LANCASTKIUJAILY INTELlAtfElSl "KK FlUi) AY, JANUARY 5.
S83.
Lancaster f ntelligcnccr.
FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 5, iBS3.
Gov. Butler's Suggestions.
G (venier Butler has been inati
.i.r.iv.-das governor of Massachusetts,
:. A !:; says it 13 for just once, lie is
ready te give one year of service te the
i-oiimienweallh in return for llioheunr
e' its chief magistracy, but he does net
want the bauble longer at the price.
While governor, he manifestly means t
lvj a igoreus one. rigor is his charac
t Malic, lie thinks the state has tee
in uiy officers at tee high salaries. He
flls" the legislature that if they will
diminish the number one third and tin
compensation one-half, he will under
take that the government of the state
shall be carried en as well ns it has
ever been done.
Governer Butler takes a novel position
in recommending that the voter who
votes should be considered te have paid
his head tax, by that act of duty te the
state, while it should be collected from
the one who docs net vote in harvest
time when he will be best abie te pay it.
This is a reversal of the present practice
which requires the voter,or the campaign
committee, te pay the head tax, while
the man who does net vote docs net pay
a-iy tax unless he volunteers it, becante
it cannot be collected from him. Tin
idea prevalent is that voting is :i privi
lege and that a man uhe does net appre
ciate it sufiick'nliy te pay the tr'fnng
poll tax which qualifies him for vutii-g,
should net vote.
The idea is a geed one, but like a gecd
many theoretically geed ideas, does m t
pin out very well in practice ; the cam
paign committees pay the poll tax and
use the receipts as a means of buying
the voter's ballet. Butler's plan, pro
ceeding en the idea that the slate should
pay the citizen for his vole, is remarkably
bad in theory, but probably would work
well in practice. It is worth tr;. ing.
Butler proclaims himself anew in favm
of popular Euffragc. If he would p.lii.
cut some efficient way of obtaining
female ballets he might obtain many
converts te his idea. There is no verj
geed reason why women should net ete-.
if they want te, save that the method if
obtaining the v.r -pnh is net one well
adapted for female paitlcipatien. Few Few
geed women would care te go te an
election poll. (Jev. Butler does net pre
pose te enfranchise the Massachusetts
dames and damsels unless the majority
of them express a desire for the privi
lege of voting ; and he politely suggests
methods by which they may be saved
the- annoyance of attending the polls en
election day. But his plan of having
boxes put up before the day of election
for their use will hardly answer.
There would need te be a police
guard about them night and day.
as well as one of each political party :
and afler all the vigilance possible had
b?en exercised the boxes might slill be
timper:d with and tell a false tale. We
think we can suggest a better idea te
the governor; it would be te band the
women of Massachusetts together in
voting circles of a hundred, who should
have a chairwoman te dehver their
voice te the election officer. It v.'j.uld
be a better way probably for thoascei theascei thoascei
tainment,ef also the male voice.
Governer Butler gives cold comfort te
Gov. lleyt and the friends of the new
reformatory piisen we are building in
Pennsylvania. lie pronounces the Mas
sachusetts reformatory prison te be a
high priced failure, far tee costly for the
supposed geed it does, and declares that
it should be abolished. The reformatory
school ler boys isnet a succeess either in
his judgment and he is generally disgust
ed with the i cforma'-ieu and charitable in
stitutions of tiie state for he avows
that the industrial school for girls has
outlived its usefulness and the school for
idiotic and feeble-minded youth should
never have bet n instituted " for a well
fed, well cared-for id hi is a happy
creature, an idi-il awakened te his con
dition a miserable one ;;' an idea that
sounds as though it was forcible. It
may be that the idiotic condition is the
happiest. There is geed proof of the;
fact in the daily contemplation afforded
ns of our acquaintances. It does seem
as though the happiest f el laws were
these least troubled by brains. Still the
prejudice of men in favor of rationality
forbids the state te proceed en the idea
of Butler that insanity is a blessing.
An Unlikely Story.
Hen. Victer E. Piellet has succeeded
in creating a sensation by writing te the
Wilkesbarre Union Leader that General
William Lilly, a reputable and wealthy
old gentleman of Mauch Chunk,of Stal
wart Itepublican proclivities, had stated
te him that net one dollar had ever been
covered into the treasury of the two
millions or mere that had been paid by
the United States te the state en ac
count of the advances of money
made by the Btate during the war
for the aid of the national defeiis".
It will be remembered that a great
outcry was made at the large commis
sion of some three hundred thousand
dollars that were allowed te Evans, the
state agent for the collection, for his
services in obtaining this money, that
service being little mere than its simple
receipt. But it is quite new te charge
that none of the money ever get into the
treasury ; and it is exceedingly improb
able that the charge has any substantial
basis.
A correspondent of the 2s ew Yerk
Jkrald has learned from Governer-elect
Pattison and Attorney General-elect
Cassidy that Mr. Piellet has commun
icated his information te them ; and
he has received the assurance that the
matter will be investigated. He has also
gene te the fountain-head of the charge
and has ascertained from General Lilly
that he does net knew anything of the
matter himself, but get his inform
ation from his friend, Dr. Paine, whom
he vouches for as a responsible man.
Dr. Paine when heard will probably also
be found te have his information at sec
ond hand,and when the story is traced up
it is likely te be, like all startling tales,
of the three blind crew variety. Of
course, the charge having been made
should be closely inquired into ; but we
must regard it as exceedingly unlikely
that this great sum of money was gob
Lied before it get into the treasury ; it
was tee easy te steal it afterward.
Mfj Fees.
.Since Quay lias relinquished the sec
retaryship of state, and as its pariy is
going out of executive control, the Ex
umlncr informs its readers that the
emoluments or the office which Mr.
Quay has quit and which Mr. Stenger
is about te enter are much larger than
is popularly supposed or, probably, than
is contemplated by the law. As the
Examiner figures it out, the " following
are the salary and perquisites attached
te this office, in round numbers :"
Salary S :v'"'"
Members of llie I'lirden heard 'M iw
Member le:ird pulilie property wnm
Member heard sinking fund cem'ii'. nm) (M
Fees of the office 7,000 00
Total $11,700 00
We a?ree with our esteemed and sud
denly virtuous contemporary that "here
is a chance for reform." It is certainly
net within the contemplation of the law
that such profits should attach te this
office. If they are legal they cannot be
decreased or increased during Mr.
Stenger s term se as te apply te him:
but we doubt very much if they can he
justified by any proper construction of
the law. In that event, of course, net
only will Mr. Paltisen and Mr. Stenger
see thai the " fees " tire covered into the
slate treasury, but if, as the Examiner
intimates, Quay has been pocketing these
I fees for years, the incoming Democratic
attorney general will promptly make
recovery of them for the slate and apply
all the processes of the civil and crimi
nal law that am proper and necessary
in the matter.
.Jitjkje Black's letter of advice and
comfort te some werkingmeu indicted
under ihe conspiracy laws, which we re
print, is characterized by h;s usual vigor;
and even these who will net agree that
it is gejd law will concede it te be most
entertaining literature. It is certainly
fundamental doctrine that combinations
te raise wages are as righteous in morals
and as permissible before the law as
combinations te reduce wages ; and
peaccabl" association te increase the
compensation of werkingmeu is quite as
tolerable as the combined efforts of
speculator te heighten the cost of these
commodities which are necessary te the
sustenance of the people.
Tm:i:i-: was no session of the Senate
last year. But the auditor general's re
port sliews the following sums of money
drawn by Delaney '-during the fiscal
year ending Nev. 3d, 18S2 :"
Fer luwtnge, 1-ilier, express eludes
:i!it ethci e-peiiM's during recess of
lSsl ;;mi (ii)
Fer same during ie-ess of 18 j J 1,-Jno w
Fer services " during reec-s-i ending
Dec. 31, 1-S." CD!) fl)
Fer ,-( rvii-es (liirm ; yc.tr Is- l..",0 0)
$.!,l.",i) 0.)
"Services during recess ending Dec.
.".1, lSMV'.ind '" during year 1SS2," here
classified separately may reasonably Le
supposed te cover the same period.
And yet Cochran is reported te have
reappointed Delauey librarian of the
Senate !
If Speaker Faunce wants te know knew know
hew net te de it, let him scan the list of
Heuse committees of the session of
l.S:. Ne "Lish Davibts at the head
of the committee of ways aud means ;
no Seuders in the chair of tin- commit
tee en railroads, nor Pel roll's en city
passenger railways, must distinguish a
Reform 1) mecratic Heuse.
I)i:lani;y must go.
Till-: falling .snow is as pur J
before-the-election.
,'S lefeiill-
Tiu; soup house is open, lb ing m your
supplies and turn in your sttlseripi,iunj.
Tiik number of delegates in the next
Democratic state convention will b IJj'J.
Pmn.ni:i.rmAs power in .statu affairs
must racasuie Philadelphia's rcsjrtiiibili
ties for geed government.
Tim: Philadelphia police have been raid
ing one of the gambling dens of that elfy.
But for ette taken a se.uc are left. Why '.'
B::sii)ix the big itemI public printing
the Legislature can profitably consider
whether the aunual cue iMipmentef the M.
G. is or is net n. g.
Tin; Keadiug Jfars wants te knew
whether Miuister.te-DeumarkWiekersham
is discharging his duties and drawing his
salary in Lancaster. Respectfully refer
red. The Philadelphia Times suggests that
there is no urgent necessity for the gover
nor te have mere of a staff " than an
adjutant general aud three aides-de-camp
en his staff an adjutant general for the
manifest duties of his office, which are
defined by the statutes, and the aids te
represeut the brigades. no will thus de
away with nineteen officers for whom thcre
arc no clearly prescribed duties aud for
whom there is a very tangible rcmunera rcmunera
tieu." It this suggestion is adopted there
will he disappointment among some of the
prospective aids whehavc been hetjully
practicing en hetseback.
Bex Bt'TiiEit has notions et his own
about female suffrage. He compromises
his gallautiy aud his politics with the sug
gestion that a law be passed allowing
women te vote under the same regulations
as men in municipal elections, which law
shall take effect when it shall be accepted
by a majority of the women voting at
some general election. Te obviate the
necessity of their meeting with unpleasant
iucideuts at the elections he would let
them vote through the mail or by deposit
of their ballet in some proper box provided
for that purpose, addressed te the proper
officers of the election in the cities and
towns where they reside, within ten days
befere such general election, at which time
the officer of election may open, examine
and compare the ballets with the registry
lists and assert, eeuut, and declare the
votes as in ether cases." lie's a funny
old Ben, with a weather eye open for the
women of a state in which they are largely
in the majority.
Judge Herman, of Carlisle, having de
clined te hear the Besler-Wagner sena
torial contest because of his consanguinity
with the contestant, the charge of the
casa falls te the nearest judge. The Re-
publicans claim that the nearest judges
are these of Iluirisburg, who are republi
cans, while the Democrats want an arbiter
of their own faith, and claim that Judge
Barnctr, of Perry county, is the nearest.
Suiveyeis have m.uh measurement ami
report the distatica from Cults'--' te Judge
Barnett's residence, in New Bloemfiold,
via Sterrett's Gap read, IS miles and 72
reds, and from the residenee of Judge St St St
raonteti, at Harrisburg, via Suasion's
Ferry read 17 miles 2S7 red, aud from
Judge Mcl'lie-isen's, at same city, 17 miles
203 reds te Cat lisle. But the friends of
Wagner li.sist that the read te New
Bloomfield via frame's Gap is the nearest
usual route e't travd batweeu Mte two
points, and that, the Cumberland V.dluv
railroad must ha se considered as bet wee h
Carlisle aud Harrisburg, while tha liteial
construction of the act of 1871 requires a
measurement en an air line. Ac the pres
ent rate of progress the proliminarie- of
this contest will censutna most of the
term for which Beslc is striving.
PERSONAL..
Senatek Mitchku. has been sti.idi.iily
called home by the illness el his thiee
children with diphtheria.
P. J. Quattleiiacm. engineer in charge
of the United States government works en
the Chattahoochee nvcr, died Thmsday
in Columbus, Ga.
Bex. William D. Peiitei:, one of the
most prominent and best known citizens
of Seuth Carolina, died Thursday at
Chatlesteu, in his 7ed yt-ar.
Aitciinisuer Puucell, old, peer and
retired has proved his honesty by sending
te a fund for his suffering croditeis a pit pit
tauce of $G0 which he received for a Chi int
mas present and which is all he has.
Mil. Feuky wits reneminated for 17. S.
senator by the Republican caucus of the
Michigan Legislature last t)i;ht. Tv-ity-feur
Republicans were absent, aud Piy
that they ate- net bound by the caucus.
Gexehal Bctleii has of late made no
secret that he is looking towards the nom
ination, cither an a Democratic or Inde
pendent candidate for the prt-hidency next
year. He had hotter be looking heaven
ward. Dn. Bliss d:rw the f.,500 allowed him
by the Gai field beatd of audit very .seen
after the award was made. The wide
spread apprehension that the money
would be turned ever te the treasury as
unclaimed funds had no foundation.
Ma.ieu Fiiaxcis Deeuess, of the firm
of Wexel & Degress, merchants and gov
ernment contractors, died near Vera Cruz
en Wednesday night. He was vice prcsi
dent of tha Mexican Oriental lailread
company, of which Jay Gould is presi
dent.
Jehn' E. Ai)uick, health officer of Phil
adelphia, died very suddenly about half
past ten o'clock last night at his residence.
Fer the last twelve years he bus been
health officer, and was recently cempli
mented by Governer lleyt with a reap
peintment. IIe was an ardent itepublican
and ene of the leaders of that party in
Philadelphia.
Mns. Laxgtiiv explained te a reporter
the ether day that Mr. A. J. Laugtry. who
arrived in New Yerk recently from
Europe, is a cousin of her husband's. IIe
lives iu Brooklyn. When asked : " Theu
there is no prospect of your husband
coming just new '.''' she seplied : " I am
sorry te say no. Peer man, he can't span;
the time te come ever just new."
Little Tiifxeeu and Leading Feath'-r,
Chippewa chiefs., are en their way e
Washington, accompanied byR-v. Father
Ignatius Tenuiziu.a missionary. They wish
te "makoatrale with the government,
whereby they can obtain for a portion of
their reservation at Red Lake, certain
agricultural implements, cattle, and u' n
sils nccesary for civilized Christian hf1,
such as thf-y aie living."
COMJ'tE.SSKJNAL, l'SOt'KlCIUMiS.
IJuslness in ttutii Houses Vcfterdny.
In the Senate Mr. Shciruiui moved te
postpeno the calendar, and also moved te
take up the bended whisky hill. The first
motion was agreed te 12 te 10 the
second was lest yeas 3, nays 29. By
unarnieus consent, the "West Point appro
priation bill was taken up at:d passed.
Tite Fitz Jehn Perter bill came up as un
finished business, and it was unanimously
agreed te postpone it uutil Thursday next
and titke the vote upon the bill
at two o'clock that day. The Sen
ate then, en motion of Mr. Sherman,
took tip the bended whisky bill, by a vote
of"3tet(3. Mr. Hale moved te limit the
proposed execution of tinte te whisky
entered befeie Jan. 1, 1SS1. The amend
ment was rejected yeas 17, nays 21. Mr.
Bale then eifered another amendment,
providing that "the tax or duty en all dis
tilled spirits, when the same arc with
drawn, shall be the duty or tax that would
have been paid it' paid when the spirits
were placed in hand with accrued interest
thereon." Rejected yeas IS, nays 22.
Oilier amendments, efi'erf'd by Messrs.
Hale, Wiudem, Morgan and Siulsbury,
were rejected, and the bill was passed by
a vote of 23 yeis te 20 nays. On motion
of Mr. Hear, the Souate iheu took up the
presidential succession bill, which will he
the unfinished business te-day. After an
executive session the Smate adjourned.
In the Heuse, the army appropriation
bill was passed. It contains a prevision
for the gradual abolition of the pay corps ;
also, a prevision that, hereafter, the com
pensation paid for the transportation of
property or troops of the United States by
railroad companies which have received in
addition te land grants government aid by
lean or guarantee of bends by the United
States, shall net exceed 50 per cent, of the
amount paid by private parties for the
same kind of service. Mr. Kassen, from
the committee en civil service loferm,
reported back the Senate hill (the
Pendleton bill) "te regulate and im im
pteve the civil service of the United
States." The bill was read at length, and
at the conclusion of the reading thcre
were loud cries of " Vete." Mr. Kassen
moved the previous question, which was
carried by a storm of ayes amid applause.
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, moved te
recommit the bill, with instructions te rc rc
peititback with an amendment prohibit
ing the assessment of public employees by
private persons. Lest, yeas 83, nays 114.
The bill was then passed by a vote of 1")5
te 17, and the Heuse adjourned.
ISEtOW ZI5KO.
The Sweep or Hie Cohl v. ave.
The following temperatures were report
ed yesterday merniug in the northwest :
Feit Garry, Man., 40 degrees below zero ;
Duluth, Minn., 25 below ; St. Paul, Minn.,
15 below ; Marquette, Mich., 14 below;
Escanaba, Mich., 13 below; Bismarck,
Da., 11 below ; La Cresse, Wisconsin 10
below ; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, zero ;
Chicago, 9 degrees above ; North
Platte, Nebraska, 2 above ; Davenport,
Iowa, 8 abeve ; Detroit, Michigan, 11
above.
A tcrrible storm raged en the top of
Mount Washington. Xcw Hampshire, en
Wednesday night. The temperature was
at zero, and it was snowing, with a wind
velocity of 14-1 miles per hour.
The third snow storm at Lynchbunr.
Virginia, within ten days set iu yesterday.
Tha first snow of the season at Victeria,
British Columbia, fell yesterday. Flowers
were blooming in many of the gardens
there en New Year's day.
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Consolation Fer Lunatics.
Examiner.
Every belief is relatively true.
MUBDER0US MYSiJEJiY.
ueitiaisLicaiUKUEKOFriuKBt; aucsu
I'osltlve Clue te lUe 1'crpBtntier, but
Several Persons Suspeetetl of tbe
Crime, Amous ilicm ii Lever
anil Sister
One of the meet mysterious and brutal
of Ceunpcticut's many mutders occurred
in Stratford, Conn., last Saturday i.ight
or Sunday merniug aud ;s perplexing the
local authorities, wfte have called te their
assistauce the assistant ttate atternery for
Fairfield county and Detective Weed, who
figured in the Cramer investigation. The
I victim was Mrs. Phcub-j Ltttsh, who
separated from her husband, William
Brusl , and was since divorced from him,
and who was teceivitiji the attention!
of Henry Freeutati, et'Meii.l-Jit. At four
o'clock Sunday afternoon her dead body
was discovered by a party who intended
te invite her te a New Year's eve watch
mcetinir in the Baptist church. Her head
bore six distinct wounds from a bloody
axe found in the room where the body
was and her head had baeu nearly roYered
fiem her neck by a terrific slanting blow blew
under Ler left ear by the same instalment,
which was befouled with bleed and h air.
The atiatigement of the room .-bowed
that :-he had partially prepared her Satur
day night supper and had sat down te
knit. The knitting was still iu her h;mls
and the lamp burned en the table. There
was nothing iu the room te give :: clue t.
ihe murderer. Numbers of letters weie
there from Henry Freeman, who had prom prem
ised te marry her, worded in extravagant
ly fend language. On the table was her
picture, addressed te him, but the tup
pu.sed letter in the envelope containing her
picture had been extracted, supposedly
after the murder. Nothing was found in
her correspondence te indicate present
hostility among her coriespeiidcnts. Oue
letter showed that Freemau had fermetly
been jerdeus, hut Freeman has established
analihi, apparently te the satisfaction of
the iuve.stigateis. There is no evidence
that the missing husband has visited Strat
ford receutly, although he is suspected.
Bosten White, an admirer of Mrs. Brush's
sUter, Delia Gilbert, who quarieied with
Airs. Brush, is claimed te have an aiibi.
Delia Gilbert formerly lived with Mis.
Biu.sh, ami they have net been en the
tue.-t fi iendly terms lately. She was ab
sent ft etn her home Satin day night long
enough te commit the murder, aud the
authorities think she may be the guilty
party, but no motive far the crime en her
part clearly app-'tus, although jealousy is
alleged. The wounds e:i Mrs. Brush's
head were se slight, considering the na
ture of the itirttrunient, that it is ttieught
proh.ihle they were dealt by a woman.
Delia Gilbert tells contradictory stories,
r.ud en a sleeve of a sacpte worn by hi-;-Saturday
night are stains which a Bridge
pert mieresct'piht says tue bloe-.l. She
washed the sacque Sunday or Monday,
but says this was that site might have
something suitable te wear at. tii tupr il.
Ne ene has yet been arrested.
The Biush heiiiO steed in a lonely place
in the weeds. Frauk Lally and Michael
Hickey pissed the place Saturday night,
saw a l4ght hurtling and heard a woman' e
voice cry "'Oil!" n'.ec, as if iu pain, but
they did net investigate. Tihte is a meto
or less apeehryphal htery that a man to te to
feiiibling Mis. Brush's divorced husband
was seen about vhe house en Saturday .
This man wr.re a dark shiir. striped pants
and a hlettch hat. 11j is being looked for.
Mrs. Brush was peer, aud only rovtuige or
jealousy c;i!d hive been the motive for
murder. Freeman, the haver, did net at
tend Mis. Brush's funeral, which is con
sidered t.r.spie'mus when hiu many ardent
vows el love ate iccalled.
ANOTIiliK " FAlXil CUUK."
Tlie Stiu-reUuuH Kccevcry of Annie Cooper.
Miss Annie Cooper, aged thirty, and
residing with her sister, the wife of a
wealthy Trey sporting m:i', has l'tcquen.
ly been Keen en the street, occupying an
invalid chair wheeled by an attendant.
On Wednesday evening friends who caiied
at her residenctt were surprised te fiud her
walking about her apartments :.nd
repeatedly exclaiming, "Praisethe Lard."
The callers were met with the explanation
that Mis Cooper had been fully rcstoied
te health by faith in Ged and prayer. She
has made the following remarkable
statement :
"Fer nineteen ycats I had been an
invalid, and for four years and three
mouths I had been uuable te walk or te
speak in a ion I tone, t am a member of
the Bi prist church and have long had
faith that Ged would euro me. I have
never prayed for my 1 cee cry, a voice con
tinually ceunselling me ' be still, and
knew that I am Ged.' One week age last
night I was seized with tellable renvul
siei.s. My friends believed I was dying.
Suddenly, while they were crying aud
praying ever me, I shouted ' Praise the
Lord.' Fiem that time my voice has been
as strong as in my younger days. Yester
day afternoon the wife of Rcv.Mr.Ciark, a
superannuated Methedisl; minister called te
see me and with my sister, Mis. (Juasken
busb, who is al;-e a church member, pray
ed that my r-cuvety might be complete.
Iu the mills', el the prayer I heard a voice
saying 'go forth.' Immediately after 1
felt as if I h id ree-ived an electric sli'ie-k.
I sprang from my bL-d exclaiming : ' The
great transaction is done. By faith I am
cured.' Mrs. Clark anil my sister seized
me aud tried te step me. I said ; 'Let me
alene. Christ has ordered.' Itheuwaikrd
from my chamber praising the Lord."
The lad v-claims that from childhoe t
this is the first day she has enjoyed geed
health. The house was thronged by cu
rious people. Her sister, Mr?. Clark, and
attendants, corteboiatf her rJatements.
The physicians who had her in charge
discredit the alleged faith cute, say it is
an hysterical case, -aud that she will seen
have a relapse. " Ged will take care of
me," is Miss Cooper's answer te the doc
tor's prediction
Tit AUK NOIJES.
l'elnta In the Currant Iiin:.ie.-..
The Baldwin locomotive works con
structed during the year 1882 live hun
dred and sixty-three locomotives, of which
number 413 were for the United States
and 120 for foreign countries.
The work of placing the cable iu the
traction railway of the Union Line com
pany, en Columbia avenue, Philadelphia,
was begun Thursday. All the ether ap
patattts is completed.
At a large meeting of cigar mauuf.ic
turers aud dealers in Baltimote Thursday,
resolutions were adopted asking Cen
gress te lepcal the tax en tobacco and
ftiars.
The Lackawanna iron and cjal company
suspended wert: at their steel mills tn
Scranton en Wednesday night because of
an overproduction of ingots. The suspen
sion will continue for a week.
The vice president of the Calumet iron
and steel company, at Chicago, says its
mill will close en the 15th inst., for a
month or six weeks, ewinc te the low
price of nails. This will threw out of em
ployment for a time about 20,000 men.
The managers of the St. Leuis ere and
steel company have informed workmen
that their places will letnatu open te
them uutil the 20th inst. at the new
schedule rates, but the workmen de net
seem disposed te accept the offer. They
are idle, except a few mechanics and la
borers. The total coinage cf the United States
mints, during the year 1882, comprised 88,
805,831, pieces, valued at $94,820,120.
The total geld coinage amounted in value
te $G5,887,085 ; the total silver coinage te
$27,972,035, including 27,574,100 standard
dollars ; the total miner coinaffs-ene. three
aitu :-vc cent pieces-te ui5l),4,.y.
MASKED KUBBfcilS.
A F.iriuer near Cuicai;u Keubeil or S1."00
auU Three llentaa.
On Wednesday evening at the farmhouse
of Isaac E. Arneld, a prosperous farmer
living near Lemeut, Ills., Re masked rob reb
bei3 secreted themselves in the barn, aud
overpowered, tiud and gagged the two
hired m-ju who came out after supper te
feed the stock aud close up for the night.
They then put bridles upon four horses,se
a te be ready for flight. This done, they
went te the kitchen aud overpowered the
servant, and from thence rushed into the
dmiug room, where Mr. Arneld aud his
housekeeper were at supper. Beth were
tied but n it gagged, being threatened
with instant death if they mute any out
cry. Mr. Arneld's bauds ero then re
leased aud at the muzzle of four re
ve'veis he was compelled te epen his
safe from which the t ebber-t tejk 1,200
in cah, a pint- m of which Mr. Arneld had
just leeeived tre.u his sons, who are street
sprinklers in Chicago. Nothing else was
taken and no brutal or unnecessary
violence was offered. The robbers then
took their ueparturu en the farmer's
horses, leaving Mr. Arneld aud the hutise
kecper seeiuely bound. Oue of the two
kiiul men in the hatn m niagcd te release
his iig.s, which weic tied with stout
binders' c rd, and iuadehis way te a
neighboring farm h.mje, where his hands
weic untied and the Kag taken from his
mouth. By tee liate help reached Mr.
Arneld's heu-.e the rb!)i::s were well en
their way, but as the bare ground was
frozen hat -1 t n.i e vv. is no cluotothedi cluetothedi cluotethedi
rection they had taken, and pursuit was
useless. Ah. ait, two hours after they had
left one of the .st !eti animals, aii iutel!: iutel!: iutel!:
goet ma.e catne tr i-ting homeward, hav
ing piehahij th own her rider or perhaps
been abatid xd when the thieves beard
edr. tiai i .'.I Chicago.
.1 1UKUI15I,:' ACUIDE.NT.
iti tuvcil W'Hli Vofsle unit l'ret-traU'rt
Over a Ke!-i:ul Move.
.lahu II. Nagle, 82 years of age, lasidiug
with his son at the coiner of Franklin and
Plum s'rect, Heading, was seated clot-e te
:: small stove in his ij. I room en the see
end story reading a newspaper, when he
was smitten with voifige and fell te the
lloer. Ii Jailing he cauu; in contact with
the .-tev -, which joiraiued a brisk tire.
As he lay upon the fleer meaning the
stove with its contents fell upon him,
saute of the het coals falling out upeu the
carpjt. aud ethers upon his person. The het
coals ignited Mr. Nagle's clothing and
burned him horribly en the right knoe and
also set lire te the carpet, by which a
large hole was burned in the lloer. His
condition is critical.
A Fatal Laud Mills.
A conductor en the Baltimore and Ohie
lltilread reports that the wire aud two
e-aiidreu of Themas Jehnsen, living in a
cabin at the feet of a steep mountain, in
Westmoreland county, Pa., were killed by
a land aud snow slide. Jehnsen, who is a
hunter, was absent from home. Returning
in the evening, he was surprised te see a
mass of snow, stone and timber occupy
ing the place where his cabiu had
steed. Unable te remove the debris
himself without great less of time,
he hunied elf te the nearest settle
ment and procured assistance. Four
or five strong men worked with a will
until nt'-.'ily midnight before the reef of
the cabiu canto in sight. It was partly
crushed, and the single room was half full
of earth and stones. These were hastily
removed. In one corner crouched the wife
and two children. All of them were dead.
A larfe stone had struck one of the ehil
dti non the head, crushing the skull. The
ethets had apparently been suffocated, as
no serious bruises were found en them.
The family removed from Virginia te
Wesimeiclaud cettuty about three years
age. Jehnsen is nearly distracted ever
his bereavement.
i-iinie Xolaule'l'iiiKcdies.
Tin- boiler of the Peninsular manufac
titvtii ; company's box factory, at North
Muskegon, Michigan, burst, killing four
men and seriously injuring four ethers.
The factory was paitly demolished. Lew
water iu the boiler caused the explosion.
The boiler in the sewer pip3 works of
McMahon & Carter, at Blaekhor.-e Land
ing, West Virginia, burst, killing the en
gineer and injuring two ethers.
The boiler of a steam flour mill at Fill-mi-ic
Centre, Michigan, burst, injuring
six pertM-ns, three of them fatally,
Mrs. Careline Giuhcr, aged 50, died iu
the county hospital at Reading of acute
mania. About a year age, the unfortunate
lady, who was highly lespected by her
acquaintances, was accused by a grocer of
the theft of a small article, and Iho accu
sation made her a maniac.
Lenses by Fire.
St. Mary's Ep'sepal school for young
ladies at Kuexvtile, Illinois, was bunted
early yesterday morning. There weie 100
pupils in the building, who bad barely
time te escape with their lives, and two of
them were severely injured. A fireman
was also injured. The less en the build
ing is estimated at $100,000.
The hoarding stable of Charles Beams,
in West Thitty-seceiid street, New Yerk,
was burned yesterday morning. The
upper portion of an a-ljeiuing building
Wiis also destroyed, i e cupants escaping
with only their night clothes. Iu the
stable fourteen horses perished. The
total less is estimated at $57,000.
A LAIH1E fcllOUTING MATC1I.
Geed Birds but Four Sheeting.
Yesterday afternoon a sheeting match
took place at Ncffsvtlle. The attendance
was very large, especially by gentlemen
from this city, Columbia, Marietta and
ether places. The sheeting took place in
a large grass field a short distance from
Kepberhiig's hotel, and no better place
could have been selected. The prizes were
$70 in money divided as fellows : $25 te
first, $20 te second, $15 te third, anil $10
te fourth. The birds were very fine and
the sheeting rather peer as will be seen by
the score. The number of outside gun
ners, who get chances at the birds, which
get out of beuuds unharmed, was very very
large and as many birds were missed they
secured quite a number. The scere is as
fellows, guunei s names appearing in the
same order as they shot :
1. nates A
2. lik-cher H
.'!. McCa.ikcy ,
I. Jliiler C
.". Kranei.eus
(t. Keese I)
7. Veniler.siultli..
s. Mart
It. Snyder
in. Lhuliey
11. .Myers
l-i. Kline
1-'!. KaitU'iiiau
11. Gruel
00 101 11
i oel 0 1 11
ill 1101 1 n
lei l 1 10-r.
1 i 1 OIIOI 1
01 10 1 l 1-5
010UOOI t!
0(110 1 0 13
I (10 1 1 10 t
010 101 1 1
e i oeo 1 1-:;
11 0000 1 .'!
OO01 1 1 11
01110011
McCaskey, Miller and Recto divided
the first prize. The seven who shot four
each divided the secend. Thre othe s took
third and the lowest get fourth.
'itireivn Frem a Herse.
Samuel Dussinger. a boy 16 jears of
age and liviug with Mr. nenry Brubaker
en the Fruitville turupike was riding a
herse te water en Wednesday evening
when the animal made a sudden plunge,
throwing the boy off, aud in falling he
struck his head against the frozen ground
causing sevcre concussion of the brain.
Dr. E. II. Witmer of Neffsville was sum sum
sened who feuud the patient in an almost
unconscious condition and he has re
mained se ever since, with but little im im
prevemeui. Tobacco Delivered.
Dr. M. Glacken, of Fairfield, te-day de
livered te J. K. Shirk, one acre of last
year's tobacco, which he sold at 22, 12, G,
and 3. This i3 probably the first of the
1882 crop that has been delivered here,
EDUCATION.
3:ki:ting or tii. school i;d.ii;u.
touimlltteslirperM-Luan AiithtrrUi-i: . ..
StrectScluiel lobe furiilaiiei 1 tire.in
out City Superintendent' Ke;:rt -AmeuiluientJ
te IIuUm, tVr.
A stated meeting of the beard i.f .Im-ci.
ors of the Lancaster city school d';:te
was held iu common council chamber Lw
evening.
The following named members were
present :
Messrs. Baker, Bretietua it, Brown. Byri. Byri.
Ceehran, Darmstetter, Eberman. lv.at.s,
Hartmaij, Hcrr, Johnsten, Marshal!, Ob
lender, Rttib, IL-imensuyder, Khe.nU,
Richaids, Ritie;ilt, Samson, Sehwehel,
Slaymaker. Sateycit, A. J. Snyder. E G
Snyder, Spurrier, Warfel, Chi isf.it
Zecher. Geerge W. Zechcr and Le-.-eigel.
president.
Mr. Evans, fiem the finance eemmitte ,
presented the following bills, which having
been examined aud approved, wet "ordered
te ba paid rStener, Shreiner fc (' . mdzc,
$1S.99 ; W. D, Sprecher Sc Seu. nnl.j., $0 ;
Fliun & Willson, m Ize, $!J.!)0: Cha. 11.
Barr, books and stari a.iry. ;ij.t ; Liu
caster gaslight and fuel company, for
gas, $S.OO ; 11. M. Merrow, carpenter work,
$35.99; Phares W. Fry. maps en rollers,
&c.f $10.75 ; Batimgardner, Eberman .it
Ce., lumber, lire brick, fca , $18.-13; Sam
son Resb, hauling, 75ccuts; David l'entz
paving brick, $2 40 ; S. Boyd M.'rtin, de;r
checks, cellars, &s., $23 ; Henry Yeung A,
Sen, smithing ami lock making, $14.1)0;
Jacob Rethaime!, brooms, $G; H. II.
Hither, repairing at high school. $.
Mr. Evans also presented a bill from
Flinn A; Willson for $G3.25 including
$55 for a Me-sshen heater for the Lemen
street school building. Mr. Evans said
that when the contractors put in the
heaters at the Lemen street building tlu
property committee objected that they
wcie tee small te heat it, but the centrac
ters declared tany were large enough and
gave a guarantee that they would heat
the building, premising, if they were net
satisfactory, te put iu ethers without ad
ditional cxpeuse te the beard. When
cold weather canto en last winter, it was
found that sufficient heat could net be
iiiMji.dicd, and the couiiaelors put in at
their ewu expeuse two additional pirtablc
heaters. These have since been removed
and a new Messheu heater has been put
in and a bill of $55 has been presented for
it. He declined te approve the bill until
the committee en buildings and grounds
j made an explanation.
I he chairman of that committee net
bung preseut,aetieu was at the suggestion
of Mr. Hnrtmau postponed.
-Mr. Evans offered the following pieaui pieaui
b!e and resolution :
Iicseked, That for tit" put pose of paying
the indebtedness contracted by elder of
this beard, ler the erection of tha sehoel
house, en corner of New and Christian
streets, registered bends of the beard te
the amount of $10,000 shall be issued in'.du
nomination of $500. The said bends shall
bear interest tit the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, fretu February 1, 18S3, payable
quarterly and redeemable at the pleasuie
of the beard at any time after Febiuary 1,
18S8, and shall be payable en February 1,
lb93. Each bend shall he signed by the
president, the secretary and the treasurer,
and the corporate seal of the beard shall
be attached thereto.
Sec. 2. Au annual tax of one-sixteenth
of ene per cent, en all subjects of taxation
for school purposes, is hereby levied te
pay the principal aud interest of the above
lean, collcctable aud payable as ether
school taxes.
The resolution wa.; unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Rhoadsfrem thecotuiuitte en furni furni
tnre aud apparatus presented the follow
ing report :
Lancasteii, Jan. 4, 18S3.
In compliance with the order of the
beard your committee en furniture and
apparatus advertised for proposals te
furnish two rooms, primary dcpaitmeut
of the New street school buildiug. Twe
bids were received : One from the Key
stone school and church furniture com
pany and one from the Buffalo hardware
company.
The contract was given te the Keystone
company, at $290.70, this sum including
one additional recitation bench for Miss
letter's school aud two black bearil point
.IS.
Vvre examined the charts referred tens
by your order and have decided te pur
chase two of Appleteu's for the primary
schools iu Maner street, and four Swin Swin
teu's for the secondary schools en Lemen,
James and Rockland street, and Miss
Brubaker's, en Duke sttcet.
In this connection your committee ask
instruction as te where these charts and
similar specialties rdiall he purchased ;
whether front Mr. C. II. Barr, under his
contract, or from the special agents repre
senting the publishers.
II. Z. RlIOADS,
A. Or.LKNUKK,
C. F. Eni:n.iAN
On motion it was ordered that the charts
recommended by the committee be pur
chased wherever they can be obtained the
cheapest.
Mr. Johnsten, from the committee en
textbooks and course of instruction, made
a repeit favoring the introduction into the
b6ys' high school of Stem's b'tndien und
riaudcreieu, as a reader for use by the
class in German. The report was accept
ed ana the book adopted by a unanimous
vote.
Mr. Rheadi--, from the committee en
night schools, reported that the average
attendance during the past month was
05 at the boys' and 42 at the girls' night
school.
The city superintendent's report was
read as fellows :
Te Uie Heard of Scheel Directors .-
Gentlemen : Your city superintendent
presents the following report of the pub
lic schools for the month of December :
The whele number of pupils enrolled
was : In the high schools, 232 ; in the
secondary, 1,0-13 ; in the primary, 1,9G0
total, 3,241. Theavcrage attendance was
215, 91S aud 1,G33, respectively total,
2,708. The average percentage was 81
The enrolment in the night schools 127 and
the average attendance was 100.
The number of visits made by directors
was 132, as fellows : C. F. Eberman. 18 ;
A. Oblender, 22 ; A. J. Snyder, 3 ; F. W.
Haas, 8 ; Hen. J. B. Wartel, 1 ; W. Mc
Comsey, 14 ; W. A. Morten, 14 ; J. W.
Byrne. 12 ; II. E. Slaymaker, 8 ; J. Sam
kji), 11 ; C. Zucher, 4 ; J. M. Johnsten,
; T. B. Cochran. 2 ; L. Richards, 8 ; W.
O. Marshall, 3 ; Gee. Darmstctter, 1. The
city superintendent made 88 visits.
On the 21st and 22d of the mouth, ex
aminations for promotion from the pri
mary te the secondary schools were con
ducted by the city superintendent, assist
ed by these secondary teachers into whose
schools promotions were te be made.
Forty boys and fifty-cna girls were pre
sented for examination and thirty-two
were promoted. It is but just te say that
the examination was the most difficult
heltl during my official terra, and the fact
that se many reached the required average
at thi3 semi-annual examination is the
best evidence that the teachers did geed
work. Perhaps the least satisfactory 10
suits were exhibited in what might be
called general information ; but when
it is remembered that the apparatus nec
essary te impart and illustrate this kind
of knowledge is mostly wanting, and that
the popular demand is still largely in
favor of book knowledge, this will net
surprise anyone.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
It. K. BUEHKLL.
The amendments te tha rules of the
b-'ard, offered by Mr. li.:;t.nai:atafermer
n.tetiiig were taken up for final action and
unanimously adopted.
The first amendment provides for a
meeting of tha beard en the last secular
! iv preced'tig the November meeting, se
.1- te allow the committees te finish up
'..: busii!e?s e'' the year prier te the reor reer
g unzati-'u of the heard.
The seceud amendment provides that in
addition te the1 duties new performed by
t'u- janitors of the several school buildings
hey shall keep eleau the water closets
ad outhouses, aud keep open the gut-U-.s.
Mr. Ebeiuijii said that he had visited the
-oheols ami xe.md that they were net kept
is clean a they should he, but it was
nrgid tha tht jiut'ers could net afford te
k op them cleaner for the small salaries
thi-v wete receiving.
ah. Evans remark,.; that if the janitets
did net de their duty 0r were net satisfied
with theirs -.lanes u hers could he found
te take their places. There were always
plenty of applicants.
Mr. Rein.ensnvdi-r, while visiting the
s.-hoels, had noticed a gteac difference in
th-j temperature of tha rooms sonie of
th -mi being te-j wa: n. ethers uticomfert-a'-ly
cold. Removed that the committee
en l'uruiturc and apparatus be instructed
te purchase a thermometer for each sehoel.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Ilarttnan said that the beard at its
last meeting, which he was unable te at
tend, had authorized the purchase of school
ftiiiiPure for two of the four rooms iu the
New s'reet school batlding. He thought
ill the rooms ought te be at euce furnished.
Theivare already 130 pupils attending the
Lemen and James street primary schools
who are without desks. Thirty new dwell
ings have been or are being erected within
two squares of the New street school.
Allowing two pupils from each of these
dwellings the number will be increased te
11)0, or mere than enough te fill three of
the four rooms. lie moved that the com
mittee en school fiirniture be directed te
furnish the ether two rooms of the build
ing with furnitute of the same kind they
purchased for the two rooms previously
ordered te be furnished.
Mr. Warfel said that neither of the sec
ondary schools at the corner of Prtuce
and Che?tnut streets were full, and he be
lieved that all secondary pupils rcsidiug
iu the northern part of the city could he
supplied with sfats without furnishing
aueihcr room He moved as an amend
ment te Mr. llaitmau's motion that the
superintending committee be instructed
te te pert at tuxt meeting the number of
unoccupied secondary seats.
Mr. Baker understood that the pressure,
for scats was iu the primary schools and
could net. .-et- hew a surplus of seats iu the
secondary si Iriils could furnish the relief
needed
Mr. Warn! thought it was proposed te
furnish one room in the ev street build
ing as a secondary school.
Mr. Eberman said that he and Mr.
Oblender had visited the primary schools
iu the northern section of the city and
feuud them greatly ever crowded, there
being 1 II pupils without desks. He
favored fittiug up the four rooms as pri
mary schools
Mr. Warfel withdrew his amendment
aud offered another, te the affect that in
fitting up the rooms the twenty new
desks new in the basement el the Lemen
street school building be used as part of
the furniture.
Mr. Haitmau accepted the amendment
and the in.jtieu was then unanimously
agreed te.
Mr. Riemctisyder again referred te the
dirty condition of home of the school
rooms. The jauiters must de butter even
if they have te he paid larger salaries.
Mr. Ilarttnan said that rule 33 made it
the duty of the jauiter te sweep the school
rooms at least three times a week. If they
did net de se, it was the teacher's duty te
report them ler neglect.
Adjourned.
VKfc.K OF I'lt.lYKK.
Observance of the Season In litiiciiter
The week of prayer begins next Mon
day and in this city it will be observed
with a series eT services of which the fel
lowing is the order :
Meuday, Jan. 8th, 3 p. in. Moravian
church ; leader, Rev. S. Siall. Subject :
Praise and Thanksgiving. Fer the long
suffering, love aud faithfulness of Ged.
Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 3 p hi. Moravian
chin eh ; leader, Rev. J. B. humacker, I).
D. Subject: Humiliation and confession
in view of unfaithfulness te Christ; of
national sins, especially inf' innerance and
licentiousness.
Wednesday, J m. 10th, '.'. p. m. First
Reformed chutc'i; leader, Kev. J. Max
llatk. Subject. : Prayer for families,
parents, children ami the lemsi held ; for
the cultivation el piety in th.-) home life;
and for a special b' -ssin-r upon Sunday
schools.
Thutsday, Jan 11 th, 3 p. u St. Jehn's
Lutheran church ; le-ade-r, Rev. J. A.
Peters. Subject : Prayer ter the Church
Universal. Fer the outpouring of the
Spirit that all ministers of Christ and
these preparitig for the ministry may real
h'.e their responsibilities and the nei-d of
j the spirit's teaching aud power.
Friday, Jan. 13, 3 p. in. St. Paul's Re
I formed ; leader, Rev. A. E. Dahlmau.
5 Subject : Prayer for the nations, for sev
ereigns, niltits at.d magistrates; that all
laws favorable te cruelty and vice may be
abolished.
S iturday, Jan. 13, 2 p. in. St. Paul's
Refermed church ; leader, Rev. M. Frayne.
Subject: Prayer for missionaries that all
missionaries at home and abroad may be
filled with the spirit. "
3m:i I'titul Contribution!!.
Officer Allen Pyle and Jehn Gill went
out collecting for the soup fund yesterday.
They used a team given them free et
charge by Frederick Brimmer and collect,
ed the following quantities of potatoes in
Mauheim township :
Henry Hess, 2 bushels; Jehn Buck
waiter, h bushel ; J. J. Havcrstick, 1
bushel (and crock pudding meat) ; Beuj.
II. Hoever, 1 bushels; Benj. I less. 1
bushel ; Isaac R Landis, 1 bushels ; Peter
R.Landis.2 bushels ; Isaac S.Landis,2 bush
els ; Jehn Biirkhait, l bushel; Benjamin
B. Landi.-. J bushel ; Jehn Buhmau,
bushel ; Jerry Steffey, 1 bushel ; Jacob
Shenk, 1 bushel ; Ilcury L. Landis, 1
bushel ; Samuel H.jlman, 2 bushels ;
Jehn Brubaker, 2 bushels ; Anna Houk,
1 bushel ; Abram L. Lane, 2 bushels ;
Hiram Buckwal er, 1 bushel ; Adeline
Shisslct, 1 bu-jhel ; David II. Mclliiiger.l j
bushels; Nxlhau Biuhakcr, 1 bushel:
Zich Mmnicb, 1 bushel ; Jacob Zell,
bushel ; Geerge Rambright, 1 bushel ;
Wm. Kaser, I bushel ; Philip Stark, 2
bushels .
Cash F Ruth, $1.50.
I'ollce ;asc.
The mayor this morning committed te
the county jail ene drunken and disorderly
person for fifteen dayj, two for twenty
days, and two for thirty days ; ami sent
one vagraut te the work h-usc for thirty
days.
Alderman Samson committed Jehn
Lewis, Alenzi Merrill, and Jehn Green.
alleoleicd, te the county jail for fifteen
days each for drunken aid disorderly
conduct.
Besides Charles Kennedy, whose sen
tense is noticed elsewhere, the mayor had
four drurks before him this morning ; one
get 30 days; two each 20, and otte was
-.cut, te the workhouse.
Manliilm Ss Lltltz TiirnjOKt
The cost of the proposed turnpike be
tween Mr.nheim and Lititz is estimated at
$22,000, el which sum ever $15,000 is new
subscribed, with a fair prospect that the
remainder will b; raised in a sheit time.