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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
ZuIu DinlOnlacy.

Savages have always been remarkable
for shrewdness in their simplicity, and Get
ewayo, the Zulu, is no exception. When
leaving his kingdom as prisoner of war,
he expressed great anxiety about his own
welfare, about his wives, and about certain
relations ; but he never said a word about
a son. This reticence, while disparaging
to his parental tenderness, reflects the
highest credit on his diplomacy, for
though Cetewayo might he prisoner, his
son, so long as he was in Zululand, would
he knew, still keep corner in the Zulu
heart warm for him. Visitors to the king
have come away delighted with his candor
and his loquacity, but that secret of son
never escapes the lips of the candid and
talkative monarch. To the coniurors
sent to amuse him he seemed to open
his heart without any reservation, and,
when the pipers Of the Ninety-first squeal-
ed and droned before him, he confided to
them, after his first astonishment and be-
wilderment had subsidized, his inmOst
thoughts. He impaired to them details of
his daily life and his most cherished hopes.
Above all, he told them how he lOnged to
be dressed himself as Highland piper
but he never said word about son.
This youth, however, is very substantial
fact, 12 years old and very fat. He is liv-
ing at present with CetewayO's brother,
Umbwakwaba, and has interviewed the
British authorities at Clundi.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
CALIFORNIA; Orange Crop.

A citizen who owns an orange orchard
in Los Angeles county says that the crop
this year will not be as large as last year
that is, there will not be as many
oranges in number, but they will average
much larger than last year. The crop a
year ago brought, OH the trees, an average
of 81 per 1000. 1t is said that the crop has
already been sold to San Francisco
dealers. Last year most of the orange
crop of San Bernadino county went to
Arizona, and it is probable that the
greater part of it will take that destina-
nation this year. Arizona opens a new
market for the fruit growers of southern
California. The mining developments of
that territory are increasing the popula-
tiOn. There are no orchards in bearing
in that country. The pioneer miner is al
ways hungry for fruit, and these people
made better market for oranges last year
than could be found elsewhere. There arc
an immense number of orange trees which
have come into bearing in southern Cali
fornia within the last three years. The
new trees, of course bear light crops, but
these greatly augment the aggregate.
Twenty-Five dollars a thousand make these
crops very desirable one when each tree
will average 1000 oranges, and great
many trees go a long way above that num-
ber
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
STATE ITEMS.

Washington county is great wool
growing region, and the product is nearly
all bought up already. One dealer bought
$50, 900 pounds at an average of 40 cents
per pound.
While Mrs. Mary Hook, of Pittston,
was absent from home her little son,
whom she had left locked up in the house,
was burned to death, his clothing having
ignited while he was playing with the fire.
A. NJ. Russell, a member of the oil ex-
change, formerly connected with the
Parker bank, and for many years captain
of steamboat, died very suddenly yester-
day morning OF heart disease.
The body of a well-dressed man. appar-
emily 81 years of age, was found in the
bushes near kratz's station. on the Perkic-
men railroad yesterday. There was no
marks of violence upon it. The name
William Markin" was tatooed on the
arm in India ink
Another advance was made yesterday in
the prices of nails by the Western nail
association. There was no meeting, but
telegraphic consultation between the men,
bers of the association. The new price
is So per keg. and takes effect at once.
A few months ago nails sold at $40 per
keg.
Christopher Hoffman, a young man,
aged "a, hanged himself in his barn near
Erie. He has been trusted with large sums
of money to deposit in or withdraw from
the bank and has always been considered
honest. Among his effects was found evil
dence of enlightenment and attempts at
forgery. Fear of discovery and prosccu-
tion probably prompted the deed.
Early on Monday morning Ellemina
Roth, young girl between thirteen and
fourteen years of age. elOpcd with a mar
ried man named Willoughby Arnold, at
| North White Hall, near Allentown. Ar
mold had worked on the same farm where
the girl was employed and they were very
intimate with each other. Arnold has !;
wife and child, who are much distressed
over the affair.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dcrr, one of the oldest
persons in EastOn, died last night, in heI
S9th year. She was very widely known.
She has three brothers and two sisters
living, all of whom are over IS years OF
age. She was the mother of nine children
three sons, who are dead, and six daugh.
ters, who survive her. All the children
have married, and Mrs. Derr has 40 grand
children, G4 great grandchildren and three
great-great- -grandchildren
Under decision of the supreme court il
the great Bull Ring oil case, the following
oil parties will have to pay ID. Hostel
ter owed the Pittsburgh petroleum oil
company (thc Bull Ring company,
s2O4, 4,6OG. S. Lewis owed it s49, ,S95, and
Hertz s47,621, and the Pittsburgh
petroleum oil company owed Lockhart &
Frew s11O,079, and owed Byers & Co
S192, ,O43. A. Lewis 4 Hertz were bank
rupts, their liability was divided by the ar
bitratOrs among HOstetter, LOckhart &
Frew, and 3ycrs and Company. BY this
means the debt of Mr.. HOstetter was in.
creased to s24S,9 The arbitrators also
found that Mr.. HOstetter had $3.50, OO(
stock in the company, instead Of $4,000
as he claimed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
PERSONAL.

Rev. DOUGLASS SCOTT is the new Lon
don rage us a preacher.
Gen. PHADO, president of Peru, has ar
rived in Panama on his way to Europe via
New York.
The Pope writes iine clear, black hand,
forming every letter distinctly and signing
himself ''LEo p. p. MIL
Mr. FRANK LESLIE, the we'll known pub
Usher. for the past six weeks has been ly-
ing very ill at his residence on Fifth ave-
nue., New York.
The Boston Herald nOminates GEORGE
WILLIAM CURTIS to succeed Senator Ker-
nan. But then New York senator's are not
made in Boston, nor without consulting
Herman.
GOETHE once presented set of his
works to Harvard library-a fact which
has just been brought to light in the pre-
cess of rccataloguing the German litera-
ture of the library.
MAX DUMsTREY, late of the Reformed
theological seminary, this city, and of the
Tau chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity, has composed and had published
grand polka du concert, which is dedi-
Gated to this chapter, and isa very credita-
bic musical production.
THEY have an amateur actress like this
at Richmond, Va: Symmetrical in form
and Ionic rather than Corinthian in order,
midway between Janauschek and Mary
Anderson with more fixed and substantial
beauty than either, Miss HERNDON is the
beau ideal, the very embodiment of trag-
edy.''
Messrs. John Quincy Adams, Francis
Parkman, Phillips Brooks, w. d. Howells
and a half-dozen other distinguished gen.
tlemen, lately sent out a circular to men of
cultivated tastes, in Boston inviting them
to organize there a club similar in it's pur-
poses and operation to the Century club of
New York. About $50 favorable re-
sponses were received, the list including
the names of the majority of Boston's
wisest and cleverest. The membership
is to be limited to 800; the initiation fee is
not to exceed $40, and $50 is to be the an
nual assessment.
In the Congressional Directory compiled
for the second session of the Forty-sixth
Congress by F. A. Richardson. who sue
cceds the veteran Ben Perley Poore in the
work, and has performed the task with the
same completeness and accuracy that have
previous editions, we find
the following biographical sketch of our
congressman: "a. HERR SMITH, ofLan-
caster, was born in Manor township, Ian
caster county, March Z, 1915; graduated
at Dickinson college in 1910; studied law
with John r. Montgomery in Lancaster
was admitted to the bar in 1912, and has
since followed his profession was elected
to the House of Representatives of the
state of Pennsylvania in 1s43, and re-elect-
cd in 1874; in 1916 was elected to the
state Senate was elected to the Forty
third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-tifth Con-
crosses, and was reelected to the Forty-
sixth Congress as Republican, receiving |
10, 4S6 votes, against sos votes for Wilson,
and 273 votes for Clair, Ma
tional."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
The Riot LOSSeS.

The Allegheny county commissioners
have decided to issue for the present ST.
741. 900 of bonds for the payment of the
compromised claims for property
in the July riots of 1877. These bonds will
be either registered or coupons, according
to the wish of the purchaser, will bear )
per cent. interest, free of taxation, and
one-half will be payable January 1st, 1890,
and the other half on January 1st. 1900
The first half will be rcdeemable any time
at the option Of the county after January
1st, 1885, and the balance redeemable any
time after January 1st. 1890. Home banks
have already subscribed for 81, 43O. 900,
and private parties, all residents of Ale
gheny county, have subscribed for $780,
O0O These bonds will be issued in sixty
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
BRIBERY IN MAINE.
A FusIOnist Swearing that He Was 1
$1,000 to Resign.

A FusIOnist Swearing that He Was Paid
$1,000 to Resign.
In Portland, Me-, there appeared in yes,
terday afternoons press dispatches letter
signed by Thomas B. Swami, of MinOt,
saying that he would not act with the Flu
siOnists. The following affidavits, which
appear in the Aryus, are therefore self-ex-
planatory:
AUGUSTA, Me-, January 6.
|, Thomas b. Swami, of Minot, hereby
on oath make the following statement
On the evening of January 5, was inform
ed by reliable person that he had been
offered $1,000 by one Of the agents
Of the Republican party to resign his
position as representative to the Leg
islature of Maine and not act with
the Greenback or Democratic party. |
thereupon consulted with the leading
members ofthe Greenback party and in
formed them that | would have it limited
to the said agent that my resignation
could be effected with money, and if was
offered $1,000 would take it and sign the
papers that they should request and then
expose their plans to defeat the will of the
people by bribery. The party whom they
endeavOred to bribe on the evening of the
5th informed said agent that l could be
purchased, and, at half-past ten o'clock on
the 9th, it was appointed for me to be
at the court house and sign the resignation
and other papers. l went there at
the time appointed and met the said
agent, whose name l now suppress. A
trade was made and said agent paid me
$1,000 in cash. Said agent informed me
that they had got three or four men to re-
main away from the House of Representa-
tives so we could not have quorum pres
ent. was required to copy in my own
hand papers which they had prepared be-
fore came to said court house for my sig
nature. now have the 81 900 in my pos
session and have shown it to several per-
sons. THOMAS B. SWAMI.
AUGUSTA. Jan. 6, 1880.
County of Kennebcc, SIS.
Personally appeared Thomas 3. Swami
and made oath that the above affidavit is
true before me.
E. II. COVE, Justice of the Peace.
The affidavit of Moses Hartman, of
Kenncbunk, says that on January he
received $1,000 at the Augusta court
house for declining to accept a scat, and
was also promised that if the Republicans
secured the organization he should have
4 scat and be "taken care Of
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

PERSONS familiar with the manipula-
ton Of Pennsylvania political conVcn-
tions know of what influence the
clacluers are A great body of turbulent
spectators, to hiss down their opponents
and cheer their friends, to brOw-beat the
timid and to inspire those with whom
the mob is in sympathy, to create SEM
blance of popular enthusiasm for one
motion and against the other, have an
immense influence in determining the
action of the body. More than once the
Camerons have had Use for such body
and that they expect to need it again IS
manifest from the fact that Don, as
chairman of the national committee, has
appointed IA subcommittee of three to
act with himself and the secretary Ill
making all the local arrangements for
the holding of the convention in Chicago
and has assumed to place in the hands OF
this subcommittee the distribution OF
tickets by which spectators will be ad-
mitted to the convention. BY this means
he and his ponies will pack the cOnven-
tion with gang to do their bidding, to
- carry it off its feet for their man.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

THE enterprise of an eX-cOnvict in
New York, who proposes to provide use
full and honest employment for we'll dis
posed eX-conyictS, merits hearty approba-
tion and substantial encouragement. II
is to be hoped that our penal institutions
do not entirely fail in one aim of punish
ment, the reformation of the offender,
and people who get out of Jail are none
the less likely to find their descent easy be-
cause every one points the finger of scorn
at the scarlet letter blazing on their
breasts. In Maryland, Mr.. Griffith has
for years made speciality of aiding pris-
Oners to live future life of usefulness
and honor, and his work has been crown
ed with such striking results for good as
to make every extension of it a laudable
and hopeful enterprise.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE POULTRY SHOW.
Drawing to q ClOse-List of Premiums
Awarded.

Drawing to q Close-List of Premiums
Awarded.
The first exhibition of the Lancaster
county poultry association, which COM
menced on Friday last, will close this even
ing. 1t has been a remarkable success,
both financially and as regards the display
of fowls. While few varieties of fowls
are unrepresented and fHry others only
lightly represented, all the cho;cer vari-
eties, including Brahmas. Cochins, Ply
mouth Rocks, Leghorns, Games. Bantams,
ducks, geese, pigeons, &c, are very fully
represented by birds of unusually high
standard.
All day long yesterday the judges We're
very busily engaged in weighing and ex-
amining the birds and announcing the pre-
milms. Their duties have been very on
erOus and in some eases very difficult of
performance. Some of the contesting birds
are so nearly alike in all points that it has
been found almost impossible to determine
which is the better 1t is no wonder there
fore that there should he some little dis
satisfaction among unsuccessful exhibitors
with the awards of the judges and indeed
| it is probable that in 4 few instances they
have made mistakes it would be wonder
full il they had not but the general ver-
dict, as far as we have been able to- learn it.
| is that the judges have performed their
duties conscientiously and with marked
| ability.
Below we publish the list of premiums
| as announced:
upUMzr1:S H1rar,,,n
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
"A Mother and Three Children Burned
to Death.

In San Francisco yesterday about eight
O'Clock Il fire broke out in two story
frame dwelling on Union street, between
Powell and Mason street, occupied by
Daniel Hoskins, his wife and five
children. Mr.. Hoskins and his eldest
son had gone to their work, and Mrs.
HOskins, after breakfast, went to her room
on the second floor front, and lay down on
the bed with Eddie, aged four. Her
daughter, Annie, aged nineteen, and 4
baby sister were still sleeping in back
chamber. Thomas, the second son, who
was in the lower part of the house, heard
his mother cry, Help! Fire ~ Upon
running up stairs he found the way barred
by flames. An alarm was instantly given,
but before the engines arrived the house
was almost entirely consumed. The bodies
of Mrs. Hoskins, Annie, Eddie and the
infant were found in the rooms. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07
NEIGI:EORHOOD NEWS.


Events Across the County Line.
James Levy. Shenandoah chicken
fancier is training a chicken to dance and
is willing to wager $3.50 that he will sue
cecd.
Mrs. Kobler, OF Harrisburg, was severe
ly burned by the explosion of coal oil
lamp which she was carrying down stairs,
Thursday evening.
Parties who are Interested in navigation
say that the Pennsylvania canal will open
at an early date this ycar-that an open
winter thus far warrants this belief.
A patient angler actually came III from
the Yellow Breechcs creek fishing ground
on Saturday with Il fine bunch Of black
suckers, which he caught, he said, with
rod and line.
There was q fair sprinklinS of wild ducks
on the river yesterday, but the day was
not "a good one for cunning and the
ducks therefore enjoyed themselves, not
withstanding the rainy weather. The
river is 81 feet above low water mark.
A York county steer died suddenly the
other day, and there was at once terri
bic scare among the farmers about pleuro-
pneumonia. A veterinary surgeon was
called in and made post mOrtem examin-
alton of the carcase, when it was discOv-
cred the animal had chOked to death by
having attempted to swallow large corn
cob.
The Central Pennsylvania poultry asso-
citation, of POttsvile, opened its annual
exhibition in Mountain City hall, Potts
vile, yesterday under the most favorable
auspices. One hundred and fifty regular
premiums are offered, amounting from 81
to s. each, and Sc special prizes. ranging
from s. to s25 each, are offered besides by
members of the association.
Superintendent Wickersham, of the
school department., has recently admitted
141 more pupils to the different soldiers
orphans schOols-which increases the
number in all the schools to about 2,GGO.
There is now on file in the school depart
ment about 50Oapplications for admission,
but hardly one out of ten will be favor
ably considered, because the claims are
not valid under the law governing the
soldiers orphans schools.
All the wooden spans Of the long bridge
across the Susquehanna, at Havre de
Grace, have been re placed with iron ones,
and the draw will DC completed by Feb
ruary. The old bridge was opened to
travel in 1866 and the new one was COM
menced in 1876. 1t has been COIL
structed by the Phoenix bridge COM
pany and the EdgemOOr iron company.
the former putting up seven spans and
the other six including the draw.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

The circumstantial reports of at
tempted bribery 10y the Republicans in
Maine will not surprise anybody. Down.
right purchase of votes has been favor
ite campaign method of the Blaine party
there for years and at its present critical
juncture the $1,000 offer is remarkable
only for the low figure involved. In fact
all New England, with its assumed su-
perior tone of political morality, lis honey
combed with this bribery in elections and
legislators and we must say that the
sharp contrast between Gov. GarcelOn' s
attitude and that of his opponents, who
have resorted to the purchase of weak
fusionists, is one which greatly relieves
the situation for him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

Black Fdntails-Charles E. Long. LIST
and specials Jos. II. Habecker, ed Pre-
MUM.
White Fantm1s-Charles Lippold, 1st
premium.
Yellow Jdco5ins-John NJ. Hasans. Stras-
burg, 1st premium John E. Shaun. Ian
caster, I'd premium.
Red Jaco5ins-John VI. Hayans. Stras-
burg, 1st premium.
Black Mcobias-John II. Hagans, Stras-
burg, 1st Jos. II. Habecker. I'd premi-
ums.
White Jdcobins-Joseph H. Habecker,
list; c. G. Lands, I'd premium.
Bnldhead Tumblers-Charles Lippold,
city, 1st premium.
Inside 7umJlers-Charles Lippold, 1st
premium.
Lonataced Tum5lers-Joseph Ii. Haback
er, list ; Charles LippOld, I'd premium.
Iello" 7urbits-JOhn E. Shaun, city,
1st. and c. G. Landis, I'd premium.
Black Trumpeters-Charles Lippold 1st
and Jos. II. Habecker I'd premium.
White 1rumpeters- Charles Lippold. list
Yellom Trumpeters-C. G. Lands, 1st
premium.
Blue Antusrps-Frank Howell, LIST, and
Charles Lippold, 2d premium.
Slrer 1nf,cerps-Charles Lippold, 1st,
and Harry &. IIirsh, I'd premium.
Red Chechercd Antrelps-Harry G..
llirsh, LIST, and Charles Lippold, Gd pre-
MUM.
Blue african Orls-John E. Shaun. LIST,
and Charles Lippold. I'd premium.
White african Ouls-Charlcs f. Long,
1st, Charles Lippold, 2d premium.
S'callo~s-Blue and Black-John L.
Shaun. 1st premium on each.
Red M'gpies-Joseph Ii. Habccker, lst
premium.
.Nooraeads-Chrstian Grei,ler. Mount
Joy, I'd premium.
White P1uters-C. G.. Lands, Lancaster,
1St premium.
Best Coop Of SIR Pgeons--- Charles T..
Long, special premium.
Class 16-Ca%e and Ornamental Birds.
Canaries-Charles Lippold, LIST and 2d
premiums.
Rrrots-MrS. Ellen II. IIaser, Lancas-
| ter, 1st premium.
Special Association Premiums.
Amerir"n Se6Tghts-Joseph X. Trissler.
Lancaster, I'd association special premium
and daily Nen Era premium
Langshons-T. Frank Evans. Litiz, I'd
premium and associations special pre-
MUM.
For the $40 premium offered by the as
sociaton for the best coop of any variety
! SIX specimens, one male and five females.
there was Il very close contest between
Charles E. Longs Silver Duckwing Ban
tams, $. n. Warfel's Light Brahmas and
| Sam'l Ii. Engle's Black COcliins. After .
worry careful and protracted examination
of the birds the judges awarded
the premium to Mr.. Long. his
birds scoring So! points to 5G3 for Mr..
Warfel's and 559t for Mr.. Ensle's. The
several scores in detail were as follows;
MIR. Longs Bantams-cockercl, %. pullets
respectively, "a, 91i, 9i1 95i. 81. Mr..
Warfefs Brahmas-cockerel, 93.., pulIets
respectively, 96!, SO, 9Ol, 9371, 9as. Mr..
Engle's Black Cochins-cockerel, 95. hens
respectively, 9O1, 95s, pullets respectively,
80, 94, 94tl. .Ir. Warfel's pullets weighed
respectively IL pounds, H. pounds, 8
pounds, 10 pounds 10 ounces, and II
pounds.
The So premium Offered by the associa-
tion for the most perfect perfect pair OF
fowls in the show, was awarded to Charles
E. Long, Lancaster, on his pair of Black
Breasted Red Game Bantams ''Tom and
Jenny" Mr.. Long has fairly carried OIL
the chief hOnors and profits Of the fair,
having secured the three principal prizes,
and a number of smaller ones-the whole
aggregating in value over so.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

TIE remarkable success of the pOul-
try show just closing and the superior
excellence of the exhibition no less re-
fleets credit upon its management than
it points a lesson to our local farming
interests. Taken in connection with
the highly creditable display of
fruits and flowers at the North
ern market house last fall, it shows
what can be done in the way of a public
exhibition of our local resources and de-
velopment when there is an organized
movement to that end, and the success
of these two fairs should he great
encouragement of Il general move
ment in behalf of lirst-class county
fair this year. The experience and cred
liable record of city exhibitors at both of
them demonstrates how much can he
done in the way of improved fruit and
stock even on 'tOwn lot and our
country friends can take lesson there
from how to improve their enlarged Op-
pOrtunitieS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-07

TIE New York Sun says that William
II. Kemble was a guest at the Childs
dinner to Grant, and that his name was
suppressed in all public reports of the
affair. Who instituted this policy of
= ''silence' Was kemble ashamed of
the company or was the company
ashamed of Kemble With Robson,
Belknap and BabcOck back on their old
footing, we do not see why hemble
should he sighted.