- .. LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 188 . Lancaster Sntelligencer. FRIDAY KVKNING DEC. 8. 1883, Tariff Iaeqiallties. -The tariff commission has recom mended a duty of fifty cents a ton on iron ore, which is about equal to the present ad valorem rate of twenty per cent. In the Cresson convention of iron men the ore interest wanted a duty of a dollar a ton. and the convention recom mended one of eighty cents. It is very doubtful whether a good public policy would not admit iron ore free of duty. If it cannot be dug out of our ground as cheaply as it can be imported across the ocean, then it had better remain in the ground until it can be. The industry that extracts it is not one to be pro tected. The public benefit derived from a protective tariff lies in the encourage ment which it gives to capital to develop the national resources of the country, to increase its wealth and make it inde pendent of other nations. But these natural resources ought to be sufficient ly valuable when taken out of the ground to be marketable without a bounty be ing put upon their production. The extraction does not otherwise increase the country's wealth nor does it add to its independence. The ores are al . ways with us ready at any lime to be mined should the foreign supply be cut off and the. mining become profit able. Until then they are more valuable to the country in tho ground than out of it, anil it is mil wise to lax the people to pay for taking them out. Tho owners of lean ores have no claim upon the gov ernment for a bounty for mining them. If they can dig them up and get the cost of the labor and a royalty on the ore by the sale of the product then they are worth digging; otherwise they are not. There are many iron mines in the coun try that produce a magnificent revenue to their owners. The Lake Superior, Iron Mountain, Cornwall, Lake Cham plain,and other deposits are of incalcula ble value. They sell at high prices be cause of their richness and quality. So in Alabama, Tennessee and other states in the Soutli there are very valuable de posits of iron ore that pay a large reve nue to their owners. In fact there are such mines in many states North and Soutli. They do not require a duty levied for their protection. It is only ' the owners of lean ores that are bene fited by tho tariff impost, and plenty of the deposits are so poor that no rate of duty would bring them into use. There is no propriety at all in taxing the whole country for the development of the properly of one class of its iron ore owners. It may be reasonably main tained that all raw materials should be admitted free of duty ; but the argu meal in favor of such admission of a raw material for which protection is only dema-idel by a portion of its producers becomes so strong that it is difficult to see how it can be fairly gain said. The iron manufacturing interest lies with that of the country in demand ing cheap ores, and it should have them wherever they come from. Tiiere is a duty also levied at present on scrap iron, and the commission docs not recommend its reduction very large ly. This is another article which should be admitted free. There is no produc tive interest so benefited by tho import as to warrant it. Scrap iron is made because it can not be helped. It is iron that lias outlived the use for which it was made and seeks conversion into another. The manufacturer of it for tho new use should get it at the lowest cost, and it seems to be entirely unjustifiable to tax the public and to increase the cost to him for the benefit of those who have already received the full benefit out of the original form of tiie iron thai they sought from it. If the tariff should be intelligently and carefully revised, so as to put on the free list such articles as the prosperity of the industries of the country permit to be put there, a great deal of money use lessly drawn from the consumers cou'd Le saved to them. Superfluous Offices. It does not strike the Wilkeslurre Unian-Liadcr as the " proper thing " for the more prominent and experienced Democratic members of the Legislature who are candidates forspeaker to "unite) in a call upon their Democratic fellow members to meet in caucus and deter mine bow many, of the present offices appended to the House organization can be dispensed with." The Union Leader has misgivings that " the one who should want to do away with the great est number of offices, would bo the highest bidder for the speakership, and that it would be knocked down to that one ;"or, like as not, in the view of our contemporary, it might be " that oue who should want to do away with the fewest offices would thereby secure the greatest number of votes for speaker." For such a dilemma as the Leader seems to be in, from these widely varying con siderations, we can prescribe no relief. It hardly needs to be informed, we trust, that one of the issues of the late campaign was Democratic opposition to the creation and maintenance of sine cures at Ilarrisburg. Any member of the Legislature who is not for their aboli tion ought not to be elected speaker, and the selection of any such a one will be a breach or failh with the people for which the party will suffer when next it comes before the people.. The Union Leader further presents its views thus : The indication of what legislative offices are sinecures should be left to the people, or to the entire Legislature. The more enterprising of the newspapers, who are so situated as to bo able to afford the ex pense, might begin by instituting a set is of interviews with old Legislature-men as to their opinion on this subject, and thus di rect tho current of popular thought there on into some popular channel Besides this is a business in which the Democratic party can afford to make haite with sufficient slowness to be certain that bad is not made worse. To maintain all tho sinecures through another session even, would not bo so gravo an error as to undertake the work of reform in too great haste and balk, delay or imperil tho pub lic interests by abolishing offices that ought not to be abolished. So far as the indication of what legis- lative offices are sinecures " should be left to the people," it may easily be an- I swered that the people bave no other way 10 uesiguate mem man uy iue uu mistakable condemnation which tbey have just given of the Republican prac tices which have prevailed at Harris burg. They look to the responsible Democratic majority and not to " the entire Legislature " to lop off the rotten growth. Before the "entire Xegislature" convenes the Democrats will caucus for nominations and it will be for them then and there to determine what are sine cures and to promptly resolve to abolish them. There need be no be no " slowness' about it. Mr. Fauuce, Mr. Amerman Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Hasson, Mr. Jenkins and other " old Legislature-men " can very promptly indicate some of the sine cures that can be abolished at the very outset of the next session, without de laying or imperiling any public interest. And if these " old Legislature-men " cannot indicate these superfluous offices to their new fellow-members with suffic ient clearness, some other means will he found to bring this matter to the notice of the first Democratic caucus which will meet in Ilarrisbnrc. I.v Beaver county a popular movement has been begun for the abolition of some of the county bridges which have hilh erto proved au embargo on travel and trade, while they afforded their stock holders rich profit at the txjunr.c of the people who were compelled to use Uiem. They have been condemned and ap praised, and an earnest effort will bD made to have theni appropriated to the public U30, notwithstandiyg the heavy expense it will entail upon tho county, as they pay dividends of from 20 to 30 per cent, to their stockholders. This latter circumstance demonstrates that the lime had come for their public ap propriation. Tho advanced condition of most of the counties of this state demands unobstructed highways and the toll-bar and tho toll-bridge sooner or later must come down. The county seat of every community should be ac cessible to tho people from every section, but all along the Susquehanna and both its brandies, on the Lehigh, Schuylkill, Juniata and other streams of the state there are toll-bridges, whoso excessive rates inmost cases are a severe exaction upon the traveling public and an em bargo on the trade of the towns to which they should lead people instead of hin dering them therefrom. The enlightened public spirit of Beaver county lias been awakened to a proper appreciation of public rights. There are many other couuties'in which the feeling on this sub ject is equally strong, though it has not yet found adequate expression. Tin: Harrisburg Patriot very proper ly calls attention to tho fact that under legislation of doubtful constitutionality, and by still more doubtful construction of the statutes, the' attorney general and the incumbent of the office of secretary of slate have been drawing large fees in excess of their salaries ; and it very sen sibly suggests that " if it be possible for the Legislature to fix the salaries of the attorney general and secretary of the commonwealth before these officers shall have been sworn in that body should not hesitate iu the premises. Such a course on the part of the Legislature would re lieve the new administration from a very delicate position and would at the same time inaugurate a proper and necessary reform in the compensation of public officials." The pernicious system of fee ing public officials, sought to bo obviat ed by the new constitution, ought cer tainly to be abolished in connection with these two offices. The practice of col lecting fees in the attorney general's office has led to scandal ever since it lias been indulged in, and if, as the Patriot suggests, it is unlawful, the Legislature should act on this matter promptly. The salary of $3,500 is probably not adequate to the professional standard required in the legal adviser of the state, but this had better be increased than to longer .tolerate the present clastic system under which the emoluments can bo swelled to $11,000 by sometimes questionable devices. D Tin: Stalwart organs are Blaine with a curry comb. flattering Mr. Tin: business men and farmers outnum ber tho lawyers iu the New York Assem bly elect. Coorm: thinks that not 5,000 Repub licans could now bo found iu the stato who would vote against Beaver. But unfortu nately for Cooper tho election is over. Accokding to the census returns the avcrago illiteracy among the entire popu lation abovo 10 years of ago in this state is about 7 per cent. ; among tho foreign born it is 14 and tho negroes about 23. A " Patience'' troupe crossed the Eng lish channel in rough weather tho other day and the chorus chanted this melody. Twenty sea-sick maidens we. (ica-sick all against our will ; Three hours lie nee wo shall bo Twenty sca-aicle inalucns still, All lual de iner Ah mat do mer Ix tho Forty-sighth Congress there will b3 191 Democrats, 121 Republicans, six Rsadjusters, three. Independent Demo crats and two Independent Republicans. Tho Democrats will have a majority of fifty nine over Republicans, Readjustcrs and Independents, and this majority will probably not bo changed by the result of the election to fill tho vacancies caused by death. It is announced that Cantcrbery Cathe dral is to be lighted with the electric light durine tho winter months. The project in tho eyes of our extremely practical con temporary the New York San, seems neither more nor less than a profanation. That an edifice so venerable in years and so rich in historical incidents should have tho dim religious light which accords with the sanctity of a cathedral displayed for tho glaring and trying light of the electric lamp is, indeed, enough to mako one doubt if tho aesthetes have done anything to hurl Philistinism from its throne. The Lutheran cnuncn has some thought of establishing a general system of celebrating tho 40Dth birthday of 3Iar tin Luther on Nov. 10, 1883. J measures which will affect the interest of the church, such as the endowment of professorships, the establishment of new institutions, or a general support of old established colleges, seminaries, orphan asylums missions and other general con cerns, payment of church debts and the erection of a Lnther statue, will most probably occupy the attention of the church on this occasion. Tin: Philadelphia Press is receiving de served encomiums from its coutempoia ries for its enterprising piece of detective -reportorial work in arresting body snatchers and, for a time at least, sup pressing the disgusting offense of grave robbing in Philadelphia. The Press has olten displayed itselfasagrcatnewspapar, but it has never succeeded in cccating a more decided aud legitimate sensation than has followed its exposures of this week. Tun " Henry V. kiss," invented by Riguold, is tho lino at which the legiti mate actress stops aud her jealous hus band interferes. It is thus described : " The gentleman comes behind where the lady is standing aud puts both his hands ovor her shoulders on her cheeks, so that tho fingers of hath meet just beneath her chin. Then he pulls her head back to his shoulder and kisses her fully on the lips, keeping his mouth to hers for fully two minutes." The observant reader will see that tho thing has not been much im proved upon .si'si" li- ii ry V . if th it is the loyal way ho did it. It seems that in Ohio sjin? of the conn ties of tho XVIII district returned their votes for li. Mayuard Murray, tho Demo cratic congressman-elect', aud others for R. M. Murray ; iu tho VII district tho samo varianco was found in tho returns for Henry L. Morey, Hop., and iu the XV for Andrew J. "Warner, Dem. Only Moroy's opponent had tho check to claim the certificate on such flimsy ground ; tho board of slate canvassers carried out tho manifest intention ol tho majority of tho voters and gave tho certificates to tho men who were elected, whether their first namej wcro spelled out or not. The su premo court may ho appealed to, hut tho Democratic House- should speedily show to tho door any man who comes before it with no better case than tho contestant for Morey's seat. PBRSUNAL.. Loos Blanc bequeaths his library to tho city of Paris. .Gov. St. John, of Kansas, expects lecture iu Massachusetts this month. to Mn. John G. Wihttieu will celehrato his seventy-fifth birthday on tho 11th inst. State Chairman Cooper has been over iu Washington on an errand or peace and harmony. J. J. McDoxalp, of Philadelphia, was yesterday elected president of tho Nat ional butter, o?g and cheese association, in session at Milwaukee. Ex Ciur.F Justice SiiAiiswoon is to havo a dinucr iu Philadelphia on the 20th tendered by throe "huudred prominent gentlemen. Miss Caw. yon has left John A. Stevens' " Passion Play " company because Stevens insistoil on kissing her with a reality that wa3 objection .iblo to her hus band. - Blaine heard that Arthur wns about to endorse the Nicarauga canal schumo aud he hurried to tuo front with au interview opposed to it. only to find that ho had been too previous Governor-elect Clevelaxo called ou both Tilden and Kelly before ho left New 1 ork tbo other day. Tho new governor mado tho impression that ho was level headed. Sarah Stokes, on tiial at Little Rock for a homicide, is a professional beauty. She told a reporter who viewed her in her cell that sho was not looking her best, as trouble had injured her complexiou and "expression of girlish sweetness," but yet sho impressed him almost perfect and ho has no doubt that she is, as she claims, the most beautiful woman iu Arkansas. Queen Victoria, at tho lato review, looked well as she stood on the balcony of Buckingham palace, with her haudsorao sons and daughters around hrr. Sho has grown stouter in figure but nothing aged in face, save perhaps that her countenance is more expanded than formerly ; its ex pression, too, is described ar. more enccr ful. and from this tho Londoners catch a hope of a gayer winter than usual. James Gokdon Bennett -is defendant in a libel suit now on trial in New York for tho recovery o( $:J0,000 damages. Tho libel complained of is the publication of an nrticlo in the New York Herald, recording the destruction of a large portion of the town of Edgefield, S. C, by fire, on tho 30th of October. 1881, and statin" that Malloy, who was a property owner and in sured, and whoso store was burned, was suspected of being tho incendiary. T1I1S KINO. A Glove right That Ended lu a Itotv. Tho principal attraction at Harry Hill's theatre Ihursday afternoon was a boxing match between Marius Grant and Charles Hadley, colored light-weight champions. Tho set to was a friendly one, in four rounds, according to Marquis of Queens- bury rules. Harry llill acted as referee, and time was called for the first round at exactly 5:1.1 p. m. Both men, who ap peared to he equally favorites with the large number of sporting men who crowd ed the hall in every portion camo upon the stage wearing hard gloves, and from the start it was easy to see that ILadloy was the better man of the two. Somo ugly blows were given and received, the men finally clinching and pummeling each other soundly, and finally retiring to their separate corners thoroughly " blown." When time was again called Iladley as sumed the offensive aud drove his antag onist all about the stage, chased him twice into the dressing room and wound up by stretching him upon his back on tho floor. Grant's backers then threw up the sponge and Hill declared Hadley the winner of the Police Gazelle medal, remarking that he had won it three times already and was prepared to defend it against all comers. At this juncture Georgo Cooley, a col. ored man, who had acted throughout as Grant's second rushed to the frout, in a heated condition aud asserted that he could " lick any 120 pound nigger in the country." "You can have it now, if you like," shouted Ilidley, angrily, throwing down his gloves and Btriking Cooley fairly in the face. Tho two men then jumped into each other furiously, and in an in stant the place was thrown into the great est confusion. Men mounted chairs and tables and screamed themselves hoarse, and the crowd hurried down tho islo, and, seizing the combatants, dragged them struggling behind tho scenes. Mr. Hill came to tbo front and deplored tho little misunderstanding, adding that as the en tire affair occurred, in the heat of the mo ment ho hoped it would bo overlooked and excused The excited audience were then dismissed. THE LATEST NEWS. MA8SACKED BY 1DIAS IN MfcXICO Particulars of a siaagbter bJub and His Band Several American Said to be Among the Victims. Particulars have been received of a slaughter by Juh and his band, near the town of Casas Grandes, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, of Americans aud Mexicans. Juh, who with his followers, have been . committing various depreda. tions for some time past, went to tho ranches of tho l'olitoco of Caliano and somo others, and stole many head of sheep and cattle. The Politico and other sufferers theu gathered a band of about thirty men and staitsd after tho Indians. They came upon them beforo they knew Jah and his band wcro auywhero near, and were imme diately surrounded by the Indians iu the Aaqxa. Tho Politico, as soon as lie saw the number of" tho Indians, which was over 200, dispatched ono of his men for assistance. Tho man managed to get through tho lines, and reached Galliano. There ho got together about seventy men and started at ouc9 for tho sceuo of trouble. Juh sent out a party, who engaged them iu a fight and prevented the relieving party from joining the Politico. The rescuers saw the slaughter of their unfortunate friends, but could do nothing for them, Every one of tho Politico's party, with tho exception of the man who went for succor, was butchered by the savages. The Iudians then retreated to the Sierra Madre. When the friends of tho victims went out to bury the dead they found, not far fiom whore tho massacio occurred, tho bodies of fivo Americans, who had all fallen victims to tho Indians. Two of the Americans, it hassiueo been learned, were from Grant county. New Mexico. Their names were Jas. Uriggs and W. McDowell. They had been in Chihuahua for some lime, put chasing cattle, and were theu on their way home. It was Juh and his band who somo time ago murdered several prominent citizens of Chihuahun. THE FIKK KCCOKD. OlDustrous Work Wrought by lflaiueti. The Piedmont houso at Spartanburg, S. C, was destroyed by lire Thursday. Loss, $7,000. The Southern hotel and thrco stores at Paducah, Ky., were burucd Thursday. Loss, $23,000. A fire Thursday in lbs finishing room of tho Fall Mountain paper company's mill No. 1, at Bellows Falls, Vt., caused a loss of $8,000. A fire Thursday destroyed tho slaughter houso of Christian Krule, north of Balti more, Md., as well as thoso of Henry Marsch and John Link, on either sido of it. Damage, $8,000. Tho Texas house at Leadvillo, Col., tho largest gambling establishment in the West, was entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday, together with a largo amount of fine furniture. Destructive Fire in a Teuccssee Town. A fire occurred at Covington, Tenn , tho county seat of Tipton county, forty miles north of Memphis, on tho Chesa pcako & Ohio railroad, by which tho fol lowing houses wcro destroyed : Larri moro's saloon and restaurant ; Wilson & Jacactt's leather and paint store ; S. R. Shelton's hotel (contents saved) ; S. C. Sheltou & Cowfs dry goods store (goods saved) ; W. N. White's store, house and thrco small frame dwellings adjoining ; Hill & Campbell, undertakers ; the Record newspaper office and bindery ; William Flemming's residence ; A. J. Douglass' livery stables and adjoining building; Samuel Smith's saloon; tho Masonic lodge aud tho Presbyterian church. Tho loss is estimated at $20,000; insurance small. National llaseual! League. Iu tho National baseball league at Prov idence tho schedulo scries was changed from 12 to 14 games. Tho playing rules were amended so that tho pitcher's hand iu dclivcting the ball must pass below tho shoulder instead of the waist,. Provision was mado for the appointment of four leaguo umpires, at an annual salary of $1,000 each, and rules for their govern ment were adopted. Tho 10 players, whose names were ou tho black list Houck, Pike, Dorgau, Nolan, Gross, Dickersou, Crowley, Brown and Caskius wero leinstated to full membership. Tho 1882-'83 championship was awarded to the Chicago club. A. G. Mills, of Chicago, was elected president. Now York and Philadelphia were admitted in place of Troy and Wor cester, and a return to tho old distinguish ing colors in the uniform was agreed upon. Boston, Philadelphia, Detioit aud Chicago will namo the board of directors. The meeting then adjourned. Scaling nloney fcrom tho Malls. John J. Chase, a young man well con nected, who has been in the New York postoffico for the past two years at Sta tion G as assorting clerk, was arrested for stealing money from letters which passed through his hands. Complaints had been received for soma timo past from people who said their letters had been tampered with and money taken from them. A watch was kept on Chaso, and marked money letters deposited were missed Thursday morning. When he went to breakfast ho was followed by postoffico detectives and arrested Ho broke away from them and ran lor several blocks, the officers firing shots iu tho air from their revolvers to frighten him. He was finally run down, however, and taken before" a United States commissioner. Hero he waived examination and was committed to jail to await tho action of the grand jury. The marked money was found in his possession. Criminal Calendar. Florence Morris, a notorious woman, committed suicide Thursday at Wilming ton, N. C, by shooting herself through the head. Her sister, a woman of similar character, committed suicide a short time since. August Geeks, a German, about 35 years of age, recently discharged from tho army on account of disability, committed suicide at Washington, D. C., on Wed nesday night by taking twelve grains of cyanide of potassium. George W. Traughber was on Thursday at Taylorsville, 111., sentenced to be hang ed on January 14 for the murder of James McKinney, October 28, 1881. Ho pleaded guilty, stating that ho was intoxicated at the time of the crime. Joe Ross, colored, who murdered F. McDowell, at Camden, 8. 0., on Thanks giving Day, was killed on Wednesday night at Ivey's mill, in Lancaster county, S. C, by Ferryman Alonzo Huntley, who attempted to arrest him and was resisted. 1 errlble Storm In Great lfrltaln. Telegrams from various parts of the United Kingdom report a snow storm of unusual severity. Traffic on the railway in many districts has been almost sus pended. A train was snowed up all nipht at Cheshire, and the twelve passengers suffered acutely. Telegraphic communica tion between London and Glasgow is totally interrupted. Elsewhere messages are greatly delayed. Many wrecks around the coast are reported. At Oldham and neighboring parts of Lancashire county the storm has not been equaled in thirty years. Heavy loss has bscn caused in many places. Joe Cobnrn Keleased Prom Sins Slog. JoeCoburn, tho pugilist was released from Sing Sing on Thursday. A largo number of his friends were there to escort him to New York where he had a recep tion. Oa March C, 1877. ho was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years for shooting au'd -dangerously wounding Policemen Tobias and Jerfies iu front of bis saloon. October 11, 187C. Three and one half years commutation time for good behavior would have brought his release next August, but the governor commuted the ! remaining nine months. I Victims ol Steamboat Kaclng. Frank Holt, of Chattanooga ; William Freitus, aged 1G years, and Sarah Young (colored), who were badiy scalded by tbo explosion on tho Morning Star, near New Orleans, havo since died of the accident, but five are now living. It is stated that the Morning Star was racing with tho Sunbeam when the explosion occurred. Frightfully IStirucd 'Willi 1'uwUer. Two sons of Thomas McCarler, aged G and 10 years, living near Hog Follow, Lawrence county, rubbed rock powder over their facss on Wednesday. They afterward veut near the fire.whcn the powder buincd, inflicting terrible injuries upon tbo younger and killing tho elder. raurder at a Mexican Wedding. At a Mexicau wedding feast at Saballe, near Las Vegas, Francisco Notan, a drunken guest, shot and killed two broth era named Royal), and then went home and cut oft his wifo's ear?. Ho was arrest ed. There is some talk of lynching him. FiHli Stoiy. A duck which was shot on tho river at Couueilsvilloby George Eldred, immedi ately disappeared beneath the surlaeo of tho water. The same day a pike weighing twenty-live pounds was taken from the tho river and in his stomach was found the missing duck. Hurled lu tlie Kiilnu. An unfinished building belonging to tho Boston, Honsac Tunnel and Western rail road company was blown down at Meckan icsvillc, Ncav York, on Wednesday, and yvstciday tho dead body of Patrick Dono van, a ruihuad laborer, w.i found in the ruins. :liorl in Hit'. iiccmiiilM. J. J. Jopliu, teller of tho St. John (Nr. H.), branch of Halifax banking company, is short $1,000 in iiisaceouiUs, lio ob tained leave of absence to visi- Boston and has not returned. Settling TJioir l)illVrcr.:cp. Tho Lusters' union at Montreal has conceded the right to manufacturers to employ whoever they pleas?. A commit tee of men has been appointed to meet aud scttlo tho matter with the managers. ITrozDii to Deittb. Michael Ellard and James King lost their way iu Wednesday night's storm and wero found frozen to death near Breton, Ont.. Thursday morning. a kaio or i;oi:i:hu3. Two Tlucven Make Their Appearance Jjenr Alustnrifonvillti Oilier I'laco-i Visited. J.ititz ltccord. On Saturday evening between 7 and 3 o'clock two men made their appeaiauco on tho promises of John Brandt, uearMas tersonvilb. Thoy called to Mr. Urandt to comoout, who without fuither thought, proceeded to open tho door. He had part ly opened it, when ho hoard somo one outside say, " Prcp.iro youreolf, he's coin ing." Iu a second he realized the situa tion, closed tho door, locked it, and ex tinguished the light in the room. With a dark-lantern iu their possession, tho men held it to tho window aud fired two revol ver shots into tho room, oue ball striking the stovo. Mrs. Brandt, terribly fright ened, screamed as loud ar. the could. A voice f i om the outside told iter not to be alarmed ; that they would do her no harm. Mr. Brandt in tho meantime se cured his gun, located the rascaln as well as ho could from tho inside, and shot, when instantly theic wasagioan. This settled them and they weie heard no more. Next morning an examination was made. It was found that tho cap of a lantern was completely lidd'ed with bhot. Two horses were also missing, but weio found in a field on the premises of Christian Good, while one ol the bridles was picked up on tho road near Milton Grove. Near Milton Grove that night the samo paity, it is supposed, stole a hoiso and buggy belonging to a young man who was visiting a lady friend, lie heard .some movements outside, and on going to see, heard the couvcyauca rapidly moving oil'. Supposing the horsu had broke loose, he followed, expecting to find him along tho way, but failed to learn anything at all of his horse or buggy up to tho time this report reached us. After the would bo robber.-! left the premises of Mr. Brandt they wcro seen by Sir. Cover, who says thoy. were leading ono horse and tho two men were on the other korco'i, back, which seemed to indicato that Brandt's guu shot took ef fect. In last week's Jtccojd we mentioned brielly that thieves had cnteted the Union hotel on Monday night of last we.?k aud stolen a five gallon keg of brandy. It sccnis the samo party did not go fir, but waited until the following night, when further depredations were committed. On Tues day night thoy broke iu the Forge school house near tho Speedwell mil's, but took nothing. Thence they proceeded to the farm of Christian Brub.ikor, near the Speedwell mills, where a horse apd car riage were taken out of a barn and driven down near Millway, where the carriage was found a total wreck with tho horse unhitched near by. In tho snow at Bru- baker's were marks of a keg coi respond ing to tuo brandy keg taken at Lnionville, and this is what furnished a clue to the supposition that it wa? the same party. TUG I.UMAUUL.ATK CONCEFTIO:. Au Important feast Day In tne C.itlmllc Cnurcli. Few feasts of tho Catholic church aro hold in higher esteem and none appeal more strongly to the tender sentiments of tho human heart than tiiat of the Immacu late Conception, which is celebrated by the Catholics throughout the world to-day. As its name cmplies, it is the commemo ration of tho great fact that the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of God, was conceived and born into'tho world without the stain of original sin. For centuries it has been a matter of belief among pious souls, but it was not formally defined as an article of faith until Dec. 8, 1834, when Pius IX, with the unanimous assent of the greatest theologians of the church, proclaimed it as a necessary doctrine of belief. At St. Mary's. church the Blessed Yirgiu's altar was handsomely adorned with llowers and evergreens, and a handsome new carpet laid withiu tho sanctuary was a noticea ble feature in the dccDration. The day is also remarkable as bciug the occasion for tho renewal of the vows of the Sisters cf Charity, which ceremony took place at an early hour this morning in tho private chapel of the Sisters' home on South Queen street. The vesper service at St. Mary's church will be at 7:30 this evening. Similar service wero hold in thn other Catholic churches. Damages Demanded for Three Daughter. A sensation was created in court at Reading on Thursday by the appearanco of Johu Henry, a well-to-do farmer, ac companied by his three young and hand some daughters, in whose behalf he has entered thrco separate suits against as many young men for compensation for blasting their lnp?s and happiness. The young women aru blondes, were fashion ably attired, aud attracted considerable attention. The cases of tho elder sisters, Amanda and Amelia, were at once pro ceeded with. The defendants are Edwin Leitz aud Monroe Leiby (cousins), of Lehigh county. The father of the sifters claims several dollars damages. The courtroom was crowded, and tho three girls wcro of course, the centre of attraction. EDUCATIONAL. MEKY15U OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. Keorgunizitlon or German School Ullls I'.tld Treasurer's Bond Approved City Superintendent's iceport Teachers Elected. Tho board of directors of Lancaster city school district held a stated meeting in common council chamber last evening. The following named members were pre sent : Messrs. Baker, Bronemau, Brosius Brown. Byrne, Carpenter, Coshrau. Darin-s-totter, Eberman, Evans, Gast, Haas, Heir, Johnston, Marshall, McComsey, McL'ouomy. Morton, Oblendtr. Raub, Reimennydcr, Rhoad?. Richards, Ring wait, Saiuon, Schwebol. Slaymaker, E. G. Snyder, Spurrier, Warfel, Christiau Zecher, Geo. W. Zscher, Levergood, pre sideut. Mr. McComsey, from the superintend ing committee, presented the fallowing report : To the Prahlcnt and Mcmbct x of Lancaster CUy School Jioaril .- Gr.NTLEMEX : Your committee, to whom was referred the , proponed change in 3Ir. Matz's school, submit the following report : This school, as at present organized, in cludes nearly all the grades of a ombiued primary aud secondary school, and all study both English and Gcrmau. This fact necessitates a subdivision ot the time into periods too short as well as too large a number of classes to be taught with ad vantage by tho present number (fhree) of tcachLis, especially so since a pnitiou of Professor Ma's' a time is occupied in the high schools. Temporary relief may, of course, ha allbrdcd by tho appointment of an additional teacher of tho school ; but it vou!d only bo temporary, as tho con tinued admission of- primary childtcu would si. 11 continue to u.iusc confusion and eventually necessitate auother increase of the teaching forco. Witlr the view, theietore, of properly grading and systematizing our German schools, as well as to increase their ciSi cieucy and secure the best, results from their operation, your committee respect fully recommend, first, that Mr. Matz's school bo made exclusively a secondary school for the .study of English and Ger man ; second, that hereafter no children ot the primary grade shall bo admitted to said school; third, that the primary children now in Mr. Matz's school be removed to that ol which Miss Zucrchcr is principal, where theco aro nor. only two teachers, and, fourth, that an additional teacher, quali fied to teach German, bo employed to teach the German primary department, to bo thus established in Miss Zuercher's school. With these changes it is believed wo shall have a complete system of German sshools, properly graded and adequate to tho demand, as wo shall then have two primaric.i, ono in tho oast and ono in tho west, as feeders to tho secondary school ; whence tho3a who qualify themselves aru transferred to tho high school.-!, where tho study of German may bo continued. Wm. McComhey, C. Keimessxydeu, LUTHEIl KlCIIAKDS, JOHN II. WAllFEIi. Wsr. A. Moktox. Lancasteij, Dec. 7,18S2. Hills l'n'd. Mr. Evans, from the finance coraiaitteo, presented the following bills which, hav ing been approved, wero ordered to bo paid : J. B. Lippcuco'f, for books, ehast, &c, $100.30; Dorwarr, Benedict & Co., form pairing blachhoaids, iil.tJj ; Mrs. Coa stcin, lor cleaning and scrubbing school outhouses, i'j ; Henry Haverstick, for corncobs, $7 ; Myers & McLain, repairing heaters for high school, 3.21 ; A. A. Hubloy, glycerine, glue, fcs.f $1.03 ; Eli 11. Powl, omnibus hire, 63 ; Thomas B. Cochran, legal services, $27.73 ; Steinman & HeussI, advertising aud printing, $10.73 ; Jaecb Rothcrmel, brushes, &c, $1.00 : F. Lawis Noll, brcoras, $3 ; Wm. 11. Batemau, work on blackboard.1), $4.05 ; Pennsylvania School Journal, subscription, $43.75 ; Geo. II. Smith, kindliug wood, $1 ; Fliun & Willson, mdzs., $134.90. Treasurer's Bond. Mr. Eyans presented also tho official bond of Win. O. Marshall, treasurer elect, with D. P. Locher, John B. Good and Geo. A. Marshall as sureties in the sum of $30.000. Tho bond was approved. Mr. Johnston, from the book committee reported verbally that Prof. Glover, teacher of languages in the boys' high school, asked that tho German woik, en titled -'Studicii und Plaudcreieu" be adopted as a reader for the class in Ger man iu the hiuh school. He iuoved that it be referred to the committee on text books lor further examination, and that they bo instructed to report to the board. Mr. Slaytnakcr, from tho property com niittee, asked permission to havo new springs placed on the doors of the Lemon street school houses. Granted. Mr. Slaymaker fuither reported that tho new school building ou New street was progressing satisfactorily, and asked that tho committee bo authorized to ad vertise for proposals for school furniture for the same. The monthly report of the city superin tendent was read as follows : Lancaster P.i Dec. 7, 132. To I lie Jiourd of School Directors .- Gkxtj.emex. : Your city superintendent presents the following report of the pub lie schools for tho month of November. The whole number of pupils enrolled was : Iu the high schools, 231 ; iu tho secondary. 1,108 ; in tho primary, 1,987 ; total, 3,309. The avcrago attendance was : In the high schools, 222 ; iu the secondary, 91(2 ; in tho primary, 1,703 ; total, 2.917. Tho average percentage was 89. Tho attendance in the night school, was 94 in the male and 47 in tho female, with an average attendance of .75 and 36 re spectively. The teachers report 71 visits made by directors as follows : II. R. Breneman, 4 ; W. A. Morion, 14 ; C. Schwcbel, 4 ; W. McComsey. 7 ; II. E. Slaymaker, 10 ; Dr. M. L. Heir, 1 ; J. M. Johnston. 4 ; A. J. Snyder, 0 ; E. J. Snyder, C ; C. Zecher, 1 ; F. W. Ilais 3, and Jos. Samson, 5. They also report 100 visits made by the city superintendent. Very respectfnlly, your obedient ser vant, R. K. Bceiikle. The amendment to tho by laws proposed by Mr. Hartman were read a second time, and laid over, under tho rules. Mr. McComsey moved the adoption of tho foregoing report of tho superintending committee. Mr. Warfel at somo length ;ave a his tory of tho German-English school under the management respectively of Profs. Stciumuller and Matz, and explained his reasons for opposing a hasty adoption of the proposition made two months ago to reorganiz3 tho sihoil He asscited that under Mr. Matz's mana gement thc.school had not hceu satisfac tory in some respects ; that somo of the chauges made hastily by tho board had been expensive and had not worked well ; and he alleged that the principal cause ot complaint was Mr. Matz's too frequent absenco from tho school. But as that trouble will now ceaso, and as there is a growing demand among our German population for increased facilities for in struction iu German, and wo would lose the German intlucnco in favor of common school education if this i3 not granted, he would givo the report of the superintend ing committeo his support. Mr. McComsey defended tho report of the committee and Mr. Matz's manage ment of the schosl. Ho eulogized Mr. Steinmullcr, but declared that the school taught by aim was not to bo compared with the school taught by Mr Matz, which has grown in numbers and become so unweildyas to necessitate the division asked for, aud an increase in the teaching force. The report of tho superintendent waS then consideied item by item and it was adopted. Election ot Teachers.. Tho board proceeded to elect an addi tional teacher for the German school as provHed for in the superintending com mittee's report. Miss Mary Acmus and Miss Louisa Miller were placed iu" nomi nation. .Miss Acmus received tho en dorsement of tho superintending commit tee and the city superiutendent. 'Mr. Evans demanded that tho certifi cates of the applicants bo produced. Each member of tho board was entitled to see them, and jnclgo for himself which of them is best fitted for tho position, and not be forestalled by the report of a com mittce. Tho certificates not being before tho board, on motion of Mr. Brosius, the ci;y superintendent was authorized to mark on the abstracts of them in the hands of tho secretary their rclativo proficiency in German. A vote.was then taken and Miss Acmus was elected. Tho resignation ol Clarence Y. Liehty, principal of the Eist Lemon street main secondary school was presented and ae ccpted. Messrs. A. R. Stamy, II. W. Yillo, II. N. Mohler and W. E. B.iituu, were nom inated as candidates to fill tho vacancy. A vote bciug taken, 3Ir. Stamy was elected. Mr. Slaymaker moved that tho propeity committeo be instrue'i"! to procure school furniture lor tin Ni-w stiVet school hou.e. Mr. Waiful moved to amend, by in structing thf committee to procure furni ture for only two of I ho four rooms iu tho building, us lu helipvi d the other two rooms wouid not bo nenltd for two or three je;rs. Tho amendment was agiccd to aud tho motion as amended adopted. Mr. Brosius movad that tho matter of procuring geographical charts for us- in tho schools be referred to tho committee ou furniture and apparatus. Agreed to. On motion, Miss Georgio Baudot was given permission to close her school at 10 o'clock Friday to enable the pupils to at tend au exhibition for which thiy havo been preparing. An invitation to the board to attend a school oxerciso to bo given in Mivs Kato Bundel's school on the 20th inst., was re ceived and accepted. Adjourned. :vi;ut ok cujLiiuN i-l.i-:a.s. Cases Dlnponed ofaiut Tlmi on Till. JIEFOUK .JUDdi: LIVINGSTON. Peter and Katharine Kasterliner, for tl.o use of tho latter, .vs. Johu Rolaud, tenant, and Kunegunda and Jacob Menge, was at tached. This wa an actioa to recover a lot of ground with l'raino hous on Front btrcet in Marietta. Tho evideuce for tho piaiutiif showed that Katharine purchased this property from D. G. Baker, esq., tor $700 ; She paid $100 down and tho remain dcr iu installments. In 1873 she received the deed which was given subject to a mot t gago which cho extinguished in 1878. Sho rented tho property, aud received the money from the time she got poshes.sio:i. Iu 1879. Georgo Smith brought a suit against Peter Kasicrlincr, and judgment being obtained against him, execution w.is isoued. This property was sold by tho shcritrou this execution, as the prop.-rty of lV.ter Kasterliner. At tho time of tho Ealc, uotice was given that it was owned by Catherine. Kunogund.i Meugo was tho purchaser, and she took possession under tho sheriff's deed, and rented it tt Roland. Titlo was proven through seve ral transfcis, aud testimony was present ul to substantiate the other allegations of plaintiff. The defenso asked for a non suit because tha evidence of tho plaintiff had shown r.o title outside of tho commonwealth. Tlrs motion being disallowed the defenso ashed for avordict in their favor. This tho court dccliued to do, tho defense except ing. Under tho instructions of the court tho jury found in favor of the plaintiff, asst iag the damages at sx cents with six cent.s cost?. David Bair vs. John Flory, replevin for sixty-one shawls of the value of $23'.. In this case it appeared that tho plainli!! and Mrs. Carol iue Bair own tho s tor J on East King street occupied by the former. Ou January 1, $87.50 rent was due from the plaintiff to Mrs. Caroline Bair ; sho made a demand for the rent aud plaintiff refused to pay it, claiming a set off for re pairs ; Mrs. Bair th.:n is.-nod a landlord's warrant, which was put into the hands of John Flory ; he seized (il shawls, valued at $250, at plaintiff's store ; the plaintiff then replcviucd tho goods in Floor's hands hence tho action. The- plaintiff offered to prove that ho had mado rep-ih.s in the store to tho amount of $G5. Ti:u defenso objected aud tho court disallowed the oiler. Verdict for defendant for valu of shawls and $87.50 rent duo llUFOItR .tUOOE rATTEKSON. John Abraham Sprenger and Adaliuo Sprengcr, his wife, for tho use of said Adaliuo Sprenger vs. Win. Hatzlii-Id, issue to try by a jury the light to certain property levied upon by the sheriff, which property is now claimed by Mrs. Adahi:o Sprenger. This case was attached yester day afternoon and this morning J. A. Sprenger was examined. While his testi mony was being heard tbo counsel in tho caso stated to tho court that they hadjj information that II. S. Kraybill, ono of the v jurors, bad been talked to by a witness in tho case, named Adam Sprcss last evening alter the adjournment of court. Tho juror stated that he Lad been talked !, but he did not wish to listen to the mai: and hurried away from him Sprcss was called and he admitted having talked to the juror ; he said he had never been in court be: ore aud ho did not know that M: . Kraybill was a member of the jury. It appeared that the man bad acted innocent ly in the affairbut tho court and counsel thought it was sufficient cause to coitfmmt tho case. A juror was withdrawn and t ho case continued. Divorced. Landelino Palmer, of this city, was di voiced from his wife, Leah Palmer, on Hie grounds of adultery. A COLD NlliHT. The City ramps frozen Dp. Last uiht was the coldest of the reason, the mercury having fallen almcst to zero. Tho city reservoir, tho Conestoga and neighboring streams aro all closed by ice. At the city water works a good deal or trouble was occasioned. The creek is very low, and the suddenness with which tho weather changed from warm to cold had tho effect of freezing up tho inlets to tho pumps, compelling a cessation of work !a-t night. The pipes bave been thawed out thU morning and the pumps are again at work. Tho standpipo in the city reservoir is a mass of ice, and the spray blown from the top of it formed a mass of ice upon the telephone wire, connecting the reserv n and the city mill, of stiftu'ieut weight to break the wire and for a time destroy tho connection. Tho store windows in all parts of the city are beautifully decked with the handiwork of Jack Frost. - Can such Thins He. Philadelphia Times. Some of the far sighted Republican poli ticians of Lancaster have concluded that Postmaster Marshall has outlived bis use fulness to them, and aro talking of sup planting him with Major Elwood Griest, of tho Lancaster Inquirer. bl il Ifc
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