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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

WHAT Mr.. GOwen said yesterday
about the silent march upon our COM
monwcalth for twenty years of an enemy
more powerful and dangerous than arm
ed hosts, and how these influences have
well-nigh closed the pathway of fame to
honest men, is undeniably true and to
some extent the result of his own and his
colleagues efforts in these bribery trials
has checked that advance. But the we'll
grounded suspicion that the plea of
guilty was made to prevent the exposure
Of the chief agents Of this power, as
well as in anticipation of certain cOnvic.
ton, will make the commonwealth un-
easy under the fact that some Of the
most potent of these influences survive.
1t is much to be regretted that the ex-
posure of the principals was not as con-
plete as the disgrace and punishment of
their agents.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Col. MILTON WEIDLER, late of this
county. has leased mill in Portland Ore
gon, and is said to he doing fine bust
ness.
Miss ELLEN CUMMINs, who will be here
with Lawrence Barrett's company, was a
witness to the shooting of Ben Porter, in
Texas last season, by Currie.
ALEXANDER H. COEFROTH, the Demo-
cratic representative from the Somerset
district, is seriously ill from an attack of
diphtheria, and fears have been expressed
by his friends that it may prove fatal.
The New Jersey Senate yesterday went
into executive session and considered the
nomination of the Hon. JOEL PARKER for
the supreme bench. The Republican men,
bers agreed to send a polite communication
to the governor, asking him to reconsider
his nomination of Parker.
\ reporter who submitted to GILBERT
his account of an interview with him had
interpolated 4 remark in which he, W. S.
Gilbert, esq, announced his intention of
marrying an American heiress. But
am a married man" ~ cried Gilbert in dis
may. "Ies, but you see l thought that
would end the article up well.' cit would
end me up we'll if Mrs. Gilbert and my
friends in England saw it!''
The theatrical costumes and stage prop
critics of GEORGE L. Fox were sold at auc-
tion on Tuesday by John A. Dunn, at No.
105 East Ninth street, Now York. The es-
timated value of the collection was S25,-
600. There were only few theatrical
persons presents at the sale, and the goods
were disposed of at great sacrifice
White trousers were sold at % cents pair,
and were bought by Mrs. Donahue, to be
used, it was explained, as bathing dresses
at Coney Island. Other theatrical goods
were sold equally as cheap. A monkey
jacket brought $3.50, which, it was claimed,
was worth $50.
[. NEWTON PETTIs, who went out to
Bolivia in the capacity of United States
minister, only to come home again under
the plea that there was nothing for a
United States minister to do there, having
expressed an unwillingness to 60 back on
the ground I" that no Christian gentleman
could live in Bolivia and preserve his moral
character" has persuaded Mr.. Hayes-in
the interest of his moral character of
course-to nominate him to the Senate for
the associate justiceship of Washington
territory. The Philadelphia Eoening Isle-
graph thinks {" the point which the Senate
will have to consider, in passing on this
rather extraordinary nomination, is wheth-
er a Christian gentleman, whose moral
character has SO little backbone to it that
he cannot live in Bolivia without losing it,
is exactly the kind of Christian gentle
man to dispense justice in Washington
territory
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
ndermines the very fountain of justice

undermines the very fountain of justice
and law.
The founder of this commonwealth, the
man to whom we are indebted for the gov
ernment that was handed down to us from
our fOrefathers, wrote upon his escutcheOn
that which remains as the motto of Penn
sylvania, ''Nirtue, Liberty and Indepen-
dence. " Let us remember, gentlemen,
that without virtue there can be no liberty;
that without virtue there can be no indie
pendence and unless you aid us in this
crusade against vice, by endeavoring to
strike it down, and again to substitute the
banner OF virtue in its stead, it will be
folly, or worse than folly, for any of us or
our children to hope ever to recover and
hold that virtue, liberty and independence
handed down to us by our fathers.
The Char e Postponed.
Judge Pearson said that owing to the
lateness of the hour he would postpone the
delivery of his charge until this morning.
The crier was then requsted to adjourn the
court, but the order was revoked at the
instance of several attorneys, who stated
that some business remained to be tran
sacted. The several counsel representing
the commonwealth and defense arrayed
OAOhoCiNCS III VI tuc UCuCL
and soon an animated though suppressed
conversation was in progress. The
attorneys had agreed on continuance OF
the untried legislative bribery cases until
the April term and were pleading with
the court to grant them their request.
The one side was as earnest fol
the pOstponement as the other. Judge
Pearson at first looked unfavorably
on the proposition because of the addi-
tiOnal expense a continuance would put on
the county. Several remarks were made
that indicated very strongly that the cases
were to be prosecuted no farther-in other
words that nolle prssoquis would be enter
ed. Some of the commonwealth S counsel
said the principal defendants had been
driven to confession of their crime and
the ends of justice had been satisfied. The
court finally agreed to the demand made
upon it, and the cases of A. w. Leisen-
ring, Christian Long, Edward McCune,
George F. Smith, Daniel Clarke and DR..
Shoemaker will never be tried.
Counsel also agreed on the Goth inst. as
the time for the imposition of sentences on
Kemble, Salter, Crawford and Rumberger
and the court fixed that day.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
The Columbia KOliinx Mill.

The lively times of bygone years are
now witnessed about the old rolling mill.
Fires were lighted few days ago and
eleven furnaces are now in successful
operation. Nh. J. w. Thomas is the man.
ager and is a man of well-knOwn expe-
rience, sagaciOus, cnterprising and of wise
Judgment. He will run the mill himself,
and allows no dictatOrial terms. Some
difficulty was experienced with party Of
puddlers who arrived from Catasauqua
about wages, &C., but now we believe all
is satisfactorily arranged and the men are
all at work. We are glad to see this.
There is no reason why managers and
proprietors should not work harmoniously
together. Iron masters are the most lib
eral people in the world and do most in aid
of the community, as we'll as the mechanic
and laborer.-ColumbiI C0urant
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

AuCOulc VI Tic eSldt0 HUH 80 ,JOJ. Al 1.-THE
year after his death) to SS77, 165 in 1879.
Political Rumors Concerning fhiladell hia.
Messrs. McManes, Leeds, Kerns, and
Roberts arrived in Washington ON Tuesday,
and yesterday had long interview with
Secretary Sherman respecting politics and
Philadelphia appointments. The secretary
was much pleased with their visit and
indicated disposition to accede to their
wishes. Collector Tuition also arrived to
look over the ground for denomination.
as his commission will expire about June.
As far as has been ascertained. the slate
OF MIR. Me- Names and his friends is to make
Colonel Snowden collector, Postmaster
Hartranft superintendent of the mint, and
Marshal kerns postmaster There is now
little or no probability of Tutten's reap
pointment. 1t was due to Representative
Harmer's influence that he was retained
when the raid was made OH him several
years ago. 1t was then understood that he
would be permitted to finish out the term
of his commission. The collector, how
ever, is sanguine of succeetlin. in obtain
ing a denomination.
In regard to Ex-Governor IIartranit, it is
claimed that the Philadelphia mint has
generally been managed by ex-governors
of Pennsylvania, and that the postoifice is
hardly of sufficient importance for an ex-
governor. The visiting Philadelphia States
men are also in conference with Senator
Cameron
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
State Appropriation.


The issue of the school warrants has
gone steadily forward since the last an
nouncement. In all probability all of
them will have been issued before this
notice shall meet the eyes of the local
school officers. To issue warrant, how
ever, is one thing to secure the money for
it is quite another. The state treasurer has
paid probably one-fourth of the number
issued but when he will have
money to pay the rest this department is
not advised. If we could announce that
he could pay up to a certain number by a cer-
tain date, We would gladly do it, but we
are not so authorized. We can therefore
give no better advice concerning the dis
position of the warrants now than we have
heretofore given. We hope it may be
different next month
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
Colonel Quay Still in the Field.

Colonel Matthew S. Quay, secretary of
the commonwealth, who is confined to
his house at 18th and Spruce streets, Phil
adelphia by illness, denies the report that
he will not under any circumstances be-
come candidate for United States sena-
tor. He states that he is not at present a
candidate, but he said that at any moment
he might become one. The report of his
withdrawal, which was carried from Phila-
delphia to Harrisburg, is suspected of hav-
ing been set afloat by Kemble, who once
had senatorial aspirations and may revive
them since his last public performance.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

The Democratic Senate having re-
jected Democratic appointee for census
supervisor in the Lackawanna district,
MIR. Hayes has taken them at their word
and appointed Republican. Probably
this Democratic Senate, which confirmed
Marshal kerns after its exposure of his
infamies, will now confirm Mr.. Hayes's
Republican appointee. 1t is such nice
Democratic Senate, and so considerate of
Mr.. CamerOn'S s feelings.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
Death of an Old Citizen.

Michael Brecht, an old resident of this
city, died at his home, No. 1876 South
Prince street, last evening. about o clock.
Mr.. Brecht came from Heidelberg. Ger
many, and has resided in this city since lSiS
He was the father Of eleven children bu,
four of whom are living. rs follows {:
Bernard Brecht, street sprinkler Frank
Brecht, printer; Michael Brecht .ir..
cisarmaker, and Jacob R,echt. who rs
sides in Oil City. He was in Goth wear Of
the time Of his death.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

Tuesdays municipal election in Camden
n. j., has, resulted in victory for the
Democracy. Those conceded to be elected
are Mayor. Claudius w. Bradshaw, ID;
Recorder, F. W. Tarr, d; Receiver of
Taxes, George NJ. Thrasher, r; City As
SCISSOR, Mr.. Grubb, r.; and five Democrats
out of eight councilman. The return judges
will announce the result of their official
count tomorrow evening.
The entire Democratic ticket. with the
exception of cOuncilmanic candidate, has
been successful at the municipal election
in Gloucester n. J.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
THE UNIT RULE.
The Pennsylvania Democracy Shall Not be
CamerOnized.


The Pennsylvania Democracy Shall Not be
CamerOnized.
Perry County Democrat.
We are in favor of permitting the dele
gates from each congressional district to
cast the two votes to which each district is
entitled for the candidates for president and
vice president whom a majority of the DEM
ocrats in each district desire to have nomi-
mated. This is the only way the will of the
party can be properly and fairly ex
pressed in a national convention and
we should never again tie the hands of
the representatives, of the party by the So
called "unit rule" After what has been
said by the Democratic press in cOndem-
nation of the methods of Cameron, the
Democratic state convention should be
particularly careful to allow the fullest and
freest expression of party sentiment in the
selection of delegates to the national con-
vention, and after they have thus been Sc
lccted, give them unrestricted liberty to
cast their votes in accordance with the
wishes of their respective constituencies.
Wanted Above All Things.
Miffin Democrat and Register.
With us we have men for Bayard, for
Tilden, for Seymour, for Hancock, for
Hendricks and for some of the strong new
men spoken Of-all good and deserving
men. What the Democracy wish above all
things else is that when our state conven-
ton meets it should not embarrass the
Pennsylvania delegation whom it sends to
the National Democratic convention, at
Cincinnati, on the 22d of June next,
by mailing them down to any one particu-
lar man for president, but have them sent
there with some discretionary power. SO
that they can assist to place i'll nomination
such candidates for president and vice
president as will best and most thoroughly
unite the Democracy and all other ele-
ments of the people opposed to the
present Republican misrule. The candi-
dates should be competent, deserving and
men to the whole party and the
people
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
MINOR TOPICS.


GOVERNOR HOYT said yesterday,
that he had always held that the
unit rule and instructions in state con.
vention only bound delegates-at-1arge.T The
district delegates were free to vote as their
constituents might wish. He believed
that many men who voted for the Grant
instructions at Harrisburg believed that
these would not bind up the delegation.
The campaign in the United Kingdom
is being conducted with great vigor. Lord
Harrington has issued manifesto for the
Liberals, and Mr.. Forster has also replied
to Lord Beaconsfield's electoral appeal.
Both the Conservatives and Liberals enter
on the contest with high hopes. Mr.. Shaw,
the Home Rule leader, repels Lord Bea-
consfeld's assumption that he seeks the
dismemberment of the empire, and calls
for land reform.
SELINsaRovE Times '' As the state col
lege of agriculture with it's eleven profes-
sors and forty-two students failed to get
l
dent Calder resigned and the managers of
the college now advertise for students.
As long as they got state appropriations
they didn't advertise as they didn't need
students, and forty-two answered the pur-
pose to keep up appearances just as we'll as
300 would. But less than eleven pro-
fessors wouldn't do to keep up the big
show
THE report of the New York state super
intendent of public instruction shows that
there were during the past year 1,62S, 727
children in the state hetween the ages of
five and twenty-one. The number enrolled
in the public schools was 1000, OIL, and
the average daily attendance was $40, 1882.
There were II, $50 school districts in the
state and 80, $50 teachers. Their average
salary was s374.45 for the year-not an
enormous sum. The expenditure for all
school purposes during the year was SO,
34S. 91S.OS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

The property of the Lehigh slate COM
pany was sold by the sheriff to Alex. Will
son, of Easton, for $37, 200.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

THE delay in the sentence of the peO-
pie who plead guilty to corrupt solicita-
tion at Harrisburg, need not occasion
any alarm in the minds of those who
hope to see the law fully vindicated in
the administration of its penalties upon
those who have outraged it. Judge Pear
son is not the kind of Judge who takes
the attorneys for defendants into his coun-
sci pending their sentence, nor suffers
himself to be privately talked to about
cases in his charge. 1t is much more
likely, as Mr.. Wolfe suggests, that they
have had their sentences deferred until
the 29th, in order to give the defendants
time to arrange their business affairs be-
fore going to prison.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11
Mr.. KEMBLE's plea of guilty to the

Mr.. KEMBLE's plea of guilty to the
charge of corrupt solicitation of members
of the Legislature recalls the fact that he
was once practically accused of a similar
offense in the Lancaster county courts
and swore himself out of it. The allie
CATION then was that, desiring to lie
United States senator, he bought four
members of the Legislature from this
county at $1,000 apiece, and when he sur
rendered his claims to Cameron made
him foot the bill and agents commits
sions on members, whom the great ring
master is reported to have said he had
already bought and paid for. One of the
members was cheated out of his swag
and brought suit to recover it from his
wicked partners. Then it was that KEN
BILE came to the scratch and like little
man swOre that he had not bought the
members.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

The development of Mr.. Girard's coal
lands in Pennsylvania has raised the gross
income of the estate from s61. .953. Al (the
year after his death) to sS77, 165 in 1879.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-11

My learned friend, Mr.. Mann, has been
referring to the glorious career of this
state, which during the last war sent her
hundreds of thousands of men to battle,
and to die, if need be, for united and lib
erty-loving country men who, in the soul
thrilling days of Gettysburg, drove the in
vaders from our borders. tell you have
such faith in the pride and glory of this
commonwealth that if another such epoch
should come, she would again bring to the
front her hundreds of thousands of men
who would meet and drive back the inva-
ders, or be left
with their backs to the field and their feet to
And leaving in battle no blot on their name,
Look proudly to heaven from the deatll-bed
of fame, -
And though we have been resting after
the laurels won, with a triumphant victory
and peace accorded by all mankind, we
tind right before us, on our very pathway
to greater eminence and higher fame foe
ten times more powerful, ten times more
disgraceful, ten times more feared. than
any that has been met. It has come upon
us in the stiffness of the night, step by
step, until it has wound it's loathsome arms
around this commonwealth and it's slimy
form has extended out until the road to
fame, once open to every honest man,
seems closed forever; and that laudable
which should be in every citizen
of this commonwealth to take his place
among our legislators crushed, killed and
buried until we have handed over the
government of this state, and our coun-
ties and our cities to people who are con.
trolled by fraud-to do such acts as those
who control them renuiYe them tn do
Now let us put a stop to this, let us re-
member that the open onset of an enemy
of horsemen is not nearly to be so dreaded
as the steady approach of one who saps
the foundations of the government and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-12
A Wedding at Sea.

SHE was pretty and willful, and when
she vowed that she wouldn't under any
consideration be married in " this awful
ly mean America" the young man in
the case gave up in despair. The young
woman, Miss Mary Platt, had been Wis
iting sister in Los Angeles, Cal, and
had agreed to marry San Francisco
lover, Mr.. w. P. Walker, if he would
follow her back to her home in Surry,
England. Miss Platt was prejudiced
violently against the States. Whence
came this prejudice, no one could say.
Some said this and others that, but
when blunt whyP" would be thrown
at Miss Platt herself, she invariably
tossed her head, stamped her foot and
reasoned pointedly as follows: "Be-
cause-that's why" Anyhow, Mr..
Walker was in a fix. He had used his
would no longer wag, and though the
future Mrs. Walker had yielded so far
as to admit that if she must live perma-
nently in San Francisco she must, she
wouldn't agree to marriage in Ameri-
ca. Things remained in this unpleasant
attitude until Friday two weeks ago,
when a happy thought struck Walker
He summoned the wedding guests and
induced the bride and her maids to
board steamer. Sounding the whistle,
he steered boldly toward the heart of
the Pacific. When Capt. Randall an
nounced that the steamer was three
leagues from the California coast the
cabin table was moved to the upper deck
and clergyman took his place ut
its head. The party gathered around,
and Miss Platt was made Mrs. Walker.
The sea was so rough that the bride
clutched the edge of the table during
the ceremony. Under the April sun the
steamer turned prov towards the Golden
Gate. Pent-up emotions soon made it
necessary for the gentlemen of the party
to support the dropping forms of several
of the ladies, the bride included, and
there was succession of affecting scenes
until smooth water had been reached.
1t was romantic, to say the least.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-12

Miss Anderson as desirable alliance
for you"
Tell our neighbor 1 am like the
house-withdrawn from the market, ="
was the smiling answer.
just tell me this, Hail." said Mrs
Maelane, in coaxing way; 4" did the
fair-haired woman you met when you
went house hunting ever wear the flaxen
curl and the pale blue ribbonP You see
am putting two and two together"
"Your fingers are units of the
same denomination, and you can add
them" was the frank answer. "The
stay lock belongs to that fair head.''
And it all came about from my
sending you to look after house, u
unused Mrs. Maclane.
Yes. The results we unconsciously
attain often exceed in greatness the in
tent we consciously pursue" was the
philosophic reply. "Seeking for a
house for you, in no enviable frame OF
mind, have found wife for myself,
and my frame of mind is ''-he paused
and turned to his brother. "Joshua,
perhaps you can get at it if you go back
to The day when you fell in love with
B3ess, and add fifteen years of separa.
ton and loneliness to it, and then sud.
denly find out you have belonged tc
each other all through the past, and
mutually vow to belong to each other
all through the future. 1t makes a very
neat sum of happiness, Joshua" HI
said, with a radiant SMILE Harper
| Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-12
How to Cure a ToOthache.

SOME months ago an English tourist,
lingering in country churchyard, was
present at a funeral, and observed
among the group of mourners young
man who particularly attracted atten-
ton by his swollen face and the utter
detection of his appearance. "Here at
least is one true mourner," thought the
Englishman. While this thought was
passing through his mind the supposed
mourner took up skull which lay on
top of heap of dry mold and crumbled
bones. He raised it to his lips, and,
with his own teeth, extracted tooth
from it. Horror filled the stranger as
he watched this proceeding, and saw
him throw The skull carelessly away,
while he wrapped the tooth in paper
and put it in his pocket. "Can you tell
me why he did thatP" asked our tourist
of an old man who had stood beside
him during the funeral ceremony. Gay,
surely, your honor; the boy was very
bad Wi the toothache, an it's allowed
to be cure if you draw tooth frae a
skull wi your ain teeth. He'll sew the
tooth in his clothes an wear it as long
as he lives" " You don't tell me so!
Do you think the remedy will be effectu-
al?'' "It's like enough, SIR" replied
the old man, showing where tooth was
sewed in the lining of his own waist
coat. "It's five years since l pulled
that ane the same way, an never had
a touch o. the toothache since. AL
the Year Round.