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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-02
PERSONAL

MR. BLAINE left Augusta on Monday
for Washington.
GEN. DIAz was on Monday inaugurated
president of Mexico.
Gov. O'NEAL, OF Alabama, was inau gu
rated Monday for his second term.
GEORGE w. BIDDLE has been re elected
| chancellor of the Philadelphia law associa
ton.
HENRY SMITH, who was speaker OF the
New York Assembly in 1872, died Monday
i'll Albany.
WADE HAMPTON and z. B. Vance will
be re elected to the U. 5, Senate without
opposit on.
CLINTON STANLEY, one of the iu.tices oI
the supreme court of New Hampshire, died
on Monday morning.
MAJOR JOSEPH BUSH, U. s. A, retired
died at his home in Summ3rville, Mass
on Sunday, aged 81.
DRs. HIGBEE- AND BRooKs. lecLured al
the Huntington couDty teachers institute
during the past wesx.
DAS MANNING started as oompositol
in the Albany Argus Office and has been in
the establishment ever siuce.
ST. CLAIR MCKELwAY has resigned the
editorship of the A lbauy Argus to assume
an editorial position on tao brooklyn
Eagle.
Miss Ii. E. BRoOKs, formerly superin-
tendent of schools of Lackawanna county,
has entered tho lecture field aud ia doing
institute work in various parts of the
state.
AMOS J. CUMMINGS, of the New Yorl;
S1n, has been elected president of the
New York Press club, by vote Of goa
AGAINST ia for Ashley w. Cole, of the
Herald.
8. A. SMITH. of Montreal, has given
$50, 600 to MCGill university, to be used in
holding separate classes for the higher
education OF women. This makes a total
of slOO, 600 contributed for the purpose by
Mr.. Smith.
REV. I F HEIsLER, of Po.tstown, will
be married 10 daughter of Jacob A.
Leippe, "a former ctizsn of Lancaster, )at
the Leipps mansion, Fourth and Pine
streets, Reading, on the evening of
January 8Lh.
ROBERT s. PATTERSON, w. +. Harrity,
]. G. Gordon, w. II. Chandler, Thos. F.
Oonnelly, F. p. Hagaarty and p. S.
Hughes and the new members elect of the
state committee from Philadelphia. A
contest between State Senator Kennedy
and Representative Al. Crawford has been
postponed for amicable arrangement.
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Mr.. Herr presented letter from Smith,
Goldthorp " Co., OF Pittsburg, offering 20
put plant here for 81, 600, to furnish gas
To all the county buildings, aud guarantee
ing that the gas could bs manufactured at
cost of less than one fourth of what ia
now paid. It was not deemed advisable
to consider this proposition.
Mr.. Clarence N. Kemp, representing the
Climax machine company, of Baltimore,
was asked to appear at the meeting and
give an estimate Of what he would put
machines at the several county bulldogs,
He offered to put 100 light machine at the
court house for $685. a rs light machine
at the prison for $500 or a 80 light m aohine
at the same institute for 500 a go light
machine at the almshouse for 81, $50, or q
100 light machine for s745.
He guaranteed that the gas manufactured
would only cost the county 65 cents per
1000 feet. According to his estimate tho
gas bill at the prison, with ore of his
machines In use would be 1875, while the
bill last year at that institution was
$1,000.
1t was finally dsoided that the prison
board shall select gas machine if it thinks
proper aud buy ono If it is deemed exps
dieut and economical.
THE PRISON INSPECTORS ORDER A MACHINE,
immediately after the adjournment of
the joint meeting, the prison inspectors
met at the office of Solicitor Kennedy and
ordered Climax machine to be placed at
the prison. 1t is of 10 light capacity, the
price to be paid is $500 and 1t will be In
position to be operated By January /.
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A Visit to tho Boys Night School,

Last evening the night school committee
consisting of Messrs, A. z. Ringwalt,
Smeych, Sehwebel and Snyder, paid a visit
to the boys night school aud ali expressed
themselves pleased with the progress that
was being made. Chairman RiDgwalt
being asked for a few remarks congratula
ted the boys on their pleasant surroundings
and hoped they would appreciate their
advantages and make good use of them.
he remarked that this 10Th century de-
manded men Of intelligence aud that it
was the duty of those in attendance IL they
wished to become good citizens, to labor
faithfully for the improvement of their
minds. He complimented the teachers by
saying that he felt they would do all in
their power for the welfare of the boys and
congratulated them on their good average
attendance during the month and hoped
that the month Of December would close
with an attendance equally as favorable.
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Tho btAte'A Tunda.

There has been large drain on the
general fund of the state treasury the past
month, owing to the pecuniary demands
OF various state institutions. Following is
the amount In the general fund Allegheny
National bank, Pittsburg, s75, 1S9 81 =:
Farmers bank, Harrisburg, $40, 900
Farmers and Mechanics National bank
Philadelphia, s4S, 12426 Fifth National
bank, Williamsport, 10000; First
National bank, Harrisburg, sSi 500 54 :
FIRST National bank, Uniontown, slOO, 600
Freehold bank, Pittsburg, $50, 600 ;
Girard National bank, Philadelphia, 900, :
600 Masonic bank, Pittsburg, s25, 600
Merchants and Manufacturers National
bank, Philadelphia, 100000; Mechanics
bank, Harrisburg, eeO, 600; National bank +,
Middletown, GEO. Penn bank, Pitts
burg ljudementl, sl0, 600 Peoples bank,
Philadelphia s40, 600 ; Peoples bank of
Fsyette county, sl0, 900; advances, checks
and cash, e24, 665, ,78; total amount in
general fund, sS4a, 7S343.
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FURTHER evidence is furnished of the
condition and Of the administration of
the Lancaster county prison by the dis
graceful story Of free and easy commu-
nication Of male and female prisoners,
sentenced to Separate and solitary
confinement" who cut holes in the par.
tition between their adjoining cells,
and thus get together. The under
keepers blame 1t on the rotten jail the
inspectors censure" the underkeepers
and damn the Jail too; which has pre-
viously excited the condemnation of
courts and grand juries. The public,
which has been hearing of these things
for years holds its nose at the renewed
report Of them, and while wondering
whose dutyit is to build the oft de.
manded new Jail, concludes that new
kind of inspectors, keepers and Jail ad-
ministration is about as sorely needed
IS a stronger prison.
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Bells Victory over Drawbsugn.

In the United States circuit court New
York, Monday, Judge Wallace handed
down decision in favor of the American
Bell Telephone company in the suit that
has been brought az tiust the Peoples
Telephone company to enjoin the use by
the latter Of its apparatus. The suit,
which involved a larger amount of money
than any previous suit in the United States
courts, has been pending for years. The
Peoples Telephone company represen,
the interest of Daniel Draw baugh.
Since the announcement of the decision
In favor of the American Bell Telephone
company the stock of that company has
advanced in Boston from 220 to 275 in
the market.
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interest charge aud nearly oue-half in

interest charge aud nearly oue-half In
the rate OF interest paid. In tho
management OF it's debt the United
States has been an example to the world.
While heavy taxes were necessary TO ao-
complish these marvellous results those
taxes have neither checked enterprise nor
retarded growth. While. however, the
public debt Is in this satisfactory coudi
tion there are some financial dangers ahead
which can only be avoided by changes In
our financial legislation. The most immi.
nent OF these dangers and tho ono 10
which the secretary asks the especial at
tention OF Congress arises from tho con
tinued coinage of silver and the Increasing
representation Of 1t by silver certificates.
de holds that both gold and silver are alb.
solutely necessary for circulating medium
and that neither can be dtsused without
injurious effects upon home and inter.
national trade. But gold and silver can
only be made to maintain their compar
ative value by the joint action OF CONNER
cisl nations. As most European nations
have dcmouetiZsd silver it is impossible
for single nation to maintain the Oldtime
relative value Of the two metals, After
giving the subject the most careful consid
GRAFTON he is forced to the conclusion that
unless both the coinage of the silver dollars
and the issue of silver certificates are sus-
pended, there is great danger that silver,
and not gold, may become our metallic
standard. To guard against this danger
he strongly urges Congress to suspend OF
| repeal the silver coinage act.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
The number Of national banks in oper
| alton November /, 1881. was 2,612. The
| number of national banks organized
| during the year past was l0l. with an
| aggregate capital of Sl6, ,Oi5, $50 Since
| the establishment of the system there have
been organized 8 26l national banks. OF
| these 4S9 have gone into voluntary liqul-
dation and 100 have been placed in the
| hands of receivers. The circulation dc
| creased by the retirement Of bonds held
| for the purpose of securing circulation
| during the year s25, l56, Asa. Iuasmuct
as about sl35, 000, 900 of the circulation o
banks is based upon our three per cent
bonds, which are now redeemable and
being rapidly redeemed, remedial actor
cannot be postponed beyond the present
session if a rapid reduction of our bsnl
note circulation is to be avoided. Tha
the national banking system has been o.
| great service to the government that il
has furnished bank note circulation o
uniform value and safe beyond question
IS admitted even by its opponents. Al
| this being true, its preservation is a mat
ter of national import nee, its discontin
| uance would be national calamity. Somt
measure should be adopted of more thai
| temporary expediency looking to its fu
| ture perpetuation.
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approval Of subsidies though 1t will be
observed that President Arthur is far
more non-committal than his Sec
retary, and illustrates the difference
between politician desiring TO satisfy
all sides and . hard headed financier
with practical notions OF his own.
The recommendation of a pension for
Grant, springs no doubt from the sympa
thetic impulses Of the executive. There
is no consideration Of national gratitude
nor Of good public policy that warrants
IL.
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The Message and REPORTS.

Mr.. Arthur has "glided through the
official routine" of his duties with dig
nifty and decorum and in colorless and
unimpressive sort of way. His last
message to Congress and to the country
has the same characteristics. In its
treatment of foreign affairs it embodies
the familiar idea of President Taylor
that we are sat peace with all the world
and the rest of mankind" and it is a
good condition in which to be and to
remain. The fact that all nations are
coming more and more to be of this
mind, renders the discussion of military
and naval questions of secondary i'm
portance and remands the science of
warfare and of defense to the rear of
commercial and maritime interests.
As we get further away from the late
war the Union sentiment becomes
stronger and stronger and is to day ss
certain in the South as in the North {;
the increasing efficiency of the national
guard In all the states Is ample guaran-
tee OF domestic tranquility and this
militia could be quite as readily organ.
lied into an effective army for foreign
war as any immediate exigency will
demand. 1t is true that our navy is
weak and contrasts ridiculously with
the armament of many second and third
rate powers I; it has not yet been made
manifest that this country needs O navy
on the high seas for aggression; far less
urgent certainly is the necessity for It
than ii we had a merchant marine built
up. Our long line of seacoast and num-
erous ocean ports are exposed to easy
attack at present, but there is
constantly decreasing peril of that kind I;
meanwhile all the old theories of naval
defense are being revolutionized so
rapidly, that with the development of
dynamite and torpedo methods, we may
soon come to cheaper, quicker and more
effective modes of resistance than the
navy department now gropes for. Most
assuredly the experience of the country
with the Republican administrators of
the navy and its favored ship build.
ers since the war has not commanded
popular confidence, and no great interest
will be felt in this department until a
new administration introduces new men
and measures.
The postal department is the one of
most universal interest in its operations
and every tendency toward cheaper post
age illustrates advancement In admins
tration. The recommendation Of the
department and the president in this
direction seem to be founded In good
reason and cannot fail to be gratefully
received.
1t 10 to the report Of Secretary McCul-
loch, and the presidents views upon
questions of finance and taxation,
that the greatest attention will be direc
led. Az far as they go they will be
genegally accepted as sound, except the
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THE sEOuNU UREnArION,
The Remains of hi's UIspcy Rsdueed tu
Ashss In an Hour aad Quarter.


Ashss In an HOUR and Quarter.
1t was little after 0 O'Clock last even
ing before the retort at the Lancaster
crematorium was In condition to receive
the remains of Miss Laura G.. CLANCY, of
Baltimore. Her friends remained in at.
tendance on the body until the incineration
was complete, which resulted Ia about an
hour and a quarter. The retort was opened
at 8 O'Clock this morniDg, the ashes
were gathered and placed in two boxes and
taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Leinbach to
Baltimore, where they will be placed In
two urns, one Of which will be shipped to
Burlington, w., and placed in the grave
Of her mother. and the other in the grave
of her sister Venie In Baltimore, in accord
anoe with Miss Clancy's dying request.
The ashes were not weighed after being
taken from the retOrt, but their weight was
not more than four pounds. In life Miss
CLANCY weighed 1870 pounds.
MIR. j. N. Gardner, who aooon panied
Mr.. and Mrs. Leinbach when they brou pbt
the remains to this city, and who was pres.
ent at the cremation, is 80 much pleased
with this mode of disposing of the dead,
that he said he would go to Baltimore aud
endeavsr to organize society there for the
purpose Of erecting crematorium, He
said he would like to get several distin-
guished physicians and other prominent
citizens to join him In the enterprise. but
u he failed TO secure their aid he would
build tho orematorium ut his.own expense.
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a Joint Meeting OF the Pri,oa Board and
Poor DIrectOrs Tor Its ConsiueraiIpn

Joint Meeting OF the Prisoa BoAru ana
Poor Directors Tor Its Consideration.
A joint meeting of the prison board,
poor directors aud county commissioners
was held at the orphans court room,
Monday afternoon, to consider tho question
Of lighting the public buildings.
MIR. SUNNY, from the committee ap
pointed to examine tho several kinds of
gas machines and to SEQ the Lancaster gas
light aud fuel company In reference to the
price OF gas, reported that the gas company
offered to furnish the gas at sl.7j DER
thousand feet.
The COMMITTEES also reported having
seen a number of gas machines in use at
Cornwall, Mannheim and other points.
communication was received from the
Pennsylvania Globe and Gas Light COM
pany, Offering to furnish machines at the
following prices, the first named prices
being for galvanized machines and the
second for copper machines
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Last evening District Deputy Grand
Master Wm. A. Morton installed the fol-
lowing officers of Lambelton Lodge No.
476 of this city
w. ND. Ii. Wylie.
s. W.-Hervey N. Hurst.
]. VII. B. Cochran.
Treasurer-H. E. Slaymaker.
Secretary-W. N. Amer.
Trustee--J. Gust. Zook.
Rspresentatiye-Wm. A. Morton.
Chaplain-Lucius Hardy.
Senior Deacon-Levin X Rote.
Junior Deacon-Chas. Young.
Ssnior Master of CsIemonies-Charles
Leaman.
Junior Master of Ceremonies-John L.
Martin.
Pursuviaut-Jobn Ochs.
Organist-J. b. Kevnski.
Tyler-George Lutz.
After the installation the off jers and
members sat down to their annual ban.
quet, which was gotten up in Copland's
best style.
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This Evsnius's Mission meeting.

There will be o mission meeting at the
First Reformed church at 1880 o'clock.
this evening, under the auspices OF the
seminary and college students of Franklin
and Marshall. II promises to be an ooca-
sion of great interest. DR.. II. 8. johnson.
Of Lebanon, will deliver an address, and
the music will be furnished by the choirs
Of the First and the Second Reformed
churches.
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ShoOtlYE Match.

oh Monday next, a shooting match will
take place at MeGrann's park, for $50 q
side, between Charles Franoiscus and
Henry Gardner. Each man will shoot at
fifteen birds. The sum of siOO on this
match has been deposited at this Office and
sharp contest is looked for.
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Ome,sI sous. Annrovsa

The bond of NJ. V. b. Keller, clerk OF
the orphans court elect, in the sum of s5,-
600, with John Rees and Harry Myers as
sureties, has been approved by the court.
The bond of John ID. Skiles, pre-
thonotary elect, in the sum of 500 600 with
James B. Frey and John r. Bitner as
sureties, has also been approved.
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Driven TO Suicide By 0rier.

Aug Zerr, aged fifty fve. died in Read
ing, Monday, from the result of taking an
ounce OF arsenic. Grief over the death of
MS wife was the cause. When she died,
six weeks ago, she told him that she would
20 happier II they could be together in
heaven, and he promised to follow her,
which promise he carried out.
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WhlHen ltaRIIn3a

DR.. Joshua Potts and Emma Booth,
charged with abortion and accessory
thereto, on Kate Dorson, who were 10
have been heard by Alderman Donnelly,
this afternoon. waived hearing and en-
tered bail for trial at the January court Of
quarter sessions.
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The state treasurer jogs along with
the snug balance of Ss42, 7S3 48 in the
general fun d, although the legal limit is
$500, 900. The deposit in the People 5
bank, Philadelphia, has been cut down
to $4,000, but the Uniontown and
Pittsburg banks hold up their end of the
line with about $500 900 of the peoples
money.
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when he suggests another tariff commis-
sion. One a century is about as much as
this nation will be able to stand.
IT is again proposed to pension the ma.
tioual mendicant, U. 8. Grant, and the
suggestion comes from no less sensible
person than President Arthur. Since the
Grant d Ward developments, the appoint
ment of committee would seem more in
order.
The Reading railroad has inaugurated
the era Of economy in the management
Of the road by marking down the salaries
OF its employees from five to ten per cent.
1t seems not unfair that labor in this com
pany should share the distress under which
the capital Of the concern has been long
laboring.
The injunction suit of the Bell telephone
company to prohibit the People telephone
company from using the Drawbaugh in
struments that eoDfliot with the Bell pat
ents, has been decided in favor of the Bell
company. The famous controversy is not
however, absolutely settled, as it will be
appealed to the United States supreme
court. But the Bell company have the
best Of the situation thus far, as their
claims have now the protection of an in.
junction.
EVERYONE in national official life, whose
Office in any way permits the indulgence,
takes his kick at the trade dollar. The
president applies his boot to 1t and grave
Secretary McCulloch does not disdain to
apply to it pointed admixture of shoe
leather. Yet the unwecome guest refuses
to 60, Though it is intrinsically more
valuable than the silver dollar that the
government is needlessiy shoveling on the
country at the rate Of s2 900. 900 per
month, its bullion value is only about SO
cents. The government cannot too soon
for its own credit redeem it at par.
TIE following extract from President
elect Cleveland's letter returning to the
donor Newfoundland dog that had been
sent him, is good index of the trea tment
lobbyists may expect under his admins
tration. Ia the course of his letter, after
ackno wledging the friendly intentions Of
the donor, he says "The acceptance of
presents oi value which could involve an
obligation should deem in my present
position entirely unadmissible, and con
fsss l should feel better IL all gifts of
every description were discontinued. /
have determined to assure you most
heartily OF my full appreciation of your
kindness in sending me the dog, and that
do not at all distrust your motive in
doing SO; and while thanking you for the
friendliness which prompted the gift,
ask you to permit me to return the same :"
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ABE BUzzARD's career comes in very
conveniently Just now the ammunition Of
the campaign liar was nearly exhausted.
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II cold December gave you birth
The month of snow, and fee and mirth-- -
Place on your hand Turquoise blue:
success will bless whate'er you do
From Old Notion.
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The presidents message makes rather
lively requiem for dead party.
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The base ball seed is already trying TO
penetrate above the frozen ground.
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SECRETARY McCULLocH has entirely too
much Of the sanguine In his composition
when he suggests another tariff commis-
sion. One century is about as much as
this nation will be able to stand.
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A WELL ORGANIZED GANG.

There is no doubt among the officers aud
persons residing in the neighborhood Of
the mountain that we'll organized band
to live in any other way than by stealing.
Developments have shown that the gang
is composed largely of colored men, as
there are several hundred people of that
race on the mountain. Many Of the white