G2fe LOT ' IS.i-i.iJrVJ?3.'. . - " i- i ffjTjiS5TS W .VOt; faS FSW jr. vJjfe, rv? t: Sst fi.jt. ; Ksl Ls? I1." ih. ii - hy. IS -. fes I k v y b i?W Wi ' - 5 g?f isr F-.-2 S& ' lrfr ATT? v"'- - - - - lancastn; JnteUigenrct. I sr - VBNDIO, MARCH 6, M88. '-'lMMBb Feles la Cities. . ;?" w",i-r" j.St?ipr Aja .- Mal "-mpAr nr Phfrae-n has taken rnrnmmj w wn. -' - action against the Mutual union company, wmcniaiiea 10 re- ; ... ..j9 A iV poles and lay its wires under arenad by March first, as it agreed te de w1ktt the city gave it permission te erect '"theaaV This example of Chicago's mayor IS worthy of all imitation by the execu of cities. Telegraph companies i upon the geed nature of citizens putting their poles upon the sine i without paying for the privilege. i kt no mere reason why a telegrapn Bennv should thus be allowed '-4k'm nrivate nrnnertv without COm- win thmi them that rail 'wJJji-v . l. fhai .roaes sneuia ae w; im ue .. -m great a right as railroads can -alaim te the use of thoroughfares which ate dedicated te public use as ;tCTenu80fPaS3aReforpeeple and vebi -?x-lea ana net lnienuea ier muumumm-c L&V ... . . 1- with poles. The utility or tne teiegrapii k indisputable, and its use or tue streets for its poles has been submitted te be cause eC its supposed necessity. But tel sgraphing is a profitable business, and it iwavn has been an enigma tbat the companies have net been generally re quired te compensate owners of prep erty for the use they make of it. Since it is new being demonstrated In Chicago that underground wires are practicable, there should be no delay en the part of city authorities in requiring the removal of the universally obnoxious poles. The company which undertakes this work there is called by the elaborate name of the American SectienalEIectnc Underground company of Philadelphia. A company that is heavily burthened in its appellation we might suspect te be a m .am.I S 4- wall Iwt r I tee weaK te live long, aim il win ue rtu-g visable te wait the result or tne umcage experiment before opening war en the poles ; but if it works,the poles must go. Needs Readjusting. An " Inquirer " from Marietta is net singular in his desire te be informed as te hew it happens that the properties of the peer are generally assessed at full value and mere valuable estates are rated at a far less percentage of what they would readily sell for. This cendi tien of things has long prevailed in this county, and year after year the cemmis sieners refuse te remedy it, though the power of equalizing the assessment rests with them. Ibe special instance pointed out by our correspondent is without ex cuse. Te rate properly se high above its selling price while ether is valued se far below its true worth, is either an act of stupidity or willful favoritism en the nart of the assessor, and fir the commissioners te allow the assessor ie leave the place of hearing appeals before the time for such hearing has passed is without justification. The quorum that was present when the appellant appeared should unhesitatingly have heard his appeal. We hear from ether parts of the county well verified complaints of unequal assessments, of farms worth $100 per acre assessed at $G0. while etheis are put up te their full value ; and we beg te direct Commissioner Summy's special attention te the complaint of his Marietta neighbor and te the remarkable shrinkage of values in Denegal, where it is very certain tbat real estate has net been assessed at any thing like its selling price. Theie should be some rule in regard te the valuation of property, and it should be adhered te. At present the inequalities between individuals and be tween districts in this county is gro tesque. Little property is assessed at or above its full value, but thevariatiens from a one-third te a full rate are se un certain as te make local taxation un equal, and yet te leave these who are imposed upon without a remedy. i It is no answer te Judge Black's com . plaint that the people of Yerk pay loe much freight en coal for Mr. Gewen te say that his company has no line te Yerk. Judge Black made no complaint against the Reading company in that connection, but simply cited the fact that coal is carried past Yerk te Balli "mere and delivered there mere cheaply than it is dropped at Yerk as an exam pie of the sort of freight discrimination which he wants th2tatie put an end te ; he is of the opinion, which is gener "ally shared, that Philadelphia suffers from the Reading read as Yerk suffers from the Pennsylvania. He will, no doubt, hail the advent of Mr. Gewen's company at the gates of Yerk as an aid in breaking up the freight monopoly, as the next best thing te an anti-freight dis crimination law. Here in Lancaster the competition of rival carrying com panies is worth, in relief from extortion ate tells for coal alone, at least $100,000 a year te the city ; and when the Reading line new being surveyed te Yerk, shall have been built, Judge Black will warm himself and the fires of his neighb jrs' furnaces will be fed with fuel at least a dollar per ten cheaper than it i.s new furnished them. The legislative committee, which has .been considering the work of the geolog ical commission, reports that "upon the whole the work is well dene and is a credit te the state, and it will compare favorably with any geological work in this country or abroad." Te which we have te say that if this opinion is cor rect geology is a very resultless science. This commission has been hammering away at Pennsylvania's rocks for some thing like ten years, mere or less, and we are net impressed with the conviction that anyone is much thewiser concerning them because of the geologists' labor.". " Perhaps there was nothing new te tell ; and that would be a geed reason why ' the best geologists en earth can tell us - .nothing new. But we observe that r practical men, who have been delving in the earth all this time,-have yearly made valuable discoveries therein, which were as new te the geologists as te anybody. "We respectfully suggest that Pennsylva t ,& has had enensrh of the verv excellent .geological. work of geologists who make jtQ discoveries. t; The Repeblieaji politician who pro pose te take time by the forelock are already preparing a slate for their next state convention. State Senater Lee is en it for state treasurer and Capt. Potts, of the Heuse, from Chester coun ty, for auditor H-general. This is sup- nnSHfl Ul UHHUUUit UUUlUllMIVivu vi. etw - . . ., 0,,. ,i h a 5ZX T.Tffl Invoke at once a spirit of harmony in the -"T rVa Tin the party and of aggressive energy for us success, candidates win ae weu w e- member, however, that it is the early worm that gets caught. ' The Pittsburgh iron manufacturers say that they must reduce wages te get a livine. Ne doubt they need te -educe wages te make iron at less than two cents a pound, which is their quotation for it. But their customers will be like ly te get the benefit of the reduction, rather than themselves. Their trouble is that they are making mere iron than their customers want. If they curtail their production te the demand they will adept the remedy for their disease that they need. TriEUE is something absurd and es sentially wrong in a system of revenue laws under which whisky made heie can be shipped across the seas and brought back again, carriage paid both ways and storage abroad, cheaper than it can be meanwhile kept in the ware house here. The Luzerne county bar unanimously approves the bill te pay county officers with salaries instead of fees; hut the Schuylkill bar declares against it. The passage of the measure new depends upon the members of the Legislature from Berks, Luzerne and Lancaster. " Notwithstanding Arthur's inclination for dining and wining he get his work in during the last session of Congress, having sent in 872 executive messages and making uiore political appointments tbau any ether president ever did in the same space of time siace the war. Tiikre is a lamentable- absence in the newly elect Democratic city committee of Philadelphia of the gentlemen who in the last campaign gave the most character and efficiency te that body. Their successors may be of equal fitnes, but it remains te be proved. The Monday evening sssiiua of the Legislature did well te provide for a Thursday afternoon session of the Heuse and te refusa te dispense with Saturday sessions ; it will de still batter te enforce better attendance of the members en the last day of the week. Landis' bill ti pre vent political organizations paying tixe was placed upon the calendar. Tha Ko Ke publican3 refused te fix a special order for the consideration of the congressional apportionment bill en Tuesday of this week. Over in the old world, where monarch ies quake before the plebians and a repub lic trembles at a pester tacked en a bill beard by a remnant of royalty, they carry their timidity into society and seek te gloss it ever with pride. At Cannes, in 'France, where Mr. Gladstone finds recu peration for his shattered health, "so ciety " has become very indignant with Lord Wolveiten, for intieduelng M. Ctemenceau te the English statesman, because M. Chemenceau is a republi can and Mr. Gladstone is net. The ole vatcd social position of the Orleanis'.s and Legitimists, the effete supporters of meribuud principles of monarchy, is held te be holy ground net te be polluted by the presence of republicans, for whom per petual ostracism is considered an inade quate fate. Very likely these paranymphs of royalty begin te perceive the material augmentation te the ranks of the adve cales of free government, and seek te display their disdain, while they dissemble their fears, by bringing the weapons of a flimsy society against the arms of the dis satisfied people Nothine can exceed the vulgar greed of ex-Speaker Kcifcr in removing Stenog rapher Tyson at the adjournment of Cen gress and appointing his own nephew te the place duiing vacation. There are two official stenographers of the Heuse, and upon Mr. Tyson has devolved mere than one-half the labor and expense of report ing committee proceedings during the long and short terms of the Forty-seventh Congress, he being obliged te pay his assistants for their services. By Keifer's action Mr. Tyson is deprived of just compensation for his labor, the pay for two years at $5,000 per annum being considered by Congress as a fair allowance for expenses incurred and ser vice of this kind. His successor will have nothing te de, as there cau be no proceed inse whatever te report before the next Congress meets. The position of private secretary te the nominal speaker will-continue te be filled by Lis son. His deik will le a relative, who, up te the adjourn ment, was clerk of Robeson's committee en naval expenditures, and tha clerk te the speaker's table is also a nephew of Eeifer. Se that, all in all, the K:ifer family will draw about $10,000 pay for doing nothing durinsr vacation. Seme years age the Intelligencer pointed out bow cigais, free from internal revenue tax, could be exported and re ro re imperted at a customs duty less than the internal revenue tax. Under the new law the whisky men have begun te de some thing like the same thing. They are pre piring for extensive shipments abreai under the previsions of the law by which they can withdraw their whisky from banded distillery warehouses, ship it te the seaboard in bend, expert it te Bermuda or Liverpool, and reimpert it whenever a market is presented in this country en payment of a tax equal te the internal revenue tax of 90 cents per gallon. It may lemain in a custom house warehouse after being reimperted for twelve menthB before paying the tax, and it can even remain in bended warehouses two years longer by payment of 10 per cant, en the tax, as a penalty When whisky is with drawn from bend here for home consump tion the tax of ninety cents per gallon is paid en the quantity originally entered. Ne allowance is made for the whisky that has meanwhile escaped by leakajje. Bat when whisky is reimperted the tax j of ninety cents per gallon is required te be paid en only the actual quantity of wnt8Ky contained la we Darreia.3 .Ka&g -.-j fr s-ra rg f-J&2 fi- TO-DAYS TIDINGS. BOKDIOr or THX VAILS. rren Kast mat Wast Fre: te Dm." ImMetu Md of Cvnat Ufa. The steamer Ontario,, which arrived at Baltimore en Sunday, brought from Eng land one of tne finest lets of tnoreugnDrea cattle ever imported. It included" 101 Hereford bulls andheifers, -14 polled An gus and and 13 Shrepshire sheep. All the sheep, 14 of the Herefords and the polled Angus go te Missouri ; the rest 'go te Cheyenne, Wyoming territory. Among the Cheyenne is. the bull Rudelph, pur chased for 700 guineas. A verv large and brilliant meteor was seen early en Sunday morning at Peters burg, Ya. It is described as "an immense ball of fire darting across the heavens, brilliantly illuminating the entire city, se that a newspaper might have been read with ease. Its course was northwest and its explosion was heard shortly after wards. The corner stone of the "Great Saenger fest Music Hall," .in Buffalo, was laid Monday, the mayor and prominent Ger man citizens making addresses. The building is te seat 5,500 persons and cost $160,000. The next festival of the North American Saengerbundis te beheld in the new hall in July. An exhibition game of billiards, 300 point straight carom, balk line game, was given yesterday in New Yerk by Maurice Vignanxand William Sexten. Yignaux wen by a score of 800 te 141. His last runs were 24. 83. 85 and 55. The best run made by Sexten was 49. The police of Bridgeport, Connecticut, yesterday.discevered ' ' a nest of thieves' ' and arrested two families of six persons, in whose possession were stolen goods te the value of $1,500. The articles were stolen from seven different houses. Wm. Ruppert and Augustus Jabelt, the princi pals of the gang, made aoenfession. Political Points. Lecal elections were held yesterday in Maine. In Portland, Deering, Democrat, was eleeted mayor by 174 majority ever Libby, Republican incumbent. Lewiston elected Dr. Garcelon, Democrat, mayor by 219 majority, and gave the Democrats a majority of the council. Auburn elected Gee. A. Weedman, Republican for mayor, by 10 majority. In Rockland, Geerge Uregery, Democrat, was chosen mayor by 30 plurality, but the Republicans carried the council. In Sace, the Republican mayor was re-elected by 198 majority. In Gardiner. Perkins, Republican, was-elect- ed mayor without opposition. The Citi zens' party control the couneil. The official canvass of the vote at the charter election in San Francisce last week shows that the charter was defeated by 33 votes. Fraud is suspected, and many pretests have been filed. The city council of AUoena last evening adopted a resolution denying that Alteena bad repudiated, or intended te repudiate, any of her indebtedness. The Trail or Bleed, The Apache Indians are reported te be depredating en the Mexican frontier. At La Pasteria racchc, near Wres, en Sunday they killed all'the people, leaving only one woman alive. Jame Levet a saloon keeper, died en Sunday, in Fairfax, Iowa, from the effects of a blew inflicted by Martin O'Connor during a quarrel in his saloon en Saturday night. Frank Hunter was yesterday found dead at the bottom of a water tank at a stone quarry in Massillon, Ohie. His wife, mother and father-in law and a man named Jirunner, were arrested en suspi cion. While Leuis Stancin and his wife wcre handling a pistol, at Jeannette, Louisiana, yesterday, the weapon went off aud Stanciu fell dead with a bullet in his heat t. tfallread Items The New Haven and New Yerk Central railroad companies have thus far paid out in settlements for the recent tunnel disas ter the sum of $100,000. There are four or five claims yet unadjusted. Mrs. McNally and her daughter, Mrs. Brown, were killed yesterday by a train, while crossing the railroad, at Banger, Me. in a sleigh. By the fall of the soaffeldine of a rail road bridge, at Highland Falls, New Yerk, en Saturday, William S. Miller was killed and two ether men were severely injured. Tne Mississippi. The latest reports from the Lewer Mis sissippi show that the water at Helena is rising at the rate of half an inch per hour, and it is feared the highest water mark of last year will be reached. The trestle en the Belena branch of the Iren Mountain railroad, at Longville river, which a week age was forty feet above the river, was threatened yesterday with total submersion. The water is also rising at Arkansas City. The levees in the dis tricts mentioned remain intact, and the planters are putting in their crops. A later dispatch reports a serious break in the Pasteria levee in Chicot county, Ark., which will flood many plantations. On the Coast. The schooner Mary J. Carsen, from New Yerk for Jacksonville, with coal, grounded eu'St. Jehn's bar, Flerida, en Saturday afternoon. She is in danger of becoming a total wreck if the wind shall change te northeast She is owned by F. Smith & Ce , of Philadelphia. The schooner J. D. Burdette, of Tren ten. New Jersey with coal, ran en Whost Whest Whost en's reef, of Thimble islands, en the morning of Saturday last, owing te mis placed buoys She is in a dangerous position, and has. been deserted by her crew. A ICengh Funeral In Olldem. G. W. Ceyle, a rough character in the oil regions, was wounded in a fight by a pistol ball at r erest city, en Monday, and died very seen alter. Thirty dol lars were raised te give him a burial. and a party started with the remains te the Sheffield cemetery. It is supposed that the bearers used some et the funeral money te buy whisky ; at any rate, the next morning the citizens of Sheffield found the coffin containing Ceyle's body in the middle of the street, while the funeral party was off en a spree. That day the body was finally placed in its grave. A Dlssmtert Statesman. New Tork Cor. Philadelphia Recerd. Mr. Conkling is an object of much curiosity and interest tc New Yorkers His excessive courtesy and bland estheti cism of hatred are something new te our clubmen. One 01 these gentlemen said, net long age : " I met Rescoe Conkling the ether evening queer fish, isn't be ? He said te me, in speaking of Blaine and Garfield : ' Geed Lawd, shall we never hear the end of Gyarfleld ? Oily last night I went te take a Turkish ba a tb, for pur poses of recuperation after labor. When tihad finished bathing, and was lying wrapped np in my blanket, en the sofa, enjoying the repose which comes se naturally te the overstrained nerves of a gentleman, I heard two young men in the next apartment cenvers ing together. One of them asked the ether if he bad yet named his infant child. He replied that he had done se, alter a pro longed family fned. His wife wanted one name he wanted another and they had at last compromised by calling, the peer, helpless young oue, James A. Gyarfleld. As seen a I heard' this, I rose from my couch, stepped te the partition, looked looked ever it at the speaker, and I give you my word, aay dear fellow, that the young man who wanted te name his in- - f- v" t t 3HHIBM3E & tVjfyg -tgg- ,-ki 1-.-V1A Q ti.tW'.'vJgiU nMMmavaa M fart GvarfWkl had a head a an ounce."' These who kaew Mr.Ceak- ling can isaaghw for the pea?aneide-t scribe the vigor of dismasted deaaada tioe with which he told the story. Se far as heard from the only infant amed after Rescoe CeHkling is the molasses colored son and heir of ex Senater Bruce, of Mis sissippi. ihiqpauti or AsaaaanBisT. la There Ne Kenedy for HBCh m Wrong? Eds. iNTELLieesrcEB. I own a house for which I paid $1,050, and it is .assessed at $1,200 ; another which I bought for $825 is assessed at $900. I have done nothing in the way of improvements but te keep up the necessary repairs. On the day of appeal I went te Lancas ter and te the commissioners' office, and found twoef the commissioners present, who told me the assessor had gene home, and they", could de nothing; which was net the case, as the assessor did net leave Lancaster nntil evening. I haven't a doubt that the commissioners thought what they told me was correct, but it wasn't ; and it seems that I have no redress. Should net the assessor remain in the commissioners' office until his busi ness is disposed of, or until the close of business en the day of appeal ? In looking ever the collector's lists I find property that would bring at a public sale anywhere frem'eight te ten thousand dollars assessed for $3,075 and $3,700, when every home owned by peer people is rated at full value or mere. I notice there is a little vein of " nepo tism' in the way of low rates for rela tives, running through the list, buj beside that, all, or nearly all, valuable properties are assessed at less than half the amount the owners would take for them ; and the poorer classes of property (the homes of the peer) are assessed for mere than they are worth. Is it neeuliar only te Marietta, or is it the rule all ever the county ? " Inquirer." MAniETTA, Pa., March 5. PERSONAL. Judge TnexiAN,. of Ohie, the third mem ber of the civil service commission, arrived in Washington yesterday morn ing. Nillson cried because the Buffalo peo ple wouldn't raise mere than a $1,000 house and the manager would .net let her sing for that. Charles Lewis, an esteemed young druggist of Mahaney, left home in geed health te go te church and died en the way. Secretary Foleer was se much better yesterday that he was able te appear at the treasury department, but the assistant secretary had te sign for the man. Cei,. TnEOnenE Hvatt, principal of the military academy at Chester, has been in dicted for assaulting and beating and un lawfully imprisoning Thaddeus Lewe, one of his pupils. Judge Headlev, of Ohie, is premised as the coming man. Bat his friends are likely te have " bit off mere than they can chaw " in contracting te make him governor, senator and president in quick succession. James Gilfillan yesterday sent in his resignation as treasurer of the United States, te take effect en the 1st proxime. He has accepted the position of treasurer and manager of the Mutual trust oempany et New Yerk. Senater Fair, of Nevada, gave a din ner party at Wermley'6 last night. Mr. Fair has been in his seat about two weeks of the time of this session. He wanted te de something te let his friendB knew that 1 he is in town, and invitations te bis party were given all the senators. About forty accepted. Cevers were laid for fifty, and several justices of the supreme court graced the feed. Prof. Schliemann's house is one of the sights of Athens. It is built of white marble and adorned with numerous stat ues of the bame material. He and his wife talk ancient Greek together and have called their two chddren Andremachi and Agamemnon. Around the professor cir culate a large body of erudite Germans, in fact, the Teutonic element is .omnipotent at Athens. Bogardus, the rifleman, has a twenty acre home in Legan county, 111. There is a small orchard, a house that needs paint, ing, and some rather dilapidated eutbuild ings. Bogardus is net rich. He made a few thousands en his foreign trip, but is saving that te bet en future matches. One seu-in-law farms the place in summer,and tends bar for another man in winter. A third daughter is the wife of a saloon keeper in Chicago. Oscar Hamerstein, editor of the United States Tobacco Journal, quarrelled with Isaac Rosenwald, a tobacconist, of Ne. 145 Water street, New Yerk, yesterday afternoon. Blews were exchanged. Henry Rosenwald, brother et the tobac conist, sepaiated the combatants and, as was alleged, struck Hamerstein. The parties all appeared at the Tombs, where charges and counter charges were made, aud all the parties held te answer. Ex President Diaz and party were re ceived in the custom-house at New Or leans yesterday, by General Badger and Marshal Pitkin, representing the govern ment. In the afternoon, the distinguished visitors left for Monterey en a special car ordered for their use en the Seuthetn Pacific read by General Grant and Jay Gould. Returning from Monterey, they will ee by the Texas-Pacific and Gould lines through te St. Leuis. Judge Black, according te a San cor respondent, has a quaint, and peculiar 1 status with the supreme ' court ; he is allowed a certain freedom in expression that nobody else dares attempt. Once these passing the supreme court room deer heard the old man rearing, and pres ently this sentence loomed out into the corridor : " Gird up your loins, Mr. Atter ney General, and answer me like a man 1" The attorney general net having where with te answer him, quaked in his shoes, and the judges sat belt upright, electrified by the leenine voice, while the audience looked reverentially at Sanl among the prophets. Evangelical Association The members of East Pennsylvania conference re assembled yesterday in the church en Eighth street, Philadelphia, below Girard avenne. Bishop Bewman presided. A report was presented from the cemmitttee en statistics, showing the following : Itinerate preachers, 86 ; local preachers, 09 ; conversions, 1,926; mem bers, 15,275 a gain of 408 ; churches, 193 ; valued at $582,900 ; parsonages, 34 ; valued at $54.750 ; missionary money col lected, $18,995.97, a gain of $5,230.04; contributions per member, 94 1 7. Sunday schools, 183 ; teachers, 3,215 ; scholars, 20,921. Delegates te the general confer ence were then elected. Rev. S. b. Chubb was re-elected treasurer of conference. In the evening a sermon was preached by Rev. G. B. Fisher. new in Progress. The annual election for officers of the grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Pennsylvania, is new in progress and will- be continued te the 14th inet. - ' .vTW ,&Z'&ZZarTi.?i ?-&5&wCiF '?., --5 - ?- JS cSt?! -riSSS - f--i&&!i&&&,Z.Jt - TOBACCO. 'A LIVKX.Y. XJOOJkT, aAKKET IMif Sales and UellTartaa-Tke Tax Ageny Ended for a Season The Market la Wew Tork and Philadelphia. The past week has been a rather busy one ia the local market. A large quantity of leaf of the crop or 1882 has been pur chased from the growers, and large quan tities previously purchased have been delivered at the packing houses, in many of which a full force of handlers are em pleyed in asserting and casing the leaf. It is. estimated tbat from 17,000 te 20,000. cases of the new crop have been purchased," and that a still larger part remains unsold. In old tobacco there have been about the usual number of sales. New that Congress has passed anew internal reve nue .bill, reducing the tax en cigars and tobacco and lessening the license fees, it is believed that trade will revive, provided these interested can get the hangef.the new law, which is at best, only a half-way measure. The only part of the bilrwhieh seems te meet with general approval in this county is the following provi previ sion imposing a heavy tax en Sumatra tobaesp, which relieves the faint hearted grower of American leaf of the fear of foreign competition. "Leaf tobacco, of which 85 percent, is of the requisite size, and of the necessary fineness of texture te be suitable for wrappers, and of which mere than one hundred leaves are required te weigh a pound, if net stemmed, 75 cents per pound ; if stemmed, $1.00 per pound." Following are some late sales reported : J. Gust Zeek has purchased the follow ing lets in Martie township : Jesse Harner, 1 acre at la, 4, 3 ; Samuel Uarner, 1 acre at 19, 3 ; Peter Carrell, 3 acres at 20, 5, 3 ; Wm. Wentzrlacre at 19, 3. I. McGenlie purchased en Saturday the following lets in East Denegal : William Haines, 4 aeres at 20, 16J, 5, 3 ; Jehn Bunk, 1 acre at 13, 5, 3 ; Tobias Gouker. 2 acres at 15, 5, 3 ; Benjamin Gerber, 3 aeres at 15, 5, 3 ; Levi Weaver, acre, at 18, 6, 3. Jacob S. Mamma, of same township, has sold te Moere & Bre., 1 acres at 20, G, 3. Mr. Jeseph Shultz, of Washington borough, has received 81.2UU ler a 4 acre yield of tobacco. Fer the products from 10 ether acres he received from 18 te 22 cants per pound. In Leacoek Frank Pentlarge has bought of Jehn R.Bair and Jehn B. Caldwell their crop at 17, C, 2 ; Jehn R. Bair's at 14, G, 3 ; Fatman bought of Jehn B. Senger his crop at 1G, 5, 3. Our Bart correspondent writes as fol fel lows of the condition of the.market in the southeastern part of the ceuuty : " The sales of tobacco in Bart up te the present time March 5, 1883, are as fellows : F. M. Lennex, 1 acre, te Rohrer ; Benj. Fritz, 1 acre at 15, 5, 2, te Rohrer ; Sam Picke), 1 acre at 14 j, 5, 2, te same ; Elam Pickel, 2 acre at 16 for wrappers, te same ; Michael Scott, 2 acres at 14, 5, 5, Q , Bmltli Jehn Jiunkle, 5 acres te same : Heury Baughman. 1 acre at 16, 5 2, te same ; Themas xeung, 3, te same ; H. 15, 9, 5, 3, Rebert Thompson, 2 acres at 14, 5, Ruth, 2i acres at te Skilcs & Fry; 1 acre, te same, 15, 8, 5, 3 ; James Thompson, 2 acres te same, 16, 5, 3 ; Jacob Thompson, 2 acres te same, 10, 5, 3 Charles Tyson, acre, te Dehaven, at 14, 22 ; Jeseph Scott, acre, te same. These lets are net the best in the township by any means ; larger Jets of a superior tobacco have net been seen by any buyers. C. E. Steacy has about 3 or 4 tens of geed stock, well and carefully bandied new ready, and a host of ethers might ba mentioned who have just closed their stripping of geed lets. The dry times in the trade does net ap pear te deter growers in this neighborhood as many who have two years' crops ou hand are preparing for the next year. The '81 crop is held at a geed figure in our township, and holders claim it as a geed sweating crop, in defiance of the impres sion generally given out by buyers of cased stock. Most of the '81 crop here is new in cases and in the hands of parties who de net intend te make birthday pre sents of it te the traveling buyers " THE hEW YORK MAllKKT. Fer the iVeetc .Ending Saturday, 10 A. JU. March 3, U. S. Tobacco Journal; The end of the congressional agony being at hand, few in the trade felt like opening negotiations for tobacco. The market is in a feverish condition, as it is expeeted that an increase of duty en Suma tra will stimulate speculations, while the settlement of the tax question will bring te the market a multitude of cigar manu facturers. If the expected result does net occur, it is rumored tbat a number of leaf dealers and packers will abandon the trade and enter upon the manufacture of cigars. The purchase of '82 tobacco all ever the country were quite active during the past week. If the prices paid as reported by the country press are correct, most of the purchasers are insane These who bought in Connecticut at high figures reckon en obtaining heavy prices for seconds. Should they Bucceed in doing se, the prices of the wrappers will run low. There is a great deal of material for serviceable seconds in the Wisconsin crop, and Western jobbers, who are relied upon as main takers of sec ends, will probably act rather contemptu ously when packers ask 14 te 16 cents for seconds. But there is no use in arguing with people who consider the purchasing of leaf in the country a horse race affair. Next week, when all the vexed tariff and tax questions have been buried, for some time at least, we shall speak at length of the situation and prospects of the market. The only notable feature of this week's business was the animated inquiry for old and new Ohie by manufacturers and deal ers. Fer some selections in wrappers as hiph as 15 cents was paid. The sales of the week were as fellow ing : Pennsylvania, crop '81, 150 cases, p. t. ; crop '80, 200 case?, at 6 te 17. Wisconsin, crop '81, 250 cases Havana seed, at 15 te 18. Connecticut, crop '81, 150cases wrap, pen, at 16 te 30. Ohie, crop '80 and '81, 1,300 cases, at 51, 7, 9, 10 te 15. Sumatra. Market very active. The approaching decision of Congress regard ing increased duty brought a number of speculative buyers into the market. Prices are rising, and $1.50 is new being quoted for really fine stock in the market. Havana. Market moderately active. Sales 500 bales. Yery little fine is te be found. Prices, 80 cants te $1 20. Gans Repert. -" Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. S. Gans' Sen & Ce., tobacco brokers, Ne. 131 Water street, New Yerk, for the week ending March 5, 1883: 1,428 cases 1880-1 Ohie, 410ie ; 200 cases 1880 Pennsylvania, 814e ; 150 cases 1881 Pennsylvania, p. t. ; 150 cases 1881 New England, 1428c ; 150 cases sundries, 3J20c Total, 2,078 cases. Philadelphia Market Seed Leaf Dealers report an inerease of inquiry, especially for wrappeis. Con siderable Connecticut and Pennsylvania '81 changed hands, with quite a round let gene into hands of manufacturers at foil figures. Havana seed of Wisconsin and Yerk state is meeting with favor, while binders and fillers find about the usual demand. Seautra leaf has fallen baek somewhat. -. rimi-fi in.. 11T iifT af r v . rIV;: : COI.UsmsUAJ05WS. At the probatieBers and iaqaiiers' meeting at the Methodist ehureh, . last evening, Rev. Hnnphriss instructed the congregation in the duties required from probationers - The meeting was one of considerable interest and of great benefit te the converts. The grand praise' and testimony meeting whish is t3 be held en Thursday evening, will doubtless draw a large congregation te the church, espee ially as it will be of such an interesting character. The following are the service hours it St. Paul's P. E. church 'to-merrow: Morning prayer and litany at 10:30 a. m. ; evening prayer and short lecture at 4:30 p. m. This evening a meeting of the "Weman's Working society of St. Jehn's Lutheran chureh will be held at the residenea cf Mrs.' Peter Kredel en Locust street. Electric ught. Jacob Minich and Jehn Swartz, are new in Reading, where they went te-day te investigate a 40 light Maxim electric light company's machine in operation in that city. If they are convinced that it gives entire satisfaction, one of the same style will doubtless be introduced here. The investigators will return te-morrow, and report the results of their observations te these who are interested in the electric project in this place. Kailread Items. Last evening a number. of fine new passenger cars passed through here from Yerk, where they were built, bound for a railroad in the West. They were some what longer than the cars in general use in this part of the country, and W6re of rare elaborate design. Mr. Jeffersen Babb has again been transferred te the dispatchers office in the west yards here, from the Philadelphia offices of the Pennsylvania railroad com pany. unitary Matters. Ce. C had better 'be working mere steadily at drill than it has done of late or it will. net carry off any laurels at the August encampment. Colonel North, of General Hartranft's staff, has informed an officer of ttie4th regiment that the encampment this yearwill, in all proba bility, be en the Gettysbtfig battle field. Unwelcome Visitors.,, Seme Wastingten rowdies recently came te this place te have a night's carousal. Hewling, singing, pulling deer bells and the like annoyances formed the most harmless part of tbeir pregramme of amusements. A number of ladies were grossly insulted. Ihe Borough Budget. Vigilant fire company business meeting tonight. Columbians who went te Lan caster te see " The Mascette " were pleased. Merchants in Philadelphia this week laying in spring goods. Jes. Sam ple's eaterpillar cactus has a hundred buds and flowers en it. Miss Rebecca Kunkle, guest of Miss Mattie Given, has returned te Harrisburg. ''Orphean" mnsicale at Mrs. Welsh's this evening. THE OPERA. ia Olascette " In rulten Opera ileuae Last Evening, The Wilbur opera company was warmly welcomed in Fulton opera house last even ing by an audience net tee large te crowd out all comfort and demonstrative and fash ionable enough te show tbat geed opera holds a leading place in the appreciation of Lancaster's leading people. The play presented was Audran's pretty opera, "La Mascette." Audran's music has a pecu liar charm of its own, net consisting alto gether of an overshadowing sentimentality in its character, but possessing a spright liness and a rich vein of the humoreutbat give it additional excellence when inter preted by talented artists. It is net, however, a completely melodious work, there being parts here and there that jar rather unpleasantly upon the ear with their bread drawl, but which is sometimes attributable te the failings of the singer. The Wilbur company seem te understand this idea well themselves and gave last night, en a general view, one of the best renditions of "Mascette". ever seen here. The hit of the evening was made by Miss Ray Samuels, as Fiametta, whose charming singing at once wen the hearts of the audience and who were net content te let her go with less than three encores. Miss Samuels sings with an ease and grace and acts with a naturalness that at once bespeak her as fully comprehending her role, vthichiu " Mascott" is one that does net give her ample opportunity te display her powers as an actress or singer. Mr. A. W. F. MacCelhn, as Prince Lorenze, entered into his part with a vim and an apparent de termination te give last evening' audience the choicest of his abilit'es, and was eminently successful in bis endeavor. His acting is geed and his make-up a startling presentation of facial ugliness and reckless humor. Mr. J. E. Brand, while no doubt btriving te give a just conception of the role of Pippe, palpably detracts from the general even excellence of the troupe. His acting ia net as spirited as the part naturally da mands. and what vivacity he did threw into it was sometimes strained and difficult te appreciate, while Miss Susie Kirwiu as Beltina, the Mat cetle, gave a pleasing rendition of her part, throwing into it a dash and vivacity that was as pleasing as it was unobjection able. Her voice was pleasant, but lacking volume, which discrepancy was supplied by her animated and very natural acting. All in all, the Wilbur company seemed te meet the expectations of the people as sembled te hear them, and certainly pre sented a surprise in the elaborate and ele gaut costumes that graced the wearers during the evening. I'ellceman Dismissed. Atlee Mercer, policeman of the Sixth ward, has been dismissed from the force by Mayer MacGenigle and Wm. Weidler has been appointed in his stead. The mayor states his reasons in the following nete : Mr. Atlee Merceb. Yeu are hereby relieved of duty as a police officer of the city of Lancaster. Your beirgldrunk en Saturday night last while en duty, follow ing se seen after your suspension for the same offense, shows such a disregard of my authority, and is se subversive of dis cipline in the force, that any ether course en my part would be a serious error. Yours, Jko. T. MacGosiele, March 5, 1883. Mayer. Date of the First Circus J. A. Robinson, contracting agent of Ferepaueh's circus, was m town ever night. He has made all arrangements te have the show exhibit en McGovern's farm, at the extreme end et North Queen en April 25. The place whe the show will erect its canvass is right near tb9 Hue of the new railroad, which will be com pleted by that time, se that there will be little inconvenience in unloading. Ar rangements will be made te have a street car, with a brass band, run through town for advertising purposes. TheUrennd Heg Still en Deck. At an early hour this morning it com menced snowing and the fall has been un interrupted up te this hour (3 o'clock p. m.) with a prospect of its continuing in definitely. Sleigh bells are tinkling en the principal streets as the merry sleigbers glide along at a 2:40 pace. We merely mention the fact te remind our readers that tie ground hog is still ia the fore front of the weather prophets,and that his predicted tenure of wintry weather does net end for ten days aext eosatef . A.VTJB a-" V JOHJf wjeetz ok ut tjual TIi Bans tkaCerkFaetety Iatecsa Geerge mlsnnur Telia Hie Htery sav - the Witness Stand Ceart tj rreessdlags. Monday pfUrnoen.Com'tix vs. Jeha Lichtenberger. false pretense. Theelsw fendant who lives somewhere ia the; neighborhood of Manheim, was charged with having obtained a three spring wagon, from Philip Doersera, earnage builder, this city, in April, 188 by means of false representation. At that time, it was alleged, he. represented him self as being the owner of a brick house, and five aeres of land in Englestowe, Leb anon county. He obtained tne vehicle and gave in payment a judgment note for 90 days which was net paid. Mr. Doersom then made inquiry -and found that the story defendant had told in regard te his circumstances was false. Defendant had purchased a buggy and a sleigh from Mr. Doexsem .before this ; -for one he paid cash aud gave a judgment note for the ether, which he paid. The defense was that Lichtenberger did net make the representations alleged, but merely stated that he had a life estate in a pioperty of whieh he and his sister were heirs. Tne jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced te an imprisonment of one year. A verdict of net guilty for want of evi dence was taken in the case of Wm. L. Smedley, of Columbia, eharged with adul tery. The cases of Frederick Bletz, sr. and jr. for violating tha auction laws were nel pressed. Court adjourned at 4 o'clock for want, of business. Tuesday morning. The first case at tached in court te day was that of Jehn Wertz, of this city, charged with arson, in setting fire te the Conestoga cork fac tory, owned by Mrs. Henry Banmgardner, en Locust and Lime streets, early en the morning of January 15, 1882. Before striking the jury thei counsel for the ac cused asked for a bill of exceptions te ba filed en their behalf, ou the motion of the accused te quash the indictment en the ground that the grand jury who returned the bill was illegally drawn. The court had discharged this rule, as the hill had! been found at the November sessions, 1882, aud no exceptions were then taken.. The commeu wealth objected en the ground that the defense were tee late, they having entered a plea at the January session qf net guilty and tue record 6a, the bill sus tained the objection. The accused denied that be ever plead te the indictment, through his counsel or otherwise.- The court granted the bill of exesftkHM. It did net require much tiaie te secure a jury, and the first witness called was Henry Baumgardner, who testified "that the factory was burned en thu morning alleged. The building and machinery were worth $25,000 and the stock $40,000. It was a total lesa. Brimmer's Narrative. Geerge Brimmer, sworn : I live in this city, and knew Wertz ; Ihave pleaded guilty te the charge of "arson and am awaiting sentence ; en the night of the 14th of January, I was at Urich's saloon with Jehn Drachbar, and seen started for the American hese house ; we were sitting there, talking about Lawis Reidenbach having been arrested ; Drachbar said : "Can't we have a blaze?" We. went into the closet aud get a ball of waste aud a bottle of coal oil ; we went down Church street and met Wertz at the corner of Lime ; Drachbar asked him te go along rv he said he would if he was a little fuller ; be finally agreed te go along and we went up te the shed of the factory en Lime street ; we saw two men coming up the street and we went te the chapel en the corner of Lirae and Locust streets ; Wertz-. went down Locust te Rockland and Drach bar and I get into an allev across the way until the men had passed; we then went te Lime and Middle streets; at Landau's corner and found Werta waiting for us ; this corner is about 40 feet fiem Powell's house ; we again went te the shed and Drachbar and I jumped ever the fence into Duchmau's let ; a bush was growing against the shed and we tore it away ; Wertz was outside wait ing te see if any one should come ; Drachbar and I dug a hole under tha shed and put some waste in ; I went te the fence and asked Wertz if it was right ; he said, "Yes, go ahead :'j I then told Drachbar and he lighted the w.tste ; then we came ever te Lime, street, and with Wertz we went e the corner of Middle, at Landan's store. They went up Middle and I went down te Iieckland. IJetore this some ene had said that they would go te Hines', about half a square above Lime en Middle; Draehbar and Wertz went te Hines' ; 1 went around Rockland and Church streets and came back te Landau's corner ; I then saw the light and ran te Hines1 ; the deer was locked and I knocked ; some ene asked what was the matter and I said there was fire ; Wertz and Drachbar came out first ; Jake Pfbaiz came out and he . and I ran te the hose house ; we went back te the fire and found Wertz and Draehbar there ; when we were at Landau's corner we could have been seen by a person at Powell's house across the way ; we first made an effort te fire the building from Lime street, but the ground was frozen se hard that we could net dig a hole in which te place the waste; we put coal oil ou the waste before using it ; we did net tell Wertz when we started" what we wete going te set en fire. His Urem Xxaralnatlen. I bad been a member of the American fire company for ever a year when thk this oceurred ; I set fire te the Ranck barn, but net te the- almshouse barn ; I plead guilty te the latter ; I helped te set , fire te the sash factory of Swartzwelder & Merrow ; did net bnlp te fire Shirk's warehouse, Kelly's stable or Heitshue's stable; 1 assisted in firing Benjamia Henry's feather factory, Bender's barn, J. B. Kauffmau's stable, MacGenigle's stable (ou Middle street), but net Mayer- Mac Mac eonigle's stable en Marien alley ; 1 gave the waste for use in the firing of White's -house ; assisted te fire Hilke's warehouse; I was a witness in the Ranck barn case is my own behalf and testified that I did Het burn it ; no one offered me any induce- r ment te connect Wertz with the burning of this factory; I did net tell Jehn Wellidge that I implicated Wertz and ethers' ia these fires because Fred Miller offered me $250 of the reward and told me it would be lighter for me ; I did net tell Edward Sleat that Wertz was net at the cork fac- . tery fire ; I did net say te Gee. F. Beer and Ubarles Miller at the last court fiat Fred. Miller came into my cell and told me te ,put ethers in it, and tbat I told him that I did net kne ir whom te put in it, and that Miller said be wenld put seme one in himself, and he get a piece of paper, whieh he brought te my cell and asked me te sign it ; and I rcfarcd and then Miller put my name te it ; I did - say te them that Miller brought a paper te my cell, which I refused te sign ; the three of us were pretty "full" en the night of this fire. . On trial. Court adjourned te 2J o'clock. Bepertlng a Cook Fight. Our old friend Charlie Heeket, late of the Examiner, is en the staff of the Mim ing Star of Bradford, and was engaged, at Jast accounts in reporting, a cock fight between Bradford and Boliver. He gives us a column of detail, graphically writtea and would no doubt have written iniTtsal columns mere had net tha sherUft ap peared en the ground and dispersed tha sportsmen befere1 the fight was fakly begun. Better IveareexttieM,. THE ABSOr C ASK ? 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