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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE "LEAE."

Local Tobacco Market and Crop Prospects,
During the past week about two hun
dred cases of 1879 leaf were sold in this
market OH private terms. The 1878 crop
is pretty nearly all disposed of, it being
estimated that not more than 1000 or
1,50O cases remain in the hands of local
packers.
The crop of 1879 is practically out of the
hands of growers, it having been bought
up more closely perhaps than any preced-
ing crop for years past, not only in Lancas-
ter county, but throughout Pennsyl-
vania. There are, of course some
lots "lying around loose" but they
they are not wanted, being either of un-
desirable quality or held at prices above
the views of buyers. Nearly all of the
packers have finished packing, and so far
as can be learned 'they are we'll satisfied
with their purchases. The crop promises
to be a valuable one, and is sweating out
alright, SO far as can be ascertained.
The backward spring and the recent
ong-continued drouth have kept back the
plants for the coming crop, and they are
generally, as yet, quite small, and in
many places badly eaten by insects. Even
if they were large enough to set out, the
continued dry weather and the baked con-
dition of the ground would render it mex
pedient for the planter to commence oper
ations, for though the tobacco-plant will
bear great deal of drouth in the bed and
in the field after it has taken root, it is a
delicate plant when first hilled and readily
succumbs to a hot sun and dry earth. No
apprehension is felt on this score, however,
as plants will have plenty of time to ma,
ture if set out a month hence.
We have heard of only one farmer, a
Salisbury man, who has as yet ventured to
plant to any considerable extent, and he is
reported to have set out 1900 or ZOO
plants.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-17
PERSONAL,

Hon. S. S. Cox is writing evangelical
articles for the Independent, stoutly MAIN
tanning the power of the Bible to over
come its adversaries, numerous and pow
erful though they be.
The London Echo is informed that it is
not GEORGE ELIOT, but Mrs. G. H. Lewes,
the legal widow of the deceased philoso-
pher, who was the lady recently married to
Mr.. Cross. All the papers were led astray
on this point.
The late General HEINTzELMAN
willed all his property to his wife. He
gives her absolute control, expressing his
confidence in her administration for the
benefit of their children.
Rev. NOAH M. WELLS, who is dead in
Detroit, is said to have been the oldest
Presbyterian minister in tho United
States. He Was born at Bemis Heights
in 1882, and has been successfully an
Episcopalian, Universalist and Presby-
terian.
LEVI ROBBINS, of Copenhagen, N, Y.
has had his hundredth birthday celebrated
in holiday style. Nearly all the buildings
displayed the national flag. A procession
was formed, led by band seated in a
wagon drawn by four white horses, all
under charge of marshal, and which
wended its way to Mr.. Robbins's house the
band playing "Auld Lang Syne." Fifty
guests, all aged about seventy, sat down
to dinner over which the centennarian
presided. Mr.. Robbins made an address
and repeated the fourteenth chapter of
Job from memory. Many curious relics
were exhibited, among which was the
original commission of Benjamin Franklin
and Robert Morris, October 1, 1776, as
members of the committee on secret cor.
respondence of the Continental Congress.
Nathaniel Sylvester, aged over 90, appear
ed in q carriage twenty-six years old,
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Those Stolen Chickens.

Officers Adams and Sprecher returned
from the Welsh mountains on Saturday
evening from their tour of investigation
aud inquiry as to the ownership of the
fifty chickens taken from Henry and VIM.
Watson, colored, on Saturday morning.
The officers report that they found about
fifty more chickens at Watson's, and left
them there that the neighbors say the
Watsons neither raise nor buy chickens,
but sell good many, and that large
number of chickens have been recently
stolen from persons in the vicinity of the
mountains.
This morning several farmers called at
Alderman Spurrier's where the captured
chickens may be seen and identified some
ofthem as belonging to them. Mr.. c.
Musser, the miller, also called and identi-
fed the bags found in possession of the
Watson's as his, and stated that they had
been stolen from him. The Watsons re-
mained in Jail, the time for giving them
hearing not being yet fixed.
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The local Cameron managers re-echo
what the elder and younger chiefs of
their clan assert, that Grant is the only
Republican who can be elected, and that
if he cannot win nobody can. They say
Hartranft was more bitterly opposed in
1872 than Grant is now, that they NOM
mated him for governor in the face of
this opposition, and elected him that
Grant can get all the states North that any
other Republican can and that he alone
can get those in the South which are
necessary to elect Republican nominee.
1t is upon this ground that they propose
to cast Lancaster county's two votes at
Chicago for Grant, although the voters
at the primaries will not so direct.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-17
FIRE.
A Frame Stable Burned.

This morning, shortly before Z o'clock,
frame stable in rear of the property
owned by jeremiah Campbell, and occu-
pied by George Bear, baker, No. II
Church street, was set on fire and burned
to the ground. The stable at the time
contained but little that was ofany value,
sleigh belonging to John Kline, being
the most valuable article destroyed. The
stable was not worth more than a couple
of hundred dollars, and was insured for
s1OO.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary. Two former attempts are
known to have been made to burn the same
premises within few months past-one of
them about month ago, when a ball of
cotton waste, saturated with Goa! oil was
placed in the building and Set on fire, but
fortunately was discovered in time to put
it out before much damage was done. A
similar attempt had been made month or
two previously.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-17

THE Republican county committee for
this county resolved that, at the primary
elections to be held next Saturday, the
voters of the party should express their
preferences for the Republican nominee
for president, and that such preference,
expressed by plurality of the Republi-
can voters then voting, should be consid-
cred instructions to the Lancaster county
delegates to the national convention
whether it admits Kaufman and Seltzer
or Kline and Martin. The tickets for
the primaries have been prepared and are
ready for distribution, but the name of
Grant does not appear upon them.
Blaine, Sherman, Washburne and Ed
munds are presented for the choice of the
Old Guard Republicans, but no Grant.
Why is this so /? The Examiner has
been supporting him. Can it find no one
to second its motion? J. Hay Brown,
esq.,, was for Grant down to his boots /"
not long ago. Judge Patterson un-
bosomed himself to Press reporter
some time ago as of the same mind. No
doubt there are some more Grant men
around. Are they afraid to run their
candidate lest his weakness be demon
strated3 "Csll you this backing your
friends ?''
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Queer Spurs.

VIM. P. Brinton, esq, No. SO South
Queen street, is the owner of Sebright
bantam rooster that wears very peculiar
pair of spurs. One of them Is a little dried
up affair, which appears to have lost it's
outer shell and to be entirely dead. Tie
other is abnormally large, and in
stead of growing with the
usual slight curve, has made Il
complete circle around the fowls leg, the
point of the spur per<srating the leg on
the opposite side from that OIL which it
grows. The circular form of the spur was
noticed year ago, and when it was found
that the point of il would penetrate the
leg of the fowl it was cut off, but it has.
grown again in its original form, and will.
of course, have to be again cut off.
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Sunday School Improvements.
Christian Union.

Christian Union.
The centennial celebration of Robert
Raikes's work, who has the credit of being
the founder of the Sunday school, and who
did give to it great impulse, is an Occa-
sion not only for a profitable review of
the progress Of the past hundred years,
of which Sunday school orators may be
expected to give us a surfeit, but also
for a calm consideration of what we can
do to make the next hundred years
worthy of those which have just passed.
During the last century Sunday school lit
erature has come into existence, and with
it class Of circulating libraries that, at
least in this country, reach a much larger
number of readers than all other libraries
combined ; in many cases their influence is
by no means confined to the children of
the household, but they furnish the adults
with almost their sole reading. Sunday
school music has also been born, and it is
making the coming generation singing
generation. A united study of the Bible
on a common plan has done more to
break down the denominational walls
than all other influences COM
bined, and will make the chill
dren much poorer sectarians than their
fathers were before them. But there is
plenCy O1 room lOr Improvement. OuI
Sunday school literature is quite too much
confined to fiction q; good books of biogra-
ply, history and science are desideratum,
and in SO far as they are supplied are read
by the pupils. Singing worn-out ditties
and half-converted negro melodies is better
than not singing at all but it ought not
to take the whole of the next century to
supply better class of music, or rather to
| get the schools to use it after it is ssupplicd.
The need of much more systematic
study of the Bible, instead of the touch
and 20 method now in vogue is one that
the Christian Union has heretofore vigor
ously enforced, and we hope that it will
not take the whole of a century to give
| that to us either.
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COURT.
Licenses-COmmO Pleas Term.

Licenses-COmmOn Pleas Term.
In court, OH Saturday, the licenses were
again taken up and disposed of as follows :
Jacob Brua, Strasburg, eating house,
old stand, with remonstrance, continued.
Isaac S. Bear, East Lampeter, hotel, old
stand, continued.
Joseph Desch, Columbia, eating house,
old stand, granted.
Henry Trewitz, Seventh ward, this city,
eating house. This was an old stand, but
the license was withheld, as it was shown
that when the Butler fight took place last
winter the young men who took part in it
stated that they had drank beer there on
that Sunday. Mr. Trewitz assured the court
that the beer had not been sold on the
licensed premises but at the rear end of
the lot by another man he was away
from home at the time and knew nothing
of it. Upon his promising that he would
allow no more beer to be sold at the place
on Sunday the license was granted.
c. B Biemensderfer, Maytown, hotel,
old stand, for which the tenant who last
year occupied the premises neglected to
CdhC OuG a llCcLSc. "IdHtCu
Common Pleas.
This is the first week of the May term
of the common pleas court, which began
this morning at 10 o'clock, with Judge
Livingston on the bench.
Of the thirty cases down on the list but
twelve were reported for trial.
On account of the great noise caused by
brass bands, &C., in the neighboriood of
the court house, and the difficulty had in
keeping witnesses in the court room, the
court concluded to adjourn until to-mor-
row morning.
Sentenced,
Thomas Chamberlain, Levi Eckert and
Peter Hess, who were convicted last week
of larceny, were each sentenced to two
m onth Imprisonment.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

Of the Wyoming territory Republican
national delegates, one is for Blaine and
one for Grant.
There has been cold weather on the Hud-
son, ice in the back country and snow on
the Catskills.
Joseph L. Swan, prominent planter of
Ouachita parish, La, was killed on Thurs
day by the fall of a limb of tree.
In Memphis, on Saturday, the graves of
the Confederate dead in Elmwood ceme-
terry were decorated with the usual cere-
monies.
The explosion at Birchill's Hall iron
works, near Walsall, Eng, on Wednesday,
was more destructive than at first re-
ported. Twenty-Five persons were killed
and about sixty injured.
Fifty Indians atta<ed all emigrant party
near Fort Davis, Texas, on Thursday.
One man and woman were killed, two
men were wounded, and two others are
missing.
John Ollendorf, who penetrated into the
Ute reservation with seventeen prospectors
has reached Leadville. He tells q terrible
story of the massacre of the men
in his party by the Utes. He was the only
one left alive.
John C. Leghorn, of Cayuga county,
n. Y, undertook to sink we'll on his
premises. Having got down eleven feet,
he was nonplussed to see stream nearly
three inches broad shoot up fifty feet into
the air. 1t is still spouting.
A black snake nearly five feet long was
recently found in the sitting room of J. C.
Young's house in Tallman, N. Y. Nobody
hou
tile was killed with a hOrsewhip by John
c. GOetchius.
Two brothers named Hull were shot
Rogers, the owner of a fishing boat the
and Mrs. Rogers. One will probably die
and the other recover. Rogers escaped in
a boat after the shooting.
There was terrible storm at Tiflis, Rus
sia, on the 18th inst. The rain fell in such
torrents that the town and suburbs were
flooded. Great damage was done to prop
erty. The rain having washed All immense
quantity of locust eggs together, the in
habitants are embracing the opportunity
taking active means to destroy them.
A dwelling in Angola, Ind, occupied by
Mrs. Smith, was destoyed by fire early on
Saturday morning, while she was at a
dance" several miles distant. Her
three children, whose ages ranged from S to
IA years, perished in the flames, together
with David Fry, aged 25 years, who went
to the house the previous night in drunk
en- condition.
The extensive stables belonging to the
coal firm of O'Neil & Co. were burned in
Elizabeth yesterday. Thirteen valuable
mules, employed in the mines, perished in
the flames. The origin of the fire is in-
volved in mystery; but is believed to be
incendiary. The stables on the same site
were burned under similar mysterious
circumstance two years ago. The total
loss cannot be ascertained now. The loss
on live stock alone will exceed $4,000.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-17
Death of Nimrod Strickland.

Judge Nimrod Strickland died at his
home in West Chester, on Saturday, aged
70 years. Under the administration of
Governor Wolfe, he was register of Ches-
ter county, holding the position for
six years. He was made one of
the associate judges of Chester county
in 1856 and subsequently was elected
canal commissioner. He was warden of
the Eastern penitentiary for a brief period
and in 1858 became editor of the Rsnnsyl-
oanian, a daily Democratic paper pub
lished in Philadelphia. In late years he
was justice of the peace and prison in
spector. He was lifelong Democrat
and was much respected by all who knew
him.
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M. e. General Conference.

The NJ. E. general conference in Cincin-
natl elected Benjamin St. James Frey
editor of the Central Christian Adcocate at
St. Louis, the vote standing: Fry, 257
w. w. Goodwin, So {; J. c. w. Cox, 45.
mended a postponement of the election of
editors for the present, which was agreed
to. The committee also reported in favor
the National Repository and Golden Hours
This was tabled, to enable DR.. Curry to
present a plea for the Repository. The
episcopal fund be charged to profit and loss
by the book concern. Adopted.
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Run over by q Horse.

This morning little son of Harry Dill
Ter, while crossing West King street, neal
Prince, was knocked down and trampled
upon by horse that was being ridden by
lad named Herr. Master Diller was cor
siderably injured, but was able with as.
sistance to limp to his home.
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the sealer of weights and measures of Lam
caster county; and many, many more
things that might be named, but which it
is unnecessary to enumerate, because our
readers are already fully conversant with
the objects and results of the ring rule in
state and county.
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RELIEF FOK MILTON.
What tho Sufferers Need Most.

What the Sufferers Need Most.
Special Dispatch to the Times
MILTON, May 16.-Many of our people
are without shelter and others are living
in tents, without utensils to cook their
food or to eat from. We require every
thing in the way of clothes and food.
We have received much, but it only
answers from morning until night. Mus
lin, calico, blankets, beds and bedding,
comforts, spoons, knives. forks, pans,
basins, pots, needles and thread are needed,
but we can't do much without money.
We must have lumber and building hard
ware. We must pay men tomorrow to
distribute supplies, as those that have been
doing this work are we'll fitted for it and
we can't hold them we can't ask it.
We can only say that you who are at a
distance can look at it calmly. We can't
comprehend our wants or describe them.
We must have supplies of everything.
S. II. REID.
Chairman Relief Committee
The Ruins.
1t is estimated that fully 20, 600 strangers
visited the town yesterday to see the ruins
made by the fire. Religious services were
held by the different pastors of the town
at various places in the open air. Imme-
diately after the services were over many
went to the distribution rooms to receive
food from the relief committee. The bank
vaults have not yet been opened, and the
town is full of rumors that an attempt will
be made to break them open by unauthor-
lied persons, and that different parts of
the town will be fired for the purpose of
attracting the attention of the people
from the vaults. Thirty men of the
Twelfth regiment have arrived from Sun
bury to do patrol duty.
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caster county ::

SesoSSA SOoy
Lancaster county.
lob CBrnarvOn twp.
lO4 BrecknOck twp.
los East COcalicO twp.
lOi AdamstOwn Dor.
lO7 West COcalicO twp.
l0S Clay twp.
lO9 Ephrata township,
northeast Harrisburg
and DOwningtOwn
pike.
10 Ephrata twp,
southwest Harris
burg and Downing
town pike.
Ill East Earl twp.
liz Earl twp, north.
lib Earl twp. south.
ia West Earl twp.
lis Upper LeacOck
twp.
ll6 Mannheim twp, east
of LancaSterand Lit
itz pike.
liz Mannheim wp. ,
west of Lancaster
and Litltz pike.
lis Warwick twp. ,
south.
119 Warwick twp. .,
north.
120 Elizabeth twp.
III Penn twp.
l2 East Helnpfield
twp, northeast OF
Harrisburg pike.
l3 East Hempfield
twp, southwest OF
Harrisburg pike.
12i West HeInpfield
twp, MOuntvilie and
Norwood.
l25 West Helnpfield
twp, Silver Springs
and North Western.
126 Columbia, 1st ward.
l27 Columbia, I'd ward.
lS Columbia, 81 ward.
I'D RaphO twp, New
ton and Strickler's
schOOlhOuse.
l3O RaphO twp, Union
Square and Sporting
Hill.
l3l Mannheim Dor.
l32 Mt. JOY twp.
l3} Mt. Joy Dor.
l34 kliZabethtOwn Dor.
lS5 East Donegal twp,
Springville and Lam
caster school house.
l8 East Donegal twp.
Maytown.
l37 Marietta Dor.
133 West Donegal twp.
13 COnOy twp.
14O Salisbury twp. east.
l4l Salisbury twp,
west.
l42 LeacOck twp.
lab EastLampetertwp.I
IA est Lampeter
twp.
las Lancaster twp.
The line of division
chino wiII ho f,lJv Uiv,
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This morning game of base ball came
off on the Ironsides grounds, between the
Watch Factory club and picked nine.
which included some of the Ironsides men.
The picked nine won easily by the score of
SO to 1.
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li6 Lancaster city. Ist
ward, east OF North
Prince.
147 Lancaster city, LIST
ward, west of North
Prince.
l4S Lancaster city, al
ward, south Of East
Orange.
l49 Lancaster city, 2cl
ward, north of East
Orange.
$50 Lancaster city, aI
ward. east OF South
Duke.
Isl Lancaster city, ai
ward, west of south
Duke.
l52 Lancaster city, 4tlI
ward, north of West
German.
l53 Lancaster city, 4th
ward, south OF West
German.
lI Lancaster city. 5th
ward.
lS Lancaster city. 9Th
ward. south of East
James.
l56 Lancaster city. 9Th
ward, north of East
James.
l57 Lancaster city. 7th
ward, east of Rock
land.
l5S Lancaster city, 7th
ward, west OF Rock
land.
l59 Lancaster city, sth
ward, north of Love
Lane.
100 Lancaster city, stIi
ward, sOuti, of Love
Lane.
l6l Lancaster city, 9th
ward, east of Water.
l62 Lancaster city, yth
ward, west of Water.
l63 Manor twp, Mil
lersville.
l64 Manor twp, New
Manor.
l65 Manor twp. Indian
town.
l6 Washington Dor.
l67 Pequea twp.
1863 COnestOga twp.
l69 Martic twp.
10 Providence twp.
III Strasburg twp.
I72 Strasburg Dor.
LIB Paradise twp.
ia Salisbury twp.
LIS Bart twp.
l76 Eden twp.
III COlerain twp.
LIS DrumOre twp, east
of Lancaster and
Port Deposit road.
l19 DrumOre twp, west
of Lancaster and
Port Deposit.
1870 Little Britain twp.
ISL Fulton twp.
in wards and town
sn in the instructions
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CENSUS DISTRICT.

Lancaster, Delaware and Chester Counties
Divided.
Supervisor Henry G.. Snowden has COM
pleted hif division of Delaware, Chester
and Lancaster counties into sub-dstricts.
Delaware into 35 districts Chester into
6S districts, and Lancaster into 70
districts.
The following are the divisions of Ian
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Who is this Lemuel Brown {?

WHEN the census enumerators are ap
pointed the "best workers in the wards
will not be behind the door.
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.. G.-GATCHELL and Gantz.

WHERE'S sensenig?-in this fight.
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THE jury not having vindicated John b
Dennis, he is not candidate for Legisla'
ture.
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The line of division in wards and town
ships will be fully given in the instructions
to the enumeration.
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IT was Pentecostal Monday but the poll
ticians were mostly filled with bad spirits
to-day.
, 1880-03-14

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