vt! 1 m; LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, MONDAY, FEWKUAHY 11, 188-1. u f y 15 f I Lancaster JntcllCgcnccr. .i ' ' ug MONDAT EVENING, FKD, 11. 1084, Tim I'Akini Tf.prrnnh Project. The Senate postefllco commlttce la considering the question of establishing a telegraphic postal service, nnd ia said te be Btrengly inclined te the notion of the advisability of the scheme. Mr. Rebert Garrett, of the Baltimore- nnd Ohie railroad, with Mr. D. II. Dates, the superintendent of tiln company's telegraph lines, were- before the Senate committee en Saturday,and n very frank talk waa had en telegraphic matters. Mr. Garrett flakl that the Baltimore and Ohie railroad company waa putting into execution its purpose te extend its tele graph llnea be aa te communicate with every important place in the country, that it was doing be because it saw a grent profit in the telegraph business, and believed that new was an exceptionally geed time te extend its system of lines. As they already had a telegraph organization and plant, the additional cost of extending their service would be comparatively small. Before going any farther In their enterprise however, they desired te knew what the United States proposed doing in regard te establishing a postal telegraph system. Mr. Garrett assured the committee that the telegraph line ids company would build would alwnys rem aln u der iUcontrel. In answer te pointed questions' from senators as te what guarantee he could glve them that his lines would net be sold out eventually te the Western Union, upon its eiler te pay for them four or five times their cost, Mr. Garrett said that he would give any guarantee at all that the committee could devise ; that he thought the record which the Haiti- j mera and Ohie had made of its oppesi tien te any such surrender of Its business waa a valuable guarantee in Itself ; he said that the directors of ills company believed that there waa a greater profit In Btere for them in giving the public a geed service than they could reap by selling out their business nt any price. He asked the committee whether they were aware of the profits that lurk ed in the telegraph business ; and told them that his telegraph company had already leased a sufficient number of wires between Chloage and New Yerk, at $10,000 a year te pay four per cent, interest upon the entire estimated cost of the proposed extension of their lines ever the country, three millions of dol lars; they were therefore assured in advance of the interest upon their whele Investment from this small part of their enterprise. Mr. Garrett further said that liia company would be disposed te accept a rate of charges that would be fixed by Congress upon the recem. msndatlen of a commission of persons acquainted with the business. Mr. Bates In his testimony said that formerly the right of way for a telegraph line bad been cheaply obtained, but that new It had become a matter of serious difficulty. It was no longer possible te go through eltiea of any size without paying heavily for the privilege, nud railroad companies were very exacting In their demands. In answer te the lnqalry its te wny imes count net ua uum meug I ranreaus, just eutsiue or inuir rigui or way, the witness said that the contracts of the railroad with the telegraph com panies already established generally pro vided that they would net deliver poles or materials te any ether telegraph com pany nleng their lines. The Senate committce was probably ns much enlightened and refreshed by all this testimony ns the public will be. It is apparent from it that the Western Union company's monopoly is at an end and that that deg has had its day. As Mr. Garrett said, " the day of cembina tlen la ever." Whether the United States establish a pe3tal telegraph or net cheap telegraphy is our corning '.been'. It will be cheap because it cau be afford ed cheap by private enterprise. The so se ductlve rate of telegraphic profits, how ever, will be likely te confirm the Senate committee in its disposition te recem mend a public telegraph service. There ia no reason why the postefllco depart ment should net put telegraph and tele phone instruments in till the pMtefilces in the country. The theory upon which the government furnishes in ill facili ties will sustain it lu ufferdiug telegraph facilities, and it ought te be able te de this servlce cheaper than any one else It will be at no additional expense for office rent, light, heat or attendance, Bive the skilled labor additionally need ed. The postefllco Beeraa te be the proper place for the telegraph and tele' phene efilee, nud we can imagine no reason against the scheme, save the danger that the government will b8 led te buy out the existing lines at prices greater than their intrinsic value. If it enters Inte the business, the govern, ment should build its own llnea if it can net buy these already laid, at a Uss cost. The government should pay nothing for rights of way, which naturally belong te it ; nor anything for the geed will of the present companies, for such geed will Is of no value te It. It should enter into the business en the cheapest basis and In opposition te the exlfltlng llnea, if they are disposed te malntalu such opposi tion. Tne .Ewimtnsr la entirely mistaken in lta assumption that the Intklliokn Intklliekn Intklliokn ekii Is specially interested in gettlng Mr. Itandnll into the Wlilta Heuse or In keeping Mr. It, A. Evans out of select council. This Journal Is for geed gov ernment in Washington nnd in Lancas ter. It is for theso who nre for that und ngalnst all who stand In Its way. It has never failed te commend Mr. Evaus when lie deserved it ; it is Just ea ready te visit Mr. Evans with cennure when he merits it. It cunnet reconcile ills declaration ene month that the police never " report the non-burning gase line lamps with ids production the next month of such reports by the police for nearly a year previous ; it cannot en derse his approval of an exponulve con tract with an electric light company that deea net de what it contracted te de and what it is paid for; it cannot endorse his net as chairman of the finance commit, tee In reducing the ussossmentef his own property for city tax purposes from Sll te $07 an ncre, when he knows It is wertli ns much aa ether property in the city taxed $500 per aero. It Is te be feared that Mr. Evans has outlived his usefulness in select council. Dp. Loce's funeral precession from MntUBk te Hamburg, and ttictice te the United States, beat the record. It trav ersed evor 8,000 mllea by rolmleer nud horse sled and by railroad, preparatory te nearly 8,000 miles of eceau transit. Tub matiagoment of the lllocklev alms house, Philadelphia, Is just new explain leg why fourteen out of sixteen eases of measles treated lu that institution proved fatal ll'itMe his bones, ever the sten-n ; llu's only lumper, whom tiobeuy owns A New E.N(ii.vrt historical iconoclast h at work establishing a charge that nt the outbreak of the Revolution Jehn Hin cock was under Indlotmeut for smuggling 4100,000 worth of liquor into the colenic. He was, thoreforo, anxtein te hive the oelonlcs free. Des't despise small things The eg produet of the country last year vrai worth 225,000,000. The hen Is a quiet creature butshe plays a conspicuous part in the economy of the nation, her annual eatput alene being about equal In vnlue te the cost of running the federal government. Tnn Etdmintr having described Rosen Resen miller as the niau whom it and its party did net want for mayor new executes a deuble somersault and ssys he is just the man they were going nreuud with a lantern in search of. Tm Er miner can eat crew, but it doej net &'auker after it. Tiirt have made au innovation upon the old fashioned prcaober'n douatien party up lu Northumberland county. The eus tern used te be te talte enough along with the party te eat up thodeuatiou ; but the Rev. William Larney, pastor of Mt. Zlen charge, iu Lewor Augusta township, Northumberland county, after being warmed and filled by ene of these hurpnse visits, finds that hid big hearted parish eners barO charged up alt the benefactions te his salary accenut. In defease of Couneilmau Evans' incon sistency the Etammcr new says : II r. Evftna said " but the police never reported them " (gasoliue lights) out te the papers or te the lamp committce, "for the reason that if they did se it would hurt some persons." This report of Mr. Evans' speech is n fabrication. ile ruade no such qualifica tion as that the police de net report the non-burning gasollne lamps " te the papers or te the lamp committce." It is net the business of the police te report "te the papers," &e. Their business is te re. pert te headquarters ; that is what they have beeu doing since last April ; and this Is what Mr. Evans said they " never " dot according te the Examiner'1 report of his speech the day alter he ruade it. Thk Philadelphia Recerd, whieh offered 450 for the proof that It said what was plainly pointed out te have been printed in its euiteri.il columns or Jan. si, new pleads the baby act and says that what it meaut was that what It said was only a I statement of what "the defenders of n w ,, nni, ,. r.nnnpp,xnnt growers" think nud hay about Sumatra, Connecticut and Pennsylvania leaf tobao tebao tobae oo. We were well aware from the begin ning of the controversy thnt what the Recerd said se unqualifiedly for itself was bodily appropriated without credit or modification from a still mere reckless contemporary ; and if the lesseu taught the Jlecerd induces It hereatter te put quotatieu marks where they belong, it may be allowed te ceme out of the hole Inte which Its rashness has driven it ; but its frantic efforts te draw the hole in after It are as valu as they are ludicrous. l'HBHONAL. Mns. Jl'Dusen Aitleeatk was urcinated ut Lomeyuo furnace en Friday. Ills body was brought from Indiana for the purpose, as she requested. L. M. Colfelt, thoiepular Presbyterian preacher, is about te retire from the pas pas pas torate of the First uhureh, Philadelphia, en account of ill health. Dr. Gne. FeiibTcn, the unatemist and ohemioal lecurer, has concluded by exper iments upon a lien and by oxperlcuoo with himself that ene meal a (lay ia onetigh for a healthy man. Has. Gladstone, wh is a very homely nnd usually very badly dre6sed but with al a very geed woman, has taken te wearing the richest clothes ami the finest diamonds. Gen. Bmsiew, ex soerotary of the treasury, anil the pet oaudidate of the Rofermars eight years age, can sit as quietly behind three kiugs and pair of ncesaud net betray his feelings as any ene in Washington. Ex Sn.VATOii llcxnr Coepp.n, who died recently at the hands of bandits in Moxl Mexl Moxl eo, was oheson United States senater from Tennessee ever ex-President Andrew Jehnsen by a combination of the Repub licans with the Old Line Whig Dome. erats. Maxwell I). Ocniwnnc. a wealthy resident of Wilmington. Doluware. died en baturday from the cifcets of a dese of carbolic acid, administered by n servant in mistake rei a solution or assaHetlda pro pre scribed by a physician. Mr. Gohlltreo was 81 years of nge. Mn. and Mns. Pnnc? R. Pvmh have given (100,000 te the fund for the Moses Tayler hospital which Is te be built at Soranteu, Pa. Moses Tayler created a fund of $250,000, two years nge, te estub Hah a hospital for miners and railway em em peoyes, nud Mrs. Pyue was his daughter. I'ttrrlclde In ITujette Ueunty. In a drunken quarrel Frauk Wilsen shot and killed his father, Alpheus Wilsen, at their home three miles east of Uulontewn, Thore was some treuble about the wages of the son, whleh he alleged wero drnwu by the father after he beoame of age. Frank was spreelng in town and rotumed home at 11 o'elook, whnn he aud the lath or quarreled aud he shut his father in the ueau, in tue proseiioo'oi the wlfe and daughter. He was arrested and placed In jail. a m m Louri by trtre. Samuel R, Urewu's brlek bloek in Oma. ha was daraaged by flre te the extcut of about 55,000. The prlnelpal business b!oek in llolena, Arkansas, comprising the stores of Jaeks & Ce., whelesale drug gists and liquor dcalera ; Thlober & Ce.. dry goods ; Illrsh & Ce., dry goods, aud Simen Seellg, dry goods, have been burn, ed. Jaeks & Ce.'s less Is 410,000. A iire at Woleott, near Oswege, New Yerl destroyed or damaged about 80 stores and dwelling. The less Is estimated at nearly iao,eoo. RAG.NG JUVERS. run ri.ne u 'N thk onto vai.lkv. Tlic 1 1 In nt Clndimntl A tiiiuUy nl Ti rrer -sunrrlnK In WhrflliiK-Ulle Uiulrr Water mul in IMrkunM, The rce, Fsien of the waters lu Pittsburg lia been followed by ternbte freshets fur tlier dewu the river. In Wheeling the tlver has receded inore slowly than was expected, nud portions of the city ami the country abeve nnd below nre Rtill under w,tcr, though the inhabited portion for the most pari is clear. The disappear ance of the water only reveals the extent of the ravages of the lloeil, and the sight excised te the oye Is Indeed disheartening. llii(?e recKs, trees, uruiwoeii ami small shanties cover parts of many street, and hundreds of houses and barns are gath ered at points wbere the surface of the water was obstructed by trees. Fifty houses are jammed upon and n,;aiiis', caeh ether nt lliose'itu end of the city. The Haltimore au-l Ohie track betweeu Wheeling ami lljuwoed was covered with buildings ami driftwood, which had te be pulled te pieces by eugiue.s te clear the read. The first mail siuce Wednesday four tens has arrived by beat. A few trains are runuiug, the least damaged hues hiving opened communication with the outside world. All the blankets that could bi) procured have been distributed among the liemetes.s sutVerers. Tnore is a Creat scarcity of bed clothes. Tite country people en both sides of the river are deiug their utmost te supply the needv with previsions. Wagons leaded with previsions arrive there nud at Hen weed, BolUire, Bridgeport and Martin's Ferry ireni points as tar back as 20 miljs. There nre probably tweuty thousand persons te be fed and clothed from Wellsburg te MeumlsviUe. At Martin's ferry Dr. Ilineinin, new under bail for malpractice, was caught robbing n tl jedl xtore aud was badly beaten. He is misiiug much te the sorrow of his bondsmen. The poeplo arc mevlug back te their houses aud tue sceue is n eusy one everywhere. 1 he strrets are being disiu lected, ler the protection ei public neaitn. Many kiud offers of aid have been received but with 60 many perseus depending upon the rolief committce the outlook for the future is gloomy. The Masens have systematized the work of relief. A roll of all Maseus has been prep wed ncd theso net themselves suffer ers will be called upeu for aid. The Odd Fellows and ether societies nre als work ing. It Is reported that some sufferers en the Seuth Side have been reduced te the oxtremlty of cuttiug meat from the cows found dead. The Ohie River railrnl i bjlievcd te be entirely ruined. Section after section of trestle work, bridges and cars have bceu washed away. UUiiiiil UiitloekHt l'urtameuin, tltite. Portsmouth, Ohie, is almost eutlrely uudcr water, and all communication with ether points is nluit off. The water is higher than dunug the Heed of liei, when the river was higher than ever known be fore. The river is ttill rising. One half of theso who moved into their seejnd stories are moving from their houses altogether, and all the frame houses arc deserted. iUnj houses are lleatiug away. Great suffering has already been experi euced nnd werse is expected. At daylight Sunday morning a tire broke out in Green's feed store, in the business portion of the city, caused by the slaking of hme submerged in the rising water, but, owing te the feet that ho!e could net be laid en account of the distance of the building from dryland, the dimes had spread ceu-..derab!y before the Uremeu could get te work. A Hat beat was towed te Sixth street, where a flre cugiue wai leaded en It, when it was towedby raen iu skiffs te the oernrr et Second and Market streets, in the vicinity of the tire. The dromen worked In beatB and en the heuse tops, and succeeded iu confining the tire te six buildings. These were burned te the water's edge, aud all the walls fell in. The churches are under water. All the cngine houses aud school houses available are filled with drowned out people. Se far, the most that could be dene has boeu te keep the people supplied with feed. Rations are being Issued daily, and farm lies are supplied by the previsions being taken in skiffs te their second story win dews. The river Is rising evor an inch nud a half per hour, and a hard rain is falhug The Terrer ut Olni Innatl. The ll )ed of 1S32 was surpas3ed at ene o'cleok Sunday morning rn Cincinnati, aud the river was rising almost constantly all day. Hardly a shadow of doubt exists, but that the mark of last year will be reached and passed. The rain will exert a decided Influence ou the stage of water, as the slde streams will be pouring iu addi tional lloeds. Poeplo have lest confidence in the prognostications of the signal scr vice. By extreme care aud ingenuity the gas oempany maunged te keep the supply up until Suuday uight, but new the street lamps are uiillghtcd and gns is burning in very few places. The tables iu the West ern Union telegraph oparaters' room are bupplied with candles. The thoatres arc runniug with cleotrie nnd -calcium light ami private gas machines. At the music hall a two Inch pipe is sup ported en trestles, leading from the Cin cinnati hospital across te the music hall, te supply the latter with gasraauufaetured by the hospital. This gives the opera festival, which was te begiu last night, its ordinary supply of gas light. On the out eut eut side of the hall cleotrie lights will be used te illumiuate the stroets The nuraber of persons needing rolief increases with oaeh day's centinuance of the flood, but Cincinnati is dotermiucd te take care of her own poeplo, nud the rolief committeo Iiub authorized the statomeut that all con tributions received from abroad will be oxpeuded for the rolief of thodistressod in neighboring towns and cities. The water en both sides of the embauk meet sustaining the tracks of the Cincin nati, Washington & Haltimore railroad iu Mill Creek valley has se softened the earth astocause two slides, leaving the traek unsupported. This coinpels the trains of this read te onter Cincinnati en thu Ham ilten A Dayton track nt the junction seven mtles from the city. The lloe Line trains will be compelled te make their terminus ut the stock yards, about three miles from the regular depot. The Oluelnnatl, Washington A Ualtlmoie read has beeu opened at Parkesburg, arid through traius will be resumed. At midnight the river marked OSfcet 1 Indus, nnd a brisk rain was falling. A Very Lively l'loeil Incident. In Whcellng, W. Vn,, the stoaraer Jehn Lewls arrived from down the river Satur day evening. She was riddled with bullets aud her passengers were lying ou the cabin fleer covered with mattresses und llfe preservers as a protection from mis. silcs. The beat left Parkersbunr in the morning. She reperts that many houses at New Marttnsville have been swept away. The Pittsburg stave works aud drying nouses are a total less. Thore is net a vostlge loltef Oochranvllle, a village In Menreo oeunfy, Ohie. At Moundsvllle the ponlteutiary ran out of water and the citizens had te carrva sunnlv te the ulnen. A roaseu glven for firing ou the stoamer was mat tue inuaeitauts I eared that the waves from the vossel would oemploto the work of destruction dene by the Heed, Met ii I'leaaant I'elnt, All the buildings iu Point Pleasant, Ohie, nre under water aud it is feared the building in which General Graut was born will float down the Ohie. News from New Riohraeud, Ohie, Bhews that a gloomy feeling prevalla there. A rlse of two feet mero will bring certain disaster. The beuses nre in great danger el floating away and an old distillery has already beeu ear rled off. A man who e.une down from Augusta, Ky , in a skill siys that iu many places the bennes are kep in position by weighting them with rejks. In a few iu stances the people wnh clinging te the chimneys. KreMut 111 I He Viiiiixlmintiirt I reH The Ice in the Conideiiiiim't creek, en the epp slte nlde of the SiiMiu'uaiin.i livei- from llarrtsburg, broke sinirmy nun caused uttonicndeus tlvd Four bridges ever the ereek, between I'arlisle and the river, id the value of ever $(,0iH, wei e crus'ied and carrted nwiy, and consider bio damage was done otherwise. TIiiimi dams were washed en', and three mills connected with them wi'rn bully in jured ns te p'ovent fi-ir running until they can be lepalred I he In'-liet i the worst ever known in the I'limbclniid Valley. Portions of the reeked bmlgrs nre new jammed against the piers of the Northern Central railieal urMge at tne mouth of the creek. ivpi1 frmii Mii;ri tr mi tre l'ii1e. Peter Scaiilen ami I'm II rn were nt work in a mill race .it N acu.i trjiiigte riue au ice blockade, when they were thrown by the springing of s mie planks into the water. In .i nieru'nt they were cirri i'd in the swift eiuretit ab've the Geat Island bridge tewanl the falls. Ni.ir where thu men were weikiug aud below the bridge was a large cake of ice, toward which thev were can i-vl In 'heir despe ration they attempted te catch held of the ice cake, and when f.uind half au hour later they wcie hanging "i t ' it for detr ltfe Ropes were pic.uifd nnd they were hauled ashore. am msin: iv vu. Capture ei l'lrntef nt Ir.illelil. The Maryland state oyster jhMioe beats Lli. and Governer H.imitteu descended Suuday afternoon en the oyster pirates of Fishing bay nnd Ilengi uver and captured the Frauk and Mary McNauiara, W. S Hever, master, nnd the M.irth.v K Moere. Simuel T. Cox, master, owned by Levm MeNamara. of Dercliest'T. I he police way down te the scene beats en their passed a number of heavdv lideuejster pungles bound up for U.iliimore, appar ently direct from tli forbidden waters. Ou the approach of the Hamilton the pirates, who wero h.ird at work, took no notice of her, an 1 did net step dredging until the low, rakish hull ut the Lvlia catne iu sight. Tuen it was tee late, as the Hamilton wis am ng them, and hardly before thry realized it two crews were prisoners. The n.eu ou the MeNamara showed fight, but the frowning muzzles of the twelve petiuders ou the police beats seen ceiiv.:ied thorn of the advisability of Mirreiulenng. The two guubeits then proceeded up Fishing baj ami released the pelice beat Julia A. Hamilton, which was captured by the piratea ea Friday. Tue three police beats are new nnohered ac-ess the mouth of Eastern bay, blockading about "00 pirati cal crafts in the upper w.iters. These will be attacked aud Uemtntudur ujrdy, et the p dice navy, is centideut of capturing the greater part of thorn, two or three at a time. The pirates arc caught iu a trap of their own selection and the llltgat dredgiug will be speedily broken up. A OAT' rKltll.OH fLIUilT. fnllliii: l-'rum n Uhllrcli Merpie mul UilQi lu; ti.ij ivimuui injurr. PlillJUL-lpma Times. A small, gray. cat had a thrilling advon adven advon ture at Uread and Arch Mteets, baturday afternoon, seme ladies, iu passing along the opposite side of Arch street, noticed the eat upon the reef of the Baptist church, which stands at the northwest corner. "Kitty" appearcd very anxious te et dewu, but as hhe was about forty feet from the ground this loomed out of the question without riskier oue of her tnue lives. Within half au hour fully flve huudrcd pnople had surrounded the church, and hew te get "pussy" off the reef was the question that agitated every body. Tue cat heetned thoroughly te enjoy the situation, nnd while the pepulace below was discussiug a means forherdolivoranco she w.ilked abng the edge of the reef, letting out a plaintiff "un ew" as she glanced furtively down below. Finally an old lady projiescd a ladder and several gontlemoti procecdad ti the headquarters of the tire department at Hread and Rice streets. The story excited the sympathy of the firomen and a long Udder marked " Truck A.1' was carried te the church by many pairs of willing bauds. The lad der was raiseil en the Uiead street side and a fireman quickly mounted it. " Pussy" did net understand that this was intended for her relief, but taking fright she leaped up the vine covered steeple. Once up thore thore was ue way for the cat te turn. Seventy feet from the ground she clung tightly te the italics vine. Fer five miuutes she hung en while n death hke silence pervaded the crowd. Suddenly she let go aud came tearing 'own te the ground. The ladies Ijt out lictle fominine shrieks and shut their oyes ; the men watched the awful fall with staring oyes. Pussy landed en all fours, aul when the ladles opencd their eyes she was soeu run ning up Arch stroet at a rapid rate just as much alive as auy cat. Twe boys captur ed her, and thou the crowd petted her and qutetly dispersed. Hew the cat get upon the reef is a raystnry, but it iisupiKjscd she was attraetcd by the swarms of swal lows which twitter around the eteople. a umiiKiJiatiiy tkuuuu.i: ukatii. Luutui" AUlmullun mi lier llretlier's Weil. ei in; nay una iiuneii A lire. Iu Dayton, O., Miss Anna Ileckwalt, a young lady of high social connections, died suddenly en Jauuary 10 under strange oireuraatauocs, Her brother's marriiige was te have oceurrod en the same day at Emanttel ohureh. Shortly bofero 0 o'elook the young lady was dress ing for the nuptials nnd had gotie into the kitehen. A few moments ufterwurd she was found sitting en n chair, ami nppar nppar ently lifeless. Medical aid was summoned, Dr. Jewott, who, after examination, pre iieunccd her (lead. Mass was being read nt the time in Emanuel chureli, ami it was proposed te postpeuo the wedding, but Father Hahue thought best te oeutiuuo, and the mar riage was porfermod In sadness. The ex nmiuatieu showed that Anna was of exclt nble tomperamont, nervous ami affected with sympathotie palpitation of the heart. Dr. Jewott thought this was the cause of her supposed death On the follewiug day the lady was interrnd lu the Woodland. The fnends of Miss Hoekwalt wero iiuable te forget the torrible impressien, nud soveral ladles observod that her eyes bere a remarkably natural color aud could net dispel an idea that she was net dead. They oenvoyod their opinion te Anna's p.ireutu nud the thought proyed upon thein se that the body was takeu from the grave. It Is Btated that when the ceflln was opencd it was disoevorod that the supposed Inani mate body had turned upon its right bUIe. The hair had been tern out lu handfuls and the flesh had bceu bitten from the ilngers. The body was rointerrcd nnd efferts made te suppress the laeU, but thore are theso who state that they saw the body, and knew the faets te be na narrated. Tim lluet en Ilia ether Lee. Itlchinnnd (Vu.) Dispatch. Twenty-Blx homicides in New Yerk since the 4th of November, the day of the Danvllle riot, and net n oeugrojsman has raiBed his voieo In favor of investigating theso erlmcs, HIBLE SOCIETY. fii.Knu.vi ni.v UK TtIK 11, 111, .1NNH I. II. SAIH. VI ree Large mi-' I ig- Ilitml Aitemlniirn by Vleitfli Melnler t hn AiiOiihI Ue )hi I nt the -iulfty. The fulli aniilvetsary of the Lancaster lllble Feciety was eelubtated ou Suuday evening in the several churches of this city the principal mrvtitig bein, In Grace Lutlieian chureli, with au overflewn meeting In the First reformed and n Ger ni iu meeting in St Stephen's Lutheran The congregations of nearly nil the ether Pretcntii'it churches lu the city nsxomhted at theso three places, servleas iu their own churches being mipmled for the purpose of Increasing tlie iuiere.it In thu miniver sarv. At Giac cl'iirch the oeugtogatlon was very I irge. Rev. O. Heiiimnsiiyder, pros! deut of the lltble society, cjudiicted the pervlces. A h mn was sung by the een grogatieti, a portion of the scrlpturn was read by Uev. HoiiueuMivder, ami llev. V.. L Heed, of Christ church, led in prayer, llev. Koimensnyder then read the follow ing muni U report, together with the tin. incut tdatetneut of the treasurer. l're.t teiil's Annuel Hrpurt. It is with sincere ami earnest gratitude te G.'d that we present this nixty soventh lepert of the Laucast'-r City Hible society. We humbly acknowledge our indebtedness te Hun fur whatever geed we may have accempllkhcd through this ngetiey. Whilst we haie net dene much toward the distri butien of theliible in our own community, we have been able te give some help te the Pennsylvania and the American llible societies. We donated te these societies during the past car three hundred ami fifty dollars. The amount is uet large,but in the hands of such a thoroughly organ ized, lar reaching and efileiciit society as the American llible society Is known te be, we may expect from it great and blessed lesults. The Pennsylvania society during the past ear distributed 60,001) Uibles, 11:, $20 Testaments, U,!U2 Tostameuts with Psalms, 'Jf.leS portions of the Hib'e, mak ing a total of 171,!0e volumes of 17 differ cut languages, aud in raued letters ler the blind. The American Bible seciety last jear commenced ami carried forward the im mouse work of resupplying the United States and territories with Hibles for the fourth time, lu th prosecution of this work evor 500 moil were employed for ;i Ien ter or shorter period They traveled 5")(l:ii3 miles, visited TijO.UtO families, found &7.030 families without Hibles vi their homes, and supplied CO.G 10 of these families, besides 37, 553 individuals. They distributed iu all 310,010 copies of the Hely scriptures This is an age of enterprise aud progrefs. Hnlre.ids arc spreading and multiplying all ever our ceuutry, and bilugiug remote localities into easy and rapid communica tion. Ami estimating the future by the past, we shall have in our country, within, twenty years, a population equal te that, new in Great Britain, Germany aud Fiauce oembiuod ; and the future character aud destiny of the people in our widely ox ex tended aud grewiug ceuutry will very largely depeud upon the distribution of the liible among them. Houce we should give all possible aid te the seciety iu thin great and beuoticeut undertaking. The seciety has enlarged aud earnestly prose cuted its work among foreign nations. Twe hundred and fourteen persons were employed last year, who distributed -170,-OHi Hibles, Testaments and portions of the Bible, at au expense of $1-10,754, The Bible has new been translated into 2.20 languages, or dialects. The llev. Dr. Tayler, speaking ou the subject, a vys : "Uehliid each et these translations thore is a long history of self sicrillce, unwearying perseverance aud unflinching loyalty te tiuth, of which little account is taken, and bofeiu each of them tliore is a course el g itheriug volume and fertilizing inlluouce hke that of the river which Ezektel saw issuing from beneath the altar, aud of which it was said 'Everything shall live whither the river comet h.' " This work of translating the Blbl. into se many difforeut lauguages or dialects necessarily involves great expeuse, aud in its prosecution the society needs and should have our liberal support. The whele num ber of Bibles issued bv tbe seciety duriug 07 years amounts te 12,083,81U And who eiu estimate or comprehend all thoblcssed results of such au immense distribution of thn Bible? Knewing what we ewo te the Bible as individuals, what we ewo te it as a nation, let us all oemo, with mero s!f sacrificing liberality, te the support of the soeioty which is se efficiently eugaged in tbe great work of its preparatien and distribution among all nations throughout the world, Trettiurrr' lteimrt. I.ahi'ahtiih, Keb. ft, ls-i s s High, Iroasurer, Iniuceuui with Luiie.is- ter Ltij- lllble t-ecluty. Te biluiicoen hand eb S, 1S1..,,JU p; le c:l-1i received from aale et Hlblcs 15 17 Te rash recel vu 1 from unnlversury collectlous Is 0 Te cisli received trem Trinity Luttiernn cliurch, 153 21 10 Te ciisli rncolveil ireni bt. Jelin's Liilhernn ciiurcli, ItSJ lu u5 Te ctiah recolved Ireni bt. Paul's Kulermcd ciiurcli, IBS) 5.1 '25 Te cash received trem Trinity Lutnurun cliureli. 1SS3 i' W Tecusti received trem aliuly -IIT0 u.' ll v cish nald I). U. Mavcratck for pilntlnK I i 34 Ily cash paid W. A. lluluitsh, 10- mevliiircdsu U! Ily caili puM oxpreis en lllbh s.... te lly casli paid I'eunsylvaula Iliblu seciety 17J 00 Ily casli paid Amurlcan lllble He- duty 175 ( lly cmli paid ler lllbles 'ii u.1 lly casli paid for lllble donated te Lancaster CltyTruct Society ler iltilrlbulleii umenir theso wltli- out lllbles In their r.einra ii CO -JOT 81 llulimcoen linn J t 01 "s ltespccttully subrnltted. C. KKlMhNS.NYDKIt, 1'rcslilcnl Lancaster City lllblu Heckty. The i:xerclien. After the repert had been read, Rev. J.T Satchell, of the Duke street M, K. ehurch, was iutreduc'l nnd delivered au able ad dress, In the oeurso of which he tnued U a history of the translation of the Beripturcs from the original tengues, from the earliest period down te the translation made by order of James IL, of England, and gave many Interesting rcmlnlsconcea of the work dene by missionaries In Bpreadiug Christianity throughout the world. He speke about thirty raluutes and wns follewod by Rev. Prof. J. S. Stahr, whose tbeme was the im im im portauce of spreading the light of the Gospel among heathen nations. At the clese of Prof. Stahr'a address, a hymn was sung, and Rev. Holmensnyder made an appeal te the cougregatlou for liberal contributions in behalf of the soeioty. A oellontlou waa thou llfted, Rev. C. K. Houpt led in prayer, the long metro doxology was sung and the oeugrogatiou was dismissed with a bouediotlon by Rev Btahr. Herttce lu l'irst Ueruriueil, The attondauce hore was unusually large, notwithstanding the unfavorable woather. Rev. J. Max Hark, of the Moravian church, presided. The aorvlees wero openod with the singing of a hvmu nnd the reading of the 10th Psalm, Rev. Dr. Bhumaker made the prayer, and after another hymn had been sung, read the annual repert, as printed abeve, Rev. Sylvanus Btall followed with an address ou the beauty and pewer of the Bible, and after musle by tbe choir Rev. Wm. Powick of the West Mission or the M. 15. chureh made the concluding address, whoreluho contrasted the work dotie by Protestaut churohes iu Bpreadiug the gespel with that of the Catholle ohureh. A collection was taken up, tbe doxology was sung nud tbe benediction given ly llev. ,1. A. l'olers, pastor nt the First Iteferiurd church. The Gcitiiau speaking friends of Um llible e.iuse. nsMunbli-d in stremt force at St. Stephen's Luthetiili uhureh, the pastor ) l(ev. hintl aleister, prcsiiuiu: nud unillng a trauslattiMi el' the aiitiual report. Kieel Kieol Kioel lout tuusie wiisl'uuiihhrd ami ablnaddiesses in German, wcie made by llev. F. P. Mn nor, el .ion Lutheran church, and llev. J. G. Noelf, of the Fust Hvaugolleal chinch. llim.MICA I'll) NOlllPiA IIII.N1. A t'nrtri'tnil l.ltt of llieltiinitlilntm. After ii number of withdrawals nnd changes the corrected list of Democratic nominations iu the oily at large and lu the several wauls is as follews: Prtll MVTOH. 1). MeMulleii. ion school pnmireiis. Samuul It Liehty. Thes. F. McLlllgett. A. .. King wait, .laceb Shlmllc. A. J. Snyder. Henry Suiejcli. i iir. waiiii nD.iu.-s.vriu.-s'j. I lit W'unl. Select Council Gee. W. Brown. Common Council S M. Scner, .1. A. Springer, B. F. Montgomery, in II. Me- Uonisey. Constable A. G. Pyle. Assessor Kmnuuel Miller. Judge Jehn B. Maletie. Inspector Henry Allick. Meceml Wnril. Select Council Fred Brimmer. Common Coiinell Jno. F. Udhteruieht, Jehn Itmsiiig, Then. Wenditz. Constable Bankseu Smith. Assessor F. R. Dennelly, Judge J ue U Honkel. Itislieeter Bebt. Clark. l'hlnl Wur.l. Solect Council Henry Wolf. Common Council Jno, M. Lberly, F. II. Willlw. C. F. Oblonder. Alderman W. T. Wiley Constable Gee Deerr. Assessor .liidge 11. F. Davis Inspector Adam S. Rheails. I'nuttli lVril. Seb ct Council GeorgeStoininan. Comiiieu Council L mills It. Norbeek, Harry K Carsen, Jehn Stolgerwalt. Assessor Isaiah Meivilllps. Constable James Ceylo. .ledge Liwretice Falk. Inspector Simen Sbinsler. llltti Wiiril. Common Council Daniel Trewitz, jr., Frederick Sener, sr. Coustable II. K. Fuilew. Assessor Jehn J. Jeffries. Judge Philip Wall. Inspectei A. F. Barrlnger. Mxth Wnril. Select Council Jacob Zoeher. Cotnmen Cotineil Adam Misehlich. Jehn McChne, Fiank McLaughliu. Constable Martin Daily. Assessor Charles It. Fralley. Judge Byren J. Brown. Iuspcoter Jue. II. Soner. HeTeutti ttttril. Common Council Frank Kverts, Philip Diukelberg, 11 Frank Adams. Aldermau Alex. F. Dennelly. Coustable Jehn Morrmger. Assessor James R Garvin. Judge Wm. MeL.uighliu. Inspector Wm. Derwart. Kljhltt Wnril. Sulvct Council Jehn V. Wise. Common Council Charles Jeseph Adams, Benjamin Huber Lippold, (JouHtame Ueorge Shay. Assessor Christian Frailey, sr. Judge C. T. Dougherty. Iuspectei Jacob Kurtz. Mntli IVunl. Common Council D. S. Sweeten, Jehn McKillips, 1). t Mearig. Constable Jehn Herr. Assessor Jaeeb Mctzger. Judge Charles Broe.iio. Inspector Jehn Nixderf. t'ltr Kxccutlve Uuuimllten. 1st ward Jehn Schaum. 2d ward James It. Dennelly. 3d waul B. F. Lemeu. I'll ward Bmanuel Wilhelm. 5th ward William B. Striue. rl'li want Jehn D. Soner. 7th ward A. Stoinwaudel. 8th ward Jeseph H.Gause. 0th ward Jeseph Arneld. Unclaimed Letter. The following is a list of unclaimed let letters remaining iu the postefllco for the woek enditig February 11 : Ladies' Lint. Sue Benner, Mrs. Lizzie Knglebreath, Ada Gray, Ella Hall, Mary M." Hess, Mrs. Sue Hildred, Mrs. Joutile Hontaster, Emma Lcatnau, Mrs. Lizzie Nichols (2), Mary Oatman, Ltzzle Ower katnp, Sallie Piorsel, EminaL. Selvert, R. Ada Simmons, Martha II. Wouger, Mrs. Sotniucrfield Yeung. Uent)' List. Jehu Adams, J. J. Allen Seus, Martin Barues, Bailey & Wilsen, D. D. Barten, N. E. Bare & Sen, Itoubeu Billiger, Bruuuer & Sen, Jehu Deekert, C. W. flick, Simen Grunborger (for.), Dr. James 1). IlcufeD, Hetiry U. Hess, W. H. llostettor, Samuel Housten, Jehn F. Keller, J. L. Lander, Agt., Henry S. Lan (lis, Arthur Mains, Frank May, llebcrt McOran, J. A, MacConuell, Max Meyor, Dr. Jehn W. Rawlins, William Siller, Audrew Hchulder, Abraham Schlisser, M. E. Spiehlman, Jonathan Weaver, David W. Whltnferd. More Ueinpllmeuts for l.uucuster Laes unii l.aitlei. The Harrlsburg Telegraph, lu Its notice of the Lancaster "Plnafore" company says "the iiudiunoe was very well pleascd, net only at the geed singing nud perfect orchestral aoeompauimont, but also at thu costuming and careful attontieu te detall. The chorus singing was far superier te many professional troupes." The Independent says thus rendition of the familiar epera "oemparod favorably with theso who make grcater proteutlons and are se called pntlessietials." "Miss Leila Bear ns JetepJiine, Miss Kate Shirk as Buttercup and Mies Llzzie Yecker as Hebe, carried oil the honors of the evening for the foraale portion of the oempany. The first mentioned lady linn extraordinary musieal ability and mistalned her part porfectly." "The sisters, cousins and aunts sang ns sweetly aud acted as prettily as theso portions of humanity usually de. The whele company Is te be congratulated upon the oxcellouco of the performance" i i Met Hie 11 Ml. Ilanlsburg Tolesruph. The Harrlsburg dotcctlves are puzzled conceruing the identity of the man who was shot at Salunga, Laucaster ceuuty en Wednesday night, They nt first thought It was a notorious character who had been oencoruod lu numerous robberies in nnd about this eity, but this person has been seen en the Htreets within the past few days. The faet that the dead mau wero a eap with the name of a Harrlsburg firm iu it led the officers te suppese that they wero ou the right traek, but It Beems that they were wrong. Iltalth llenert, Dr. II. E. Woathaeflor, health oemmls. sloner, reperts that thore wero two new eases of smallpox In this elty last woek, ene of which was sent te the hospital and the ether is utider treatment in tlie eity, nud Is the only oase new under troatment. Three easos, provleusly ropertod, are new convalescent, RKPUBiilOAN C0MMITTBE Tilt: PAi l.l l l'H I'll rv ruin! siilKi. l'lm I'liitpln lletii'.nl nil l'.si rel in ul lliclr t linlce Inr riiflilrlil il. I1.,lntiii- kiiii (tuts 1'ie ill mul llnuiicii The Kopiibliean county cominittre met in Hxcolsler hall nt halt pis' ten o'clock this morning. Fifty. tlime el i Ik loutieu districts wcie reprrsentid, t it'icr by iiiein. hers nf thu coinmittce or suboiiiites, Dr. J. P. ltoebuck occupying Hie r'uilr. Saturdiy. Apill 12, wis (Wed ni tlm tlme ler heldlni thn tiiim.u v clenu'ii. Tite follewiiig nssessm.m'lH wimh II d j for candldntcs for thn ser,il i til md uiiniiiiuiiuKiy ngricu te : Ueiitfimi, ?.; state Scnate, $10 j Asiinbly, $5 j hlnuill, I'J ; prothenotary, f 10 ; idnlslet of wills, $8 ; county truisuier, $10 ; olerk of qu vi -ter sessions. $H ; elmk of orphans' com', id ; county commissioner, S3 ; pilii.u keeper, $1 ; coietier, $3 ; directors el thu peer, $1 ; prison inspectors, $1 ; auditor, l. The coniiiiitteo appointed ( audit the treasiitur's account, topettid the moelpts te have been $ 100 ; the ipines $127 13 ; the balance in the treasury $.12 (17 J.x-Sheiill Striue olletod a ivsolutieo te the elVi'ct that the s'ate and national delo. gates be olected at the same Hum and lu the same manner ns Heu.tt.pin ami tepte Mutative nre nominated, and th it oue of the national delegatus nnd ene altoiiiale be elected fiem the northern and thn ethers from the southern (induct, tint can (filiates having tbe highest number of votes te be the delegates and the ethers the alternates. The resolution gave rise te cms dorable debate, ami nn amendment olleied by J. W. Jehnsen was adopted, te the effect that the slate delegates be ujecli-d at the Kinie time ami in the same maiiner as seuateis uud ropresintathox are new nominated. and that the national delegates be olejtid from the congressional district nt the same time and iu the ame manrier that the candidate ler Cnngiej.i is nomi nated. Mr. Jeht'.MHi also ollerod the fodewmg resolution, which gne lise te a p; iti.ic'ed discussion : " Ileselcrd, That at the primary olwtie i te be held en Saturday the 12. Ii day el April, 1881, each voter shall li.ne the privilege of voting for Ins choice ter piesi deut and vice prisnlcut of tne I'-ilted States, nud the vet-s i cis' s'ia'1 be con sidered itistiuctiens te the .- ''.ies fiem this oetigrcsstotial distm tellii n.tti mal convent ion." Mr. Jehnsen uiged t e alp'iouef ttie resolutieu. The pcepl i hail a rul.t l express their choice and it was te duty of delegates te vote lu accirdauce " icwith. This right had never Ih-imi epp i -d but ence ami then the putyhal n. .! a s.i 1 mistake, from which it was et puiIi ring. Mr. Lhas. I. l.mdis epp.isi d tti'i rii lu tien : the delegatus should go u i'i mi moled ami uiuustiuotetl, s tli it th i'd take lu tbe whelu tlf'd and v i.e t n ilie best mau. A delagate, w'iuje name wtv. !''. cin n, favored Jehnsen's resolution, an 1 sp a el tlie fate which had overtaken lloerv d.iv because of his voting fur Jehn (.juuicy Adams instead of JnrUten, for wft.uii he was itiktructcd te vote by his couetiluents. I). W. Grabill favored taking a in en the pcople's choice, but would n t bind the delegates te vete for the c u lulaes thus chosen, but wool 1 le tli i . i u-un strueted and vj.e fjr ilu htre'v r .u.l beRt man. J. A. Stebor wanted te knew wh were I vice ' put if se, j e in chair .i him . i tl.e ...i'd V.l'C. .v llCI . 'II, 111 night the canilidatm fur president . president'.' Wfm the names t ' upon tbe tickets at ;he rimary, in '. whose names .' Mr. Jehnsen .sa.d the n.irues iff. didates could be haudtd in t t' -mau nf the ceuuty committeo and l placed upon the ticket D. W. Grabill said if that .i- .'. ticket would he a yard long and i beati iutorminable job te count !." He gave an account of lus own x as nil ofllcer of n primarv l ' which all of Saturday afternoon 'i i I and nil of Suuday mernim; we, sumed in making out thn ri-turus i e ll ll ll poeplo Mr. Jehnsen insihted that tlu be givin a chauce te expiu's tin n i lieice, ami predicted trouble it this prmli'g.i was refused. He called for tlie yeas ami u iys en the adoption et his resolution. They worecallod and roMilted, jnm 11, nays U Tlie dtstriets voting yea wero C I'er.mi, Drumore, Eden, Silver Springs, Lmoaster tevMinhi)i, Loaceok, Si'citid ami Fourth wardjt, city, Piovideuce and Strasburg townships. Prosldent Reebuck congratulated the committce en the geed work dene during the past year, aud asked them who wcie about te retire from the cominittre te me ttielr influence te have geed men suciced thorn. J. A. Steb'r oft, red a resolution thank ing tlie piesiilent for bis economical and successful administration. Adjeurned. - - COMMON l-LKAS (JOUU1. Trie Wllllnm Miller Will (Jiue t-nr Tilst. The third week of common pleis court began this morning with Judge Livingston ou the bench, When the list was called it was found that sixteen of tbe thirty cases down for trial tire ready. Among them is the ciie of Catbcrlne Schwilke vs. Mary Lly.abcth Smethurst, by her guardiau, Win. A. Srr thurst, 'ssue te try the validity of a paper purporting te be tbe will of William Miller, late of this city. The case of L, Minm'ch vs. Eshlemau, wns called. Ne cases were ready for tii.il this morn lug uud court adjourned until half past two o'clock. Watchers Appointed. A. J. Loibley, Republican, and Jehn McGiiuiis, Democrat wcie appointed elto elte elto Hen watchers for the Third watd. TIVII ItAILKOAH AUiailtMS, A Man Hun III I.ru Out (III -Anetlinr In Jnrecl at 1'ti r ll culler -, Edward Melt, nged 50 years of 130 Mett street, New Yerk, was badly iujiirid liy the cars at Leaman Place en Situiday. He was stealing a ride en a freight train and ene el his legs was caught botween the dead weeds et two ears. The limb was be badly crushed that it had te be amputnted and the man Is uew in the county hospital. This morning Wm. Owen, a lepiirman en the Pennsylvnula railroad, at Parkes burg, while shoveling was struck by extra onglne 892. The injuries consist of a con tused baek ; aud, after being nttnuded by Dr. Dlokitibeit, he was removed te the Unlversity hospital, Philadelphia. He Is a young man aud has no lulativcti iu this part of the country. Au r.lmpienl I'rciii.ner. Rev. Win. Whlte Wilsen, of Klttanning, Armstrong ceuuty, Pa , who occupied tlie pulpit of St. Jehn's Episcopal ohureh, Suuday morning and evcnlng, made many friends in this elty by thu practical and oleqtiont sermons prenehed by him. lu the inerniug his text was : " Hew often would I have gathered my ohildteu to gether as a lien doth gather her broe 1 under her wings, but ye would net," His thome was the wonderful exhibition et the Saviour towards the rebellious poeplo of Ierael. In the evcnlng the text was, " Walk by faith, and net by sight." The roverond orator used no notes, hut dis coursed most logically and held his audi ence captive by the foieo of Ida nrgument aud the purity of his diotleu, Thoehr flttlugly supplemented the morning sermon by its admirable rendition of Millard's Te Deum. The attondauce, both morning and evening, was large,