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LANCASTER IVAILY IKTELLIGENCEK FRIDAY APRIL 7 1882.
SLancastet fcutclUflencer.
FRIDAY EVBNINQ, APRIL 7, 1882.
The Cabiaet CkaBges.
The public will be neither surprised nor
shocked te hear of Teller and Chandler
being called into the cabinet. Beth
nominations have been expected and
discounted. Teller is a Stalwart and
his predecessor has been bounced with
out consideration. Hunt was a time
serving, low-grade fellow, of no possible
account, and even of less political service
than credit te any administration. "With
Garfield's lack of knowledge of men Hunt
was imposed upon his amiable desire te
Lave the Seuth represented in the cabi
net, and his cringing efforts te have him
self retained have doubtless only made
his ultimate ouster the mere certain.
Finally, the St. Petersburg mission is
bestowed upon him. He is probably se
anxious for place that he does net appre
ciate that for years this pest 1ms been
one of exile for superfluous politicians.
Hunt will find it especially chilly
because the expenses of the mission al
ways exceed the salary attaching te it.
But if he can pension a let of bis family
as paid attaches of the legation he may
weather through, and, unless some rich
numskull who wants distinction mere
than salary displaces him he may be
kept at St. Petersburg as long as there
is a Republican administration at Wash
ing. ' Bill ' Chandler is an unscrupu
lous, business like politician, who has
for years served Blaine and the devil.
It is net likely that he has been made
dispenser of the vast patronage of the
navy and expectant controller of enor
mous subMilies te use them in Blaine's
behalf. He must have caught en
te the new administration probably out
of revenge for the way Garfield and
Blaine let MacVeagh beat him out when
he was appointed solicitor of the depart
ment of justice, and was rejected by the
Senate. He is put into the cabinet as a
place where he can de Arthur's party the
most geed. If he was net lit for a sub
ordinate place he is net fit for a minister
of state. He should be rejected by the
Senate without ceremony.
Well Dene.
The joint committees of councils are
made up with mere fairness and fitness
than for many years. This is partly due
te the fact that the control of the two
branches is divided between the parties,
and that each has a slender majority,
partly te the better average of qualifica
tion which characterizes the member
ship, and partly te the geed judgment,
fairness and co-operation of the presi
dents in constituting the committees.
As designated finally every member of
councils gets a place ; of the three lead
ing committees that of finance is equally
apportioned between the parties, the
street committee will be Republican by a
majority of one, and the water commit-,
tee, the mayor being chairman ex-officio,
will be Democratic by one majority
while the ether committees will be about
as evenly divided as the circumstances
would admit. What is of mere import
ance, however, the members seem te be
assigned with special reference te their
experience and fitness, and these in
charge of the mere importantcommit impertantcommit importantcemmit
lees, the public have reason te be confi
dent, will go far te remedy any mistakes
that have been made and te avert the
dingers that have been incurred by the
Republicans selecting heads of depart
ments with a view te "personal favor in
caring for the best workers of the ward"
rather than from the excellent consider
ations of efficient civil service se patriot
ically recommended by the JVcic Era.
Presidents Berger and Davis have done
well, and if their appointees fulfil public
expectations we ought te have credit
able city legislation this municipal year.
We cannot see that the Examiner has
profited anything by charging that the
editor of the lYew Era allowed-his paper
te be edited by Democrats when it suc
cessfully supported Judge Leng and
some etuer respeciauie jjemecrats en a
fusion ticket in 1801. It has simply
given the JVetc hra a chance te revive
the circumstances that that independent
movement resulted in the defeat of Jehn
M. Stehman for the Legislature ever
twenty years age, and that it was incited
largely by the fact that the editor of the
Examiner, then a senator, in defiance of
his instructions and the wishesef his con
stituents, and in the service of a corrupt
combination, promoted the repeal of the
tonnage tax. That iniquitous measure,
the passage of which was accomplished
by means known only tee well te the
editor of the Examiner and the men of
his generation, is one net te be recalled
with pleasure or credit by any who par
ticipated in effecting it. Like the " red red
het " correspondence of Sam Evans and
ether implements of Chinese warfare,
which our " practical remarks en edi
torial decency " seem te have induced
the Examiner te abandon, this revival
of the political memories of 18G1 is a
boomerang. Besides opening old sores
upon Stehman and Hiestand's " body
politic " and washing them in brine, it
might suggest that the times are nearly
ripe for another fusion of Democrats
and Independent Republicans te clean
the Augean stables of this county.
The business men and capitalists of
Columbia moved with commendable
enterprise and enthusiasm in securing
the removal of stove works from Mont
gomery county te their town, and the
prompt success of this movement shows
what can be done by a long pull, a strong
pull and a pull altogether. Our people
have jibed Columbia a geed deal, and
sometimes it seems as though Ce. C. and
scrimmages en Tew Hill were the chief
objects of interest up there, after the
shad season was ever and before the ice
had covered the dam. But the Colum
bia tortoise has been creeping toward
the goal while the Lancaster hare slept,
in the matter of getting what premises
te be a successful and important indus
try. Se mete it be.
Councilman ?ewbr i ( right in
urging that some-previsibn be made for
a fish market. Probably' it 'would be a
superlative nuisance in the central
market house, but fish bujers ami eaters,
as well as fish haulers and sellers, have a
mghtte demand that councils designate
ana suypiy wow place ier a inn mantel,
without delay.
One eyed men most abound iu heavy
manufacturing districts. Nine-tenths of
these thus afflicted are workers in iron
and steel and have been struck in the eye
by the metal chippings.
Duiung the year which ended with
Hay, 1880, the deep and placer mines of
the United States produced geld and sil
ver of the total assay value of $74,780,620.
The geld was worth $33,609,663 ; the sil
ver $41,170,957.
At a general Mermen conference hold
ing in St. Leuis, ever five hundred dele
gates are present from all ever the United
States and Canada, and several from Eng
land. The president and prophet, Jeseph
Smith, jr., son of Jeseph Smith, ar., trans
lator of the Boek of Mermen, presides
ever the meeting.
A eueat many young women who have
been curious about the authorship of
Melly Bawn," "Airy Fairy Lilian"
et ul emne genus, and possibly a few who
have been blamed with it, will be relieved
te knew that their author is Mrs. Argles,
an Englishwoman, one of the larire sister
hood of miner novelists doing excellent
work.
Harper's Weekly takes a sound and
sensible view of the cranky preposition te
pardon Masen who, it declares, in attempt
ing te murder a prisoner whom lie was
set te protect has committed a crime
against civilization itself. Te exempt him
from punishment, it thinks, would be te
let every individual be the judge of who
ought te be killed, and the executioner of
his own judgment ; which is almost all
thatGuite.au claimed or exercised the
right te de.
Tuk Shilller fire company, which has se
bitterly denounced the "call system,"
offers its services te the city in case of an
emergency. This is clever. We de net
hoc why they should net be accepted, sub
ject of course, te the direction aud con
trol of the chief engineer and his regula
tions when the " emergency " arises. The
fire engine and bese committee, by the
way, will henceforth be one of the most
important of councils, and it is notably
well made up of practical men, who mean
business and will indulge iu no nonsense.
Arthur shows his hand again, aud this
time there is hardly a silk covering ever
the glove of steel. He has nominated Ro Re
land Worthingteu for collector of Bosten
ever Beard, although both senators aud
every Republican member of the delega
tion except Bewman and Norcross favored
the renominatien of Beard. Mr. Worth Werth Worth
ingten is a Stalwart, aud his nomination
is a marked recognition of that element of
the party in Massachusetts. The nomina
tion of Worthington has created mere ex
citement iu the Massachusetts delegation
than any event since the time ex-President
Grant made Simmons, General But
ler's friend, collector of the pert.
Wuii.e our local medical society has
been joining with some local concern "way
down upon the Suwanee river" in condemn
ing the action of the New Yerk state so
ciety iu voting te ignere a pare of their
5 cede of ethics," referring te con
sultations with ether than regular
physicians, the St. Leuis medical
society has been considering the question
of se amending the cede as te permit
consultations with homeopaths. The ma
jority of a committee reported that the
change ought te be made seen, but net
just yet, and the minority favored imme
diate action. Seme of these days even Rev.
Jehn Jasper will find out that " the world
de move."
Suipiierd is a cool customer. This de
licious morsel from his testimony before
the Heuse committee can hardly fail te be
enjoyed by Blaine's friends :
In October last I had a conversation with
Mr. Blaine, occasioned by indications that
Gen. Hurlbut was then in the pay of th,s
Credit Industrie!, and I asked him if he
knew about these serious charges, aud es
pecially the adjudication in the supreme
court, nis energetic reply was: "Oh,
bless your soul, I went through these years
and years age. I knew all about them,
court report and all ; and, for my part, I
never could see anything really out of the
way in that business. At any rate, it is
of no importance, for Steve was elected te
Congress three or four times en that issue,
with the whole record published all ever
his district." I did net at that time think
proper te question the right of the head of
a cabinet te toss the supreme court out of
one window, and the war department out
of another ; but when he ventured en an
attempt te amend the record of the Heuse
of Representatives, I thought I had a right
te hesitate in my own mind and I did.
This publication was made en the 3d of
November, 1876, and I am able te lay be
fore the committee the certificate of the
clerk of Heuse that Gen. Hurlbut never
served in Congress after that date.
Mr. Blaine's "energetic" reply is se very
characteristic that its literal report can
hardly be doubted and his tendency te
toss the supreme court out of one
window aud the war department
out of anether, while he holds a
pen between his teeth te amend the Heuse
record, is se like Blaine that we would
have known him even if the considerate
Shipherd, instead of mentioning his name
had represented him with
symbol."
au "algebriac
TnERE has been no such popular and
successful publication of its kind ever es
tablished in this country as Puck. The
striking portraiture of its caricatures,
the timeliness of their subjects, its inde
pendence, its courage and sometimes its
coarseness have given it a wide circula circula
tien.and a large influence. It lampoons
Catholic, Protestant and Jew ; ridicules
Republican, Democrat, Greenbacker and
Temperance politician ; scorns Masonry,
reviles Religion, burlesques Art and traves
ties -Estheticism. ItB editorial manage
ment is witty, pungent and sustains the
characteristics of the paper in every de
partment. At the same time it must be
admitted that it deals heavy blows in the
interest of Morality and Popular Rights
against Vice, Monopoly, Cant and Hypoc
risy. One of its latest and best pictorial
efforts is a representation f a het-house
interior, where the leading presidential
candidates are growing in their pets,
while the "politician out of a ieb " kikt.
gests te the gardener, the Press, that the I
time for setting them out in the White
Heuse grounds is at hand. The singular
thing about it, withal, is that of all the
persons Puck caricatures scarcely one is a
likely nominee of 1884. Judging by the
past history of our politics it is safe te say
that net Blaine, Sherman, Conkling, Ed
munds, Grant, Hayes, Evarts nor M.ac
Veagh ; nor Tilden, Thurman, Hancock,
McClellan, nor Field : Ben Butler, David
Davis nor Charles Francis Adams
will be taken. Mr. Arthur, of the
Republicans, and Mr. Bayard or Mr.
Hewit. of the Democrats, in this picture,
may be called. There are none ethers who
will be apt te be exposed te the " season"
of 1884.
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PERSONAL.
Frederick William Kvcken, the
German musical composer, is dead.
Rev. Hiram P. Arms, D. I)., died at
Norwich, Conn., aged 82 years.
Warren Phillips, grand tyler of the
Masonic grand bodies of Maiue, died sud
denly at Yarmouth yesterday.
Father Aurelius, the colebrated lin
guist and professor in St. Vincent's col
lege, nearLatrebc, Westmoreland county,
died en Wcduesday, aged 80 years.
The Hannibal & St. Jeseph railroad
lived in terror of Jesse James while he
lived, and the ether day passed his mother
and his dead body ever the line with
every courtesy aud no doubt were glad te
show him that 'Mast attention."
Private advices from Flerida te this
city convey intelligence of the cenvalcsence
of Mrs. Lilly Eshleman Bates, whose
serious illness iu that sunny clime had
been previously reported te her many
friends in this city, which she left se lately
en her bridal tour.
Some of these days there will be a gen
eral concurrence of public sentiment in
this country en the tariff question. Just
stick a pin there aud see hew nearly the
popular conclusion will even up with the
views expressed by A. S. Hewitt in
Congress the ether day a mau who hits
the bull's eye as often as any of them.
The pamphlet of William E. Chandler,
issued iu 1878 en the "Louisiana Bar
gainers," namely : R. B. Hayes, James A.
Garfield, Jehn Sherman and Stanley Mat
thews, bears en the back the following
notice : "Pamphlet copies of the letters
of William E. Chandler aud William Lloyd
Garrison en the Southern policy of Presi
dent Hayes, including appendix reviewing
excuses of Louisiana Bargainers will be
sent pestage or express paid for six cents
each, from the Monitor and Statesman
office, Concord, N. IL, or Gibsen Bres.,
printers, 1012 Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
ington, D. C, (newspapers please copy.")
The room in America, which has most
impressed Oscut Wilde, was a little bare
whitewashed room in Camden town, where
he met Walt Whitman, whom he admires
intensely. "There was a big chair for
him and a little steel for me,, a pine table
en which was a copy of Shakespeare, a
translation of Dante aud a cruse of water.
Sunlight filled the room, and ever the reefs
of the houses opposite were the masts of
the ships that lay in the river. But then
the poet needs no rose te blossom en his
walls for him, because he carries nature
always in his heart. This room contains
all the simple conditions for art, sunlight,
geed air, pure water, a sight of ships aud
the poet's work."
Frank Mate has abaudencd the legi
timate, lie started en a tour with a
company costing as much in salaries as
half a dozen "Davy Crockett" casts. The
venture has cost him a large amount of
money, and he has at length abandoned
it. He says: " I have played Crocket se
long that the public has indentificd me
with it, and 1 am net allowed te produce
anything else. I am regarded as the real
Davy Crockett. In Western towns I am
invited te join hunting parties, when the
truth is I never shot a gnu in my life.
And buffalo killing expeditious have been
organized for my special benefit, though
I have neither experience nor taste for
that kind of sport. I often wish I had
nevei seen nor heard of the play, or at
least that I had quitted it long before the
public had thoroughly associated me with
the character."
Tlie New Steve Works at Celniiiltl.i.
Fer the Ixtklmeexckk.
It may be of interest te the stockhold
ers of the new stove works te knew that
there are 1,000 convicts at work making
stoves at 50 ceuts per day, with prospects
of a large increase in number. A vast num
ber of stoves are thus made and must be
sold, and this has a depressing influence
in dull seasons. Ne matter what you ask
for your stoves the prison makers will de
5 te 10 cents better. By exacting pledges
from legislative candidates te use all the
means in their power te break up the sys
tem, you will avoid a vast amount of
trouble and inconvenience in future. Take
warning in time from
One Who Knows.
LOOKING FUBHBK LOVEK.
A Berks County Yeung Lady's Strange
Visit te Bag ten.
Miss Rita Laubach, aged 18, and dressed
in velvet, et Rchrersburg, Berks county,
has created quite a sensation in Easten
social and police circles. She arrived there
en Tuesday evening, was driven te a hetel,
and afterwards wandered about the streets
until a detective was detailed te watch and
protect nor, and who finally persuaded her
te remain with a private family. The
person for whom she was looking
could net be found. She said she came te
Easten te meet her friend, Harry E Bar
tholemew of Bath, a graduate of Franklin
& Marshall college in '81 who, new, she
says, is reading theolegv. She lives with
an aunt, who opposes her meeting the
young gentleman. Her father is Owen
Laubach. Net being able te find Mr.
Bartholemew she was anxious te .cce Wm.
Loes, of Bethlehem, son of Rev. 1. K.
Loes, and a friend of Bartholemew, whom
she said attended Lafayettee college. Mr.
Loes graduated last year. Farther de
velopments showed that the girl is insane.
Arrested en Charges of Murder.
William Adams was arrested yesterday
at Reck Island, IU., charged with the
murder of Calvin Merritt, at Rushvill, in
that state, August 26, 1880, during a
drunken row.
Jehn McDonald, a laborer, was arrested
yesterday at Ncwburg, N. Y., for murder.
He had had a drunken fight with James
Reach, a fellow-workman, who afterward
died of injuries received.
The Death et Vanderbllt.
The coroner's jury yesterday at New
Yerk returned a verdict that the late Cor
nelius J. Vanderbilt came te his death
from suicide committed under a temporary
mental depression.
BENDEK THE BUTCHER
BE IS BELIEVED TO BE(1N CUSTODY.
The Notorious Kansas Outlaw and Perpe
trator of Many Murders Captured
by the St. Leuis Police.
The police authorities at St. Leuis be
lieve they have at last captured old man
Bender, the TTnnau butcher. The arrest
was made last Tuesday afternoon, but the
police have kept the affair secret. The cir
sumstances of the arrest are tbat Herman
H. Green, who resides in St. Leuis, was
formerly a rrivate in the Sixth infantry,
and in 1871 was stationed at Osage sta
tion, Kansas, seven miles from which Jehn
Bender and family resided. He saw Ben
der several times every week, as the latter
brought his vegetables te camp te sell,
and knew him well.
Last Monday, Green saw three men en
the river in North St. Leuis, one of whom
he declared te be Jehn Bender. The police
were informed, and the men were arrested.
Twe of them gave the names of August
Kloots and Charles Hammend. The man
supposed te be Jehn Bender gave his name
as Jehn Baelis. His two companions
stated that they lived in Osage county,
Me., and they had come down the river
intending te go te Arkansas. They met
an old man named "Baelis" and he want
ed te accompany them, te which they
finally consented, and " Baelis " had been
in confinement since.
Green is a man of geed character aud
antecedents, and the pelice believe his
statement.
Anether l)esioraile',l'uieral.
The funeral of Jesse James, the mur
dered murderer and robber, took place
yesterday at Kearney, Missouri, the home
of his mother, Mrs. Samuels. The
funeral was largely attended, among the
pall-hearers, being Sheriff Timberlake aud
ene of his deputies. Twe ministers, Rev.
Mr. Martin and Rev. Mr. Jenes, conducted
religious services in the church, and the
former preached a funeral sermon,
"which was full of comfort for the
mourners, and iu which he dwelt en
Christ's forbearance and willingness te
forgive."
TUK SOUTHKKN FLOODS.
Extent or the Damage In Louisiana, Miss
issippi and Arkansas.
Governors McEncry, of Louisiana, Low Lew
ry, of Mississippi, and Churchill, of Ar
kansas, have written te the New Yerk
JTerald'm relation te the Mississippi floods.
Gov. McEnery saya that in fourteen par
ishes of his state, containing a total popu
lation of 170,623, mere than 75,000 are
sufferers from the overflow. The flood
will extend te the lower Atchafalaya
country, and new breaks are threatened
from Concordia te the gulf, which may
submerge the greater part of the sugar
plantations. The three governors agree in
the opinion that the states suffering from
the overflow are unable te meet the emer
gency, and aid must ceme from outside,
and that the general government should
rebuild the levees. The Mississippi river
was reported falling yesterday from Caire
te New Orleans, but the reports from the
lower parishes of Louisiana continue very
unfavorable. In Morgan, all the baker
shops and the market house have been
closed by the flood. One stall has been
opened in the railway depot. In Contre Centre
ville the water is waist deep in the front
street. At New Iberia the water has risen
five inches in the last twenty-four hours.
TRAGIC HAPPENINGS.
Fatal Blew Dealt a Bey by His Father.
Theodere Gebhard, a German brush
maker, living at Ne. 635 Fifth street, New
Yerk, while in a fit of drunken passion,
because of his wife's refusal te let his son
go for liquor, struck his son Jehn, a boy
of nine years, en the head with a hammer,
inflicting probably fatal injuries, and then
attempted te kill himself by cutliug his
threat with a razor. Beth were taken te
Bellevue hospital aud at a late hour last
night were in a critical condition.
Werk of the Flames.
A fire at Thomasville, Ga., en Wednes
day night partially destroyed Finn's
block. Less, $13,000.
Menree Keith's house and barn at
Granby, Mass., were burned en Wednes
day night, together with twenty-three
cows and seven hogs.
The court house at Yakima City, Wash
ington territory, has been burned and the
records destroyed.
The Pahquiogue hotel at Danbury,
Conn., 'and the block adjoining were
burned yesterday morning. Less, $20,
000. Neus Noles.
Massachusetts kept yesterday as a
" fast day," with religious services iu the
meming aud public sports in the after
noon. The total sales of Jehn Wolfe's paint
ings in New Yerk footed up $131,865.
The naughty " Nymphs and Satyrs "
brought $10,000.
Bethlehem has had five new cases of
smallpox aud four have died ; total ou
list 147, houses quarantined 84. Chicago
repotted 20 deaths last week and Pitts
burgh 8.
The Oar.
Speaking at the theatre at Newcastlo-en
Tj no yesterday, Hanlan stated that if he
wen the matches with Trickett and Ress
he should retire from aquatics and leave
the waters for ether men te fight their
battles en.
Hamm and Connelly, Halifax, N. S.,
oarsmen, have issued a challenge te Davis
and Kennedy, of Portland, Me., te row a
three mile race, with turn, for $1,000 a
side, en water te be mutually agreed
upon.
Jraleusy and Probable aiunler at Leng
Branch.
Wm. Shreve, colored, proprietor of an
intelligence office at East Leng Branch,
was shot en Wednesday night by Mrs.
Sane Garrison, mother of Rev. Alfred C.
Garrison, pastor of the African M. E.
church. Mrs. Garrison had lived with
Shreve for several years, although her hus
band was still living. She fired four shots
at Shreve, three of which took effect, and
his recovery is doubtful. Jealousy was
the cause.
Marine Disasters.
The schooner H. L. Tiernan, while beat
ing out of the harbor of San Francisce en
Wednesday, was wrecked en the rocks
outside Lime Point. Her crew were saved
except a boy.
, The court appointed in Quebec te inves inves
tigate the cause of the less of the steam
ship Bahama, by which 20 persons were
drowned, attribute it partly te the mis
management of the officers in charge.
Politics.
The Tennessee Legislature yesterday
convened at Nashville, in extra session, te
redistrict the state into ten congressional
districts.
The Democratic state convention of
Oregon, in session at Portland yesterday,
nominated Jeseph T. Smith for Governer,
and William D. Fenten for congressman.
Drowning Casualties.
Alsen Jenks, aged 18 years, was
drowned at Mansonville Station, Vt., en
Wednesday night while crossing the ice,
aud Lizzie McAllister, 19 years old, was
drowned at East Richford, iu the same
way.
A Lady Burned te Death.
A fire en Wednesday night destroyed
the dwelling of J. A. Themas, near San
ford, Moere county, N.-C., and his mother,
about 50 years of age, was burned te
death.
Killed by the Cars.
Jehn Leslie, a leading citizen of Girard
Falls, N. B., was killed there en Wednes
day night en the New Brunswick railway,
a train of five cars passing ever his body.
THE QUESTION OF WAGES
DUTEKaVN CES AND ADJUSTMENTS.
Status of the Laber Troubles Over the Coun.
try Seme Strikes and Seme Conces
sions Dally Budget of News,
Netice was posted yesterday in the Har
mony mill, at Cohoes, New Yerk, that
owing te the depressed condition of the
market, wages would be reduced en an
average, ten per cent, en and after April
25. The notice caused much excitement
among the' employees, who assert that
they "have been discussing for a month a
proposed demand for an increase of wages
and that the notice was posted te head off
the demand." The employers say en the
ether baud that they are paying mere for
the same class of work than mills in North
Adams and ether manufacturing centres.
The reduction in the Harmony mills will
affect 5,000 persons, en whom 10.000 de
pend for support.
The carpenters of New Yerk city, at a
meeting last night, resolved te demand
$3.50 per day en Saturday, and, if it is re
fused, strike en Monday. The agreement
for $3.50 per day " is te last ene year with
eight hours' work en Saturdays."
There will probably be no general strike
in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the jour
neymen masons at that place having been
granted au increase of 50 cents per day,
and tbe ether trades premised an advance.
The men employed by the Muskegan
Beem company, at Detroit, struck yester
day ler $2 per day, with ten hours as a
day's work. The company conceded the
ten hours, but refused mere than $1.75
wages, aud the men rejecting this, the
company "shut down " for thirty days.
A telegram from Terente reports that
500 carpenters, 300 fomale shoe operatives
and all the laborers at the Grand Trunk
freight sheds in that city are en a strike
for higher wages. The painters and cigar
makers have given notice of a strike unless
their wages are increased.
The carpenters of Brooklyn have united
in a demand for $3.25 per day aud eight
hours en Saturday.
There will be no strike of the coach
painters in New Yerk, several shep3 hav
ing granted higher wages and ethers hav
ing signified their intention of doing se.
Nine steamers arrived in New Yerk yes
terday from European ports, bringing
6,478 immigrants, the majority Germans.
The business of the oe-operative grocery
store started in New Yerk a year age by
well known citizens is being wound np.
The cause of its failure was " bad man
agement and the difficulty of delivering
goods te its widely scattered patrons."
A STATESMAN SWINDLED.
Hew Charles Francis Adams Lest S10,30
In a Bance Game.
It has been reported for some months
that the health of Charles Francis Adams
the well-known statesman, was gradually
failing, altheught the fact has been kept
secret as faras possible by his family. Ne
suspicion of his true condition, however,
has been generally known and therefore
the story of his being fleeced by bance
gamblers creates a sensation. Mr. Adams
had a balance in the Bosten Merchants'
National bank of $18,000. Twe or three
days age his family were notified that he
had overdrawn his account. This they
thought strange and an investigation at
once followed. The party depositing the
check was seen and after many negotia
tions two men giving the names of J. S.
Morrison and J. F. Norten were induced
by premises te give the story. They ac
knowledged having inveigled 'Mr. Adams
en March 28 into a house en Boylsteu
street, where the game of bance was pro
gressing, and where he (Adams) began te
play, finally losing $19,350 for which he
gave checks of $17,500, $1,600 and $2,500.
The checks were presented for payment
sjme days after the swindle by
one of the parties concerned there
in. At first it was thought by
the bank officials that Adams' signa
ture was a forgery. Investigation proved
however, that it was genuine aud it was
cashed. Immediately the family took
held of the case and Charles F. Adams
jr., and Jehn Quiucy Adams, employed
private detectives te trace the scoundrels.
This was, it is said, after Mr. Adams had
confessed he had been duped. It was
ascertained that the money, after the
check had been cashed, was deposited te
the order of the person drawing it in the
same bank. Morrison was arrested en the
10 o'clock train for New Yerk. Norten
is still at large.
Failed In Business.
G. W. Perry & Ce., oil brokers, at Cin
cinnati, have made au assignment. Ne
papers were filed.
Ferdinand Weigle, grocer, at Louisville,
Ky., has made an assignment te II. S.
Stucky. The figures are net given.
Escaping the Hallows.
Rebert Ress, colored, who was te have
been hanged te-day at Memphis, Tenu.,
has had his sentence commuted te impris
onment for life.
Cenfedatc Memerial Day.
The Confednrate graves at New Orleans
were decorated yesterday.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
A Pleasant Xinie.
On the first of April Goe. H. Skilcs,
,esq., of Pigeontewn, the principal tobacco
packer for Messrs. Dillcr & Ruttcr in In
tercourse, bade adieu te the boys iu the
cellar. lie intends following his vocation
of carpenter, having several large build
ings te erect during the coming summer.
On his leaving the employers of the estab
lishment presented him with a nail pouch,
la splendid square and a silver plated pair
ei compasses as a mam et tne nign es
teem by which he was held by them. The
recipient made a pleasant address te the
generous donors, thanking them for the
respect they had shown for him. The
foreman, Mr. Jas. Eager, replied in a short
but spicy speech, complimenting 3Ir. S.
for his proficiency in packing the weed.
Mr. S. invited all hands ever te the Cress
Keys hotel, where the genial landlord
made everything as pleasant for the party
as could be desired. Afte refreshing
the inner man and having a pleasant chat
all around, the tobacco men dispersed te
their homes, well satisfied with the even
ing's entertainment. All regret the less
of their jovial companion, but join in
wishing him Ged speed in his new under
take g.
Slight Fire Tills Morning.
Between 10 aud 11 o'clock te-day an
alarm of fire was struck from Bex 21, at
Charlette and West King streets. It was
caused by a small fire at the bakery of
Jeseph Weaver, Ne. 509 Maner street, the
property of which is owned by Jehn F.
Henningcr. It caught in the southeastern
corner of the building, from a small furn
ace, between the wall and . partition. It
was extinguished quickly with buckets of
water and the damage was but slight. All
of the engines were promptly en hand,
having made excellent time, but they were
sent home, net being' needed. The build
ing is insured for $695, in the Heme Mu
tual. The less will be but a few dollars.
Fell Down Stairs.
Jehn Florey, one of the court house tip
staffs, made a narrow escape from being
killed this morning. He arose at an early
hour, and iu going down stairs made a
misstep and fell te the bottom. The only
damage was a badly sprained wrist.
Big Catch of Rats.
Last evening Rebert Dysart, of Market
strcet, caught fifteen large rats at one
time in a box trap, and immediately dis
patched them by drowning there under a
hydrant.
EDUCATIONAL.
MEETING OI TEE SCHOOL BOASD.
Reports et Committees Estimated Receipts
and xpcndltares for the Current
Year City Superintendent's Ke-
pert Election of Teachers.
A stated meeting of the beard of direc
ters of Lancaster city school distiict was
held in common council chamber last even
ing. The following named members were
present : Messrs. Breneman, Brosius,
Carpenter, Cochran, Eberman, Erisman,
Evans, Haas, Haitman, Hen, Johnsten,
Levergood, Marshall, MoCeuomy, Morten,
Reimensnyder, Rhoads, Ringwalt, Rich,
ards, Schwebel, " Slaymaker, Smeych. A.
J. Snyder, E. G. Snyder, Warfel, West
haeffer, Wilsen, Christian Zecher, Gee.
W. Zecher, Baker, president.
The minutes of last meeting were read
and approved.
Mr. Warfel, from the superintending
committee, presented the following re
port :
Te the Brestdent and Members or the Lancas
ter City Scheel Beard :
Your committee would respectfully re
port the following as their action en mat
ters referred te them by the city superin
tendent :
They directed that teachers of single
room primary and secondary schools
should be held responsible for the order
and progress iu their respective rooms.
Teachers of higher grades should, how
ever, render assistance te these of lower
grades in prcscrviug order, when called
upon by the latter for the purpose.
They approved the action of the city
superintendent in temporarily appointing
Miss Saleme Carpenter te the position
made vacant by the resignation of Miss
Gundaker, and they recommend te the
beard that the appointment be confirmed
for the balance of the term.
They also approved of the action of the
superintendent in transferring Miss R.
Bair te the position made vacant by the
resignation of Miss Clarksen, and of Miss
Smith te the place previously occupied by
Miss Bair, both transfers, however, te be
without iucrease of salary, aud they
further directed that an assistant teacher
should be placed in Miss Stahl's school at
the salary of a second assistant.
They approved of the transfer tempora
rily of Miss Baker from the Rockland
street secondary school te the charge of
one of the James street schools, and of.
the appointment of Miss Sharp as substi
tute for Miss Baker, and they authorized
the superintendent te transfer a teacher
from a primary school when the smallness
of the attendance would justify it, and
the teacher was willing, te serve as a
substitute for any ether teacher tempor
arily and uuaveidably absent.
They further agreed, Mr. Richards dis
senting, te recommend te the heard that
the city superintendent be authorized te
organize a city institute te continue for the
three days preceding the opening of the
schools in September, with the under
standing that the city schools be net
closed during the time of the annual coun
ty institute.
Jehn B. Wakfei.,
Wm. McCemsky,
II. E. Slayiiakkk,
LUTUF.II RlCIIMCD-j.
The several recommendations of the
committee were considered seriatim and
all were approved except the one recom
mending Tfaiss Saleme Carpenter as per
manent teacher te the vacancy caused by
Miss Gundaker's resignation and the one
recommending the organization of a city
teacher's institute. Members argued that
neither the superintendent nor the super
intending committee could appoint teach
ers permanently, as the election of teach
ers was duly imposed by law en the beard.
The committee's recommendation was
therefore disapproved. The consideration
of the city institute'preject was laid ever
until next meeting.
Mr. Evans from the liuaucc committee
presented the following bills which have
been examined and approved by the com
mittee and were ordered te be paid : Cehe
& Wiley, coal $163.15 ; Lancaster gaslight
and fuel company, gas for Vine street
schools $18.80 ; Jeseph Samson, brushes,
$16.50; Wm. White, cleaning, $2 50;
Cbas. Scribucr & Sen, man of the world,
$25.50 ; Examiner printing and advertising
$.90; HeiHy!c Keller, coal $-1 : .Mrs
Ceustein, cleaning, $10 ; Xao Era print
ing and advertising ij-W.'JU. t
Mr. Evans also presented the following fellowing follewing
estimato of receipts and expenditures for
school purposes during the ensuing year :
Te the Beard of Du ccters of Common iWioe.'.t
of Lancaster City:
Your committee of finance, as required
by law, respectfully present the annual es
timate of the probable receipt's and ex
penditures of the schools for the coming
year, with a tax of thirty ceuts en the
hundred dollars valuation :
Estimated Beccints.
$11,300,000 valuation ut 3 mills 3i,50e.0O
State appropriation 0,000.00
Tuition l.'O.OO
Probable amount treui County Com
missioners en collection et State and
county t!ix lido.eo
Probable balance in treasui y, June!,
1SS2 5,i;oe.oj
$I7,I."".0J
Estimated Expenses
Day tuition
Nlt;ht tuition
Principal en leans
Interest en lean
Ceal and kindlinir
ru.ecu)
600.1.0
4,000.00
1,200.00
1,400.00
700.0a
201.00
iioekaml stationery
Gas bills
Repairs
Janitors
Abatement for prompt payment
Errors and exonerations
Commission for collection
Contingencies
txSOU
203.00
' 1,350.(0
i l.WJ.IIU
soexo
. 2,00 t.OO
SOUJO
. 1,550.00
47,O.0O
The above estimate is based ou the tax
remaining the same as last year, thirty
cents en the hundred dollars valuation,
believing it te be sufficient te pay all
erdiuary expenses required during the
year.
The committee in above statement have
net provided for the proposed building en
Maner street, but recommended the beard
te make a leau for the amount when re
quired. We have examined the treasurer's ac
count and find he received $32,000.70, aud
paid $20,827.86, leaving a balance iu his
hands due thn beard of $11,133.34, en
April 4, 1882. '
Reuep.t A. EvaS-s, ,
Jens I. H.uWJiix,
HKNity Carfentek.
Lancaster, April 4, 1882.
Mr. Hartman, from the committee en
buildings and grounds, reported verbally
that the committee had purchased a let of
ground en Maner street, whereon te erect
a schoel-houso, and had advertised for
proposals for the erection of the same ;
and that bids wenld be opened iu about
ten days.
The monthly report of the city superin
tendent was read as fellows :
City Superintendent's Repert.
Lancaster, Pa., April 6, 1882.
Te the Beard of Scheel Directors :
Gentlemen : The city superintendent
submits the following report of the pub
lic schools for the month of March :
The whole number of pupils iu attend
ance was 3,016.; the average attendance,
2,504 ; and the percentage of attendance
was 84. The night school reports 67, 31
and 51 respectively.
The number of visits made by directors
was 122, as fellows : Rev. C. Reimensny
der 8, L. Richards 18, M. Brosius 5, W. A.
Wilsen 5. J. W. Byrne 17, A. K. Spurrier
1, A. JVSnyder 1, C. Schwebel 1. Dr. M.
L. Heir 8. Peter McConemy 8. H. R.
Breneman 8, W. O. Marshall 8, Wm. Mc
Comsey 0, W. A. 3rerten 8, II. E. Slay
maker 14, n. Z. Rhoads 1, J. Samson 1,
F. W. Haas 1. The city superintendent
made 147 visits.
The subjoined table proves that our pop
ulation is spreading, and the erection of
new buildings for school purposes makes it
possible te reduce the number of teachers
employed in the heart of the city ; our
preseut system of grading renders it very
difficult, if net absolutely impossible, te
maintain a proper equilibrium between the
divisions constituting our primary ami
secondary schools ; both of these subjects
require attention befere the annual elec
tion of teachers, which usually takes
place in June. With a proper system of
grading, and a judicious distribution of
our teaching force, the appointment of ad
ditional teachers will net be necessary.
Experience in teaching the teachers as
well as the higher classes in the secondary
schools, has mere clearly recalled the
great want of illustrative apparatus, and
has strengthened the conviction tbat the
wisest and most economical course is the
purchase of one set of superior apparatus
for the illustration of mathematical geog
raphy, natural philosophy, chemistry and
physiology, te be placed in charge of the
city superintendent. It cacnet be tee
often repeated that all improvements iu
the schools must begin with the teachers,
and they seem te realize this aud are
making commendable efforts in the right
direction. Hence, I feel satisfied, iu re
questing the beard te aid thembypui
chasing at once a copy of Appleton's
cyclopedia, and rendering it accessible te
all, by placing it in the teacher's library,
whence its intluence would reach into
every school in the city.
The special examination for promotion
te the position made vacant by the resig
nation of Miss .Clarksen, was passed by
Miss D. Rexy Bair, with the following re
sult : Object Lessen 3, Arithmetic -I.
Writing 1, Scheel Management and Gov
eminent 2.
In conclusion. I would recommend te
the beard, the adoption of a rule requir
ing all applicant:, who have never taught,
te be examiued in vocal music, drawing
aud physiology. Iu the theory of teach
ing, the third chapter of Wickcrsham's
ScLoel Economy, aud the incrodnctieu te
his Methods of Instruction will be le
quired.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
R. K. Buf.iiri.i-:.
f 'A K ; T
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TEACIIERS. J? 5 ;f i
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J. 1. McCuskcy 3 78 T.l '..'
MissS. H. UuiHlell 4 K'.t lit; il
XV. II. Levergood 3 US iu.1 !il
j:.s. Gates 112 je 7
C. V. l.ichty. 1 52 47 fen
ills' A.M. Ktter. 1 3 f.i
Charles Matz 3 107 'JOi M
Mii-4 K. Powers I S7 34 02
" E.L. Downey 1, 50 43 SS
I). IS. Couzzins 1 CM 4'J 82
MUsGeergiellunilcll 3 117 01
" Clum 1. Htibcr 3 101 S7 8.1
" A. C. Urubaker. 31 118 102 :-s
" Lizzie Carpenter 1 49 42 ss
' M. Ziiff. l' 51 43 9
" M.J.Urunin-,'. 3, 121 1M 71
" Lizzie Marshall 3 135 107. SI
" K. S. Itrimnier 3 119 87j 7.1
F. J. Johnsten 3 153 ill 71
" M. K. Zueiclier 3 122 $3 7-
" Mary Dougherty 3 151 122 si
" Kniily Suydaiu 3 142 Um SI
" M.K. Stnlil 2 85 75 Si
Kute liuckiiis 3 123 97' S)
" Kate Bundeil 3 139 119 s;
" L. H. Clarksen 1 35 2S fl
" D. K. Bair 1 54 V. 91
A. Carter. 1 l 49 it:
" Alice Marshall 1 Se 01 7i:
C. O. Spindler 1 C9 57 art
" Kate Shirk 1 75 3 M
" Sue M. Helbroek. I 66 55 s;
" Kate Cliften 1 74 02 t
I. it. Kevinski. Teacher et
Vecal Music 1
Totals and Averages 70 3U4U 251 d l
SIGUT SCHOOLS.
Seuth Duke street 3 07 31 51
Mr. Warfel presented the application or
Miss Kate Bnndell for a permanent cer
tificate, the granting of which was unani
mously recommended by the beard.
Mr. Cochran moved that the committee
en furniture and apparatus be instructed
te procure for the use of the schools, a
glebe of the'. kind recommended by the
supeiintcndent.
The resignations of MissLillie H. Claik Claik
sen and Miss Alice Gundaker were read
and accepted.
The beard proceeded te elect teachers te
fill the vacancies. Te the vacaucy caused
by Miss Gundaker's resignation Miss Mary
McNcal was elected, she receiving 2i votes
te 9 cast for Miss Saleme Carpenter.
Te the vacancy caused by Miss MeXeal's
promotion, Miss Mary E. Sencr was chosen
she receiving 21 votes te 4 cast for Jliss
King ; 2 for Miss Finger ; 2 for Miss
Sharp, and 1 for Miss Reyei.
Miss King was elected te the position of
second assistant in Miss Stahl's school,
receiving 19 votes te 11 cast for ether can
didates. Mr. Hartman moved that a committee
of three, of which Mr. Smeych shall he
chairman, be appointed te purchase, plant
and properly box shade trees in the school
grounds of the several public schools in
the city. The motion was agreed te aud
the chairfappeinted Messrs. Smeych, Bren
eman aud C. Zecher as said committee.
Dr. Levergood moved that the secretary
of the beard and the city superintendent
be instructed te leek np certain missiug
records of the school beard.
The secretary stated that there was hut
one of the minute books missing and he
had made unsuccessful efforts te find it.
.Mr. Herr moved that the secretary ad
vertise the missing volume. The motion
was agreed te and the beard adjourned.
UOOl) FRIDAY.
A HeaiteB of Solemn ubaervaBce In the
, Vherencs.
Geed Friday commemorates the last act-i-of
the great drama of the Passion, the Crag
cifixien. It is observed as a day of solemn
worship in many churches, but the service;
in the Catholic church are attended with
special pomp. Save the beautiful floral
decorations of the repository, all else is in
dicative of the final tragcdy,and the sembre
hues of purple and black greet the eye en
every side. On this day no sacritiue is
offered, but a bare representation of the
Passion takes place. The lessens and
tracts taken fiem the Old Testament, pro
phetic of Christ's coming and His recep
tion en earth, correspond very accurately
with the story of the Passion according te
St. Jehn which immediately succeeds them.
After the veneration of the cress the pro pre
cession was formed and the Blessed Sacra
ment carried front the repository te its
permanent resting place in the tabernacle.
At 3 p. m., the hour at which the Saviour
expiied en the cress, special services were
held in the Catholic churches when tlie
stations of the cress were recited.
In the Episcopal, Lutheran, Moravian
and Reformed churches the usu.il ebserv
ance of the day took place.
All the banks and schools are closed te
day, it being a legal holiday.
Organization et tha Watei Committee.
Last evening the newly appointed
water committee of city councils, of which
Mayer BlacGeuigle is ex officio chairman,
met for organization and the election of
officers., Byren J. Brown, clerk of the
ffr...mav vnTnmlt.tA. wan rp-Alprffl etnvL.
nJ Wm TT. Srnhman anH Wm ftstienn
were re-elected engineer and assistant
engineer respectiTcuy Kb me water works.
A Heavy Haul. A
Isaac Ortman last night caught 93 bhad
en Mud Island, near Columbia. Mr Oit
man this morning brought three very fine
specimens of the eatehte this city and pre
sented them te Mr. Jehn U. Kote, from
whom he leases the island. This is the
largest catch of shad made this season at
or near Columbia.