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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
The New Era,s Water.

If there is any one subject on which
the NeU Era plumes itself more than
any other, that subject is hydraulics-a
science of which its editor imagines he
is a perfect master. The Lancaster
water-works, especially, he delights in.
Who can forget with what zeal he cham
pioned the Geyelin pump, and how he
denounced as mechanical frauds" all
who dared to question its merits ? And
when that costly blunder had proved a
white elephant on the hands of the city,
and had cost more in repairs and altera-
tions than a dozen such pumps are
worth, how softly the editor abandoned
it and proved beyond cavil that nothing
but WorthingtOn duplex would supply
water for the city; and when the Worth
ingtOn pump was purchased and put up,
with what modest pride he claimed the
honor of being the originator of the ell
terprise. And yet he is not happy; for
he can't wash himself. "Since the change
of superintendent of the water works,
the flow of water in the composing room
of the Neu Era has not been sufficient
to keep the cOmpositOrs' hands clean.
They have been obliged to catch Occa-
sional dribbles in bucket and husband
them carefully for washing purposes, y
and never had any such trouble under a
Republican water superintendent. 1t is
hard case, evidently case of political
persecution. I" AS the head of water at the
reservoir is the same as BEFORE says the
the Ner Era hydraulic engineer, 1.-The diff
ficulty must lie in the management of the
stops" but he prudently does not attempt
to explain how the superintendent could
SO fix the stops as to prevent the NeW
Era from getting water and yet furnish
an abundant supply to all other consum'
ers The INTELLIGENCER composing
room is one story higher than the Era's
and the supply of water is abundant. Ii
the editor will but get an intelligent
plumber to look to g the management Of
the stops" in his own Office, he will pos
sibly get enough water in his third story
as in his other stories, to keep his hands
clean and his temper sweet. We throw
out this hint because we would like to SET
the Era clean, and moreover prevent il
from blowing up its boiler and Superin-
tendent Kitch, in this hot weat her.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
A Family's Terrible Peril.

A boat containing man named Miller,
his wife, two children, and boy named
Rose, was capsized by squall in Lake
Winnebago, Wis, on Friday. Rose
was drowned, but the others clung to the
bottom of the boat, and were picked up
after twenty hours exposure. Mrs. Mil
ler had a fifteen year old boy lashed to her
back. He died on Saturday night, and the
others are in q critical condition.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
Garheld's Letter.

Garfleld's Letter.
Mr.. Garfield accepts the Republican
nomination in letter IN no way remark
able for what it says except in that it says
little or nothing that any one will care
to take exception to. 1t throws down
no gauntlet to the Democratic party and
defines no clear issue upon which the
parties may 60 before the people. Great
as are the real differences in the ideas OF
government of the two parties, Mr.. Gar
field gives point. to none OF them, but
prefers to indulge in general declara-
tions of principles which depend upon
their construction for their soundness.
Upon the questions of finance, revenue,
tariff, state rights, federal powers, in
ternal improvements, Chinese emf
grafton, education and the civil
service, we may all put a fair
construction upon Mr.. Garfield's words
that will bring us in accordwith him. But
manifestly public sentiment is not SO
unanimous upon these topics rs to enable
any man to express his true convictions
and find himself agreeing with every
body. Mr.. Garfield in aiming at every
ones vote entities himself to nobOdy's
His gun scatters too much to do any exc
cution. lie is man OF words, and is
prone to use them to conceal his ideas
or he does not have any political ideas
that he will cling to; which seems to be
Judge Blacks idea. The judge claims u
know and to love him. He refuses tt
surrender his faith in the goodness of hi
private character, and he believes hi
would make an excellent president If he
would he governed by the rules which
control his private conduct. In this
opinion of the judge the public are moi
ready generally to coincide. They cannot
readily separate Mr.. Garfield s public ant
political from his private character so as t.
admire the one, while regarding the othe
rs the very worst imaginable. If thi
idea of the Judge about Garfield is cor
rect then he is weak man who is goOt
or bad, according to his surroundings
governed by sensible wife in privat'
and 10y evil politicians in public. How
ever he is regarded, it is clear that tin
people have no use for him in the presi
dency, where they want an independen
man of decided convictions and of firm
will.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
MINOR TOPICS.

THE Chinese have provcrb which
Americans could profitably adopt. "You
may be uncivil to great man, but mind
you are respectful to q small man.
NINE out of ten of you would say,
without studying long about it, Colum-
bus discovered America" But Richard
Grant White is very near to the truth
when he says: "Columbus did not seek
to discover America, did not discover
America, did not think he had discovered
America. and never saw America"
THE public is reminded that a "party y
by the name of Chambers" is running on
one of the presidential tickets by the an
nouncement that the Greenback candidate
for vice president fell from a platform
while speaking ut political meeting at
Kosse, Texas, a few days ago. He sus-
tained such severe injuries that his friends
were in great alarm.
The demands of the watch trade in this
country now amount to 3, 900 watches a
day. OF this number the large manufac-
tories of the United States produce 1850 a
day, as follows: The Waltham factory,
$50; the Elgin, 500; Springfield, ILL.,, so
Hampden watch company, 90; Howard,
90; Lancaster, so; Rockford, 40, and lots
of them are produced by smaller establish
ments.
THOSE Republicans who have been talk
ing of Mr.. English's "bar'l" as the most
important factor in the Democratic cam
paign are referred to recent observation
he is reported as making to the effect that
he docs not expect to buy a through
ticket for the presiding chair of the Senate,
but that he expects to have to work his
passage if he makes successful journey
in other words he declares his faith in hard
work, and he talks like man who means
business.
WEAVER really seems to he dead in
earnest and not joking in the least in the
presidential campaign which he purposes
to inaugurate shortly somewhere down
South. The irrepressible Iowan not only
holds to his originally expressed opinions
that the election will be thrown into the
House, and that the Rev. De La Matyr
will hold the balance of power and will
use it to make Weaver president, but he
has reached the conclusion that he is quite
certain to carry six states, while being
able to regard four as doubtful. Candi-
date Weaver's sanguine temperament will
be solace to him when the melancholy
days have come, the saddest of the year,
if meantime his nearest friends don't wake
up to the necessity of penning him in a
lunatic asylum.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

PRIVATE letters from Virginia, from
authoritative sources, give us reason to
believe that there need be no great con-
Germ felt regarding the present disturbed
political condition arising out of two
Hancock electoral tickets in the field.
The Democracy do not propose to he
guilty of any such folly as allowing a
risk to he incurred of electing Republi-
can electors in Virginia. United States
Senator Malone has no political future
except in friendliness with the incoming
Democratic administration. He may de-
sire to get some recognition from his re-
adjusting party on the Hancock electo-
raj ticket, and by their present attitude
they may finally command some, but
neither principal nor policy will induce
them to continue two rival tickets in the
field whose competition would give the
Republicans a chance to slip in.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

On Saturday John Mahlin, son of John
Mahlin, formerly Of Marietta, now of
Drumore township, while grinding ap-
pies got his hand too far into the grinder
and had it very badly lacerated. DR.. Mus
ser, who was called in, found it necessary
to amputate the index finger. He is get
ting along very we'll, but it will be quite a
while before he will be able to use his
hand.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
The Schunl Funeral.

The funeral of Philip Schum and wife,
who were killed at Salunga on Friday last,
took place yesterday from their late resi-
dence on Water street. The funeral was
one of the largest that has ever taken
place in this city, there being about 500
people in attendance. The interment was
made at Woodward Hill cemetery.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

WITH SO many of the ante-war Demo-
Gratis returning to the fold there is great
danger that John Cessna may be tempt
ed to surrender his commission and come
over
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
Organ Grinder Arrested.

Yesterday an organ grinder was arrested
in Mt. Joy on the charge Of robbing a man
in Middletown. He and his monkey were
placed in the lookup for the night and
were taken to MiddletOwn this morning.
The arrest was made by Constable DOna-
ghy, who received telegram from Mid
detOwn.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13
Both Arms Broken

Yesterday six-year-old son of William
Strohman, who resides at Willow St,e.t,
fell from an apple tree, which he WAS
climbing and broke both arms at the
wrists. His injuries were attended by
DIR. I. Fl. Mayer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

BEN BUTLER is still soaring above
the political battlefield and does not
seem to know where to light.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

JUDGE BRIGGS, of Philadelphia, is ell
gagged in investigating the conduct of
clerk of the quarter sessions court, VIM.
X. Leeds, who is charged by dismissed
clerk of his office through the daily prints
with participation in or knowledge
of some irregularity in the filing
of bogus or worthless license
bonds in his office. Mr.. Leeds
thought that such Il charge, even from
such source, merited his notice and
the courts investigation, and Judge
Briggs promptly assented to his view of
the case and ordered the inquiry.
How much less sensitive our court is to
charges affecting the integrity of the ad-
ministration of justice by its machinery,
i sequence of events has sufiiced to prove.
Some years ago defendant on trial for
Il grave political offence was acquitted
upon the fraudulent representation to the
court 10y the commonwealth officer that
the witnesses necessary to make out the
case had fed, when in truth and fact
they were sitting in court waiting to be
called. This shameless prostitution of
justice to serve the exigencies of the Re-
publican party was promptly called to
the court S attention by the INTELLIGENT
GER but no cosnizance of it was ever
taken.
The administration of the next district
attorney WAS signalized by long series
of impositions upon the public in the un
lawful multiplication of indictments and
grossly illegal fees, until even grand
juries presented the matter to the notice
of the court, and yet the judges failed t(
vindicate the integrity of their court b,
calling its reckless officers to account
Now, later, when a criminal is acquitted
by false representations to the court fol
the corrupt consideration that he Wa:
one of the best Republican workers il
his ward, the court refuses to purge it:
sanctuary, waits for ''some one tt
bring a complaint against the offender
but moves with swiftness to punish thOst
who remind the public of the court s
faithlessness to its duty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

during Storm on Friday night . boat,
containing man named Miller, his wife,
two children and . boy named Rose, was
capsized in Lake Winnebago. The boy Rose
was drowned, the rest clung to the bottom Of
the boat for twenty hours, the woman
having fifteen year old boy lashed to
her back. The boy died on Saturday,
and the others are in q critical condition
Several barns near Middletown, n. Y,
were consumed by lightning on Sunday,
and fences and trees between MiddletOwn
and Mount Hope were levelled by the
wind. Three severe thunder storms passed
over Montgomery, N. Y, and its neigh
borhood, on Sunday afternoon. A dwell
ing, two large barns. and several other
farm buildings. within an area Of few
miles, were struck by lightning and con-
sumed, with their contents, including
stock, almost at the same time.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

THE Chinese have proverb which
Americans could profitably adopt. "You
may he uncivil to a great man, but mind
you are respectful to a small man.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-13

In reference to our customs laws, a
policy should be pursued which will bring
revenues to the treasury and will enable
the labor and capital employed in our
great industries to compete fairly in our
own markets with the labor and capital of
foreign producers. We legislate for the
people of the United States, not for the
whole world, and it is our glory that the
American labor is more intelligent and
better paid than his foreign competitor.
Our country cannot be Independent unless
its people, with their abundant natural
resources possess the requisite skill at
any time to clothe, arm and equip them
selves for war, and in time of peace to
produce all necessary implements of labor.
It was the manifest intention of the
founders of the government to provide for
common defense, not by standing armies
alone, but by raising among the people a
greater army of artisans whose intelligence
and skill should powerfully contribute to
the safety aad glory the nation. Fortu-
nately for the interests of commerce there
is no longer any formidable opposition to
appropriations for the improvement of
our harbors and great navigable rivers
provided that the expenditures for that
purpose are strictly limited to works of
national importance. The Mississippi river
with its great tributaries, is of such vital
importance to SO many millions of people
that the safety of its navigation requires
exceptional consideration. In order to
secure to the nation control of all its waters,
PresidentJ jefferson negotiated the purchase
of vast territory extending from the Gulf
of Mexico to the Pacific ocean. The wis
dom of Congress should be invoked to
devise some plan by which that great river
shall cease to be q terror to those who
dwell upon its banks and by which its
shipping may safely carry the industrial
products of ftwenty- five millions of people.
The interests of agriculture, which is
the basis of all our material prosperity and
in which seven-twelfths of our population
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-17

4
: : 1888 SSA. ~ 81
w 40 a. a,a 80 much pioneer work on the d. 6
w Viii rs nfsI conductor, is now living here
din Of .I s asmdl4ty-Joe Burt and Wash Red.
and having imbibed too frssiv oe s tuesaay'
9eesme unusually noisy. Thew I momata}
e9eir horses and raised veil as tbev not'.
Il soTn, but Deputy Sheriff Fry. aivs %n o ou
me alert followed, and in a short t;sos -. On
1 u;h' having them in charge. Afssr 70
iggnts lodging with "Unclen Hub Rates tb q
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-17

MATTERS BY NAH,
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NOTICE.
MI Dam osFroli' Of Denton. has been ap-
pointed agent and correspondent. for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-03
DIE0

BELT. Sunday. August Ist 1850. JOHN NJ
BELT, aged sixty years.
Funeral from the Seminary Hotel Washington
street, Georgetown, Wednesday, August 4th, at s
pm.
DAILY, At two O'Clock o. m, TUESDAY,. August
3. 1880, OF consumption. CORNELIUS NJ. DAILY,
aged forty y ars
Funeral FROM residence, No. e09 10th street
northwest, at three o'clock Thursday afternoon p
JACKSON. At 2:@0 O'Clock a m August3 1880,
at her residence, 1451 st. northwest, Gu AIRY A.
JACKSON, daughter of jeremiah and Elizabeth
Low. aged forty three years.
Her funeral will take place from st. Augustine
Church, Thursday, August S, at $50 a N. [Bos-
ten and PhiladelphiA payers Please copy
HENDERSON. August I'd. 1880. IT IL M, MAR
.GARET WILSON, daushter Of 6nstayus and Cecilia
HENDERSON, aged twenty three years.
FuIeral service at st Pauls Z. z. Church, to-
morrow "wednesday at II O'Clock.
OF NJ STEAD- Sunday, August LIST, 1881, at
Ocean City, Md. after an ilress OF only AZ hours,
hannah M. -, beloved wife Of J. +. d instead.
Funeral will take place from her late residence,
No. 72e 12lh street, at five o'cock p w, wednes-
day, August 4th. Friends are respectfully invited
to attend
Won TAGEN. At Chicago. July 29th, 1882. DIR.
CHARLES henry NoN JAGEN. philadelphia, Al
lentowH and Easton papers please c)py.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-03

STORY OF AN UMBRRLLA.-The Nachliclttea
OF Basic tells story which may give the bold
purchaser hint Of new method OF protecting
himself against fraudulent ShopkeeperS.
young gentleman bought silk umbrella from
an umbrella dealer Indefinitely characterized
brella was put into use, but the silk tore In six
places during the first hour of its contact with
the rain. The purchaser went straight to the
shop, exhibited the ruined article and de-
manded sound one In its stead C-s silk
umDfeiiaS however, were made to sell, not to
endure use; the dealer smiled politely, and OBJ
served that purchasers ought to be careful
wben they made their selection. The young
man took nome his umbrella, painted around i6
the following inscription In big letters: "This
Is how an umbrella looks to-day which was
oeught at C-S shop yesterday" ana h1red
cen mlss1Onaire to walk to and fro before C-S
shop with the opened umbrella for whole day.
This unusual form OF advertisement naturally
Ir1tated Heir c., and could not have oeen
without lettering influence Upon Pos ss,taS
them TO arrest the bearer or the umbrella.
but they declared that they could see no lega,
cfme in the commisstonatre6 proceeding, ana
declined to take him of to jail Early the next
morning the fmperturbable umbrella carrier ap-
peared again, and he kept senunel n tpis man
iler in front OF C-s shop for learlyea week
that he must give way, and, calling the man,
asked him TO 20 to his employer and tell him
that everything should be settled according 10
HIS wishes. When the bold inventor OF the
sfTatagem entered the shop, the dealer offered
him q sound silk umbrella In exchange Tor the
but ADDED the further demand that the dealer
should pay the commissioning weeks wages,
to which suggestion he was also compelled 70
assent-LOnd0m G0oe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-03

one day, three months ago. citizen of De-
trOit had occasion to examine a rat-urap, and
While so doing 1t suddenly struck him that 1t
was foolish waste Of time to set trap for
one rat at time. As near as he could find out
there are in Thu country fully 100 rats to each
fat-tTap, and they are increasing much faster
than the traps. He went home and began
work, and yesterday invited representatives of
the press to inspect the result or his laborS. He
has invented and built an entirely new thing In
rat-trapS. He went to work on the theory that
If one small trap caught one rat big trap
ought to catch as many more In proportion.
His trap is designed to catch 800 rats at once.
II is abont II size of a hen-cOcp, tastefully
painted furnished with tower at each end,
and can be baited with 20 pounds OF cheese. In
side is a tub OF water in which such rats as do
not want to live to see next day can commit
suicide and have the affair of their minds.
Those VINO desire to live can run up and down
a ladder, turn hand springs off spring board,
pay game over the Sawdust floor, and make
II e best OF the situation. While the aim is to
trap the rodents In gangs OF 500 at time, lots
OF $50 or 400 will not be turned away II apply
ing early In the evening. No such trap was
ever seen before and it Is hoped that the origl-
nator will have the luck he deserves He
figures that there are at least 1O00,0 900 rats In
Detroit and ii the whole number is not taken
In and done for 1t will be their own fault-Do-
t7-OU Free Press.
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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.

<NHOMAb BOWLING, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
ON SOUTH SIDE OF WEST STREET, BE-
TWEEN HIGH AND CONGRESS STREETS,
GEORGETOWN. d @.
By virtue of deed of trust. dated the oath -
day of October, 1878, and du y recorded in G9
1iber s9s. folio 49,, &c. one of the land 49,
records for Washington, D. O., the undersigned
Trustees will sell, at the risk and cost of the de-
faultng purchaser at the sale made June H. $780,
on THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th 1880, AT O'CLOCK,
viz; Part lot numbered 7. in the slip about IS fest
and and one inch on West street, and depth of 100
Terms: One third cash balaace at six and twelve
months t with notes bearing int rest at eight per
Of trust on the property all cash. at the option
o. 81 tne purchaser. ConVeyans1ng and recording at
FREDERICK "; JONES. Trustees
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V1HOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
PROPERTY, No. 1910 STREET, BETWEEN
IHIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH STS.

I, o.. L.,
IHIkTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH SIS.
NORTHWEST.
Under and by virtue of a decree OF the su- -
preme Court of the District of Columbia, fM
bearing date on the 18th day of January, A. AnX
" 1877, and passed in certain cause pending
therein. in which Martha A. Keys and others are
Ila1nhfis, and Dennis A. Keys and others are de-
PENDANTS, (the same being Equity Cause No. 1889 ,
Also an order OF resale at the risk and cost Of the
defautpg purchaser, passed on the 9Th day of July
AID 1880, the undersigned will sell at public auc-
on In front OF the premises, to the highest bidder
therefor. on MONDAY. the 9TH DAY OF AUGUST, A.
u. 1850. AT 4;s0 O'CLOCK r NJ all that certain
Of Washington and District Of Columbia. an known
city according to the plats fled In this cause by the
feet and eleven inches {21 1 front by the depth Of
one hundred and forty four (l44D of Lot numbered
tventy-three t23, In square numbered two hun
bred and fifty (25O. together with the appurteu-
ances to the same belonging.
Terms OF sale, "a prescribed by the decree: One
third cash the day Of SALE the ratification
thereof and the residue In two equal instruments at
one and two years, with interest from the day Of
sale, payable semi annually, and payment Of prin-
cpal and interest to be secured by the bond Of the
purchaser, with q surety suretes, to be approved
by the trustees. deposit of one hundred and
fifty dollars will be required at the time of SALE and
AL Conyeyapcng to be at the cost Of the purchaser
GEORGE PETER,
A. s !;I !;!:. $| IS Trustees.
tyl6-2aw3w&ds
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MARRIED.

BROCK-BAUM. Mr. J. BROCK t. Miss FRAN
cEs BAUM, both of this city. No cards.
Marks Episcopal Church, by Rev. Douglass f.
For est, FLANK II WHITE Of Norfolk, Va, to
MILE c. BEcKERT. Of Washington, &c. Nor
folk papers please copy
HALIc-BOYLE. In New York July 81, 1885, at
81: AIMS Church. by the Rev. Thos. r. Lynch,
BARRY =: HAIL, of New York, to EULALIA M
BOYLE, of Washington, ID c. 9