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all could be admitted. For future prO-
motion, would also roeommend thaS the
max1mun a0o of admission to the girls
high school be fxed ut thirteen yoors.
Th6 Would insure le0 haste in the peop-.
aration for admission and greater maturi.
ty of mind to grapple with the sciences
that properly belong to tho high school
course.
Both of these measures would be bens.
fetal to the pupils of the secondary schools
and would also elevate the character of
tho high school.
Respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
r. X. BUEHRLE.
Mr.. Warfel presented the following re-
solution. which, while he confessed it in
fringed ON the rules of tho board, was the
most practicable means of tiding over the
difficulty which has arisen in the girls high
school owing to the large number of trans.
fers from the secondary schools. t.r
Resolued, That the vacancies in the
girls high school be filled with pupils
whose examination average exceeds "a,
and should any vacant seats remain after
all such pupils have been admitted, they
shall be given to those pupils whose
scholarship and age in the judgment of the
city superintendent aud tho teachers in
whose charge they have been, bsst entitle
them to those positions.
The chair ruled the resolution out of
order as being in contraventiOn of the rule
which fixed 70 as the maximum psr cent.
which entitled pupils to admission into the
high schools.
Mr.. Evans appealed from tho decision
of the chair but the chair was sustained
by vote of IL to 1O.
The report of the experimenting com.
mittee, presented . month ago and laid
over for consideration, at this meeting
was taken up and read. Its principal fea-
ture is Recommendation that the schools
now organized on the three division"
plan, be reOrganized ON the 1.-TWO divi-
sion' plan.
A motion was made to adopt the rec
concentrations of the committee.
The chair decided the motion to be out
of order as the recommendations Of the
committee were in cOntravontiOn OF the
rules of the board.
Amendment 10 bylaws.
MI. Warfel offered the recommendations
of the committee as an amendment
to the rules Of tho board. Under
the rules the amendment lies over
for a second reading next month and for
final action two months hence.
Mr.. BrOsius moved that the superin-
tending committee be directed to consult
with the parents of the younger and lower
grade transfers to the girls high school,
and urge them to consent to their children
remaining another year in the secondary
schools. The motion was agreed to after
adding the names of Messrs. Brosius and
Brown to the committee.
Lightning Rods.
A communication was received from ].
Vondersmith proposing to place lightning
rods on all the school houses, keep them
in repair and renew all points that may be
damaged by lightning for period of five
years. The communication was referred
to the committee on school property.
Adjourned.
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Excess of property and assets. $3.50. AT II
RORERT EVANS

Excess OF property and R6sEsT T. EvsSs :ss4
HENRY CAKPENTER,
School property.
Mr.. Slaymaker, from the committee on
buildings and grounds, reported verbally
that the committee had sold the material
of the old North Mulberry street school
buildings to Martin Kendig for 1926, the
purchaser to grade the grounds to level
with the adjoining high school grounds.
Mr.. Slaymaker also suggested that the
committee be authorized to advertise for
coal, repair tho Duke street school houses
and sell at public sale tue Sherman street
lot, provided sufficient bid b made for
the same.
On motion the committee was authorized
to act in all the matters above referred to.
Mr.. Eberman from the committee on
school furniture announced that the COM
mittee had contracted with L. C. Eaby,
agent of tue keystone manufacturing
company, for furniture for the Ann street
school building.
Mr.. Brosius from the judiciary commit
tee reported that no final action had been
taken relative to the disputed line of New
street school building lot. On motion the
matter was referred to the judiciary CON-
mittee with power to act.
City Suporintsndent's Report.
The report of the city superintendent
was read as follows
LANCASTER, Pa, July 5, 1883.
TO the Board of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN-Your city superintendent
presents the following report of the public
schools for tho month of June
The whole number of pupils enrolled
was In the high schools, POI secondary,
915; primary, 1,823-tOtal, 1859. The
average attendance was: In the high school
1856 secondary, 1856 primary, 1,476-
total, 2.447.
The average percentage was "a. The
number of visits made by tho city super
intendent, as reported by the teachers,
was IS.
The number of visits made by directors
was 81, as follows: Hon. ]. B. Warfel
1S; j. w. Byrne, z; L. Richards, II !;
VIM. McComsey, Q; w. A. Morton, 8;
Rev. g. Riemensnyder, 8 J. j. Hartman,
/; w. o. Marshall, l H. E. Slaymaker,
5 Dr.. ]. Levergood, 2 D. Schmeych,
II. r. B:eneman, 4 II. z. Rhoads, 1.
OF tho pupils who presented themselves
for examination for promotion into the
high schools, fifty-one boys attained the
required average. Of these Mr.. Levergood
sent IA Mr.. Stamy, 12; Mr.. Gates, II
Miss Powers. 9; and Mr.. Matz, s; and
sixty five girls, Of whom Miss Carpenter
sent II Miss Huber, IA Mis- Brubaker,
12; Miss Powers, II Miss Bundel, o
and Mr.. Matz, 2. To admit all these girls
in tho present high school is simply i'm
possible, and tho board is therefore
obliged either to raise the standard Of i'd
mission for the girls or to establish an
additional in q separate building. OF the
two alternatives, I would recommend the
former. Forty-six Of the girls have at
tained an average Of "a and upwards, and
this were established as the standard,
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EDUCATIONAL.


MEETING OD 36E SUHOOL BOARD.
Report OF FIuance COMMITTEES and Clsy
Supsrintendeat-Hl Mat
ters OF Buslness.
The board of directors of Lancaster city
school district met Thursday evening
at 7:3O.
The following named members were
present:
Messrs. Breueman. Brosius, Brown,
Carpenter, Eberman, Evans, Cast. Hart
man. Johnston, Marshall, McCOmsey,
McConomy. Morton, Offender, Raub,
Reimensnyder. Richards, Ringwalt Sam
son, Schwebsl, Slhymaker, Warfel
Christian Zecher, George w. Zecher and
Levergood, president.
The minutes of last stated meeting were
read and adopted.
BlIs Paid.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills which were
ordered to be paid
B. Yecker, rent of opera house for COM
mencement, $50; G. r. Frailey, engross
ing diplomas, $1S F. K. Erisman, recov-
ering blackboards, 1884; Frank Donnelly
labor, S5; Joseph Samson. brush, $1.50
Aug. F. Rein@hl, removing piano forte
50 Fl. A. Decker. tuning high schoo
piano, 50; J. B. Rinehart, for work al
commencement, $3.50 Geo. w. Zeoher;
expressage on diplomas and seals, g.
cents gas bill, 50 ; New Era, printing
and advertising. s3S 60; Lewis Noll
brooms, $3.50; A. J. Burger, for AnI
street school house, $4,000 Bowers &
Hurst, $7.Q Thos. Hunter. printing 15(
diplomas, $28 !; William T. Wetzel, labor
$5.
Annual Report Of Finance Oommittss.
Mr.. Evans also presented the annua
report Of the finance committee, Of which
the following is copy:
To the Board of Directors of Common School
of Lancaster county:
Your committee of finance, as required
by law, respectfully present the annual
statement of receipts and expenditures O
the board for the year ending with the
first Monday in June, 1883, together witt
the liabilities and assets
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Another chester County Horse aone

Tho Chester county people continue to
suffer from the depredatious Of horse
thieves, and B. 81. Pownall telegraphs
from Parkesburg that he had black horse
and a spring wagon stolen last night. He
asks our police to be on the lookout for
the team, which he describes in the tele-
gram to the chief of police.
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Tho Mayor Cites tho Ordinance that Allows
Th0ms

The Mayor CITES tho Ordinance that Allows
Them.
EDITORS INTELLIGENCER-I am sorry
that l cannot complir tent the editors of
the INTELLIGENCER upon their knowledge
of the ordinances of tho city of Lancaster.
The editors, presume, are aware that the
functions of the mayor of the city are
purely executive, and not in the most
remote part legislative. lie, perhaps un.
fortunately, must take the laws and ordi-
nances rs he finds them. Among the
ordinances by which he finds his authority
limited on the 4th Of July is the following,
which the editors will find on page SO of
city ordinances, edition of 1880:
That the first section OF the ordi-
nances, entitled AN ordinance for pre-
venting accidents by fire and the better
preservation of order in the city, passed
on the 1st day of March, 1925, shall not
be construed So as to prevent or prohibit
the sale of, Or casting, throwing or firing
of squibs, rockets or other fireworks with.
in the city of Lancaster on the Sd, 4th and
5th days of July, in each and every year. "
"Public sentiment may not approve
this law, but public sentiment should
make itself felt in it's repeal, and
should not expect of tho mayor the
excuse Of any arbitrary power. The In.
TELLIGENCER is unfortunate in its refer
enco to Mayor King, of Philadelphia.
There the mayor has penary power under
the ordinances of the city, as can be found
by looking the matter up.
Respec ctfully,
JNo. r. MACGONIGLE,
Mayor.
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Picnic of Graduates

Yesterday the boys and girls, who were
graduated from tho high school last week,
held q picnic at Rocky Sprinap. They
went down from Winners bridge by the
steamer and spent a pleasant day.
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Engj0e on tho Track.

A railroad accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad between 12 and l
O'Clock this morning, between Leman
Place and Pequea bridge. A freight train
westward bound, was crossing from ono
track to another when the switch rail
broke and the engine and one car wsrs
thrown from tho track. Neither was
broken, but as the engine was heavy
Modoc, it was some time before it could be
again placed on tho track. The mail ex-
press duo here shortly after one o'clock
did not arrive until six two sections of
fast line were delayed for several hours.
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L0okiDg nc Bridges.

: The county commissioners yesterday
drove to Monterey and took q look at a
number Of bridges on Mill creek, which
are in need of repairs.
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Our Wo 1T Pointer.

At the June examination of the West
Point cadets Edward w. McCaskey, son
of Prof. J. p. McCaskey, of this city,
stood No. Is in a class of92. and the class,
as whole, is ono of the strongest that has
ever been at the academy. So C.Fgt
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ARMS lSK,IN EN-.
A yyoman Falls Down Stairs

A Woman Falls Down Stairs.
Mrs. Ginger, who resides on West
Marion alley, while attempting to come
down stairs late last night, made q mis-
step and fell from the top to the bottom Of
the stairs, badly bruising her breast, cut
ting her head and breaking her right arm.
DR.. Mccormick rendered tho needful
surgical aid.
A Boy rails From sCherry Tree.
Yesterday son of John Metzger, re-.
siding on North Mulberry street, went to
the country for cherries. While picking
them he fell from the tree and broke both
bones of his left forearm. DR.. Mccormick
set the fractured bones.
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COhI6sBeB AnU ID FOFKIv6n.
Forney's Progress.
The Lancaster INTELLIGENCER, in copy
ing my artical on Sunday lectures in that
city, says:
"F5rney's Progress, speaks of Lancaster
as one of the least advanced cities 1t
knows Of How many does it know OF?
Clearly Lancaster is not one Of them"
confess that the remark was in bad
taste. but was indignant that Lancaster
could have what Philadelphia may not,
and tried to shame our people by making
the comparison with Lancaster as strong
as possible. beg pardon, and am free to
say that in some respects, tho people Of
Lancaster are more sensible and liberal
minded than those Of Philadelphia.
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John Dickel, who was SO seriously
stabbed by Charles Roden, is not yet out
of danger, but lie is doing AZ we'll as can
be expected and his physicians have fair
hopes of his recovery.
Frederick Dickel, butcher, and John
Dickel, grocer, on Mulberry street, desire
it to be known that the John Dickel. who
was cut in the affray on tho Fourth, is not
G son of either of them.
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Bewildered In Woss Chester

West Chester Local News.
A young gentleman from Lancaster,
visiting West Chester, became bewildered
on South Walnut street, last evening, and
was unable to reach the house Of the
friends he was stopping with until near
midnight.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30
A Sharp EncOu,,ter--C 6ers
atthc Bat and Robinson on deck.

FRosTDURG, Nd, June 20.
To the MINING JOURNAL:
The Review of this week says:
We have pasted the communication of
John Chambers, alias "Skip," in our scrap
book, with other evidences of his foible in
tellect, etc.
My friend of the Revie,D has made
my name quite lengthy by adding an
"aliaS.' In this he assumes the role
of a detective and shows disr osition
to Inform" But as there is not
much need of informers on this side
of the water he would do better in
Dublin or London, where bounties are
offered.
With regard to my intellect I am
aware l am no leading light. But l
have enough common sense to pay a
man back in his swn coin when be
gives ME opportunity.
As for the scrap bsok hope he will
have many more such communications
to put in it. With a moderate col
lection the book would be the braini.
est tool about the Repiew office.
JOHN CHAMBERS.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

one. Schuyler of the "Cony" club
has a very effective straight delivery
and is no doubt the best pitcher in
AlleganY county.
If the Cumberland baseball club
is broken up, probably "lawn-teunis"
will be substituted, as it is becoming
very popular everywhere. 1t IL a
snowy game, allowing fine display
of physical graces in picturesque
costumes. Then it requires no
thought, no study, no calculation and
that endears it to the dude and du-
dette to whom study is an abomination.
Any one can jump around and slash
at ball with gridison. And then it
requires no concentration Of interest,
You can play it while you are think
ing and talking about something else;
and you can begin at any point and
stop at any roint without destroying
interest in the game. Indeed it isn't
game at all, but merely an arrange.
ment to give an excuse for putting on
J aesthetic costumes and making a
show of oneself.
Croquet is the finest game in the
world, to my mind, and holds its own
we'll against all rivals. Iprsdict that
the next generation, and the next, and
the next, will be as fond tf it as We
ever were, when tennis has long been
forgotten. Croquet is a scientific
game, appealing to the intellect. 1t
is more mathematical than billiards;
more strategical than chess, and it
cultivates the memory as we'll as
whist.
l am glad to hear that "Skip," the
Frostburg correspondent of the Queen
City Courier, has nothing against your
correspondent or his letters. l read
his last letter through before I found
out this fact, and am also glad to hear
he does not want to 60 to the Legis-
laturs and that he has the interests of
those whom he writes about at heart.
The politicians Of Allsgany county
do not want to send newspaper cor.
respondents to the Legislature. The
correspondents know too much of the
record of some Of the politicians and
are not afraid of criminal libel suits.
have great sympathy for those
who are in distress around Frostburg
and hope that the threatened depres.
sion in the coal trade will soon dsap-
pear in prosperity's breeze, and that
we will have peace and thrift in this
region before the summer is ended
If 60, then everybody will have some
thing to be thankful for CADMUs.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30
Remedy for SlOU York on the
Canal.

CUMBERLAND, MD, June 90, 1888.
To the MINING JOURNAL:
For the benefit of the many read
ers OF your paper who are interested
in the coal trade and who are anxicus
to know " hat is wrong with the boats,
and why there is not more coal being
shipped by canal, ETC., will explain
some Of our drawbacks.
To commence with, l would say for
the last two months boats have been
lying at the port Of Georgetown from
four to ten days, waiting for schooners
to come to take the coal from the
boats. This has got to be such a reg
ular thing that the boatmen are dc.
tsrminsd it must stop some way or
other. The capital invested in the
running Of aboat is about 81 500, and
when we take into consideration the
fact that when We make full time aud
good work at the end OF the month,
at present prices we have a clear
profit for capital invested of $3.50,
and that when we are compelled to
figure at half time, it makes the mar
gin 80 fine that cur hair stands on
end. We ask ourselves what will be
the result, or what is the use of run
ing the risk we do when wa are drift
ing back instead of advancing as we
had hofed to do when tie season
orened !? The toatIneu are contem-
plating refusal to receive any coal
Oh their boats without a guarantee CT
quick dispatch at tiiewate~, and
would not be surprised 10 t.ar If the
toatmen making a general stop until
the conn anies will say they won t
Keep them waiting with the boats at
tiewater. There is quite num-
ber OF boatmen in Cumberland ow
who have refused TO load their boa.s
without an article of agreement for
quick disy atch below, or damages for
all time lost over thirty hours, The
shippers of the National coal have
signed an agreement with the boat
men to unload them or pay The cap
tain of the boat $S rer day for all
time detained over thirty hours.
This will have to become a general
rule, or many of the boatmen will
be compelled to leave the canal.
Boat labor differs with all other
labor. When man hires a crew for
boat it is the custom to pay them so
much per month and board them, and
you must pay them the regular salary
whether the boat runs or not. So
you will observe that the expense of
boat is just as great 10 the captain
when the boat is idle as when
it is running. If the boat is idle for
month the captain has just the
same salaries and board to pay out as
he would if the boat had run. This
is the custom and no one can take
any exception to it. Therefore, q
close observer will undaret tand a boat
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

AN EASY Thing TO BE SELFISH
1t is one Of the easiest things in the
world to be selfish to go through the
days jo,tling our neighbors, and taking
more of the road than by right be-
longs to US. 1t is so easy thing to
indulge in that it is our belief that but
small portion of the selfishness tn at
so mars and CRATES in the world of
oars is premeditated. But all the
same, selfshness, even if it be un-
thinking selfshness, is a sin. We
have eyes given to US to see with,
minds to think with; we have no
right to close the one, aud the others
to lie dormant. We shall be held
responsible for the conversion of our
selves into wooden beings, with neither
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

LAWYERS may he angels at ban
quets but in court-however, Judge,
the historiogrsphers of Abraham and
his times tell US that there are two
classes Of winged spirits. And upon
the authority of the Hagerstown Odd
FsllesU, which hardly knows what
will happen whsn "the Court must
enter the lions den and lock horns
with the entire bar" we are inclined
to fear that one genus also has the
aign which distinguishes the rumi-
nant quadruped. We can remember
something in this connection concern
ing the rescue of Judge Dan iel, but
il is not stated that either the lions or
angels had horns, nor is it set forth in
any of the varied pictorial represen-
tations of that notable dilemma. Al
together we are apprehensive hat the
legal analogy between the angelic
character of Abraham's visitants and
lawyers, and the editorial metaphor of
q bull fight, are alike fsr-fetched and
unfortunate.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

can not and will not lay in the harbor
from four to ten days each trip to be
unloaded This thing must change.
The companies must give better work
to the boatmen or they will be nee.
essarily compelled to stop their boats
and put their stock to other use.
l hear many people say if the canal
company would enlarge the canal,
make double locks, ETC., it would bene.
fit the boatmen and make trade bet
ter, etc. would cay all such talk
is humbug, because for the last three
or four years the boatmen on the
canal at its present size and condition
have not been given one-half the
work it was able to do, and | can
safely assert that for the last ten
years the canal could have shipped
double the amount of coal that was
offered to it. To-day if the amount
of coal was moving that this canal
is capable of at its present condition
all of US, both miners and boatmen,
would feel happy and there would be
no cause to complain even at present
prices.
Hoping this will be Of some inter-
est to the readers of your paper, am
yours respectfully, A BoATMAN.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30
THE SPRING OF 1883
Has Arrived !!

We THAT HAVE BEEN BUYING
l. common and ill-fitting clothing, and
have been growing and grumbling because
of it, remember that no such complaints
are heard about the Splendid fitting
and well made Slething that
comes from
HARRY c. COLBORN'S
Merchant Tailoring Establishment,
Next Door to st. Cloud Hotel, Frostburg
SUITS TO ORDER from line of For.
eign and Domestic Sultings, bought East
and West, that for Neatness. perfection of
Coloring, excellence of Quality and Low
Prices
WILL WIN EVERY TIME,
and young man don't you forget it. A
pleasure to show them to you. Come and
see them. II. o. COLBORN,
Apr 14-tf Frostburg, Nd.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

Our FUTURE Three Overshaaow-
ing Problems.-In his address to the
graduates of ST. Johns College, Tues.
day, Gen, Bradley 7. johnson refer
red to "the principles on which the
Maryland Commonwealth was built
two hundred and fifty years ago as
found to be the only ones that could
keep society together. The scholar Of
to-day, as the statesmen of fifty years
hence, will havo to solve polit ical
problems never presented to the world
before. Three of these he would leave
to his auditors to think upon:
Fgrst-The widening chasm between
great wealth and suffering poverty.
Second Fifty years hence there will be
thirty millions of voters, and five millions
will own all the property and hold the rest
of the voters under their power.
Third-Corporations that are immortal
and pay no taxes.
In speaking upon the third propo-
sition General Johnson prOphesied that
ths Dartmouth College decision would
be eventually overthrown, OF it would
upturn society.