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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
STATE ITEMS.

Patrick Dougherty, aged 1S, the only
support of a widowed mother and sever
small children, was killed in Bast Colliery
by being caught between a wagon and the
shutes in the slope.
Last evening the citizens of Easton to
the number of several hundred assembled
at the town hall at eight o'clock, and
headed by band, proceeded to the residence
of the Hon. Henry Green to serenade him
in honor of his nomination by the Republi-
can convention for judge of the supreme
court. Speeches were made and cheers
given repeatedly. Judge Green was con-
fined to his room, but he sent his respects
and thanks to the assemblage.
In Allentown, Bernhard Winkler, aged
sixty years, entered a saloon of doubtful
reputation on North Eighth street, and
after drinking with the regular female oc-
cupants three or four times, he entered a
rear room where he was for a time alone
with one of the women. He gave her a
silver watch and chain, after which she
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
PERSONAL.

Senator LAMAR is recovering rapidly
and expects to be in his scat in the Senate
in few days.
Miss MAGGIE MITCHELI the actress,
has printed a letter in which she announces
that she is not bit ashamed of her age.
She is forty-four and she doesn't care who
knows it.
The trustees of the State College have
accepted the resignation oc Prof. CALDER.
Who will be chosen to fill the place is not
known, but rumor has it that the position
is to be rendered to State Superintendent
Wickersham.
The Nebraska City Press has this to say
of former INTELLIGESCER boy JEFF
DIETRICH, fer a year or more sterling
typo in this office. and as genial a gentle
man as one wishes TO meet anywhere.
leaves tomorrow for Lincoln to accept 4
situation on the ,JOUrpdl."
Williamsport Gazette ar! BaN,tin :
Queer things occur in this world in Ill
phases of lfe-and none quccrrr than i'll
politics. The Hon. WILLIAM H. ARM
STRONG left here booming Blaine man.
and not delegate lie turns up At llar-
risburg As delegate in place Of ID. T.
Bricker. and is ont and out for Glaut and
Cameron
The Senate has refused t. confirm .IoHN
MORTON. son of the late senator from
Indiana. to be collector Of the port at San
! Francisco. in spite Of Senator Voorhees, 5
strenuous cxertions to secure him the
! place. The arguments i'll opposition to
| his confirmation were to the effect that
Mr.. Morton is not identified with Califor-
mia, having within the last four years,
been appointed to Il treasury special
agency at the Alaska fur seal island. from
| Indiana: and that. while his personal
| character is unexccptionabie, he is not
fitted, by business training or experience,
for the highly important office for whic!
he has just been defeated.
II. S. MCNAIE. of the York Rcpublicon
is mad-vcry mad. He and his paper arc
for Blaine. SO tie Harrisburg convention
would not admit him and he publishes 9
black list ''of the delegates from the 10TH
congressional district to the Republican
convent ion, which met at Harrisburg or
| Wednesday, who at the solicitation OF
Cameron and Quay deliberately and dis
honestly disregarded the wishes Of the Re
publican party OF the district, and grossly
misrepresented ninety y-nine- one -hundredth:
of its members, by voting for the motion
to instruct the delegates to Chicago fol
Grant, Among them of course, is "th'
fellow who stole our seat
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
la1lcaster fntelligerleer.
Is He q General |!

The Washington correspondents are
putting Don Cameron's mastery general
ship of the Harrisburg convention, by
which they say he plucked victory from
the jaws of defeat and, single-handed,
turned back the tide which threatened to
overwhelm the Grant movement. In
proof of his great qualities as a political
commander it is cited that when he got
to Harrisburg he was already beaten.
His instructions to hold no county con-
ventions, but have the delegates named
by the county committees, of whom in a
majority of cases, he felt sure, had been
resisted in no less than twenty-seven OF
the sixty-four counties of the state where
county conventions had been called and
held contrary to his wishes. Twenty
three of these counties had instructed
their. r.delegates'for Blaine and three Others
had passed resolutions of preference. On
the other hand, not single county had
instructed for the eX-president, and oppo
position to the third term policy was
open all over the state.
1t did seem to he a pretty tight fix
But when it is remembered what tool:
he had at hand, it did not require very
expert workmen to frame different re
suit. In Philadelphia McManes haG
fOrty-eight delegates in hand; in ALE
gheny Chris Magee had eighteen, anC
here in Lancaster any order drawn on
ran was certain to be honored. Thu:
scventy-four delegates were to be hat
for the say SO. And after all the victor,
won was not great one. Another sucl
will ruin the Cameron hopes. Long before
Don Cameron is as old rs his father he
will find himself outgeneralled. and tha
he is not the great captain which the,
think who see his last performance from
afar
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

WITH the same facts to base an Opin-
ION on people somehow manage to come
to totally different conclusions. The
Philadelphia Record, for instance, OIL the
indication of the Harrisburg convention,
considers it beyond a peradventure that
Grant will be the Republican candidate ;
while our conclusion has been entirely
different and the press generally has
concluded that the bare majority with
which the Pennsylvania convention pre-
Sented the ex-president'S name is fatal to
the chances of his nomination, which
must he made with enthusiasm and
unanimityif it can be made at all. The idea
which has been industriOuSly cultivated
about Grant is that his great popularity
among the people makes him the strong
est candidate that can be selected; but
when it is seen in Pennsylvania that he
is the candidate of its ring politicians and
that no popular feeling exists: for him,
but that what does exist is against him
and the third term, for which he is pro-
posed, it is manifest that the reason
given for his nomination has no eNis-
tence. We do not believe that the Re-
publican politicians will persist in forcing
Il candidate, against whose nomination
the substantial reasons exist that
forbid. that of Grant, and his declinatlon
of, the proposed honor will certainly
be shortly obtained from him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

Shortly before II o'clock this forenoon,
a slight fire occurred at the county prison
in the room known as Bummers' HALL"
1t is supposed to have been caused by l. de
fective flue as the heater is under the
room. The joists supporting the floor
were burned somewhat, and the floor was
charred. The fire was cxtinguished by the
prisoners and the officials with several
buckets of water. The room was filled
with smoke and tie prisoners who were in
it were frightened for time. The Amer
lean fire company had their engine there,
but it was not needed
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The Mutual Friend.

The Philadelphia Times certities that
Gen. Bingham is a warm friend of both
Blaine and Cameron. and that this
was the reason that while he talked for
Blaine he voted with Cameron at Har-
risburg. 1t may be that Blaine does not
appreciate friendship which gives its
substantial favor away from him: but if
his friend Bingham acted with the best
intentions. rs the Tines declares. he can
only condemn his head while still trust
ing his heart. Sometimes it is lit
tie better to be without Il friend with a
poorly furnished head, and it is especial.
ly convenient when that friend is rash
enough to try to put himself i'll youl
place and act for you. Mr.. Bingham
proclaimed himself the spokesman OF
Blaine in declaring that the latter desired
to make no contest against Grant in the
Harrisburg convention. And if Mr.. Blaine
does not think that was the thing to say
it does not much matter whether his
friend Bingham was fool or traitor
he suffers the same injury in either case
No doubt Mr.. Bingham needed to he q
wise man to carry himself in the conven
tion as the friend of the two contestants
and he probably did the best thing fol
himself when he pretended that he could
see no contest. But when he assumed t(
speak authoritatively for Blaine he
undertook to put too much water on the
Cameron wheel: and we should think
his friend Blaine would be Indignant
with him. But he will still have use fol
him as an intermediary with Mr.. Cam
cron. with whom we do not doubt his ne
gotiations for the next few months viii
lie frequent and finally satisfactory.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

A COMMOTION is raised in New y Ork
over the discovery that Il society which
was formed for the purpose of stopping
the unlawful traffic in liquor has extend
ed its sphere of usefulness so as to en-
brace the suppression of all houses OF i'll
repute, and has chosen, as its most eff
cient means of doing so system Of espi-
Onage over those who visit them. The
detectives of the society watch persons of
wealth and social position in their
incOmings and Outgoings, and when
the society's officers have Sc
cured positive proof the individuals
derelictions from the paths of virtue, he
is notified thereof and it is required as a
condition of secrecy concerning his
doings that theshouses whose character
has been established shall be closed.
The pressure brings the result, and
the society suppresses these places
without the aid of the police or
the law. But the New York papers
are howling because of the way the thing
is done. sIt is debatable question
whether it is a proper way. There are
certainly two sides to it; but the society
has the advantage of being able to de-
clare that it acts in lawful way: to sup
press lawless practices.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

In the L. 5. House Of Representatives
yesterday. Mr.. Dickey, of Ohio, intro
duced bill appropriating s25, 600 for the
purchase of an equestrian picture OF Cen
eral Scott.
In the cabinet meeting yesterday, the
sentence of the court-martial in the case of
Major Reno, recommending his dismissal,
was affirmed, and orders to carry out the
sentence will soon be issued.
The Albany Republican general COM
mittee gave only few hours notice of
primaries to elect delegates to Utica. An
Indignation meeting has been called, and
two sets of delegates will probably be
elected.
The Conservative candidate has won at
Liverpool by majority of 2,221. Gen.
eral Roberts reports officially that ninety
seven Afghans were hanged with his sane
tion. The Panama canal surveys are
making favorable progress. The Irish
distress was the subject of a long debate
in the British Parliament last night.
The trial of John S. Vertz has COM
menced in Camden. The accused is
charged with cOntributory negligence in
causing the deaths of five persons at
Clermont station in collision between an
|
was superintend of the road at the time OF
the accident.
1t is reported on what is apparently ex-
cellent authority that Senator ConklinS
announces that under no circumstance will
he permit the use of his name, at Chicago,
as candidate for the Republican nOmina-
tiOn for president. He says his name must
not be thought of, and that all his infiu-
| in Nou Vorly III ho q e1 in hnha III
of General Grant.
The House committee on patents yester-
day, by vote of to 3, decided against
the petition of Ezra Miller for an extension
of his car coupling patent. The ground OF
the decision is that the length of time his
patent has run-seventeen years-is the
limit contemplated by the act Of 1861, and
that the general policy of the government
is adverse to extending patents beyond
that period.
A quarrel between w. N. Clifford and
John Shadd, at Tickum, was settled il
true Kentucky fashion. Shadd Threatened
Clifford's life, and went home to get his
gun. Clifford armed and concealed him
self, and when Shadd returned he free
both loads from his shotgun into hi
enemy, one taking effect in Shadd's neck
Clifford surrendered.
The board of Indian commissioners, ate
examining the charges made by Genera
Clinton B. Fisk, has approved the actor
of Secretary Schurz in removing Mr.. Hay
, from the office of commissioner of Indial
affairs. Mr.. A. c. Barstow, chairman o
the board, dissents, on the ground tina
| the evidence leaves room for doubt, o
which, he thinks Mr.. 1Iayt should hav
the benefit.
Jay Gould and Thos. A. Scott, represent
ing the Texas and Pacific and the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroads, hav
purchased all outstanding bonds and secu
rites of the Dallas and Wichita railroad
which will be extended so as to connec
with the Donnison and Pacific extension 9
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
thus making Dallas the terminus of tn
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad ant
making the latter competing line wit
the Texas Central railroad.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
Handsome Building improvements.

The old McConomy property, after
wards owned by Isaac Stirk, ON West
Orange street, which was sold some time
ago. has been improved by the erection of
six very handsome and substantial private
residences, which are credit to their
builders and an ornament to the flourish
ing ''West End. They are built of
brick, with green serpentine stone fronts.
Each is OH a lot % feet front. and 245
deep. The base OF the front is marble
the windows and doors are trimmed with
beautiful Ohio stone. On the first floor
are three roOms-a large parlor, dining
room and kitchen-with the hall and YES
tibule. The parlor has walnut granting.
the kitchen and dining-r room oak the
mantel-pieces are Of Plymouth Rock and
Spanish marble. In each kitchen is Il
range, sink, closet, hot and cold water. On
the second floor arc four chambers and bath
room, and on the third floor under the
mansard roof are two sleeping apartments
The bathrooms are finished with
bath-tub. wash-stand and water
closet, the plumbing being of the
best modern plans. They are furnished
with gas, heater, closets and all the modern
convenienccs. Urban Il Burger were
the builders and owners, and the wood
work was furnished from their MILL The
other work was done as follows Plumb
ing, gas-titting and tinwork, John Schaum
painting, Allen Guthrie Il Son brick
work, Blumenstock & Keller stoncwork
and marble, A. Ridgeway, Philadelphia
stating, Sprecher & Pfeitfer pIastering,
Humphreville Bros, J. Druckemiller and
Henry Harding; the iron fences were
erected by Bender l. Holman Mr.. Me-
Clure, of Columbia, put up some of the
mantels and others were done by Reading
rf
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
How They Voted.

The Lancaster county delegation at liar-
risburg did not vote as a unit on the nomi-
nation as auditor general. Delegates
Andrew NJ. Frantz, Thomas B. Cochran,
A. L. Eshleman, Jacob $. Wilmer, Wash
ington l.. Hershey and Colin Cameron,
voted for John A. Lemon. John E. Wiley
and Nathaniel Ellmaker, voted for J. A.
NJ PaSSmOre
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Events Across the County Line.
The York Republican has placed at the
top Of it's editorial column the name of
James G. Blaine for president.
The grocery store Of Mr.. \. Baker, of
Hanover, York county, was entered last
night by some person or persons unknown
who stole therefrOm about s25 in money
from a drawer. Nogoods. as far as known.
are missing.
The s. meanest man was in FORK Il few
day ago. His name is Spangler. a little
girl in passing along the street dropped
some money. Spanglcr, who was standing.
near, placed his foot upon Il five cent piece
which rolled in his dire ctiOn, and kept it
there until the child picked up aIl she
could find and started off. when the man
deliberately pocketed the five cents.
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SEEENADED, =


Last evening Major Charles NJ. Howell
was rendered serenade by the members
of the Empire hook and ladder company in
honor of his twenty-tiith election to the
presidency of that company. The fire
men, headed by Clemmens's City band, left
their truck house shortly after 9 o'clock
and marched to the residence of Mr..
Howell, where the band played number
of lively airs. After the music Mr.. Howell
appeared at the door, and in 4 short
speech thanked the company for the COM
pliment. The company and band afte:s =
wards visited the restaurants of John \.
SNYDER and Al Fulmer
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

The steamer Bengore. laden with coal
from Penarth for Gibraltar, foundcred
when two days out from port. Thirteen
of her crew were drowned six were saved.
A violent storm has ragged in the Mediter-
ranean for two days past, and disasters in
shipping are feared.
Official dispatches have been received
giving further details of recent hurricane
in the Philippine islands. Twenty five
vessels of various classes were wrecked,
including four foreign frigates and large
number of other vessels were damaged.
FOrty-six persons were drowned.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
York County Tobacco.

Our Washington borough correspondent
writes that yesterday about twenty two
horse teams, loaded with York county
tobacco passed through that borough on
their way to John Wissler's, packing house
at Highville. One of the drivers OH being
asked how the prices rated answered only
medium. Our friend across the river have
not yet learned to grade their reasonably
fair crop as well as it is done in Lancaster
county, and the growers, Or rather the
buyers, should not attempt to palm it Off
rs grown here"
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Senate to start with in showing him that
his nominations are made only 'with
the consent of the Senate

THE Star Club for astronomical
study has done a good work this winter,
and we are glad to see that it is to be
continued and it's work expanded into
botanical investigation. Our country
friends who have kept up with it through
the newspaper reports, will do well to fol-
low it into the field. The intelligent
study of popular astronomy and botany
can be made one of the most attractive
and useful features of rural life.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
Another Heavy Days Receipts.


The old, old story may be repeated. AT
most of the city warehouses that receive
on Saturdays the receipts have been very
heavy, several firms receiving from GO, ,OOC
to 100000 pounds each. Mr.. Shuttle,
agent for Rosenwald s Bro, reports that
for four or five weeks past their receipts
have averaged weekly from GO. 900 to TO-.
600 pounds. Skiles & Frey's receipts
during the past week have been 100, ,O0C
pounds. Frey & Weidler, Wertheimer,
Levin, Herbs & Spiess, Jos. Mayors Sons,
Bunzl & Dormitzer, Fatman & Co., the
Moores, and other packers visited, are as
busy as bees. John S. Rohrcr reports
that the bulk of his purchases have been
received, but he is still busy and over.
worked in getting it out of the way. The
state of trade at the above houses may be
taken as fair sample of what is going on
at the others.
Although there has been great falling
off in the amount of leaf purchased
recently, the buyers are nearly all in the
field anxious to secure every Clancy" crop
they hear of. These are getting scarce and
are only to be found off the main roads.
1t is no unusual thing for three or
four buyers, who may have heard of a
choice lot, harness their teams and start
off at full speed to get it, and, after riding
a dozen miles or more, ascertain that
they are just a little too late-someone
got in few minutes ahead of them. We
hear of one buyer who higgled with tho
grower for half an hour, the difference be-
tween them being half-a-cent a pound, and
the former finally left without purchasing.
He had not got far away before, on sober
second thought, he RESOLVED to buy drove
back to The farm house, and found that
the choice lot had been sold to another
buyer. This eager competition for choice
lots keeps up the price of them and they
sell at from 20 to % cents for wrappers and
some triflc higher.
For medium goods there is much less
demand, and there is a perceptible fall in
prices. We have heard of lots selling as
low as 10 and 3. Mr.. Shuttle bought
Emanuel Denlinger's cIop of right good
tobacco, and has secured shipping lots at
prices running from to II. He has paid
during the week as high as 90 cents for
choice lots.
Joseph Miller, of Marctic township, sold
1 acre to Hoffman s. Son for 49, and 4.
B. Simpson, Of Martic township, sold 1
acre to Amos Fenstermacher for Is cents
round. David Kreider, of Martic town.
ship, sold acre to Hoffman s. Son for 20
and 5.
Perhaps 1G for good medium wrappers
and 4 for filters might be quoted as the
average price paid during the week. There
is a disposition among buyers to lift the
entire CROP but at reduced prices.
In old tobacco there has not been so
much doing during the week as there was
the two or three preceding weeks. The
sales Of 1878 Pennsylvania are repe rted at
bout 400 cases.
The ROckland UndenOminatiOnal Sunday
SCHOOL,,
This Sunday school had free entertain
ment in the East Orange street public
school last evening, which was very
largely attended by young and adult per-
sons. There were singing, Bible reading,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

At the meeting of the school board
Thursday evening Alderman Spurrier
voted for Miss Carpenter, and not for Miss
Guthrie as we reported. The vote did not
change the result, but, as the alderman
had made promise to one Of the appli-
cants, he would like it to be known that he
fulfilled it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

This morning as Mrs. Strumpf was
walking in the market house adjoining the
Grape hotel she was attacked with vertigo,
and fell unconscious to the floor. She soon
recovered somewhat and was carried out.
placed in a carriage and taken to her
home.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

This morning tobacco wagon was run
against the city lamp post at the corner of
Chestnut and Market streets and snapped
it off as though it had been a pipe stem.
The gas pipe inside the lamp post was bent
but not broken. One or two of the glasses
in the lamp were also broken.
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Fingers Cut.

This forenoon George Yudith, residing
on st. Joseph street, who is employed at
the bending mill of his brother Frederick
ludith, on Manor street, had the four
fingers OF one hand almost entirely cut off
by having them caught in saw while at
work. DR.. NJ. L. Herr attended his in
iurieS
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OuiCk Work.

Yesterday Charles Carr and Harry
GOodhaIt, two boys who are in the en-
ployec of H. P. Carson, city bill-poster,
put up 800 sheets of bills in different parts
of the city. This was quick work and as
there are a number of entertainments
billed for next week nearly every board in
town is covered,
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The Man He Would Choose.

LanCHstGr inquirer.
Mr.. MacGonigle, whose term is about to
expire, has been renominated by the DEM
ocrats. We would be falthless to our duty
as journalist if we failed to declare that
he has made a good officer. He has not
been without faults but in the main his
administration has been a creditable one.
If a Democrat must be elected Mr.. Mac
GOnigle would be the man We would chose.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-07

THIS afternoon, John H. Metzler, real
estate agent, sold the grocery store and
dwelling, situated on the corner of Con-
estoga and Prince streets. the property of
jeremiah Cosley, to Charles Makinson for
90, 300.