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tWBDHMDAY JmROHO, DBO, lO, 1804.
Tlie Hew Salary Lav.
Tbe primary nd moving cause for the
sMtaimt of tbe bill substituting sala-
w iwr eere cvmyeuBmuvu ujr ices 1U lue
entity offices In thla county was tbe
weil-gnranded popular belief that a ays ays
ttmet gross overcharges prevailed in
most of these offices ; that It would
' continue se long as the inducement re
mained for efUcers te take all they could
get, and thatthe large revenues of these
offices laeited the ring politicians te run
apeealatlve candidates for them, who
Made no pretense te attend te their
tales and could afford te sublet them
te subordinates.
With all its crudities and some disad
vantageous features, the new law is
expected te correct these evils ; and the
public is Interested in having it rigidly
carried out. In order that tbe official
might have Inducement te collect the
fees which are henceforth te go Inte the
county treasury.it Is fixed that bis salary
is never te be in excess of the netrecelpts
of his office ; and as the fee bill is te be
conspicuously displayed, the fees te be
paid in advance and te go into the county
treasury instead of the officeholder's till,
there is no reason why anyone having
business at a county office should hence,
forth suffer the Imposition of illegal fees.
But the rights and interests of the
public de net step there. It is obvious
that in the offices which de net earn
enough fees te pay their expenses and
ample clerk hlre.it will be te the interest
of the incumbent te Increase his emelu
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ments by cutting down his force below
the requirements of the public service.
On tbe ether hand, in the offices which
afford a fine harvest of fees the tendency
will be te divide the revenues belonging
te the county among an unnecessary
force of clerks. It will require discretion ,
urmness and a devotion te public duty en
the part of the new beards of commis
sioners and auditors te prevent either of
these abuses.
There is one safe rule by which they
can afford te be guided. Fast expe
rience has shown about bow many men
are requlredte run these offices ; the
new law requires the personal attend
ance upon duty of the official himself.
Where one man has hitherto t:sn suffi
cient for an office, it is manifestly
--entitled te no clerk ; where two have
been required hitherto one clerk new
will be ample allowance ; in all cases it
must be counted that the officer-elect
will give his time and attention te the
office, or pay his substitute) out of his
own pocket.
The new county officers were elected
under this law ; they knew what they had
te expect of It, and they have no right te
complain of nor te evade its strict opera
tien.
important itellgieus Gatherings.
U'lie world is all the better for the
periodical gatherings of the representa
tive men of different religious creeds,
and their influence is always for geed.
They serve te recall the busiest of the
world's workers te the thought of the
herealter, and its contemplation must
nave a, aobeilng.eueot. --The great
Episcopal convocation in Philadelphia
during the present year left Its impress
in a broadened read et travel for the
Anglican communion, and the dis
tinguished laymen who participated In
its deliberations obtained for it respect
ful hearing even from these who deny
the possibility of revealed truth. Se tee
will it be with the great Method 1st con
ference that convenes in Baltimore te
day. Se has It been with the Catholic
plenary council that has just closed its
deliberations in the latter city.
The last named body has taken many
progressive steps at its recent session te
keep pace with the advancement of the
greatest republic en earth. Church
government will hereafter be in the
hands of a democracy instead of an
autocracy. In times past the bishop of
a diocese was the sole judge of a parish
priest's fitness for his sacred office, and
his decision was subject only te reversal
by the pope, the means te attain which
being necessarily tedious and expensive
According te tbe decrees framed by the
plenary council a certain number of
pastors will ba rendered irremovable
except for misbehavior, the burden of
the proof of which is en the bishop ;
and every bishop will have six consult
ing, priests, irremovable by virtue of
their office, who will form a council for
the redress of grievances in the diocese
and who, in conjunction with the ether
Irremovable priests, will name the
bishop's successor.
This Is a long step in the direction of
democratic rule in the church, as the
priests are only removed one grade above
the people whom they represent. Iti
win, no doubt, have a geed effect in
quieting animosities that always arise
when a momentous decision is required
from a single person.
Anether movement that has been an
incidental outgrowth of thla council
may play an Important part in the edu
cational life of the country. Steps have
been taken te establish a Catholic uni
versity te cost $2,000,000, and half of
that amount is believed te be already
assured, one donor, Miss Mary Caldwell,
of New Yerk, having already 'given
?300,00O for that purpose. This will
have the effect of coalescing the best
parts of the many Catholic moribund
educational Institutions of the country
and must glve a marked impulse te
vatneiic culture. The Methodist een.
ference may find geed material for re
flection in this Catholic educational
enterprise.
Net a Yery Geed Bargain.
The new Spanish treaty does net gain
favor as its features are dwelt upon.
It is tee conspicuously a measure for tbe
benefit or the sugar and tobacco planters
of Spain and Perte BIce, and Is se one
Bided a bargain as te plainly Indicate its
uggestlen by private Interests. The
commercial treaty with Mexico, which
baa the general features of the Spanish
treaty, has net yet been ratified and
probably will net be under the dlscus dlscus
Jen which the Spanish treaty will
ewlV J though Mexico U in Yy
different situation In relation te this
country from that which is occupied by
the West India Islands. She would take
most of our products and manufactures
and sheve off upon us less of
hers. With se close n neighbor
as Mexico It would be well te have the
least possible restriction upon our trade
arrangements ; and the Mexican treaty
may de advantageous te us when the
Spanish treaty with like previsions Is
quite otherwise. If we are going te let
Cuban sugar and tobacco In free, we
Bheuld threw our ports open te the like
products of ether countries. There Is
no conceivable reason for paying this
heavy price for Cuban trade which does
net exist in a stronger degree as an in
ducement te seek the trade of mere
populous countries.
Cleveland is ene of the few statesmen
who grows with acquaintance.
Matthew AnxeLD net only found
ducats in this country, but he discovered
that pearl of great price, a husband for
his daughter.
It costs money for newspaper enterprise.
The New Yerk Hint paid $10,200 for
their great feat in having the Spanish
American treaty cabled from Madrid te
New Yerk.
Teachers of sewing in the Philadelphia
publie soheols are In future te receive $500
per auBum, n is money well spent, no
young lady should think of matrimony
until she can make her own dress.
a neicns.
Just wide enough for two te walk :
Just close enough ter two te talk
And norerrooii torthree.
Twe narrow beards a feet apart
The cause of many a fluttering heart,
Ag any one mtg t see.
Ah, wicked walk! Ah.trlcknyatk!
Just close enough ler two te talk.
-Drum Life.
The descriptions of the New Orleans
Exposition, printed en the first page of
te-day's Iitcellieexceb, is well caleu
lated te make the reader realize what a
wonderful exhibition it premises te be.
The display made by Mexico is significant.
and may be prophetie of greatly enlarged
relations with our continental neighbors.
Gee. II. BeKKn, Edwin N. Bensen
and Bome ethers of their kind who run
the Philadelphia Union League, are dis
tressed with tbe susplolen that there Is
net a republican form of government in
some or the Southern states. Let them
give thelr attentl n te Uhode Island. A
the late presidential eleotien scarcely ene
vote in nine et the population was cast
there.
FT--. ,... J I!.- I n .
xut. taw ui ma insurance uencuts, as
laid down by the most respeetahle courts,
is that the beneflelary te a polley must
nave an interest in the life of the insured
by bleed, or marriage or a pecuniary ebli
gatien, and the latter interest can only be
seeurea Dy insuranee te its actual amount.
Under this construction relatives can
recover from speculative insurers all that
is paid them as insurance en decedents
except the actual amount paid or advanced
by the poliey-holder.
The old grandmothers ref the Union
League or Philadelphia have solemnly
deelared In annual oenolavo that "if It is
act that there la a fair majority against
the Republican party In every Southern
state, it is time te knew it." Every.
body but these dear old grandmothers
have found this out long age. It will
probably take a surgical operation te get
it into their heads. But then it's of no
consequence whether or net they ever
knew it.
Mis, Wit. U. VAUDEnBiLT combines
shrewdness with his generosity. Shortly
before the Grant & Watd crash he had
advanced General Grant $150,000, and
after that distressing occurrence he teM
Grant he might take his own time te re
pay it. But the millionaire coneludcd
that he might as well have some reoerd
evidenee of the leaniug, se he obtained
judgment against the general in the New
Yerk supreme court for $155,417, the full
amount of the lean, with Interest. It may
be a handy paper te have around at some
future day.
rSHBONAL
REfllESEJJTATIVE ClIAni.ES E. BOTLE,
of Fayette county, made a fine impression
In his first spceeh before tbe Heuso en
Tuesday en the fnter-state commerce bill.
Gov. Pattison will make the speech
presenting a banner te the Central Dorao Derao Dorae
oratlo elub, of Harrisburg. en behalf of
the ladies of that city, en Jaoksen's birth
day. Genebal Waue Hampton has been
re-eleeted United States senator from
Seuth Carolina, receiving all but five
votes from colored representatives in the
Legislature.
Jeun Bisner, a New Yerk profligate.
nes mere than a year age was worth
1250,000. On Tuesday he was sent pennl
less te Blaekwell's Island for dtunkenness
and vagrauey,
t Pieiibe Piiefaux was long known en
the streets of Pittsburg as an old. hiimt
beggar. He died a few days age when It
was discovered that he had en deposit at a
city bank $5,000.
Mn. Vekketi, before his death, predie.
ted that tbe fall of 1834 would be very
open, with a mild, unsettled winter te
fellow with great falls of rain and snow.
He also predieted an unnsually green
Christmas and a mild New Year.
Tkshyses's new drama "Themas A.
Beeket " has Just appeared In Londen.
The peet says the work is net lntended in
present form te meet the exigencies of
the modern theatre. If it ' meets the
exigenelM ' of the modern reading pub
lie, all will be well. '
Miss Mart Caldwell, who has glven
15300.000 towards the establishment of a
National Catholic university, is the
daughter of the late W. B. Caldwell, of
New Yerk. The parents of Miss Cald
well died a few years age. The Caldwell
villa at Newport is well known as the
ab.dlng plaee at that resort of Cardinal
McCloskey and ether eminent Catholics.
Four unilaren del Married.
It has just been discovered that en
Thanksgiving day two very young oeuples,
whose parents reside in Lauslngburg, N.
Y.f went te Melrese and were marrieJ, A
young lad named MeKnlght married a girl
nimed Cellins, and a boy named Boskey
married a pretty ehlld namsd Brayten.
Nene of the odntraeting parties are yet 18
years old, and the youngest is the Me-
cnigni Dey, wne la hardly 10,
e
Nobody Atked Yeu, Kir.
Ohauneey M. Denaw has written a letter
te i State Senater Glbbs, of New Yerk, In
which he positively deellnes te be a candL
date for U, 8. senator.
LANCASTER' DAILY INTELLIGEKOEK WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10
A TRIPLE MURDER TALE.
wukk ur two riKMuisii mhekues.
In the On He or FiUam They Knttr a Man's
Heme at Itlghi and Leave ihre
Uerptti Itenlnd Them.
.The steamer Naiad reached Eufaula,
Ala., Tuesday morning, with Moses
Keateu, alias Bill Jaoksen, and wife,
arrested In Columbus, Ga., for compllelty
in the Mitchell county (Ga.) triple mur
dcr. Sheriff Burkett, of Bainbrldge, was
joined here in pursuit of the fugitives by
ex -Officer James Creyon and the party te
whom Jaoksen sold the stolen herse and
buggy. The negre resisted arrest at first,
but finally yielded. When aked as
te his complicity In the murder he
knew nothing. He acknowledged
that he sold Gedwin's buggy, but
said a white man had glven It te him,
together with $100, and told him te de as
he pleased with it. His wife, hewever,
made a confession as fellows : About 11
o'clock en the niirht of Dee. 2nd, Moses
ucavuu uauKBeu ana wne ana another
negre named Pete went te Gedwin's heuse
for the purpose of robbing him. The
woman protested, but her husband drew a
knlfe and told her If she did net stand at
the gate of the front yard and Rive warn
ing of any approaeh he would kill her.
The men then attempted tn fnrn an nn.
trance, but alarmed Gedwin, who called tn
knew who It was. He was answered bj
fnaa Baal, a f.l II Tli- . . ....
"""' wuueaiu -in rue, jir. Uedwlu ;
me and Fete; we's been out possum
huntin, and get cold and thought we
would come by and see if venr flm hrvd
gene out." Mr. Gedwin opened the deer
auu iei mem into tne ure and went te bed
again, but instead of remaining awake te
iei, mem out again no went te sleep, and
by his own fire they plotted his murder
A knlfe and an axe were used te de tbe
execution, uedwinwas dispatched first
anu men young wchard Gregery. Beth
were murdered while asleep, but when the
negrees came te Mrs. Gregery she aweke
and a struggle ensued. Mrs. Gregery
eeggea ter lire, but flndmg the fiends
remorseless she fought for it. Her strug
gles were useless, however, and seen she
was a mangled eorpse at the
icet of the murderers. Her body
W.M iu uruiseu ana hacked with
knlfe and axe as te ba almost beyend
recognition. 'I he murderers scarehed for
oeoty, out no mouey being found, they
left the house oevered with blend r irl
the woman outside, and then went te the
let ana toele the herse and buggy, Moses
remarking that there would "a time" in
the morning when the bodies were dis
covered, uemenstrated with by his wife
ne oraerea ner te de silent, and said he
would de the same thing evor again.
Moses' aoaemDllos. Peta. in tm nMr?.
Moses is net aware that his wife has made
a coniessteo. ueua young, blaek negre,
aged about 20, and an ordinary field hand.
ue manitests indifference, but when he
arrives at the scene of his crime it is net
probable he will be allowed much time for
repentance
UASU8D TO A OIUUUK.
LjncniDg a ueeperaae Alt'ra i'ltiel right
Chas. F. Stevens, alias Omaha Charley,
who shot Hubert Kremer in Hilgert's
ojieuu, iu jiajsvuie, no., en Wednesday
of last week, was taken out of the county
jail Monday night a little after midnight
by thirty or forty masked men and hanged
en a bridge one hundred yards distant
Sheriff Andersen and Deputy Sheriff Jack
Andersen refused te surrender Omaha
Charley te the mob. A number of shots
were fired by the maskers and some of
them barely missed Sheriff Andersen, just
grazing his neck. The sheriff and rianntv
emptied their revolvers and were foreed
upstairs, where the mob completely over
powered them and took the keys te the
eall (renx Ilia lu.rUT. TUi ku.n irmr a
light and went into the cell where Omaha
Oharley was. He offered what reslatinnn
he could and elung te the railing with
fearful tenacity. He hit ene of the mask
er's thumbs nearly off and another masker
was wounded in the arm dnrin? the ahnet
iug.
When they took Charley te the bridge
he wanted te be heard. They told him te
go ahead.
" Gantlemen, what does this mean ?"
he asked.
Seme voices said
te say?"
" Is this all you have
He said nothing mere, except when
they pulled him up he exelaimed : " My
Ged."
The sheriff and deputy made a gallant
defense. The sheeting of Kxemer was
entirely unprovoked. He is yet living,
with a chance te get well. Omaha Char
ley was a desperate man and, while many
feel that he fully merited sueh a treat
ment, yet the law-abiding eltizens of the
oemmunity deeply regret that the law was
net permitted te take Its due course.
A Lady Charged With Anen.
A very sensational sequence te the
disastrous fire which oaeurred in Middle Middle
pert, N. Y. four Weeks arm. whlnh hnmt
te death a wealthy old crnntlnmivn rmme1
Oils and destroyed two stores and the
goods of several families, has occurred.
The fire was then supposed te be of acci
dental origin, but a lady who has held a
geed social position there all her life was
arrested, charged with arson, and held te
await tbe aotlen of the grand jury. She
gave 11,000 bail, and deelares that she can
prove an alibi. The grand jury is new In
session at Loekport taking testimony in
tbe case, and it Is said that they have
strong cireumstantial evidence. Mrs.
Geerge Bronsen is the name of the lady
ever whom this grave aocusatien hangs.
Bhe is living in Roehester with her hus
band and had household goods, well in
sured, stored in the burned building. It is
alleged that seme parties saw her alone In
Jiiuaieperi alter midnight en the night of
the flie, and ethers met her walking west
of the village en tbe tepath at three or
four o'cleok the next morning.
Italians Unt or Their Sphere,
Mr. Jehn Mnekev anmn tlmn iln.u .i,,t
the Italian nobleman, with whom he is
conneeted by marriage, in oharge of his
railroad enterprises In Texas and Mexico.
iue uoeiemau was se well pleased with
tbe business that he wanted tn t-iV hi.
friends at home in, and the numerous staff
ei engineers, managers, surveyors, viee
presidents, &e., whleh he appointed was
oemposed almost entirely of Italians with
a title. They put en tee many airs te suit
the faney of tbe untamed Texan mind, and
Cel. Tem Ochiltree says the result was
that the Texans for a while abandoned all
ether game and reveled in the exelting
and exhilarating pastime of gunning for
Italian counts and marquises. The couso ceuso couse
quence is that these who eseaped surren surren
dered their fat sineeures, returned te the
great elties, and resumed their occupation
as peanut venders, or as suitors for the
hands of the rleh Amerlean girls who want
a long handle te their names.
Hatlifjiee; His Conscience.
A remarkable case of conscience has
just been brought te light lu the Brooklyn,
,"L f.i tax offlee. A few days age an
elderly gentleman eallnd imnn nr.iie.
Tanner and asked him If there was such a
thing as a oensolenoe fund. He was told
that there was, and, when questioned, said
that he represented a oltlzen who had net
paid personal taxes due from him for a
number of yeats, and that he new desired
te pay up. He did net. hewAr ...i
his Identity and departed with the remark
that he would return in a few days. Jmt
before neon Tuesday he reappeared, said
that he bad eeeured tbe money that was
mm tbw eltyBnd handed the colleetor
3d0. He received a receipt for his money
and left without giving his name,
MKTHOUlSrS IN SKSSIOM.
A Me c ptlen tn ths iic.sl et the Uenten
nlal uunlrteere.
The Methodist Episcopal CPiitenni.il con
foteneo, whleh opeued iu Baltimore, Md.,
Tuesday evening by a reeopHen in the M.
E. chureh at Charles and Fayette streets,
premises te be a great success. The
church building was entirely Itiadcqutte
toheldthoso who desired te participate
In the opening oerotn lines. The delegates
tothecouferenoouumbpr ever 500, and a
majority of them, particularly thoclerioal
delegates, are alrealv thcre, and most of
them are provided for In the families of
Methodists, as well as theso of ether de
nominations. In fact, thecitizensgenerally
take a warm Interest in tha matter, nnd ns
many mero delcgntes would find n hearty
wolcemo In their homes. Oovernor Paul Paul
eon, of Pennsylvania, was among the
arrivals Tuesday. lie was met by '1 hes.
S. Bare, eca., with whim he is s avinu.
Hen. Asar Hall, of Texa. aud Judge
l anebcr, of New Jrk, also lay dele
gates, arrived ie the city. The
bishops of the church, who are
of course delegitM, aud most of
whom will be prcs?nt, a number of them
already being Iu the city, are: ltev. Bishop
Themas Bewman, I). D., LL. 1). ; Kev.
nUhep William L. Harris, I). D , Lb. I) ;
Hev. Bishop Randelph S. Fester, D. D.,
LL. D ; Rev. Bishop Stephon M. Merrill,
D. D.; Rev. Bishop Edw. 0. Andrews,
D. D , LL. D ; R.v. Bishop Henry W.
Wanner, D. D. ; llav. Bishop Cyrus C.
Fess, I). D , LL. D , Rav. Bishop Jehn F.
Hurst, D. I)., LL. U ; Rev. Bishop
William X. Nlnde, D. D. ; Rev. Ill-bop
J"iin ji. v amen, v. u. : uev. lllshep
William F. Mallallea. D. D. ; Rev. Bishop
uuanes it. rewier. v. v., ijLt 1). ; ltev.
Bishop William Tayler, D. D of the
M E. Chureh North. The following
represent the M. E. Chureh Seuth : ltev.
Bishop II. N. MoTyare, D, D., LL. D.,
Nashville. TVnn. ; Kev. Bishop Jehn C.
Keener. D. D New Orleans ; Rev. Bishop
A. N. Wilsen. U 1).. LL. I) , Baltimore,
Md. ; Rev. Bishop Linus Parker, D. D.,
New Orleans, Li. ; Rev. Bishop Grau
berry, D. D., Richmond ; Rev. Bishop 11.
K. Hargrove. 1). D., Nashville, Tcnn. The
African M. E. ehurch will be represented
with ethers by Rev. Bishop J. P. Camp
bell. D. U., Rav. Bishop A. W. Wavman,
D. D., Rev Bishop It. H. Cain, D. D .
all of Philadelphia. Rev. Bishop W.
F Diokerson. D. D., of Celumhus, 8. O.,
and Rev. Bishop L. M. U. Ward. The
African M. E. church Zieu send Rev.
Bishop S. T. Jenes, I). IX, Washington,
O. C, and Bishop J. W. Heed, Fayette,
vllle. N. C. The Rev. Bishop L. H.
uoisey, of Augusta, Ga., and Rev. Bishop
u. ii. ureuu,, ui Aiuria (jareuna represent
the Colored M E. church of Ameriea.
The Primitive Methedist nhnreti thn
Canada iX. E. church and the Independent
aiBiueuisi cuurcn, wm also be represented
anu tne .Methodist i'retestant ehurch will
send fraternal delegates. This conference
possesses no legislative powers, and, thcre
fore, essays will be read and discussed.
Mueh will tell of the work of Methodism
a hundred years age, the causes of its
success, what Methodism ewes te woman
and ether subjects of interest te Motho Metho Mothe
dlsts. I.nrye lncrcain el Kxpurt.
Experts of general merchandise from the
pert of New Yerk for the week ended Sat
urday, December 0, as summarized by the
Journal of Commerce, amounted te
$9,436,220, or mere than 41,000.000 in
crease en the previous week. The chief
items are as fellows : 0,503,008 pounds
cut meats, 0,490,314 pounds lard, 7,175,114
gallons petroleum, 1,1C7,SG0 pounds tal
low, 1,331,333 pounds cheese, 710,009
bushels wheat, 513.754 bushels oern,
273,509 pounds butter, 240.110 pounds
manufactured tobacco, 171091 barrels
flour, 60 620 bushels rve. "5 401 Im1p
nation, euaui U.M.-., 11,41 .u
lard oil, 0,120 barrel perk, 7,201 packages
drygoeds. These figures show large in
crease en theso for either of the past eight
weeks, and are encouraging of that im
provement expected with a general revival
of confidence.
Seld.Ie et aFerry-Aluer.
Fielding C. Brown, trenerallv bnnwn
about Wail strcet,New Yerk, as "Colonel"
urown,Kiiieu uimself Tuesday afternoon
by throwing hiruelf from the seennd-
story firoeseapeof lis flat apartments at
201 EaU Ninety-ninth street. He was in-
sane from suffering produced by congestion
of the brain. Colonel Brown was in his
71st year. He was bome iu Kentucky, and
was one 01 me uai lernia lerty niners.
He lived in that state thirty years. He
had large interests iu Tombsteue, Arizona.
uia wiuew was a young girl employed in
a Hartferd, Conn., stere when the colonel
first saw her, fifteen years age. Her
name was Nellie Ceminereau, She was a
mulatto, hut he took a fancy te her, be be be
oame acquainted with her and married
h!r. The ceupla lived happily together:
They had no ohi.'dren. The oelonel never
smoked or drank.
A Met her 'j Horrible ueed.
At Thornburg station, en the Burling,
ten, Cedar Rapids &, Nerthern railroad,
flve miles north of What Oheer, Iowa,
Mrs. William Sehultz en Monday killed
her two children by cutting their threats
with a razor and then terminated her own
existenoe in the same manner.
The elder child wai about two years of
age ; the younger about six months. Their
heads were almost severed from their
bodies.
The deed was commltted while the
woman's husband was out doing his morn
ingoheies. She aed her husband lived
together appirently very happily and no
cause Is known for her net. She is
supposed te have been laboring under a
sudden fit of insanity.
llciten UeruecraM ou Tep.
The city election In Bosten, held Tues
day, resulted in the oheice of O'Brien,
Democrat, for mayor, by 3,111 majority
ever Martin, Citizens' and Ropubliean
candidate. The new beard of aldermen
will stand bIx Republicans, five Democrats
and ene Independent Democrat. Last
year's beard consisted of 7 Democrats and
llve Republicans. The common oeunoil
will stand Democrats, 41 ; Republicans,
31, a Domecratio gain of four. Neither of
the two women candidates for school com
mitteemen were elected. The oltygave
3,031 majority ler license.
The Atetropelltane Uet the t'ennant.
The executive committee of the Ameri
can base bull association at Its meeting in
.New Yerk, Tuesday afternoon and evening
awarded the championship pennant te the
Metropolitans aud suspended Teny Mul
laue for one year aud fined him $1,000 for
jumping his Teledo contract. The latter
motion was opposed by the Cincinnati
delegatcs, as Mullane had signed with
them for 1885, and had reoeived $2,000
advanee meney. The $1,000 reverts te
tbe Cinelnnatls.
A root Craztd by l'elitlcs.
Rufus J. Childress, a Louisville poet of
seme fame, was adjudged insane en
Tuesday. Childress has written a large
number of widely-copied humorous and
pathetle peems for the Courier Journal
aud his Insanity seems net te have affected
his poetle faculty, as he continues te write.
Disappointment of a polltieal nature in
the recent munlelpal election caused his
insanity.
Anlnlliel Confounded,
" What minister." thunderpii Mr rui.
Ingersoll te his Chicago audience, " has
evor done se mueh for the world as Dar.
win?" But a hoodlum answered and
confounded the infidel by ejaculating
il Burehard.'.i
IN COURT HOUSE K0W.
krKur or tun ,kw salary 1111.1
Generally l)Htteret te tre timot-Kliet-
aeine nt all tnn tllrrkn I'emIUU
Seme Ituii't-IVIiy and vrtirretere.
The act of Assembly fixing salaries of
county eUlaers iu oeuntles containing evor
one hundred thousand and less thau ene
hundred aud fifty thousand Inhabitants,
nnd requiring the payraent of the fees of
such ofllcers Inte the respective oeuuty
troasurie. approved June 23, 1883, gees
Inte effect with all the county oilicers
oleetcd in November aud who will nssume
their duties ou the first Monday of
January.
The aet requires the usual officers te
keep a strlet account of all fees reoeived In
doeks provitieu ler that purpose by the
county auditors, and make report of the
same, uuder oath, enca a month. The
county commissioners and oeuuty audi
ters are constituted a beard, wlue duty
It shall be te ascertain aud dotermlno the
number of deputies or olerks required for
the proper dlspateh of business by each of
sueh otlleors, and for fixing the salary of
each of said tinputlea or olerks, subject te
the approval of the court of common pleas
of the county of whleh he is an offleer ;
whenevcr said beard Is assambled te con
sider the oase of any of said officers, sueh
offleer shall sit as a momber of the beard,
se leug as his oase Is uuder oensidoratlon
and no lenger, and a decision of the ma
jerlty shall govern ; Prenided, That ooh
oflleor shall personally atte d te the du
ties of the offise, aud that no pay for any
deputy cr clerk shall be allowed te any
officer whose persenal serviees are or
should be sufflaietit for the preper dlspateh
of the business of sueh offiee. The aet
also provides for an appeal by the officer
te the oeurt of common pleas, if In his
judgment the number of deputies Is tee
few or the compensation fixed tee small.
The salaries under the new law are as
fellows :
District Atterney, 63,000.
Sheriil, $4,000.
Prothenotary, $3 000.
Clerk of orphans' court, $?,C0J.
Clerk of quarter sessions, $2,000.
Register of wills, $3,500
Recorder of deeds, 3,000,
Treasurer, $3,000.
County surveyor, $150.
County oemmlssionrrs, $1,000 ccah.
County auditors, $250 oaeh.
County solicitor, $300.
Direoters of the peer, $250 eaeh.
Jury commissioners $259 oaeh.
Prison keeper. $1,200.
Corener, $1,000.
NOT rOFULAB IN THE HOW.
The oeuuty ofHeerselcot are net at all
favorable te the new law. Their prefer
eoce all the time is the old fee system. A
olerk in one et the offices remarked in the
hearing or a representative of the IjrrELLi
eekceh that it would take the time of one
clerk in eaeh oifieo te keep the itemized
acoeunts and the reports required for the
inspeotieu of tbe county auditors.
The offices of sheriff and prothenotary
are closely allied. Nearly all the business
of the former offlue comes from the latter
office. The protheuotary has tbe advan
tage of the judgments annually entered,
and tbe sheriff the advantage of serving
the jury notices and the sales of real estate
and personal property. The60 offices will
be most affected by thenewlaw, Inasmueh
as a strict construction requires that all
fees shall be payable In advanee. The
practice in the prothenotary's offlee has
been te take chanees of getting the fees in
eivil suits enteredexcept in aotlens of
slander nnd divoree. As slander cases
seldom rcaeh a jury trial, the precaution
Is new taken of collecting in advance the
fees for entering the suits and serving the
wilts. Where these offices will be affected
?J&& nJ ters. befere advancing soveral
uu.min jer uecessary iecs, wur rtneer
wnetner it is poney te threw geed money
away In an effort te recover a doubtful
claim Under the old fee system pro pre pro
thenotaries nnd sheriffs did net have their
official business settled up for several
years after their terms expired. Under
tbe new law as they can only draw their
salaries after tbey have earned them, the
demand for fees in advance will be their
only safety. Unless the business of these
officers great'y increases daring the terms
of Mcasrs. Skiles and Tomlinson, as com
pared with the business of the present
year, they will net be able te draw mere
than half the saury named in the aet, for
the
the offices will net allow tbem any mere,
mjr kwu re.iseu mat tee receipts of
lake the sheriff's office. There are two
dsputles te be paid regularly, and very
frequently a third has te h mrwri
At least two horses will have te be kept.
ana the travelling expenses el the sheriff
nuu nis ueputtes will amount te a large
sum and are all deducted from the fees
earned before the sheriff can draw a dollar
of his salary.
In the prothenotary's offlce the same
number of elerks will be asked for as are
at present employed. When common
pleas court U in session, it requires the
service of two olerks. That leaves one
alene in the office. The present prolheno
tary deveted his whole attention te the
offlee nnd if Prothenotary Skiles wants te
get along with threo elerks, he will have
te put iu all his time at tbe office.
ITONEn n&S A rUDDINO.
The register's offlee Is the pleasantest
in the row of county offices. Fer years the
iiruuucu 01 uemanuing jees in advance
has bseu iu force iu this offlee, and when
the term of the reglster expires, he can
pick up his hat, walk out, and has net tbe
trouble of collecting back standing
amounts. Register Stener will ask for
two olerks, and he says he will be able te
show te tbe beard that they are neeessary.
It Is his Intention te attend te all the
routine office business, sueh as proving
wills, granting letters, filing aoeounts,
etc. His clerks will de all the transcrib
ing et wills, accounts, ete. The fees of
mis omeo win pay two elerks and the
salary of the register, and there will be a
handsome amount te the credit of the
register's offlee at the end of his term.
The ceuntv treasurer recalvna n. aia-,.
of $3,000. If he empleys a deputy he has
te pay thesalary of the deputy out of his
compensation. Treasurer Grider proposes
te save the salary of the deputy by attend,
ing te the duties of the offlee himself.
The elerk of the orphans' oeurt will
about make his salary and that of his
deputy.
Tbe present elerk of the quarter ses
sions did net deem it necessary te have a
deputy. During quarter sessions oeurt
weeks he was assisted by bis son. Copt.
Settley.the clerk-elect, will remove te this
city in the epring,having leased the County
house. As that hotel is within calling dis dis dis
tanoe of his office, he will probably di
vide his time between the two nlannn. Til.
deputy, tbe present elerk ,wlll see that the
offlee is run properly.
This office will also make a geed show
ing at the endnef the term, if business
keeps as geed as It has been. In addition
te the quarter sessions business, this office
uan iue ueneuc et an. tne hotel and
restaurant licenses granted, and as they
number several hundred, the fees from
this souree wilt mero than pay the deputy.
TnE COMMISSIONER' OFFICE,
The new law requires that the oeuuty
commissioners shall meet twice a week.
As their salary Is only $1,000, whleh in
eludes mileage, it is safe te say that tbey
will only meet twlce a week. The practice
has been for several years te meet three
times a week. Ueder tbe old system the
pay was $3 for oaeh day In session and
mileage.
The o'eunty auditors under tbe new law
receive n salary of $230. It Is eaf? te bet
that the accounts of tha oeantr offlean.
nafiiatrntemd wuUM Trill hemtWx '
1884
ba audited in less time than It took the
auditors last jear or this.
The jury commissioners for several
years fixed thelr own salary at $137,00,
and this amount was made up as fellows :
Thore are 67 districts In the oeunty, and
it was estimated that three days was about
the time required for oaeh dlstrlet te
seloet names for Jury duty. That made
1,1 days, and the pay charged was $2 50
per day. The truth of the matter is that
the lists of jurors from nine tenths of the
dlatriets are furnished te the commis
sioners and nothing llke this number of
days are aetually ompleyod. Under the
new law $250 per annum Is tbe ooiuponna eoiuponna oeiuponna
Hon, and it Is geed pay.
Under the old system of perditm pay, in
vegue as te the prison Inspectors and peer
direoters the salary of these offleials were
ou au average about $125. Under the new
law the peer directors will get $250 per
year. The prison Inspeotera were entirely
forgotten in arrauglng the salaries, under
the new law, and they will be paid as
heretofore.
The reoerder of deeds and oeunty solici
tor will onme under thn ni-nvlalnna .f tl.n
salary aet, at the expiration of the term of
me present lucumbents, January 1, 1880
THE COIlONEIl's EMOLUMENTS.
ine law as te the oerouor merely fixes
ms salary at $1,000, aed under the pre
visions of the aet he must earn that
amount before be can draw it. All
the fees the onreuer eau make out of
ene oase Is $1 12 for viewing the hotly, em
panelling the jury and qualifying them,
and 25 cents for eaeh witness oxamined.
The average number of witnesses Is four.
That would make $5, 12, and te earn his
salary he would have te held nearly 200
Inquests a year, or twloe as many held by
Corener Shlffer and his deputies.
The practioe during the pat was for
the deputies te pay the coroner $1 for oaeh
luquesi ueiu ey mem. When It was
mentioned above that nil the oeronerocmld
make legitimately out of a cise was $3.13,
it is uuuoraieoQ mat mere than that sum
was raade. The juers under the law are
ontltled te $1 oaeh, nnd that omeunt the
oeroner collects from the oeunty. The
rule is for the oeronor te pay his juers 50
coats, luataaustste the 13.12 Then
it is also customary for the phyaleiau
te uiase a present te the coroner
of say about $3 out of the $10
reoeived by him, for looking at the body
uuu eiuhuk tue oause 01 tieatn.
Under the new law the opinion is general
that Jurers will have te diaw their own
pay. This outs off $3 from the oeronor's
fees in each oase. It weu't pay the cere
ner te go te seme parts of the county te
held inquests, aud hew he will arrange
with a deputy and at the same time
comply with the law, ii a question whleh
time alene will selve.
COUNSELLOR EHEnLT GETS ni3 9ALAUV.
The distriet nttorney'a offlee. was the
first ene affected by the new law. Thus
far that offleer has earned ever $3,000,
with this week's oeurt te be added. As
his salary Is $3,000 the county will save
several hundred dollars this year.
A lively time is oxpeoted when the
commissioners, auditors and eevcral
oeunty officers meet te fix the salary of
tna uepunes and clerks, in seme of the
offices high salaries will be asked for. As
the commisiieners have been paying their
olerk $1,000 per year, that will be about
the amount asked for the salary of the
deputies In the several offices. Fer the
clerks tbe salary will no doubt be fixed at
a sum a hundred or two under that figure.
THIS UKITISI! lsLK4.
Dr. Apple's second Lecture ou ltuproilleus
u! Karepe,
Rev. Themas O. Apple, president of
Franklin and Marshall college, last evening
delivered In the college chapel, the second
of a oeurso of lectures en "Impressions of
Europe. ms memo was the "Uritiah
Isles." a subieet which he discussed In his
Urst lecture. After seme further remarks
en tne irnes et lUIJarney, which he had
cesoneea at some length in bis flrtt lee
uire. no iei ills audioeoo te the eity of
uueun. 'lhesa among ether places of
luicjuii, ue e.tw tne uirtn-piaoe of the
Duke of Wellington, of Themas Moere
anu oiner great men dear te the hearts of
ireisnu.
Frem Dublin he went te Glasgow, allow
ing uts rollewers a few passing glimpses
at the Giant's Causeway and ether objeets
of Interest along the route. He speke of
Glasgow as " a elty as busy as our own
iiuw letK. aiany piaeas or intorest iu
this eity were referred te, among whieh
we may mention its crcat cathedral.
Frem Glasgow he set out for the regions
of the Scottish lake, of whose romatitle
scenery no gave his hearers a vivid lm
prcssien. " These regions are interesting
in themselves, but they are mere se be-
oause every spot is noted for some event
uarraieu Dy waiter Beott aud ethers."
Frem theSoettish lakes he oenduoted
biB audlcnoe te Edinburgh, where, be
said, " ene might rejoice te have his home
ever an places in the British Islea." On
ms way te Edinburgh he stepped at
tne native town of Rebert Burns and
ether places famous InBcettish literature.
Frem Edinburgh he went te Lnnrinn.
easting cursory glances en many points of
iuioreat anu Deauty aieng tue way.
Of England's agricultural districts be
says that "they are much like the agrl.
cultural districts of our own state, lacking,
hewever, the freshness of our state and
containing no forests. In many respoets
the farming districts of our own Lancaster
oeunty are superior te theso of old Eng
land." Of Londen he said, "en entering its
suburbs, ene feels as It were the beating of
its great heart." "New Yerk and Phila.
delphia are but small in comparison with
Londen."
Many places of hlstorle and literary
fame were referred te, aud sueh thoughts
wme expresseu in conneetion with them as
would naturally suggest themselves te a
mind of sueh bread and mature culture.
The doetor then proeeeded te glve his
impressions of British olvlvllizatien as
compared with our own. Here it at once
became evident that he felt himself morn
at borne. His oenntenanco became mere
expressive and bis manuers mere earnest.
Frem bis remarks one might gather that
he felt a strong admiration for the English
Institutions, but we should rather say that
they show that spirit of genuine eultnre
whieh Is .willing te glve credit te what Is
geed in things cot its own, and te ac
knowledge the evil iu what is its own.
The doetor speke in his accustomed
energetle style, and tbe appreciation of his
nuaience was shown in the undivided at
tention they gave the speaker for mere
than an hour.
Abe DeuirA en nu Travels,
Frem the Philadelphia Times.
A report was oireulated In Camden
Tuesday that Abe Buzzard, the Welsh
mountain outlaw, bad been in that city en
Monday and bad called at tbe real estate
offlee of Jehn Mitebell and made inquires
about renting a house. It was said that
he was reoegnlzed by Jeshua V. Barrett.
manager for Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Barrett
says the man wished te rent a seeluded
beuse en the outskirts of the elty and that
he let blm have a key te a property which
he thought would suit him. no has
failed te return tbe key. The police
offleials laugh at the affair and treat it as
a geed jeke,.bnt Mr. Barrett believics that
tbe man be saw was Abe Buzzard, whom
be had previously met in this state.
The Hpairnre.
At 7 o'cleok last evening Lewis Mon Mon Men
eoe oarne te this offlee and deposited $20
mere, making $25 in all, as his forfeit of
$50 te accept tbe challenge of Frank Mon Men Mon
trevllle for a blackened gleve contest in
- in C" , Z.."" "'I "hu1?. en
tue opera neuse en January 1st.
dayi mwm
A STARTLING SUICIDE.
U)KHSUN WAM'Ort KILLS lllMMBLf.
The Kaati Aet Thnneit te Have lleeu Bn-
ptilndnefd by llodneMTrenbles-TU
Death et uenratl Uael.
The oemmunity was shoeUed this morn
ing te leirn that Jeseph Bamsnn, alder
man of the Sixth ward ,this elty, bad mad
n dotermlnod attempt te commit snlolde,
at his rosiilenoe Ne. 15 East Lemen street,
by sheeting himself lu the breast and side
with a heavy oallbre revolver. The eboot ebeot eboet
ing took place In a smtll room In the
seoend story of the building, a few
minutes before nine o'clock. The report
of tbe pistol attracted the attention of
bis family, and going te the little front
room at tha bead of tha stairway Mr.
Samson was found weltcrlng in his bleed.
He was plaoed In bed and pujsleians were
hurriedly coat for, and 1) a Welehanrj
Compten and Carpenter wero seen at hi
bedside.
It was found that one of the bullets had
entered his breast nea- the heart, and the
olher had penetrated hla nlde near tha
liver. The weuuds were proueunod by the
surgeeus te be mortal, Mr. Samson lin
gered uutll about half pist 10 o'clock,
when ue quieuy passed away.
Financial difficulties aud tbe mental
angulih oaused by them, wero undoubtedly
the causes whieh -led te the sulelde. Oa
Monday last Aldermau Sume a and his
wlfe made nn assignment of their property
for the beueflt of their creditors. Up
te thtt time they were thought te
be lu fairly geed uireumstauces,
the alderruau owning the iiouse in
whleh he lived, besldcs carrying
ou what appeared te be a prosperous
business lu brush making, and gettlng a
full Bhare of patreuage as alderman, to
gether with small salarles as secretaries of
two or threo corporations. It has been
learucd, hewever, that his property is
covered by mertgages aud judgments,
amounting te $1,800, and that a large
number of promissory notes whleh he bad
glven, from time te time, wero falling
due, and that he could neither pay thorn
nor have them renewed. He related these
faets te ene of hla creditors en Friday
last, saying he would either have te be
sold out by the sheriff or make an assign
ment for the benefit of orediters. His
friend advised him te try and tide evor his
difficulties till business revived, but he
said he could net de se, and even if he did
the crash would oemo in the spring at any
rate, and be therefore made tbe assign
ment. The assets of his rstate, it is said,
will roalize $0,000 or $7,000. The amount
of liabilities npart from seme $5,000 In
mortgages and judgments is unknown.
Jeseph Samseu was a son of the late
Benum Samson. He was born and
always lived lu this eity. He learned the
brushmaklng tride with his father and en
the death et the latter continued the bust
ncss in his own name. He was a man of
geed education, a life 1 jng nitmbar of tbe
Duke street M. E "aureh, and for many
years ene of its trustees. He was
a let helder, trustoe and secretary
of tbe Lanoaster cemetery oempany;
a stockholder and seoretary of tbe
Farmer's Northern market company ; a
member of ledgo 43, of the Masoelo
order ; a past officer and ene of the trus trus trus
toes of Lanoaster Ledgo, Ne. 07, I. O. of
O. F., and a past offleer of Washington
Encampment, Ne. 11. tie was au active
member of the Lanoister school beard,
and was seme years age a member of city
councils. He was popular and wielded
considerable influence in the Republican
party, of which he was an active
member. He was for tbrce 7 can: one of
tbe county prison Inspectors, and subse
quently aspired te be elerk of the beard,
but was defeated. Four years age he ws
appointed alderman of the Sixth ward In
place of Jeshua W. Jack, deceased, aud In
tb following year wet elected te the same
petition for a full term of flve years. He
was attontlve te business and took a load lead
ing position as a police magistrate.
Alderman Samson at the time of his
death was about CO years of age. His
venerable mether, new aged 87 years, his
wife and flve sous and two daughters
survive him.
Corener Sniffer was notified of the
death and he empannellel as a jury Jehn
K. Stener, K, M. Merrow, C. O. Carpenter
Tbes. F. MoEIIIgett, C. A. Oast and 8.
M. Sener. The testimony beard brought
out tbe facts noted above. The verdict of
the jury was that he oarne te his death from
gistel shot wounds indicted by his own
ands, while in an Insaue state of mind,
and It appeared that he was in a depressed
Btata of mind for sjvcral days caused by
finaneial difficulties.
DEATH OF UONIUD U.UT.
Cenrad Gast, ene of Lancaster's beet
known eltlzsns, died at his residence at
Prince and Jamea tstreet this morning,
shortly after 9 o'clock. He had been ill
for several weeks with typhoid pneumo
nia. Deceased was born In Prussia and
eame te this country with his parents and
ether members of the family in November,
1810. They landed in Baltimore aud oarne
by wagon te this eity whero the family
loeated permanently. Cenrad learned the
trade of a potter with his brother Henry,
who was his senior, and worked with him
for some time. Many years age be started
in business en James street, where he has
been loeated ever since. Fer seme years
past his son Ames C. has been
a partner in the business. Mr.
Gast was a member of the beard of
peer direoters of the county for several
terms. He was reelected Iu November
and would have taken bis office in Jan-
nary 1st. He has represented the Ninth
ward in oennoils at different terms. He
was a member of the beard of directors
and a prominent stockholder of the North
ern market company, aud was one of the
trustees of the Childreu'd Heme, appointed
uy tue court ue was a member or ledge
43 F. & A. M.t Lancaster Ledge Ne. 07 I.
O. O. F., and Washington Encampment.
His seoend wife survives him, besides
three grown ebildren who are : Ames O.
Gast, Mrs. Dan'i Uartman acd Mrs. Jaoeb
Miley. Mr. Gast was au honest, upright
citizen who enjoyed the respect of bis
fellow citizens. Tbe funeral takes place
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'elook.
On itelltre.
Last evening there was a geed sized
audience at the M:onnerehor rluk. A one
mile raee took place between Harry Strine
and Mira Beekie Miller and Rudy Gates and
Miss Kehl, The first named oeuple wen,
after a close and exelting race in 4 minutes
and 20 seoends.
Harry Btrlne and J. Will. Heist, two
young skaters, are anxious te arrange with
two ethers te skate a raoe of one or mera
miles for a premium.
Ueal (or the 1'oer.
The Buobanau-MeEvoy. Reynolds relief
committee of oeunolh met at the mayor's
offlee ea Tuesday evening te revise the
list of applications forceal from the above
fund. There were 436 applicants, aud the
oemmitteo's funds will only buy coal for
01 persons, ine oeramittoo will meet
again this evening acd the offlesrs of the
several wards will be ask ed te take from
tbe list these who can de without the coal
this winter, se as te redueathe list te the
number for whleh there are funds en band.
lie Kicked Toe Late.
Frem the Philadelphia Times.
Brether Geiat, of the Lancaster A'tw
Era, has ventured a very gentle klek by
suggesting General Beaver for senator,
after having helped te defeat Beaver for
both senator aud governor, but as he did
net think of kicking until Cameren bad
oleeted a solid delegation from the Old
Guard with the support of Gelst, his
gontle kiekisg new Is like crying for the
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