LANCASTER DAILY LNTELLIGENCEK TUESDAY , JANUAMY 23. 1883.
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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.