LANCASTER BAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20. 1883.
Hancastet intelligencer.
TUESDAY BVBNINO. FEB 20, 1883.
Duties en Iren.
The Republican endeavor te pass
the reduced internal revenue bill,
independently of the. one for tariff rt-
..:: .ea nnf. snnnpRsful because it
was manifestly an effort te defeat the
reduction of the tariff. If the bill had
passed, the tariff would surely have
remained as it is. The sentiment of
the country is in favor of a reduction of
both internal revenue taxes and tariff
rates. The action of the Heuse in re
fusing te reduce the first at the cost of
the maintenance of the second will be
generally welcome. It is disappointing
only te special .interests, and net even
te the wisest advocates of them. The
iron interest is especially making an
uproar, and a most bitter one, ever a
reduction of the duties en mm, vu.v,u
as sure te come as that the sun will con
tinue te rise. It is always vain te luck
against the pricks ; the mere you kick
the mere you are hurt. Wise men
accept the inevitable and accommodate
themselves te it; which they can readily
de when there is nothing in it very harm
f ul te them. A reduction of the iron
duties, such as is indicated in the Senate
bill, will net be very harmful te the
iron interests; the reduction is net
as great as the one offered by the next
Congress will be, if the question is left
open te it. A great many men in the
iron trade are hurt by the present con
ditien of its prices, and a great many
mere will be. It is these men who make
the noise new. They have works disad disad
vantageeusly located, and are therefore
net able te endure the competition of
close prices. Four steel mills in the
West, for instance, are new shut down
and are likely te stay se, whatever
the condition of the tariff. They
cannot make rails until the demand
for them exceeds the capacity of their
mere favorably located competitors, and
until, therefore, prices are raised te afford
a large profit te the Eastern mills, it
is net te the counties advantage that
prices should be thus raised. The duties
en foreign importations should be se
laid as te protect the iron manufactories
in the country that can make it cheaply;
these which cannot meet home ceiupe
titien must be left te their natural fate.
Congress should net be influenced by the
noisy iron men and their hired agents ;
the one noisy because foolish, and the
ethers because they are trying te earn
their wages. Secretary Swank, we see,
is out in a frantic appeal te the iron
manufacturers te telegraph their appeals
te their representatives net te pass the
Senate bill. He is joined by the chair
man of his associatie.i, aud Chair
man Jewett, of the Amalgamated
Association. Their summons will
net be universally answered. There
are tee many sensible men in the
iron business who are willing te accept
the Senate bill as the best one the trade is
likely te get, and who have no predilec
tion for waiting longer for tariff revision
and faring worse. They knew they can
work under the Senate bill and that is
all that concerns them.
Salaries aud Fees.
The preposition et the Lancastqj- bar
te substitute a fixed salary for county
officers for the fees by which they are
new paid and which, it is complained,
lead te gross imposition and overcharges
of the public, in the main, meets with
the approval of the profession in the
ether counties which are interested. The
representatives of Lancaster, Luzerne,
Schuylkill and Berks counties in the
Legislature.have fixed next Thursday te
hear the matter discussed before them ;
and, besides the committee from our
bar, the Luzerne county bar has ap.
pointed II. B. Payne, A. Parte, jr., and
H. Hakes, and the Berks county assecia
tien has named Leuis Richards, Rich
mond L. Jenes, Isaac Hiester, Jeffersen
Snyder and Jehn Ralston te present the
case at the meeting of the members in
narrisburg en Thursday.
While this apparent co-operation
augurs well for the important measure
in behalf of which it lias been effected," it
will be very necessary for the different
counties te come te an agreement as te
what they want before they can present
their case te the Legislature with any
hope of success. The radical differences
of opinion which exist between the va
rious sections as te what is proper com
pensation for the several offices must te
composed. A mere difficult obstacle te
overcome is the conflict, of views about
that prevision of the law which enacts
that in case the total fees collected by
any officer de net reach theaineiint of his
office expenses and salary, the latter shall
be proportionately reduced. On the one
band it? is contended that this still
makes his compensation uncertain and
dependent upon his collection of fees,
thus inciting him te the same abuses
that are new complained of. On the
ether hand it is argued very forcibly that
if the officer has no interest whatever in
cellectingthe fees for the county "treasury
it will be neglected And the eunty
will be the loser. Objections aie
made also te the sections which make
the county commissioners and auditors
a beard of control te fix the number of
deputies and clerks in the county offices.
There seems te be no geed reason why
they should net be. In Allegheny county
this plan was abandoned after having
been adopted and the result was that
when the brake was taken off the county
officers increased their expenses some
twenty thousand dollars without in
creasing the efficiency of their service.
It is also insisted that the peer direc
tors and' prison inspectors should be
salaried and that the number of alder
men can be safely cut down and these
left be paid by salary instead of fees.
All of these suggestions relate te de
tails about which, we repeat, the various
committees of lawyers and the members
from different counties should come te
an Agreement. The essential principle
of paying county officers by salaries net
fees ought te he crystallized into legisla
live enactment, however miner differ
ences must be compromised.
It is reported in the proceedings of
the Dauphin county court, engaged in
hearing applications for licenses, that
"ae rigid is the scrutiny of liquor
place, and se active and tireless are the
temperance workers in collecting dam
Qfinr evidence, that everv year the
number of licensed houses grows less in
Dauphin county." There is in this
statement a practical hint for sincere
workers in the real cause of temperance.
Comparatively few persons understand
hew completely the matter of licensing
places te sell liquor rests with the discre
tien of the court and hew readily, per
haps, judges would refuse te license
places shown by the satistaccery evi
dence te be useless and net coming
within the statutory requirements of a
necessitv for the entertainment of the
public. That a very great many licensed
places are of this .character cannot be
gainsaid, and it would seem that these
who really serve the public accommoda
tion would be profited by the elimination
of these who de .net. It is likely that a
rigid enforcement of existing laws, the
requirement by courts of affirmative
proof that every place which asks for
license is a public necessity, and the
efforts of temperance reformers te dis
prove this in all cases where it could be
shown te the contrary, would greatly re
duce the number of licenses granted aud
probably work reform mere substanti
ally than prohibitory amendments.
The county auditors who did such
geed work la3t year, are in session again.
It will be remembered that they directed
certain surcharges te be made against
the members of the last beard of county
commissioners. While they are in town
the auditors will de well te inquire what
progress has been made in the suits in
stituted against Messrs. Ceble, Bushong I
and Montgomery.
Pnoiiinrriex
Jersey.
is inching along in New
If you have net yet Voted remember
that the polls close at 7 p. m.
FiiiL.vnEr.viitA breathes mere freely
since it is reported as a result of its local
census that there are 11,492 manufactur
ing establishments in that city instead of
8,377, as given in the census ; also that
these employ 237,500 persons iustead of
173,802.
1IC WHO sAHO "SWEET 1I03I1:."
We bring bis ashes back
Te lest beneath home rose-,
Deep In his cenn try's heart
Ills chcrishA name reposes.
Ills memory we drape
In warmest, purest splendor.
What muse again shall wake,
A song se sweetly tender?
May JJorreie, in the Preis.
Ciiaiiiman CoerEn's Media American
Philadelphia correspondent picks out Har
tranft as the next Republican nominee ler
president. The Harrisburg correspondent
of the Pittsburgh Pest learns "from an ex
cellent source that the Hen. McClure has
picked out his faverite for the next Dem
ecratic nomination for president, and that
he has or is striving te lasso llensel and
ether prominent Democrats te the scheme.
The candidate of the Hen. McClure is
Justice Field, of the supreme court, aud
an effort is te he made te set up this state
in favor of the Californian." These two
able correspondents having disposed of
the matter, it seems te be superfluous te
held the national conventions.
That mysterious personage who figures
in. the Phcenir park murder trial in Dub
linas"Ne. 1" has proved himself te be
an important factor in the band of cut
threats new fast coming te grief. Able
te supply from a seemingly unlimited aud
certainly unknown source money at all
times, and possessing, as has been demon
strated by Carey's evidence, the authority
that entitled him te recognition as a lead
or, it is safe te assume that when his iden
tity is fully discovered he will be found
net te be ene of the meanest of bis
party. It is already known that he has
served in the France-German war and also
in our civil war and that he was wounded
in the first. With se much information
regarding him the detectiveH en his track
will no doubt seen present him te view
stripped of the uncertainly which uew
surrounds him.
The Philadelphia Bulletin suggests that
' if it became possible for English pub
lisher te tell their publications in the
Uuited States at a cheaper rate than our
domes uc books, one of two results must
ensue : Our current literature would
either be ' guided by foreign authors or
our own authors would copyright their
works in England, whence they would
ceme ever here." Se far as cheap publi
cations of lereign authors will lead te a
guidance of literary taste here by suih
authors, us we have before shown, it is
superlative nonsense te say that this is te
be prevented by a tariff en books. The
facts are, as every observer will bear
witness, that foreign publications for
which there, is any demand here are re
printed by American publishers and sold
here much cheaper than abroad. It is
owing te the lack of international copy,
right, aud net te any prevision or defect
of the tariff laws, that the worksjef foreign
authors published in America are new te
be had en enr bookstalls at 10 or 20 cents,
while the works of corresponding Ameri
can authors sell at from $1.50 te $3.
TnE project of an international electrical
exhibition in this country is a laudable
one and should receive from the govern
ment timely and commensurate aid in its
promotion. Perhaps the development of
no discovery was begun in mere simplicity
than that of electricity. Certainly none
which we new enjoy was begun
earlier in the history of the world and im
pelled, from the merest accident, scientific
research and assiduous investigation, and
none tee has assumed its present per fee -tien
through mere laborious and gradual
gradations. Frem the time when Thales
knew of friction electricity being produced
by rubbing amber, and puzzled himself
ever the comprehension of this invisible
agency, and then in ignorance and awe
attributed te amber a soul, and Plate at
tempted te promulgate the first electric
theory in his search for a palpable real!
zatien of the potency, and a satisfactory
knowledge of the origin, of electricity, up
te the time when Franklin fired alcohol
en the bank of the Schuylkill by means of
, an electric spark, the
' its practical-value we
successive steps te
were signally difficult
and moderate, while since then its strides
te its culmination in the recently discov
ered telephone and electric light have
besn marvelleus, though already its most
astounding adaptation as a means te sup
ply the facilities of civilization occasions
eager but short-lived comment. A dis
play of the most primitive articles utilized
by the earliest discoverers in this science
will be entertaining and novel, while a
comparison of them with the new appli
ances and improvements in the applica
tien of electricity will be highly instruc
tive, and with the bank of the Schuylkill
immortalized by the daring first effort of
Franklin in his investigations no city in
America may advance mere reasonable
claims for the exhibition te be held with
in her boundaries than Philadelphia.
1MFFKSION UF TAXATION.
Tne Operation or a Tax en Bealty.
Pbllad'a Uecerd.
The editor of the Lancaster Lntelli
c.encek holds te the opinion that, in order
te secure equality in taxation, taxes should
he equitably assessed upon all forms of
property net exempted by law. The edi
tor of the Uecerd holds that taxes laid
upon any special property will, by the
operation of economic laws, properly
diffuse and distribute themselves ; hence,
that inequality in the levy of taxes is net
important and that taxation should be
confined te few objects in order that it
may be cheaply collected.
The editor of the Intellieencek per
ceives ene-half of the truth, for he admits
that a tax en realty partially diffuses it
self, but net te the extent of equality, or
rather et a due proportion. 10 auum,
that a tax may in part be shifted from the
shoulders of these upon whom it is im
posed is te upset the practicability of
equalization in the tax levy. Ne such
thing is possible, for two reasons the ab
solute ownership of property cannot be
discovered ; and, if it were, tne subsequent
readjustments of taxation cannot be pre
vented. But let us take up the case supposed by
the Iktellieescek, that in the state of
New Yerk the whole weight of taxation
is laid upon real estate. Lst us further
suppose that Mr. Vanderbilt owns all the
personal property in the state and that the
editor of the Intelligence!;, in addition
te a " tbeusand dollar house," owns all
the ether realty. The realty in that state in
1880 was assessed at $2,333,GG9.813. The
personal property was assessed at $332,
409,320. The state actually collects 03
cents en the hundred dollars en both real
and personal property assessed. But for
the Durnese of our argument we will as
sume that real estate bears the whole bur
den, and that it is equal te ene dollar out
of every hundred dollars worth of real
estate. Isow, it fellows that the penalty
of holding real estate in New Yerk is
euual te ene per cent, of its value, and
that element enters into intimate relation
with every business it is possible te carry
en in that "state. Rents, feed, clothing, in
fact, the whole ceit of living is subjected te
this charge upon the realty. In any part
ofthe3tate where profits accruing from
the rental or use of real estate de net ad
mit of the payment of ene per cent, there
is a uew adjustment. The value of the
land falls until the point of profitable use
is again reached. Such instances of im
proper assessment de net disprove the
operation of the law of diffusion. We
new come te the operation of the realty
tax upon Mr. Vanderbilt. He eats, we
will say ; he gees clothed, and he em
wlevs ether men te work for him. The
tax en realty being a constant element
in the cost of living, and the cost of
living also determining the price of labor,
Mr. Vanderbilt must pay tax en what he
eats and wears aud upon what ether men
who work for him eat and wear. But here
is net the end. Underlying the credit of
the United States and et the state of New
Yerk is that vast accumulation of property
we call reality. The earnings of the own
era of this realty, ever and beyond annual
consumption, constitute the capital of the
country. Upen these earnings are based
the value of Mr. Vanderbilt's stocks and
the rate of interest which he can secure for
his surplus money net invested in untaxed
bends The burdens laid en reality, there
fore, lessen the dividends en his shares
and the interest en his money. He pays
his propertionat i tax te the last farthing
by reason of his diminished income; the
laboring mau who carries a neu ler air.
Vanderbilt pays his proportion in the in
creased cost of living, though neither the
one nor the ether owns ene dollar's worth
of real estate.
If a pebble is Hung into a pond the
whole economy of the pond is disturbed
until a new adjustment takes places.
Though it may net be demonstrable te
sight or measurement, we knew that the
water displaced by the pebble has impal
pably raised the whole surface of the pond.
By the like uuueted and untraced diffu
sions are the burdens of society shifted
and equably distributed. What is desir
able in taxation is te tax property that we
canuet drive out of the state, and te make
few or no changes aud tax few things.
PERSONAL,.
Fekky is practically out of the race for
senator in Michigan.
Mn. Gewpx has bought a large tract of
land in his own name, but it is believed he
represents a syndicate.
Majer B. K. Hart, of the Fifth cav
alry, died at Fert McKinney, Wyoming
territory, en the 17th inst.
Gen. Hazes, chief of the sigual service
is te have a court martial, licllzhoever
will get a chance.
William SritAGui: stands a geed chance
of getting the Democratic and popular
nomination for governor of Rhede Island-
Jehn E. Wise slapped his opponent,
twenty years hia senior, in the face in
Richmond, Virginia, yesterday morning,
while depositions were being taken in the
contested election case of Jehn E. Massey
vs. Jehn S. Wisp, candidates for congress-man-at-large.
Cel. Ludlow, the newly elected chief
engineer of the water department in -Philadelphia,
will, it is said, ask for two years
leave of absence from the army, without
pay, as he thinks he will knew at the end
el that time whether or net he can manage
the department te his own satisfaction
and that of the people.
Fanny Drtscell, tue young poetess,
who was married four weeks age te Henry
T. White, 'of Chicago, is lying at her
parents' home at the point of death. A
week age she contracted a cold which
developed into quick consumption. Her
husband is the man who does the funny
busines en the Chicago Tribune.
Emperor William, in a recent illness.
summoned Dr. Zimmermann, who waited
and watched while the king finished his
morning meal, and he sawtheseptaugena-
nan invalid devour a "very large quantity
of soup of the strongest and most highly
spiced ingredients, yet, he added te each
plate of it a large spoonful of powdered
ginger, and mace; then a geed piece of
becuf a la Russe beef steeped in half a
pint of brandy.- Next he took a great
quantity of an Italian dish half Indian
corn, half Parmesan cheese; te this the
juice of garlic is added, and the whole is
baked in butter until there arises a hard
rind as thick as a finger. This, ene of the
king's most darling dishes, is called 'po
lenta.' At last, the king having expressed
his satisfaction at the excellent appetite
which the dandelion gave him, closed the
scene' with a whole plateful of eel pie, se
het and fiery it seemed as if it had been
baked in hell."
TEAUX MTTRDEE.
RESULTS UF JKAlAlCSX AND DRlnK.
Death of an IneQenslTe PaMewter Tne
Abatement of tne Floed news
Frem tne Morning- nails.
Jehn Cavenangh, aged twenty-one
years, last evening shot and killed Cenrad
Remmick, an inoffensive German, who
was seeking a place of safety. Cavenangh,
who lives at Brinten Btatien, a town
twelve miles from Pittsburgh, was mar
ried a month ai?e te a veune woman
named Barbara Donehoo. Yesterday
afternoon the yenng wife went te fitta
burgh and started te return en the train
which leaves the Union depot at 9:21.
On the train she met a young man named
Frank Hamill, with whom she was ac
qainted at Braddock. Twe miles from
his home Cavenaugh bearded the train.
He was slightly under the influence of
liquor, and as seen as he saw his wife
with Hamill. nnarreled with the latter
and threatened te sheet him.
The conductor and a brakeman named
Albert Kyle ejected Cavenaugh, This se
infuriated him that he drew his revolver
and fired three shots at Kyle, ene of which
inflicted a serious wound in the head.
Kvle did net fall, however, and uave-.
naugh, determined te kill seme person,
jumued en the rear platform as the train
was moving off and fired down the centre
of the aisle. His shot struck Cenrad Rem
mick, who had bean watching the fracas
and was trying te get away, between the
eyes, and he died in a few minutes. Cave
naugh then jumped off the train which by
this time was moving at the rate of thirty
miles an hour and escaped.
Pallor the waters.
The Ohie river continued te fall slowly
yesterday and last night. At Cincinnati
thcre is a gradual resumption of business
closely following the recession of the
floods, and it is balicvcd the city will be
asiain lighted by gas tc-right. The relief
committee of the chamber of commerce
and council of Cincinnati yesterday issued
a card thanking all who have previously
Kiilisnrilmd te the relief of the sufferers,
aud adding : ." Having resolved in the
beginning te use all funds derived from
abroad only in relieving our neighboring
cities and towns, we 'have all we can use
judiciously for such purposes." The card
is signed by Mr. E. Ingalls. chairman.
The latest estimate of the damage by the
flood at Teledo, Ohie, place the total less
at $123,000.
The Mississippi river contiuues te rise
and last evening was 51 feet high at Caire.
All the surrounding low country was in
undated. Acrevasse is reported in the
protection levce at Gedsrick's near Vicks
burg, aud there arc large breaks at
llliwara and Edgcwoed. .
The Susquehanna river is falling at
Willlamspert and ether peiuts and serious
damage is no longer feared.
DISHHters at Sea.
The American bark Malleville, from
China for Victeria, British Columbia, was
wrecked en the coast of Vancouver's
island in October last, and all en beard
perished.
The schooner N. L. Weed, at Provi Previ Provi
dence from New Orleans, reports that en
the -1th inst , she fell iu with the wreck of
the Norwegian bark Pauline Sibbern,
lumber laden. The beats were missing,
and the leg book aud ship's papers being
gene indicated that she had been aban
doned. The (lead body of a negre was
found iu a berth, aud a live goat was
taken from the wreck.
Dlabulic.il Incendiarism.
An attempt was made ea Saturday night
te burn the town of Red Bluff, California.
The school heusa was discovered te be en
fire but the flames were seen put out, and
it was then found that the interior had
been smeared with coal oil. The fleer aud
walls of the court house had also been
sprinkled with the same fluid. One man
has been arrested en suspicion. Others
are watched, and a vigiLiuca committee is
talked of.
Valentine's knitting mill at Bennington,
Vt., was destroyed by fire last night. Less,
$100,000. It had recently been enlarged
and repaired aud had just begun running
en lull time.
A Kallreatl Station Hlewn Down.
A heavy wind prevailed cast of the
Hoosac mountain yesterday, particularly
at Zear. The depot at the latter placa, CO
by 20 feet, was teru te pieces and its foun
dation was moved four feet. The passen
gers and operators ran out when the chim
ney fell and escaped uninjured. A freight
car was blown across the Trey & Green
field railroad track and a wrecking train
was brought from North Adams te meve
it.
A Desperate KuRineerN Fistel.
Mack Vick, an engineer en the Vandalia
railroad, shot his wife twice, inflicting
serious though net fatal wounds. When
the officers attempted te arrest him he
shot at tham flve times, without effect.
The officers left for assistance, aud when
Chief Vaudovcer went te the house and
breke open the deer he fenud that Vick
had shot himself in the temple, inflicting
a dangerous wound.
Miscellaneous matters briefly Keperted.
James McKee, a brother of Mrs. Gillas
pie, of Pittsburgh, has died, in California,
leaving her $300,000 McKee came te this
country from Ireland in 18C8 and went te
Stockton, Cal., where he established a
sheep ranch, acquiring great wealth, which
he leaves te his relatives in Pittsburgh.
The people of Polk and Catawba coun
ties, N. C, are carrying en a war of ex
termination against all dogs. Hundreds
of canines bave already baeu killed. Re
ports that several children had been bitten
by mad dogs rccently are the causa of the
trouble.
Martin Welsh, aged 00 yens, died in
St. Marv's hospital, Philadelphia, from the
result of burns received by the explosion of
a coal oil lamp while Welsh and a fellow
workman were engaged in a scuffb.
By an explosion et giant powder en the
Northern Pacific railroad in Oregon, Jehn
A. Curtain and William Tayler were killed
and Jno. Gilmour fatally injured.
Wm. Franey, in preparing for a blast at
the Heaten colliery. Raven Run, leaned
ever a keg of powder with a lighted lamp
en his head, and was burned te death.
Ninety-one deaths from smallpox were
reported iu New Orleans last week.
A TEUKIBI.K CRIME.
A Miller Fastened In Ills BnrnlnS Mill.
On Saturday mernine shortly after mid
night the little village of Hadley, about
twelve mileS north of Mercer, Pa., was the
scene of a bold outrage which might have
resulted in murder. During the past few
months three successive attempts have
been made te burn the grist mill of Hazen
Bres., and for seme time the mill has
been watched night and day. On Friday
night the son of the proprietor watched
until near midnight, and then went te the
heuse and waked Mr. William Hazen, who
was te watch the rest of the night. The
latter went first te the barn and was at
tending te seme stock when he heard a
noise at the mill. He hastened there at
once.
Just as he entered the deer some one
struck him ever the head and he fell iu iu
sensible te tho'fieor. When he recovered
his sense he found himself gagged and
tied hand and feet te a large grindstone.
He struggled, but was threatened with
instant death if he did net keep qnier. His
assailauts robbed him of nearly $400 and
then set fire te the mill and departed, fas
tening the deer by placing a prep against
it and leaving Mrs. Hazen bound and
helpless in the burning building.
The flames made rapid progress, "while
Mr. Hazen frantically endeavored te frce
himself. In his strugglee he pulled the
grindstone ever upon him and managed te
get loose from it. He rolled across the
fleer te the deer, and most fortunately get
out, and then rolled nearly te the heuse
before he get his hands free and took off
the gag. He gave the alarm and help was
seen en the ground, but it was tee late te
save either the mill or its contents There
is no clue as yet te the perpetrators of this
fiendish outrage, but no effort will be
spared te bring the perpetrators te justice.
A PITIFUL, JOURNEY.
A Weak Weman Walk 400 fillies la Slid
Winter.
Dr. Unarles It edenatein was some years
age one of the best known physicians in
New Yerk. About the year 1875 he died,
leaving a wife, Ella Redenstein, and two
sons, Karle and Arlie. At the death of
her husband Mrs. Redenstein became
depressed in spirits. Subsequently she
removed te Kingsten, Oat., and as Dr.
Redenstein did net leave a very large for
tune the boys were compelled te earn their
own living. Their circumstances did net
improve in Canada, and Mrs. Rodenstein's
mental depression took a slight form of in
sanity. On the night of December 23 last
while her sons were in an upper part of
the house, she left home and started out
te walk a distance of ever 400 miles
te the house of her brother-in-law, Dr. L.
A. Redenstein, in Carmansville, N. Y.
The night of December 22 was bitterly
cold in Canada, and the snow was falling
heavily. Mrs. Redenstein' s abscuce was net
noticed until the next morning, when word
was immediately sent by her sons te their
uncle. The Canadian police were also
notified, and every effort was made te find
her. Mrs. Redenstein was traced through
the country around Kingsten, where she
had passed, and the farmers along the way
told remarkable steries of a peer and tired
lady " with a diamond ring en her finger "
who had craved shelter and feed. On De
cember 2G it was learned that she had
stepped at Scott's hotel. Hamilton, and
from there she was followed te Niagara
Falls, where all trace was lest. The reads
from Kingsten te New Yerk were lined
with pesters giving, a minute description
of Mrs. Redenstein and offering $300 re
ward for any news of her whereabouts,
but as no information was received aud as
the detectives claimed that all clue was
lest at Niagara Falls, her ralatives thought
that she had committed suicide.
On Thursday last Dr. Redenstein left
his home te call upon his patients, aud, as
his children had goue te school, no one
was at home but his wife. Mrs. Roden Reden
stein always believed firmly that some day
her sister-in-law would return, but still
her surprise was very great when, en
answering a ling at the deer bell she saw
the missing woman standing before her.
When the surprise et the meeting was
ever Mrs. Ella Redenstein said: "I have
come te see my two daughters at the con
vent of the Sacred Heart at Manhattau Manhattau
ville." She did net speak of her wander
ings, aud as it was known that her mind
was affected, no explanation was
asked. She was very happy during
the day, and when told that her
sons were in Washington and doing well,
she expressed her pleasure, and Dr.
Redenstein says began te recover her
reason, se that new she is almost well.
Afterwards she said that she had net
stepped at suspension bridge, but cross
ing ever, came en te New Yerk. Every
where she stepped she was treated kindly,
the farmers gave her bread aud milk, and
a night's rest with pleasure. Ne one ever
attempted te harm her as she journeyed.
When she arrived at Carmansville she jstill
were the diamond ring which had se ex
cited the curiosity of the farmers. She
wa3 taken sick at Rochester, and remained,
se she says, in a home, probably, however
the city hospital. When she recovered
she came en te Yonkers where some of
her friends lived. Frem these she received
seme money, and subsequently came te
Dr. Redenstein's house.
WESTMINSTER PulCSlIYTISKY.
Kev. J. McKimoyle i.e:ivc Marietta for
Philadelphia
Pursuant te a call for a pre re tiaia
meeting, the presbytery of Westminster
met in the Presbyterian of Marietta, en
Monday, Feb. 19, at 9 a. in. The follow
ing members were present :
Ministers Revs. C. W. Stewart, D. D
J. Y. Mitchel, D. D., W. G. Cairnes, E.
W. Gaylerd, G. W. Ely, J. C. Hume, J.
McElmeyle, J. P. Barber and R. Gamble.
Elders Messrs. S. P. Sterrett, of Mai i
ctta, and Jehn McFarland, of Mt. Jey.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the moderator, Rev. J. Y.
Mitchell, D. D. Rev. I. C. Weed, of the
M. E church, Marietta, being pre
sent, was invited te sit as a cei res
ponding member. Rev. J. P. Barber was
elected temporary clerk. The call for the
meeting was read, aud its objects stated
as fellows :
1. The request of Rev. J. McElmeyle te
be relieved from his pastoral relation te
the Marietta church.
2. Te take such aotieu as the foregoing
may necessitate, touching the place of
the uext stated meeting of the presbytery.
These items were considered iu the
order given. Mr. McElmeyle gave his
reasons for his request, stating his con
victien that his work in this field was
finished, he having had great success dur
ing the four years of his pastorate ; also
the fact that he had received a call te an
other church within the bounds of the
presbytery of the Philadelphia ceutral.
The ehurch having been cited te appear,
Elder Cassell stated that the congregation
had held a meeting Feb. 15, 1883, and
adopted the following unanimously :
" Whereas, In the Providenco of Ged,
the relation of individuals, as well as
things are constantly changing, and as
our much esteemed, beloved and gifted
Paster Rev. J. McElmeyle has Jrelt it his
duty te accept another field it labor and
thus te sever his relation from us There
fore, "Resolved, That while we'fnlly appreciate
the great amount of geed he has accom
plished while with us, and whilst we feel
that we still need his untiring energy .te
push forward our work aud while we
deeply regret te part with him, and re
luctantly yield ;
"Resolved, That te his new field of labor
he carries with him the prayers and geed
wishes of this congregation."
After remarks by several members of
the presbytery, the following paper was
adopted unanimously by presbytery :
" Resolved, That the request of Rev. J.
McElmeyle for the dissolution of his
present pastoral relations with the
Marietta church be granted, aud that said
dissolution take place en March, 1st 1833.
" Resolved, That in parting with
our brother we gratefully record
our appreciation of him as a faith
ful, zealous and successful minis
ter of Christ in the field from which
he is new about te he separated, and that
we cordially commend him te the confi
dence and christian fellowship of the se
with whom he may be associated in his
new field of labor" (Mr. McElmeyle has
accepted a call te the Tiega street church
Philadelphia)..
The. stated clerk was instructed te give
the usual letter of dismissien. Rev. J. P.
Barber was appointed te declare the Mar
ietta pulpit vacant ou the first Sabbath
of March. Rev. G. W. Ely was appointed
moderator of the session, and leave was
given the session te supply its pulpit until
the next meeting of presbytery.
The next item of business was disposed
of by appointing Revs. Mitchell, Stewart
and Cairues a committee te name the place
for the next place of meeting Presbytery
idjeurncd
with prayer by Rev. J. Me-
Elmeyle.
Mayer' Cenrt.
The mayor had but flve ledgers
morning and they were all discharged
this
TOBACCO.
ACTIVITY IN THE LOCAL MARKET.
Trie Crep et '83 Being Uebbied Up Plenty of
Itayera at Fair Figures Large
Deliveries-
The past week has been a very busy one
in tobacco circles. Perhaps mere tobacco
was bought, and certainly a great deal
mere was delivered at the city warehouses,
than during any previous week this sea
son, r armers nave ueemea it tne part et
wisdom te somewhat abate their demand
for high prices, and dealers have cheerfully
met them half way. Beth parties seem te
be disgusted with the dilly dallying of
Congress en the tax and tariff questions,
and te have ceme te the conclusion that
Congress can neither make nor break them
by its action, whether wise or etherwise ;
and se the buyers and sellers have ceme
tegether and are having a right pleasant
time of it, te their mutual benefit. Most
of the dealers appear te be after the best
quality of goods they can find. Fer very
Une lets they pay as high as 20 te 23
cents for wrappers, though the average
price is from 16 te 20, a lew sales of in
ferior goods being taken at from 10 te 1G
for wrappers. They say they dent waut
trash, and that a large proportion of the
unsold crop will remain unsold unless the
farmers are willing te take say G
and 2, or at best S and 2 for
it. The farmers, en the ether hand, are
cheerful ; they say thcre is net an unusual
amount of trash in the '82 crop, and they
confidently expect it te be lifted at fairly
remunerative prices before robins and blue
birds come. Their view of the case seems
te be strengthened by careful compilations
of the total amount of tobacco en hand in
the great tobacco markets et the country.
The footings in the western markets show
an aggregate of 2l,29G hhds in 1833,
against 22 1S4 hhds in 1882, and in the
easteru markets 48,234 hhds in 1S83 against
08,451 in 1S82 thus showing that there are
31,000 hhds less en the market new than
thcre were a year age.
The deliveries of 'S2 leaf have had the
effect of putting te weik hundred of to
bacco packers aud handlers who have
been in enforced idleness nearly all win
ter. The wages of these men are being
put into general circulation and will seen
materially help along ether brauches of
trade that has been languishing for some
months past.
Following ate seme recently reported
sales :
Warwiek Jehn Sauder, 2 acres at 17,
5 and 3, aud Wallace Sauder, 1 aero at 10,
5 and 3, te Win. Smith ; Harry Leid .'.old
his crop at 12, 5 and 2, and Jacob Bucher
one let te Fry & Ce., at 1G, 3 and 2 ; H.
Shcnk, . aero te McLaughlin, at 18, 3
aud 3 ; Elain Relaud, 3 acres te Roseu Reseu
wald, at 20, 18, 17, 0 and 3 : II. & J. Gra
bill, 8 acres te manic, at 19, 0 and 3.
Cnickies 31. L. Greidcr has sold te Fat
man 1-! acres at 21, 5 and 3 : G acres
farmed by It. Hippie ab 19, 5 and 3 ; 0
acres iiirmeu uy j. tvayuu iu .ueucrmau at
23, 5 and 3 ; Andrew Nissley, 3 acres te
same at 17, 5 and 3 ; C. Newcomer 4 acres
te Fatman at 17, 3 and 3 ; Peter Risser, 1
acres te same at IU, 5 and 6.
Sadbbury B. C. Albright, 1 aero te
Schultz at 20, 7 and 3 ; Albright & Pow
ell, 1 acic te same at 20, 7 and 3 ; W. M.
Bush, h aero te Jehn Smith at 10 round ;
F. M. (Jain, 3 acres te McLaughlin at 20,
5 and 2 ; Jehn Kunklc, 4 acres te Jehn
Smith en private terms. Plenty of geed
lets yet unsold near Smyrna.
Bartville J. B. Johnstun, 1 aero at 10
cents through te A. M. Lamlis ; Jehn II.
Thompson, 3 acres te Keudig at 10, 8, G
and 3 ; Wm. Kuhn, acie te same at 18,
G and 3 ; and 1 acro'te same at 25, 8 and
3. Thcre have net been mauy sales iu the
vicinity of Bartville.
Hinfclctewu Richard Winters, 2 acres
te J. O. Wilcox at 13, 10, G and 2 ; Jehn
Musser, 1 V acres te same at 15, 5 and 3.
Maner Township. Ohed Strickler, one
aero te J. G'ist Zeek, for 20, 5 and 3 ; D,
Shcllenbargcr te same, two acres for 18.
5 and 3; Cyrus Strickler, three acres te
L. and E. Wcrthermer for 23, G and 3; II.
Harner, te same. 2 acres for 21, G aud 3;
F. Myers, 2 acres te same, for 20, 5 and 3;
II. Dashlcr, te same, li acres for 18, 3 and
G; Jeseph Zeek, te same, 3 acres for 13,5,
and 3.
Meuutville J. M. Fridy, of Mount
ville has purchased the following crops
grown iu that vicinity : J. S. Hoever, 8
acres at 1G, G, 5 and 3 ; H. Yeliu, 2 acres
at 13, G and 3 ; E. Frahch, 1 aero at IS, G
and 3 ; A. Furgesen. 2 acres at 17, G and
3 ; Ames Auxer, 1 aero at 10, 5 and 3 ;
Levi Stener, 1 aero at 12 and 3 ; Jacob
Musser, 1 aero at 15 and 3 ; Aren Fridy, 2
acres at 29 and 5 ; Henry Fi idy, 2 acres at
14 and 3 ; Christ. Rohrer, G acres at 20, G
and 3 ; Harry Bard, 1 aero at 20, 5 and 3;
Frank Heise, 4 acres at 20 and 5 ; Jehn
M. Musser, 4 acres at 19, 3 and 3 ; Jehn
Gardner, 1 acre at 17, 5 and 3 ; Jacob
Reitzel, 2 acres at 14, G and 3 ; Jehn Gard
ner, 4 acres at 12, 5 and 3 ; Jno. M.
Fralich, 3 acres at 17, G, 5 and 3 ; Jes.
Fridy, 1 acre at 15, G and 3
J. K. Sheuk. Mount villc, has sold 1$
acres te B. S. Trout, for 18, G, 4 and 2 ;
Andrew Baker, 1 acres te same for 15,
4, 4 and 3 ; Martin Stell, te same 1 aero
for 13, G, 4 and 2; A. II. Rohrer, te fame, 3
acres for 21, 5, 5 and 3.
Jehn 8. Harner, Martic township, sold
STJ acres tobacco te J. Gust Zeek for 22,
G and 3 cents.
West Hempfield and vicinity Mr.
Brewnstciu has purchased the following
crops : C. C. Fralich, 1 acre, at 23 aud 5;
Jacob Witmer. acre, at 23 and 5 ; Jacob
Weidler, 1 aero "at 25 and 5 ; David Weid
ler, 1 acre, at 24 and 5 ; D. Weidler, jr., 2
acres, at 20 and 5 ; Jacob Fridy, 2 acres, at
22 and 5.
Martin Musser has purchased in same
vicinity, the following : David Yohn, 3
acres, 10, 8, G aud 3 ; O. If. Mcllinger, 5
acres, at 22, G and 3 : Henry Wile, 4 acres,
20, G and 2 ; Jacob Newcomer, 3 acre3 en
priva'e terms.
Heney brook, Chester county .Jehn II.
DcIIaven has purchased the following
lets, besides these heretofore published, te
be delivered there te Server, Cook, Gager
& DcIIaven : Henry Englc, acre at 12,
4 and 2 ; E. Squibb, 1 acre at 13. 4 and 2;
II. Frankhauser, 3 acres at 13, 4 and 2 ;
Jobu B. Sandec, 1 aero at 17, 3, 5,"3 and 2:
J. M. Hummel, 1 acre at 1G, 4 and 2 ;
James Robinson, 1 aero at 11.4 and 2 , G.
L. Emery, 4 acieat 17, 4 and 2 ; Jehn L.
Emery, 1 "acre at 15, 4 and 2 ; Jehn
Burkcy, 1 acre at 14. 4 and 2 ; Wm.
Dehn, 1 acre at 13, 8, 2 and 2 ; Jehn
Reser, 1 aero at 13, 8, 4 aud 2 ; C. Sumner
Pyle, 2 ac:cs at 12, 4 and 2 ; James S.
Kirkpatrick, 2 acres at 18, 5 and 2 ;
Franklin Fraim, 3 acres at 14 cents
through.
The Kcunett Advance announces the
following sales Jeseph Baily, 2 acres te
Hernshcim at 20," G and 3 ; Jacob Chand
ler aud hi.s growers, Messrs. Berg and
Shertzer, 10 acres te Hernsheim at 21, 7
and 3 the crop aggregating 17,000
pounds ; William Marshall, Isaac Werth,
Wm. Swayne aud Jehn II. Marshall, of
East Marlborough, have sold their crops
teSehner& Ce., of Lancaster, at prices
ranging from 20 cents upwards for wrap
pcrp. Little Britain. S. E. Fairlamb te Sencr
& Krcider, 2 acres at 18, 5 and 3, aud 1
acie at 18, 3 and 3; Alexander Ewing te
Kendig & Sen, li acres at 19, G and 3;
Ashmero McCardell, te same, aero at
22, G aud 3; Samuel J. Kimble, te same, 5
acres at 22, 8, G and 3; Samuel Scollen, te
s.ime, 2 acres at 22, G and 3; Jas. naud te
Zeek, 2 acres at 20, 5 and 3; Calvin Lynch
te same, 2 seres at 12, 3 aud 3; Ephraini
Lynch, te same, 2 acres at 19, 3 and 3;
James P. McCardell te J. K. Shirk, 3 acres
at 18. 8. G aud 3.
Dan Meyer, agent for Kerbs & Spiess,
has bought within the past week or two
about 100 cases of '32 Pennsylvania tobac
co, all of which was packed up beyond our
county limits, at prices ranging from 1G te
20 cents for wrappers. He bought also 22
cases of 'SO fillers at 4 and 8 cents, re
weight. Skiles & Frey, of this city, are receiv
ing, at Beidler's warehouse, Wrightsville,
300 cases Yerk county tobacco.
There has net been net much doing iu
old tobacco during the past week only
about 150 cases being sold, se far as re
ported. THE NEW YORK MARKET.
Seed teat and navamt Fer the Week d-
. lug siiturday.
U.S. Tobacco Jenrnul.
The sales of the week were about 1,009
cases. A noteworthy feature was the sale
of 150 cases of '81 Pennsylvania, running,
which the knowing enes'allege brought 22
cents. The guarantee is missing. Con
necticut wrappers of the '81 crop are in
ceed demand, but the prices obtained by
holders are net apt te elicit smiles of satis
faction. " Picks"are sold at from 23 te 32
cents. 200 cases et '81 Ohie sold for
expert at 6 te 9 cents, mostly wrappers.
Of '81 New Yerk state Havar-a seed 200
eases went into the bauds of a manufac
turer at 20 cents. There were reports of
sales of 500 cases of '81 Wisoensiu Havana
seed by parties whom we wouldn't belicve
under oath. Sumatra Market active.
Sales 330 bales, mostly te out of town
buyers. Prices unchanged. Havana
Market active. Sales 600 bales. Prices
firm.
:i)- rtepert.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J.
S. Gams' Sen & (V., tobacco brokers. Ne.
131 Water street, New Yerk, for the week
ending Feb. 19, 1883 :
400 cases 1881, Pennsylvania, p. t.;
150 cases 18S0, Pennsylvania, G(,20 ;
100 cases 1881, state, p. t. ; 300 discs
1SS0-1, Ohie,- 5JGi.Tetal, 930 cases.
The Philadelphia market.
Seed Leaf An improvement is noticea
ble, especially iu cigar wrapper leaf,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut 18S1 crop
suewiug a decidedly favorable appearance,
a result which is causing manufacturers ti
examine and test its peculiar qualities,
aud in a geed many instances satisfactory
sales fellow. Yerk state and Wisconsin
Havana seed are looming up nicely, find
ing many admirers. Packers are looking
after 1832 leaf, which is reported extra
line where it is iu O K in ceuditicn. Prices
held firm aud favor holders. Some very
fine Sumatra leaf could he seen en our
market this week. Havana moves off
much better than expected ; Vuelta holds
the fort for quality ; prices rttle regular.
UKHATI.Y hSLAl!i:i ANu IMI'lCtlVLO.
MetciupsychnsU e: tli eiit " Grape" New
Landlord S-w I'cin.t-Mew Paint,
Paper :tiit I'uriuture.
Michael's hetal, North Queen street,
which is euc of the eldest and was for
many years the principal hotel in this
city, has recently been leased by Mr.
Henry Rahter, lale of the Great Western
hotel, Philadelphia, who has at great ox ex ox
pense, remodeled, enlarged and improved
it. The old-fashioned brick front has
been taken out ami replaced by a new open
front, the wall abeva tin: first fleer being
supported en line brick column.-;
with marble base$ aud bauds. Several
feet te the rear of th-s) columns is the
entrance te the principal business office,
the front of which is almost exclusive!
of glass, the uppi-r s;ish h being filled with
stained glass of various hues. Along tin;
entire front of the building, at the second
fleer has beeu erccted a verandah of unique
design. The exterior of the hotel has
been newly painted from top te bottom,
the color of the new iieut being elive
green relieved by lines if cardinal.
Adjoining the bubine& oilice is a com
modieus sitting room for guests, and ia
rear of this Mr. Rahtrr has erected a sam
pic room, which will be found a great
convenience te commercial agents and
their customers. The barroom has been
enlarged te double its former size; the
bar has been removed te the north side of
the room, aud billiard and peel tables have
been added for the use el guests. Several
ether miner improvements, including a
vestibule at the main entiauce have been
made in the first fleer of the hotel. The
dining room, euc of the largest and most
comfortable iu the city, remains as it wa.,
except that it has been newly painted, cle
gantly prepared and re furnished through
out, as, indeed, has every room in the
house, se that the hel'cl has a fresh, clean,
whole&eme appearance from the ground te
the reef, from parlor te kitchen.
Mr. Rahter has leased and added te his
hotel the large and commodious three
story building erected by Jacob Loeb as a
private residence. This adds seventeen
mere roemato the hotel. The Lecb build
ing stands within lour feet of the hotel
proper aud is connected with it by a short
corridor en the second lloer, se that guests
in the annex have easy access te the din
ing room, parlor, barroom or ether parts of
the main building. The enlargement and
renovation of the old ' Grape " by Mr.
Rahter has se metamorphosed it that its
old time guests hardly recognize it, but all
who have seen it and enjoyed its comfort
able beds and bounteous beard, are sure
te confess that Mr. Rahter ' knows hew
tee keep a hotel."
NlUIlBOKliIOI NKWS.
j-.veats AcruRS the County I.! no.
The business men of Reading have pe
titioned te President Gewen te employ
Reading workmen instead of out-of town
ors in the company's shops around that
city.
Montgomery county want3 te refund
excessive restaurant and liquor store
licences, and has petitioned the Legislature
te that effect.
The Bucks county Agricultural society,
after an existence of nearly forty years,
has been abandoned at the last meeting.
It was generously agiecd te give the bal
ance remaining in the treasury te the his his
terical society of that county, and that
organization in new $3.92 richer than for
merly. Jehn Shaak, a farmer, residing in Seuth
Lebanon township, aged fifty years, died
jestcrday of typhoid lever. Twe sons and
a daughter, all grown up, have died of the
same disease within ten deys. Others of
-the same family in the same house are
prostrate with the malady. The cause is
given that they had just occupied a newly
built ueukp, the plastering and the paint
inz of which were net dried.
William Kiuzie, aged about twenty-two
years, employed en a farm in L'jwer Sil
ford township, near L'.erachvillc, Mo.it Me.it Mo.it
gemery county, committed smcide by
hanging himself in a barn.
In the Berks county almshouse two
weicn had been living for ever a ypar,
meeting and talking with each ether,
without knowing until the death et the
elder recently that they were mother and
daughter.
Jehn McHale, a well known peddler of
Cecil county. Md., wm robbed of seven
geld watches Saturday afternoon, near
Pert Deposit. He left hi.s carriage stand
ing at the deer of a residence while he
entered. He left a box in the back part
of his wagon containing seven geld
watched valued in all at $7C0. When he
returned he did net notice whether 'he
box was still there, but seen afterwards
discovered his less. The thief has net
be en captured.
Sate et Henes.
Samuel Hess & Seu. auctioneers, sold at
public sale yesterday for Dauiel Legan at
his sales and exchange stable, Lancaster, 10
head of Canada horses at the average price
of $229.79 per head ; the highest one sold
Drought $331.
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