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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
THE CONGKEs SIONAL CONTEST

Griest Tolls How He Was Eeatsn.
Lancaster Inquirer.
This contest was distinguished beyond
tematic use of congressional patronage on
behalf of the present member. From the
person who disy races the Office of collector
of Internal revenue in this district, and who
added to foulmouthed abuse of Mr..
Smiths opponent the most unscrupulous
corruption (even to the open purchase Of
half, down to his lowest and most
insignificant subordinate, no exertion
was spared that was within their reach, or
for which they could command the service
of their friends. From the postmaster at
Lancaster who, while vigorously opposing
"a change" did not forget to be gentle
man, throughout this broad county, every
borough, village and cross roads federal
officer fell to work with alacrity. Mr..
Smiths friends say that in the first days
of the campaign he sent to every postmas-
ter in the county a package of tickets Oh
which was printed his name as congress
siOnal candidate, with request that the
person to whom they We're addressed
should circulate them. The intima-
tion contained in the request
was too plain to be misunderstood,
and here was "bread and butter
brigade - fully organized and pushed at
once to the front. Nor was this all.
From Washington came trooping home
the clerks whose places are held at the
will and beck of 1.-The MEMBER and
aroused their fathers and grandfathers
their uncles and aunts, their brothers
and sister and cousins, to assist them in
their struggle for place. In one district
in this county two department clerks
left their duties at Washington and came
home, appealing most piteously to
relatives and friends in behalf of him who
held their dismissal in 1.-THE hollow of his
hand" They disbursed money freely, and
with their relatives and adherents formed
ring that traded off any other candidate
on the ticket when by SO doing they could
get a vote for Mr.. Smith in return. Let
the reader bear in mind that this state of
things prevailed in every district to a
greater or less extent, and he will scarcely
be surprised at the estimate of a very in
telligent gentleman that at least 1.O0O
votes were made in this way.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
St. JOseph's Fair.

The fair for the benefit Of St. Joseph's
church opened last evening in Rothweiler's s
hall to fair audience. The hall is very
handsomely decorated, rejecting great
taste on the part of the management.
There are four tables conveniently arrang-
ell and laden with valuable and apprO-
pirate articles. They are presided over by
young ladies of the congregation. There
are now being voted for gold watch,
organ, sewing machine and clock. The
Citizens band will furnish music every
evening during the fair. Nothing was
chanced off last evening, and taken alto
gether the fair and it's object merit liberal
public patronage.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
The Cameron Farmers.

IQuite all excitement was created in
Marietta on Friday morning by a lot of
forty-nine head of exceedingly fine fat cattle
being driven through Market street, by
Messrs. Mumma & Erb, dealers, Of East
Donegal The herd were fed by George
Grauer farmer for Hop. J. d. Cameron on
his Donegal farm, and were shipped BY
Messrs. NJ. & E., to Philadelphia.
Messrs. Spingarn & Co., of New York
bought % cases of 1878 tobacco, on Thurs
day last belonging to Gen. Simon Cameron
and raised on his Donegal farm. The to-
bacco was shipped on Friday from Marietta
Hon. J. D. Cameron also sold his 1878
crop this week numbering between 30 and
40 cases
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
THE CENSUS ENUMERATOH>.
A Benefit for Mr. SnowJep.

Lancaster New Era, Rep
Mr.. Snowden has done in Lancaster
county just what caused the removal of
Mr.. White in Philadelphia. lie permitted
the leaders of the machine, whose cOrrup-
tion ami trading in the late primary have
turned the stomach of all respectable citi-
zens, to make his appointments in their in
tercsts. The announcements were held
back until after the primary election to
give Mylin, Cochran, Brown & Co., a
chance to use premises of appointments as
trading pOlical capital. When the appoint
msnts were known it was found that, in
many cases, the best qualified and the
most respectfully endorsed applicants had
been rejected and ignorant political bum
mers and rowdies appointed for no other
apparent reason than they were endorsed
as the best workers of the ward by Ny
lin, Cochran, Brown & Co., who appear to
be the only influence which could reach
the car of the supervisor. These facts are
as notorious as the characters and incOm
potency OF the enuEeratOrS who are now in
Jail, and others WHO, a good many rcspec
table citizens think, ought to be there.
Remove Them Resign.
Lancaster Inquirer, Rep.
Some of them are in every respect ut
terly unfit for the duties they are required
to perform. One or two of the appoint
ments can bc regarded in no other light
than an open public insult to the respecta-
BILE and intelligent people of the county.
Mr.. Snowden is either incompetent him
self. or lie has wilfully disregarded the
high and responsible duties of his posi-
ton.
Since the above was written two of
Mr.. Snowden's appointees in this city have
been sent to prison for drunken and dis
orderly conduct. MIR. SnOwden should
either remove these men or resign himself.
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Patrick ffanrY's Hopes.

When the celebrated Patrick Henry, of
Virginia, was near the close of his life, and
in feeble health, he laid his hand on the
Bible, and addressed an old friend
who was with him. "Here is a
book" said lie, "wOrth more than all
ever printed yet it is my misfortune
never to have read it with proper atten-
tion and feeling till lately.' About the
same time he wrote to his daughter 81
hear it said that the Deists have claimed
me. The thought gives me more pain
than the appellation of Tory-for l con-
slider religion of infinitely higher import
ance than politics, and find much cause
to reproach myself that have lived SO
long and given no decided and public
proof of my being u Christian. -
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
INDIANS AT CARLISLE.
The Visit Of Celebrarea Chiefs to the Iudt,
School 8t Carlisle Barracks.


School 1t Carlisle Barracks.
Spotted Tail, Red Cloud, American
Horse and White Thunder and other
chiefs, on visit to the Indian school at
the old barracks, are highly delighted
with the management of the institution.
except in one particular-the rule prOvid-
ing tor the punishment of serious misbe-
haviOr by imprisonment in the guard
house being distastelul to them.
The meeting of the chiefs who have chill
dren in the school with their offspring WAS
very affecting. Two Strike. who has two
boys i'll the institution, and Spotted Tail,
who has four boys and one girl there.
warmly embraced their children and shed
tears of joy. Yesterday morning the
chiefs were conducted through the several
school departments and gave the exercises
the closest attention.
Subsequently Spotted Tail made an
earnest speech in the cllancel in the pres
ence of the other visiting Indians and 4
number of whites. He cOmpli nented the
management Of the school, except its mill
tary features, remarkiny that the children
had been sent there to be educated and not
to have them converted into soldiers.
He complained that some cf the boys
who We're too young to have hearts had
been put in the guard house. Captain
Pratt, who has charge of the school. de-
manded the names of the pupils SO treated,
and Spotted Tail reluctantly replied that
one of his SONS had been punished in that
manner. After being told there was nO
military significance in the blue uniforms
and drilling exercises his feelings were
much mOllitied, but he insisted that the
guard house punishment was not founded
on humane principles. Several other boys
have been committed to the guard house,
but only after court of their fellows had
adjudyed them deserving of the treat
ment.
Yesterday afternoon the visiting Indians
were conducted through the various work
shops connected with the school, and last
night Interesting chapel services were
held.
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud have SEN
congratulatory kilograms to their friends
in Dakota territory.
On Thursday evening interesting cere
monies were held in the chapel of th'
school. Right Rev. NJ. A. DeWolie Howe
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal churcl
for the diocese of Central Pennsylvania
assisted by Rev. DR.. Leverett, of Carlisle
performed the rite of confirmation owe
twelve Indian children, eight boys and fou
girls. The services were very impressive
and were attended by all the visiting chief
tains. The visitors will remain at TIN
school over Sunday.
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STATE ITEMS.

Gray Chief wo, at Belmont yes.s rlay in
2::224tt and Driver in 2:!!. 2::22!!
No compromise Oh wages and Il long
lockout are the prospects ahead for the
Pittsburgh iron workers.
The amount of lumber shipped over the
Low Grade division of the Allegheny
Valley railroad is enormous.
Wm B. Riebsman of Williamsport and
Danl. J. Probst of Sullivan county, caught
showing counterfeit money in Williams =
port, tried to unload themselves but were
too late. They are in Jail.
The late John A. Smull is to have such
a monument as the Harrisburg cemeteries
have not seen before. 1t stands twenty
feet high. five feet square at base. and is
composed of red Aberdeen, Scotland,
granite.
About this time look out for the runa-
way boy. Young Darby has left his home
in Tyrone, slightly demented aged about
1S years. five feet high, red hair, wore a
light nat with cord band.
Two young boys ran away from their
hOlie near Marion, Franklin county, on
Tuesday morning. One was Solomon
Miller. aged fourteen years; sandy hair,
face full of freckles. light pants and dark
coat and vest. The other was Samuel
Hege, aged thirteen years, light complex
ion, light colOred shabby clothes.
In the Beaver county Republi can pri-
maries yesterday Blaine got three-fourths
of the vote polled, scarcely more than a
half vote being polled. Resolutions of in
struction for Quay for United States sena-
tor, and pledging united support to the
adopted.
A dastardly attempt was made to ditch
passenger train No. 3, Oh the New Castle
branch of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
at a point where the track crosses
that of the New Castle and Franklin rail
load. The villains placed a lot of stones,
spikes and sticks on the track, and the
engine was thrown Oft. 1t was running
at a pretty rapid rate, and ran thirty or
forty feet along the ties. Fortunately, no
person was injured, but the engine and
coaches were more or less impaired.
In Greene county, near Mapletown, John
Hartford mounted horse to ride out to the
field to begin his days plowing. He was
riding woman fashion, both feet resting
upon the trace chains, which were sus-
pended from the harness. AS he was pass
ing out the yard gate the horse stepped on
4 dog. The latter bit the horse, causing it
to jump forward. Hartford was thrown
off, his feet catching in the chains. Tie
dog, joined by several others, started in
pursuit Of tie horse, which they chased
all over big field and finally back into the
yard and thence into the stable. Hartford
was dragged to death, his body being
shockingly mutilated.
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The Water Supply.

The east reservoir is now entirely empty,
and by Monday it will be sufficiently cry
to enable the workmen to cOmmenc" max
repairs. These repairs will take u It less
than six weeks to complete-perhaps longer
AS the bottom and north bank of the re-
ar, in very bad condition.
The west reservoir is almost bank full,
having in it this morning Is feet and 0
inches of water. The superintendent and
engineer have no doubt they can keep it al
most constantly at isheight which affords
a supply of water to all parts of the city.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
PERSONAL.

Col. NJ. S. QUAY sent his check for 500
to Hon. J. B. Packer for the Milton suffer-
ers. Mr.. Quay does not lay up all his
treasure with the Lancaster county Bull
ring.
On Wednesday next Mr.. b. YECKER and
his son VICTOR A., will leave here for New
York, and on Thursday afternoon will sail
on the Alabama, of the Anchor line, for
Glasgow, Scotland. They will then visit
Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland
and England. They will return about the
beginning of August.
OFFICE OF THE Cleceland Leader1
EDITORIAL Rooms, April 20, 80.
Your letter received. l supposed you
had long since received your fees, and that
! was the only one Mr.. Scott had declined
to pay. had written contract with the
original parties for one hundred bonds. l
have it still. Mr.. Scott paid me $1,000 at
one time, $4,000 at another and I gave 4
receipt for $4,000. r. c. PARSONS.
To ]. J. Newell.
ROBERT KLOTZ, member of the House
from the Eleventh Pennsylvania district.
who weighs about 800 pounds, has long
looked with envy upon the facility with
which David Davis ascends and descends
from the floor of the Senate by means of
the Senate elevator, and OH Thursday Of
fered and had passed an amendment to the
sundry civil bill for an appropriation of
$1,000 for similar elevator in the House
When it went through he walked across
the aisle and warmly shook hands with
Russell Errett and other heavy men WHO
had aided him.
1t will be remembered that young
ROBERT H. COLEMAN, one of the Coleman
heirs to millions, was married some months
ago to the daughter of the Episcopal rector
in Hartford. Conn.,, where young Coleman
had been at college. They went abroad on
a bridal tour and Mrs. C. died in Paris
her body was brought to Lebanon on We'd
nesday and now Mr.. Coleman has ordered
work to cease on his splendid new mansion
at Cornwall, and all that has already been
done on it will be razed to the ground. 50
that every trace of what was intended to
he one of the finest mansions in the state
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29

The late Major Griest would have
more sympathy from the public in his
vigorous denunciation of the methods by
which he was beaten if it was not no.
tOrious fact that the same methods have
been actively and unscrupulcusly EN-
ployed in his behalf every one of the nu.
merOus times that he has run and been
defeated for Congress. Especially was
this the case in 1873, and in 1880 it was
little better. For instance, if Hay
Brown gave Levi Sensenig, the political
broker, 81 900 to support Griest in the
last campaign does anybody suppose
Griest was ignorant of it ? And was
Major Griest asleep when somebody gave
Sensenig note for $4,000 on 4 previous
occasion, to be paid if Griest was elect
ed
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
COURT.
Licenses-Plan Of the CITY, &c.

Licenses-Plan OF the City, &c.
This morning court met at 0 O'Clock, for
the purpose Of hearing applications for
licenses. n number Of cases were heard
and they were disposed of as follows
Abraham Reop, COlersin, tavern, old
stand. continued to October.
John Malbert, Columbia, eating house,
new stand, which was argued in January,
not granted.
George Gohn, Columbia. tavern, new
stand, not granted.
Joseph Greenawalt, West Donegal,
tavern. This was all old stand for which
the license was not lifted last year.
Granted.
Lazarus Wolf, East Earl, eating house,
new stand, with remonstrance, not granted.
Wilson Brubaker applied for an eating
house license for the What Glen picnic
grounds and it was granted.
Isaac G. Bear, East Lampeter, tavern,
new stand, with remonstrance not granted
Plan of the City.
The new plan of the southwestern paIt
of the city was approved with the follow
ing changes:
The width Of Beaver street from Cones
toga street southwark is disapproved, and
is ordered to be made SO feet instead Of 3S
feet.
High street is to be continued in the
same line to Mif1iin street and thence on
the line of Mifiin street to Soutl, Null
berry.
Water street at the corner of German
and Water is disapprovcd and is to be con-
tinued Oh line with the square of the
street, north of this corner until the lines
intersect the lines of old Water street.
Hager street, westward from Prince, is
disapproved. 1t is ordered to he made SO
feet wide, instead of the width ON the
present plan.
The alley running between Prince and
Water streets, of the width of 90 feet is
disapproved and is ordered to be made IA
feet wide, commencing OIL High street $50
feet westward from Prince and running
northward and southwark to Andrew
street, thence of the width Of IA feet, the
east side of the alley to be $50 feet from
Prince street.
Pearl street is disappr0vcd and is order
ed to commence opposite College avenue.
A new plan and draft is ordered to be
made to conform with the above changes,
and to be submitted to the court
Other Business.
Henry G.. Roth, of East Cocalico, was
granted a soldiers license to peddle.
Anna Shaeffer, of MaytOwn, was grant,
ed divorce from her husband, Levi Shaef-
fer, on the grounds of desertiOn.
Eliza PinkertOn, colored, an insolvent
debtor was discharged.
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Faith and Works.

We took occasion the other day to in
innate to Lawyer Reynolds that his exalt-
ed notion of the respect due from the bar
to the bench, as we were sure it was
about to he expressed in his Grafton to
the supreme court in the coming hear
ing of our disbarmeut appeal, was
such as to imperatively require him to
quit the bar, in view of the very great
disrespect which he had the day
before exhibited to the court, in
telling it, in reply to its order
20 him to stop talking and sit
down that he would not do so until he got
entirely ready. We have not heard that
Lawyer Reynolds has taken our advice,
but we find the following pretty senti-
ments in the answer of the judges below
in the case of our appeal to the supreme
court in the disbarment matter, in which
Mr.. Reynolds is of counsel for the
judges:
g Apart from their mere personality
there is environing the judges upon the
bench an atmosphere of authority and
power demanding submission, reverence
respect. 1t is to them, as the representa-
tives and eXponents of sovereign power
as the agents ola mighty commonwealth
able to enforce obedience to her laws a!
declared by her judges, by setting squad
rons of armed men in the field
that the individual bows to and submits
In their protection from insult, injury
degradation and contempt, in the preser
walton of the public confidence in thei
integrity, the whole people, have an abid
ing and vital interest. Destruction o
public confidence in the courts is All in
vitation to revolution and anarchy. Pub
lie confidence and respect are essential t
their successful operation, and he VIII
wantonly, falsely and wickedly, fror
partisan hate or from motives of privat
malice, assaults court is guilty of
great public wrong which ought not t
go unpunished.
Samuel step out! Let your work
testify to your faith.
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In Kansas.

4 criminal case was recently tried in
Winfield, Cowley county, Kansas, in
which lawyer was the defendant. The
case excited considerable feeling among
the people of the county, and it resulted
in. the conviction of the defendant,
who was sentenced to Imprisonment
in the Penitentiary for q term of
five years. The editors of two news
papers published in Winfield, severely crit
icised the verdict of the jury, and also
the action of the court before which the
case was tried. This aroused the indig-
nation of the judge, who ordered that
the two editors should be brought before
him to answer for contempt. When they
appeared in court he lectured them sharp
ly, and fined them $2GO each. The editors
insist that the court had no legal authority
to impose fine on them in this way, and
hence they have appealed the case to the
supreme court.
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will be obliterated as nearly as possible.
The grounds aroundit will be rlowed over
and his desire is to have it done within
two weeks. The work Of demolition was
commenced at once. The walls Of the
rear part of the structure had reached t! Q
second story. but no bricks had been la d
on the front walls. 1t is estimated that
the mason work of the building. as it
stood, had already cost 10000.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29

Bracket was almost entirely submerged
by tremendous rainfall about hal..past
one O'Clock yesterday morning and several
persons were drowned. More than twenty
people are reported to have perished along
Las Moras creek.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-29
Marietta Music,

IlmeS.
The primary elections of the Republican
party of Lancaster county, as at present
conducted are an abomination in the sight
of all respectable men and a disgrace to
the people of the entire county. 1t is a
fact, time and time again stated by every
paper in the county, that the primary
elections, as now conducted. do not reflect
the sentiments of the Republicans of the
county. but the individual or individuals
who have the most money, and can elect
the most villainous election officers, and
they choose the candidates and say to the
honest voters of the county who shall be
their officers.
An Independent Ticket.
Register.
There is talk of an independent ticket.
Why not head it B. F. Eshleman, for Con-
gress Levi Sensenig, for state senator {?
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A Call Accepted.

St. Luke's Reformed mission has given
q call to Rev. W. +. Lichliter, of Wood
stock, Va, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Rev. J. F. Want. Mr..
LichIitcr has accepted the call and will en-
ter upon his new field of labor tomorrow.
He is young man, possessing energy and
more than ordinary abilities as speaker
and scholar, and is graduate of the Re-
formed institutions in this city. He is not
in mission work. having
been engaged in the work of missions at
Allegheny, Pa, and will no doubt provo
an efficient pastor to the flock at St. Luke's.
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Runaway and Breakdown.

AS two cOuntrymen were driving out
East King street, yesterday, on their way
home from the Leopard hotel. they discov-
cred that the hitching strap was loose, and
on stopping the horse to tie it he took
fright and ran about thirty yards, striking
post in front of Mr.. Benedict's house,
east of Marshall street, and tearing the two
front wheels off the buggy.