BS e J-f LAOASTEE'DAIIiY MNT3LLIGENC0BB MONDAY JUNE 11. 1883. ILancastet f ntelltgetuxr. itONDAY EVENING. JUNE 11. 1883. Oar Kavy Yards. mh nmmissieii which has been iuves. Heating tbe condition, ability and cost JW manv navv yards we sustain, has reported te tbe secretary of tbe navy and has made radical recommendations towards tbe reduction of tha number of yards and tbe cost of maintaining these which it thinks should be kept. The yards at San Francisce, Norfolk and New Yerk, it advises te be retained and improved. These at Pensacola and New Londen it recommends te be abolished. The Portsmouth, New Hampshire, yard, there is a diversity of opinion about, ftm nf Mm members thinking it should be abandoned, while ethers think it should be maintained for the present as a repair yard for wooden vessels. The Bosten yard the commission unanimous ly think should be retained, but some of tbe members, :is we understand the report, consider that it should only be actively operated during uuira ui .. The League Island yard, it is thought, should net be kept open en its present plan, as an ordinary navy yard. The commission think that it should un rv,nrie in til n irreat vard for the construction of iron vessels, but that unless it is determined te fit it upjfer that purpose, there will be no ad vantage te the country in establishing it, inasmuch as we are mere than suffi ciently supplied already with yards of ordinary capacity and-resources. The report seems te have been well considered and its recommendations sound sensibly. The concentration of the government work into a few yards would be ad vantageeiis in an economical view, and probably the one navy yard en the Pacific at Mara island and the one en the Atlantic at Portsmouth, Virginia, with a great iron ship building yard at League island would suffice for our needs. Certainly the two yards would meet all our present requirements, for we de net seem te require much of a navy. If we should ever again go te war there would be an elegant time of profit for private ship building yards. Per haps it would cost tin-, government less te pay such profits when it needs ships than te build a great establishment of its e;mi te create in time of peace the ships that it will need in war. It de pends much upon the likelihood of war whether it will come, in ten yeais or a hundred. When it comes, however, the ships will be easier get than Hie men and officers te man them. Our merchant maiine is net .strong enough te supply them. What the country needs as its best preparations for war are great Meets or merchant vessels flying our fUg ; the creation of such is in the power of Cen gress, and it should be done as the best means of preparing in peace for war. The Mfkcrsi.it E. inure Sel Aside. The decision el Judge Thayer, setting aside the divorce or Majer Nicknrsen because it was procured by fraud, was a terse presentation of the, facts of the case and a merciless summing up of t he evils which are possible under the laws of thi3 state. Here was a man who sent his wife and child te Eure;?, parting from them in New Yerk in the most affectionate manner, without t he slighted suggestion en the pari of either that the marriage tiu was galling in the least. He continued te write te her until about a year age. and sent her money even much later. Having secured a nominal residence in Philadelphia he entered suit, for divorce, charging de.vrlien, and ac cording te law, gave notice by publici tien, and in due reui'su of time the di vercc was granted, when he married auether woman". When his wife diseev ered,te her astonishment, that she had been divorced she returned and entered suit for setting aside t he decree upon the ground of fraud. This has just been done and the guilty officer is en the way te dismissal from the army and eon sequent disgrace. Judge Thayer, in his opinion setting aside the divorce, cinphu'ii'.1.- the defer.! a of the law providing for notice, and the opportunities it affords for tin p.-rpelr.i tien of f i and. lie makes the practical suggestion that personal service upon the defendant, and return by l be legal efiicei should be required in nil eases, thus rendering it certain that no such frauds ns the one almost, successfully carried out would be possible. Tnat something must be done te remove the reproach at taching te our existing divorce laws is plain enough. They are, new se Ioeec and decrees have become se cheap under their operation that Indiana, Illinois and ether Western states, which formerly had almost a monopoly of the business, have new lest it and Pennsylvania has become one of the great divorce centres of the country. A few such cases as the one under consideration will cause the people of the state te demand the correction of this gross abuse. The only regret is that the Legislature,' which has just adjourned, did net take up the, work work se that the state might net bft exposed two years mere te the danger and le preach possible under existing laws. lynchers te get into the barricaded .Jail a posse ceuM lfa?wi,'0?f9leftte drive off the law breaWrs. evtf betas, they perstated'ifin muier&g enjfcliel were helpless ana wnustj.tKwe.i'c ivm justice there was'noreasenjtfprebend. m m Afteb many years the dust of Jehn Heward Payne is at last at " Heme, Sweet Heme." When it comes te down right lawless ness Iowa can give any Southern state points. TnE adoption of" metallic red " as the color for the new letter stamp, does net take. The postal authorities could net have done better than te have adopted the color and changed the denomination of the present three-cent stamp, it is a beauty. Tue Philadelphia Times kindly informs the Republicans of the state that the la dependent and Stalwart bosses have agreed en Jereme 1J. Niles for state treasurer and Jehn J. Ridgcway for auditor general with Senater Lee likely te succeed Senater Cooper as state chairman. Eneineek Melville, who became in velved in a disgraceful quarrel with his wife, immediately en his return from the ill btarred Jeannette expedition, has just written a letter of the most disgusting character concerning his wife and his manied life. It is well that something mere than words are necessary te consti tute conduct unbecoming an officer or a gentleman, as he would seen find himself dismissed from the navy. His desire for notoriety has apparently overcemo all his sense ofprepiiety. a mgujn KAtcefc vetratfE mvkqek. h li fc jr rrr ;,...- ana nen huuhii. j ? . j v the Transgressor. Vincenne?, Ind., D.'spatcli te Hie Press. Charles Pollack went home Saturday night in a state of intoxication and took the life of his beautiful young wife, te g-!-- New Yerfr.-.fcM.rBnSiid snewwater .. iII' ( ir- 'yii mnl let iw. iae-mae bmkv"""! Tin: Press has suffered from another leak in its "special cable " service and te day abandons the publication of the Spur Spur geeu sermon and substitutes Bcecher's because it is found that the Chicago Tri bune gets an early copy of the Press and has tlie soimen telegraphed out te it from Philadelphia, se as te print it the same time with the Inter-Ocean, which was a pattm-i- of the Press in the entcrprise but. get no special benefit from it, as the cheaper method of the Tribune seemed te be better appreciated than the expensive outlay or the Inter- Ocean and the Press. It seems tbat Chicago i evon wickeder than Philadelphia. The sketch of the Scotch Irish Presby terian? by Mrs Neviu, recently repub lished in the Intelligence!!, is fitly supplemented by the local accounts printed te-day of two interesting epochs in the current history of Presbyteiianisrn in this county. This olemeut has made a very large share of our local hist lry, ami there are no mere interesting phases of Presbytcriauism within its limits than the pastorates of Rev. Lhidley C. Rutter and Rev. Calvin W. Stewart, f. I). The former covered a span of forty years ami the latter has already, reached twenty rive, and bids fair te be long extended. Beth ccercis.'d an influence far beyond their own congregations and en the whole social development of their communities Ex oreisoi, therefore, which had te some ox ex tent the character of a commemoration of Mr. Ratter's pastoral services and a ccle bratien of Dr. Stewart's faithful ministry for a quarter of a eeutury have an interest far bojend tlie contlues of their cengiv.41 tieus. whom he wasjmt recently wedded, and a few minutes afterward killed himself. When Pollack reached home after an evening spent in haid drinking, his mother opened the deer te let him in and he threw his arms around her neck and kissed her affectionately and, with much emotion, said : " Geed bye, mamma ; I am going away," "and then he went te the bedside of his aged lather, who was asleep, ana woke him, saying : " Geed bye, father ; I am going away." but the old gentleman, having been addressed that way by Lis son many times befere, took no heed, -and told his son te se off te bed and quit his foolishness. Pollack proceeded upstairs and went te bed with hiswife. He talked te her very affectionately, and embraced and kissed her. He had been in bed per haps ten minutes when Mrs. Ress, a sister of Charley and who was in the room just across the hall, heard Mrs. Pollack say in frightened tones : Oh, Charley, don't, don't de it," and then came instantly tue report ei u re volver, and Mr. Pollack rushed into the hall with a terrific scream and fell te the fleer. Before Mrs. Ress could reach her brother's bedside a second shot was lircd. She saw her brother had killed himself, and going te Mrs. Pollack found her lying in a peel of bleed and breathing her last. Pollack shot his wife while she lay in his arms, as the first shot he tired passed through the fleshy part of ene of his arms and panetrated her head. He thou placed the revolver te his side and shot himself. Neither ever spoke a word, bath dying with scarcely a groan. Mrs. Pollack was but 18 years old and was ene of the most beautiful and amiable women in the city. Pollack loved her very much and talked constantly of her beauty, her sweetness, her irentlencss and her devotion te him. Suicide seems te be a mania with the childreu of Mr. and Mrs. Jeseph Pollack, ene of their sons having twice tried te hang himself, one te sheet himself aud one te bleed himself te death. Anether, a daughter, attempted suicide by poison. Utliur Kncetit Suicides. A young man named Pritchard, son of a farmer who lives a few miles from Oil City, was feuud dead in the barn hauging by the neck. He was apparently in geed spirits, aud the family cannot account for the suicide. Jehn lieurie, 30 years eiage, a barber residing in Frankford, commit ted suicide yesterday morning by cutting his threat with a razor. It is' said his mind had been affected for sorae time. Lionel Harris, who was committed te the Camden 03unty jail about iive days age for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, attempted suicide, by cutting his threat with a razor, which had been given te ene of the ether prisoners with which te ishave himself, and which had been laid down by him for a moment. is grain warehouse of- DengiijM, Stewart & Ferrest, in Chicagaw'"br8d- -en Saturday morning;- Lpss.StqafWThe clothing house of WilleaghbT.-HUl 8s Ce., in Chicago, wasldamagipd.-byeni en Saturday merniug'befbre' daylight. - The insurance men sav the less will net exceed $20,000 ; the firm say it will reach $70,000 The Merrimac flouring mill eighteen miles frm St. Lenis, was burned en Friday night. Less. $30,000. - - The Ka;e or epidemics. The national beard of health is in formed that there were 18 deaths from yellow fever in Havana during the month of May. The disease, at last accounts, was slowly spreading along the wharves, and merchant vessels moored near the military hospital had been invaded by it. Thirty-two deaths from yellow fever were reported in Havana last week. An epi demic of chelerine is .reported te ba preva lent en the island of Trinidad, in the West Indies. The sufferers are attacked with severe vemitin? and prostration, but the daath rate is net large. A disease broke out en Friday among a let of cattle ship ped from Montreal for Englaud by the steamship Bristel. Bv the tim8 the steamer reached Quebec 37 of the cattle had died, but the vessel exchanged and proceeded te sea. -,s v CffiMHKEN'SJJAJ. W j er h pilots CAUfcTS USDKBAKttESr. MAIL. F.WS. The second Star Reute trial, which has new been in progress something mere than six months, will probably be given te the jury te morrow. Mr. Merrick's merciless arraignment of the gang of thieves who conspired te cheat the government in the most important branch of service, has fixed public atten tien upon them as it was never centred before. He has met the denunciations of the conspirators themselves, the sophis tries of Ingersoll and the interruptions of the numberless counsel with such ability aud readiness, that whatever the verdict e the jury maybe, the country has made up its mind that they are guilty. lu any section of the country accustomed te bring culprits te prison there would be little doubt of the result; in Washington, where the atmosphere seem3 tainted with villainy, the issue is in grave doubt. PERSONAL,. Jay Geri.n has tried his yacht and it suits. Mlle. Maiiie Litta, the prima deunh, who has been very sick in Bloemiugtnu, III., is bolievcd te be new out of danger Jehn C. Stetson, of Bosten, and James II. Mead, of Chicige. will build atheai.re in the latter city en th-j plan of the New Yerk casino. Vinnii: Ream Hexik, the noted ssulp tress, lejoices in being a mother, her first baby having been born last Thursday in Washington. Senatek Jenes, of Flerida, visiting Enrope, was ;;ivcii a banquet an Saturday by Fariu-U and ether Irish mambeni of Parliament. Mn. Hendkicks denies the allegation that the personal and social relations be tween him and Mr. Tilden wcre ever any thing but pleasant and satisfactory. Coveknek Butler and staff will atteud the commencement exereises of Williams cel lege, at. Williauistewu, Massachusetts, en July 1th. This college made him an honorary doctor of laws in 1804. ITe will also attend the centennial celebration of Phillip"' academy en the 20th inst. Tims. Hakueman, jr., S. II. Buck, Duncan F. Kunnnr, Jehn V. Moere, R. M. P.itten. S. Ilcriifihein, W. B. Schmi.lt, F. C. Moorhead, Gus. A. Breaux, A. Baldwin, E. M. Hudsen and E. Richardson have been appointed by the president. United Ssates commissioners te the World's Industrial and Cotten exposition at Louisville. Alueiit Weiieu, .in., son and heir of tlie great piano maker, has gene the way of the fast. His checks were unhoneied, he led a gay life, leaned money right aud left, neglected his piano business for the society of opera singers, invested in ad vertising papers and comic operas and was often se hard piessed that he wae compelled te borrow money of his theatri cal frieeds. Rev. Du. Wm. M. Paxton, of New Yerk, has leudered his resignation as pas ter of the First Presbyterian church, te take the chair of ecclesiastical, herailet ical aud pastoral theology in Princeteu theological seminary recently made vacant by the resignation of the Rw. Dr. A. T. McGill. During August the pulpit will bj filled by the Rev. Dr. Henry E. Niles, of Yerk, Pa., aud by the Rav. Dr. Geerge Norciess, of Carlisle, Pa. The law abiding people of Iowa if there are any and the authorities of that state if they are wrehty of its name had ample notice that an infuriated mob was In pursuit of the Barber broth ers; andalmcs-iu the time it took the The Legislature. Wharten Jlarlcer's American. The truth is that the session, with some failures of uotable importance, has been unusually fruitful of geed legislation. It has been ou the whole fairly industrious, clean of corruption, and what is of the highest impeitance attentive te the pub lic demands. The Pennsylvania Legisla ture this time has been obliged te think of the interests of the people of Pennsylvania at lcat.tas much as of orders received from political " besses'1 or great corporations. Meritorious measures that heretofore have had no chance of r.uccess were new at ten -tentively considered, and in many instances passed, for the simple reason that in both branches a majority of members bad been reused te their duty by tbe loud call of the people last- November. The elections of 1882 in Pennsylvania were a blast en the horn of Gabriel that awakened many sleepers. Senater Bayard te Preside. NEwnenan, N. Y., June 11. Senater Themas F. Bayard has accepted the invi tation te preside at the Newburgh centen nial exercises at Washingten's' head quarters in October next, c Cuudnused Intelligence Frem Many Place. The public bills supposed te have beeu stolen from the governor's office in Bosten have been feuud. The Tewkesbury ap propriation bill has been sent te the see retary of state as having become a law without the governor's signatnie, while the Plymenth county jail bill will bi! sent te the Heuse, where a veto of it is en the table. "The lull statement el tlie nnumg of the bills," it is said, "will exonerate the governor's department. '' The grand jury at Syracuse, N. Y., has indicted Henry F. Thompson and Ralph Watkius, for grave robbery. The offence was committed in March last, when the body of ex Supervisor Hai man was taken from the cemetery at Catullus, and was found in the dissecting room of the Syra cuse medical college. Advicas from Pei t an Prineo te May 24lh report that the people of three vil lages in Hayti had rebelled, and it is bo be bo lievod that ether uprisings would fellow. There was no change in the situation at Mirageaue, the national troops and the rebel forces contenting ihinisalvvs with watching each ether. The explosion in a powder maga.iiie a!; Scutari, caused by a stroke of lightning, killed 10 soldiers and 7 civiliaus and wounded 40 soldiers and 15 civilians. A portion of the bastion fell en a bazaar which -uljeins the maga'.inr, causing great destruc ieu of property. A teh -jrara from Dalits, Texas, reports that the iattlc drive thus far this season " exceeds all expectations." vcr 20U.000 have ahead passed ever the trail that gees through, which does net iuclude moie than ha'f the number that will ba iliiveu limit the stale. The c.ase of U. S. Marshal Strebaeh was given te the jury in Montgomery, Ala , 6n Saturday afternoon. After :i few hour;' deliberation the jiuy lvtusncd a vcidiet of net guilty. Sevcial persons iiijmcd in tins Bioeklyn In ide disaster have placed their cases in the hands of an attorney for the ur.every of damages. Chester W. Chapiu, ex p:id-iit. of the Bosten & Albany raibe.vl, died yesterday in Springfield, Mass. The fiee baths in New Yerk woie used by 03,4111 men aud boys, and 12,432 women and girls Inst week. 11,953 immigrants landed in Castle Gar den, New Yerk, last week. imitiiH ui i.iiiue. At De Kalb, Miss , lat Friday niht a mob of armed men broke into thu jail te lynch a colored murderer named liedeu. They wcre utiabled te get the keys of his cell deer, and failing te break it in riddled him with bullets thieuh the bars. He fell at the first the. Jehu W. Grcen.a respected citizen of Grant county, Ky., was shot dead from an anibiuh near hi home ou Friday last. Six membars ei a family named Jump have been arrested en suspicion. While Marsh all Gargill was extinguishing street lamps in Millersburg, Ky., en Saturday night, h was shot and mortally wounded by an unknown assassin Benjamin Mcrley shot and killed his stepdaughter, Mrs. Lcella Hynes.aud thou committed suicide at Syracuse, New Yerk, en Saturday night. Family troubles were the cause. The Keutucky cmrt of ap peals, in Leuisviilc, ou Saturday reaffirmed the decision of the lower court refusing a new trial te Ellis Craft, one of the Ash land murderers " Bill " Fex, a rough who murdered W. L. Heward for money near Nevada, Missouri, a few days age, has been found guilty and sentenced te be hanged en July IS. William T. Dodsen, indicted for the murder of James Reed en April 23, was convicted iu Danville, Va., by three juries en Saturday of murder iu the second degree of attempting te burn a house te cover a murder, and of em bezzling funds of a warehnuse where he was employed. His punishment for the three crimes was fixed five, three aud two years in the penitentiary, respec tively. He seemed pleased at gcttiug off se easily. Various Calamities. A tornado passed ever a pai t of Calle way county, Missouri, last Friday night, causing much damage te property. Ne person is reported killed or injuicd. A heavy storm of wind and rain prevailed en Friday evening in portions et Illinois. At Springfield fences and barns were blown down and houses uuroefed. Along the Wabash railroad the country was flooded and much damage was done te the crops. The leak in the canal at Utica, Kxcitlng Hoeue nt the Naval Academy Grad uation Kxcrclseg. There wa3 a sceno at the uaval academy graduation at Annapolis Saturday morn ing that was never witnessed at that insti tution, nor ever probably excelled iu dramatic interest iu any commencement exercises. The cadets had listened with great interest and applauded te the eche the address or Mr. Mills te the graduates, aud especially these points that severely criticised, by implication, the conduct of cadets iu cheering aud groaning their fel lows against regulations. Then Captain Ramsey, superintendaut of the academy, arese te deliver the diplomas. Behind, seated en the platform, were Dr. Leavitt, presideut of St. Jehu's col cel col lege ; members of the beard of visitors, members of the academy beard, and a number of ladies. Captain Ramsay steed with his cocked bat in baud and iu full uniform, and looked straight forward into the audience His lips wcre seen te move, but few of the spectators heard what he said. The name of S. David Greene, jr., honor man of the class, wa3 called. As Cadet Greene stepped forward te receive his di plenia a number ei caue.ts oreko into cheers, the usual ceursa en commence ment day when a faverite steps te the front te lecoive testimony of his gradua tien. In au iuslaut the bright aud cheery sccne wa changed : Captain Ramsay's connlcnauee lowered, aud, in a voice broken by auger, he said : " Yeu i,hew your insubordination and attempt te disgrace yourselves and the naval academy befere the eyes of the cenutrv : these who applauded, march te the front ; " and then.te the astenifchmeut of the spectators, twenty cadets steed before the irate Mtpariiitendent, who said te Lieutenant Greene, who who followed them : " Take them te the Sautee uutil further oiders." Several of the convicted cadets' pareuts wcre present and saw their sons marched off te prison, and nobody seemed te knew the reaseu. The line was composed of Cadets Glaseecks Gray and Webster, of the graduating eluss; Cadets McKay, O'Malley, Crisp, McKean, Jenes (II. B.), Jenes (II. W.), Bcecker, of firt class cadets; Jacob.!. Warlield, DeKrafr, Fen Fen ten, of the second class cadets; Wiurew, Griswold, Dedd, Jenkins and Breed, of itiBnjtAx.jrBvaKBek BltSUS t&ussR F WiyFiiMaiaijiiiieBt KeieglTe Mead-. rag, tcecitaeeni ana nne-a -Beaatiral Institution. In accordance with a custom established in the Methodist Episcopal church ten years age, yesterday was celebrated as Children's day in all the churches of that denomination of Christians in the United SEaEes. The children are" gathered into the church from the highways aud by ways. Each little one, however peer, has its bunch of roses. The sermon is the simple story of Jesus, told te them ; the pray era are for them ; the' musie is only the hymns going in their sweet, untaught voices up te neaven. uemmenimg upon the custom and felicy of 'these churches which instruct and specially care for the children the New Yerk Tribune says : "They are taught that they are an actual acting part of the church, that they are only the younger sons of the Heavenly Father, the little ones whom He takes into His arms and carries where He will; that they, tee, have semething te de for Him, like these children age's age whose palms thrown in His way are net yet faded, and whose feeble hosannas still echo in the world. It is net the children only that are helped by this most beauti ful of all religious festivals, but, probably, still mere, their fathers and mothers. The peer drunken pauper who never enters a church deer throughout the year will creep into the back pews te see bis little girl go in with her clean dress and bright shining face and hunch of roses, and te hear her voice in the hymns. The religion in which his child beheves, and wuien makes ner nappy, win be true te him, and the story of Christ told te her te-day will have a new mean ing for him. It is the little child that leads us all. It is the child, tee, as we all knew, that leads the future man through his life against all ether influences against reason itself. Ne force of public opinion, no argument, no convictien'even iu the adult man's own miud can de away with the impressions and faith of child hood If, then, Christian churches wish te establish Christianity mere securely in the world forty years hence, they should devote mere time te the training of their children in a firm faith in Christ." - Sunday's Lecal Celebration. In this city the services took place in the Duke street M. E. Church, aud were of a highly interesting character. The pulpit was removed from the platform and the pulpit receas and chancel were transformed for the time into a bower of beauty. Very large and luxuriant orange and lemon trees, laden with fruits, pomegranite,fig and ether scriptural trees, together with a gorgeous and elegantly arranged assortment of rare tropical and ether foliage and flowering plants, made the platform and chancel a veritable garden and orchard. The church was crowded te its utmost capacity and many left the doers who were unable te uainfadmittauce. Theservice was in printed form, pro pre pared by Rev. J. W. Sanborn, and pub lished by C. E. Brinkworth, Buffalo, N. Y. It consisted of music, respousive readings, recitations, class exercises, &c, wherein were introduced the names and characteristics of the mere prominent trees and fruits mentioned in the scrip tures, and their natural qualities wcre shown te be tvpical of certain spiritual conditions the cedar beingthe emblem of grandeur aud clery ; the pilm, majestic & $& cooper- ia LTJMBIA NEWS- flhe baridi. Tuesday, Jum 2 fiLv... 1LJ?,,T3 -indtrReynefds, M ? TfiiMlTa aETES Luzerne for I In If Vic w9Tnselvedb MM an informal " amrr iwrvHA wswr!e " nf nkt efv ear irmba weeds. members efthe bar da. Tuesday, Ju: aaal.WndT?8?ffiiReynelds.iJr. li Z Wilsen, B. F. Eshleman'and A. J. Kauffi man were appointed a-commiuee te fix tbe'place and make all necessary arrange meats. of THE SMALL FOX. VIZ the ihild class. Diplomas were then handed te the remaining graduates in fu fu nereal silenc.?, the .situation being painful aud gloomy. This' ever, all the cadets wcre marched out te the new quarters, where they wcre dismissed. Then it was discovered that the first weids Captain Ramsey had spoken were tbat theic should be no applauding, aud the unfertunate cadets, like nearly all the audience, had net hcaid it. OUicers aud cadets crowded areuud the superintend ent aud represented the situation, aud Captain Ramsay leletited aud ordered theso who had had net heard the e roots rcleaFO:!. Iu an hour the cadets were ouce mero at liberty. Mrfcsrs. Glascock, Gray ainl Webster, of the graduates, weie also given their diplomas. Orders of graduates detach them from the academy and send them te their homes. Cadets say the reason why Captain Ramsay did net want any applauding was thattliore were several el his " speanias," as the cadets call soma of their fellows who stand by the captain, in the graduat ing class, who would have been maiked by a disapproving silence. yvi:i.l i'i,E,vsi:i. Willi tlie KiilglilH Temjilar Uereptlen. Keystone, MosenM Orumi. The :50th annual ceuclave of the grand cemmandery of Pennsylvania,, was held in the city of inacaster ou May 29 aud e0, 1833 Luicastur is one of the eldest cities li our state anu lameu ler uiu enterprise, aud stately, represents constancy, fruit fulness in geed works, patieuce iu tribula tien and final victory ; the fig tree typifies prosperity ; the pomegranite, ornament aud lefreshment ; the almond, hoary age; the alee, the fragrance of gladness ; the hyssop, the type of purification ; the olive, of luxury and iest ; the wormwood, tbe gall of bitterness and sorrow ; the rush, or reed, signifies weakness, a3 the cedar, the grandest aud statoliest of tires, is the type of the strength of Christ, thu tice of life. Tlie Kxercises. Tlie programme in brief was as fob lows : Tiiere was an ergau voluntary followed by the hymn by the choir aud congrega tion, commencing, " Sew iu the morn ihy seed." This was followed by a responsive reading, conducted by Mr. B. F. bhenk, superintendent of the Duke street school, the responses being by the pupils. The lessen consisted entirely of scriptural quo tations", the leading thought being that te theso who walk in the statutes of the Lord aud keep his commandments, the land shall yield her iucroase and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Thistesseu was followed by a prayer by Rav. Wm. Powick, of the West Missieu, and a brief explana tory address by Rev. J. T. Satehell, pastor of the Duke street church. The hymn commencing, "My faith leeks up te thee," was snug by the choir and school, and thou followed the first recitation by Herry Spencer, being a description of the cedar tree tbe king of trees and a uotice of its spiritual significance. Reci tatiuu Ne. 2, by a member of the We-t Mission school, mentioned Jehn Knox, I Martin Luther aud Jehn Wesley.as goodly k ccdais. After a responsive exercise be- ' i urnAii tlin cMinel mill tlin Kiiiitrint.p.n1itit. Twenty-Six Cases anil four Heaths. Since the smallpox first made its ap pearance in the Lancaster county prison, there have been sixteen cases there, of whom two died. Outside the prison there have been eleveu cases reported by physi-, cians te the beard of health, nf whom two have died, Charles D. Carr, Ne. 330 West King street, en the 4iu.lrist5 aud hisl sister Katie, " esterdayl 'All' the case's; eutside the prison are directly traceable te the cases iu the prison. Carr was com mittedte the prison for a trilling etfeucj, ' contracted the disease, was discharged en habeas, corpus, and' after suffering ler? some time uieu. ms sistec ivaiie, wmt. nursed him, took the diseascTand she also" died yesterday as stated. Her sister Annie, and her .brother Jehn, ero new down with! the disease Annie's case, we are told, being a very sovere ene'. The ether cases iu the city are the Procter family, colored, ou Locust alley. Theio are four cases, of whom ene who con tracted the disease iu jail is convalescent, and the ethers are getting along fairly ; Philip Smith, a boarder with Mrs. Ray mond, 352 East Orauge street, took the disease from association with a discharged prisoner, and Mrs. Raymond took it from him. Beth are getting along fairly. Mr. Sweuk, the moral instructor at the prison and pour house and bs son are saul te be suffering with the disease, but the state ment is denied by Mr. Burkhnldcr, keeper of the prison. There are new only three cases in the jail (or rather in Bummer's hall, a building de-, tached from the jail, but within the jail yard walls,) and all theso cases aie said te be convalescent. It will thus be seen that the disease has been kept confined te the jail in which it oiiyi eiiyi nated and te the-few families who con tracted it from association with prisoners. Members of the beard of health and phy sicians witn wnem we nave consulted state that every precaution has been and is being taken te prevent the spread of the disease. The "red Hag" has net beu hung out as yet, because the disease has net iu any kuewn instance spread beyond the walls iu which the disease originated. Vaccination, cleanliuess of persons, and tidyucss of premises, together with a free use of disinfectants aie recommended as the surest means te prevent a spread of the disease. Chloride of lime and sulph uric acid combined make the ftuie3t aud safest disinfectant. Take a half peuud of chloride of lirne and dissolve it in half a gallon of water, te which add an eunce or two of sulphuiic acid, and place the disin fectant in .shallow dishes in tbe several rooms of the heir.e. Chloride of lime without the acid is a very geed disinfec tan, but net quite s-e strong. Care must be used net te let it corae in contact with carpets, clothing, bsddiug, &c, as it wilt fade and blacken them. Carbolic acid, cop cep cop peras, slacked lime, and various ether substances are geed disinfectants, but net equal te chloride of lime. The beard of health appear te be doing all they can de the very limited funds and mero limited powers ceuleircd ou them by the erdinance which created the beard. The most prominent feature of the mdi mdi nance is that the beaid shall net cost the city anything, aud that none of its mem bers shall be r.euipjns.itcd for their ser vices. There is no prevision iu the ordi erdi nandi compelling physiciaus te rep.nt te tbe beard cases of pestilential contagion ; diseases, but only births, marriages and heuce the beard ara by no means certain that there are net ether casesjef smallpox besides the 20 cases of which they 1 ave gained cognizance. An amendment te the erdinance compelling physicians and nurses torcpeit all c.iscs of contagious disease coming under their care sheu'd be passed by councils at an early day. the Susquehanna Item u and Around the llorengh tea up by the Intelli gencer Iscperter. Butcher alley requires attention. A teirible smell issued from it this merninir. The contract for the new hose tower of tkcCpIumbia fire company was awarded te Jacob iSneatb. The .Vigilant firemen threw a plank across the swollen gutter which cresses 2d street near their engine house during last night's storm, and then lighted pedes tiians across with torches. It was a geed act. Much damage was done by the heavy sternr which prcrvaped.last evening.. The aTijotsire, badly washed and encumbered inmany places with the limbs of fallen tieci. Frent street, between Locust aud Walnut, was covered with water and a number of cellars are flooded. if f. v UkaraK Matters. ' The"E. ErLtithcianfSundiy school pic nic will be held afXitltz, June 19. Heur for session of the Sunday school will be 9 a. m. ,en aud after July 1st. The ladies of the cburch'Will held a ' festival in Odd Fellows hail next Friday and Saturday evenings. The late Presbyterian festival was net much of a success financially, but was a a delightful social affair. Hereafter the Sunday school session of this church will bgfn at 9 o'clock a. m. Ofllccr WIUIgaA Uotcctlve. Officer Wittig played the detcctive last Week, and succeeded iu capturing Richard Milenc, charged with having stolen a leitety ticket. The request for the arrest of a man corresponding te the description then sent reached the efficer here last Thursday, aud the game was " bagged " en Saturday. The prisoner was taken te Middlctewn te-day by an ollice who came down from that place for the purpose. Clilniren'4 IJny. Au immense congiegatieu attended the Children's Day services in thejMethediat uiiurcli yesterday morning. The "gatea C.ASKIlM. stability and solid worth of its citizens, Upen this occasieu tlie city was ene eeu-, the joxeWy wa8 sunnr and recitation Ne --- --... . .-.-. Ill, mtfl ftftVtiirt l'lkt Air . mm rm, m " was given by Master luuue uompten, tinueus scene of life and activity. Theciti .ens vied with the Templars of Lancaster in decorating their houses and exiendiug their hospitality te all the visitors ., The Knights Templar aud citizens of Lan caster are famed for their hospitality, as none of us foiget their treatment of visiteis when the grand cemmandery met there six ears age. That treatment they at this time surpassed, for net only the Templars but ali the citizens of Inncaster vied with each ether in their courteous treatment of the visitors Along the entire route of the parade the streets were thronged with people, '.vhiie every window was occupied with spectators. The marching of the knights was ex cellent, rcceiviug much appianse as they performed their various mevements. The entire paiade was a success iu every particular. Lancaster cemmandery, Ne. J history of the almond tree, and a West 13, deserve the highest praise for their Mission bev of the pomeeranite. Miss Morcer of the Duke street school, followed fine appearance, the number of knights in line, aud their untiring efforts during the conclave for the comfort aud plcasure of their visitors The march was net tee king. The streets were iu geed con dition. The spectators enjoyed the pa gcaut, and none carried away from Lan caster anything but pleasant recollections of the thirteenth annual ceuclavc. Police Cate9. , This morning the mayor sent ene drunk I the workhouse for 31 days, aud auether for 5 days. Several ethers were discharged ou payment of costs. These included Jehn Jehnsen and William Green, colored men, who were arrested en Seuth Queen street, ou Saturday evening while drunk. Beth had lcvelvers, which they were flourishing, aud they wcre complained against before Aldermau Spurrier for carrying concealed weapons. It appears that tbe men were from the country, and while in town get ou a spree. As the alderman did net want, te send them te prison en account of smallpox, they were allowed te go en pay ment of costs. Alderman Sampson sent Jeseph Hesarth te the workheuso for being drunk and dis orderly, and discharged Jane Baumgard Baumgard neren payment of costs. Nearly J8150 a Feet Frent. Shubert & Sutten, autiencers, sold at public sale en Saturday evening, at the Keystor.e hotel, for W. E. Krider, administrator of Mary Danner, dee'd., a ene stery1 brick dwelling and let of ground situate en the north side of North Queen street. Ne. 319, te Frank Metzfelr, for $4,630. his subject being the bullrnsh or reed, the emblem of weakness. A class exci cise followed iu which several scriptural phrases, illustrating the weakness of the reed, were recited. "The ieyal banner is unfurled " was sung by the choir, school and congregation, after which was given a recitation by Gsrtie Der wait, en worm wood, the emblem of trouble. The next recitation was descriptive of the olive, the emblem of prosperity and peace. After farther responsive reading, descriptive of the spiritual significance of the olive, and the singing of the " Sweet by and by," Miss Grace Schefield recited a description of the hyssop and its spiritual significance " purification." "nis namejyields the richest perfume" was then sung, after which Master Walter Hellinger recited the with a discriptien of the fig tree and Rev. Satehell wound up the readings with an elaborate description of the palm. Responsive readings and music were in terspersed, a collection was lilted, and the ceremonies closed with tbe hymn com mencing "All hail the power of Jesus' name,' by the congregation, a gleria by the choir and the benodietiou by Rev. Satehell. Before the collection was taken up Rev. Satehell made a brief address, relating the circumstances attending the estab lishment et Children's Day and the rapidity with which it had grown in publia favor. In 1873 the collections taken up en that day in the United States aggro aggre gated only $1,490.08. In 1882 they aggro aggre gated $18,026.50. The collections in the Duke street church yesterday amounted te $23. TUE BAB ASSOCIATION. Meml-Annnal meeting of the Lawyers. The semi-annual meeting of the Lancas tcr Bar association was held this morning, the regular officers in the chair. The minutes, official reports and ether routine matters were read. The committee en legislation reported the progress of the salary bill, new in the hands efthe governor, and was continued with full power te de all things proper te make it finally a law. The committee was thanked by resolution for its energetic discharge of duty, and a resolution was passed conveying the thanks of the associ ation te the bars of Sehuylkill, Berks and A Fliie damn en S.iturilay. On Saturday afternoon a game of base bull eame oil ou the college grounds be tween the Williamsport chit) anil a picked rdue selected from players of this eitj. The visiting nine were short sevcial players and were obliged te k-jciiie four in this city. Zccher, tiie well known catclnu', of the Ironsides nine, played the same position iu his usual line siyle for the visitors, and the ether plajns were takin from tlie College club. In the picked nine wote several well-known players, who de net belong te any organized club, and tlie iumaindi'1- were memb.'r.s of the College nine. The game was called at 2:2.1, in the piesciicu of a large crowd, air! throughout it was one of the best ever seen in this city. Theic were a number of excellent plays en both .sides. The home team succeeded -in keeping the lead te the beginning of the eighth inning, when the scere steed 5 te 1 iu their favor , they failed te score any runs after that, and the visitors madt- Iivo inns. Found these were made in tin; eighth inning en errors, two men being brought home by the losing of the ball. The scere, with the number of runs and outs by i-n-h man, is given below. WILLIAM1-reitr, Zeclier, c, Little, :i!i Andrews, ).,... Dittnuir, h. h.,... Ucilly, .l.,2b,... LOIYOII, ID,-. Mcueruiiclf, i Cummin;;. I Steele, r. I.,.. I.. u. e . I 2 '.'. I i .. I :: . II 4 n i (i : () 4 Wlllhvmspnt't... I,anciwt;r lvmwhtri: Stall!, lb iieiiciiMtt-in, :;i). It Mulniic, i-.,... lli-Hli-r.'JIi I. M.ilenc, )., . I. ippcl, I. f., .. V. Appcl.i. s., ui'llly. . t Burl:, r. I It. O. 0 I) I 0 tl I) . II .ajar" was beautifully icprcseiitcd by fowers and overgreeiw. Through the partly open gates steed revoaled a large floral cres3, emblematic of Christ's grace te sinners. Other beautiful Meral decora tions were about the altar aud pnlpic. The choral singing wa-: very liut aud the nspousive readings interesting. A plea sant address by tha pastor, Ituv. It W. llnmphriss, was att'iitivaly lutmin.l te. Rev. Elias Sneath, of Vale college, preach c I in the evening. Coinnilttce NiiU-IiIp. Jacob Btewnmlller, a resident of Wash ington borough, committed suicide ou Saturday morning by hanging himself in tha csllar of hia lesidoaue. He was dis covered there by bis two step sons, who had geno te call him te his dinner. When cat down by the neighbors life was ex tinet. Corener Jehn Fiank, el Columbia, held tbe inquest ever the icpiiins, ami the jury's verdict was death caused ey hanging, done while the victim was tempor arily insane. The rash deed is believed te have been caused by disappointment in net receiving in ero money for a large amount of tobacco which be sold several weeks age. This is believed te have se pieyed upon his mind a te causn the commission of the dcct. He was snt pemled by a repn from a cress piece of the cellar beams his bent legs touching the the fleer. He was 5 yean of age, a man of some property and ir.dustiieus. He was net financially enbanassed se far as known at prewMit. iVriniOll ami Serlitl. Ladit-s Heme Communion (H. F.) C. A., meets te-night. Will ilartn.an seri ously ill. Miss Lillian Welsh entertaiuiug Misses Lizzie McAifctand Lizz'e Miller, of Yerk. Miss Minnie Liciiard, of Yerk, visiting Mrs. Frank Heckler. J. M. Muster, of Meuntvillp. is filling a clerkship at thft Fin.t National bank here. Mrs. .I.uncs Porrettet and daughter home lieai Philadelphia. P. R. R dispatcher, Reuben Fielis, visit ing Philadelphia. Meseis. Gee. Breue man, Frank Given a:.l Amineu Shutter, of Philadelphia, spent ychtrrday in town. Miss Beitie Cerbin is a guest of Miss Mary Shanr.hrenk. A dancing picnic will be held en Sattud.iy night, at. Chickies rock, where platform ha; bjeu built. Dr. Beckius and family are in Germau town, where they attended c i day the funeral el hi hi-.tiir, Mia. Jacob Shelleu beigcr, who dii-d I.i"-t Friday night. A ICruve Art. Yerl. Daily. Ycsti rdiiy morning TVlcr Weilcy made a naiinw es-eaj-e fieni drowning while bathing in the Geld mis creek :it the " Rols--," in King's dam. Gcoige Saltz gi, rand smother young man while lying in the shade under a noe hearing crieti el' dis'rtss ran te the creek and saw P-ter stui-gling in the w.iti-r. He had Mink tbe second tim- when Stltzgiver plunged into lbs water and caught tlie drew iin.: boy by fl.e leg and while dragging him te tlfe shore bis struggles were se gie it that ri ill 'giver lest, bis held of the boy 'hit's.'. Saltzgiver then caught the boy by ene et his arms when the boy llnew hir. ether arm around Sallzgivei'ti neck, and ler a tiin.i it linked a if b th would druWju but by .a desperate elfert th-; nweit'sr i leased himself from the tin pleaaiit omb.ace of Um boy, and, catching him by ihc hair, pulK-ti him te the shore, p.in! ion-; saved the boy's life. I 1 ft u ." tha e. Elizj. school fhere we,e 21 ie given certilicati-. Twe base ball clubs calling themselves the Plum Street Gazette and the Bulkowuer?, plavcd a game near the aim? house en Sat urday. The former wen by the scere e I 3e te te 9. i' Teachers Appointed On Saturday Prof. Shaub held animation for teac'aers of the bathtewn schools, in the high building of that place. the class aud all wcre utccpt three. The teachers were appointed as fellows : Principal high school, S. t . Whitman ; srcandaiy, Mrs. Wat lacs ; first primary, Miss Lizzie Engel '; sccenU primary, net given out ; third primary, Miss Leu Kulius. There -was a Uv; audience piescutat the examination. lebn iH:ucrii'8 funeral. Ex-Peliccmau Jehn Mattcru was -buried yesterday afternoon in Zteu Luthcia:. cemetery, and his funeral was oue,ef tU; largest that ever took place, in tho'seu thorn section of tbe city. The entirc' city peltce ferce attended in a body, and many hun dreds of ethers were iu the precession that bere the old veteran's remains te the I -n .... t TIM .1 , ,l grave, liav. r;mu nieisier, ei nt. ruepaeu : .erIiwiH l'-.ill Kniiii u lUirrry Troe Verlc Daily. On Sattn'day evening, while Mr Jehn Strickler, of Hellam township, was at tempting te saw oil' a dead limb of a eheiry tree the limb upon which hn was standing gave away, precipitating him te the ground, a di.staaea of about twelve feet, causing ceacut ion of a portion of the spinal marrow his It'ft aim being completely and h;s 'oft leg partly para lyzed, besides whicli he sustained ether internal injuries. The accident occurred about dusk-but Mr. Scrickler being reu dcrcd :iltnoJtHp'cechIesa, was unable te make himself heard, notwithstanding his being but a short distance from the house. The cen.ttqucnca wan they did net suc ceed in finding him until 10 o'clock at night. Taking into consideration the gravity of the injuiirs and his aie. v.iiLh is 01 years, it is very doubtful VvTifither he can recover. Contract Awanlf t. t'i.e bids for the' furnishing of straw, L.. and eat?, for thnusoef t he fire depart ment, were opened bj the fiie committee ou Sataiday evening. Th-j contracts were awarded as fellows : Te D. B. Laadis for eats per bushel of & peunds,54i cent", straw $iy p-r ten te same. Simen Hos Hes tUei, of Orcger, was awarded the contract for fur:ih'Ing timothy hay at 10 per tin. i ' Frcnnferit Wan Net the Only Tlilct. Samuel D. Hibbard, of West Chester, telegraphs te the pelice authorities Here Lutheran church, conducted the fuueial that he had a hersa stolen last night anu services at the late lcsidencoefdepeawd and also at the cemetery. , - -rA i ! Held rer l'ebtagc. Letters addreseed.as fellows ara in the rack at the ippstoffice, dotained'fer pen paymentfef postage : ' " II. V. Givler, Ferte Scot, Kan." "Jacob Muller, 815 Locust street Phila delphia, Pa." t r tm T " Wm. II. Hern & Bre., 4el & 4oe N. Third street, Phila." "Mr. A. P. Witmer, Paradise, Lancas ter co., Pa." he offers a reward of $23 for its recovery. Chester ceuuty l suffeiiug greatly just newj from f the 'depredations of horse thieves, ami the r.ntheritien there will ' seen learn that there are plenty et etner men who like horses DC3iucs .iedh r rantr rantr fefd. - m - rrnnklera a Cane. The leth of Juue h is been fixed as the time for hearing tbe argument before the . Chester ceutit.y court in the matter of the application te bring Jehn Frankford te this ceuuty.' ' . s&f-&i - ...".--.TAfr
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