LANCASTEE JDAILY lNTEJLLIfiENCEli TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 6. 8s3. . ?laucastcr I-ntrlligmrer. TUESDAY EVENING. FEB 6. 1883. i'lic Uovcnier's Recommendations. . The governor sends te tlie Legislating a message making numerous recoumieii receumieii recoumieii datiensof legislation, -all of Ihem geed, though net generally upon matters of any vital importance. It is well te recommend the abolition of the office of recorder of Philadelphia and of the office of sealer of weights and measures, which are net useful te the extent of the tax they impose upon the people. While the offices exist the governor is right in saying that it is a duty te put geed nun into them. The recommendation that the Legisla ture shall designate banks which shall he the depositories of the public moneys may also be a judicious one, though it would be letter, we thinlc, te give the selection of these depositories te the state treasurer with the approval of a beard consisting say of the auditor gen eral, the attorney general and the gever nor, requiring them te make public the selections they may make. The danger in confiding the choice te the Legisla ture would be that members would com. bine together te favor local banks, and that in this way weak institutions would be selected. While the state treasurer is held under a heavy bend for the safety of the moneys in his care, he ought cer tainly te have a voice in declaring where they shall !' kept ; but it would be well te require hissrlectien te be approved by the ether high officers of Uie state. The governor recommends thatelectien ballets shall be required te be uniform, which is a very geed recommendation, and one that is within the injunction of the present law, fairly construed. The ballet new is required te be folded se that the designation of the office, ' and that only," shall appear. Certainly the words" that only," exclude everything, even though it be but a mark, that is net needed te designate the office. Political parties, however, have been in the prac tice of ornamenting the backs of the tickets se as te mark them, claiming that they were net violating the letter of the law. The spirit was certainly violated, for that contemplated a secret ballet,which should net show by its face its contents. The Legislature probably will readily comply with the governor's suggestion te make the language of the law mer difficult of evasion : for while a secret ballet is guaranteed te the voter the state should exhaust its power in protecting him in its exercise. Among the governor's ether recom mendations, with none of which de we find occasion te take exception, we hnil one we especially approve calling atten tion te the wrong done iu the state in the peddling of its old charters. All such charters net in use should certainly be at once withdrawn by a repeal of the laws creating them. Our Oil Production. We find in the 1'hiladelphia Recerd a statement that, the shipments of petro leum from New Yerk from January first of this year te January twenty, seventh, were ever twenty-four millions of gallons, being an increase ever the shipments for the same time last yvar of ever six million gallons ; while the ex ex eorts from Philadelphia during t lie en tire month of January were but thrfe millions, being two millions less than in January a year age. Ttiese figures net only show the diver sion of the oil production of Pennsylva nia te a pert e( another state, but indi cate that Philadelphia is rapidly ceasing te be a pert of expert at all. It is the business of the Legislature te inquire why this is se. Philadelphia iuiere3ts ought net te be thus sacrificed if they can be fairly protected. The great pro duct of Pennsylvania soil should yield its legitimate benefit te the state and its people. The fact is well known that a single great corporation controls the oil production of the state ; and that a corporation foreign te the state which l.a declared that it does net de business in Pennsylvania, and under that plea has escaped taxation en its immense capital That it does net de business in Pennsyl vania in the refining and exportation of petroleum is shown by the location of its refineries at New Yerk and by the figures of the exportation of petroleum from that pert. It takes the oil of Pennsylvania, but without doing busi ness there, as our courts have decided, and gets it out of the state before we get an opportunity te tax it. New Yerk and Ohie can lay their hands en the .Standard company's oil, but it is tee slippery for Pennsylvania te held en te, though it is produced from her bowels Geed nature is sometimes a virtue, and sometimes otherwise. In this matter it strikes us very strongly that the state is being abused. If the Standard oil com pany is permitted te carry its oil te Ohie and New Yerk, it ought net te be al lowed te get away with it without paying te the state a fair share of the profits it makes upon the product of the state. Citizens of Pennsylvania are re quired te contribute of their profits te the support of the government. Citi zens of ether states ought net te be treated mere generously. The Standard oil company's monopoly of the oil traffic ought te be broken up by the power of the state. If it has net vigor enough for this act of justice te its people, it ought at least te make the bleated concern pay for it3 stolen fatness. tm m Over in Schuylkill county the bar association has had a meeting ever the bill for salaried county officers which the Lancaster county bar association has proposed te the Legislature and te coun ties of ever 100,000 population. While it is generally agreed that these officers ought te be salaried, there is disagree ment as te hew much ought te be paid them, and one report has it that at the Pottsville meeting the Lancaster county bill was " picked te pieces " because under its previsions if the officers de net earn their salaries in fees for the county treasury they are proportionately re duced. The expectant county officers here also object te this feature of the bill, and in some quarters the fear is expressed that if the county officers are compelled te swell the receipts of their offices te make their stated salaries and expenses, the present imposition of ille gal and extortionate fees will continue. The Schuylkill county bar also suggest that prison inspectors and peer directors be salaried. Why net V it is sitisfactery te see, however, a general recognition and approval of the system of salaries instead of fees. The details of the bill may be arranged at Uarrisburg by mutual compromise. It is gratifying that the subject has re ceived attention in Schuylkill county. Luzerne and Berks are yet te be heard I from. Public Scrutiny Needed. A silly and bumcembe practice has grown up in the state Legislature of offering resolutions en topics of federal legislation, affecting te instruct Con gress in its duty en such questions. These resolutions are usually introduced by callow fledglings who essay flights be yond their sphere for the sake of seeing their speeches in the liccerd. If all the talent in the Legislature were exercised en behalf of subjects of state legislation it would fmd ample employment. Last night a resolution was offered by Mr. Ilasset, of Philadelphia, asking Congress te require the publication of the names of all applicants for pensions, and of all pensioners. The vote was eighty-seven te sixty-one, the majority being Ilepubli cans joined by a great many Democrats. The object of this resolution was te pre vent fraud in the pension system by ex posing each individual grant te public scrutiny. Mr. Morgan, et Philadelphia, moved its reference te the committee en federal relations, saying that he opposed any scheme te cast astigmi; of pauperism en the disabled soldiers. Mr. Brown, of Erie, declared that the resolution was a designed insult te the saviors of the Union, and moved indefinite postpone ment. The indefinite postponement of the resolution was a proper disposition of it, as it would be of every such subject introduced into the state Legislature, hut net for the reasons given by Mr. Morgan or Mr. Brown. Such a propesd tien, if made in Congress, which has jurisdiction in the matter, would be very proper for adept ion. There is no stigma cast upon the deserving pensioner by having his right te draw a pension made public. It is te his honor that he suffered for his country. It is the frauds and sneaks only who need fear exposure, and it is they alone who dread such publica tion. The soldier who lest an arm or leg or eye cannot conceal his disability ; it is a badge of valor. Let the iinpeslers who have obtained their pensions upon false pretenses have their names em blazoned in the public prints, as much for the protection of honest soldiers as for the disclosure of the humbug. Goveknek Pattisen'V, first ve'e seems te be a highly creditable one, and even the friends of the measure slain admit its justice. Bedevilled Pittsburgh has had a special act passed te relieve some of its financial complications, but the measure was get up in such haste and with such caivlessuiss as te be open te grave constitutional objections audi with pieper and conscientious regard for these, tlie reform governor promptly puts his firm feet down upon it. It has been left te the New Yerk Sun te c-refnlly read the Congressional Recerd, te discover and discle?q that while all tLc ether congressional eulogists of Ben llili spoke hopei'uily of immortality there was a tone of doubt about the pan gyric of Senate- Ingalls. Nevertheless, he ad initted that "if immortality is a splendid but delusive dream, if the incompleteness of every career, even the longest and most fortunate, be net supplemented ::A prr fected after its teriniii..tieu here, then he who dreads te die should fear te live, for life is a tragedy mere desolate and inex plicable than death." The Tunkhanueek Democrat dhects at at tentieu te the unnecessary number of jmlges in the state, aud illustrates its com plaint by special relereucc te the Wye-niiug-SulKvau district for the abolition of which it moves, and suggests that Wye miug should hi attached te Susquehanna and Sullivan added te Columbia and Mon Men eour, the Twenty-sixth district. The Wyoming aud Sullivan district only has a population of 23,071, aud the districts among which it would apportion it arc small enough te comfortably take it in. Theieis well founded complaint of tee many judges in tiie stale. A diluted judiciary generally leads te depreciated judges. Tin: Maryland com I, of appeals has affirmed the judgment of tha ler.-er court of Frederick county in yorpetually en joining the execution of p. la-ge number of judgments rendered by a ceuple of country magistrates against a score of citizens and corporations in nearly thirteen, hundred cases brought by ene Harrison Wagner for small amounts each, aggregat ing $130,000. The places of hearing were se remote, the cause of action se ground less and the proceedings se remarkable, that iu most cases the defendants made no defense before the magistrates and entered no appeal. Upen this and net upon the righteousness of his actieu the plaintiff depended. But the court equit ably cut across lets aud treated the whole scanda'eas proceedings as a fraudulent job which should have no cjunteuanje nor protection iu law. The barroom of the Heffman house. New Yerk, is the most elegant iu the world. Mahegauy furniture, cut glaa trcsu newcrs, exquisite statuary, rare paintings and mauy articles of vertu make it a rcr.ert of which the attractions bring customers enough te afford a fortune te the notorious Ed. Stokes, who is the pre prieter. But there are people whose sense of the proprieties will net allow them te con tribute te such gilded gin mills. The work of a woman artist was lately seen by Stokes and he liked it se well that ha offered her a large sum of money for it. The woman is very peer, and, of course, was delighted at the idea of the sale of her picture, but when she found out it was te adorn a barroom she positively refused te make the sale and the picture new bangs unsold upon her ewu wall. Per haps if she had net had such a bitter ex perience in her own family she might be mere leuient te the barrooms. THElFLOODSr' - vnAiiAtKu i;sa or waakiw. High Warcr In Pittsburgh tfallceads Uahel -"'- and Fatalities KesulilDg llieKlvrrn en the KIm. In the vicinity of Pittsburgh, yesterday, the bridge connecting Allegheny City with Heir's island was swept away and came iu contact with Mecbauic street bridge, doing considerable damage and. resulting iu closing the bridge te travel. The Pitts burgh & Western railroad company suf fered severely, every bridge and culvert from Gallery junction te the city having been warned away. The read was able te run out trains by using the West Penn sylvania tracks. The Allegheny Valley fc Fert Wayne reads have alre suticied greatly, and travel has been nearly bus pended. Tue lower portions ct Allegheny City and the south side are under water and many workshops and foundries have been compelled te .suspend operations until the flood subsides. The damage there will exceed $100,000, while the less above caunet at present be approximated. The Moneiigahela river did net put out much water, but is new rising. The ice in the Youghieghcny remaius intact and ue damage lias resulted te coal barges moored at different points along the river. Dispatches from Kittauning say the water is falling. Between seventy-five and one hundred families are living iu seceud stories or have moved out. There is great suffering among them en account of the cold weather. Tiaius are all delayed. At New Castle, Pa., a number of bridges crossing the Neshannock weie swept away. All manufactories are shut down and hundreds of families are washed out. Dispatches from Rochester, Bridgewater and New Castle, Pa., report that the Ohie is rising rapidly aud threatening the towns with inundation. At Steubenville, Ohie, the water is ever the Cleveland and Pitts--burgh railroad tracks, aud travel is kus. penned. i-;ast Liverpool, uoie, is pai tiauy submerged, aud a large uumber of fami lies were compelled te forsake their houses. All the principal manufactories in the lower part of fche town are under water and have closed down. At Mahoning town one pier of the Pitts bum & Western laiiread was swept away. At Newcastle junetijii the Ashtabula & Pittsburgh railway is three feet under water. Trains from Sharen could net reach the city. At Nilcs people living en the flats eseaind from Hcceud story win dews en rafts and beats, Breweti, Kennel & Ce.'s iron mill, at Youngstown, is in great dinger of having te shut down iu consequence of beiug Heeded. The iieu bridge at Hilltewu was carried away. At Excelsior the wax works owned by the Standard oil company and two feet bridges were carried away, five tanks weie emptied of oil, fifty barrels of wax destroyed, the fire 4 put out and the ma chinery injured. Keek & Ce.'s prevision heusj and numerous ether establishments in the valley sustainsd damage which will be very large in the aggregate. The Cleve land it Columbus railroad bridge was saved by running the railway trains en it and by energetic work in fencing oft the floating ice and driftwood. Bellefente was Heeded yesterday by the rise in Spring creek ; Meadville's peer are drowned out aud suffering; the less by water in Venango county alone will net be lesf thau $175,000. Net less than twelve bridges wcre carried away or damaged almost beyond rppair. At wheeling W. Vh. The river is new 01 feet 8 inches high aud is rising at the rate of 7 inches per hour. Its surface is a mass of ice and slush, with a huge quantity of diift weud, barrels, fences and small bridge. About nean a barge with two wagons parsed and shortly after a flat with n new bugey, one end being sunk. The fair grounds of the state exposition association and ether low parts of Wheeling island are under water as well as a few of the low portions of the main put of the city. Seme of the resi dents of the island, the streets of which are usually submerged by high water, aie moving out. Etirthqualie .fellows tlie flood. An earthquake, which rattled windows, crockery and furniture, was felt at Wolf borough, New llamphshirc, at iive min utes past three o'clock en Sunday after noon. The movement was from w-st te east, tbe duration five seconds. Ten min ntcs later another slighter shock was felt. Previous te the hist shook there was a calm, " but instantaneously with the earthquake the air was set in rapid mo tion, c mtiuuing go during the after noon."' Au earthquake tdiunk Bloomington, Il linois, yesterdaj morning at live o'clock. It was preceded by a rumbling bund which lasted several seconds. Nciva Ketes and "Uncoiling-. One huudred infantry and artillery have left Louisville for Lexington, vvhere they will preserve order duiing the trial of the alleged murderers, Neal aud Caft. Alto gether, 400 militiamen will be iu attend ance, under command of Colonel Jehn Allen. Thetiial begins te-day. Owing te the force ji troops ue trouble is ex pected. There are further rupurfs of a vanie in the southwestern counties of Virginia, owing te the prevalence of small pox. The disease ha3 abated at Salem, but is report ed te have appeared at Bristel, p.nci etaer towns along the Norfolk & Western rail road aud in the interior. An unknown young woman threw her infant from a car wiudew between Macen and Atlanta, near Fraukville, while the train was at full speed. She get en at Macen, bound for Atlanta. The child was pieked up by read hand. It was badly bruised, but it may live. The carnival at New Orleans was in augurated yesterday, " Ilex " entering the city in tbe afternoon. The " eeceud pageant of the Krowe of Pieteus" took place at night, the history of France being illustrated by the tableaux. Jacob Hess, of Irvingteu, was sentenced at Newark, New Jcrsey, te three mouths' imprisonment iu the penitentiary for sell ing a cow from a herd which had been quarantined for pleure pneumonia. R. S. Ehler, Jeseph Griffin aud James McKcc, were killed by a cava-in at the Esmeralda mine, at Deadwood, Dakota. Mrs. Jehn Steinman, of SalUburg, Indiana ceuuty, was ran ever and killed by cms. Some Kecput Flree. The coroner's jury in the Nehall house disaster at Milwaukee found the Newhall house " easy of egress and devoid of in tricate passages, with outside escapes, ladders, etc.," but nevertheless found the owner guilty of culpable negligence in net having provided mere escapes, and also in net employing a sufiieient number of watchmen te guard the house against fire aud te awaken the iumatcs in time. Fault was also found with the network of wires surrounding the hotel. An oil tank at Cooper station, in Ferest county, Penna., containing 12,000 barrels, burst yesterday and set lire te the United pipe line station, destroying it. Mrs. Davey was burned te death, and a man and a boy were badly injured. The less en property is estimated at $50,000. The furniture manufactory of Theodere Kraan, en North Ninth street, Philadcl phia, was entirely destroyed by fire last evening, entailing a less of $10,000 en stock and fixtures. Insured for $-1,000. The building was owned by Jehn Supplee and was said te be fully insured. William Qedding's stable and a large lumber yard contiguous thereto were de stroyed by fire in Havana. Nina valuable horses wcre burned. Over a hundred firemen were injured. j .-Jaicldal and Demestic Tragedies. Jehn C. Parker, acsused of the murder ? of Michael Payten, Monday shot and killed his wife and then shot himself in the jury room of the criminal court in St. Leuis, lie survived only forty minutes. His wife and sister, accompanied by his counsel, had called te see him, and the sister gave him a pistol te "defend him eelf because she bad heaid that Payten' s brother had threatened te kill h:ra ea sight." fliirvay Smith, 15 years of age, attempt ed suicide iu Brooklyn Monday mern'ng. by swallowing Pans geu. Tie wa- taken te the hospital iu a critieal condition. Alfred G. Thompson, editor of the Sea Island Xeics, at Beaufort. S. C, banged himself Monday. Kallruatl Casualties. A passenger train ea the Buffalo, New Yeik & Philadelphia railroad pluuatd bite the creek at lechia, between Olean Buffalo Monday morning Engineer Hall ami Fireman Briggs were killed, aud Conductor Leve was severely mjured. Several passengers sustained slight in juries. A passenger train aud a freight train collided Monday near the Chaudicre falls, Cauada, wrecking several cars and caus ing a les". cf $20,000, Had the collision occurred one minute earlier, while the trains were crossing the bridge, teey would iu all probability have been swept ever the fall. Torpedo Shooter IIIimvu te Atoms. Harry McIIemy, employed as a shooter for the Roberts torpedo works, Bradford, was blown te atoms while engaged in ti.r ti.r pedeiuga well belonging te JohnMcKeen, near Alten. Nobody knows hew the acci dent happened, as McHcury was alone in the derrick, peuriug uitre-glycerine into the torpedo shell. Mellenry had a mar velous escape from death three years age, while he was hauling a lead of saveial hundred pounds of explosives. The de ceased leaves a wife aud three children, who reside in Bradfeid. An OMe Keinnnca. rutslinrgh IM-'patch. There is a littla town near here named North Lima, which has akind of romantic historical affair which has furnished the neighbors and villagers feed for talk. The here, if such he cuuld be called, was a queer old man named Jacob Augustine. He lately died. He was a strange, good geed hearted littie man, who had never slept a single night away from his home, and the longest join ney he evei made was te come te this city, a distance of but a few miles. And yet this stranger te the world at large, whose life was almost that of a child, through all its years had a romance, the secret of which he carried te the grave. Wheu he was a sturdy young man he became betrothed te a bright, vivacious little G'rmau girl, Gottlieb Wealandt. She smiled upon his Kuit, but. her father broke the match. Frem this moment Jacob Augustine led the life of a bach elor. It has been known of lata that Jacob was accumulating considerable wealth, although he made ue exhibition of it, and when he died a search was at ones institut ed for the money and his will which he had made a year age. The search through the at tie of his house revealed in out of-the-way corners mauy and various amounts of money, which was largely in Mexicau and Spanish coins, but ue trace of the missing will was feuud until a trunk was examined, aud there, pinned securely in the sleeve of the old-fashioned swallow tailed wedding coat, was the will aud a bag containing nearly Q700 in geld. Yesterday all the peisenal effects left by the strauge old man were sold at auction, aud almost within hearing of the auc tioneer's voice, a prisoner in her ewu house, was the once fair inaidrn, Gottlieb Wealandt, new aud for the last fifty-eight years hopelessly insane because of the cruel fate that kept her from uniting her heart aud life with her betrothed. She remains the last survivor of fchia sad ro mance of a half century age. Rev. Geoiiee O. actor, while playing Mjlx, the aguttritic ' Hamlet" in an In diana town the ether night, fell aud broke one of his libs. IIkkshaw Dana, a well known mufci ciau aud composer, died suddenly at his residence iu Worcester, Massachusetts, yesterday afternoon. Deles P. SouTiiwenTii. of Philadel phia, ex-city treasurer, has died in Mente Carle, Italy. Jes. Swift Keen, a well known resident of West Philadelphia, died en Sunday, aged 5)1. Senateus Feuuy, of Michigan, Win Win dein of Minueseta, and Sanders, el Ne braska, re appeared iu their seats yester day. Senater Ferry expresses himself still hopeful of a re election. Seecketaky Felgeii left Washington yesterday for his home iu Geuava, N. Y., te attend te urgent private business. He does net expect te be away from Washing ton mero than a week. Ex-Jbdee Alies Bkiges has tiled his declaration in his libel suit against Philip C. Garrett, chairman of the Committee of One Hundred. The damages aie laid at SeO.OCO. Madam Ciiiustixe Nilssex is contin uing her very successful concert tour in the West. She gave three concerts last week at. Cincinnati. Thus far she has given thirty-three concerts, of which the gross receipts have been $147,85G. Walcott was promptly en time yester day te finish his thirty days of quail-eating. He was greeted by a large crowd. At 4:17 he began his repast, and finished at 4;24. He tried te beat bis record in eating the birds, but failed by ten seceuds. His best record was seven minutes. Govekxeii Pattison sent hia veto te the state Legislature last evening, re turning without his approval " an act authorizing the investment of moneys in the sinking funds of citie? of the second class, and providing for the consolidation of said funds." The act applied only te Pittsburgh, and ;;s very carelessly drawn. Jehn CADWAi.LAEa, Judge J. E. Mitch ell, of Philadelphia, and ex-chief Justice Sharswood have been appointed by Gever nor Pattiseu. under joint resolution of the Legislature, " te ascertain what laws, if any, through inadvcitauce or otherwise, have been emitted in compiling tbe acts of Assembly passed iu this slate since its formation. Election et Officers. In the Geerge II. Themas camp, Ne. 19, Sens of Veterans, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Cap tain, W. Withers Franklin ; First Lieu tenant, Frank Zieglar ; Second Lieutenant, Jehn McNeal ; Chaphin, Ckas. II. Tucker; (J. M. S Harry E. Carter ; A. Q. M. S., Geerge M. Graybill ; O. S., Philip J. Graybill : A. O. S., Harry A. Myers ; S. of G., Emlin Frankliu ; C. of G., Harry Kecs ; (J. b., Jacob Feese : U. Sent., Gee. Lut7. ; P. Sent., Chas. Bey'c ; Trustee, Gee. N. APabach ; Rr-p. of S. Camp., Gee. M. Graybill, Jehn McNeal. blight llnnanay. This meruing two horses hitched te a large freight wagon leaded with boxes and owned by the Pennsylvania railroad started te run down North Queen street from the depet. At the corner of Chest nut the wagon was thrown around and it struck against an iron pest and threw several boxes off. The herse was caught a littie farther down by Cyrus Celyiu, who stepped them. One of the an'mals fell down and was slightly injured. Police Crtscs. The mayor this morning had five cases ; one drunk was sent te jail for twenty days, and the ethers wcre discharged. Alderman Samson sent two drunks te jail for terms of 5 and 10 days. A STOLEN CHILD,, L ft ! FAI.-SEL.Y PKOCUKKD FKOM THE HOJ1K Ileinnrbable Proceedings et, a PiatiftiDie Pair Hew m Suspicion Couple Uet a Child ter ' Adoption " Seme time before Christmas a man who called himself Themas Mooney came te the Fountain Inn, this city, and obtained bearding for himself and wife. This was net- rciimrkable, aB he had been in the habit of coming there in the winter and bea-.diug for a season ; he dressed gcnteely and paid his bills. A short time before the holidays he expressed a desire te fiud a private lodging place, and he and his wife were accommodated at Mrs. Emma Brawn's fsister of Chief of Police Deich- ler) en Strawberry 6treet. They expressed a desire te obtain a child for adoption, and represented that they had a geed home in. Washington, V. U., te take such an one te. They visited the "Heme" and picked en a pretty little seven-year-old named Ida Beraberger. They "made application for her, but were politely told by the lady managers that they must furnish reference before they could procure the little girl. The woman became very impatient at this and showed such an ungovernable temper that the ladies who witnessed the exhibition con cluded she was net a fit nersen te have a child. " Mooney," however, apologized profusely for her display of temper, ex plained it en the ground of her great dis appointment at net getting the child, upeu whom she had set her heart and for whom she had already prepared toys aud clothes. He expressed a willingueFS te give Mr. Gee. Hastings, of the Fountain inn, and Cel. Harabright, his old com mander of the 79th P. V., as references ; he claimed te be a compositor in the gov ernment printing office at Washington, D. C, temporarily laid off aud acting as detective He represented that he was well to-de, had a property there, gave his address ami offered te get a letter from his pastor. He finally procured what purported te be a letter of recommenda tion from Messrs. Hastings and Hambright aud was be importunate in his request for the child that some of tha lady managers began te sympathize with his earnestness and ethers become suspicious or him. Finally, by going from one te the ether and deceiving some or them as te the con sent of ethers, he obtained possession of the child and took her home te his ledg ings at Mrs. Brown's. The child, pleased with the attentions shown her, was glad te go aud the wife affected gieat rejoicings. In the excess of their joy they wrote a most gushing lettter te Mrs Coxe, of the Heme management, expressing their grat itude for the great happiness conferred upon them. Early one morning just before Christmas, and only one day after they get the child, they, the child and their baggage disap peared from Mrs. Brown's where they had paid for their rooms in advance, and since that time they have net been seen in Lan caster or heard from. An Evident Imposter. At first it was supposed they had gena te their home in Washington, but inquiries therefore de net verify any of the informa tion which Moeuey gave about himself and his property. Mr. Hastings knows littie about him except that he came te his hotel for several years and always behaved seemly. Cel. Hambright remem bers him coming into the regiment late aud dropping out at Washington en the way home ; afterwards applying te him for aid te get his backpay. Ne such a man is known in the government service, as printer or detective. Partially Indentllled. Fer some time the Heme managers and Chief of Police Deichler have been work-1 ing up the case quietly, with ue gleam of successful unravelling of the mystery until last week. A man named Guyer from Yerk came ever te get a child from the Heme aud in the conversation that ensued cueu b came out te make it pretty certain that Mrs. Mooney is his sister Luciuda Guyer, that was, and new the wife of one Themas Hacket or Hcckert ; that they are traveling show people and net just the ones te be entrusted with tue raising ei a child. Inquiry in Reading discloses the rcsidence there of of the mother and sister of the Gnyers, who say that Luciuda is married te a Themas Hacket, who is net a showman, te the best of their knewledge, but has some mysterious and roving occupation, which makes him and Lis wife undesirable guardians for a friendless child. Mrs. Brown corroborates the suspicion that Moeuey or Hacket is a showman by the statement that while he and his wife were at her house the woman showed her a number of fancy dresses such as actresses wear. The relative from Yerk has sent te the Heme managers a photograph of Hacket, aud wheu it was taken te an artist te be copied be thought he recognized it as that of a dead beat, who passed himself oft" as au Episcopal clergyman named Wil liams. The little girl whom the couple took with them was of the name Ida Bamberg er, born July 23, 187G ; admitted te "the Heme "Aug. 21, 1832. She has a fair complexion, rosy cheeks, short dark hair, round bright face and is very pretty. Whatever the motives of the ceuple in originally procuring the child, their sud den and suspicious departure from the city, the deceptions they have practiced and their failure te explaiu, corroborate the idea that they meau ue geed te the littie one. If they are vagrant show poo peo poe ple, traveling with the peregrinating circus or side tent it can easily be imagined that they mean te make the child serviceable. If they are merely eccentric they have carried their singularity tee far. In any eveut the Heme managers propose te in stitute vigorous investigation and have offered $50 reward for the arrest of the abductors. A warraut was issued seme time age by Alderman Dennelly for Mooney's ariett aud the city police are looking for him. FKATEKS1TY. Ki.lglitx e: Pythias Visitation and Itanipiet. Last evening a delegation from Penn ledge, Ne. 105. Knights of Pythias, of Parkesburg, Chester county, paid a visit te Lancaster ledge, Ne. C8, of. this city, the object being an interchange of that friendship which is the corner stone of the order and also te witness the exemplifica tion of the amplified degree as -given by Ne. 63. After the session of the ledge, the visitors wcre escorted te Excelsior hall, where they, as well as members ei our home ledge, were entertained by a sumptuous collation, prepared by Mine Hest Jehn Scheenbergcr, whose catering en this oc casion was net only a credit te himself but a satisfaction te all who partook of it. Eighty two covers were spread, and it was necessary te supplement these by at least a dozen mere te accommodate all these who sat down. The long table extended the entire length of the spacious hall and was a delight te the eye as the Sir Knights filed into the room. Of course conviviality and geed feeling were the rule of the hour, and the visitors departed for their homes en the 12:55 train, expressing themselves mere than pleased with this their first fraternal visit te their brother Knightfl of old Lan caster. Fair at Chestnut Level. The ladies of Chestnut Levol Presbyte rian church will held a fair at that place for the benefit of the church en the after noons and evenings of February 21, 22 and 23. The church has been thoroughly repaired and an expensive addition added te it in the shape of a tower. COLUMBIA. -SEWS. Frem our llegalftr Cerrpupnmlerlt. To-inertow, AsUWcduesday, the following-services wilPtw-held at St. Panics M. E. church : Hely Communion at 9 ai in., morning service aud sermon at 10:30" a m., t'veuing service and hert lecture at 4:30 p. m. Mr. C. Eckman has purchased from Mr. Richard Gere, for the sum of $1.2u0, a frntndwftilinghmis located en Chcrry street between Fifth strept and Lancaster avenue. The hands of the town cloak were out of humor last night. On the different dials different time was indicated. Attention ! The Republican primary meeting will he held te night in the differcut wards of the borough for the purpose of nominating a borough ticket. Mr. Jehn Swartze's butcher team rau off en eth street yesterday meruing. about 10 o'clock. The driver was slightly injured in the breast by a kick from the animal. The wagon was very much broken by strikiug against a pest. Mr. Jehu Kaulfman's delivery wagon broke down en the Lancaster pike, yester day, as he was diiviug te Mountville. Himself and a friend were obliged te walk home. personal .Mention. A large aud pleasant evening party was held at the residence of Mrs Gee. Mifflin en 21 sti-eet last eveuiug. It was greatly enjoyed by all preseut. Miss Mary Russell, of Russellsville, Pa., is visiting friends en eth street. Mr. Harry Leamau, a former resident of this place, but new of Columbus, O., re turned home for a short visit te his parents yesterday. Mr. H. S. Graybill resigned the First lieuteuautship of Ce. C. last night. It will be presented te the company uext Monday evening at the regular monthly busiuess meeting. Feminine Fights. 'Squire Frank held Gwiuuie Haddock under bail te keep the peace with bisan Ciuzen last evening. The two girls had a war of words and a plight skirmish in front of Mt. Zion A. M. E church after the services en Sunday evening. Miss Haddock entered suit yesterday before 'Squire Yeung against Miss Cruzeu, but failed te make out a case. The latter then made a counter tuit with the above result. Naughty girls. A JapancHe Tea l'arty. On Thursday and Friday evenings, Feb. 8th and 9th, the ladies of the Presbyterian church will held a "Japauese tea party" in Odd Fellows' hall. The lady attend ants will all wear Japanese costumes, and the hall will be decorated in the Japanese style. The sum of 25 cents will entitle a person te a cup of tea and a sandwich, and the cup and saucer from which the tea will be seived. The Ice en the Klvcr. The ice gorge above the bridge bore has been broken, and a 'channel opened be tween the eighth spau of the bridge from this side and the iron span, a distance of four spans. luieugh. this the ice is forcing its way The people of Pert De posit anticipate trouble, especially if the floods from the Juniata river are heavy, as was the case in 1875. The jam at Pert is yet unbroken and no ice is passing out into the bay; Furniture and ether goods are being taken te the upper part of build ings, and the officers of the Pert Deposit railroad are prepared te taka the cars and in ight new at that place te Canal station, a couple of miles distant. Kellc.t ler Hit) SuUcifcri'. There will be a meeting te-night of theso persons having charge of the movement which has been going en iu this place for j tiie rciief of these suffering by the great floods in Germany. It will then he ascer tained what amount has been collected. A similar movement aud for the same purpose has been made by St. Paul's German Lutheran church, ou Lecubt street, aud a church at Chestnut Hill, at which the pastor of St. Paul's, llev. A. Darmstctter, often preaches. Together the congregation of these churches have raised the neat sum of $129. Net long since the above churches sent $IW te Wit tenberg, Germany, for the relief of suffer ers by a great hail storm. AY into KncK lyceimi. At the meeting of this .seciety en last Tuesday theie was a spaiseucss of mem bers. G. W. Cellins presided. The re ferred questions were answered by Misa Mary Brown, Sanders Cellins, Jehu White side, L. 11. Patters'ju and ethers, well written biographical sketches of William Wadsworth were read by Miss Mazie Fairlamb aud Miss Mary Brown respect ively. " The Cetter's Saturday night " was delivered in geed style by Albert King, after which preliminary arrange ments were made by the society for the holding of two entertainments, ena te be held by the minstrel corps, Friday even ing the 10th, thu ether by the dramatic company, net yet fixed. The " White Reck Heiaid" was read by Miss Annie Barnett. "Resolved, that wealth does net add te happiness," was then discussed, affirmatively by Albert King and D. F. Magee ; negatively, by Sanders Cellins aud Allisen Baker, aud after a warm dis cussion decision was given iu favor of the negative. The exercises were varied by some geed music by the orchestra, suppli mentbd by the singing of the Paxson Brethers. At next meeting, Friday even ing, will ba discussed the relative merits of the American and English forms of government. IJtainUscd Cases. Some of the aldermen, justices and con stables appear te have recovered from the scare given them last summer by the county auditors, awl their bills for dis missed cases are bceeming as large or larger than ever. Following aie the bill3 presented by the city alderman and Col umbia justices aud paid by the commis sioners for the mouth of December : liANCASTEU CITY. Wards. First H. R. MoCenomy Second F. A. Dilfeu Jeiffcr Third J. K. Barr Fourth A. K. Spurrier Fifth Michael McGIiau Sixth Jeseph Samson Seventh Alex Dennelly $ 02.50 14.25 101.85 100.75 8.!e 114.25 51.20 Eighth Patrick Dennelly 01.30 Ninth Henry A. Miley nothing COLUMIUA. Wards. First Gee. Yeung, jr., 227.80 Second W. Hayes Grier 46.20 Third Jehn P. Franke 106.60 Mayer MacGenigle's fees for dismissed cases for December, all of which go into the city trcasuiy, were $67.45. Itlrthday Surprise. Yesterday Themas McGinnis, the well known blacksmith of 52 North Prince street, was 50 years of age, and the event was celebrated last evening by a surprise party which was given him by his family. About 50 relatives and friends were pre sent. During the evening Mr. McGinuis' children presented him with a beautiful ivory handled silk umbrella, the presenta tion speech being made by M. J. Weaver. A tine nipper was served and a'l had an excellent time. Watcbiiiau JJeuardfld. Samuel Armstrong, the watchman en the Pennsylvania railroad at the Prince street crossing, who several werks age came se near Ieiug his life in saving that of a lady who was ou the track in front of a rapidly moving train, was called into the efiice of the Miperintendenr, te day and presented with 50, as a icwaid for bis ridelity and bravery. if HOME MISSIONS. IN T1IK ICK Ftf-I.US OK ALA-tCl- Tiie Heiitfcen et ilie United Mate. Our PcsKCMdeu.t lu tlie rseriliwfnr euie Intrusting Facts !ind Figure!.. The Presbyterian church auditorium was mere than two thirds tilled last eveu mg in response te thu general invitation te the public te come aud hear an address by Rev. Dr. Shelden" Jacksen mi "Alaska.'' byway el" introduction te the ceuucil en home missions new beldmg in the Pres byterian church, this city. After thecou theceu thecou giegatieu had sung " Ged Save Our Native Laud " aud listened te a short invocation, the lecture began. A map of Alaska and the surrounding seas and countries was hung betweuu the pillar and above the pulpit, te which the Iec turer frequently pointed in illustration of his remarks'. Iu introducing the subject Dr. Jackseu observed that it properly came within the scope of home missions, because Alaska is pirt of the Cuited States, though alment as unknown te us as Africa and the subject of much misrepresentation, 530,107 square mile of urea gives little idea el" its size, but it is of as great ex teut as all of the country east of the Mis sissippi and above the Careliuas, Alabama aud Mississippi. Frem its eastern border te the western extremity of the Aleutiau islands is as far as from Laucaster te California, aud from north te south it covers as mauy parallels as from here te Flerida. San Francisce is really the cen tral city, east and west, of our national domain. Alaska abounds in natural features of wonderful interest. Its Mt. St. Eiias rises 19,000 feet above the sea ; volcanoes dot its islands ; boiling springs are the cook stoves of its people ; its glaciers are rivers of ice, some of them seven miles wide aud a thousand feet deep ; its archipelagoes number islands by the tens of theusauds ; its great river is 70 miles across at its mouth, 20 mdes wide 1,000 miles up the stream, and iu high water is navigable for 3,000 miles. Ketuiurcea el Alaska. Its material resources, which have been derided, have at least enabled it te pay our government 4 per ceut, en the invest ment during the lifteeu years we have held it. Three million dollars have been eel lected from the seal skin trade aleue car ried ou en two littie islands, which supply all the markets of the world. It abounds iu all the valuable furs of commerce, with feed lish, cod and salmon, with timhei belts of inexhaustible extent and imstiiua- bio value. Ceal crops out everywhere ; there are mountains of iron ere and rich deposits of the precious metals. The climate is rigid iu the north, but ou the southern coast the winters are as mild as iu Lancaster. Fer ferty-five years the average temnorature at Sitka in the winter has been that of Kentucky ; often the ice houses caunet be tilled, aud the boys complain of a lack of sledding. Xbe Inhabitants and Their Civilization. In the North there are 18,000 Esquimaux, who have never had any missionary work extended te them. On the Aleutian islands and in the West are 8,000 or 0,000 Leuth s, a partially civilized people, and te the Southward the class who come under the generic name of Indians. They have permanent villages and houses ; tlie latter great structures, built of cedar plauks, 50 feet square, and accommodating 15 or 20 families, often including three generations of one relationship. Tnese peeple are in dustrious and frugal ami private fortunes of from $10,000 te $15,000 are net uncom mon among them. Believing in the influ ence of spirits, trusting te tiie unfailing beneficence of the geed, and fearing the malignancy of the evil, their religion de generates te fetish worship. The medicine men, marked from childhood, consecrated by ghoulish rites, perform horrid incanta tions and priestly sacrifices. Degradation is the let of weman.and parricide, infauti cide, polygamy and atrocious slavery aie fcatures of their social economy. Our flatteniil .liirlti(lir.t!ii. With the trausicr of this kind anil the.-e peeple te our fedwal jurisdiction, theie have been furnished te them ue eeuit, laws nor governor. Life and property aie net under the regulations clsuwiietu n lating te murder, robbery and the laws el des cent. Russia taught its subjects here te read and write, but at the accession its tcacharu, priests aud scholars weie with drawn. Russia gave Alaska a church ; the United States has net. It was lefe te four Indian boys, traiued iu English mis sion schools in 1870, te give the first im petus te mission work in Alaska. They obtained a job of weed chopping and their novel refusal te work en the Sabbath at tracted, first,cuiieus attention, then a prayer meeting and congregation. I'rcsbyteiian enterprise planted a mission work, which at one time was left entirely for ten months in the hands of Mis. McFarlaue. Alone with 1,500 Indians and a lew disso disse disso lute" white traders living with aboriginal wives, she acted as judge, preacher, teacher, physician, lawyer and undertaker for that strange community. She first enforced law aud administered govern ment. A school and church were estab lished at Sitka. They did gieat work. Beys and girls attended with eagerness and the old peeple wanted te come ; schelais learned readily and fallowed apti tude for education. The school enlarged and a capacious edifice was crowded. Many interesting incidents were related by the lecturer te show the character of the natives, their heroism, earnestness and capacity for improvement. Thu school building burned down, but it has been replaced and 1,000 are needed te refurnish it. The lecturer closed with au earnest appeal in behalf of the mission work in Alaska, and after a collection, announcements and bonedictieu ih audi ence was dismissed. Dr. Jacksen talks iu an easy, conversa tional rtyle. His lecture contained much new and interesting matter and the entire discourse held his audience iu fixed atten tion. The i,ieuerltmn. Kelier Fund. The final reperts of the collectors of contribution:; for the German sullcrers, who had been appointed by the Leiiler kranz, were handed in Monday evening with the exception of one collector who resides in the country aud missed the mail. The result is very satisfactory. Twe hundred and thirty-thrce dollars acd fifteen cents have been acknowledged here tofore in the daily parers. Since then the following contributions have been received : Frem Millersville, through tha efforts of Messrs. O. F. ami O. Rees, 830.50 Frem Mechanicsburg : Val. Andes, $10; J. Wcidler, 2 : cash, $2 ; David Berlcr. $1:C. Erchelberg, 00 ccuts : cash, 50 cents ; Goe. Behnort, 25 cents ; total, $16.25. In the city : Lizzie Eager (a school girl) 25 cents; Beb. Stapleford, 25 cents ; Ed. Rine, 23 cents ; 25 cash cents ; E H. Flinn 25 cents ; Sam Rutter, 25 cents ; C. M. Mattern, $5 ; A. B. Shafer.Sl ; J. U. Low Lew ell and 31. L. Herr, each 50 cents ; J B. Snyder, G. L. Kahle, J. J. Bartley and Jacob Bertz, each 25 cents. Total. $9.50. Grand total. $289.40. Te this will be added te-day the amount collected by the collector of book Ne. e, and a check for the whele amount will be forwarded te Censul Meyers, in Philadelphia. Te all who have se liberally responded te this call, the Liederkranz returns it most Hiu cere thanks. Appeals Being ncarn. This is the first day for the hearing of appeals from the taxation of assessors, by the county commissioners. The assessor:; of Elizabcthtewn, Adamstown and Wash ington boroughs sat te-day.
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