( .-s'r--- w - " - tV tSJr LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, THURSDAY, FRBHUAKY 14. 1884. IK ILancastcr Intelligencer. TH0P.3DAT If.VEMINO, FEB, 14, tDB4 Which System 1 The two cnndidntcs for mayor new baroretlio people of this city nre the .MnwanrtlinlrrfiilUGcUvODaitiOS. It 13 truetliat In municipal elections party tics rest most loosely, anil the practical con cen con fllderatlens eC geed government and hew can best besecured an honest, efllclent, .nnnmlpiil nnd business administration of the municipality, will dctermlne the choice of many citizen between McMul McMul Ien nnd Roscmlller. In this vlew of the case a contrast of the policies of the two parties which they represent Is pertinent and prodtnble. Frem 1874 te lS78,thc Republicans were In control of the city government. Mayer StnufTer was Its oxecutlve head ; the councils were In sympathy with him; for most of the time Select Councilman Evans was the head of tlie flnance committee. Letus see what a record they made : When Mayer Stauffer came Inte ofllce the total funded debt of the city wns jR-i ira.nn ; nnd the sinking fund amounted te $88,153.00, leaving the net funded debt atS393.095.00. In 187S, when Mayer Btauffer was succeeded by Mayer MacGeulgle, the total funded debt had runup te $G02,512.'02, and the sinking fund had been only Increased te $09, 268.00; making the net funded debt $5fl3,2T3.0G nn Increase In four years of $ 1C9, 258.00. But in addition te this, at seen ns Mayer MacGonlgle entered upon his duties, he found that although scarcely one-third of the fiscal year had expired, many of the appropriations for the whole twelve months were already nearly, If net altogether, exhausted, a loose and reckless aystem of book keep Ing and accounting prevailed, and, as he pointed out pieniptly in a special message te councils, u deficiency of $30,000 existed, for which a new lean had te be created, making an actual increase et the city's Indebted ness under Stauffer of ?200,000in round figures. And what had the city te show for four yeais of Republican administra tion and an Increase of city debt amount lng te $1.75 en every $100 valuation of real estate In the city ? During the six nnd a-lialf years of Democratic administration, with Mayer MacGenigle as oxecutlve, the only leans made besides the $29,000 required te pay off the deficiencies accruing under his predecessor were $20,000 for the new "Worthlngten pump aud $0,000 for a set of new boilers ; while, en the ether hand the sinking fund under his direction has been increased$119,100 ; showing an actual de crease of the city debt by the new methods of about $90,000, nud even charging the deficiency lean te the MacGenigle ad ad ministrateonwhich was net respensl bio for it tliere is a clear reduction of the city's indebtedness of ever 860,000 Barren as the Republican administra tion was of results te justify its ener meus increase of the debt, the Demo cratic admlnis ration, besides the show ing it makes of a decided debt reduction, is te be credited with a number of permanent Improvements, forcibly pre sented in Mayer MacGenigle'a retiring letter and universally recounted by our citizens. I Many of the cvlla of loeso and careless government which were experienced under Republican administration were due te the political concurrence of the councils and the mayor ; they were in party accord and were no check upon each ether. The city Is se gerryman dered that the Republicans claim a ma jority lu seven out of nine wards, and the Democrats are net given one-half of their Just representation in councils. Every consideration demands the elec tien of a mayor of different politics from the majority of councils, se that he can interpose his veto and iullueuce against the lawlessness and recklessness with which partisan majorities abuse power. Tin: opinion of some of the Republi can politicians In Albany h that a secret movement is en feet in New Yerk te organize the delegation te the national convention from that state in the in terest of Arthur. Tliere is nothing sur prising in this repot t. Between the various Republican aspirants for thu presidency it leeks new as if the op position te Arthur would bu se di vlded that hu will be n formidable candidate for the nomination. He gives his party a neutral, colorless Bert of policy that deei net provoke shur,i antagonisms. In this state, for example he has been feeling for weeks with .i let of nppolutineiits that n man with mere decision and less political crutt would have determined lentr age. Tliere are eutgivings that he Is using his ewer In the matter with a view te control the next delegation from Pennsylvania, aud the suspicion seems te bu wall feuuded. He is feeling his way te reuoralnatlen, rather than breaking it. Mr. Blaine seems te still have a greater popular held upon his party than any ether of its leaders, and if he has come te the conclusion of all ether sagacious politi cal observers, that he can never leallze his presidential aspirations, lie still no doubt hopes te control the choice of the convention. Mr. Arthur realizes, from Blalne'a experience at ClucInnaM in 1870 and from Grant's fate at Chicago in 1880, that it is dangerous te become such a favorite aa te unlte the Held against him. His friends will no doubt cultivate f rlendly relations with Legan, Shermau and all the antl Blaine interests. They must have a nueleus et strength, hew ever, such ns they can find In the con trol of the New Yerk delegation. Without that, of oeurso, Arthur is net a formidable candidate. But If he secures It, he can readily muke n deal with the Pennsylvania traders nnd the mercenary camp-followers from the Seuth, which will put him in the front. understand what this has te de with the present Issue In the mayor's election, the peeple understand It very well. They knew tliat under McMtilleu the same prudent, thrifty aud bu9lue33 like ad ministration that marked Mayer Mac Genlgle'a efllclal conduct would bu con tinued and that under Resenmiller there would be n returu te the fermer recklesi ncss nud extravagance which exhausted the yearly appropriations before six mouths had expired, and piled up ileat InK Indebtedness te be added te the bended obligations of the city. Tin: simple and only satisfactory way for the advocates of the electric light te make out a case Is for the Maxim com pany te demonstrate by some accurate test that these lamps nre each furnish Ing the two thousand candle power light that they engaged by contract te provide. We de net believe that a single lamp in the city furnishes that degree of light, nnd therefore we de net favor the city paying fcr what ltdoea net get. Cupid Is very busy te-day nnd his and arrow are in constant requisition. bow The city of Lancaster has n Valentine in waiting for David MoMullen, which will net, howevor, be prcsented until after the votes are oeuntcd en Tuesday evening next. People who are net considered very bloodthirsty, are wondering why Jehn Ceyle, the Yerk county murderer, is i.et rnaile te pay the penalty which threo courts concur In beljevlng he doEervcs. Wateii gets the better of whisky for ence ; and In Ohie, tee. A seventy feet flood at Cincinnati has submerged every distillery en the bank. Jupiter Pluvius has dene it inure effectually than the cm Bidcrs. The Examiner cced net trouble its mind about whom Mr. McMullen will an paint or net appoint te place within the appeintment of the mayor, after he Is elected. Mr. MeMullcn Bays that lie has made no promlseB of auy kind te anybody, but if it amuses tbe Examiner it may go en Illliug all tbe city offices a dozen times bofero the election. This Is its last chance It is currently ropertod en the streets te day that, In oase Mr. Roseumiller is elected mayor, councils will be asked te give the mayor a elerk, and that this clerk is te be the " Hen. Ruokie " Leibley. Tbcre will be a fitness in thus rounding out the oillce " Bnckie's " familiarity with the old posteflloo, te which place the new major is te be moved, will mnke him n valuable acquisition. A VALKXTIKK. Clioeao uie your Valentine ' Next, let us marry ' l.nve te tbe death will pine II we lenjf tarry. I'roiulse and keep your vows, Or vow you nnver I I.ove's doctrine disallows Tretd-brcakers ever. 1'KBSONAL.. Duadlm oil will be n caudtdate for re election te Parliament. Amittv is said te be $200,000 behlud thus far lu the operatic season. (Jiees VifTemx, It Is said, has te pay postnge en her mall matter just the same ns any et lier subjects. Kx-Puesidknt Gew EX, of the Philadel phia te Reading railroad company, is nr raugitig for n trip te California. Clahk Lane, a wealthy resideut of Mount Healthy, Ohie, has presonted a public library te the town of Elknrt, Ind. Rev. II. W. llEEniEiiycatenlay elllelat ed as ene of the pall bearers at the funeral of Hen. Themas Kinsella at Brooklyn, N. Y. Pit. New man Btya the American poeplo Bpend twolve mlllieu dollars a year en their olergymon and eight hundred millions for rum. Tiiemvs KiNsr.t.i.x, of the Rreaklyn Eaelc. left an cstate worth nbeut $250,000 Including his Interest of about $100,000 In that journal. His six chlMren are Ills heirs. William B. Oim. has been appointed superintendent of the Wo.stem I'uleu tcle graph company, te till the vaeaney caused by.the resiguatleu of Mr. J. E. Zeublin. Mr. Oill was at ene tlme as3lstaut superiu tendcut of this district. Ex-Govnuxen Hkxeiucks, of Indiana, doesn't play billiards. " When I came te sottle up for the first game I evor played, he said. " I was told It was $3. 'Hew se '.' I niked. 'lleoause you wero se long,' was the icply. And I have uever tried bll Hards again." Senatek Hawley, having remarked that a thorough canvass of the Southeru states should be made by Republicans, especially iu close congressional districts, the Charleston Aiftci Invites him te " ceme aud welcome," aud Mr. Henry Watterson joins In the invitation. Stvndine Br.Mt, a Sioux chief ftem the Rosebud agoney, called en secretaty tel ler yesterday te knew whether an Indian had a right te keep a store. He was much pleased when told he could de se. His beu. a imnilat Carlisle, acted as interpre ter during the iuterview. Staudiug Hear wears a silver medal given te his grand father many years age by a president of the I nlted states. Gexeiial Simen cameiien in Galveston found an old friend in the widow of Dixen H. Lewis, of Alabama, with whom he served in Congress ucarly forty years age. Iu a call of au hour these venerable people described scenes of Washington life and politics lu their prime. Although Mr. Cameren and Mr. Dixen were political oppenonts, personally they were warm friends, and the venerable ex senator was highly gratitled te meet the widow of his departcd friend. Jt stk e Field, of tbe suprome court of the United States, gave a dinner at his house last oveuing iu honor of the soventy uinth birthday of his brother, David Dud ley Field, of New Yerk. The guests wero Justice Field's three brothers, David Dudley, Cyrus W. aud Henry M. Field. Proaident Arthur, Chief Justice Watte, Speaker Carlisle, Senators Rdmunds, Uayard, aud Gibseu, Representatives Randall, Hewitt, Dorsheimor and Tuoker, Secretary Frohnghuysen aud Justices Harlan, Blatchford and Gray, of the su preeo court, Mrn. David Dudley Field aud Mrs. Tnstioe Field. 1IACKEDT0 PIECES. AN AU1-.1I UUUl'l.tS FUIM.Y Ml'KIIKlll' II. Mutilated -I'ut I" UK WtSTlSltN FLUIJDS. Misery nnd MatTciIng Everynhore In Thtlr Train .V Terrlule mate el Airlr. Yeu Have breliu prendre twlce, Dear) te undo me 11 you prevti faltlilt-js thrloe Nena tlien will wen ye. Iftrrick. As Mayer MacGonigle's has pild etY $02,000 of the eity debt, and thorefero deereased the tax burden 53 J c-nU en every 100 valuation, and as W. D Snuffer's Republican administration iucreasad the debt $200,000 and thuitJere increased the tar burden $1.73 en every $100 aluatieu, therofero every owuer el pnperty lu this city who is in favei of low taxes, and every tenant iu favor of low re ids Bheuld vote next Tuesday for David MoMullen, who will continue the geed work dene by Mayer MacGonlgle. .Tt'Den TeunciEE like a great many ethor p?ople finds it far easler te praotise than te preach. Recently iu this city, he deltv cred a powerful loeturo en the subject "Give Us a Rest" iu which thu felly of overwork was strongly impressed. It is new auuouneod that the judge has been oetupelled te cancel all lecture engagements by roaseu of Ids suffering from overwork and anxiety. Shakospcare was right when he declared that it was easier te tell twenty mt'U what te de than te be ene of the twenty te fellow the instructions given. In future, let overy oue have a care hew they Bpuak of milkmeu and their milk. A Lockport milkdoaler has recovered $1,000 damages from the Buffalo Ttlt graph en ncoeunt of an artiole appearing In a certain issue el the ptper in 1871, stiting that the plaintiff had fed rotteu feed te oetvs and afterwards pc-ldled the milk te families. On the trial it was proved that the feed nsed was corn rofuse from n grape sugar weiks, and experts testifled that milk made from it was net unwholesome. The funny paragrapher who finds a target at all times for his wit lu milk adulteration, if he in wUe will Boek heroafter some Icfh dangerous topic for discussion. Vkhv naturally It rasps the JKrumfitcr te bj reminded that under thead'iilnls- tratien of Mayer Stauffer the sinking fund, established for the extinguish ment of the eity debt, was net Increased by even the amount of the Intorest ou Its own bends, whlle under the admlnlstra tieu of Mayer MacOenlgle nearly $20,000 a year were added te the sinking fund. Alth mirIi the Examiner pretends te net FKATUUKB OF TUB BfATE PKE33. The New Era knows that Quay is up te mischief, but cannot exactly fathom IiIb plans. The Alloutewu Critic advises peeple who cannot ht.iud exoltemoiit te uet get married. Tne Wllkosbarre Union Leader depre cates congressional obituary puffs of prominent men, Amorleau taste for geed grammar and cultivation iu hello lottres, make Legau'u oleetlon an Impossibility, says the HarriH- burg Independent. The Wostraeroland Democrat asserts that the Democrat of that county wero the llrnt te suggest Audrew Jaoksen as a pre&ldeutlnl candidate. The editor of the Examiner can't net evor It that when he ehauged his political principles he made htmnelf inoliglble te membership iu a Jofferseu club. The Yerk Dailg takes the oake, w lib this spoeimon of mortuary vorse ; l lenient Willie thou bus lull us llenu te dwell In yoniler sky. Hut an ungel came and whispered, iJuntest Willie Ue ceme home. fit; Mi Coutin, K I, J. Cumping Out la tlie luteiue Celd. At 3 o'eiook Tuesday nftorueon flre was discovered nt Fert Bully, Dak,, aud by 5 o'eiook three cempaules had been burned out. The flre is still raging, and no assis tance can be rendered, as tne nearest water Is the Missouri river, nearly a mile distant. The barrlekH will nil be destreyed, noces. sitatlng the camping out of the ueldinrH, with the moreury 2Y3 belew rore, The Ohie river at Cincinnati Wednesday night was 74 feet 5 inches at 12 o'clock, and is still slowly rising. Tbe distress is beyond description, and the reports of houses undermined and lives lest, coming in from nuartcrs whero verification is ini- adminlstratMU I possible iuercase the Roneral eonsterua- tien. Third atroet, tne wan street ei Clnelunatl, Is completely under water, and the Burnet house, still ene of the most most fashionable hetels, is new at the edge of the rising flood. The local observer of the wcather for the Commercial Gazette prodiets heavy rains acain for Thursday. A steamer has been chartered at Madisen and will be leaded with 20,000 pounds of previsions and sent up the river Friday te distribute supplies whorevor needed A large steamer will nlse be chartered for a similar service ou the lewer part of the river. A tralnlead of previsions will ba Hcut from Indianapolis Saturday morning te Madi Madi eon, and the steamer will loave that point for the scenes of distress Saturday even iug. The following inessage has bceu re ceived from Governer Perter : The condi tion of Lawtcucebur is pltiable in the extreme. Mere houses have been removed from their foundations thau last year. Relief should have refcronce nun uet only te the Heed, but te euabliu;: p or p. ple te rcplace and repair their homes." Tnlrtecn l'eople Drowned In blcilli. During a sovere storm .Monday after neon a party of ID persons iu threo skiffs while attempting te cress Ireru the Ken tucky shore, woredrowncd. It is bolievcd that the peeple embaiked in the frail craft at their disposal rather than take the chances of staying in the iusocuie habita tions The beats wero hunk In plain view of the shore, and the number of persons in each could he easily counted, but it was impossible for wituesses te say who they were, or whother they were whlte or colored. They weie all makiug straight for the nearest point en the Indiana fiide. JHIewonvllle Under Water. Theie is little Hiifferinc hi Louisville, but iiehs from Jcfforsenvillo, Ky., is of the most deplorable character. Of a pepula tien of 11,000 nt the place, about ene half have been cotnpelled te loave their homes and Boek higher ground. Four-fifths of the city is inundated. The poeplo nre BuHerinu nud nre begglug contributions of feed. The lfentucky river is falling at its head water, but la still risinir an inch au hour nt r rankfert. ATrxns Tnrnilde. A tornado iu Wace, Texas, Wednesday morning, demolished several prlvate rcsi rcsi rcsi douces and the Wace university, liuildings were blown te pieces at Hartlett and Han ger. Heavy washouts have oeourrod mi the International railway near Mineola aud the Texas Pacific near Sherman, nnd all traluB are abandoned. l'leitllng ly lu Their Tomb. A woman nnd four children lleatcd past Middlepert, Ohie, en Monday, iu a cot tage. When resoued the children were all dead and the mether was insaue. Frem Ashton Landing every heusa has been washed away. Tlie l.uitf ill bteuboiivllle. The losses by tlie Heed at Stmibonvllle, Twe ivenllby old l'eople Tcrriely Willi no CI us te tlie AnMn l'ltcra with n Snunl. Winnetka, 111., a llt'le dlage en the Chicago and Northwestern railway sixteen miles north of Chicago, was the eeoneofa dreadful murder en Wednesday, in n cut tae a few bleckB from the railway station lived James L Wilsen aud his wife Mr. Wilsen was between scNenty and ciht vearsef noe. and the brether of the late Jehn M. Wilsen, of I'lucige, at ene time judce of the recorder's court. He was a very venerable man tu his personal appear appear nuce aud a most cstu..able citizen. Re was possessed of a modorate fortune. He ami his wlfe lived alone In the cottage, uet even keeping a servaut. Thov had no children. Mrs. Wilsen w.is paralytic and had for seme ycara been ceutlucd te her bed. Ou Wcdncalays it was Mr. Wilsen's custom te go te Chicago te attieuu te business. On thofe da a .iung woman named MIsh Dwyer ha 1 been employed te re te the houae and attend te the w.uits of Mrs. Wilsen. Miss Dwyer went te the house as usual at uKat half past ten o'eiook ou Weduesdav. Iie found tbe euUidii blinds clesid and the doeis loeked. Knewing hew tegular the ee iple woteiu their habits Miss Dwyer bcci'tie alarmed aud went te the shop el n buteher, Charles ShrHilir. which w nt ieiniui;. With his assistance sheeilectcd ontr.iuce te the heuse through a window. lu the library she feuud Mr. Wilxeu lying motionless beliiud the steve. Thinking he had probably fainted, she e tiled the iietchberB. When they epcucd the bhuds and let in the light It was found that Mr. Wilseii was dead. His body was horribly tutitilated. Deep gashes were seen in his head and all evor his body. Great clots of bleed wero en the wall, earpet and fur niture. On the lloer near him lay a erd worn in the army by Mr. Wilsen's seu. It was usually hanging in the libinry and was evidently the weapon used by the murderer. The party f neighbors wete led by Miss Dwyer up staus te the room occupied by Mrs. Wilsen. She lay en the bed in a peel of bleed. Her body was al most hacked te pieces. 1' was covered with wounds from head te feet that had evidently been indicted by the sword. Au investigation showed that the house hail been ransacked The contents of drawers were strewn nbeut the lljers and everything valuable had evidently been taken. Newb of the tragely created intonse excitement iu t!.e village, where Mr. and MrB. Wilsen were much respect ed. Crowds Hocked te the coeue. even from the neighboring villages of Wilmette aud Glcudale. As a spectator expressed it, " the reads soernod black with people, ceine te aud fro." The ullage authorities took possession of the heuse and the bodies aud set at work en ieavenng t tmd se me clue te the assassin. A telephone message was Beut te Chicago sutumjiuug detec tives. Nothing was seen or heard by the villagers te threw any ltht ea the mys tsry. It was plain that tebbery was the motive, hut nioie thau that they did net knew. Sema said the murder must have been committed by a man Mr. Wilsjn had speken of. Mr. Wilsen said the man had written te him and was coming te stay with him that night. Mr. Wilsen did uet say who the man was aud nobody knew. Mr. Wilsen was last seen ahve Tuesday night at about seven o'clock. At that time he went into the butcher's shop aud made a purchase. He remarked that a gentleman was visiting him. Ne one had been seen going Inte Mr. Wilsen's heuse. James A. Wilsen, a Chicago lawyer, la a nophew of the deceased. He left Ter Winuetka Immediately ou hearlug of the tragedy. A friend of young .Mr. Wilsen said Mr. Wtlseu had told him that seme time age bus un.'lj informed him that a gang of men had male au jttempt te get into his house, hut he get a shot gun nud dreve thorn away. Mr. Wilsen said his uncle was in the habit of keeping consid erable sunn of maney In the liemj A tHIOIAI. NOAMDAI., The t'iimluct et l.unl mhiiikitIe rnuii-d Mils roilrirue Hevrrcly Htlgitnitltuf. Miss Fortesetie's notion ngalust Lord Garinoyle is rapidly assuming thu dimen sions of a public scandal iu Londen. Karl Calms' enemies hope te make It n means el driving him (tern politics, nnd feel cer tain of weakening his position ns a e.nuli e.nuli date for the leadership of the Teries, recalling thoevorthrowof Lord Chancellor Wcstbury, due te the follies of his son. Theio have been ugly rumors of conspir acy. The World says that the conduct of Letd aud Lidy CainiR has been bane, treacherous aud unehi-lRtiaii. " They de eeived the gi.i into thinking herself accepted, fooled her with false hopes, and then, when the rupture came, Lord Cairns suggested 2,000." His lawyer induced liini te consent te i..,uw. Society Is waiting anxiously for tlie trial. Lord nud Lady Cairns will outer tlie wit ness box, and Lord Gariuoyle'n letters te his " blue eyed darling " will be read. Public opinion regards him with con- tempt, he has goue abroad, and his name has been withdrawn from tlie book of the club. A theatrical manager who kuews him well says : " His parents made a great mistake in net marrying him te a roputable girl like Miss Fortcseue. lle will new fall a via titn te seme nymph of easy morality, who will whisk him oil te n registry oillce nud marry him out of baud.' ' Miss Fortcseue is net makiug capital out of the incident, nud the report that she will star in America is unfounded. On the contrary she writes a pretty, modest letter saying that she regards the affair with the utmost pain. Mr. W. S. Gibert, the dramatist, who has kindly bofriendod her, says she will return te the Savey theatre nt her own salary. Jehn Mete, partner of the linn of Bolten tfc Mote. of THE MARKED DEOUNE (IVl.At.V UUSlNUMS ATI UK. I.UOAI. HAII. A .Ml.Tl'.U WIDOW. Trjliicte Kill UcmeiI llscinie et Her 1. ev er' Knlinirmucei Mrs. Ella Hehriug, widow, a pretty bru nette, livltig in Baltimore, respectably connected, went te the place of business of Geerge Gamble, a day or two age, ami demanded that he marry her at once. Gamble, who had been paying her sumo attention, tried te ovade the preposition nnd finally refuscd point blank te keep the premise which the yeun.; widow claima he made. She get angry an 1 they had a sceno, wltuossed by a crowd .if bystaud bystaud era. The onraged woman thou left, and going home wrete n pathotie appeal te Gamble. which was also ignored. Tuesday night aha bought au ounce of laudanum and retircd te her bed chamber. She had been seen te oeuceal the bettle aa she entered the hall way and the next morning her failure te rise at the U3iinl hour excited suspicion. Tbe bed room deer was ferced and she was feuud stretch. ed out en the bed lu au evening cestumu which she had purchased in preparation for her marriage. SSie h id takeu the lau danum, but a physieiau sueccyled after six hours work, lu rcste-iug her te con soieitsneBs. Gamble did net appear at all reraorseful, and when the widow, who is eldor thau he is, sent another plea te him he ngain refused te be a party te the mar riage. Mrs. Behring says, with stern emphasis, that she will kill heraalf sure the llrst chance she gets. The lovelorn woman has two small children nnd her husband has only been dead a little ever a year. Her friends are waiehitig her cloHely. Gray's lun, who has the reputation of be ing ene of the shrewdest ltwyers in Lon Len Lon eon, says : "Our client and her mother have just left. Tbe salt Is actually begun, and. al though Lord Garmeyle has net been per setially served, his solicitors te-day tender, ed an appearance. Poliey, of course, prohibits my exposing the letters. They are in yonder box, and show that the only question left is the amount of damages. The premise and breach are uncontested, se are the parents' ratification and their assent te the wedding prep.tr ntiens. There is ue sueli pretense ns that Lord Garinoyle made the breach of promlse bscausc of aspersions made en Miss Forteseue's charneter. Lord Cainb' letteis admit her reputation te be unblemished. The breach was made te day by the porsuacietis of his mother, who claims te be suffering from heart disease, and says that the marriage would kill her. Lord Garnieyln's farewell lettcr said : " That filial leve was the reason for the rupture of the engagement." " Are the leve lettera up te the average of similar letters .'" " None could be mere tender or respectful." "What damage is claimed .'" "Fifty thousand pounds." Is Lord Garmeyle geed ter that sum ? " ''Upen coming of age, two years age, he received, by lelative's will, $70,000." "Has tliere net been an attempt te com promise?'' "Yes, en his part. But our gicat object is net alotie au iudenity for the less of title, fortune, social prestige and for the insult, but a vindication of Miss Forteseue's charaeter." "May uet the defendants allow a simple assessment of damage by a sheriffs jury'.'" "Undoubtedly, but they have retained Sir Henry James, attoruey koiie. ml, and we have rotained Mr. Charles HusMdl for a regular trial, te oceur about next autumn." Mr. Geeree Uresstnitti, the popular comedian of the Savey theatre, said In his dicssingroem : " I knew Mis3 Fortcseue iutimate)y,and ascribe the rupture with Lord Garmoyle te the iullueuce of tlie Duke of Richmond, a friend of Lord Cairns nud ece of the con cen con Kcrvatlve leaders. He wrete te Lord Cairns eaying that no actress could ever be received at court, which Is certainly net a fact. Lady Martin is received at court, the wife of the quoeu's most intimate friends, who was Helen Fattoit,the actress. The (liifen gave a distinct intimation that Miss Fortcseue should be presented at the first drawing room after the wedding. JIUh Fortcseue went te Lord Cairns' place in Scotland, the heuse was full of nobles nud notables, who made much of her. Lady Cairns has made seme effort te conselo Mias Fortescuo for the Ieps of her son she has given her a Bible." THE 1IKMOUKATIU UAMl'itlUN An Knttititt wile Meelluc et the Wur.l t'lttii mlttcci. .III. IIUtVAUU rer errtrluc AIIKKYri!!. O , aggrogate $100,000, while the Iebhch In the vicinity make $50,000 additional ; 170 families in the lewer wards have been relieved by the eity. funna Thirty Veet Under Wider. The country round about Bvausvllle, Ind., Is n vast eea. Many farms nre cov cev cov ercd with 1)0 feet of water. Only the tens of the homes across the river, in Kentucky are new vislble, rorUmeutlt Huninergeit, Only 03 heuses iu Portsmouth, O., a eity of 14,000 inhabitants, are out of water, and all the poeplo are tlred el oare aud tell. Help must quickly ceme. lle lUu Auittutt n Tree, A slrange nnd fatal acoident oasurred in Reading ou the streets Wednesday night. Au alarm of flre was strtiek nt 8:U0 and a large crowd inn In response Harry Gnnz, aged Hoveuteen, ran against a tree In the think fog, slipped and was Instantly killed. He struck the troe with his tem ple, The coroner was summoned and will held au inquest. Advice tu a New Verlc llrlilce uuieiiiiui. Jeseph Heward, jr, the newspapcr cor cer cor respendent, had an txporicuce Tuesday afternoon In the Tombs pelice court, New Yerk, m a prisoner. He was standing near the roadway entrance te the Brook lyn bridge with a note book between his lingers, en which he was jetting down items that roomed te interest him thereabouts, when a deuble team leaded with scenery approached the entrance. One of the horses balked and the bridge gatemau began stt iking it. Then it baeked, nnd the projeeting soenery ran Inte a team clesely following behind. The gatemau contlnued te strike tlie uti. willing animal. Heward eallcd ids atten tien te the prodding that the homes hi the team behlud were getting from the sconery. The gatemau turned en Heward witli aueatb, ahoved him acrew the gate way and up the steps leading te the pas Bengcr entrance. Heward became very angry aud used his langtinge frcely. Pending this dlsturbatiea, which lasted only a itioment, theie was a bloekado of teams en Chatham atroet, and the bread sidewalk was packed with poeplo, most of whom fell iu line and followed Heward, In ohnrge of three oflleorB, te the pelice station, whero the sergeant orderod him te tlie Tombs pelice court Justloe Power at ence dismissed the oase, lle Would Hal Wiilt. J, P, Beale, a commercial travxl v, if Montreal, Jumped from the M jutreal fast express tialn en Tuesday, at Whlteby, Ont., aud was se severely injured that he seen died. The train does net step there, and he took the risk rather thau go ou te the next Btatleu. United te HU Doer nun Murdered. Teny Poace, an old uogre, living uear Roeky Comfert, Little River county Ark , was eallcd te his deer en Saturday night aud iiiurdered by five masked men, The oitlzeim are trying te discover who the usBasslns wero, The Democratic campaign committees of the soveral wards of the city met at tlie party headquarters ou the third lloer of Kepler's posteffico building at 8 o'clock last oveuing, and when the meeting was called te order tliere were about two bun dad of the working Democrats of the city present, topresentlng nearly every block of the nltiu wards. Ilia utmost harmony nnd geed feeling prevailed and great iuterest was manifested iu the pending cauipaigu. Reperts from nil parts of the eity wero ox ex changed by the representatives of the organization, aud much valuable informa tion elicited. Potltlens for watchers wero prepared and nrraugoments for their ap pointment completod. Preparations wero oenoluded and ofllcera Bcleetcd for a town meeting of the Democracy in Miuuuorcher hall next Saturday oveuing, which will be presided ever by Cel. Kdw. McGovern aud a large number of vloe presidents nnd sec retaries reprcseutitig the different wards. Addresses will be made by I), MoMullen, esq., Demoeratlo candidate for mayor, S. 11. Reynolds, Gee. Nan man, II. Schmidt, J. L Stoinmetz, B. F. Davis, Jno. A. Ceylo nud ethors. There will he speaking in Rngllsh an J German. Arrangements wero alee made for n meeting te morrow night of the Damoe raey of the Eighth ward at Lueau Fritz'ri, when thore will also be epeaking in Oer man and English. Cel. McGovern Vnd Gee. W. Zecher, both being preseld, wero called for, nnd briefly addrcssed the meeting. They re re lerred te the friendly contest for the nom ination for tlie mayoralty and said that it waK the duty of all Democrats, ns it was their own pleasure, te lend a hearty support te Mr. MoMullen. The candidate ldniBeIf was then introduced te the oemmlttooH and made a brlef epeech of thanks for the iuterest shown in the campaign by the organisatien. J. L. Stolnraets!, esq., ad dressed the meeting, urging uotive work iu tlie interest of geed eity government. Tbe oemmlttocs then adjourned, te meet in Mannorebor hall ou Saturday evening. I, lit et Wiuclitra Appointed. The following wntohera have been np pointed by tlie court te sorve at the coming municipal oleetlon en Tueaday next : First Ward Jehn Hahauni, Dem. Beoeud Ward Jas. R Dennelly, Dem.; II. 8. Sheuk, Rep. Third Wnrd-O. Kdw. Herner, Dam.; A. J. Lalbley, Rep. Fourth Ward Christ. MeOhmlss, Dem. Fifth Ward Jacob F. Kautz, Dera.; O. A. Wosthaefler, Rep. Sixth Ward Jehn McCulley, Dem.; Iia I). Kendlg, Rep. Soventh Ward P. II. Leenard, Dem.; Jes. K. Derwart, Rep. Eighth Ward Alex St. Olnir, Dem.; II. R. Brenemaii, Rep. Ninth Ward Goe. McGIuiiIh, Dem.; II. A. Sohreyor, Rep, !. it. It. I'ay Cir. ThiB nftorueon the pay ear of the Penti- Rvlvanla railroad company passed weBt lrnllliRitl III tlie Number el Suit, ICMereit mill r teriitlniiK iMiieit A l.nwyrr'n lew nl ttieylliiHlluu, 1' has been an open secret for seme tlme past that the business at thu Lancaster bar is steadily decreasing. Vtigue Illinois have been lleatlng around that fower suits nre being entered and that it marked fall tug oil' Is obsetv.tblo tu the number of ex ecutions isstied. With Intent te ponetrnto the true inwardness of the situation, a porlbe attached te the lNTi:i.i.iei:Nri:it oillce In quest of information sauntered along Barbary coast nud dropped Inte the oillce of a prominent lawyer, who had a tlred, hungry leek en bis lace, sugges tive of extreme disgust. The lawyer's face lit up with a " Itcre's-a client Binlle, thnt qtilekly turned te a frown en behold ing only his old repoiterlal friend. Tlie frown dcopencd ns the knight of the pen inquired : " Hew a business ,"' "Business " horepoatod Interrogatively, " well there's just se little thnt It hnrdly deserves the iiatue. The fact of the matter is I can't understand hew in the present situation of iitVnlrB half of the 03 lawyers at the bar make ends meet Are you aware of the fact that up te the present time only M stilts have been entered during the mouth of February V Tlie Botibe looked his Incredulity nud his informant proceeded. Cenlmtt Willi I'm uicr liny. " Yes, Bir, there's no disguising the fnet that law business Is net what it was iu the palmy days when Buchanan, Frnr.er, Stevens nud llioster adorned the local bar. Then a young lawyer found it just ns hard ns he tlnds it new te gather a prae tlee, but ence fairly established, his path way was clear The satue cauuet be Bald at the present day for the reason that the solid rock of business en which the premt. uent legal lights of that time dopendod is crumbling." Here the lawyer slopped te t.tke nreatii and puff away at a cigar that was ou the verge el going out when the reporter von tured te inquire the oatises rcsponsible for this change in the color of the legal dream. Chudm) til the iie line " Causes f Well llrst and foremost I would put the Increasing diataste for liti gation. Time was when a few plueky clients might almost be depended ou ler an income, aud n suit would go up aim uewn tbe courts for months and sometimes years, until the pationce of ene of the parties was exhnusted, which plucky exhibition ou the part of their clients rolled ducats into the poekota of the counsel. But new the era of compromise has set iu. Scores upon scores of suits that nre geed as old wheat are settlcd at a large discount because of the dlslike of theso having valid claims 1 1 becoming n plalutiff in an action at law." Recourse te the cigar boomed te give the speaker new vigor as he proceeded "Then, tee. the ceiirtry 'squires are rapidly breaking down the fonces that used te separate them from their lawyer bretbreu. Iu times geno by they wero went te bring in their business te the city te their faverite attorneys, whereas they new attend te it iu large part themselves. The big perceutagoef the ecrtveniug of the county Is dene by theso men, as nnyone who nees te the protbenotary'a or record er'a otliee about April 1st, can easily nscer taiu. The latter usurpation howevei, gives the lawyer little worry, as the faulty scrivening of incompetont 'squires often proves a beuan.a te him iu the serious legal complications thnt result." "De you nttrlbute any of the decrease of business, te whte.li you allude, te au undue inarc.tae iu the number of practi tioners?" inquired the reporter. ' " Ne," was the answer. ' Lancaster county is ene-sixth as large lu population as Philadelphia, and yet the latter has mete than twelve times the number of lawyers. The bed reek reason for the decline, as I take it, is the growing distaste for litlga litlga tien." " Give me a few instances of what you mean." Wlitre tlie Olllerenrt, U SIct Noticeable. " Well, take as a starter the protbeno tary'n efll-e. It is true that the entcriug docket lu. the year 1833 shows n total of 1,0;W suits en. 'red, an Incroase of 308 evor the lecerd of the ,-"vleus year. But not withstanding this i. -irase thore is n decrcase iu the number f executions of mere than flve per cent, as compared with the previous year, showing conclusively thnt the large porcentago of these suits oame te naught." " Hew about thobherifl'B ofllce ?"' " There the dcellne in mere uotiesablo than perhaps anywhere olse. Compare the 501 executions iasucd duriug the llrst ulne months of SberifT Breueraau'a term in 1870 with the 418 duriug the first niue months of Strino's term iu 1870. And then compare thee with the 1S7 execu tions for the saine period under the proseut Bheriff iu 18S2. Of course, the amount paid the sheriff directly by the oeunty iu the ordinary conduct of his ofllce has varied little, by roaseu of the fact thnt the number and length of tonus remain the Bame, aud the feos for aitoiidnuce at court and the trausfer of prisoners te and from jail are unchanged. These rovenuoB, how hew how ever, are iuoeiiBidorablo, in comparison with the execution fces. Concerning theso latter ue dellnite figures can be given, but ns they are governed by tlie number of executions, the fnet is patent that the ofllce is uet worth by a great deal what it waa a half dozen years age." "la the same condition of affairs notice netico notice ablo in the ethor offices ? " "Net te the same extent. In the district attorney's ofllce it ia a ourietis fact, that though criminal business might net be supposed te vary ratieh, the widest difforeuco iu feos paid by the oeunty is uoticeablo in comparing administrations, The total fees for 1882, under District Atterney Davis, were $2,-193, while tiuder Jehnsen's term, in 1877, they rati up te $3,039. Multiplication or indictments, whleh had their palmiest dayH under the lattcr'a term, probably explaina In part this difference, hut novertheloss it must be admitted thnt the gonernl deoline alluded te Is even here uoticeablo." Wnere thei'ecllne l l.cntt Felt, The cigar atump had resisted all efferts te koep It allve when the ropertor,with the mognllleonco thet is a part of the profea. slen. tendered a fresh weed whleh, when lit. kindled anew the legal train of thought. "In the regiater'a and recorder's oflleos.n alight iucroaseof business ia kept up, which la traconble simply te the Bwelllng of the county population. In feet, the whele outlook ia pretty gloomy. My impression Is that the salary bill will prevft a porfeot irodsend te the county officials, who have been for seme little time past uncertain' about their revonuea. It Is true that they are compelled te earn their compensatlon, but the dcorcased coat of wiuuing the nomination will probably balauce the do de do ercnaod pretlt of the ofllees." Tim Ujineily. "Under cxlstiug oirctimsianecs, what remedy would you propeso ? " asked the reperter. "Mere bualtiess divided among fewcr lawyera," was the rnther sententious answer. And with these words the ox ex ox peunder of Blaok8teno,plcadlng an engage ment retired, leaving the reporter te the conclusion that the fate et the ponell pusher is, after all, net the uuhappiest ene under the sun. IIUll I'lltK I.AIUUKS. Tbe Olil American n r.lllelcnl Urenult i Hum New Ilium) rlrmtpil, It Flre company Ne. 3, (the old American) continues te occupy the old heuse en Church Rtrcet near East King, whleh is seen tn be demolished by the opening of Smith Shippen alteet. The heuse is by no ineaiifl u convenient ei deniiable oue, but the mombers of the company have ndded greatly te Its nppolutiiietitii .tlncotheor gntiixntleti et the paid lire department. The hoseoait, with the harness hnnglug tn front of It, oeouplca a place In the front of the hall, and the e.ttt hnrie " Whlte Jehn," a highly tralned nnlmal, has a stall near by. The tdoetrlo apparatus which sounds the nlarui of n tire, turns up the gns, opeiis " JehtiV atall deer, nnd lu au Instant he Is In front of tlie cart nud ready te be harnessed. The hanging harness falls upon him and is adjusted In a second. Risdiiver, Albeit K. Barues, from Ids aeat ou the cart pulls it cord, thu front doers of the eiiglue house lly open and away gees thu hose eart te the tire. But it is hardly out of the house until the steam i uglue is after it ; for the o'netrio alarm which opens " Jehn's " Btnll deer also opens theBtall doers or " Frank " nnd " Little Jehn," the engine hotses, and they, tee, iu an instant Hpiiug forward en either i.ide of the pole of the Ameskeag steamer, nre hnrunscd In a twinkling aud away they go after the cart. The moiueut the engine begins te move ita hind wheels pass upon a spriug gaB lighter, whleh thrown a heavy llame of gas right under the engine fur nace, Instantly Igniting tlie fuel therein, nud by the tlme the euuttte runs a rquaie or two it haB acquired a geed head of steam and is ready te go into scrvlce. The company me Jasielyn's ptteut swinging bit in their brldles, nnd Hulde'ii patent hinged herse cellars. They hate also placed a new feet butke and gong te their herse cart, whleh carries 500 feet of cotton rubber liued hese ; have made nn nttaehmctit between their gas buniets and their clock and the hammer of their alarm gong, re that the gas is lit and the clock stepped thu iust-aut an alarm is sounded Other improvements arocmteniplatod and would have been ere this perfected, had It uet been that the boy a oxpeat te have their old house tern down and a new ene erod ed at nn early day. The new beds ordered by city councils te be provided ter mom have net yet bren toaeivod The active mendum of 'he eunptny are as fellows : Foreman Jehn It a ly. Kngiueer Isaae Kintie.tr. Knginn Driver Jehn T. Foust. Cart Driver Albeit P.. Barnes. Hosemcn Win. W. Price, Jehn Fink, Seb. Wire aud Jehn .'.irtx. M-uiiiiiiuitiUHH) m:vh Kveuu Miitruiiit Air'M ilin Ueutitjr Lines The yield of iron at the Colebrook fur fur nnce last week was 702 tens. The Bethlehem inn company has 1,'iUO men empleyed in r iron ere mini's in Cuba. The Easteu Republicans have nemina ted Themas II. Deshlur for chief burgees and Hugh Jenes, for borough treasurer. Chambersburg DomecratH have named II. F. Gilraore for burgeas liiiI Samuel Monate for boieugb auditor. All the prineipal switches iu the yard of the Reading cempauy lu Reading, are te be replaced by patent isifcty switches. Mrs. .llnry A. wn'tn-r. an agen muy re siding iu Ilatiihhurg f II down the stairs of her rcsidence about neon ou Weduihday and broke her nook, dying iusUutly. Twolve large freight h,e mietives, . le by the Baldwl locemotivo works for the Andlne rallres , Argentine Republic were Bhlpped yestcr ay. The village of Coutrepirt, situated in the Northern portion of B-rks county has been inoeriwratod Inte a borough by the Berks oeunty court. In population i.s about 200. A charter hns been granted at Harris burg te the Mcadville end Linovllle railway of Crawford county. Capital, $200,000. The line i.s an old eue, twenty oue miles in length, aud was recently bought at sherilVn Bale. At the "AsKOtnbly" in Rnmling last eve uitig, ever SOU pre i. incut citizens p.titiei pated in the festivities aud n numbm of guests were preneut from New Yerk, Philadelphia, Allontevn, Lebanon and Norristown. Jehn Hagan, who recently B.ivcd the llves of tiine beya who breke through the ice In the Schuylkill, at Philadelphia, is recovering from the slokuess which fol lowed, and the subscription started for him has readied $870 30. At the statu dopartmeutnt Harilsburg aoharterhas been issusd te the Tulioute Light nnd Heat company, of Wnrren county, with a eipltal of $10,000. The Moshannon coal company of Philadelphia was rcehartored, with a etpltnl of $100, 000. The attendance at tlie Philadelphia Lutberan coufetenco lit Phiunixville Wed nesday was very large An able paper was read by Dr. Duerr, of Philadelphia, en the intermediate stale, and Rev. .1. F. Williams, or Philndelphia, proaehod thu sermon, TheraaH Avery, of Bethatiy, Wayue county, discovered, buried in the snow, a lien which had been missing for ten djys The lien hail packed tlie snow down nnd made a room the size of a bushel basket. Beyond the less of llesh, incldenl te the long fast, the lien wa unharmed. Carter Peck, a traveling miisie teacher from Schuylkill county, ngodeOyoars, ban been nrrcsted at Reading upon the charge of Bediming Miss Allium Altz, of Mount A'.tna, UerkB county, who is 20 yours of age. The young lady was a pupil of Peek who haB a wlfe and soveral children. As the passenger train for Wilmington, Del., wnsleavlng the shed nt the I'hiladel phla and Readlng rallieail depet In Read lug, it collided with auother passenger train which was backing In en the iiann traok.threwlng both trains from the track, wroeklng the eiiglue and bloeklng trillle for soveral hours. Ne ene was liurr, hut aome narrow oseapea were made. The toss la nbeut $15,000. Jeshua 1 Notary Appointed, Lyte has been appointed through tlila city, nnd the empleyes were uetary public, te date from I-ebiuary 10 paid off for the month, te the next, meeting of the state Sonate. Ueurc of Common l'leni. ItarOHE JL'DOU MVINUSTON. Iu the oase of A. E. Behm va. Pet or II. Longnccker the jury roudercd a vordiet in favor of the plaintiff for $300. In the caee of Susan Grube, of Nofl'sville vb. Eavld K. Grube, an issue te tty by jury the right te certalii preperty seized upon aud taken into execution as the pro pre pre eorty of Edward Grube, a verdict was taken in favor of the plaintiff, who agreed te pay costs. A rule wai granted for plaintiff' lu the oaBeofJ. 8. Grimes et al vs, the U. B. mutual aid society te show cause why G. W. Walten should net be allowed te inter plode. uKrenu judec patteiisen. In the eaBO of Jehn Hlldebrand vs. Beujamln II. Eekraan, the jury found lu favor of the dofendant, after being out fifteen minutes, A Iteiiubllcsn llellc. rer tllU IMTBLUUKNOEK. The water oemmitteo of this eity last fall Beld at auction the Goyelln pump, which was put into the water works by a Republican administration, for $533. The cost te the eity of the pump nud its con nections and the almost oeiiBtant repairs It received was net less thau $50,000, Voters Irrespective of party, ifyeu want te prevent any mere such oestly blunders as the nbove you must vete for David MoMullen for mayor nnd for the Dome oratle nominees for councils en next Tuts day A Oiti7.bn,
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