1 I LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE! MONDAY FEBRUARY 12. 183. ILancaster fntelligenrer. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 12. 1883. Hazen's Unfitness. General Hazen was placed at the head of the signal bureau after the drctth of General Myer, although it was well known that he was unfitted for its duties and that he had no particular ability of anykind te recommend himforrespensible place. He had been a failure wherever tried. He had been guilty of the most pronounced cowardice en the battle Held. He was recognized in the army and out of it as a sham and a fraud, a man of great pretensions and univer sally peer performance. He, however, had political influence. We believe that he had it in both parties ; Mr. McLean, of the Cincinnati Emjuirer, was one of his connections and sponsors ; and a very fit one, indeed, he was for a man of Hazen's quality. He evidently had the family traits, being an accomplished blower and having beyond little less sense than the original ape from whom this whole clan cannot be very remotely descended. Hazen has been showing his felly con spicuously ever since he has been in his present place, lie has done nothing te raise its n-pute or te continue it. He is net capable of it. Se disgusted are even the hard-te-disgust "Washington author ities with him, that they lend counte nance te an essay te remove the signal bureau te the care of the interior de partment ; a change which certainly would be for the worse. In the army there is a better chance for getting com petent instruments for public work than there is out of it. Ter army eflicers have at least education and esprit du corps ; and there is net a larger proportion of feels among them thau are found out side. Hazens are net numerous, and never would come te the fore if the army regulations forbidding army elH cers te use political iulluence te obtain fatilaces was strictly enforced. As it is, this order is carried out se speradical ly and feebly as te be wholly valueless. A peer devil of a major, who was comfort ably stationed at Newport barracks and wanted te stay, Haunted tee conspicuously his political recom mendations and was ceurt-martialed therefer and reprimanded ; but, nevertheless, every army officer knows that if he wants am thing the only way he can get it is te use political in fluence, aud only the very conscientious among them decline it. General Hazen ought te be removed from his place, but his place ought net be removed from under the war depart ment. General Hazen's ability te further disgrace the country ought te be put an end te by his dismissal from his office and from the army. The (ucstien of Taxes. The editor of the 1'hiladelphia Jhcerd claims te find the discussion between Judge Black aud ourselves, relative te taxation, toedeep for his comprehension. We are inclined te believe that he is sin cere, since he asks us te explain " hew any tax that may be laid en property, either real or personal, payment .if winch is net evaded by fraud or ("ncealmeut, can tail of being equally or proportion ately distributed." The answer Sfeuis quite easy ; we have only te say that a tax se laid is proportionately and equally distributed upon the class of property taxed ; but it is net thereby equally laid upon all property or all owners of prep erty. The idea of equality of taxation which we advanced required an equal imposition of the burthen upon all classes of property according te their value. Anether idea of such equality would be an equal imposition of the burthen upon all the people, and net upon their possessions. But we can see no equality in taxing only certain classf s of properly, thus imposing the burthen of taxation upon the owners of such prep erty and releasing from it the owners of ether kinds of property. If property is te be the basis of taxation, all property must be taxed equally te make taxa tion equal ; if men are te be the basis , then all meu must bj taxed equally. What we seek is au equal adjustment of the burthen of taxation upon the peo ple ; aud it must be mide equal upei their manhood or their property. When real estate is taxed unquestionably the burthen of the tax is largely shifted by the owners of the real estate upon its tenauts and upon these who use its products. The burthen is widely dis lributed,but still net equally. It requires nothing but the statement te show that wheu a thousand dollar house is taxed in the hands of its peer owner, while a hun dred millions dollars of bends in the possession of Vanderbilt, are net taxed , equality in taxation is lacking. The Figures. We have collected with some care and examined with much interest the vote of the several counties of the state last fall for county offices, and have instituted comparisons of the same with the vote for governor te ascertain as nearly as possible what variations there were. Obviously the nominees for whom there was the strictest party vote were these for jury commissioner, of whom there are two te be chosen in each ceun ty, except Philadelphia, en the minority plan, se that there is little or no cutting en this office. In one or two counties, where the returns en this office were in accessible, a careful estimate has been made of the straight party vote, and in Philadelphia that for city treasurer is taken, which is probably mere than fair te the Democrats. The result is that the Democrats polled for local candidates throughout the state 357,271 votes against 355,791 for Mr. Pattison, while the Republicans cast 352,'JIG, against an aggregate of 359,332 for Stew art and Beaver combined. In Indiana county the Democratic vole for jury commissioner was largely augmented by a fusion en the local ticket; with the Greenbackers, but making allowance for this and for the liberal estimate en the city treasurer's vote in Philadelphia it is very obvious that the vote for Mr. Pat tison was almost entirely a Democratic vote, brought out by the Democratic or rini7!finn nnrl nrdlpfl for t.he TlAmn. cratic ticket from ten te bottom. Had 1 Mr. Stewart net been a candidate most of his votes would have gene te Mr. Pattison and the Democratic majority would have been larger than was its plurality. Tjik Press, which has beeu proving itself big enough te print the news and bread enough Je tell the trnth, allows an " Invisible " correspondent, writing from Harrisburc, te say in its columns that a committee " appointed te ascertain whether certain Heuse offi cers could net be dispensed with,"" re ported that all were absolutely required, and these held in abeyance were sneaked in by piece-meal, and te-day they are all in, except two sergeants-at arms, who will be in in plenty of time te get the full salary," and upon such allegations as this he concludes that the cause of re form at Harrisburg is hopeless in the Democratic Heuse and has only a chance in the Republican Senate. New the facts lire just the reverse. The Heuse officers did dispense with a dozen allowed by law and net one of them has been sneaked in nor filled in any ether way. The Senate, en the ether hand, has filled its full quota. Every officer elected by the Democrats has te de his work in person, and, as even the Press correspondent admits, one who was unfit for his position had te resign and was neither allowed te hire a sub stitute nor shirk his duties. This is a condition of things that has net prevail ed at Ilarrisburg for many years before. If the Press wants further evidence of the sincerity of the Democratic Heuse in the weik of reform, it can find it in the dispatch by that body of legislative business, which is further advanced than it has been any time for ten years at the same period of the session. The appre priatiens committee, which is even mere liberal than its chairman or the majority of the Heuse, has already acted en forty one out of sixty-seven bills before it, and has cut down the amounts asked for $1,201,351. The announcement that the Seventh legislative district of Luzerne and Lack awanna counties would b.e entitled te only one delegate in the next Democratic state convention, under the apportion ment of the ne A' rules, was based en a miscount of the vote for governor in the election precincts which make up these districts. A recount shows that they polled 1,504 votes for Pattison, entitling them te two delegates in the next state convention, which membership of 359. will have a total I he Examiner professes fine scorn of a ' paper constitution." Nevertheless the Decalogue, Magna Charta and Bill of Bights have steed the wear and tear pretty well. Tueke is a notable lack of popular orators iu Ceugrus at this particular time. Rr.D Bank, N. J., refused te ceutract for a water supply. Red Bank, N. J., had three big fires ou Saturday. Red Buik, N. J., will live aud learn. Seme of the. clerks in the jury commis sioner's efticc, New Yerk, have becu de tected iu au elaborate scheme of receiving large fees lrein rich citizens te have them lcleased friun jury duty. Anether argu ment for lettinc no man escape his share of jury service. Call Grant, Vanderbilt and Gould ! Very proper exception has been made te the style of the new five cent coinage because the words "cents " nowhere ap pears en it ; and the point is se well taken that its coinage has been stepped until the defect can be remedied iu the dtsin. People who have specimens will de well te held ou te them. They may be rarities some of these days. New Teiik city has geed cause tomevo for the substitution of the salary plan for the fee system for public offices. Its county clerk makes $100,000 a year aud the register $75,000. These grossly ex cessive salaries are net only iuerdinatc compared with these of president and chief justice, but they make the offices the stake of political gamblers and their ad ministration a cess peel of corruption. The fee system must go. The example of Lancaster county set ting aside its jury because the jury com missioners had net been properly qualified has reached Erie. Last week the matter was brought before Judge Galbraith : ex amination speedily satilied him that there had net beeu a legal drawing ; the findings of the grand jury were set aside ou the same grounds as it was done here, a new venire was ordered and a graud jury and fifty traverse jurors ordered drawn, with the ten days' notice te jurors for the fourth Monday in February. THE BLIND SriNNEIt. Like a blind Spinner in the sun. 1 trend my clays ; I knew that all the tlfreads will run Appointed ways : I knew each day will bring Us task, And being blind, no mere I ask. Sometimes the threads se rough and last And tangled flv. 1 knew wild storms arc sweeping past, And fear that. 1 Shall tail, but dure net try te And A sater place, since 1 am blind. I knew net why.bnt I am sure That time and place. In some great labric te endure l'ast time and race My thre ids will have; se, lrem the tirst, Though blind 1 never lclt accursed. l!ut listen, listen day by day. Te hear their tread, Who bear the finished web away, Ami cut the thread. And bring Ged's message in the sun, 'Theu peer blind Spinner, work la done !" Tueue is evidence that Oscar Wilde's mission te this country has net been in vain. Net only has he induced some of his followers te adept the orthetic knee breeches and gaudy colors in which he re velled, but he seems te have infused into the state of New Yerk newspaper reporters a degree of poetic excellence that is as charming as it is useful, as demonstrated by the Sun's representative, who in telling of the " friendly bout " between Mace and his distinguished pupil, Slade. the Maori, proclaims that poetry and pugil ism may go nana iu nana, since the " counters were stepped, all as rapidly as rays of sunshine glint through the spokes of a swiftly-revolving wheel." This should be one mitigating influence te deter Oscar from scoring the American people tee roughly because of the treat ment the untutored plebians rendeied him. The Philadelphia Bulletin, which we have learned te regard as geed authority in these matters, is of the sensible opinion that by this time the Legislature ought te bave arrived at some fixed principle re garding appropriations for private chari ties, ever which there is such wrangle and scandal every session. "The state is net responsible for their support at all. They are local and private in their real nature, and the communities that have established them should support them. Sentiment is sentiment, aud law is law. The Legislature should be gov erned by the bread principles of state law and state policy, and net by touching ap peals te the tender feelings of its members in behalf of any private and local charity, no matter hew deserving it may he." The New Yerk Times (Rep.) makes the following acute observation : " The ether day the Tribune began a quite tee perfectly beautiful leading article with the question, ' Is the Seuth no mere civil ized than Russia ?' The occasion for this trcmeudeus question was furnished by certain stories of atrocities inflicted in Southern prisons upon convicts, most of whom were negrees. The 'Tribune did net have the slightest doubt that thes-c stories were true as indeed they preb ably were and it drew the conclusion that a country iu which convicts are bru tally treated cannot be called civilized It se happened that ou the next page of our ouermously esteemed contempo rary was a long account of atrocities said te have beeu perpetrated upon convicts in the stale of New Yerk. Naturally the Tribune does net make the inquiry ' Is New Yerk no mere civilized than Rus sia'?" for it is much simplier te attack abuses iu the Seuth than abuses at home, and, besides, the majority of the convicts in New Yerk prisons are white instead of colored." PSRSUNAlj. Tnoi.Leri: left his family a personal estate of $130,000. Jehn C. Bullit is talked of as a prob able candidate for mayor of Philadelphia. Wm. E. Dedge died ou Friday, Marshal Jewell ou Satui day ; Dedge's seu is mar ried te Jewell's daughter. CiiAitLEs Mackay, LL. D., the English lyrical poet, is just recovering from a long aud dangerous illness. ift'T. Themas Sands, aged 82, a retired cajnaiu of the United States revenue ser vice, died at Annapolis yesterday after noon. Emeky Si'EEit, representative- iu Con gress from the Ninth district id' Georgia, will be nominated by the president for U. S. attorney for the Northern district of that state. Auaih Pasha, iu exile, languishes in luxuriant case at Ceylon, while his wife, a beautiful Egyptian, leads a festive life iu Paris, and his childien.are suifering from want iu Egypt. Gamhetta was descended from a chim uey sweep aud of him, at the age of 9, one of his schoolmasters wrote : "Leen Gam betta is a dirty little pig of a violent char acter, but intelligent and witty." Miss. Yeung, of Cincinnati, has sued for a divorce lrem Mr. Yeung, alleging that he loves his deg mere than his wife aud has bought for his favorite a cellar worth $1,500. Rev. Rus&ei.l Jennines, aged eighty, of Chester, Conn., recently took a bride el twenty-live, signalizing the. event by giv ing 35,000 in shares of $5,000 te seven Baptish churches ia the vicinity. Edwin Beeth appeared in Berlin last eveuiug as Othelle. After the performance he was presented with a laurel crown amid storms of applause. The presenta tion was accompanied with a coiuplimeu tary address. Bosten Ceihjktt, the man who killed the assassin Beeth, has become a religious enthusiast and says that he has beeu di rccted by Ged te inllict daily corporal puuishmcut upon himself as a penance for having taken human life. He is engaged iu cattle business in Kansas. Wayne MacVeagii, as attorney general, decided that Apelliuaris water was au artificial water, aud therefore dutiable. Secretary Felger says it is a uatuial water aud must come m free of duty. Moieever, he has refunded $90,000 of duties paid under Mr. McVeagh's de cision. James Payn, the well known novelist, will take the editorship of the Cerntill Magazine upon the retirement of Mr. Leslie Stephen in June, while Jehn Merley sue eeeds Mr. Grove in the editorial chair of Macmillaii's Edmund Yates has some idea of publishing a volume made of the resollectiens of his literary life. Bisuer Lee, who was one of the revis ers of the New Testament, and who is famous for his learning and piety, is rec tor of St. Andrew's church iu Wilmington, Del. A peer woman of the parish, iu telling of a charitable visit from the bishop said : And then St. Andrew himself came te see me." Miss Charlette Adams, the writer of a bright article ou "Artists' Medels" m the February Century, is a young girl of twenty-three. She was born in the United States, but went abroad at an early ase, and, having an accomplished mother, enjoyed many sociable advantages. At the age of twenty she had written a book, spoke five lauguages easily, and was a contributor te the magazines. Lehne is a man of commanding figure and of exceptional beauty of countenance. Tall, bread shouldered with easy move ment ; his head is thrown back with a cer tain dauntless grace that has in it the un conscious expression of a fine character. His features are fine and strong, especially his brew aud chin ; net only is his abund ant hair golden but his eyelashes are of the same hue, long and curling outward ; he has deep gray blue eyes. Lesses Uy Fire. A fire in New Yerk city last night de stroyed the six story building Ne. 18 Spruce street, occupied en the first fleer by Brown fc Smith, leather dealers, en the second fleer by the Bell printing press company, en the third fleer by the Great American engraving and printing company and en the upper floors by the printiug warehouse, of F. Wessels. The rear building occupied by Hepper & Ce., dealers in galvanized iron, fronting ou Beekman street, and Ne. 20 Spruce street adjoining also caught fire. A building at Ronueut,New Yerk,owned by the Cernell steamboat company and occupied by the officers of that cempauy the Rhiuebeck and Kingsten ferry com pany, the Steny Cleve and Cat skill Moun tain railroad company and the Kingsten city railroad company also of storehouses of Geerge Teller jfc Brether leather mer chants, and Cresby,Sabler e5 Ce.,hardwaro dealers, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. lue Cernell steamboat com pany's icehouse en Rondout creek contain ing 2,000 tens of ice, was also destroyed, and the steamboat City of Catskill was burned te the water's edge. The losses are between $150,000 and $200,000, INDIAN FIGHTS. TWELVE APACBE SCALl'i TAKEN. Current A'ewa of the Day Accident and In- clileut- Crime and Calamity The Way of the World. Reliable information has been received of two fights with Apaches en the south side of Pagigechic river, in the feet hills of the Sierra Madre mountains, iu Chihua hua. The fights were between Apaches and citizen soldiers of the town of Temo Teme sachi and surrounding district. Last fall Governer Luis Terrazas authorized the people of that section te orgauize a com pany et citizen soldiers te pursue, tight, capture, kill and sealp marauding Apaches On January 29 the company surprised a camp of Apaches. A fight, short aud and quick, ensued, iu which twelve Indian scalps were taken, thirty-three Indians, including men, women and children, were made prisoners, aud lifty horses, with saddles and bridles, aud thirty-eight pack horses, leaded with previsions aud equip ments, were captured. It appeared te the citizen soldiers, from the quantity of previsions, arms aud am munition captured, that a large band of warriors belonging te the captured party was temporarily absent, and consequently a hurried inarch was heguu te reach Tem Tem esachi in safety with the prisoners and supplies. The citizens were overtaken by a superior number of Apache warriors, who attacked the company savagely. The citizens fought desperately aud finally succeeded in holding all the prisoners, but lest six of their own men aud had a few wounded. The citizens took four scalps and the Indians recovered teu of the thirty eight laden horses The company reached Toniesachi, 313 miles west, en the right bank of the Papigoehic river, with sixteen scalps, twenty eight old and young prisoners, the war horses aud twenty eight auimals laden with previsions and arms. IHlSU12LIANKOU3 .NEWS General Iutelllgeuce lu Condensed Ferm, The Valley zinc works at Cleveland, Ohie, were destroyed by fire. Less, $10, 000. A. N. Curiy was shot aud killed by Geerge Wilcox, his father-in-law, at Bax ley, Ga. Ceramauder Francis Merris, United States navy, is dying at Newport, R. I., of Blight's disease. A lire at Asteria, L. I , destroyed a large portieu of Lunsick's oilcloth manu factory. Less, $23,000. Mrs. Rebbie, of Banks township, Carben county, while insane, committed suicide recently by jumping into a well. Burglars robbed a savings bank in Wyaudette, Mich., of $2,500 in cash aud fifteen city bends, en which payment has been stepped. Brown & Hoag's Heming mills, and Higley & Jehnsen's paper pail manufac turing establishments at Medina, N. Y., were burned lately. Less, $18,000. Sam Massfield, a lad, while out gun ning near Macen, Ga., was accidentally shot by another lad, Wyche Naughie, and died from the effects thereof. Ferbes, Barstow & Ce., lumber dealers at Clveland, O., assigned te E. P. Shel den, who gave bend for $23,000. The failure is a sequence of the latu flood. James Wilsen was held at New Yerk for trial, charged with swindling by going around visiting clergymen aud asking for charity en the strength of forged recom mendations. The 3 year old son of Mrs. Patrick Beylo, of New Castle, Lawrence county, fell head foremost into a boiler of het water and was scalded te death. The clothieg of Susie Bixtcr, aged G years, took lire accidentally while she was attending school in New Cumberland, Yerk county, and she was burned te death. Hen. S. L. Ciecker, of Taunton, Mass., has died at the Hetel Vondemo, Bosten. He was piesiilent of the Taunton locomo tive weiks and the Crocker copper man ufacturing company. Emanuel Lenhart was arrested en Fri lay night in OugreEsa, Kalamazoo county, Mich. He is suspected of being the mur derer of Jacob Bealtman, who was found dead en Thursday in his hut in the weeds in Menree township. Jehn Day fatally shot a young man named Freeman while he was eloping with Day's daughter at Rexana, near Charlette, Min. The father pursued the levers ou horseback armed with a nlle, aud fired as soeu as he overtook them. A lire at Mcraphiss, St. Clair county, Mich., destroyed the grocery stere of N. Jarvis, It. S. Deland, A. M. Hedges and A. I J. Sutherland and the furniture store of J. B. Chcssall. Jarvis lest everything, but is insured. The ether parties get out their goods. Several families, who were living ever the stores, were burned out. The poaleffice was also burned. Less, $10,000. TUESTtiESS OF WEATHE1C. l'erllti from Floed in Cincinnati. " Fer the first time within the memory of the eldest inhabitant " navigation en Lake Michigan is reported te be entirely cleed. Iu many places the lake is covered with ice several feet thick for a distance of 23 miles from shere. There has been a snowfall of 10 feet S inches at Watertown, New Yerk, this winter, and very little of the snow has melted away. It snowed hard nearly all last week alen;; the line of the Reme, Watertown & Ogdeusburg railroad. Railroad travel iu Canada is greatly obstructed by the deep snow. At Wing ham, Out., the drifts are reported te be 13 feet deep. In Newport the military barracks are Heeded, and nearly two square miles of the city is under water. People have becu takiug coal aud previsions in beats all day te the inhabitants, delivering them through the second and third story win dows. All the houses and factories en the river front in Covington are flooded, and the water is iu the second story of them. Nearly ten miles of the river front at Cin cinnati is under water. The floods iu the Ohie river and its tri butaries increased during Saturday night and yesterday. At 1 o'clock this meruins: the water at Cincinnati had reached the highest point since 1832, being 12 feet above the danger line. Thousands of peo ple crowd all the bridges watching the flood. A rise of three feet mere is ex pected. All transportation wagons in the city arc employed in removing goods from danger. Tiie water through which they pass in going te the suspension bridge is ever their axles. Passencers between Cov ingten and Cincinnati are compelled te cress the water at the Cincinnati approach te the suspension bridge iu beats or vehicles All railway freight business and nearly all express business west and north has been stepped. The Ohie & Mississippi transfers passengers by omnibus four miles down the river, and thence by steamer makes connection with Aurera, Iud. The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Leuis & Chicago uses the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines te reach its ewu line in Indiana. The Cincinnati, Wash ington & Baltimore gees out from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton depot. At West End the people are trying te save the cattle from the inundated pens. The difficulty is very great, as beats have te be employed and the cattle must be led out ene by ene. They often get frightened, break away and go back into their pens. All mill Creek Valley for miles north from the Ohie is a bread sea. In the city from Pearl street down te the river front the ere'atest activity and excitement prevails. The fire department ifl pumping out the Pearl ' street cellars te enable merchants te save goods. The river invaded a house adjacent te the suspension bridge where unslaked lime was stored along with quantities of resin. The heat from the lime set fiie te resiu. Engines have been at work ou this fire aud it centinues obstinate, but net violent. News Frem the Morning Mails. McPike & Jehnsen, horse aud mule dealers, of St. LeuiS, have suspended, with liabilities of 30,000 and assets at $75,000. The eau.-e of suspension is the failure of J. II. Whitson & Sen, of New Yerk. Charles D. Seebach, a bartender, drew a pistol and fired en a crowd of boys who were snowballing him en Sixty first street, New Yerk. The bullet struck Jehn Noon Neon Noen an, 0 years old, Inflicting a fatal wound. Nine stock" cars were wrecked en the Lehigh Valley railroad, above White Haven, last night, by a broken wheel. Twenty head of cattle were killed. The read was blocked for nine hours. Peter Ryan, aged about GO years, who bears a rather bad character, murdered his wife in St. Leuis by smetheriug her with bed-clothing. He acknowledged the crime, but gave no reason for its commis sion. He is under arrest. The Mutual Union telegraph lines have beeu leased te the Western Union tele graph cempauy for 999 years. The con tract for the lease was signed en Saturday at special meetings of the directors of the companies in New Yerk. At Lamar, Barten county, Me., J. A. Derau shot aud killed his f-ithcr-in-law, M. M. Smith. The latter was in a store when Deran entered and demanded his child, which was living with her grand father. Smith made no reply and Derau drew a revolver and shot him dead. A great bridge is new under construc tion for the Sioux .City & Pacific railroad across the Missouri river, 20 miles north of Ceuucil Bluffs, Iowa. The piers are of ired filled with concrete masonry, and the superstructure is also of iron. The bridge will be 1,000 feet in length and cost nearly $1,000,000. i COLUMMA NEWS. Frem our Vegular Correspondent. At the Republican ward meetings en Saturday eveuiug the following ticket was ittled : First ward Council, J. A. Min ieh ; school beard, A. Wilsen ; assessor, B. F. Clepper ; constable, Jehn Gilbert ; judge, William Fasig ; inspector, Martin Hiukle, jr. Second ward Council, J. E. Mifflin ; school beard, Dr. William G. Tayler ; assessor, William Boyd ; con stable, Henry Fisher ; judge, William Cellins ; inspector, Themas Waters. Third ward Ceuucil, Themas Edwards ; school beard, Daniel Stape, sr. ; assessor, Dauiel F. Gehu ; constable, Edward Cas well ; judge, JohnKeesy ; inspector, Wm. Gilbert. The conferees who were ap pointed by the several wards cheese Jehu Shenbcrger for chief burgess and Chris tian Strawbridge for high constable. Seme Destructive Fires. This morning at 8:10 o'clock the paint shop of B. F . Stener's reel works was en tirely destroyed by fire. Geerge Finka bine, a lad of fourteen, who was employed at the works, was the cause. It is a prac tice te dip the castings of the reels iute a tub of paint while they are at a moderate heat. Finkabiue had allowed an iron te become very het and when he dipped it into the paint it caused the latter te ig nite. The boy was burnt about the hands in trying te extinguish the flames, and, wheu he found this te ba impossible, be came frightened and ran home, net stop step ping te give the alarm of fire. Wheu the flames hurst through the windows it was discovered by one of the employees. A geucral alarm was sounded. By the whistles of P. R. It. engines the fire department arrived promptly, but tee 1 tte te save the structure. Steady streams of water saved the adjoining properties, where a large amount of valuable goods was stored. The less by the lire is net heavy, as the burned building w.n only an old frame structure. The flue, old Ualdemau mansion, in Yerk county, near New Cumberland, took tire from a locomotive spark lodging iu the cornice en Saturday, and iu a short time it was in ruins. It was built iu 1830, by Cel. Jacob S. Haldemau, of Harris burg, at a cost of $18,000. The rooms aud halls were eleautly fitted up and there Cel. Haldcman resided teu years, until the day of his appeintment as minis ter te Norway aud Sweden. Obituary Metes. Jacob Rupley Eby, who died at Harris burg, yesterday, was a native of Columbia aud was in his 07th year. His father was an extensive miller and he himself learned the carpenter trade. He engaged in the erection of public works, went into tl'e lumber business and then became a grocer in Harrisburg and accumulated wealth. He was largely interested iu many of the industrial establishments of the city, being a stockholder and director of the Harris burc car and machine and feuudry works and was also connected with ether leadiug industries. He was president for several years of the First National bank and likewise of the State Agricultural society. A young son of Mr. Ficd. Friend, of Union street, died en Sunday meruing of scarlet fever. lioreugii Kiidgnt. Prayers at St. Paul's at 4:30 p. in., te morrow. Richard Gere, Independent cau- aiciate ler uurgess. me sailor property withdrawn at 84,400. E. A. Becker's coach pheps sold te Harry Nelte, jr. Henry Haeffncr, P. It. R., fi.igm.iu. had the right side of his head and ear badly tern, Saturday night, by the explosion of a signal cap. Bethel revival services con tinue. St. Jehn's Lutheran church festi val, Feb. 15, 10, 17. The newly arrived Shawnee lire bell weighs 800 pounds. Mrs. Martin Irwin buried at 10 a. m. te-day. Adam Redenhauser iroue te Elizabdtb Elizabdtb tewn te move two big safes. River rising. Band serenades postponed en account of the weather. Mr. J. U. Kaulfman has returned home from Williamsport. Miss Maggie Wilsen returned en Saturday evening from an extended visit te Phila delphia. Mr. B. B. Keller, formerly superiutendeut of the Shawnee rolling mill here, but la te of Philadelphia, has gene te Flerida. MI. NEBL) NEWS. Frem an Occasional Correspondent. On Friday evening the regular session of the Mt. Nebo lyceum was held. After transacting seme miscellaneous business, the question, " Resolved, that the Indian has been unjustly treated by the white man," was discussed iu an interesting and spirited manner. The question for the next meeting : " Re solved, That Napolean was a greater mil itary genius than the Duke of Welling ton," is expected te draw out soma inter esting historical facts. After a lingering illness Mrs. Rebecca Clark died last week at the residence of her son-in-law, Albert Hagen, of Mt. Nebo. Mrs. Clark was an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church antl was respected and beloved by all who had the privilege of knowing her. In her death her children has lest a geed parent and her neighbors a true friend. Mt. Nebo has a boy aged 17 who claims te have lilted 450 pounds. Next ? Au Entertainment at tlrace Church. The young people of Grace church will give a literary and musical entertainment at the church this evening for the benefit of the church. i:oceverlng from Ilia Tnurlex. Mr. A. N. Basch, of 517 West Lemen street, who received severe injuries from a fall a week or two age, is rapidly recev- enm' SPREADING THE GOSPEL THE LANCASTER CITY BlIfLK ."JUClKlX. Sixty-Sixth Anniversary Inierenclnj; Service at Hie k-renbyierlan, Moravian, Trinity Lutheran and .Ien Churches. The sixty sixth anniversary of the Lan caster city Bible society was celebrated last evening. Iu accordance with arrange ments previously made, services were held in the Presbyterian, Mei avian, Trinity Lutheran aud Zieu Lutheran churches, and that the friends of the cause might be enabled te work in unison it was re quested that no service! be held iu the ether pretcstant churches, and this request was very generaily complied with, the congregations of the ether churches meeting with the churches above named. At tue PrenuterUl'i Church. There was a full attendance at this church. The services were ceuducted by Rev. C. Riemeusnyder. president of the Bible society, assisted by Rev. J. Max Hart, of the Moravian church, aud Rev. C. L. Frey, of Trinity Lutheran. The services opened with choral and congrega tional siugiug, after which President Riemensnyder read the 19th psalm and offered an invocation. Anethor hymu was sung and President Reimensuyder read the following report : The Auuunl Kenert. In presenting this sixty-sixth report of our society it becomes us te be truly grateful te Ged for what has beeu accem plished by the American Bible society since our last anniversary, and for the aid, however small, which we are permit ted te give in behalf ei its great work. The American Bible society, te which our society is auxiliary, was organized in 181G. Thirty five local societies united iu its formation. The first president of the society, in his announcement of the event says, " There was net a single dissenting voice in the convention, though it was formed from different denominations ; they all seemed te bi of ene heart and of ene mind. The whole proceedings clearly discovered the divine agency aud even some from among theso least affected could net help crying out aloud, 'This is none ether thau the work of the Lord.'" The first address te the people of the United States closes with these words : " In such a work, whatever is dignified, kind, venerable and true, has ample scope ; wnile sectarian littleness and rivalries can fiud no avenue of admission. Come then, fellow citizens, fellow Chris tiaus, let us join the sacred covenant. L.et no ueart ee com, no nauu oe idle, no purse reluctant. Come, while room is left for us in the ranks of theso whose toil is goodness and whose recompense is victory. The society is strictly unsectarian. Seven different denominations of Chris tians arc repreesnted in its beard of man agers. "It labors te circulate the Scripture among all classes impartially, its alfairs are mauaued without denominational bias or control." The society has attempted, at three different times, te supply the people of the United States with Bibles. The first attempted general supply was in 1829 when our population was only 12, 800,000. The next was iu 183G, when it was 20, 500,000. The last was in 18GG, when it was nearly 37,000,000. And new the society has uudertakeu a further supply of the United States, when our population reaches nearly 53,000,000. That such a supply is greatly needed appears from the following statement of the managers : " During the last year the whole num ber of families visited was 711,03(5, of whom 111,932 weie without the Hely Seriptuies, and 81, 993 were supplied, iu addition te 4(5,430 peisens net included iu these families." But the work of the so ciety is net limited te our own ceuutry It extends te all our missionary stations in remote heathen lauds. The Bihle has been translated iute eighty different Ian guages and dialects. The Rev. Dr. Chamberlain, a missionary in India, rep resents this work as absolutely necessary. He says: "Tlie Bihle must be translated, piiuted and scattered every wheie, or no missionary work could be done. A missionary without the Bible ! As well try te cook without lire or heat ; as well try te sail a ship without water ; as well try te propel a steamer without steam ; as weil try te breathe without air. If the printing and henevo heneve lenfc distribution of the Bible cease, while yet the nations are arrayed iu hostility te Christ, then let it be announced te the world that the soldiers of Christ's king dom have laid down their arms. Let it, cease, and all the powers of darkness will rise and claim the victory as nearly wen." But it will net cease. Forty million copies of the Bible have been published and diss tributed iu our laud ami among the people of many ether lauds. Aud this work is progressing mere extensively today thau ever before. New, as professed follower:; of Christ, should we net be profoundly thankful for what this seeiety has done in the past, and for the encouraging prospect of still greater achievements iu the future? Aud should we net give it our most cheerful and generous support ? Is net this ear solemn duty? Is it net our blessed privilege ? I submit herewith the treasurer's re pert : S. S. High, treasurer, iu account with the Lancaster City Bible Society : Te cash in hand nrlult: treasurer i y.-, .v; J e emu received lrem i. s. imtgic, ler Jliblcs sold Te cas.li received lrem I). C. Haverstiek ler ether IJible- Te cash received ler ether sale et lliljle-t Te ca-sli received lrem Moravian church Te cash rreeivel lrem St. l'aul's Ke- termed chinch Te easli received lrem Fitst Kelermed Te cash received iieui rresbytcrian cliurclu... Te cjwh received Iiuiu Olivet llupUst Te ctsli received from Trinity hulLeruii church Te cash received from St. .Jehn's Lu theran church Te cash received lrem anniversary col lection at Moravian church Te cash received lrem anniversaiy col lection at 1'resbytcriuu chinch Te cash received lrem unjiiveis-ary col lection at Zion's Lutheran church 10 :e 17 ."ill ; (m 'JD Ml sj; 00 'J 20 2.". CO 10 Oj is ::i )25 Total receipts)... By cash paid J). $:. .17 C llaversticlc ler printing .5 ;., Te balance In treasury $;ii3 hi The above report is somewhat incom plete. One church made au appropriation, but had net reperted te the treasurer when he prepared his statement. And then, tee, we have en this evening of our anniversary, union meetings in four churches, and it is hoped that the combined collections will considerably in crease the amount. Respectfully submitted, C. Reimknskydek. President Lancaster City Bible Society. After the reading of the report Revs. C. L. Frey and J. Max Hark made olenuout appeals in behalf of the society, and these were followed by the liftinjr of a collection. during which the choir sang a line offer tory. The services closed with the dox dex dox elogy aud a benediction by Rev. Riemen snyder. At the Moravian Church. At the Moravian church the attendance was large. The servics were ceuducted by Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, D. D., of the Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. M. Frayne. of the Olivet Baptist church, and Rev. J. C. Hume, of the Presbyterian Me Me eorial chapel. The services opened with a hymn by the congregation, followed by prayer by Rev. Dr. Mitchell, who then read the 19th psalm, and the annual report of the president of the Lancaster city Bible society as printed above. A hymn was sung by the congregation, after which Rev. Hume delivered au address, commending the society te the considera tion of all interested in the spread of the Gospel. He was followed by Rev. Frayne after which a collection for the benefit of the society was lifted. While the collec tion wa- beiuu taken up the choir sang the anthem " Guide me, O, Theu great Jehovah," the sole part heing taken by Miss Jennie Potts. A hymu and the dox dex dox elogy were sung by the congregation and benediction pronounced by Rev. Dr. Mit chell. At Trinity Lutheran. Sci vices very similar te the above were held at Trinity. Lutheran church. They were conducted by Uev. Sylvanus Stall, of St. Jehn's Lutheran church, assisted by Rev. Dr. Grceuwald, of Trinity, Rev. C. E. Houpt, of Grace Lutheran, and Rev. W. C Hobins-eu, of the First Metho dist Episcopal. The 308th hymn was snug by the congregation. The 80th psalm was read aud prayer made by Rev. Stall who theu read the above priuted auuual repeit. Interesting addresses were made by Revs. Houpt aud Robinson ; a collection was lifted, an anthem was sang and the services closed with doxology and benediction by Dr. Gieemvald. At Zieu Lutlierau. Services similar te the above were held at Zieu Lutheran church, ceuducted iu the Germau lauguage by Revs. Meister, of St. Stephen's, Mayser of Zion and Dahl man of Sc. Jehu's Germau Itefermed, all of whom made interesting addresses in behalf of the Bible canst. The attend ance was unusually large aud the collection quite satisfactory. A HUI.O KOKKEKY. ATluel ISeei Thriii;li UugelKHU-T Hetel lu ISntiitl ly L.i;lit. On Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, a thief entered Hagelgaus' hotel, East King street, and, ascending te the second lloer, ransacked the reiuns which were net locked, kicked a pauel out of the deer that was locked leading from the hall iute a back room, crawled through the opening thus made, ransacked a large mahogany sideboard, only one drawer of which was locked, broke open the lock by hacking away the weed of the drawer aud stele therefrem 0 or $7 iu I". S. paper currency, about -3 iu old copper cents, a Mexican half dollar, an epau faced silver wateh, an open faced uickel watch, a geld pencil case, a'geid charm in the form of a beer ken, and worst of all. a lock el hair which had beeu cut from the head of Mr. Hagel gans' dead wife. The thief also stele several pounds of smoked sausage found hanging iu the room, and then decamped with his booty. The police were at once notified, but they thought best te keep the matter quiet as suspicion rested ou certain parties. Ellbrts were made te find them aud also te secure the stelcu property. The silver watch was found at a junk-shop en Middle street, where it had beeu sold by the thief. It is new in the hands of the police, but nothing else has yet becu leceveied. OUK niE.llltEItn. 'I he Legislative Ue legation in Town. Senators Mjlm aud Stehman and Rep resentatives Snyder, Landis, Bretius, Suader, Eheriyand Hoevor were. in town today, and at 10 a. in. met the committee of the Lancaster bar, which has the salary bill in charge, iu the law library room, and hea-d argumenti; iu its favor. After au interchange of views it was agreed that the delegation should arraugc for a meet ing of all the members fiem Lancaster, Luzerne, .Schuylkill aud Berks, aud the lawyers would trv and scenic; the attend ance of persons fietn these counties iu terestcd iu the passage of the bill. After the meeting iu the court house, the members of the Legislature were met by the piiseu inspectors aud taken te the county prison, wheie they took a leek at tiie institution iu order that they might be enabled te vote mere intelligently en the proposed bill te be scut te the Legislature ia legard te thn sending of long term pris oners from !'ns f-eunty te the Eastern penitentiary. Alt -r their work was fin ished at the prison, the members were brought back te town antl they left for Harrisburg at. 1:13 p. in. The inspectors held a meeting after the legislators had left aud passed a resolution urging thu members from this county te de their best te secure the passage of the bill allowing long term piiseuers te be sent te Philadelphia. A discussion theu took place between the members as te what shall bodeuo with Bummer's hall, but no defiuitc action was taken Tiie Ueunls Case. In ceuit te-day was piesented the order of Gov. Pattison staying the execution of tue warrant ler .Jehn 15. iJunuis requioi requiei requioi tien te Missouri aud Judge Patterson theu dismissed the habeas corpus case and re manded Dennis te jail te await, the dispo sition of the cases against him for forgery, affr which he will b.i deliveicd te the Missouri authorities. This afternoon Sheriff High I ilged a detainer with Prison Ke per Btirkhelder, te detain .lehu B DenuN, whatever dispo dispe dispo s'tieu mav be made of the prosecutions ajaiiist hiin, se that he may have posses. s ou of him under the governor's warrant. An Anonymous Contribution. During the morning service at the Pies byteriau church, yesterday, Uev Dr. Mitchell read a letter which had been sent him sigutd, "One who is net a Pieshy tcrian," containing a $10 note which the writer contributed in aid of the Presby terian mission school at Sitka which had been se graphically described in a lecture recently delivered by Dr. Jacksen. Dr. ?iIitchel! has handed the money te Miss Dale, treasurer of the home missions, by whom it will bj appropriated te the use of the school as the donor requests. funeral r .HilHIn Elliett. The funeral of Mifllin Elliett, of PrevU dence township, who died en Thursday, took place yesterday. The interment was made at the Clearfield M. E. church, aud Rawliusville ledge of Odd Fellows, of which deceased was a member, attended the funeral in a body. The deceased was well known iu the vicinity in which he lived, and was something of a Replican politician. He was 08 years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Jflre at Sate Harber. Last night an old frame dwelling house, situated along the railroad track, in Safe Harber, was destroyed by fire. It was owned by C. J. Rhodes and was unoccu pied. There was nothing in the buildiug except three very goad row beats, which were owned by Theodora Patterson, of the iron works ; Mr. Jenes, of Norristown, and Abraham Hess. They were valued at 6100 and were destroyed. The lire was the work of an incendiary. A aliening JMan. Chief of Police Dcichler has received a handbill with a photograph of Jehn B. Barker, 37 years old, 5 feet 11 inches high, weighs 180 pounds, black hair, mustaebe and imperial, who was last seen iu Phila delphia January 3. One hundred dollars reward will he paid for information of his wheicabeuts. Argument Court. The special week of argument court be gan this morning with both judges present. Several cases were argued and consider able current business of miner importance was transacted. Surety of the l'eace. Jehn Craig, colored, has beeu held by Alderman A. F. Dennelly en the charge of turcty of the peace, preferred by Peter Weeds. 4
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