iOf LANCASTER .DAILY INTELLIGENCES, MONDAY, NO VEMBER 27. las. Lancaster Jntelligencer. MONDAY KVKNIMQ MOV. 27, 1882, YalutlAM and Taxs(ay An interesting and important question is likely to arise between the city of Philadelphia and the state over the ac tion of the Pennsylvania authorities in increasing the valuation of personal DroMttr In thacltvlor taxable purposes. ohnvaflip nttimi mola. For Tears id rias bom miflHest that there is no sortj of uniformity in the fullness with wbjchi returns of taxable personal property arej made. In fact there is no fullness at all. The amount of the mortgages and; juumiDBanmiiL luae: me vaiue wi the watches and household furniture made out by local assessors, is very far below what every well informed persons, knows to a truthful return, and an ex amination of the assessors' books will, satisfy any inquiring mind that in verv few cases is there a! strict valuation. The tazables vary, in wide degree in the ratio of their property to their valuation; even in real estate, which is easy to get at, there prevail great injustice and inadequacy, but in the taxation of personal property; there is scarcely an approach to the truth. The established system of appeals; too, is little better than a farce, and until some new system of assessments is established or a new race of assessors springs up there will be uo reform at their end of the. line. "Upon information furnished by a rail estate title and search compauy in Phil adelphia the state revenue board coif eludes that there are at least $200,000,000 of mortgages, judgment and other tax able securities that had not been returned for taxation and they have added that amount to Philadelphia's assessment, requiring if this claim is sustained an additional tax rate of ten cents on the $100 in that city. The Philadel phians protest that the actiou' of the board is not legal, that tho imposition is exorbitant and that it is inadequate, inasmuch as a correspond ing correction is not made upon the re turns of all the counties in the slate. Tins hist complaint is well founded. It may be more difficult for the state to de termine in other sections what is the amount by which the return of the local authorities falls below an honest return, but certainly if any attempt is made to correct the returns it ought to be gener al and equal. The source of the present trouble lies iu tiie unfairness and irreg ularity of the original assessment, and there the corrective should be applied, fif radical legislation is needed to m the present loose system and tho ictous administration of it. ie Philadelphia Jfbrth American thinks "it may as well be understood that the possession of tiieexecntive oflice 'by the Democrats means the wielding of whatever advantage it may give for the advancement of the fortunes of some ambitious politician or "politicians. By keeping this fact in mind, Air. Pattison can probably see his way clear in form ing his staff." If the North American has any disposition to deal fairly with the purposes of the Democratic party as they were avowed in the late campaign and as Mr. Pattison and his colleagues stand pledged to carry them out, not only by their public declarations, but by their lives and records it will recognize that the executive office is not to be administered " for the advancement of the fortunes of some ambitious poli tician or politicians." The election was Won on a distinctly opposite issue. Pub lic office was declared to be a public trust and not a personal perquisite. To betray the confidence inspired by such declaration would not only be a breach of faith to the people, but a grievous wrong to the party. Mr. Pattison has repeat edly given evidence that there need be no fear of him losing sight of these con siderations. : The report of the last grand inquest is a well-meaning document, but very awkwardly expressed. When the members of the grand jury went outside their own number to get some one to put their thoughts into form, they should at least have se cured the services of an individual who could write intelligibly and with some slight regard to grammatical construe, tion. Nevertheless, it will not escape public attention that there is a reported reformation in the practice of multiply ing indictments in the district attorney's office, where it has prevailed for years past,to the scandal of the administration of justice and to the shame of the court. Some of the recommendations of the grand jury lose no force,of course, because they are the reiteration of for mer reports, but the public are beginning to wonder why they only hear of these reforms in the charges of the court and the returns of the grand jury. What is wanted is for some one to take charge of and to press to conclusion the necessary legislation. m " " Simox Camebon is said to be visiting Xew York on the mission of smoothing down the acerbities of the Republican party aud uniting its distracted factious. Mr. Cameron is a very old, but withal a wily man. He has political sagacity and experience, but he represents a beaten faction and an expiring regime. He is hardly the man to bring harmony to divided councils nor to propose n policy that will be acceptable to all side). It was he who patched up thecompro mise with the Garfield people in 1SS0 in the famous Mentor conference, but. as be afterwards found himself cheated in that, as he was cheated in Hayes in 1876, he may experience as much difficulty now in finding people to deal with whom he can trust as in finding representa tives of the Half-Breed element who will deal with him. Attorney Gen. Brewster has been disporting himself in his elegant apart ments In a manner very uncomfortable to the friends of the Star Route thieves. He makes a clean sweep of marshal, postmaster, and other officials because of their sympathy with the aeenm.1. manifested to the disadvantage of the government. Quite naturally th , mniri ojuA- anA i Z moved seek to find other cause for tie sudden assault upon them than that as signed by the .department of justice and Henry, especially, traces it to nis inena ship for Garfield. Patriotism was afore tisse said to be thejast refuge of scoun drels, and it is unfortunate for the late president how many bad smelling people try to perfume themselves by recalling his friendship for them. L Jxjresponsejtoja congratulatory jetter from the governor-elect, the chair man of the state committee wrote that Mr. Pattison bad-received more votes " than were ever before returned for the candidate of any party for a state office in Pennsyvania." .Upon examination this is found to not be strictly correct. It is to be remembered that at the presidential election of 1880.there were state candi- dates running in Pennsylvania who had the advantage of the" large vote called out by the presidential contest and who received far more votes than were cast this year. With this exception the above statement is correct. No such vote was ever called out Tin an exclusive state contest as was polled this year. It is a cold day ior the shorn lambs who have left their fleece in the oil ox changes and are sent forth this frosty morning to meet the gibes and grimaces of a wicked world. As might have been expected, Black Jack Logan is incited to assault his old commander and his mother tongue because Grant has espoused the cause of Fit. John Porter. As Logan has led a seventy million raid ou the publio treasury the people will not give much heed to his eon. sideration for the $70,000 whioh, bo claims, it would cost the governm?nt to do full justice to Porter. Tue festive reporter who discovered tho matrimonial engagement of Mr. Tildcn and the Southern beauty, now in New York city, probably wishes he hadn't been quite so observant or inquisitive. Ho is said to have bounced down tho steps of the historic No. 15 Gramercy Park at a rate not at all consistent with journalistic gravity when he called at tho house and stated the object of his mission. Robekt M. Giusox, esq., of Pittsburgh who died there yesterday was a lawyer of great acumen, an advocate and stump speaker of singular eloquence and power, a man of tho gentlest feelings and of pure life and a Democrat without guile. A frequent member of state and national conventions ho never held nor sought office, and his voice was often beard in quaint but always effective protest against tho strife of party factions. His eulogy on Garfield was the most unique of all the addresses called forth by tho presi dent's death, and, all in all, the state will not soon see Cob Gibson's like again. Tin: organization of Blaiuo clubs throughout the country means a determin ation to start a boom for tho O'Mulligan statesman. But it will bo short-lived if its prompters continue to indulge iu such empty gush as the declaration that Blaine is tho " ablest living exponent of opposi tion to ' Boss ' methods iu politics ; the system of public plunder known as the spoils system ;' tho assessment of public officials to raise a corruption fund to carry elections ; the corrupt use of money or other illegetimate means to iniluenco voters and extravagaacointho expenditure cf tho public money." It has been by his advocacy of such principles aBd his parti cipation in such practices that Blaine has made his political capital and his personal fortune. To oppose them and support him is ridiculous. PERSONAL S. II. Reynolds, esq., was a guest at A. J. Drexel's swell Saturday night party. Jonx H. Landis is said to bo a rival of Brosius for the second place on the Blaiuo ticket of 1884. Brewstek Camf.uox is talked of for the successior to Marshall Henry, re moved, in the District of Columbia. Mrs. Laxgtry refuses to accept some of tho photographs of her taken by Sarony on the ground that they made her pietty. She says, "lam not pretty but beauti ful." Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has been appointed by the president and fel lows of Harvard college emeritus professor of anatomy, in consideration of his many valuablo services to tho medical school during the past 3o years. Rev. Dr. Leonard W. Bacon's resig nation, to take effect at once, has been accepted by his church at Norwich, Conn. Ho will continue in the ministry, however, and for the present will make his homo in Norwich. G. C. Cameron, of tho Marietta Timt. Geo. H. Ettla and tho. presout postmaster of that town are all candidates for the postmastership. As Ettla has not yet had his reward for getting out of Stehman's way, ho likely has the call. Rev. Thomas T. Everett, D. D the recently appointed private socio tar v of Governor Pattison, gave the governor elect a public "reception at his residence on Saturday evening. Bishop Simpson and Lewis C. Cassidy, esq., were among the guests. " Mr. Foloer," they say, " has offered and the president has accepted hi) resig nation as secretary of the treasury, to take effect on tho 15th of December. Ho will take up his residence in New York city as counsel of the New York Mutual life insurance company. A. J. Drexel, esq., gave the Saturday ovening party iu Philadelphia last week and it was a very large assemblage of dis tinguished men. Grant was there, and Cornell, Randall, Bayard and others, but Conkling missed his baggage at Jersey City, and wouldn't como wit limit liin dress coat. Colonel Wolford is the newly elected Democratic congressman from the Elev enth Kentucky district. A Republican wa: recently sent an innocent-looking poem to a paper in that district. When the verses had been printed it was found that they formed an acrostic, whioh read: "Colonel Wolford is a darned humbug." Bobbed by Their Employees. It was discovered on Friday night that the wholesale boot and shoe factory of jruoipa, isouge cc i-aimer, in Uhicago, Had been systematically robbed for the last ten months by some of their traveling salesmen, in collusion with others of their most trnsted employes. The amounts stolen is estimated at from $30,000 to $40, 000. G. M. Welles, one of the thieves, is said to have been arrested. The nlan of the confederates was for salesmen "to send in from new towns in the West fictitious orders from imaginary firms and from those which had dissolved partnership. Double orders would then be shipped, the UUP" oeing taicen up oy tne traveling .... .. .. . .. -. salesmen ana tne rest returned to the Chicago firm." NEWS OF THE DAY. A TOUNG OUTLAW OK G ERICS. A Touog Man ol Twenty who Planaed itob- berle on a .Larger Seal Tama tne James. Fred. Wilsonp-of Winthrop, la., is in jail for a series of burglaries and robber ies almost unprecedented in one of his years. He is about twenty years old and was until last winter well thought of. A few months ago he forged the name of bis' employer to a check for $1,200, got tho money and went to New York city, where with $800 he purchased $16,000 of counterfeit bills. The counterfeiters refused to deliver the stuff to him in New York, but said they would ship it by express to Chicago ; he returned to Chicago, where he received a satchel by express from New York, but on open ing it he found that he had bceu cheated by the dealers, as it did not contain a dol lar of the counterfeit money. While lounging around Chicago he was arrested for forgery and taken to Inde pendence and locked up. He soon escaped and went to St. Louis, but, in company with two notorious rascals, he soon re turned to Winthrop and entered on a re markable career of crime. Concealing himself in the attic of a house occupied by a family named Terwilliger, he planned dozens of bank, store, depot, post office and highway robberies, which his part ners executed. The wholo community was terrified by the mystery which sur rounded the cracksmen. Cascade, Mason villo, Dubuque, Cassville, Winthroy, East Dubuque and many other places were visited, and some rich hauls were made. A daughter of the Terwilligers, for whom Wilson professes a deep affection, was the recipient of many mostly presents from him, and she is also under an est. The other day ho ventured out of his hiding place, and was recognized aud ar rested. The discovery of a Saryo quantity of stolon goods led to his confession that he had planned all tho robberies of the last few months. He implicated his ac complices and they wero also arrested. Wilson said that had ho nut been caught, the two banks at Jcssup would have been raided on Sunday while tho people were at church. Speaking or their success on tho highway Wilson said they relieved only well dressed men of their valuables. It was their intention in time to rob from the rich and give to the poor, and they antici pated that their career would enable them to tackle such men a3 Gould and Yander biltand scatter some of their millions among thoso who wero struggling for a livelihood. Wilson says that he has been in the business a short time only. " But now that I'm caught," he added, " in my eatly youth I want to reform, and can't do it better than In tie penitentiary." KEO UANUEU CUIMK. ASIugular iuurdtiriu a Jersey 'i'..wi. Hance II. Gant, a wealthy farmer lesid ing near Osborneville, New Jersey, was recently found dead iu his house witli a bullet hole in his body. The ramrod of his gun was lashed to a child's cradle be side the body, but the gun was found iu a room ueiow. his wile and children, say they did not carry the gun down stairs. Detectives are investigating the matter. A Murderer Narrowly Escapes Lyncbiue. Tho body of Taylor Dunbar, a grocer of Darlington, Iowa, was found in a field near that place on Friday, beaiing marks of violence. A young man named Joseph Stout, with whom he had left home, was arrested on suspicion next day. and con fessed his guilt, tho motive being robbery. The excitement was so meat in Darlington that Stout was remanded ta Crawfords villc. to avoid mobs desirous of lynching him. Arrested aud llobued or 11 u Earnings. Morris Berwald, ased 18 years, whilo going home, in New York city, early yes terday morning, was followed by two men and importuned for money. "After re peated refusals they stabbed aud shot him in an obscure street and mado oif with his weeK s wages, amounting to .?(;. It is feared the young man's wounds aro fatal. Ktddieu witn Buiie:u. Last Thursday night four men entered the house of a man named O'Neill, near Dublin, Gecria, took him out and riddled his body with bullets. Somo negroes who had an old grudge against O'Neill aro sus pected of the murder. Eat3lly Stabbed Ills Father. William Donovan, aged 24 years, fatally stabbed his father with a carving knife in Jersey City on Saturday night, because the old man interfered to stop a quarrel between him and a younger brother. THE KIKE KECUKD. Some Kecent Hlares Iu Different 1'artn of tbe Country. Ten stores iu Calhoun, Georgia, wore burned on Saturday. Loss, $20,000. J. Mix fc Co.'s edge tool factory in West Cheshire, Connecticut, was burned on Friday night. iho wool and scouring buildings of the Geneva Worsted mills, iu Providenco, Rhode Island, wero burned ou Saturday. Loss, $30,000. The stove foundry of Bennett. DuflV & Co., in Qnincy, Illinois, was burned on Saturday night. The loss is estimated at $140,000. Over 100 men aie thrown out of employment. II. P. Underwood's dwelling, iu Middlo town, Rhode Island, valued at $15,000, was burned ou Saturday afternoon. Noth ing was saved from tho house, aud $1,000 in bills, locked in a bureau in one of the rooms was also destroyed. Tho iiro was started oy the boiling over of somo fat in tho kitchen, while dinner was in prepar ation. The Brooklyn oil compuuy's woiksaud Devon's oil works, at Newton Creek, Long Island, opposite New Yoik city. were burned Suuday afternoon. The bark Thism was also burned, and Church & Co.'s sal soda works and Smith's box factory were damaged. The total loss is estimated at $210,000, namely, on Brook lyn oil works, $100,000 ; Devoe's oil works, $00,000; bark Thism, $50,000; Church & Co.'s works, $20,000, and Smith's factory, $10,000. Tho Thism's crew were compelled to jump overboard and two of them were drowned. CURIOUS CATASTKOl'UlKS. A Coal Miner Unwittingly 1'ut Dynauitie in the Stove, Witn Disaitrons Consequences. A coal miner, named Forsythe, living at Bellovue, near Elizabeth, New Jersey, took several sticks of dynamite homo on Friday, and, not knowing tho danger, placed them in tho kitchen stove, to " thaw out." Ho then went back to work at his mine, a short distance from the house, while his wife and three children sat down to dinner. In about a quarter of an hour Forsythe heard a loud explo sion, and hurried back to ascertain the causo. Tho youneest child, 5 years of age, was killed and the wife fatallv In. jured. The other children will probably recover. Forsythe, nearly crazed by the calamity, attempted suicide, but was pro vented by his friends. Fatal Explosion in a Vault. A terrible casualty occurred yesterday in the office of the Indiana, Blooming ton aud Western railroad at Springfield, Ohio. Somebody had blown out the gas in tho vault, and D. N. Roche and F. C. Case, general agents of the road, entered it and lighted a match. The gas exploded injuring itoone, wuo is supposed to have inhaled the flames, so badly that his re covery is not expected. Caso's injuries are almost as severe. TbrowuOver an Embankment. Rev. J. W. Torrence, secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible society, his 8-year-old nephew, aud four men iu his employment, wero all badly injured by a wagon, in which they were going home, near Dan ville, on Saturday eveaing, being thrown down an embankauat by the shying of the horse. The injuries of Mr. Torrence are serious. Perllaot Xavtg-atloa. News has been received in Milwaukee of the total wreck of the schooner Colling wood in Lake Mighigan, 15 miles from that port. She became waterlogged, and four of her crew were drowned, the other four escaping on a raft. Four schooners were wrecked near Big Point Sable, Michigan, on Thursday. Tho mate of ono of them was lost. fatal BaUroad Collialon. An engine of a working train ran into a Pullman car of a passenger train, near Newcastle, New Brnnswick, yesterday morning. Three train hands were injured, one of whom has since died ; another is not expected to recover. None of the pas sengers were injured. JUewIIli BabyM Brains Out. While John Auxier was cleaning a rifle in Madison, Ind., ou Saturday evening he placed it across his knee and pulled the trigger. The barrel contained the gun wiper which cut through the .door, tearing out the brains of Auxier's five-year-old grandson who was playing out side. Scalded ta ueatb. The boiler of the new United States fish steamer Albatross, at thePusey fc Jones' works in Wilmington, Delaware, burst one of its pipes at the joint on Saturday, scalding James Willits, William C. Har kins and Georgo Patterson. It is feared Harkins' injuries are fatal. Steam was being got up in tho boiler for the first time. The ttlglifttlre Murder Tilal. The trial of William Andrews, colored, at Harrisburg, for the murder of his wife at Highspire, on the 4th of July, 1881, re sulted yesterday morning in a verdict of murder iu the first degree. The trial had been postponed from time to time because of lack of evidence for the prosecution and last spring an offer was made to the pris oner to accept from him a plea'of guilty in the second degree, but he refused it " in dignantly !'' A swludler Caught. J. A. Hawley has been arrested in JameiS town, New York, for forging tho name ot Lieutenant J. P. Story, of tho signal of. fice at Washington, to atelegraph money order on Sergeant Flynn of Buffalo, for $50. Hawley is alleged to havo swindled many people in Jamestown by collecting money ostensibly for the benefit of tho vil lage poor. Notable Necrology Dr. C. C. Cox, who had been succes. sivcly lieutenant-governor of Maryland, commissioner of pensions, president of tho board of health of tho District of Colum bia and commissioner to the Australian exposition, died iu Washington on Satur day night. Ho was a graduate of Yale college, and his literary attainments wore considerable, some of his published poems having secured wido circulation. Ho leaves a widow, one son and a married daughter. Professor O. J. Geldrich, who establish ed the first school and Sunday school in Denver, Colorado, and had conducted tho Iiocly Mountain Herald &aca 18C3, died yesterday in that city. Samuel Lake, one of the pioneers of Buffalo, Now York died yesterday in that city at the age of 93 years, from tho effects of bciug knocked down by a horse, a few days ago. ASHOOT1NU AFFAIKIN WASIIINUTON. Iii Which a Lancaster County nan Draws His Llttlo Pistol una Uses It. Tho following dispatch is in a morning paper, dated Washington, Pa., Nov 2G : " Jacob P. Angoy, of Pittsburgh, Pa., snot nis urotner in-iaw .1 . A. Wilmot, ot this city, at the St. Marc hotel last night. One ot tbe four bullets fired by Mr. Angey at Mr. Wilmot pierced the lungs ot tne latter and he was taken to the Providence hospital. It is thought he will recover. Angoy was arrested and is now in jail. Ho says that he is tho travel ing agent of tbe Equitable life insurance company of New York for the western district of Pennsylvania, with his headquarters at Pittsburgh. Ho avers that many years ago Wilmot swindled him out of $30,000 on a real estate trans action, and that he proposed to him a criminal onterpriso in which he refused to join. Because of this refusal Angoy says Wilmot wrote letters to tho Equitable company that created a prejudice against him. The company threatened him with dismissal nnless ho should prove tho falsity of the accusations, and ho came' hore to procure a retraction from Wilmot. The latter, it is said, admitted the un truth of his statements, but declined to re tract them. In the dispute that' followed revolvers were drawn, and Angey claims that he fired in self-defense. The story told by Wilmot is in direct variance with Angay's. Wilmot says ho was shot be cause he refused to indorso $30,000 worth of paper that his brother-in-law desired to use in oil speculations." Although Angoy says ho resides in 1'ittsburgh he really has no permanent place of residence. His wife resides in i rii k: a i. r n .... ,. there. Ho was in this city and in Colum- ma ou lasc inursuay ana t riday. tie is well known in this city, is between 30 and 35 years of age and for several years kept a store in Columbia. He and Wilmot, the man he shot, aro married to sisters, both members of a Columbia fam ily. w m Tbe New Directory. C. E. Howe & Co.. 831 Arch street, Philadelphia, havo completed the publica tion of a now directory of this city and Columbia, supplemented by a business di rectory of many of the towns throughout the county, and a list of the leading far mers. The directory gives tho residences of tho people whose names are published as gathered up to tho latest moment, and tho book numbering upward of 600 pages, contains also a list of all the postoffices in the county, a street guide of the city, all the towns and villages in the county, the uuueuciai, secret anu otner organizations, all the nowspapcrs and periodicals, the churchos, pnblic functionaries in city, county, state and nation, and much addi tional miscellaneous information, making it a valuable compendium for reference. A casual examination of tho book serves to show that while a wide field has been covered in its compilation, it is not alto gether free from errors which more care ful oditing might have prevented. Sale or JBa.ii Estate. On Thursday B. F. Rowe, auctioneer, sold for tho administrators of Henry S. Huber, deceased, a tract of land in Provi dence township, containing 53 acres with improvements, toC. B. Hubcr, for $120 50 par acre. No. 2. Apiece of land containing 4i acrep, with improvements to Mrs. Huber, widow, for $2,500. No. 3. A WOOd lot in Prnvirfonnn (aox ship, containing 3 acres and 78 nerches. to Jacob Anderson, for $101.50. On Saturday the same auctioneer sold for the administrator of Christian Smith, uuccasvu, latooircqna township, a tract of land containing 4 acres with improve ment, to C. W. Smith, for $3,000. - . , . Slipped on tha lea. While walking a short disUuce from her home, last evening, Mrs. Mary Ellon Witnier, of West Knig street, accidentally slipped and fell, jnjarinjr herself unite so. verely. She was assisted to her residence by several friends, and this morning is doing as well as can be expected. GRAND JUEY REPORT. VARIOUS CHASCKS KECOMMKNUEO What tnalmiaeat i-'oaait accessary to Sug gest In the Supervision or the Comity Institution General Satlsfec tlon Expressed. The following is the report of the grand inquest empanelled at the November sessions as submitted to the court : The grand inquest f the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, empanelled for the county of Lancaster, at the November sessions of 1832, .respectfully do report : They kept ia view the instructions of the honorabla court for their government in considering tho criminal cases laid beforo them by the district attorney, and all cases submitted to them have received a lair aud impartial consideration. Tho total number of in dictments handed to the grand inquest for their consideration numbers 97, of which 70 have been returned as truo bills, the re mainder being iguoramus. We are pleased to notice a marked improvement by the district attornoy, Thomas J. Davis, in uot multiplying indictments, whioh took quite a burden from off the grand inquest, and also a savins to tho county, aud wo think for this improvement ho deserves special commendation. On Thursday and Satur day tho grand inquest visited, iu company with the high sheriff, the different institu tions of the county, and respectfully re port as follows : The first place visited was tho county almshouse, where- they wero politely met by two of tho poor directors, Messis. Grider and Musser and Steward Brock, who showed tho grand inquest and explained tho workings of tha different buildings ; sorry to state ou arriving at said institutions, was informed of tho ill ness of tho superintendent, Mr. Georgo Spurrier, who has since passed away. Oa examination of tho diffeient departments aud wauls of such we found the water supply not sufficient in case ol lire break ing out ; would leconinieud that a tank be erected oa tho third-story of the new alms house, and when erected tho wats-r could bo turned with much forco to any part of the building. They have plenty of power to forco all water needed into said tank. We alio recommend the removal ol" thcthrco fire-plugs at and around tho new almshouse to a site distance from the buildings. They now being too close for safety iu case of fire, and should new ours be erected to have tho pipes of said now plugs to ran direct from main, pipo run ning to reservoir, and said plugs to havo a separate pipe of its own connecting with maiu jioo running to rcsorvoir, or hava a large main direct front reservoir sufficient to supply all plugs. This plan would give a heavy water pressure on said iiro plugs. Wo also found tho building iu a nice, clean condition, and men bciug at work rebuilding tho one lately burned down, and must say tho board of direc tors aro adding somo improvements which will greatly add to tho comforts of the in mates, and are arrangiug tho water facili ties very satisfactory, which will make it more convenient to inmates. Found the inmates looking well and .satisfied with tho earn giveu them. Next building visited, or lather where the building had stood, tho county barn, found no barn aud no arrangements mado to robuild ono ; found shedding not suitablo to accommo date the cattlo and horses of tho county during tho winter months, and would rec ommend tho rebuilding of said barn forth with ; should laud belonging to said county be sold would thiulc tha land would sell much better with bam being thereon ; also inquired if said building has been insured, and havo been informed that nono of tho buildings have any insur ance ; would recommend that all said buildings should ba insured foithwitb, and fault rests on county commissioners that said buildings have not been insured, as they havo the power to havo all county property insured. Tho barn, which was lately burned dowp, was insured, but no othtr buildings havo any iuMirauco on them ; found tbo number of inmates iu county almshouse as follows : Males, men, 180 ; women, 09 ; childrou, male, I! ; children, female, 8 total, 200. Found in hospital, males, men, 39; females, woniou, 16 ; children, male, 2 total, 57 ; colored department, males, men, 7 ; fe males, woman,3;cbiIdren,maIe, 1; female 1; insane department male, men 9, womcu. femalo 8 : total SO. Insane of countv at Norristown, malo, men 30, female, women 1C ; total 4G. .Insane of county at Harris burg, male, men 8, female, women 13 ; total 21. The next building visited was tho county jail. On arrival was met by Keeper Burbholder aud tho accommodat ing, pleasing and polite clerk, Mr. David Warfel ; was then conducted through the prison, inspecting and viewing the work iugs of tho said jail. In regard to tho heating apparatus think it could not well bo changed without a vary heavy exoousa to tho county. Tho water capacity i:i good, but would recommend larger pipe. iu uruer iu carry ou tue wate, itc; think that is quito noccssary and should be attended to at once. In regard to har mony among tho officials of said jail wo found nothing wrong, all willing to attend to their duties faithfully, without regard to factions. Iu procuring all articles necessary to carry on said jail wo think tho officers aio trying to do justice in bar gaining and procuring such articles. In a'"i", "" " ' regard to meat it seems to bo good and as $eap T? CJn,.d bo P'"cba.ed elsewhere. Tho colls aro in good condition, and iu re gard to tho iron cells we can sec no change can bo mado without tho work or plating is put on from the outside of tho cell. The prisoners receiving articles from one another is dono from putting out a long string from their window and tieing tho article to the end of tho string and let down to tho window below and is received in that way from ono another. Iu regard to the telegraphing to one an other is dono through the water pipes, said pipes running direct through each cell. If each coll had its own drain pipe this work of telegraphing would bo moro or less stopped. Wc found tho inmates at county prison as follows : Convicts 04, awaiting trial 0, thoy being the arson cases ; drunk and disorderly 52 ; total now in county prison 122. In regard to the long term prisoners now in tbe county jail, wo, as tbe grand in quest, would recommend a law passed by tno legislature to send them to tho .Hast ern penitentiary ; also, would recommend a law passed for tho appointing of the offi cials at tho county jait by the court iu this way : That the said court of Lancaster county to appoint tho six prison inspec tors, said inspectors to appoint keeper, keeper to appoint his subordinates, they all to be under tho supervision of the court ; tho clerk to bo appointed by tho inspectors. And would also recommend the said officers tako their places cither on the first of tho year or whenever tbe inventory of stock is taken of property at said jail or as soon after as can be. Then tho now appointed officers will have charge and take the property that belongs in their report ; under present system they take account of stock on or about the first of December. The new officers-elect then does not take their positions for nearly four months, after which we think is quito out of place, and hope aud pray an action will be taken immediately to change tho man ner of the present system. We found the jail nico and clran, and havo no fault to and in regard to tho taking care of said prison, and would state with pleasure that Mr. David Wailcl is doing his duty and deserves much commendation fiom his employers and tho public at largo. The next and last building visited was the Children's Home. Was met by Mm. Hamaker, the matron of the home, who Iamuiy conuuetea tue granu inquest through the building, and we are proud to state that snch a home is an honor to tho county, and the way it is conducted ; found everything dean and in every re spect in order. The children show by their appearance that much is being done forthem and tjey seem lively and happy. This being the last hnitHini -:: TIa ) having dono all in our w nnn- h . - '- W UVTI OIAL7 mit our report and return our thanks to the honorable court and district attorney for their valuable assistance, and to the high sheriff for furnishing conveyances for the visiting of the county institution. H. B. Gish, foreman ; G. A. Taylor George Hildebrandt, Reuben R. Johns, J.' Konlgmacher, David Bender, John Smy ssr, John J. Andrews, S. L Denlinger, Levi Hershey, Stephen Mast, Robert A. Scott, Henry F. Seaber, John M. Lutr. John B. Caldwell, John B. Knox. Michael L. Huver, John Fulmer, W. Y. Hildy, Frederick Hoffman. OUIt LOCAL SClEMTISTi. JUouthly Jfeetloc; of tha Usnaaa Society. The Linnrcan socioty mot m the museum room on Saturday, November 23, 1883, Prof. J. S. Stahr the president in the chair; i-roi..i. o. Dianr, rrot.-b. s. Kathvon, . M. Soner, 3Irs. Zell, Mrs. Lefevro and two visitors iu attendance. After reading the minutes of the previous mcetiug and col lecting dues the following donations to the museum weie received : Donations to tbe Museum. A pint bottle of spirits containing two large " centipedes " (SeohpendraJteroi), a " palinated cricket " (Steuopalmata talpa) and a "camel cricket" (Mautis Carolina) from tho vicinity of Carson, Mitcholl county, Tex., and donated by Mr. II. A. Rathvon, of Carson, Tex. Theso centipedes are the largest species among the myriafods. although occasion ally larger specimens may be found. In their present contracted form they raeai lire fully eight inehos in length, but if living, and the r.egmcnts nattually ro laxcd and expanded, they would measure at last ten inches in length. Theso ani mal are no doubt polsou.ius, but it is probablo that many of the .-,tuiios pub lished about their venomous qualities are fabrications or exaggerations. Each foot is terminated by a sharp b9nt spine, and when thoy run over any exposed parts of tho human body they leave two rows of uiiupiuu !iuts wiucu soon uccomo iu llamed. Tho palinated cricket, as its name im plies, is related to tho "moJe-cricket," of wmen wo havo ono or two species in Lan. caster county. This insect in California is called tho "potato cricket," and, when numerous, is said to bo very destructive to. the potato tubers in tho gronnd ; exca vating them, and forming large burrows in them, and thus depreciating their culi nary value. Somo years ago a gentleman in bacramento valley sent a number for identification, and represented them as destroying his potato crop. Their cemi palinated anterior feet seem to indicate that they aro burrowing insects, feeding on roots and tubers. Thoy belong to tho family Gr.Yrxinrn in tho ordor OnTnop- TEHA. Tho camel crickofc is called " Dovil's Horn," iu Texas. Professor Townsend Glover named it " Roar-horse" in one of his reports before the war. In Europe it ii called tho " Praying Mantis," but if an "o" was substituted for tho "a" itwonld more nearly express its character, for it is perhaps, the only orthoplerous insect that preys upou other insects. Its largo and stout anterior raptorial leza explain its character. It assumes a grave attitude, seemingly as if iu prayer) but it is only lying iu wait for an unwary fly or some other soft insect which it captures and devours. Specimen of " Molo Crickot" by Dr. 31. L. Davis ; specimen of steatite from Lan caster couuty, by Master II. Halbaugh ; two specimens of superannuated currency, and bjx of Indian darts by Mr. Baarcs of M uiu letown, l'j. Donations to Library. Two pamphlets and the Lancaster Far mer for November; 13 catalogues of books, Patent Office QazetU vol. 22 No-.17 and 20 and index of patentees for 1881, paokage of Bi Centennial papers, and envelope of newspaper cuttings. Prof. S. 8. Kathvon read an interesting paper on tho "Myria roo.v" suggested by tho donations to the museum. Prof. R. K. Buehrlo was pro sent aud signed the constitution and by laws and paid his initiation fee. After pass ing an hour or moro in scieutiflo gossip, it was resoiveu to adjourn until the early part ct January for holding our next meet ing instead of December, on account of tho holidays, and that notice of the time of holding the meeting bo given at tho call of tho secretary. A largo attendanco is desirod at tbe next mooting as it is the anniversary meeting. 1'ATaL A'JCIUKNTM. A Hrabeinau O'rusuetl ami Mutilated. Oil Sunday morning botweou 12 and 1 o'clock a terrible accident occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad a shoit distance west of tbo overhead bridge near Kobrers towu, this county, which resulted in the Mcaiu m narry ivieior, a Draiceman on the train drawn by engine 824 east. It is not known with certainty how the acci dent occurred, but it is supposed that Keefer fell from his train and was crushed beneath tho wheels, and that nine other trains that followed also passed over him, mutilating his body in a horrible manner. Tho remains were found about 3 o'clock by the trainmen of engine 3G1, and were raueu to uoiumoia, wnero an inquest was Hem uy Lfepmy coroner frank;, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the above facts. Mr. Kiefer was a single mau, aged about 20 years, and .belonged to Sunbury, Northumberland county, to which placo his remains wero sent. iorreucn McUurth Instantly Killed. On Saturday ovening Terrence McGurth a puddlor employod at tho Safe Harbor iron works, wentgon a spree and becaire overpowered by liquor, lay down oa tho Columbia & Port Deposit railroad, ho twecu tho rolling mill and Ramsey's tav ern, lie was run over and instantly killed by engine 520 tho engine and tender bo'h passing over him. McGurth leaves a wife aud four children in indigent circumstan ces Oicil or His Injuries. William C. Geitcr, tho young mau who was injured by tho cars of tho Peunsvlva nia railroad, at tho depot on election day, died at tho residence of his father-in-law, Nathan Bair, at No. 10 South Water street yesterday morning. A few days ago he was taken with lock-jaw which caused his death, Ho was 25 years of age and leaves a wife. The deceased was well known an au amateur pedestrian aud has been iu several matches iu this city, York and other places. Court of Common Fieas. This moiniag the first week of common pleas court began with Judge Patterson on the bench. The list was called and it was found that of the thirty cases down on tho list twenty-one aro ready for trial. No cases were attached this morning, tho jury was discharged until 2 o'clock. In tho case of George Shoff and Jacob B. Good vs. Thomas Baumgardner, S. H. Reynolds and M. Brosiuf, csqs., wero counsel for tho plaintiff. This morning they announced to the court that they had retired from the case which the plaintiff intend conducting themselves. Neither are attorneys. rtent to tha House of Refuge. Joseph Koch, nearly nino years of age, was arrested by Constable Eiehholtz, on the charge of being incorrigible on com plaint of his father Joseph Koch, of High street, this city. Ho was heard before Judges Patterson and Livingston Saturdav afternoon and was ordered to be taken to the house of refngc. COLUMBIA NEWS. OCU KEQDI.AU CURKESroNDBNCtS EeaU Along the Susqneaanna Item interest Iu and Around tne Uoronli I'lrked Up by tbe lutelu s:eacer Keporter Mr. George Tille has gono to Philadel phia. Bliss Annio Bookie, of York, is visiting Miss Fanuio Bowers on Poplar street. Tho money drawer or Mrs. William Lockard's confectionery stor on Locust street, was robbed of $3 oa Saturday after noon. " ' Ice saveral inches thick formed on the pond in Lockard's Hollow, and ;i number of people went skating cu it yes terday: ' . On Saturday three of the moulders of tho Kooly stovo works oama to town, ac companied by their families. The men will be employed iu tho stove works as soon as they are opaned here. The artioles which had not boon j,oId at. the G. A. R. fair were sold in tho armoiy uu odiuruay uveuing at auction. Tnu bidding was brisk aud good prices wora realized. A horse belonging to Johu Could rau tf this morning on Cherry street. One of i ho wheels was brokou by running against a hitching post which stood alongside :i pavement. The vacancy which has existed in the nightrdispatckcrship of the east Pennsyl vania" railroad yards: here has ' boon filled by tbe appointment of Mr. Milton McFartand, late a conductor of tho road. To-morrow evening, beginning at 5 p. m., a " youBg lady's tea party " will bo held at the resident of Mr. Geo. CraiM. on Locust stin.'t. Tii,j proceeds will bo devoted t tho Presuytui ian church. Tho public aw f.irdi.tUy invited to at tend. An Knstiieli'shHy li.(iii njp.f. EuginesNos. 09 and 531 wuro slight! v damaged this morning iu the vast yards of the P. It. R. The latter ungino attempted to pass tho formor which was standing on a siding that connects with the trackVit gine No. 534 was using, and close toiho point where two tracks ioiii. The tamW of engine Noi 90 was damaged slightly and the casing ot 'ongino No. 531 was broken. Amenities of aiarrleu I.li. It is not safo for a married man to walk witb a single lady friend, aud uyouug Columbiau has found out this .sad truth! While ho was promenading on Third stnet he met his bettor bait, and she immediate ly began to demolish her rival's head or naments. When her horrified husband interfered she throw a largo stouo at him, and ho then lost his temper and threw it Dacfc. r-ortunatoly neither wero struck. and the parties wero separated by mutu il friends. Co. U t Kivuiiie Drill. Circulars havo been issued to tho incut bers of Co. O, calling attention to tho fact that drill will be re co-iimcnee.l this oven ing. It is probable t hat the money a! lowed tho compauy by tiio I'onn lii-On-teunial committeo will ( bo paid to i Uo members to-night. A number of youn ladies, who aro to participate in a " broom drill," which isksoon to bo held in Mari etta, are expected" to witness the company drill tonight It is hoped that a luli turnout of (he compauy will tak ploc- l'ulplt Topics. Tho ' Unpardonable Sin " fonued r, subject of a most interesting seriuou at tho Methodist church last eveuiusj. Tii. subject of last evening's discourse had been previously announced and a good sized audience was prosunt to hear it. Tho acceptanco of the call of tho U.-v. G. W. Eby, of Wyoming, Pa., to tho p.i torship of the Presbyterian chureh of thi.-t place, was read to tbo congregation )u;-. terday. It is not probable that tho new pastor will assuror the dutie-i nntll afu-r tho holidays. The subject of la.tt night's illustrated lecture in tho E. E. Lutheran church w;i "Narrow Places in tho Broad Wav " Tho painting which was used to .iiluati-.tto tho leoturo was au uuusualiy tlon mio. A large congregation was p.-juat dispit tho bad walking. N1UK KOBEKT.1' hUOW. TbeyGlvoa Very Poor Kntertalnuiuet. Two small audiences greeted He troupe of Nick Roberts, which appeal td in, the opera housu on Saturday afternoon and evening, bnt they wero larger by far tha; . tho show deserved. It was one of il.-o worst that has appe:tu-d in this city fW some time and'tho'so who saw it were dis gusted. Tho show advertised three dawns, viz : Grimaldi, Uromia and Pedro. For years Roberts has used there three names for his clowns and although he sometimes changed his people several times a scuson theso names were always kept standing in order that the public might bo deceived. The men, who attempted to do tho work .f clowns, but made bad failures ou Saturday night, were said to navebceu tho Ouofri brothers, who were also seen iu tho specialty part in a poor mu.-iea! act. Thv: e wero seven specialty acts and; although seveial were passable, none" wero very line and some were very bad. As a wholo h show is a very weak one. Among orhnr people advertised by Roberts was EI Num. Eddie, the famous rope walker. Ofciiimc. be was not here and hor has urobably wi been with the show this season. ' Nick Roberto' Silver Cornet band ' H yet to bo heard from and his orchestra consisted of ono man beside tho home players. Tho trouble with Roberts is ho is running a very cheap show and is endeavoring to-'imptrys the publio with the idea that ho has agood by using paper and names of people tii.it ho had when be did manage a good show. ST. JOHN'S 1CEFOKBKII FAIIC Tbe Progress of the Votline VarliU4 Articles. The following is the result of tho voting thus far at tho fair of St. Johu's Reformed church : Marble-top tabic, No. 1. Miss Lizziu Hcrzog, 193; Miss Emma Walter, 8C. Marble-top table, No.' 2. Miss Katio Meyer, 80 ; Miss Margia Horzog. 2'jJ. Parlor clock Miss Elizabeth Kiin-ei 122$ ; Miss Mary Rmeer. i)9. Silver watch. John Ruck, is.:- a In., ham Wolf, 378$. Silver jelly dub Miss MarySchnoidai. 30 ; Mrs. Susan Schneider. :;(. Sewing machine. Mrs. E." Sdiaider. 00 ; Miss L. Ramer. 450. Wax cross. Miss Ernma Lsnz, IT:: Miss Dellie Hatz, 185. Suit of furniture.' Mrs. Ueorgu Elliott, 17$, Miss Annio Stamm, 1,253. Uride. Miss Katie Sehutt, GO; Gurtio Sellers, 19; Mary Lop, 140. Gas lamp. Mrs. Fisher, 153. Several articles are left to bu dispo.e.'rf by voting and chancing this (Mnndty) evening, among them a Smith American organ and a set of carriage harness. 'Iliauksjclving- at Octoraru V. f. V. Thanksgiving day will be celebrated at the Octoraro U. P. churjh in Bart towu ship by the opening ol .the new parsonago by a lunch dinner and relhjiou3and literary exercises. Itev. J. W. Cairns will preach tha Thanksgiving a aranon at 10 a. ni. Tht; parsonage will be opened and dinner spread at noou ; at 2 p. m. there will bo religions services, and special addresses 'an follows : ' Welcoma," Rev. I). Anderson singing by choir ; V Onr Parwnae," Rev! T. H. Anderson. Baltimore, M. I). ; sing ing by choir ; The Buildiog," A History, Rev. D. Anderson; "The- Subscribers," James Collins ; singing by choir ; " Out aider"." Robert J. Houston, Lancaster, Pa. ; Informal. addresses, led by Rev. G. W. Cairns; singing'; benediction. i.f
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