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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-08
Keep Cool.


The contagiQn of excitement is a
strange thing. Even around our Dem
ocratic Office our party friends gather to
hear the Chicago news; not that they
care for it, for it does not really interest
them. They do not intend to vote tor
the nominee anyway, and ought not rea-
sOnably care very much who he may he.
But our Republican friends have more to
excite them and we can't help keeping
them company. There is nothing really
in the matter that should necessarily dis
turb even their quietude, since they
probably intend to vote for the candidate
whoever he is, and they certainly have
no part any more in declaring who he
shall be. That power has passed out of
their hands, and if they were entirely
sensible they would calmly wait while
their delegates are balloting and g. Sc
renely about their business. But men
cannot be sensible at all times.
1t is not in human nature, and
they cannot help following the exam
pie of their neighbors. There are
always some people who will get excited
over anything, and there are always
others who will be affected by their ex-
ample. In these election times that are
coming We know by experience that we
are nearly all going to be stirred up. We
know that it is very foolish; but it is
not to he helped. The politicians and
others who expect to he paid for it will
get the bands out, and the stands up,
and get the people together. The work
shops will be abandoned and the stores
will be empty. The workman will lose
his daily bread and the employer his
profits. But it cannot be helped. The
contagiOn of the excitement is not to be
resisted, cost what it may. And it costs
us great deal in this country to keep
our political machinery running. The
expense of administration is not probably
as great as is the cost of selecting the
administrators. We all pay this tax,
and do not realize the heavy burthen
that it is to us. But if we count the in
teruption to business and the dullness
of trade caused by presidential cleo
tion we will find that it is a very eXpen-
sive affair.
And it is all because we cannot keep
cool and mind our own business, nor re-
sist the example Of other people, weaker
than ourselves even, who first run after
the bell-man. We repeat that we have
the beginning of the experience in the
excitement over these Chicago ballots.
1t is none of our business, either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans, and we ought to
keep calm about it and 60 about our
business, reading the news when it comes
to us in the newspaper and not bothering
ourselves to get the first of it, hot from
the telegraph wire posted on the bulletin
boards. But alas we can't be sensible
at least not many of us.
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"reminiscences,

Speaking of ballots, the largest mum.
ber ever taken in a national convention
in choosing candidate for president was at
Charletton in 1860, when the Democrats
had fifty-seven ballots without choice. In
the Whig national convention of 1852 there
were fifty-three ballots. Winfield Scott
was the nominee, and in the same year it
took forty-nine ballots to nominate his
successful competitor, General Franklin
Pierce, 0xhose name was not presented
until the thirty y-tifth ballot. Lincoln was
chosen on the third ballot in 1860, and
on the first in 1864. Gen. Grant was
unanimously nominated on the first ballot
in 1868 and again in 1872.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
List of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in Lancaster for the week
ending Monday, June 7, 1880:
Ladies List-Mary Baker, Mrs. L. H.
Baer, Mary Breneman, Dora Burworth,
Louie H. Fisher, Mrs. Rebecca Fry, Lizzie
Hall, Hettie S. Herr, Annie H. Kaufman
(2), Mary C. Linn, Annie B. 1utz, Mary
Miller, Carrie Newhouser, Mrs. Mary E.
Richardson, Mrs. Addie Stauffer, Mrs.
Hettie R. Stauffer, Abbie D. Willers,
Emma Weaver, E. Weaver, Barbara Wit
tie, Ruth Woods.
Gents List-Thomas H. Bessick, ]. E.
Brubaker, Geo. Bottomley & Son, B. F.
Brenfarger, L. A. Breneman, Samuel
Broadus, Harry Burnett, David Charles,
Mr.. Cohn, Samuel Donly, F. Froezinger,
John G. Groondeck, Harry Gardner,
Clayton Garman, Martin Kendick, Geo. w.
Luton, B. s. Lefever, Benjamin Landis,
sr., J. Metz, Edward E. Massey, William
McKeeber, john p. Maurer, Frank
Mosher, Christian Mutchler (for. }, Charles
H. Potts, B. E. Randall, Karl Sattler,
Benjamin Shenk, Mr.. Smith. Ben.
Wepmer, F. B. 8. Weber.
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Tho Army Worm.

A telegram from Red Bank, N. j., says
the army worm, which has just appeared
there, is completing the destruction caused
by the drouth. Its true character was
not at first recognized, and the methods
used to destroy it were those used against
the potato bug: Its ravages have been
severe around Long Branch, Mechanics
vile, Morrisville, Shrewsbury, Middle
town and Fenton's Falls. Around Free
hold, Marlborough, and on towards Key
port, the worms are numerous "and move
in solid phalanx." When they enter a
wheat, rye, corn or grass field they do not
leave it until they have devoured every
thing. It il twenty years since the army
worm last appeared In that region.
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Oxford Spring FAIR.

We are in receipt Of the list of entries
made for the premiums for the several
trials of speed to occur at the spring
meeting of the Oxford agricultural society
which takes place on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, June 9th, 10th and 18th.
Over fifty horses have been entered for the
seven premiums offered, aggregating about
5000. The only Lancaster county horse
we recognize in the list is an untried
brown mare Florence" entered by E.
P. Martin, of Colerain.
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Hanged by q Mob.

Early yesterday mob of 100 visited the
home of VIM. A. Copen, on Big Sandy
creek, twenty miles from CharlestOwn, w.
Va, took Copen out and hanged him un-
til he was dead. "OPENS crime was the
murder of Lou Mathency on the 1st of
May last, the two having quarrelled about
Miss White, whom they were both going
to see. Copen was indicted for murder in
the first degree, and was held in $500
bail on Friday last for trial at the next
term of court. COpen was only 1S years of
age.
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ACCIDENTS.
4 Ley has His Nose Broken,

Last evening about 10 o'clock, Harry
Powell, residing at 149 Middle street, had
his nose broken by being knocked down
and run over by a two-horse coach, in
charge of Albert Reinhart, and containing
four or five passengers. The accident
occurred nearly in front of the Examiner
Office. Just how it occurred is not known.
The street in the vicinity was crowded
with people, assembled to get the news
from the Republican convention at Chica-
60. Some persons who witnessed the acci-
dent say the coach was being driven Ell
tirely too fast through the crowd, but the
driver says he was going at very moder-
ate speed, and in this his passengers con-
cur. The driver declares he did not know
that he ran against the boy, and is sure
the wheels Of the coach did not pass over
him or he would have felt the jolt. I'm
mediately after the accident the boy was
carried into Houghton's millinery store,
near by, and Drs. Welchans and Compton
were summoned to attend hin. They found
the bones of the nose crushed
and the cartilage and flesh split open from
the middle to the end of the nose. The
wounds were sewed up and the boy was
taken to his home. 1t is not probable
that the wheel of the coach passed over
him. 1t is supposed that his clothing was
caught upon the cross s-piece on the end of
the pole that he was dragged some dis
tance, and that when he fell the horse
tramped upon his face. The torn condi-
tion of his clothing would seem to warrant
this superstition. Under care of DR.. Boyd,
his family physician, the boy was this
morning doing very we'll.
Slipped . Bride.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock a
horse belonging to Elias Rohrer, Of Eden,
slipped its bride and ran from Shobcr's to
Brimrer's livery stable, where it was
caught, no damage having been done.
Bumped His Head.
Last evening as a horse was standing
hitched in front of Marshall s. Rengier's s
store, boy whose name we did not learn,
commenced teasing the animal. The
owner of the horse, noticing this, tried to
get hold of the boy, and the latter attempt.
ing to escape ran against one of the iron
awning posts, striking his head SO hard,
that he fell senseless to the ground. He
soon recovered and was taken off by some
of his companions, there being bump as
big as goose egg on the side of his head.
An Upset.
On Sunday, as John Darling, accompa-
MED by lady friend, was driving on the
Columbia turnpike, west of the city, his
horse took fright, upset the carriage and
the occupants were thrown out, and both
of them were somewhat injured, but not
seriously.
Arm Broken.
About two weeks ago Sarah Singleton,
wife of Rufus Singleton, residing on North
Prince street between Lemon and James,
while pumping water dislocated her right
wrist-the handle of the pump having
come loose and struck her. On Sunday
night last she met with still worse acci-
dent, having her right arm broken just
above the wrist.
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Police Cases.

The mayor had before him this morning
four cases of drunken and disorderly con-
duct, one of whom was sent to Jail for 60
days, another for 10 days, and the others
discharged on payment of costs.
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Pigeon Flying.

Yesterday afternoon about ) o'clock
nine carrier pigeons belonging to S. Cainey,
of Trenton, N. j., were let fly from the
Pennsylvania railroad depot, this city
and this morning at $40 six other pigeons
belonging to the same gentleman, were let
fly from the same place. We are told the
birds are practicing for still longer fight
from the West.
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COLUMBIA NEWS.

| New school Board.
The old school board met in the library
room in the school building on Cherry
street last evening at 8 O'Clock Prcsidcr t
J. H. Zeamer in the chair, members all
present except Mr.. Wolfe. The finance
committee reported that the had audited
the treasurer's S account and found it cor
rect. They submitted the statement to-
gether with a statement of the condition
of the unsettled tax duplicates of the 1879
and of the resources and liabilities of the
district as by law required.
On motion of MIR. Balm it was resolved
that the statement of the finance commit
tee be published one time in each borough
paper and 500 slips printed.
The library committee reported that
they had received and paid for vol 13 of
Appleton's encyclopedia.
The committee also submitted their
final report. 1t was accepted and Messrs.
Stevenson and Stair appointed a committee
to audit their account.
Mr.. Hoffman, librarian, submitted his
report. 1t was accepted, audited and
found correct
The superintendent reported the attend
ance for the months of May and June.
The committee appointed to audit the
account of the library committee re-
ported and found the report correct.
On motion the report was accepted and
the committee discharged.
A vote of thanks was rendered Deputy
State Superintendent Houck for his pres
ence and speech at the high school COM
mencement.
The committee on rents reported that
they rented the high school room to Miss
PfOutz for the purpose of holding a sum-
mer term of school.
After hearing an appropriate address
from President Zeamer the old board ad-
journed.
Tho New Board.
After the old board had adjourned the
new board met for organization. Present,
Messrs. Mccullough, Meyers, Sourbeer,
Stair, Stevenson and Wike, and Messrs.
Balm, Given and Zeamer, the newly
elected members.
Mr.. Meyers was elected president pro
tenn. and MIR. Meyers, secretary pro tenn.
Messrs. Jacob Balm, VIM. b. Given
and Joseph II. Zeamer presented their
certificates Of election for term Of three
years and took their seats.
+ Messrs. Mccullough and Meyers were
nominated for president of the board.
Messrs. Balm, Meyers, Sourbeer and Zea-
mer-4-voted for Mr.. Mccullough and
Messrs. Given, Stair. Stevenson, Wike and
McCulloueh-5-voted for Mr.. Meyers. Mr..
Meyers having received majority of the
votes was declared elected and took his
seat. He thanked the board for the COM
pliment conferred.
Messrs. Balm and Stevenson were nomi-
mated for secretary. Messrs. Balm, Given,
Meyers, Stair and Wike-5-voted for Ste.
venson and Messrs. Mccullough.
Stew enson and Zeamer-4-voted
for Balm. Mr.. Stevenson was declared
elected.
The First national bank was nominated
and unanimously elected treasurer. The
treasury bond was fixed at $4,000.
On motion of Mr.. Wike, the janitor's
salary was fixed at $3.50 per month.
Mr.. John c. Klingbeil was nominated
and elected janitOr.
On motion of Mr.. Given the length of
the next school term was fixed at
The vote stood as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Given, Mccullough,
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THE early ballots of to-day at Chicago
show no material change in the relative
position of the leading candidates and no
reason to expect the final success of
either. Grants line stands firm but is
not strengthened materially. Blaine
gains here and there, and again
has a few votes Clipped off
his column. The Massachusettsspeople,
who are for Edmunds, are diverting
themselves by experimenting with Sher-
man, and may drop on several others
during the day with view to testing
the effects of their movements. They
are understood to prefer anybody to
Grant or Blaine, but If it comes to this
bitter choice they will be among those
who are for I" anybody to beat Blaine"
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Condition of tho Maxwell Child.

1NUNW0II
The>little daughter of John Maxwell,
colored, who was run over by the team
yesterday about noon is lying in . critical
condition. She is being attended BY DR..
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ConseryatOrv Concert.

Following was the programme of
Prof. M. P. Zeller's conservatory concert
last evening at his music rooms, East King
street
PIANO SOLO
g. sonaina, sonatina, oP op s. s. NO: no. Clement
Miss Bessie Spencer
'o""''"" l." w. NJ Miss Bertha Loeb.
GRAND DUO-For two Pianos.
Overture to Fidelio-Beethoven. l760-lS27
Miss Flora Cochran and Mr.: NJ zeller.
PIANO soLo-auSt "atzItissI Miss Bris1e lSle Davis
0Henots"NMyerbesr 17s4-iss4.
CONCERTO IN MINOR, % op: Is. ~
3: D. Andsnte. % Mendelssohn,
c. Presto. lSO9-lS47.
d. Motto Allegro-.Finale
Mr.. NJ. p. Zeller.
(The Orchestral part arranged for second
VOCAL 1pTET&Eests a Aha a. s9ea
Misses A. v: PEBBLES and Hallie Bechtold.
PIANO QUARTET.
and MOcking Bird. Hoffman-Getze Misses
Maggie Myers. Frances Burger, Annie Her
shey and MIR. NJ. p. Zeller.
PIANO i,l n1o ,.r
VOCAL soLO-Una voce poca fa. from = II
Bardiere"-Rossini, l7s2,lse9.
PIANO TRIO-scotch Fantaisie.-Misses Ella
G%ndaker, Jennie Powers, Annie Nen
Trio by Misses Alice Troyer, Halle Bechtold,
Marie Schaubel, Solo, Miss A. V. PEBBLES.
PIANO SOLO-Venezta Napoli-Liszt, 1911:
MIR. NJ. p. Zeller.
PIANO QUARTET. - German Waltzes-
Fowler-Nlisses Flora Cochran and Ella Frey.
Messrs. Harry Stonerand NJ. r. Zeller.
The general excellence of the programme
and performers renders criticism almost in
vidious. Miss Brittle Davis, of Coatesville,
was, however, worthy of special commen-
dation for her rendition of the Faust waltz.
Mr.. G. L. Fisher, Of Middletown, who as
sisted in the fifth selection, did himself
much credit. Miss Peebles's contributions
to the vocal part of the performance were
special features of the evening, while her
pupils gave marked exhibition of the su-
perior excellence of her training. Miss
Bechtold's vocal solo was one of the gems
of very delightful evening.
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Not Very Mise.

Chicago delegates to cling so Obstinately
to their first choice of candidates. There
certainly are plenty of men in the Re
publican party whom it should be ready
to support for president. We believe
that Mr. Grant s friends claim for him no
very superior fitness for the presidential
Office and only assume to urge his nomin-
alton because they think he will be a
strong candidate. If their fellow dele
gates disagree with them on this point
they would show their wisdom by con-
ceding it, one would think They have
done their duty by expressing their
choice, and need now to show their good
sense by coming to an agreement. BY
declaring that they will cling to their re-
spective candidates to the last, they seek
to compel less obstinate delegates to yield
to them which is hardly the thing for
fair man to do. Besides this, they lie
for they know very we'll that when their
candidates chances become certainly
hopeless they will hurry to get in under
the cover of more auSpiciOus name.
And so will Blaine's friends. Each one
is playing the game of brag. Patriotic
considerations are not troubling any of
them. They are wholly selfish in their
motives. Even their friendship for their
candidates does not control them. They
stick to him because his defeat is their
defeat, as they think. But Mr.. Conkling
and the other supposed-to-begr great
men in the convention would show them
selves much greater in public estimation
If they would exhibit less pride of
opinion and less obstinacy of adherence
to particular candidates, but would mani
fest disposition to try and find candi-
date who would be acceptable to a
majority of the convention. 1t is gen.
orally supposed to be mark of good
sense, even in jury. that its members
seek to come to an agreement upon
their verdict by compromising their diff
ferences of sentiment. There may be
question whether it is the duty of a
juryman to surrender any part of his
convictions to reach an agreement with
his fellows but there can be none as to
the propriety OF the delegates to conven-
ton surrendering their individual pref
erences in making a nomination.
Since the above was written Blaine's
friends have seen the hopelessness of
their contest. They have gone to Gar
field and beaten Grant by securing Gar
fields nomination. He is stronger than
either Grant or Blaine would have been,
but has some weak points whether con-
sidered from a Republican or Democratic
standpoint. He is an "Ohio man, a
free trader, was tainted with the Credit
Mobiler scandal and deeply involved in
the mire of the DeGollyer pavement cor
rupt ion.
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in Newport to-day to elect United States
senator.
A SCoTCHMAN asked an Irishman,
"Why were half farthings coined in Eng
land p Pats reply was "To give
Scotchmen an opportunity to subscribe to
charitable institutions"
TIE MSltonian of Milton is cup out of
the ruins" and is brighter and better than
ever, with promise of contributions of in
teresting articles from some of the
brightest minds of the country during the
coming year.
LONG JOHN WENTWORTH and Bob Inger-
soil met at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chica-
60, with crowd around them. and COM
menced to chaff each other. Long John
said: "The difference between me and
Bob is that am for God and Grant, and
Bob is against them" EYES," replied
Bob. land they both will be beat
Or $50 dentists in Hudson county, N.
j., only four have SO far complied with the
law requiring them to file their certificates
of dentistry with the county clerk. Failure
to comply with the law subjects the delin-
quent dentist to fine of 500. The county
clerk says that within two weeks he will
be compelled to take steps to collect the
penalties against those whose certificates
are NOT in his Office
T. M. N1cHoI, chairman of the Hard
Money League of the Northwest, sent a
colored boy the other day for demjohn of
whisky, to be brought to the Sherman
headquarters at the Grand Pacific hotel.
The boy took it into Mrs. Senator Logan's
room by mistake, and the energetic but
temperate lady told him he had made a
mistake, and suggested that the next
room might be the right one. The next
room sent him to another, this to another,
this to another, ETC., each party relieving
the demijohn slightly, and when he reach
ed the Sherman headquarters there was no
whisky left.
THE Springfield Republican, an Edmunds
paper, reviewing Chairman Hoar's speech,
says: "The Democratic party cut down the
expenses az, ,OOO, 900 3 year at the critical
period when surplus revenue was neces-
sary to the accumulation Of . fund with
which to resume specie payments, and
after the Republican party had utterly.
failed to respond to the demand for re-
trenchment. Now with increasing rev.
enues and no pressing need Of surplus,
Congress is spending again, spending un-
wisely, but if there were no Republicans in
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DAVID MoUAr, a Philadelphia dele
gate to Chicago, who had undertaken to
vote for Blaine, left him after the first
ballot yesterday and obeyed Cameron.
But Mouat has lately been indicted and
may be looking for a habeas corpus.
OLD Caleb Taylor, of Bucks county, is
the Pennsylvania "go-as-you-please." "
He has already voted for Sherman, Gar
Fl lid and Harrison.
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MINOR TOPICS.

THE Rhode Island Legislature will meet
in Newport to-day to elect United States
senator.
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Following was the programme of
Prof. M. P. Zeller's conservatory concert
last evening at his music rooms, East King
street
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cat what stage of the growth of corn
should the stirring Of the soil cease ?'
This question was answered by NJ. D.
Kendig. He said he had heretofore prac-
ticed an early stirring of the soil for the
purpose of getting large and healthy
stocks. This year his purpose was, not to
give his corn so much early cultivation,
but to stir the soil we'll later in the season
about the time it begins to tassel. He
believed that by judicious root pruning
late in the season, larger crop of grain
could be gathered even if a less quantity of
fodder was made.
A long and discursive debate followed,
in which much diversity of opinion was
shown, some of the speakers favoring and
others opposing root pruning, though it
was generally agreed that the cutting
away of a portion of the roots of the corn
had tendency to hasten it's seeding. From
the subject of corn the debate drifted to
the manner of fruiting many other plants
and trees, the discussion being participated
in by H. NJ. Engle, ]. G. Linville, DR.. c.
A. Greene, VIM. McComsey, P. S. Reist,
S. P. Eby, II. G. Rush and others.
Abont Fermentation.
"Does fermentation increase the nutri-
ment in food % was question referred to
H. NJ. Engle, who very promptly answered
that it did not; that fermentation was
simply stage of decay, and as the decay,
advances there is a gradual loss of
nutriment until the food rots when it has
no nutriment at all.
Mr.. Linville was not willing to agree
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TIE MIltonian of Milton is cup out of
the ruins - and is brighter and better than
ever, with a promise of contributions of in
teresting articles from some of the
brightest minds of the country during the
coming year.