LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE K TUESDa , JANUAKY 2. 183. SUurastcr Intelltgcncrt. TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 2, 18e3. The Speakership. The Democrats of the Ileuse have de c ared their confidence in Mr. Faunce by naming him speaker by a large ma ma jer.ty. By his parliamentary experience hi is the best qualified man in the Heuse t j preside ever it, and this was a priir.i priir.i CDUsideratien in naming the speaker. It h a place of great difficulty, which re quires knowledge and special adaptation of character te successfully Oil. Net long age the Democrats, being in a majority, selected an inexperienced man for speaker, and suffered severely for it. They will net thus suffer under Mr. Faunce, whom we de net doubt will discharge his duty properly in all its re lations, and in accord with the pre neunced spirit of the party and the times. It does net require a great deal of sagacity te keep a public man in the straight path in these days. His course is plainly marked out for him, and then is no crooked turn in it. -In the present revolution the people are up. Democracy has asserted itself. There is no danger of present trouble from bosses. The vig ilance which is the price of liberty is aroused, and the rights of the people are reasonably safe in any intelligent hands. There is no politician se dull as net te read the popular impulse and te recog nize its strength, nor se obstinate and foolish as te refuse te heed it. Even Senater Cameren has come te appreciate it, and when he is taught everyone else must have learned. The Republican senators did net even venture en a cau cus ; which has heretofore been a fun damental party institution and the fulcrum of the bosses. Though the Stalwart senators are in tin majority they did net assume te coerce the votes of the Independents upon the theory, which has all along been held te b9 a political axiom, that it was their political duty te yield te the voice of the majority of their party associates. What ever may be the outcome of the ltepub lican taugle in the Senate, the people of the slate may congratulate- themselves that their interests are safe. It does net particularly matter te them whether Stalwart or Independent irets the upper hand in the struggle in the Senate. A Stalwart chairman will be as innocuous as auy ether. The claws of the bosses have been cut, and for the nonce they are as innocent as lambs. It is really wonderful hew the wild beasts have disappeared from the forests, and hew peaceful the adjacent pasture fields arc in which the shepherds tend their ilecks. The wolves have put en sheeph' clothing and sheepish hearts and don't ask for anything mere than sheers1 pasture. The shepherds are having an easy time of it. Unjust Accusations. The day's chronicle h full of thu re cord of sudden deaths. Commissioner Baldwin dies in the street and another Philudelphiau dies at bin table while speaking of the death of Baldwin, his friend. The dean of the diplomatic corps dies in the White Heuse, after at tending te his duty of making the Xew Year presentation of the diplomats te the president. Gambetta's death, though net se unforeseen, still comes withsud dennesste enforce the impression of the exceeding uncertainty of life. Mr. Baldwin's death was particularly sad, since there is no room te doubt that it was immediately caused by the mental anguish te which he ha3 been subjected, under the charges against him, which were in their graver accu sations unjust te him. He was net only net a bad man, but he was really a geed one, with honest intentions and an earnest desire te de his official duty. He was chargeable with mistakes,but neL with dishonest intentions ; his death ges a great way in his defense ; for a man witha nature .-te sensitive te reproaches as his is seen te be could net well have been the persistent wrong-deer that he was charged with beimr. His death furnishes a needed warning te these who are ever ready te charge evil upon their neighbors and te believe it of them without sufficient cause. One of the great evils of the day is the habit of defamation which is current. It naturally runs strongly along in polit ical circles with the reform movement which is new en a high horse. Se much evil doing lias been uncovered in official quarters that it is readily believed te exist everywhere. The cause of reform will be injured by unjust aspersions, and there is need of greater discrimination. The newspapers especially will be sure te come under the harrow of an indig nant public sentiment that will make them smart, if they are net mere careful te be sure of their spicy items of per sonal information before they print them. The death of Gambetta is assumed te lessen the chance of the stability of the republican government of France, probably because he was its recognized champion. But if it is se lightly founded that the death of one man can at all affect it, then it was tee lightly built te liave been of long endurance had he lived. The French people are net trusted as geed republican material, since they have failed te cling te their repub lican liberty when they had it in posses sion. Quite possibly the dissolution of the French republic only awaits the man and the hour ; but both arc likely te be sometime in coming. P. Gray Meek, who has been selected as the clerk of the Heuse, is an excellent choice. He is the editor of the Belle Belle fente Watchman, one of the best news papers in the state, and is a man of much force aud geed judgment. He may be relied upon te see that the duties of his office are discharged efficiently and hen. estly. He is a much superior man te the I . . ordinary run et legislative ellicers, and will adorn the clerkship rather than fce adorned by it. jtAmbetta died lrem the result of a pistol shot wound lninenand, mysten- euslv received. It is said there was :i Tcnmnn in if. sr.mfiwhfirfi nnrl if-, is f - .... . ' , improbable, as great men are weak men, and French great men particularly. PERSONAL, Mi:. W. H. Vaxdebbilt will sail en Saturday next for Havana. He has told an interviewer that it is a kind of Gilpin excursion. He is en pleasure bent. i Governer Butler's " inauguration dinner " will be given by the Massachu setts Democratic state central committee . en the 8th intant, the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. Maurice Peirsen, the young pupil of Cabanel, whose death is announced, was ' ene of the most premising rising artists of France, and was held m high esteem ny , an uis icnew proiessienai cemniucs. ( Bjerksterne Bjokxsen believes that j 1ia will livft te a. verv old aire. His famiiv is noted for longevity. His grandfather lived te be one hundred years old aud re tained all his faculties te the last. Senater Legan, after making a three hours' speech the ether day, attended a dinner party, and then, at midnight, was of the lightest, brightest and most grace ful of dancers of the lancers. Miss Mitchell, daughter of the ex senator from Oregon, is ene of the most beautiful young ladies in Washington. At a recent german she were a combination of white satin aud tulle looped with clus ters of snowballs. Prikce Aiusl'eawa expects te sail from San Francisce te Japan en the 9th inst. He summed up his impressions of Araer ica for the bencht of a Chicago reporter, with the remark : " Yours is a great coun try and we have only the little island of Japan." Miss M. C. Themas, of Baltimore, has wen at tne university of Zurich the de gree of doctor of philosophy, "sumina cum laude," the highest honor ever grant ad there. She received her elementary education in Baltimere and afterwards graduated at Cernell university. Gen. W. II. Ecter, who died at Tex arkana a few days age, was a man of im portance en New Year's day just twenty years age. Then he realized, as he tied up his wounds, that with Barnes and Mc Nair, he hat? just routed a grand array, chasing thousands through the cedars of Stene's river. Princess Louise has regular features, a fine complexion and superb shoulders, and has little or no resemblance te the old royal family, but a geed deal te the house of Saxony. She has quick wit, line in slincts, is very iiupulbive and very self denying. She has as decided a talent for housekeeping as for the line arts, in whose practice she excels. Mm:. Nilsson's tour west of the .Mis sissippi certainly has been successful. On her return from San Francisce she was given a reception at Denver aud that re re re coptien was outdone by a later wclcome at Kausas City. " See, the singing hero ine comes !" might have been marked in red ink across the issue of the Kausas City Times, which gave up a whole page te the chat about the prima denna. Sionei: Yerdi, the veteran composer, intends te feuitd at Busscte, in his native statoef Parma, a hospital for the relief of the suffering peer. The nearest establish ment of the kind is at Piacenza, seme miles away, and Mek or injured people en their way thither have frequently died from exhaustion. The new hospital will be called the Ospedale Verdi, and will be supplied by the founder with the neces sary furniture, appliances, and medical stoics. t'LEVJiLAXD IN OlfrJCE. The Inauguration Ceremonies at Albany The Executive's AailrenH. The inauguration of Governer Cleveland, of New Yerk, at Albany, drew a large number et spectators te the capital Mon day. It had been announced that the for mality of cards of admission would be dis pensed with, but ihe throng in the budd ing was se great long before the hour set for the inauguration, that a cheek was at tcmptedJiy a Jato and imperfect issuance of the ticket necessitated the cm. pleyinent of an additional force of policemen, but unsuccessfully. At 10 o'clock the corridors and lobbies begau te fill and a grand rush was made for the Senate chamber the seanc of the proposed ceremonies. Knets of policemen were stationed at, every elevator aud stairway and at each of the several entrances te the Seuate chamber aud its galleries, but despite the efforts looking toward discrim ination the assemblage was imposed with the previously promulgated idea of infor mality, aud as a consequence countrymen with pantaloons in boettops cinshed p.tst the bewildered deiirguaids, while the latter were parleying with well-known senators, assemblymen and officials, who in many cases gained entrance only after uuimpeachable proofs of identity. At 11 o'clock the galleries were crowded, the aisle steps being utilized for scats. The lloer of the chamber at this time was also well-filled and the space allotted te the incoming celebrities was being trespassed upon. There were present many bnlliaut ly dressed ladies. Miss Cernell, Mrs. Adju tant General Famswerth and daughter and ethers were seated en the left of the pres ident's desk. Auditor Place, Attorney General Itussell, Superintendent of Public Works Dutcher, Docter David Murray, Secretary of the Beaul of Kegeuts ; ex Adjutant General J. B. Woodward, ex Judge Advocate Gcueral Charles Hughes, W. S. Bissel, Governer Cleveland's law partner, and prominent senators and mem bers of the Assembly were also scattered here and there. At ten minutes past eleven o'clock cries of " hats off"' wure heard in the main corridor aud policemen quickly niade a passageway through the swaying crowd which blocked up themaiu entrance. Superintendent ei the Capitel Eaten appeared, conducting Rev. Geerge W. Dean, chaplain of the Senate, who was clad in an Episeepaliau robe. Behiud them came Governer Cernell and Gever nor-elect Cleveland arm in arm, followed by their respective executive aud military staffs. In front of the clerk's desk the parties separated Governer Cor Cer nell advanced te the right aud Governor Governer elect Cleveland te the left. The chaplain mounted te the president's desk followed by the governor:;, the staff being se dis posed that the aids-dc-cainp met in the centre of the lloer, thus forming an ollipse. All this was neatly effected, aud the scene as the chaplain elfered prayer, was im pressive. The gay uniforms of the new staff, duplicates of these of the old, were worn with grace and dignity, and the per sonnel of the incoming compared favor ably with that of theso whose oflice was new expiring. At the conclusion of the invocation secretary of state, Jeseph B. Carr, advanced and administered te Mr. Cleveland the oath of office. Mr. Clove Cleve laud made a firm response, aud became a governor. SMaure.1;. Sevouiy-One Deaths in Week. Uuliimore Last Sinallpe is said te be very prevalcut in the castcra and southern sections of Balti Balti Balti eoeo, but is confined principally te locali ties bordering en the river freuts. Seventy-one deaths from smallpox were reported for the week ending last Satur day. Monday a case occurred in the city jail, aud after a meeting of the beard of visitors, ever three hundred prisoners con- uueu ler miner euen.es were discharged. The general impression is that the preva -uw w& - wf a. vivujvj TTUiu uifi.i . I iri-ii leuce et tne disease is owing te the ineffi ciency and negligence of the health department. Au .Editor' Accidental Heath. Selma, Ala., was shocked by the sudden death, Monday morning, through an ever "ose el chloroform, of jur. Harry W. MS11' " CUlter 01 IIIO jyermng Ifll A. 1?i . .- J-imcs. lie was a brilliant young writer and was regarded as ene of the best local editors in the Seuth. A WOMAN'S CRIMES. liOKlilliLK UEATHBtU CONFESSION. Aotinewledglug T hat She Killed Her Flrat uu-tband, her Child, a Mae, and Tried, te Kill Her Present Husband. Mrs. Emma Stillwell, who lies en her deathbed in Waterford, Ohie, has made a most remarkable confession of crime. She states that she assisted in the murder of her first husband and child ; that she at tempted her second husband's life, and that she killed a transient boarder in the family. The confession, which was taken down from her lips, is se horrible that but for corroborating testimony it would seem mero like the faucy of a diseased mind than a story of real life. The invalid, Emma Stillwell, arrived at the home of her husband's father, F. M. Stillwell, at Waterford, Nev. 13, suffering from lung disease, accompanied by her infant child, nine months old. Her condition rapidly becoming worse, her husband, a freight conductor en the Chicago, Burlingteu & Quincy railroad, at Ottumwa, Iowa, was telegraphed for and arrived home en the seventh. On the Sunday following the wife informed him that, knowing herself te he a dying woman, she had a confes sion te make, and imploring his pardon related her horrible tale. She said and has repeated the statement since, that before her acquaintance with her husband she was married when fifteen years old at Maryville, Nedbury county, Me., te Ben Swigert, te whom she had two children, Iu Marcu, leif, assisted by her brether, Chester Heard, and her mother, she murdered her husband, whom they believed te have had considerable money. They were arrested for the crime, but were discharged for lack of cvidcuce, the general belief being that Swigert came te his death in a drunken fit. After the death of her husband the family kept a bearding house at Maryville for seme time, and a few months after the first murder the same trio murdeicd a transient boarder, whose name she was unable te recollect. She told what dispo sition was inade of the body, saying that it was thrown into a deep ravine near the town where it was found nearly a year later, but that they were unsuspected of the crime. She married her present husband, thou a brakeman en the Kansas, St. Jee and Council Bluff's railway, in January, 1878, the family seen after removing te Rule, Nebraska, where she confesses that in May, 1880, she strangled their fourtcen-months-old baby named Gertrudc, by the assistance of her aunt, a woman named Betsey Sumstine, for the reason that it was sickly and she thought she would have mere liberty if it was dead. She do de scribed hew the horrible deed was accom plished, the aunt making a strong tea from peach leaves, which she poured down the baby's threat, while the unnatural mother held the baby, assisting iu its death by strangling it with her hand. Mrs. Stillwell further informed her her rifled husband of making three different attempts te take bis life, the object being te obtain a small insurance he was carry ing in her favor, and related details which leave no doubt iu his mind that his life was saved each time by the merest acci dent. The husband bere the terrible secret as long as he was able. Then en Tuesday last four of the best men of the neighborhood, including a minister and a justice of the peace, were called in aud the confession repeated te them, the wife signing the statement. The mother of the woman received fatal injuries in a railroad accident in March, 1881, while traveling from Itule te Ottumwa, the wife sayt, for the avowed purpose of con cen con cectiug a plan te kill her present bus band. A letter was received by Mr. Stillwell from Chester Heard, the woman's brother dated December 20, in which he expressed the utmost anxiety te knew if his sister was dead, and if she had told anything about him, saying he could nut rest until he heard. The woman is very weak aud can scarcely speak abeve a whisper, and when lequcstcd te lcpeat her story te a correspondent was greatly alarmed, fear ing that officers weic present te arrest her. Upen being assured that they were friends she again related her story and declared it te be true in every particular. SHOT ilVA POLICEMAN. 1 .-(changing Shots With Vcllew-Ullk-ci-H r the KusK '.TiviLiis' Victim. At 12 o'eleck Monday night a mau ap peared at the Tenth district station house, Philadelphia, te which Officer Jarvis, the victim of the Rusk twins, belengs, and calling the sergeant of police eutside in formed him that a man en Frent street had presented a ceuple of revolvers at his head aud asked him if he was a policeman. Upeub.iiig told no he replied : " It is geed you are net." The sergeant warned the officers aud before they reached Frent street they heard shots fired. Sub-officer Mulvey was fired upon and only saved his life by dropping down behind a hurse trough. I he efhears hastened te the spot and, a3 they approached, bullets began te whizz about their heads. They fired in return, Officer Mulvey's shots wounding the niau.in the back and leg. The officers eventually succeeded in surrounding and overpowering the man, who was found te be Jehn Ceughlhi, who gave his residence at 211 Jeffersen street. He was taken te the station, aud, being feuud intoxicated, was put into a cell and locked up, it being thought thai Ins wounds wero net danger eus, ceughmi is ituewu te the pelice as a do?jt.'iate character. About ene ye.u- age he aud " Reddy " MeCarty wure arrested for the part they took in a stabbing affray at Second and Master streets, in which four or five men were wounded. It is iuoie generally believed, however, that Mulvey was mistaken for Officer Jarvis, en whose beat he was and for whom he was acting as a substitute. The report, it is said, get around that Jarvis was sufficiently cured te rcsume work. A MUROKltEK lUOlSlSKU. Xaken I'ren the Jail at Tazeweil Court Heuse and Middled With isuliets. Information has just reached Abington, Va., that Bluferd Smith, colored, was taken from the jail at Tazewell Court Heuse last Saturday night by a mob aud riddled with bullets. On Saturday, Do De CMiibcr 24. Smith and a young white man Chailes Kinser, had a dispute about a woman. The negre drew a knife and slabbed Kinser several limes. Although fearfully wounded Kinzcr made a desper ate effort te defend himself. He drew a pistol and followed the assailaut some distance, but fell te the ground from the less of bleed aud died shortly afterwards. Smith attempted te escape, but was ar rested by Mr. Jenkins, the editor of the Jeffersenville Z'imcs. The murder created intense excitement and threats of lynching tne negre were ircciy indulged in. Satur day nighc about half-past one" a mob visited the jail. While seme of their number attracted the attention of the jailer the balance of the crowd secured their prisoner and made off with him. The wife of the jailer discovered what had been done and followed the crowd a short distauce, firing a pistol in her efforts te slop the mob. Finding that they were about te be frustrated, the lynchers emp tied the contents of their revolvers into the body of the murderer. Three balls struck Smith, producing fearlul wounds. The negre survived until 5 o'clock Sunday morning, when he died. A YOU SO ItlOTitDIt'fc CKUIK. Centesslnjj te the Corener That She Dronueu Her New-ltern lniant. Maria Keyser, aged 21, a handsome young woman is employed as a nurse in J the family of Levi Dierolf, Leng Swamp1 township near Mertztown. Monday morn ing the dead body of a newly-born male child was found in a creek near Dierolf 's house. Dr. Wertz made a hydrostatic test aad found that the infant lived after birth. The coreruer and his jury visited Dierolf s heuse and went up stairs te Miss Keyst-r's bedroom. When the dead body of the child was shown her she became deeply affected and made a full confession. She said she had become a mother before day light ; that she was alene at the time ; that she walked about two hundered yards te a creek and threw the child in the water ; that it lived from the time it was born until bIie threw it in ; that she walked back te the house and went up stairs unassisted and then went te bed, where she still re mains. She w,ill be arrested when 6he can be safely removed. She makes no state ment as te the paternity of the child. 1WN1U IN A CHUlOJH. The Werk of Seme Mischievous Uejh With a Cannen Twe Feet Leng. During the height of watch-meeting services iu the Cotten street Reformed Evaugelical church at midnight, at Read ing, a panic was caused by au explosion in front of the church. A shower of broken glass fell en the congregatiea and iu a few seconds the audience room was filled with smoke. The congregation was very large, consisting mostly of women and children. They shrieked in alarm, because at the first explosion the church was shaken aud the front windows were smashed. Order was finally restored bofero any ene was tramped in the excito excite ment. It was subsequently learned that about twenty mischievous young men had backed up a cannon twe-aud-a-half feet long with a two-inch bore quite near te the front of the church. They then leaded the cannon with two pounds of powder and fired it. Owing te the force of the overcharge, the cannon was hurled with terrible force acainst the church, crack ing the wall, shaking the building aud smashing the windows. Seven of the offenders were arrested and placed under bends for court aud warrants were issued for the arrest of thirteen mero. A Ulsantceus New Year's Sulute. At Bethlehem Samuel Heuscr and sev eral members of Liberty fire company met at the hosehouso of the company before midnight Suuday night, for the purpose of firing salutes in honor of the birth of the New Year. Ilouser was armed with a Springfield rifle. Several leads had been shot off after 12 o'clock. The rille was leaded for the fourth or fifth time and Mr. Ilouser went out of the house te fire it. The rille explode! aud Mr. Heuser is minus several fingers from the left hand. The stock of the rille was shattered into spliuters aud the barrel was split and twisted. The llesh was tern from Mr. Ueuser's left hand aud his fingers blown away. A surgeon amputated a portion of the baud. He mentions JJaldwIn and Dlea. Samuel R. Lentz, 71 years old, died suddenly at the dinner table at his resi dence, 1324 Jeffersen street, Philadelphia, Monday. lie was an invalid and had been seated at the table but a few minutes, when, after making a remark about the suddenness of Commissioner Baldwin's death, he suddenly leaued back iu his chair, became uncouscieus and died befoie a physician arrived. Mr. Lentz served one term as alderman of the Fiiit ward, where he was feimerly in the grocery business, lie served as a deputy collec tor of delinquent taxes under several re ceivers of taxes and was recently reap pointed. Twe years age he was partially disabled by an apoplectie stroke. Kllled by a ffallins Window Sash. Monday morning a daughter of Perry A. Cenner, of Lackawanick township, this state, aged 11 years, was scut by her mother te the house of a near neighbor te borrow a household utensil. The neigh bors were net at home, aud all the doers being locked the child raised a window and was partly through the opening when the sash fell, striking her en the back of the neck. The blew broke her neck, and when the mother, alarmed by her long absence, went te leek for the child she found her lifeless body hanging te the wiudew. A fatal Accident. At Pottsville Christian Bjssler, thir teen years old, seu of Gabriel Res&ler, a St. Clair carpet weaver, met with instant death, Monday morning, while playing with seme frieuds at a gin iu use atashalt en Mount Hepe. The boys had weuud the gin up, and while allowing it te run down young Besslcr was struck by the handle and knocked down. II U head struck a rock se violently that his skull was fractured, and he died before he could be carricdhome. Suicide or a MitHsnclninetts !uyer. Mayer Samuel Calley, of the city of Salem, whose term of effiee expired Mon day, committed suicide Monday afternoon. He weut home about 13 o'clock and told his family he was tired and would retire te his room aud rest. His daughter went up stairs later te call him and feuud his lifeless body hanging te the banisters of the back stairs. He had served two terms as mayor and was about fifty years old. WiTe murder In New Jersey. Information has just beeu received at Eaten, of a murder committed at Oxford N. J., last week. Ou Thursday lastChas. Feley and his wife, who kept a liquor sa loon at that place, quarreled while intox icated, aud Feley struck his wife with a blunt instrument aud theu threw her down stairs. Mrs. Feley was unconscious until Saturday, when she died. Feley is in custody. lllack italletj iv in. At New Haven, Conn., City Clerk James P. Pigatt and Auditor Jehn W. Lake, who wero elected at the lale city election, and whose election was contested by Jehn II. Whiting, who claimed the clerkship, and Chas. Kimberley, claiming the position of auditor, ou account of the " black ballets," were ou Mendivy sworn into office without opposition Kimberley delivered the keys te Lake without pro pre test. Influx or Chinese Women Denied. F. A. Bee, the Chincse vice consul, de nies the report of the influx of disreput able Chincse women into Washington ter ritory from British Columbia. He says euly ene woman has se far entered this country, and she was the wite of a Port land merchant, since the restriction law went into force. He reports 20 Chincse arrivals and 5,000 depar turcs. The Ferd Urethers Flee Frem Husten. Tiie Ferd brothers, who bocaine involv ed in a scrimmage at llerticulturall hall, Bosten, en Saturday evening, did net wait te be arrested as their manager agreed they should, but left en the train for New Yerk. It is net probable that the pelice will think it worth while te bring them back. Tne Stock Yard. The receipts of cattle, lierse3, hogs aud sheep at the Lancaster stock yards from Jan. 1st te Dee. 31', 1882, as reported by Mr. James Stewart, proprietor, and Mr. J. J. Keenan, superintendent, wero as fel lows : 7,820 Cattle, 30,172 : horses, 2,920 : hess. sheep, 0,028. Unpaid Itecerds. Ex-Recorder J. P. Geed, having retired from public effiee aud being desirous of closing up his official business, has left all unpaid papers recorded by him at Aldor Alder man Spurrier's office, where these entitled te them can obtain them without extra costs, provided they lift them at once. Sent Out. Alderman Barr sent five drauks te jail for 5 days each. TOBACCO NEWS. CONDITION OF THE HOME AIAKKKT Trade Dull and Dealers Nervous New Yerk aua Philadelphia Markets The Su- . matra Scare. The condition of the Lancaster market is practically unchanged. There are but few foreign buyers here aud transactions are comparatively light. The sales in this city for the past week were between 200 and 300 cases of 1SS0 and 1S81 leaf. It is reported that Mr. A. Cellins, ef Marietta. has sold his packing of 1880 te Messrs. Spingarn, ou private terms. These are the euly sales that have beeu reported. During the late term of damp weather our farmers took from the poles large quantities of the "St leaf. Perhaps one half of the crop was taken down, and a zoedly proportion of it has been stripped. They are waiting for customers, but the customers are waiting te see what Con gress is going te de relative te remeviug the revenue tax from domestic tobacco aud placing a high import tax en foreign tobacco. Our home glowers and dealers are especially nervous regarding Sumatra tobacco, and many of them insist that a prohibitory tax should be placed upon it. The sentiments contained in the memorial presented by the tobacco dealers of this city ae largely shared by dealers and growers throughout this ceunty,aud indeed interested parties in all tobacco growing sections. They fear that the fine Sumatra leaf will drive the ecaiser American lsaf out of the mat het. Ilammerstein, of the New Yerk Tohicce Journal , is the leader in the crusade against Sumatra. In a speech made before the New England tobacco growers and dealers at Hartferd last week he said : "And new that the old time duty of 10 per cent will bedoneaway within January next, the importations of Sumatra already designed for the United States in the mouth of Jauuary next will perhaps be ue less than 10,000 cases. Small, flimsy aud diminutive looking as this Sumatra leeks it is streug enough le strangle the tobacco culture of the United States ! Yeu will be naturally eager te knew : "Why his Sumatra tobacco taken such firm held in this country ? and "What means must be adopted te crush its approaching supremacy iu the leaf trade .' ''The causes which brought about the success of Sumatra in this country were : 1. Its line colors and line texture. 2. Its cheapness compared with fine teed leaf wrappers, ene pound of the former being equal te four of the latter. 3. It needs no resweating. 4. It is bought re weighed. .1. It saves wages. "But this tobacco has no quality. Its geed leeks sell it. The American smoker as a whole is totally obvious te the quality of a cigar. He smokes because he is used te smoking, lie is nervous and restlcrs by nature When he cats he eats quickly aud without; enjoyment ; he smokes nerv ously without pleasure. Therefore as long as a cigar leeks palatable and does net eause him any inceuveuience, he is satis fied. A geed looking bad cigar attracts him ; a bad looking line cigar he abhors. Give him a handseme cigar and tell him it is imported aud he'll go into extacies ever it, though the cigar may have been made iu Kalamaze with mustard seed for fillers." The New Yerk Tobacco Leaf takes a much mero hopeful view of the situation. After summing up the importation of Sumatra tobacco for the past year it says: "The aggregate of these figures is atritle ever a million pounds!, and we appeal te grewc-s if it is net ludicrous te be con cerned about such a small item in view of the fact that our cigar and tobacco manu facturers are annually using about 80, 000,000 pounds of seed leaf. Multiply the comparative wrapping capacity of Suma tra by three or four, as may suit, and what docs the whele thing amount te ? Why, the talk and scare seem absurd te rational people. Ge en with your work of raising geed seed leaf, gentlemen growers, aud you need net trouble yourselves about any foreign competitors Sumatra, Havana, Mexican or Seuth American. Keep t6 gcther in the association you have formed aud you are and will be masters of the situation against allcemers. 'We judge Congress will be reluctant te perpetrate se gross a breach of interna tional comity as te levy a duty of ene dollar a pound en tobaccos coming from ether countries than Cuba, and leave the Cuban tobacco duty at thirty-live cents a pound. Natieual legislation must be con sistent. "In the internal revenue taxes the grower will find rather than iu competing tobac cos, the main seurce of their present grievances. The demand for their pro duct the past year has beeu unsatisfactory, net en account of Sumatra tobacco, but because of tax burdens, appprehensien aud agitation, because recent growths have net been quite up te trade require ments, and because, moreover, this has been the regularly alternating off year in the tobacco markets of the world. Last year seed leaf sold iu New Yerk te the text of 130,0 cases ; this year the sales will net exceed, probably, 93,000 cases, and the records heie for Ui past ten years show similar fluctuations." Uana' Kepert. Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. S. Gans' Seu & Ce., tobacco brokers, Ne. 131 Water street. New lerk, for the week endiue Jan. 1, 1883 : 1,300 cases 1S80, Pennsylvania, 8'(rtU; 130 cases 18S1, New England, 15()20 ; 200 cases 1881, Ohie, 37 ; 100 cases sun dries, 318. Total, 2,030 cases. NKW YOICK MAKKKT. Fur the Week Kndlne Saturday, December 30. lO A. at. U. S. Tobacco Journal. Just as the old year is about te die the trade seemingly begins te ceme te life. A geed speculative movement has set in, which certainly shows that there exists confidence in the future of the market. While the transactions were net very large inquiries were numerous. Fer old stock especially a strong demand is shown, and wherever old goods are offered at reason able figures a buyer can be secured. It is claimed that these transactions are net remunerative te the sellers. But when ene takes into consideration the stagna tion iu manufacturing circles and the inroads Sumatra has been making, the prices obtained are better than was te be expected. There exists every reasonable prospect that very seen a high duty will check the Sumatra doluge and ence mere cenfine the demands of the trade and public te seed leaf and Havana ; but as long as heavy importations like theso at present being received continue te arrive we predict that of all the '81 tobaccos in the market only the absolutely fine will bring anything like a profit te the packer, while theso holding inferior grades will surely meet with great less. The sales of the week consisted of the following : Pennsylvania crop 18801,500 cases, at 8 te 14 cents. Connecticut crop 1880250 cases, wrap pers, p. t. Crep 1831300 cases wrapperi?, af 13 te 27 cents. Ohie crop 1881200 cases at 32 te 7 cents. Sumatra A heavy business has been done, sales numbering about 400 bales. Dark and large goods still rule as high as $1.33 te $1.40. Medium grades can be had at $1 te $1.20. gavana Market active Exclusive of a transfer of 1,200 bales, about 300 bales changed hands. Prices firm. The Philadelphia Karkct. Seed Leaf The amount of goods sold at this time is exceedingly limited ; all grades of cigar leaf are bought euly if actually in want. The stock in the hands of manufacturers is fast being used up, se that the settlement of the tax questieu must inake what is termed a " boem'' iu demand, when such action is officially pro mulgated. Prices are fairly steady. Seme packers desire te see hew the 18S2 crop of Pennsylvania leeks ; if net held tee high by farmers it cm be sold. " Havana tobacco is llewiug in from Ha vana, but moving out much slower than usual. LOUliT I'KOCEEDINUS. What Wan Dane tilt Morning Kllclirl-t lieu a New Trial. Court met this morning at 9 o'clock, with both judges present. Elizabeth (Juiuu, of this city was di vorced from her hiubaud, Wm. Quiun, ou the grounds of desertion. Elizabeth Myers, of Eden township, was divorced from her husband, II. Franklin Myers, ou the grounds of deser tion, cruel treatment, &c. MaryE. Harner, efManheim, was di vorced from her husband, Samuel Harner. en the grounds of desertion. Godfrey S. Stengley, a disabled soldier, was granted a license te peddle. Iu the case of Frank Kilchrist, who was convicted of rape upon Lizzie McCIarreu, the rule for a new trial was made absolute aud a new trial granted. The tavern license of Emanuel Zimnier inau was transferred te Frank G. Carpen ter. The license of Frank G. Carpenter, in Elizabeth township, was transferred te Jacob W. Diehm. That of Hcury R. Eberly, of East Cocalico, was transferred te James W. Lape. Jeseph Snyder who was arrested ou process in Yerk, was ordered te pay the costs of attachment and enter into new bail for trial at court. He is charged with assault aud battery aud at the last court failed te appear. The court revoked the order made July 10, 1877, disapproving aud rejecting that portion of North Lime sticet, between James aud Lemeu, at which the Lancas ter cemetery extends into it, aud adopted that part of the erigiual plan submitted by the city engineer, which was disap proved by the court and which lays out aud straightens this street, as laid ut aud submitted by the city engitieer ou the original plan. Mrs. A. II. Resenstcin was declared a feme sole trader, and is entitled te her own soparate earnings. . TENTH ANNIVCKSAKY. The New Helland " Clarien" Celehnitea Un Olrthduy. Gee. II. Ranck, esq., editor and proprie tor of the New Helland Clarien, celebrated the tenth anniversary of his paper en Mon day by giving a dinner at his residence te the employees of the oflice aud their wives and M. D. Mull, esq., editor of the Voice, and 13. II. Burkhelder, editor of the Guid ing Star. Cevera were laid for sixteen persons aud the tabic decorations of pyramids of tropical fruits entwined with evergreen and smilax pre sented a handseme appcarance The menu was ample aud was discussed by the guests with much fervor. When the after-dinner speeches wero in order a happy incident eccurred. Mr. I. V Mil ler, foreman, arese aud presented Mr. Ranck with an elegant plated deer plate, with his name beautifully engraved upon it. It was a complete surprise te the editor, who returned his thanks, however, with a few appropriate remarks. Iu celebrating the eighteenth anniversary of the Clarien Mr. Ranck had geed reasons te observo the day in some such manner, as it has, under his careful management, grown te be a local newspaper second te none iu the county outside of Lancaster. And it is te dell' the infant socks aud put ou beets the coming year, by being enlarged and put ting mero labor en the editorial aud local department introducing uew features in the way of news that will tend te make it a county ppcr, as it tis new the pappr most sought after in the eastern end. We congratulate Mr. Ranck upon his success and hepe tne future may grew still brighter. DJtDMOKE. Wedding Kt'lln in Hie LenerEnil-A Cen .tenarlau Dead. Our neighborhood's great social event for this winter was the marriage of Miss Lizzie Drenuen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Drennen, te Mr. Wm. J. Ankriin, en Thursday of last week. The ceremony was performed at 4 o'clock in the evening by Rev. Mr. Turner, of Little Britain, assisted by Rev. Jehn Galbreath, of Chest nut Level, and the large number of friends present cau testify te the geed work being very well done, indeed. After congratu lations came the elegant and seemingly never-ending supper, of which about ene hundred aud fifteen or twenty partook in such alarming quantities, that dreams of turkcy-beucs, oysters, cakes, fruits, &c., must have been numerous. The young ceuple received an unusually la go number of beautiful presents, com cem prrsing almost everything geed te use and faiirtosee, lefcween a pincushion and a silver sorvice. Besides the above, since last writing, we have bad Themas Scott and Clara Rutter, and William Penuy and Mary Beckius, married, te all of whom, of course, has come much happiness. Our eldest resident died last week. Her name was Mrs. Hannah Brown ; her resi dence in Fulton township near Wakefield; her age one hundred and three and net quite enc-lutlf years. Thanks te her wonderful health and powers of locomo tion she has kept out of his reach for a long while, 'but Old Death caught up at last. The J..iederKranz, Sociable. Last evening the Liedcrkranz held their usual New Year's seeiaOle, and the at tendance was very large. In the early part of the evening a line concert was given which was listened te and enjoyed by a large audience. The following was the programme . PARTI. I.icdcrkranz Munch I'. I.essu. ORCHESTRA. JaU Clier Ilutteu l.IKUERKUANZ. IJUS3 Sole : Thu Monks et Old S. U lever MR. H. MELMNUER. Dcr Frolio Wandersmann E. S. Engelheri' QUARTETTE. PART 1 1. Dcutschland's-Iiinper A.ir F. Aht IilEDKRKRAN'Z & ORCHESTRA. Mcin I.uojield Couplet MR. WM. KOEULER, Keujalir's Sliiisch Unllinsen ORCllE-jTRA. Dcr Abscbicil K. .S. Knclbcr ' QUARTETTE. Leibcslrcudeu Walztsr Dr. Veerater HEDERKRANZ. After the concert the dancing began aud was kept up until a late hour. Death of a Fermer Lancaster Ceunlian. .). J. Smith, of the firm of J. J. Smith & Sen, manufacturers and dealers iu phos phate and chemicals, died at his residence in New Windser, Maryland, en Wednes day last. Mr. Smith had been a resident of our county some years age and from here moved te New Windser, where he engaged in the manufacture of fertilizers. He was a man of pleasing address and geed business qualities. He leaves a family, and a host of friends both in this county and his own state te mourn his less. m Cene East. Miss Alice Curry, of this city, accem panicd by her sister, Mrs. Fielding, of Philadelphia, left Lancaster at an early hour this morning for Tariffville, near Hartferd, Conn., where they will here after make their home. THE ASSEMBLY. A IltD LETTEK IN THE SOCIAL KOSTEK The Stevens Heuse 'jrliruiigetl Willi Twe Hundred Merry Maker. Who Speed the Fleettuc Ueur te the Music el the Dance. The annual assembly at the Steveus house last night was the centre of ene of the most brilliaut social gatherings that has occurred iu Lancaster for a long time. Looked forward te with eager expectancy by these of the community who never emit the opportunity of sharing in the pleasure et this event, and who comprise seme of the highest elements of Beciety here, its accomplishment may readily be conceded te have fully met the anticipa tiens alike ei the management aud et tue two hundred or mere guests whom they se royally entertaiued during the fast tleetiug hours of a night that will lenjj" D0 remembered as one of unalloyed pleasure. Early in the evening the streets were thronged with coaches running hither and thither in various quarters of the city, aud all having the Stevens house as their objective point. The arriving guests alighted at the West King street cntrance of the hotel, aud a curious crowd had collected areuud the deer te catch a passing glimpse of what was going en. Upstairs the scene was all gaiety and ani mation. The large dining room had been cleared and transformed for the uonce into au ideal ball room. A platform for the orchestra had been erected en the King street side, and this was draped with tlags, while the chandeliers were gracefully festooned with smilax and ether trailing plants. Several rooms were roserved for the use of the quests as dress ing apartments, and as rapidly as they ar rived they were escorted by seme of the iudefatigable cemmittee en reception te these improvised toilet chambers, the ar rangements in this respect as in all ethers being admirably designed as regards, convenience and efficiency. Shortly after nine o'clock, aud while the guests were still arriving, Tayler's full orchestra struck up the grand promo premo prome uade march, which was Ird by J. L. Steinmetz, esq., master of ceremonies. The soene en the fleer was at this time most inspiriting, the ele gant toilets of the ladies as they mingled seme of them iu vivid contrast, yet withal in perfect harmony in respect te taste and Tidiness, forming a perfect kaleidoscepo of beauty of which the cye never wearied. It is prebable that in all the previous his tory of Stevens heuse assemblies, the dressing of last night has never been sur passed. Delicately tinted silks and satius aud ether fabrics of softest texture, gar niturcd with laces and flowers, set off many a graceful form te its best advantage, while diamonds aud ether gems gleaming at fair threats or en symmetrically rounded arms gave added brilliancy and richness te a scene that could net but impress the spectator as the highest development, of fashion's mystical art. The company included the best known aud most distinguished of Lancas ter's society people, both of town aud county, together with a sprinkling of guests from New Yerk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Bosten, Ilarrisburg, Downing town aud ether places. Altogether there were perhaps two hundred ladies and gen tlemen present and a netable feature of the occasion was the number of married peuple who entered into the spirit of the occasion with a zest scarcely inferior te that displayed by the youngsters apparent ly net yet out of their teens. With hardly a cessation the music con tinued from the time lha grand march was had until half past, three in the morning, the hour when the last quadrille was danced aud the company finally dispersed. The veluptuuiis symphonies of Strauss aud the soft cadences of Waldtcufel, ren dcied as only Tayler himself knows hew, furnished almost uninterrupted inspira tion te the graceful figures that floated areuud the room in the poetry of motion, while ever aud anon the sharp accentua tion of the quadrille lent variety te the pregramme, aud furnished the opportuni ty for these who gain mero of pleasure in the measured movements of the lanciers than they are able te find in the mazes et the waltz. The tables were set in the bread, seuti' hallway of the hotel, which leads from the dining room te the corridor, en which the parlor opens. There were perhaps eight or ten tables, all groaning under their weight of geed things, and from 10 until 2 they were kept constantly set, and the tiicd dancers were afforded opportunity of refreshing exhausted nature from the viands afforded by the following MENU. OTSTKRS. Raw. Fried. Eecalnncd. Chicken CreqiiutUM. Chicken hul'id. :em. Cell Turkey. Celd limn. Celd Teiifi'if. 'Jermjtl Rett. icrs. VauUIa. Bisque. Water Ice. FAVIT. Oi aiius. Bananas. Uruicfa CeIIcp. A novelty in the menu cards, which were very handsomely printed iu colors, was that each had an imitation wish-bone stuck through the top of it, thai looked for all the world like the genuine article iu place and held by a small silk bow. The card was handsome and unique. During the entire evening the parlors were open for the accommodation of the guests and thither many had receurse when tired of dancing, or else whiled away the happy hours in promenading the cor cer cor diders, while the occasional pepping of a champagne cork off in the direction of the tables lent merry accompaniment. te the strains of the music as they issued forth from the heated ball room. The numbers of the last quadrille and the flnaljerder te ' 'promenade all" sounded at half-past three and terminated what was a thoroughly delightful social event, thu success of which is due te the following able beard of managers : Messrs. Samuel H. Reynolds. J. L. Steinmetz, Samuel II. Price. P. Eck. Slay maker, B. J. McGrann, J. E. Malone, I). G. Eshlenean, S. "W. Aitick, Chas. II. Lecher, 15. F. Brcneman. Dr. Henry Carrenter, W. J. Ferdncy, R. A. Malene, James M. Bmkc and Mayer Jehn T. Mac Gonigle. KN1UUTS -Olf FVTUIAH, lu&tallatlen ei Ofllcem. The following officers-elect of Laucastcr ledge, Ne. 3, K. of P., were duly instal led for the ensuing term last evening by District Deputy Grand Chancellor J. B. Markley, of the southern district of Lan caster county : P. Ch., II. II. llolten ; Ch. Cem., Jehn L. Vegan ; V. Ch., Jehn A. Gable ; Prelate, C. V. Lichty ; M. of E., Jehn Baruhart ; M. of F., Chas. II. Brown ; K. of R. and S., Dr. M. W. Raub ; M. at A., C. Heward Campbell. This ledge is in excellent condition. Number of membership, 290 ; amount paid out for relief during last six months, $24-1.00 ; amount of funds invested and in treasury, $5,802.62. The order through out the state is growing rapidly in its membership. Ilald rer Court. Jehn Kinder, sr., and Jehn Kituler, jr , have been held in bail for court by Alder man A. F. Dennelly, te answer the'eharges of carrying concealed weapons aid feloni ous asault and battery preferred by Ber nard Kuhlman. ",. ICeiueiabered, their Teacher. The Brick school, of B.trt township, presented their teacher. Miss Mattie K. Martin, a very fine glass set en Christmas as a token' of their esteem.
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