LANCASTER DAILY IKTELUGENCEH FRIDAY FEBKUAliY 16. I8&3.
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THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 15, 1883.
The Wallace Arbitration Bill.
Senater Wallace, in advocacy of the
voluntary tribunal bill which he has in
troduced, with intent te aid the am
icable settlement of differences between
employer and employed, said a great
many geed and true things about the
beauty of conciliation and agreement
betyeen capital and labor. It is a very
geed thing ; and, as he points out, is
quite generally appreciated by mechanics
and manufacturers. Differences arising
between them are usually settled by con
fereuce ; and dissensions as te Kites of
wages, which are the most fruitful
aeurce of trouble, are usually set
tled by agreement upon a sliding
scale of compensation dependent
upon the price of the product of
the combination of capital and indus
try. Toe elten, however, there is a fail
ure uf agreement ; the workman seeks
a rate of wages which the manufacturer
cannot afford te give, or the manufac
turer refuses a fair rate which he can
afford. Generally the workman is the
unreasonable party ; because skilled
labor is net se abundant in this country
that these who want it will ref use te pay
for it what they can afford. But before
long the situation may be reversed, and
the increasing number of workmen may
put them at the mercy of the manufac
turer here, as they are new in England ;
or as railroad employees seem te be m
this country te day at the mercy of the
great corporations employing them.
The great railroad strikeef lS77,which
Senater "Wallace especially cites as a de
plorable one, pointing out the necessity
of the law he proposes, was net one
which the voluntary aibitratinn he j no
poses would havepievented : and fei the
simple reason that the Pennsylvania
railroad management wastoestiff-neck-ed
te accept it. It had every oppei tu
nity te try conciliation with its em
ployees ; but it scorned such an
exhibition of amiable weakness. It frit
itself powerful enough te trample upon
its suppliants. It was able te concede
what they asked, and what they asked
was just. With a corporation in
Mich temper, what chance of set
tlement does voluntary arbitration
give V And by the corporation in better
temper voluntary arbitration would
be accepted, recommended by its
geed sense alone. Certainly there
can be ee harm in the law adding its
recommendation te that of telf-inteiest
and common sense ; but we conies that
we are unable te share Senater Wallace's
enthusiastic views as te the additiei al
potency which the advice of the law will
give te the advice et the head. Xu harm
can come fieui Senater Wallace's pie pio pie
pesed law, and we hope that it may have
ll the virtue lie sees in it. But our idea
is, that when the law steps in between
the employer and employed, it should
come with something of the authority of
the parent, rather than with the counsel
only of the friend.
Senater Wallace says that in England
the arbitrary and wholly compulsory
methods of the l.iw remained a dead let
ter in the disputes of employer and em
ployed, while wholly voluntary arbitra
tien has been a success ; whicli is just
the result we should expect. Voluntary
attempts at agreement must always
work well among sensible people ; and
agreement at the canyon's meutli is net
of a wholesome kind, nor apt te be suc
cessful between equals. But Senater
Wallace has discovered in France an in
stitution called " The Councils of Wise
Men," created by the law te settle the
diffeieuces arising between labar and
capital, which he says works well, and
which seems te be clothed with just such
degree of authority as te mnke the sea
soning of the law a wholesome aid
te the acceptance and digestion
of the wise men's decrees. If thete
councils have been found te weik well
in Prance and Belgium, it is fair enough
te conclude that they may work well
here. Te secure the desirable end it
certainly would be wise te try a method
which has been successful elsewhere.
We de net understand whether Senater
Wallace proposes te give te the arbitra
tion tribunals he raises all the authority
possessed by the Councils of Wise Men ;
but we certainly think it would net be
well te imitate them unless this is done.
tt anted A Club.
The enterprising proprietors of the
Philadelphia Press, perhaps fired by
Senater Wallace's example, have starttd
out eLtheir own hook with a scheme te
put manufacturers and their workmen
en amicable relations. The address
which they issue, and send te manufac
turers but net te their workmen de
clares that manufacturers should
" realize the importance of placing
wholesome and educating influences
about their men ;" and that " Gist
among all valuable influences, is
te give them geed reading. If left te
themselves, or left 10 wrong guidance,
they are apt te take papers which teach
false doctrines, which are reckless agita
ters and which lead men astray, and
promote discord and conflict between
them and their employers. On the ether
hand, a geed, sound, responsible paper
would educate them in the right direc
tion, it would give them useful informa
tion ; promote! contentment, and lead
them aright en the vital questions of the
day."
It will net causs much surprise te
hear that the special panacea of the
Press is the Press. It recommends itself
as presenting just the quality of reading
matter which the manufacturer would
have read by these who labor for him,
and incline te vote against him. It
declares that " none knew better than
employers that workingmen are often
misled and vote directly against their
own interests and the interests of do
mestic manufacturers." Tiie Press un
dertakes te exercise an " incalculable
influence" " in pointing their minds in
the right direction." " In its proprie
torship," it says, " it is specially
allied te the manufacturing interests ;"
and it mildly suggests te its fellow man
ufacturers that it would serve the cause,
and their brother, well "if one of your
book-keepers or foremen could be in
teiested in forming a club."
We incline te think that the Pre?.?
deserves a club from the manufacturer's
employees.
Peuhai'S Hazcn has let the floods loose
te divert attention from Beltzhoover's
blizzard at the signal service.
If the Legislature can effect it the pce
pie of New Yerk city arc te ride en the
elevated railways for five cents a trip.
Fueudie Geuiiakdt is running around
(somewhere in the southwest, but the
Bwellen waters have net yet reached the
tips of his earn.
The Michigan canvas for United States
senator has get along se f.tr a.s te disclose
the fact that Ferry has been premising
offices for votes for himself and Hubbel
has been paying out money te beatFeiry.
At this rate Miehigau will seen measnie
up te Pennsylvania.
The U. S. makes an eighty-eight cent
dollar; it has just turned out au anemal.
eus coin which does net tell en its face
whether it stands for live farthings or five
dell.us, and new it is discovered that half
of $33,000 geld recently coined at New Or
leans, sheit $2.50 per $1,000, is iti circula
tion. What next '.'
ArTEii a long and bitter stiuggle for
the city offices filled by councils in Phila
delphia, the Democrats and Independents
who had before defeated Baldwin for com
missioner of highways, yesterday elected
Coleuol Ludlow, au engineer of the U. S.
A., te 1)0 superintendent of the water
works. His opponent, one Shaw, as a
desperate resort cii ciliated the steiy that
Ludlow was a drunkaid and that seen
settled Shaw. The riugsters rnade one
strangling stand and thou died in the List
ditch. Thu depar tmcut has laie pation patien pation
age aud the Deraeetats aie well satisfied
te have it in non-partisan h mils and run
for the public geed.
ItcriiusEM'.vrn u Joux II. Landis ha
been making such a geed record for him
self in attacking improper appropriations
that is a pity he could uet withstand the
temptation te show his eats by indulging
iu femn buncombe ever the bill te pension
the Miiviving veterans of the Mexican
war, which caiue up en second reading.
Landis insisted en ameudiug it se as te
uet make it apply te ex-Cenicdeiatc-,
though nobody was able te rue ill an
Pennsylvania soldier of the Mexican war
I who had seived iu the army of the rebel
lien, except Pemberton, of Philadelphia,
and when he was hunted up it was
leund that he has been dead for several
years.
Tm:NewYeik Herald veiy piemptly
exposes the fallacy of an appeal made by
Helmes, Whittiei aud Aldrich te Congress
te net take the taiill off books, lest, it would
enable foreign publisheis te occupy the
maiket with books wiittcn and made
abroad, and " that higher literature will
be diseeuiaged and the greatest volume of
cuneut liteiatuie, which is iu the feim of
leading for the young, will be guidul by
feieign authors instead of by men ahd
wemeu of their own nation." All feieigu
books for which theie is general demand
are already it published aud sold here
cheaper than leicigu publisheis would
sell them, aud veiy much cheaper than the
copyrighted publications of home autheis
of like rank arc sold.
Tin; Democratic state executive com cem com
mitttee of Pennsylvania held its fiist
meeting under the new rules and the re
organization of the party iu Philadelphia
last evening, there being piesentW. U
Heusel, chairman, Gaa. It u: haul Coulter,
Hens. B. P. Myers, V. F. Hanitty, 11
P. Allen and W. J. Brcnuan. Harrisburg
was fixed as the place for the meeting of
the next state couvcutieu en Weduesday,
Aug. 1, te he opened at 10 a. in. There
was au informal discussion en various
political matters and a disposition mani
fested te seeuie such a change iu the law
relating te payment of tax as a suffrage
qualification as would abolish the consti
tutional prevision en this subject or reduce
the tax te a nominal figure.
At length, after much time aud $23,000
expense, the crypt under the cathedra! at
Garden City, L. I., intended as the last
resting place of A T. Stewart, has been
completed. It is .said te ba of extremaly
elaborate finish, is 18 feet high, aud in the
centre arc two stene satenphagi for the re
mains of Mr. aud Mrs Soewart. Consider
ing the pipular belief that the steleu
body of the millionaire was never ie
coveied, there is something Judicious iu
the idea of the erection of a tomb for the
reception of a body which cinnnt be found
te be put into it. But then the building of
this costly sopulchure may be additional
grounds for the impression that the re
mains are in secret possession of friends
who at an opportune time will place them
in the crypt, which skill and money, it
may be presumed, have made doubly so se
cure. MAll. JUNCKLLANKr.
Condensed Intelligence lrem the morning
X'aierfl.
Beeth's theatre, at New Yeik, has been
sold te James D. Fish, president of the
Marine bank, for $500,000.
The leceiver of the suspended Union
iron and steel company, at Chicago, re
ports the assets as $1,454,931 above
liabilities.
The steamer Beaver ran into a rock at
the Narrows, at the entrance te Burraid
iulet, aud sunk. The Beaver was a histo
rical beat, having conic around Cape Ueiu
iu 1835, and was the first steamer in the
Pacific ocean.
The wife and two children et Henri
Latourelle, of Montreal, were poisoned by
eating canned lobster. Henrietta, a girl
of 7 years, and Mrs. Latourelle are recov
ering, but the younger girl is still danger
ously ill.
Recent losses by fire : Swartz Creek,
Mich., burned out, $12,000 ; Flickinger &
Bare's store, Defiance, Ohie, $20,000 :
ceuuty court house, Bagfield, Wis.,
$15,000 ; Geesliue & Sen's tannery, Par
ma Corners, New Yerk, $20,000.
Hurled in Her Bridal Kobes.
In Washington, Pa., Miss Nettie Clark,
aged 22, only daughter of Dr. Byreu
Clark, was buried lately from her father's
residence. Miss Clark was an estimable
young lady, and was te have been maried
en the 17th of April next te Mr. Samuel
Workman, a most respectable young gen
tleman. Miss Clark was buried in her
wedding robes.
STAE EOUTE SENSATION
0K OK THE CONSP1KATOJRS fLBADS
GUILTY.
Ilerdeil t-mprlpFS Ilia CnutiftI by Withdrawn-;;
Hlslleef Xet.uln "and
tillering tu Tell .111 lie Kuuus.
In the Star Reute cases yesterday, M.
C. Herdell, one of the indicted persons,
aiese and said: " If the ceuit please, I
desiie te make a statement in my own
behalf." A profound silence prevailed for
a moment ; the court looked surprised,
but the counsel for the defense seemed te
be prepared for the blew about te fellow.
The ceuit finally said : "Yeu can make
it." Rerdell then said :
I became acquainted with S. W. Dersey
in December, 1872 ; met Jehn Dersey in
the spi iug el 1878 at General Dersey's
house en " I " street : first met Peck
about 1808 CD or 70 : became acquainted
with Brady iu the spiitig of 1879. In
August, 1875, 1 was appointed te a pesi
tien under the district government, at the
same time acting as Dersey's secretary.
One morning in June, 1878, witness
went te Dersey'u house at his request
Dersey had bofero him a large number of
communications He tossed them ever te
witness aud asked him if he knew what
they meant. Witness read-about a dozen.
They weie communications fiem the pest
office department addiessed te Dersey,
Peck, Beene, Miner, and pcihaps Watts.
Doisey asked him te take chaise of the
business, and witness carried them down
te his office in the district buildings.
Dersey said he intended te take away tin
business fiem Beene, who was thou at
tending te it ; saw Dersey again
en the night following; told him
he thought he could attend te the
business after getting a little Auther in
formation. Dersey directed him te go te
Beene's house aud get all the papers eon
ucctt'd with the business. Beene, he said,
would undeistaud what papers were
wauted. Witness did as he was diiected
and get a large case et pigeon holes ful!
of papers, took them te Miner's room in
Dersey's house, and devoted all of his
spare tiipe te the business, writing letteis
te sub contractors and ethers. About
July 5 or 10, Doisey asked him if he would
like te go West. Witness replied in the
affirmative, and by Dersey's direction put
in his application for leave of absence.
Dersey said that lie would see that he get
it. ltness was te go west te assist Jeuu
Derey in putting service upon th. Bis-maiek-Tengne
liver route. Left. Wash
iugten en July 11 ; received rnstiuetiens
and $1 500 fiem Dmscv bebnc leaving.
Dersey also went wich him te the German
American national bank aud td.icud te the
credit of Jehn W. Doisey & Ce, $3,000.
Witness signed the film's name Jehn V.
Dersey & Ce upon the books. When
witness returned he negotiated thiee blank
notes signed Jehn W. Doisey & Ce., and
ei'deised S. W. Doisey. D.d nec reuieiu
her whether Miner or himself had the
notes. Used neatly all the money for
stocking the Tongue Hiver route. Alto
gether $S,000 was used for this purpjse.
Jtuilillug liranclies ml urging AVelli.
Before witness weut West, Dersey
furnished him with postal blank!,, aud
told him te establish a station off te euu
side et the route about sixty miles aud
put in applications te have it put upon the
route. It was calculated that tins would
make up for the distance lest tiueugh the
erroueou3 advertisements. Witness
missed connection at tit. Paul, aud whiie
waiting, met Jehn W. Doisey in a hotel.
Jehn Dersey took him down te the stables
aud showed him Pcnnell's horses. They
went ou together te Bismarck, and with
the assistance of Jehn Deucj and Pen
nell, witness pieceeded t buy gram stock,
canip utensils and ether requiuties. A
trairr was prepared, and Pernie!! star fed
nut te build ranches and dii wells. Wit
ecs. selected the site el the proposed side
ellice, and even picked out a name for it.
At Miles City witness get up a petition,
and everieue whom he asked signed it.
He had a letter of iutioductien te Gcneial
Miles, aud get him te wnte a letter te the
department. Witness left Jehn Dersey at
Miles City. Witness picked out a place
en the map for the new posteilroo, but
knew nothing about, the number of in
habitants at that place.
" It was a paper posteilicc ?" asked the
court.
The witness nnsweied aflhmatively. lie
knew one et the earm rs ou the route. S.
W. Dersey's instiuctiens weie te build the
stations about fifteen or six'ecn miles;
apart. He said the service would ba in
creased, and uutil that time they could
use every thiid station. He was also iu
sti ueted te get up petitions for increase
aud expedition. He had been furnished
with letters te a number of prominent
persons, including Governer Ramsey,
General Resser aud Senater Wiudem.
About the first of August witness left
Jehn W. Dersey iu charge of the route,
and returned te Washington. Next saw
Jehn Dersey iu January or February,
1879. Did uet see him here in Neveiu
bcr, 1S78. Get letters from him about,
that tune that would" show wheie he was-.
Mr. Merrick requested witness te bring
the letters with him te-morrow.
Very tdese te Brady.
Witness, continuing, said that ins fam
ily occupied Senater Dersey's house dur
iug the summer of 1S78. When he
returned from the West Miner also took
up his abode there. Senater Dersey was
away and witness occupied his house at his
request. Miner said the service was iu
bad condition, and they couldn't de any
thing while Beene was in ; that Brady
was hostile te Boeuo, who talked tee
much. Miner asked witness' opiuieu
upon the subject, of admitting Yaile into
the company. Vaile, he said, was an old
contractor aud had plenty of money.
" What, did he say of the relations be
tween Vail3 and Brady ?" asked Mr. Met -rick.
Objected te, but objection overruled.
Answer " He said that Vaile was veiy
elose te Biady."
In conversation with Miner aud Vaile at
the National hotel, in Washington, Miner
told "Vaile he had bceu talking te Rerdell
about giving him employment; he thought
they should give him a geed thing. Vaile
.said he had been thinking of the .same
thing and acceeded te the preposition.
Miner said they would fix hiur and asked
him hew he would hke some mail service;
he could go West and be bis own man.
Witness did net auswer positively, but re
garded himself as acting under this agiee
tuent from March 1. Vaile speke of the
possibilities of the service, saying some
of the routes let at $40,000 would be
pushed se as te yield $000,000 or $700 000
a year. He thought the Rawlins White
River reute would be a geed oue for wit
ness te begin en. Witness went te Raw
lins and employed a sub contractor en that
route. In the meantime he wrete out a
number of petitions for inerease and ex ex
pedrtien aud caused them te be circulated.
At that time (March, 1S79,) S. W. Dor Der
sey was quarreling with Miner and Vaile,
and refused te allow his brother te furnish
the affidavit. Vaile said he thought he
could get Brady te accept an afiidavrt
from the sub contractor, and withiu a few
days reported that Brady had consented
te de this. By Vaile's direction witness
wrote out a blank affidavit and sent it te
Perkins for his signature. It came back
sigaed with the spaces reserved for
men and animals unfilled according te
direction.
Mr. Merrick presented the affidavit te
the witness, who identified it, aud siid the
words one " preceding tiip, " three "
preceding men, " six " preceding animals,
' eight " preceding men and " twenty
four " preceding animals, hi been filled
in by himself by the directren of S. W.
Dersey, who also suggested the numbers.
Witness filed the affidavit and letter of
transmittal in the department by Dersey's
direction.
Mr. Ingersoll objected te this evidence,
lie said they tried te make out a fraud
when they provided for expedition, and
fraud wheu t'uey did net ; it was a fraud
either waj.
Mr. Menick It was a new fraud ;
expciience taujht them a mere adroit
fraud.
Taking up one of the affidavits connect
ed with the Oje Ualicntc route, the wit
nc.,s said that although the bottom of the
paper was in the handwiiting of W. F.
Kel.egg, notary public, yet the figures
opposite the men and animals and the
number of the route had been written iu
by S. W. Dersey.
TIIKOWINH Ul A SNAKK.
1'liM AStenUfilnc Ailalr thut Urn Kxcltea Sal
isbury's" Colored Kenlileuia.
A special dispatch te the 'Times, from
Sahsbuiy, N. Y., sa3 : The colored people
at this place, as well as many ethers, have
been thrown into intense excitement ever
the fact that Hugh Leeuaid had thrown
up a snake. Lyeuaid had been sick for
some wceks aud was convinced that he
had been conjured, lleiven gees se far
as te fix the exact date when the bewitch
ing was accomplished. He says he at
tended a hall, when oue of his
old sweethearts, whom he had dis
carded " for a handsomer girl" gave him
some cake. He noticed a peculiar taste
and did net eat ali of it, as he was afraid
of being conjured, lle seen became com
plaining et pains iu the stomach. His
uncle Cetman took tbe case in clraige,
with the avowed intention of removing
the spell, aud yesterday witnessed the
ftuitieu of his labors. About 1 o'ceck
LeeLaid was taken with a severe lit of
coughing, when he threw up asuakoabeut
18 inches long, spotted white aud black,
and apparently of the water snake variety.
The reptile wa? alive, and continued se
until it was put into a bottle of rum for
sal'e keeping. The negre stiil lies en his
back ou the fleer, and says theie are mere
of th-in yet te ueme,.iddiug that they ceme
up into his t'lieat aud cheke him nearly
te death, but slip back before ha can get
his lingers upon them.
An old colerod, wennn pieeut at tle
oceurience, says that just beleic the suake
put in its appearance a four legged scer
pien ran ou', el JVsenaid s mouth and dis
appeared under the bed. The snake has
been seen by hundreds. The excitement
i- iutuu.-e. Ud aid Graham, who is sup
posed by all the colon d people te be gifttd
as :i i.'i.juier, says the tiling is very easily
done. Te cause snakes te grew jeu simply
get a'iy .snake, kill and diy it, aud grind
it te a fine powder. This i mixed with
aay kind et cake, and the very small eggs
which it contains are seen hatched by the
heat of the stomach .iuJ the cad is accein
p'ished
m
PKR30NAL..
Ciiaui.ks S. Wolfe aud Den Cameicu
were m Hariijsburg yesterday.
oiwen' Cami:hex is nearing 81. The
Western tiip of him and Mr. Dana has
been put etl until Mdich 1.
Dekman B. Eaten is booked ler the
head of the new civil soivice commission.
That is putting the infant te a fuendly
run se.
Phek. J. W. Wk-ti.vki:, of the state
normal school, Milloisville, has been
honored by having the name of a school
house in Allegheny county changed from
" Buck" te " Westlake."
Joux L. McDowell, treasuier of the Y.
M. Christian association, Alteena, and a
prominent commission merchant, is ic
peited te have absconded with $100 of the
association's meucy and between $30,000
and $10,000 baleuj;ing te pnties dealing
with him in the commission business.
Bmntex Cem:, president ; Clement R.
Wainwiight and David W. Sellcis, vice
presidents; Peter II. Keller, treasurer;
Albert II. Harris, secretary, wciere elect
ed efiuvrs of the Commonwealth club last,
evening. Fer the full term of the beard
of nianigers James Gay Gei den aud W.
S. Themas weie chosen, and for the unex
pired term, Jehn Huggard.
Hen. Emsiiy W. Davis, speaker of the
Heuse of the Colerado Legislature has
made geed headway in lutieducing the
Pennsylvania customs into that hotly. He
was presented by the members ou Saturday
last, with a massive silver service of eight
pieces, in recognition of his fairness as a
presiding officer during the session which
has just closed.
Gen. Shi:rmn gave a dinuer of 17
envois at his residence last evening m
honor of President Arthur, who was, tin
fortunately obliged te send his regrets and
leave ou the afttinoeu tiain for New
Yeik, te attend the funeral of his friend,
ex Gov. Morgan. Iu his absence the place
of honor was given te the president of the
Senate, David Davis.
B. F. Eshi,eman, esq. of this city was
introduced a' the annual meeting of the
Clever club iu Philadelphia, last evening
as the " Baby" member. The new infant
was sol irmly conducted te the high chair
by T. M. Jacksen and the late Baby, and
invested with the official rattle. That
impressive ceremony concluded, the dinuer
began. Mr. Eshleman had as his guest
at tha dinner R. B. Risk esq. et the Ex
amine; and both made speeches which re
ceived high enceuiums fiem the company.
Mrs. McEuiey is President Arthur's
sister and has recently been annoyed by
having the society of objectionable per
sons thrust upon her. Ex-Collector Tem
Murphy premised te introduce some ladies
te Mrs. McElroy, and took them te the
White Heuse with him. They were ques
tioned net only as te who they were, but
as te what they had been, and weie
abiuptly told by the piesident that they
could net see his sister. Murphy is swear
ing veageance aud society circles ai e iu a
ferment of excitement.
A FATAL. CUASTIMG AUCILMSNT.
A Old Citizen eIcv CHMie Knuulci'U Deun
by a bleil ami Killed.
While- William Hamilton, of New Cas
tle, Lawrence county, Pa., aged 00 years,
was coming down Prttsbui g street a sled
ou which was a boy ran into him while it
was going at a veiy high rate of speed.
Mr. Hamilton was knocked down with
torrible force, hia head striking en the
frozen pavement. Wheu picked up it was
found that his head aud face were badly
bruised. He was taken te his home where
he began te vomit, expectorating clots of
bleed. He also complained of great pain
iu his car. He lingered until near mid
night in great pain, when he expired.
Itetriiyeil ami Drudl te Death.
Miss Lizzie McDaurels aged 25 years a
daughter of William McDaniels, residing
at Ne. 4 North Washington street Balti
more, died en Sunday last having given
birth te a child en the 1st instant. Before
her death she exacted from her father and
brother a premise net te harm her alleged
betrayer, Chales E. Kemp, of Williams &
Kemp, machinists. She was feundby her
mother, in November last in a secluded
heuse suffering from drugs which she said
Kemp had compelled her te take with a
view of producing abortion.
High Water,
Yesterday the Conestoga was bank full
and there was 31 inches of water pouring
ever the breast of the dam at the city mill.
This morning at 10 o'clock it had fallen
about five inches.
l'ellceiuen Appointed.
The governor has appointed Henry
Hammer and Christian B. Henry te be
special policemen at the iron works at
Safe Harber, which arc owned by the
Phcenix iron company and are new closed.
CARRIAGE WORKS-
IMl'KOVUMENTS AX Al.TICK & SONS.
A. Description of the l'reiul-es of One of
L,Hicastcr'8 Unlef Iniliibtries Au Old
ltuslnesa Establishment.
Duriug the past year the Messis. Altick
turned out evor nine hundred first-class
jobs, aud for several years past the aver aver
age has been evor seven hundred. The
senior partner may almost always be found
in his ellice giving the business a general
superintendence. S. W. Altick devotes
himself te traveling and taking orders for
work, while the junior partner has a
general superintendence ever the Beveral
shops iu the establishment.
Fer several months past D. A. Altick
& Seus, carriage manufacturers, have been
making extensive additions and improve
ments te their manufactory,42 aud 44 West
Orange street, which, even before these
additions aud improvements were made,
steed at the head of the list of carriage
manufactories in this county.
The main burldiug, fronting en Orange
street, has a front el 45 feet aud a depth of
,10e feet, and is Tour stories aud an attic in
height the fourth story and attic having
beeu recently added. Immediately in the
rear of the main building, and connected
with it, is a two-story brick building, 150
feet square, which is used exclusively for
the storing of lumber. Connected with
this building is another new brick, 70 feet
long, 30 feet wide and three stories in
height. As will be seen, the length of
these tluce buildings is ever 200 feet, with
a width of from 150 te 45 feet.
On entering the main building from
Orange street the visitor is ushered into the
vestibule te the show room in one corner
el which is the Messrs Aitick's cozy office.
This vestibule is separated from the show
room by sliding glass doers extending en
tiiely across it, admitting an abundance
of light and excluding all dust aud dirt.
The show room has an area et lUe by ij leet
aud is filled with finely finished vehicles
phaetons, buggies, carriages, light wagons
&c. The room is admirably lighted, net
only by the glass doers above mentioned,
but by an immense sky-light, about six
teen feet square, which pierces the uppsr
floors and sheds a flood of light into the
rooms en the several stories.
On the second fleer front is the finishing
room 36 by 45 feet. It is heie that the vehi
cles, after coming from the painters and
trimmers, are put together preparatory te
being lowered, en the elevator, into the
show rejm.
Back of the finishing room is the trim
ming room, 4D by 70 feet. Iu addition te
the usual appliances found in all liist class
carriage raauufactoiies, this room contains
one of Elliett's patent dash machines
the only one in the state. It is au iin
raense sewing machine, and ou it eue man
can stitch a dash in fifteen minutes, thus
dciug as much work as ten men cau de by
hand.
The entire third tloer front is used as a
paint shop. It is 45 by 100 feet minus
the size of the sky-iight which pieices its
centre and gives it light. It is subdivided
into several compartments and is filled
with vehichs undergoing the operation of
painting, deceiating and varnishing.
Frem the varnishing room all dust is ex
cluded, net only by close doeis and win
dows, but by a double fleer which pre
vents it from enteriug from the room be bo be
lew. The fourth fleer front is packed with
finished work wheels, axles, shafts, etc.,
ready for putting together.
The fifth lleir front is packed witii
hundreds of finished carriage bodies.
Returning te the back building we find
first the lumber heuse 30 feet square, both
stories of which are packed with seasoned
lumber. The first story of the adjoining
building, 30 by 70 feet, is used for the
storage of loose material fellees, hub,
spokes, bows, &c. The second fleer of
equal size is the weed shop, where a large
number of men are employed in making
wheels, bodies and all the ether wood
work required in carriage making.
The thiid fleer of the building is the
blacksmith shop, and we are iufermed it is
the only blacksmith shop iu the country
that occupies se elevated a position. It con
tains ten forge fires and mero than a score
of the sons of Vulcan aie constantly en
gaged iu forging carriage ireus,ar?d ironing
the work sent te them by the weed-workers.
The fleer of the smith shop is of brick
laid in cement. The anvil blocks de
net rest en the joists that support the
fleer, but ou pillars, with stene founda
tions, reaching from the ground te the
fleer of the smith shop. The shop is well
ventilated and beiug se high up in the air,
the smoke and sulphur from the feiges de
net offend the taste of fastidious neigh
bors. The convenient arrangement
of the cntiie establishment can be
seen at a glauce. The lumber and
Ioeso material is carried from the
first te the second story, where it
is worked out aud put together by the
weed -workers. It is thou raised te the
amithshep, where it is ironed. Then it is
carried across a bridge, 3(5 feet long aud
nearly as wide, connecting the front and
back buildings, and is ready for the
painters. Theu it gees te the trimming
room, en the second fleer, and wheu fin
ished is ready te be lowered into the show
room for inspection by customers. Thus
there is no rehandling necessary, and no
lugging of work backwards and forwards.
Experts who have visited Aitick's shops
declare that there is net anywhere in the
country a mero conveniently arranged
establishment ; and even in New Haven,
the great centre of carriage making, there
are very few that exceed it in exteut. In
addition te the buildings above described
the Messrs Altick have a large warehouse
at 42 Market street. The building is 30
feet front by 13G feet deep and three
stories high. It is used exclusively for
the storage of finished work, with which
it is packed as full as it well can be.
Mr. D. A. Altick, the senior member of
the firm, is the pioneer carriage builder
of Lancaster. He commenced business en
a rather small scale as long age as 1848.
He gradually increased his business until
it attained its present preeminence. In
1873 he took into partnership his eldest
son, S. W. Altick, and in 1830 W. B. Al
tick, his second son, was admitted. Frem
1848 te the present time, the establish
ment never closed ; the werkmen have
never been laid off, except for some fault
of their own, and they never have failed te
receive their wages en pay day.
There are from seventy te eighty
hands constantly employed and it is
creditable te the men as well as te the
employers, that every one of the foremen
and nearly all of the employees learned
their trade in Aitick's shops. The only
exceptions are a few old stagers who were
full-grown workmen before Mr. Altick
began business. The pay-roll of the es
tablishment since 1848 will show that
mere men have been given employment
and mero wages paid them than has been
paid by any ether business enterprise in
Lancaster, except our great cotton mills.
The trade of the establishment is princi
pally wholesale and a very large propor
tion of it comes from the Seuth and West,
though considerable fine work is sent also
te Philadelphia, New Yerk, and even New
England, where carriage building is a
specialty. The popularity of Altiek's
work has done much towards making Lan
caster a centre for carriage building ; and
quite a number of reputable establish
ments have sprung up in this city, all of
which we believe are doing a fine business.
And it is net an exaggeration te say that
no city in the state turns ent as much
work, as geed work, or sells it at as low
prices as the carriage manufacturers of
Lancaster.
LOCAL, LEGISLATION.
What a Taxpayer Think of It.
Eus. iNTEu.iaENcnn : In answer te
your editorial in last evening's paper I
desire te say : " Our state senators with
wiienr the whole responsibility for the
failure or success of the measure must
new rest, ' should htesitate te pass the bill
te increase the miyer's fees, taking the
taxpayers' money out of the county treas
uiy and putting it into the city treasury.
The county commissioners, or at least a
m ljerity of tliem, recognize the rnjustiee
that would be placed upon the taxpayers
by the pas-, ige of this illegal enactment,
and Seuateis Mylin and Stehniau ought
net te put it through.
Further, thcre i another very impor
tant matter te which I wish te call the
attention of the honorable souaters aud
uicmhciset the Legislature from Lancas
ter ceuuty. It is, in my judgment, a rotten
picce of legislation, viz : Au act passed in
187G that might be se construed by a court
as te compel the county te rebuild or re
construct bridges, at the expense of the
taxpicis of the county, for the sole bene
fit of au incorporated turnpike read coic ceic
pany. I have been informed, aud veiy credibly,
that some of the menrhers from our couu ceuu
ty are oppesiug the repeal of this act, or a
supplement thereto. Wee be it uute the
senaters or members who wish te be re
elected that Willi refuse te repeal un
wholesome laws aud legislate iu favor of
corporations aud against the taxpayers of
this ceuuty, and all ether counties in the
statrt. Tamwyek.
Uunaway of a The Herse Tei;ui.
D. W. Breneiser aud Chas. Sprecher, of
Bartville, came te town te-day with a two
herse wagon lead of tobacco. In driving
down Prince street iu front of the resi
dence of R J. MeGranu, the off horse took
fright and the team ran into the lamp
pest and shattered the glass at the Betki.1
ehuich. Sprecher was threwu out aud
severely huit. Brcneiser jumped from
the wagon and escaped injury. The horses
snapped off the tongue and tore the har
ness, but riming against the iien fence
around the church, became entangled in
it. one was thrown down aud seriously cut
and the runaways weie caught. The in
jured mau aud beast weie both taken te
the Merrimac hotel.
The team belonged te Henry Graybill of,
Bsruville. The horse, which was impaled
en the iron fence as he attempted te jump
ever it is very seriously injured, one of
the long sharp spear points with which
the fence is picketed having entered the
horse's body just behind the right foreleg
and penetrated it deeply. The hersa is
attended by Dr. Cattcll. Twe or tluee
pauels of the iren fence are badly shatter
ed. Sprcchci's injuiies are net serious.
1.1T1TZ NEWS.
Clipped mm Uendeiiseit from the " Urcinil,"
Harry Diehm, el While Oak, en Monday
hitched his herse before Dithm's store at
Warwick while he proceeded te transact
some business. In the meantime the horse
attached te n sleigh, tore Ioeso and ran up
the read te a stene quarry en the new
pike near Bucher's, where he plunged
headlong into the quarry and down a pre
cipice of about 14 feet. The sleigh was
broken, but straiige te say the heise had
no bones broken, although he was con
siderably bruised.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Lititz plow company, was held at the fac fac
tery en Tuesday evening for the election
of directors, &c. All the old directors
were re-elected for the ensuing year.
Fire was discovered in an uptaiis room
in the rcsidence of E. J. Ban-, Lititz, and
before it could be extinguished considera
ble dainage was done te tha articles iu it.
$15,000 of the $10,000 required te con
struct the Manheim aud Lititz turupike
have been subscribed.
i Itullreail Arbitration.
Te day arbitrators are hearing evidence
in the orphans' ceuit room in the cases
of Lizzie Peitner, administiatiix of Bdw.
I'ortuer, vs. the Pennsylvania raiheul,and
Jacob Eaby vs. the same defendant. A
year or two age the railroad company en en
tered upon ami took possession of a por
tion of the property of the plaintiffs in
Salisbury township near the Gap. The
parties being unable te agrce as
te the amount of damages, the
following named arbitrators from ether
counties weie app'iint'd te hear theeasa :
IIeu. Daniel Bttskirk, ofPiiutewn, Berks
county ; Garseu Huyett, Sinking Springs.
Berks county ; Samuel G. ilatlield, of
Denglassville, Berks ceuuty ; Audiew
Meredith of Lebanon ; aud Theodere B.
Kline of AimviPe, Leb.tneu county. The
case exuites a gieat deal of interest and
a large number of witnesses are present.
G. C. Kennedy, esq., appears for the plain
tills and II. M. North esq., for the lail lail
read. I'lie Alrieriiian'it Court.
Aldcrmau Samson placed three distin
guished names ou his docket yestsulay
Chas. Carrell, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, was seut te jail for ten days ;
Jehn Smith, whose life wassived by Peca
hentas, was sent out for seven days ; aud
Frank Me Adam, the inventor of turn
piking, was turned ever te Prison Keeper
Buikholder for five days and all because
they get drunk and become diserdeily.
Ellen Stewart. colored, charged with
keeping a disorderly bawdy house, was
committed by Alderman McConemy in
default of bail, te auswer at court.
Harriet Bestt n, co'ered, who wa: charg
ed by her husband with having committed
adulteiy with sundry parsons hid a heir
iug befere Aldermau McC niemy last
eveniug, aud'was discharged for want of
evidence.
Jea Hinder who chirged his wife with
having committed adultery, failed te put
iu an appearance as prosecutor at the time
appointed for the heating. IIe was aftur
tarfiards arrested aud committed. The
hearing will take place befere Alderman
McConemy te-mono w.
Tobacco Males.
The following tobacco sales have re
cently been made in the vieiuiry of Kirk Kirk
weed, Colerain township : Isaac Phillips,
t i Kendig fc Sen, 1 aero at 155, 8 and 3 ;
Jehn Thompson, te same, '', acres at 10, 0
and 3 ; G. W. Swisher, te same, 2 acres at
13, 5 aud 3 ; Leuis Fergusen, te same, 2
acres at 1G, G and 3 ; J. McCauIey, te
same, 2 acres at 1G G and 3 There is a
large quantity of geed tobacco in this
noitzhbeihood ready for the market. Jas.
S. Kirk, of West Nottingham township,
Chester county, sold 3 acies te J. K.
Shirk, for 2-j, 10 G and 3.
Henry Graybill, of Bareville, delivered
te-day te Mr. Brownstein about 2,000
pounds of tobacco, for which he was paid
22, 7 and 3.
A 8treet Kebber.
List night about 10 o'clock Samuel
Reynolds, who is employed in Shaub &
Burns' shoe store, en Iris way te his home
en Seuth Queen street, near the Wood
ward Hill cemcteiy was met by a man,
who knocked him down and searched his
pockets, demanding his money. The thief
secured nothing and Mr. Reynolds escaped
uninjured.
Shortly befere the occurrence above
stated a son of Geerge Wolf was stepped
in much the same way near Peacock's
furnace. Fortunately a brother of 3Ir.
Wolf was net far off and ran te his assist
ance, whereupon the highwayman ran
off.
Held for hostage.
A letter addressed te "Mr. O. B. Bur
rows, Marshall Town P. O., Marshall
ceuntv. Iowa," is b.9ld by Postmaster
Martha' 1 for want of a stamp.
WLBMBIA NEWS.
I'K KKUDLAK UOKKXSl'OXirSMUK
r.venti itlent; the su-queliaiinii Items et
Interest In anil Around the Itureugh
l'lched up by the lutellt-Kenccr"-"
Kepeiter.
Mr. Richard Gore desires that his with
drawal from the contests for chief burgess,
a au Independent candidate, be announc
ed. This gentleman is a Democrat, ami
after giving the subject earnest attention,
has eeme te the conclusion that some et
these who uiged linn te be a candidate for
etliiv. did se in order te have him divide
the Democratic vote, aud thus secure the
election of the Republican noiuineo. As
Mr. Geie has the welfare of his pirty mere
at heart than his own desires, he will new
etush any hopes which the Republicans
may have entertained by reason of his
candidacy, by his withdrawal from the
field. Se the Republicans have b.vl all
their trouble and plotting for nothing.
St. .lehu'i. Fair.
Odd Fellow's hall has been beautifully
decorated for the fair aud festival of St.
Jehn's Lutheran church, which opened
list evening and whicli will be continued
te night and te morrow aftorue n and
evening. Along both sides of the hall and
at the enil opposite the entrance arc hand
some arches of greens, decorated with
fl igs. Extending from the centra of the
ceiling te the four corners of .the room are
feste.nis of greens. Along the sides of the
hall are the refreshment tables, and at the
eud back of the arches are these of the
faucy articles, of which there is a line
display. Evciy thing presents .w haudsome
appearance.
Hard Worketl Wrecker.
The wieekiug crew from this place
cleared away the wreck at the Lancaster
stock siding yesterday, and also assisted
the wrecking crews from Paoli and
Parkesbuig at the Neitlr Bend wreck ;
thus they were kept busy the entire day.
The wrecked engines of the North Bend
accident were both brought te this place
j ester day and both weie in a delapidated
conditieu. All of the coupling apparatus
of one eugiue was geno ami chains had
been placed mound it te alferd a means
for another engine te puli it.
Siiultz lc-t' Narrmv Ksipe
Mr. Shultz Reese was n" irly run ever
by the shifting engine, yesterday, while
standing en the L'eniisjlvauia railroad
track in front of the dispitc'iei'.s etlici iu
thewes-t yaid- Jehn Williams, euu of
the ciew of the shifter, pulled him off iu
tunc te save him fi en, a terrible death.
Mr. Reese was standing with his back to
wards the engine, aud a he is deaf,
he ucith.M sa.v nor bend its appre ich. He
was almost stui'k by .in engine the day
previous aud iu almost the same manner
as yesterday.
Alt.T thu Ititd Heys.
The night policemen are keeping a
bright lookout for the young men or boys
who have been annoying people by re
moving their dejrsteps at night. Sume of
the merchants have likewise been auneyed
by having their stoie boxes carried away
from the front of their stores, and have
complained about the matter. If these
perpetrators of malicious mischief, for it
is nothing else, are caught, they will be
made te wish a hundred times that they
behaved themselves.
The Itnmtish I4uiSk t.
The name of Mr. Dillcr Souder should
have been substituted for that of
Mr. Milten McFarland, ye-terdiy, in re
ferring te the three gentlemen who had
been ordered for instruction in dispatchers
duties at the cast jards here. Mr. Mu
Farland is at the present time oue of the
cast yard dispatchers.
It has been a long time sinca the sticets
of Columbia have had se many drunkeu
men en them as there were last night.
They kept their diiiukcn c.tieiisals up
uutil :i late hour iu tha morning, and an
noyed elder loving people by their hev.-l-
A new punt work-s was put in opera epera opera
tieu at Silver Springs yesterday. A large
building has been leased from Mr. Herace
Haldur.rau, e! M nit tt.i, and this, with an
cxtensivoadditien. constitutes the works,
which are hein eperatid by L waster
par.ies.
Miss Rebecca Slaymaker, who has been
a guest of Miss Bella Rcdsecker for aevcial
weeks past, returned te her home in Lan
caster te day.
Te-morrow, Ember day. evening, prayer
will he held it St. Paul's l. E. church at
4:U0 p. in.
i.ini.i: locals.
Here ami 1 here iiimI Kverjwheie.
The major had seven ledgers last night
and they weie discharged.
Cel. D. A. Keye.', agent of "Ranch 10,"
is registeied at the Stevens' house.
Matt Gibler's combination gave an en
tertainment at Meuntville last evening te
a crowded heuse aud the show pleased the
patrons.
Frank Sfeiger, who ter several years has
weiked about the Stevens' heuse in differ
ent capacities, lelt List night, at 1 1 o'clock
for Tiffin, Ohie, where he will engage in
the livery business.
Ou Wednesday ove'ihig the lady friends
of Julc Bradycimp, of Caieline- street,
gave him a large surprise party at his
home. A large supper and dancing were
the features of the evening'.-; entertain
ment.
The ticket agents of the Pennsylvania
railroad received orders ye.sterd ty te sell
no tickets for Cincinniti or peinH further
west. This afternoon they received orders
te resume the salu of tickets.
A twelve-jear old boy wbo-e natne we
did net learn had three fingers of his right
hand cut through te the bone just befere
noeu today at Arneld's cork factory, Ful
ton street. He was working at the taper
ing machine at the tinw. Dr. Geerge R.
King dre-jsed the wounds.
I'leuejut Kvenliig
The lecture and phrenolegical examina
tions, by Mrs. May Chapman, at the hall
of the Yeung Men's Christian asrociatieu,
last evening, were of universal interest te
the audience present. The subject of
phrenology was presented from the phynr
olegieal basis. The lady is evidently an
expert, judging from the accurate work
done in her examinations. A personal ex
amination of this kind is often suggestive
and of practical value. Anether Iecture
en the same ceueral subject will be de
livered in the Y. M. C. A. hall en Monday
evening next.
Ueud Hale.
B. F. Rewo had a sale for Henry B,"
Miller, of Strasburg township, yesterday,
at which stock sold at high prices. A bay
mare brought $24,1, and a blind mare
$101. Twe 3 year old colts sold for $220.
50 and $183.30, and two 2-year olds sold
for $107 each. Twe yearlings sold for $GG
and $73. Twenty-one head of young cat
tle brought au average price of $28.33.
The Dorcas Society.
The Ladies Union Dorcas society grate
fully acknowledge the following donations
which have been received since Jan. 23 :
Mrs. Dr. Kinzcr. $2 ; Mrs. Kcrfoet, $1 ;
Miss Hurford, $1 ; Russel &ShuImjci, $3 ;
3Ire. W. P. Clinten, $1.
HfLVIAI. AOXlVH.ft.
A -Minister, in Lowed, -llas., has been
obliged te give up preaching en account et
trouble in Ills threat. It this reverend gentle
man hud taken Dr. Cull's Cough Syrup, he
would have still been a usetid member et his
proles-den.
A nrciEDY ter Indigestion, Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Wed.ness, Kever, Ague, ate. Col Cel
den'3 Liquid Ueel Tonic. I12-lwdeed&w
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