LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY. DECEMBER JJ1. l?8e .rfiinj-. K I M ft Ml h. if i.' 1 f r I'. ; j incfljjtcr fntclUgeiutn 'ryfa..,...i.amiiiil iiiiw MONDAY BVKNINO, DKO, 01, 1008. Huntington' liClters. Mr, 0. 1 Huntington Is a gcntlemau of whom thu country Is hearing a geed deal Just new. He lias been doing a great business for twenty years past in railroad building, but lie has net bnfore bad the concentrated attention of the people as he has It today. It would have been better If we had given mere attention te Mr. Hunting ten. Hut he is a gentleman devoted te thesingld aim of money making, and disposed te de it with as little public notice ns possible. He has net been nu aspirant for funic The mere quietly lie could roll up his cash the mere agreeable te his tastes, because the mere effective for his aim. Mr. Huntington has, how ever, had a great deal te de with our public men. He had te cultivate them, becaiiRO there was money In It te him. Certain letters are new published which exhibit him In his operations In Congress at a period of his carear within the last decade. He was already a railroad mag' nate. He and three- associates had obtained from the United States the lands and bends with which they had built the Central Pacific railroad, and had leaped at ence Inte the possession of great fortunes. Themas A. Scott fol lowed a leug way after them with a new Pacific ftllread scheme. It was the noted Texas Pacific which Mr. Scott engaged te build with Uin philanthropic Intention of giving the people a compet ing line te the Pacific. On this ground he asked Congress for a subsidy. Mr. Huntington and his associates wanted te kill Mr. Scott's read, and they commenced the building of the Southern Puclflc at about the same time. Mr. Huntington devoted himself te the work of persuading Congress net te aid Mr. Scott. His very effective argument was that the Southern Pacific company would build without aid from the gev eminent the read which Mr. Scott would enlj build with it. It is this period of struggle te which the letters te Colten relate, and they are full of interest as portraying the views and moves of a gigantic lobbyist in persuading legisla tieu for private interest. Mr. Colten was the actlve partner of the Central Pacific quartette in building the South ern Pacific ; he died before the pieject was fully completed, and his associates, of course, uudertoek te swindle his widow out of his share of the profits. These interesting letters are brought out in the course of the suit te show the confidential relations between Colten and Huntington. Hunticzten certainly writes te him with great freedom and thoroughly ex- pcees his own character In his cemmuni- catiens. He appears te have no thought tiat any means he may adept te further his plans cau be objectionable te n prep- erly educatid taste. He shows a sensible appreciation of the public voice by we especially recommend it te the con cultivating newspaper advertising sideratien of the granger brethren who when it can be had cheap. His fondness for cheap instrumentalities shall be added te the curriculum. Dr. is clearly exhibited and show h a te Hicbe !:ke n n f 'r.idnJ by vie rulpa have a bun apprtciAJice: ii it ruin ;f Suj Iwu -vina. i -zaucj zz . ;iZL: &k!Uir. H iiu i ir?t mnanniir. lie Hihuniu 11111.1 ion V ni.f nidrtf? riarjun. "denniruirf." )uc h -vr? ii n uai'Tilnu ur siu '.iitliemneiii if 111 nr. vucij chuir h'vu'i'it viuui i sai. lu j. n "b imvrauuiwn. miimue-i nut ittiur 4at;wl in i.-.iug u rtl eihmjOTFrm&inl .nerW-igwireia-n tin luv 1:111111111 in its 'nillliui ,icrr il uh tx -.tH ie.re, winch 11R- vffenurr an rcorrrei l'i T'H " '' '' "in ukwei tern lii) tcevprninrcii et bKAhz imb:1" B,u, '"' '''' " hiun m)ninr in iiiiiKfMiie "'lemigact.' -ttia k muted .ilf villi lui ir" lira ti iijiIm liniiiil iiave ilnu (unit. v'iipJi ilimilit I Cilten tmm Un mummt nimnunliaiti u' enuriie.wiui r.ur !niuneiuusiiin. k Mj. Elantie-jria w iUt a 1 its? txa sataple of the uccfefal Ar.-.crkrm dol lar hunter. He attend? strictly u his own buiirifc ; says plainly, hut in bad English, what he has te say, when it milts him te say it; never halts at devices that will clve leverage te Ills schemes ; lias no regard for public Interests that cress his own ; in truth, a thoroughly selfish, unculti vated, natural dollar smeller. Since these dajs Mr. Huntington has ger,e en flourishing. Mr. Scott did net set his subsidy, but made a coalition with Huntington and his associates aud built his read te join theirs ; then he sold out te Gould ; and new Gould sits lamenting the bad bargain he made. Mr. Hunt ng ng ten started 111 from the East ; bought the Chesapeake and Ohie read, Inducing the state of Virgnia te sacrifice its interest in it. Heseld beiida at high figures, which depreciated In the bands of the holders, through the pretended embarrassment of the read. Securing favorable terms of ndjustmeiit, M Huntington has gene en with his enterprise, txtenditig it westward through Kentucky and across the Mississippi, and eastwaid down the peninsula between the Yerk and the James rivers te Newport News, opposite Norfolk, w here he has laid out a great city iiuu expects, preuaiuy, te establish a sea beard metropolis. Mr. Huntington is a niHiief great views and enterpriser, but s.idl deficient in moralsense, we fear. TiiKjeiirtliat closes te-day has beeu fraught with many calamities aud pliys ical disturbances of nature. As early as .lnuuury, destructive Heeds en the Han ube and Uhlue, in Europe, were reported and Pebruary saw the Ohie ilveratlts highest pelut, and the cities uleng lis banks Heeded. The earthquake nt Ischla by which 2,000 persons perished came in July, and the month following saw the Java vplcanie eruptions, and great losses of llfe mid property. An earthquake in Asia Miner aud death dealing tornadoes in the Seuth and West in our own coun try ndded their mites te the physical horrors with which the earth was visited. Apart from these disturbances of nature nu unusually large list of disasters have taken place, such as the Tivoli ex cursion and Brooklyn bridge calami, ties, losses of life by fire, vessels sunk In mid ocean nud ether ills te which flesh Js heir. "War has also raised Its grim vis. aged head. Prance has had trouble in Mmiauascar, and still maintains n war like attitude towards CJiinn in the Ten? quju dispute. El Mahdl lias knocked the Etfyptlen piwer in the Soudan into n cocked, hat by the destruction of the army of Hlcka r.tslia. The government of Ireland is still a thorn In the side of Great Dritian, and Russia adds her per tlen te thoyear'a horrors by the less Ufa and property that attended the fierce persecution of the Jews within her realm. Altogether 1&S3 ranks well with 1(1(10, which galned the name of " annus mirnbllis" from the many disasters crowded into its small compass. Up In Wllkesbarre a U. S. ceuinils Blener has sensibly decided that the federal statute prohibiting private de livery cempaules from carrying mes B,i'es must be construed strictly, and that it will net apply unless the company or Individual doing this kind of business carries the writings by regular trips and at stated routes ever established pest routes. Where there was no time fixed, no place (ixed, no route definitely laid down or marked out ever which these messengers would travel dally or weekly at a certain hour in the day In order te deliver or receive letters, their doings de net come within the statute. At present the government imposes two eeut pest age upon drop letters in Lancaster and ether carrier delivery eilices , in any considerable quantity they can be de livered by private enterprise at half this rate or less. It is net fair that the public should be deprived of the chance te avail Itself of tills, and the Wilkes barre commissioner's interpretation of the law is Just and reasonable, In striking contrast with the decision of se nianj federal appointees in judicial and semi judicial places, who conceive it te be their duty te always construe doubtful statutes In favor of the government and against common sense .is well as public convenience. TiiKitK has been another atrocious cute of illegal hanging down in Missis sippi. Like the series of murders which led te this fearful execution of .ludge Lynch's process, the fiendish work of the frenzied mob had "no political sig nificance." Hut it is a dark blot upon a clvllUed community that such violations of the law should meet with pepul.tr ap preval and be visited with no punishment. The Seuth and West have in times past had mere of this kind of occurrences than the earlier settled portions of the country, but of late years mob hangings have been disgracefully frequent in the Northern and Middle states, and they have no room te reproach Mississippi for the shameful event which has just stained its soil. Pennsylvania, Ohie, Indiana and Illinois, have recently al lowed these infractions of the law te go by unpunished, and every time they occur the bends which held society te order become laxer, aud the sanctity of life and law is mere and mere en dangered. State Sitt. IIigbee is a man of Intelligence and of clearness in the ex pressien of his ideas. What lie has te say in his annual report en the mooted question of teaching trades in the public schools gees te the point of the Irani and Insist that the "elements of agriculture " .in ni.ii m h jn'inf "Juir Oil luiutii nu mu iwu;! ;iu'. it 1111 mil. ClSlUC UUt lilUl't.t "e-it-i; . )ri.ut mz tot i& i.rfi r7, el time XMi tfst XX:f tAf,haetl (i I Xtif fl)lr w ftUlxt, l.l trTWr Vi lrnK4 anl 'lUUnt r.llrnh " " Ohdeii reigns " m Ashautee, sixty eight out of thu seventy children of the ex king having been killed aud hundreds of his adherents, iuuludiug his entire body guard. Still order reigns under the new dynasty. TilK packing of canned tomatoes for 16S3 was by far the heaviest ever knewu, ruuning up te 70,000,000,000 caus. The result is a dull market fur the cauuers and discouragement te these who have lately entered upon tlit mdustry. PitiLADF.LPHiv is stilt keeping up its reputation as "the City of Hemes." Dur iug the prei-etit year 4,000 stores and dwellings were put up, 1,!500 of which number were three atury resiliences. The increa-ie iu the number of residences is 700 ever the preceding year. Suc.eEii Pullivan Is determined te reuud off the old year iu goodly fashion In Leadvllle, en Saturday night, a fellow pugilist smashed a chair ever thu head of the frisky Jehu, when the lattur returned the compliment by hurling a lighted kero sene lamp at the bead of his fee. II both of these amiablobrnte would nook a ledgo iu Heme vast wilderness aud theru indulge unmolested in thelr playful antics, the public- would broathe mueh easier. Tub repert of the superintendent of thu jmuiiu Buuuuin 01 mu worn 110110 last year shows au increase of 300 in thu number el schools in the state. A curious fuature of the repert, that will doubtless attract tl.e attention of woman suffragists, is the reported dociease of 151 in the number of uinle toaehers, nud iucroase of 01)7 in the number of fomale teachers. This seems te indicate that men are- rapidly leavlng the profession for rnore .'ucratlvu pursuits aud the depleted teaching ranks are being largely filled with wotneu. As the num. I her of feraales who adept toaehlug as a proiebsien is small compared with tliose who accept it whlle awaiting matilmeny, it is doubtful whether the great Inoreuse iu Iho number of lady toaehers will mid mueh te the ofllcieiiey of the ptiblie school system, i'KttSUNALi. poet, is GO, and 8 axe, the leeks te be 80. ViCTeniA gees te lladea-Uadeu in Feb. ruary. UmiAitcK's physielani have reduced his weight from 237 te 105. II EMi v ViLumn has retlgeed thu presi dency of the Northern Pacific ViCTen Huao is writing an angry poem en the late executions of Irishmen. Galvsiia A. Gnew has a contract te "JMaSL1'' yearau . .O V.V..U ... w. ,- Ocvr l netfetiatlng for 1110 t.ttnng Xtttt, Philadelphia, with a view or tnak lug it a dtrsihibteut Stalwart er.in. Maiit Amfiien wen the hearts of the mi'iiibeiR of lier oetupauy by an observance of the English custom el giving (.'liristmuR prrKcntH. liUMM has piiblishrd lnt will, dis trlbutiug au enlate of ten iiiiIIiuim iiuiiiiig twunty oevoii heirit and heiuu eli.iritiiM, and lie ehalleiiues au luiciieliuieiit of hi. Miilty. Ukouek W. Mil'iiMiv. ex Ht-erel.wy of war, jimtiee of th Eighth .ludieial elieuit of the United Stale, li.w lenigned in ordei te beeenie gemral attorney for the Atchison, Tepek.i A Santa Fe i.tilread. fill. ll.rilltll.NKM Mr.l.AMIMOI.Y. Hew ili Hreuu mi tiie Nliuellns til l.inrelii llntiutril Illin t'el. J.unert 0. ll.irtett, who h.i known Cot. lt.ulib.ine for je.iii. and h. Ken acting lis tils uUoine in Washington, s.iid 011 Sat in day morning. "I loeoiw'd a ltli ftem Cel. Ilithbeiie, d.itud Nev. ;!0, the l.i.Ht oue th.it I Ikimj fretn him, which ik perfectly o.diereut .mil intelligent such a letter .11 any business man would wnte te uuoiher. 11" speaka of heiuu etinugex in the furniture of his Ihium' here, nuil hi iiggi'tieiin are clear and prnctiii.il. The letter gives no nn of mental iiuseumliiCM.i." "Te what de you attiibute this net"" risked thu mpertcr. " I don't think he ever roeovered (nnu thu effect of the utieisk of tit it night m I'rtvU'leut LtiuiMlu'.-t box at the tho.itre. The scuiie alwayti li.uiuted lii mind. He was at Mines subject te llts of despendetiey aud niemlaii'M. I think th.it at one of these tituea, when his moodiness was ag gravated, perhaps by dyspepsia, he com tmtttxl this tatal act. "There t no ether eiuse that citi be assigned that I knew of," continued the eoleuol. " His atlairs were in geed cuidi cuidi tieu aud he hid uetlnauci.il trouble te oeutond with He uny have scuUted some, but net mere than a man of his menus could afford. His relitieus with his wife and family were nutHieti.ve His wife was one of the brightest wemeu I ever met, and she was everything that a wife ought te be Cel. Hathbene was for tunate iu this respect. I "beheve he was temporarily insane- when he committed the dewl. Thore is nu ether way, in my Judgment, of accounting for this un'-x peeted and sad occurreuco." I.AIIUK A.sll ru.viiK. Keine failures Iu tlie Vf.i Iteis Uretliers A Ce , wholesale dc.jleis in iereign fruits, fancy groceries and can ued goods, of Ciucmuali, had undo an alignment. The liabilities are esti mated at marly 100,000 Isaac It-Jis, w holes le manufacturer of cigars also nf Cincinnati, has made an asHignmeut. He recently tiled a chattel mortgage ler j-JO,. 000, te secure certain croditeis Iu accordance witti the action of the last meeting of the Western Nail associa tion, nearly all the nail lactenes in the West closed en S iturday night f-r a iwrnxi of six weeks. This throws out of em pleyment mere than 5,v00 men. The ex ceptien te the bhuttiug down was the JeiTeneu and Spaulding works at Steuben ville, "hi-", and their eentiuuan.w may 00 ni pel a resumption of work by ether mills. One hundred and forty looms, employed in the manufacture of gentlemen's suitings, in the Washington mills at Lawrence, Massachusetts are te be stepped as the wraps en hand get used up Tbw will threw 201 hands out of employment. Already ncaily 150 hands have- been cis charges!. The employee :n the ub'.e ware gla?s fiiVTSss Pibarg were Detih-i en ftai rrtij sick, it x miaetwa of II per cent, a utrtrr i.j?!k. a xt tfitci 00 Jmuirj Uir. Tfirtr w 3, Prtsre x-tt'tt ju-n lusisiren. -imijevr . iX. ks ad V irl. i.imin ih una-; t.tciii ut r,'j4d in the T'fir. 1 XOJiJ" nl.i our. A ti4fcfrK& tt Tr.U la lliiael .i 2.U2- Kiee. wasty. III , Mrs. William lijsru W of a wi:Uir farmer, aud snevt I r ter twia'y, shot Willnra Hay, a 1 kvjn man in tb victuity, wb' had Mftrwd Mrs L ppert's charaetr. s.ie arranged an tntftrriew in her own heiine, at which siveral friends were present itay was asked if he hvl made the statements imputed te him. He replied very plainly in the affirmative, aud aided that he had told the truth. When itay made his reply shu hissed the one word "liar," and sud denly raising her hand with a pistol In it, tired. The bullet passed entirely through his body, itay full, and the wemau made a motion as if te fire a K'ueud shot, but she was seizud aud disarmed. Shu i.i new in jail. She declares it was the only nay she had of vindicating her character, which had beeu falsely aspersed. Kay's death is considered certain. I'nrrlc DitmIii 1'eiuis a I'mtul. Carrie Swain, the actress, had rather a thrilling experience in Harrisburg Christ mas night. After she had goue te bed .it thu Lochiel hotel she heard a neisu at one el her windows, which sounded like a up. lteceiving no response, te the demonstration thu author el it raised iliu wiudew nnil landed in the actress' room. She suddenly seized her revolver and aimed it at thu in truiler, but did net sheet. Instead she scroatued at the top of her voleo and her maid servant aud sonie of the hotel em pleyes rushed te her room te llnd out the cau no el thu oimmetiou. iiy this time the unwelcome- visitor had es.-aped te the out side. The actress gave a full description of the person who had entered her room ami the next morning the proprietor of the hetel informed ltess IUue, a young man, that liu would no longer he accom modated at the house, itone is the seu of Ooneral M. A. Ituue, of army notoriety. Caraie Swain declined te miike any infor mation aaiiist the young man. (Mltunry Milieu, .lehn McCarthy bcully, a well known Irish Nationalist, was found dead in ) bed yosterday morning. He hail been sintering Iretti heard disease, and his labors 011 a work entltlcd " Antl llntiMh Tariff ; or, I'rotection vs, Free Trade," are thought te have greatly aggravate 1 his trouble. Dr. Jehnsen Elliett, a prominent physi cian of the District of Columbia, died yesteiday in Washington, of pneumonia, In thu fiSth year of Ills age. limlit 117 miKude, Gustaviib Wuhrlleb, a prominent nttnr. ney and insurance man el Wutortewn, Wis., committed Kuioide en Saturday, bo be bo caiueof pecuniary tiouble. IIe wiih .10 years of age, and leaves a wlle and live children. ThemaB H. Wheeler, a paper stock dcaler en Leng Wharf, New Haven, shot hiniBelf dead en baturdiiy niernlng. He was 48 years of age, and ieavus a wlfu ami six ohildren. It is supposed he was worried by the dopreasion in ills busi ness, llie Urttiis lllet The fuuerals of the Orangomeu killed iu the riot at Harber Grace, Newfound land, took place en Saturday afternoon without disturbance, "the ollerts of the OratiRO chiefs having brought about a quieter feeling In the community " Twelve hundred Orangomen, In full rega lia, carrying Hags and bauners, atteuded the funeral of Jenes at Carbonear, Six. teen arrests nave been made for partlcina. tlen in the riot. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IMt. HlllllKK'rt intm.i.ie:m' I K it. i I'Urn ler ImlustlUI lnlnllil-rir I'fiHiRd TlMt Iliry liill, liitrt- lufc kiiiI Mitiiltleitnl MRiitr The lopert of State Surerinteiident of Soheols Higbce, Just made pnblui, sajs that in IVMiusylvaiita theie are i '."J7 school districts ; U "1 sehoels , 7,st, graded schools ; 15.7.M school duecteis ; 10.1 siiperliiteiidents i S t00 tu.iU' teaehels, ami Kt. Illfmiiale teacheis. I'ne avenu-f salary of male toaelnus per niuith is ;!7 0 (, fetnale teacheis. 30 0.1 Thu mer.ige at tendance of pupils during the ear was 957, (WO , eest of tuition, SVIUI '"Jl 71 , cost of buildings, tuition, luel and con tingencies, jl), SOO, 31 Cil ; estiimtid lalue et school property, i tO.lW.li.M -, soheil tax levied for all puipeses. 1,'7l'',1l7 .1, , estimated value el state and incorporated odueitional iustitutuius, SI7,:iS'.l 7(1. The inciease since last je.11 1 us fellows In schools, 359 , mule leu 'hers, 111, female teaeheis, 037 , jsy of letnale teacheis, ?170 per month . number of pupils, IS.33.1 ; 0.1st of tuition, $.130, 973 S3 , value of.schej! ptepvity, l,S1s, 070 Supeiluti'udent lligVe Uk-s divided issue with the criticism that the training iu the schools is net such as te kp Iu view the unions ti.vli'H and that wide range el intellectual puismts which char aeteiize our moiieru cimI..-. itieu, aud that thu soheols are Iutellectual drone. He saja : " There may be a need of pel jtveliuic schools throughout the laud , and the titue may beat li.imt wheu the state should take measures te 111 nut nu them te s.'cure a leady supp'y of ski'U-d laborers. This we are net disposed te question, and 110 doubt such soheols, wheiever 01 gam red, will be filled fiem the tanks of our ceiuin hi n'hoels. Hut 0111 common school themselves, tillel with the young cliildteu et our conmienweaiui, cannot be turned into u di iudiistnil schools without a loveluti'ii, which wvmM destroy iu turn the whole meaning of ele mentary training and deleat the wry end desired te be reached. "Iuthis oeuuoction, hMV.iver.it i.s 110 mere th 111 just te say th it our teachers should be earnest In quickenlni; the Intel lectu il visions of their did Iren. Anether form of mero serious critic, mih meets us in the charge that ear c nuinen schools aie a failure, becuise crime is en the inciease. The traiuiug glveu In them is said te be oe destitute of moral force and directness, se purely nvmUl, and se landless of the ethical side of our htimiu nature as te demoralize our social life, and increase instead of decreasing the sum of human wiekeduess. " It might as well be sai I that general family life, and the legal means adopted te repress crime, aud the various religious methods, are a tailure as te charge the common sch'iels with resp mobility for the increase iu wickedness. The common schools must take their Ju'i share of th burden, but net allot it. Tneyhiv.n right te be, nor are they, pe'sed against the religious sentiment of the citizenship of the statu. They ought net te be, nor are they, irreverent tewaid the worship paid te Ged in thu thousand temples that adorn our laud. "While specific confession of faith can not be bought, jet that morality which rents upon a Divine roveli'.i iu ; that dis cipliue of the soul which comes fiem Ged's Werd, aud from prayer and praise, ought uet te b. nor is it excluded from our sch jeIi. Neither infidelity, nor bias phemy, uer druukenties.-t, nor lust, are re garded as proper qiialilt'Utiens ler our teacheis. Indeed, tfeur superintendent were se far te forget or violate the law as te gire certificates te candidates possess ing such qualttljatieus of character uilr directors wevld at otice refuse te keep hem at work in the school rooms " Superintendent Highce admits that better ethical results should be leached than are found at present. Tuts dehu 'uenc he ascribes te the constant chang ing el t'-acbers. " Year by year they come and go, aud gain only a trausieut Acquaintance as they hurry by. They are tee much like hirelings by the year They vanish from view se quickly as te leave no clustering reminiscence for ma turing childhood te gather and profit by the delight thereof Their hfe aud thought aud high purpose bavu had no time te enter into thu vision of the child's soul, and till it with high hopes aud aspir ations. They seem alme.it as pedagogic tramps, uet teachers. "Every effort should, thoieforo, bu made te give a longer and mero continuous ten nre of office- te the teachers of our common schools, and te soaure, for this end, teach ers whesu Inward cultuie of character Is such as te givu te their .re.ioecu and per sonal influence a power mero far reaching than all mero attainments can ever bu. Perhaps weru the salaries of our leaohers sufficiently iucreased aud a larger tenure of professional ser vices guaiautecd, we might tccuru permanent teachers for our common schools, as our high schools aud colleges de, and thus accomplish, in the way of moral culture, at least tenfold mere than ut present." KAlIt IIU.VI-KKNSl.3. Twe luting IllrU Hrp Swift f j lnK Ducks huh Attack tha (J41I tutors V dllex" Clirenlcia. A solitary sportsman, running ever thu Alvarado rnarshes 011 Huiiday last 111 pur suit of the ducks, winch weie fuw aud fur between, btstheught himself of an artesian well In the distance where he might slake hir thirst. When hu reached the desired spot hu saw two girls seated en thu mar gin, dressed Iu a peculiar nud striking costume. They wero tunics oxteuding te thu kuees, long rubber bunts, hunting coats and caps, and were pruwded with an excellent bmce of bieeuh leading shot guns. lieMdcs them lay 11 pair of teal, widgeon and rail, amploteatiuieny te their skill in tlie use of their weapons. Thu hunter raised Ids hat, ami, presum ing en the fraternity of stiert, inquired if tlie ladies had geed link. They pointed triumphantly te their birds, and thou glanced sympathetically at thelr intern) gator's llaceld gatne bag. IJetli weru un usually pretty irlrls, their cheeks brown from exposure, showing that It was net their lint excursion, and thu hands with which they dabbled tlie oeol water upon their heated faces wero wlnte and dim pled. Thuy confessed that the oddity of thelr costume made thirn shun the malu hunter, though the sportsman coufussed that hu had nuver beheved that rubber beets could leek se cunning. JtiHi then a bunch of teal eamu down thu wind with lightning speed, and both girls wpiutted en the marsh m a moment. Along swept the buds, hang went both guns, and threo birds fell te thu ground, They picked thorn up. and, with a gener osity altogether unknown te thu male sportsman, offered him a braeu of the birds, as he had tlie courtesy te allow thiiiu te de the sheeting, They explained hew they eamu te be hunters, Onn was oxtrnmely ilolleatoaud after graduating at 11 well known Hemiiia ry In Alameda aeiinty was ruceiniuunded outdoor uxoreiso by the doctors as thu only escupu from consumption Tired of ob jectless (drelling, the ilrl. under the kind ly tutorship of her iinule, learned te sheet oenvnited a companion te thu sport, and both nre new passionately attaehnd te hunting. They visit Dm bust duck passes in Alameda county, whom Miilpu am te be found, thu gund ipinll envois, and seldom return without generous h.is, DiiK I'luliU 1111 Hiituuy. Thore woie two deg lights at wull known lesertu near Uenny Inland, New Yerk, Sunday morning, ene of which wen Httouded by two liuudied and fifty sporting moil and the ether by about fifty similar characters. At the last mentioned light a Williamsburg official noted as li'feiee- rwu eiiriiANP.-' lluln UliMteii in Met I'DptilHr I'Ihj Willi the ehatneter of l.euit, Iu tlie drama of "Twe Orphans'," Kate Olaxteu bus beeome se ideutilled Hint neither her liii'llnatien uer Iho public seems te penult her te assume a tnln iu 11 different play and ei'i y success. Popular appreciation long age emphatically endorsed her pre eminent ability 111 her touching and tialiir al pert 1 a) ill nf the sulleiiug blind girl. rune and assiduous pi.ietlcn bavu perfect td her Iu her delineation of the part until all the characteristics of the blind, thelr acute sensibilities, the sliaugu sympathe tic affinity el the body te objects and tiausiclieiis in pun Unity, and their aston ishing eoiupiiihensieti without explanation, .110 pieseuted hi a most ttiithful nsjicct. This endorsement, hew ever, does net apply te Miss Claxleu's pet formation 011 Satuiday evening iu Fulton opera house, whoie a laigu audience assembled te greet her. She was uet then seen at her best. I'.ully from her proleugul engagement iu New Yeik, and but wry recently tci mi iiateil, and partly from an unjustifiable indifference, her acting was net embellish ed with all the pleasing touches, pictur pictur t'.viue shadings and animation that usually ohiiractemo her work. Hut there was sufficient excellence, nevertheless, for these who had net yet seen tier characterization of Louise te compiuhend the held she has en the popular uiiud, while at the s.11110 timu th'.se te whom tin) play is familiar disceiucd with displeasure the ptlpable up it by. Her support was generally satisfactory. Miss Henrietta Yader, nu artlste of ahili tv aud well known, was very natural as ii'thtr Frethiird, her netlug being a nice and intelligent picturing of the ill n at it red and abandoned old woman. Miss Margin et Cuie, as iitruint, wasquite aoceituble,us was also .Miss Eloner Meretti.ns Ihnnttte, Mr. C. A. Stoveiiseu, a lather geed actor, has in attractive stage presence, and his impersonation et Jifjit Freehard was marked by some satisfactory acting and line touehes of passion. Mr. Donald It itiortsen, iu the dual rele of lerre Fivehiinl and the lAiruun, showed himself te possess 110 mean abilities, especially iu the first named character. Mr. K. J. Ditstau was the favonte of thu evening from his eccentric ami amusing acting as iiai:ii.i.i.. nw I'layrs r.ncsU'il Ujr the Iruntlilrs (MUir Nutrs el (lie liwtnn. The Ironsides baseball club have sccuted iiiue players for next season. Utility aud St. Lawrence, the inw battery with whom they have been negotiating for some- time, have telegraphed that they will accept tlie tt-rms otteied These ynung men reside in Sptiugtield, III , uud played tbe latter part et last season with thu (julcksteps, of Wil Wil miugteu, making excellent records. Tlie ether players are as fellows : Williams and Madden, of West Held, Mass., pitcher aud catcher , Oldtleld, of this year's Ireusldes catcher and guneral player, McTamatiy.late of tbe ltess aud HartTllle, centre fielder ; Nick Bradley, of the Trenten, right Heuler ; Ed Green, of the EiRten, short step, aud Jehu Green second basemau. The club will engage another man who will be put at first b ise. Maddeti, of the Westfield battery, is au excellent third baseman or short step. The club se far is composed of strong tuau and they wII be able te cempete with any of the teams. Manager Dilleuderfer will reprcsect the new Lancaster club at the meeting 01 ttie inter-state association en Wednesday. The Ironsides will be represented at the meeting of the Union League in Philadel phia mi Thursday, iute which they are applicants for membership. The Sprtinj Life of yesterday states that I'ellard will play in the Lancaster nine. The managers of the uine statu that they have cot engaged him. The Alteena papers claim that Mauleve will play thore next season, but the new Lancaster uine have his name te n con traeb and hn has taken thelr advauce money. It remains te be seen whether thore will be any inter state association after Wed nesday's meetiug, as several of the best clubs which wcre expected te go in de net waut te de se new. Heading and Wil nungten will go iute the Union League ami Trenten is undecided. Hmiwter t)iurren In tlie Weil. General Simen Cameren, accompanied by Colonel James Duffy, of .Marietta, and iiajer Jehn H. Hlestand, of Lancaster, arrived at St. Leuis, Friday evening, iu an official car of the Pennsylvania railroad. General Cameren is eti his way te Mexico, but will Btep ler three weeks at tlie Het Springs. He was met at Guneral Shor Sher iiiau'H residence by a reporter te whom he talked freely en present political topics. The election of Carlisle, as speaker, he imagines, has scaled the deem of the Dem ocrats. During the afternoon he was driven te thu residence of Mrs. I'oeook, au old friend, at 3,103 Dell avenue. The gen. oral aud his party left ever the Iren Moun tain railroad. Aaiitult uuil llntlerr. On Saturday the wife of James Sellers, a 0110 armed man, made complaint against him for assault mid battery. James was 111 the alderman's oflice at the time ami se was Olllcer Pyle, who had en citizens' clotlieH. After the wurraut was made out thu officer proceeded te arrest his man. James allowed fight aud began striking aud kicking the olllcer ; he was finally threwu upon tlie lloer, and whlle down he bit the olllcer in the leg. After breaking the deer he was overpowered and looked up for a hearing. UuhI omce itebbrtl. The oeal e 111 00 of Ivauffman & Keller, 011 the Ilarrlshurg turnpike, In tlie north western part of the city, was broken into by thievus yesterday, and a small sum of money stelen from the meney drawer In the desk. The tliioves cll'eetcd an on en on tratice by forcing epen tlie baek shutter of thuollice. Thu otlieo desk was thou broketi open, nud a Hinall amount in cents mid nickels carried off. Trettlnc M ten, On Saturday next a trotting match of herses te sleighs will take place, at Mo Me Ornmi'H park, provided the huew lasts, for $100 a side, botweou Daniel Legan's herse ami another whieh Cyrus II. Celvln will onter. The mateh was made and the money posted en Saturday aftornoen at the end of East Kiug stroet, whero both horses wero scen In several llvely brushes. 1'itrniU In Columbia. Te morrow morning a flromeii'a parade will take plaoe In Columbia, companies from Yerk, Harrlsburg and Marietta wi 11 participate, and a big time is oxpeotci . The Pennsylvania railroad will Issue holi day oxeursloa tiokets te that town and the round trip can be made for -v cents. Many Laueaattlaim will go up, Uierk Apiiiiluteil. Owing te the Inoreascd btiBlness a new olerkshlp has been made In the revenue, olllce in this city. I. N. S. Wills, of Bprlngvllle, Mt. Jey township, has been appointed te fill the position. Mr. Willi was fermerly olerk te the oeunty ooinmis eoinmis oeinmis shiners, but mero roeontly was a clerk In Ilaulsburg, nt thostnte department. Hultf of llsuk blecU Jacob II. Leng, broker, sold today nt prlvate sale 10 shares of Fulton national bank stock nt $148 per share. OBITUARY. TWO KLI. KMMVN til H.l!Mr4 IlKAtl. MrrtUm l V. . Illliier mill A. N iirnieiiinn 'Ilm Mr. sill I mi I'ruuilneiil fnwlis- limn I'lusr nt Htluy C'ateer. Mr. Charles Augustus llllner, ene of Lancastei's most onterptisiiig oltl.eiis and member of a well known family, died at his residence. In this city en Sunday nnuiiiug at S o'eloek.oi Ilrighl's disease of Iho kidneys, fiem which he was ler .1 long Uine il Hiilleier. .Mr. llllner was born Iu Lancaster 011 the 1 Ith of January, 18,1' lie was a seu of the into Abraham and Elizabeth llituer, and was noted for Ids active business I10111 early youth. At the age el 10 he wasafieluht conductor, for the late ltebeit Mederwell. Al 17 liuusse elated himself with his toether Jehn It Ultner.lu the height and tot wauling bust tiess between this oily and Philadelphia, ami continued it for many joins, building up au extendi w ami lucrative business and extending It te elliet reads and stall's. In 1871 the litrtueislilii was dis solved ami ler live yeais Mr. Illtuiw was ongaged as a dimler in leaf tobacco. In 1879 lie opened au office and height house 011 thu Heading railroad, and seen after wards took into partiwtshlp Ins seu Charles, who has for mime tune past con ducted the freight and ferwaidiug business 011 the Heading A Columbia railietd Mr. lllttier was a stockholder iu the first cotton mills of this city ; of thu Laucister matin factoring company , el the Milleisville home railroad ; el the Stevens house com pany ; of the Lancaster belt works, and of the Lmeaslcr watch company, fei which iiu donated three acres of laud upon which te erect the factory. He was chairman of the building committee of thu Fanners' Net them market, and was a member of both select ami common council ler sewn j ears. Iu the building of tlie railroad te (uarr) ville hu was a leading siurit and was a director of tlie company. Iu all his business enterprises hu was distinguished for energy and belduess, and he conduct ed large operations iu widely N.irylrg lines of business. He married ltebvcc.i Ib.ich. Thelr children are Emma, wife of J. Gust xik, Charles, Itebtcc.i and Daisy, all of whom are living 0110 daughter, Mr.rv Margaret, being dead. Mr. llituei funeral will take plaee en Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Iiuerment at Lmc.tsiur ceme tery. Urntll ill A. N. llrrurlimii A. N. Urciicuiau. a well known uud highly respected citizen, died at his u-si detioe, Ne. 31 West King street, this afternoon about half past 0110 o'clock, av'td 79 years. Mr. Ilreneiiiau was a con of Dr. Abram llreueman . was born iu Lancaster iu HOM, 111 the house new occupied by Jacob Itotharinel, comer of Seuth Queen nud German streets. When thirteen je.ns of age he was apprenticed nt the shoo shoe making business, te Jehu F. Ymgt, whesu ftore was wncre a. tnrstrn iiiilltnery store new stands. At the cud of his apprenticeship he went te Philadel phia, where he lemamisl a few years per fecting his knowledge of tlie finer br.icebes of his trade. Returning te Lancaster, he commenced business iu 1-7 111 thu north eastangloef Centre Square, where Hair A Shank's banking home new stands. About 1830 he was ni.irr ed te Marie, daughter of Xavicr de Wcldcn Three sons aud thne daughturri weru betu te lliein, of whom only A N. Ureiiemau, jr., .Mrs. II. It. Il.-eueman, ami Mrs. Aug. ltheads survive. Thu eldest seu, Dr. E Iw. de W. Hreiiemaii, who was a surgeon 011 (feu Or&iil's stall, died about fifteen years age, and tlie second son Lnceu de W. mctieman atteut two jeais age. Frem 1S7 te 1S.V Mr. Hreuemau kept a shoe stere in Centre Sipiar , Ue then removed his store te Nes 31 ami 30 West King street, whure hu remained in business until lc09, when he retired, transferring ids business te his son, A. N. Brcneman, jr , who has since that time ceuduated it. Fer tinny years Mr. llreno llrene man's residence, was ou the northeast cor ner of East King and Shippeu streets, whero lie had beautiful grounds winch fur some years wero used as an ice cream gar den. Nearly a iiuartcr of a century age hi removed te his late residence. 31 and 30 West King street. Mr. llreueman was an active business man, aud during his long aud useful llfe was cngaged iu several im per taut enterprises, outside his trade. He took an active part in having the Cenes toga water introduced into tlie city ; he built a large number of dwelling housen, and was ene of the owners of the East Chestnut street track, which was laid out iute building, lets by him self and thu late Jessu Laud is. IIe was for some time in partnership with ex- Mayer Kiuffer in the West Chestnut street foundry ; wan tlie first let owner, and erccted the first monument iu Lancaster cemetcry, and was active .In ether public and prlvate works, and works of benevo lence and charity. Iu all his relations through life he wns upright and couscieti tieus,' In religious and political questions he was very liberal, declining te connect himself with any party or scut, but having great toleration for the views and even prejudices of ethers. Fer seme j cars past he has been iu declining health, but was net confined te his bed fur mere than a woek or two. His death was the result of old age and a breaking up of the physical forces, HU mind remalucd unimpaired te the last. Thu funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon nt 2 o'clock ; Interment at Lan caster cemetery. INSUltAMUr. Ull, AIKKIIMI. TUB MGtithcru Mutnul Kleellun et lllllurs The annual meeting of the Southern Mutual llre lusuraiice company el Laucus ter county, was held in the Mechanic's hall Quarryvlllu, en Saturday Dec. SO, and thore was present the largest uttoudauce for several years. Tlie beard of directors oleotod for the euaiiiui; year Is ns fellows : Dr. II. E. Itaub, O. W. Huusel el Quarry ville, Frank Clark of Strusburg, S. W. SwlBher, Ktrkwead, and II. S. Patterson, White Heck ; ami the beard et nppruiserH : Goe. Aument, It. C. Edwards, U.S. Leng, James Cellins, W. S. darting, C. M. I less. Thu new beard subsequently met aud organlzed ns fellows : President S. W. Swishur j Secretary Dr. II. E. Itaub; Treasurer Gee W. Ileusel. The repert for tlie year past show tlie company te be en a geed fiuutielal basis, aud the Iojkeh comparatively light. Hull ler Llaumi;. This morning II. F. Davis, csi , counsel for Ambrose Ganse, brought a civil suit for $2,000 damnges In the prothenotarv's ollleo agalust Mlohael Shaller, who en Frl day night arrested Ganse ami placed him in prison en the oharge of attempting te ilre a building, wheu in truth no attempt of the kind had been rnude. A capias wan issued for thu arrest of Shuller. Shnller was arrcsted by Deputy Sheriff Strino, and he gave ball this afternoon iu the sum of 3,000. Tlie l'eultrj Mliew. Exteufiiva preparations are being made for the poultry show of the Lancaster oeunty society, which will begin en Jan uary 17 aud continue ler a week. It will be held in tlie fine large room en the third lloer of the new pest olllce nud the list of entries is lapldly filling. Ilreka Her Arm. Tills morning Mrs. Kea Tomllnseii, residing en East Chestnut stroet, went te the hoiiBOef Frcdorlek Weehrle, en North Queen trcet te de sorae work. While Iu the yard she foil en the ies aud breke her arm, Dr, Musser atteuded her, Illi: MNMllAN nllUII'.rv, AtiiiUWl KlcelliiK Klrnllnll nf Oltlrris-ltr. polls mill UollltllMltleliii. The Llmumti soclety met en Saturday afternoon, Dee, SO, nt S o'ele.ilt, the pros Ideiil, J, P. Wlckeisham, in the chair. Tlie donations te the museum consisted of two line large specimens of native Hop Hep per, from Michigan, tueseiited Ity Win. D. Statiffcr ; 11 eoceou of the Atturan .win, or iVinci lean silk worm, by J.M. Westhaoll'er 1 a coeoou of au unknown moth mid sprel. liiens of twig Infestud with Lttenium lr sim, as also the transformed Insect of the same, sunt te the curators by patties tin .known ; glasr renfliig tiles, which uiu bo be bo eon.'ug popular as a rooting material, sent Iu by 1, S. Heist, who states that a Mr. ltupp, u fin. 'nor of Earl township, has a b.uu tiltd wit If thorn Tlie donation te- tlie libinry consisted of six volumes of S;td Geological survey of Pennsylvania ; Fiirwr ler December, IHNl, il newspaper of ivoent dales oeiila 11 Ing scientific articles, (1 oil (Hilars, etc. ; 'J envelopes of scraps of v '"d Interest ; Oaniidian eiitomeloglst , w, oeoedlugs et tlie Anthropological society el Washing ton ; Photograph of it. II. .M.iiiorefiH llbraiy building Iu Sin Franclsa'', al ; report of Agricultural dopaitiuenv. U.S. for 1831 and 'S3 from department ; fl ciiitutnl icportef Pennsylvania for l"!, E G. Snj'der, per H. M. Sener. Ill Go'i Ge'i Go'i temital souvenir, of Philadelphia, and n copy of the Ledjtr for AugnstSi, 1301, by S. M. Seucr, Tlie report of the treasurei was tlien lead and apjirevi'il.ttiul from It It appeared that tbe amount realized during the year (10111 dues, etc., was 43 2(1, and that the expenditures were 1.1.70. The orators' lopert was thou read and approve.', "lid it shows that during thu year thore ,"' l.Si.l articles presented te tlie secift ty, and that these consists of books, serlk, Is and speuiuiens in a number of brauuhes e.f natural science, such us miueinlegy, eut( eut( eut( uiolegy, oriuthelogy, A;c. Seme of tins books were purchased by the society, and In euu or two cases ai ticks wero pur chased for tlie miiseum. Prof. Stahr added a new plant te the county list, and S. M. Seuer a new Insect. Nine scientific articles wero lead bnfore the members, and of these, four were pub lislied cntire in the Futminer or Farmtr. The society tlieu elected the following office! s te serve the ensuing year : President lien. J. P. Wleknndiam. V. Presidents C. A. llt.iuitsh, ltev Dr. J. H. Dubbs. Htc.Scc S. M. Sener. Cor. Sue Miss Lefovre. Librarian Mrs. .oil. Curators Prof. J, S. Stahr, Dr. S. S Knthven, S. M. Seuer aud C. A. Hemitsh. Tlie seciety then adjeitrni'd te meet en S iturday, January SI, ISWI, at S p. 111 , in the museum. Tlllt IIUAItlMir UV.. 1.1 II siiinlliit UriMitt sulls KnlPi'wil A(SiHil I'hjslclMii mill tiirricym en Dr. Westhaeller, health commissioner, icperts that only ene new cue 1'f small pox has developed during the past w,ek Thore is only oue ethor e.isn under treat lucnt, and Uve ceses convalescent The lHi.ird of licaltli, through its ,iresi dent, 11. It. Fulton, esip, lias entered suit against the following named persons for violation of the previsions of the law cs tablishlug the beard of health : Fer falling te rojiert births aud deaths Drs. Henry CArHuiter, II. E. Muhleuhtug, J. Aug. Elder, I). It. MoCertiiick, Wit liaiu BlackweMl, and S. II. Motzger. Fer failing te report n smalliwx case Dr. Geergo A. King ; nud for obstructing the health commissioner In placing a (lag 011 his (the defendant's) house, Mr. .Jacob Z.iegler. Fer falling te make ipiarterly report-s jt'f marriages ns required by a state law ltev. Dr. McCallagh, of St. Mary's ; ltev. C. N. Spaulding of St. Jehn's Free Episcopal church, and ltev. A. I. Collim, of Si. Paul's M. E. church. The penalty for refusing te in ike the reports abore enumerated is net less than 2.1 nor mero than 6100. J. W. Jehnsen, cki) , lias been retained by the beard of health te assist iu the. prosecution of the defendants, wlu will probably appeal the cases te court te tes t the rights aud powers of the beaul of health in the premises. The eases will be heard by Aldmnian Spurrier en Thursday afternoon ut - o'cleok. NKKIIIltOHllUltlt M'.WM Kveuts near ucl acrun I lie Uuuuiy Lines Pettsville anticipates au eirly Luhigh Valley railroad connection. The reef of A. C. PaUcke's repe factory iu Lebanon, was crushed hi by snow. Less, 1,000. The reef of a buildiug nt Lauer's paik brewery, at Heading, was erusfled In by the heavy weight of snow upon It, entail iug a less of about 100. J.ine Sohlenke, six years of age, was attacked aud terribly mangled by a vioieusdog in Greenwich, IlcrkH county. Her injur lea me pronounced mortal. J. V. Walker, proprietor of the Wash ington house, Yerk, lias received a young porker, weighing ene thousand pounds, from Mechanicsburg, Ciunbeil.ind oeuuty. Frank E. Freczer, brakemaii, ami Jas. ltehmau, watchman, employed by the Pennsylvania railroad, wero tun ever and killed at Harrisburg en Saturday night. A uatieual bvik with a capital et jl)0,- 000 has been established nt Malvum, Chester comity. Tills is the fourth na tional bank that liai been chartered iu thu county during thu year, During lS3 two hundred houses wero put up by building associations nnd ene hundred by private individuals in Heading. The yearly reports will show that thu city debt has been reduced $0,000 during the past year nnd the water debt decreased $31,000. Mller Annlversurj Heerpll'iii. On Saturday eveuing Mr. and Mrs. Samuel If. Hoynelds ranrked with a reoep tien of thelr friends the tweuty-llfth annlversary of their wedding, their daugh ter at the same time making her formal outrance iute seciety, her young friendH remalnlng until midnight te enjey tlie dance nfter the hours of the general re coptlen, whieh wero from six te nine, had passed, Tlie large mausieu was well filled with the guests, who wero rcceived aud ontei tallied iu thoexcollont style for which tlie hotise is noted. Tlie collation was spread by Augustliie. The prcsents of solid Hllvorwnre were very handsome. Miss Hoynelds was assisted iu her reception by Miss Pauline Hengicr nnd Miss Mary Hell linger, of this city, and Miss Jacksen, of Uollefouto. Tha Northern market. The debris of the wreck caused by the fall of the Northern market a woek age Is being rapidly removed, Tlie foetwalks en both North Queen nud Waluut sheets nre new dear, nud se mueh of the interior 01 the market plaoe has bcen olearcd as te inakeit possible te held market in a num. her of stalls te-morrow morning, though thore is Rome objeotlon todelugjso, as it is feared the market peeple may tutorfero with the werkmen. It is astonishing te soe hew iittle damage has been doue te many of the market stalls, Whlle the 011 tire buildiug is as completo a wreck ns It is pessible te oenceivo et, ninny of the stalls escaped all Injury, nud It is only the butelier stalls at the west end of thu building that are very seriously dam. aged, llelere tlie Mayer. The mayor this morning sent 0110 drunk te Jail for 10 days, and scveu persons, who had applied ler lodging woie discharged, .-
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