LANCASTER DAILY lNTKTXlOENCFK, T1UTUSOAY, FBHIUTAHY 7, 1884. IH Lancaster JnielUgenccr. THURSDAY FVBNINO, FlZ ,B?f' Ucttcr Men Weeded. Judge Yerke8, who has worthily sua ceeded te the bench In Bucks county, has been directing the attention of Uie grand Jury and the public there te tlie Importance of the offlce of county audi ter, which he Informs them Is net u merely ministerial one, but a place In which the Incumbent has te exercise judicial functions. " It Is net enough te audit a bill because it has been paid. It is the auditors' duty te knew whether it should liave been paid or net and te charge it ugalnst the disbursing etllccr if it was paid unlawfully." The elllce corresponds with that of controller in the municipal government, which has been dignified Inte one of great import nnce ; as, for instance, In the ense of Mr. PattlBen, who first gave It its real sig. nlDcance In Philadelphia, and gained much deserved credit for himself by in telligent and fearless administration of it. Throughout the counties of the state generally the elllce has been a per functory one, being bo3tewod most fre quently as a petty party reward. In this county for some years there has been a growing disposition te make the audita audit, but partly for lack of capacity and partly from the lack of a proper motive the investigations have net always been wisely directed, and even well intentieued movements against some existing abuses have net uniformly commanded unqualified popu lar respect. The present attitude of the auditors in tills county, In surcharging the com missioners with all payments made by them, contrary te legal authority, is un doubtedly a correct one, leaving te the courts te declde whether the auditors are right in their const iuct Ien of the law. The principal subject for com plaint here has been the enormous sums paid out as costs In dismissed cases, in most of which the ends of justlce were abused and scan dalized rather than subserved. These bills have been paid, it is te be assumed, uniformly upeii the approval of the county solicitor, au official for whose selection the people and net the commissioners are resienslble. That he has performed his duty in a slovenly nnd incapable manner is very obvious, and he will probably take refuge behind the meagre salary paid as net suilicient te justify the rigorous examination that would be necessary te test the correct ness of every bill of costs presented. The whole system, or the abuse te which our system of county administra tien is subjected, demonstrates the need of an entirely different kind of men in the local offices. The overwhelming He publican majority in this county has tempted that party te the utter subordi nation of public interests te personal and factional advantages in lllling the county elllces. The result Is a vicious adminis tration of public affairs. Ne laws can be made that will make unfit men capa ble officials, or which will check the rapacity of the dishonest, but once public attention i3 fully aroused te the importance of an office there is s mie hope that men may be selected te square with the place. .V Weakening Corporation. We are likely te have cheap telegraphy befere long. The effeit of the Western Union company te buy up competing companies, which has been continued through many years, has left it tee weak for further essays of that charac ter. It is only interested new In an en deaver te keep Itself alive. The Indica tions are that it will fade away before the competition preparing for it. Any strong patty could enter into this com petition successfully ; and i he party is at hand in the Baltimore & Ohie company, which is actively preparing te reach all paying telegraphic points in the country with its lines. An independent cable line owned by Mr. Bennett of the Herald and Mr. Mackay, of bonanza fame, is about te be laid.and it Is certain te remain an independent line. As Mr.ilackny has said te some one, inquir ing en the subject, the owners are able te wait long for their profits, aud this enter prise will net be hampered by demands of stockholders for speedy dividends. Mr. Bennett's Interests as a newspaper proprietor are an additional guarantee that the new cable line will preserve Its autonomy. The felly of the old lines in swallowing each ether lias had a like weakening effect In the resultant crea tures that has met the Western L'uien anaconda. They are both at the mercy of the young, alert and uuburthened rivals, by land and sea, which we knew are coming te stay, because they are strong enough te conquer and it will ba profita ble te them te fight. It is a matter for congratulation that the often divided and betreubled De mocracy of Philadelphia have coine te a substantial agreement upon se excellent a representative for delegate at large from this statu te the Democratic national convention jis Mr. W. F. liar rlty. They could have presented none whom the party in the rest of the state would mere heartily approve. Thoceuree f Mr. Harrlty in directing the organization se as te present the great est harmony compatible with its highest efilc eney has wen for htm tlie entire confidence of the large body of Demo Deme crats in the interior, who knew that se much of tlie result In thlHHiMtn ,i,.,w.,.i upon the wisdom, the unselfishness and the honesty which control the erganiza lien m riiiiauefpiiiH, aud when tlie party there puts forth one who stands forthese the Democracy of the state will be only tee glad te de him honei. 1 Mil. AYiiitklaw Hum nnd a number of gentlemen like him, of the Heinibll cau party of New Yerk city belonging te ine ciass wnem Jim Belferd and Tem Ochlltroe call " men with bangs" re cently hnd themselves elected te tlie city cemmittee nnd tried te capture tlie organization there. But at tlie meeting list night the old regulars who used te train with Arthur walked away with It j nnd made Jehuny O'Brien chairman. He and the.JJuruey DJglins, Jake Hess and Steve Trench w ill keep control of the machine. . m - PmtiADKLrniA'ri experiment with water metres proves their efficacy. These who use water judiciously find no In crease In the cost of thelr supply ; these who waste It are apt te correct thelr prodigality when they find that they cannot make ethers bear the cost of it. Newaiuy Lancastrians have te apologize te visitors for the imperfec tlens of the electric light, but in the near future, when the Increased city t.i rate has been rendered necessary, council men will find it mere difficult te make satisfactory apologies te their censtitu cuts Tnu prevent damp and rainy ue.it hci has had no elfeet in chilling the enthusiasm el the Grand Army boys. TllK graud ledgo of the Junier Amen. cm Protestant association whatever that is tu session in Heading, Ins excluded colored poepio from the order. They want "no niggers " in their heaven. Paknkll dillers with Queen Yie' i a m her ostimate of Ireland's tratiqeiluv and he will meve au amendment te the queen's speech with reforence te the government's policy iu the Kmerald Isle. Like ll.itique's ghost, Paniell is hard te down. Nil a vessel under the American 11 ig is tit te u se for the Oroely relief expedition and recourse must be had te Kngland for the necessary craft. Congressmen Robin son aud Fiuerty must this tun keep their bauds oil the ISntish Lien's tail. TllK system of paying officers by tees instead of by tlxed salaries is a bad oue and New Yerk eity in particular is made tJ feel its ill effects. Hatter by far it the Lancaster county practice of fixing the salaries, thus removing the tempt itieu te extortion. An investigation was made in l'hiladel phi last eveniug by the police aud it was found that 32 doers, 10 windows aud U shutters wero left open durii'g the night. It is little wouder that there are such oe pleas burglars in view of this exhibition of carelessness. The Phiiadelphi.1 Recerd does net take mueh stock In young Mr. Hlack," tlie lieutenant governor ; which is uufortu uufertu uufortu nate for the Ilteerd The Recerd did net take much stock in young Mr. I'.utisen. It belied him and libelled him aud opposed his election , but he was chosen governor, uovertheless, aud the Iltcenl still lives and may learn. A Knss mau advises the government te eiler vlOO.OOO for tbe rescue of the Orccly party. The government would still be a great saver if double the sum were offered, as compared with the costly methed of investigation already agreed upon. Hut there is considerable difficulty iu attracting private enterprise te such au uudei taking at any price. The treacherous Ohie river has again burst its bauks and the indications point te Heed disasters similar te theso of last February. Thus far httle damage has occurred along the bauks of the Susquo Susque hanna, but it is net te safe te ciew, as thu end has net been reached. It is te be hoped that Uie probabilities for elder weather seen may turu out te be correct. PKK3CJNAL. Jei f Dams is failing in health rapidly. Dii. J. L. Fonweou will be the Demo cratic candidate for ma) or of Chester. I)i kk of Amhnv, leaving a public meeting in Dorking, Eug., hid a q lart of beer thrown at him. Eaiil OnesvKNOH, whose death nas been recently noticed, was never happ.er than when driving an ougiue. ShiXNEii, of North Carolina, contested by Peele, is awarded his seat by the II jus i cemmittee en elections by a vote of 0 te 1 Yeiiv Uev. J. 1$. Dueiiu.i.i, director of the Catholic bureau of India') mission.!, ries, died ou Tuesday eveuiug in Washing Washing ten. 1,111111 Wll.Tri! Pi VflMlI-T , Inn nf tl... ,Duke of Argyll, en joys tbe distinction of li.-iln i. llni ll ...,. In h.I I. . .. . T 1 "'" t" iiiiii, iuiii iu ucuuiuu a 1.UUUOI1 broker. IlRI'KESi:.NTlTIK Tlh Dl I'uUir.Ullnl -E OcuiLTitKh of Texan, is seen, it is haul, te daughter of Jehn F. Mackey, the I'aciUe coast many times millionaire. J. C. S. Hlvckm UN. Kentucky's unw- senator is described as tail, square shouldered find Mtnnii-v lfta faiiii.,!., ,,... handsome, nnd l.irnn hlitii nnu ,,,.., I,.,. I. out above a heavy brown raustiobe. ..... ....-....,, ...... IHIUUOU 1IUI11 .1 speaking tour through Missouri, aud is in rlvn. Am,.M i...i.. t . i . . '"" "' uuu. uuncr ter president, who, he claims, can ktriwn Mlfilinrn 111..,.,, , " - ,'.,W,U,I .lunula Iowa, and Missouri "with the thorough, ness of a hired man at diuner.'' Weer will be a candidate for Congrers. I'llESIDI.Nl PilTlKll. nt I'nlnn n,.ll..,.n Schenectady, will Bail for Eurojie en Sat urday. He has just returned from Ounev.i, where he has been in consultation with me auineriiies ei lloeartcollogoroganling the presidency recently offered him. It is uuderhtoed his trip abroad is te scek the advice of some of his relations and warm supperters, new absent from the country, concerning the offer. Senvteh Loevn'h Jlve year old grand child was perched en a visitor's kuee the ethor day, eyeing wishfully a bright new munui nuiuu iuu Kenueman was euerlng him. Hut his mother, with leek and nod, bade him tint .ip.iviiit if Tim nm f,.n... next turned te the senator te get his per- iuibdiuu ie i;ike ine prouereii gut, but he fmWIl.ifl n HtIM mnrn nmriliill .Al.i.nl Then the embryo Btatesman grabbed tlie liuiu uuu uiti.iiiiiuu, uaii quesiieuing, nail defiatltlv : "Wliv irrnnilii v ;, ,l,.u,i'i ...,. any effice '" Kllled In m Uelllery. The central colliery or the Delaware, Lickawaiina and Western cempauy, was the soene of a futal accldent Wednesday afternoon, which resulted in the iiihtint death or a miner named Chailea Owens, a prominent politician of Bcranten. Owens wan lu the aet or taking down seme loose pieces of reef when a large urns or reek and oe-xl desconded upon him, killing him instautly. Ills rellew werkmen, in the bope or aavlug his hfe, ran a torrible risk In removing the heap of debris boneath which he was buried, but when they reaohed him he was dead aud mingled beyond recognition. He leaves a wde and eight childreu, All Umiiert hj a Vew, A construction train en the Loulnville, New Orleans and Texas railroad, carrying a large foreo of laborers, while backing around n nurvn iinnr Perf.rillii.nii Atiuua sippl,rau ever a cow, overturning eight Hat cars aud weuudlng fourteen men, one fa. tally aud three dangerously. THE ANGRYJVATERS. nun samm mi.iii-.i.i.is in riuuiis. Ilindicnl ltl III Hid (llile nml IK lilou lileu iHtlfd I lllrmi IVmiiii DreuiuM In Sim let (x, tltilii I Memis. iUplmnim. Net fei thirty-two je.irs h.ne Mm waters risen te hiich a helijht as they did en Wed nesday about Pittsburg, and it will be llftj two jears next .suudiy since they were higher tint bmtitf the guMt ll ed of Febuiary H 1.W, mIumi the water reach ed thirty live feet This time it came within a few inches of that, but at clot en o'clock yVdncfilay night, had begun te recede. The twin cities, Allegheny and Pittsburg, piosent a spectacle neu'r before seen miles nf valuable property and him dreds of houses under water. The ilis ti ict bounded by Duquoustie w is mi the north and Water street en the south and from the junction of the two uvers en Sixth street, including I'enn aenue, Libert street, from First te Sixth treet,s, Ferry and Short street, is almost entirely submerged, ami every street south of Peen avenue t ' Sharpening, adistmee of five miles, is from oue te ten feet under water. I he management of I. 'brary hall, en 1'ei.n avenue, where I.iwreuce llarrett is pi. nig, has been compelled te suspend operations until the water recedes. The museum, en SixMi street, is still open, although Mirroutided by vatr, and the inanag-r eilers frce transpertati n te and from the niii-eum in beats At night the city is in a s'a'e of semi darkness. The water is up t the gas works ,md, while tlie gas is Mill nuruieg. it is very ilitn. Ou the se'Hh side every street south el Carsen, from t'hartiers creek te Thirtieth, is inundated, while all property within three squaris of the liver in Allegheuy is submerged. At this time it is impossible te estimate the leis, but it is safe te say it will net fall short of J 1,000 000 aud may greatly exceed that auuuiut. The 1 iss in some instances will reach fiO.OOO while u few hundreds will cover ethers. Fully five thousand fimilies are rendered home less by the ilevl. Arrangements have been made te sholter them in the public halls ami ou Thursday morning, ami in accer dance with a proclamation of Maier I. ion, public meetings will be held for tlie pur pose of making some prevision for them until the Heed subsides sufficient!) te permit them te return te their homes. Every iron nn'l, foundry and glass fae tery iu the two cities have been compelled te shut down, while all the railroads, except! the Pennsylvania Central, siispeu ded traihe Wednesday afternoon. Hetween Pittsburg aud Allegheny travel by street cars has been completely shut off aud the only way te get te the North S de is by ferries, wh.ch are pljuig a lively trade. M iny p.ier families hue lest all they i essevsed by tbe Heed. Frem all points along the rivers, from their seurce te mouth, comes the story of devastation, but Wednesday night uens was received that the water is receding, although it is still warm and raiumg b or a time Wednesday it was (eared that the Sixteenth street bridge would be washed away ami travel ever it was prohibited, but at midnight it was still firm. Se far no latal.ties have oeoured and no accidents have been reported. Oje ma'i was drowned, but it is bel.eied that he jumped into the river with the intention of committing suicide, as be refused te take a plauk thrown te him. The merniiiK newspapers nre suffering great inenva uience (rjin their cellars being ll ,ed -d. mi; ieaoi.ne iiiiiii I-It Icen IV-mi llrewupil Ht Mnilrtlu, uiilu H a llllk Olllui; nnjr, At U p. m. Wednesday the water was WfcetiJ HLhiM iu depth a'. Cincinnati, and the ruei was rising two inches pr hour. The rain had almost stepped. The lower pirt of the city was submerged. The Ohie river has nsen at Wheeling, W. Va., at the rate of about eight inches an hour, and is forty feet high a vreseut The Seventh ward, lying en Wheeling island, is almost entirely submerged, and the residents have abiudemd their houses iu many eases, and in ethers moved into the secetid stones, reacbiug their dwell ings in skills. The low portions of the First aud Eighth wards, at the north aud south ends of the city, h.ive beeu under water, and the river is encroaching en the business streets iu the heart of the city. .uirieiti, unto, has neon plunged into the depths of mourning by a ternble dis astei ou Wednesday, the remit of the-high water. A large crowd nf people weie standing en the biuks of tiie Muskingum watching the dntt oil thu surges, when the bank ou which they were standing gave way.aud the larger vart of the crowd were thrown Inte the rirer. Theu who did net fall in were oreieomo with panic, .ind mauy e'liidren were cirried awuy bi the sw ift waters before an ell jrt could be made te save thorn, rim wildest excite meut prevails. Ne estimate can ynt be made of the extent of the calamity, us nobody knows who e irnpised the crowd It h thought, however, that at least n persons wero drowned. The town is almost oenuiletolv ever flowed, and Hundreds of families have abaudenud their li imes, moving away in some cases with euly thuse articles which they could eirry in theirhinds. Tiie ruer has reached 11 feet, and the rejHirts lrem above confirm the belief entertained that the preseut ll ed will be without para Id. liii. siiyuKiMXMA ItlslMJ femitliHl I'eit lPi,..ll May hulter linn the I en llrntka Up. Thu .Stiqueh.inua river at Harrisburg has becu steadily using all Wednesday, but the ice has shown no signs of a break up te 'J p. in. The people iu the lewer scctieu of the city are in great fear of a gorge. Apprehensions concerning a Heed at Wiiliamspert are subsiding, although dispatches from up the river say it is still raining. The ice gorge above Leck Ilaveu has biokej and the head of the jam has moved dunuti) thu upper end of Williams pett boom. The ice is en the move for miles up the river. The lioed iu tlie river is new eight feet. The ice abeve the dam is expected te go out during the night. The danger of inundation whicli threat ens Pert Deposit, is uncertain, dopending entirely upon whether the iae in the river passes cjuietly in'e the Chesapeake bay within a day or two, or resists the pres sure of water from abeve long eneugli te dam the mouth of the Susquehanna. The body of the loe moved ab jut ten feet Wed nesday aftorneou, while its present state el solidity is a threatening sign. The rail road company will keep their locemotivos lired up all night ready te meve trains iu case of imminent danger. The water is only about two feet abjve the erdiuaiy level, The danger is that the volumes of water new pouting from the miles of melting snow and ice abeve will net contiuue te hai e f n e egress into the bay. The nun a montef asiugle tide may detormlue the result. If it breakH the sheet el l:e, wliie'i uew covers the river at Pert Dopeslt, and carries the lines quietly away with its ebb, thore will bO 110 llOed. bllt. If Hill inn w.nlutu .., mere tides and is then breken by u sudden swelling of the rlver and jammed ngatnst the obstructions below Pert Deposit, nun and disaater will fellow. The Ice Is about fifteen Inches thlek, stretching from shore te shere lu a solid Bhoet, a mile wide and many long. An lueh or two or the risitiK water rushes along evor its surfaoe con cealing it rrem view save at the bauks, Wednesday night nieu wero watehltig the swelling current miles abeve aud belew Pert Deposit, ready te give Instant warn iugef peril. Harry k. l'aeker'i AV III. By the death of his brether Hebert, tlie Inte Hen, II, B, Ptiuker beoatne heir te one half of thu ast estate of his fathei, valued at $0,000,000. He is survived by n ( maiden sister, after whiwe death the es-. late of the elder Packer is te be man gi d twenty ) ears by n beard of live dircctets and thou distributed, the I, high I'uiver- , sity and St. Luke's h pit,il, of lltthle hem, being the pritu- al beii'-lunatics. Hy the will of Ham i: Packer he ex ereises the power, unlet the w ill el his father, which gave hen the right te dis pose by will el about one ipiirter of the Packer estate. He makes i few miner bequests aud gues his wile all tin lest of his property during hei life At hi r death twentv twetiti thuds of it g es te the I.flilgh I'uiversity, at lietlilehem and I three twenty thirds te M. Luke's hespita', llethlelieui, both of which were built and j liberally endowed b his father. I he ex editors ate his wi'e, Kl sha H. Wilbur, of llethlehem, and Di K beit Limberteii, liresideut el Lehigh I nuersiti. The will oeutaius nothing else of public interest. It was executed last August. I mini; (ih I in ul ill) Amu ll, Nmvs of a herritile outrige comes from Putnam county, O n Tuesday in irmng Mi-sKmmt llurtingei. a )etitig wemiu of about tS ears of ige lett home te visit seme friends In the neiilib rhe 1. llr w,iv led through i piece el we,nl!anil. While passing threiuh it she was met by three nieu with nii'hs, wit seized her, gagged her te prevent an outer), earried her into a dense ttueket and ns.s.iulted her. The soeuiidieN then tied, leaving their victim te return home ns best she could. She reached ilure m au exhausted condition aud told her sterv The news spread like wild lite, and ere v ted the most intense excilemeut. I'lie ceuntiv is lie tug scoured by bands ei aimeil aud incensed men. It is sile t.isiy tint if th mis creants are eatuht ll.i u fnt will be settled by short sliuft ail luj lope .Miss Itiirtenger thinks she ml be able te identify her f.ssai' nut iltl eugh th y were misked. Henri Hell llenli-i ee On I he morning of D e 2" last Henry Dell, a prominent Puil tdelphm ace Mtit ant, received injuries which resulted in his death shortly afterward. The indications were that he had been murderously as saultcd, but a coronet's niry d-cidwl that the death wis aecilent.il, The lltterd has since been invesfg-itiug the matter, and has secured the afll lavit of S lUy lUy mend Cheate, of Newark, Del, who saw Hell beiteu aud rebbe 1 hy tA, meu uear the place where h in subsequeutly found. lriirneil (nr h t uncial Mrs. Martha Wrigh'. el Yemusviile, Pa , was drowned en Tuesday evening while ou her way home fiem her motbei's funeral. Fl lating ic c irned by the high water ever the read bed overturned the sleigb iu nil eh she was riding. Her body was found 10 reds trem where the acci dent occurred. &he leaves a husbiu i aud one seu. Lfnclieit iiv Vl;llIHl'- ' lud" Wade, luader of the Niobrara In rse thieves in Minticseti,has been Ivucli ed by " Yigilauts.' It is kuewu that three igiiauts have lynched 11 meu iu that region, and it is susp-'cted that mauy ethers have been put ut el the way. A Ittl-u il Tirrer in li-xlce The Indian pepulan ti at Tiitlau, .Mex ice, has raised against the whites Soveu of the principal merchant are said te have been k llcrl and their bodies k'eked about ihe streets by a mob. Many buildings are Slid te have beeu burned. It.-siiilleg it Wife Miitiierrr lijveruer Pattiseu has respited Jehn Dillmau, the wife murderer, who was te 03 executed at hmten en the 1.5'b iust , until April 'h, in order that the cemmis sieners recently appointed miht have time te mquire into his insanity. ltu.ultd ui I'lKjriiii: witu I'euuci. Near Heward Furuace, Ohie, en Wed tifs lay a gallon of powder ignited in the lip of Mis. William Woelotu, and au i x plosien icsultid. The woman aliI a lIuUI were killed and two ether children iijurtd. The house was blown dewu. TllK WIIirriMI l'UST. A v'ur.i.p juiluul Vlii Hr.nlj Hella, cs lu lit hlllcn-y. tei tUu 1MKL1 li.KSl Kit The question " Heselved that the establishment of a whipping pest by law for the puuishmcut et crirniuals would be beuetici.il te the moialsef the community and the welfare of society," was adopted for discusiieii at the nexf meeting (Mon day oveuiug, Feb. 11, lsl) of the btras burg literary association. Ie modest and refined ears this may stuiiil harshly, and in this present enlight ened age it may be taken as a spirit of biutahty uud bit bar if in m the p-inishmerit of wrong doing ; but when it is considered that the criminal in very many instances h moved only by brutal passiuiis and instincts in utter disregard of all the eutre ittes ofparent.il, moral or religious instiuctieu, it would seem the most ado ipiate punishment and the only defence that an injured, enlightened community can adept. It is is au old adae which says, " If a mau will net hear he must be undo te feel." Aud it is dem eustrably and sadly true that many men in this onlightencd ami Chiistian age are feiixcoptible of ue feeling hut that of physical pain ; or, if they have any such sense they willfully ignore and disregard it. There are men who allow thouiselves te be prompted and guided aloue by the most degrading brutal passions aud b iaBt in thorn, whether aroused by temporary oxeitauts or hy criminal indulgence. Their delight seems te culminate in the intlictieu of cruelty upon their fellow man aud in the satining of their bloodthirsty vongeauco at the most trivial ellense. Such men are iucapable of reformation by a human, moral or intelleetii.il process; tin y have no regard or fear for prison bulw or bars, oveu if they could be sub jected te thorn. The only remedy for the cure of such moral depravity is the prompt, curtain aud sure infliction of bodily suffering and disgrace. And such ii the whipping pest. Di.i i srr.. I'Al'UKU lllUKKV.S I'L.M-.UAL,. Viiniiiii lUtiuieiii M-rvlct st Hi. Mnrj'i Oliuruli uu Hittiirility .Vlurnlni;, The funeral of lUv, J, C. Hickey, whose death ou Wednesday morning has been already noted, will take place from St. Mary's church, this city, ou Saturday morning next at I) o'elock. Services will be held at St. Patrick's chinch, Carllsle, te morrow meruing, te be couduetcd by Hev. Father Molinde, of Harrisburg. The lemaius will thou be conveyed te thu train, arriving iu this city at 5;lS p. m. They will be taken immediately te St. Mary's church aud placed en a haudsome cata laiquu in the imve of the church, where they will Ue in state until the dual eervlccs en Saturday morning. Tlie work of draping the chureh is new lu progress. Solemn requiem mass will he celobrated at 0 a. m., with Hev. Dr. MeCullagh, pistorefSt. MaryV, as oolt eolt oelt braut. Hev. Hugh Lane, of St. Teresa's chureh, Philadelphia, will proaeh the f iiicral sermon, nnd Right Hev, Hlshep Mil inahaii will glve the absolution of the body. The remains will thou be taken for iutorment te St. Mary's cometory. Many priests from abroad will p.utiolpate in the lutieral services. Hula ul llnrses unit Mulen. Simuel 1 1 e.iH Si Seu, auctioneers, sold at public sale yosterday. at the Styer hoiibe, New Helland, for Ed. ICauflman, nine head of horses for $1,51)11, amj fourteon pair of mules for 1,201.10, the whele amounting te $5,h?3,50. (I A, K. ENCAMPMENT. Vl'N Al I, Isl- MOIII'-s ur,il' Mill.. rim I i illiiv Ciiiitpit ler cniiuiMiliili r - li -tij Inr tun VV bi I.ikIiiii ( mull IhIh dluir i Isiillmit le-iln) s I l hi i-rOlii; N'etwithstaudiiig the iinlferui bad vventhei piev ailing, Midi mud Aimy visi ters succreded in having a geed tune )cs tenia) nnd te day ptemenading tireiiud the city viewing the vatleus neiuts of iii terest. The Columbia, Maiietta and llainbndge delegations jolt ou the after noon train for their homes, atulagie.it niimbei el these I rum the western pirt of the state hatemil their departure because of the repmtsel gre.it lloeds prevailing in that v iclmty. A session of the encamp iiieul was lield vesteiday afteiiieuii, the proceedings of which were attended with gieat interest. 'The eterans Itights union met in the evening ami that tu con junction with thecamp lire at Mu-ntiercher hall, and the presei.t.itien of " Pin.ifote " tiv lee.il talent for the benefit of Aduiir.l1 Hev nelds pest, helped te while aw.iy the evening pleasAiitly. M my private social diversions were held in honor of Iho visi ters. VVrilln-fiU) Allrriiniiii SUs.lun It was decidid by a Urge majority net te change the b isis of representation se that in future encampments every ene hundred comrades instead of ei cry fifty, us new, should be entitled te oue delegate. Nominations for department commander, senior vice cemui wider, junior vice com minder, medie il doctor aud depirtmciit ehap'aiu were then made. Hit, Oltti-er t:lftteil. 'The excitement c msequent upon the e uitest for department commander cul minated late last evening when it became knewu tlut F 11. Dyer, of Washington, I'll , had received a mijerity of the votes cast. 'The vote was as fellows F 11. Dyer, of Washington 10J, llee. 11 Chilmers, l'ittt,burg ... 21s. lleiuy ('. Wiiguer, Allentown. . . s. His l-uii lire, L mg before the hour had arrived for Judge Patterson te call the " camp lire ' te erder lust night, the while haired and middle ngrd uniformed men who tilled every sent in Mnnuercher hall were en-tuu-iixsticilly making the welkin riug with nouns ter lireskt.ist, I'eiui" for illiiinii. i,eii us mr supnt-r llenns, beam, biuns, .li d ether old army seugs that seemed te revive the youth of a quarter of a century age in the Grand Army veteraus. Judge Patterson was escorted te the chair and introduced by Captain Win. D. Mauller. He tiieu th inked the oom eom oem rades for the honor oeuferred upon htm, and welcomed them te the hearts aud homes et this city, aud te the eamp lire. He emphasised the importance et urgaui urgaui zitien en the part of soldiers " te secure the recognition of the just and righteous claims of these who preserved the nation," and said that " Je.OOD geed and true men i meet be despi-ed." He urged upon all pirtieipatien iu the Yctcrans' Hights union. Kcinirks ul lllatlnguliirieil Uclrgntes. The tall form of Comrade Wm. A Stene, Pest ', Pittsburg, I intcd States district attorney ler the Western district of Penti sylvauia, next inspired the cheers of the delegaUs who, be said, had come with him across the mountains from the " clear aud beautiful atmesphere of Pittsburg" te receive se dt-lightlul a reception from the poepio of the el 1 town of Laucaster. He eulegized the Grand Army or the He public and mourned at the rapid tbinniug of its ranks by th.it reaper whose nime is di-alb. " The thousand gene before are net dead they ure only mustered out and seen all et us will be gathered te that beautiful city who,e walls are made of jaspui aud whose streets are paved with geld." GeuernI W II McCartuey, of Wilkes bat re, 'rejoiced mere aud mere, as each suce eding year's .tlteni.ite bcaseus of frost aud suusluue come aud go, reminding us through the whitening hair nud unsteady step of theso who sived the uatieu's life that their race is nearly run, that I belong te the Grand Aimy of the Hepublie." General McCaituey declared that if he must talk he would rather talk te soldiers than te any ether class of people he knew. He loved te face a soldier without a musket ; for it is no respecter of persens , its highet.t ambition seeming te be te get up a Itinera! ; aud he didn't yearn after its attendance up iu his own funeral. The general continued iu this strain for several minutes, evoking rears of laughter and tumultuous applause. Iu conclusion, he ventured the prediction that until thu vast army represented before him had be come only a tottering squad, their hearts weuid beat rcsponsive te their country's welfare. A Mu.lcul lull nil. union. Comrade Wm. IJ. Hall, of this city, saug Bayard Tayler's " Crimean Camp Seng " and in response te the hearty oneoro ren der! d "A Fine Old Arkans.iwOoutleman." In the course of the evening Prof. Hall also sing " Marehing Through Georgia," (tbe vast audicnoe joining iu the chorus), aud thu "Uugle Seng." Otticr Atliiresecu General Hubert II. Heath, the commander in duel, congratulated the Jopartmeut of Pennsylvania iu the supremacy which the Keystone statu maintained as the banner Grand Army state ; he also reminded his audionce that thore were scores of thou sands of seldiers who are net yet sharing iu tlie botiefits of tlie Grand Army. " Ge en until we have made up the grandest association iu number .is it is new iu ob ject." At the oloe of his address thrce hearty diners were given for the spoaker. General Leuis Wagner, or Philadelphia, said that thore were only two Pennsylva nia counties Pike and Fulton in which there was no Graud Army pest. IIu de. clared that there were just as many soldiers iu this state out or the organization as iu it. He urged upjn his fellow comrades that they put fresh zeal into thelr work and go forth determined te soeuro a total mombership of 50,000 before the meeting of the next state encampment. Cel. J. P. S. Gebln, of Lebanon, felt like taking exception te seme of the re marks. He denied that these men are old. "Yeu are the heys, the heys of '01 1" "It is a mistake te say that this Grand Army will pass away. It will stand at Gettys burg, at Petersburg and at Appamatex, until the last syllable of recorded ttme." Colenol Celiln strongly rcoemmoudod that measures be taken te preserve the records of the battles fought aud victories wen by thu Pennsylvania troops, se that all might be permanently proservod nothing lu ex tonuatlen, naught In malice aud ovory evory overy thiug true. A UIU7 Cel rit mother. Undoubtedly tbe feature of the evening were the two addresses of Comrade Hec Hec eor, of Yerk, ene or the dezen colored dolegatcs prosent. He declared that he was net from Pittsburg, evon if it was a " dark aud smoky oily." He oxpressod his joy at the opportunity of addressing his comrades, ami his pleasure at belng able te add beauty te the assemblage by thiewlng en a Httle coloring. He related hew his geed old " Missus " had roeom mended the drinking or buttermllk te ohange his oemploxlou, aud hew one oveuiug he went into the cellar deter mined te " bleaeh or bust." The doctor saved his life, nud new he was hore te re miud his hoarers that they had homes, ehurches and soheols te light for, while the dark-skinned poepio of his own raoe had uelthsi Hag nor country and a very peer home ; novertholossthoy went shoulder te sheulder with the white mau, "and new I greet you and you groet me as comrades of the Graud Army of thu Re public -Iho only iisHiiolutien this slde of heaven where blank men nnd white meu mingle ou n feet of equality." Mr. Hecter concluded with u puelle reference te Abra ham Lincoln's name. 'The hull faitlv shook with the pioleugcd applause thill, ensued. He was again called te the fieut. He cxpliiiiiul that it wasn't Ins fault t hut he was hlack. "Ill had had uiv way I would have hum au uugel " lu conclusion Comrade Hecter entered a c uiiplaiiit , he declaitd that he was a Methodist preacher, and new would be compelled te undergo the chagilu of seeing this vast audience go awa) without having the oppeilunit) or taking up a celli otien ! Iltlmr hrHturts ul ttin I utii lire. Ceuiiaile Forleseue leeited " Kentucky Phil niiiphv." and An-dslim Adjutant General Mewart, " Jake Selinetdei'ii Hide." A K Ster) told efthe Luicastei boys in his regiment who used te receive " snlu " fiem home, and thatiktil Ged that, although men who laired their hands against the nation euje)ed positions of tiust and honor under the geveiiimuul, t In y could tint cuter the Grand Army id the Republic , Chaplain S.t)cis lemlnded the audience, that he became a Grand Army mill iu this city In lsi)7 , M.ij ir Ueineehl " fell as I listened te Comrade Ilectei that it was vveith all we fought for te help stiike the fetters rrem the slaves" 'There were loud c ills for Com rade Man letl Hrnsius, but huwasuetin the hall. 'The meeting then adjourned. I tin Vilrr-ins' nights' Union This eigani. Ulen inetiu the court house last evening, sixty eight pests being up resented The following ullieers were elected : President J. C. Aitkin. Pest ltll Ylce Presidents Ueorge 11. Thatcher, of tlie Philadelphia i7Uircr,lst Pit) , This. G. Sample, of the Pittsburg Lender, Pest l.'S , N. G. Wilsen, Pest 0. Secretary K. Caldwell, Pest U Treasurei (I. J. K. Miller, Pest 10. Much iiiipeit.iut business of u private nature was transacted ; all tending te the object of the asseei itien and the protection of the voter wis' pnhlic.il rights. The atteu tieu r all the PeiiusvlvAiiii congressmen is te bn cilled te the propriety of enforcing the federal suitutes which declare that veteran soldiers shall have prefeimeut in official appointments. TiiritMiiY vimiMNu, The contest for the offices which was begun last eveutng was cetitinued at this mornings session with the following te suit : Fer senior vice c until indcr, Austin Cur tin, or Pest 201 Hellefeiitn, received .t.M votes; Clgir Welsli. Pest 7, 171 , L U. Atkiuseu, Pest 131, OS ; M. Fullmer, Pest I, is. Austin Curtin was dec'arcd elected. Melic.il Director Ch.is. H. Hakcr, of Pest 21, iccoived 111 vetes , Win. Gnehug, Pest HI, .(.' , S. II. Snavelv, Pest 1U0. 10 , J. 11. Davis, Pest UU, ... J. U. Davis was deel ired eleeted. Department Chaplaiu I. W. Sa)res, of Heading, the present incumbent, received 101 votes, and IJ. F. Heyle, of Irwin City, 120 Chaplain Siytis was declared re elected. Junier Yice Commander. The n' niggle terminated this afternoon iu the uiiiiui meus election of 1) maid Caldwell, of Pest l'J, of PhilAili-lphui, all tbe ether caudt dat8, including Maj r Fasiiacht, of this city, having withdrawn in his favor. The fir. -it ballet for council of adniiiur tratiuu resulted iu the election el K. G. Sellers. Four mere ate )ct te be elected. Auether ballet is in progress as we go te press. I'lr.entHlieii lu (Inner) llmnlirl jtit Al ab mt ten o'el 10k Gen. II. A. (Iam bi ight, whose hiitlerlug from a slight at tack of illuess prevented his participation iu the councils or the oucimpmetit, was very agreeably surprised at Ins rcsi deuce ou North i'iiuce street by quite a large detachment or his old command, the 79th regiment, who came te witness the presentation te himself by Sergeants Goe. W. "Singleton, W. P. Kigle ami , Ine. L Dilfeudnrfer, of Ceiupiu) C , uf photo graphs of themselves hiudsomely framed in gilt. Tlie presentation speech was made by K. Iv. Mai tin, esq, and was foelingly responded U by General Ham bnght. General Negley, commander or the brigade te which the 7'Jth tegiment was attao'ied, aud Colonel Grimm, or New Jersey, also made addresses. Tlie threo sergeiuts who tetulered te their old com mander this ettering of their resect aud aileotien formerly lived in this county, but nil are new residents of Philadelphia. riNAKIIHK." Simii lly tlie l.itiiciister.Utiiuiiitiiy. 'Tlie lower part of Fultui opera house was crowded last evening with an appre ci.itlve audience, who had assembled te hear and sec thu presentation of Gilbert aud Sullivan's pretty open "Piuafere," by the Laucaster epira einipauy, for the benefit of Ailmital Reynolds pest I0.", G A. It. There was a large attendance of the representatives of tins organization as spectators uud the performance scorned te be very well enjoyed. There have been ue changes made iu the cast of the com patiy, consequently the opera was roil reil dend by the same individuals who gave it en Thanksgiving day last Thore is improvement noticeable, aud the applause roeoived last oveuiug was geuoieus. Much mere vigor or expression in speak ing, acting aud Hinging is quile uoedftil te secure a geed reception te the company outside el their native city. The leading diameters, especially, should net forget this IlKAlll ATA I'lllK. 1'ul Inn WhIIs Ll mli rmir I'i rjiuis In Allou Alleu tuvvii. At a fire in Allentown en Wednesday night ut the furniture factory uf Gressman &, Ivliicuter, the heat or ste.im Inside burst the building with a loud oxplosien, and a sheet of ilame seme fifty or sixty feet iu width swept out with a horrlble hiss. Ladders and men went down boneath the falling wall. Four men are known te have been killed and seven Injured. Among the latter was II. IC. Kurtz, who will be remembered for the Beus&tienal breaking of his marriage ongagemout te a daughter of Judge Leugakcr roceutly. The city Is in the greatest oxeltomoiit evor the affair and u subscription for the f.unlies of the dead has already been started. Trounle Over n. County Atlas. Oxlei'il 1'ieis A number of New Garden, Choster county, farmers have refused te take the uew euunty atlas new beiug delivered, They claim that the agent who took their subscription misrepresented the ntlas In that he Infermed theni the township maps were only ten cents aploce and agrced te take but few of thorn. The delivering agent admits that the maps are euly about that prlce, but that the agroemont was they were te take the whele number com prising the atlas, about ISO altogethor. The same trouble exists lu ethor places. One subscriber threw the atlas into the ead, and went te oensult a lawyer. Acclilent te mi Kuglnn. List ovenlng the fireman of company Ne, 1 deolded te take their herses out for a Httle oxerotso and try the onglne, The animals wero a little frisky and begau te run, At the cemer of Mulberry and Orauge streets, the wheel of the engine struck thu street ear track and the maohiue was upset. One wheel was badly breken, Messrs. Kautz, Waters and Uaiemau wero en the engine at the time, but wero net hurt, Ilelore ilia ftlnjrer. Th) mayor had flve bums bofero Urn thlBmerning and nil wero dlsoharged, OLTY GOVERNMENT. Al. I ION OI' ( llll SOILS l.AHl I.VKM.Mi Inn ltiniii ul Urn I'liiNiur, I'liy'l i sitniti tr mill Oilier (Jiiinnilltmi-i Km I I luin Itiiilnr. In Uiiiiiiiinii Oniiiit II. A slated meeting of both hr inches of councils was held lu lhlr lenpective ehiimbcrs I ret owning. fl IpiI Clliilicll. 'The sc lec branch wascillml te erdei by PiesulKiit llerger, the f'lliwuig luemhers being present : Messrs. Maker. Ilaldwlu, llergnr, Hiewn, Ddler, Hvans, Wolf, Wise ami . icher. 'Thu minutes or the last meeting wero lead uud approved. Tim report or the edy treisurer was presented hy Mr. Hvans, and It showed that the receipts Ter the last mouth were ).1,;1M7 07 ; expendilnres $1,H.J8.I , bil ance in tieasuty, fJO.O.M) SS. Mr. Hvaus also present! d the repot t of the llnaiice Ciiminlttie, vvhMish iwed that iu Jantliry bills were approved te the amount et 3(1 a.U.l'l The yeinmitteu placed in the sinking fiitul S V)0 of 0 per cent, and 10,1U0 of ,'i per cent, city bends. 'The bill or thu Peniisylvaini Glebe and Gaslight company was icfeiied te euu oils. The report or the eeuiui'tteu en fire cuginrs presented by Mr. Hvatis showed that bill had been apprevid te the iiniennt of JliOti.-l t. 'The committee ordered that (iiigiun linuse Ne. 2bn painted outside. Mr. .eeher prcseuted tlie report of the water committee, unit bills te the iiiiieuui of s i.t ',j were shown te have been up proved. Thursday, April 21, was up pointed as the day of nppeal for water leuteis, 'They reported Uu ir tup te New ' rk te inspect thu Worllnngleu pump and the assurance of Mr Wortliingteu that the pump wil be shipped in three weeks. 'The bill handed in fiem the Pennsylva ula Glebe Gaslight company came up for action. 'The lamp committee had ap pieved it, but the llliauce cemuiitti-ii ob jected te its being p-iid until ccitaiu deductions bid been made. 'The fe'l liv ing report which Mr. llvans hud received from the police, showing the number or gasoline lamps net lighted in the months named, was rend : April S te May 1 2.10 May M June till July IF, August 220 September 00 October ii'J2 November 'J.'l Dccombei 7"2 'Total I, ills 'The deduction made for each limp is 0 cents per uight, and Mr. Evans ar;ueil that deductions should new be tiimle fei these lamps net burning a total et jj'i ; 71. Mr. Hakcr objected en the ground that neither the finance committee nor councils had power te go back further linn n,s mouth te make such deduction ,. Mr. Hvaiis said he was surprised tint Mr. liaker, as a lawyer, would assert th it iu such nn account items could net be charged up At any time. Mr. Hiker iu reply sml he a is r irpnsed that a business man who has gau.i d such a reputation as Mr. Lvaus, would ap prove bills month after meii'li without being sure tint they were eiinvt. He wanted te knew why these doduHieus wero net made at the cud of eieh month Mr. HvanssiKlthat the bills worn ap proved by the tliiaueu eiinmittee bocause they had been approved by the I imp com mittce, who w -.-u supposed te kn iw tint they were correct, lie had receive I Mm report of the police oilleers bat reumiily. Mr. llakur moved that the bill be pud. with deductions for the mouth of Decum her only, and the motion was cart ml, as fellows : Yeas Messrs. Ilaker, Bnger, Dilkr, Wolf, Zecher. Nays Messrs. llildwiu, I. ms and Wise. Adjourned. Ceiiiiniiu ueiiiiiil. In the absence of President Hurst, Mi Kiddle was chuseu chairman el the meet ing or common council. The fellow mg members wero present : Messrs Adams, Il.tre, lleletnus, ( . meny, Dnmuth, Kbcrman, Kv.uts, II trt ley, Henry, Leng McLiughlui, It Idle, Schum, Skeeu, Spaeth, .-iteriuf jIu. Thu minutes of the last stated ineettug were read and approved. Mr. Coruteny presented a petition limn citizens iu tlie Fourth ward protesting against tlie taking away of the electric light from the corner of Yum ami Water strcets, and asking that it be p-placed. ltefcrrcd te lamp cemuuttic A petition was presented lrem citizens asking that the water pipe be i xtended te the residence of Nicholas Me) is en Poplar strcet. Huferred te water cjiii cjiii mittce. Mr. Demutli offered a res ilutiuu li tin ellect that select and common councils autheii.u thu mayor te draw his wan i it rer V te reiinburse Henry Deichler, w'i was fiued that amount ter driving evui the flru onglne hose, contrary te the cidiuance prohibiting such act. Thu reason for this is that he paid the flue befere the erdi tiatiae bec.iniu a law. The resolution was a (opted. N-k-Lt council concurred. Adjeiinud. ceuur ei (,o-u.-tie.-s i-i.i.as Vurillctslleuili mil nml Nun Sulis Kutt-ri-il llieJury Dltcliiirceil. lll.rellE JLUOC I'ATII'IIHON. Ill the oaseof Hli Lybe vs. the suiviving partners et the firm of I). Hair A. Ce., the jury round iu laver of tbu plaiutuf lei JellO, In two ether cises bieught by Lybe against David Hair, the phuuti!) agreed upon non suits upon payment of costs by the dofenso. Huulek Hacker va, .Martin II. Fiy. Tins vvasau action te recover $Ui 'iO idleged te he due ler the manufacture of 0,000 cigars at 25 cents per hundred. 'The dofenso oeiitoulcd that Hacker had consentod te deduat from Albert Garuun, who werked for him the mini due te plain tilT from Fry. At the time Haeker had i'M in hand due te Garman, who was iu dubtcd te Fry In a mueh l.irger amount. The contract was donled by the plaintiff, who called Albert Garmau te sustain him. The jury this morning fettud In favor of the plaintiff for the full amount, with iu terest from January, 1883, te date. llKl'OUK JUKI IS I.IVINOSrO.N. In the ease of Gettlcib Sjiath vs 11.11. Ilerr and wife, the jury rendered a vcidict In favor of the plalntlll for $110. Ne ethor cases worn ready fur trial and the jurors were discharged. A oharter was grautcd te the Lancaster base ball dub. Lewer Kml Nutrt. Oxford l'resi. Jes. C. Jamisen, of Little Britain, aud Jeslah Hrewn, el Fultei tevviishlp, are bothprestrato en a sick bed, the former suffering from pneumonia nud the l.tttec from typhoid fover. W. II. Scott, of Hlehland county, Ohi ), Is en a visit te Ills old home in the lewci eud of the county. Mr. Sjett is ongtige 1 in farming nud gives n geed report of Ins section of the Iluokeyo statu, He retuniH this woek In erder te he home iu time for maple sugar miking. Hev. Dr. C. W. Stewart, of Union eim te Oxford last week. He left a geed huf fall rebe In Blaek's llvery stable oillce while attending te business. During Ins absoneo seme person onterod the otlleo au 1 took Mr. Stewatt's and left his old ene iu stead, It la suppesed it was done in mistake,