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. SGAkE. ALL AROUND.
a StureroOm Found Open Last Nigh
Robbery Suspected.


At = late hour last night and an carly
hour this morning, there was quite q scare.
We might say several scares, on West King
street. Private Watr'rrlan Erisman, in
making his roi:.dS, discovered that tho
front door Of NJ. II. Bash & Sons cloak
store was unlocked. He Of course sup
posed the store had been robbed. or was to
bo robbed, SD he kept 81 close wat III over it
aud examined all adjacent premises, His
intrusion set the dogs barking and tho
noise made by them alarmed the whole
ncighborhOod. As day break approached and
no thieves appeared the watchman tried
to lock the front dooG, the key being in it ::
but the key was SO much bent that il
would not go into tho keyhole from tho
outside. Seeing light in the kitchen Of
Mrs. Albright's boarding house, adjOin
ing Bash's store, the watcliman raped
loudly at the door, and asked to be lot IN,
he wanting to borrow a llatc,et to straish
ten the key. The barking Of the dogs,
the rapping ut the door, and the demand
for admittance, frightened Ms. Albright,
and as she had just arisen from her bed for
the purpose Of locking after her fires,
she was not at any rate, in
the best trim to receive visitors, SO she
stoutly refused to open the door. Tho
Waterman then Went to the Cooper house,
borrowed q hatchet. Strengthened tho door
key, locked the store door from tho out
side and went home. Tho greatest scare
of all was when Mr.. Bash came tn open
his store in the morning ald found That
some ono had been there before him and
carried off his key. He, OF course, sup
posed robbers had stolen hundreds or
thousands of dollars worth Of his iiuo
costumes. Hs examined his stock with
many misgivings. but q carful investisa-
tion showed that nothing was missing
and then he recollected that on leaving
the store last night he had, while his
thoughts were busy on other matters.
neglected to lock the front door. But
"all's well that ends WELL"
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The Iron Market.

The Pittsburgh meeting of iron mail-
ufacturers is reported IS having been a
more cheerful gathering than the gen.
eral public would have supposed it
would he in the present condition Of the
trade. The manufacturers expect a
better demand for their product in the
new year, and they have good reason for
their hope. There is nothing in the
condition of the country to create the
opinion that its enterprises are going to
collapse at an early day. The railroad
activity has been unduly stimulated by
the speculation in stocks, and is unduly
depressed now by the condition Of the
stock and money market. But sener-
ally the trade of the country is in /, good
condition, and is likely to be Sd for some
years to come.
The Pittsburgh meeting fixed the price
of bar iron at two and quarter cents
per pound, which is somewhat more than
the present price of the Pittsburgh mills.
The card rate of the manufacturers does
not seem to control their prices, being of
use chiefly to fix the wages of labor. Tie
Philadelphia mills last month fixed the
price of their product at two and a-half
cents a pound, when they were not able
to get that figure. They seemed to be
afraid to confess what they were selling
iron for, and preferred to put price
upon it that they could not get. even
though it compelled them TO pay higher
rate of wages. There was not much
good sense in that policy. 1t is not one
probably which animated the Pitts
burgh meeting in fixing the January
price of iron at 24 cents. That price
will he as likely to he below as above the
Pittsburgh market when the new year
opens. There is every reason to be-
lieve that manufactured iron has
touched its lowest price for the season.
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THE Harrisburg Telegraph makes the
eminently wise and very practical sug-
gestion that if the Legislative Record is
to be published it must be vastly
improved to be tolerated-the pastors
and folders can he dispensed with
by having the Record mailed from
its publication office. This is true. Two
boys at SIS week can thus do the work
that twenty men have been paid about
that many thousand dollars for. Any
publication can be mailed most promptly
and with least expense from its Office of
publication. One thing that makes the
Record useless, as it has been published,
is the delay in its distribution, caused
by the present system of pasting and
folding. The Democrats of the House
must abolish the pasting and folding de-
partment. The Republicans of the Sem
ate will not dare to continue it.
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PERSONALS.

NINE. JANAUscHEK, when she gets he,
picture taken, insists on assuming her own
poses, will not allow the photographer to
touch her and let's the drapery take care
of itself.
Ex GOVERNOR SEYMOUR has recently
presented to the state library the original
of a deed of land in this state made by
George Washington and George Clinton
and witnessed by Tobias Lear and De.
Witt Clinton in 1890.
WILLIAM CASTLE and Emma Abbott
have been photographed as Paul and Tiir-
gin;a, and also in Ar embrace as Romeo and
Juliet, in the balcony scene. Their faces
necessarily came very close together, and
Miss Abbott loosely inquired of the artist
if he could photograph kiss.
LORD DEREY's surplus income is estl.
mated at 500, 600 year. He has lately
been buying property around London. He
is chi!dless, and has only one brother and
one sister, who is married to man COM
paratively poor. Lady Derby has s2o.-
600 year jointure from the late Lord Sal
isbury.
Ross J. ALEXANDER, the late Democra-
tic candidate for Congress in the Seven
teenth district of Ohio, has sent letter
to tho chief clerk in the office of the
secretary Of state, in which he expresses
the opinion that he is entitled to tho
certificate, as he was the person having
the highest number Of votes for represen.
tative to Congress at the time tho votes
were counted in tho secretary's office.
DIR. Updegraff, being dead, not being a
person in his opinion.
MIR. WHITTIER has thus gracefully ex-
pressed his gratitude for one Of the pres.
ents he received on his recent seventy
fifth birthday: "Mr. John G.. Whittier
hastens to acknowledge the beautiful gift
from his friends of Mr.. C. w. Sanderson's 8
fine water-color painting. Such a testi-
monial on his birthday is gratefully ap
preciated, and the picture itself, on his
walls, will pleasantly recall memories of
rambles by trout streams musical in New
England woods, and bring the warmth
and greenness of summer to winter days"
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, the aged
poet, is tall, straight and slender, and his
forehead is very high, rising massively
into a region of snOw.white hair. The
face and head in appearance are almost
Semitic. His religion and his habits are
those of the Quakers. The writer of this
paragraph remembers hearing Bayard
Taylor with ruddy rugged face) and
William Cullen Bryant with cheeks still
boyish and with an elastic step) saying
several years ago that they feared they
must soon lose Whittier but they are no
longer with us, while the Quaker poet
seems as fresh as tie roses that little
schoolgirls daily take to his home.
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aAsOsic.

At regular meeting Of Goodwin ConE-
Gil No. 10, r. S. and $. NJ, held at Masonic
hall, on Wednesday evening, December
Goth. the following officers were duly
elected ard installed by d. ID. T.. NJ. W.
]. Fordney, for the ensuing Masonic
I'll. G. Master-John Hull.
D. I. G. M,-Joshua L. Lyte.
PC. of W.-Dr. JnO. II. Morris.
Trcas-Chaa. A. Heinitsb.
RecOrder-Ilugh 3. Cara.
Grand Repressutative-Wm. J. Ford
ney. u- H.
The T. I. G Master-elect ma 10 tho fol.
lowing appointments 80
Capt. Of Guard-Joel 8. Eaby.
Marsbal-E. Dram Lyte. 80. .r.
First Keeper Of Tem2le-Chas. A. Fon
Dersmith. ...r,
Heralds-1st, Henry E. Carson I'd.
DR.. Geo. II. Welchans I'd, n. II. Sour
beer. .,.
Sentinel-Geo. Lutz.
Organist-Adam Offender.
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was to literally follow the order.
His staff, however, advised a rest
and, as it was, the march was
made in less time than it would have
been made had not the worn-out army
been allowed to rest until O'Clock. Cap
tain Monteith said that when the joint
order was received it's requirements lad
already been met, and in the event OF q
mistake the responsibility rested op Nc
Dowel!. He denied that Porter's attack
on Lonsstreet lacked promptness or vigor
Captain Monteith was given vote Cf
thanks for his speech. He was introduced
by General J. u. Cox, who had been q
violent literary assailant Of Porter
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IISON AND STEEL.

Matters OF Interest In ManuiAetuEiDE Circles.
The Western Iron Manufacturers asso-
citation met Wednesday in Pittsburgh, and
was attended by representatives of all the
principal cities of the West. Reports
were received from all sections, showing
that, while prices were low, trade vas
fairly good" and the prospects for next
season " exceedingly bright" 1t was de
cided that shs card rate of "a cents on
nails should not be changed, but that the
selling rate be q cents. This is explained
to mean not q reduction, but an equaliza-
tion, as many manufacturers have been
selling for less than that and none for
mOrc,' and it will not effect the market
for wages. A resolution was adopted
urging Congress to pass tho tariff com
missioners' bill this season.
The superintendent Of the South CHI:
cagb rolling mill says that, "'a5 the re-
duced Price of steel rails orders come in
freely, and the mill will start soon in order
to retain their customers, even though
they make no money"
The steel mills of tho Lacs awanna
coal and iron company, ut Scranton. are
again working with = 'uil force, . and
have orders in hand which will insure
operations continuously for tho coming
year. Tho rail department will open
next Monday afternoon,
The trouble in Singers steel inill s,t
Pittsburgh las been settled, the melters
accepting reduction of 81 per ton and
their helpers a reduction of per cent.
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Lehman & Bolton are probably the
heaviest losers of any of tho tenants, their
loss being about ga, 900, which il said to
be nearly covered BY insurance. E. C..
Markley & Sons los II from az. 900 to
a., 900, on which there il IN insurance of
$50, 900. The loss of A. C. Farley & Co.,
is estimated at about $40 600, on which
there Is an insurance of $50, 600, while
E. G. Haehulen s. Co.'s loss is about $15,.
600, covered by insurance. Lehman s.
Bolton few weeks ago put in new press
at q cost of $4,000.
Markley & Son, who have the contract
for printing the sherif's posters, had
been engaged during the day in preparing
them for distribution and had a large
number on hand. In the hurry few
were removed to the Central station We'd
nesday. but the larger part Of them was
destroyed. This loss will probably cause
many of the sheriff's sales to be postponed
for some time.
Great care was necessary to guard against
the showers of sparks. At the north
east corner of Fifth and Walnut streets
the awning in front Of Joseph Schlitz's
saloon was in blaze, but one Of the men
employed there succeeded in putting out
the flames.
Engine No. broke down at Tenth and
Market streets while responding to the
first alarm and lay wreck, with all her
wheels smashed, right in the car track:
The cars had to be derailed to get around
the obstruction.
Flames Kasin: Elsewhere.
The farm buildings of E. c. Hawkes.,
at Charlemont, Mass, were burned Wed.
nesday. with $50 sheep, so calves and a
quantity of hay and grain.
The hospi al of the Sisters Of Charity,
at Big Rapids, Mich, was burned We'd
nesday. and valuable library, belonging
to the estate of the late Father do COnick,
was destroyed.
An inccndiary fire at MorristOwn, n. j.,
Wednesday morning, destroyed large
barn and oatbuilding belonging to Sena-
tor Randolph, also q new steam ditcher,
lately patented by him and built at an cx.
pense Of over &c. 900.
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\ BRUTAL. EiGhT.
Two N en Pou nding Each Otter for a .'us
of $3.50.

Of $3.50.
A prize fight took place Wednesday
morning about twenty-five miles from
Pittsburgh on the Fort Wayne railroad.
The principals were John GilsOne, {;
Swede, and 4 German named Reisen-
housen. The two men worked together
IN a mill on the South Side, and consider
able bad feeling had been engendered
owing to the uncertainty as to which was
the better man. They agreed to fight for
$3.50 and they came together at eight
O'Clock in the morning. The first round
was Il kock. down for tho Swede. In
the second round they both fought
for all they were worth. There was
no science displayed, but they struck each
other right and left and battered each
others frontispiece in 4 terrible manner.
The round was finally settled by the Ger
man knocking the Swede down. The
third, fourth and fifth rounds were all
knock downs for the German. The sixth,
seventh and eighth rOunds were knock
downs for the Swede, which made them !,
tic. In the ninth round they both came
to the scratch promptly and this was the
hardest fought round during the whole
battle. They struck at each Other as if
they were blind, and the round was called
draw. The German had the side Of his
nose nearly torn off by AL upper cut and
the Swede received two very bad cuts
above tho eyes.
The men were very weak when they
came into the ring for the tenth round.
After fighting about four or five minutes
they stopped and asked to have the blood
rubbed off their faces, which was DONE
Then conversation took place between
the hackers and the men aud it was de-
cided to sop tho fight, as tho men were 50
weak they could scarcely stand. They
shook hands and tho Swede said to tho
German Il think we will meet again.
and If We ever do one of us must win''
Two D,sgusted PuEiilsus.
The order prohibiting the match be
tween Sullivan and Elliott, on Friday
evening next, in Chicago. has caused
much disappointment in sporting circles,
it having been anticipated that the contest
would be one of the most interesting
of the kind which has ever taken
place in Chicago. Both Elliott and
Sullivan are very much disguised
over tho state of affairs. It canses o pecu-
mary loss to both of them. " "Parson ("
Davies, Elliott's hacker, feels very much
mortified over the matter, having made
extensive arrangements for the meeting,
besides being loser in financial way.
Sullivan left for New York very much an
nOyed at the interference with the match.
He said 4" It's sure thing could have
knocked out Elliott, and wanted chance
to get at him. The match couldn't come off
in any other western city as I'm engaged
to appear at Joc Columns benefit in New
York. I don't know when I'll get chance
to do up Elliott"
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FRIENDS IN NEED.


Ono OF Fitz-JObn POrter's staff Defending
His Former General.
At secret session of the society OF
army and navy officers, held in Cincinnati,
Captain Monteitb, member of Fitz-
John Porter's staff at the second battle of
Bul! Run, defended General Porter's
conduct. He, Captain Monteith, in re-
viewing tho character Of tue order from
Pope to Porter, which Porter is charged
with disobeying. took the ground that
Porter, though not obeying to the letter,
did obey the 81 der in spirit, aud that sub.
sequent events provo that Porter showed
great wisdom in exercising his own dis
cretiOn. The officer who brought the Or
der travelled nine miles in bringing it, and
reached Pope at 7:50 p. M, and such was
the character If the country they travers.
ed that it required them, doing their best,
three hours and twenty minutes to make
their trip. Porter's first impulse
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Aancaster .9ntelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING DEC. 2l. 1882



Senator Pugh proposes to amend the
Penaleton civil service bill by requiring
old as well as new officers Of the
government to come under its harrow.
There does not appear to be any good
reason why present officials should not
undergo the examination declared nee
essary for all new officials. To he sure,
it may he said that the officials who are
now in Office have demonstrated their
capacity by the work they have done.
As they are kept in Office the
presumption is that they are COM
petent, else they would have been
discharged. That ought to he first
rate argument, but unfortunately it is
not worth much. Little can be predicat.
ed OF the fitness of the present officers
by the fact of their retention in Office, be.
cause they are retained, as they have been
appointed, for reasons foreign to their
fitness. But il We could admit their fit
ness we still could not concede that they
should thereby be RENTED from
the civil service examination pro
posed for their successors because, il
they are fit they will pass the examina'
tion with flying colors, and they and the
public alike have the satisfaction of see
ing the examiners seal set upon their
fitness.
But that Is assuming, again, that thi:
examiners seal is to be accepted as
meaning all it says. 1t is admitting thai
when an applicant passes out Of the hand:
of the examiners with their endorsement
he is qualified in every way to be al
officer of the government. We do moi
believe that the examination viii
have any such virtue. 1t is very
doubtful, in our judgment, whether
the examination will have any other re
suit than to reject the men fit to be Off
cials and accept the unfit, in about equa
proportions. That is about the result o.
the winnowing Of the West Point pro
fesso1s and of the professors in col
leges generally, and it is not likely
that the DOrman Eatons of the civi
service commission will have any bette
luck. They will never discern the na
tural capacity which the state needs il
her servants nor the moral stamina
energetic impulses and honest aspira
tions which are comprised in her de-
mand. But if a mess is to be made O
the new appointments, let us have th
old mixed in the same pot. If tn
Unitel States is to have for its officers
set of men qualified to he school teacher
and nothing else, let us have the sam,
gauge of qualification run through
the entire list. DO not let us pu
the old fellows to shame 10y Civ
ing them subOrdinates who can spell
every word in the dictionary, and pars
every parsable sentence in the presi
dents message. If our officials are tt
he stamped rs possessors of a liberal edu
cation with a fireprOof knowledge Of al
the arts and sciences, let us start AVA
up with college president as presiden
of the United States, college professor
at the heads of all the departments, ant
college graduates straight away down t
the bottom of the list and so We ma
he happy and prosper.
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q judge should be, and he has we'll earned
the approval of the people in his constant
conduct.

If there is any such item in the au-
ditor generals report for this year as
81 900 paid to Chief Senate Clerk Thos.
B. Cochran for taking care of the state
property during the recess, as there was
in the report of 1880, it should he in
vestigated.
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JUDGE SHARswOOD was the recipient
= of deserved compliment from the three
hundred Philadelphia lawyers who in
vited him to dinner Last evening, at
the foyer Of tie Academy of Music.
Judge Sharswood has been recognized as
the chief justice of the supreme bench
not only in title, but in fact. In judicial
learning, and in the firm and honest ex.
preston Of his opinion, he has been what
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The Senate yesterday confirmed Clayton
McMichael, of Philapelphia, to be marshal
of the District of Columbia J. c. Ban
croft Davis, of New York, judge Of the
court of claims, and Commodore Edward
Il. Calhoun to be rear admiral.
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Harrisburg Telegraph.
Chairman Hensel is alive on the subject
of reform, and adopts T.. Gray Meek's
suggestion that the pastors and folders be
reduced in numbers, and that the men who
draw tho salaries should be compelled to
do the work. Tho Telegraph can suggest
much better. plan il the Legislature
earnestly desires reformation in that par.
ticular. And it 10 to have tho Record
mailed from the Office of publication as
soon as published. This can readily be
done, and for about the cost of . single
paster and folder. and with satisfaction
to tho public. The trouble with the
Record heretofore has been that it was not
mailed until sometimes as much as two
weeks after its delivery on tho hill.
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The trouble at Opeliks, Alabama, con-
tinues. The house of B. II. Heiser, editor
of the Times, was fired n3to son Tuesday
night. Ten buckshot crashed through is
bedroom window and buried themselves
in the opposite wall.
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OIL's down again, but We observe tha
a couple of banks have gone up.

a couple of banks have gone up.
THE annual report of the public printer
shows that during the fiscal year which
ended on the 3Osh of June last the ex-
penses of his Office was 81, 1885. 159, which
is $419,2 larger than in any previous
year.
The reports printed Of the gigantic
thefts of trusted bank officials who were
tempted by their passion for speculation
are striking commentary upon the de.
generate state of public morality that
renders such crimes possible.
One OF the reasons comm unicated to us
why beer is now really worth dollar a
barrel more than it was recently is tha
the hop crop was poor and that tho price
of hops is exceedingly high at tho present
time. We stand corrected on this point
sssuming that a fair proportion of the bee,
sold really contains legitimate quantity
of hops.
The feet OF tho unwary verify stand in
slippery places to day, and the injunction
comes with special emphasis to take heed
lest ye fall. 1t was just as easy as you
please to take sudden and uncomfortable
scat upon the pavement today and the
same condition of things will continue tc-
night, though thoughtful people will
sprinkle their sidewalks with coal asEes
or sawdust.
Mrs. LANGTRY is receiving as liberal ad.
vertisement as any actress who has eve,
visited our shores. First VIC had the
quarrel between the fair amateur and he,
chaperon, Mrs. Labouchere now we have
this same Mrs. Lab. suing in the Virginia
courts to be divorced from man whom
she says is not her husband. All of which
serves to further stimulate tho public Gu
riosity, and invite the shining shekels t.
the Golfers of the Lily and her enterprisinl
manager.
SOMEBODY Or other always has . " biz
! claim" out around Pittsburgh. When the
half-breed Indians arc not claiming the
ground on which that city stands, o.
somebody is not claiming q slice of th'
Economics property, Chris. Magee il
sure to be claiming IL, 600 Republican ma
jority. Now that the progeny of the In
diana woman " Straight Back" ar,
found to not own Pittsburgh, lot of old
Pittsburghers have got together and dis
covered that they own the ground or
which stand the United States capitol
the White House, treasury, navy ant
other government buildings, and hundred
of fine dwellings aud business houses il
Washington, as we'll as thousands of acre
of land in Georgetown,D d. c., Maryland ane
Washington county, Pa. Besides this vas
amount of real estate there is said to b.
considerable money in the bank of Eng
land belonging to the claimants and, o
| course, eminent counsel have been pro
cured to eject the president, Congress ane
the English government. Hoop, la!
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A Princcly Gilt.

John Q. Buchtel has sold s2O0. 900 worth
OF stock in the Buckeye works at Akron,
O.. to Lewis Miller and his three sons, in
order to make an additional gift of $780,
600 to Buchtel college. The gift will b..