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necessary, as there aEc many nights dur
ing the year, as during full moon and in
winter when there is snow ON the ground,
that to light the lamps is only a waste.
have taken the number Of hours tho
lamps would burn as given in the lighting
calendar used by the lighters in most
all large cities. They light every night in
month with the exception of the three
nights of full moon, which makes 1900
hours in y year. 1900 hours with 5.foos
burners would make an annual cousump-
ton Of II, 900 feet Of gas to lamp. and ut
81. 20 per 1000 feet would make for tho
gas $3.50; cost Of lighting, sc S1.95
total cost Of lamp per year, S3O.65.
Ibelieve the water department Of the
city is a.itatin. the question Of fur
nishing the water by meter measure
ment, So that who wastes it shall
pay accordingly. The following are the
prices paid in some Of the large cities:
Boston. %. to consumers 200 city S1.9O
East Boston. $50 g $50
South Boston 's $50 6: 2.37
Charlestown. - 2.jO 2.S
Average price in Boston per lamp S34. .O6
using 1 foot burners and having 10, 2296
lamps.
Brooklyn, $50 per lamp, ) feet burners.
Williamsburg. sa3 per lamp. 3 feet
burners
Baltimore SIS per 1000 feet.
Now York has %, 365 lamps and pays
from $3.50 t" s:;3 per lamp usi3g 3 foot
burners.
II they used foot burners the price
would h, from 500 II to $3.50 per lamp.
The city pays Tor the gas used in public
buildings from 81. Is per 1000 feet to S3 225.
Hoping that the above may be satisfac-
tory and provc t" you that our proposal is
not eXOrbitant or unfair to the city.
Yours Respectfully
]. II. BAUMGARDNER.
As 5000 rs the reading Of the above was
finished. the question recurring on MIR.
JOhnsOn's motion to concur i'm the action
of select council It was agreed to without
dissent, and ''scttlcd it." Select council
declined to hear the paper read and both
branches adjourned.
As will be gathered from tho above con-
current action oi councils it is proposed to
dispense with gas as q medium for lighting
tho streets of the city, and substitute oil
or gasoline as it is called. There are 500
street lamps in the city, Of which 314 arc
lighted with gas and 1856 with the material
which it is row intended to use through
out. The work Of discOlflecting their
mains from the lamp posts, which is
rendered necessary by this change, must be
performed by the gas company without
expense to the city, as expressly provided
in the city ordinance and the terms of tho
existing agreement. Members Of the lamp
committee state their belief that they will
be able to secure from the Philadelphia
company considerable reduction ON the
terms of their bid, in view of the fact that
they will low have contract for lighting
500 lamps when their proposal only con-
templated lSG. and Of the former number
they will not be required to furnish the
lamps and posts for the 314 owned by tho
city. 1t is intended to enter into con-
tract with tho Globe company without
unnecessary delay. The latter have had
the contract for lighting the oil lamps Of
city for the past three years, and their
service has been generally regarded Us sat-
isfactOry.
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WHO Is SHE:
/ Marriott. Woman In Male Attire.

|
The Pittsburgh Leader of Thursday
evening contains the following This
morning about . o'clock what ut first was
| supposed 10 he \ man, came into the Allo
ghcny mayors Office carrying q child in
time she entered the morning hearing was
in progress, and she stood with her hat on,
calmly taking in the situation. Mayor
PctcrsOn's attention was called to tue Wis.,
itOr'S strange appearance, and hc had her
conveyed inside the railing, and asked the
person VIII, he or she was and whose
child it was she had. Tho stranger re-
piled, 81 am from near Lancaster. Pa,
and the child ii mine my wif6 died recent
ly and buried her at Huntington" His
honor asked her if she was not the mother
of the child, to which question she said
"nO." but a'tcrward admitted that she
was. Whcrcup,n the mayor told one Of his
officers to- lock her up until he could in
quire into the case. She afterward stated
that she WIS unmarried, that her name
was Annie Porter, and that tho name of
her seducer w,s James White, a married
man, vino lived near Lancaster. The
woman further stated that she had
worked in Bp;d's undertaking establish
mcnt in Harrisburg at painting. She had
worked there for about two months war
nishing coiiins) when her employer dis
covered that she was q woman and dis
charged her. She aftcrward went to Hunt
ingdOn, where she also worked at tho
painting trade, and it was with the inten-
tiOn of getting work at her trade that she
came to this city. Her object in coming
to the mayors office was to- get her child
sent to the city home. She also informed
the writer that her seduccr had taught
her to paint and that while with him she
had worked ut painting. Her child. she
said, was even months old, while she her
self was il. her twenty fifth year.
In appearance she is above the medium
height, with almos. black hair, cut short,
had on 4 pair .: tisht-fittin. corduroy
pants, that showed her form to good ad-
vantage. n black coat and vest, white
shirt but no collar, and black hat, and
pair Of rough heavy boots. She also car
ricd silver watch, attached to which was
Il brass Chain.
She will e sent to the city farm to-day
by Secretary McIonnigle, and the proper
authorities 1T Marietta, Pa. (wherc she
said she ha, lised), will be notified.
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Reception to the Seniors.

Last evening the graduating class of
Franklin AMI Marshall college were ten
dered a Reception ut the residence of the
president, Rev. DR.. Thomas G. Apple, On
the college campus. All the members of
Isl We're present. and among the other in
vitcd guests who sraced the occasion we1o
members "f the faculty with their fami-
lies and u number Of friends OF the insti-
tuition. Dr.. and Mrs. Apples cordial
hospitality impressed itself most fayOrably
upon their ;,ucsts, and an elegant table
was spread Tor their refreshment. Social
intercourse filled out the hours OF q
very enjoyable evening. The seniors will
be similarly entertained at the residence
Of Prof. VIA. NJ. Nevin, West Chestnut
street, OH Monday evening.
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STATE ITEMS.

A4AAASS
]. E. Moro, esq, an able member Of the
Lahigh county bar, died In Allentnwn,
Thursday, the 9th inst, in tho SD year of
his age.
The Lewisburg university commence
ment begins June 24th and runs to the 29th.
Senator Mitchell makes the annual Grafton
and on the 29th there will be corporation
dinner and presidents levee.
There will be no public issue of bonds in
the new $1O, 900, 600 four per cent. loan Of
the Pennsylvania railroad company, as
the syndicate has floated the entire amount
by private negotiation.
A freight train on the Philadelphia s.
Erie railroad ran into land slide near
Wetham station, between Lock Haven and
Remove, and great portion of it was
wrecked. One of the crew was killed and
several others received slight injuries.
On Thursday next, the first annual ex-
animation will be held at tho Indian train
ing school at Carlisle. A special excursion
train will leave West Philadelphia at nine
in the morning and will return at half past
nine in the evening.
The will of the late Rev. Daniel Wilson,
a Presbyterian minister, formerly of ALE
gheny county, bequeaths $4,000 to the
board of foreign missions of the United
Presbyterian church of North America,
g., 600 to the board of home missions Of
tho same church, and $4,000 to the gen.
eral assembly of the same.
Near Quakertown, at the house Of Geo.
Harper, colored, a loaded gun was kept in
the corner for the purpose of shooting
birds which were destroying the corn
planted near the house. The wife of
George picked up the gun, thinking it was
unloaded, and carelessly handling it, it
went off, the whole load striking Joseph
Harper, who was writing at table, in the
forehead, killing him instantly. The
woman was just recently married and
came from Savannah
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THERE is very palpable fa2lacy in
the estimate submitted by Mr.. Baum
gardner to councils on the question of
lighting the city. He says that 200
hours is the time "the lamps would burn
as given in the lighting calendar used by
the lighters in most all large cities. They
light every night in a month with the
exception Of the three nights of full
MOON" These calendars, however, cal
culate all the time for moonlight very
closely and provide sometimes for not
Fighting" the lamps until 5 o'clock in
the morning. Now, it often hap
pens that on moonlight - nights
according to the calendar-tie
moon is clouded and the lamps need
to be lighted. Again, if it is proposed
to light the lamps at hours varying from
S in the afternoon to S in the morning
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
LOSSES ADJUSTED.
The hiike Tobacco Warehouse Fire

Tho Hike Tobacco Warehouse Fire.
The losses sustained by Philip Hike by
tho late fire at his tobacco warehouse in
Tobacco avenue, this city, have been sub
stantially settled by the insurance COM
panies in which he held policies Of insur-
ance. The companies are as follows
Etna of Hartford Howard of Now York;
Commercial Union of London Williams
burg of New York Phoenix of Hartford :;
British America of Toronto ; London As.
surance of London Trans Atlantic of
Hamburg !; Merchants Of Newark Pho
nix of London ; Union of Philadelphia :;
North British and Mercantile of London
The whole amount of insurance effected
in the above named companies was 81, 500.
BY mutual agreement among the insurers
and insured, Mr.. Darius Ferry of the
firm Of Cans Il Bro, tobacco brokers,
New York. aud Mr.. Jos. Loeb, of the firm
of Joseph Loeb & Co., Philadelphia, were
chosen appraisers to appraise the sound
cash value Of the tobacco rs it was before
the fire and tho insurance companies
through their agents, agreed to take the
tobacco off Mr.. Hikes hands at said ap-
praisement in lieu of paying the damages
sustained by tho fire, and to pay Mr..
Hike the appraised value within sixty
days after said appraisemcnt.
The appraisers concluded their labOrs
yesterday. There were in the warehouse
at the time of the fire 7S6 cases Of tobacco,
the sound valuc of which was appraised
at $50, Az, an average Of - cents per
pound through.
Mr.. Hikes counsel in the adjustment
of the losses was J. L. Stcinmetz, esq.
We understand that the insurance CON-
panies, as soon as the damaged tobacco
had been turned over to them under the
above named agreement, effected an in
surance of $60, 600 on it in several other
If this be so it shows that
they do not regard the tobacco to be very
damaged.
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Coyle Indicted for tho Murder of Mis-, Myers
The grand jury in York yesterday found
a true bill Of indictment against John
Coylc, jr., for the murder Of Emma Myers
about two weeks ago. The prisoner. in re-
sponse to the inquiry as to whether he
was guilty or not, would not make any in
tclligcnt reply, and plea of "not guilty.
was entered by tho clerk. The confine.
ment and suspense seem to work lily in
accord with tho prisoners active habits
and he looks haggard and seems to be
breaking down under tho weight of his
crime. Tho pistol wounds upon his body
which he inflicted with the intention of
taking his life are healing up nicely and
proved to be but slight scratches. The trial
is down for tho October term of the quarter
sessions court.
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Tho Floods.

Heavy floods have been caused in the in-
terior of this state by the continuous rains.
The lower portion Of Pittsburgh and Ale
gheny City were submerged yesterday, but
towards midnight the river was at . stand,
having reached 90 feet above it's usual
level 1t is said the total lumber losses on
the Allegheny river and its tributaries may
reach $1,OOO,OOO. The Juniata, Upper
Delaware and Susquehanna rivers also
continue high, but the worst seems to be
over. The Lackawanna river is greatly
swollen and portions of Scranton arc in
undated.
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THE CHURCH ASSEMBLIES.


Au0 Autu0toD 6y000 ot AltOOnas
In synod yesterday the report of the SEC
retary Of home missions was read, showing
the receipts to be s27, OBS. The debts have
been paid and q balance remains in the
treasury. The board has sixty-five mis-
sions upon the funds. Eight have become
self-sustaining. The missions themselves
have contributed over $4,000 for the
various branches Of church work. Accord
ing to the recommendation Of the board
the various synods which had not raised
their appointments were called to an
swer before tho convention why they had
failed to come up to the amounts desig-
mated by the general synod two years ago.
There was a long list Of them. The con-
fessiOns developed the fact that many coz
gregations and synOds are supporting indi-
vidual missions and enterprises not under
the control of the home mission board and
consequently their contributions had been
applied by the various synods without
passing through the hands of the general
treasurer. This course met with the most
emphatic disapproval of both the board
and the general synod.
Tho MInisterium In POttstOwn
Most of the second days session of the
one hundred aud thirty fourth annual
meeting OF the Lutheran ministerium of
Pennsylvania was consumed in the read
ing of committee reports. Among these
was that of the executive committee.
showing that twenty-seven students re-
ceived aid from the synod, sixteen in the
Muhlenberg college and eleven in the
seminary twenty-One mission charges re-
ceived aid during the year; 1868 were
contributed to home missions and 81. $50
to foreign missions. Last evening the
subjects of education and missions were
discussed. The Rev. W. Wachernapel
spoke in German and the Rev. j. NJ.
Uhrich in English.
The following are tue committee
Proceedings Of COnference-Revs. Ii.
b. Strodach, u. "A. Ziegenfuss, I. NJ. S.
Erb, II. N. Fegley and A. P. Pfueger.
Treasurer's Report-Rcv. j. R!Gr0ff,
r. A. Buer aud A. Bendel.
Disciplinc--Revs. w. G. LATHE, j. J.
Kucndy, J. NJ. Anspach and p. Platter
cher. Laymen, W. II. Stacks and w. S.
Young.
Publication House-Revs. J. Kohler,
C. J. Welden, L. Lairn, G. y. Strunty and
A. J. Wed.lell. Laymen, Prof. S. Saltler
and Charles Hahn.
Presidents Report-Rcys. J. w. Hass-
ler, B. W. Schwank, J. X. Pitt, J. F.
WampOle and Lay men I. II. Dichl and Z.
B. Miller.
Ministerial Busincss-C. p. Krauth,
ID. d.; G. w. Shaeffcr, d. d., and Lay
man F. Berkemeir.
Tho executive committee, elected, is as
follows: Revs. DR.. B Sadtlcr, i. Nj.
Schmucker, F. j. F. Shantz, ] J. Kuen-
dig, T. T. Yeager. Laymen-A. w. Pot
teiger, T. II. Duehl, L. Liess. A. Brcndcl,
Ii. Trexler.
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Gin the Warpalh.

Prof. E. o. Lyte, of the Millersville
state normal school, was seen going up
street to-day wish rifle in ON, hand and
Il box of cartrid ..es in the other. 1t is not
known whether he was hunting students
or going for frogs.
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the service of lighting them cannot be
procured for anything like as low as Mr..
BIS estimate-s1.95 per lamp, or about
{ of q cent per night for labor at such
irregular times.
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dedication of an Orya u.

The new and beautiful organ recently
set up in st. Stephens Lutheran church,
corner of South Duke and Church streets,
will be deiics.ei tomorrow. The dedi-
catOry sermon will be preached by the
pastor, Rev. +. Mcistcr, q: 1O:Ll a. m.,
and further services will be held at 7:30
p. m. The church. and especially tho new
organ, will be handsomely decorated with
flowers
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Hadly Burned.

A little girl. 12 years old, named Emma
Singlcy, residing at No. 627 West King
street, hal o,e Of her hands very badly
burned. It. appears that she placed her
hand on Il table 1T which her older sister
was engaged ironing, the older sister, not
seein. Emma set the hot iron down ON
her hand. blisterins it terribly.
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understood to be aimed against tho mani
fest disposition to extend a call to Rev.
Spalding, who Mr. Geist declares to belong
TO different school of churchmanship
from that with which any of the eight rec
tors who have served the parish of St.
Johns were or are now identified" Hence
his solemn protest " in his own name,
and by the memory Of Bishop. Bowman
against an act prejudicial to the pros
perity and harmony of the church." The
addresses inveigh most earnestly against
an apprehended calamity " to the church
from changes in things long established !"
at the instigation of ritualistic busy
bodies'' who speak of faithful ministers as
no better " than Methodist
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THE EPHKAyA BAZAAR,
"A Successful lsenefit for a Go,d Cau

a Successful lsenefit for a Go.Dd Cause.
The bazaar for the benefit of the
Ephrata Union Sunday school, held in the
hall of the Ephrata Mountain Springs
hotel on May Goth, 21st and 2Sth, was
more than Il success financially. The
committee, NJ. Sprecher, superintendent,
W. NJ. Overly, ID II. Wcrtz, N. H..
Sprecher, Misses Mary Georgas and Annie
E. Leber having tho bazaar in charge,
were appointed by tho school and worked
faithfully and economically, as they always
do for tho general benefit of the school,
being full and regular members thereof.
They have the pleasure, as reward for
their labOrs, to hand to the treasury of the
schools handsome amount, which enables
them to pay the numerous bills always
accruing in Sunday school.
The report of tho committee and the &C.
count of the treasurer were audited by
II r. Bitter and E. Konigmachcr, who
found the total receipts from different
sources to be $354.O5, expenses SGS.57, and
net proceeds $2SJ. As, which is beyond the
expectation of all and compares favorably
with any other entertainment heretofore
given in Ephrata.
The Ephrata Union Sunday school was
organized about IL years ago in side
room at the hotel and under the charge of
S. s. High, its first superintendent was
removed to another room which room
proved too small, and from there to the
Lutheran church, where it is now held.
It is in a prosperous condition, numbering
about 40, nearly all tho officers and
teachers being members of said church.
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EcIlpSo of tho Moon.


of the moon will have to stay up late to-
night or get up very early in tho morning.
According to Baer's almanac, an undoubted
authority in such matters, the earth's
shadow will begin to overspread the moon
at 9minutes past midnight, the commence
ment of the total observation at O'Clock
12 minutes the middle of tho total OBJ
scuration at so the end of the Obscura.
ton at 2:32 the end Of the earth s shadow
of 3:35. The total duration Of tho OBJ
scuration will he hour and 20 minutes, and
the duration of tho whole eclipse 3 hours
and 26 minutes.
The probable state of the weather pre-
dicted in Baer's almanac, is June 18th
"cloudy with rain," and juno 18th ''pleas-
ant" cold Probabilities assures us
clear or clearing weather, and thus far the
prediction is being verified. The probabil-
ity is that all who choose to witness the
eclipse will have fair opportunity Of do
ing SO.
complimentary All Around.
ssThc syndicate Of LIARS" says tho
New Era, ''is tho truthful but not alto
gether elegant name given an association
of New York stock gamblers" ''rhe
political LIAR is the suggestive but not
altogether elegant name given tho prOpri-
etor of the New Era by its esteemed Re-
publican contemporary the Examiner and
1.-The modern Ananias' is the most com.
plimstary- phrase used by the Inquirer in
describing the character Of tho NeU Era's
editor.
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PERSONAL.

Personal.
Rev. DANIEL SrEcK, d. D., q promi-
fient Lutheran minister, died last evening
ut Gettysburg.
Rev. FRANCIS WOLFE has rendered his
resignation as principal Of the Moravian
seminary for young ladies at Bethlehem.
His successor has not as yet been appointed.
DR.. II. LENox HODGE, ono of the best
known physicians of Philadelphia, died at
eight O'Clock yesterday morning at his
residence, on Broad street, below Lom-
bard.
MARK TWAIN says: "Total abstinence
is so excellent thing that it cannot be
carried to too great an extent. In my pas
sion for it even carry it so far as to to-
tally abstain from total abstinence itself.
JOHN A. LOGAN employed some men to
bore for coal near Murphysboro. At the
depth Of 14O feet they reported they
struck rich vein Of coal. John went to
work to sink tho shaft, but when he got
down to the place he found that the men
had "salted the mine-therc was no coal
there. 1t cost about 1000
Alexander Swift, brOther-in-law of the
CARY sisters, Alice and Phoebe, has bought
the old Leary homestead in Cincinnati,
known as ClOverncok, and Intends to re-
pair the building and to make of the
grounds memorial park in honor of the
departed and vcncrated early occupants of
the place.
Tho negotiation between ADEL1NA PATTI
and the American capitalists for an Ameri.
can tour has been abandoned in conse-
quence of tho extravagant demanded. Mr..
Rullman, who has been acting as agent
for the undertakers Of the enterprise, says
that Nicolini was tue stumbling block. Hc
demanded 4, 200, 600 francs for Patti aud
himself. 1t is believed that Nicolini will
take Patti to America on his. own account
Mr.. BELTzHoOvER writes that the state
ment that he was in Harrisburg working
against the insurance bill is wholly false.
'In support Of this 1 beg to refer to tho
members of the Senate and House from
this congressional district and to all other
senators aud to all other senators and
members with whom I spoke while there.
am not interested in any way in the
matter myself and did not try to influence
anyone else."
The autograph testimonial album to
Mrs. RUTHEEFOHD i. HAYES bv the
women Of Illinois, has been finished. The
work consists Of six largo volumes, of $50
pages each. elegantly bound in full Tur-
key worocco. All through the volumes
arc scattered India ink drawings. Long
fellow subscribcs his name with the lines
Wiener Il noble deed is wrought,
Whcne'er Is spoke a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.
Her presence lends its warmth and health
To all who come before it;
lfwOman lost us Eden, such
AS she above restore it.
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Mayors Court.

Mayors Court.
The mayor had three drunks before him
this morning. One got five days, another
paid costs, and third was discharged.
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MINOR TOPICS.

AMONG the pious bulls and bears of
Wall street, some entcrprisins fellow
bought several thousand copies of the old
version, and putting them into new bind
ings, did thriving business at 100 per
cent, peddling them among the brokers
for the new version.