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the campaign and to assume the respon-
sibility of the work which may be done
by any agents he sees fit to use.

THE general public, and especially the
numerous applicants for census enumer-
ator in this section, will read with inter
est the facts touching the duties and the
compensation of that Office which the
courtesy of Prof. Snowden enables us to
lay before our readers. 1t will be seen
that the pay is not large for the charac-
ter and extent of the work to be done, and
had this fact been known earlier it is likely
the list of applicants would have been
shorter. 1t will at least assuage the dis
appointment of the hundred or more
whose applications cannot he satisfied.
Nevertheless the nature of the duties to
be performed demand fit men, of approx
ed qualifications and integrity. Super
visor SnOwden reiterates his determina-
tion to regard merit as the only test and
to appoint his enumeratOrs without re-
gard to political consideration. So mote
it he {; and if this purpose is realized some
of the political hucksters who have been
bartering these places around will find
themselves unable to deliver the goods.
Candidates who sold out their chances
for $50 cash will in any event discover
that they made good thing of it. But
cdredt emptOr.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-08
The Red Men.

The great council of the Improved Order
of Red Men of Pennsylvania will meet in
Harrisburg next Tuesday, continuing in
session all week. The session will be one
of great interest and much business of
Importance is expected to be transacted.
Representatives from all parts of the state
will be there, and on Tuesday morning
they will be escorted to the hall of the
House ofRepresentatives by the Harrisburg
tribes, with band of music. They will
be formally welcomed to the capital city
by Gov. Hoyt and Mayor Patterson. The
representatives of the Lancaster tribes
will be John NJ. McCulley, of Metamora
No. 2; NJ. J. Weaver, of Ee-shah-ko-nee
No. %; H. Keller, OF Red Jacket No. "A,
and VIM. Smith. of Canassatego No. 2O3.
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The Empires Now Truck.

The truck of the Empire hook and lad
der company. which has been repainted
and repaired, is now in the truck house,
where it has been seen by large number
of people. The painting was done ut the
shop of Norbeck & Miley, on South Duke
street. The color of the truck is carmine
with a heavy gold stripe. The ladders
have been vanished and striped with gold,
the lamps cleaned and new head-piece
has been placed on the front. The axe
handles have been reyarnished and all have
the word Empire upon them.
The ladders were placed on the
truck yesterday afternoon and as
the doors were kept open the truck house
was visited by great many of our citizens
who wished to see the machine of which
the Empire boys feel SO proud. 1t GER
tainly is very handsome, and all who de-
sire to see fine piece of work should 60
to the truck house.
The truck will be loaded upon an open
freight car here on Tuesday and it will be
shipped to Chambersburg. VIM. Grant,
the jantor of the Empire, will accompany
it.
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LATEST NEWS by MAIL.

Mr.. Thomas A. Hendricks while in
Cleveland yesterday had a conference with
Mr.. II. b. Payne.
The jury in the Bucholz case Hartford.
Conn.,, rendered verdict that the accused
was guilty Of murder in the second degree.
A motion will be made for new trial.
A negro walked from New York to
Philadelphia inside of twenty four hours.
a remarkable feat and deserving of the $500
offered. COlOred pedestrians are taking the
cake all around.
Hugh Kinsella, a currier, fifty years of
age. died in Newark late on Thursday
night from the effects of dose of Paris
green swallowed by him during fit of
delirium tremens. lie leaves five children.
An incendiary fire. on the west side of
Lake ROnkonkoma, near PatchOgue, l.. l.,
on Thursday, destroyed three dwellings
belonging, respectively, to Lawyer Fergu-
son, Captain Mccormack and Ezra Patter-
son. The loss will exceed $1,000.
The Passaic river was carefully dragged
again yesterday, bnt no sign was found of
the body of Mrs. Kolb, who is believed to
have jumped or fallen into the river with
her ten days old baby, a few days ago,
while temporary insane.
On Wednesday an effort was made to
poison the baby elephant "Americus," I"
now in Brooklyn, and part of an apple
containing strychnine was found in the
hay near it. Antidotes have been applied
with good effect.
Four cars of mixed freight and gravel
train on the New Jersey and Southern
railroad, left the track. Three laborers,
Thomas Mason, Benz. Clifford and Reuben
Thompson, and Brakeman Brown were in
.jured, the first named seriously.
Capt. Paine, with GO men, entered the
Indian territory, between Arkansas City
and South Haven, April q, and began build
ing on the Oklahoma free lands. Lieut..
Pardee, with company of mounted infan-
try, left Fort Reno May 2, overlook and
captured the raiders May 6.
Gov. Mcclellan has appointed Hon. Mar
tin Cole to position in the court Of er-
rors and appeals, at Trenton, and to fill the
vacancy caused by Judge Coles removal in
the courts the governor has appointed Mr..
Hiram C. Clark, formerly crier of the
court, to the position of lay judge.
The suspicion abroad concerning the
Ohio Democracy is that while Thurman has
the instructions Tilden has the delegates,
and that while Thurman can have the Ohio
delegation so long as there is a chance to
nominate him, if it becomes apparent that
there is no probability of Thurman's sue
cess, the bulk of the delegation will go to
Tilden, all of it in fact, if the unit rule is
followed out. The delegates at large are
not the men Thurman wanted, but are
Tilden men in disguise, while the Cincin-
natl delegation comprise such personal
friends of Tilden as George Hoadley and
Alex Long.
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SUPREME COURT.
Lancaster County Cases

Lancaster County Cases Heard.
The supreme court met at nine o'clock
yesterday morning.
The following cases were argued:
POrter's appeal. Argument resumed.
H. NJ. North and d. G. Eshleman for
appeilees.
Shoff vs.. Baumgardner. NJ. Brosius for
plaintiff in error w. NJ. Franklin and H.
NJ. North for defendant in error.
Jacks appeal. w. F. Boyer for appel
liant; ]. w. F. Swift for appellee.
Browns appeal. J. Hay Brown for ap-
pellant B. F. Eshleman and w. w.
Brown for appellee II. M. North in re-
ply.
Philadelphia and Reading railroad COM
pany VS.. Anderson. James E. Gowen had
not finished the argument for the company
when the court adjourned.
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Who Killed Scott

"Who killed William Scott ?" is a ques-
tion that agitates the minds of Pottsville
people. 1t is known that he was acci-
dentally shot in the head by young man
named Wilds on the 31st of December, and
that he died about the middle of February.
Wilds was put on trial, and it was shown
that the doctors had probed the wound
fourteen times, and the probe penetrated
the head several times to the depth of six
inches or over. They also trepanned the
skull and sawed two holes into it at the
base of the brain. With all this surgery
they were unable to extract the ball. Drs.
w. C. J. Smith and D. w. Bland were
afterward put on the stand by the defense,
and they agreed that the wonder about
such treatment was that the boy survived
it as long as he did. The jury rendered a
verdict yesterday of not guilty and the
county pay the costs.
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STATE ITEMS.

James Bayle and John Gallager. miners,
were instantly killed by fall of coal in
HonebrOok mine.
The Wellsboro Gazette has been en-
larged to nine columns, and it is now the
largest paper ever published in Tioga
county.
The body of Annie Wenner, young girl
who disappeared from her home in Allen
town on Monday, was found in the Lehigh
river yesterday afternoon. No reason is
assigned for her suicide.
1t is the card rate of iron, not of nails,
that has been reduced to q ceDts. The In
TELI1GENCER's item on "the decline of
the nail boom" may have conveyed an
erroneous impression.
A Nebraska newspaper chronicles the
arrival at Omaha of seventeen Friends
from Juniata county, Pennsylvania the
advance of a colony about to be formed at
Plum Creek, Dawson county, Nebraska.
E. NJ. Willard, who has been prowling
about the country swindling Catholic
priests by representing himself as admin
istrator of estates and entrusted with the
duty of distributing bequests made by de-
cedents, was arrested in Pittsburgh while
attempting to victimize Bishop Tuigg.
The latest particulars received from the
fire in the Bradford oil district puts the
total number of wells destroyed at 800.
Reno City was totally destroyed, but the
fire spent it's ravages in Reno City, Red
Rock, Babcock Mills and other points.
No lives were lost, but the fire is described
by eye witnesses to have been one of the
most fearful ever witnessed in the oil re-
gions.
An explosion occurred at Henry Clay
colliery on Wednesday, burning William
and Robert Harper, Joseph Griffith, Je-
rome Reed and Samuel Straw, a fan boy.
The Harpers were starting a new chute
around which a large quantity of sulphur
had accumulated. The driver disregarded
orders and went into the gangway near the
chute with naked lamp which ignited the
sulphur. The men though badly burned
will recover.
Michael Kearney, engineer of the Gautier
steel works at Johnstown, was almost in
stantly killed by the bursting of the belt
pulley of the fy-wheel. The pulley was
of iron, and when it burst
large pieces of metal flew in every direc-
ton through the works. Mr.. Kearney
was struck by fragment, and when search
was made he was found lying on his back
in the pit of the main pulley, with large
hole in his stomach from which the entrails
protruded, both legs and his left collar
bone broken, and the left arm almost cut
off.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-08
NeedlesSIy Troubled.

The Pittsburgh Post is needlessly dis
turbed at the suggestion that Mr.. Dill.
chairman of the Democratic state com.
mittee, proposes to appoint William Nc
Clelland, late chairman of the commit
tee, as his assistant. We have Mr.. Dill's
assurance that he has never thought OF
delegating his authority to anybody, and
that the only mention of Capt. McClel-
land name has been as one of the several
clerks of the committee, which it has
been the practice to allow the chairman
to select for himself. Even this has not
been agreed upon, Mr.. Dill considering
the personnel of the organization suffi-
ciently important for the consideration
of the whole committee and of all the
elements in the party of the state. For
ourselves we do not see why Mr.. Dill's
own desires in the matter of choosing his
clerks should not be accommodated.
He is responsible for the management
of the committees work and should be
at liberty to select the agents to do it.
Mr.. McClelland has experience in the
duties and knowledge of the state and
its people to make him valuable to the
chairman. That he has been a partisan
of Senator Wallace, and therefore not of
the happy family of the Post, does not
make him ineligible to the place suggest
ed for him. If the management of the
campaign was to be entrusted to him the
Post would have reason to complain;
as we all would should the chairman
thus practically abdicate the place to
which he has been chosen and which he
has accepted. But this is not the case.
No one who knows Mr.. Dill will suppose
that he does not intend to exercise in his
own person the full authority of his po-
sition. Nor is Mr.. McClelland the sort of
a man who as a subordinate, would
aim to arrOgate to himself the authority
of his chief. There are some men so
self-confident and so aggressive that they
can't think of keeping their feet off the
highest platform in their neighborhood.
Our friend McClelland, however, hasn't
so much spring and audacity about him,
and we incline to think that Mr.. Dill
would find him quite comfortable and
reliable assistant. He has served Senator
Wallace SO faithfully as to carry over, in
that fact, strong recommendation to a
new chief. The chairman cannot be ex-
pected to devote all his time to political
work nor to be constantly present at the |
headquarters. We expect |
him only to give the general orders for
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Driving Accident.

Yesterday afternoon Isaac Croft, Of
Strasburg, was driving along Decatur street
in that borough, when one of his lines
broke and the horse ran the buggy against
a post. Mr.. Croft was thrown out and had
several of his ribs broken, besides receiv-
ing deep cash in his left hand.
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The Riot Cases.

Last evening Chas Evans, VIM. Shupp,
j. NJ. Goodman, Milton Beamensderfer.
Abraham Erisman, Jacob Strump and
George. Weitzel, were held in bail by AL
derman Spurrier for their appearance to
answer at court, for being engaged in a
riot in Andrew and South Prince streets on
Sunday last.
Charles Rudisill and Jacob Strump were
held for court to answer for an affray which
took place shortly before the riot.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-08
Ravases OF tho Tobacco Fly.

Intelligence received from different Sec
tions Of Virginia reports greater scarcity
Of tobacco plants than has been known for
number Of years, those growing being
rapidly destroyed by the tobacco fly.
Farmers are so discouraged that in many
instances ground prepared for tobacco is
being planted with corn and peas. 1t is
thought that not more than one-quarter
of the usual crop OF tobacco will be made
this year.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-08
Electric Bells.

The Pennsylvania railroad is adopting
the new electric bells. To stop or star.
the train the conductor has nothing to do
but to pull small cord, which runs the
entire length of each Car. The slightest
touch of this cord will ring the bell at the
engine. 1t is decided improvement on
the old method.
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Emigration.

The way passenger train, which passes
through this city at 5 o'clock, has been
very long every day this week. On We'd
nesday, Thursday and yesterday mornings
there were over twenty carloads of emil
grants on each train.
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Revision of the Pharmacop9ia.

The sixth decennial convention of the
physicians and pharmacists for the revi-
sion of the United States pharmacopeia met
at the National medical college in WASH
ington D. g., on Wednesday and Thurs
day. Charles A. Heinitsh, of this city, who
is president of the pharmaceutical associa-
tion of Pennsylvania, was in attendance
and was admitted to seat in the conven-
ton.
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Change OF Schedule.

A new schedule goes into effect on the
Reading and Columbia railroad on Monday
morning. The train which leaves the
King street depot at $40 will not leave
hereafter until $50. The other trains will
remain as they are.
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New Minister.

Rev. J. Y. Hume, whom we noticed a
few days ago as one of the graduates of
Princeton theological seminary, and as
having been called to take charge of the
Presbyterian memorial mission of this city,
will preach there on tomorrow evening at
the regular hour of service. He is spoken
of as an easy fluent speaker, a hard worker,
and man particularly well suited for the
field of labor he has chosen.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Seminary Commencement.
THEOLOGICAL.


The first commencement of the season
is that of the Reformed theological semi
nary to be celebrated in college chapel
next Thursday evening, the 18th inst. The
members Of the graduating class are
Messrs. Ballet, Hartzel, Kirschner, SOntag
Strunk and Wetzel. The creditable man.
ner in which these gentlemen have ac-
quilted themselves on former occasions
will no doubt elicit large audience on
this occasion. The public have been in
vited to be present.
Rev. Wagner's Sermon.
The annual sermon before the students
and friends of the theological seminary
will be delivered by Rev. S. G. Wagner,
of Allentown, Pa, in st. Paurs Reformed
church, this city, OH Wednesday evening.
We congratulate the students of the insti-
tuition Oh having secured the services of so
able and earnest a minister. Rev. Wag-
ner is one of many devoted ministers Of
the church, whose influence for good is
felt not only in the communities where
they happen to be located, but also in the
general life of the church. To those who
are about to engage in the Christian min
istry and to his fellow-laborers the words
of so experienced and energetic clergy
man as Rev. w. will prove great gain.
Tho Next State Fair.
Encouraged by the signal success of last
years state fair, which netted over $21, 900
to the State Agricultural society, the man.
agement is now busily engaged in elabo-
rate preparations for the event Of this
year. 1t will be held on the grounds of
the permanent exhibition, and the agricul-
tural society will have the assistance and
cooperation of the State Horticultural So
ciety, Dairymen's association and kindred
societies which have hitherto held separate
exhibitions. The state fair will be held
from September to 18, and Immediately
following it will be held the international
exhibition of sheep, wool and wool pro-
ducts. A preliminary abstract Of the list
of premiums for horses, cattle and swine,
shows unusual attention paid to the de-
partments of blooded stock. Some 5000
will be paid in premiums for horses ex-
hibited, and about the same for cattle and
sheep, and large amounts for swine. Rep
resentatives of the society are now in the
West and in Kentucky negotiating with
the farmers and horsemen of those regions
for representation. The show is to be
equally full in all departments of agricul-
tural interests, and Lancaster county peo-
pie are interested in knowing that liberal
premiums will be awarded for displays of
leaf tobacco of the crop of 1873, cased, and
of 1880 in the stalk.
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Broke His Leg.

On Thursday morning, while carrying
boards up the river Shore. opposite the
Railroad house, Marietta, John Hoover,
aged II, slipped and fell. breaking his
leg above knee by the boards falling upon
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Marietta Items.

A grand picnic was held at Wild Cat
falls on Thursday last by the young folk
from the rural districts of the townships
of Donegals, Mount Joy, Rapho and
Hempfield. About one hundred and
twenty persons were present. The day
was spent in dancing, boating and fishing,
and highly enjoyed by all.
John NJ. Stouffer, on J. w. Rich's farm,
at Marietta, commenced planting tobacco
yesterday. Mr.. S. will put out 12 acres
as fast as his plants mature.
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Two of q Kind.

Philadelphia Times.
The Republicans of Lancaster will elect
two delegates to the Chicago convention
on the 22d just to indicate their belief that
the state convention has no right to elect
sentiment of the district. Yesterday
Abraham Kline and Edwin K. Martin
were presented as candidates for delegates
and will undoubtedly be voted for without
important opposition.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-08

THE anti-Grant people seem to he get
ting courage to speak out. and in the
New York Senate yesterday Mr.. Woodin
arose to question of privilege, and de-
clared the course which he intended to
pursue as delegate to the Chicago con-
vention, which would be to ignore the
unit rule and vote for Blaine. He was
followed by Sessions and Birdsall. But
for all that when Jacobs introduced
strong anti-third-term resolutions the
Republicans feared him as Greek bear
ing gifts and tabled his resolutions.
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A Murder Trial Ending with a Marriag.

The trial of William Mckinney for the
murder of Alfred Smith, ended at Mount
Gilead, Kentucky, yesterday. Mckinney
had betrayed Annie Smith, and her father
drove them both from his residence last
Christmas. 1t was in evidence that Smith
stabbed Mckinney, who then shot the for
mer. Annie was a witness to the killing,
and has been living with the accused. In
an argument McKinney's counsel begged
the jury to let the boy 60 free, and prom
ised that if they did, he and Annie
would marry. The jury gave a verdict of
not guilty, and immediately Mckinney
and the daughter of the murdered man
stepped before the bench and were de-
clared man and wife by the judge.
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There will probably more fall below that
than above it.
Congress has appropriated s3OO, 900 to
pay the expenses of the census and $685.
600 additional for the " two days" cor
rectiOn.
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TIE Harrisburg Patriot is discon-
certed over the highly original dis
covery that the friends of Gen. Han
cock and Mr.. Tilden are alike trou-
bled over the attempt of some oflicious
friends of Speaker Randall to capture the
Pennsylvania delegation to Cincinnati in
his presidential interest, and leave both
Tilden and Hancock in the cold. We
beg the Patriot to keep cool. The Gin
cinnati delegates, the convention thought,
need no instructions, and being for the
most part men of intelligence and inde-
pendence, need no danger signals to be
fluttered in their faces. If anybody
comes around instructing them, or advis-
ing them, or influencing them, he will
find them in no better mood to have
themselves labeled than was the Harris
burg convention. Fly time isn't at hand
because the short-tailed bull exhibits
friskiness.
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A Madman's Brutality,

Thomas McBurney, of Oil City, has been
a very hard drinker, but was recently re-
formed and professed religious conversion.
1t is thought that his mind became affect
ed by religious excitement, and he has
been very demonstrative of late, acting at
times like an insane man. On Thursday
he called upon neighbor named Shingle-
decker, and spent couple of hours in his
house When about to leave he was seized
with one of his insane spells and attacked
Shingledecker's little e-year- old daugh-
ter like a mailman. McBurney Is a pow
erful man, and he beat the child in ter
rible manner, pounding her in the face and
on the head. Mr.. Shingledecker summon
ed assistance and had the madman arrest
ed. The little girl is shockingly cut and
bruised, and the physicians pronounce her
recovery impossible.