LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1884. l ft itancastec .intelligencer. FJUDAT g.VBWHO, FEB. Oijggfl, , TalkatlTO Millionaires. Mr. Viuulcrbllt ngnln favors the nows news nows papen with his views en the financial sit uation. The interviewing business seems te have beceme an advertising business. Mr. Vanderbllt, Mr. Gould ami men of that class, deeply Interested In market prices, nre anxious te talk te the public, wf,en luev want prices up or down, and fail se easv a urey te the reporter that we nrolustlfledlnthe suspicion that he is solicited te call, and that the nowspaper publisher Is remunerated for the public ity he gives te the speculator's views. Certnlnly he would hardly be se silly ns te publish columns of Mr. Vanderbllt's talk without belli paid for It, in view of the worthlesauess of Mr. Vanderbllt's facts and fancies. There is no value In his utterances, except as thev indicate whether his interests require a call for priccB te go up or down. Te this ex tent they are valuable, te theso who de sire te buy or sell stocks that they may net as thev are advised net te uct. If Mr. Vanderbllt was somewhat smarter he would net say what he wauls people te de: and then they would be mere likely te act as he desires. Beth he and Mr. Gould have earned se well deserved rep- . utatlens for talking us they de net think that It would pay thorn new te express tueir real opinions. Mr. Gould and Mr. Vanderbllt new say that stocks are a geed purchase, while it is confidently believed that they want te sell. Mr. Vaudcrbilt declares that New Yerk Central stock Is better than government bends, which have nothing behind them but the public faith ; but Mr. Vander bllt did net act up te this opinion a few years age, when he sold many millions of Central stock and bought fifty millions of government bends, which he la net yet known te have sold and re invested In the mere precious railroad stock. By such u patent teat as this Mr. Vanderbllt is shown te be speaking falsely, and evidently does se for an ob ject, which is just as manifestly the persuasion of the public te invest in railroad securities which have been se heavily watered that they are net able new te earn dividends upon their intla ted capital. The railroad properties are intrinsically mero valuable than ever, but they were never worth the great sum te which stock dividends have swelled their capital. If the public, whom Mr. Van derbllt net long age w.i3 willing should be " damned" and which lias since been pretty severely " damned" in its deal ings with rail i eails and their stocks, continues te leave the manipulators In uncovered custody of the stocks which have cerre home te them te be sustain ed, the strong probability is that these men will be "damned'' In 'their turn ; ami time, which makes all things even, will have ence mero demonstrated its power. I'uy Up and Stint Up. The copy of the lieceril which reached thu l.NTKLLIUKMICliaiKl UlO .VU iV(l enlCUS con tained the u..iuiill(luil cllterlal atatutnent tlmt In the tobacco mm kel Connecticut Beed lent long uge displaced the I'mnsylvMila U-lli. I.AXCASTKIl lMKLUUKNCEIt. We will nay the editor of the Lancaster iNrKi.i.iaKNCKit fifty dollars for a copy of The Iitterd which contains an unqualified oJlterial statement, tmeh as he allege:!. IIe em ollher hunt hi hole or his money, ltut we de net expect lihn te de ene or tbe ether. Philadelphia Recerd. In Its issue of J.iuu iry 31, the Phila delphia Jf cord made theso unqualified editorial statements we quote from a slip cut out of Its paper of that date : " Te the tobacco growers of Fennsyl vania this question of Imported tobacco has never been of gre.it importance sluce Pennsylvania leaf is used only en ordinary cigars." " Many inunufticUirci'H held that, en the grquud of stoutness and supe rior llaver the Connecticut leaf will eventually drive the imported leaf from the market, just us it long iige displaced Pennsylvania leaf." The editor of the iVfcent can hunt Ins hole and send en his money. We expect him te de both. Mr. Eruus Against Mr. Kvans. At the special meeting of councils held en January 1 "tli, te consider tin' electric light (iiiestlen, Select Council man ltebt. A. Evans IndtilgiHl iu char acteristic recklessness of statement In saying " the gnsollne lumps are frequent ly net burning Iu many parts of the city, tiif the police inter report than, for tie ieasen that if they did se it would hurt seme persons." On February nth Inst , Mr. Evans hud received reports from the police, which he presented te councils), showing what gasoline lumps weie uu lighted every night sluce April 8th last. Here was n detailed stnteine'it which the wise Second ward councilman ceul 1 have had at uny tlme by usking for it, nnd jet en January 11 less than a little month nge no said "the police never report them," and ciiaracterlst cully again insinuated that some person was interested iu suppressing the reports. Next we shall possibly hear that certain assessments were suppressed by the police. mm Tun Philadelphia Press sacrifices any little reputntlen for Independence of paity dictation and honesty of desire for geed government, in the method of Its warfare nguinst Mayer King mid Its support of would-be Mayer Smith. Al though the latter is known te favor' a partisan police and the Press pretends te favor a nonpartisan police, the I'rcss Is for Smith : and against King, because it saya King lias net n non partisan police, ns lie has appointed in tea districts 35 lk'publ leans and i!32 Democrats ; emit ting te say Hint the police force wus wholly Republican when Mr. King took control of it, and that he has nover removed any member of it for party reason nor without cause ; and forget ting te show hew, eveu if Mayer King appoints only 35 Republicans out of 1207 policemen, Mr. Smith will be a less par tisan mayor when he appoints no Dem ocratic policemen at all. Ouit Republican friends ttreembar Hissed by their unsuccessful search for a cundldate for mayor. Nobody wants te be pii' it, le bi knocked down. Their oenveutlon would de itself credit by moving te make the election of Mr. McMullen unanimous. Tim ground hog vindicates his Toputa Teputa Toputa tien as a beet by staying In hia heln dur ing the Heeds, At present writing no ene fiOdiiiR Inordi nately anxious te llgureas the Republican cerpse In the coming mayoralty contest. Om Tecumskii Siikhmax geos en the rotlred Hat te-day, mid nnother absolute doellnatlon of the presidency may be looked for. The signal sorvlce bureau prodleta that tbe tloedfl en the Ohie and Mississippi will reach thelr height en Monday or Tuesday and will be very destructive Thore is comfort in the rciloctien, howevor, that the slgual Fotvice Is about as ofteu wrong an tight. Ome gets Uie worst possible dretiehlng at each annual Heed visitation. Some poeplo might argue that It was an intended punishment for nourishing the Hayes-Huttorwerth-lCoifor crop of statesmen with which the Buokeyo state has been alllletlug the nation. It is a curious coincldenco that with the rolease of a number of burglars from the Eastern poniteutlary, many bold and skill ful robberlos are reported from Philadel phia. The system that puts a released criminal forth en the world, friendless and peer, with no attempt te provide him with the means of reformation is unworthy the name. A Cash of iutorest te fox-hunters has just been docided in Chester county. An aotien of trespass ter damages in the sum of $800 was brought by a Chester county farmer against a fox huuter, it being al leged that Injuries te that extent had been dene pUtuttfTB lands by dofendaut ami Lis hounds. The jury gave the plaintiff $300 damages and his costs, and it is said that the fox hunters of the neighborhood pre- pese te take the case te the suprotne court for a final decision. Wiiks vituporatieu takes the place of argumeut, it is patent evidence that these using it regard themselves as advocates of a waning cause. One of the speakers at a political meeting la Philadelphia last oven even inc in favor of the regular Republican nominees, referred te the Committee of One Hundred as "egotistical, conceited creaking old wind mills, who were net Republicans, but a let of apostates, reue- gades and traiters.1' Such tle abu&e simply proves the necessity of the light that the Centurions are making PKK30NAL, Si'Eakeii Carlisle has lumbige and his wife lollammatery rheumatism. Henuv Ward Derchek says he has ue religious scruples against attending the theatre Madme di: Staei. ence said : "Plus je oennais les hetnmes, plus j'aime les onions." The mero I knew of men, the better I llke dogs. Samuel M. Chans was uemiuatcd for mayor, and D. W. Reck for controller by the Demecrats of Williamsport. Ne Domination was made for treasurer. Jvstin McCauthv is a busy man of the world and a prolific wtiter, but he is sel dem absent from tbe social salons, and is an invoterato "first nighter " at the tboatre. A. II. Uewand, elerk of the Allegheny oeunty oeurt, charged with the ombezzle embezzle ombezzle mentef 441,000, was acquitted en Thurs day and the costs wero placed ou the county. Lee xiii. gives away in charity and re ligion mero than Kin,; Humbert, and docs net totieh a penuy of thu 3,000,000 franca annually set apart for him in the Italian budget. Jehn IIaean, the young Philadelphia hore who saved uiue boys from drowning, has bad a testimonial fund started for him which sew amounts te 401 G7, and is steadily increasing. The Eaiil ok Ayi.esfeud is living in Wostern Texas until his debts are paid en an allewanca of 50,000 per anuuni. He is six feet two in his stockings, breail aud robust, and bearded llke a Turk. Lkenauh Woelski Bacen iu a :020m sermon declareil that he considered Jacob a hypocrile and sneak, and Esau by nature much the better type of man of the two, aud Rebecca a designing, scheming, unjust wema . An iSMeuUhert .fudge. JudgoTieat, of St. Leuis, appointed Ervin C. Case, of Peoria, receiver of the St. Leuis, I i.iumbnl & Koektik railroad en Thursday. Jnhu 1. Blair bocame his he curlty, aud the Judge iequitcd as te Irs responsibility, receiving the following re ply : "I own three or four fauna out here iu seuthwest .Missouri, worth all the way from $40,000 te J50.0C0. I own 250 acres of greuud en the edge of Kansas City, through which the Belt read runs. I guess its worth $100,000. I also own farming laud iu Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and ether Northwestern and Western states, valued at between eight and ten million dollars. I ulse own the town of Rlairs Rlairs tewn, New Jersey, which has a popula tion of seme 5,000." A ltemly tvll A Froneh paper revlves the story el Alcxaudie Dumas belng ene day thoguest of Dr. OiHtai, an omineut medical man of Maisslllcs, who after dinner requested the uevelist te enrich his album with oue of his witty improvisations. " Certainly," replied Dumas, with a smlle, aud drawing out his pouell he wrete, under the eyes of his entertainer, lines which may be imi tated as fellows : Slnce Dr. (llatul ciinie te our town, Te cut e illii'iucs ctujuul ttnil hereditary, The hospital lias hetn pulled down " Yeu flatterer !" here exclaimed the doctor, mightily pleased ; but the pnet went en : Ann e liuvu made a larger cemetery. A Wemitu l)i nelly Aimtulieil. la Youngstown, Ohie, about 0 e'elcck yesterday morning Mrs. Leu Beatty was criminally assaulted in the absence el hrr husband, who weut te work at 5 o'uleok. A man outerod the heuse witli his faoe blacked aud struck Mis. Ueutty twloe iu the faoe without warning, fulling her te the lloer, where she lay helpless te resist him. After he left the heuse she was for seme tlme uucousnieuH Rcoeverlng, she made her way te a neighbor's heuse, where she fell te the fleer iu a swoon while telling hew she was assaulted, I.emiuu' Aueiimi Vitluutleii. The gross value of the city of Londen in April next will be 1,237,000, and the ratable valtie 3,083,080, while the gross value of the rest of the metropolis will be i'30,745,000 and the ratable 25,372,000. Thus, despite the rapid growth of the me. tropells, the ene square mlle of the elty keeps up about ene Koveuth of the latahle vulue of the whole 120 Mjuaie miles, THE PALLING WATERS. yUUMtUUMir. OKTUK UltEAT ri.OUDf. Much Nitlleiliic inil aonie Cnnunltlrn lte- ported trout the Vct Treuble ro.ireil nl I'ert neiumlt Advices from all points iudicate that the danger npprehcuded from the Heeds is virtually ever. The fall in the rivers at Pittsburg continued all Monday aud at S a. in. the Monengaliola marks registered thirty feet six inches, a fall of nearly three feet siuoe midnight. The Allegheny marks show thirty-ene feet, and Is fulling about three Indies an hour. Many streets In Pittsburg are uew clear of water, but In Its stead barrels, twisted beards and lce are plled sevcral feet high en dry land by the recoiling waters. Communication with Allogheny City by street cars is still cut oft, but by Friday morning it is thought the cars will be able te ruu. The Allegheny Valley Ai West Pennsylvania railroads are running trains again as usual. At a meeting of citi.ens, an oxecutive cemmittee was appointed which was In strnctcd te take immediate steps te rolievo all sufTercrs in the two cities. Committees roprcsenting lending business Interests wero also appointed te solicit donations. Bofero tlicse previsions evi be made, hew ever, the stifferiug will ha great among the families, who are living iu the second stories of their houses and have becn with out feed or llre for thirty six hours. Twe mero fatalities have been reperted : William Bewman, aged 30 years, living iu Allegheny City, while attempting te step cut of a wiudew Inte a skiff, fell into the water and the awift current carried him away bofero he could be rescued. Harvey Gctning, aged tt year?, who has been missing from his liome In Allegheny City siucoTuesda), was found drowned Thurs day afternoon. Upen a ctlm roview of the situation te day it was found that botween 5,000 and C.000 buildings iu the two cities were submerged, including the residences of 25,000 people, 10,000 of whom are net able te occupy ttieir neuses 1 he public halls of both cities are tilled with women aud children who have been rendered homeless and ccry thing pessible Is being dene in the wa of furnishing them with feed and raiment ti alleviate thelr sufferings. Along the Ohie filter. The Ohie river at Ciueiuuati continues te rise slowly, standing at CI feet 10 inches at 10 o'clock, a rise of half aud inch in an hour. The relief work kceps well up with the rccessitles of the tuflcriug. Feed has been promptly furnished te day, and beats patrol the tloedod districts te see that ue cases of necessity are neglected. Twe llre engines, lleating en scows, are kept ready te hi drawu te any placa where tire may break out in the tloeded districts. The river at 0 p. ru at Wheeling, W. Va , was llfty one feet and six iuches, and rising slowly. The steamers Bolie Prince aud Princess have been busily engaged all Thursday in bringing poeplo from the island .Mere damage te preperty thau was ever experienced there bofero has beeu dene. The fair ground Is a total wreck, aud three houses came down te day from above. The weather is cloudy and cool. The water and gas works gave out Thursday, aud the city is in darkuess at night aui at the mercy of tire if oue should start. The stroets of half of the city are navigable only iu beats, and all sertb of improvised eralts are plying as ferries. Mauy people are still exposed ou the island, net a spot of which remains above water. The work of removing them gees bravely en by skills and stoim steim stoim beats. alx aiee Drewueil. Frauk and James Hendursen were drowned while creshiug the Tuscjrawas river uetr Lifayotte, Ohie, Thursday afternoon, their beat bsiu,; crtished by lleating ice. Twe yeuug men named "Nelsen, with two ether, wero creslug the Tuscarora river, uer Nowcemeratown, Ohie, en Thursday in a beat. When a short dls dls tauce from the shore, the aift current capsized the beat aud all wero plunged in the surging waters. One man was drowned at euce, aud the ethor three took tefuge iu a fallen tree which had lodgeJ in the channel, but they hat! scarcely time te rcat thcnisolves bofero they were again hurled into the angry waters by a leg striking the tree. By this time the peer fellows had beceme b.niumbj-1 and chilled by the w.tter aud tee aud cold wind aud were drowned. Trouble fenrcil lit I'ert Uepualt. At HarrUuurg the Susquehanna liver was still rising at midnight. At Pert Do De posit broken ice continues te coma dewu and ledgo iu the gorge new formed oppo site thore. The weather continues very warm and foggy and a light rain is fall ing. The headquarters of the railroad aud the Western Union telegraph aud ticket efllces have been moved te mero secure quarters. Tin- majority of the merchants have moved their goods te the second Meers Everything is in a perfect uproar and everybody . iu suspense, aud will retire expecting te be called bofero morning. It is Impossible te form any idea hew it may terminate. A gorge, twenty feet high aud stretch n,' from shot e te shore, li.'Ui formed at Mo Me Call's Perry, tweuty miles north of Pert Deposit The ice is running etf of Cel um bia dam very rapidly. It ia admitted by all that the safety of I'ert Deposit depends iiden the stability of the gerge at ilcCall's Ferry. llrlilgn Turn Awuy nt Tliuiiiptuntnivii The brldge at Thompsontown, ou the Juuiata river, wah tern from the plers and lauded en a gerge. That it might uet cause further damage It was burned last night. Telegraph peles of the Western Unleu telegraph cempauy are said te have been snapped oil for a distance of three miles, Wcmlcll l'lilllliia witniiilexy. A Utiea gentleman relates that he ence asked Theodere i'arker, who was dining with him, a question concernlng Wendoll Phillips1 orthodoxy, and Mr. Parker te plied : " I de net cara te say that he believes or rojeots ' the ilve points,' but I will say that he praotlces oue of thorn the petsovetniioo of the saints whieh is much better than a bollef iu the ethor four." KmiirzlemeuU hy Truitce. UlllcluU. William J. Lander, teller of the Hamp. den Savings bank of Hpringlleld, Mass., has confessed himself an embez.Ier of $0,900 of the bank's funds. IIe is only 20 V ears of age ; had been employed by the bank thiee years ; was " implicitly trusted," and "joined a ohureh tills win ter." Henry L. Church, ehaiuberlalu of the city of Trey, New Yerk, has been missing since Monday, and is lepoited te have embezzled a large amount. He was a prominent steve manufacturer. It was stated last evening that a " dollcieiioy " of $80,000 had ulieady been dlsoevorod In his accounts. Pultuiieil by Unnneil Touuteei, The family of William Oolger, n fanner at aiabtewn, a small vlllage iu Behuylklll county, has been poisoned through eating oauned tomatoes. Three of the boys, named Reuben, Charles and Ilenry, are oxpeotcd te die, while two little girls are lying very ill. The father and mother have rocevorcd, Injured Utuler Pal Hug KmVi, While Petor Maddeu, Mlohael Donevan aud James Feyle, of Contrails, Pa., wero takiug coal out of a mountain breach Thursday morning a large bank of earth that they had iinderiiiiued gave way, burying the three men utuler it and Injur ing him allHorieusly, TUK UllANH Altail. t'inni I'revteilliiR olthe KnediiH'iuciil. The state encampment of llie Uraud Army of the Ropublie adjourned yester day, te meet in llarrisburg uext jear, that town belng soleetcd ever Bradford, Nen istewn nnd Philadelphia. The elections were oenehidod bj the choice of the oeuucll el .vdniiinstratuui as follews: L. W. Shcngle, J.T. Leng, P.. U. Sjllers, W. Clark Jehns .i, ..f Phdade1 plila, and Jehn F. Hunter, of Pittsburg. The department oeiuuntnlor elect ap pointed Themas J. Stewart, of N'orrlstew n. Mslstaut ndiutaut general, ami 11. O. Williams, of Philadelphia, assistant quar tormaster general for the ensuing rar. The oleotlon for delegates te the nal ion encampment resulted as fellows AT LVB. A. M K Slortle, I'Oit PI. IMUI.1 lelPhli liEi'Ksr.r i m S in. II. Armstrong, ivt :i I'lilliMelplii i Win II. llnrtnim, l'et i". I'lillmlelphm s ll.iltichtell. I'ejti. I'titliMelphlii (. K. lleuum, l'et U W iiuontew n r H. Cutinlngliiun, 1V1 I IT. IllntfMil.' A M. Clnrkp, Pett -:;, l'-In II. (;. ( hrlt. Pett v, Aih h ny ( ilv J. V. Iipnnlsen, Pit li ', Piitbuic Itev .1. II. Frcneli.Pe-t lit li'y h P. t.eiiiii, Pest it;, r-.ne. I) S. OllgOl. Pest Hi, -li.itli.iWIil Je4. i.ri'-.'ii, Pint run l 'I'hU K. M tianiMe, Pestt-'. MemmKUl"" V . llnyiM Urler, Prut li". Celutut.U. .lenn llHrr, Pent li. ptttiuiir Kritut Hull. Pest VI, PhiiHli'ljilila II. II. llncki-tt. Pint M, Pnli.i.U'lplil i Will II. I.HllllIji, Pet JT. erS .1. It. McCnuley, Ptut VI, -ii-nurlurfui. Hugh Mclieever, P t -. Iliiiillngdiiii K. MvLt'un, Pet 0J. Alte.ti. tleer,? J. li. Miller, Pe-t I . PhlU.lelphi. I). II. Miwr.ey, Pest i Pui.a.ieipmn. .IimiicH. Xegley, Pet i, PiitiiurK. V. K. Pnttorsen. Pet li 1 loepon WtMley Price, Pest "". Puiiu.tflpliU lllplmiti Uatin.Peat il. pettillf A. C. r.alneclii, Peit -l. I.ancnstei . Moses Nuiile. Pejt 1, Piuii.lfUmta N. U WllKOii, Pest . i.ettyluiic. . V. Cetntnnnaer A. i e ler-. "I P.e t ' phla. The Hcselutt'in. Following is an abstract of the report of the cemmittee ou tesolutieus which w.u adopted : Favorably en t'ae establis'ament of a Pcuusylvauia seldu'rn' home let in digeut soldiers ; ou the jiassage of a mortuary statute providing ler the burial of all indlgeiit soldiers, sailors or marines, en the objects sought te be ebtaiued b the organisatien known ns the O. A. R. veterans' rights uuieu , upon iiicieasiug salary of A. A. U. te l,M0 per aunum ; providing for a report giving names, ages, company and regiment, Ac, of all soldiers that are new iu the almshouses of the state, or who have died aud been buried from there ; en the appo.attnent of a start efilcer te act as historian of the u. A. it. department of Pennsyh ama, aud calling for statistical information iu rtference te errers iu Bates' history, especially in cases of reperted desertions, it appeariug that many thousands who are reperted as do de sorters were net se in f.w. , tudersiug the education of Indian cluldrcu, leaving the mede of se doing te the ju lament of theso having charge el the i d'lcafiual m-titu-tteus of the land. Unfavorably en uukiug a:i leceinitieu datiens relative te t.s of Veteraus ; making any chauge m nilcs and icgtila tleusas te eligibility of eaiululates fet al mission into the order, who had bjrue arms, voluntary aud involuntary against the government ; alhrmieg resolution in favor of issuing Uud warrants te soldiers of the 1 ite war. The report was taken up, thoroughly discussed and passed iu the form in which It eime f.m the c )mrait )mrait )mrait toe. A resolution was unanimously passed referring te the incoming eflicers the mat ter of devising some plan for the mero thorough inspoetion of the puts through out the department, as was also a vote of thanks te the retiring department com mandcr, E. S. Osberne, for his eflieient work, and the aopelntmout of a commit tee te propare for lum a suitable tostlme nial. A resolution that the department held a summer encampment tins ear ami every year until further orders was also ad jpted. Resolutions te prcsent testimonials te A. Q. M. general, department inspector, chief mustering ofllcer and uudical director was lest, aud a suitabl) vete of t'nnks was ordered te bj tondere 1 te all t!n .-. .'T eftlccrs. A cemmittee of ilve was appointe.I te take action ou the com mil nic.it ion of the cemmander-in chief, with power te act. Thu new departmcut efllcers wero in stalled in due form, and the encampment adjourned until next year. Kurtiupment Nutf. Frem the Yerk Dddy it is learned that Rev. Hecter, the colored dotegato from Yerk te the O. A. II. 'encampment, who made such a geed impression by bis witty address at the camp fire i Wednesday evening, wiltdeltvcra numW r of lectures throughout the state, haviL,: made ar raugements while in this elty ter dates at a large number of places. The same paper sUtes that the YerK del gates express thomsetves as much pleaded with thelr visit, nnd speak iu the highest tonus of the treatment teceived while in Lancas t'r. MAbKllM.I. I he Twit Ulubj Trjinj t Unlti) Edward Sullivau. a well known baseball pitcher, was killed iu Pittsburg by the earn en Wednesday, while en his way home. The deceased jtiycd with the Ncshauuccks aud Alteunas last season. i le was ncte witli tne latter club upon the occasion of thelr last visit. Ue played contre field and was te have pitched the ie loud day, when it lained. When the Irousides visited Alteunalm played against thorn, doing effective work. He was blind of ene oye, ever which he wero a pitch. Yesterday the inauagers and directors of the Irousidesjand Lmea.stcr clubs of this city held a conference with a view te merging the two clubs into ene. Betli clubs made preposition, te caeh ether, which will be submitted te Uie tespoe tive Etoekholdors. It is fearcd that two clubs witli such high priced playeis can not get aleuir in this city. The Ironsides have arranged April dates for games as fellows tjulekstcps, at Wilmington, 11 and 12 ; nt Lancaster, 18 and 10 Chester, of Chester, at Lancaster, 21 ; Aelivcs, of Reading, nt Liucanter, 22, 23; Allontewu, at Allentown, 21 25; Homers, of Philadelphia, at Lancaster, 20 ; Philadelphla.at Lancaster, 28 ; Allentown, at Lauoaster, 20 and 30. Iliiverlj's lllnckblrila. Last cvealng J. II. Haverly'n minstrel troupe, which is inanaged by Kit Clarke, nppoared in the epria liouse te a fair audionce. The entertainment did tiotglve satisfaction by any mfans and the line features wero very few. The sis end men hi the ilrst part wero bad and nothing dene by thorn was uew. One of the ballad ningers was fair. The bcstfeattiroef the second part was the porfermancoof J. H. Burten's dogs, which Is probably the finest treupe traveling. The IIeiiutHsy Bres , were olevoras the "Hetel Runneri.," outmost of the ethor performers e.m only be classed as p ier atnatetiu Taken t' the P. LituuiUry Diek Miller. Themas L)u;; alias May aud Wm MoLaughlen, thu tramps who wero convicted of robbing (leorge FMier and ethers in Biimmers' hall, were taken te the Eastern penitentiary this memiug by rHierill'Higli, Deputy btiiue aud .1. A. llolliuger. l.lxllta Our, Last night ene of the olcctrle lightn was out, three burning poorly and four gaso line lamps wero out. luyur'i Court, The mayor this morning Mint ene dt utile tojallfeilO days, nnother for 35 and dlsehaiged eight ledgers, Y. M, 0- ASSOCIATION, lllr.lU rtHIKlKl.NTIl ANMVt.HSAItV, 1 titcret Inc Kxerrl-.rn In tlin Uemt llmm l.'i.t r.trninc Uelebriillnit Inn Orr.mleii Tne Aniumlltc- purt ltrnil. The oecunotico of the fourteeutli ati- nlversary of the Yeung .Mini's Christian association of this city was celebrated iu the court heuse last ovenlug. There was a geed olzed audionce present, nnd the exercise., comprising a very Interesting iirogtanime, were greatly onjeyod and proved of much value as legards the object and history of tills great moral organiza tion. The exercises wero begun by the singing of nu anthem by the First M. E choir, after which scriptural selections worn tead by the Rev. Jas. Y. Mitchell, of the Presbyterian church, and prayet was then ettered by Rev. J. Max Hark, pastor of the Moravian church. The Iiyimi, 'Watehnian, What of the Night," was sung, alter which the annual report of the association was read by D. C. Havorstlek, president of the association in Lancaster, as fellows : Allium! Itopen. .li-' ti'ii! i.dKdifi. Ci(f'it tiii'I -iilii After a lapse of three years, we are as setubled here this evening for the purpese of celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the Yeung Men's Christian association, of Lancaster. We ceme bofero you te-night with feelings of gratitude and pleasure, far execedlng theso felt en similar occasions at any tlme In the past history of this organization. The financial dlfllctitty, winch liad se long op pressed us, has been most happily solved through the generosity of our citizens. Net only has the bulldlug, which the as sociatien has occupied for the past seven years, been paid for, but sutlioient was subscribed te mcet every dollar of the as sedation's indebtedness. It is witli no small degree of emotion, thorcfere, that we make the announcement that for the tlrst time iu its career of fourteen years, there is net a single claim which It lias uet the means of liquidating oxeept it be that of gratitude. The last anniversary was held In Feb ruary, 1SS1, three years age ; since then, at no tlme, has the association been iu a mood te ceme bofero the public in such a capacity. Iu the annual report upon that occasion, in reverting te our tluaucial dif ficulties, and the seeming unpromising future, we closed witli the follewiug lan guage : " mil as the brightest day eiten succccdb the darkest night, se let us hepe that our present difficulties may speedily vanish uuder the efforts new being rnade for the accomplishment of that purpose. Iu the c.trryiug out of these intentions the public may be called upon te dccuie whother or net this institution with its varied privileges, shall be placed upon a permanent basis, or whether it shall be p rmittcd te struggle en in the futtire as it has dene in the past." The night of difiictltiea, then se full of forebodings, has indeed been succeeded by a most bright and premising day. Most nobly have the friends of tills institution responded te the appeal then made. A home has been secured te it for all time, and as years roll en and merge into gouor geuor gouer ations, may the grateful acknowledgments et tbe prcHCUt hour ever remalu bright iu the memory of theso te whom we shall most sacredly commit thorn ; may its means and opportunities for doing geed increase with each succeeding year, until its intltionce shall be felt and acknowledged by the entire cemmuulty. Under the encouraging condition of our tlnauccs, we confidently leek for an en larged usefulness iu the uear future. Already has tue work received a new im patus in the incroased interest of it vnunuer members. The contagion of suc cess is sute te spreau, ami wueu uie seunu basis upon which we are new founded becomes fully known, instead of having a mombership of less that two hundred, we feel safe in predicting for it an iucrcase te that of Ilvo hundred, or even mero. The building which has thus been becureJ as a permanent abiding place, is well located and substantial, but might be made mero commodious and inviting if the necessary funds could be raised for that purpose. The alterations which we hepe te be able te make, at ue very dls taut day, we desire here te brletly out line. 1. Chauge the tlrst story into a place of business, lowering tbe lloer seme three or four feet, removing the rear wall and taking iu the yard and back building, thus making a large and commodious room, which could be readily rented for mor mer mor cantile purposes, aud would yield a per manent inoemo te the association. 2. Romevo the library and reading room te the second lloer, extending it back the full depth of thontero room, thus scouring nearly double the space we new have, aud much better light. 3: Arrange the third lloer for a hall and meeting rooms, which could be dene with greatly increased facilities for all asaecia tien wants and iicccssitles, while the fourth story could be se changed as te give ample accommodations for the Liumeau society's tmiseum and appurts nauces. We briclly sketch our ideas iu this con cen con ncctien with n view of remlnding the citizens that it is net our intention te sit idly by, content with the proseut acquire ment.", but with their co operatiou we mean te advance, te build up an institution that shall be the pride of our city, as well as the Mecca te which our young pcople can repair for recreation and prellt. Te noeomplish this purpose an improve meut fuud of about 1 1,000 would be needed. Who will be the first te second our views iu this rcspect, by a gouerous subscription te be applied only for that purpose, aud net te be expended until the necded sum is pledgeJ. If the nnproveinonts hore alluded te oeuld be carried nut, the association would then be iu a position te empley a general secretary, whose duty it would be te glve all his tlme te the prnper work of the institution, as it has been tiie oxperlenoa of all like organizations that only with an cfllcicutj ofllcer of this kind can it fully carry out the nims and purposes of its establishment. The conditions upon whicli the associa tion holds nnd oceuplos its present quarters are that it maintain a library nnd frce rcadiug room, and koep the same open for publle tiRe net less than eight hours poi day, tf iimhy excepted. And further that the real estate cannot be oneumborod by any debt of tue association's contracting. A beard of threo trustees, consisting of Robeit A. Evans, Ilenry Baumgardner aud Qoergo IC. Reed, nre ompewored te bce that tlicse previsions are complied with. Ferapait of the years 1832 and 1898, the library and reading rooms were closed during the day, but wero kept open iu the eveniug. On April, 1893, the beard of managers ompleycd a librarian nt a salary of $300 per annum, who gives nil his time te the wants of the library, keeping it open ten hours per day, Sundays ex eeptcd. The rooms are well patrenlzad by road read ora ; ospeolally de the school boys take advautage of the helim te thelr studies te be found ainougthe books of the library. Additional books will be added during the prcsent mouth, making this braneh of tbe work still mero attractive aud useful. Slnce the first of April last, about 1,000 books wero taken from the library by morabers and subscribers. It must be berne In mind, however, that thUdoes net ln ln ln olude the books that were read In tbe rooms, aud whleh would probably nnieunt te as mauy mero. By roreronoo te the treasurer's report, we llnd that the receipts for the year 1883, from membership dues, subscription te library, donatleus, etc., wote 8130.00. Add te this n balance of $77 from lust year, and we have n total of JelU.OO. Tiie expenses during the same tlme for librarian's sorvlces, light, fuel and Inci dentals, were (eOJ.SO, leaving balance, ns applied te tlicse blanches of the work, of 10.17. The lucoiue above mentioned does net embrace thu rceeipts from tents slune April I, 1SS3, as according te the terms or the deed of trust, tliuse ate te be applied te the repair of the property and the pur chase of books nnd papers for the library aud reading room, and the teceipts from this seiirci), as it uew stands, aroasfol areasfol aroasfel Iowa : Reut of b.isomenl and back room en Ilrst lloer, $102 ; hall ou second lloer, te Olivet Baptist church, te services 011 Bun day, and one evening per week, $00 ; room en second lloer el back building, oue evening of eaeli week, $33 ; from Aline iicutu fund, $2t ; Blble society depository, including sorviccAer librarian S2) ; malting a total from routs per annum of $303. Heme rep.tlis wero undo during the year under the direction of the preperty com inittee, and witli the advioe of the trustees aud tiie expcnsM thus incurred, paid out of this fund. There is still, however, a balance of about 150 Add te this .')0 from strawberry festival and the $10 previously referred te, and thore was actually ou hand, January 1, 1881. the sum of $210 Much murocflleicut work could be done by the formation of classes In the various branches of Hludy, if the association had the means te engage the services of a competent general secretary, who could give the necessary attention te these much needed helps ler the young of our city. Still, this Held has uet been alto- pother neglected. A very interesting and Bucecsslul meeting for boys is couiltietcd by the cemmittee having that matter in charge. Alse a meetlug for yeuug men overy Sunday afternoon. Tliose services are ttnder the goneral supervision of our ctllcieut oxecutive secretary, Mr. J. M. Davidsen, who gives much of his tlme te the work of the association. We have thus bt telly aud luiuicdl) gene ever the main features of the association's operatious dining the past three years, and we feel that tue fneuds of tue institu tion have much cause for rejoicing, aud trust all uny join In giving thanks te Oed, the "giver of overy geed and perfect gift." In closing, we cannot refrain from no. kuowledguig the particular debt of gratl gratl tude we ewo te the Ilvo goutleuiou whose liberality did se much towards assuring the success of the project which resulted iu the securing of this permanent home. We refer te Kebert A. hvans, Henry Baumgarduer, Clement B. Urubb, Ocorge K. Reed aud Samuel Miller, e.uh of whom subscribed $ 00. The citizens of Lancaster, as a class, are sometimes spoken of as belng especially close aud penurious, but when the actual test has bceu applied, when the cause was a worthy ene and properly presented, they have time aud again proven tint nfter all their hearts beat as warm as that of anj ether paople, and that they were very ready te sustain, by their means an en terprise that had for its aim the gct.eral welfare, or that would preve an ebect of pride te the city of their choice. .Sir. McUurinlck'it Aililretn. Mr. James McCermlck, of llarrisburg, thou made a very interesting address. IIe said that the report just read shows an admirable beginning, tind then entered upon his theme, the necessity of guarding the yeuug men or thu town from evil Inllu Inllu Inllu onees. IIe spoke feelingly of a mother's leve for her boy, who was going wrong, yet who did net botlevo It until almost tee late te save mm, aud then sliu thought of the great necessity of Ills association with honorable young meu, who might bring him tiuder the iulluonce of a Yeuug Men's Christian association. He feid hew young men cau inlluence each ether fei geed aud for bad. One yeuug man can help a dozen ethers te seek honorable pleasure and useful diversions. There in always oue difficulty about bring ing righteous inllucnces te bear upon out young men. It is that we must sce that tlin eMi-i 'iiieit are tlntiring iu their efforts The speikT showed that it is alto gether reqtit-iin for success aud honor that men n 1 wemen are always vigilant, aud looking t . whoie the most geed can be dene Thore Is work in the Yeung Med's Christian association for every man, woman nnd child in town. Ought we uet have the association build lug rondercd as attractive as pessible, even though it secures the safety of but ene youth ? The stage which the asseia tien has uew attained is only a beginning ; there is much mero te de. The greatest power iu this work lies with woman. She should visit the rooms, sce that they nre made pleasurable She can mtke little touches that a man cannot bee, much less elTect. In the building thore must also be an individual te constantly attend te the rooms, and nee that they de uet be ceme negligently disarranged. IIe con grattilated the association upon what it had dene this last year ; he heped that the icpert would be eveu mero sitisfao sitisfae sitisfao tery next anil was snre that iu after years there would be many young meu te rise up and call the association aud its workers blessed A colledion, whicli was well rospeudod te, nnd the singing of nn anthem by the oheir, here latorvenod. Rev. B. F. Beylo, of Invin, Pa., thou made an address. Ilov. Ilojle's Aililresi, Rev. Beylo, who appoared In the regalia of a mambar of the U. A. R , te which hi) belongs, and who had visited Lancaster te participate iu tlin oelobratlon of that organization, began by saying that when he left home he had no thought of address lug a young in oil's Christian assemblage. This association be said, although net strictly composed of young men, haviug iu it individuals who have roached a mero mature age, yet has in it all the onergotio, honest and firm efferts whleh are tiie oharacteiistlos of youth. He knew what it was te have the iniluoueo of this asse elation upon the young, ntul he would evor work in it. He speke feelingly of the temptations te which youth is beaet en overy side, nnd, he said, unless he Is watched and supported by eldor nnd mero moderate porsons,he must fall, The associ ation is composed of the young men of the different doneminatious, who go out and by overy thing that is In thelr power eudoaver te induoe otheis te outer their ranks, This is often a tliftlcult nnd many tlmes a discouraging work, but is oue te be porsevorcd in. His remarks wero thou deveted te emphasizing the necessity of each association, In overy tewu, of having vigilant attendants in the rooms, and of making thetn epen and attraotive. He olesod with a stirring nppeal te the young men te outer Inte this work, stand together and te loave nothing soparate thorn. If nil the Christian young men of this laud thus labor the avonues te sin would be closed up nuil our youth roseuod, te be true te their country and thelr Oed. Mr. Hulchell's lteumrks. The oheir sang the hymn "Hark, thu Voice of Josub Calling." Rev. J. T. Hatohell, pastor of the First M. E. ohureh of this elty, was thou introduced nnd made appropriate remarks. IIe took for his " text " the " Yeung Men's Christian Association," aud said that he would find it difllcuit te adequately treat the subject. He bad intended te meet tbe question iu its various points, but he disoevorod that tbe nrguments uud thoughts he had nronesod had uearlv all beeu appropriated by the speakers whopreeodod him, Hew. I evor, there was still somethlng tsay, if net altogether new. He speke of the gradations or the llfe or human beings ; meutloned the influoneos whleh ntl'oet them physically, and then as they icaeh elder yeats ceme te that period when theie Is ability te distinguish the hlgulllcaiicii or morality nnd tollgleii. He told of the natural inclination el man te association, and showed tliataUell'iir'. in ullnnted by mutual combination, Te day men nre grown he cloi-.e together that all that Is new gained Is gained by the conjunction el our lollew men. There was a tlme when men ills oevoiod continents ; but we people tlieni ; thore was a tlme when 111011 wiote folios ; new we have nendenspil thetn te little vest poekotsoilos. Itln net strauge then that theie are se many possibilities growing out or thlH combination of Inteiests lie is glad that the time Ins arrived when men cm ceme togetlior locegulKlng 0110 religion and ene Ced, and he Is thankful for this day when young men eau eougregato and, laying aside all unitarian Ideas, ell'ecl togetlior much thnt Is geed. Theio Is nothing elhC, nothing less, than the Christian rollglen which can form society ; thnre must ba a Christian ele incut te form a substantial society, aud it Is hore that the Yeung Meu'ii Christian association lluds its efforts for geed verv effective. This organizitien Is net sec tarlan. We 001110 togetlior te night asso ciating our faiths mill our hopes, weiklng te promote all gied In thu world. Rcfen Ing te the needs of the association rooms he said he would like te see a gymnasium and ethor means for the ptonietlon of physical health, while he wanted all done, tee, that could promote spirituality among young members. The choir sang "Statu up for Jesus," and Rev. Dr. Mitchell was then Intro dueed. Dr. .Mltrhe.l SprMiK. He said that the vety cause u. 1m ..01 Satehell's embarrassment was his, plus Brether Satehell's speech. But he was here according te premise, If for nothing olse than te glve his honest expression el the worth of the Yeung Men's Chris tiati association. He showed that the Blble makes much of young met), aud cited instances in the sonpture detu eustratlng this fact. IIe speke of the leve all feel for them aud said that this asoiu aseiu asoiu blage te-night was an evidence of thm fact. U'jv. .Mitchell then drew a most beautiful picture, in affecting words, of the death of the young Priucs Absalom, and the anguish el his fathii Ring David when he learned of the sad fitte el his beloved seu. He H.Ud us he listened te the reading of the report his thoughts llngeted upon that pirt which speke or the oulture et the young men. He beheved tint tlm instrumentality of thin association w ts a great means of iducititig the youth. The very entertaining and iiii'.tuctne celebration chuml by the singing of the doxology and pre'i xnieing thu bene lie -tien. - uei.ij.iiiii.v ni:u.i from Our l(rKiilnr Durrrrpemltait. The ice in the Susquehanna has been moving steadily past Columbia mnee yes terday at 1:30 p. in, when the grand breakup began. Dating list night the river rose evor two feet and i- new eer its banks. At Chicltics the water came up CS inches during tl. i) night. The ilvei is much narrower nt Chtekles than at Columbia and its br lis full ofteclts. These account for the difference iu the rlse nt the two places. A gorge feimcd yesterday afternoon at Washington borough, but broke up In a lew hours, llie gorgi gergi that formed yesterday afternoon north of McCnli's Ferry lias assumed the me-t thieatening proportions. It Is leared thai the Columbia .V Pert Deposit rallrn". I will be Heeded at that point The houses ami water works iu Columbia uie partly surrem .led by water and are thieatencd wit.i tiie ic A' this writing the ice is jamming against the iron span el the railroad bridge that cresses the river hore. The sset.e j rcsunted by the ice movement is grand Trouble from the llet.'d 13 anticipated. Ter Ohtultj's Suke. On Monday at 3 o'clock p. m., the Citizens' icllef association will meet iu the council chamber of the epera hou-.e te adept measures of relief for the suffering peer of the tewu. A full attendance ( aM interested iu tills work is dcsiiablu. In the ItcllKliitm VturKI. The special mcetiugs at Saleme Piesby terian chapel and the Methediat chuieh still continue drawing out laige aiidi'-iiecs nightly, despite bad weather. A small audience attended the c.nu, walk aud pigeon catching contest whieh was held last night at the armory by the African Baptist church. Hekiukii buiiiumrt-. Thirty tens of coal are daily consumed by Vesta furnace. Its produe' of iron In tlin same time is twenty tens. The high ground in tliuir rear has iliulucd large ijtiatiliti h of water into houses 011 Walnut HtiO'jl, botween 2d and 3d. Citizens band supper will be held en the 15th iusr., histeid of en the 13th. The fair begins en the date provieimlv an nounced, Following meetlugH wilt be held to night : CitiZMim ban 1 praotice, Shawn 'e encampment of Odd Fellows, aud Olive braneh Ne. 1377. O. U.O. of O. F. Mr. Frank Mollingei celebrated 1 is birthday aniilersaiy last ovenlug by eu eu tei tabling a number of friends at his home en Locust street. Mnrl tt Mown. The Prcsbyteriau church is te be ontire ly remedelled lu the spring The cigar factory et Dennett cc liable man will net be lebuilt. Disroputable b mr saloons and " lanclies" are bring clesrd by the pcople's efforts The (motion el six new houses iu tiie spring Is contemplated by Cel. James Duffy. The pest ofllce leeks pretty in its new dress of wall paper. Captain Etla is a popular and etlloient postmaster. The rcsidonce el Mr Josenh Sult.baeh la oensidoroil oue of the piettlest homes in the town. Business men el Mailetta aie uet eiilliu slastie when they speak of trade. They have the sympathy of their Columbia noigliberH. nvMltli Antilw rrfury, Lasi, eveniug Etupire Council Ne. 120 Jr. O. U. A. M , colebrated their twelfih aunlversary In Rebets hall. They hud a flne banquet, te whleh about fiO peitMns sat down. Jacob WeiUel, the vntci.ui mechanic who has belonged te the junior erder sluce its start, sat nt the head el tbe table. Speeches wire iiiadu by Mr. Woitsel. Ames M. Albilght, J. P. Win ower, Jeseph It. Trissler, Jaoeb Oivler aud ethers, Bengs wero sung and stories told aud iu this way the oveuing was plcasnntly spent. This council new lias 151 membcis and preperty amounting te $3,000 l'uther lllckej's iruuernl, The lemnins of Rev, J, O. Hlokey will arrive en the day express from Carlisle this afternoon. The publle will be giveu nu opportunity te view the remains this eveniug nt St. Mary's ehtirch botween the hours of 7 aud 10 o'cleok, A committed from St. Beruaid's soeloty have olmrge of the arraugomeiite at the chureli this ovon evon oven lug, Thore will be tlihty priests present nt the funeral sorvieos te morrow, whieh begin nt 0 o'clock. Illrtluuy 1'itrty, Last evening Adam Mlslleh, of Nertli Lime strcet nbove New, colebrated his llltii birthday by giving a party and oxenlleut stipper te his friends, nt his reslilence. All enjoyed thomselves heartlly and there was plenty of dauelng ntul music, be'h voeal ami iustrumental,
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