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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26
Majority for Longeneckcr
Another Rifle Club.

On Friday evening last a rifle club was
organized at the Shifier hose house on
South Queen street. Officers were elected
as follows President, William Anderson;
Secretary, John Zecher Treasurer, George
Weitzel Captain Thomas Anderson. The
club will use the long range Remington
rifle, and is said to he composed Of a num-
ton of the city.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

together with virile editorial utterances
that have tho ring of the true metal. The
Banner being intended for general circula-
ton, the scope of its news columns extends
over the length and breadth Of the land
besides keeping the reader thoroughly
posted on the local campaign, which is led
by Congressman BeltzhOcver. The editor
of the Campaign Banner, Mr.. W. +. Camp
bell, is graduate Of Franklin and Mar
shall college, gentleman Of fine intellectu'
al attainments and thorough-going and
consistent young Democrat, and his On
trance into the field Of journalism bids
fair to prove cre.litablo and successful
venture. The Democracy Of Pennsy lvani;
will look for big majority from the Cum
herland valley, and the Banners predic
tions justify the confidence.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26
Hancaster fntelllgerlrer.
MONDAY EVENING. JULY %. 1890.
COx'S Case,

1t is a most remarkable story that the
Philadelphia Times gets from its New
York correspondent about Chastine
Cox, and it is still more remarkable if, as
he says, this story was known to and
concealed by Cox's counsel and num-
ber Of newspaper men before he
was swung off for the accidental
killing of old Mrs. Hull in the
commission of IN alleged felony. 1t is
remarkable that such 4 state of things
could exist: it is more remarkable ii his
counsel knowing them would not avail
himself Of his knowledge to set up what
would have certainly been successful
technical defense for his client: it is
most remarkable of all that any New
York newspaper reporter knowing thest
facts should have hid them in his bosom
for any sentimental reason.
Cox Was convicted of murder AM
hanged for it, not because he had killet
his victim with malice prepense Of kill
ily, but because he accidentally cause'
her death while he was engaged i'll tn
uer,etration of another felony. II Their
was no such other felony there was m
murder, and the burden of proving TIN
felony fell upon the commonwealth
Such proof rs it had rested largely ol
Cox's confession, and if such part OF III
confession rs would have relieved hin
from the felOnious imputatiOn was Will
held by his counsel, it does not seer
to have been wisely nor properly SO Will
held.
At the same time it will be well to II
member that the Times's correspondent
is not imfallible in his statement of fac'
nor unfailing in the resources OF his III
agination. In this case he is probabI
simply testing the gullibility of the pul
lie. 4 more improbable story it woul
be difficult to conceive.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

IT looks as if there was something rot
ten in the letting of the contract to
build the poorhouse barn. Competitive
bidders have right to complain if some
bids were handed in after others had
been opened and announced, and if the
plans were altered TO scale down a favor
ties bid, while the others were not given
a chance to reduce their bids correspond
ingly.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

Subpenas have been issued in Harris
burg for witnesses in the case of George s.
Smith. of Philadelphia, and Christian Long
and E. 8. lMcCupe, OF 6hipfensburg.
charged with corrupt solicitation of mem
bers of the Legislature. The district at
tmnsy is determined, it is Is said, TO have
their cases tried in October, and the re-
mainder at the November term of court.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

IT is the German vote that controls
the situation in Ohio. With the Cleve-
land Wechter am Erie abandoning the
Republican party and supporting Han
cock, it looks as if Garfield was tower the
Rhine" on the wrong side and couldn't
9et back.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

WHEN the rogues fall out the truth
may be disclosed. The Examiners
editor, late the political partner Of Levi
Sensenig, tells editorially of the trick at
the Republican primary election of 1879,
by which Il fraud of 147 votes was per
petrated at the Second ward in this city,
in behalf of the Examiners and Sen
senig's candidate for recorder. If such
things are done i'm the city, where an
extra number of . watchers" are pro-
ditIed, what is done i'm the country where
in some districts the friends of one fac
tion or the other often have it all their
own way 1t seems that the latest device
of the ballot-bOx suffers and return
thinkers is to pack a fraudulent ballot
box during the day and when the polls
close they exchange it for the real one.
An "hOnest count'' and ":rue re-
turn can then safely he made
of the packed box. This is the
trick, the Examiner and Ne,o Era tell
us, that is played by their party friends
upon each other at primary elections
conducted under the general election law
and with the officers duly sworn and re-
sponsible in law.
In certain districts of this county the
Republicans have all the election officers
Ii they will cheat each other in the man
ner described what would they not dc
against the Democracy when they have
the chance
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26
An Honest Confession
|. Examiner Of Safup(lay

An Honest Confession.
Lancaster Examiner of Saturday.
The vote for recorder in the Secord ward,
Lancaster, in 1879, between Good and
LOngenecker, was returned for
BENJAMIN LOngenecker. .2O5
John p. Good. 80
Majority for Longenecker. lag
The box into which the tickets of the
voters was put (but exchanged for the
stuffed one counted as above given) was
afterwards counted out of curiosity, and
instead of Longenecker having 146 MAJOR
ity John P. Good had one majority.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

SOME of the Republican journals hay-
ing intimated that Geo. Bullock, the
wealthy Republican manufacturer OF
Montgomery county ,whe has declared for
Hancock. was man without influence,
the Times sent a reporter up there to
ssa about it. He returns the informa-
tion that Bullock generally gives about
four times as n.nch to the campaign
fund us any other Republican in the dis.
trict, that when he goes into acampaign
with interest he affects local results
about thirty-three per cent, that he Is
strikingly popular with the three hun
dretl :t,irrs who work for him, that he il
es,aestsy for Hancock and would give
him Il thousand votes if he had them
and that among the Montgomery county
Republicans who are going will
him this trip may be counted
s'st.ch citizens us Gen. VIM. J. Bolton, ;
bltt!e-sclrred veteran, who, after doing
good service for the Union flag, has since
devoted much of his time to the inter
ests Of the National Guard DR.. L. W
Read, surgeon general of Gov. HOyt'
staff, who served as surgeon in TIL
Crimean war and also throughout tin
Late civil contest B. E. Chain, a prOmi
nent attorney, who Wa one of Hancock
pIaymates, and other citizens of higl
standing in the community. Beside
these are many men of less prominence
who decline to come out for fear O
offending employers or for other reasons
but who will vote for Hancock Will
supporting the Republican state an
local ticketS.''
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

AMONG the postoffices recently estab
lished were "Baby Mine, "Blow Horn
"No Go, " "Buss" and Necessity
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-26

Mr.. HAYES will not take the stump for
Garfield on the Pacific slope. Garfield q
friends out there say that it would do
more harm than good. The report created
the greatest CONSERVATION among them.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
OKLAHOMA.

Washington, March 3.-This evening"
dispatches from Kansas City must look
.',ther warlike to the 'slear people" no
IRE net well advised Of the motives anil
surroundings Of the Inen who headed
asst nights demonstrate in favor OF
opening the In'iian Territory, or rather
favor OF taking possession at a por-
ION of that Territory without leave
rom anybody. The dispatch refer red
% mentions by name as speakers, Colo
lel BoudinOt, ex-Congrcssman Franklin
II Kansas City, General Blair, "Hon.' -
sidney Clarke, ami others who are not
named. 1t happens that with the posi-
ole exception OF Mr.. Franklin every one
II the men named is in the employ of n
railroad company that il very anxioa>
10 benefit its Business BY the traffic
which the settlement of the Territory
would create. Colonel BOudinOt, tai
.nied Cherokee and an ex-0fiirer il the
rebel army, has been for years q recey-
,lzcd agent here for the Missouri, Kan
-.s and Texas. General T.. w. Blair, as
.stiinabie a gentle nan "a the State OF
,lansas affords, is the attorney OF the
Kansas City aud Gulf, and also, be-
'eve, Of the GalvcstOn-buth controlled
~ an interest that would be greatly
promoted by the authority to extent
.uc OF their lines through the TerriiOr.
Hon" Sidney Clarke derives his onl.
consequence, if he have any, from thu.
act that he, too, in stnalI and insiy-
aiiicant way ia in the employ OF the NJ,
\. y I. road. Personally, of course,
lis opinions are OF no interest to re-
peci;.bIe ,cople.-Speciai COrTespond
ace AfchisOa Champion.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
ALEXANDER AND LINCOLN.

II is said that the action of the Gear
n appointing General MellikOf to most
,bSolute power is without precedent in
russian history. But SO was his action
1861 in freeing twenty-five million
scrfs. There are some who will tell yom
hat freedom to the serfhas not br0ugh.
my advantage to him, bur SO there ARE
thousands ready 10 declare tina. Lincoln
u emancipating the slaves Of the South
made their condition worse instead OF
et,er. In neither case is the tesiiin0 V
.fered Of any weight. The reliable,
Witnesses are the e;nancipated serfs AMI
Iavcs. Whatever the old slave holders
nay think Of Lincoln, it is certain tina,
he ex-slaves revere his memory, ami in
.hatevcr light the s.l,i serf.Owncrs ma,
regar,l Alexander H., it is safe to a.
inc that the men he wavo freedom,
nd, in many Oases homes, think no.
inkindly OF him.-l"ter-O cean.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
rILDEN'S PROPOSITION.

The Washington correspondent OF 'i
New York World, learus that at the Ia
meeting Of the National Democrat.
committee, Mr.. Til,lcn submitted tire
propositions for its approval. Thes
were:
Tie selection Of ST. Louis as the plac'
for holding the National Convention. I
order that the campaign of 1876 Nigh
be literally repeated, with the single ex
ception Of the exclusion Of Mr.. Hen
bricks.
Another was declaration by the com
mittee that the ..frud issue" Upossibly 4,
be illustrated by the face Of Mr.. Haye
with the word .'fraud" neatly stamped
u ,om the forcheati) should be the issu'
Of 1850.
The third was the appointment OF
subcommittee to negotiate in New
York for an adjustment of the differ.
snces between Mr.. Tilien and the eight,
thousand and more New York Demo
Gratis, who will, under no circumstance
ever again he induced TO vote tor him
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
TIE OLIVE BRANCH.

Senator Ingails addressed the thous-
ands who had gathered at his home last
week in honor Of his viudicatiOn. In
his speech he said some severe things
which has called OIL, not little adverse
criticism. II is not claimed that he went
outside the record in his abuse Of the
men who have bounded his steps for a
year, but il is suggested by many thai,
he being the victor should have extend
cd tho olive branch, and that he cOulf'
have well afforded to have been gener-
GUS, q. d that it would have paid.
Without attempting to indorse hi
particular language We want 20 remind
all interested that so far as Kansas cx-
pcrience is concerned the political div"
branch business has proved not only I"
failure but has always and in every in
stance borne the bitterest fruit. ion
can't deodcrize q skunk by sprinSiinp
him with cologne water; no more can
you placatc Kansas politician with
soft soap, nor make the character OF y
traitor white b. fair words. The wa,
TO get rid of q skunk is To kill 1t. Tho
way to beat trcacbery is to crush H.
Had Senator Ingalls, attempted to warn
back to life and responsibility the ser
penis in whose coils he has writhed he
would only have veen bitten again for
his pains. All experience, at least IN
Kausas, proves the truth Of the asser-
ton. This building up and fortifyins
enemies sounds pretty, but is pregnant
with trouble. All any public man ha'
TO do to secure his discontinue and de-
feat, we care not how tranccndant hi
abilities MAJ be, is to bolster up an
maintain his enemies.
In the fight somebody had TO 90 t.
the wall, and the fight being over II II
but natural that the under party Shouts
squeai. We endorse both the crow an
the squeai, as it assures us that ther'
has not only been victory but that thu
enemy got badly hurt.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
WHERE SHALL IT BE 4:

At some place in Southwestern Kan
Sas there must be from the very nature
If things, sooner ar later. vast depot
Of supplies of I'LL kinds. for the beneti
# The thousands of people living and I"
live in suri section and the cOuntr,
contiguous. Small dealers and cOn>uml-
nrs generally cannot afford to go So far
EAST as Kansas City, or SD far west ~
Denver, for the thousand and one thing,
necessary to existence, comfort AM;
prosperity, aside from what is producrsi
from the soil aud also, these cities are
100 Ear away 10 be central markets for
,nr farm productions and to regulate
he price for the same.-Ne'ct0n Repal-
'jcaa.
I. shall be and is at The confluence Of
The Big and Little Arkansas rivers, the
junction of the ST. Louis and IAN Fran
.isco railroad aud the wichita and
southwestern, and the junction Of the
Iol,len extension of the Missouri Pacific
md the Fifth Parallel roads. Ask some
fhiug hard.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
WHO Is He?

An the knowing Aiecks need not spea'
at once, hut We would like TO know wiz
this Keeny lie that is figuring so lary'l.
in the affairs of State? His spresdIn,
capacity seems immense. His name ne'
@. fixed our gaze until few month
since, but already he has town name
after him, is talked Of for Governor, i
fixed for one Of the delegates TO the Ma
tional Convention at Chicago. Is takin;
the entire conduct Of National fair T.
be held ut Bismarck Grove. aud think
some il Is said Of making contest IL
Ryan's place. If this wonderful lig'
concludes to stop long in Kansas, an'
continues TO maintain his present asccn
ding boom, there will not be found room
for many aspiring-not Ia say deserving
-old-timers. Let us NOT burst ia ignoi
aucc, bat tell us, somebody. OF the ante
ccdenss, present status and future glor,
of this new political and financial iigl'
that has % suddenly lit up Kansas nj
fairs generally.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
PREDICTIONS ABOUTlsso AND 81.

WICHITA. KANSAS. March 8, 1880.
70 fIs Ester Of tis Eacle:
We have just turned over the last
page of a pamphlet recently published
ny Professor Grimnier, entitled "Pre-
ictions about 1880 and 2S37." We
lose i, as the last word is read with an
'yclsma'ion Of incrednlty. In il the
author, Professor Orimner asserts, an |
would make us believe "from 1880 To
1887 will be one universal carnival OF
Icaih." Asia will be dcpapulaied Eu-
ope nearly so America will lose fifteen
nillion people; hesides plaques, We are
o have storms and tidal waves noun
aims are TO "ioss their heads through
he choicest valleys" navigators viii be
io>, by the thousands, ewing to the ca
nriciuus ,leheSnres 0f the magnetic
needle :" and islands will appear and
disappear in mid-ocean; all the beasts.
bird, and fishes Will be diseased: FAM
iue aud civil strife will destroy most of
the human beings who are not DESTROY
cd by plague and finally. 1.-TWO years
oi fire" from 1885 to 1887 will rage with
fury in every part of the globe. In 1887
The "Star of Bethlehem" will "reappeas
in Cas>iopria's chair tho immediate
resuI, being universal war and porten-
tious floods and shipwrecks. North
Aneriea il 10 he again involved in \
civil war unless ..Napo;eou arises 10
quell it.. Bat daring these terrible days
the Pacific States will I've yeritable
paradise of peace compared with the
hclli.h sisitc tia. wiz be raging thro'-
gu, the world. Or course all ihis Il
simply absurd. To every enlightened
mind niu-,y-uine per cent. OF these pre-
dictions will be recognized as supcrsti-
tioas Trash, aud pqIhing more. We viii
never believe 1t, nor even tts hsudrcdih
part Of it, Th,i gentleman Of Prof
fessor Grimuier's attainmcnts should
pat such stuff into print snenis equal
almost To blaspheluy. Is the world of
TO-DAY So much mere wicked than the
world of : century ago that Il should
need supcr.a,ivc anionn, vt ri4astssr-
m,eni: These predictions ARE irrcccscil-
able with the yooduess of tod. Or.
does Professor trimmer wish To convey
the idea that God is no longer God II
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11

LAWRENCE. March Sine board of
directors Of the National Fair c0mplet-
ed last night the final revision Of the
premium list Of the fair tn be held At
this place in September NEXT. The list
aggregates $4,000. the following are
some Of the principal premiums:
For the best country display Of farm
products, stock and mineral resources,
$1,000.
For the best drilled military company
d, 900.
For the best TWENTY-FIVE pounds Of
butter, $50.
For the best fifty pounds of cheese,
$3.50.
Boys prize, for the best acre of corn.
$50.
For the best gallon Of sorghum sugar
S25.
For the best bushel of winter wheat,
$50.
Best amateur brass band of not less
than ten pieces. $3.50.
FOR THE SPEED RING
ten thousand dollars are offered. The
premiums ON cattle aggregate $500 !;
many Of them being simply IN .gniflrenf.
The premium list throughout Is exceed
ingly liberal and has never been equal
Ell save at Philadelphia. The board Of
directors instructed the President Of the
Association to send out the following
INVITATION AND CHALLENGE:
Kansas invites any States or all the
States and Canada, and any railway or
and company to coinpe at the West
.rn National Fair, to be held al Law
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
CRY OF DISTRESS FROM BRAZIL

And nov comes a pathetic crr Of dis
'rcss from Brazil If famine, starvation,
md pestiiruce. The stricken d,-ir Ct y
omi.rel,end",i be, ween the rivers Par
ahyha and San FranriscO TO that part
# Brazil which is known as the Seriao.
che cause Of the famine is a two Year
rolih, literally whitening and killing
mt the resources of what is usually
.roductive agricultural district. The
'eople, panic-stricken have rushed I,
ne seaboart regions In hundreds q
thousands, where they are suffering
'om destitufion and disease. A corrr-
pendent Of the New York Tribune.
no has lonked into the situation. es,i
lsies that fully two hundred thousand
lrople have already died of ac,ual star
aii"u. and illut three hundred t!.ous.
nd more have died % disease.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11

The progress OF discovery in Maine
continues to be exciting. A Republi.
:an Senator, George II. Wakefield. War
oantrd out by the conspiraiOrs ON The
allegation that 25S votes in the town ui
berwick bore the name Of George "a. y
Wakefield. An examination Of Cover
lpr Garcelon's papers showed that il,
ne tahulation nf the returns these votes
we're originally credited to George II
Wakefield; ihIs entry was afterwards
.rased with knife. and the name
George A. Wakefield" with 255 votes
written further down the page. A
-rrufiny OF the original returns made il
.'eriertly apparent that the capital al
,ad been turned 10 an ga" BY closing
he top. And now the town clerk whu
lied oit the return appears and swear.
hat the alteration was made after the
document left his hands, and that he
icvcr wrote u capital III" n the form
[ is there made TO represent.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-03-11
LITTLE ROCK AND FORT SMITH.


Boston Transcript: Little Rock and
Fort Smith is strong at 81 and 81 ls2.
There are orders upon the market Sor
several thousand shares Of this stock at
so, but fears are entertained that it cas-
not be got down to this figure. We
doubt If il can.
The earnings Of the road for the third
week in February, show the usual in
crease of about 80 per cent. and this
with the river open tonavigatiOn. The
first two days OF the fourth week show
100 per cent. increase, but two days 10
too short time for comparison.
We intimated some time ago that Lit
tie Rock and Fort Smith stock would be
given par value before the close Of this
year, irrespective Of its enormous land
sales and comparatively large earnings
by railroad combinations yet to come.
We can now state further regarding the
subject.
1t win be remembered that the con-
tinuation of the Wichita branch Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad is
named the Cowlcv, Sumner and Fort
Smith. II now ends at Arkansas City,
on the Arkansas river, near the north
line of the Indian Territory. Its desti-
nat on is Fort Smith the terminus of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith road, which
lies III a position 10 connect with road
through the Indian Territory, and make
n trunk line from Kansas to New Or
leans, Tennessee and al intervening
points in the Southwest.
Now, a road through the Indian Ter
ritory, as everybody interested in the
subject knows would be the making Of
the Little Rock road but il has been sup
posed that this could not be done before
he opening of the Territory but il
ran be, and is likely to be.
Senator Harris. Of 'ennessee, has just
introduced bill in the United States
Senate for this purpose. The South de-
sires to exchange its products directly
for those Of Kansas, and is in favor or
such road being built if the consent of
the Indian authorities can be obtained.
1t is believed that this consent will be
obtained, and if the people Of the South
west desire it, as they undoubtedly do.
the A,chison and Topeka company :" j
build the road. asking NO privileges OF
land grant or other encouragement than
necessary to make the rail connection.
The Atchison road is now represent
ed at Washington in this movement and
The request Of the Southern people is
likely to be complied with. This makes
the Little Rock the centre IF an east and
west trunk line from Kansas to Mem
,,bic