Daily Republican., 1878-12-18
FIRST EDITION.
LETTER Y1OM LANDEN BERG.
Iudaen Deessse--N. .. =. A.-ntlght
Of nsnd Perfsrmasce-- Great
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hidden Deeease--N. y. r. A.-ntlght
Of nsnd Perfermanoe- Great
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Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
LAsDEsBERo, Dec. 18th, 1878.
MsssRs. RDIToRs:--The citizens Of
his place were somswhat startled some
,so weeks ago, At the announcement
h the suddib decesse Of Mr. Levi W.
psnpock, who resided near Chester
Vile. Mp. was quite an extensive
property holder, no. only in this vicin-
,y but also in Maryland and ip vii
nington, where he was we'll known; he
usesedsd In the accomplishment Of the
one great object Of his life--the acqui-
,sion Of ofwsalth, aud consequently, he
eh a fortune Of q hundred thousand
dolars or more.
The NJ. s. R. A. Of this place, is 3
vide awake organization, whose MEM
bership is on the increase, and whose
talent is second to that OF none In any
Of its sister organizations (your cores
koldent Is not member). An interest
ng musical and literary entertainment
vas held by them a few weeks ago, and
LDo.h"r is being arranged for, which is
10 be held on Christmas evening.
Pix killing time has come, and the
uestion Of the day Is whose pig Is the
saviests The answer thus far is,
Nm. McMahan's, weight 722 pounds.
Who can beat itl
Mr.. II. Ii. Story, one of our most on
uprising merchants, has extended
is business, SO as to include groceries.
h now keeps full stock Of almost
(v.rything, except dry goods; unfortu-
ks,sly, his tobacco is so good that
hort time ago some lover of the filthy
reed, burglarized to the extent Of
|Eenty dollars.
A wonderful mixture of tricksry,
Eyst-ry and jugglery was placed on
Flhibition last evening in I.andenberg
BALL, by Miss Laura V. Ellis, who at
empted to hutnbug the people Of this
lac. with so called cabinet manifesto
Ons The most marvellous part Of the
&-usion is that she claims it to be the
|esult OF no spiritual agency, while her
luli,ors say that 1t cannot be the result
any material agency, and to this she
Llso assents; so that between the two
10Th spirit and matter are annihilated,
bud the fraud is left naked and open.
prominent member Of the Whining
on Liberal League, who is identified
trh the concern, expressed the opinion
|Aat the hall was too small, as It's seat
|ag capacity is only about three hun
Ered, but when the show co nmenced it
ks found that about 2S5 more could
ave been comfortably seated. 1t is to
repeated to night.
About the only substantial success at
lr present time is christianity in
Decentralization. The wonderful
|ssival of religion which broke out in
be NJ. Il. church seven weeks ago con-
nups with undated interest; sixty
,ht persons have joined the church
b PROBATION as the result; eight or ten
|tAers would have joined OH Sabbath
lst had the pastor been present to ex-
end an opportunity lit had been thought
at the meeting would close at that
[ne, but after the preaching in the
|vening, seven persons presented them
elves at the altar; last night there were
burteen at the altar, and at every
b.eting there are conversions. The
lext question to b- meet, is shall We
En,rge the church. The only answer
lat can be be given is, 'it must br
lOnp," but 1t will not be commenced
tntll spring.
The church at New London has been
horeughly renovated, and now pre-
ents handsome appearance; it was t"
lave been rs-opened last sabbath after
boon, but owing to the storm the re
|pening was postponed for two weeks.
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