly im
paled by the almost absolute certainty of
prevailing high prices for lumber. In
the eastern sections of the country, nota
bly in the lumber regions of Pennsyl
vania, the light snow did net afford the
lumbermen sledding te get their legs te
the water. The lumber lands nearest te
the streams are well-nigh cut off and the
legs are dragged te the river side with
great difficulty unless there is sufficient
snow te slide them. Already extreme
war prices are being asked for lumber.
In the West there is great shortage in
the cut, and the camps are breaking up
after only about a two-thirds product.
PERGONAL!.
Hen. Alexander II. Stephens, is re
markable for his many and liberal chari
ties.
Joux D. Defiiees, the public printer,
in dangerously ill, at his residence, in
Washington.
By the end of the Bourne will case,
Ai.lex Thokneyki: Rick, publisher of the
Nerlli American Review, gets $500,000, all
because his father was clever te his step
grandfather. It is confidently asserted that Guiteau's
friends have secured for him the legal ser
vices of Gen. Butler and that important
evidence upon the alleged former insanity
of the prisoner has brenuneaithcd in New
Yerk.
The legular Suuday news from Wash
ingten is te the effect that Wm. E. Ch yn
dler will be made secretary of the navy,
Howe become secretary of the iuteiier,
and First Assistant Postmaster General
Frank Uatten will be placed at the head
of the posteffice department.
At a large meeting of the cleigy of the
archdioccse of Philadelphia, held last
week, ever $12,000 was subscribed toward
afittinr testimonial te Archbishop Weed.
It will be tendered en the occasion of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation
of the bishopric, April 2G next.
The icpert that Mr. Gi.dstexk has
made up his mind te retire from public
life at some time in the near future is
reiterated upon geed authority, but with
the modification that it will net be until
he h is carried his paity and his govern
ment safely past the rocks which new
make the .sailing daugCieus.
The New Yerk World aud Truth had
the " exclusive " information yesterday
that CoxM.ixe had declined. But as
their Washington dispatches were evi
dently homc-made it is ue surprise te
hear from the White Heuse that Mr.
Aithurhas no Mich news. All the same
Conkling may have forgettou te put a
stamp en the envelope in which he sent
his declination.
Sakui Bermivudi was photographed
while reclining at full length in an ebony
cefiiu, padded with white satin. She said
te the photographer, Melandri : "I will
make a bai gain with you. Swear te me
that you will net sell any of these photo
graphs until after my death." "After
your death ?" " Oh, it will happen sooner
than you expect. I premise you te die
within a year from new. I am net joking. I
have a presentiment and my presentiments
never deceive me. Furtheiraerc, at the
end of the year, if I am still in this world,
I authorize you te sell as many of the
photographs as you picasc." Melandri
consented te this contract, and executed
faithfully his pait of the bargain; but
Bernhardt having neglected te keep hci
premise, Mclandii, has rcfencd his case te
the Tribunal of Cemmcice of Paiis.
Gen. Fremext claims that in 1817 he
purchased for the United States the
" Gelden Gate " island, which makes the
entrance fiem the Pacific ocean into the
Bay of San Francisce, and that the United
States government refused te accept, ic
pujiiated the put chase, and made it the
subject of a charge of mutiny against
him ; that he paid the bend given for the
purchase, and became the owner of the
said island ; the United States govern
ment afterward, finding that the island is
tlie key te the harbor of San Francisce,
and indispensably necessary as a point for
establishing a lighthouse and feits, did,
without his consent or knowledge, take
possession of. and still held, the said
island as the prepcity of the government.
And new he wants te be indemnified.
:seine state items of Intercut.
Four hundred hands are employed in
the Adelaide silk mills, at Allcntewn.
A large cheese factory is te be built en
Laudcrmilch farm, near Halifax, Dauphin
county.
An iron steamship of the Old Dominion
steamboat company was launched at Chcs
tciday en Saturday.
Edward Meshcr, a leg driver, from
Neva Scotia, was drowned in Lick Run,
near Leck Haven, en Saturday.
Daniel Ferry, a conductor of a coal
train at the Empire mines, was instantly
killed en Saturday afternoon. He fell
between the cars and was horribly crushed.
Mrs. O'Hara.ef Tiencsta, Ferest county,
while riding en a free pass en the Buffalo,
Pittsburgh & Western railroad, was in
jured by an accident. She sued for dam
ages, and the jury has awarded her $700.
Emma Lasher, of Meadville, whose hus
band was killed near Bradford a short
time age by the explosion of a torpedo,
has sued the Roberts torpedo company for
$15,000 damagas.
Twenty-five puddlcrs at the Lochiel iron
works refused te light their fires yester
day owing te an order issued en Saturday
only allowing them pay for finished iron.
The custom has been te pay for it as it
comes from the furnace.
An unknown man was found en the line
of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
cempauy near Pert Kennedy, with his leg
broken and his skull fractured. He was
taken te Norristown and died seen after
wards. The body is held for identifica
tion Strang's Kxlle.
Philadelphia Times.
Tiega county presents an impressive
lessen te the people of the state. Bntler
B. Strang, who would fill any position
with conspicuous credit, is sent te ene of
the territorial political Siberias, where
only damaged political impertunates and
dangerous leaders are consigned, and Jehn
I. Mitchell, of the same county, who could
hardly fill a territorial marshalship with
credit, represents four millions of the most
intelligent people of the country in the
United States Senate. Such accidents
might happen under any political demina-,
tien, but while they are exceptional else
where they are the rule in Pennsylvania.
FLOOD AiTD FIRE.
THE MISSISSIPPI INUNDATION.
Great Lees te treprty in southwestern
Sections and .Elsewhere.
The war department, in Wash
ington, continues te receive dis
patches from flooded points in the South
west, and Secretary Lincoln states that
" the losses and consequent suffering ex
ceed any estimate yet made." There are
urgent calls for greater relief than can be
given within limits of the appropriation
already made by Congress. Senater Gar
land says that the municipalities and
state corporations aie respendiug
liberally te the demands upon them
from the Heeded distiicts, but they
are overburdened by refugees. And
the distress is only beginning.
The "levees aie broken in se many
places that the impoverished communities
will be entirely unable te repair them in
time te prevent overflow when the June
rise shall come. It is also feared that
under the best circumstances, the ground
will be in such a condition as te delay
planting until tee late for a geed crop."
At an informal meeting of congressmen
from the inundated states held yesterday
in Washington, it was leselvcd te ask an
additional appiopakvtien of 640,000 for
relief, and a resolution for the purpose
will probably be introduced iute the Heuse
te-day. An appropriation of $100,000 will
probably also be asked te repair levees.
The Mississippi river was stationary at
Memphis yesterday, but was expected te
begin rising again at night, as heavy rains
had fallen in that section during the day.
L. H. Maugum, commissioner from Ar
kansas, stated last night that in the ceun
ties et Mississippi, Crittenden, Lee, i'oiti i'eiti
sctt, Cress, Craighead. St. Francis.
Phillips, Desha, Chicot and Menree, in
that state, there were, as far as known,
about $20,000 destitute pcople, who would
have te be fed by the government for at
least 40 days. In addition great sunenng
is reported in the counties berdciing en
the Red river.
Commissioner Hemingway, of Missis
sippi, reports that in Tomii'e, Cohenia, De
Seta, Quitman, Bolivar, Washington, Issa
quena, Ohssaqucna, Yazoo, lallahatchic
and Sunllewcr counties, neith of Vicks-
burg, in his btatc, 15,000 people are buffer
ing, ihere are ether ceuuties below
Mississippi which have also been visited by
the Heeds.
A telegram from New Orleans lepeits
two crevasses te the Bayou Lafourche
levees, ene near Lafourche dessing, the
ether near Thibedeaux. The lattei is
veiy serious, and threatens gieat damage.
Tin cc drunken men tiicd te cress Iho
liver at Madisen, Iowa, in a skiff, en
iriday evening, and two of them weir
drowned.
Lesses te shiiiIng.
The steamer Ville d' Alger, fiem Ber
deaux, which arrived at New 101k vester
day, reports that en the 2Stk ult. she fell
in with the steamer City -of Bcihu, fiem
Livcipoel for New Yeik, with niachineiy
breKen. one towed the City or tferhn for
cigut neuis, wnen tuc nne paiteu. one
then lay by for twenty heuis. when the
bteamcr Samaria, fiem Bosten for Liver
peel, came up and took the disabled
steamer iu tow for Halifax. A dispatch
received last night auueunccs the anival
of the City of Bcilin at Bosten in tow of
the SamaiLi.
While the schooner L. and A. Babcock.
from Philadelphia, was entering Province-
town harbor, yesteiday, Geoige 1'. Loelt
and Albert Mamzcl, sailors, weie washed
07ei heard aud lest.
The Spring 1 l-cshct.
At Weavcrtewu, Warren county, N. Y.,
the fieshet has been disastrous. Biidges
and fences were swept away, telegraph
poles leveled aud a tannery destroyed, in
velving a less of $5,000. At Kecnc, Essex
county, the Heeds cairiecl away a bridge
near Warrensburg. A $10,000 budge at
Plattsburg was also destroyed.
The ice going out of the river en Satur
day afternoon carried away the supports
of the span of the bridge at Lawiencc,
Mass., letting the unfinished portion of
the bridge into the river. The less will
fall en the Canten bridge company, of
Canten, Ohie.
It is said by liver men that the Monou Menou Moneu
ahela bridge, Pittsburgh,' is binkiug, and
the cempauy has been notified by beat
ewneis that it will be held lcsponsible for
all damages caused te their craft thieugh
contact with the btuictuie.
ilecent Destructive i'lru.
A iiie breke out about si o'clock en
Saturday evening in the Congiegatienal
chuich at Great Baningteii, .Mass., and
the chuich and chapel were destroyed.
The church was a lartje stone building,
upon which $7,000 had just been expend
ed iu repairs, chiefiy in decorating the
interior. Most of the money was given
by Mrs. Maik Hepkins, the wealthy Cali Cali
fernian. The church was completed aud
reopened last Christmas. The chapel was
built two years age at a cost of $10,000.
The whele piepcrty was valued at $50,
000. The fire caught from the furnaces.
A fiie en Satuiday destroyed Chailes A.
Snyder's tobacco facteiy, 45 and 47 Frent
street, New Orleans, and damaged an ad
jacent building. The total less is $15,000.
Stcve Ceilina aud Herman Levi, firemen,
weie badly hurt by falling walls. Officer
Steele was also blight hurt.
The malt house of Heinrich St.iiuickcr,
at French Village, fce en miles from East
St. Leuis, Illinois., was burned en Satur
day, together with a large quantity of
malt ana barley. Jets, ?UU.0uu ; insur
ance unknown.
On Thursday night one half of the depot
of the Erie railway at Utica, N. Y., and
the livery stable of Jehn Williams weie
burned by an incendiary fire. Less. $10,
000. -Han't Inhumanity te aiati the Cause r
Many Crimes,
Kaul Erbach, a soldier at tli3 United
States arsenal, Atlanta, Ga., committed
suicide en Saturday by sheeting.
Charles F. .Tube, an eccentric young
man, 27 years of age, seu of a Bowery
millionaire, committed suicide by sheeting
himself in New Yerk early en Saturday
morning.
J. C. Merriam, formerly a prominent
banker of Bosten, Mass., died at the
pest house at Dallas, Tex., en Saturday of
smallpox, at the advanced age of seventy
three. .
A difficulty occurred at Shoe Fly,
twelve miles lrem Wace, Texas, in which
Patrick Gallagher shot and fatally wounded
W. AY. Smith, a farmer.
Jehn Abernethy. who shot aud killed
Wm. Leslie in a Diamond alley saloon,
Pittsburgh, in December last, was sen
tenced en Saturday te be hanged .
Jeseph T. Warner, aged 14 ycar.1, pur
posely shot himself at New Yeik in fient
St. Luke's hospital. Nothing is known
of the cause which prompted the act.
Henry Carlsen and Peter Jehnsen wcre
killed, and Themas Williams and Cellins
Magnus severely injuied by the fall of a
mass of earth in the Lowthian mine at
Ishpeming, Mich.
At Fairburn, Geergi.i, Geerge Woodall
was " tampering with an old pistol," when
it went off, and the charge entered the
abdomen of J. Hervey, the town marshal,
inflicting what is believed te be a mortal
wound.
Alice Wright, 19 years old, a seubrettc
of Harrison's "Photes" theatrical troupe,
jumped from the fourth-story of the Stiie-
bemnger house in Cincinnati and was in
stantly killed. Ne cause was assigned for
the act, but it is believed that she was
demented, as since she recovered from an
attack of typhoid fever Inst fall she has
occasionally manifested symptoms of men
tal aberration.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Conentlens for Commercial mnd Philan
thropic Purposes.
The firm of Parker Brethers, at New
Lexington, O., buyers and shippers of
stock, have failed for a large amount.
The directors of the National mining
and industrial exposition at Denver, Col Col
orado, closed a contract for the building
yesterday. Ground will be broken next
Wednesday, and the building will be fin
ished by August 1.
The volunteer fire department of New
Orleans celebrated its forty-fifth anniver
sary en Saturday. Several engines were
draped in mourning as a maik of respect
te the memory of the late Governer Wiltz,
who was for many years an active fireman.
J. Q. Wing aud Jehn Fink, two well-
known members of the Scott county, Iowa,
bar, were taken befere a justice of the
peace en Saturday, and bound ever te the
district court in the sum of $000, charged
with subornation of witnesses.
The business of the custom-house, at
New Oi leans, for the month of February
was laiger than for any corresponding
mouth for the past nine years, and the
customs receipts exceed these of the cor
responding month lest year by $252,581.
The Legislature of Utah en Saturday
adopted a concurrent resolution calling a
convention te meet en Apiil 10, which,
when organized, may frame a state consti
tution for Utah, name the proposed state,
and define its boundaries, etc.
The third provincial council of the Cath
olic aichdiecese of Cincinnati, -was for
mally opened ycsteiday in St. Peter's
cathedral, in that city. The coadjutor
aichbishep of the province is Dr. Elder,
of Cincinnati. The suffragan bishops are
Tebbe, of Covington; Williamson,- of
Leuibville; Chataid, of Vincennes ; Wcn
ger, et Feit Wayne ; Burgess, of Detroit ;
and Gihneur, of Cleveland.
The Sovereign Grand Ledge of Odd Fel
lows, at its session in Cincinnati last Sep
tember, appointed a committee te revise
the litualef the work of the order. The
committee was in session in Baltimore last
week, and has finished its labors. The
leviscd work will be ready for the use of
ledges by the 1st of June. The principal
change requires the working of subordi suberdi
dinate ledges iu the third degree.
At the annual meeting of the Telegraph
ers' association of New Yerk, yesterday,
the call for a national convention at Cin
cinnati en Match 15, bigned by the asso
ciations of various cities in the West, and
a bimilar call for a convention te be held at
Pittsburgh in May, signed by St. Leuis,
Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and ether?., were read. Owing
te the absence of unanimity in the West,
the New Yeik fraternity declined te be a
party te cither convention. At a large
meeting of telegraphers in Pittsburgh last
evening, it w.u decided te held a conven
tion iu that city ou the 20th inst.
Uoriey, Brady, et al. Indicted.
The Washington grand jury came iute
the criminal ceuit en Saturday and pre
sented indictments for conspiracy in con
nection with the star route mail service
against the following-named persons :
Themas J. Biady, S. W. Derscy, Henry
M. Vail, Jehn W. Dersey, Jehn It. Miner,
Jehn M. Peck, M. C. Rcrdell, J. L: San
derson, William II. Turner ; also against
Alvin O. Beck, William S. Barringer and
Albeit E. Beene, and against Kate M.
Armstieng for perjury. The indictment
against Brady, Dersey and ethers is very
vel unii neus.
Obituary Ketes.
Albeit R. Hatch, a premiucut lawyer
ami ex-member of the Legislature of New
Hampshire he was speaker of the Heuse
m 1874 died yesterday in Portsmouth,
aged G5 years.
,Ex-Scnater Milteu S. Latham, presi
dent of the New Yerk mining aud stock
exchange, died iu New Yerk ou Saturday,
aged 55 jcars.
Chailes II. Dalrymple, a piemiuent citi
zen 01 Moriistewn, New Jersey, died en
Saturday morning at the age of 52. He
seivcd as a member of the city council.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
AN AOKI) i'AUl'EU'S hTOKY.
lamina Jacobs, u Weman or National JSoto JSeto JSote
ilety, Keaelies the t-oerhousc.
The following narrative is taken liem
the Philadelphia Recerd of te day. Its
notorious subject is well-rcmembercd in
Lancaster. Sae left here before the war.
'Ihestoiyef her wealth is exaggerated,
bat the account given by the Recerd is a
geed deal nearer the truth thau her steiy
as published in a Philadelphia Sunday
paper some weeks age, which contained a
shameless and groundless libel en a de
ceased citizen of Lancaster :
It was shortly before Christmas that an
aged woman stepped into the oftice of Air.
James S. Chambers, president of the beard
of guardians of the peer, aud requested
that she be scut te the almshouse as seen
as she could feim the lesolutieu te become
a pauper. Her story was awondieus one.
She was new OS years old, aud povcrty pevcrty
stiickeu. Years age she was beautiful,
was the petted eue of many men of renown,
and her wealth was lcckeucd at a quarter
of a million. Her name was Mia. Emma
Thompson, but she was better known as
Emma Jacobs. She came te this city
when only 10 ycais old, from Lancaster,
limning away from home te marry a
young member of the Legislature. In
this she was disappointed, for the
heartless man deserted her iu a house
of low character, whither they had
geno ou reaching this city. However,
she managed te thrive in her questionable
mede of living, and through a legacy of a
quarter million dollars left te her by ene
of her admirers she made oxceediug dis
play and acquired a national notoriety.
Twenty-five years age she married Rev.
Themas Thompson, a well-known Baptist
minister. The acquaintance was a chance
one, but the diviue was se struck with her
chaims that he induced her te change her
life and become a minister's wife. They
lived happily together for sixteen ye"ars.
A life of epeu.handedness had drained the
purse, aud after the death of her husbaud
Mrs. Thompson bagan te feel the pinching
of poverty. In a short time she was with
out money, aud at last she sought the
almshouse.
Feil into n Sewer.
Last ev euing, between 8 and 9 e cieek,
a& Dr. A. Cattell, veterinary surgeon, was
driving en Seuth Queen street, the night
being very dark, his hoise fell into a deep
tiench dug at the corner of Seuth Queen
and Vine streets, which has been dug for
the purpose of laying a private sewer from
the Swan hotel te the public sewer. The
horse get both its fore legs and one of its
hind legs into the trench, and in this
position fell across a drain pipe
several feet below the surface. All
cffeits te pull the heise out proving un
availing, the bank was dug away se as te
allow the animal te get its ether hind leg
iute the trench, and then ene end of the
trench was filled up with dirt, forming an
inclined piano out of which the peer beast
was enabled te walk. It was badly cut
en the legs and se badly sprained that it
could scarcely walk te the stable. Dr.
Cattell complains that the place was very
poeily lighted, there being but one sickly
lantern burning near the middle of the
street. Supposing that te be the point of
danger, Dr. Cattell pulled his horse off te
the right and went into the trench as
above stated.
AT THE FB1SON.
The Monthly Meeting of Inspectors.
At the monthly meeting of prison in
specters te-day, during the session of the
beard and while its members were consid
ering some of the bills presented, there
was quite a discussion ever the prices paid
fei some of the supplies furnished, neia
bly these of clothing purchased by Presi
dent Hagan. Concerning these a com
munication was sent in by Keeper Burk Burk
heldcr, most of the points of which were
brought out in the discussions by the in
specters ever the prices paid for the cloth
ing. The .keeper, in his message, complains
that 20 dozen of damaged stockings were
bought at $1.50 per dozen, wheu the same
kind can be had for 90c from the same
place where these goods were bought ; that
22 suits of clothes and G pairs of pants
were purchased at $5.50 per suit, the suits
being of cotton summer stuff and the
pants of material tee thin for mesquite
bars. Frem the whele let he had been
unable te fit an average sized convict, who
said if he was sent out with such a suit he
would have te steal clothes for shame's
sake. Buikhelder had bought him a geed
suit, wool coat and vest and partly wool
pants, for '$5. Four dozen hats had
been bought at $10.80 per dozen, w hen
new wool hats could be bought at the
Adaiustewu facteiies at fiem $3.50 te
$4.25 per dozen. Carpet chain ought
net, the keeper says, be purchased
from dealeis ' who seldom fill an order
honestly, whose bills are always high aud
their weight wrong." Manufactured vin
egar is charged for the price of cider viue
gar. Goods aie sent te the prison which
the keeper has no knewledge of having
been ordeied ; and orders given te subordi
nates in violation of law. The beard is asked
te investigate the keeper's charge that a
prison official was an accomplice of Lcenaid
Scheenberger, arrested for stealing cigais
from the jail. A cell key is believed te be
in the hands of a convict ; the gas meter
is believed te be faulty and responsible
for the enormous gas bill of $381 for thisTouteem& showed that he get no desirable
quarter ; coal oil lamps arc asked for the ,ace ou tbe cemniittees for it. The
cellar for the sake of economy ; the yard
wall should be fixed this spring. Iu con
clusion the keeper sends the beard a re
ceipted bill fei the bell which he erected
in the priseu yard and which useful im
provement he makes as a " donation " te
the prison.
Foregoing aie the main points of Mr.
Burkkolder's message When the bill of
Mr. Chas. U. Amcr fei the hats came up
it was objected that an unnecessary num
ber had been bought, aud that as they
weie odd lets of old-fashioned goedj the
pnee was tee high. It was laid ever.
Al. Resenstein's bill for the clothing
was approved aftorsemo discussion, the
majority of the beard apparently being
convinced that a fair price was charged.
When the bill of the Lancaster knitting
cempauy for the bteckings was presented
Mr. Rutter produced a single dozen pair
of stockings which he said were like these
bought for the prison and whch he had
bought at the same place this morning for
Rutter & Bair at 90 cents per dozen. Upen
this representation the bill was laid ever
until Mr. Hagan and Mr. Rutter could, iu iu
quire into this matter from Mr. Julius
Leeb, proprietor of the knitting company
Te a reporter Mr. Leeb has said that the
stocking transaction was eutirely fair ;
that the price charged te the piisen was
the regular wholesale price for the goods,
and that the dozen hose bought by Mr.
Rutter from him at 90 cents were entirely
different aud much lighter than these sold
te the prison at $1.50.
I'OULTKY.
Meeting el the Poultry Association
Attendance Amendments te
A si in 11
the
Constitution Adopted.
This morning a stated meeting 01 the
Lancaster County Poultry association was
held in their 100m, thud-story of city
hall.
Iu the absence of the president, Charles
Lippold was called te the chair.
The following named members weie
present : J. B. Lrchty, city ; Frank R.
Diffenderffer, city ; W. W. Griest, city ;
J. M. Johnsten, city ; J. M. Leng, city ;
Charles Lippold, city ; Ilcniy M. Engle,
Marietta ; Jehn E. Sebum, city ; A. S.
Flowers, Springville ; II. S. Garber, Mount
Jey.
The piopesed amendment te the consti
tution, changing the time of the annual
electien of officers from January te Feb
ruary, came up for final consideration and
was unanimously adopted.
Auether amendment, providing that tl.e
tieasurer shall make a report of the con
dition of the funds at the February and
July meetings, and auuually at the Feb
ruary meeting present te the society a
detailed written statement of all receipts
and expenditures for the preceding year,
was unanimously adopted.
T. Frank Evans, in a written communi
cation, tendered his resignation as treas
urer. Ou motion, action en the matter
was deferred until next meeting.
The secretary reported that delinquent
members had becu notified, as per resolu
tion passed at last meeting, and a numbei
of them had icspended and paid their dues.
Adjourned.
ATT ::-.M'TE lNCi:NIJlAKt1l.
Ilinely 1 ' riy of an Incipient ItLize
Last night between 8 and 0 o'elecjc, its
Jeshua Black, Judge Livingston's coach
man, was passing along Grant street, he
saw the reflection of a light thrown against
Judge Livingston's stable, which fronts
en Cherry alley. Being a careful man he
walked up te the stable te find out what
caused the light, aud saw that a fire had
been kindled en the southwest corner of
a frame stable, belonging te Lawrence
Knapp.- directly opposite Livingston's
stable. Picking up a stick he pulled from
a hole in the corner of the stable a bundle
of cotton waste saturated with benzine or
some ether inflammable fluid, and then
liastened te give the alarm te .Mr. Knapp,
whose employees seen extinguished the
flames.
The incendiary had thrust iute the hele
in the stable, a quantity of pine weed and
shoved the saturated cotton waste against
it aud lighted the match. Fortunately the
weed, which had been left lying there by
the carpenter who had been making re
pairs en Saturday, was wet from the rain
which fell last evening, and did net readily
ignite ; but had it net been for Mr. Black's
opportune arrival en the sceno, and his
pulling away of the burning cotton waste,
a destructive fire might have resulted In
the stable was a one-seated phaeton, a
two seated carriage, two sets of harness
and some ether valuables. Adjoining the
stable is Bender's machine shop, and in
the immediate vicinity are Sensenig's,
Livingston's and ether large stables be
sides ether valuable properties.
About 2 o'clock yesterday morning some
one attempted te fire a frame tobacco shed
en Locust alley near Christian street be bo be
lenging te Mathias Steinwandel. It wrfl
discovered, however, befere any damage
was done.
X.ycenm Entertainment.
Ou Saturday evening the Pequea Valley
lyceum gave their second entertainment
thi3 season, consisting of recitations, ad
dresses, dialogues and vocal and instramen
tal music. The program me was well
arranged and the several participants ac
quitted themselves well. The attendance
was very Irage, the room being crowded
te its utmost capacity.
Postal Appointments.
A posteffice has been established at
Ranck's, this county, and .Rebert Miller
appointed postmaster. Other postal ap
pointments in this county are R. S. Reid.
enbach, Hinkletown, H. F, Haversteck,
Lime Valley.
SrcAhER iCEIFEffS ELECTION.
The Fart Hayed by Oar '-Unlet Old jaaker
Congressman."
The New Yerk Sun of yesterday has a
three column narrative, professing te come
lrem an "insider," detailing the ring
influences which set up aud accomplished
the election of Kcifer te the speakership.
According te this story, little of which is
new, the Pennsylvania delegation was for
Hiscock until Cameren was secured by the
Keifer syndicate and he in turn secured
the congressmen from his state by liberal
bribes :
Fifteen of the eighteen weie pledged te
Hiscock even mere strongly than Den
Cameren was. Den called a conference.
It was hardly a love feast. Even allowing
the reported opposition of the admiuistra
tie te rlisceck te be true, and that Keifer
was a favored candidate, several of the
delegation refused te yield except en the
distinct understanding tht the Keifer men
should support Edward McPherson for
clerk of the Heuse. Den kicked like a
mule. McPheisen had been a prominent
fuglcmau for Blaine in the revolt
against imperialism iu the Key Key Key
btone state. Camcien was se in
censed that he always spoke of him con
temptuously. He would net even iccog icceg iccog
nize him en the streets. McPheisen's
fiiends, however, were obstinate. Den
was forced te give way. Kcifer and his
managers were then invited te meet the
Pennsylvania delegation and arrange the
details of the surrender. They met at Den
Cameren's house. In addition te the
naming of the clerk, tha delegation de
manded the chairmanship of the commit
tee en ways and means, and of five ether
important committees. It was granted.
Keifer personally pledged himself te carry
out the agreement, aud the delegation
was formally sui rendered te him.
It has always been a subject of local
wonder hew Herr Smith's aid was secured
for the Cameren plot, csneciallv as the
Sun's
correspondent relates the explana
tien this way :
On the very threshold of success, how
ever, the ringstcrs came very near over ever
reachiug themselves. Everything in the
Pennsylvania delegation was as merry as
a mariiage bell, when A. Herr Smith, a
quiet old Quaker Congressman from Lan
caster, tumbled ever a package of politi
cal dynamite. He caught Cameren's
fugleman, Sam Barr, working like a
beaver against Ed. McPherson for clerk
of the Heuse. The discovery created a
furious row. Half a dozen of the Tran
sylvania members held a meeting at tht.
Ebbitt heusL, and threatened te belt the
action of the whole delegation unless Den
called elf his deg. Painter, Robeson, aud
the gang were alarmed. They saw Den.
and after much solicitation he removed
the dynamite. The old Quaker and his
associates then meekly grounded their
arms and went iute the caucus under the
Cameren plaid.
UBITUAKV.
Death of Airs. Anna MctlUgett.
Mrs. Anna McElligett, widow of the
late Jeremiah McElligett, died at her resi
dence, Ne. 200 West Orange street, yester
day merniug between 7 and 8 o'clock, aged
about 00 years. Mrs. McElligett's maiden
name was Lynch. She was born in County
Limeiick, Ireland, aud came te America
iu 1812. She had a very storm y passage,
being nine weeks in crossing the Atlantic,
the vessel in which she was a pas
senger being finally wrecked en a bar
ren island off the coast of Canada.
It was while aboard the vessel that she
made the acquaintance of Mr. McElligett.
After the wreck they mat'e their way te
Montreal and were married in 1845. Shortly
aftei wauls they removed te New Yerk
and in 1850 came te Lancaster, where they
spent the rest of their lives. Mrs. McEl McEl
lieott was au active, energetic woman and
n devoted member cf St. Mary's church.
She was takeu bick some ten weeks age,
was unable te cat anything $pr ever two
weeks, and died of general prostration and
a wearing away of her system. She leaves
two children a son and a daughter Miss
Hannah McElligett and ex-Alderman
Themas F. McElligett, new cenuccted
with the Xew Era. Her funeral will take
place en Wednesday morning and solemn
lcquiem mass will be celebrated at St.
Mary's church.
ShW HOLLAND HOME TALENT.
A Very Successful Entertainment en .T.tur
day Evening.
The conceit given iii Witmer hall. New
Helland, en Satuiday night by the ' Heme
Talent," was one of the most successful
that has ever been given by the rausicil
talent of that place. The hall was ua ua ua
romfeitably crowded, but that unpleasant
feature was somewhat mitigated by the
vaiicd and pleasing pregramme. The
policemen's choruses fiem "Pirates
of Penzance " wcre well rendered
and received. The "Third Degree
Full Moen Union," with the par
ticipants m full regalia aud carying
swords, singiug while they marched ? de
lightful composition of Dave Braham's,
was another novel as well as plcasirg ren
dition. A number of ether special p'ecrs
weie exceedingly pleasing in effect. The
two pieces that elicited the most enthusi
astic applause weie " The Coepei's Cho
rus " from "Beccaccio." and a comic
quaitet entitled "O. P. R. A." The
Heme Talent organization of New Helland
possess a mere than ordinary degree of
musical ability and te their keen judgment
in successfully catering te the wants of
their patrons the crowded houses abund
antly testify.
Unclaimed Letter.
Following is the list of unclaimed letters
remainiug in the posteffice at Lancaster
for the week ending Monday, March 0 :
Ladies' Lint. Mary S. Adams, Mrs. M.
Bates, Barbara Baker, Mra. Emma
Black, Mrs. Emma Brencman, Martha
Chamberlain, Ella Cassel, Sarah Eiscu.
houser, Mrs. J. P. Endcrs, Fannie Hess,
Sal He A. Hess, Maggie E. Jenes, Mary
Jenes. Mrs. Hannah Lawrohee (for), Mrs.
Maggie Leng, Flera McCutchen, M. M.
Roidenbock, Delly Sheuk, Mrs. E. A.
Thornten c.2).
Gents' Litt.Gce. Beck, A. P. Binkey,
Jehn N. Brickncr, Gee. W. Bratten, F.
Beyer, Jacob Carter, Henry rrnster
macher, Ellswerth Gregg, James L. Gib Gib
eon, Elias Harting, Martin Harter, S. A.
Hudrneet, A.A. Hech, Jehn Iceley. J hn
Jacksen, Isaac B. Kuhns. Chrn. Ketter
man, Thes. C. Kirkwood, Jeseph I'etj,
Robt. E. Lefl'erts, Gee. Fred. Mr'frn
(for), Jeseph Martin, P. B. M l.cr,
Michcie Pierrette, Bonelctte Pierno, Jehn
Picket, F. Reth (for) Gee. Seeiglev, Jes.
C. Shenk, C. L. Vest, David Wihen,
Jehan Weber (for).
COKOSKK'S INQUEST
On a Drumore Weman Found Dead,
Deputy Corener Henry Stauffer en Fri
day held an inquest en the body of Mar
garet Ann Baddcrs, of Diumere township,
who was found dead or. Thursday, March
2. The following jurors were empaneled:
James A. McPherson, Henry Wcidlcy,
II. Drenien, J. Calvin Helm, Rebert L.
Moere, J. T. Brubaker. Dr. B. F. Sides
acted as coroner's physician, and. after
the testimony of witnesses had been
taken, tin jury rendered a verdict that
death hadrevjJted from fatty degeneration
of the heart.
Broke Its A: m.
A two orthice-ycar-eld child of a stone
cutter named Balz, residing en Middle
street, fell off a chair en Satnrday after
noon and broke an arm,
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
SEED LEAF AND HAVANA.
Fer the Week Ending Saturday. March
, IO A. M.
United States Tobacco Journal.
The prevailing feeling of the market is :
Total abstinence from "fine" '80 Pennsyl
vania. As long as there is anything else
in the way of fine wrappers te be bad, no
matter in what state they were raised,
they are preferred te what is called "fine"
Pennsylvania. Bat the scarcity of fine
goods in the market, the gradual exhaus
tion of old stock in jobbers' and manufac
turers' hands, and the approaching busy
season, will puh the reluetant buyer en
the, uufeituuately inviting, "fine" '80
Pennsylvania.
In the meantime '80 Wisconsin and a
certain portion of the '80 New Yerk state
stand excellent chances of profitable dis
posal. Of the latter only packings of un
doubted reputation find attention, while
packings tainted in reputation by rejec
tions and rebandling are absolutely unsala
ble A purchase et 300 cases of 'SO New
Yerk state, part of a packing of undoubted
regularity, by a large up-town manufac
turer, was a notable feature in the market.
The price obtained is quoted at between 18
aud 19 cents, though buyer and seller are
icticent as te the figure.
Of 'SO Wisconsin about 000 cases found
buyers. A portion of this was fillers for
expert. This tobacco is very popular, but
the supply is exceedingly small. la '80
Connect kut and Ohie little for home trade
was done. A few hundred cases of Ohie
wero sold for expert at 5 cents.
The '81 ciep, as far as can be judged
just new, is, en the whele, a better crop
thau its predecessor. Pennsylvania, which
for a geed many years past has been the
leader in the market, may expect te be
deprived el its laurels this year by Wis
consin. Though there is a quantity of
really excellent stock in the '81 Penn
sylvania, in fact far superior te the best of
the prev hh j ear's crop, the '81 Wiscon
sin. show;-a quantity of wrappers which,
in gcucial development and texture, sur
pass anything t ver produced in the coun
try. The changeful climate of Wisconsin,
though, may, as it has frequently done,
interture vsilh the full maturing of the
tobacco. If it docs net, packers of the
same will make fortunes.
TLe 'el Connecticut seems te have all
the faults iud o'ccelleuces of Its predeces
sors. Iudicati iLb, however, are that the
colors will ruu somewhat darker than
usual. Frem Ohie and New Yerk the
reports are, as y r. very meagre and un
reliable. Fer New Yerk a very sound leaf
is claimed.
The sales el tjie week we npccify ns fel
lews:
Penuylv mia Crep '80 : 200 cases ;
fillers 0J cents ; running 12 te 13 cants.
Wisconsin Crep '80 : GOO cases ; fillers
4 cents ; iunningS te 10 cents.
New Yerk State Crep '80 : 300 cases ;
terms private.
Ohie Crep '80 : 300 cases ; fillers 4$
cents ; running 9 cents.
Havana Moderately active. Sales, 500
bales, mostly '80. Pi ices firm.
Gans's Itcpert.
Salesef "ed leaf tobacco reported by
J. S. Gans's Sen & Ce.. tobacco brokers.
Ne. 131 W ir. street. New Yerk, for the
week end:e , "'larch 6, 1882.
703 cat JSS0 Wisconsin fillers, 3 te
4 ; wrapvei 9 te 11 cents. 315 cases 1880
State Flate. assertcd.'p. t.. 400 cases 1880
Ohie filleis, 4 te 4J, sorted, 6 te 0J. 200
cases 1830 Pennsylvania fillers, G te 0$,
asserted. 10 te 17. 50 cases 1880 New
England wrappers, 10 te 35. Total 1,065
cases.
NOKMAL HCBOOL TRU31EES.
Cee. K. Kced Elected President of
the
Beard.
At the meeting of the trustees of the
Millersviile state normal school, en Satur
day, Jehn M. Griderwaa elected te fill the.
vacancy in the beard occasioned by the
death of the late Abraham Peters. 'Mr.
Geerge K. Reed was elected te the presi
dency vice Mr. Peters. The beard adopted
the following :
"Whereas, Under the dispensation of
Divine Providence, we have been bereft of
our esteemed president, Abraham Peters ;
therefore.
"Resolved, That by the death of the de
parted member of this beard, one whom
we were proud te recognize as its head, it
may truly be said, a vacancy is caused
which is hard te fill. And, if iu the lan
guage of the poet, ' An honest man's the
noblest work of Ged,' then, indeed, one
of nature's noblemen has fallen fallen
never te rise, and thereby the brightness
efaliviug example is extinguished for
ever. " Rcselccd, That as presiding officer of
this beard for a period exceeding a quarter
et a century, he had endeared himself te
every member by his uniform courtesy,
his dignity aud efficiency as its president.
Nevei yielding anything te the inllucnces
that sometimes surrounded him. calcu
lated te move a weaker man end officer
fiem the stiict line of duty he never
faltercdiua single instauce, always firm,
always earnest, always true.
''Resolved, That the deceased in all the
relations of private life, and in the mere
enlarged sphere of public usefulness, leaves
behind him a record that challenges our
admiration and furnishes an example that
we should all be ambitious te fellow.
" Resolved, That the secretary be di
rected te enter these resolutions upon the
mini. tea of this meeting of the beard, and
that 1 copy thereof be sent te the family of
the deceacd. '
URIMSO ACCIDENTS.
A Herse Breaks His Neck.
On Saturday eveninga man named Hett
ing, m the employ or Uaniel juellmgcr,
was ('riving along the read between Lin
celn and Ephrata, when he breke the
spiudloef his buggy. This frightened his
hoi S3 and he started te run. After the an
imal had gene seme distance he fell heavily
te the ground and was instantly killed,
having broken bis neek. Neither Herting
nor the lady who was with him was hurt
in he least, but the buggy was broken.
The horse of Moses Miller ran away in
Ephrata, throwing him out and injuring
h'ua very severely. He was terribly cut
about the head and facr, and was in a
ruihcr dangerous condition yesterday.
Bebi bw SlasiMd Bull.
The masquerade ball te be given in Ex
celsior hall this evening by the Hebrew
Secial Union of this city 'will doubtless
p:ove a very brilliant affair, as ever 150
persons are expected te be present in
answer te the invitations issued, fully
seventy-five of whom will be en masque.
The occasion of the festival is the Purim
season new belng observed by our Hebrew
fellow citizens, and which all the world
ever is celebrated as a time of gift-giving
and merry-making by the people of that
faith.
Quick Werk.
Chas. A. Franke, living near Landis
villc, en a wager en last Friday cleaned a
hog entire in 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
The hog had been killed and scalded and
thrown en a bench, and he in the time
mentioned cleaned off the bristles, bung
it up and cleaned it ready te be cut up.
Christ Heffman's slaughter house was the
place and Jacob Heffman and Levi Hoff Heff
man acted as judges. He wants te knew
who can beat it.
UmeiI Prices ler Celts.
Jehn Rcbman, auctioneer, sold for
Henry Hilten, twenty head of colts at the
Swan hotel, Strasburg, at an average of
one hundred and seventy dollars per bead.
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