LANCASTER DAILY LNTELLIGENCEK TUESDAY , JANUAMY 23. 1883. ?lanrastrr nttf ligmrrr. TUEHDAY EVENING, JAN. 23. 1883. Sea Vessel Improvements. The newspapers, of course, have a great deal te say concerning the less of the Cimbria and the California railroad accident, events of one day that were very fatal te human life aud that seem te have been the results of careless man agement. It is easy enough te find that the fault of the railroad accident was with the brakemen,who were net at their pest, and with the company that al lowed the train te be stepped for the de tachment of its engines while it steed en a heavy grade. The responsibility for the sea disaster is net se easily fixed. It occurred in a fog, and between vessels that seem te have been moving cautiously and at slew speed. Yet it seems that they should have been made sufficiently aware of each ether's position by their signal whistles te have avoided collision. The fault was with the rules of the read or with the application of them by the commanders. These collisions in fog.-) a re se frequent that it is clear enough thai, sea voyaging will never be safe se long as it is con ducted in" vessels that can be sunk by collision. The modern steamer is theo retically built se as net te be sinkable. It is divided into water-) ight compartments, any one or two of which may be pene trated without destroying the buoyancy of the vessel imparted by the sound state of the remaining compartments. In practice this thing is net found te work. Compartmented vessels continue te sink. It seems that the doers be tween the compartments are habitually left open. Collisions come suddenly, and the ship gees down before the open doers can be closed. They are left open ter convenience and for the accommodation of the cargo. The obvious rernwly is te build the compartments without doers. If this interferes with the carrying of cargo, the cargo should net be taken. It would seem that a public de mand would grew up for vessels exclusively for passengers, as it is getting te be understood that vessels cannot be built te carry freight and be guaranteed te flout under all circum stances. It is .net hard te imagine a ship that can be constructed se that it cannot sink. Life beats are built that will float under any circumstances, and se may ships be. It is only necessary te fill the hull with air tubes, or te make of such, in such numbers that the majority of them can not be broken into by any accident. Then the ship will net sink ; and if they are se adjusted that water ballast can be taken into certain of the sound tubes when necessary te balance the ship en her keel, she can be kept right side up as well as afloat. Ne doubt human ingenuity can invent the vessel that will make life safe en the sea. "When the demand for such a vessel shall arise ; and it would seem that the time should be at hand, new when these that go down te the sea in ships would demand that they be brought back again ; and be willing te pay for the certainty of it- Coming te Its Senses. The United States supreme court has finally made a decision that indicates the return te that tribunal of a proper sense of the even balance in our system ei the rights of the states and the first powers of the general government. The second section of the civil rights bill provides penalties of fine and imprison ment in case " two or mere persons in any state or territeiy conspire or go in disguise, upon the highway or en the premises of another for the purpose of de priving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal privil eges and immunities under the laws, or for the purpose of preventing or hinder ing the constituted authorities of any state or territory from giving or securing te all persons within such state or ter ritory the equal protection of the laws." In a case taken up from Tennessee the supreme court lias decided that there is no warrant in the constitution for Con gress te pass any such law as this, regu lating matters that are, and of right ought te be, subjects exclusively of state concern. Conspiracies te hinder per sons, en the highway, at the polls or in the council chamber, in the free exer cise of their rights ought te be punished ; se ought horse stealing and arson. But it has net yet been breached that federal powers must intervene te punish every grade of crime and te create a conflict between state and federal jurisdictions It is a healthful sig, therefore, te see the supreme court, which has been tee often bent by political prejudice, set the seal of its disapprobation upon a law " directed exclusively against the action of private persons without reference te the laws of the state or of its-officers." The political rights of the citizens of Tennessee are conferred upon them by the state, and that is the uewer which should protect them in the exercise of these franchises. , Tiik Monday evening session of the Heuse at Harri3burg has been devoted te the introduction and consideration of a let of buncombe resolutions en the tariff, civil service and ether subjects of federal legislation, which aie introduced into the state Legislature for mere pur poses of clap-trap, and the consideration of which serves te waste time that might be usefully employed. Se far as these resolutions pretend te instruct congress men in their duties they are alike impu dent and ineffective. The experience of last night shows, tee, what the short Monday evening ses sion is likely te be a mere farce without substantial results te state legislation The Friday morning session, just before the adjournment for the week,is no better. There are only three real working days at Harrisbiwg, Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday, and the sooner the members of the Legislature realize this the better. "We are astonished that the Democratic majority of the Heuse, se largely made up of honest, conscientious and well meaning men, de net appreciate this fact and force their colleagues te make full time. There is nothing in reason and geed conscience te prevent six hours work per day in four days of the week and three hour sessions en Monday and Saturday. It may taKe a cyclone te make the members realize this, but it will surely come. It would be an odd year, indeed, that did net chronicle a mysterious, though none the less disastrous, explosion of s mething at the giant powder works near San Francisce Annually that town is shaken up that way, but as no such incident was needed this year te complete the cycle ei calamities that have stained the first month of it, the explosion, which has cost twenty Chinamen their lives and shattered the .hinges of the golden gate, might have been dispensed with. Probably the workmen at these mills knew that they go into them with their lives in their hands, and are paid wages commensurate with the risk of never coming out of such employment except in unrecognizable fragments ; probably the life of a workingmen in such a ser vice out then4 is net rated very high, as the announcement is made with some signs of relief that one white man and only thiity Chinamen reported missing, reduce the casualties below the first re port. But the Californians had better import their powder than run the con stant risk which thpy seem te incur from these Oakland mills, blowing up period ically and with unerring fatality. Nuw Yekk, like Pennsylvania, is atllicled with a lazy Legislature and the public are beginning te complain that members who draw seven days paj de only three days work. There, as here, the sessions of Monday and Fridaj amount te nothing. If it be true that legislators have net enough te de they had better go home altogether. This trilling with the time and patience of the people is disgraceful. By this time op portunity has been afforded in our legislature te have offered and referred business enough te keep the Legislature at work all session, and yet nothing has been ven fairly started. The respensi bility in both states is almost evenly di vided between the parties, and in neither is it worse than when the Republicans were in control of both Houses. But, en the ether hand, the prospect is that it will be no better, and that is net what the people elected a " Reform" Deme cratic Heuse for. Til U Heuse at llarrisburg having decided that postage stamps are net peiqnisites, should say what they arc. DAKOTA. Against Hie eeH clear sky u smoke Uurls like some column te its dome. An axe with tar. taint, boyish stroke. IMiiys l.-ebly li mil :t snowy home. Oh. tut tier com.-! The flume burns low. We liveze In this vast lielii el snow." lint tarawiiy, ami long ami vain, Twe lien-es plunge with nor te breast. Tlie wciirv t ither drops the rein He res's In the eternal ret. Atnl high aguin-ttlie blue protentnl A lark !.inl elides round ami re.iml. Je'iquin Miller in the Century. Notiiine is clearer te the Nertli Ameri can. ihwi that Governer Pattiseu ''has entirely separated himself from tlrinude pendent Republicans of Philadelphia and of the state " by " raising a hue aud cry against railroads as being corporate mo nopolies." Governer Pattiseu has simply demanded the enforcement of the provis previs ions of tlie new constitution. Aie the In depetideut Republicans opposed te this? It seems that in the camps of railway builders in the far West the consumption of lager beer is enormous. At Bismarck a correspondent saw an entire freight tiain et 30 cars laden with bottled beei fieni a Chicago brewery, bound for the town nearest the end of the track. The chief engineer of the construction feice said that an average of a bottle for every tie laid was consumed, aud that the tie and the beer cost the same 50 cents. Ax anonymous correspondent complains that the I.NTEM.ir.ENCEK did net pi hit an item of local news as he sent it. Anony mous cei respoudeuce usually finds its place in the editorial waste basket, unless reported facts are first carefully verified by person': 1 investigation. In the case under e!isideratien se much of the report furnished us as was found tobecenect was used ; wherein it was incorrect it was corrected. Gounod considers his ucw trilogy of "The Redemption" the work of his life. The New Yerk critics vary in their esti mates, but all consider it te abound in noble conceptions of geuius. Philadelphia will have its first hearing eT the oratorio at the Academy of Music en Friday eve ning of this week, when the GVciliiu society, of that city, comprising a chorus of some four hundred voices will sing it in connection with Theodere Themas' solo ists and orchestra. Legan is uet averse te giving it out that he has parted campmy with Grant en tlw Fitz Jehn Perter question, and it is te be inferred that he has set up for a presiden tial candidate against Grant, He admits thit he knows a little about grammar as the old man," but he is net ashamed of his ignorance : " I see that seme of the papers are pitching into my grammar. Well, grammar won't save Fitz-Jehn Por Per ter, and what I say, I say, and don't sign my name te the articles en the Nicaraguau ciual that are written by somebody else." The Philadelphia man who traveled up te Niagara te threw himself ever the falls uet only adopted a sublime method of suicide but gave himself the advantage of long time and travel te consider the rash step he was about te uudertake, and te change his purpose if it seemed geed te de se. Themas Hilseu was a wool broker, who had cut some financial and matri monial capers, winding up with poverty, despair, irreligien aud a determined pur pose te commit suicide. In the execution of it he traveled te the falls, drove te Luna island, took off his coat and hat and made the fatal leap. Klllel Ulmgelf ler Leve. Eusebie Sims, aged 18 years, and well connected at Charleston, S. C, committed suicide there by sheeting himself through the head. The youth had a note pinned te his coat s'tatiug that he had killed him self for love of a young lady whose name he mentions in the note. Sims recently came from Spain, KNIGHTS OE THE EOAD- MA-KKD KOHHEKS HUT TO FLIGUT. A l'lucky Exprei.fi Messenger Prnvfs Toe Mucti ter Tbeiu Murderous Hebbm8 In ncvutia Town. Ab-Att 1 o'clock Monday morning from tight te twelve mounted aud masked men rode up te Moutelle station,ou the Central Pacific read, ICG miles west of Ogden, seized two white and half a dozen Chinese section men robbed them of what valua bles they had upon their persons and locked them up iu a tank house. They then awaited the arrival of the ea.it bound express train, which came iu seen after. Twe of the highwaymen jumped en the eugiuc, overawed the engineer and fire man and ran the train en a side tiack. The remainder of the gang first seized the trainmen, took from them their personal effects ami locked them al.-e iu the tank house. They then attacked the expiess car. but were met by a fusilade from T. M. Bess the express messenger. They returned the file, and sume thirty shots were exchanged, when the robbers finding the resistance mere (spirited than they expected, and piehahly fearing a demon stratieu en the part et the passengers, decamped. Ne one is kuewn te have been killed (i wounded. The passengeis weie net molested. Mutinied Xtvadu Knbuerti und Murderers. A dispatch te Well.-, Farge & Ce., from Caison, says : "A store at Geld Meuutaiu was lobbed en Thursday or Friday by mounted and masked men. The propiietor and two cleiks were killed. The read agents then went te a store at Silver Pe:.k and robbed it killing the proptkter and one chrk. Twe of the robbers we.ie also killed. Geld mountain and Silver Peak aie iu Southwestern Nevada, remote from telegiaphie communication." Tfcii Knurs til llin KffcC'ni; After :he Capsiz ing et their I'.iiiit. The Diamaut, oue of the steamers sent .ii search of the mis inn passengers and new of the Cimbria, an ived in Hamburg yesterday with sixteen passengers aud a fireman of the ill fated vessel. The res cued passengtis state that after h ivinir left the Cimbria their beat was cap sized and they sought reftige in some of the ri&ging of the Cimbiia, which was btill above water. They re. mained in this position ten hours, freez ing and expecting that every minute would be their last, until they were res cued by a beat from the Diamaut. Maay of these who were in the beat when it lett the Cimbria were drowned upon its capsizing, and many ethers, after reach ing the rigging, were obliged te release their held aud were drewued. The sur- vtwrs describe the set.ues as horrible ana heartreudiug. All of them praise iu the highest terms the conduct of the captain and crew of Cimbria, who never moved from their pests, aud did everything in the power of man te safe life until they themselves were engulfed iu the waver. The passengers affirm that while they were iu the Tigging the lights of the Sultan were clearly visi ble, aud that their ciiesfer help must have bceu heard by the Sultan, which instead of coming te the rescue, steamed away. Most of the surv.v us picsent a miserable appearance, hat in: lest everthing. Since landing, everything possible has been done for them. Seui hue been sent back te their homes, ami ''i remainder will con tinue their voyage en Wednesday. A l'lulOHOpliei 's SMii-tii-I.au'. Cel. Nicolas Smith, the son iu law of Herace Greeley, has been in Washington for everal weeks. He is a candidate for diplomatic honors abroad. He tried tiard te secure the mission te Italy. He is a man who cultivates a peculiar aud striking appearance. He weais his hair very long. It is combed back from his narrow, high forehead and earefully curled at the ends. His eyes are a dreamy blue. His face is as sharp aud shaven as Edwin Beeth's. Cel. Smith loves a roll ing frock coat, with the lower button only fastened, leaving en exhibition that wide expanse of linen se dear te the sight of a ruial svvell. He also wears a huge white tie. He has very long and shapely hands These he uses in endless gesticulation. At the hotel where he lives iie attracts much attention by his theatrical manners. He enters the dining room with his long chin resting upon his heaving chest. Dragging oue feet after another, he glides te a seat and then he plunges into a perfect chasm of deep thought, instiug his head, weary with mighty thoughts, upon his lily right, baud. After a pose of this kind, until every ene is wendeting whether it is a casaef plain or aggravated colic, Cel. Smith comes out of his poetic dream aud orders soup. Victim et the Milwaukee fire. Mrs. Sylveter Blecker, wife of the manager of the Tem Thumb combination, has died from injuries sustained in the NewballhouEe disaster. She tried te es es eape en a repe made from bed clothing, hut lest her held and fell, dislocating her left shoulder, breakiug her left arm, dis locating her left, hip, fiaeturiug her right leg and sustaining numerous cuts till ever her body. She was 5G years old. The remains will be taken te Brooklyn. Jehn Gilbert, the actor, improves slowly and is able te sit up iu bed, but his mind is net yet restored, and he asks continually hew he came te be bruised. He is under the impression that his wife is in Louisville visiting her sister. Great Ice liridge at ?ilgurii. At 11 o'clock Monday morning the high wind and water drove such immense quan tities of ice ever Niagara falls as te almost completely fill the gorge below the ice bridge, which is ever 100 feet thick in seme places. The ice is thrown up along the shore, destroying houses and ether property aud doing several thousand dollars worth of damage. Twe hundred feet of the inclined railway buildiug aud the magnificent observatory and dressing rooms below the bank are crushed. It is the greatest ice bridge ever seen. Mrs. McUlcllitnd'a 'I rial for Murder Mary E. McClelland is ea trial at Franklin, Venauge ceuuty, charged with the murder of her husband. The eutire panel was exhausted befere a jury was se cured. Mrs. McClelland shot her hus band en the evening of November 8th last, from the effects of which he died iu a few hours. The commonwealth claims te have an unusually strong case, but the general opinion is that she will be acquitted en aeceuut of mitigatiug circum stances. Twe Jlen ilanped by Vigilantes. A special from Weeksville, Mentana ter ritory, says : " On Saturday night vigi l.iutes proceeded te Thompson river and cleared the place of roughs. They then went forward te Sand Point, .where they found two men nicknamed " Dick the Barber" and " Ohie Dan." They brought the pair within two miles of hcreand hung them en separate trees. Beth made confessions, stating they were guilty and had committed " enough depredations te have deserved hanging long age." The Steolteu Kuibezzlement. The embezzlement in the Steelton pest office continues te cause much excitement, though ue uew facts were developed. A preliminary hearing was given Nebinger Monday afternoon, at which nothing was adduced, and the case was continued until February 1, the defendant giving bail in $1000 for his appearance. Monday after noon he publicly stated that when the proper time arrived he would make a clean breast of the whole affair, " no matter who .might be hit." Six Seamen Leut. The schooner James A. Garfield arrived at Gloucester, Mass., from Grand Banks, and reports the less of six of her ciew, who were visiting their trawls en Jan. 10. A gale setting in they were unable te re turn te the vessel. Their names were Charles Ray, Jehn McKiunau, Jehn White man, Ned Brephv, Antheny Dunn and a seaman Known as ".bDciis-u uui. ir. is ; possible that they may liave been picked up by tome passing vessel. ratal Heller fc.xlntn. The boiler iu B. W. Hedgnes' Eagle flouring mill, at Portland, O., eight miles above Wheeling, W. Ya., en the Ohie river, exploded, killing Herman Lewis, aged 15 years, aud wounding Ellswerth Lewis seiieusly. The supply pipe was frozen and this is supposed te have caused the disaster. nunnery minted. Be,;'i, distillerv, at Pike's Run, near Belle Yerden, Pa.", with GG.O'JO gallons eJ whisky, was burned yesterday. Less, 875,000 ; insurance, $11,000. NKIVS .Ulst'GLliASY. I': ri;rapliic l'elnis ou Kecent Oecurreueew. Judge Quailes, of the criminal court at Nashville, Twin., has fixed ex-Tieasuter Polk's appearance bend at $100,000. Captain J. B. Olfers, aged GG years, while temporarily insane, committed tui cide at ISaltimoie by sheeting himself. Jem Mack and Slade arrived at Oiuaha Monday eveuiiur, having been delayed en the trip from California. They start for Chicago. The dwelling of Senater Frye, of Lewis Lewis ten, Me., occupied by V. II. White aud fatnilv, was damaged by liie te the amount of $5,000. In a quarrel al Fillmore, Bessier parish, La., J. xV. Williams, a well known Textut cattle dealer, shot a: d killed Jehn Justice, an old stage driver. Edwaid Nichols, 18 yeats old, a fireniau ou a si uth bound train en the Delawaie and Hudsen River railroad, w;is killed by the engine jnmpinsr the track a mile south of G leu's Falls, N. Y. An action bieught at Montreal by Hattie Carrell, an Aineiicau girl, for $10, 000 damages ler bieach of premise against Charles Phillips, of that c.ty, was dis missed by Justice Lerauger. F. P. Andetsen, clered, a distributing clerk in the New Orleans po.-deffiee, was ai rested for stealing letters, ii number of which weie found iu his possession. He was held for ceuit. The trial of Grant White, colored, fur murder, is progressing in the county court at Orange, Va., bofero a jury com posed entirely of colored men the first jury of the kind ever impanelled m that county. McR.ie & Ce.'s stoic at Mount Helly, Uiiieu county, Arknausas, was blown open and robbed of a considerable amount iu money and 4,000 iu government bends. The robbers also stele two horses. Detectives at New Yerk arrested Thes Shertell, Bcnj. B. Bergley and Jehn T. Sullivan, a clerk in the Paisley house, the three meu who stele a sealskin dolman, valued at 1,300 en December 27, fie:n Mrs; Shertell, of Philadelphia. Boies, Fay & Conkey, wholesale grocers at Chicago, are iu the hamis of the sheriff en judgments entered against them for $93,.ri00. Their assets are stated te be 300,000. Their liabilities are uuknewn, but it is reported that they greatly exceed the assets. The supreme court of appeals of Vir ginia, at. Richmond, granted a hearing iu the ease of Virginius Jehnsen (Democrat) vs. Judge Fj. M. Mann, of the Husting court of Petersburg, aud E. W. Couch (Keadjuster), iu matter of the city-treas-urership of Petersburg. Michael Hackett, the Park policeman who was sentenced at New Yerk te state prison for life, in 1881, for the murder of his wife has just been taken te that insti tution. Iio has beeu in the Tombs since the sentence, pending decision en a stay of proceedings. The decision was adverse. Augustus T. Day, cashier of the Far tners' national bank of Peiinshurg, Mont gomery ceuuty, is short in his accounts 1,300 drawn ou his own unendorsed notes and notes of his brother in-law. Sally Story, a queer little old wennu, of Littic Falls, N. J., is en trial for kill ing Mrs. Elizabeth Feest. by ".ivitig her strjehnine instead of quinine. The de fen se will probably be that the prisoner in her hurry te help her sick neighbor get held of the wieug package, though the case premises te assume mere than erdi nary interest by roaseu of the fact that there are several charges of poisoning new pending against Mrs. Story, who iu the opinion of her neighbors seems te have been a regular Bergia. i the uisKHAN rmoes. ine llemauil Uueu tn.trlca for Aid. I'hiluitelplii.i Ledger. Accounts of the disasters from oveillew of the rivets iu Geiraany are lull of dis tress. The appeal for help has already received prompt aud generous respeuse in this city aud throughout the United States, but it is only by considering the huge numbers of homeless and helpless people ruiued by the Heeds that the public of this country can have au adequate idea of hew much that help is needed. We leave out of aeceuut the distructieu of piepeity, which is enormous, and appeal only for the personal distress. The shores of the Rhine aud of its feeders, from Switzerland through Germany te ite mouth iu Helland, are lined with cities, towns and villages, and between them are thickly settled distiicts, covered with liehis and gardens, orchards and vine yards. More than a hundred aud seventy thousand of the people liviug iu these densely populated districts have been driveu from their homes, in the autumn Heeds the efliciul returus show that in Prussia alone 130,000 persons were left homeless, 20,000 houses aud 40,000 acres of laud weie ruined. Since then thcre have been mero violent rains, greater Heeds, aud propertionably larger injur cs. Our coutemperary, the Philadelphia Dcmekral, republishes (iu German) extracts from the Continental newspapers received by the last mails, showing the extent of destruction ou the Rhine, the Main, the Weser, the Fulda and the Wcrra, converting the course of these streams into scenes of wretchedness and affliction, requiring very large sums te provide for the pressing instant needs of the unfortunate victims. Frem Mannheim come reports of towns and villages and all the country along the banks of the Rhine, the Main aud the Ncckar under water, banks broken, cattle drowned, soldiers helping te save lives liremeu working iu vain te protect pro pel ty from the water and railroads aud highways cut off by the floods. Many flourishing industrial manufacturing es tablishments have been destroyed and their working men with their families driven te seek refuge elsewhere, without shelter or employment, all their means of living lest. Frem the rich districts of Rhine, Hesse, Worms and Speyer come ap peals for bread te meet the most press ing needs of daily life. Churches and court houses are made temporary i efuges for the peeple driven from their homes and the authorities are taxed te the utmost te provide shelter fur them. Americans who knew the Rhine and its lovely shores fiem seeing them in their summer glory with all the beauty of the landscape heightened by mild weather, can hardly understand the widespread ruiu inflicted by these sweeping floods. Our German fellow-citizens can better ap preciate the story of this calamity, for they knew hew wide is the stretch of country under water, aud hew large the population living in the closest manner ou small daily earnings who have lust all and have new te be fed and clothed and cared for until new homes aud new employment can be found for them. Such enormous devastation and distress appeal for aid te common humanity, as well a- te the German element of our pop ulation. Iu the Fatherland, all purses have been opened, from that of the workman, who lias anything left te give. te that of the emperor, who has centri- uuteil a vei v large Mini. in our n:'ppy common wealth, where we have been spared such affliction, al! of us who can help in the last degiea should be prompt te show that American benwtieenee can again stietch its helping band across the sea PEHSUNAl. Senater-elect Kenna, of West. Vir ginia, is euly 33 years old. Mrs Mark HerKiNS gae 100.000 as a wedding present te her seu's bride. Ralimi Beaumont, a shoemaker of El- mira, N. Y., will be Mayer Powderly s successor as graud master werkmau of the Knights of Laber. PrTEii Duutea, the backer of Rewell, the pedestriau, is lying dangeieusly ill in Paris. He wants te come home and plain tivelydecl'ires that if he ever gets back te America Europe will never re him again. Mr W. K. Buckingham, feimrsly of the editorial staff of the Intei.lieencek, has severed his connection with the Bed ford Inquirer, of which he has beeu oue of the editors aud publishers during the past few years. J. Tepd Hutchinson, formerly editor e!" tlie defunct Allfgheniun, aud mere re cently postmaster at Ebensburg, was eat ing supper when a piece of meat ledged iu his threat aud strangled him te death. He was an able writer and a printer by trade. Senater McPiieissex has been renomi renemi nated by the New Jersey legislative cau cus, the opposition which had been stiried up against him panning out very slimly when the votes came te be counted. Mr. McPherson received 31 out of the 3'J votes cast, four mcnibeis of the caucus declin ing te vote at all. Adjutant General Guthrie had an interview with Governer-elect Pattiseu befeie his appeiutmeut. Said the gover nor : " Colenol, de yeudiink ?" Collect ing himself, Guthrie replied with serious politeness : ' Yes ; but I deu't. care for anything new, thank you." The gover nor elect saw the point aud speedily made out Guthrie's commission. Kit Caisson's family, consisting of a widowed daughter, two unmarried daugh ters aud two sons, are liviug at Les Vegas, N. M., in au impoverished condition. Del egate Luna, of New Mexico, has intro duced a bill into Congress granting them a pension. Kit Carseu at the time of his death was a lieutenant-colonel and brevet brigadier general iu the United States army. Cel. McCluue, of the. Philadelphia Times, in leply te the query of a cories ceries cories pendeut, who was interested in a wager as te what ticket the independent editor had voted, states that the ballet cast, by him at the November electieu bore the names of Jehn Stewart for governor, Chauncey F. Black for lieutenant governor, William Henry Rawle for supreme judge, J. Simp son Africa for secretary of internal affairs aud William McMichael for ceugressman-at-large. A NtluKll's AtvKUl. FaTE, I.ilicd te Dent i Over tlie Cliften Ohie Fulls In ViiKliitu. The rain aud thawiug suew from the mountains have made Jackseu's river for the last two das a swollen, dangerous torrent, which lesterday earned a peer fellow te an awful death. Geerge Wash iugten, a colored miner employed at the ere mines, had beeu up te a steie at the Ferge te purchase some things. Going down the river batik a friend en the oilier side called te him te come ever, and Washington jumped iute a c.iuoe and, although net mere than fifty yards above the dangerous falls of the old Cliften Falls dam, started te paddle across As seen as he get into the cm rent his beat was tossed like au egg shell and he dropped his ears, seemingly appalled at tlie awful presprct belore bun. In a few seconds his beat reached the brink of the falls and the man, raising his aims above his head with a wild cry of " Oh ! Lord," was pluuged into the gulf and iu au in staut was out of sight. The spectator ei the accident waited a considerable time te see if he could catch sight of either mau or beat, but without avail. Since then, however, the battered, broken beat has li'attd te the shore far below the falls. Kitlter unit Governors, Cel. Medina's Times. The editor of this journal has never been iu Controller Pattiseu 's oiliee ; he has never, directly or indirectly, asked or suggested either personal or elhcial favor; Pattiseu and the editor of this paper never met from the time of Pattiseu's nomina tion until after his electieu ; they thou met by the goveruer-elect caiiiug at the editorial rooms te confer about his admin istration, aud when iuvited te suggest suitable cabinet officers, the only auswer made was that Pattiseu owed it te him self, te his solemn reform pledges and te the people of the state, te select accepta ble Democrats, fiee from factious alliances and eminent for their ability aud tested devotion te honest government. TUB NOKTIIUUTI ClIflUEKT. I after which the Mechanics' hall was a l'easiug Kuterta.ument at Triuity ciiapei. ' rented,, and the camp was installed en the There was a goodly audience in Trinity ' 24th of Jan. 1882 ; en the 25th the build Lutheran chapel last evening, where the I iug was destroyed by tire and the lollew- Northcott concert combination of Phila- delphia, gave .1 musical entertainment uudcr the auspices of the Junier mission ary society, an organization con nected with Trinity congiegatien. The Northcott company consists of Miss Marie Stevenson, soprano ; Mr. Jehn It. Johnsten, baritone ; Mr. W. North cott, ceructist ; Mr. Fred. T. Baker, pianist and organist, and Miss Ltura Bigger, elocutionist. The programme last night introduced the rospeetive perform ers separately and in conjunction and furnished some popular selections from well-known composers. Probably the best thing of the evening was Miss Stevenson's sole, ' Come Theu Fouat," net a difficult composition, but one af fording geed opportunity for estimating the quality of the little lady's voice, a fiue soprano of ample compass, true register, and possessing withal a sweetness and expression thatde net fail te awaken a response iu the heart of the listener. Her duets with Mr. Johnsten were also finely rendered. The latter has a nicely Btrung baritone, and his rendition of the pretty ballad, " My Bey Itemeraber Me," was a gem in its way. Mr. Northnett's cornet soles were highly appreciated, as were the piano and organ soles of Mr. Baker, while Miss Bigger contributed very ma terially te the merit of the enteitaiument by several recitations, notably cetid among which was the account of " liew Edith Helps Things Along." ttefere the DCayer. Baltimore Jee was released from jail en Saturday and he came out looking re markably well considering that he had been penned up in Bummer's hall. He told the story of the suffening and hard ships in '81 te many persons and his recital of it is full of interest. Last night he get a lead of whisky en and was ar rested. This morning he get thirty days. Anether drunk get 10 day and two were discharged. Sale et an Engine Heuse. Last evening Auctioneer Shubert sold at public sale the engine beuse of the Hu mane tire company, situated en West King street above Charlette. The pur-1 chaser was C. A. lsitner and the price $4,750. The building is new and cost the company $0,000. INSURE OR NOT INSURE ? SIATKMKM OF TIIK COMMlSSIOJiJCKS Tliy Held that it is Cheaper for tin- County te Aume tin Own Klk Than te Injure. The following statement, prepared 5y the county commissioners, was presented te the court aud by the court reterred te the graud inquest. It will be seen that the commissioners differ with the graud inquest as te the propriety of insuring the county buildings : Te the Honorable the Court efQunri'r Sessions of Lancaster county : The undersigned, the cumuiis-iener f said county, respectfully represent that as custodians of the county prepeity. they have considered the recommendation of the grand jury that the public buildings of ths county sh'iuld bd insured ng.tiust less by lite, and after making calcuh.tieiiS as te the cost of iusuiauee, aud getting all the information te be ebtaiued ou the subject, submit the following facts and estimates, with the reasons and conclu sions derived therefrem : COST Of COUriTV Dl'ILDIXOS. I'liJiin i i ii.. (i t'oerhousu liii.iw Hospital ."Hi.nOil I'oerlionse burn .VHl tTeiut Heuse In'v ml Ji County bridge 10t.0:e Total value et county property. In-. u red ler J value Kate Annual piemltiiiitf .. KSI.liO) ... 4Jt;,mK) .(Ml i,:t;s u) je ...:-27,:,e oe se far as 1) $ Iti.lMI nity r,,.e (..Mill Premium tot aiye ir.s L sses by lira in 20 years, known : :i burns en nenrli.-.use f.irin (tuiire llinMey's hritlye (ler lite!i the county Is net il'iele County liediiitai t :;e,a e Xel j;aiii by in uiMiiee without ceuntin: u-e et money tiCte (W The beard, however, represent that owing te the peculiar risk of a peer house barn it should be insuted ; that it always has been insured, and always will be during the piesent management ; aud that te their knowledge the last two barns have beeu built largely of insurant:) money ; and that the barn therefore should uet be considered iu making a fair esti mate of the value of insurance. And further that Biukley's bridge, being situated ou the line of a turnpike read, the county is released under the act et 18.17. P. L., 033. from any liability te maintain or repair the same or pay insurance ; and thus it therefore should net be included iu a fair consideration of the question of insurance. We,therefore, submit the following as a mere correct esti mate of the cost aud less from insurance : Value Court Heuse SW'i.ttu I'li.-eii l.u.iO- I'oer Heuse 10,110 ' He-pituI :.e,WHl i County liridges IiJI.tOe tr.Ty.iiee 4."i-,t Mi Insurable ler j?j .. Rate Annual Premium. ..$',:kis oe Cost et insurance ler 20 years $.'T,IU) en Leise ter fl) years, se lar as known, lunittinir burn : County Hospital li.Ow 00 Net sitvlng te c junty by no insuriii;r.$!l,it;u .u We respectfully submit te the court, aud through the court te the grand jury, that for the reasons stated the county commissieneis are of the opinion that it is cheaper for the county aud the peeple that the ceuuty should be its own insurer, except iu the instances mentioned ; and for ttiat reason the commissioners have net as yet had any of the ceuuty buildings insured against fire. We respectfully submit our statement for your consideration. Samuel M. Myers, A. Summy, M. HlLDUlSRANT. SOS OK AMKU1CA. First AuiilveiHiiry et Wuliini;teii Ctuie. Monday evening Washington camp Ne. 27, P. O. S. of A., celebrated their first annivetsaty iu Odd Fellows hall with about sixty members present. The pro pre gramme opened with an address by J. P. Winewer, followed by refreshments, after which the following pregramme was car ried out : Opening ode, by the camp. Address, Our Order " by Gee W. Over deer. Music, by Hisinj; Sun dec club. History el camp, by H. Rill. Lecture, by II. C. iluckle. Music, by the Glee club. Refreshments. iuiitcrial et members lv J. Winewer. M itsie, " Johnny Smoker " by tilee elub. Address by G. . Overneer. Address by Jehn Muck, jr. Itetreshmeuts. Recitation by A. M. Albright. Duties et members by K. O. ISeyle, el Camp 93. 'Dialogue by A. M. Albright and II. C. Muekle. Music by Glee club. Refreshments. The members then, tendered a vote of thanks te the following committee : J. P. Winewerr, chairman ; A. J. Keller, Chas. Kautz, C. F. Wolpert, Gee. 1'essler, S. S. Uanuels, II. M. Metzger, Gee. W. Overdeer. A little mero than ene year age a num ber of young men applied te the state camp for a charter, which was granted, iug week the camp met in II. Rudy's i carpet room en East King street, with tallow candles for light : they then routed O id Fellows' hall, whero they have since met.-BJfhe charter bears 22 names aud the camJvnew nuinbcis 81 members. Thu total assets of the camp for the lirst year are $600. UK1VINU A.CUIUENTS. Tne Keail 1'erlls of tlia Seen. About half-past eight o'clock this morn ing, as Capt. Geerge F. Sprenger's busi ness wagon, leaded with bottled beer, was being driven te Safe Harber, ene of the traces broke, or came loose, at Heck 11:11, ami the horse and wagon went ever a high embankment tiie w.igeu being badly broken and the horse injured se badly that he will have te be killed. Tlie driver es caped injury by jumping from the wagon before it went ever the embankment. Smash-up en ertli eueen Street. About four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a horse attached te a sleigh took fright en North Queen street, near Walnut, and ran off. In the course of its flight it ran into another sleigh, upset and shattered it, and threw out the occupants. The runaway was caught near North Queen and Lemen. Beth teams belonged te countrymen, who drove off without leav ing their names. Tlie Clenk Man. Jacob Gumpf, the alleged cloak man, who created consternation in the Eighth ward some weeks age, was te have had a hearing befere Alderman Spurrier last evening, but, by consent, the case was continued. It will be remembered that Gumpf sued his captors for assault and battery, and it is whispered that the com plaints en both side will be withdrawn and the cases settled without going te court. Uncharged. Yesterday afternoon Ileniy Leenard had a hearing before Alderman Barr ou the charge of arson. The complainant was Frederick Miller, who alleged that Brim mer made a statement te him, iu which he implicated Liaenard in the burning of Charles White's outhouse. At the bearing Brimmer denied that he ever said any thing of the kind te Miller, se Leenard was discharged for want of evidence. FTKI.lt: KO.llS. Vitwerii Apoeiinwd H.-pertu Cenlirniril Ab Ab teiuirty Dtiting last week vieiwets were appoint ed iu but one eae. A uitiuber et repeits were confirmed absolutely. All are given below : Vlewi Appointed Te lay out a read te begin near Peter Betlenimes tiverii. ou the niatu public read, through the village of New Helland, East L.inpeter township, and te end at a p iiit en the old railretd bed near the bark mill of Jacob S. Shirk, wluve the public read cresses rite railroad bed : I'alviti Ce.'per, D.kvid X. Laudis and Micliael S. Metzgar. Ur-Ii'irl- continue,! Absolutely. in tutor et a lead in Mount Jev town h'p. te lead from a oeiut ni the re.ul whiihwill inn in. in tin? (Jampbelstewu read te the Hutmut-is'ewii read, te a peiut at Cene w.ige creek ou the hue betweeu Lancaster and Dauphin counties. Iu favor id a piivate read in Mauer township, te lead from the read running te Washington borough, te the laud of Geerge Otteid.i'", deceased. Iu favor of a public read, in Clay town ship, te lead fieni a point nrar the Sunny side school house, in the toad from Gochle's strte te Lincoln, te a point iu the read from Henicky's meeting beuse, te the Her.-t shoe pike, near the property of Hiram Fry. In favor ei a public read iu Ephrata township te I'vi.l from Akren station ou the Heading & C !u:ubi.i ratlre;d, te a peiut iu the public read leading Irem Akren te Lititz, at. or near the railroad bridge. In taver of :w public read in Colerain township beginning en the land of James Cellins, at point whom the D.y Welts-4 mil Reck Purnace read cresses, another toad, and ti end v. he te a public read from K ibiUMin s mill t l.enj.uuiu Heir s Uer tier, terminate and te vacate as much of the old part as is tendered useless. la favor el a public read iu Kaplie town ship te beinat a point en the read from Henry Shenlc's mill te Mt Jey and Jehu M. Stiicklet's toad aud terminate and tn leisect another read from said mill te the Hariisburg pike. In favor efa public read in West Hemp field tewnsliip. fi'etu a p'liut en the read lendiug te the Liucaster and Susquehan na turnpike te a point en the re.ul leading from Millersville te the Susquehanii i rivei. A report advetsn te a public read iu Mount Jey town-hip, which was te begin at a public read from Nissley'.s mill te the llarrisburg pike at the junction et sttd public read and Kuhn's pnvate lane, and te end at the llarrisburg turnpike, and te vacate tne lead beginning .it the junction of Kuhn's lanu and said public read, aud end near the Hut; of lands of Ahtaham Stan Iter et al. Favoiable te a pub'ie read in Clay township, beginning at a public rerul lead ing fiem liberty's store and Wealand's tavi'tn, and te en I in the run' from P.m uabecker's inciting house te Wealand's tavern. Favorable te tlr vacation of a public read in Little Bntain township, beginning at a point en the read from White Riek te O.tk Shade, and ending at a small bridge en t'usatue read, and te lay out iu lieu thereof another read between the same jieints. Favoiable te the v .tuition tif a public read iu Carnarvon township, from Peter Yehu's te Penny town, beginning at the turnpike and ending en the Pclmytewn read. Iu the matter of the proposed lead in Cay township, te lead from a public read l.Miting from Fetter's school house te Schmiieek and te end iu a read leading fiem the faun el Jehn Denmyer te Worst's mill, the viewers lepert that they could, net agiee upon a route because the termini is net laid in a public read. iuu.iei:i: W nat Ih Di!ii; In Mm l.ewrr Kml. We have had levtly tdiighing, but our beautiful snow has been usurped by long, endless tracks of impassible ice, and the blacksmiths ate having a consequent harvest. We have enjoyed the usual amount of sleighing upsets ami such acci deuts, in which no one is hurt, and thu gills only a little tumbled up and mere in clined te cling. Notably among our upsets was one performed by Messrs. Ellswerth Waiden and Si Geed, near the rtsidence of Mr. Gee. W. Miller. Fast driving, a sharp turn, a slipjtery track, two young men standing ou their heads, feet undecided which way te fall, lets of bruises, less conceit, a tine new cutter dragged en its side, badly mashed up. and the horse trying half succeeding te climb the fence. We eemmeuced te get married tee sour, or the sleighing came tee late there is no auxiliary for marriage like sleighing. We have had but ene wedding since sleighing, that of U)V. Isaiah Wiley, a dweller en the Susquehanna, who tited of his lonely life took unto himself a blooming damsel of Yerk county. Hather tee dusky te be a representative p isey of the white rose, yet she is no doubt a whole bouquet te Isaiah. A very pleasant sut prise was given te Mr. and Mia. Jehn Patterson, of Fulton township, en Weduesihtyef last week. The party consisted of seventy iive persons. A merry time and plenty of geed things te eat characterized the occasion A beauti ful set of china was presented te Mrs. Pat terson by her mother and children, the presentation lemarks being made by our friend, James Cellins. Out in Fulton township the beaux with their lassies some' hues lees their way and tbive aieuml iu orchards, only knowing they are sleighing and net caring for the direction orpiegiess. The fair at Chestnut L'jvcl next mouth premises te bean event worth anticipa tion. Klectien of OUicern. The following named officers, te serve for the ensuing year, were elected at a meeting of the Amencau Mechanics build ing aud lean association, hehl last even ing : President, Richard Blickenderfer : Vice Presidents, Daniel G. Baker, Ed w. E. Snjder ; Treasurer, Jehn D. Skilus ; Sec lOtary, Win. T. Jeffiies; Directors, M. M. Barten, B. F. Benedict, Geerge W. Cor Cer meny, E J, Erisman, Win. F. Humble, J no. S. Kendtg, Gee. A. Marshall, Oliver Reland, J. Gust Zeek ; Auditors, Jehn tl. Baumgardner, Oliver Reland, Daniel G. Baker. Till '1'Hpper (jcuimiiicd. Frank Bender, aged about 15 years, was this morning committed te jail te answer for tapping the till of E. Z. Hardy, a dealer in the farmers northern market The offence was committed several weeks age, but Bender managed te elude arrest. Yeung as he iV, he is au old offender," having served a .teem in . the house of refuge, as an incenigible boy and having beeu guilty of several ether -petty larce nies, in connection -with a gang of bad boys who infest the central and northern markets. Jke Smith, Little Ike Smith, the barber, who was beaten and had -an arm broken, during an unpleasantness iu which several ether mekes were participants, a few day age, was nut able te attend the hearing before Alderman Spurrier last evening, and se the case against LewU Gctz, one of the alleged assaultants, was continued uUil seme future day. rJej'n Leg Urokee. Jehu Doersen, son of Frankliu Doersen, was sledding yesterday afternoon near St. Jeseph street and Laurel alley, when the sled struck a lamp pest. The boy had is right leg broken below the knee. Dr. Warren attended him.
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