:Ttf!a''!a03aBSKE13!'ariS5 Ja1 LANCASTER DAILY INTKtljIGENCER TUESDAY APKIL. 10. 183. Lancaster fntelltgetutr- TUESDAY BVKNINO, AVBO- 10. 1883. X. Geed Governer. Governer Cleveland did a very proper thing in vetoing the bill which proposed te overturn the existing fire organization of Buffalo, and te substitute or it a new a.fem without sufficient 'cause. The governor declared himself familiar with the present organization and its chiefs, and he considered it and them te be geed . Thatef Itself was an abundantlysufficieni reason for refusing his approval te the proposed change. But he was further of the opinion that the chief object of the promoters of the new measure, was te secure the opportunity of changing the entire personnel of the fire depart ment of Buffalo for political reasons. The governor declared that "a tried, economical and efficient administration of an important department in a large city is te be destroyed, upon partisan grounds, or te satisfy personal animos ities in order that the places and patron- ace attached thereto may be used for party advancement. I believe in an open and sturdy partisanship, which secures the legitimate advantages of party supre macy, but parties were made for the people, and I am unwilling knowingly te 'give my assent te measures purely partisan which will sacrifice or endan ger their interests." We are heartily in accord with that declaration of pe litical policy. It is one that is new te the experience of the country, but is consonant with the feeling of the people which has put into the back seats the old order of politicians, and advances te the front men who are wise enough te see that a party te be successful must show itself worthy of confidence by the honesty and patriotism of its action. Fer many years the Republican party was kept alive by the unscrupulous par tisanship of its leaders, but the day at last came when the disgusted people overthrew it. Governer Cleveland wiu nominated for governor of Sew Yerk by the Deuieciatic convention because of his well-earned reputation when n.ajer of Buffalo as an honest and intelligent public administrator. Since he lias reached the gubernatorial chair lie lias been subjected te criticism of all kinds from all sorts of politicians. JIe seemed te be ;t Manner of governor with which they were very unfamiliar, and they thought him a very bad kind. He i seems te be se for them. He has acted in this Buffalo fire department matter in opposition te the Democratic supporters who pressed him for nomina tion. In this he has exhibited the first quality of a geed government chief, the ability te maintain his convictions against the persuasions of his party friends. A geed governor needs te be wise, honest, independent and coura geous. Governer Cleveland has proved that he has at least three of these quali ties, and has but te show in his future action the soundness of his judgment te declare himself te all men as a first class governor. A Common Sense President. The Philadelphia Press, which as serted some time age that Rescoe Cenk ling declared that he had " but one annoyance in connection with the ad ministration of President Arthur, and that is that in contrast with it the ad ministration of Hayes becomes lespect able if net -heroic," sticks te it that Mr Conkling said juSt these words; net withstanding he is xeputed te have denied that he said something else substantially if net literally the same. Jhe Press considers it quite impossible for the Press te misstate anything. Perhaps its readers would like te have sufficient ground for entertaining a like belief ; but when their journal publisher in great detail one day just hew Lawyer Crowley quaireled with At torney General Brewster for net paying him the whole of his $.5,000 fee, and next day declares that the quarrel was net with Brewster, with whom Crowley was en the best of terms, but with Arthur, and was en a personal matter, and net at all about the fee, the readers of thePav.ss may be justified in suspending their judgment about its stories until it has had an opportunity te revise them in subsequent editieTis. But the Press need net modify its tale about Conkling. It is clear enough that the president is net carried about in Conkling's coat tails. Arthur has man ifestly come te the conclusion that lie would rather be president comfortably and in accordance with his own ideas of the fitness of things for the balance of -his term than be continually suffering mortification of the spirit and the flesh in the effort te de things te suit the party bosses, te get their influence for a renominatien. A wise conclusion iu the president cer tainly. He evidently has common sense. He is net disturbed by an overwhelming ambition ter re-election. He proposes te take and enjoy the goods the gods give him. If he had been looking out solely for his own chance for a renominatien he would hardly have summoned into his cabihet se strong and popular a figure ler a presi dential candidate as Giesham. If the administration cannot nominate Aithur it has a geed pole for the persimmons in the pc&luiaster general, and doubtless Gresham saw it when he doffed tl e ermine ; and possibly Arthur set it up with him. Significant developments aie very likely te be made in the course of the trial of the Phoenix park murderers at Dublin, and they are awaited with interest. The ex ceedingly great turmoil in which Eng land has been precipitated by the just impatience with which Ireland suffers from her domination, and the extend ed secret conspiracies that have been discovered among Irishmen have at tracted the attention of the world, and whereas lately Russia has been deemed the .centre of the operations of these who are discontented with the government that claims their alle giance, usurping the place which France has held in the past cen tury's Insterv. Great Britain r.nmM in I the front new as the scene of disturb I ance. The work of the Nihil'ata is still going en in Russia and the coming coronation of the Czar is looked forward te for an exhibition of its results. But whatever they be, their sensation will pale under the ap prehension of something mere dread ful closer home in England. Hew long the excitement of this dynam ite era will continue it will be hard te say, .but perhaps net long in England, which is, tee stable and well governed a country te be troubled very seriously by such methods of assault. Bishop Tayleb, from England, lepeits that there was 8,000 members of the re organized Mermen church in Eurepe and 2,000 in England and Wales. Heu Most, the agitator wants the ter rorists te blew the British government into the English channel. Her Most is quite tee modest. He should ask te have all Euiepe blown into the oceans. A Chinese baseball club has been or ganized in New Yerk. There will be some artistic attitudenizing and fir.: cracker label cuss words when tue Coles Celes tials get en the diamond. Jumbo is certainly an unabridged speci men of a pachyderm, but his newspapcr photographs lead one te think he might be brought into requisition te lay the last stone en the top of the Washington mon ument. In Calcutta there will be an interna tional exhibition beginning en the 4th of December next. Mr. Mattsen, the coital general, has secured 1,000 feet of bpace for general articles of American mauufactuie and for machinery. The minister of justice in Canada has refused te grant the delay nccessary te appeal the case of Majer PJiipps te the privy council iu England, and the ox ex tradition papers for his return te Philatlel phia will be made out at ence. Editor Wavland, of the National Bap. tint, Philadelphia, read a paper before the weekly meeting of the Baptist minister?, in New Yerk, yesterday, in which he ar gued for the whipping pest for wife beat ing and like crimes. TnE supreme court of the United States, in the case of the Cook county national bauk of Illinois against A. A. Burley, re ceiver, decides, in substance, that the United States are net a pieferrcd creditor in a proceeding against an insolvent debtor. In the suit for damages at Bosten by the parents of Lizzie Gaanen against Rev. Father Fleming and Archbishop Williams for the withholding of "paper images " from the girl, the case against the archbishop was withdrawn en Monday, that against Father Fleming being con tinued. Five steamers, each with a large num ber of passongers, arrived at Victeiia, British Columbia, during last week. The immigrants had no difficulty in finding employment. Twe thousand Chinese will shortly arrive from Heng Keng. They were engaged te work ou the rail read before the contractors knew that white labor could be procured. Bishop IIekzoe, of the old Catholic church, yesterday confirmed six young ladies iu the American Episcopal church iu Reme. He made a trip from his home at Berne, Switzerland, especially for this purpose. Ne ether instance is en record of an old Catholic bishop having visited Reme in an official capacity. He was del egatcd by the American ecclesiastical au thorities te officiate en this occasion, as there was no English or Americau bishop in Italy. The new word " dude," pioueuuccd iu two syllables, has been used iu the little town of Salem, N. II., for twenty ycais past, and it is claimed was coined theie. It is common there te speak of a dapper yeuug man as a " dude of a fellow," of a small animal as "a little dude," of a sweetheart as " my dude " and of an aesthetic youth of the Wilde type as a dude. But hew the weid attained se sud den and widespread a notoriety puzzles Salem. At Wausau, Michigan, au "Ideal" Uncle Tem's Cabin appeared with all the u-iii.il paraphernalia, including denkeys and dogs. At the eveniug's performance one of the hounds, evidently actuated by a laudable determination t. avenge the wrongs of a long suffering public from the continued piesentatien of the antiquated play, made things exceedingly animated by a promptly proceeding te chew up the fellow who played 3larks, and from whose back and arms he tere the flesh by mouth fuls. TnE attorney gencral says there was no contieversy between himself and Mr. Crowley, and that the gentleman named accepted the fee allowed bythedcpait meut of justice without any objection whatever, and subsequently accepted an appointment from the attorney gen eral te assist in the prosecution of the Seuth Carolina cases. Since his last ap peintment, however, Mr. Crowley had a misunderstanding with the president ou a matter about which Attorney Guncial Brewster knows nothing, and, in ceusc quence of this misunderstanding, Mr. Crowley declined te act in the Seuth Carolina case and his declination was ac cepted by the attorney general. An amusing episede occurred recently in Paris, where among a number of rietcra arrested was a yeuug mau en wham was found a paper which was thought te con- tain a valuable clue te a deeply laid i evo lutionary plot. It was a list of names of notorious Socialists, jeined te each of which were Reman and ordinary numer als, thus: " Labusquiere XL, 1,001 ; Bes tilli V., 305." The authorities woie jubi lent ever the event. The matter was referred te the government, the precureur de la republique was instructed te investi gate the sinister document, and ordered te have arrested all persons mentioned therein. Then the prisoner was subjectrd te a private examination befere grave and eminent lawyers, who began te feel that they held the destiny of France in their hands. He was told te confess all he knew abe,lt ifc He did. He said it was simply an election ticket with the names of So cialists en it. The court discharged the prisoner and adjourned. PERSONAL. Postmaster General Gresham left Indianapolis yesterday for Washington. Cei.. Qriv is home from Flerida; knows no politics but plenty of fish stories. Jer. Bartlett, one of the eldest master bricklayers in Philadelphia, died yester day morning, aged 77 years. Richard M. Wibtar bequeathed $20, 000 te the seciety of the Sens of St.Geerge of Philadelphia, as a memorial of his de ceased wife. Mr. Paknell is confined te his house by illness and will probably net be able te actively participate in political matters for seme time. Rev. B. N. CiiocKER,prefessor of moral science in Ann Arber university, Mich., died en 8unday nighc fiem from nervous prostration. Judge Charles B. Lawrence died at Decatur, Ala., en Monday. He was for nine years a member of the Illinois su preme bench. Ilrcu GiadsTONe, a partner in the firm of J. M. Gladstene & Sens, of Londen, has committed suicide by taking strych nine. The deceased was a cousin of Prime Minister Gladstene. President Arthur and party yesterday left Sanferd, Fla., for Kissimee City en route for Gardner's island, where the president ' expects te enjoy camp life " for a week or longer. Dr. G. II. Marshall, charged with at tempting te blackmail Mary Andersen, the actress, was locked up in Pittsburgh last evening in default of bail. He will have a hearing te moirew. Proi'lsser H. W. Wiley, of the Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind., has been appointed chief chemist in the de partment of agiiculture. Professer Wiley is a native of Indiana, a graduate of Harvard, and is said te be an experienced cnemist. Rev. Ciivrles Si'eck, pastor of the Messiah Evangelical Lutheran church in Pittsburgh, is announced as intending te Ieave the pulpit for the stage. He will piebably make his debut next month .for the benefit of the Newsboys' Relief asso ciation. Rev. Steck is well known iu this city. General Cameren agiceably suiprised everybody yesterday by leaving his siok siek bed at sunVise and going en the seven o'clock tiain te his Denegal farm. His only companion was a servant. They dieve fiein the geneial's residence te the depot and also fiem Marietta te the farm a distance of about four miles. The gon gen gon eial had net left his room since he injured himself by the fall several weeks age. He piopescs te stay at the farm until his health shall be entiiely lcstered. T1UUK AND LAUUK. JNete.s or Commercial Interest. The confeience committees of the coal operators and mincis at Pittsburgh meet te-day te proceed with the arbitration of the sliding fcaln et wages proposed seme months age. The ecale suggested by the miners crlls for moie than one-half of the selling price of coal in yard, while that proposed by the opeiateis is just ouo euo oue halt. Only two tobacco factories in Lynch, bing, Virginia, lesumed operations yes tciduy with colored hands. It appears that the stiiken were advised from the pulpit of one of the colored churches en Sunday net te resume unless the manu facturers granted their demands, and that they have been following the advice. Anether facteiy has secured oueugb hands te open te-day. The cigarmakers of Pittsbuigh met last night and decided ; e strike en the 1st of May unless the manufacturers giant their demand ler an increase of $1 per thousand. The mauufactmeis say they will net de this. There are about 500 cigarmakeis in Pittsbuigh. Little change is toperted in the brick layers' strike at Chicago. Most et the master masons have a few men at work, and new men are beginning te ceme in fi em ether places. Seme of the meu at work en the new beard 'of trade building wcie threatened by the strikers, and a fei co of police were set te guard them. The Laclede gas light company, of St. Leuis, yesterday 1 educed the price of gas fiem $2 50 te $1.50 per thousand feet throughout, the entire district covered by the company iu that city all the portion north of Washington avenue. Most et the company's stock is owned in New Yeik. Seme suspension?. Geerge P.ilen & Ce., leather dealers and tanncis of New Yerk, suspended yester day. Liabilities, $500,000. Welhsten, Knight fc Ce., dealers in buttons and buckles of New Yerk, made an assignment. Their embarrassment is attributed te an embezzlement of $75,000 of their meney by W. H. Knight, son of the senior paitner. The Atlantic milling company of St. Leuis ;,esterday asked for an extension and closed its mills. It is said the com pany ewes $50,000, and has as an offset the Atlantic mill valued at $250,000 aud two ether ruill, the value of which is net given. The Firiutuich giape sugar works at Hull. Je, New Yeik, were closed yester day, thiewiiig e0 hands out of employ empley incut. I'eL.1 riUAi. POINTS. Krtglit. feklcs ler Uouiecruts. The Demeciats carried the local election in Tunten, New Jersey, yesterday, by in ( i eased majorities, their candidate for mayor iccer.inir 1.000 majority against 700 Li.t year.. They elected G of the 8 council men and 8 of the 4 Freeholders. The Reformers polled COO votes. Nathan Bar net, Democrat, was yester day elected mayor of Paterson, New Jer sey, by about 450 majority. The Demo crats gained ene alderman and two school commissioners. The Democratic state convention et Georgia, te nominate a governor, will meet m Atlanta te day. The contest for the nomination is new a doubtful ene, Boynton net having a majeiity of the full convention. Tlie efficia's of Petersburg, Va., ap pointed by the Democratic city councils in .iuue last, wiium tue court ei appeals de cided weie illegally elected, were paid last night with funds subscribed by the citi zens. Kiatice ana the World. The RepuMique Francaise, replying te theaiticlain the Nerddeutsehe Zeilunn en the 7th iust., ou the subject of the defen sive alliance hetwecn Gc.mauy, Austria and Italy against France, says it believes that Prince Bismarck inspired the article, and adds: "The Republic will attack no euc, but will make itself respected by all. Te recommend the republic te the kind feeling of Europe as the sole safeguard against the supposed bollicnse instincts of Frenchmen is an oulrage against the nation, and every Frenchman, whether monarchist or ie publican, resents the insult. Watch us, form defensive leagues against us, but for GeJ'b sake spare us advir-e concerning the constitution best suited te us. Republic or monarchy. France iu the presence of fliA (Yhrnifrnnr 1Q Pranne " Tl. n.ilnln : attributed te 31 Challcmel-Laceur, minis ter of foreign affairs. NEWS OF THE DAY THE CKIKE AMD CALAMITY BKOOBO. A North Carolina Tragedy aerleus Lesses by Fire Almsnease Horrer, and Other Paragraphs. A murder has been committed near Pamlico, N. C, the victim being Henry Carter, and his wife is a supposed party te the crime. At the time of the murder Carter was returning from work. His as sailant, Benjamin Gillian, was secreted in the weeds lying in wait ferhim. Carter's crier, when Gillian attacked him were heard by persons in the vicinity. On in vestigation it was found that the man had net only been killed but actually buried. Gillian and Carter's wife, Nancy, have been committed for trial at the next term of the superior court. The parties are all colored and the murder grew out of an intimacy between the accused. An explosion of dynamite occurred at Knickerbocker colliery, with probably fatal results te William Davis, a black smith. A tunnel is being driven inside at this colliery and Davis was stationed at the mouth of the tunnel te sharpen the miners' tools. One of the men placed a number of dynamite cartridges near the blacksmith's fire te get 6eft before using. The dynamite exploded and Davis was terribly burned about the face and hands. Wall street, New Yerk, was greatly ex cited yesterday afternoon by a report that a well-known operator in stocks bad de faulted te a large amount. The report was that he had embezzled $100,000 of the trust funds of his family besides a large amount of property in his charge. Pending the investigation in progress no definite infoimatien could be obtained. A pier of the Third street bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Paul was undermined yesterday by a rapid flood from the Minnesota river. It was expected that the bridge at Fert Snelling would be flooded in a few hours, and connection cut off between St. Paul proper and West St. Paul. James Gasceyue, a meulder in Erie of the Jarecki manufacturing company, has been fearfully burnt by vitriol. It was Hung ever him by a persen whom he sus pects te be a union man and whose object, he believes, was te blind him in revcuge for obtaining a situation for a non union friend. The hotels at Confluence en the Balti more & Ohie read, were burned by an in cendiary fire. Less, $10,000 ; partly cover ed by insurance. The residence of a min ister was also burned. The barn of H. B. Menaghau, at Gary, Dakota, was burned yesterday morning, and Menaghau's wife, in trying te save the stock, was burned te death. The great trial of Nihilists was begun iu St. Petersburg Monday. Three of the accused will act as their own counsel, while the ethers have retained ten lawyers te defend them. Brooks Jehnsen, the colored man who was arrested in'Hartferd, Cqnn., en sus picion of being the murderer of the Misses Judsen, in East Hartferd, last month, was discharged yesterday. A tornado swept the country south and east of Helly Springs, Mississippi, en Sun day night, levelling trees, fences, bridges and farm houses. A lire which premises te assume ex ex teusive proportions has broken out at Bemme, near Geueva, Switzerland. Twenty houses have already been de stroyed. The Legan house, in Murphysboreugh, 111., was burned Sunday night, and R. VY. Swepa, traveller for a St. Leuis firm, per ished, in the flames. Eighty-six deaths fiem smallpox were reported in New Orleaus last week. The smallpox is lepertcd te be increasing in Nashville ALJlbllOUsE UOKUOILS. Intauts Smothered, Women uuil Clitldieu Starved anil Kateu by ICats unci Magget. In Bosten yesterday, the Tewkesbury almsheuse hearing was resumed. Mrs. Fanny R. Dudley, formerly a night watch woman at Tewkesbury, testified te seeing the body of a woman and a child in a trunk. She had often found the children iu the foundling hospital neglected. She saw a bettle of morphine used te quiet infants and reported the fact te Captain Marsh, who attended te it ten days after. One infant was given into the charge of an insane inmate, who smothered it with a pillow, but was told by Captain Marsh te keep the matter quiet. Sometimes when the children were hungty in the night I carried in feed, but Mrs. Marsh found that out and stepped me. When I went ever te the foundling department te work many of the beds were in outrageous condition. I found an insane woman in a cell with out any bed. She was attended by an insane idiot girl. They gave the woman only one meal a day, and this idiot girl carried it, and instead of giving it te the woman threw it away. We took the wemau out aud she seen fleshed up and became well. Thore was a woman, Margaret Hennes sey, in one of the cells, who said she had net had anything but water for nine days. Seme of the patients had no underclothing and some no stockings. It was difficult te get enough clothing. Mrs. Minnie A. Davis testified lhatshs was employed in the Tewkesbury hospital at night. She helped te lay out the body of Lizzie Cannen. "The body was warm when we put it in the coffin. I knew an inmate named Kate Turncy. She died and I saw thebedy after it was laid out. It was covered with rats. I reported it at ence te ene of the doctors. Captain Marsh said I had better keep still about it. I saw a sick child under and arennd whose skull maggots were eating. Many a time the rats were se thick I have seen them run across my lap when I was eating." William Driseoll, the station agent of the Bosten and Maine railroad at Twekes bury, testified : " About three years age I was at the almshouse en day and saw a woman in the cellar tied te a settee. She was a pauper." The healing was adjourned. An attempt was made by some laborers te bring in a large box, but the chairman ordered it te be put eufideun the hall. a A YOUNU WUHAN'S SUDDEN 1IKATH. Xlie Niece of a New Yerk ltanlter rrem an Overdose or Chloral. Dies Baltimore Dispatch te the Tlinca. Miss Saiak Duncan, a young lady aged twenty three, died at the Shirley house, a fashionable private beaiding house, last night from the effects of an overdose of chloral. The affair is somewhat shrouded in mystery, and the jury who were called upon te make au investigation could net determine whether the dose was taken with suicidal intent or net. She belonged te Providence, R. I., and is the niece of Mr. Wm Butler Duncan, the well-known New Yerk hanker. She had been spending the winter at the Sbiiely house. She suffered from nervousness and was at times subject te periods of melancholy. During the past two weeks she seemed te improve in health and spirits. On Satur day night she went te the theatre and Sunday attended church. In the morn ing she sent a note te the drug store of J. Fatis Moere,Madi8on and Heward streets, containing a prescription for hydrate of chloral. The prescription was signed by Dr. A. II. Powell. Iu the note the young lady asked for $5 worth, which would in crease the quantity of the original pre scription thirty times, thus making instead of 80 grains 2,400 grains. A son of Mr. Moere, thinking that the lady intended te buy a larger quantity merely for the sake of 'convenience and net te increase the dose, which was limited te ten grains te the teaspoonful, filled out" the order with out any hesitation. She made similar purchases from ether druggists. Ia the evening after tea Miss Duncan remained in the parlor until half-past nine o'clock. She was animated and pleasant and en re tiring kissed several of the ladies geed by. When the waiting maid took leave of the lady Miss Dnncan told her te wake her at the usual hour iu the morning. Five minutes after this a neise was beard in her room, as if bhe had fallen te the fleer. Mrs. Savage and her daughter, friends of Miss Duncan, found her pros trate en the fleer, suffering intense pain and almost speechless. As they lifted her te the bed she whispered in a hearse and tremulous voice : " It is all right." Dr. A. H. Powell and several ether physicians were sent for, but the young lady died witninan hour. The bottle of chloral steed en a tame and it was seen at a glance that she had taken the contents of a tumbler, or about 320 grains. The Electrical .Conference at ParU. , Professer Trowbridge, of Harvard, who, with Professer H. A. Rowland, of Jehns Hepkins university, represented the United States at the international confer ence at Paris te establish electrical units has made a report te the state department Although these two delegates did net reach Paris in time te participate in all the deliberations, they were fully advised of the proceedings. Twenty.six govern ments were represented. The results were net as definite as had been hoped, and it having appeared that thore was net sufficient concordance at present in the various determinations that had been made et the electrical unit of resistance, the ohm, each government was requested te encourage independent redeter minatiens of this unit. The sub section en earth currents and lightning conductors recommended that the various governments should favor regular and systematic observations of atmospheric electricity ; that arrangements should be provided for the study of earth currents, and that simultaneous observations should be taken in different countries in fixed directions with respect te thmagnetic meridian. The section en phoTOmetry re ported that the light emitted by a square centrmetre of platrnum under fixed condi tions should furnish an absolute standard of light. Minister Cechery assured the delegates that the French government would endeavor te give effect te the rese lutiens of the conference by suitable representations of the various govern ments. NE1GHBOKHOOO NEW. Events Near and Acress tbe County Lines. Yerk and Harrishurg will seen be con nected by means of the telephone, and a line will be built from Hanover te Yerk, via Spring Grove next month. Alfretta Beatty, who shot herself seme weeks age at Lebanon, en acoeunt of un requited love, has died at her home in Harrishurg, Mrs. Daniel Heffelfinger, of Reading, by making a misstep fell from the top of the second-story stairway te the bottom, a distance of about fifteen feet, breaking both her arms and her nose. The cards for the golden wedding of Simeon and Elizabeth Buzzard, of Schuyl kill county, contain the words, "The guests are positively forbidden te bring presents." A Hungarian employed at the furnace of the Pottstown iron company, was severely scalded by an escape of steam. The skin was taken from his arms, face and breast, and it was thought that he was fatally injured. Isaac Famous, a painter, fell from a third-story scaffolding while at work at Mrs. Dager's residence, De Kalb street, Norristown, yesterday, and sustained concussion of the spine. He is net ex pected te recover from his injuries. Much dissatisfaction has existed among the national guards of Oxford. Chester county, since the resignation of Captain T. D. Alexander and Lieutenant A. Car li art. A meeting was held the ether night, when it was proposed te return all state prep erty. The majority of the company wish te disband. Monday afternoon the large barn of Henry Wamsher, in Union township, Berks county, was destroyed by fire, with a large quantity of wheat and eats and stock of farming implements. The flames communicated te the house, which was frame, destroying it entirely ; part of the furniture, however, was saved. Several farm hands while saving furniture were severely burned about their hands and faces. The less is estimated a $10,000, covered partly by insurance in home com panies. m COOK HGHTINQ. A Match Between Lancaster aud Harrishurg Han isburg Independent. A largely attended cock fight took place en Saturday along the pike between this city and Steelton. Four birds were en the ground, two of which came from Lancas ter and two from this city. In the fit st contest Lancaster entered a demineck with tassle, weight five pounds six eunces. Harrishurg brought out a black breasted red. The sparring was lively until Lancas ter's wings were broken. Harrishurg bird kept up the fight for one hour and seven teen minutes, when worn out, it fell ever when the demineck cot iu the last peck and was according te the rules declared the winner. Seventy five dollars was staked en the fight besides considerable small change among the spectators. The second fight lasted but twelve minutes, in which Lancaster was represen ted by a heavy grey or " pyle," while Harrishurg entered a grey duck wing. In this round the bird from this city was declared the winner. In both rounds 1$ inch heels were used. Anethor match is being arranged for Saturday next. Important Postal Kegnlatlens. The following general order was issued by tbe posteffice department en Monday. ".Postal cards and prepaid letters te be forwarded a requested." " Prepaid letters shall be forwarded from one posteffice te another at the re quest of the party addressed, without ad ditional charge for postage." " All letters upon which ene full rate of postage has been prepaid and all postal cards shall be forwarded from the office te which they are addressed te any ether office, at the request of the person ad dressed, or of the party whose card may be upon the envelope, or whose name may be signed te the postal card, without additional charge of postage. Such for warding must be continued until the party addressed is reached." Advertising tbe Circus. The first advertising car of Ferepaugh's circus which appears here en April 25 th, arrived in town lrem Philadelphia at 9:40 this morning and was run en the siding at the Pennsylvania freight depot.' M. Ceyle is superintendent of the car and he has twelve assistants. Te-day they are billing the town and te morrow will go te the country. Car Ne. 2 passed through te Harrishurg en the 10:10 train. Organization et the Water Committee. Last evening the new water committee held a meeting and organized. Mayer MocGenigle is chairman of the cemmittee ex officio. Byren J. Brown was elected clerk, Wm. J. Stehman, engineer and William Bergcr assistant. The new com mittee will visit the water works en Tues day. Fnneral et Dr. Boyd. The funeral of Dr. J. O. Boyd will take place te-morrow morning. The body will arrive from Steelton at 8:10 and will be taken te St. Mary's church, where it can fA tATiA1 lhn naMtiAae will Via 1tulj-1 A aW TlunvUl aUU OOlTlbUO TV AAA UO UOiU tV V o'clock in the chureh and the interment win ee maae in be. Mary's cemetery. THE BLACK H0BSE. A VERY OLD HOTEL DlbHANTLfcD. Seme Interesting Account et lc and its Pro prietors and Uuests A New Hand ing te Take its Place. The Black Herse hotel, Ne. North Queen street, one of the eldest tavern stands in the eity, has been vacated, and will very seen be tern down, te make room for a new building te be used for mercantile purposes by its present owner, Mr. A. C. Kepler. There is a tradition that the Black Herse was a tavern staud prier te the Revolutionary war, when a narrow strip of country along the Atlantic coast, ex tending from Bosten te the Savannah river and cast of the Alleghenies, was known as the British colonies, and everything west of the mountains was an unexpleied wil derness, inhabited by many tribes of Indians. However this may be, the eldest inhabitant new living has no recollection of the tirae when the " Black Herse " was net in existence. Seme of the old denizens whom we have interviewed can remember when Abra ham Ditlow kept the place, and when Grabill Diller kept it, and when Mr. Bach man, the father of Mrs. Judge Champneys was proprietor, mere than half a century age, but their recollection of dates and incidents is a little misty. Jehn Kauifman, a man of fine physique and a jovial whole-seuled, clever fellow, came from Lititz about 1832, and leased Michael's hotel for a term of five years. At the end of ene year, however, Mr. Michael rued bargain, and paid Kauri mau a bonus te move out. KaurTman took the Western hotel, corner of Orange and Walnut strcets, kept it for several years, and in 1S38, removed te the Black Herse which had been purchased for his wife by her trustees. He kept the hotel and had a geed run of trade until 1844 when he died. His widow continued te keep the place until 1852, when she sold it and re tired te rfrivate life. Abraham Ilostetter was the purchaser and took charge of the hotel in 1852. Dur iug his ownership he added a fourth-story te the front and back building, greatly enlarging its accommodations, and when the stabling w.is destroyed by fire in 1858, he rebuilt it en au enlarged and improved scale. The hotel was a headquarters for drovers and cattle dealers. Hostetter was a genuine Lancaster county Dutchman, rather illiterate, but shrewd aud business like where dellais and coats were con cerned. Hundreds of funny stories are yet told about him and his odd sayings and doings. lie ran the hotel uutil 185S or '50, when he leased it te Reuben Jehns, his son-in-law, who kept it only about two years, and then retired te pri vaeo life, and is new farming near Earl ville. Mr. flostetter sold the preparty te Abram Bard, David Shultz and Ilemy Ferney, who after holding it for a very short tirae conveyed it te Jehn Shaeffcr, who leascd it te Geerge Herting, a land lord of considerable experience, who had kept tavern at Reamstown, Hinkletown, Snaderville, and at the cerner of North Queen and Lemen streets, this city, before he took charge of the Black Herse. He was a geed landlord and did a geed busi ness his lease commencing about 18G1, em bracing the period of the rebellion, and terminating iu 18C7. On leaving the Black Herse he removed te the Franklin house, which he kapt for several years, then re moved te the Keystone house and finally retired te private life and died in 187C. Chambers Yundt, Mr. Herting's son in law was the next landlord of the Black Herse and kept it from 1807 te 1870. Chambers was a jelly geed fellow, fend of geed living and geed company, aud would rather spend money than put himself te the tieublc of makiug it lie had hosts of friends tee many for his own geed, and at the end of three years he get tired of the Black Herse and quit. He died several years age. Mr. Sbaeffer, the owner of the property sold rt te Abraham Russell and Mr. Rus sell sold it te Jesse Lutz of Reinhold's station. Mr. Lutz put his seu in charge of the hotel, but he kept it les.s than a year when he tee retired. Henry S. Kauifman, as genial aud ac commedating a landleid -.tsever welcomed a guest te a geed meal, was the next proprietor of tbe Black Herse, which he kept from 1871 until 1877. He was a corpulent, rosy faced, geed natured man and a great favorite with all his guests. On leaving the hotel ha removed te oue of Mr. Demuth's houses ou Seuth Queen j S'jli'ui uuu mturnuiua ki:ji a jirivau; i bearding neuse :n the ixoirauge Dunning, East King street, corner of Christian, and afterwards in the Pennock property, cer ner of North Queen and Lmeu sheets, where he died in 1881. It m ty be noted as a singular incident that he and the late David Shultz, who were very warm ftiends, had made au agreement that wheu cither of them should die the sur viver should attend the funeral ; but it se happened that both of them lay dead at the same time. When Mr. Kauffmau moved out of the Black Herse Jehn Slough and his sons, Frank aud Jehn, jr., moved iu. Frank was proprietor and ran the hotel for thrce years, when his brother Jehn was asso ciated with him for a year, and finally sue cecded him as proprietor, Frank removing aud taking charge of the Serrel Herse hotel en West King street. Jehn remained in charge of the Black Herse uutil a few days age, when Mr. A. C. Kepler having purchased the property, he moved out an'l new lives private, aud the Black Herse, whose ho3prtabie doers for a century or mere were never closed against the stranger or traveler, is new dismantled and will seen be demolished te make room for one of the largest and handsomest mercantile houses en North Queen street. A world of incident and anecdote might be narrated of the landlords and guests cf this ancient hostelry. Among its old time guests were E. C. Darlington, the veteran editor et the Examiner; Jvrauk.IIeckerr, ene of the former proprietors of the same paper ; Jac. M. Marks, late of Lane's ster, ene of the best story tellers in the city ; Christ. Iluber, a printer and one of the California pioncers of 1849 ; Frank Car penter, the wag and joker ; and Abraham Bard, who for the last 24 years has been a boarder there, and who only left the place when landlord, clerks, waiters and cham bermaids deserted it. Fer twenty four years, and under no less than seven differ ent landlords, Mr. Bard occupied the same room, and during that time paid about $5,000 for beaid but he says he get the worth of hi3 money. He has new secured eomfertablo quarters at the Franklin house. Mr. A. C Kepler, who new owns the property, will erect a fine three-story building with a front of similar design with the adjoining building new owned and occupied by him. There will be two fine store rooms en the ground fleer, one et them 71 feet and the ethfr 117 fe-et in length. The old arched wagon drive will be closed, and a front stairway will be built te lead te the upper stories of the present Kepler building and the new eue. The second fleer of the new building will be a single large-hall, and the upper fleer divider? into smaller rooms. On the rear of the let will be built a large two-story brick waicheuse. 108 feet iu length by 21 feet, 1 inch iu width. The plans aud specifications of the new buildings have becu made, the work put under contract, and in a very few weeks the Black Herse building will be a thing of the past, and upon its ruins will rise a handseme struc ture better suited te the wants and taste of this progressive age. Sale et Horses. Samuel Hess & Sen, auctioneers, yes terday told at the Merrimac heuss, for Geerge Gressman, 22 head of Illiueis :iml Canada horses at au avcragu p.. of 238.40 per head. uap t-;V9. items et Interest Frem the Went Kuil. The Strohl family, consisting of father and seveu children, four girls aud thrce boys, whose reputation as musical artists stands high, gave a delightful entertain ment in Masonic hall at Christiana, en Monday evening last. They were greeted by a large and appreciative audience In musical talent and variety they are superior te the McGibeny family. Master Charles, Mamie and little Esther, whose years scarce number eight, elicited round after round of applause The new safe of the Gap national bank was received en Saturday, and after con siderabe labor placed in the bank building. It rs a large and spleudid piece of furni ture, and was built by the Hellar lock and safe company of Yerk? Pa., especially te order, being tin first ene of the kind built by them This safe weighs five tens and measures six feet iu height, four in width and about the tume in depth. It is fire and burglar proof withiu itself, haviug four half inch plates of steel in the doers, and is most conveniently constructed. The bank is doing a very geed business at present, and all future, prospects are bright and encouraging. Notes et the Koreugh. The most of the public schools iu this immediate neighborhood have closed fei the term. The scholars of the Oap sec ondary school kindly remembered their teacher, Miss Hoekie C. Slay maker, by presenting te l.er en the bust day of the school a handsome autograph album. Jehn Kurtz, of the White Herse, luft for Kentucky en Thursday, where he will engage in farming. He took with him his family aud several carloads of live stock. Henry Fex has enlarge his clothing stere and is making preparations te open a restaurant in the room adjoining.. The erection of a telephoue line from the Gap Western Union telegraph effice te Spirugville via White Herso is in contem plation. Jeseph D. Hassen, aged 57, after a long illness, died at his late rcsidence in Rising Sun, en last Tuesday. His funeral took place en Friday. Mr. Hassen was a staunch Democrat and a geed citizen. Jeseph Baker has bought out II. B. Herahey's produce business. He has geno te Chester. Miss Beckie C. Slaymaker will open a subscription school iu the Gap ueKt week. There were very few changes in this neighborhood this spring. The wheat crop is exceedingly tine in this neighborhood. The farmers have begun te plow. A BRIDE'S P1CKDIUA1UKNT. Oeherted by Iter Uimbaud en a l't.iiii)lt.iiilit ltallread Train. ll'.iulslmrtf Patriot. Yesterday neon as the train freia the east stepped at Lancaster, a buxom damsel entered the cais and took a seat. Shu had a ticket for this city, but as seen as the train started die evidenced sigiu of nervousness. There was something wrong. She looked like a througligeer, had plenty of "halm of youth " scattered ever her rather rough features and a bettle of " white rose" perfumed her person. Sim was net long in making herself known. She was a bride of but a few hours. At Lancaster her husband, who married her it appeals because of a fear of the law, bought two tickets. He placed her ou the cars at the same time sayrng he would go into the smoking car. It isu't at all ens ens tematy for a groom te shake his bride se seen after the tying of the connubial knot, -but that was just what happened in thi3 case. The woman was ap pfcheusive of his leaving her. When the conductor came around she inquired if such a mau as she described her hu i band te be was iu the smoking car, and receiving a negative answer she made a personal inspection as the tiain reached Landisville. She was very iudignant at net fiudiug him, -aud accordingly made much amuscinuut fi- Urn passengers. At Mt. Jey she left the tiain thoroughly dis gusted with her utddicg trip and with a determination te leuirn te Lancaster and make her husbaud again come te time. Inspecting the JHre Department. Yesterday afternoon the lire cemmittee of councils visited engine house Nes. 1 aud 4, and the tiuck house. They in spected Ne. 4 house, which was leccntly purchased by the ci.y, for the purpose of ascertaining whether loom could be m idj there ler the true by erecting an a ldi ldi tien te the building. Noactien was t rken iu the matter. The hese cart of this com pany was ordered te be lehoeped. Eugine Ne. 1 was found te be iu rather bad con ditien, but no action was taken in regaid as there is a petition new before ceuucil.s asking for thu rumeval et the engine te the western part of the town. After visiting the above heuse the com cem cem mitteo met in Centre Square aud requested the chief te call out the department. The key was placed iu box IS, and iu three minutes Ne. 1 was iu the squate closely followed by Nes. 2 and 3. Ne 4 was somewhat later. The men knew nothing whatever concerning the alarm until it was struck, aud the tint': made was goon, considering the distance tint thiee el them have te travel. The committee eideicd the chief engi neer te call out the department whenevu lm deBtnid it necessary, te see that they are efficient and at their pints. The men are net te In informed of the time when they shall be called, but it will b a' times wheu they least expect it. rUK NATIONAL uDAUU. A New Mlntae Company Being Organized. Communications hive been received by these interested in the formation or a military company in the city of Lanca-ter from the military authorities of the statu, which give the asauance that the- com. pany will be n-eeived and assigned a placi in the national guard of I'enn'a as "een as the organization is completed. An in specting officer will h: scnthcie te muster them in and enablf tbe company te receive its arms and accoutrements and all things necessary for its complete equipment. Composed, as this organization is, el some of the best and steadiest young me.i iu the city, ail eagei aud enthusiastic iu ler ward ing its interests, and already pieficirut in the school of the company, it premises te be a success and a gr: it cred'.t te L mean ter. The company will meet at ExccNier hall en Thursday evening, and all persons desiring te join sheu'd tepert ou that evening. OlfUUAKV. Kev. Edwin K. Itewer. O. U., Ilean et Lin coln University. Rev. EJwiu It. Bewer, D.D., dean of Lincoln university and a widely known divine of the Pnnbyteriau church, died en Saturday evening of congestion of the brain after a short illness. Kev. Dr. Uewer was a native of Lancas ter county. He waa a graduate of Piiucet 'i c.illegc and took the first honor iu his diss He was also a graduate of Princeton theological seminary. Fer many years he was pastor of the P.oby P.eby teriau chinch at Springfield, Ohie. Ile was called from that charge te Lincoln university, where for fifteen years lm filled the chair of the Jehn C. Baldv.iu professorship of theology, professor of the connection between scienca and religion and dean of Lincoln university. Mayer's Circus. This'merning all the parties before the mayor were bums and they were allowed te go their ways.