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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
NeirhbOrhOOd News.

Some farmers have already commenced
planting corn.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodward, mother Of the
late Judge Warren J. Woodward, of Read.
ing, died yesterday, at Dundaff, Susque.
hanna county, aged 50 years.
H. II. Muhlcpberg, of Trinity Lutheran
church, James E.. Smith, of First Presby-
terian church, Diller Luther, of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church, and Washington
| Ruth, fist. Peters NJ. E. church, Reading,
decline to be Y. NJ. C. A. vice presidents.
The House committee on appropriations
has requested Representative Wells and
| Blackburn to select suitable offering for
presentation to the bride of Representative
Clymer, a member of that committee, to
be inscribed with the names of his col
leagues on the committee, and to be for
warded to St. Louis Immediately, in time
for presentation at the wedding ceremony
News from the peach growing districts
continues to get better. 1t is true that a
great proportion of the buds in exposed
localities were destroyed by the frost, but
OASAO "lO CHOuS,h 1OiO III LlOoU
places to warrant hopes for fair crop,
while in more protected localities there has
been little or no injury.
David Goodman, an aged and respected
citizen of Cernarvon township, Berks coun-
ty, residing near .Morgantown, while in
conversation with his son, who was en-
gagged in repairing fence, fell upon his
knees, rolled over, and expired almost in
stantly.
The subscription list and good will of the
Bryn Mawr Home Neus, has been levied
upon by the sheriff, the publishers having
no printing material, their paper being
printed at another office. This is the pa
per with which our former townsman, MI
Frank E. Hover, was at one time connec-
ted as co-publisher.
Contrary to general expectation, it has
been decided to try the remaining six riot
bill bribery cases, and the Goth has been
set as the day. 1t was supposed at the
time Petroff was convicted that the other
cases would be abandoned, and some of the
counsel for the commonwealth, in their
conversation, left that impression. Dis
trict Attorney Hollinger and Charles S.
Wolfe-who will probably be one of the
prosecuting attorneys-however,s say that
no person was authorized to make any an
nouncement whatever that the cases
against Messrs. Long, Smith, Clarke, Nc |
Cune, Leisenring and Shoemaker would be |
and that so far as those who !
have the matter in charge are concerned, |
they will prosecute them to the end.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
Masonic Installation.

Last evening B. F. Breneman, grand
captain general of the Knights Templar of
Pennsylvania, visited Columbia and in
stalled the the following officers of Cyrene
commandery, No. "a.
E. Commander-Isaac D. Landis.
Generalissimo-Sim C. Kamp.
Captain General Christian Hershey.
Treasurer-Wm. G. Taylor.
Recorder-Andrew J. Kaufman.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
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A Painful Event.

In Walker township, Centre county, the
wind blew a tree over, leaving quite hole
where the roots had been. In this hole
the two little children of Mr.. Joseph Nc
Caleb secreted themselves, thinking to play
hide and seek, and were not noticed by
their father who was busy cutting off the
tree from the root, When the job had been
accomplished, the stump with the dirt and
stones attached flew back into the hole,
completely burying the little ones. When
taken out the little girl was dead and the
boy was badly hurt.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
A Singular Accident.

In the oil regions George Nugent was
trying to hold lead pipe steady by
resting his weight upon it. When the
stop-cock was turned on the oil and gas
flowed with so much force that the pipe
was broken and Nugent was thrown into
the air ten or fifteen feet. In falling, his
forehead struck on stub and the frontal
bone over his right eye was crushed in.
He tied bandage about his head and
walked to Colemanville over a mile dis
tant, called ON DR.. Reilly and told him
that he had headache. His skull was frac-
tured and he has died.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
Answered..

The wOuld-be dictator Of the Lancaster
INTELLIGENCER had better be careful
what he says about Independence. He
had better first clear himself of the
charge that he destroyed the independ-
ence of delegate to the northern district
senatorial convention of Lancaster county
by threatening to fOrclose a mortgage on
the poor fellow. A simple denial from
Mr.. Hensel is not suficent.-Pdtriot.
l. No such charge has ever been
made by any respectable authority; and
if it were, Mr.. Hensel congratulates
himself that his " simple denial" would
he sufficient with any one whose opinion
of him concerns him in the least. The
Patriot editor is, however, welcome to
know what Mr.. Uensel called at his
Office last night to say personally !:
That no such threat was ever
made by him, for him, nor in
his behalf, to his knowledge, and
that he was in no position whatever
to make or execute such threat. There
was one delegate in the upper district
convention for whom Mr.. Hensel had
recently transacted some professional
business, for which he expressed his
deep obligation. He came into the
convention just as the roll was being
called, and, without knowing the ques-
tion, voted for Mr.. Grier's candidate for
chairman. As soon as he discovered
that he had done so he asked permission
to change his vote, which Mr.. Grier first
refused to grant him and then urgently
advised him not to do it. Mr.. Hensel
insisted on his right to do SO and the
delegate persisted in doing it. After
wards, in conversation with Mr.. Grier
on the subject, Mr.. Hensel told him that
this delegate had from the beginning
intended to vote with his friends, and
had repeatedly declared that not only
were his political sympathies with them,
but that he was under obligations to Mr..
Hensel for professional services rendered
in securing him money on a mortgage
not due by the way, nor liable to fore
closure for year. There was no threat,
coercion, nor any effort whatever to de-
stroy the delegates political indepen-
dence, and anybody who would make out
of the matter any such a story as ap-
peared in the Patriot is a liar and a |
scOundrel.
The Lancaster INTELLIGENCER will |
please take notice that the special "pur-
porting to Gomez from Lancaster in regard
to the Democratic convention held in that
city which appeared in the Patriot, did
come from Lancaster, was sent by one of
he most prominent Democrats in Lancas-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
Determined Suicides,

Nathaniel Weaver, an ex-bookkeepcr in
a Chicago store, committed suicide in
Montreal on Thursday morning by taking
arsenic and then shooting himself. An
hour and a half after his death his wife and
child arrived from Chicago. They had not
seen him for two years, and it is feared his
widow will become crazed.
Mrs. Ann Warner attempted suicide in
Allentown, Pa, yesterday. by taking
poison twice and then jumping into els
ern. She was got out in a precarious
OnditiOn.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17


Judge Briggs seems to have forgotten
Judge PattersOn's law for regulating the
opinions and actions of attorneys out OF
court. He called Assistant District At
torney Ker to the bar to learn whether he
had received challenge in court, and
when he was assured that nothing of the
kind occurred in presence of the court,
Judge Briggs dismissed the matter as
beyond his jurisdiction. Patterson seems
to be quite lonely in cultivating his patent
process for silencing attorneys.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

| HENRY CARPENTER.
Mr.. Spurrier moved the adoption of tn
report.
Mr.. Rhoads presented the following M:
nority report.
LANCASTER, April 1G, 1880.
| To the Lancaster city School Board:
We, minority of your committee t.
adopt plan for school building to b,
erected on the Lemon and Lime street lot
offer the following reasons for opposing
the plan reported by the other mombers O
the committee:
l. The plan contemplates a building
larger than is necessary to school six hun
dred and fifty pupils.
| 2. 1t contains six teachers retiring rooms
the building.
3. The ceilings are, first floor, Is feet,
second floor, II feet, which is hi CHER than
acoustics and comfort allow.
4. The plan contemplates too much
wood work besides being less tire-proof
it is expensive to keep in repair There
are 1S wood partitions.
S. The roof is constructed on the attic
plan, and will likely after the shrinkage of
the timber push out the wall, particularly
on such long span as given, namely, sc
feet.
6. The spaces between the first and Sec
Ond story windows, outside, are frame and
weather boarded, showing weather.
boarded brick building.
Z. The glass size, given for the front
windows, 36x52. only single thick glass, is
manifestly too large for the side and rear,
only 12x16, too small.
= There are two stairwayS with large
we'll holes, which are too dangerous for a
school building.
y. Half of the rooms receive light from
the right whilst left light is demanded to
work properly and save the eyes of the
pupils.
10. There is no continuous corridor from
the front of the building to the yard in the
rear.
II. The stairways do not properly &C
cOmmodate the rooms-one supplying four
rooms, and the other two one room each,
IL. The cloak rooms have only one en-
trance which will make confusion in en-
tering and leaving the schools.
13. And fatally, the school rooms being
"a feet wide, and the specifications calling
for joist 3x14, green lumber must be used
as these are not in the market seasoned.
ID. Mr.. Davis's plan proposes heating
by stoves.
Is. Mr.. Davis's plan contains no provi-
sion for water.
16. This building will contain 10000
cubic yards.
We offer the following points of prefer
ence for Mr.. J. A. Burgers plan, which
we ask this board to adopt: First, we ad-
vertised for plans for brick building
this plan contains all brick partitions, none
of wood, and the entire structure is brick.
Each floor is provided with hall through
the centre, and the lower floor with five
entrances.
The size of the school rooms is % feet,
inches by 80 feet, and each room has an
entrance from the hall and one from the |
cloak room; the cloak rooms being by
% feet. Each cloak room is provided with |
entrance to the hall and school room the |
scholars can enter cloak room from the |
hall, deposit their clothing, and pass into |
the school room, and the reverse in dis
missing.
Each room is lighted from the left side |
and has 14O feet Of lighting surface to TAI |
feet of floor surface. In Rockland street |
We have only IS feet glass to 758 feet floor
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
Matrimonial.

At St. Mary's church, Middletown, dur
ing high mass on Tuesday morning, Mr..
Henry Ulrich was married to Miss Ella
Dougherty, daughter of James Dougherty,
esq. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Father Foin.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

Last evening the committee on city pro-
perty organized by the election of Mr..
Geo. W. Zecher chairman; the committee
on fire engine and hose companies also
organized and elected Walter NJ. Franklin,
ESQ.,, chairman. Both committees adjourn
ed to meet at the call of their respective
chairmen.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

In court this morning John Hoover, of
Strasburg township, was divorced from his
wife, Amanda Hoover, on the gounds of
of desertion and adultery, she having
eloped with another man.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

The Lancaster County house, Nos. III
and 119 East King street, belonging to
Levi Sensenig, has been sold at private sale
to Jacob Gable, for S14, $50.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
The Straw Hat.

1t has made its appearance. A student
wears it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

SHE had a pretty diploma, tied with pink
ribbon from one of our best young ladies'
colleges. In conversation with daring
and courageous young man, after he had
detailed the dangers and delights OF riding
on locomotive, she completely upset his
opinion of independent education of the
sexes by inquiring, GLOW do they steer
locomotives ANYHOW 90
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

THE widest dream never surpassed the
romance of the widow of the third Napo-
leon sailing from England to touch at St.
Helena on her way to look upon the spot
in Zululand where fell fourth and last Ma
poleon. The empress is said, as she left,
tohave looked sadly broken, and her hair
has turned gray.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

An English newspaper has ali advertise
ment calling for can organist who can
also take the village blacksmith business"
Such a man would make ponderous sue
cess of the anvil chorus if he would intro
duce it literally into his voluntaries.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17

The Lancaster INTELL1GENCER will
please take notice that the special "pur-
porting to come" from Lancaster in regard
to the Democratic convention held in that
city which appeared in the Patriot, did
come from Lancaster, was sent by one of
the most prominent Democrats in Lancas-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-17
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Special Meeting-AdoptiOn OF . Plan for .
Now School Building.

Now School Building.
A special meeting of the Lancaster school
board was held last evening to hear the re-
port of committee appointed to examine
plans for a new school building, and to
take action in regard to the expulsion of
unruly pupils of the Mulberry street sec
ondary school. The following named
members were present:
Messrs. Brosius, Cochran, Eberman,
Erisman, Evans, Harris, D. Hartman,
Johnston, Levergood, Marshall, McCom-
sey, MeConomy, Morton, Rhoads, Rich
ards, Schmid, Schwebel, Smeych, SIay-
maker, Snyder, Spurrier, Westhacffer,
Wilson, Yeisley, c. Zecher, G. w. Zecher,
and Warfel, president.
The president stated the object of the
meeting, and said that at tho request of
members who could not be present early,
the matter of the new school building
would be postponed until after the
matter of the expelled pupils should be
| disposed of.
Mr.. McComsey, of tbs experimenting
committee, stated that two pupils had
been suspended from the Mulberry street
secondary school some timea:o; that they
had been reinstated and again caused trou-
BILE in the school; that the committee had
thereupOn resolved to recommend to the
board that they be expelled !; that for suf.
ticient reason the matter was recOnsidered.
so as to give all concerned an opportunity to
be heard. a majority of the committee
then recommended that the offend
ing pupils be transferred to another
school. The father of one of the boys
stated to the committee that he did not
wish his boy to be reinstated or trans.
ferred, as he was good boy, and had
never told lie until he had been encour.
aged to do SO by his teacher! (not now
in the employ Of the board.) As the com.
mittee were not unanimous in their recon-
mendation to transfer the offending pupil
they had thought best to refer the matter
to the board. Mr.. McComsey moved that
the boy be transferred to Mr.. Gates's
! school.
Mr.. Slaymaker opposed the motion. He
said the expulsion of tho two boys named
had worked a wonderful change in the dis
| cipline of the school, 1t is now as quiet
and orderly as the other schools, more
orderly than it has been for years. The
teacher has had no trouble with tho other
pupils since the offending boys had been
o,,% l..
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-10
Horticultural Exhibition.

The managers of the San Francisco Me-
chanics' Institute have invited the State
Horticultural Society to take charge of and
make horticultural exhibition at or in con-
nection withithe Mechanics Fair, and the in.
yitation has been accsptedr From the char
acter Of the men composing the State Horti-
cultural Society we have no doubt that a
very fine horticultural and fcral exhibi-
tion will result. The fair of the Mechanics
Institute is to commence August 10Th, and
continue FIVE weeks. We have seen no state
ment TO the contrary, but we presume that
the fruit exhibition will be limited as to time
as it would be very difficult to keep up
an exhibition for five weeks of such
fruit as viii be il condition to exhibit
at that time. Certainly the examination
of competing exhibits will have to be made
by the committees within few days after the
fruit exhibition is opened, as specimens will
not remain at their best longer time than a
few days 1t is hoped that the fruit-growers
and plant and flower growers in every section
of the State will respond to the invitation to
make display creditable to the State. II
fruit is sent in as il comes into maturity dur
ing the fair it viii give those who can attend
the fair at intervals during the whole five
weeks an excellent opportunity TO note the
progress of the fruit season, and the different
times Of ripening of the same varieties in
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-10
important to Fruit Growers.

It is under consideration by the State
Board of Agriculture to make, at the State
Fair in September, practical exhibition of
the various fruit pests that have made their
appearance and are doing injury to the fruit
in this State. It is proposed to have the cod
ling moth, in its various transformations from
the egg to the fullgrown moth, shown up,
with full explanations Of its habits and the
best-known methods for its destruction, in all
its various stages of advancement. In order
to do this there will be shown sections of fruit
trees containing the nests of the larva as they
are actually found on the inside bark in the
winter season. The pupa or chrysalis of the
insect viii be shown as it appears when the
nest is broken and removed from it in the
winter, and SO on in its various stages, till
the perfect insect is Matched in the spring its
mode of depositing its eggs on the seed end of
fruit, the progress of the larva as it burrows
or eats its way to the center of the fruit.
and its way out when ready to assume the
pupa or chrysalis form how it spins a
thread of fine silk and lets itself down to the
ground and then seeks the body of the tree
about the roots or under the bark. of which
it makes its nest /; how it makes its nest
goes through the natural changes and again
comes forth the full-sized moth, again to lay
eggs in the fruit and go through another
season Of destruction to the fruit. An
exhibition of this kind, conducted and ex-
planned by person well versed in the natural
history and habits of the insect, cannot fail to
be very interesting to any observer, and to
the fruit-grower of great value. Then it is
under consideration also to show up the red
scale that infests the orange groves of San
Gabriel and other localities where the
orange is cultivated, and with the aid
of magnifying glasses to enable the
spectators to see the various changes and
transformations made by the little insects
that form these scales and sap the life from
the trees upon which they are allowed to re-
main. 1t is also proposed in the sane way
to show up the apple scale that has become
so destructive to the apple orchards in and
about the Santa Clara valley also the phyl-
loxera, the grape insect that is running the
vineyards of the Old World and threatening
those of our own State. a study like this it
is thought may be made one of the most in
teresting and valuable features of the fair.
A person who has made the study of these
insects matter of practical business for
years, and who has not neglected to seek out
a remedy for the evils, has offered his ser
vices to the Board for the purpose of attract
ing the attention OF the fruit-growers of the
State to the dangers that threaten their bust |
ness, and the Board are impressed with the
Importance of the subject and viii probably |
have the exhibition made
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-10
Mildew on the Pear.


Many varieties OF the pear were just in that
condition of bloom at the time of the severe
storm of April that exposed the pollen of the
flowers to destruction. The result is light
crop in nearly all parts of the State. Some
varieties suffered in this respect much more
than Others on account of the greater delicacy
of the bloom, or on account of their more
critical condition at the time of the storm re-
ferred to. The Bartlett suffered very much.
and the crop will be very light; but of all the
good or valuable varieties the winter nellis
suffered most, and of this valuable late variety
there will be next to no crop at all. In addi-
ton to this great destruction of fruit so
much esteemed and so universally cultivated
in this State, new and very destructive dis
ease has made its appearance on the pear this
year for the first time to any extent,
in the form of a black mildew, very
similar in appearance and effect to the mil
dew that has affected the peach crop on the
low bottom lands for years past. The mil
dew made its appearance almost as soon
as the pears were formed, in the shape
grown these spots have enlarged some, but
not as rapidly as the pears have grown, since
the portions of the skin of the fruit covered
with the fungus seems incapable OF sxpan-
sion, aud thus the sides of the fruit has be-
come irregular or one-sided-a thing never
before known TO any extent in the State.
The effect of this disease is precisely similar
on the peach, and though it has existed for
a number Of years past in peach orchards on
the Sacramento river, we are not aware that
any remedy has been discovered or applied.
If such remedy has been found by any
of the orchardists it has not been made
public. We would suggest this mildew
as very proper subject for investi-
CATION by the State Horticultural Society.
The peach aud the pear crops are among the
most valuable Of the fruit crops of the State,
and should not be allowed to suffer if a
remedy can be found and applied. We can
not see why sulphur should not be aremedy
for mildew on the peach and pear, as Cd the
grape, but we are not aware that it has ever
been applied. If any of our readers have
any experience in its application we should
be glad to hear from them for the benefit of
Others We also invite correspondence as to
whether this mildew has made its appearance
on the pear and peach in other localities be-
sides the low river bottoms. The pear has
heretofore been one of the most valuable
fruits for export to the East, and if it is now
to be cut off. one Of the most important re-
sources for profit to the fruit-grower of Cali
fornia will be gone. Let this matter be
looked after at once and carefully.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-10
Late Crops.

Large quantities of potatoes of the Early
Rose variety are now being planted ON land
just out of the water on the Sacramento river.
Corn for fodder has also been. aud is still
being planted freely on land similarly sit
uated. Some farmers are planting the Egyp-
tian corn as an experiment, intending to cut
the same to be fed to stock while green.
Buckwheat and millet might also be sown
with prospects of good success, if the season
should be prolonged before frosty weather.
If the potatoes should turn out well prices
will rule low, bnt it is better to produce
something than to remain idle and allow the
land to be unproductive